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Messengers | Marching across the Arts Squad on Wednesday, members of Cornell Graduate Students United — including their undergraduate and Ithaca College supporters — delivered a petition to Cornell that is expected to trigger a unionization vote soon.

Graduate Students Rally, File Petition

Signed by1,200,petition could trigger union vote before Spring Break

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

Nearly 100 people gathered before the steps of Bailey Hall on Wednesday, decked in red and white bandanas, CGSU buttons and flowers, ready to march towards Day Hall to deliver Cornell Graduate Students United’s petition with more than 1,200 signatures to the University.

Clad in red to show solidarity with CGSU, Cornell graduate students, undergraduates and even members of Ithaca College congregated for the march — a showing that “sends a powerful message to Cornell’s administration,” said Maggie

Gustafson grad in a speech at the rally to the cheers of her audience.

This message, according to Radu Parvulescu grad and CGSU member, is “to make it clear that we’re not quiet. We’re happy to take to the streets and we’re happy to let the whole campus know that we are here. This won’t be a back-room, shady corner kind of affair,” he said.

The rally comes after CGSU’s announcement that it has notified the University of its intent to file a petition, bringing CGSU one step closer towards an election for unionization of See UNION page 3

Allegations Spawn Internal Food Lab Investigation

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

The founder and director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab has come under fire in recent months from researchers who allege that the popular marketing and food psychology profes-

sor, Brian Wansink, co-authored papers that include more than 150 data inconsistencies, used shoddy methods of data analysis and reused nearly-identical text in multiple publications.

Wansink issued a statement on Tuesday in which he said the Food and Brand Lab is conducting “internal and

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Sour taste | Prof. Brian Wansink, pictured here in 2006, is facing critcism over scores of alleged data inconsistencies and multiple instances of “self-plagiarism.”

independent” investigations of “a small set of studies” from 2014 and 2015 and that the review should be completed within the next few weeks.

Wansink dismissed additional claims made by a Ph.D. student in the Netherlands who showed clear instances in which Wansink reused his own text nearly word-for-word in separate publications.

“I have been accused of reusing portions of my own work in later papers on the same or related topics,” Wansink said in his statement.

“The observation is, of course, true.”

The food psychology lab founder said he “re-emphasized” key paragraphs from a previous journal article five times over 25 years and expanded several of his previous works “to underscore or expand on its conclusions, and to continue to advance this field of research.”

The Food and Brand Lab, which moved from the University of Illinois to Cornell with Wansink in 2005, conSee FOOD page 4

Gusts of wind howled through the Ithaca Commons on Wednesday, flapping banners and rattling a tambourine as the instrument was blown along the ground. But Ithaca’s women were louder.

Nearly 200 women and men stomped along a onemile loop from City Hall to the Commons in a march that served to both celebrate International Women’s Day and protest proposals from President Donald Trump and other Republicans on issues including health care and immigration.

Women around the country wore red to their jobs or stayed home from work to march or write postcards to representatives on Wednesday as part of a “We don’t national strike.

Julie Kulik teaches want to go children in a mentor proback to the gram run by Earth Arts of Ithaca and said she was ’50s. ... With able to participate in the [ Trump’s] march because two stayat-home fathers offered to administration, teach her class for her. we’re going Other women took extended lunches to wear backwards.” pink hats and advocate for Fullis Conroy women’s rights along Ithaca’s streets.

“I am working today but I’m taking several hours off so that they’ll feel my absence,” said Maggie Walsh, who works as a consultant for a contact lens manufacturer. Walsh said her coworkers “all know I’m here and are all supportive of it.”

“They’ll get by without me for a little while,” she added, laughing.

A plethora of signs included etchings such as, “I am a woman, what’s your superpower?” and “Females are strong as hell.”

Kristi Taylor, education director for the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, said an event at Autumn Leaves bookstore later in the day would encourage Ithacans to write letters to Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), whose district includes See WOMEN page 4

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Women’s Day | Fullis Conroy and nearly 200 other marchers advocated for women’s rights on Wednesday.

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U.S. Immigration Court System ‘Derailed’

Former judge describes impact of modernity on court system

By ELIZABETH PETERS Sun Staff Writer

Paul Schmidt, a retired judge on the U.S. Immigration Court, spoke to Cornell law students on Wednesday about the modern difficulties facing the American immigration court system.

Due to the internet, Schmidt said, rulings from the U.S. Immigration Court are constantly on display, making immigration judges prone to public scrutiny.

Schmidt said he acted as “half scholar, half performing artist,” striving to please the public as an immigration courts judge. “[An immigration judge’s] words, actions, attitudes and even body language send powerful messages, positive or negative, about our court system and our national values,” he said.

Schmidt also outlined five essential elements that guided him as a moral compass during his judicial career: fairness, scholarship, timeliness, respect and teamwork.

While Schmidt said a judge should strive to emanate

all of these things, he candidly pointed out that it is not always possible.

“Issues with timeliness can result to unfairness no matter how smart or knowledgeable you are,” he said.

Schmidt added that the American immigration courts have been “derailed” and are going through an “existential crisis” that threatens the very foundations of the American justice system.

In order to get the American justice system back on track, Schmidt suggested a return to a focus on due process and not allowing political figures to use the courts system for their own personal interests.

He also encouraged Cornell Law School students to serve as pro-bono lawyers and interns in immigration courts to meet the needs of many refugees who cannot afford legal representation.

“It’s a direct, hands-on way of improving the system while taking advantage of a unique learning environment,” Schmidt said.

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meter evacuation zone [around the plant] by a wafer-thin margin,” Kan explained.

The disaster caused the evacuation of Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan over 400,000 people and some studies sugfrom 2010 to 2011, including during the gest higher instances of childhood cancer in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, will the surrounding region, according to The speak at Cornell in the Statler Auditorium Telegraph. on March 28.

Though he initially ran on a platform of Kan’s lecture, “The Truth about the nuclear energy, Kan said the experience Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima and the completely changed his opinion.

Future of Renewable “Having experienced Energy,” will provide an the situation which inside look into the “The desirable path is for came so close to requirJapanese crisis manage- the entire world to walk in ing me to order the evacment center following uation of 50 million the direction of zero the tsunami that trigpeople, my view is now gered reactor meltdowns changed 180 degrees,” nuclear reliance.” in the Fukushima nuclear Kan wrote in an article power plant in March of Naoto Kan for The Huffington 2011.

Post. “There are no “The future existence other events except for of Japan as a whole was at stake,” Kan said wars that would require the evacuation of of the disaster in an interview with The tens of millions of people.”

Telegraph.

Though current Japanese Prime Minister Though Kan has faced severe criticism Shinzo Abe has restarted Japan’s nuclear for how he handled the disaster, his new power program, Kan remains fearful of a book, “My Nuclear Nightmare,” published second disaster.

by Cornell University Press, details the har“For the sake of the human race and of rowing discussions and decisions that he our planet earth, the desirable path is for the and his staff made in the days after the melt- entire world to walk in the direction of zero down. nuclear reliance,” Kan wrote. “I have “There was so little precise information become firmly convinced of that.” coming in,” Kan said. “It was very difficult Taking place in the Statler Auditorium at to make clear judgments.”

5 p.m. on March 28, this event is hosted by Considered to be the worst nuclear disas- the Einaudi Center for International Studies ter in history, along with Chernobyl, the and will be free and open to the public.

Fukushima meltdown nearly threatened Alisha Gupta can be reached at Tokyo. agupta@cornellsun.com.

“We were only able to avert a 250-kilo-

Sun Assistant News Editor

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Nuclear disaster | Naoto Kan was Japanese Prime Minister during the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

uates should, can and always will support our grad student workers because after all, you’ve always been the ones to support us,” Xavier Eddy ’19 said.

Instead of delivering the petition to Barbara Knuth, dean of the graduate school, CGSU members, according to Michaela Brangan grad and CGSU administrative liaison, intentionally chose to make the trek to Day Hall to deliver the petition to Mary Opperman, vice president for human resources and safety services.

“The meaning of [the delivery] being between Cornell HR and us is also a recognition that we’re workers,” Brangan said.

“If we’re just delivering this to Barb Knuth, who is the dean of the graduate school, it would be just within the graduate student realm, but doing it here, it has a lot of

ing forward.

“This is not an isolated phenomenon. We are graduate students. all pushing against the For Gustafson, the same forces that are trymessage of the rally ing to keep us down,” he extended not only to the said. “In today’s academadministration but also ic environments, adminto “grad workers who feel istrators are in it for isolated in their workthemselves. They are a place,” to let them know class that has its own “you are not alone, we interests and these interare here for you,” she ests generally do not said. overlap with those of stu“I’m so heartbroken dents and teachers and by all the stories of the that is something to struggles my fellow grads watch out for as you go faced,” Gustafson said. ahead. Stick in it, don’t “Today is a momentous give up, don’t let the day. Today we start to do administration keep you something to alleviate down.” these struggles.”

