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Although he will not have a hand in choosing his successor, Cornell President David Skorton said he believes the next president should focus on Visit cornellsun.com excellence and the commufor additional content nity. about President “I think the person Skorton’s appointment hopefully will have a spirit at the Smithsonian of the community, which is Institution. very important particularly in a situation like this where we are such a big part of the community,” he said. Skorton said the question of who will replace him will ultimately need to be answered by the Board of Trustees. “The trustees have done a fantastic job several times before, and I have a lot of confidence that they will do so again and that they will involve the campus broadly in the descript discussion of attributes and so on and so forth,” Skorton said.

“We have a fantastic governing board. I know they’ll do a great job.” The Board of Trustees will form a search committee to determine the University’s next President in the coming weeks. Robert Harrison ’76, chair of Cornell’s Board of Trustees, said he hopes the search committee will be appointed by the end of March. The University announced Monday that Skor-

“[Cornell is] a place that is on the rise with wonderful people.” President David Skorton ton will leave Cornell to serve as the next Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He will continue to serve as Cornell’s President through June 2015 See SKORTON page 4

Cornell Tradition Opens to International Students By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

For the first time in the program’s history, the Cornell Tradition will be open to international student applicants, according to Kristine DeLuca, director of the Cornell Commitment Office, which oversees the scholarship program. Starting this semester, freshmen, sophomore and junior international students can apply to become Cornell Tradition Fellows — who complete a total of 250 hours of

work or service every academic year and receive financial benefits as part of the program, according to DeLuca. Enrico Bonatti ’14, international liaison at-large for the Student Assembly, said he has worked with administrators for the last two years to push for the inclusion of international students in the program. He said he credits the change as being caused by an increase of campus awareness on international student issues. “[It is] thanks to increased awareness of international issues by the administration and thanks to more pressure from passionate international students, myself included,”

Inclement Conditions Raise Flooding,Travel Concerns,City Officials Say By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

Despite the inclement weather that faced Ithaca Wednesday and the City of Ithaca’s warning against potential flooding, Cornell remained open Wednesday. The University’s emergency preparedness team was “continuing to monitor a developing winter storm” on Wednesday afternoon, according to the University. As of 11 p.m. Wednesday night, there were no

changes in the University’s operating status. Wednesday night, the Ithaca Police and Fire Departments monitored areas, including Six Mile, Cascadilla and Fall Creek for ice jams, which could cause potential ice jams, according to a City press release. Lee Shurtleff, director of the Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response, said the storm See WEATHER page 5

Bonatti said. “To be honest, I am not sure why no one thought to bring up this issue before me in the past few years, especially since the Cornell Tradition is such a big program.” When it was established in 1982, Cornell Tradition was strongly tied to the Office of Financial Aid and Student Employment, according to DeLuca. Until recently, students applying to become Fellows also had to apply for financial aid, and international students — who do not See TRADITON page 4

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The University Library’s budget is being “stretched thin” due to the “dramatically increasing” prices of scientific journals, according to Prof. Nerissa Russell, anthropology, chair of the University Faculty Library Board. “There’s been tremendous consolidation in the publishers, and things that used to be published on their own by learned societies are now being contracted out to these commercial publishers,” Russell said Wednesday at a Faculty Senate meeting. “There are about five commercial publishers, and they’re jacking up the prices to make money because they can.” Russell said there is currently an ongoing campaign at Cornell to develop a $15 million endowment for collections. She added, however, that this would only cover part of the increased need for funds. “As long as these prices keep soaring, there’s no way we can keep up with finding funding to put into them,” Russell said. “We need to find new models for publishing eventually, because this is simply not sustainable.” President David Skorton said at the meeting that he thinks the increased journal prices are a “hugely important issue.” “This escalation of costs has been going on for a long time,” Skorton said. “We are making good progress in a fundraising campaign, but it won’t cover all the costs.” According to Russell, Cornell has been losing ground in terms of library spending in relation to other universi-

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Author Jewelle Gomez speaks in Lewis Auditorum in Goldwin Smith Hall about human sexuality and defying social norms Wednesday.

ties. She said that in fiscal year 2005, Cornell was ranked 11th in the nation for library materials expenditures. The University’s position dropped to 19th in 2008 and 24th in 2012. “We are spending more, but not as much more as some other universities have been spending,” she said. “There’s a real concern that we’re going to keep slipping.” Russell said one possible solution to the problem would be to share the costs with other universities through programs like Borrow Direct and 2Cul, programs which allow students to access the library catalogs of other universities. Russell said another possible solution would be to

encourage a move to free open-access journals, which are journals freely available to anyone. However, Russell said that using open-access journals may not necessarily solve the library’s funding issues. “Open-access is desirable in terms of making research available to taxpayers and people who need it, but it’s not clear that it’s going to cost less to the library,” she said. “The only real solution to this is to somehow get publication out of the hands of for-profit publishers, but the trend has been in the completely opposite direction.” Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.

Panel Discusses Violence Against Native American Women By GRACE HURLEY Sun Staff Writer

A panel of three experts in Native American women’s studies discussed preventing domestic violence against Native American women in light of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act at the Cornell Law School Wednesday. The panelists — who are affiliated with a Native American tribe and whose professional work involves domestic violence against

Native American Women — examined the criticism, support and implications of the act. Prof. Sarah Deer, law, William Mitchell College, and associate justice of the Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals said the act was originally introduced in 1994 to help prevent violent crimes against women. The controversy surrounding the act rose as a result of it enabling tribal courts to have jurisdiction over criminal cases brought by tribal women against non-tribal men, accord-

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Workers for women | Amanda Sampson Lomayesva speaks at the panel discussion “Violence Against Native Women” in Myron Taylor Hall Wednesday.

ing to Deer. Prof. Lisa Hall, American Indian studies — who moderated the panel — said Native American women in the United States experience a very high rate of sexual assault. Hall said some senators who offered objections to certain provisions of the act sought to exclude the LGBT community, Native Americans living on reservations and undocumented workers from the protections of the act. Deer said opponents of the tribal jurisdiction provision of the act argued that it “institutionalized and endorses the United States as a protector of women” and “encourages tribal governments to replicate state and federal court systems.” Despite objections, the reauthorization of the tribal jurisdiction provision was approved, according to Deer. “There were some who suggested that we give up but the native women refused to compromise,” she said. “We risked losing all the funding that VAWA provides to reservations, so it was a victory that we were able to get this bill passed.” Amanda Lomayesva, attorney general for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, said she hopes she will see positive changes in her own tribe as a result of passing the bill. “I think it’s a good thing, ultimately; in the past, our police department would go out and when they ascertained the perpetrator was a non-Indian, there was nothing they

could do — they would drive him to the edge of reservation and just drop him off knowing that he would walk back,” she said. According to Sampson, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe has been participating in a pilot program for the act in order to determine how the act would need to be implemented. Three tribes — including the Pascua Yaqui — were approved to practice tribal jurisdiction over non-natives beginning Feb. 6., she said. Sampson said that there have already been three incidents in her tribe in which police were called to a domestic violence scene since the start of the pilot program, Deer said she hopes there are future reforms within tribes to prevent violence against tribal women. “I think that federal legal reform is part of the solution but, more importantly is tribal reform. Looking at reforming tribal law could mean more to tribal women in the long run,” she said. Deer added that there is much room for improvement due to the lack of legislation regarding native men. “A lot of people have suggested that we sort of let native men off the hook because we were so focused on the interracial acts of nonnative men,” she said. “So there’s a lot of work left to do.” Grace Hurley can be reached at ghurley@cornellsun.com.

