By SARAH CUTLER
Sun Staff Writer
long-awaited redesign of the Ithaca Commons this spring will revamp the downtown promenade’s layout in a renovation Jennifer Kusznir, City of Ithaca planner, said will “change everything ” The renovations are slated to begin April 5
By KAITLYN KWAN Sun Staff Writer
Following a $1-million budget cut in 2011 that forced theater, film and dance at Cornell to restructure, the Department of Performing and Media Arts will eliminate the position of the artistic director: a faculty member who helps oversee the p ro d u c t i o n s e a s o n A lthough the department says that the move is part of an
resources while increasing student involvement, some students say the loss of the director position will result in students receiving less faculty mentorship
fessionals
“Part of what makes the Schwartz [Center for Performing Arts] so amazing is that you get to work with all these professional faculty in close relations and be directly mentored by them,” Shi said “I feel like we ’ re really losing that as we make things more student-driven ”
“Students will get the professional and pedagogical support that allows them to be the best they can be ” P r o f S a b i n e H a e n n i
The department has opted to replace the director position with a performance and events committee that consists of faculty members and a student representative, according to Weili Shi ’13 Shi said that although the department ’ s recently-adopted initiatives give students more opportunities to engage in hands-on work, in the past, students have gained a lot through working with pro-
By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor
A convocation speaker can pocket tens of thousands of dollars for delivering a 20-minute speech to college graduates This year, however, Cornell’s convoca-
t i o n s p e a k e r, Ne w a rk Ma yo r Cory Booker (D-N J ), has asked t h e Un i ve r s i t y t o d o n a t e h i s speaker’s fee to charity
"We offered Booker an honorarium, which he requested be donated to a Newark-based charity,” said Roneal Desai ’13, chair of the convocation committee,
who added that Booker donates almost all of his speaking fees to charity
Desai said he could not disclose how much the University offered to pay Booker
The only financial compensation Booker is receiving from the University to speak at convocation is money to cover the costs of transportation from Ithaca to Newark, according to University Trustee Andrew Tisch ’71, chairman of the executive committee of Loews Corporation
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Shi added that while PMA is encouraging “students to really put their work out there, we have other spaces on campus for that such as Risley ”
Prof Sabine Haenni, performance and media arts, said that the changes, however, will benefit students giving them more experience leading productions
“We are exploring ways that allow students to take the lead in directing and
a request, and I think only further speaks to his commitment to the public sector, ” Desai said Booker, who is preparing to publicly announce his candidacy
for the Senate, will speak at the Class of 2013’s convocation on May 25
By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Ed tor
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other houses in the area to check if their doors were unlocked, according to police W h e n D e n n i n allegedly walked outside a second home he had entered, police arrested him and the three other s t u d e n t s , a c c o r d i n g t o WBNS-10TV The four students are f a c i n g f e l o n y c h
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Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun com
Monday, March 25, 2013
Adaptive Translation as a Potential, New Mechanism Of Stress Response and Adaptation
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W hether you ha ve come back fr om a war m exotic holiday or a languishing w eek at home, tw o things ar e clear : spring br eak is over and Ithaca is not r eady for spring W indy during spring br eak and snowy back fr om spring br eak, Ithaca is clearly getting its seasons confused
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By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Contr butor
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A l e k s a n d a r Z v o r i n j i ’ 1 3 h a s tackled “the hardest, most puzzling problem [he] could think of ” : beating the stock market If the algorithm he has created works, Zvorinji will be able to accurately tell which stocks are wor th investing in and how much to invest in them
Zvorinji, a College Scholar
i n t h e C o l l e g e o f A r t s a n d Sciences, is pursuing a major in information engineering, psyc h o l o g y a n d e c o n o m i c s a n d minoring in cognitive science and information science He said he originally came up with the idea for an algorithm on the stock market when his interest was piqued by the concept of collective intelligence
Collective intellegence can be explained by the common game of guessing an unknown number of marbles in a jar, according to Zvorinji He said a single person ’ s guess is unlikely to be accurate, but if one were to take the average of the guesses of a large sample of people, that average would likely be the exact number of marbles in the jar
However, applying this idea to the stock market is a little m o re c o m p l i c a t e d , Z v o r i n j i said “ I t h o u g h t t o m y s e
access to the same information but report different prediction targets, so there is some skill attached to this judgment part, ” he said “If I could somehow infer this judgment process and use that later collectively as a system, I could probably create far better predictions than any of these analysts individually ” As of now, Zvorinji said he does not believe he has performed enough tests or taken a large enough sample size to conclusively state whether his algorithm works or not He added, however, that the initial results have looked promising based on
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Depending on how good the algorithm proves to be, Zvorinji said it could “either be a private index that is a product that could be sold to funds” or be used to start up his own investment fund
Zvoriniji said all of the work he has achieved was made possible through the College Scholar program, which he described as an “undergraduate Ph D program ” Through the program,
The flexibility that the program afforded Zvorinji was the same reason he said he left his native home of Sweden to study in the United States
According to Zvorinji, the educational system in Sweden is much more rigid and required students to immediately decide their course of study
“I don’t like being tied down, and that’s kind of what I was looking to get [in the College Scholar Program] That’s why I