While the unionizaWith bandanas flaption effort has been an ping in the wind, they ongoing movement since tore through the Arts 2014, many CGSU Quad shouting proudly members expressed their and demanding union gratitude to see this day solidarity on their way to marked with extraordiDay Hall. Once they nary progress. arrived, they stretched “Coming here to their 50 foot banner disdeliver this position to playing 1,200 signatures the labor and employacross the entrance. ment office, this has been Beyond years in the the celebra“This is not an isolated phenomenon. m a k i n g , ” tion of the said Paul We are all pushing against the same progress Berry grad. t o w a r d s forces that are trying to keep us down.” “Myself and unionization, literally hunTom Schneller ’08 graduate studreds of dents like other graduJosh Savala, a ate workers CGSU member, were impact.” since 2014 have put in excited to see the unity Additionally, among countless hours of that the event brought. the crowds to stand with unpaid labor to get us While this sense of unity the Cornell graduate here today to deliver the did not always endure student unionization petition to make a big during the polarity that effort were Ithaca step forward.” unionization brought, College faculty and stu“Looking back and Wednesday’s rally was a dents. Along with their seeing how many people moment of unified sup- commitment to labor came out here today, port. activism, I.C. faculty thinking about all of the Savala said he was and students march work that everyone’s’ out excited to see so many amidst the ongoing in over the years, it’s defstudents “working across negotiations between initely very fulfilling and STEM and humanities Ithaca College faculty inspiring to see,” Berry [and] working across and the administration. added. those divides that artifiOne such faculty cially are there to divide member, Tom Schneller Rachel Whalen ’19 us, but we’re now actual- ’08 spoke before the contributed reporting to ly doing this together.” crowd, drawing parallels this article.

Undergraduate stu- between the graduate dents also marched student unionization and alongside their fellow the struggles faced by Anna Delwiche can be graduate students to I.C. contingent faculty, reached at show that “us undergrad- offering advice for mov- adelwiche@cornellsun.com.

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ducts research in psychology, food science, marketing, nutrition and other fields to “discover how humans relate to food with the end goal of uncovering solutions to improve eating environments and help individuals eat better,” according to its website.

The allegations of poor research practices and data inconsistencies are likely to pose a longerlasting problem for Wansink and the lab, both of which have been featured in articles from nearly every national outlet, from The Atlantic to the Chicago Tribune to The New York Times.

In January, three scholars published an investigation into four papers Wansink co-authored on pizza-eating habits at a restaurant about 30 miles from Ithaca and found a surprising number of discrepancies involving impossible sample sizes, incorrectly calculated statistics and impossible averages and standard deviations.

The number of alleged errors itself posed a challenge to the scholars reviewing Wansink’s work, who found it difficult to isolate which statistic was false.

“The accumulation of multiple inconsistencies across articles makes it difficult to identify which of the reported statistics are correct and which are erroneous,” the researchers — Tim van der Zee, Jordan Anaya and Nicholas J. L. Brown — wrote.

“None of us can remember encountering a set of articles with as many inconsistencies and unresolved questions in the basic reporting of results as in this case,” they continued. “Until such an explanation is forthcoming, we suggest that the research community may wish to exercise caution in interpreting the results presented in the four target articles.”

The vast number of impossibilities and inconsistencies led one of the researchers, Anaya, to provocatively call Wansink “The Donald Trump of Food Research” in a blog post.

“Trump doesn’t let facts or data get in his way, and neither does Wansink,” Anaya wrote. “When Plan A fails, he just moves on to Plan B, Plan C… Plan ?”

Wansink did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Sun. The Stanford-educated researcher’s problems began with a blog post he added to his personal website in November, titled “The Grad Student Who Never Said ‘No.’” Fellow researchers found the post and claimed the food psychology researcher was encouraging graduate students to cherry-pick from data sets that were otherwise insignificant in order to kickstart their careers.

Allegations began to snowball once the blog post received more attention. Researchers made claims of data inconsistencies and “self-plagiarism,” and one associate professor criticized the Food and Brand Lab for demonstrating what he said was a “troublesome trend” of researchers

“Trump doesn’t let facts or data get in his way, and neither does Wansink. When Plan A fails, he just moves on to Plan B.” Jordan Anaya putting public relations in front of practicing ethically and statistically sound research.

Andrew Gelman, director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University, raised the possibility in a post on his website that Wansink has been using sub-par methods to create “noisy, meaningless research” that correctly confirm insights he has made based on years of research and experiment.

“The idea is that Wansink and others, based on a mix of insight and decades of careful qualitative observation and experiment, have come up with a good understanding of why we eat the way we do, and then they use these experiments as a way of filling in the picture,” Gelman wrote, emphasizing that his post was just a theory.

“This is similar to the idea that an astrologer or fortune-teller might actually be able to give good advice, with the tarot cards or tea leaves serving as a pretext or even a stimulus for real insights.”

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

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Strike | Some women missed work and others took extra-long lunch breaks to attend a march on the Commons.

Women Protest ‘Backwards’White House WOMEN

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Ithaca, to support the Violence Against Women Act. The march and strike, which some commentators have said is a protest largely for privileged women, was encouraged with honks of approval from cars and trucks on Green Street and by employees of shops on The Commons.

“It’s beautiful — it’s wonderful,” Abby Schnellinger of My American Crafts said as marchers passed by near the Bernie Milton Pavilion. “I wish I could be more a part of it, but I get to at least show

my support from this far.”

Chants of “This is what democracy looks like” and “We want a leader, not a creepy tweeter,” rang out from women and men of all ages as they carried banners around downtown Ithaca.

Walsh, who said she also attended the Women’s March on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C., said she wanted to continue “the resistance” and show solidarity with refugees and other groups in addition to women. Her dog, Nell, was one of several canines who trotted along with the marchers on Wednesday.

Another woman, Fullis Conroy, said she wanted to stop what

she sees as regressive policies and rhetoric from the Trump administration on women’s issues.

“We don’t want to go back to the ’50s,” she said of the marchers.

“We want to make sure that women’s rights as well as human rights are covered, and that means reproductive rights, that means LGBTQ rights and that means women’s pay should be equal to men’s.”

“With this administration, we’re going backwards,” she said.

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

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have it, and if you have a smartphone, chances are you have it too. The little app that allows you to send timed photos to each other. But wait! You can also view little articles on Snapchat too, some can even be interacted with on the most basic level! Truly revolutionary. In all fairness, I don’t think there are a whole lot of people who would disagree with me. Yes, I suppose Snapchat is technically affecting the way we communicate, and I have no doubt someone’s writing a paper about it right now. But let’s be honest, no one ever sends anything worthwhile (I don’t care how important you think your memes are) and it was invented so people could send nudes to each other with a marginally lower chance of them being saved by the recipient.

My gripe isn’t with Snapchat as an app, but with how it and all other similar apps are perceived in the market.

Snapchat is currently valued at $28 bil-

public, and while its stock enjoyed a momentary jump, it has since dropped below its original share price. In addition, despite its massive billion dollar valuation, Snapchat has only pulled in a couple hundred million in revenue.

Substantial maybe, if it were not valued for far more. Even more damning is that the company has yet to turn a profit according to Forbes An alarming number of these Unicorns have no real means to generate revenue. Yes, Uber and others have actual means to generate income, but not nearly enough to warrant their estimated market value. Take Spotify: it may have a large user base and premium subscription plans, but it has to pay massive licensing fees. And what does Snapchat have? Advertising, and that’s it. No subscriptions, no micro transactions (perish the thought), even the app is free.

Snapchat doesn’t sell anything; even Facebook gets by with selling our data.

There is good reason to hold reservations about the current tech boom. Yes, Silicon Valley is thriving right now because of these new startups, but what is the long term?

Some of the darlings of the tech industry, including Uber and Airbnb haven’t even gone public. lion, according to a report by The Guardian. Let that sink in. That little white and yellow rectangle you use to send bunny ear selfies to your friends is worth more than the GDP of Armenia.

Snapchat makes up an elite group of startups known as “Unicorns,” fast growing, private companies that are valued at one billion dollars or more. Other notable Unicorns include Uber, Airbnb, SpaceX and Stripe. In fact, there are a couple hundred Unicorns around the world with hundreds of millions of users total.

A decent number of these companies are mobile based apps, the sort we use everyday. And while the tech industry is currently booming with all these new companies, Unicorns or no, how long can it last?

There is good reason to hold reservations about the current tech boom. Yes, Silicon Valley is thriving right now because of these new startups, but what is the long term? Some of the darlings of the tech industry, including Uber (valued at around $62 billion last year) and Airbnb (valued at $30 billion as of 2016) haven’t even gone public. Snapchat (under Snap Inc.) only recently went

Enthusiasm is at an all-time high for the startup industry, but the numbers aren’t keeping up. This should concern everyone because something similar happened around twenty years ago: the dotcom crash. Back when the Internet was brand new, everyone was rushing to invest in all the new websites springing up. However, it seems the dot-com companies simply couldn’t meet the astronomically high expectations. We’re seeing the same thing happen right now.

So while Silicon Valley may be essential to the economy of the United States, we need to be cautious moving forward with investing in these startups. While these companies may have shown they can attract a massive user base, they have yet to demonstrate that they can convert that into profit. I may continue to use Snapchat, Evernote and other Unicorn apps, but until they prove they business models are actually viable, I won’t be staking my life savings on their success in the public market.

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hen I’m writing a column, there are times when I forget that not everyone who reads them knows who I am (though at this point, I think a significant number of people do). My sense of humor is often very sarcastic and joking, appearing misogynistic on the surface but, in reality, not actually so. I’ve come to realize that, so from here on out, any such jokes made will be obviously sarcastic instead of just subtly.

