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Procurement Initiative Saves C.U.$30.1 Million Annually

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor

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Procurement services is saving the University $30.1 million annually by streamlining operations and realizing opportunities to save money, according to the University.

Responsible for the acquisition of goods and services from external sources as well as developing initiatives to better Cornell’s buying power, procurement services surpassed the savings goal the University set in 2009 by “analyzing expenses, standardizing supplies, consolidating vendors and negotiating dis-

counts,” according to a University press release.

Initially, a goal of $30 million in annual savings was put in place in 2009’s Reimagining Cornell strategic planning initiative.

Exceeding the goal is a “huge accomplishment,” said Joanne DeStefano, vice president for finance and chief financial officer, in the release.

DeStefano added that the savings, which will be in the annual non-salary budget, were See PROCUREMENT page 4

Univ.Promotes Workplace Flexibility Nobel Laureate All Cornell employees will see increased flexibility under revised policy

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer

The University announced changes to Policy 6.6.13 Thursday, which will increase flexibility and dialogue between employees and supervisors in the workplace.

The changes will revise current policy on alternative arrival and departure times, compressed schedules, timekeeping, job share arrangements, overtime and remote work, according to the University.

With more flexible working arrangements enabled by the policy changes, the University aims to “enable staff and management to serve customers well” as well as allow employees to balance their

personal and professional obligations.

Mary Opperman, vice president for human resources and safety services and Allan Bishop, associate vice president for human resources, recruitment and employment center, were the leading administrators in charge of implementing the policy changes with help from the Career and Life Services Offices, according to the release.

The updated policy will benefit all Cornell employees including regular employees, supervisors, administrators, deans and directors, as well as department heads and human resource representatives, according to the policy.

Human resources and safety ser-

vices will provide both training and resources to help teach better communication and flexibility in the workplace. The policy, as well as Cornell’s human resources website, lists a set of instructions that explain how situations should be handled.

The information will allow for a smooth transition for supervisors and employees with the new policy and will answer any questions that workers may have, according to the University.

One of the major improvements made is the addition of an online tool, which allows employees to send in request forms, according to the University. Employees will now See FLEXIBILITY page 4

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To Lead Cancer Research at WCMC

Research Building, according to the University.

Dr. Harold E. “My lab now works Varmus, current direc- mainly on lung adenotor of the National carcinoma, but we Cancer Institute and a also study other kinds Nobel Prize winner, of cancer when mechwill join the Weill anistically relevant to Cornell do so,” he Medical said.

College facVa r m u s ulty beginsaid he plans ning April 1, to continue t h e to expand Un i v e r s i t y his cellular announced research at Thursday.

WCMC. Va r m u s DR. VARMUS “[My] was co-wincurrent ner of the 1989 Nobel interests include Prize in Physiology or explanations for the Medicine, according to failure to find mutathe University. Along tions in both of two with his colleague Dr. commonly mutated J. Michael Bishop, cancer genes in certain Varmus won the prize cancers, the fairly frefor discovering the cel- quent mutations lular origin of tumor- affecting proteins that forming genes in retro- mediate RNA splicing viruses, according to a in myeloid and lung Nobel press release. tumors [and] different His research helped properties of cancers oncologists better arising in a single understand the normal organ, such as the growth process of cells lung,” he said. and the steps in tumor While at WCMC, development.

Varmus will work Varmus, who has under director Lewis primarily researched Cantley in the Sandra cancer and its origins, and Edward Meyer will lead his own laboSee VARMUS page 5 ratory in the Belfer

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Ithaca Man Arrested Monday on Hate Crime Charges An Ithaca resident was arrested and charged with a hate crime following an altercation with a female resident Monday morning, according to The Ithaca Times.

According to a release, the suspect and the victim were in a dispute downtown and the suspect was reported using racial slurs against the victim. He is charged with second degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime as well as a class A misdemeanor.

Commons Construction To Resume Next Week The reconstruction of the main road in the Ithaca Commons will resume next Monday, weather providing, according to The Ithaca Times.

Construction crews and engineers in charge of the project said they were waiting for the snow to clear to continue building, as recent freezing temperatures have made the project difficult. Work will resume due to climbing temperatures, The Ithaca Times reported.

State Hundreds March in NYC For International Women’s Day In recognition of International Women’s Day, hundreds of New York City residents marched through midtown Manhattan Monday, according to The New York Times. The march in NYC was particularly noteworthy due to NYC being the first city to collaborate with the United Nations in support of gender equality and the protection of victims of gender and domestic violence. The “memorandum of understanding” was signed in November, according to The Times.

Marchers sought to bring attention to pay inequality and domestic violence in particular, according to The Times. Many of those who participated in the events praised Mayor Bill de Blasio’s efforts for the advancement of women in New York.

National State Judge to Cover All Ferguson, Missouri Court Cases Following last week’s call for reform in the criminal justice system in Ferguson, Missouri by the federal Department of Justice, a state judge has been appointed to preside over all cases in the city as of Monday evening, according to The New York Times.

The Ferguson criminal justice system requires complete refor due to its multiple constitutional violations, according to the Department of Justice.

Investigations following the shooting of Michael Brown brought attention to the root of the problem in Ferguson, with reform continuing into the future, The Times reported.

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Hawi Ethiopian Restaurant will serve flatbread combinations starting Wednesday

By RYAN HUMPHREY Sun Contributor

Tickling the ivories

Hawi Ethiopian Restaurant — located at 113 South Cayuga St. — will open its doors to the public Wednesday.

Citra Mohammed, who co-owns the restaurant with Gadise Degebasa, said they previously worked at an Ethiopian restaurant in New York City but decided to move to Ithaca because of its location as a college town and the open-mindedness of Ithacans.

“We found that people here are open to try new food,” Mohammed said.

“Right now the The menu’s Ethiopian dishes will be comprised of restuarant just has various flat bread combinavarious Ethiopian tions, according to Mohammed. Many are vegeartifacts, but we tarian dishes or feature assortwould eventually like ed stews with the large dishes to incorporate mesob, catering towards groups looka traditional Ethiopian ing to share.

“We hope for a great table.” atmosphere for families and groups and a different experiCitra Mohammed ence for Ithacans,” Mohammed said.

Mohammed added that she would like to build on fostering a group atmosphere at the restaurant over time.

“Right now the restaurant just has various Ethiopian artifacts but we would eventually like to incorporate mesob, a traditional Ethiopian table,” Mohammed said.