“One thing I do know is that I want to add value to the quality of life to a lot of people ... That’s a very Swedish mentality very utilitarian, very inclusive you want everybody to fare well and have a good life ”
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came to the states to get a liberal arts education where I do get to craft my own curriculum and mix and match,” Zvorinji said
While at Cornell, Zvorinji said he was eager to take advantage of the many opportunities available to him He ultimately got involved with the Cornell Consulting Club, the Mutual Investment Club of Cornell, the
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Zvorinji said he wished he had not focused heavily on being pre-professional
“ There is a ver y strong mentality at Cornell to be pre-professional to get jobs,” he said “At the end of the day, if you work for Goldman Sachs or some other small boutique that no one ’ s ever heard of, I think
bigger at any of those firms ” A
, Zvorinji will be heading to New York City to work at Deloitte Consulting He also plans to apply for an MBA program in addition to working on his own entrepreneurial venture
“One thing I do know is that I want to add value to the quality of life to a lot of people,” Zvorinji said “ That’s a ver y Swedish mentality ver y utilitarian, ver y inclusive you want ever ybody to fare well and have a good life ”
Gabriella Lee can be reached at gdl39@cornellsun com
BOISE, Idaho (AP) The newest warden was sworn in Friday to oversee South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution, a prison described by Gov Nikki Haley as a dangerous place “housing the worst of the worst of our convicts ”
It was a milestone in the career of Mike McCall, but the warden refused to let his wife accompany him to the ceremony
“He didn’t want anybody seeing the TV or the newspapers to know what she looks like,” for fear she could be become a target, said Clark Newsom, spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections “It’s the nature of the business The average person doesn't realize how dangerous this can be ”
The shooting death last week of Colorado’s prison chief has focused attention on the danger faced by those who oversee the prisons housing the nation’s convicts Prison guards, wardens and correctional system administrators have been targeted in the past, often by convicts who had been freed after serving their sentence
A former Colorado inmate killed in a shootout Thursday with Texas authorities is a suspect in the death of Tom Clements, the Colorado corrections director shot at his front door Colorado authorities say evidence gathered in Texas provided a “ strong lead” in the case but stressed investigators had not yet confirmed a link between the crime and Evan Spencer Ebel, the paroled inmate and a member of the white supremacist prison gang the 211s
It remained unclear whether Clements was targeted when he was shot Tuesday and why
Gov John Hickenlooper, who hired Clements, said in a statement Friday that he is a longtime friend of the suspect ’ s father, attorney Jack Ebel, who testified two years ago before state lawmakers that solitary confinement was destroying his son ’ s psyche Hickenlooper confirmed he mentioned the case to Clements as an example of why the prison system needed reform before the job was offered, but the governor said he did not mention Evan Ebel by name
Officials took additional security measures after Clements’ death and placed the state prisons on lockdown Friday
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“ T h e p r o j e c t i n c l u d e s replacement of underground utilities and replacement of all surfaces, furnishings and amenities on the Commons,” she said “ They’ve all been completely redesigned and reoriented ” W h e n t h e C o m m o n s w a s built in 1975, the city built over the current underground utilities, which were about 75 years old at the time, according to Gar y Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance Now w
old, the water pipes have begun to spring leaks
“Most of what you see is original, and over time, it’s gotten a little worn, a little faded,” Ferguson said “ To fix all this, you really have to start over ”
according to Ferguson “ There will be a complete redesign of the public spaces in t h e C o m m o n s , ” Ku o s a i d , adding that the rnovation will include new paving, furniture, bike racks, planters, a water feature and a playground to the Commons Utilities, the sanitar y sewer and gas and phone ser vice will also be upgraded, according to Kuo “ We’re tr ying to bring the downtown area for ward to the 21st centur y, ” Kuo said Kuo also said adding more
the middle of the Commons will be closed as new amenities are installed The affected parts of the Commons will reopen during the second phase, when the remainder will be under construction, Ferguson said But he emphasized that the Commons as a whole will not be closed down at any point in the construction process, which is expected to be completed July 14 of next year
“ Bu i l d i n g s a n d b u s
will always be accessible and open, ” he said “People were really worried it would close down businesses, but no, it won ’ t And we ’ re not interfering with roads We will be d
“People were really worried it would close down businesses, but no, it won’t. And we’re not interfering with roads ” G a r y F e r g u s o n
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redesign, will oversee construction of a “whole new look” for the Commons, Ferguson said The new design will allow restaurants and businesses on the Commons to spill out onto the sidewalk Unlike the area ’ s current “center-loaded” design which places benches, trees and planters in the middle of the walkway the new design will feature 25 to 30 feet of walking space in the middle, with strips of amenities along the sides,
“As a parent, it’s going to feel like a safer place,” he said “As a parent, right now, I can ’ t see ver y far [down the Commons] The ne w design calls for a main boulevard down the center, so when I’m walking around with my little children, they can ’ t disappear from me in a second ”
The redesign will be funded by a $1 8-million grant New York state awarded Ithaca to enhance economic development downtown, The Sun previously reported
During the redesign’s first phase which will run from April 5 until early November
activities a lot of things to highlight what’s going on ”
The impact of the changes will be “tremendously positive,” making it easier to hold events on the Commons as well as making the area more accessible t
, Kusznir said She added that the redesign will also increase storefronts’ visibility
“ We’ll be opening up the center to get a clear view and really open up the space so it doesn’t have a crowded, closedin feeling,” she said “It’s really a major improvement ”