On the topic of humor, I find that nothing sets the mood better than laughing. Have you ever been in bed with someone who’s so uptight and serious? Someone who just cannot seem to unwind a bit and realize that frankly, sex is supposed to be fun? This isn’t a job interview — but if it were, the only position available is missionary (though I imagine there will be some openings soon *ba-dum-kssh.*) See? Hopefully, I just made you laugh. Horny, yet? Well you shouldn’t be, because that would be awkward.

Today is a little how-to guide on lightening that bedroom mood, and trust me when I say that it’s something everyone could use. Honestly, what’s sex without a light-hearted atmosphere? Passionate lovemaking aside, what are you going to get out of a standard sexual encounter that you cannot get with your best friends, Left and Right Hand?

If you actually want to interact with another human

Make Her Laugh being, then get ready to put your funny bone inside her, too. There is nothing sexier to me than a girl who can take a joke and dish one right back because I know that I enjoy her company other than just for sex.

Let’s say you have a bed buddy who you only speak to once a week with the

anytime, anywhere.

Method 2: Admit and own your deficiencies. Let’s say you’re a little late when you were supposed to meet up with said girl. This line works every (almost never) time: “Hey, I know I’m late, but at least I always cum early!” Then hold your hand out for a high-five and pray she finds that

You’ll awkwardly look down at your phone or wave to a friend who’s not even there when you walk by her in Duffield. Here’s how you fix that, based on personal experiences (yes, these all actually happened). words, “Hey girl, you out?” What are you going to say to that person the rest of the time? Nothing. You’ll awkwardly look down at your phone or wave to a friend who’s not even there when you walk by her in Duffield. Here’s how you fix that, based on personal experiences (yes, these all actually happened): Method 1: Give a slight scare, then immediately redeem yourself. If that aforementioned person were to climb on top of you and say, “I’m going to give you the clap” and then proceed to applaud you during sex, then chances are he or she is someone worth talking to outside of the bedroom. Or better yet, tell him or her: “This is the best sex I’ve had since the operation.” Even if the sex physically is not that great, you’ll enjoy yourself more because that’s simply what laughing does:

douchey side of you at least a little attractive. Let’s face it, you two have been naked on top of each other, using dirty talk not acceptable at most dinner tables. Humility was shed a long time ago, so there’s no reason why now’s the time to be serious.

Method 3: Catch the other person off guard. For instance, ask, “Hey what’s the difference between you and a bowl of mashed potatoes?” Then answer, “I didn’t put my penis in you last night.” Works.

Every. Time.

Obviously, there’s a time and place for everything. As I have briefly mentioned before, and always try to put in perspective in most of my articles, there is a distinct difference between casual sex (or standard sex with someone you’re dating) and making love. Things that are acceptable for the one night with that girl from

Level B are not acceptable every time with your girlfriend of three years. And they shouldn’t be, because no one wants to be sweaty and out of breath after an hour of some of the deepest, most soul-binding sex you’ve ever had, only to lean over her shoulder and go, “I hope you brought your raincoat because you are getting SOAKED, girl!” No, just no. (And frankly, that isn’t acceptable to say to that girl from Level B either.)

That does not mean that humorous sex, however, is reserved purely for the casual bangers. If you like this person enough to at the very least make yourself exclusive with him or her, then you two should be comfortable enough asking each other, while in the position, “Hey, why do they call it doggie-style?

My dog hated it when we tried this.” Or, ladies, nickname his penis Excalibur. And if he doesn’t get the joke and immediately try to roll over and hide, proceed to remind him exactly what happened in The Sword in the Stone.

The point is that there should be no such thing as boring sex, regardless of what your current relationship status is.

What I find sexy may not be what you do, but from personal experience there are a lot of people who want nothing more than to feel good inside and out. And if blowing raspberries into her sides and tickling her until she falls off the bed does the trick, then just go for it.

Donny J. was a student at Cornell University in 2014. This column is a reprint from February 26, 2014. Comments can be sent to associate-editor@cornell.edu. Sex on Thursdays runs every other Thurtsday this semester.

Kitty Cat | The Frisky Virgin

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A Guide to DILFing

t’s 2 p.m. under the blistering West Coast sun. My friend and I are putting peach and baby pink lipstick on each other, our lashes are full, our teeth are flossed and our hair is big. We enter the DILFing complex that is … Home Depot.

I know what you’re thinking: “you can’t be serious … you didn’t actually go into Home Depot to pick up hot Dads.” But, my friend, you underestimate the power of a virgin’s horniness.

There’s something about older men, and I’m not talking late 20’s, but rather late 30’s and early 40’s that really turns me on. Think about it: they know exactly what they’re doing, they’re over all the college bullshit and they are obsessed with youthful girls. How many of them spend their days jerking off to “18 and Abused” porn videos? It’s just a principle — a truth — that older men crave younger girls. We have perkier boobs, we’re not complaining as much and we’re naïve as hell.

My friend and I had a little game we would play in Home Depot. We would scope out the scene, push our boobs up and start to make eye contact with any hot DILFs. Some of them would even be with their kids, which kind of put me off. But in all honesty, the immense satisfaction we would receive from a chiseled archaic god looking us up and down and imagining a threesome waived all feelings of guilt and unease. I

wouldn’t say we did this for a confidence boost (although that was surely a byproduct), but rather, we were thrilled with the idea of making these men go crazy just by looking at us. For one, the selection of women at Home Depot is severely limited, so that probably just made us even more desirable. Secondly, most of the men

noticed an Italian family — the most picturesque family I had ever seen. The daughter was beautiful, definitely going to be a looker when she grows up. The mom was the most fashionable middle-aged women with the nicest blowout I had ever seen. But the dad … the dad was what really caught my eye. His bright blue eyes locked with mine as I was caught staring at his silver hair, driving me crazier than mercury. For the next 30 minutes, we would continuously exchange glances, and I just couldn’t stop imagining us in a hotel room getting it on. I could see in his eyes that longing for something else, that his beautiful storybook family wasn’t quite enough. It was too static, too repetitive.

I know how something like this can turn into a mindset of a homewrecker, and I would never want to be that or do anything to sacrifice a family’s happiness. I just think it’s important to realize that these tendencies do exist, and it takes every fiber of my being to not act upon them. I’m serious, DILFing is a real thing. You just have to keep you eye out, and you’ll notice this phenomenon is more common than you would think — it’s not just reserved for the homewrecker character on a reality TV show.

There’s something about older men, and I’m not talking late 20’s, but rather late 30’s and early 40’s that really turns me on. Think about it: they know exactly what they’re doing, they’re over all the college bullshit, and they are obsessed with youthful girls. in there are true, backyard building, kitchen upgrading DILFs. Not like those sad men on a Wednesday night in a college bar trying to hit on young girls. The feeling of someone else’s yearning is sexually intense. And I chase it.

I’ll never forget the time I was sitting in Madison Square Park in New York City on a sunny summer day, minding my own business being pensive as hell. Then I

Kitty Cat is a student at Cornell. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. The Frisky Virgin appears periodically this semester.

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OPINION Letter to the Editor

On the essential labor of graduate employees To the Editor: In the March 3, 2017 Graduate School Announcements email’s “Ask a Dean” feature, there was a featured question asking what would happen if graduate employees decided to strike. In her response to this question, Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth, wrote, “Very few undergraduate courses have a graduate assistant as an instructor of record, so it is unlikely that many, if any, classes would stop due to the absence (on strike) of graduate assistants, but such a situation has not occurred before at Cornell so it is hard to predict what the full set of consequences would be.”

I write today as a graduate employee teaching a first-year writing seminar, an active participant in shared governance at Cornell and proud supporter and member of Cornell Graduate Students United to affirm the essential labor of graduate employees belittled and erased by Knuth’s response.

Even if we follow the scope of Knuth’s response and only focus on teaching assistants, it must be recognized that the labor provided to Cornell University by graduate employees is absolutely essential to its daily functioning and ability to fulfill its educational mission. Full stop. No qualifiers.

To use my own department as an initial example: The English department is offering 52 sections of first-year writing seminars this semester. Of these, 31 are taught by graduate employees still pursuing their degrees, 12 are taught by non-tenure track lecturers who have recently completed their degrees as Cornell graduate students and are temporarily employed by the university and nine are taught by faculty.

So not counting those lecturers who only have temporary employment post-degree, 60 percent of the first-year writing seminar courses in the English department are taught by graduate students, which is actually lower than the university average according to the Knight Institute, which coordinates the first-year writing seminar program, and claims on its website that two-thirds (67 percent) of all first-year writing seminar courses on campus are taught by graduate employees.

Imagine what would happen if graduate students decided to strike. That would mean that fully two-thirds of first-year writing seminar courses across campus would not meet. And I must emphasize that first-year writing seminars are not electives; if undergraduates can’t complete their required first-year writing seminar then they cannot earn their degrees and cannot graduate.

Therefore, without the labor of graduate employees, it would be literally impossible for Cornell to fulfill its educational mission without drastically restructuring its labor model or degree requirements. To say that “it is unlikely that many, if any, classes would stop due to the absence of graduate assistants” is a blatant disregard for this essential labor graduate employees provide. It is a giant middle finger to graduate students that disrespects the labor we contribute to this community. And it is untrue.