Mohammed said the tables have woven sides and a flat surface, and are designed for groups to gather around.

Mohammed and Degebasa said they have been planning to open the restaurant since last November.

“Besides dealing with the snow, everything has been smooth,” Mohammed said.

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Ryan Humphrey can be reached at rjh336@cornell.edu.

Ryan MacEvoy McCullough grad plays yesterday at a master class taught by pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Barnes Hall.

Students to Run Camp for Cancer Patients’Children

By DAVID TICZON

branch, said she discovered the organization through her sister’s involvement with Camp Kesem at the Massachusetts Institute The Cornell branch of the national orga- of Technology. nization Camp Kesem — a summer camp Weaver, who said the word “kesem” is a run by college students for children that Hebrew word that means “magic,” said she have had a parent with cancer — is plan- wanted to recreate the magic she rememning to host its first summer camp this bered during the time she spent at summer coming August. camp when she was a kid.

Camp Kesem is a national organization “I know the amazing feeling camp can founded at Stanford University in 2001. bring and how it can be an awesome disEliza Weaver ’17, who created the Cornell traction from life at home,” Weaver said.

“Camp is a great place to World news make friends, meet role models, and have fun.”

BRITTNEY CHEW / Cornell’s chapter, SUN NEWS which currently has 18 PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR students, is planning to host its first camp in early August, according to Tyler McDevitt ’17, co-director of the organization. He added that 30 campers are expected to attend.

According to Weaver, there are many tasks that need to be completed before the camp occurs, such as recruiting and training counselors as well as finding a camp. “[We also need to] build relationships with people in the Ithaca community, plan camp activities [and] solicit donations,” Weaver said.

Many students joined the organization through their personal experiences with family memProf. Timothy J. DeVoogd, psychology, director of the Latin bers that have had cancer, American Studies program, speaks with students about current according to director of events yesterday. public relations Sarah Sun Contributor

Riordan ’17 and McDevitt, who have both had a parent that had cancer.

Speaking from his personal experience, McDevitt said young children often experience stress caused by their family encounters with cancer and that Camp Kesem is a sanctuary of relief for these children that are often “forced to grow up fast.”

“The camp allows a kid to be a kid and not have responsibilities for a short period of time,” Riordan said.

In order to raise money to run the camp, Cornell’s branch of Camp Kesem has been fundraising primarily through family and friends, according to McDevitt.

Riordan said fundraising efforts have included bake sales and a fundraiser at Yogurtland last month.

She added that Camp Kesem also plans to host a March Madness Bracket contest that will split the prize money between the winner and the organization.

In a year, the organization has built a following and spread information about Camp Kesem through word of mouth, according to McDevitt. The Cayuga Medical Center and local guidance counselors have also been a major help for finding campers, he added.

“It’s been a hectic first year organizing an advisory board of community members … recruiting new members [and] finding a camp and planning activities,” Weaver said.

Cornell’s organization has just started to read applications from potential campers, who range from six to 16 years of age, according to McDevitt.

“We just began to see applications coming in,” McDevitt said. “When we began to read applications and the stories it was a major energy booster. We got to see why we were doing this.”

David Ticzon can be reached at dat228@cornell.edu.

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C.U.Workplace Policy Procurement Services Saves $30.1Million Univ.cuts annual costs through seeking discounts, reviewing expenses Revised for Flexibility PROCUREMENT Continued from page 1

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send these forms to their supervisors when they hope to alter their work schedules.

Sarah Chandler ’18, an employee at Cornell Dining, said she appreciated the revisions to the policy in regards to her work hours and breaks on her shift.

“I enjoy how flexible [Cornell is] in allowing me to work when I need to,” Chandler said. “They’re lenient about letting you take time off, and you get two weeks to make up the shift that you missed ... The mandatory paid breaks are nice, too, and the fact that if you work for six hours you get two breaks.”

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

due in part to the efforts of the procurement staff as well as “partnerships across Cornell and between the University and outside vendors.”

The savings initiative was initially carried out in two phases, according to the University.

The procurement staff first began by using SpendViz — a software commissioned by procurement services — to provide an overview of Cornell’s spending habits, according to Tom Romantic, senior director of procurement services.

In addition to using SpendViz, the procurement staff also identified items that offices and laboratories across campus used and purchased frequently, such as toners, glassware and janitorial supplies, and looked for ways to secure discounts when ordering the items, according to Romantic.

Procurement services looked specifically on how to save money through e-SHOP — Cornell’s online shopping cart for goods and services — and preferred suppliers, saving roughly $8.4 million annually.

Suppliers also competed online in “reverse auctions,” which furthered University savings, according to the release. The second phase of the savings initiative was carried out through University-wide changes “on a complex, multiyear scale.”

These changes included the selection of scientific equipment and laboratory supplier VWR International and computer and technology com-

pany Dell as “two strategic preferred suppliers” for Cornell, according to the University.

In addition to providing large discounts on over 5,000 products, Cornell’s selection of VWR International as a preferred supplier also increased customer service, decreased delivery trucks on campus and reduced delivery expenses, said Cindy Jefferson, director of strategic sourcing in procurement services.

In choosing Dell as a strategic supplier, the University has saved money in computer-related spending, according to Jefferson.

Dell offered the University a discount, created a “parts locker” on campus and also sent two technicians to provide technology support to Cornell, helping the University save money in areas of maintenance, upgrades and equipment costs.

Several other vendors were also awarded preferred supplier contracts, according to the University. These vendors included Vasco Brands for janitorial products, W.B. Mason for paper and office products and Maines Paper and Food Service for dining and hotel facilities.

Procurement services also reduced inefficiencies by enhancing e-SHOP to simplify online purchases and by streamlining catering and event space contracting, according to the University.

Moving forward, procurement services aims to continue identifying opportunities for savings and for streamlining processes by working with on-campus partners and off-campus suppliers, Romantic said.

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.

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Nobel Laureate Will Join Weill Cornell Faculty Next Month

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Cancer Center, according to the release. Varmus will also advise Dr. Laurie Glimcher, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell and the provost for medical affairs of the University.

“I am looking forward to helping Lew Cantley and Laurie Glimcher build the research community at WCMC and to working collaboratively with others in New York City, especially those in the tri-institutional community, the New York Genome Center and others,” Varmus said.