PMA
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acting [and] provide professional development support and coaching in a classroom setting,” she said “Students will get the professional and pedagogical support that allows them to be the best they can be ” In order to help students thrive in these positions and to ease the transition, productions will be supported by full-scale classes, Haenni said
“[ This] creates many opportunities for students to explore a play under the guidance of a seasoned faculty, while at the same time [cutting] down on the amount of time they need to spend in rehearsal,”
Haenni said “Students can get full credit for what they are doing and will [also] have more faculty mentorship and coaching ”
“Part of what makes the Schwartz so amazing is that you get to work with all these professional faculty ”
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Shi, however, expressed concern that the department’s productions would possibly suffer a s a re s u l t o f t h e changes For instance, she said, in previous years, the artistic director helped guide “the generation of a cohesive season ”
Additionally, the director was not necessarily a separate hire he or she was a professor who stepped up to ser ve in the position, Shi said Michael Doliner ’13 added that the changes to the PMA department will require tr ying to understand “how we can get students in the department the best possible education they can get while it becomes more of an ‘education by doing’ institution ”
Haenni, however, stressed that while the department remains open to feedback from students
“Our calendar will be somewhat different each year we ’ re always willing to listen to students [and] create the best possible conditions for their creative work,” Haenni said
In an effort to allow students to voice their opinions, Haenni held a student forum March 5 about the upcoming changes
“ The faculty on the committee who came were able to hear the response to next year ’ s season directly from them, which was vital,” Shi said “[Haenni] seemed ver y receptive to opinion in general, whether positive or critical ”
Haenni also said that the department has been seeking to increase student involvement through other initiatives: working to launch a student film festival and a faculty showcase and collaborating with student groups such as Red Shadow Productions
“ We need to develop more opportunities like these, bring in more students and establish mutually beneficial relationships with student groups, ” Haenni said “ These are all steps in the right direction that we hope to develop further in the future ”
Kaitlyn Kwan can be reached at kkwan@cornellsun com
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As mayor of Newark, Booker receives a salary of approximately $135,000 a year a perhaps paltry figure compared to the more than $1 million he told The New York Times he has made giving speeches Despite being slammed by c r i t i c s l i k e s t a t e Se n a t o r Ronald Rice (D-N J ) for being “the first mayor I know of who has an agent to keep him moving around the country, ” Booker has m a i n t a i n e d t h a t h i s s p e a k i n g e n g a g e m e n t s h e l p, n o t h u r t , Newark
Booker said to The New York Times that his primary motivation for accepting money for speeches is to funnel nearly all of those funds back into nonprofit organizations
After earning $25,000 from speaking at a Newark preparatory school, Booker said he wrote a check for that sum the same day to a nonprofit And when he was g i ve n $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 f o r a n o t h e r speech, he donated the money to a drug-treatment center, according to The New York Times
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The charitable side of Booker has done little to silence some skeptics of the mayor, who say he is more interested in celebrity than governance
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But Booker, whose name has appeared in headlines like The Wa s h i n g t o n Po s t ’ s “ C o r y Booker[:] more style than subs t a n c e ? ” a n d T h e Ne w Yo rk Times’ “Promise vs Reality in Newark on Mayor’s Watch,” says his critics do not faze him
“Life is about purpose not p o p u l a r i t y, s i g n i f i c a n c e n o t celebrity If u have no detractors, critics or adversaries ur probably not doing much,” he tweeted to followers in 2012
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is an Ivy League school Besides gaining a right to join the private facebook group “I go to ivy league, bitch!”, what does it really mean to attend an Ivy League school, or an elite institution as a whole?
As the baby boomers’ children, the 1825 demographic constitutes over 10 percent of the U S population with more than 4 million individuals per grade However, thanks to America’s “worldre n ow n e d” s e c o n d a r y e d u c a t i o n , o n l y three-quarters of students make it through high school Since not every high school graduate pursues higher education, only half of the initial population about 2 million students end up applying to college Among them, 250,000 of the most ambitious, highly-qualified high school seniors aspire to take part in the highest realm of higher education: the Ivy League However, with an incoming freshman class size of a mere 14,000 roughly the size of Cornell’s the Ivies don’t have enough room for even all of the high school valedictorians
As Ivy Leaguers, we are given incredible privileges to virtually every aspect of life World-class faculty and unparalleled academic resources are more or less to be expected We can borrow books from other Ivy libraries through “Borrow Direct ” Going to an Ivy enables access to all sorts of other groups as well From more promin e n t Iv y C o u n c i l t o Iv y C o n g re s s (Christian students in Ivies) to IvyQ (queer students in ives) there are networking events of all sorts And our extensive alumni connections can be powerful tools for future job searches
However, what about more everyday resources, such as the free issues of the New York Times and USA Today throughout the campus? Not sure if this has any releva n c e , b u t a C o r n e l l g r a d Fr a n k Gannett ’98 founded the largest newspaper publisher, Gannett, which owns USA Today And yes, the student health center on campus was named after him
And what about our outrageously comprehensive student insurance with zero deductibles? The coverage is so ridiculously good, local practitioners call it “institutional free healthcare ” It is probably the main reason why Cornell has been voted multiple times as the best place to work But could this have to do with the fact that the chairman and CEO of Aetna is a Cornell grad? Even language learning software “Fluenz,” rated as more effective than “Rosetta Stone,” was created by a Cornell alumna Will she make some special deal with Cornell’s already outstanding language departments? Maybe so