A round the Ivies Penn Researcher Arrested for Burglary A researcher from at the University of Pennsylvania will receive a preliminary hearing today for charges of burglary, stalking and invasion of privacy, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported. The researcher, from the biochemistry department of the School of Dental Medicine, was released from jail March 6 after his $375,000 bail was posted and is currently on administrative leave.

Banner Removal Sparks Debate at Columbia Barnard administrators erected and then removed a banner on Barnard Hall advertising Students for Justice in Palestine’s annual Israeli Apartheid Week, according to The Columbia Daily Spectator. The placement of the banner sparked controversy among Barnard and Columbia students and has led to debate about student groups’ right to expression.

Harvard to Open New Art Museum According to the Harvard Crimson, the Harvard Art Museums announced on Tuesday that it plans to open a new facility in November. The facility has been under construction for many years now. The new space will bring the total gallery area to 43,000 square feet. — Compiled by Sloane Grinspoon

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Tradition Fellows Open to Changes TRADITION

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have the same access to financial aid as American citizens — were not allowed to apply to the program. “The change in the policy regarding applying for financial aid no longer required [for the program] was made some years ago, independent from anything related to the international student membership consideration,” DeLuca said. According to DeLuca, students can become a Tradition Fellow in two ways — either by being automatically selected during the freshmen admissions process as high school students or by applying in spring semester of their freshman, sophomore or junior year. Starting this semester, current international students will be able to apply to enter the program by way of the latter method. DeLuca also said administrators are considering automatically choosing international applicants for the program during the admissions process. “We look forward to working with our colleagues in the Undergraduate Admissions Office to consider the possibility and implementation of in the future,” she said. Another difference is that international Tradition Fellows may not receive the same financial benefits, according to Bonatti. Although Tradition Fellows — regardless of citizenship — will each have access to a $3,500 service support account and wage subsidies for campus employment, international students are not eligible for up to $4,000 annual student loan replacements the program provides for students who receive financial aid. “We are thrilled that the University has been able to increase the amount of financial aid for our international students over the past five years or so,” DeLuca said. “However, the current financial aid eligibility rules for international students don’t allow our awarding of the Tradition fellowship. … All other benefits [including the $3,500 support account and wage subsidy] of Tradition membership are available.” Despite these differences, international students said they welcome the opportunity. “I am certain that this change will make the Cornell Tradition not only more diverse but also much stronger and legitimate due to healthy competition and inclusion of previously excluded students,” Bonatti said. Students who are already Tradition Fellows also said they support the inclusion of international students. “This change is great,” said Ari Rubin ’15, chair of the Student Advisory Council of the Tradition program. “Now that we will have international students, we will see even more diversity. I am very excited to volunteer and work with Tradition Fellows from across the globe and see everything that they are passionate about.” Bonatti also said he hopes that his and the administration’s work to become more inclusive of international students will encourage students to work with other on-campus organizations. “One of the main takeaways from this resolve is not just that an important program has suddenly become more inclusive of a very large and important group on campus, but also how much students can do and change on campus,” Bonatti said. “All it takes is someone passionate about a fully legitimate and righteous issue to bring it up and push the administration to implement it — and if warranted it will be done.” Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com

Skorton Talks Legacy SKORTON

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and will assume his post in Washington, D.C. on July, 1 2015. President Skorton said he thinks there will be many individuals looking to replace him in the coming months due to the fact that Cornell is “a place that is on the rise with wonderful people.” “People will be very interested — they’ll be lined up around the Arts Quad, looking for an opportunity,” Skorton said. He added that if he could leave one piece of advice for his successor, it would be to focus on the “broad nature of excellence” at Cornell. “I think if anything if any one thing had to be foremost, think about the need for the people who want to come here who want to come here from all over the

world,” Skorton said. “Think about serving those people and making it possible for them to imagine a Cornell education and then actually realize that imagined dream.” Skorton also spoke about his legacy and said he hopes his legacy will be defined by increasing the accessibility and the affordability of the Cornell education. “We’re not totally there yet, but I think we’re farther along the path than we were some years ago,” he said. “Ironically, the Great Recession opened my eyes even more widely and better clarified my vision of what a hill it is to climb to pay for this education. If my legacy is that the institution has done better [and] access and affordability is one of our top measures of success, I would be very happy about that.” Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Battle of the ages | When a snow struck Ithaca in 2011, a snowball fight broke out on the Arts Quad by Olin Library.

County Advises Against Unnecessary Travel WEATHER

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was “calming down” when he talked with the National Weather Service at about 8:30 p.m. and added that the precipitation should decrease. “Some of the snow bands [the National Weather Service was] looking at that were moving from west to east are dissipating,” Shurtleff said. Shurtleff added that less snow is likely to fall than originally predicted. “The concern [about unnecessary travel] was raised out on the county roads in the rural areas,” he said. “The advisory was put out as much as anything to lessen the traffic so [the highway departments] can get the roads clear.” Shurtleff said it was “fairly quiet in the county” and the roads were “fairly clear” at about 8:30 p.m. and there had not been any car accidents reported Wednesday evening. He added the main safety concern is shifting towards the issue of “bitter cold for a couple of days.” “The concern now is with the temperatures dropping down and what comes with that,” Shurtleff said. Tompkins County Sheriff Ken Lansing said residents should not pursue any unnecessary travel due to the snowy, slippery road conditions. In addition, motorists should use “extreme caution if they absolutely must travel,” according to a Tompkins County press release. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit buses ran on a normal schedule Wednesday, though “sporadic delays” are possible depending on the progress of the storm, according to a TCAT press release. Students said they were unhappy with the weather, especially since it came as a stark contrast to Tuesday’s warmer temperatures, which reached. “It’s confusing that it’s really nice, and you can wear shorts one day, and then you have to bundle back up in your scarves and hats the next day,” Kyra Visnick ’17 said. Brandon Lane ’16 said that “yesterday was a tease.” “Only in Ithaca, will you have 60 and sunny one day, only to have 18 and snowy the next,” Lane said. Other students said they were disappointed by the mixed precipitation, which fluctuated between hail, snow, rain and sleet. “The hail hurt my face when I was walking home,” Casey McClaren ’17 said. Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

