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Got Gingrich? | Newt Gingrich, a prominent Donald Trump supporter, will share his 2016 presidential campaign experiences with Cornellians on March 22.

Gingrich to Address Future of Trump’s Presidency at Cornell

By STEPHANY KIM Sun News Editor

Cornell Republicans will be hosting Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) — former Speaker of the House and former presidential candidate — in Call Auditorium on March 22.

Gingrich entered Congress in 1978 as the representative of Georgia’s 6th congressional district and has remained active in politics ever since.

Recently, Gingrich was one of the most promi-

nent figures in President Trump’s campaign in 2016 and is now expected to take an even more active role in the GOP-dominated Congress.

During the talk, Gingrich will address on his role in the recent presidential election and share his perspectives on the future of the GOP. Olivia Corn ’19, chair of Cornell Republicans, said Gingrich was the best candidate to explain the confusion surrounding Trump’s presidency to

Collegetown Fire Displaces Athletes

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

After a fire caused moderate damage to a “We had Collegetown house and displaced nine Cornell track and field athletes who rented the buildpractice ing, team members said the team’s ability to right after cope with the unexpected event showed the the fire closeness of the group.

No one was injured in the fire, which began happened around 3 p.m. on Monday in a corner of the and everythird floor near the roof of the house at 804 East State St., Ithaca Fire Chief Tom Parsons one was said. offering Flames extended from the roof shortly after 3, but the fire was put out in about 30 min- houses and utes, Parsons said. The nine athletes in the favors.” house are all long-distance runners for the team, a resident said.

Matthew Parsons said investigators have not yet McGowen ’19 determined how the fire began, but several residents told The Sun it was likely an electrical fire, noting that it occurred in a little-used crawl space.

Patrick Murphy ’19 was one of two track and field athletes inside the house when the fire began, and said by the time he smelled smoke, firefighters were already at his front door, preparing to enter.

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Prof Remembered as‘Cherished Friend to All’

By EMMA NEWBURGER Sun Assitant News Editor

Prof. Gregory Poe, applied economics and management, passed away at his residence over the weekend, according to the University.

Before he started working at Cornell, Poe served in the Peace Corps and earned his Ph.D. from the University of PROF. POE Wisconsin—Madison.

Poe taught environmental and resource economics, and was involved in research and outreach pro-

grams focused on applied welfare and economics, non-market valuation, experimental economics and water pollution policy.

Matthew Utterback, M.S. candidate in AEM, who took Poe’s Master’s level Environmental and Resource economics class and was his Teaching Assistant, commented on Poe’s enthusiasm to teach students about the intersection of human action and the environment.

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House on fire | Nine Cornell track and field athletes escaped unscathed as flames damaged their 804 E. State St. house.

Law School Attracts Fewer Applicants After Economic Downturn

By ANU SUBRAMANIAM Sun Staff Writer

The number of applicants to American Bar Associationapproved law schools declined by about 36 percent from 2010 to 2016, and Cornell is no exception to this trend, according to Rebecca Sparrow, executive director of Cornell Career Services.

“If interest is measured in applications numbers, then yes, there has been a decline nationally over the past nine years due to a number

of factors including the economic Sparrow said. “For Cornell seniors numbers, according to Ingram.

“For many applicants there’s downturn in 2008,” said Dean of and alumni applying to law schools Cornell Law School Monica during that time, the decline was never been a better time to attend even greater at 53 percent.” an elite law school like Cornell,” Ingram.

Ingram said.

Sparrow “Our postadded that the “The number of Cornell students ... applying to graduation number of employment Cornell underlaw school has decreased significantly.” numbers are graduates who Rebecca Sparrow almost as high apply to law as they were school after But despite diminishing appli- before the financial crash in 2008, graduation has also decreased.

“The number of Cornell stu- cant numbers, Cornell Law has not and they are among the very best of dents and alumni applying to law seen significant changes in class size all law schools.” school has decreased significantly,” or post-graduate employment Ingram also added that the

school resources and the future prospects will make law school desirable to attend again.

“Scholarships for competitive applicants and financial aid help mitigate the cost of attending law school,” Ingram said. “Our students are engaged and immersed in leading legal issues such as immigration, global business, technology and transactional law, cyber-security and government.”

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NEWS

Cornell’s Seismic Design Team Judged Best in Competition

By GIRISHA ARORA Sun Assistant News Editor

Cornell University outperformed Stanford University and California State Polytechnic University while unseating three-time winner Technical University of ClujNapoca, Romania during the 2017 EERI Seismic Design Competition in Portland, Oregon this Friday.

“In only four competitions we’ve gotten to first place. It is a truly remarkable feat.”

Scott Kaufman ’18 The annual Seismic Design Competition is a weeklong event organized by the Seismic Leadership Council, which is a part of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. The aim of the competition is to provide undergraduate students with “practical experience in the earthquake engineering field,” according to the website.

During the competition, each team had to ensure its building survived three-different categories of ground motions, which the team’s captain Scott Kaufmann ’18 called “a nervous yet exciting time.” The teams whose buildings did not survive the shake test were automatically knocked down to a lower category.

This is what happened to the Cornellians who came in 21st in 2015, and Kaufman and his team members were not ready to relive that experience.

Last year, the team placed third in the competition, and Kaufman said that this year’s win is commendable considering that it is only the fourth year that Cornell has participated in the competition.

“In only four competitions we’ve gotten to first place,” Kaufman said. “It is a truly remarkable feat. In our first year we got ninth place, after that we had a setback. Last year we managed to come third, and since then, we have been pushing forward.”

Zoe Chan ’18, who is the head of publicity for the project team, mentioned that while she was proud of what the team had achieved, there was a degree of difficulty involved in producing a poster that engaged a larger audience.

“It is important for the poster to combine the architectural renderings and designs to convey information and still be aesthetically pleasing, which can often be tough,” Chan said. “Our poster managed to do that effectively, and that’s why we won.

Juan Meriles ’18, the design lead of the team, added that he had put in over 130 hours of work to ensure the predictions for the model would be correct just within the past two months. While the predictions were higher than what were obtained during the competition, he saw this as scope for improvement.

“We did very well in most categories this year, but in

predictions we ranked around 15th. When the model returns, I plan on testing it to see why my predictions went wrong so that we can come first in every category,” said Meriles, who now plans on majoring in Earthquake Engineering due to his work on the project team.

When asked what the team did different and better this year, Meriles explained that a scripted performance, a well-timed presentation and the fact that other engineers do not do too well in public speaking in general contributed to the success of the team’s presentation.

For the year ahead, Kaufman said that he is looking forward to maintaining the good standard under his leadership, but for now, he is excited about “getting there [to the first position] in the first place.”

Girisha Arora can be reached at garora@cornellsun.com.

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Shakin’ it up | Cornell’s Seismic Design team competed in the EERI Seismic Competition on Friday, unseating three-time winnee Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.

Student Lecturer Discusses Ithaca Faces Winter Storm Stella ‘Psychology of Vegetarianism’ Storm expected to dump over a foot of snow on campus

By MARIN LANGLIEB Sun Staff Writer

Daniel Rosenfeld ’18, a published researcher and human development major, discussed the “psychology of vegetarianism” in relations to identities on Monday.

Rosenfeld, who took a class on racial and ethnic identity development at Cornell, saw connections between the psychology of race and vegetarianism.

“In the class, we learned about these theories of racial identity and how race is not just a product of our biology but rather a socially constructed aspect of the self,” he said.

“The underlying concepts of stereotypes and intergroup relations are very similar for vegetarianism as they are for race.”

During this class Rosenfeld was inspired to begin research and use concepts commonly used in psychology, such as social constructs, self identity, social categorization and morality as a way of defining “the role of vegetarianism in an individual's self context.”

Rosenfeld defined social categorization as the sorting of people into the “them” and the “us,” as well as something that underlies race, religion, gender and sexual orientation.

This concept of categorization can be applied to vegetarianism as well, according to Rosenfeld. For example,

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

Rosenfeld stated a scenario many vegetarians and omnivores can relate to — a meal at a steakhouse where some friends might choose to order meat while others order tofu.

“This is a categorization process that we divide our world into,” Rosenfeld said.

“Our minds automatically, in many contexts, sort people into those who eat meats and those who don’t. And when meat becomes a relative basis for defining these groups, it can shape how we see ourselves in a social situation.”

However, this idea of of vegetarian identity can also be put in the broader context of our cultural and general identities.

“A guy at a bar with his friends, all eating hamburgers and hotdogs, [who] orders a salad or tofu might be quite the deviant from the norm,” Rosenfeld explained.

But looking at the intersection of vegetarian and cultural identities, there are many places around the world where being vegetarian is not deviant from the norm, such as in India, where around 30 to 40 percent of people are vegetarian, according to Rosenfeld.

“There you might hear instead of ‘I’m a vegetarian,’ the reverse of ‘I’m an omnivore,’” Rosenfeld said. “It sounds crazy to us!”

Marin Langlieb can be reached at mlanglieb@cornellsun.com.

Sun City Editor

Cornellians, Ithaca residents and people all along the Northeast are bracing for Winter Storm Stella, which could dump a foot and a half of snow on campus Tuesday, almost exactly 24 years after Cornell’s most recent snow day in 1993.

The National Weather Service predicted on Monday night that Ithaca will see between 12 and 18 inches of snow over the next few days, with most of the snow piling up on Tuesday.

“This doesn’t happen every year,” said Marc Alessi ’18, secretary and forecasting chair of the American Meteorological Society’s Cornell chapter. “It’s most like the 2007 Valentine’s Day storm that gave this area 1 to 2 feet of snow.”

The Valentine’s Day snow in 2007 forced Cornell to cancel afternoon classes, but the last fullday shutdown was on Monday, March 15, 1993, when a headline in The Sun declared, “Massive Blizzard Closes Cornell Campus” and 30 inches of snow blanketed the region over the weekend.