Varmus was appointed by President Barack Obama as the director of the National Cancer Institute in 2010, according to the University. He promoted individualized treatment for each type of tumor based on its genes and also helped to create The Cancer Genome Atlas to

“I do plan to continue my long-term interests in the general well-being of the scientific community.”

Harold Varmus consolidate findings on different types of cancer.

Varmus said he wants to continue to involve himself in fields beyond oncology.

“I do plan to continue my long-term interests in the general well-being of the scientific community, in global health, in open access publishing and in the advent of precision medicine,” he said.

In addition to oncological contributions, Varmus has been a promoter of educational initiatives for science in developing countries, according to the University. He authored a memoir published in 2009, titled The Art and Politics of Science.

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

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CAFA Professor & Printmaker in Residency: Contemporary Artist Yang Hongwei

BY DANNI SHEN Sun Staff Writer

Professor Yang Hongwei, of The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) is a protégé of renowned contemporary printmaker, Xu Bing and one of the foremost figures in the art world today. His distinctive approach to printmaking is a continuous flux of investigating the conceptual, rooted in material, informed by the traditional, while reinventing the technical. From reflective installations where engravings of scholar rocks float above lakes of ink, to rich woodengravings which retain their original block’s organic form, to his eight-block scroll masterwork rendering an exquisitely painterly view of major international disasters, Professor Hongwei’s work expands from within the origins of woodblock prints as historically Chinese craft, to a manifold medium, through which we may contemplate our contemporary times and globalized trajectory.

During his stay as Artist-in-Residence of Flora Rose House, the Sun sat down to talk to Professor Yang Hongwei, of The Central Academy Of Fine Arts, about his artistic career, demonstrations with Cornell art students, his current print collaboration with Prof.

Elisabeth H. Meyer, art, contemporary artist Lucy Skaer, Sarah Carpenter from Pace Prints, Hongwei’s mentor Xu Bing, the Central Academy of Art and more.

SUN: Coming from an academy and an institution like the Beijing Central Academy of Art, what is your perspective and experience on working with students? How is the mentor-student dynamic between you and Xu Bing?

Y.H.: So, at CAFA I have 10 of my own students. Of course Chinese art education and Western art education are two completely different systems. For example, the Chinese system has only developed for so many decades and many of the teaching methods were imported from Europe. After 1949, art education also received great influence from the Soviet Union. Many students would go there to learn about social realism, or about propaganda art. Afterwards, art education approaches came from France, where we had to learn about classical art-making. It was only after the opening up of China that correspondence with the United States became more established.

The system which entered China was Western art, modern and contemporary.

Since both had already originated and generated outside of China, this system did not enter in the timeframe within which it had developed in the West. Therefore, this influence was not only very sudden but also very unclear. Artists in China didn’t THE SUN: First, can you talk about your background in know what actually happened in the West, printmaking? let alone why things happened or existed as they did. The art education system was YANG HONGWEI: At around seven, I first started studying also impacted by these broader social Chinese painting without a teacher. When I was around 10 years transformations. old there was an old gentleman that taught me, who had extenSo when we teach, we want to guide sive knowledge of traditional technique, theory and the old mas- students to a healthy place where they can think about and creters. But at the time, people in general did not regard painting as ate their work, both conceptually and practically. As a professor a profession. It was just a hobby. You therefore had a variety of you also have to realize that your students went through a difinterests, for example: in landscapes, the natural environment, ferent time period than you did, and so the social and even globpeople — they were all sources of inspiration, so you painted al questions they’re facing are often completely different. them all.

As for my relationship with Xu Bing, I’m both a professor At about 16, I had to start facing developments of the future, and a student, and that’s interesting because you’re constantly because China was entering a new era where there were many switching roles and perspectives. I’ve known Xu Bing for more universities as well as professional schools. If you were pursuing than six years now, but I’ve only been his student for four years. the arts, this now became a basis for going to university. Now These four years have really impacted me at the fundamental you had to prepare for the entrance exams by learning how to level. For example, when I first began to know him, I went to his sketch, learning Western methods. And of course while you were house for a meal and he asked me what I had been making. I doing that, you would make comparisons with traditional said, “Sometimes I make oil paintings, sometimes I make Chinese methods, which was a very natural transition. At that prints.” We didn’t talk about any concepts, only materials that I time, I chose printmaking, because it involves a multitude of was using. But he then told me, “I don’t think you should oil techniques. Of course there is a lot of technique in other medi- paint, I think you should continue with print-making.” When I ums, but most don’t compare to the strength of skills needed in asked him why, he said “In actuality, oil painting is not inherent printmaking. I realized that printmaking was different from the for us. It’s specifically Western. What we do have, is Eastern, kind of art-making I had encountered before, so in the midst of which is entirely different. If you continue to paint, in 20 years, that decision, there was a kind of chance, or fate. you’ll discover you are still circling within that same place. If you continue with printmaking, 20 or 30 years COURTESY OF YANG HONGWEI later, you won’t know where you are.”

These words left a particularly strong impression on me and I thought about them for a long time in order to interpret them for myself. For example, when Xu Bing said not to continue with oil painting, he didn’t mean oil painting was bad, because there is no good or bad. Rather, he wanted me to consider the historical context and trajectory of printmaking, which is strongly rooted in Chinese origins.

Oil painting on the other hand, because it originated elsewhere, is further from our bloodline; it’s harder to achieve dao.

While working with Xu Bing now, for example while installing his Phoenixes at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, I observe how he works to control a space, the relation But in all these years, I’ve also lived through five eras. As you between material and space, how to maximize an installation’s are continuously gaining an understanding of the techniques, presentation; All those subtleties are part of the learning experilanguage and sensibility of print-making, as well as extensively ence with him. It’s not necessarily that Xu Bing is telling you researching its historical origins, you realize that printmaking what to do, but rather you are learning more about how an artist moves from a very narrow category in the history of art, to a thinks and problem-solves. great expansive space. Once you get to the core, your engagement with printmaking changes entirely.

SUN: How does your social, cultural, political identity and After beginning a Ph.D. with Professor Xu Bing at the context affect your work?