Gas Blast Destroys Two NYC Buildings NEW YORK (AP) — A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring more than 60 and leaving nine missing. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about “unbearable” gas smells. By evening, rescue workers finally began the search for victims amid the broken bricks, splintered wood and mangled metal after firefighters spent most of the day dousing the

flames. Heavy equipment, including back hoes and a bulldozer, arrived to clear the mountain of debris where the two fivestory East Harlem buildings stood. Flood lights were in place. Thermal imaging cameras were at the ready to identify heat spots — bodies or pockets of fire. The recovery was facing hardship in the form of the weather, which was expected to drop into the 20s with rain. Some parts of the debris pile were inaccessible because of a sinkhole caused by a subsurface water main break, officials said.

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CORRECTION A March 12 opinion piece, “As Long as They Respect Our Right to Free Speech,” stated that a vote took place “in opposition to amending the code.” In fact, the University Assembly passed the resolution that would amend the current wording of the campus code.

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resolution targeting campus carbon doesn’t seem so insignificant. While I neutrality by 2035 and divestment advocate that all parties expand their of Cornell’s endowment from com- research budgets, the companies vilpanies holding oil and coal reserves was lainized by this resolution are indeed makrecently passed by the Graduate and ing tangible contributions. The misrepreProfessional Student Assembly and is now sentation of these statistics mislead the being considered in both the Student and Faculty Senate and Graduate and University Assemblies. Student and faculty Professional Student Assembly, necessitatleadership advocate divestment as a way to ing a closer look by the remaining assembrand Cornell as a leader in a movement blies to avoid voting in ignorance. towards a sustainable future. In reality, it The unfortunate reality is that divestbrands us as ignorant. ment will not change anyone’s carbon There is no longer any debate that ris- footprint nor have any impact on the ing carbon dioxide levels in the atmos- underlying economics of burning fossil phere will have significant consequences fuels. Thus, even a temporary drop in for our environment. In that regard, I sup- share price from selling our stocks, or even port the aspect of this resolution that a collective sell-off, won’t affect an oil comambitiously targets carbon neutrality by pany’s earnings or the attractiveness of 2035. However, folded into the resolution investment. Publicly traded companies are is a mandate to divest Cornell’s endow- also accountable to their shareholders, ment from oil and coal companies because hence divesting risks selling Cornell’s of their apathy toward climate change. In shares to others less passionate in mitigatreality, these companies offer the most ing climate change. A collective of conpromising avenues to globalize renewable cerned investors can express their opinions energy. The argument proclaiming these at shareholders meetings, where we would misconceptions, however, was built from have the direct attention of the senior leadtwo statistics about these industries that ership. This approach is critical, because appeared in their presentation to both the technological solutions depend on the oil GPSA and Faculty Senate: industry. Renewable energy needs plastics, 1) “2012 lubricants and corporate other devices spending on: from oil Publically traded companies asderived ‘finding and raw materials. developing’ new are also accountable to their These compafossil fuel nies have the reserves [was] shareholders, hence divesting power to global$674 billion.” ize renewable risks selling Cornell’s shares energy The Carbon and Tr a c k e r to others less passionate in drive innovaInitiative, a tion, and we can mitigating climate change. help direct that think tank that aims for unilatchange. eral divestment The faculty from oil and coal companies, reports this supporters of this resolution raised a call to figure not as exploration costs, but as total action, but their rhetoric is devoid of techcapital expenditures. Virtually all consum- nological or behavioral improvements, able products, from plastics to medica- instead supporters hope that shuffling tions, benefit from inexpensive chemicals money will produce tangible change. I derived from oil. Thus an oil company’s encourage them to speak with Cornellians capital expenditures include not only the who think daily about addressing these cost of exploration and maintaining oil challenges. Basic energy research at rigs, but also investments in the processes Cornell is supported both through the used to transform (or crack) oil into pre- Cornell Center for Materials Research cursors for materials critical to daily life. (funded by the NSF) and the Energy This spending also includes launching Materials Center at Cornell (funded by the large renewable energy projects, such as DOE) and many members of these comBP’s investments in biofuels and the con- munities would love to discuss the future struction of wind turbines. Thus, the argu- challenges of energy generation and its ment that these investments are strictly for storage. In Nov. 2012, several GPSA memoil exploration is simply not correct. bers and I advocated for funding basic 2) “2012 corporate spending on: research to members of Congress through renewable energy corporate research and Cornell’s lobbying office. Faculty and studevelopment [was] $4.8 billion, out of dent leaders can use their roles to do the $244 billion total investments.” This sta- same. tistic, however, fails to account for ways I implore the Cornell community to these companies invest in renewables closely consider the implications of oil and beyond research and development, and its coal divestment, which will interfere with presentation is removed from useful con- our goals of a sustainable future. The time text. Significant technological advances for symbolic statements is over. We must occur at small companies, who don’t have implement the difficult changes on camthe resources to globalize their products. pus to achieve carbon neutrality, while Larger companies bring this technology to advocating through shareholders meetings market by purchasing them. Either by and our lobbying office, driving basic enerintent or oversight, the $7.1 billion (and gy research, and continuing to motivate $29.5 billion in 2011) spent on corporate our talented students to have worldwide mergers and acquisitions related to renew- impact. This will brand Cornell as a leader able energy was omitted from the discus- in addressing climate change. sion. It is also problematic to evaluate these numbers without a frame of reference: Consider that the Department of David Bunck is a fifth-year graduate student in Energy’s Basic Research budget was $1.6 the Department of Chemistry and Chemical billion for the same time period ($1.7 bil- Biology. He is also a voting member of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and lion in 2013) and the total research bud- Executive Vice Chair of the University Assembly. get for the National Science Foundation He can be reached at dnb49@cornell.edu. Guest was $7.0 billion. Suddenly, $4.8 billion Room appears periodically this semester.