Alessi, who is studying atmospheric science, said snow is expected to fall at a rate of 1 to 3 inches per hour and most of the snow will accumulate between the morning and evening hours on Tuesday.

Tompkins County is under a winter storm warning until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, and the National Weather Service’s Binghamton station — which also serves Ithaca — issued its first blizzard warning since 2001, for the Scranton and

Catskills areas.

Cornell took the unusual step on Monday of issuing a storm message, noting that Cornell rarely closes during adverse weather, but adding that intensity and duration are considered in that decision.

Ultimately, William Sitzabee, vice president for infrastructure, properties and planning, will have the final say as to whether or not Cornell classrooms and facilities shut their doors on Monday.

The National Weather Service predicted about 14 inches of snow to hit Ithaca, but said a maximum of 23 inches could hit the area.

Alessi forecast between 10 and 15 inches, but said 18 inches is more than possible.

There is a 66 percent chance that Ithaca will be hit with at least a foot of snow, the National Weather Service said, and a 34 percent chance of 18 inches or more.

The City of Ithaca issued a statement urging residents to avoid unnecessary travel so that plows can easily navigate what are likely to be treacherous roads.

Ithaca is also offering free overnight parking in the Dryden Road, Green Street and Seneca Street parking garages on Tuesday night, and cars must be removed by 9 a.m. on Wednesday to avoid parking fees.

Many school districts in the county — including the Ithaca City School District — cancelled Tuesday classes on Monday night.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) declared a statewide state of emergency beginning at midnight on Tuesday, about an hour before snow is expected to begin accumu-

lating in Ithaca.

Wednesday will bring cold winds with gusts up to 40 m.p.h., Alessi said, creating a “blustery and snowy” day that “will blow the snow around and make travel very difficult.”

A nor’easter, Alessi explained, is created by a low-pressure system of air along the coast. The system was somewhat far out at sea a few days ago, making forecasters believe that the heavy snow would be in New York City and other coastal areas.

But now, the low-pressure sys-

“This doesn’t happen every year. It’s most like the 2007 Valentine’s Day storm.”

Marc Alessi ’18 tem is closer to the coast, so inland cities will see more accumulation, Alessi said.

The 1993 article in The Sun said the “‘storm of the century’ turned Ithaca into a winter carnival” and the Sheriff’s Department threatened to arrest anyone driving on the roads.

“The once-in-a-lifetime snowfall ... also provided unusual recreational opportunities for the adventurous,” The Sun said, with pictures of students sledding down Libe Slope and Buffalo Street’s steep hill, which became “a sledder’s paradise.”

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

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Gingrich to Discuss Trump’s Presidency With‘Liberal Cornell’ GINGRICH

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the “liberal Cornell” community.

“We chose Newt Gingrich because we thought he’d be a really good person to come talk to the Cornell community about everything that’s happened with Donald Trump’s election,” Corn said. “We’ve been trying to explain [the confusion] to a lot of the community, so I think it’ll be very help-

ful to bring somebody who has worked closely with Donald Trump and somebody who’s going to work very closely with the GOP in the near future.”

In response to the active protest during their last speaker, Rick Santorum, the Cornell Republicans has coordinated with Cornell Police to ensure Gingrich’s safety, according to Corn.

“We are expecting a lot of protest,” Corn said. “That’s something we have prepared for and has worked with

Cornell Police on, but hopefully it’ll be a respectful event and people won’t shout over the speaker like they did last time.”

The talk will be limited to 600 Cornell students on a first-come-first-serve basis. Students must show their ID before they can enter the auditorium.

Stephany Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun.com.

Track Team Supports Students Mourn Prof’s Death Athletes After House Fire OBIT

human interaction and had a gift for asking the often uncomfortable but always pertinent question.”

“His lectures and dialogue in class Poe was also part of the executive encouraged myself and other students to management team of the Dyson School, think outside the box of classical eco- serving as area coordinator for the nomic theory,” Utterback said. “He really Applied Economics and Policy Area of pushed his students to think of real world the Cornell SC Johnson College of scenarios and applications behind the Business. economic equations.”

“His wry, frequently irreverent humor Utterback added that Poe always had was one of the much anticipated and a sincere appreciation greatly appreciated feaand care for others, tures of Dyson faculty “Greg was someone I and was a prominent m e e t i n g s , ” and well respected fig- considered a mentor and McLaughlin said in the ure in his department. a close friend, and I am email.

“I will never forget “Greg was someone grateful and thankful.” I considered a mentor about Greg’s halfcracked smile,” he and close friend, and I Interim Dean Ed McLaughlin said. “There was am grateful and thankalways an acknowlful,” Utterman said. “I edgement and familiarity, he always will forever hold him in my memory as asked me how I was doing. He was Greg Poe, not just as the title of a professor always very sincere.” in the applied economics department.”

Dave Ludwig ’17 called Poe a “light Funeral arrangements at Bangs hearted, funny and engaging” professor Funeral Home will be announced shortwho remained optimistic while teaching ly, according to the University. difficult material to his students.

“In environmental science, you get a Support services are available to all lot of depressing predictions and pes- members of the Cornell community. simistic attitudes, but he had an opti- Students may consult with counselors from mistic outlook on the creativity and abil- Gannett Counseling and Psychological ity of people to solve environmental Services by calling 607.255.5155. problems, which was refreshing,” he said. Students may speak with a peer counselor In addition to his research, which by calling EARS at 607.255.3277. focused on designing and implementing Employees may call the Faculty Staff incentive programs to reduce emissions Assistance Program at 607.255.2673. The from nonpoint and point sources, Poe Ithaca-based CrisisLine is available at was also editor of the academic journal 607.272.1616. For additional resources, “Resource and Energy Economics.” visit http://caringcommunity.cornell.edu/.

“Greg was a cherished friend to all,” said Interim Dean Ed McLaughlin in an Emma Newburger can be reached at email to Dyson students. “He loved enewburger@cornellsun.com.

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FIRE

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“I did start to smell smoke, and by the time I realized what was going on, I just got dressed, and the fire department was already coming in by the time I was coming out,” he told The Sun, adding that he and another resident exited the house “completely unscathed.”

Matthew McGowen ’19, a resident and member of the track and field team, told The Sun that the third floor consists of a kitchen and a small common area, but no bedrooms. The fire chief said there is “quite a bit” of damage to the second and third floors on the northwest side of the house.

Late on Monday night, McGowen said he and other athletes were told by the fire department that they should not enter the house, although he expected to be able to gather belongings soon.

Residents said they were staying either in a cross-country house nearby or with other friends in Collegetown for the next few nights.

“The best thing is how [the fire] highlights how we have each other’s back in these type of situations,” McGowen said.

“We had practice right after the fire happened and everyone was offering houses and favors.”

Murphy said the house’s landlord was already working on living arrangements for the next few nights.

“We’ve got a big team — we’ve got a great team — and we’re all going to be

staying with friends for at least a night or two,” he said.

One member of the team was on the third floor, where the fire began, McGowen said, and called 911 when he saw smoke coming from the crawlspace.

The tiny space is generally empty, McGowen said, and residents almost never use it, leading him and others to believe the fire was electrical and caused by wiring.

Firefighters cut a hole in the wall of the house to insert a hose up to the third floor and quickly extinguish the fire, and another wall inside the house was cut open for the hose to enter, McGowen said.

There is also water damage on the first floor as water from the firefighters’ hoses percolated down from the third and second floors.

The Cornell Spring Invitational is more than a week away, but the fire comes at a time when many of the residents have midterms.

“I’m hoping my professors will grant me some extensions,” Murphy said. “I’m sure they will, considering my house just caught on fire today.”

The road was closed for about two hours, but normal traffic resumed shortly after 5.

Michael Suguitan grad contributed reporting to this article.

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

Law Popularity Decreases Among Undergraduates LAW

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In response to decreasing applicant numbers, the School of Hotel Administration, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Human Ecology and ILR school have all assigned students prelaw advisors through Cornell Career Services.

Though the College of Arts and Sciences once had a prelaw advisor, the position has not been filled since the retirement of the last employee, according to Sparrow.

“The [College of Arts and Sciences] has been considering its options for replacing that service,” Sparrow

said. “I think they may be close to a resolution.”

Law was the fourth most selected graduate field among Cornell undergraduates in 2015, with approximately 8.7 percent of the Class of 2015 choosing the profession, according to the Class of 2015 postgraduate report.

However, while law ranking among students has remained relatively consistent over the past few years, it is steadily falling behind professions such as Biological Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Anu Subramaniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun.com.

Affordable bling

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Ivanka Trump during a Women’s Day luncheon at the White House in Washington, March 8. Trump’s jewelry brand confirmed it will focus on more affordable products, a decision that was made after some retailers backed away from carrying its high-end bracelets, necklaces and rings.

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Letter to the Editor

Why we should value Snap To the Editor: The basic premise of Soren Malpass’s “The Value of a Snap” was that we will be looking at another dot-com crash if today’s venture capitalists keep up their current investing habits. The author questioned the valuation of a number of well-respected unicorns and specifically targeted newly-public Snap, arguing that the service that Snap offers doesn’t justify its (at the time) $28 billion valuation. Frankly, I think the analysis of the industry, and Snap’s business specifically, was lazy. Here are my qualms with the skepticism over Snap’s valuation: 1. The idea that a business cannot be legitimate if it only relies on advertising revenue is ludicrous. Two of the six companies with the current largest market cap (Google and Facebook) get over 80 percent of their revenue from advertising. The placing of Google based on information that they deduced about you from your internet habits, which can sometimes lead to incorrect assumptions about users.