The purpose of my writing is not to boost our already over-the-top egos, but to urge our student body to be considerate of those around us and I’m not talking about professors and other students
We all know Cornell is the largest employer in Tomkins County But Cornell is actually even bigger than we think In 2004, it was one of the top three privatesector employers in the entire state of New York With a massive workforce down at Cornell-Presbyterian, it is still a top-10 employer in New York State While medical employees and faculty enjoy one of the highest compensation across any industry s e c t o r, b a c k i n It h a c a , t h o u s a n d s o f Cornell’s non-academic staff struggle to suppor t their families with inadequate wages While Cornell’s full-time workers are at least eligible for the benefits which tend to make up for the lower wages, hundreds of contracted workers do not recieve any institutional benefits
Their job description includes putting up with some spoiled 20-year-olds, which certainly isn’t a laughing matter, but the fact that they don’t earn any extra money for nighttime shifts should raise a concern It is extremely hypocritical for Cornell not to compensate nighttime workers with higher wages when it conducts research on the adverse effects of overnight work on health
Besides on-campus staff, the student body needs to realize Cornell’s intertwined relations with the entire Ithaca community TCAT, for example, is not directly affiliated with Cornell, but it is largely subsidized by Cornell Back in 2011, TCAT drivers went on a short-term strike due to the insufficient contribution from Cornell We need to respect that these are hardworking people who are trying to put food on their tables Do you have any idea how many f-words and middle fingers TCAT drivers our parent ’ s and grandparent’s ages need to put up with on Friday nights? When the bus doesn’t stop for you, it’s not because the driver is a mother-f-er but because you are completely wasted and standing at a non-bus stop You gotta realize who’s to be blamed before spitting out f-bombs
Ivy graduates dominate everything from the government, finance, IT, to the media and the arts We pretty much run the world; and this is unlikely to change any time soon with widening inequality It is rumored that the Cornell has received over 40,000 applicants this year for a freshman class with 3250 spots, with an acceptance rate likely to hover below 15 percent What is your role in taking one of those soughtafter spots? Is it so that you can be cocky and brag out to the others by mistreating them? Or is it to acknowledge the undeserved talent and fortune you have and to share that privilege with the less fortunate?
Don Oh is a junior in the College of Architecture Art and Planning He may be reached at doh@cornellsun com Bi the Way appears alternate Mondays this semester
Iwas on my way to Baltimore with a friend in an eerie taxi The cab driver asked us for directions, and because our geography does not really extend beyond Seneca Street in the Commons, we were a little lost He instantly shot us a biting retort: “I have had my experience with women and directions When my wife starts giving me directions, I just ask her to spare me the horror ” My friend and I were enraged and wanted to shoot back a snide remark on masochism in Egypt (he was Egyptian) I am not myopic, and I do understand that all stereotypes do have a basis, but forming prejudices on stereotypical premises is a true mark of an imbecile I am not an angry feminist or a women ’ s studies major I am just someone begging for some basic sensibility in the minds of the men of the world
I don’t think it is a far-fetched statement when I say that more than half of the problems that plague our world today would disappear if men started treating women with some amount of respect Moreover, the degree of respect women lobby for is not something that needs to be begged for treating a woman like a regular human being is not doing anyone a favor It is not something extraordinary and virtuous to accept the fact that you do not rule the world just because you wear the pants
This is not a rambling rant because I have run out of things to write about I have reason enough to be furious ladies and gentlemen I attended a conference on the Status of Women in New York earlier this month, and on my way to the event, I
got cat-called I didn’t get cat-called in a dingy alley in downtown Manhattan This happened near the UN headquarters where people are ostensibly civilized Most ministers and delegates at this conference talked about economic liberation and education as the overarching solution to eliminating gender biases and sexual harassment across the world However, what then must be the solution to the grotesque sleaziness that women deal with in the educated pockets of the world? Sexual abuse is not something that happens only in Latin American countries, West African nations and the Middle East It happens every single day in the subways of New York cities It happens to women who work on Wall Street It happens at the best schools in the U S It happens at Cornell University
The problem is more than allowing uneducated ruffians to run around loose in the streets of backward nations It is entrenched in a way of thinking The fact that we let the way fraternities rank sororities affect our perspectives is disturbing on several levels It is a draconian world where you cannot be “ugly” because you must conform to the fascist ideals of beauty prescribed by men, and you cannot be “attractive” because that places you in peril when you walk back home from the libraries late at night This way of thinking is simply absurd and cannot be justified by any stretch of the imagination There is and cannot be such thing as legitimate rape, and the legislators (who are, incidentally, mostly men) need to comprehend that As a woman, I do not want affirmative action, legislative subquotas or protective curfews All I am advocating for is for the men of the world to expand the measure of their sensitivity beyond that of a teaspoon I ask them to see women as more than the subject of male fantasies because they are more than that We all know that is not too much to ask for and, in fact, no one should have to ask for it in the first place
“So, have any of you actually seen [Cor y Booker] speak, or are you just complaining for no reason at all? He came to Ithaca when I was a senior and it was one of the best speeches I've heard He’s incredibly smart and a powerful speaker, and he’s dedicated his life to the causes he believes in through actions far more brave than anything most Cornellians will ever do. So how about you just wait and see how it goes?”