And this is only the impact on first-year writing seminars, since those are what I know best. But similar things about who does the teaching and grading could be said about the language courses at Cornell. There is also the essential labor of graduate TAs of lecture courses who supplement lessons, tutor students and spend hours and hours grading. For one example, as my colleagues in math tell me, First-Year Calculus could not be taught without graduate students. Tenure-track faculty at an RI institution like Cornell do not have the time to do all of the labor required to successfully teach many of the large lecture courses at Cornell without TAs. Simply, Cornell would cease to function as we know it if graduate employees withheld our labor. Whether or not one agrees strategically or politically with striking, it is simply false to say that a graduate employee strike would have a minimal, if any, effect on course delivery. Our labor is too essential to Cornell for such a claim to hold any weight. And quite frankly, we deserve more respect than that.

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Comment of the day “One of CGSU’s platform points is to ‘negotiate for dental coverage’ that costs about $280 per year. Minimum (national only) dues to NYSUT/AFT are about $400. Seems logical to me. Left out of the union argument is that many of those with ‘only’ a stipend also have their tuition covered, so their total compensation is much higher. Why should I pay dues to subsidize their higher salary when I receive no stipend?”

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Jason Jeong | Jeongo Unchained

Emersonian Fulfillment At a Corporate Cornell

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hen I was first applying to college, I fell in love with the idea of going to a school where I could see the stars at night.

Having been born in a city and raised in suburbia, I imagined something idyllic and romantic about living in a rural city completely removed from the rest of the world and from the noisy humdrum of daily life. It wasn’t just about being out in the nature; it was a symbol for the education and intellectual environment I wanted — an oasis of thought and individuality.

However, the truth is that Cornell is a corporate institution designed to churn out human capital in the form of polished, Ivy League-educated graduates ready to tackle the toughest models Wall Street has to throw at them. The stream of freshmen walking down the bridge from North Campus before 11:40 classes resembles an industrial assembly line — we walk from class to class, and each class serves as a mechanical arm preparing student after student for assimilation into the corporate world. After four years, once we are deemed ready, we are packaged and sealed with our diplomas, which certify to the outside world that we are ready to be bought by whichever Fortune 500 company will have us. We are no longer scholars or individuals, but commodities for the labor market.

That is the ultimate irony of this campus. We claim to be stalwart liberals. We will march for gay marriage and fight for a woman’s right to choose, but we accept the fact that the capitalistic nature of this school dehumanizes us, reducing us to numbers — the number on our grade reports, the number of

students we send to top graduate programs or the number of dollars we will donate to the school in 20 years.

But we, the students, are just as culpable. We wholly subscribe to the idea that this is the natural order; that life right now may be stressful and difficult, but it is a necessity for the careers that we want in the future. But by doing so, we are sacrificing our most sacred possession and most personal offering to our community — our individualism. And a sinister reality of Cornell is that our individuality is exploited for the advantage of the institution. Every year, the school releases a report celebrating how the class of “20XX” is the “most diverse in the school’s history.” Our myriad of origins, creeds and thoughts are trivialized into a mere press release, which serve as a lure for the next batch of potential freshmen who will surely fall into the same vicious cycle.

In our constant need to succeed academically and professionally, we forget the more human aspects of life. We forget that we are humans with free will, instead convincing ourselves that our obligations to our classes and extracurricular involvements prevent us from immersing ourselves into the world around us. We only take a minute to enjoy the sunset on the first warm day of spring; we never end up going on that hike around Fall Creek Gorge that we said we would Freshman year; and in our sleepy stupor, we forget to marvel at the stars during our 2 A.M. walks back home from the library. Walt Whitman wrote about this daily oblivion in his poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer.” He writes of listening to a lecture

from a renowned astronomer, who recites facts and traces charts to explain the patterns of the universe. However, when he walks outside into the mystical moist night-air, he realizes that there is far more meaning and beauty gazing upon the “perfect silence of the stars.”

This is an issue independent of Cornell; it is a fundamental reality of the education system that our capitalist society has deemed worthiest. However, it is imperative that we break away from becoming mindless pawns in the neoliberal, corporate schema that Cornell and previous students have laid out for us.

So many students fixate over jobs in finance, law and medicine because that they are told that these traditional paths are what constitutes success by the labor markets. However, we need to shatter the sepulchres of the fathers and seek fulfillment outside this realm. The constant competition among peers and push from our professors deludes us into thinking that we are always busy and do not have time for this. But given the natural beauty of Ithaca and the Cornell campus, let it be an omnipresent reminder of the transience of life and wholeheartedly embracing the moment.

To quote my favorite New York Times piece by Jonathan Safran Foer, “We live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love more than likes… It can be messy, and painful, and almost impossibly difficult. But it is not something we give. It is what we get in exchange for having to die.”

Jason Jeong is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. Jeongo Unchained runs alternating Wednesdays this semester.

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Being an avid environmentalist, I often wonder if the waste ornell is known to be one management team even accepts of the top “green” univerour “sorted” waste. The truth is sities in the country, exactly what I feared: any comranked fifteenth by the post or recycling bin that has a Princeton Review for green colsingle displaced item is then leges. The plethora of recycling considered to be contaminated. and compost bins on campus, So last week, I found myself regional food sourcing at Trillium, ready to fire and trayless dining all away all of my ques“...Any sort of intervention never make it seem like tions and ideas to Scott Cornell is living up to worked. It needs to start with stu- Davis, the current manits rank. The recent ager of the Ag Quad’s offering of Plant- dents making the conscious decision eateries. Scott has Powered Dinners and of worked with Cornell to compost and recycle.” reusable utensils at Ivy Dining for 21 years, Room seemed to underand he was far more Scott Davis, manager of Ag Quad eateries score Cornell Dining’s knowledgeable about sustainability initiathe sustainable initiatives. But I wanted to learn more cans, two recycling bins and a tives taken by the dining staff. about what happens behind the yellow compost bin. Or should I He patiently listened to all of my scenes. With my original ques- say, five trash cans with different inquiries before leading me to tion of Is Cornell Dining actual- colors. These bins’ contents are check out the back end of ly “green”?, I soon found myself indistinguishable — each one Trillium. in the back of Cornell’s most has a mix of recyclable plastics, The moment I entered, I was popular lunch eatery: Trillium. food, napkins and utensils. The shocked to find just how much Trillium is an eatery on the large informational posters was going on in such a small Ag Quad, serving an average of above each bin seem to serve no space. One thing was for sure:

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It’s true. For Cornell to truly staff were cooling all leftover, edible foods to serve the next be as sustainable as it could be, it begins with us day, making vegetable broth taking just a few with the stems extra seconds to and tops of vegsort our items and etables into the right composting bin or better, nearly every simply reducing food scrap that the amount of could not be reused. What’s more, the oil Cornell’s ranking in used at the grill Princeton Review’s station is cooled Top Green Colleges and filtered at the end of each day to be reused for a week. This then gets sent over to a company in Elmira for further use. And Number of students Trillium there is even a system among the dinserves every day for lunch ing halls to send over over-ripened bananas for baking. They were really try- waste overall. ing to do everything they could It’s so simple, but as overto manage waste.

But what about the contami- b o o k e d , nation of waste bins in the front stressed college it’s end? Cornell Dining tried to students, address this issue by changing its hard for us to be mindful about signage in several ways, includ- our waste or give another ing updating items and adding thought to the plastic bottle we pictures, to better communicate so easily throw away. I myself directions. Trillium even used to am guilty of this too. But if have students stationing the change really happens with us, waste area to help raise aware- maybe it wouldn’t be so much ness and to coach the best dis- of a waste of time to take those posal practices. Scott explained, few seconds to consider our “We’ve tried everything, we real- impact on our surrounding ly have. But any sort of interven- environment. tion never worked.” Ultimately, it dwindled down to the blatant Shin is a sophomore in the truth. He emphasized, “It needs Michelle School of Agriculture and Life to start with students making the Sciences. She can be reached at conscious decision to compost ms2675@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT All You Need Is Kill

BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Contributor

In 2014, directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch unleashed a brand new assassin into the world of cinema with John Wick, a subversive, stylish and thoroughly entertaining film with beautifully choreographed, yet fiercely brutal action sequences.

Unsurprisingly, expectations were high for the sequel. In Chapter 2, director Chad Stahelski returns to deliver more of the same sleek and vicious fighting sequences while expanding upon the world that he built in the first film, where New York City was reimagined as a metropolis infested with camouflaged killers who could assassinate victims at a moment’s notice. From performances to cinematography to soundtrack to the films many, many, fight scenes, John Wick Chapter 2 is a fast-paced and high octane adventure. Though repetitive in some areas, Chapter 2 is a rare sequel that retains elements that made the first film such a hit, while also going deeper into the sinews of its own cinematic world.

Chapter 2 takes place four days from where the first film left off, with John fighting through another wave of henchmen in order to retrieve his 1969 Boss 429 Mustang, which was stolen by Russian mobsters. After he salvages his car, he buries his weapons and attempts to resume civilian life before he is visited by Italian crime lord and fellow assassin, Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio). He asks John to carry out one last “impossible” assassination.

John reluctantly complies (reluctantly, as in he agrees only after Santino blows up his house with a grenade launcher). Soon after, though, in order to tie up loose ends, Santino calls a bounty on John’s head. The rest of the film sees John fight through waves of experienced killers and fighters, as he goes on a bloody killing

spree to extract his revenge upon Santino.