Facebook ads are an upgrade on Google ads because all of the information that Facebook uses to target ads is offered up voluntarily by the user and therefore is much more accurate than the information Google uses. Snapchat advertisements are better than Facebook ads because they are either video, which allows advertisers to quickly engage viewers, or they are sent from friend to friend as part of a filter or lens, in effect having a friend endorse some product/event. This endorsement from someone a customer trusts is an advertisers dream. Because Snapchat’s ads are more effective and engaging, they can justifiably charge more for their advertising services than even Google and Facebook.

2. The author delegitimizes how important lenses (or bunny ears) are to Snap's overall product roadmap. Augmented reality, of which lenses are an example, is going to become a huge part of our day-to-day lives over the next decade. You only need to have heard of Pokemon Go to understand the craze that augmented reality can create.

Snapchat has possibly the best AR technology in the industry and currently has a huge number of consumers using it. The thing that really cements a company as a dominant player in any industry is when they become a platform that other products are built on top of (see Microsoft — Windows; Intel — Core i7; Facebook — identity management for websites). This is what Snap has the opportunity to do with their current lead in AR: become a platform for the development of AR software by other companies. If they can successfully achieve that, Snap will be a Fortune 100 company for years to come.

3. A smartphone app is not the long-term focus of Snap. Snap has continually defined itself as a camera company. Smartphone apps are the easiest way to scale a service if you're a poor college student with little money but a great idea — you release it to the app store and everyone can use it immediately. It makes sense that Snap’s first product was Snapchat. Developing hardware is another story altogether. Spectacles is Snap's first step in developing a focus on hardware, and now that they have a huge influx of cash from their IPO they will push research and development further in that direction. When they start incorporating real-time AR into their glasses/cameras, they will be untouchable on that front.

This shallow analysis of valuations extended beyond Snap to the industry as a whole. No investor in their right mind would invest hundreds of millions of dollars into a company that has “no real means to generate revenue.” The reason these companies are not generating revenue already is because they are focused on growth first and foremost. It is much easier to scale a product if the user experience is not impeded by ads or if prices are too high. Growth companies focus on adoption first, and only when they are satisfied that a slight drop in user experience will not scare off consumers do companies start to focus on making a profit. This is not to say that leaders in these companies do not have a plan for monetization — only that their product doesn’t reflect that while they are working hard to expand.

While many of these companies don’t currently make any profit, I’d have a hard time believing that none of them ever will. In fact, out of the 226 companies listed as unicorns as of March 6, I believe that one of them will get to be the size of the big 5 technology firms (Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook, all valued at $400 billion or more) and four more will get to one quarter of that valuation. If this turns out to be true and the valuation of every other unicorn goes to zero, the sum total of those valuations would be $800 billion, which is actually more than what all 226 companies are currently valued at in aggregate, $775 billion. With this in mind, it appears to me that our current unicorns are in fact undervalued. So rest assured that there is no calamity on the scale of the dot-com crash on our horizon.

James Mackey ’17

Technologically Shook

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have hit the point in the semester where I could not bring myself to care less about things even if I tried. I thought I hit that point two weeks ago; unfortunately, I was wrong, and here I am, eating ice cream out of a tub in the middle of Klarman Atrium. I can feel even the statues frowning at my life decisions.

Two weeks ago, I wrote a horrific column on something related to technology and how people make it out to be worse than it is and why that was a narrow way to look at a complex topic, especially one that is not going anywhere just by having us wish it away.

Quite frankly, I hated it, and I would like to apologize to anyone who’s eyes might have perused those particular set of words. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t agree with what I had written — I very strongly believe that we tend to classify what is online as unreal and what is tangible in our lives as real, and in that lies our fallacy in understanding the role of technology in our lives today. However, that is nowhere near a complete picture

I like their values,” I slowly replied.

Their values. I chose Airbnb as my tech workplace of choice because I liked that their Superbowl ad and their recent stance against transphobic homeowners demonstrated a progressive trend in their company values. What a strange reason to choose a company, I thought to myself.

After having given it a couple days of thought, I don’t actually believe it was that strange of me to choose a company based on its values at all. But a part of me does question how fair it was: is it right to hold a company in either high or low regard based on their values or the values of their leadership?

Take, for example, Uber. Their CEO, Travis Kalanick, has had an interesting year in the limelight. First, he decided to sit on the Trump Advisory Council, a move that did not sit well with Silicon Valley, tech elites and the entirety of Twitter (#deleteuber, anyone?). Public outrage might have prompted Kalanick to step down, however, his woes did not end there. A viral blog post by a former

After having given it a couple days of thought, I don’t actually believe it was that strange of me to choose a company based on its values at all. But a part of me does question how fair it was: is it right to hold a company in either high or low regard based on their values or the values of their leadership? of how I believe tech interacts with our lives today.

As a columnist, I always struggle with raising topics up again that I have already spoken to in the past. I don’t believe I have actually ever done it, not necessarily because I don’t believe you shouldn’t be able to address the same issue twice, but because I have found other questions to occupy my mind and subsequently my place in The Sun’s opinion section every other week. There are two topics, however, I know I will address multiple times over the course of the last two semesters I have left with The Sun: technology and makeup. I’ve written articles on both before, but I’m just not done talking about them.

This week, however, we are readdressing tech. Trust me, I wanted to bring up make up again, but given how literally SHOOK I am from Cornell Fashion Week, I need at least a week to recover before I may contribute well formed opinions about the week on campus (stay tuned, shameless pitching will never end). I ended up deciding to expand on some thoughts I hold about tech today after a recent conversation with a friend.

“Given the choice to work at Airbnb, Snapchat or Uber, where would you work?”

Let me begin by first stating that should I ever be choosing between such options, someone please remind me to pinch myself and then proceed to enjoy several wine nights with friends. Also to attempt to negotiate for as much as I possibly can before they realize I do not deserve these offers and rescind them immediately.

After all that has occurred, I believe I would be inclined to choose Airbnb.

“Why?” asked my friend. “Well, because

female Uber engineer relayed stories of rampant sexual harassment and H.R. nightmares within the company. Days later, NPR reported that Waymo, the origin of Google’s self-driving car project, had filed to sue Uber over claims that “thousands of design files that had been inappropriately downloaded from [Waymo] servers.”

Oh, and this is all in addition to the criticism Uber and its business model already faces for its labor abuses. My point here is not to outline simply the ways in which Uber is the worst. In fact, you could even argue that for all of Airbnb’s great “company values,” their business model contributes to an increase in negative wealth distribution and feeds into greater income equality within the American economy.

My point, rather, is to highlight that as nice as it is to profile Silicon Valley startups by the value they and their top executives seem to promote, it is not entirely accurate. We must recognize that even companies that strive to create atmospheres of diversity and acceptance are susceptible to the same vices as many other tech companies share — the lack of women in their workforce, contributions to a greater economic disparity not only within Silicon Valley, but throughout the nation (Uber and Airbnb are two very fitting examples). It is important to make progress and recognize the progress that is being made, yes. But it is just as important to continue creating room for more opportunities, more inclusion and less division.

Hebani Duggal is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hduggal@cornellsun.com. Teach Me How to Duggal appears alternate Tuesdays this semester. Comments and responses may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.

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OPINION

Guest Room | Andres Vaamonde

A Breakdown of the ‘Turkey: A State of Emergency’ Talk D

oom was a dominant theme in Myron Taylor Hall this past Friday. This was unsurprising, considering the subject of the event there — “Turkey: A State of Emergency.” The speaker panel, hosted jointly by the Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa and the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, aired out some of Turkey’s dirtiest political laundry.

Each of the panelists zeroed in on one particular undemocratic facet of the Middle Eastern nation’s recent political tumult, from extrajudicial detainments to growing antiintelligentsia sentiment to the increasingly precarious livelihoods of the four million Syrian refugees there living. Most generally, the talk was geared toward unpacking the political machinations of President Reccip Tayyip Erdogan in the wake of this summer’s failed coup attempt.

The statistics are jarring. As moderator Mostafa Minawi illuminated, conservative estimates claim that since a state of emergency was declared in the failed coup fallout, 125,000 individuals have been politically purged. Turkey, Minawi lamented, “holds the dubious honor” of leading the globe in incarcerated journalists. In addition, burgeoning domestic violence with Kurdish minority groups in southeastern Turkey has claimed 2,000 lives and displaced around 500,000 persons. Perhaps most distressing, the nation will vote on a constitutional referendum this upcoming April 16 which, if passed, will grant Erdogan near-totalitarian con-

trol of the slowly Islamizing country.

Including diverting from a parliamentary system to an executive presidential system, the amendments would lend Erdogan full reign in composing the national budget, disallow calls for censorship on members of parliament, expand and complicate the legal prerequisites for impeachment and permit the president to declare future “state of emergencies” at his own discretion. As Howard Eissenstat, a professor of history at St. Lawrence

cult to swallow. Stringent divisions have been developing in Turkish culture. As Minawi claimed and many audience members agreed, a sense of emergency has imbued all facets of daily life. This dynamic eventually materialized at the talk. Anguished sighs filled the room.

The frustration even began creating a rift between audience and panel. During the question and answer segment many audience members — most of them young Turkish nationals — confronted the

because “they realized they needed to become an international player.”

Eissenstat took solace in knowing that there is a “pain threshold” in regard to political stratification and that, eventually, Turkey’s leaders will recognize that their nation cannot contend without first-rate universities and significant international investment.

As someone who visited Turkey this past summer in the weeks following the failed coup, I am optimistic. Most Turks I met were largely unfazed, despite having been rocked by a most unusual and unexpected attempt to disrupt daily life. They were confused and concerned, of course, but they were not deterred from continuing life at normal operating procedure. For example, from a rooftop perch in one evening I sat in awe while a fullyfledged firework show erupted across the Bosphorus. I watched, entirely flabbergasted, as the colorful counterfeit explosions soared over the Hagia Sophia mere weeks after very real explosions shook Istanbul to its core.