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Amy O. | Some Like It Rough

The Beauty and The One Night Stand A

lright, I confess: Even though this column is dedicated to one night stands, I totally didn’t sleep with the guy who slept over this weekend. He pulled away while we were making out and asked me point blank, “Is it weird if we don’t have sex tonight?” My response obviously was, “No, of course it’s not weird … but can I still give you head?” Oh come on, there have to be other people out there who enjoy giving head. Anyway, this male was a friend of a friend who was visiting Cornell. Based on looks, he’s completely, 100 percent not my type, but once we started talking I realized how much I wish I could meet someone like him on our eternally gray and snowy campus. Please, you find me someone who loves hiking, cooking and traveling, plays the cello, is funny and down to earth and finds my weirdness genuinely endearing, and I will say set me up for formal (I’m not kidding, I really will need a formal date eventually so please email me if you or someone you know fits these criteria). So when he left the next morning (not before we had brunch ... I told you, he’s basi-

cally perfect) I was almost surprised that I felt absolutely no remorse or sadness. We went our separate ways, pretty much destined to never meet again. And that felt completely, totally okay. Here’s the thing — had I met this boy last year, I know I would have spent days pining over him. I would have wasted hours poring over and analyzing the few texts we sent back and forth the day he left. I would have lamented my woes to my roommates and would have been giddy at the sight of the friend request he sent me on Facebook. Though I’ve had my fair share of one night stands, I’ve always convinced myself they were 24-hour whirlwind romances. I even once talked myself into believing that a boy I knew for 24 hours was my soul mate. That is, until he boarded a plane to Los Angeles and — sayonara sucker — I never saw him again. I’ve

come to realize that the beauty of the one night stand is that whether the sex was good or bad, it scratches an itch that needed attention. Some people argue that one night stands are unfulfilling; the sex usually isn’t great (both parties are typically inebriated), you feel kind of empty walking away (insert bad pun here) and the morningafter conversation can be horrifyingly awkward. So why bother? Why have I chosen to dedicate my semester (or year … or life in general) to such a seemingly stupid act? Provided both parties enter this act with the same intentions, it’s just simple, casual, carefree, no-strings-attached sex. Most importantly, it doesn’t try to be anything else. If I had a nickel for every minute I wasted reading and rereading conversations I had with guys trying to interpret the “deeper meaning” behind

Provided both parties enter this act with the same intentions, it’s just simple ... no-stringsattached sex. Most importantly, it doesn’t try to be anything else.

what they were saying, I would probably be able to pay Cornell tuition out of pocket. And it’s not just me! I watch my girlfriends do this, I watch my guy friends do this — all of us just trying to figure out what game, if any, the other party is playing. It’s sad to watch and I’m embarrassed that I wasted all that time and energy. To be totally honest, those precious minutes could have been spent studying for all those biochem exams that I failed (probably wouldn’t have helped, but you get what I mean). It felt really awesome to walk away from this weekend’s semi-sexcapade (giving him head must count for something) with none of those wishful feelings. And though anyone could argue that I felt this way because we didn’t have sex, I simply don’t think that was it. I believe it was just the perfect one night stand. Both of us approached the situation with an open mind, no judgment and didn’t care where the relationship would go. If we meet again, we meet again; if not, thanks for not hogging the blanket. Amy O. is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. She may be reached at amyo@cornellsun.com. Some Like It Rough appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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have regrets. We all do. I was not the most socially active, going-out person before college and thought I was making a relatively seamless transition into becoming one my freshmen year. I would go out every weekend (sober, mind you), party, rage, dance and have the best time, occasionally throwing in some dancefloor makeouts. Then life hits, and the guy who had sex with zero girls as of April 2011 has reached a gaudy, disgraceful and far-from-ending-soon number of 24. That’s not a typo. That is what anger, sadness, alcohol, a desire to have fun and trying to prove something to others and yourself will do. Cornell has been great to me, but it has also taken its toll on me in many regards. That’s what happens, and it varies in extremity and duration for all. You’ll meet someone, fall in love and have it not work out. Then you’ll sustain a concussion (or two or four) mix it in with slipping grades, post-breakup coping and discovering what alcohol can do. You might choose to sleep with people you probably shouldn’t because you are upset with yourself and are questioning how much of a catch you really are. Hey, if you have sex with every girl who wants to have sex with you, that means you’re a stud, right? Well, technically yes. But you’re a stud who has lost touch with what he used to believe. I never wanted my first time to be a drunken, onenight stand. Thankfully, it was not. It was someone who I dated and loved (albeit, we had sex before the dating started. But it worked out fine). Even after the breakup, I always told myself that sex would be reserved at least for

someone who I really liked and cared about. Of those 24 (I still cannot believe that number), I think it’s safe to say I really liked — in a “wanting to maybe date” sense — fewer than five. How did that happen? I’d like to blame it on the Goose (that’d be a lie, I live for the Kraken) but around halfway through junior year, my hookups were less alcohol-based. Both the girl and I were sober, maybe tipsy at the most, and we would get to talking and things

and a half now, I’m well aware of what goes on and I do everything I can to prevent such actions. Secondly, when I come home at 3 a.m. to all my guy friends on the couch, do you think I’m expecting a round of high-fives and cheers? No, its usually less celebratory and more of a dismissive attitude. And you know what, I’m comfortable with that now. There’s no brag-value at this point. It serves me no purpose other than the other girl and I are having a good time for at least a few hours. As I repeat in literally every article, there’s no substitute for sharing yourself with one person. It’s not like I haven’t tried to pursue someone who I’ve had interest in for more than just the physical. Everyone has their own Gatsby green lights that they admire from afar, be it the varsity athlete you sit next to in every class or that newspaper columnist you had a thing for before ever since meeting her in person. But as I said before, life happens. I’ve accepted that I’m going to have fun in college, and if that means going out and having sex with girls who also want to have sex with me, then I’ll do it. I have not given up on what I want in life, I’ve just put my beliefs on hold for a bit. Call me whatever you want: scum, douchebag or even womanizer. I may not be the moral compass for everyone to follow, but you can be as sure I have not lost sight of anything. As ironic as it may be to reference Jesus, let anyone of you without sin throw the first stone.

If you have sex with every girl who wants to have sex with you ... you’re a stud, right? Well, technically yes. But you’re a stud who has lost touch with what he used to believe. would just happen. At some point, I got a thrill and a natural high off of it. I even kept tallies for certain categories (10 sororities, five varsity sports, one threesome). It continued to where I’m at now, where I do it just because I, like most guys and girls, enjoy having sex. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Wow, he treats women like sexual objects and encourages predatory behavior,” then you are 1) making assumptions about me because you think you know everything when you really don’t, and 2) missing the whole point. First of all, having sex with people who also want to have sex with you does not make you a misogynist or a predator. As a member of one of Cornell’s anti-sexual violence groups for almost a year