The first film focused mainly on the secret society in New York City, but Stahelski expertly expanded upon the reach of the assassination guild, showing just how far this organization spreads. For example, the Continental Hotel served as a safe haven for all assassins to seek refuge; no violence could be committed inside the hotel, with the consequence being excommunication. The role of the Continental is expanded upon in the sequel; in addition to being a safe haven, the hotel also serves as a place where assassins can pick up weapons and gear before committing their killings. Additionally, the film makes excellent use of its scenic locations. Rome is used particularly well. The bustling nightlife of the city, dizzying and delirious, is contrasted with the darker and damp corridors of the Catacombs, where John uses a variety of guns to defend himself against hordes of henchmen.

A constant feature is the violence. The fight scenes are ballet-esque, and John’s signature move is a headshot. Whenever he has a pistol in hand, the score and camera angles reveal the efficiency of his kills. The score’s orchestral string compositions adds a layer of regality, which contrasts well with the brutality shown on screen. Once the score switches to a combination of synth and bass-heavy EDM, the fighting also takes a turn, showing that John is not above getting his hands dirty. He uses everything: knives, fists, car doors, even pencils (he definitely one-ups the Joker from The Dark Knight in terms of the most cringe-worthy kill) to defeat his enemies. In every setting that he finds himself in, John is an unstoppable killing machine and audiences see why

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he is feared in the criminal underworld.

Though the action is amplified, it also does feel repetitive. Though for the first two scenes in Rome, where John mows down his assailants is entertaining, by the third act it becomes more of an annoyance. John can only do so much arm-twisting and headshots before the fighting seems uninspired.

As for the performances, Keanu Reeves will forever be remembered for his role as John

Wick. Reeves rasps through his lines with brevity and force with his scowling facial expressions matching enraged delivery.

Riccardo Scamarcio’s performance as Santino is cliché, but is done with both menace and charisma. His character’s more flamboyant and sarcastic asides serve as a foil to John Wick’s straightforward and laconic demeanor.

Laurence Fishburne is criminally underused, though his presence and reunion with Keanu Reeves , was a main selling point. He does get a few jests with John, but his role is minimal, serving more as an expositional character. The assassin Cassian (played by rapper Common) provides a good physical rival for Wick. While many of the henchmen in the film in fight sequences transform midway into imbeciles with poor aim (see: stormtroopers) Common’s Cassian is a sith lord by comparison. His grapples and banter with John are a highlight of

If you tried to convince the average hip-hop listener that Future’s most recent work was soulful, rhythmic and deep, you’d probably be laughed at. Nayvadius Wilburn, better known as Future, is best known for club bangers, such as “Jumpman” and “F**k up Some Commas.” Indeed, most of Future’s past work has been more about Atlanta trap and club music, and less about recreating the sound of soulful, rhythmic blues. However, with Future’s sixth studio album, HNDRXX, released only one week after his eponymously titled album, FUTURE, Wilburn has departed from his booming, trap beginnings and instead arrived at a far smoother and more soulful R&B sound. Not only is HNDRXX a complete and meaningful album, but more importantly it proves to skeptical listeners, both within and outside of the hip-hop world, that Wilburn is a versatile recording artist who has filled a distinct niche in his genre.

Future is by no means a newcomer to the world of hip-hop; the platinum-certified rapper is in his prime and has released a number of successful solo projects over the past few years. Each of his last four studio albums has peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, including his self-titled release, FUTURE, only a week prior to HNDRXX. As the only artist since 1968 to release back-to-back #1 albums, Future is not only making good hip-hop, but he is making history as well.

What makes HNDRXX stand out, however, is not its success on the charts or reaffirmation of Future’s musical prowess. We already got that with FUTURE. Instead, the latest album brings an entirely new sound to the table, yet also stays true to what people love about Future in the first place. Surprisingly meaningful lyricism, soulful R&B and worthy features, The Weeknd and Rihanna, are hallmarks of the most recent release.

Zachary Lee is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zjl4@cornell.edu.

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the film. Lastly, the performance that I found myself enjoying the most was Ruby Rose’s mute and snide Ares (a bodyguard to Santino).

Ares’s flashy uses of sign language and permanent smirk added an aura of enigma and ambiguity to her character, but she also held her own in the film’s fight sequences.

The film can be compared to the manga All You Need Is Kill, written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. In the novel, protagonist Keiji is thrust into a war against aliens, and after countless battles becomes a ruthless killing machine, enslaved by a cycle of violence.

Much of John Wick Chapter 2 appears the same way. The action sequences are stunning, and this franchise alone proves that Keanu can be remembered alongside action star greats, yet it is John’s knack for violence that is so appealing to audiences.That’s what helps the film make such a killing (pun intended) at the box office. Once John retired from the guild, all he wanted was to live a peaceful life with his wife. But, he could find no solace. He was continually brought back into the murderous lifestyle. Thus, while audiences can root for John because they want him to achieve his peace, it’s ultimately John’s knack for killing that makes viewers enjoy the film in the first place. We lament for John because it seems that no matter what he tries, the assassin guild is what keeps him captive, but we don’t realize that it is our appetite for violence that deprives John of his peace. In the end, it is an interesting realization that the character of John Wick is not a slave to the confines of the cinematic world, but rather the desires of the audience.

Only when the audience is willing to grant John peace, can John finally leave his painful past behind him and start anew.

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In HNDRXX, Future delves into his personal struggles and emotional hardships with genuine honesty, and this sense of transparency is especially present on the intro track, “My Collection.” While Future gets briefly caught up in the usual bragging about clothes, money and sexual escapades, he demonstrates a surprising amount of introspection when discussing topics such as drug addiction and parental custody. “I’m tryna get the case dismissed before I see trial, and these codeine habits ain’t got nothin’ to do with my lil’ child,” sings Future.

The themes of catharsis and introspection continue on the track “Use Me,” in which Future acknowledges the superficiality and inherent distrust that has been a part of many of his romantic relationships. He comes to terms with the fact that his love interests have “used” him for his money and fame, but also explains how he has learned from these situations and developed into a better and more responsible person. Future continues to wear his heart on his sleeve with the tracks “Incredible” and “Testify,” where he is once again transparent about the struggles that have persisted in many of his romantic relationships. The latter of these two tracks is truly a modern day hip-hop ballad, where Future pleads, “Can you be the one, love me all the time?”

While Future’s simple but honest lyricism on HNDRXX is prominent, perhaps where the album stands out most is with its silky and soulful production. Featuring several styles of beats from a variety of producers, the album’s music is both unique and coherent. Producer Metro Boomin, arguably the king of the hiphop empire today, contributes two deep and complex beats to open and close the album with the songs “My Collection” and “Sorry.” We also get to hear the bass-heavy, hypnotizing produc-

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tion of D.J. Mustard on “Damage,” which stays true to hip-hop’s roots by sampling the 80’s R&B classic, “Piece of My Love” by Guy. One of the most uplifting and catchy beats on the album comes on the track “Fresh Air,” which has the kind of multipurpose, groovy instrumental that can be listened to either at a party or while kicking back and relaxing.

It was important for Future, when releasing back-to-back albums, to demonstrate versatility without straying too far away from what Future fans loved in the first place. HNDRXX has accomplished just that. This album is a significant milestone in Future’s career, and I think HNDRXX importantly reinforces that Future is not simply the repetitive, word-slurring, “mumble rapper” that some often accuse him of being. Most impressive to me is that the album’s production has managed to achieve the same radio-friendly sound that Future is known for, while still not sounding too poppy and recycled. HNDRXX is a distinct blend of the immensely popular Atlanta trap sound that has taken hiphop by storm in the past several years, with a more traditional R&B sound. Still, Future’s lyrics on this album fail to philosophically challenge or inspire. The lyrical depth of this album is limited, as is the case with many of Future’s projects. While Future’s generally weak lyricism limits his ceiling as a traditionally great “mechanical” rapper, he undeniably fills a niche in hip-hop with his unique style. HNDRXX is something that listeners will not have heard before from Future. It brings something refreshing to the table for his fans and casual listeners alike.

William Widmann is a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at wrw59@cornell.edu.

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A Love Letter to SPIN Magazine

n junior high school my uncle bought me a subscription to Rolling Stone for my birthday, and I read its bimonthly pages like they were the gospel of popular music. Rolling Stone was the end-all authority on music, the paper of record for music journalism: it didn’t seem to decide so much as know what was good. There’s a reason I felt this way at the time. Rolling Stone has lost most of its cultural significance, but it somehow remains a powerful brand.

Even Pitchfork, which is much more influential among millennials, doesn’t hold the kind of brandcache that Rolling Stone does. Shel Silverstein wrote the song “The Cover of Rolling Stone” for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show in 1973; can you imagine Travis Scott celebrating a front-page Pitchfork article in song form, or Kurt Vile crooning about getting an 8.4 rating?