Central Academy, I started really considering what a print was from an artistic point of view, rather than forever quietly drifting Y.H.: I was born in 1968 in Tianjin, China and caught the within the prescribed parameters of the medium. It’s been dur- tail of the Cultural Revolution. Since I was small at the time so ing this time that my way of thinking about the conception and it didn’t leave a large impression on me, but there are a few memthe production, as well as methodical intersections of contem- ories. Changes were subtle but you could feel them. Although porary art and tradition of printmaking, really deepened. close, I was also not living at the political and cultural center, My experience in terms of creating is thus always moving for- which was in Beijing. Political influences weren’t particular for ward, always undergoing change. me. However, you can’t possibly escape the environment in

which you live, so naturally the social and cultural essentially shaped my formation of values.

These values changed after China’s reform and opening up began. For example, the demand for the material conditions of life, both physical and spiritual, is always increasing. Sometimes society doesn’t satisfy you because your environment is limited, so you begin to consider these issues. I then decided to go to the United States.

When I first arrived here, many now famous artists from China as well as Japan were beginning their activities in the U.S., i.e. Xu Bing, Cai Guo Qiang, Gu Wenda, etc. Seeing their work thus had a profound impact on my impressions of Western culDANNI SHEN / SUN STAFF WRITER

ture, and set a basis for what kind of work I wanted to make. Of course, this power also largely comes from the relationship between one’s thinking and one’s environment. As China now has such immense energy, a number of negative effects have arisen from the release of that energy, i.e. human restlessness, expansion of money and material needs and desires. Yet at the same time, you can’t control this kind of madness or absurdity that results; you’re swept along in the arena. Artists such as myself also instinctively began to think about the broader situation, and it was easy to feel disoriented. It was also during this time that I began to create my large-scale works, which often took long periods to complete. It was in creating these pieces however, that I was able to enter a meditative state, which gave me a genuine sense of joy and calm.

SUN: In terms of this being a three way collaborative project with artists Elisabeth Meyer and Lucy Skaer, how has everything come together for you during your time at Cornell?

Y.H.: I’m particularly interested in the Western art education system, especially in comparison to Chinese art education. In coming to Cornell University, I’ve had the opportunity to have direct communication with the students, which will be greatly informative to my future teaching at CAFA. Furthermore, I’ve really learned a lot more about Western artist and teacher attitudes. In terms of artistic collaboration, I believe they have a deeper, more direct understanding of international collaboration and possibilities, which I think is very important.

I also wanted them to learn about Chinese education in exchange, as well as our tradition of printmaking, which is different from what they had imagined. That was something that I felt very deeply about. Everyone has been very interested in my work, and perhaps it’s because they’ve never seen prints made in the Eastern tradition. But in China, there are many artists working this way; they only need to be recognized and understood by the West and this is something Xu Bing does very well as his works have transcended printmaking onto a another level. However, many artists in China are still informed by traditional methods, and that’s something I want more people to understand.

As far as this three-way collaboration, everything has been going well. I came to Cornell to begin my part in the production for the final exhibition using Western print methods. The rest will be created in a studio in China since Elisabeth and Lucy want to engage in the traditional Chinese methods of printmaking. And with printmaking, even if you come from different cultural backgrounds, you always share common vocabulary when it comes to a good print. Overall, it’s been very pleasant. The conditions are great and I think artists here are incredibly focused in terms of their work ethic. Even though the weather’s cold, everyone has made me feel very warm!

Translation of dialogue in Mandarin by Xinyi Liu ’16.

Danni Shen is a senior in the College of Art, Architecture and Planning. She can be reached at dshen@cornellsun.com.

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For New Ideas, Hollywood Should Crack Open a PhysicsTextbook H ollywood is becoming increasingly disconnected from the American public. Box Office flops win Oscars, while pseudo-intellectuals scoff at remakes of remakes of superhero movies. I am not writing to explain what led to the development of this situation, nor am I trying to expose anyone (ahem, George Clooney) who I may feel to be responsible for this substantial divide. In the spirit of both my young person’s naiveté and my Ivy League snobbery, I am trying to fix this complex problem by providing an easy solution.

I’m sure most of you are familiar with Interstellar, the sci-fi thriller that was released a few months ago. Perhaps you saw Matthew McConaughey in the lead role and thought you would just see Horrible Bosses 2 instead.

While understandable, that decision was a mistake. Interstellar was not only an excellent film, but an important one. It was original but not esoteric, complex but not convoluted. Matthew McConaughey aside, Interstellar represents exactly the kind of movie Hollywood should continue making if it wants to improve its deteriorating reputation. It also happens to be one of the most science-centric films in recent memory, incorporating such heavy-hitting topics as wormholes and the theory of relativity. It is my view that Interstellar is significant because of its scientific content rather than in spite of it. Prominent filmmakers would serve themselves and Hollywood as a whole if they made science flicks the next big cinematic phenomenon.

As a science major, I am admittedly not an objective voice on this topic. My argument,

however, has little to do with the merits of science itself and everything to do with the fundamental relationship between science and art. To clarify what I mean by this, I must first make a few points on the nature of storytelling. As Faulkner said in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about.” All good fiction is built squarely on a foundation of human emotion.

The plot of a story is only valuable insofar as it enables dynamics between characters and thereby brings this emotion to the forefront.

Therein lies the reason why art is fundamentally dependent on science. For every new thing that emerges in the world, there emerges a new potential plot point able to be used in fiction. This new plot point, while it certainly does not create new human emotions, enables

Ara Hagopian Guest Room emotions to be combined in new ways.

Let’s consider a Hollywood classic.

Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart, is widely considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time. In an iconic scene, Humphrey Bogart’s character urges his romantic interest to get on a plane with her husband and leave him forever, giving us the famous quote, “If that plane leaves the ground

and you’re not with him, you’ll regret it.” The airplane scene is famous because of the emotional effect it has on audiences. This is the case because it combines the feelings of sadness associated with goodbyes and the urgency of airplane travel. The plane is leaving quickly, so Bogart’s character is actually forced to encourage the love of his life to leave him. If she’s leaving in a covered wagon, the scene feels different. The invention of the airplane did not bring into being the human sentiments of sadness or urgency, but it allowed for these sentiments to interact with each other in a novel and exciting way.

Without the Wright brothers, there would be no airplane scene.

While Casablanca makes use of transportation technology, Interstellar is built on modern theoretical physics, especially Einstein’s theory of relativity. The popular layman’s explanation of relativity is that the faster you go, the slower time goes. In accordance with this concept, a person could conceivably age a few years on a fast-moving spaceship, then come back and find that hundreds of years have passed on earth. When McConaughey’s character leaves the solar system to find a colonizable planet, relativity repeatedly comes into play. At one point, McConaughey and an away team land on the surface of an alien

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planet that is travelling faster than their spaceship. Relativity takes its toll, and the away team eventually returns to their spaceship to find their colleague has aged thirty years.