Donny J. is a senior in the College of Engineering. He may be reached at donnyj@cornellsun.com. Headshakes and High Fives appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York City, she has worked with “Mr. ChocoI’ve always had a sweet tooth. late” and master pastry chef, From a young age, I have baked Jacques Torres. Chef Travis and created desserts and pastries opened her first shop in Uptown for my family and friends. My Ithaca in 2004, and more recentbiggest dream is to someday own ly, her downtown location May my own bakery, and I enjoy tast- of last year. ing products from different I have had the pleasure of shops to inspire me for the tasting a few of the delicious future. chocolates offered at Sarah’s. The Sarah’s Patisserie is the place employee informed me that the to find delivariety on the cious pastries, menu changes confections regularly, but The bright and chocolates. there are some Ever since I that lemon played chocolates stumbled upon are carried the new locaear-round. off the floral yThe tion on Seneca flavors of Street last chocolates in notes of the semester, it has the store durbeen an instant ing my most lavender and recent favorite of visit mine. The shop included toflocated on the highlighted the fee, chambusy block bepagne, lemon tween the Star- rich chocolate, thyme, key bucks and the lime, raspberry Hilton Garden which created wasabi, strawInn near the berry balsamic Commons is and peanut a totally open and spacaramel extravcious, decorataganza. The new taste. ed in dark chocolates are chocolate and crafted into bright blue hues. Paintings line different shapes through the use the walls, a mural of cocoa beans of fanciful molds; some are more graces the wall behind the dis- conventional square. The canplay case and small tables are dies are topped with elegant and available for customers to sit and colorful designs, sprinkled with indulge in an afternoon dessert hints of the flavors –ginger and and coffee. Immediately to the sea salt, for example – infused left of the entrance is a small into the chocolate. I felt like a room where all of the chocolate kid in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate candies are hand crafted in Factory as I examined the delechouse by Chef Tammy Travis. A table chocolate gems through Sun Staff Writer

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chiffon, vanilla orange truffle, and the Sixth Avenue, which combines the tastes of chocolate, coffee, hazelnut, and crème brulee. On their website, beautiful photographs of Chef Tammy’s wedding cakes show the wide range of decorations she crafts with intricate piping work, the use of fresh flowers, chocolate and fondant. For everyday sweet cravings, Sarah’s also has brownies, shortbread and variety of cookies, scones, cinnamon rolls and French breakfast pastries. For the chocolate lover or the foodie in search of a special sweet treat, Sarah’s Patisserie provides high quality and delicious desserts and confections. Catherine Elsaesser can be reached at celsaesser@cornellsun.com.

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Shogunate Macabre Whispered Redhouse Finland Music

O Paul Blank Samurai Metal. I repeat, Samurai Metal. Two simple, renowned words that come together so effortlessly, you’d think someone would have done it sooner. And yet here we are in 2014, and only one band is ingeniously combining heavy metal with the stylings of Japanese folk music. That band is Whispered, and their second album Shogunate Macabre is awesome. Never did I even consider that these two sounds could make for such fun, invigorating music, and yet Whispered mixes them in a way that not only lets you marvel at the bridging of cultures, but also never draws too much attention to itself. Melodic death metal, a metal subgenre that began in Sweden and is now almost exclusively played in Finland, is its own Frankenstein of the brutal screams of death metal and the straightforward melodies of more traditional fare. Often a song is composed so that its core plays out before a softer instrumental passage, varying the tempo before the band returns for one more rousing chorus. This passage is usually played with acoustic guitars and other Western folk instruments, but Whispered just replaces them with traditional Japanese instruments like the koto, tonkori and fue. And the result is seamless. The two elements complement each other so well, the possibility of a gimmick

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never crosses your mind. And of course the album stands on its own merits, incredible genre hybrid aside. Like the best metal of its kind, Whispered conjures images of massive battlefields where arrows streak across the sky and sword fights break out at every turn. Album highlight “Hold the Sword” even throws you into a literal battle at its midpoint, primordial grunts provoking what sounds like a massive crowd, and suddenly you’re in a mire of chugging guitars and clanging swords. Do I even have to tell you how cinematic that is? And it’s just the bridge. The track is five-and-a-half minutes long and never lets up. This knowing mix of the weird and the familiar (at least by metal standards) serves Whispered well all over Shogunate Macabre. “Fallen Amerarasu” revs into double time at its own halfway point, laying into punishing blast beats that lead into a creepy vocal melody so bizarre and discordant I’m almost fooled into thinking it’s a ringing guitar chord every time I listen to it. At times, the final track “Upon My Honor” hints at the cringeworthy metal snobs’ no man’s land of metalcore, but emerges victorious with the kind of lizard brain accessibility that often makes that genre a the gateway to the harder stuff.

In addition to being an example of the potential for metal music to still expand its boundaries, Shogunate Macabre is a revitalization of a flagging genre. Melodic death metal was the subgenre that got me into extreme metal (unless you count Mastodon and Trivium extreme metal, which I wouldn’t), easing me into those infamous growls and shrieks by compensating with labyrinthine harmonies and brilliant musicianship. My favorite metal album of the decade so far is Barren Earth’s 2010 album The Curse of the Red River, a melo death masterpiece of fantastically vivid textures. Since then though, the genre’s become bland and cheesy, more in line with the pop metal likes of Children of Bodom, which feel dull and overproduced. Shogunate Macabre, however, is innovative while still maintaining the balance of heaviness and melody that drew me to melo death in the first place. Whether it makes you feel like a Samurai, a Viking or Jeff the Midterm Slayer, it’s excellent primer for an already excellent year for metal. Now press play, brandish your calculator and go wrangle that problem set. Paul Blank is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at pblank@cornellsun.com.

Frankie Cosmos Zentropy Double Double Whammy

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Before Zooey Deschanel transformed the concept of twee into its own cottage industry (if you think I’m being harsh, let me remind you that a site with the title HelloGiggles is a legitimate contender in the online content arms race) indie pop was less about cutesy covers of ’70s AM radio hits and more about the meek inheriting punk’s ideals. Indie pop forebears like the Television Personalities, Beat Happening and Heavenly were not composed of people with the verve and sexiness of archetypical rock stars. They were polite kids who enjoyed reading, wore sweaters and loved the shit out of pop music. Mixing amateurish arrangements, hyper-intimate local scenes and the sugar-sweet melodies of ’60s pop, they created a new sort of underground, glorifying not the mohawked freaks but the cardigan-besotted geeks (one of whom ended up becoming Kurt Cobain). 19-year-old New Yorker Greta Kline, pseudonymed as Frankie Cosmos, carries a torch for that K Records sound, recently admitting that Calvin Johnson and Beat Happening “changed [her] life.” On debut album Zentropy, it sure sounds like it. The songs are diaristic, but not in an angsty, emo-revival way; instead, they sound more like politely bummed-out Facebook statuses. “Art school makes you wild / Real school makes you wanna get high,” she begins on opener “School,” recalling a subdued, sunglassesless take on The Jesus and