Although Rolling Stone seemed to be the definitive authority in the music world, I remember that I began to get irritated when I noticed its coverage trends. Rolling Stone remains a magazine made largely by and for baby boomers, with predictable results: any scrape-the-vaults alternate-take six-disc dump from Bowie or Bruce or Bob Dylan gets five stars, while the cap for contemporary artists is generally four stars (broken, to my memory, only by Kanye during the time I was subscribed). As far as that coveted cover, the magazine alternates between canon figures like those five-star Bs and current celebrities that will sell copies; so instead of Kendrick Lamar or Grimes, you get Ke$ha and Jimmy Fallon. Even Beyoncé hasn’t had a Rolling Stone cover since 2004; the most fertile artistic period of her career has been snubbed on its cover, perhaps because Rolling Stone

overwhelmingly tends to give covers to white women wearing very little clothing (Katy Perry, Megan Fox, Miley Cyrus, the Gossip Girl actresses, etc.). Rolling Stone offers, honestly, embarrassingly bad coverage of current music; and this becomes not only an era problem but also a race and gender problem when you look at the contemporary artists that are wholly ignored on the cover and given only cursory notice in the reviews section.

SPIN Magazine saved my music fandom. I eventually stopped getting my music journalism in print, and moved onto (free) online publications; but before this I got SPIN every month, and it offered just what I had been missing with Rolling Stone. It was attentive to what was actually happening in contemporary music, in indie Despite All rock, rap, electronic the Amputations and all kinds of hybrid genres. I found out about weirdos I might never have from Rolling Stone: EMA, Danny Brown, St. Vincent, Fucked Up. It has also performed, before my eyes, a compellingly unpredictable metamorphosis. It was a monthly publication when I subscribed in 2010, but by 2012 it was publishing only once every two months. SPIN tried to sell this change as a reinvention of its form; it was bigger, made out of thicker paper, with huge pictures and more long-form pieces.

I was annoyed at its reduced frequency, but the new editions were kind of cool; more like coffee-table fashion periodicals than simple music reports and reviews. This new approach only lasted four issues.

After Sleigh Bells, Waka Flocka Flame, Wavves, Best Coast and finally Azealia Banks had graced the cover, I was told by letter that SPIN had ceased print publi-

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cation and that my subscription had been transferred to Car and Driver. “I know we can’t replace the insight and passion that SPIN delivered to music lovers,” the letter read. “But we can promise that Car and Driver will provide that same insight and passion for cars.” What stings even more is that I gave away the Azealia Banks one — the last print edition of SPIN ever — to a girl I liked at the time.

SPIN survived as a website, but half the staff was cut when print was axed, and the website seemed for a long time on the verge of extinction; coverage was slim, and reviews were often posted days after an album was released. In the past year or so, though, SPIN has found new footing as a catch-all pop culture site, with a glut of articles on everything from general music coverage to politics (with an understandably partisan approach) and even some TMZtype gossip. I’ve returned to reading it regularly after a few years away. While it used to provide a refreshingly current alternative to Rolling Stone’s stodgy and outdated coverage, I find that now it provides an alternative to Pitchfork’s own brand of self-seriousness (the featured article on Pitchfork as I write this is, incredibly, “Pitchfork to Review Key Albums From the Notorious B.I.G.”).

SPIN seems to have learned something during its death-spiral. It’s re-emerged from its own ashes as a new kind of bird, one that doesn’t limit itself to the latest Dirty Projectors album, but tackles news stories and offers political and cultural criticism. Today, when even entertainment choices feel weighted with political significance — and to settle for cheap escapism is a cop-out — SPIN makes its entertainment political and its politics entertaining. SPIN, you won me back. Please don’t send me Car and Driver again, though.

Jack Jones is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jackjones@cornellsun.com Despite All the Amputations runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

The Revolution Will Not Have Shoulderpads: Image Comics 25 Years Later

BY NATHAN CHAZAN Sun Staff Writer

One of the largest comics publishers has reached a milestone anniversary this year. Image Comics, now in its 25th year, also happens to be experiencing of its most successful years ever. Initially a major driver of the speculation boom in the early ‘90s comics market, Image has recently reached the pop culture zeitgeist again with numerous bestselling titles which put most of Marvel and D.C.’s output outside the box office to shame. Image has represented very polarizing ideals in the comics scene over the years, a seeming contradiction in the direct market paradigm. On one hand, they have represented the utter absence of artistry in the mainstream, the muscle-bound inanity and collector’s items of the late nineties boom and bust at their most abject. Yet at the same time, Image has stood as an ideal publishing model to many: an outlet for popular and original concepts with the creators retaining full ownership.

When Image was founded in 1992, the intent was a selfproclaimed comics revolution. Spearheaded by seven of Marvel Comics’ most popular artists at the time — namely Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Jim Valentino and Erik Larsen — the explicit purpose of the publisher was to offer a feasible alternate within mainstream superhero comics to Marvel and D.C.’s contracts, which robbed the writer/artist of any rights to their own work. Historically, exploitation has always been the dark not-so-secret side of superhero comics. For example, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman, spent much of their lives hovering close to the poverty line while their iconic man of steel became a billion dollar property. Taking a stand against this nonsense was and remains a big deal. Image series featured original characters without 50 years of popular baggage and sold on the popularity of the creators behind them. And unlike an indie publisher like Fantagraphics, Image comics reached a mass audience beyond the hip graphic novel scene, which had not yet grown to encompass bookstores and newspaper columns.

In many ways, Image was the ideal model, but their marketing strategies were less than utopian. Many mock the con-

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tent of their comics from this time, shoulderpadded “extreme” nonsense drawn quickly with a poor sense of proportion and all the worst boy’s club impulses. I actually wouldn’t go that far myself, as these comics aren’t exactly Persepolis, but they have a certain charm in their exclamatory energy. Liefeld and McFarlane are particularly appealing in a gnarly camp sort of way. The real issue wasn’t the content, but how irrelevant the content was. Most every comic Image Comics published at that time was sold as a collector’s item with at least a couple variant covers (the most infamous of these being Bloodstrike #1, whose gelatinous variant cover beckoned the buyer to “Rub the Blood!”). This inflated collector’s market was initially fueled by the then-shocking auction sales of rare superhero comics from the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, but Image’s ferocious push on this speculation back and forth with Marvel and others added gasoline to the bonfire.

Eventually, people began to realize that Violator vs. Badrock #2 wasn’t going to put their kid through college, and the flame of speculation was extinguished, leading to a moment of industry-wide failures and bankruptcy — even Marvel filed for chapter 11 — from which the direct market scene arguably still hasn’t totally recovered.

Recently, Image has come back into vogue as a publisher, mainly due to the success of The Walking Dead, a TV show spun off from one of their longest-running comics. However, what has allowed Image to muscle in on that coveted third place in the mainstream market — alleged third, seeing as the sci-fi series Saga outsells most Marvel and D.C. books that aren’t Spider-Man or Batman — is not Image’s own success but rather the failures of their competition. Vertigo, D.C. Entertainment’s mature readers imprint, previously occupied that space in the comics market with beloved titles like Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, but their cachet has stumbled massively in recent years since editor and founder Karen Berger left the imprint. Without her curatorial force, Vertigo has stumbled aimlessly through bad ideas and vanity projects, while Image developed a prestige television vibe that beckons new readers to their books.

The Image Comics that exists today is quite admirable in many regards. Their books are usually handsomely designed, (although the actual artistry on display may vary in its suc-

cess) publications that might even— gasp — reach an actual audience. The work of editor David Brothers and others have pushed a greater creative diversity and diversity in creators — Image publishes the Brandon Graham-curated anthology Island, which is among the most forward-thinking comics publications out there, period. And most importantly, creators own their work and receive fair compensation, still a shockingly alien concept for most publishers today.

And yet, a certain malaise seems to set in. Most of Image’s comics are boring, stiffly drawn art married to aggressively bland writing. Many of these titles are clearly written with multimedia potential in mind more than creative freedom, using “decompressed storytelling” as a pretense to spread the content of a television pilot over 6 months of single issues that cost four dollars each. Image’s top-selling titles are like little packages of nothing – you follow them in anticipation of a morsel of something, 1000 pages from now, or in an adaptation, or perhaps a long form blog post by an adolescent you’ll never meet. This isn’t creative freedom, this is comics dystopia.

Under the lens of late stage capitalism, the strengths and flaws of Image Comics from its inception in 1992 to today begin to make sense. Image’s publishing model offers an alternative to creators dissatisfied with the Big Two’s system of ownership while stressing the commodification of product over celebration of artistry. There is no inherent protection under Image’s rules beyond what is stated in a contract, nor is a great deal of emphasis put on pursuing excellence. There is no comradery, only ambition for personal gain at the expense of fellow artists and eager readers alike. The conundrum of Image, the bad but good, the brilliant and crass, the artists in the mainstream, all of this boils down to a decision that financial capital and the rapid movement of product would be the best system to bring fair compensation to creators – exploitation countered by self-exploitation. One wonders what the comics world might look like today if Image’s star founders had decided to unionize and demand new industry-wide standards instead of building a new comics factory.

Nathan Chazan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ndc39@cornell.edu.

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ond time out, just over two minutes separated the Red from earning the win when Clarkson’s Troy Josephs tipped in a shot from the point to tie the game up. Once again, the extra five minute frame was not enough to settle the score.

“In both games we had to come from behind, and that’s something that you don’t want to happen on a regular basis,” Schafer said. “But they play a great style that doesn’t allow you to play well at times.”

In addition to giving the Red a hard time, Clarkson has been a solid team all year long. Currently 24th in the pairwise ranking, the Knights have earned impressive victories over UMass-Lowell, Union, St. Lawrence and Quinnipiac over the course of the season.

Clarkson is tied for 16th in the nation in scoring, averaging 3.22 goals per game. Sam Vigneault has certainly contributed to that figure, leading the team in scoring with 12 goals and 24 assists. Josephs has set the pace in goals scored with 19.