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Re: “Newark Mayor Cor y Booker to Speak at Cornell Convocation,” News, published March 14, 2013
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e d s p a c k l e d i re c t l y o n t o t h e w a l l , t h e n c o l o re d t h e w a l l i t s e l f w i t h a f a i n t p i n k l i g h t In a d d it i o n , m a n y o f K i m ’ s t u r q u o i s e a n d b r ow n e t c h i n g s h a v e b o rd e r s p a i n t e d t h e s a m e c o l o r a s t h e g a l l e r y w a l l a n d a re v e r y f l a t ; t h e y d o n o t s o m u c h h a n g o n t h e w a l l a s t h e y b e c o m e o n e w i t h i t “ It w a s re a l l y i m p o r t a n t f o r m e t o t r y t o e m b e d m y w o r k a n d m a r r y t h e s e t w o m a t e r i a l s [ p r i n t o r p a i n t i n g w i t h w a l l ] s o t h a t i t b e c o m e s t h i s o n e p h e n o m e n o l o gi c a l e x p e r i e n c e , a p a i n t i n g a c t i v a t i n g t h e w h o l e w a l l , t h a t w e e n c o u n t e r a n d a re d r a w n t o , ” s a i d K i m , c o m p a r i n g t h e v i e w e r ’ s e x p e r i e n c e t o a f l y d r a w n t ow a rd s a l a m p Pe r h a p s t h e b e s t e x a m p l e o f t h i s i s a l a r g e w h i t e c a n v a s p l a c e d i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e g a l l e r y f l o o r Re s t i n g o n p i e c e s o f c e l l o p h a n e t h a t g l i t t e r u n d e r t h e w a r m g a l l e r y l i g h t s , t h e c a n v a s i s p i l e d w i t h c l u m p s o f a f l o u r - l i k e s u b s t a n c e t h a t f a l l s o f f t h e e d g e s l i k e s n ow Un l i k e t h e m o re s u b t l e p r i n t s a n d q u i e t p a i n t i n g s , t h i s p i e c e i s l o u d a n d d a r i n g , a n d w a s v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o i n s t a l l ( K i m s a i d h e s p e n t t w o d a y s c l e a r i n g t h e m a t er i a l s w i t h g a l l e r y s u p e r v i s o r s ) L i k e a f l y t o a l a m p, a v i e w e r c a n n o t i g n o re t h i s b o l d p a i n t i n g w h i c h u s e s n o p a i n t a t a l l ; t h i s s t r a n g e m a r r i a g e o f c a n v a s a n d w h i t e c l u m p s A l t h o u g h t h e p i e c e s t a n d s o u t f o r i t s m a t e r i a l s , i t ’ s c o l o r s b l e n d i n w i t h t h e s o f t c o l o r s o f K i m ' s w o r k s m o s t l y n e u t r a l s w i t h a n o c c a s i o n a l s p l a s h o f p i n k o r b l u e Ac c o rd i n g t o K i m , t h i s c o l o r s c h e m e i s a h u g e d e p a r t u re f r o m h i s p a s t e x h i b i t s A l t h o u g h h i s p re v io u s w o r k s h ow c a s e d v i v i d c o l o r s , h e s a y s h e re a l i z e d g re a t e r s u b t l e t y c o u l d b e a c c o m p l i s h e d b y t o n i n g e v e r y t h i n g d ow n a n d c h o o s i n g w h e re t o a d d e m p h a s i s Su c h c o l o r c h o i c e s , p e r h a p s , s t e m f r o m K i m ’ s s e m e s t e r i n Ne w Yo r k C i t y l a s t s p r i n g A s e l f - d e s c r i b e d n a t u re p e r s o n , K i m s a i d h e i n i t i a l l y h a t e d t h e i d e a o f l i v i n g i n Ne w Yo r k C i t y, w h i c h h e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h u n d e r g r o u n d s u b w a y s a n d h a r s h m e t a l l i c b u i l d i n g s How e v e r, a s w i t h So u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a a n d u p s t a t e Ne w Yo r k , K i m ' s s u r r o u n d i n g s h a v e c o n t i n u e d t o p l a y a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t i n h i s w o r k “ Wa l k i n g b e t w e e n b u i l d i n g s , y o u w o u l d s e e a g l i m p s e o f b l u e s k i e s , ” h e s a i d o f f i n d i n g i n s p i r a t i o n i n t h e c i t y W h e t h e r a g l i m p s e o f b l u e s k i e s o r a g l i m p s e o f a f r o z e n n o o n , K i m ’ s w o r k i s a l l a b o u t t h e l i t t l e d e t a i l s w e t a k e f o r g r a n t e d , t h e s u b t l e t i e
Circle in the Sand
7:00 p m on Friday at Cornell Cinema
Split into three short films, Circle in the Sand tells the story of three vagabonds in a war-torn coastal territory Throughout the film, these apathetic and haunted creatures create a sense of magic from the pieces of junk they unearth on their journey along the coast Director Mark Robinson, an Ithaca College alumnus, will be in attendance at the screening on Friday Robinson was named one of the top 10 avant garde filmmakers of the 2000’s by Film Comment magazine Don’t miss this unique film on Friday
Arielle Cruz ’15
Bat Boy: The Musical
8:00 p m on Thursday and Friday, 2:00 p m and 7:00 p m on Sunday at Risley Theatre
Risley Theater is bringing the musical about the legendar y half-boy/half-bat to campus Inspired by a ’90s stor y in The Weekly World News, Bat Boy
The Musical centers on “bat boy,” who is discovered in a cave in West Virginia and brought into society
This comedy and horror musical was well received in off-Broadway performances and has risen to cult status among its fans This student-run version is sure to be bring a lot of laughs
7:00 p m on Saturday at Bailey Hall
An Evening With John Legend 7:00 p.m. on Friday at Bailey Hall
It isn’t often that you get the oppor tunity to walk across campus, sit down in one of the padded chairs in Bailey Hall and watch a nine-time Grammy winner take the stage Best known for his songs “Ordinar y People” and “Get Lifted,” John Legend is, well, a legend in the world of R&B music On Friday night, thanks to Cornell Concer t Commission, tje
Concer t Funding Advisor y Board, Legend will give a lecture about his work, par ticipate in a Q&A session and even sing a fe w of his songs A board member of Teach For America, Legend will likely speak about the organization in between screams for “Ordinar y People,” that is
Being unfocused and unwilling to return to being a productive member of society (a term I use loosely), I don’t have one cohesive point to articulate in this column about TV or movies or comedy or Tina Fey I could talk about how excited I am for Mad Men and Veep to return, rant about how much I hate Law and Order: SVU, although I still will watch it if it’s on, or write about how sad it is that I feel out of touch with the world when The Daily Show is on hiatus