Mary Chain’s fuzzed out “Just Like Honey.” Though the subject matter may seem slight, the production is not: Kline’s harmonies and guitar tones sound a lot prettier than your average bedroom pop clatter, mimicking that classic Phil Spectoresque wall-of-sound production admirably by adding subtle bells, synth pads and strings to beef up the simplistic compositions. Sure, the songs may be about firemen, dancing in public and Kline’s pet dog, but I’d hardly call her brief narratives cutesy. Kline’s lyrics add a peculiar sadness to otherwise innocuous situations. Your daddy works for the fire department? Well, on “Fireman,” Kline is paranoid that he might die any day. And while “Sad 2” may be a eulogy for the dog featured on the album’s cover, it comes off as a semi-serious lament of loneliness. “I just want someone to take me on a date,” she practically sighs after the loss of her best friend. “I just want my dog back / Is that too much to ask?” In Kline’s world, high drama is not the only thing deserving of a quality pop song: even everyday shitty things — getting older, getting splashed by buses in the rain and, yes, your dog dying — are human experiences worth cataloging in art, however trivial they are. Zentropy’s run time lies just under 20 minutes, but for a short record it sure is addictive. Though Kline has plenty of material to draw from — her BandCamp page has over 40 albums on it — she elected to restrain her-

self, and Zentropy benefits greatly from her precise editing. No track feels tacked on, and even in songs under two minutes long Kline packs in plenty of neat songwriting tricks — whether it be the achingly adorable “Meet me at the pier / cigarettes and beer” coda in “Leonie” or the understated tension-and-release of “Buses Splash With Rain.” The Frankie Cosmos project may strike some as cloying, but with Kline at the helm judiciously doling out dollops of pop goodness with an almost whispered familiarity, I’m not terribly worried about Cosmos devolving into the pajama-clad insularity that eventually consumed the International Tweexcore Underground. NOTE: If you trust my judgment on these sort of things or if you just like cool local shows, the wonderful folks of Fanclub Collective are bringing Frankie Cosmos, along with Brooklyn-based PORCHES, wild Binghamton smut-rockers Summer People and New Paltz’s curiously-named Mamahuhu, to Watermargin Cooperative on Mar. 21. Tickets are $5 and the show begins at 9 p.m. — just in time for stragglers attending the Adam Devine show to run over and keep the good times rolling. If Frankie Cosmos are half as charming live as they are on Zentropy, it’s bound to be a great show. James Rainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com.

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I know it’s silly and the Oscar race has been over for almost two weeks now, but this question has been nagging at me. There is no doubt that Leonardo DiCaprio has accomplished quite a lot in his career — performing admirably in tent-pole blockbusters as well as against type in some of the most critically acclaimed films of the past decade. But there’s something about DiCaprio that keeps me from feeling rife indignation at his lack of Oscar wins that so many felt when he lost, yet again, to Matthew McConaughey this year. Apparently the Academy of Motion Picture Arts shares this nagging sentiment toward DiCaprio’s recent acting work, and I consider this question again as the Sad Leonardo meme gains steam and marches on. First of all, was anyone really surprised that DiCaprio didn’t win the Oscar? Leading up to the ceremony just about every publication that claimed to have a modicum of insider knowledge believed it was a race between McCaughey and Chiwetel Ejiofor, for his portrayal of Solomon Northrup in 12 Years a Slave. And even then McConaughey’s Golden Globe and SAG Award wins made it pretty clear who was going to take home the ultimate prize. But again, why didn’t DiCaprio come close, despite overwhelming populist support? James S. Murphy of Vanity Fair believes it is because DiCaprio is too cool. “The cool actor invites admiration, envy and desire much more than empathy, because he is unreadable,” he writes. “His characters leave you wondering what it would be like to be like them, without ever imagining that you could.” Murphy makes an interesting point about Oscar trends in general, using a dichotomy between Brad Pitt who has also never

won an acting Oscar and Tom Hanks, who has been handily rewarded for playing amiable characters. But Murphy hits on the main issue with DiCaprio not with his overarching statement but with his description of his recent work. “Like his [What’s Eating] Gilbert Grape co-star Johnny Depp, [DiCaprio] has since given much of his career to spectacles, the kind to be watched rather than seen through.” DiCaprio hasn’t won the highest film prize in the land for his recent performances, because those performances have largely been caricatures. As much fun as it was to watch The Wolf of Wall Street, a case can hardly be made that the film’s acting is anything but one-note for all parties involved. A lot of the film’s novelty is watching the kid on the cover of so many Tiger Beat magazine issues snort a pillow full of cocaine and pantomime anal sex. Most discussion of

Paul Blank Check Your Mode the film focused on Martin Scorsese’s directorial choices rather than the nuance and mystery behind DiCaprio’s portrayal of Jordan Belfort, because there wasn’t any. The point of the film is to depict Wall Street as the Thunderdome of psychopaths we all think it is, and DiCaprio’s unsubtle performance makes that incredibly easy. There is rarely a moment in the film when it isn’t clear that Belfort’s motivations are anything but power, money, women or drugs. Contrast that with Ejiofor’s Solomon Northrup, whose life literally depends on him not verbalizing what’s on his mind. When he fends off his slave owner played by Michael Fassbender, it breaks your heart and wrenches your stomach, because you know that Northrup fighting

back in any way means certain death, and the only way Ejiofor can communicate that to the audience is through his eyes. Sure the film has its share of flowery speeches, but when shit hits the fan, Northrup’s limitations are frustratingly real and his performances are compellingly dense. By Murphy’s own definition, Northrup is the cool character, not Jordan Belfort. I had a similar feeling while Diwatching Caprio’s performance as Calvin Candie in Django Unchained. A lot was made out of DiCaprio actually cutting his hand on glass while slamming it on a table in a scene in which Candie threatens Django’s wife. But by that point he’s already carrying on so intensely that his hurting his hand doesn’t really tell us anything new about the character or the scene. Compare that with Joaquin Phoenix, whose Freddie Quell in The Master was every bit as lascivious and delirious as Candie, but communicated worlds of depth with just a few simple sentences and a grimace. The guy humped a sand castle for crying out loud and somehow made it look tragic and poignant. How cool is that? The kind of no-holds-barred huffing and puffing that has characterized DiCaprio’s recent work usually results in performances that live and die by their directors and scripts. DiCaprio put in

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good work with Scorsese and Tarantino, but when Clint Eastwood dealt with his histrionics in 2011’s J. Edgar, it damn near capsized the film and has since been thoroughly forgotten by fans and critics alike. DiCaprio has proven that he can choose interesting characters and inhabit them well. What he now needs to do is the same with characters that speak less and whose motivations are more opaque. Otherwise, he could pigeonhole himself as an A-list character actor. And character actors almost never win Oscars. Paul Blank is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at pblank@cornellsun.com. Check Your Mode appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, March 13, 2014 13 Yeah, We’ve been around a long time