Where I sat, people were drinking and socializing and enjoying the fireworks.

They were living their lives. It was then that I realized: Turkey might be a divided nation roiling in political and social turmoil, yes. But damn if Turks don’t have a high stress tolerance. They will get through.

Even if he were to disappear in a proverbial puff of smoke, the issues Turkey faces would not. “The judiciary is still broken [and] the political system is still broken,” Eissenstat lamented.

University and an affiliate with Amnesty International contended, “things have gone disastrously wrong in Turkey.”

It might be tempting to pin all recent fracas on President Erdogan’s shoulders.

As Eissenstat suggested, though, while Erdogan is the most significant player contributing to Turkey’s current state, his hypothetical departure alone could not redirect the nation’s undemocratic course. Even if he were to disappear in a proverbial puff of smoke, the issues Turkey faces would not. “The judiciary is still broken [and] the political system is still broken,” Eissenstat lamented.

The direness of Turkey’s strife is diffi-

panel for expressing unnecessarily pessimistic perspectives. Accusatory murmurs rippled throughout the crowd.

I might have contributed to the murmuring myself.

Democracy in Turkey is waning, yes.

But hope still exists. For example, as panelist Elif Sari pointed out, March 8th’s Women’s Strike found its way to Turkey despite the government’s explicit objection currently to non-approved demonstration. Eissenstat also offered a quasihopeful prospect by recalling Turkey’s tumultuous 1970’s. One reason that the nation bounced back from that incredibly polarized and violent period was

Andres Vaamonde is a senior in the College of Arts and Sceinces. Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.

Letter to the Editor

Conflict-free university contracts increase militia-led violence To the Editor: Yesterday, four of my colleagues coauthored a letter raving against Dodd-Frank’s Conflict Minerals Rule, §1502, which is in President Trump’s crosshairs after a leaked Executive Order allegedly advocated its suspension. Spe cifically, my colleagues believe §1502 decreased militia-led violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It did not.

They correctly judged the intent of §1502 — and I agree with the statute’s intent — but not its result. My response will explain the regulation, expose its failure, and argue against their mandate that Cornell University waste its endowment and our tuition on useless audits.

My colleagues asserted that §1502 “prevents American companies from purchasing conflict minerals.” Well, that’s a very simplified picture of what the statute does. A more nuanced view is this: the statute requires companies using conflict minerals, or companies contracting the procurement of conflict minerals, spend millions of dollars on costly disclosures and independent audits to ensure their conflict minerals are “conflict-free.” The con-

tracts my colleagues talk about are really company disclosures to the Security and Exchange Commission.

Companies spend extra money to comply with these regulations and charge us more for their prod-

Minerals Rule: Initial Disclosures Indicate Most Companies Were Unable to Determine the Source of Their Conflict Minerals.” Even after these expensive, independent audits, most companies still

cost DRC citizens their lives.

Why did the incidents of violence increase? Well, when Dodd-Frank’s Title XV regulations came into place, companies reduced the amount of conflict minerals they bought.

Now let’s apply these facts to Cornell University. According to an S.A. resolution passed to make our campus conflict-free, Cornell University allocates $50 million to purchase technology from companies that use conflict minerals in their supply chain. In 2010, when this resolution was passed, I would have completely agreed with the intent. I still agree with the intent. ucts as a result.

Speaking for myself, I’d pay that extra price if it meant preventing child labor in the DRC. That’s what this is for, isn’t it? The intent of the statute was to prevent militialed violence within the mines — and I wish it did, but it doesn’t. The Government Accountability Office published a 2015 report with a telling title: “SEC Conflict

don’t know if they’re funding the DRC militias. A 2015 quantitative study from the University of Wisconsin goes even further: “Instead of reducing violence, the evidence here indicates the policies increased the incidents in which armed groups looted civilians and committed violence against them.” This costly statute did more than cost American companies billions of dollars — it

How did militias respond?

They moved to unregulated mines, killed civilians, looted innocents’ homes and sold conflict minerals to European companies without our regulations. §1502 is an utter disaster, albeit well intentioned, which deserves repudiation and revocation.

Now let’s apply these facts to Cornell University.

According to an S.A. resolution

passed to make our campus conflict-free, Cornell University allocates $50 million to purchase technology from companies that use conflict minerals in their supply chain. In 2010, when this resolution was passed, I would have completely agreed with the intent. I still agree with the intent. But as we’ve seen since the statute was passed in 2010, we have no way of knowing whether or not the company's conflict minerals are actually conflict-free. That’s what the GAO report shows — and those are companies that are doing their due diligence! Even more worrying, the referenced study concludes that this policy is actually contributing to a spike of civilian murders and lootings in the DRC. I don’t want my university to waste its endowment and our tuition by paying KPMG or EY for a useless audit supporting a policy that increases violence in a country we should be helping.

I admire my colleagues’ intent, but that doesn’t mean any of us will like the result.

Irvin McCullough ’18, vice president of the Cornell Republicans

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OPINION

Guest Room | Maya Frai

The Ubiquity Of Ethics And Software

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he pressing topic of cybersecurity has resurfaced in the public conscious following the news of Russian hackers leaking thousands of emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee.

Software might be developed for one clear-cut purpose, but more often than not, the technology’s ethical ramifications are disregarded by engineers. In the case of the Russian hacking, the individuals that perpetrated the cyberattack broke a moral code by intentionally hacking to commit an illegal act. For software engineers, their innovative skills come with a great deal of responsibility.

Although an engineer’s top priority is efficiency, they must not overlook ethics. Taking into account the

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Online privacy and data security have generated concern among many in the past decade — to the point where even Mark Zuckerberg covers his laptop camera to prevent hackers from “ratting.” privacy of the user, the rule of law and the unforeseen consequences of software is as important as the algorithm itself. Although the conversation about ethics in the technology sphere has gained momentum, it is still in its infancy. With software becoming ubiquitous, every line of code instils a great deal of power.

Online privacy and data security have generated concern among many in the past decade — to the point where even Mark Zuckerberg covers his laptop camera to prevent hackers from “ratting.” Some might believe this behavior mimics paranoia. Others stress the need for privacy codes of conduct within the software engineering profession. When Edward Snowden leaked evidence exposing two government programs intended to hack into computer microphones and cameras, technology companies started rethinking the ethical impact of their software. Privacy policies are often the best way for software engineers to check how their software gathers information about consumers.

For instance, a software engineer at Facebook must think not only about how to develop a new and innovative feature for “News Feed,” but also how that feature must not collect information that the user would not want public or did not consent to release. The “only me” option for photo albums is constantly used

by Facebook members; software engineers must ensure this option holds true to its name.

As more and more people are going into technology, there has been a heightened sense of urgency for engineers to think about the legality, in addition to the efficiency and quality, of their software. Meeting legal standards is of utmost importance when marketing a new product. However, most software engineers run on tight deadlines. They must be able to respond to pressure with the same velocity as they would be when downing a cup of coffee. When Facebook was criticized after the 2016 presidential election for allowing fake news stories to spread through its infrastructure, the company quickly responded to the scrutiny by introducing a new fact-checking feature. Because software engineers cannot foresee every consequence that could result from their work, they must be ready to deal with ethical issues when they arise — even when eye strain is becoming an issue.

As a student studying technology, I recognize the need for transparency. I support the notion that a greater emphasis should be placed on the ethical implications of software development. Any type of software has broad ethical ramifications; it is the engineers who have the responsibility to take humanity into account when developing technologies.

Maya Frai is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sceinces. Guest Room runs periodically throughout the semester. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.

Alex Davies | Have I Got News for You?

Democracy’s Jury I

n The People v. O.J. Simpson, Johnnie Cochran, a member of O.J. Simpson’s dream team legal squad, tells his colleagues, “Evidence doesn’t win the day.

Jurors go with the narrative that makes sense.” The show presents DNA analysis as being so new that most jurors could make neither head nor tail of solid evidence presented that tied Simpson directly to the scene of two murders.

Simpson’s defence relied on muddying the waters with accusations of systemic racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in order to prevent any conclusions being made beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury was enthralled by show tricks and rhetoric, smoke and mirrors around the fire of what actually happened on the night of the murders for which Simpson stood trial.

Such seems to be the state of much political discourse. The facts of which policies will benefit citizens are sacrificed to the story that fits their beliefs. Tariffs on tequila, confiscated healthcare subsidies, and polluted waterways are so quotidian when compared with the feeling of knowing that Mexico is hurting or that your taxes won’t be paying for those skiving bottom feeders any longer.

While hot-blooded narratives have always held greater sway than cold facts, it was only recently that our era offered the promise of moving definitively towards a more rational political discourse. The technological promises of the new millennium — a computer in every home, the internet connecting us all across borders — heralded an erosion of boundaries to informa-

tion. Information’s instant diffusion would broadcast the plight of the downtrodden or the abuses of the powerful. With dendrites spreading to faraway lands, the average person could make informed decisions on issues that were once inaccessible.

Instead, the tide of new information has overwhelmed the average citizen. Encountering this, it is easier to retreat into what Willard Van Orman Quine termed a “web of belief ” — the set of intercon-

reality and retaining security in our understanding of the world.

Constantly altering our views would unmoor the individual from any reference point. Considering today’s information landscape in light of the mind’s web of belief, it seems reasonable, almost sensible, that citizens choose to follow the stories that ring true rather than the evidence so solid it makes no sound.

Narratives retain some hollowness to them in order to resonate with us whereas facts are too certain to pro-

Instead, the tide of new information has overwhelmed the average citizen. Encountering this, it is easier to retreat into what Willard Van Orman Quine termed a “web of belief” — the set of interconnected ideas and understanding that help us make sense of the world. nected ideas and understanding that help us make sense of the world. At the core of this web are foundational beliefs while on the periphery reside less substantial views. Because of their centrality the core beliefs are seldom altered, for doing so would require reconstructing large areas of understanding that rely upon them. Peripheral beliefs are more flimsy given the ease with which we can plug any gap with a comparable belief.