These are all things I could write an entire column about thanks to my honed skill of repeating the same thought over and over again in different words (a skill that got me through many a middle school English essay) Without you even being aware of it, I could waste several minutes of your life making you read 800 words of me basically just saying that I enjoy Jason Segel’s presence on this earth over and over again
But I won ’ t do that to the three of you that regularly read my column (my mother, my sister and my sister’s boyfriend when he’s bored at work) Instead, I am going to just tell you about my spring break, why I believe that food is art and why bad comedies are so much better than bad dramas
While many of you spent spring break, to reference Janis Ian, “having an awesome time, drinking awesome shooters, listening to awesome music and then just sitting around soaking up each other’s awesomeness, ” I watched the fifth and sixth seasons of The West Wing in my dorm room alone and ate a lot of Taste of Thai I also watched Mean Girls twice It was actually pretty awesome
Two friends and I ventured across the Canadian border for a weekend of gastronomic pleasure in the city of Montreal
I went on this adventure with two friends I describe as “foodies ” One of them really hates that term and would prefer if I did not use it, and the other wants me to use it because he has decided to reclaim it from the obnoxious instagrammers who have commandeered it In any case, these two gentlemen love everything about the preparation, presentation and, most importantly, the consumption of food Needless to say, I let them do the ordering wherever we went while I obnoxiously instagrammed
what boneless garlic parmesan wings are to the maple glazed wings from Au Pied de Cochon
I did, however, spend three days of break, not avoiding the cold by going south, but embracing it, and heading north to the frigid land of North American francophones: Quebec
We had two very expensive and wonderful meals that will live in the memory of my taste buds and stomach forever Not only was the food at Mezcla and Au Pied de Cochon phenomenal, but the atmosphere and the company and the wine (it was Canada, so it was legal, Mom and potential future employers) were equally extraordinary Herein lies my argument about why food is just as much art as is Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass box at MoMA: Food is a combination of elements that come together to form an experience that isn’t just visual or auditory in the way that listening to a song or watching Tilda Swinton sleep in a glass box is And I would argue too that it’s not just fine dining that should count as art, but also Taste of Thai, Wings Over Ithaca, etc
They’re not as elevated as Starry Night, perhaps, but they’re still art I would say Superbad is to Zero Dark Thirty
That brings me nicely to the remainder of my vacation, which I spent eating wings and Thai food and watching a lot of movies that fall into the same category as Superbad Although I can count the number of times I left my room those four days on one hand, I did make it as far as Regal Cinemas a couple of times I decided to see The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, despite its less than glowing reviews, because Alan Arkin is the funniest person ever When that man sneezes, I laugh
And, despite its less than glowing reviews, I enjoyed it thoroughly It didn’t pretend to be anything it wasn ’ t: It was a simple entertaining comedy with some sweet moments I would rather see a movie like that, which is honest and showcases extremely talented individuals, than Jack the Giant Slayer any day (although I am a big fan of Nicholas Hoult’s face )
The amount of time it took you to read this is about how long my break felt I hope you ’ ve enjoyed the brief arts related life lessons I’ve brought you Now let’s all get back to work Hopefully something really angering will happen over the next two weeks so that my next column will have a little more passion I’m counting on you, Donald Trump
Julia Moser is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com Carrot Top Confessions runs alternate Mondays this semester
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all-time favorites, and we are going to miss him dearly next year ”
The big show on Saturday night was the culmination of Dake’s fouryear career with the Red Starting off the highly anticipated match, Taylor came out fighting and took down Dake almost immediately, but Dake responded within a point with an escape
“Kyle was probably irritated at himself because he gave up the two but he doesn’t dwell and he focused on what he had to do to win He quickly escaped and took him back down,” Koll said “I want to give credit to his opponent; it was a beautiful shot ”
Dake grabbed a takedown later in the period to take the lead, 3-2 To start the second, Dake escaped for the only point of the period Taylor chose
to start the third period down and managed to escape and the score was tied, 4-4, when Dake was hit with his second stalling call However, Dake pulled out the win, 5-4, with 1:13 in riding time
The win at 165 pounds as a senior makes senior captain Kyle Dake the only wrestler to ever win four national titles in four weight classes and only the third to ever win four titles in their collegiate career at all
“I was just filled with joy All of my dreams finally came true For the past 20 years of my life, I wanted to be a national champion When I got to college, I wanted to become a four time national champion To finally have it done and have my family, coaches, friends and teammates there to support me I was just ecstatic,” Dake said
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plans coming into the matches to keep the match score low and that’s what they did That’s what I had to deal with ”
In the consolation bracket Saturday morning, Garret, Bosak and Nevinger all stepped on to the mat to fight in their respective weight classes Garrett took down the fifth seed Jarrod Garnett of Virginia Tech in a 13-9 decision in the first match of the morning to go against Alan Waters of Missouri With a 6-1 decision, Garrett won which put him in third place for the entire tournament, securing his All-American standing and breaking a Cornell record for the most wins in a season with 43