Senior defenseman Patrick McCarron knows Clarkson will be a tough opponent but is more focused on how his own team plays.

“We focus a lot on what we have to do,” he said. “We think that if we play our system and play the way that we can then we’ll be ok no matter what happens.”

“We suffocate teams,” he continued. “It’s hard for teams to plays against us for 60 minutes; it’s just a frustrating style of hockey to play against.”

Unlike Clarkson, Cornell’s back end was its greatest strength during the regular season. The team currently ranks fifth in the NCAA in goals against — averaging just 2.17 goals allowed per game.

Leading the way defensively have been McCarron, sophomore Alec McCrea and freshman Yanni Kaldis. Senior goaltender Mitch Gillam has had another excellent

year himself (18-5-5, 2.12, .921). The Ontario-native will also need to play well for the team to accomplish what it has set out to.

Offensively, the Red has been led by sophomore forward Mitch Vanderlaan. His 14 goals and 26 points are both first on the team. Vanderlaan is also a plus-13 goal differential, tied for second with senior forward Eric Freschi. McCrea leads the squad at plus-15.

However, Vanderlaan is just one of many Cornell players to contribute offensively — a characteristic of this team that is different from years past.

“I think this is the deepest team I’ve been on here for sure,” McCarron said.

“We’ve never really had four lines that can score, play in their own end and do all the little things. It’s not just a top heavy team, and you can’t just pinpoint one thing on our team that you’re going to stop that night.”

Last year, the Red lost in the ECAC quarterfinals to Quinnipiac, but the team is hoping to punch its ticket to Lake Placid — where the semifinals and finals are hosted — with a pair of wins over Clarkson.

If the Red wins this series, a trip to the NCAA tournament becomes a virtual certainty.

If past history is any indication, Lynah should be packed all weekend, and the team wants to make sure to take advantage of its home ice advantage.

“We have the best fans in college, so obviously any home ice advantage that we can get can help us get to Lake placid, and that’s obviously our goal,” McCarron said.

Action gets underway Friday night at 7 p.m. Game two is Saturday at the same time, and game three would be at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, if necessary.

“I think we’re just starting to come together at the right time,” McCarron said.

“This is when you want all your systems working.”

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Hopes to Flip ECAC Result Cornell/Clarkson Breakdown “It is a quick turnaround — obviously both teams know each other very well so there will not be too many surprises,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. “We need to the suspension Tuesday night.

“The League action was taken after review find ways to score against a very stingy, tough of an incident that occurred at the 18:40 Clarkson defense.”

This year’s tournament will be Cornell’s mark of the third period in the Big RedGolden Knight contest where Ms. O’Neill sixth all-time appearance. The Red played in was assessed a penalty for cross checking,” the five straight tournaments from 2010-14, but has never come away with a championship. league said in a statement.

The closest the Red The team did not has come to winning offer comments about O’Neill’s suspension. “There will be not be too many surprises. is when the team lost in triple overO’Neill has We need to find ways to score against a time to Minnesotascored 14 goals this very stingy, tough Clarkson defense.” Duluth in the 2010 season and tacked on championship game.

12 assists. She has Head Coach Doug Derraugh ’91 Nevertheless, the the second-highest team understands point total on the that it has to take team, following only this tournament one game at a time. senior forward Hanna Bunton.

“Both [Cornell and Clarkson] play a The upcoming game will be the fourth time that Cornell and Clarkson will face off strong defensive game and I think that plays a role in the close games,” Bunton said. “We this season.

Despite being an offensive leader for the know it's going to be a close game but we team, O’Neill has not scored a goal against knew all games in the playoffs would be close the Golden Knights in any of the previous so we just need to stick to our game in order matches and has only accounted for one to have success.”

Puck drop will be at 3 p.m. in Potsdam. assist, which came during a 5-4 losing effort Tickets for the game can be purchased by at Lynah last month.

The teams split their regular season games, calling the Clarkson box office. with each team winning on its opponent’s ice.

All games have been decided by one goal.

Cornell expects this weekend to be no differ- Jamil Rahman can be reached at ent. jrahman@cornellsun.com.

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sophomore in the playoffs. This leaves Cornell with five healthy defensemen at best. Junior forward Alex Rauter has filled in admirably on the blue line when needed, but it is not an ideal situation. Clarkson has a talented defensive corps, led by senior James de Haas and junior Terrance Amorosa.

Edge: Clarkson Goalies Cornell’s Mitch Gillam remains among the conference’s elite netminders. A veteran of seven career ECAC playoff games — four of which were at home — Gillam will be ready for the pressures of playoff hockey.

Clarkson’s Jake Kielly has had a solid freshman season but he, of course, has never played a playoff game. Watch for playoff experience to be the key differentiating factor between the two goalies’ play.

Edge: Cornell Special Teams Cornell’s power play blows hot and cold, tending to succeed more against ECAC hockey’s weaker teams. Clarkson’s special teams rank slightly ahead of the Red in power play success percentage and slightly behind Cornell in penalty kill percentage. This past weekend, Clarkson scored six goals on the power play in two games against RPI, but conceded five on the penalty kill.

Edge: Even Recent Results It is tough to judge if either team has an advantage based on recent results. Cornell had a three-point weekend at home against the Capital Region teams two weeks ago, but may be out of game rhythm initially from their off week. Clarkson will be tired from their extra series, but they will be in game shape. The crushing sweep of RPI will also give the Golden Knights confidence.

Edge: Even Coaches Cornell’s Mike Schafer is one of the best coaches in college hockey, with over twenty seasons behind the Red bench. His counterpart for the Knights, Casey Jones, has made a number of different stops in the college hockey world and thus is also experienced. Yet, Schafer has a slight edge here, mostly due to his twenty-plus seasons at Cornell compared to Jones’ six at Clarkson.

Edge: Cornell Home Team Cornell has the advantage of being the home team for the entire weekend at Lynah Rink. The Red’s Lynah advantage is well-documented, and fans should expect a rowdy atmosphere this weekend. Clarkson’s pep band often makes the roughly four-hour trip south, so the battle of the bands will spice up the environment and add more entertainment.

Edge: Cornell, by definition Cornell has the advantage in three categories, with Clarkson winning one and three others being too close to call. Given this breakdown, I predict Cornell will take the series in three games. This weekend’s playoff series in Lynah Rink promises to thrill, as Cornell and Clarkson compete in a series that truly could go either way.

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

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Cornell Crushes Colgate,Looks to Columbia After surrending first goal to Raiders, Red goes on 5-goal run en route to dominant 13-6 victory

By MARY BARGER Sun Staff Writer

Women’s lacrosse had an impressive showing Tuesday night, demolishing the Colgate Raiders to the tune of 13-6. The victory moves No. 11 Cornell’s record to 3-1 a month into the season.

After conceding the first goal to Colgate, the Red quickly established control of the game by going on a five-goal run.

The Raiders struck back to make the game, 5-2, but Cornell’s defense locked down its opponent until deep in the second half, with the game already in hand for the Red. Colgate’s offense had averaged over 13 goals per game before meeting the brick wall that is Cornell’s defensive group.

The defense was led by All-American senior captain Catie Smith and goalkeeper Renee Poullott, who made seven saves and highlighted the day with a point-blank stop 10 minutes left in the first half.

By any metric, the Cornell women dictated the pace of the game to Colgate, although that pace may not always have been up to the Red’s high standards.

“We started pretty slowly,” said senior captain and midfielder Kristy Gilbert. “The first 10 minutes of the game were back and forth. Sometimes it takes a little to get settled in the game. Once we got the first goal, after CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR minutes of this back and forth, we shifted the momentum and really settled into the game. Going off that, Red brick wall | Colgate went into Tuesday’s match with an average of 13 goals scored per game. Cornell’s stout defense what we want to improve on for Columbia is to come only allowed the Raiders to net less than half of that amount. out strong at the first whistle.”

By dominating ground balls and forcing eight sophomore Tomasina Leska pitched in by spotting a “With five new starters this year, we have all quickly turnovers by Colgate, Cornell possessed the ball for the cutting Ellis for an assist to open the scoring for developed a really strong chemistry.” majority of the game. The Cornell, the reigning conference champions, look to Cornell. The attack was clinRed’s rotation of midfielders “Once we got the first goal ... we shifted ical in transition, converting continue its Ivy League success in a showdown at was unstoppable on both most of the Red’s opportuni- Columbia. The Lions are 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy the momentum and really settled into ties. sides of the field.

League after a 17-10 victory over Dartmouth on Junior Taylor Reed scored Sunday.

The Red defense will have its second real test of Head coach Jenny Graap the game.” an efficient hat-trick with was happy to have the oppor- the season against a much-improved Columbia squad. three goals on three shots.

Senior Kristy Gilbert “[Columbia is] riding an incredible high from a welltunity for all of her healthy Meanwhile, senior Amie players, as well as many played game,” Graap said. “We’re aware of the strengths Dickson led all players with younger players, to get play- that Columbia presents — they’ve got a lot of speed. five points — two goals and three assists. Gilbert scored ing time. These younger players, including Leska, They look like one of the stronger Columbia teams I’ve two goals and earned assist while junior All-American Phillips and fellow sophomore Hannah O’Reilly made seen in the past 20 years.”

Joey Coffy contributed with another two points.