Again, this situation leads to extraordinary dynamics between the characters. Without the development of the theory of relativity, this situation could never have been conceived of.

If Hollywood wants to keep up with the times, it needs to modernize its story ideas.

We are living in a scientific age, so a big part of focusing on modern times is focusing on science. As a college student currently typing on his laptop at 2:00 a.m., I have no idea how they should go about it (although I have a funny feeling it may involve Neil Degrasse Tyson). All I know is, I hope Interstellar 2 comes before Fast and Furious 8.

Ara Hagopian is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at amh358@cornell.edu. Guest Room runs every Tuesday this semester.

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We believe the ubiquity of labor rights violations in Qatar warrants the completion of a thorough independent review of working conditions at Weill Cornell Medical College in Education City, Qatar. As reported by Human Rights Watch, the migrant workers who comprise a majority of Qatar’s working population are regularly subjected to unsanitary living conditions, restrictions on movement, non-payment for work and life-threatening work conditions. It is thus ethically and morally imperative that the University make a speedy inquiry into the status of such workers on its Qatari campus. It was in 2001 that The Sun first expressed concerns over the establishment and operation of a satellite campus in a nation infamous for rampant human rights violations.

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hen I was traveling the opening books. Many months passed world last year, I thought I where I mourned the loss of the person I had been. The traveling perwas the absolute man.

Every day felt like adventure, even sona no longer applied, and I was just a simple stroll. Everything felt sucked back into the introverted new. My eyes drank deeply, stimulat- lifestyle I was used to. I didn’t feel ed at every corner. I was hungry, but cool anymore. I now felt surrounded by successful happy people, a jealous I was happy.

Studying in Athens meant a life of shadow of who I was.

So what’s the point? My columns slow-walking under the Grecian sun.

Class involved contemplating philos- are supposed to have a point, aren’t ophy in the ruins of Aristotle’s acade- they? It wouldn’t be wrong to chalk my or exploring the ancient agora. all this up to the incoherent ramFinding food was a quest, always with blings of a nostalgic poser, but maybe a worthy reward. I would carelessly there’s a nugget of wisdom I can sift burn Euros at the bars on weekends, out of all this bullshit.

We all hate telling myself it boredom. We was the right Life is made up of all the wish we were thing to do as doing an underage same stuff, and if we fail to sout omething American in a interesting foreign land. I appreciate the unique instead of wadstarted to roll combination of matter and ing in monotomy own cigany. We get jealrettes like the energy being given to us at ous, wishing Greeks. Locals sold pot in the every moment, that’s on us. ourselves into others’ shoes, wooded hills when we know behind the Panathenaic Stadium, and I spent it’s impossible. Life is made up of all many evenings discussing life and the the same stuff, and if we fail to appreworld while gazing upon the ciate the unique combination of matter and energy being given to us at Parthenon.

I was hooked on traveling. I every moment, that’s on us. applied for a Cornell fellowship to Comparison and judgment are pointstudy spoken Latin in Rome the sum- less, because everything balances out mer of that year. I relished being the eventually, internally or externally. stranger in a strange land. I spent my Success breeds complacency, hardship days exploring the beautiful country- breeds strength. The next time you side and the grand villas of dead envy or judge, remember there’s emperors, sipping red wine and sight- always some invisible trade-off and reading Ovid. Afternoons involved nobody has it better than anyone else.

I only felt like a success last sumgetting high in the Villa Borghese, while evenings meant making forays mer because my external circuminto Roman bars. I befriended two stances had mirrored societal stanRomanian night crawlers and spent a dards of achievement. I’d convinced few nights on the street with them lis- myself I was cool, because … well … tening to Wu Tang, drinking forties everyone knows it’s cool to travel and rolling king-sized cigarettes. I when you’re young … right? I hadn’t remember the lights on the Tiber and changed, I’d just allowed my environthe Coliseum at night. I miss the ment to affect my internal alignshade of obelisks in the Italian sum- ments. I never imagined it’d be so mer. I felt invincible then — I was hard to come home and accept who I’d always been. out to conquer the world.

In the end it doesn’t matter if If you’re still reading, congratulations. You’ve made it through the you’re hanging out at the local Taco two most self-absorbed paragraphs in Bell or touring the Louvre. What the universe! And while writing the counts is how you react to it. above was a fun way of giving my ego Realizing my envy of the intact social a nostalgia-boner, everybody has to circles of the Ithaca bar scene was wake up from daydreaming eventual- some petty, delusional, self-depressing bullshit was when I also realized ly.

When I returned to the States, the my former notions of grandeur were reverse culture shock was hard to deal delusional too. What made me so with. I’d been to the moon and back unique? People have done crazier but nobody gave two shits. They things than study abroad. What paid me lip service like any kind per- made me so pathetic? Some people son would, but they knew I was out don’t have rooms to sleep in.

Perspective matters. I could run of touch. The world had moved on in my absence. The fierce indepen- halfway around the world, feeding dence I had enjoyed abroad met jar- my ego with transient accomplishring resistance in strict rules and the ments, and still not be fulfilled. It’s rigid calendrical routine of home-life easy to feel the rush of new sights and in America. I came back to Cornell be overwhelmed by external stimulaand realized the truth: I wasn’t some tion. It’s much harder to find meanunique, hip adventurer traipsing ing and gratitude within ourselves for around Europe. I was just some loser the daily routines we take for granted. writing about it, stuck on the top floor of a frat house mansion.

Zha is a senior in the College of Arts and I spent all my money. Nowadays I David Sciences. He may be reached at dzha@cornellsun.com. spend more nights in than out. The Angry Spirit Bear appears alternate Tuesdays this Instead of lighting up, I’ve been semester.

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Annie O’Toole, Ross Gitlin & Robert Harrison | Trustee Viewpoint

Why Run (and Vote) for The Next Undergraduate Student Trustee?

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ver the next month you will have the chance to make a lasting impact on our school by running or voting in the next Undergraduate Student Trustee elections. Cornell, unlike any of its Ivy League peers and the vast majority of private research universities, provides its students with the opportunity to serve as full-voting members of the Board of Trustees. And now is a particularly exciting and important time to be a member of Cornell’s governing body: The next Student Trustee will join the Board at a critical juncture for higher education in America and for our University.