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Alumnus Talks Changes GIAMPA

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looking to cash paychecks, this is a business of serving other people, and you have to have the right reasons for being involved,” Giampa said. “If you don’t have the passion for helping people, then you don’t belong in this industry.” Looking back on his days on Wall Street, Giampa said his work for Right at Home is much more rewarding, with results that are tangible and meaningful. “At the end of the day, when you look back on Wall Street, you know sometimes you’re making money, [but] you’re not necessarily creating things. … It’s a little bit of a hollow feeling sometimes,” Giampa said. “This is something you can really feel good about; you know you’re doing something good for people, you’re providing a necessary service.” Giampa said being part of a network is important to his work with Right at Home, a lesson he learned as a four-year player for the sprint football team at Cornell, which prides itself on its close alumni contacts. “I’m very close to the sprint football program. I work closely with coach Cullen,” Giampa said. “We go to all the alumni events [and] fundraisers. We have a very close, tight knit network, and that carries over into this business.” In an industry where one-on-

one care is the ultimate goal, Giampa said it is inevitable that bonds will form between the patients, their families and the caregivers. “You become very close to the families,” Giampa said. “The daughters and sons [whose parents] you’re helping can’t thank you enough when they realize how valuable this care is.” Even with a family that is constantly extending as a result of his work for Right at Home, Giampa said he has not forgotten his Cornell family. In fact, the last time he visited campus was for the wedding of one of his former teammates, Brian West ’97, who married his long-time girlfriend from Cornell, a member of the field hockey team. The ceremony overlooked the gorges in the same spot that Giampa got engaged to his wife 13 years prior. While it is certainly rare for a successful businessman to shift career paths so drastically, Giampa acknowledged that he has no regrets. He is much more satisfied in a job where compassion is the main motivator, not monetary success. “100 percent, I see myself doing this for the rest of my life,” Giampa said. “I am much happier; I’m happier working for myself, and happier working for other people.” Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

SOFTBALL

Red Drops Four and Wins One By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Cracking the bat | Senior Jenny Edwards was almost able to tie up the Red’s game against Monmouth Saturday morning.

The softball team suffered a tough second weekend of the season, dropping several one-run decisions to emerge from the George Mason Invitational with a 1-4 record. The Red, now 3-6, lost all three matches against the host and the first game to Monmouth University, but rallied from a four-run deficit in the second game against Monmouth to grab its only victory of the weekend. It was the Red’s second straight weekend down at George Mason after playing the Patriots and Army the week before. The Red won both games against George Mason in the last showing, but could not replicate that success against the Patriots in this weekend’s outings. The Red lost Friday afternoon’s game to the Patriots, 8-7, after George Mason scored a game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. “Every time we get to play games, we are learning more as a team,” said senior Christina Villalon. “Unfortunately, we came up on the short end of the stick a couple of times this past weekend, losing by a single run.” The Red were swept in both of Saturday’s games, and fell first to Monmouth in a 4-3 decision. The Red rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the bottom of the second inning off of a three-run homer by freshman Chloe Pendergast to tie the game. However, Monmouth pulled ahead with two runs in the fifth inning. Senior Jenny Edwards homered in the bottom of the seventh to cut the deficit to one, but

the Red was unable to tie up the game. In the afternoon game, the Red dropped an initial 2-0 lead against the Patriots to fall, 8-2. The team fared better on Sunday morning, capturing a win against Monmouth despite allowing seven runs in the bottom of the third inning. Down 3-7 after the third, the Red scored once in the fourth inning and four times in the fifth to take the final 8-7 advantage. “I believe that [one of the] positives that can be taken away from the last couple of weekends at Mason is that we know that we have a very capable and resilient team,” Villalon said. “Even when we are down a handful of runs, we have the faith that we can rally and get ourselves back in the ballgame. We have a good number of girls swinging some pretty hot bats for us right now.” The Red dropped its final contest, a 5-1 loss, to George Mason in Sunday afternoon’s game. Edwards’ RBI double in the top of the fourth sent sophomore Meg Parker past home and counted as the Red’s only tally of the game. The team ventures to Delaware next weekend to take on a new crop of teams including the host Delaware, Villanova, Robert Morris and St. John’s. “While the losses hurt, we are looking towards this weekend’s games at Delaware where we will continue to improve our level of play as a team, in all aspects of the game,” Villalon said. Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.

POLO

Men,Women Win Both Matches Both teams hope to carry momentum into Regionals By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

With Regionals and Nationals coming up, the women’s and men’s polo teams went into their matches this past weekend with great determination to come out on top. Both teams kept up their energy throughout, and together, earned a weekend sweep on their home field. The women’s team beat Garrison Forest, while the men’s team stole the win from the Maryland Polo Club. Even though the Maryland Polo Club beat Cornell in a match earlier this season, the men’s polo team went into the match with confidence. The match began with its starting squad of senior captain Nik Feldman, junior Nick Stieg and freshman Ignacio Masias. However, due to injuries, the starters had not played with each other since before Winter Break. With serious aggression and power, Cornell quickly achieved a 7-0 lead during the first chukker. As the second chukker began, the Red maintained its lead. The teams went into the second half with a score of 11-4, with Cornell ahead. In the third chukker, Maryland ultimately could not break even with the team. The teams headed into

the fourth chukker with Cornell in the lead, 15-7. The Red managed to score another four goals while holding Maryland back, and the match ended in Cornell’s favor with a final score of 19-9. Feldman said that while the

“We knew it was vital to develop our playbook” Nik Feldman team was excited about its success, this sort of high-level performance is what they are used to seeing. “Following the UVA match, we knew it was vital to develop our playbook,” Feldman said. “We adjusted our style and gave the new look a go on Friday. It worked very well. Our dominance Friday night was actually what we're familiar with. It was the same caliber we were playing during Bill Field before winter break.” The team stresses the importance of having its starters play together again and hopes that injuries will no longer affect this group, allowing them to remain together until the end of the season. Like the men’s team, the women’s team also had a great

weekend. Senior Kailey Eldredge along with sophomores Anna Winslow and Devin Cox started out for the Red. Though the Garrison Forest scored the first goal of the match, Cornell was able to stop them and recover. The first chukker ended with Cornell in the lead, 5-2. Cornell kept its aggressive offense while also holding Garrison Forest from scoring during the second chukker. The teams went into the second half with an overall score of 10-3 in Cornell’s favor. Throughout the third chukker, the Red kept up its offensive front and outscored Garrison Forest 8-1. With an 18-4 lead, the Red had the upper hand in the fourth chukker. Though Garrison Forest pushed its defense, it was unable to match the Red. The game ended with a final score of 24-6. This was a great scoring match with Cox and Eldredge tallying eight each, Winslow scoring six and two goals coming from the horses. Both the men’s and women’s teams said they are happy with their overall successes. Players from both teams worked hard both on and off the field. As a result, both teams are excited about their upcoming Regionals and National matches. The

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Riding forward | The men’s polo team came out on top this weekend with a ten point lead against Maryland Polo Club. men’s next match will be up against Country Farms, while the women will stay home in Ithaca, competing against the

Maryland Polo Club. Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun.com.