Action starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday in New York City. major impacts on the field.

The Red’s attack also had a productive day against “What is really special about this year is we have a lot Columbia. Senior captain Catherine Ellis and sopho- of younger players stepping into new leadership posi- Mary Barger can be reached at more Sarah Phillips combined for four goals, while tions and they are doing a great job,” Gilbert said. mbarger@cornellsun.com.

BASEBALL

Red Starts 2017 Season With Statement Series Win Over Navy

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Putting aside a bizarre ninth inning play that spoiled what could have been a perfect weekend, Cornell baseball returned home satisfied after taking two of three from defending Patriot League champion Navy to open up the 2017 season.

The Red put on display its ability to not only compete with, but defeat high quality programs.

Cornell (2-1) could have walked away with a three-game sweep over the Midshipmen (3-7) if not for a unconventional turn of events in the final inning of game two on Saturday afternoon. A two-run RBI single by sophomore Trey Baur gave his team a one-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. It looked like the Red would win two on the day, after a 5-2 victory in game one.

It was second and third with two outs for the Red. The ball was hit to junior third baseman Tommy Wagner’s backhand side — a difficult ball. He snagged it and made the throw over to first, but it was a little bit up the first baseline.

Baur went up to get the ball and tagged the Navy player as he came down.

But the collision sent the ball — and even the mitt — out of the first baseman’s possession. Instead of the final out, two men scored, and the game

something the Red struggled with on the said. “But I think they have some pretty ended 8-7 Navy.

“We were in great shape to win it; it backend of last season — was plentiful high expectations and that is good.” was just a freak thing,” said head coach over the weeknd. Cornell tallied 20 runs Cornell’s 2017 campaign continues Dan Pepicelli. “Outside of that I was over the three games. next weekend as the club heads to “Offensively, we kept the pressure on Virginia to take on George Mason (4-7) happy with how we played.”

The players also did not beat them- each inning, and on the other side of the for some more out of conference road ball our pitchers attacked hitters very play. selves up too much over the loss.

“It was a hard fought game where we well,” said junior outfielder Dale The Patriots will have already played came from behind,” said senior 13 games compared to the Red’s pitcher Paul Balestrieri “I'm gonna three.

“We were in great shape to win it; it chalk the ending up to just baseball.

“They are a tough opponent,” Sometimes crazy things happen. was just a freak thing. Outside of that I Pepicelli said. “They have played a You [have to] be tough enough to lot so far which never hurts … they come back the next day with a chip are farther down the learning curve was happy with how we played.” on your shoulder, which I thought than we are. But we … are going to Head Coach Dan Pepicelli we did.” come off the bus with high expectaCornell entered the third and tions.” final game Sunday with the series Pepicelli has impressed in his tied at one apiece. Even with that tough Wickham. “On top of that, we were able players to be confident against every loss Saturday afternoon the team was to battle and answer any time momen- opponent and after every game — win able to leave Annapolis as winners, tum seemed to be shifting.” or loss. defeating Navy, 8-5.

Wickham was at the forefront of “George Mason will be another good “We just kind of jumped it early,” pushing his team in the right direction. test, but every weekend we are going to Pepicelli said. “Some upperclassmen In 15 at-bats, the right fielder had nine bring the same approach, and that is to be really stepped up in starting roles.” hits, six runs scored and four RBIs. on the attack from the first pitch of every Balestrieri clearly had been waiting all Wickham was named Ivy League Player game,” Wickham said. “If we can do that, winter for his first start. The veteran of the Week for his performance at we can be successful against any team.” came out and pitched seven strong, Navy.

The pitching rotation for GMU will allowing no runs, no walks and just “I just trusted the work I had already stay the same as it was for Navy. Friday three hits. put in, and was able to go out, play senior Tim Willittes will be on the hill, “I was able to get ahead of batters aggressive and let the rest take care of followed by southpaw sophomore Justin which put me in the driver seat,” itself,” Wickham added.

Lewis on Saturday. Balestrieri will Balestrieri said. “Pitching ahead is After a successful weekend, the team anchor the series on Sunday. huge.” is feeling good but also knows it must Jack Kantor can be reached at And that was just half the story. In keep going forward. addition to quality pitching, offense — “[The players] were excited,” Pepicelli jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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Stalemate | Cornell has neither defeted nor lost to Clarkson this season, totaling an aggregate score of 6-6.

Icers to Face Clarkson in Postseason Contests Men host Golden Knights in ECAC quarterfinals

have done a great job of sticking to that process.”

Unlike Cornell, Clarkson was in action last weekend.

Sun Assistant Sports Editor The sixth-seeded Golden Knights swept RPI at home.

During the 2016-17 campaign, the Red played every Clarkson had no trouble with the Engineers — topping ECAC opponent twice; of the 11 other schools, Cornell them by a combined score of 11-6 in Potsdam.

While Cornell had a whole week off, the team did more was able to defeat all but three of them — one of which is than just rest up for the quarterfinals. this weekend’s opponent, Clarkson.

“Monday and Tuesday we were just giving them time “They’re a good hockey team — you look at the wins off for their bodies to regenerate, they’ve had, I mean they’ve had then we went pretty hard,” some great victories this year,” “Coaches talk about process all the but Schafer said. “We had long comsaid head coach Mike Schafer ’86. petitive practices, and I think time, but very few times this year The Golden Knights provide that’s the compete level that you a challenging matchup for the have we gotten away from that.” don’t want to lose over the break Red’s first ECAC best-of-three … These were some of the best playoff series. After closing the Head Coach Mike Schafer ’86 practices I’ve had here in a bye season out on a nine game undeweek in a long, long time.” feated streak and finishing third Once the puck is dropped Friday night, the two teams in the conference, Cornell earned a first round bye and did will renew their rivalry for the 133rd time, dating back to not face competition last weekend.

Schafer credits the team’s hot streak to maintaining the 1923. Cornell leads the overall series 64-13 with 15 ties.

Two of those ties came during this season. same approach day in and day out.

Each matchup ended, 3-3. In the first, Cornell came “They’ve been able to stay even-keeled and be consistent and come ready to play every night,” he said. back from an early 3-1 deficit to salvage a point. The sec“Coaches talk about process all the time, but very few See M. HOCKEY page 14 times this year have we gotten away from that. These guys

By CHARLES COTTON

Women Seek Revenge in NCAA First Round

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

It’s deja vu for the Cornell women’s hockey team. After coming up short in the ECAC Championship game, the Red will travel back to Potsdam on Saturday to take on

ECAC champions Clarkson in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.

The Golden Knights’ (29-4-5, 191-2 ECAC) victory not only secured the program’s first conference championship, but also granted the team one of four automatic bids to the

JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Similar scenery | Cornell will return to Potsdam this Saturday after losing last weekend at Clarkson in the ECAC Championship Finals.

tournament as the No. 2 seed.

At the same time, the Red (20-8-5, 13-4-5 ECAC) was left uncertain about whether or not its season has come to a dramatic end.

After the game, the team went back to Lynah and stayed to watch the 9 p.m. selection show together, anxiously waiting to see if the team received one of the four remaining atlarge bids. Disappointment and anxiousness would be short-lived that night, as Cornell found out that it has been selected to play in the ECAC championship rematch.

“Once we found out that we made the tournament, we were all instantly just hugging each other and [were] just purely excited about being given this incredible opportunity,” said sophomore forward Pippy Gerace.

However, the emotional roller coaster is not over for Cornell. This time around, Cornell will be without the team’s leading scorer, freshman Kristin O’Neill. The ECAC issued See W. HOCKEY page 14

Stern Test for Red F rom Princeton’s last-second, gametying goal against Colgate to RPI’s firing of head coach Seth Appert, the past week has been eventful in ECAC Hockey. Lost in the news cycle, perhaps, was Clarkson’s dismantling of Appert’s Engineers in a two-game sweep. The Golden Knights’ reward for the series win is a trip to Lynah Rink this weekend for a three-game series against Cornell.

Mitch Vanderlaan has the best offensive stats for the Red, but an argument could be made that captain Jake Weidner is Cornell’s most important forward. The biggest strength up front for Cornell is depth; any one of the twelve forwards can score goals on any night. Clarkson is coached by Cornell alumnus Casey Jones ’90, who has brought this style to Potsdam as well. That said, Sam Vigneault

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game The winning team earns a trip to Lake Placid, N.Y. for the ECAC semifinals.

Clarkson and Cornell tied, 3-3, in Ithaca and Potsdam this season, so it certainly could go either way this weekend. Let’s examine both teams in seven different aspects of a hockey team to see which team will prevail.

This format is 0-1 this season after incorrectly predicting Cornell would win the Harvard game, but we will see if it is any more effective in the playoffs!

Forwards Cornell is known for its defense-first style of hockey, so it is unsurprising to see that Cornell has no star forwards, and instead employs a teambased offensive approach.

stands out as a major focal point of the Golden Knights’ attack. Cornell will have to stop him, as well as Clarkson’s emerging freshmen Sheldon Rempal, Nico Sturm, Devin Brosseau and Haralds Egle.

Edge: Even Defensemen Cornell is suffering from a major injury crisis on defense. Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has confirmed that Ryan Bliss and Brendan Smith will miss the rest of the season, and Dan Wedman’s status is unknown after missing much of the season. Trent Shore has only played in two games this year, so Schafer may not trust the See LINSEY page 14