Faced with the breadth and depth of information now afforded to us, individual confirmation bias seems a natural development. The Internet allows us access to a vast set of competing ideas to make up and shape our worldview. With an infinity of competitors for space in our web of belief, we each require some heuristic that allows us to balance the competing requirements of conforming our beliefs to some external

duce the right melody.

This “stickiness” of understanding suggests that polities cannot move towards greater openness merely on the merits of fact. The ivory tower and the halls of power must offer some cogent narrative that persuades citizens. Politicians on the pro-openness side of recent political debates (Hillary Clinton, David Cameron) have failed to do this, instead believing that truth is enough to win the day. We need new narratives if we are not to cede ground to those who spin the old yarns of tribe and nation. It is a blessing and a curse that in a democracy, however removed we may consider ourselves to be, we are all jurors.

Alex Davies is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ajd253@cornell.edu. Have I Got News For You? appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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SCIENCE

Animal science

Science Policy

GMOS

The Salamander Pilgrimage Thousands emerge from woods for breeding season 1.

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Slippin’ and slidin’ l (1) A Cornell student holds up a salamander near the Robert Trent Jones golf course in Ithaca. (2) A spotted salamander.

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Thousands of salamanders emerged from the woods of Tompkins County over the last few weeks and crawled to vernal ponds to reproduce.

The salamander pilgrimage — often only a crawl of about a few hundred yards — is an annual event to procreate, said Prof. Kelly Zamudio, ecology and evolutionary biology.

The two species of salamanders in this area — the Jefferson salamander and the spotted salamander — are “explosive breeders,” Zamudio said, meaning they all come out of the woods within a few weeks to reproduce.

“There’s a lot of fidelity,” Zamudio said. “Once an adult finds a woodlot [a small area of forest] to live in — and that’s where home is in the summer — they tend to go back to the same pond.”

Joe Barron ’17 and Jen Guerrero ’18, social media chair and vice president of the Cornell Herpetological

Society, respectively, brought a photographer and reporter from The Sun on a nighttime salamander search at Cornell’s Robert Trent Jones golf course in Ithaca recently.

“I know more about salamanders than any reasonable person should know,” Barron said as he parked his Subaru on the edge of Bluegrass Lane and donned waders and a headlamp.

After wading through stinky pools and thorny thickets, Barron pierced the water with his hands and gently cradled a Jefferson salamander in his hands.

Some local salamanders can live for up to 25 years, Zamudio said, which can be determined by the salamanders’ length. Most of those seen at the golf course were slightly longer than the length of one’s hand.

Barron explained the breeding process as he held a wet leaf in the dark and pointed to several tiny, white globs.

The globs, attached to the leaf, are spermatophore — packets of sperm placed onto vegetation by male sala-

manders. After a male squirms around near a female salamander — “dances,”

“This is part of our local fauna and it’s been living like this for 20 million years. In that so many million years, there’s been quite a lot of environmental change, but it's never been this fast.”

Prof. Kelly Zamudio

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PHOTO COURTESY OF L. HEADY / DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

began their migration around Feb. 28 this year, which is highly unusual, Zamudio said, adding that she could not recall such an early migration since the early 2000s. Sometimes the salamanders do not make the trek to water until late March or early April.

“It does seem like we’ve had this consistent change in climate,” Zamudio said, noting the back-and-forth of the weather this year.

“It’s not consistently warm enough or raining so [the salamanders] come out in these little spurts instead of big pulses.”

Zamudio said any change to the environment can have a large effect on the reptiles’ life cycles.

“This is part of our local fauna and it’s been living like this for 20 million years,” she said. “In that so many million years, there's been quite a lot of environmental change, but it's never been this fast and it's never been in the direction of complete extremes.”

If climate change creates more extreme weather conditions, Zamudio said, ice could reach salamanders’ eggs and kill the embryos. Another possibility is that extreme cold late in the spring could kill a number of adult salamanders and their eggs.

Zamudio warned that it is not yet clear that those events will happen any time soon, but, she said, “that’s where the danger lies.”

Barron said — they deposit spermatophore onto vegetation for the female salamander, who places her cloaca onto the sperm packet.

The warm February this year — up to 73 degrees at one point — led to the state Department of Environmental Conservation issuing a notice that salamanders may emerge from the grounds especially early.

“With this week’s unseasonably warm temperatures and the rainy weekend forecast, the 2017 migration may have an unusually early start,” the DEC said in a statement in February.

The salamanders near Cornell

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

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On Ethics, Fake News and Science Discussions on science’s contribution to policy-making dominate AAAS Conference

By VICTOR AGUILAR Sun Contributor

Science is not about standalone discoveries. Scientists share hypotheses, findings and conclusions to help build a concrete picture of the world. To enable such discussion and deliberate science’s role in shaping public policy, the American Association for the Advancement of Science held its annual conference on Feb. 16 in Boston. The theme this year was ‘serving society through science policy.’

Discussions such as these run the risk of harboring a political slant.

Indeed, this was how the AAAS conference began, with AAAS President, Dr. Barbara Schaal, commenting on recent immigration restrictions. One of her main concerns was the possibility of the executive order disrupting scientific collaboration between nations.

Prof. Bruce Lewenstein, communication, a longtime member of AAAS, echoes some of Schaal’s sentiments; describing the organization as one devoted to maintaining the connection between scientific communities in the United States and the public. According to Lewenstein, the conference plays an important role in bringing scientists from different disciplines together.

“It’s a meeting intended to reach out to a broader audience at these spaces,” Lewenstein said.

“What happens at the meeting is rarely the most important thing. If you’re a geneticist, you will not necessarily be as informed as an ethicist.

There are a lot of productive meetings processes by which we evaluate inforfor all kinds of scientists.” mation, Kahan presented further One of the conference’s key goals research on the topic. According to was to address the growing challenges him, most people fully comprehend the that scientists face in sharing their find- scientific facts shown to them, regardings with the less of their politpublic, espeical stances, but cially with the their acceptance dissemination of such informaof so called tion depends on ‘fake news’. An how it challenges important semtheir existing inar that set the beliefs. tone for such Cornell librardiscussions was ian Kelee Pacion, led by Prof. an expert on Dan Kahan, methods used to Yale law, critically analyze University, on information, how political echoes these senand personal timents and beliefs shape an emphasizes the i n d i v i d u a l ’s need to help peointerpretation ple develop the scientific of skills to critically facts. evaluate the qualAccording to ity of informaKahan, the tion.

Prof. Bruce Lewenstein effect of an “Social media i n d i v i d u a l ’s moves fast,” beliefs on their Pacion said. acceptance of scientific facts can be “High school education could help by modelled in two ways. The first, the implementing new methods for dealing information aggregator account model, with fact analysis.” sees our beliefs as the sum total of the While concerns regarding fake news information we are exposed to while the have only recently surfaced, ethical second, motivated processor account, issues in science have always been under suggests that we weigh information discussion. Part of the conference’s misbased on existing predispositions. sion was to provide a forum to discuss While none can encapsulate the these issues.

“What happens at the meeting is rarely the most important thing. If you’re a geneticist, you will not be as informed as an ethicist.”

One controversial discovery, CRISPR gene-editing, has been under the spotlight since the National Academy of Sciences passed a resolution in February that called for the development of technology that aids the study of medical conditions. The tool enables researchers to remove, add or alter sections of the genome and could potentially help treat genetic conditions. The controversy lies in the possibility of altering reproductive cells, an act with repercussions that would be felt by future generations.

“The technology is urgently needed but if we’re targeting a larger population, the regulations should be tight so it needs tighter security. We’re potentially polluting our genetic pools. The resolution was the right decision to proceed forward with caution,” said Prof.

Ailong Ke, molecular biology and genetics and an expert on CRISPR systems.

While these ethical questions are far from being answered, the conference did shed light on important issues that the scientific community needs to consider. Furthermore, as the event came to a close, scientists from all disciplines came together to create a video story.

Despite the different points of focus, each shared a common theme: science is shaped by more than facts and experiments, but the people who conduct them and their role in informing the wider world.

Victor Aguilar can be reached at va233@cornell.edu.

Cornell Professor Advocates for Higher Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops

By TRANG DAU Sun Contributor

On a list of the most controversial topics in science, genetically modified organisms would easily be close to the top. Concerns about their safety and effect on naturally bred species continue to dominate scientific and policy discussions. Prof. Sarah Davidson Evanega, plant breeding and genetics, however, is assured of their safety and maintains that they could play an important role in fighting global food insecurity.

Speaking at the Food Security and Global Growth: The Big Picture conference on March 4, Evanega detailed the manner in which climate change threatens global food security, emphasizing the ramifications for farmers.

“A Tanzanian farmer, Selma, that our team spoke to, spent $300 — half of her annual income — on preparing and planting her two acre maize field.

For the second year in a row, she lost everything due to a drought, ” Evanega said.

“But science offers farmers like Selma some hope,” Evanega added, emphasizing that tools of plant breeding can help minimize agriculture’s contributions to climate change.

In September 2016, the first GMO field trial was attempted in a semiarid desert in Tanzania. As part of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa project, it aimed to test whether droughttolerant G.M. maize could be grown

effectively. According to Evanega, the According to Evanega, effective marsecurity of G.M. crops like this has keting strategies could contribute to already been verified by research by the misinformation on GMOs. “Suppose the National you are at a Academies of grocery store. If Sciences, you were afraid Engineering or uncertain and Medicine. about GMOs In 2015, the and you could academy conafford it, you cluded that would probably G.M. crops spend that have no extra dollar on adverse effects a non-GMO on human verified prodhealth, though uct. But many noting that any things labeled new foods, ‘n o n - G M O ’ genetically have no GMO modified or counterpar ts. not, may have Marketers take subtle health advantage of effects that busy customers develop over like you and time or go me,” Evanega undetected said. even with careAs a mother ful scrutiny. of three chilHowever, Prof. Sarah Davidson Evanega dren, an envibiotech maize ronmentalist has a long way and a plant scito go before being served in households all over entist, Evanega urges people to reexamine their views of GMOs. the world.