Cornell’s tradition of student involvement on the Board extends back over 40 years. Today, one undergraduate student and one graduate student serve two-year terms alongside 62 other members of the Board, including eight alumni-elected trustees, two facultyelected trustees, one employee-elected trustee and the eldest lineal descent of Ezra Cornell. Collectively, the trustees are vested with “supreme control” over the University, including its colleges.

Trustees provide fiduciary oversight and guidance to ensure that Cornell is positioned as one of the preeminent institutions of higher education in the world. The Board makes decisions that affect every aspect of university life, including hiring our President, establishing tuition and financial aid levels, ratifying our $3.5 billion budget, determining what buildings are constructed on campus and approving major strategic initiatives such as faculty renewal in Ithaca, Cornell Tech in NYC and the Belfer Research Building at Weill Cornell Medical College. Trustees help lead our entire institution, support our educational and research programs and work to realize our aspiration to be the land-grant institution to the world. Trustees chart the course for the long term.

Student Trustees have a seat at the table on the same basis as every other trustee, and their input is both valued and solicited.

Each of the writers of this column has served as a Student Trustee, with Bob now serving as Board Chair. Students who serve in this position can have a profound impact on University policy.

Currently, Student Trustees serve on a range of committees, including Student Life, Academic Affairs, University Relations and the Trustee Community Communications Committee. Most recently, we served together on the Presidential Search Committee, which selected Elizabeth Garrett as the 13th President of Cornell.

Student Trustees also help set the agenda for the Committee on Student Life, and they make sure that other trustees are aware of pressing campus issues. In recent years, Student Trustees have addressed topics that include off-campus housing and safety, student health and wellbeing, diversity, inclusion and the academic experience.

The next Student Trustee will help guide the University as it enters its next chapter and will aid in the transitions of PresidentElect Elizabeth Garrett, the next Provost and the next Vice President for Student and Campus Life. The next Student Trustee will work alongside the other trustees to enhance Cornell’s academic stature, address our University’s budget model, engage in dialogue regarding the future of online education and participate in discussions about Cornell’s presence in New York City.

The next Student Trustee will join a group of devoted individuals who are committed to one goal: improving Cornell, now and for the future.

In the upcoming months, you will have the opportunity to participate by either running or casting your ballot for the next Student Trustee. For those students interested in running, we will host two information sessions on Friday, March 13 from 12 to 1 p.m. and on Monday, March 16 from 5 to 6 p.m., both in B12 Day Hall.

Further, you are invited to observe the next open sessions of the full Board and its committees on March 25 and 26.

On April 16, the Daily Sun will host a debate from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Willard Straight Hall’s Memorial Room to further inform you about the candidates, so that you may select the candidate who most accurately captures your ideas and aspirations for our University. Voting will open online on Wednesday, April 29 from 8:00 a.m. and continue through Thursday, April 30 at 10 a.m. — all students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students may vote.

We hope you will join us in participating in this year’s elections, so that together we can continue to ensure that Cornell remains a world-class institution that promotes discovery, disseminates knowledge and improves the lives of individuals and communities throughout the world. With your help, we can build upon the success of our first 150 years and make an even greater impact during our next 150 years.

Robert Harrison ’76 is the Chair of the Board of Trustees. Annie O’Toole is a second year law student at Cornell Law School and the graduate studentelected trustee. She can be reached at ado29@cornell.edu. Ross Gitlin is a senior in the College of Industial and Labor Relations, and the undergraduate student-elected trustee. He can be reached at rhg68@cornell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Comment of the day “We can dig a bit deeper into the ‘hip hop’ thing. You could even argue that, the NBA already on shabby foundations due to the singular greatness of Michael Jordan, the league’s casual popularity in non-core (NBA cities) areas fell off dramatically because of the Era of AI.” Phil A. Re: “Looking Back at NBA’s Dark Ages,” Sports published March 4, 2015

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WhereWe Stand on Selma’s Bridges O n Saturday, President heyday. But as President Obama Barack Obama delivered basked in the light of Selma, I fear what has already been that the dubious fog of social hailed as one of the finest speech- strife has kept us — the youth es of his presidency; against the whom he charges to march in the unadorned backdrop of the footsteps of giants — from fully Edmund Pettus Bridge, he articu- experiencing the warmth of its lated a vision of America that glow.

That is not to say that our genserved both to lionize the heroes who marched in Selma half a cen- eration does not welcome the tury beforehand, and to fire back spirit of Selma. I do not doubt at the less-than-dignified leaders that Millennials agree with the of his opposition — with Rudy President when he declared: “Oh, Giuliani being only their most what a glorious task we are given, recent standard-bearer — who to continually try to improve this have tried, year in and year out, to great nation of ours.” What I fear cast aspersions on his patriotism. we are tragically lacking is the The President, known for too conviction that improvement is much of his term for his dispas- possible. We were born in the sion and his passivity, seemed glory of American triumphalism moved by the poetry of the after the end of the Cold War, and moment: the first African- most of our time as politically American president, in the aware adults has been spent autumn of his time in office, chronicling the downward spiral standing at the site of the Civil of our politics, our economy and Rights Movement’s most iconic our policing practices. We’ve seen day. Once you have finished your calamity after calamity unfold on House of Cards binge, I implore CNN, and yet the lives of most us you to take a few minutes to lucky enough to be here at watch the President’s address. Or, Cornell have been relatively at least, read it. As I watched, what stood out to me most was that the President’s We’ve seen a noticeable vision of America — which he used as a Balkanization of our campus rebuttal to “stock politics. ... Ethnic and political photos or airbrushed enclaves take the lead on their history or feeble own issues. attempts to define some of us as more American than others” — was unscathed by the turmoil of the built on the foundation of our 21st century.

There is little of the unifying Millennial generation.

“You are America,” the moral urgency of the Civil Rights President said. “Unconstrained by Movement, and we’ve seen a habits and convention. noticeable Balkanization of our Unencumbered by what is, and campus politics. For the most ready to seize what ought to be. part, ethnic and political enclaves For everywhere in this country, take the lead on their own issues, there are new steps to be taken, allowing us to splinter off into a and new ground to cover, and sort of societal inertia, in which bridges to be crossed. And it is transformative change is hard you ... the most diverse and edu- because we are not truly making cated generation in our history, change together. When Jews are Israel, Africanwho the nation is waiting for fol- debating low. Because Selma shows us that Americans are tackling issues of America is not the project of any police brutality and Latino students are marching for immigraone person.”