“The coaching staff has been talking Nahshon up since day one
He is just a kid that gets better every single time he steps on the mat He is a student of the sport and is extremely disciplined,” Koll said “Good things happen to kids who work hard, and he got what he deserved It’s a testament to his work ethic His goal is to have people saying, ‘Kyle Who?’ You are just seeing the tip of the iceberg with Nahshon ”
At 141, Nevinger faced Hunter Steiber of Ohio State where he lost a 9-0 decision to send Nevinger to the fifth place match He faced fifth seed Evan Henderson of North Carolina and won a 9-2 decision to come in fifth place overall for the 141 weight
“Mike struggled throughout the year and was the eleventh seed Nobody but the coaches expected him to place, but we did He lost the first match in overtime, which put him in the consolation bracket I think he ended up wrestling eight matches and it was a tough road,” Koll said “Mike knocked off some really talented athletes and came back to take fifth in the country, which was better than he did last year We couldn’t be more thrilled with Mike and he still has another year ”
In his first match of Saturday, Bosak faced Maryland’s Jimmy Sheptock and won a 3-0 decision to advance
In the second match Bosak faced the No 2 seed, Ben Bennett of Central Michigan and Bosak ended up winning the match in a 2-0 decision The win put Bosak in third for the 184 weight and also gave him his third AllAmerican honor with a career record of 131-30 for the Red
“I couldn’t be more proud of how he wrestled He had wrist surgery earlier in the year and got a nasty staph infection that put him out for two months He battled back into prime form and wrestled great, ” Koll said “He was a three time All-American and a National Champion He goes down as one of our all-time greats I love the kid and his is one of my
By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Wr ter
The women ’ s ice hockey season came to an end on March 16 at Lynah Rink as Cornell lost a thriller in over time to Mercyhurst, 4-3
The No 2 Red (27-6-1) came back twice in the game including a tying goal with just 55 6 seconds The No 7 Lakers (29-7-1) ended the Red’s season 4:49 into overtime on a rebound goal
“ We expected a physical, gritty, close game, ” head coach Doug Derraugh said “ We were a little bit off early on, but we started playing much better later on We just could not come up with the final tally today ”
Sophomore for ward Jillian Saulnier scored the tying goal in the third period off an assist from junior for ward Brianne Jenner Jenner was involved in all three Cornell goals as she scored the first one in the second period and got an assist on the second goal later in the period
“ We were relentless until the end,” Saulnier said “In our hearts we believed that puck was going to go into the net
Anything can happen when you put the puck at the net and ever yone did their jobs to insure that it happened ”
Cornell maintained a short lead into the third period until the Lakers scored 7:29 into the period Mercyhurst took the lead again at 18:47 before the Red were able to tie it again in the final minute
Despite allowing four goals past her, j u n i o r g o a l t e n d e r L a u re n Sl e b o d n i c k made 30 saves on 34 shots
“Our style is to be aggressive in overtime,” Derraugh said “ We tried to put pucks to the net and I thought we did that early on, but things just didn’t go our
way ” Mercyhurst went for ward to the Frozen Four to play Boston University, but lost, 4-1, on Friday, March 22 Boston played Minnesota at 4 p m on Sunday for the Na
Championship
Despite the loss, Jenner and senior Lauriane Rougeau have been honored as 2 0 1 3 C C M Di v i s i o n I Wo m e
Hockey All-Americans Jenner was awarded the 2013 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year “Looking back at the season, we did an
amazing job,” senior defenseman Lauriane Rougeau said “But, yes I am a little disappointed We played hard enough to win, and you just have to keep your head up ”
Ta ta for now | Sophomore Jillian Saulnier scored the tying goal in the third period to send the game against Mercyhurst in overtime The Red, however, could not capitalize on the move and fell to the Lakers, ending Cor nell’s season
By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter
A promising start against the nation’s No 1 team Quinnipiac ended in disappointment for the Red, who exited the ECAC Hockey Championship tournament in the quarterfinal round
After defeating first-seeded Quinnipiac (26-7-5, 17-23 ECAC), 3-2, in the series opener, ninth seed Cornell (15-16-3, 8-11-3) then fell, 10-0, to the Bobcats and could not close out the series finale in a tight 3-2 doubleovertime defeat
Despite Quinnipiac leading the nation in defense (1 59 goals surrendered per game) and penalty kill (91 7 kill percentage) entering the series, the Red capitalized on two power play goals in a 3-2 victory to begin the first of three contests at Quinnipiac’s High Point Solutions Arena Sophomore forward Brian Ferlin was the prime beneficiary, scoring the first power play goal off assists from senior forward Greg Miller and sophomore defenseman Joakim Ryan, and the second off assists from sophomore forward Joel Lowry and senior defenseman Nick D’Agostino Sophomore forward Madison Dias also tallied a goal in between Ferlin’s two to give the Red a total of three, all coming in the second period Despite being outshot, 154, in the third period, the Red relied on junior goaltender Andy Iles to keep Quinnipiac off the board Iles finished the game with 33 total saves and enabled the Red to overcome deficits of 1-0 in the first and 2-1 in the second Game two marked a stark contrast from the series opener, as Quinnipiac jumped out to an early lead and continued to bring pressure, smothering the Red in a 100 blowout Quinnipiac junior forward Connor Jones got the Bobcats on the board in the game ’ s opening minute,
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and the Bobcats continued to do damage, outshooting the Red 17-3 in the first period Iles was chased from the game in the second before reentering in the third, and senior goaltender Omar Kanji made his first significant appearance of the season Iles finished the game with six goals against and Kanji with four in just 13 minutes Quinnipiac tallied seven goals in the second period in what was a night to forget for the Red highlighted by a total of 184 penalty minutes between the two teams