“I cannot at the same time call A 2015 Pew Research Center study found that 37 percent of American myself an environmentalist and stand adults considered G.M. foods to be in the way of technology that reduces unsafe while 88 percent of AAAS sci- pesticide use such as Bt crops,” entists had the opposite view. Evanega said. “You cannot at the same

“You cannot at the same time uphold the scientific consensus around climate change and deny the scientific consensus of the safety of G.M. crops.”

time uphold the scientific consensus around climate change and deny the scientific consensus of the safety of G.M. crops.”

Evanega encouraged people to evaluate each GMO on a case by case basis, assessing risks and benefits to consumers and the environment.

With her colleagues at Cornell Alliance for Science, Evanega is working to help people understand how agricultural biotechnology can help enhance food security while minimizing the negative impact of agriculture on the environment.

“We want to tell stories about the technology — about the low-methane rice that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the insect-resistant crops that reduce insecticide use, the droughttolerant maize that survives better in extreme environment and alleviates the burden on farmers already struggling in the face of climate change,” Evanega said.

Evanega believes that transparency is the key to earning public trust and suggests that corporations should include labels on all G.M. products.

“If consumers want to know, tell them on the label. The world around us is genetically engineered and it’s okay. It’s totally acceptable. I’m excited to see G.M. apples or G.M. snacks on Wegmans’ shelf someday,” Evanega said.

Trang Dau can be reached at tld68@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Logan Cuts Deep

BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Contributor

Ever since Bryan Singer’s first X-Men flick in 2000, the ubiquitous desire of hardcore comic book fans everywhere was for a solo Wolverine film, and for one that captured the character’s dark personality, brutal fighting style and vulgar lingo, which many felt could not be done within the confines of a PG-13 rating. Though previous efforts X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine were modest attempts, it was not until the critical and financial success of 2016’s licentious, violent and hedonic Deadpool that the groundwork was set for 20th Century Fox to acquiesce to that desire and grace cinema screens with the Rrated Logan. Although Logan is filled with enough f-bombs and dismembered limbs to satiate even the most ravenous of Quentin Tarantino fans, contrary to popular belief, these aspects are not the sole points of the film’s strengths. To say that Logan is a great Wolverine film purely because of its R-rating would do it a disservice. As superhero films become much more focused on creating cohesive cinematic worlds instead of stand-alone stories, Logan succeeds through its simplistic, emotional and characterdriven narrative (carried by the raw talent of its brilliant cast) and serves as a rousing and faithful conclusion to a character whom Hugh Jackman has played for 17 years.

In contrast to the brighter palette of previous X-Men films, the world of Logan is bleak, barren and grim. The film starts in the year 2029, where no new mutants have been born for the past 25 years. The X-men are solely survived by an elderly and decrepit Professor X/Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) who suffers from a neurodegenerative disease that makes him lose control of his telepathic powers, and a grizzled and bitter Wolverine/Logan (Hugh Jackman) who is slowly dying due to his reduced healing factor and adamantium skeleton which is slowly poisoning him.

Logan spends his days as a limo driver, saving his earnings to buy medication to mitigate Professor X’s dangerous seizures. One day however, Gabriella, a nurse who works for the Transigen Corporation, visits Logan, bringing with her a girl named Laura (Dafne Keen). Gabriella begs Logan to help her and Laura escape from the Reavers, Transigen’s cybernetically-enhanced elite soldiers, while also revealing that Laura was experimented upon by Transigen and shares the same mutant DNA as him.

The film then steps into high gear as Logan, Professor X, and Laura embark on a road trip towards “Eden,” a safe haven for the last of mutant kind, while trying to avoid being attacked by Pierce and the rest of Transigen.

Individuals looking for a reason why Logan is so dark and austere in comparison to the happy ending of X-Men: Days of Future Past will not find an explanation, though director James Mangold subtly drops hints through old radio recordings and brief bits of dialogue. The fact that Logan asks more questions than it gives answers may be frustrating for some, but Mangold chooses to focus on fleshing out the personalities and character traits of the main characters, deliberately making the backstory of the plot a secondary concern. It works to great effect; having grown up with these characters since 2000, it is heartbreaking to see their current dismal state. Mangold pushes the characters to the limit, making them twisted and mangled alterations of their

old selves. Professor X is merely a shell of the great mentor and visionary that he once was, and his altruism and tenderness have been replaced with selfishness and astringence. His ramblings, once thought of as revered teachings by his students, are now merely seen as the inane diatribes of an old man. He retains his signature optimism, but even that is viewed as wishful thinking.

Although Logan himself is no stranger to affliction, he is as cynical as ever, and is largely a weary creature of habit.

Gone are his witty wisecracks and avant-garde leadership skills; he is a lone wolf who self-medicates with booze and cigars. The two are aided by another mutant Caliban (Stephen Merchant) but even he is somber and despondent.

Fittingly, in contrast to these characters who have been bogged down by life’s hardships, Laura/X-23 injects a dark, youthful exuberance. Actress Dafne Keen is not given many lines in the film, but she nonetheless proves that actions speak louder than words. She communicates Laura’s ferocity and independence through her guttural shrieks and stoic demeanor, but also retains a childlike curiosity towards the hostile environment around her. It is through Laura’s eyes that we see how broken the world is, yet we are also given hope that mutant kind may thrive once again. Due to Mangold’s conscious focus on Logan, Professor X and Laura, unfortunately, the villains are underdeveloped. The primary antagonist Zander Rice (Richard E. Grant) is given too little screen time, with not enough groundwork set to establish him as a truly threatening antagonist. Donald Pierce is the only member of the Reavers who is given any sort of character development and Boyd Holbrook does the best with what he is given, but at the end of the day, the character comes off as yet another glorified, snide and mordant henchman.

Although Mangold chooses to focus mainly on the characters, the pace of the narrative does not suffer as a result. Logan moves at breakneck speed, taking the protagonists from Mexico to Oklahoma City to North Dakota. But brief moments of levity and introspection help rein back the pace. It is refreshing to see the characters interact with one another throughout the duration of their extended road trip, whether it is Professor X scolding Logan or Laura remaining laconic to Logan’s probing questions.

Likewise, Mangold layers and weaves social commentary throughout the film, akining mutants to “immigrants” and stressing the fact that America should not reject them but accept them. Respectively, Mangold achieves tonal consistency by channeling the spirit of Western movies, especially in the film’s first act, with the backdrop being set in the acrid and arenaceous

Lorde Green Light Universal Music NZ Chris Stanton

Lorde is an icon. She’s the voice of our generation, and old folks are jealous for it. David Brooks and the rest of the fake news media don’t actually think of millennials as hopelessly privileged social media zombies. Instead, they resent that we had Pure Heroine, Lorde’s 2013 opus, where they had disco or whatever your parents promote as “real music.” With Heroine, Lorde delivered an album-length testament to teenage glory, told not by an aged folk singer nostalgic for his pink carnations and his pickup truck, but rather by one of our peers — a precocious 17-year-old already wise about her formative years.

Lorde’s age at the time suggested something akin to a child

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Mexico. Camera angles on Logan’s lethargic movements, hands hanging to the side of him, against the fading sunset, almost painting him as a cowboy (but with claws instead of revolvers).

Indeed, when it comes to Logan’s action sequences, Mangold pulls no punches and shows no restraint as he uses the R-rating to full effect. After being teased with a brief sequence in X-Men: Apocalypse, viewers finally see Logan go into full berserker mode on multiple occasions.

Hugh Jackman transforms the character into a snarling, unstoppable beast who bludgeons, slashes and hacks his assailants without mercy, with even the most heavily armored and armed soldiers not standing a chance against his adamantium claws.

Mangold histrionically focuses on COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY FOX Logan’s frenzied onslaughts, ensuring that fans can gorge themselves on the onscreen carnage with almost vampire-like glee. Impalement, decapitation and skewering are all used with equal measure, always with gory and bloody after effects. Logan himself suffers as well, with gunshots and blade wounds often marring his decaying form. In contrast to Logan’s brawler fight style, Laura is much more agile. She leaps and somersaults through the air with her own claws outstretched, often mowing down many more assailants than Logan himself.

Later in the film, Laura pulls out old X-Men comics from her backpack, which Logan berates as mere romanticized accounts of the team’s endeavors, stating “maybe a quarter of it happened, but not like this.” To this, Professor X soberingly replies that Laura “does not need to be reminded of life’s irreverence.” At first Logan is taken aback because he realizes that he has let life’s adversities shape him into a calloused and pessimistic individual. Both he and Professor X realize that though it may be too late to change themselves, hope lies in Laura. It is a heartbreaking and bittersweet revelation, but one that Logan fights for. He does want Laura to be like him; he wants her to be different. As he tells her to overcome her tragic upbringing, Logan is almost speaking to the audience, reminding viewers that they are not a slave to their circumstances or history; there is always an opportunity to start anew and fight for what is right. This compelling message transforms Logan into a timeless, thoughtful and genre-defying epic, and proves that adamantium claws alone are not enough to tell a story that cuts deep.

Zachary Lee is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at zjl14@cornell.edu.