This, of course, is the sort of tion reform, we miss the opportuthing that all presidents say when nity to unite for change and giving the future a rhetorical instead emphasize the societal embrace. John F. Kennedy and cleavages that have yet to be Lyndon Johnson did not ask the solved.

Take, for example, the recent Baby Boomers to stay at home and leave the Greatest Generation aggravation in race relations in in the limelight. Ronald Reagan, the wake of unrest in Ferguson in turn, looked to Generation X and elsewhere. The mobilization as an answer to the hippies and against police brutality — and pacifists of the Baby Boomers’ against the vestiges of discrimina-

tion that the Civil Rights Movement only began to erode — has for the most part failed to transcend partisan divides, and has not played into a narrative of national unity in the same way that Selma does. Even for our young generation, “the most diverse and educated in our history,” the unrest of the summer has not translated into meaningful forward motion; we’ve failed to think of the uncomfortable, sometimes murky, episodes of outrage in the context of morally unambiguous discussions about equality and humanity. We’ve remained in our comfortable, familiar corners of 21st century issues, and seized upon pieces of news that emphasize our nation’s foibles rather than its strength — making it easier for us to remain isolated.

Yesterday, right after Obama’s historic speech in Selma last weekend, the top trending story on Facebook had nothing to do with the commemoration — it did not even break the top ten trending stories on my News Feed. Instead, the top spot of social network news was a story about University of Oklahoma fraternity brothers, who proved themselves a stain on our generation with a leaked video of their racist cheer.

Cornellians have been righteously disgusted by the video and have been giddily sharing every new development in the backlash against it. But while we denounce these hateful relics of the past, why does President Obama’s speech — imploring us to march across that Alabama bridge and into the future — go relatively unnoticed by the Millennials whom he extolled? Reminding ourselves that we are not what is wrong with America is not the same thing as doing everything in our power to ensure that we are what is right with America. To do that, we must work together instead of passively drifting apart.

If we are to answer Selma’s call, we must remind ourselves that we cannot answer the call unless we answer it together.

Jacob Glick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jglick@cornellsun.com. Glickin’ It appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Red Faces Harvard in Finals

Women drop game against Crimson by four, take second W. HOCKEY

able to build some momentum from some huge kills we had,” Fulton said, echoing Veerman. “On the other side, power plays did the same thing. We got a on-one goal opportunity. However, sophomore goal- few shots and were able to build some momentum, tender Paula Voorheis stopped their attempt and getting our first goal on the power play and two more pushed the puck wide of the net. But with 4:40 left in came quickly after.” the period, Clarkson’s top line finally broke through Only 23 seconds after Saulnier’s goal, sophomore Cornell’s defense and secured a 1-0 lead. forward Hanna Bunton got the eventual game win“I thought the first two periods we didn’t execute ning goal when she wristed the puck over Clarkson’s as well as we could have. We weren’t quick enough goalie. Jenner scored another goal for Cornell to win with moving the puck forward and getting it into the the game, 3-1, bringing the team into the ECAC Clarkson end,” Veerman said.

Championship game against Harvard.

However, Cornell regained momentum and creatIn its matchup against the Crimson, Cornell ed a few goal opportunities in the last two minutes of gained an early 1-0 lead six minutes into the game the period. Even though the team did not score at that when Saulnier, assisted by Fulton and junior forward moment, Fulton said she believes that its momentum Anna Zorn, snapped a wrister past Harvard’s netmincontinued to build throughout the second period — der. Cornell continued to have goal opportunities when both teams had penalties and various scoring throughout the period. However, Harvard capitalized opportunities — and into on a Cornell power play, tying up the the third. game.

“We played them really “I think the momenThe second period was intense and tum we built through the evenly throughout the first equal between the two teams. There were first two periods helped us some big scoring opportunities throughout two periods. Both teams the going into the third,” she period. Jenner and Saulnier had a twohad their chances.” said. “We continued to do on-one chance, but the puck hit the cross the same things, but just a bar.

Doug Derraugh little more tenacious. In Head coach Doug Derraugh said he felt the third, the execution the first two periods were really close and factor came in huge and could have gone either way. we were able to get a few goals.”

“We played them really evenly throughout the first In the last seven minutes of the period, the Red two periods,” he said. “Both teams had their chances.” equalized the game during its fifth power play opporIn the third period, Cornell stole a 2-1 lead early tunity. Senior captain and forward Brianne Jenner on, but Harvard heated up and pressured Cornell. worked the puck into the zone to Fulton, who then The team scored five goals back-to-back and ran away whipped the puck into the crease. Senior forward with the game. Late into the third, Bunton scored her Jillian Saulnier went into the crease and tapped the second of the weekend on a Harvard power play. This puck into the net, tying the score at 1-1. goal gave the team life. Despite having a few more Veerman said she believes the penalties were a huge scoring opportunities, Harvard rejected Cornell’s factor in the rhythm of the game and the team’s advances and topped off the game with an empty netmomentum. ter to win, 7-3.

“Penalties played a big role with changing the Derraugh said he thought the small errors added momentum for both teams,” she said. “It was a big up to make the difference in the game. factor for our first goal, which was on the power play “We got that early goal, but gave up a couple [of] and that goal gave us the spark we needed to come tough ones,” he said. “You [have] to give credit to back and win.”

Harvard for capitalizing on the chances we gave Fulton explained that the team gained momentum them.” from its power plays and shots on goal, despite the penalities.

Danielle Letourneau can be reached at “While it’s never good to be penalized, we were dletourneau@cornellsun.com.

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drawing board and rethink my approach. I did things one way for 19 years, and then I tried to season. Cornell also struggled change things up. I need to go with its composure as it comback to what I’ve always done.” mitted a staggering 10 penalties Though it probably will not with 23 penalty minutes. Union help with the sting of defeat would score three on its power right now, there is reason to be play opportunities. optimistic for next year’s “Everything just season. The majority of spiraled out of con- “Everything just spiraled out of control. the Red’s roster consisted trol,” said senior for- We just weren’t getting the bounces we of underclassmen that ward Cole Bardreau. will now have a valuable needed out there.”