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tify and recognize will help people to start thinking about how their actions and words will have an impact on the people around them,” DeProspo said. Ayanbadejo and his

longtime partner, Natalee Uzcategui, have a six-yearold daughter and a 22month old son. According to DeProspo, Ayanbadejo’s interracial relationship, which, when his parents were married, was considered illegal, is part of what has motivated his participa-

tion in Athlete Ally. Ayanbadejo speaks “It’s a close to home issue Wednesday, students for him, so he was inspired attending the event will have to make the opporathletics tunity to m o r e “It’s a close to home ask quesinclusive,” tions, issue for him.” DeProspo which will said. likely be Atticus DeProspo After p r e -

screened by the organization. DeProspo said he hopes Wednesday’s event will resonate with many different members of the Cornell community. “Having him come and speak will help start to raise awareness about how people act and talk around certain

people,” DeProspo said. “It’s about creating allyship; whether for teammates or for fraternity brothers or sorority sisters, anyone can be an ally in some way.” Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

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NFL’s Brendon Ayanbadejo Will Speak on Behalf of Athlete Ally Former Super Bowl winner comes to Ithaca as an ambassador By SCOTT CHIUSANO

tually culminated him winning a Super Bowl title in 2013. Throughout his career, Ayanbadejo has been a Former NFL player and Super Bowl champion, staunch advocate for the LGBT community. He has Brendon Ayanbadejo, will speak about paving a way appeared on CNN and Meet the Press, and has for inclusivity in sports on next Wednesday in the helped promote the mission of Athlete Ally — an Alice Statler Auditorium at 8 p.m. The event, which organization that is focused on “educating the athis free and open to the public, will letic community and empowering be hosted by Cornell’s chapter of “We’re hoping...to gain them to take a stand” against Athlete Ally, which is in its first homophobia in sports, according awareness and reach out to the organization’s website. year of existence on campus. “We’re hoping, with our first to various communities to Ayanbadejo is a member of the annual speaking event, to help of directors of Athlete Ally board to make them aware.” gain awareness and reach out to and a regular public speaker for various communities to make the organization. As one of Atticus Deprospo them aware of what we’re trying almost 100 professional ambasto do,” said junior Atticus sadors for Athlete Ally — which Deprospo, the president of Cornell’s chapter of includes Kenneth Faried, Andy Roddick and Abby Athlete Ally. Wamback — Ayanbadejo says that, “we all can be After graduating from UCLA, Ayanbadejo ourselves and still compete with dignity and at the signed as an undrafted free agent with the Atlanta highest level,” according to Athlete Ally’s website. Falcons in 1999. Ayanbadejo bounced between the According to DeProspo, bringing a high-profile NFL and the CFL until 2005, when he was signed athlete to speak to the Cornell community will by the Chicago Bears. He was selected to two con- make a significant impact on spreading awareness. secutive Pro Bowls for special teams while with the “Having a professional ally that people can idenBears, and was traded to the Ravens in 2008. In Baltimore, he played for four seasons, which evenSee ALLYpage 14 Sun Sports Editor

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Ally for sports | Brendon Ayanbadejo is one of many proffesional athletes acting as ambassador for Athelete Ally, fighting for LGBT equality in sports.

Analytics’ Place In Basketball? A

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recent Deadspin piece entitled “Two Days At Sloan: How Sports Analytics Got Lost in The Fog” got me thinking. The authors claim basketball analytics are lost in the fog. With that, I resoundingly agree. But I also believe they are being overvalued by fans.

John Zakour

Changing pace | Sprint football alumnus, Lou Giampa ’97, left his high profile job on Wall Street to become a nurse’s aid, a decision inspired by his grandmother when she was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer.

Lou Giampa ’97 Changes Careers By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

Anybody who has seen Martin Scorcese’s The Wolf of Wall Street understands the fast-paced, competitive and often cut-throat nature that is characteristic of a job in the business world. Lou Giampa ’97, a former sprint football player at Cornell, has experienced this firsthand, trading domestic equities and derivatives on Wall Street for his job as a portfolio manager. Giampa, though, decided to turn his back on the glamour and wealth of Wall Street. Last October, his grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, and after 16 years in the business world, he decided to make a change. “Working on Wall Street was

fantastic at the beginning — it was a very fast-paced, very competitive industry,” Giampa said. “As I got older, it started to wear on me a bit; a lot of hours, a lot of time, a lot of stress. After a certain period of time, I wasn’t totally happy with some of the direction of the business, and what was going on.” When Giampa’s grandmother was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer that was leading to Alzheimer’s and dementia, he took some time off to take care of her. Meanwhile, he was also taking a class to get his certified nurse’s aid license. His grandmother was getting home care on the side, which led him to discover Right at Home, an in-home care company that operates through independently owned home care franchises and

provides one-on-one care to seniors and disabled adults. “It’s great for rehabilitation, for social companionship, and it helps people stay out of nursing homes and other facilities and helps them stay in their homes longer,” Giampa said. “I found it with my grandmother to be a much happier and healthier existence for her.” As one of the largest home care franchises in the United States, Right at Home has 300 offices across the country. Giampa was assigned to an office in Westchester County and the Bronx. Within this new business, Giampa found a network that was much different from the one on Wall Street. “This is not a business of people See GIAMPA page 14

sabermetrics worthwhile is that baseball is essentially a one on one contest of pitcher and hitter. Correct for a few variables (park effects and defense), and stats can tell you basically how effective a hitter or pitcher is pretty definitively. If you go to FanGraphs and sort by wOBA or

Point Blank And by fans I should say fans in my demographic. The generation that grew up with Moneyball and rolls its eyes when announcers call OPS an “advanced stat.” Amongst the fog of analytics, it is easy to lose the forest through the trees. I love baseball. I cannot wait for the season to start and for my Mets to disappoint me. I love sabermetrics and advanced stats. For quick and dirty analysis, WAR is a godsend. I believe Mike Trout was robbed of two MVP titles. So yeah, I am one of those. The part that makes

wRC+, you have a list of the best hitters and position players in the league. Same for pitchers, even though it is still muddled by the effect of variable innings. However, defense still remains murky. It is tough to gauge because it is affected by positioning and random bounces, and it is hard to quantify things like range and a good first jump. But you can still get a decent picture if you have over a season’s worth of data. To read the rest of this column, please visit cornellsun.com.