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Now at the grand old age of 20, Lorde has reemerged from her extended silence bearing gifts — the single “Green Light” and the promise of a new album, Melodrama. The song is essentially a breakup anthem, but delivered with an alien intensity unique to the young pop star (as embodied by her I-dare-you-to-look-away gaze in

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the accompanying music video). It builds in a way that jars the listener, starting slowly as Lorde delivers spiteful blows to a former lover (“She thinks you love the beach, you’re such a damn liar”) before shifting into a feverish, admittedly frightening falsetto. The transitions might make for a confusing first listen, but all is forgiven by the time that euphoric piano loop kicks in, and the palpable contempt of the verses gives way to pop music catharsis. Try as you might, you’ll crank the volume every time.

Chris Stanton is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reachd at cms459@cornell.edu.

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omedians love to talk about themselves. So much so, in fact, that one imagines them going out of their way to have noteworthy experiences in life just for the sake of writing new material. This real-time autobiography is an essential part of the craft, as the rules of modern stand-up dictate that comics have to reveal an embarrassing experience in every set, or at least throw a few self-deprecating pokes at their own neuroses. Whether he intended to birth an undying format or not, Jerry Seinfeld transplanted these autobiographical elements of comedy culture into his TV show, resulting in one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. For apparent lack of inspiration, every comedian in the game seems determined to do the exact same thing. To quote one Kanye West: “It’s not funny anymore / Try

up a promising relationship. Gillian Jacobs steals the show right out from under Rust, as her character’s selfdestructive tendencies loom heavily over the script’s bright moments, deftly adding layers of emotional complexity to an otherwise passable romantic comedy. Without her, the show’s thesis might devolve into, “Hey! Nerdy guys without career prospects can get laid by conventionally attractive women, too!”

Hollywood loves to see itself onscreen, and maybe this trend has simply infiltrated the world of comedy. Post-1950s, almost every “auteur” in film has, at one point, made a feature-length analogy about their life as a creative.

Sometimes, they even write a movie about someone writing a movie, arousing film geeks and alienating everyone else. These films can open up more thematic possibilities, though, when they transplant their narratives to another craft, making the protagonist a Really Terrible, folk singer (Inside Llewyn And Such Small Davis) or a Portions food truck owner (Chef ). different jokes.”

The time may have come for comeIn the past month, the digital dians to learn the same trick. bloat of online streaming services One of the best bits of pop culhas witnessed the debut of HBO’s ture to emerge from the wreckage Crashing, as well as the return of of 2016 was Donald Glover’s Netflix’s Love. Comedian Pete Atlanta. The show riffs heavily on Holmes created and stars in the Louis C.K.’s Louie, incorporating first, portraying a fictionalized ver- elements of Lynchian surrealism for sion of himself as he struggles to laughs while remaining generally navigate the New York comedy somber in tone. Unlike Louie – scene after walking in on his wife which, come to think of it, may doing the dirty with another man. have opened the floodgates for Appropriately, the show bears the comedians making shows about much sought after seal of approval comedians in the 2010s – Atlanta from executive producer Judd takes place in the world of its Apatow. Love, meanwhile, is the eponymous city’s rap scene. An brainchild of comedian Paul Rust Atlanta native and rapper-singer and Judd Apatow, and stars the for- himself, Glover stars as the scrappy mer as a fictionalized version of tour manager for his cousin, who himself struggling to navigate raps under the name “Paper Boi.” romance and his failing career as a The show benefits greatly from its screenwriter in Los Angeles. The organic relationship with the world simultaneous release of the two of hip-hop (the songs in Atlanta shows only works to accentuate reflect current music more accutheir similarities. rately than say, the Empire soundThat’s not to say that either of track), and it’s difficult to imagine them lacks merit. Crashing, in spite anyone pulling it off in quite the of its dramatic set-up, radiates with same way as Glover. Even so, the positivity — an almost unsettling show serves as a shining example of concept in 2017. As The Atlantic’s how to improve upon an old forRobert O’Connell wrote of the mat to tell new stories from undershow, “Comedy need not be only represented voices. the refuge of the cynic.” Much of Legend has it that, after the this optimism emanates from enormous commercial success of Holmes himself, as his decidedly John McClane’s first outing, everyunfunny protagonist starts to fail one in Hollywood pitched action forward only because of his glass- movies as a variation on the Die half-full mentality. His character Hard formula. Thus, Air Force One crosses paths with comedians like becomes “Die Hard on a plane,” T.J. Miller and Artie Lang, playing while Speed is “Die Hard on a bus” themselves, who take to Pete’s affa- and Speed 2 is “Die Hard on a cruise ble persona and decide to help him ship”. It’s possible, I suppose, that out. To the show’s benefit, Holmes comedians will start to do the same eschews trends by imagining a with their TV pitches. Your protaggushy sense of communal love in onist can be a creative, but make the notoriously difficult world of them a fashion designer or a somNew York’s comedy scene. Still, melier instead, and also consider these cameos recreate the effect of pulling from a demographic other throwing a show-stopping guest than 30-something male. Just verse on a mediocre rap song. It please, no more comedians. helps, sure, but you mostly just wish the song were better.

Chris Stanton is a senior in the College of On the other hand, Love’s first sea- Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at son made for an intriguingly difficult cms459@cornell.edu. Really Terrible, watch, marked by bitterness and its and Such Small Portions! runs alternate protagonists’ mutual fear of screwing Tuesdays this semester.

Chris Stanton

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Strong showing | The fencing team sent ten women to compete in NCAA Regionals this past Sunday, and the group had quite a succesful day.

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By JOSH ZHU Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After sending 10 fencers to last Sunday’s NCAA Regionals, the Cornell women’s fencing team posted successful results, finishing the meet with three individuals in the top 10.

Senior Victoria Wines highlighted Cornell’s weekend with her second place finish among 45 epee fencers. Her silver medal represented the second consecutive time making the podium at Regionals, and fourth overall time in her career. Wines’ finish also qualified her for a spot at the upcoming NCAA Championships.

“This will be my fourth trip to the NCAA championships, and I have been excited every time,” Wines said. “I'm looking forward to see what happens this year.”

Cornell’s epee squad was rounded out by three freshmen who recorded notable finishes in their first Regionals: Caroline Kleiner at 17th, Rebekah Jones at 18th and Vera Lin at 23rd.

The Red also enjoyed success in the foil event, as juniors Luby Kiriakidi and Gabriella Zusin finished fifth and ninth, respectively. The duo’s performances placed them into contention for spots at the championship tournament. Junior Julia Telischi rounded out the foil squad with a 14th place finish.

“I had to remind myself … that I've been working hard all season, and I deserved to [make Regionals],” Kiriakidi said. “I also kept feeling that I was missing some key secret to fencing well, but I realized there is no key besides getting on the strip, using my tools and watching every moment … to outmove and mess with my opponent.”

Juniors Regina Chen and Megan Buteau, and senior Abigail Forth competed in the sabre event and recorded respective finishes of 19th, 25th and 27th.

As a whole, the Red exceeded expectations. Six of the 10 competitors finished higher than their initial rankings entering the tournament. The feat is even

more noteworthy after taking the Red’s circumstances entering the Regionals into account — six of Cornell’s competitors had never fenced in a NCAA tournament prior to Sunday, and several members of the Red had been recovering from injuries entering the tournament.

“Even though some of the girls had to overcome some injuries leading up to this tournament, [we] felt prepared, physically and tactically,” Chen said “It was a pleasure to see all of the team's hard work in the gym and the salle come to fruition.”

While the performances of Wines, Kiriakidi and Zusin will undoubtedly highlight Regionals, the tournament also presented some learning opportunities for the team as a whole. In particular, Cornell gained valuable experience fencing in consecutive bouts for long periods of time.

“One of the struggles of the long day was remaining engaged mentally throughout all the bouts,” Chen said. “The team's mantra ‘one touch at a time’ helped us move past those obstacles and refocus.”

The Regionals also afforded the Red an opportunity to reevaluate its mental toughness. “[Regionals] was a reminder of how big the mental aspect of the sport is to the overall game,” Kiriakidi said. “I hope we as a team can keep discovering that mental talk brings out our best fencing individually.”

While many of the competitors will head home having gained valuable fencing experience in Regionals, at least one member of the Red will compete in the upcoming championships. Kiriakidi and Zusin will find out if they will be joining Wines when the official list of NCAA Championship qualifiers is released Tuesday afternoon.

The NCAA Championships begin on Friday, March 24 at Notre Dame and continue through Sunday, March 26.

Josh Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun.com.

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ment. Regardless, he is expecting big things out of his senior in his last crack at the national title.

The fourth and final EIWA champ making the trip to St. Louis is Womack. The sophomore was inconsistent in the season’s first few meets, but dominated the second half of the season and breezed through his EIWA draw.

In his first appearance at NCAAs, Womack knows he will have to keep his emotions in check.

“I know the atmosphere will be different than I have ever experienced, but I'm excited,” he said.

“At the end of the day it's just another tournament, and I have to go out and wrestle my best and

perform.”

Seeded 13th, Womack faces a potential second round matchup against No. 4 Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin. To keep his eight match win streak going, though, he will first need to knock off Iowa’s Joseph Gunther.

The final two wrestlers representing the Red are Honis and Grey. They are both unranked, but the pair is hoping to earn some points for their team and pull off a few upsets as well. Grey will be making his third appearance at NCAAs, while Honis’ first round matchup against No. 11 Shawn Scott of Northern Illinois will be his first ever at the national championships.

With fewer wrestlers than some of the other top schools,

Koll and his team will rely on contributions from every qualifier.

The tournament lasts for five sessions over the course of three days. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights will all be broadcast live on ESPN. “If everyone performs and has a good tournament we should be able to turn some heads,” Womack said. “It will be a fun week, and I'm excited to see what we can do.”

Realbuto echoed the enthusiasm of his younger teammate.

“The NCAA tournament is probably the best atmosphere in all of wrestling,” he said. “And I'm definitely looking to enjoy it!”