“We just weren’t getyear of experience. ting the bounces we Freshmen, like defenseCole Bardreau needed out there. man Ryan Bliss, who After we got down by played major minutes a significant amount of goals, Coach Schafer took some of this year, will only continue to we started getting away from the blame onto his shoulders, improve. The team will also our game.” acknowledging schematic retain both of its very talented For seniors like Bardreau, changes he made in the offsea- goalies. Considering all of these this was clearly not the way they son as part of the team’s short- factors, the Red should enter wanted to go out. The Red came comings. next season as a team to watch into the season with much lofti“I made some systematic out for. er goals than a first round exit in changes this year and I think the ECAC Tournament. they failed miserably,” Schafer Shane Lewis can be reached at “This season was definitely a said. “I need to go back to the slewis@cornellsun.com.

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disappointed and I feel it was reflective of [the seniors class’] time at Cornell,” said senior captain John McCarron. “Two Ivy League titles over four years just isn’t cutting it. That’s not up to par with Cornell standards.”

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WRESTLING

Red Powers to First at EIWA Finals

Dean earns Coach’s Award for Most Outstanding Wrestler, helps team to ninth straight title

By HANNAH NOYES Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell wrestling team’s win at the EIWA Championships this weekend earned the team yet another major victory on the season and a ninth consecutive title under the coaching of Koll.

Sophomore Gabe Dean was awarded the Coach’s Award for Most Outstanding Wrestler. Koll said he honored his player with this title because he had “total domination of the tournament’s toughest weight class.” On top of an incredible season athletically, Dean has been a leader for his teammates as a sophomore captain.

Alongside Dean, Koll also recognized senior Jacob Aiken-Phillips in the 285-weight class. He placed third this weekend, after only being seeded as No. 7. According to Koll, Aiken-Phillips had the most impressive performance of the weekend. This all-star performance is not uncharacteristic of Aiken-Phillips. He was a unanimous All-Ivy League pick last season, and prior to that, has had an integral role in the EIWA tournaments as well as the Binghamton Open and Body Bar Invitational.

With the ninth straight EIWA title, the Red will now send eight out of its 10 top wrestlers on the team to the NCAA Championships in two weeks. Although walking into a tournament facing such a strong bracket of teams is undoubtedly intimidating, Koll said he was very impressed with how his men handled the stress.

“I’m not sure the team could have performed much better. Every man wrestled well,” Koll said.

Having another championship to his name feels very satisfying, according to Koll.

“Lehigh wrestled well and is a very good team. As a matter of fact, they recently defeated Ohio State who just won the Big Ten,” he said. “The EIWA tournament is pretty brutal and we were able to win it handily.”

The men finished the weekend with a total of five champions and 176 points, beating the second runner up team and host Lehigh by 30 points.

BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Heavy-weight hype | Senior Jacob Aiken-Phillips took home third place this weekend after coming into the weekend in the No. 7 seed. Head coach Robert Koll noted that he was the most impressive showing of the championships.

The wrestling post-season will come to a close in just two short weeks. While the squad has seen much success this season, the team had to change the starting lineup more than once, battle injuries and keep a winning mentality throughout the past few months.

“We had to rely on many non-starters to make this season a success,” Koll said. “Up until recently, we didn’t have our complete starting line-up on the mat at once. Brian Realbuto wasn’t even in the picture until the last month of our season and he placed seventh at the EIWA tournament.”

Koll said he will take lessons he learned from this season

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and incorporate them into the Championships, and later into next year.

“The lesson is that opportunities will occur, and if you are prepared, the rewards of that opportunity might just fall upon you,” he said.

The team will travel to St. Louis on March 19 for the NCAA Tournament.

“I am very proud of every member of the team,” said Koll.

Hannah Noyes can be reached at hnoyes@cornellsun.com.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Red Drops Two to Union College Cornell Drops Final Round

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell men’s hockey team’s season came to an abrupt halt this past weekend when it was swept by Union College in a best of three series and eliminated from the ECAC Tournament.

Cornell was thoroughly outmatched by the Dutchmen, falling by scores of 4-2 on Friday and 7-0 Saturday.

Saturday’s loss was one of the most lopsided defeats in the history of Cornell’s hockey program. The results were surprising, given that Cornell swept the regular-season series against Union and was a higher seed in the tournament.

“Everything just unraveled,” said head coach Mike Schafer.

“Anything that could possibly go wrong went wrong for us this week-

MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Cornell actually outshot its opponent, but Union goalie Colin Stevens was on his best game, tallying 28 saves.

Offensively, the Dutchmen were led by a balanced attack, with four different players scoring goals. Red junior forward Christian Hilbrich and sophomore forward Matt Buckles would end up scoring the only two goals on the weekend for Cornell.

On Saturday, Union took all the momentum from Friday’s victory and quickly jumped on the Red. The Dutchmen scored three goals in the first period and took the life out of Lynah Rink.

Union would proceed to score two more goals in the second period and further demonstrate its dominance with two final goals in the third period.

Once again, Cornell outshot the Dutchmen but were foiled by another great performance from Stevens. Meanwhile, the usually strong Red goalie tandem of freshman Hayden Stewart and sophomore Mitch Gillam had one of Red down | Junior its worst outings on the forward Christian Hilbrich

end.”

The unraveling started during the second period of Friday night’s game, where Union scored three goals within a span of 10 minutes. A fourth goal eight minutes into the third period would put Union up, 4-0, and iced the game away for the Dutchmen.

was one of two players for the Red to score this weekend in the first round of the ECAC Championships.

See M. HOCKEY page 11

Of ECAC Championships

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

that the team did not execute the team’s game plan as well as it needed to. Cornell was down a goal for the majority of the game and in the back half of the first period, during a power play, the Golden Knights had a great two-

After winning an intense matchup against Clarkson (2410-3) in the semifinals of the ECAC Championships, Cornell (19-10-4) fell short of winning the title in a disappointing loss See W. HOCKEY page 11 against Harvard (24-53).

Going into the Clarkson game, Cornell focused on speed and being assertive.

“We knew speed was going to be a huge part of our game,” said senior forward Emily Fulton. “They play a strong game defensively and beating them oneon-one was not going to work. We had to keep our feet moving and support each other all over the ice in order to break down their systems.”

However, in the first ENOCH NEWKIRK / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER and second periods, sophomore forward Final ice | Senior forward Jillian Saulnier Brianna Veerman felt finished her last post-season with the Red.