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

Patience Is a Virtue: DeMarcus Cousins’ Role as a Pelican L ast month, the New Orleans Pelicans sent a shockwave through the NBA when they traded for All-Star center Demarcus Cousins. The Pelicans, a team that already boasted the game’s best power forward in Anthony Davis, now find themselves with the most talented frontcourt in recent memory, and perhaps ever.

Yet with all this talent in one place, the Pelicans have been inconsistent at best.

Some nights they play well.

Some nights they look completely lost. They are turning the ball over and shooting poorly on offense, while on defense, they have been entirely uninspiring. This comes as a surprise to many who thought the new look frontcourt would propel the Pellies to the top of the conference.

Head coach Alvin Gentry likes his team to play quickly, and his up-tempo offense is a unique situation into which Cousins must assimilate. The Pelicans are second in the

he is turning the ball over more, and he has been lackadaisical at best on defense.

Holiday has also seen his field goal percentage take a massive drop with Cousins on the floor.

Before the trade, Holiday was having success running the offense, and the Pelicans were better on defense with Holiday on the court than they were without him. What appears to be happening here is that the burden is falling heavily on Holiday to make this new offense function, and he is not responding well.

It is not uncommon for point guards to bear the burden of a new superstar. In order to run the point effectively, you need to be completely in tune with each of your teammates’ tendencies.

Holiday clearly is not yet.

After all, Cousins is a very high usage player; it likely is not easy to learn his style in such a short time. Holiday is simply struggling to keep up.

But as time goes on,

Dylan McDevitt NBA in defensive reboundsper-game and 27th in offensive rebounds-per-game.

This lack of effort on the offensive glass is statistical evidence of Gentry’s fast paced system in which he instructs his players to fall back quickly on defense. As in any effective system, taking care of the basketball is a vital aspect in this system’s success, and the Pelicans are top 10 in that area.

But at first glance, Cousins’ tendencies do not exactly fit this model. He loafs in transition, and he averages nearly four turnovers per outing. Since his arrival in the Crescent City, Cousins is averaging more turnovers-per-game, and he is shooting the ball about three percentage points worse than he was in Sacramento.

Davis, on the other hand, seems to be finding his way in the new offense. Since the trade, Davis is shooting at a slightly worse rate, but is scoring more and turning the ball over less. Cousins’ presence near the rim has lifted some of the rebounding burden off of Davis, and this has likely allowed Davis to play more aggressively on offense.

The biggest inconsistency thus far has been point guard Jrue Holiday, who has been unable to find a rhythm with the new unit. Like Cousins,

Holiday will have to respond to more than just a new teammate. In order to smoothly transition Cousins into the offense, Holiday and the rest of team will have to work themselves into a system that looks slightly different from the one to which they are accustomed.

Gentry’s job depends on his ability to make these adjustments. Once he does, the players will have to make some of their own. If the proper median can be found, and Gentry slows down the offense to a just-right tempo, Cousins will flourish, and Holiday will adjust to the newest elephant in the room.

Time is the best medicine for this struggling offense.

This was a great trade for the Pellies, but there is a lot of pressure going forward with the level of talent with which they now find themselves. They have the potential to be among the only teams in the West capable of sustaining opposition to Golden State. As much as they have been losing lately, this new team is a treat to watch at times. As the system develops and the “big three” find their groove, there’s no telling how much more fun they can be.

Dylan McDevitt is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com.

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Wrestlers Take Lofty Goals to NCAATourney

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Show time | After another dominant season that included Ivy League and EIWA titles, the Red’s six NCAA qualifiers are ready for the biggest meet of the year against the best of the best.

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Ivy League title? Check. EIWA championship? Check.

After winning its record 15th straight Ivy title and 11th consecutive conference title, Cornell wrestling has one more goal to check off its list this weekend in St. Louis — a trophy at NCAAs with a top-four finish.

Head coach Rob Koll is sticking to his early season aspirations, but acknowledged that cracking the top-four will be difficult.

With that goal in mind, the Red’s six NCAA qualifiers will head down to St. Louis for the three-day tournament against the best of the collegiate wrestling world. The contingent is primarily seniors — led by Mark Grey (133), Dylan Palacio (157), Brian Realbuto (174) and Gabe Dean (184), along with sophomores Brandon Womack (165) and

Ben Honis (197).

Of the six, four are ranked in their respective brackets — Womack, Palacio, Realbuto and Dean — all of whom won EIWA individual titles. As an NCAA qualifier, each wrestler is entered into a 32-person bracket for his weight class, and the ultimate champion is crowned on Saturday night. Each victory earns points for the wrestler’s college, and the team competition is based on the accumulation of these points.

Although there are no duels, the team component plays a key part in the event.

While some schools will take several more wrestlers to NCAAs than Cornell, the Red still has a shot to be competitive. However the smaller group adds pressure on each individual to perform.

“With only six guys headed to NCAAs, I'm not sure if we have the manpower to keep up with a few of the top schools,” Realbuto said. “However, with a solid performance

from all of our guys, I see us in the top five.”

Dean is the undisputed leader of the group. The twotime defending NCAA champion is undefeated on the year, a favorite to win the Hodges trophy for the best pound-forpound wrestler in the nation and the number one seed at 184. Dean is also a three-time all-American and a four-time EIWA champ.

The Lowell, Mich., native is taking nothing for granted, though, and is making sure to end his time at Cornell the right way. According to his coach, anything short of a national title for Dean would be both surprising and disappointing.

Dean’s season has been nothing less than perfect. 20 of his 31 match victories have come by fall, and he has earned bonus points in all but three. While Dean’s path to the championship is by no means easy, a third consecutive NCAA title would put him in quite an elite club.

Realbuto comes in as the No. 2 seed at 174 in his fourth appearance at the NCAA tournament. As only a sophomore, Realbuto was the national runner-up in 2015. This year, he has lost just one match, and earned a hard-fought upset victory over Ohio State’s then-No. 1 Bo Jordan. His one loss came against Arizona State’s Zahid Valencia who is now the top seed in the bracket.

“I'm definitely hungry to win this title,” Realbuto said. “I know what it's like to be so close and not get it, and I'm really excited to get back to that stage and have a different outcome. I lost to Valencia in a close match at the beginning of the season, so I'm excited to get some revenge.”

Just like everyone else on the team, Realbuto knows better than to look past any early round matchup.

“Most importantly though, I'm taking it one match at a time,” he said. “I don't want to overlook anyone because each match is just as important.”

Palacio is the Red’s next highest seeded wrestler. The allAmerican from last year is seeded No. 7 at 157, and will look to build off his second consecutive EIWA title. The senior from Long Beach, N.Y., has looked dominant at times after missing the fall semester and only wrestling in five meets all season. At EIWAs, Palacio set a Cornell record by pinning his first round opponent in 15 seconds.

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MEN’S LACROSSE

Laxers Fall to 0-4 After Crushing O.T. Loss to UVA

By BOBBY MARANI Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men’s lacrosse team suffered a narrow 19-18 loss at Saturday’s Pacific Coast Shootout to Virginia in an intense, high-scoring matchup. Despite the Red’s tremendous efforts in forcing the Cavaliers into a thrilling overtime period, Cornell suffered its fourth consecutive loss to open the season.

Opening a 6-0 lead by the end of the first quarter, the Red (0-4) created an immediate edge for itself against the the Cavaliers (5-2) through its explosive offense.

Freshman attacker Jeff Teat had a strong performance on the night, leading the Red’s offense with five goals and four assists.

Sophomore midfielder Clarke Peterson contributed four goals and one assist, while freshman attack Connor Fletcher contributed by notching two goals and three assists.

However, Cornell’s goal differential began to slip in the second quarter, as UVA increasingly ramped up its offensive pressure shown by eight shots in the second quarter compared to the Red’s four. The Cavaliers successfully netted four goals in the second, and ended the half with a five goal deficit of 9-4.

“The game was pretty back and forth,” said sophomore midfielder Jordan Dowiak.

“We got off to a nice lead in the first quarter, and then they made a comeback … It’s [all] a game of runs.”

Trailing by five goals at the start of the second half, yet still firmly within striking distance, UVA made a critical defensive change by substituting Griffin Thompson in for Will Railey at goalie. Thompson would record several momentum saving goals in the second half for UVA. “We did a good job against their first string goalie, so they ended up pulling him and they put in [Thompson] for the second half,” Dowiak said. “He made a couple good saves at the start of the second to get them going and then they went on a little bit of a run.”

The Cavalier’s second-half goalie switch led UVA to larger scoring runs and overall positive point production in the third quarter. Limiting the Red to two goals in the third quarter while scoring nine of its own, Virginia leapt back into the game with a 1312 lead to start the final quarter Down in the final stretch of the fourth quarter, Cornell led by only a single goal, 17-16. UVA seemingly completed its comeback victory after scoring two quick goals in the next minute. However, with four seconds remaining on the game clock, a miracle goal off a faceoff from Dowiak sent the game into overtime.

“They scored with fourteen seconds left

and we were lucky enough to get a goal with four seconds to tie it up and bring it to overtime,” Dowiak said.

Although the Red ventured into overtime hoping to secure its first victory of the season, UVA’s Zed Williams hammered in a game-winning overtime goal at the 2:42 mark to leave the Red winless.

While the Red undoubtedly suffered a heartbreaking loss in this game, the team still took away positives. “[On Saturday] we proved that we can pretty play with anyone,” Dowiak said.

“Virginia is one of the best teams in the country and we could’ve won that game if we would’ve made a few different plays. It’s definitely a confidence booster going into playing Yale next weekend knowing that we can play at that level.”

The Red will have its next chance to record a win as it travels to New Haven this Saturday, March 18, to take on Yale in its first Ivy league matchup.

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

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Progress | Despite losing its fourth consecutive game to open the season, the Red showed signs of significant improvement in its 19-18 defeat.