The Red’s final game of the season proved to be a thriller, extending into double overtime to become the 32nd longest game in NCAA men ’ s hockey history Iles recorded 60 saves one short of the program record but Quinnipiac struck with just 64 seconds remaining in regulation Bobcats’ senior forward Kevin Bui jammed the decisive goal underneath Iles in the second overtime
The Red reversed the script of the first two games by striking first off a goal from senior defenseman Braden Birch, who skated up the ice and launched a shot that deflected off the crossbar and in behind Quinnipiac senior goaltender Eric Hartzell Just a minute after Quinnipiac scored to tie the game in the second, Ferlin made another appearance on the stat line scoring unassisted to give the Red a 2-1 advantage Although the Red remained perfect on the penalty kill, the Bobcats were able to pressure
Cornell after pulling Hartzell for an extra attacker in the closing minutes and tied the game at two apiece Aided by a first-round bye the previous weekend, Quinnipiac appeared fresher heading into overtime The Bobcats outshot the Red 29-9 after regulation and finished with a 6331 shot advantage on the night
The loss brings and end to the Red’s NCAA Tournament hopes, which were high following a 7-3-2 start to the season but began to evaporate during a seven game losing skid in January and February, coupled with sophomore forward Cole Bardreau’s season-ending neck injury Winning the ECAC Tournament would have given the Red an automatic bid to play for the national title
After defeating Cornell, Quinnipiac advanced to the conference semifinal against seventh seed Brown, where the Bears upset the Bobcats 4-0 On the other side of the bracket, fourth-seeded Union squashed third-seeded Yale 5-0 to advance to the ECAC Championship game Defending champion Union, who the Red defeated twice this season, went on to win the conference championship 3-1 and will be represented in the NCAA tournament
By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Wr ter
After a close 12-10 victory over No 15 Yale, the Red suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday, 8-9, to No 16 Bucknell When No 2 Cornell returned to the field this past Saturday against No 7 Penn, however, redshirt senior Rob Pannell scored two goals making him Cornell’s all-time leading scorer and the Red improved its record to 2-0 in Ivy play
The game against Yale was close from start to finish with Cornell taking its biggest lead, 9-6, on an unassisted goal by junior midfielder Mike O’Neil with 6:23 remaining in the third period
The Bulldogs came firing back, outscoring the Red, 4-2, in the first 11 minutes of the final period to bring Yale within one goal of Cornell The Red responded big, however, when senior Steve Mock received a pass from redshirt senior Rob Pannell and put the ball in the back of the net with 3:06 left in the game extending the Red’s lead to 12-10 and ultimately putting the Bulldogs to rest
“We kind of took their punch and responded back with a punch of our own, ” said Pannell
The goal was just one of Mock’s six on the day
“Steve is one of our senior leaders,” said sophomore midfielder Connor Buczek
“He’s able to bury it very impressively from any angle any amount of time, room, you name it ”
The Red returned to action Tuesday at a snowy Schoellkopf Field against the Bison in what turned out to be another close game
Cornell was able to convert on eight of its 14 shots on goal but struggled to get the ball to the offensive end According to Buczek, the Red had some difficulty with Bucknell’s 10-man ride
“I think we could have just done a little better [of a] job of sticking to our game plan,” he said
The Red started hot with three quick goals in the first 2:08 of the game and then added two more to take a commanding 5-0 lead with 10:01 remaining in the second period Bucknell responded with a four goals over the span of three minutes, and the Red never led by more than two for the rest of the game At the end of the second period, the Red was hanging on to the lead by a score of 6-5 Only one goal was scored in the third period when Bucknell’s Sean Doyle tied the game at six with 3:20 remaining
According to Pannell the team ’ s defense did an excellent job of keeping the Red in the game despite its weakest offensive game of the season
“Our defensive was great [It] only let up nine goals,” he said
The Red scored the first goal of the fourth period but then Bucknell recorded two in just 30 seconds to take an 8-7 lead with 7:12 remaining Both teams went scoreless for the next five minutes before Cornell senior midfielder Max Van Bourgondien came up with an unassisted goal Just when the Red seemed to have
been building a bit of momentum, however, Bucknell’s Chase Bailey scored to give the Bison a 9-8 lead that they wouldn’t surrender
Pannell said that the team ’ s inability to win faceoffs and play well in the clear was a contributing factor to the squad’s first defeat
“Our offense didn’t do a great job,” he said “We would throw it away in the clear or turn it over ”
When the Red took the field to bounce back against Penn it stepped up its performance during faceoffs, taking 10-of-19
The team also continued to play great defense, holding Penn to just five goals and ultimately doubling up on them with 10 on the offensive end
According to Buzcek, the team is thrilled with the victor y because it puts great emphasis on winning its Ivy League games
“We don’t have to rely on anyone else if we can punch our own ticket with the automatic qualifier from the Ivy League,” he said
One of the big stories of the day was Rob Pannell, whose two goals made him the all-time scoring leader in Cornell lacrosse histor y Pannell has received a tremendous amount of national attention recently and was nominated for an ESPY Award for Male College Athlete of the Year in 2011
For the redshirt senior, however, it is not about the individual awards, but the team ’ s success
“We got the win, which was the most important part, ” he said “Now, we ’ re getting ready for Siena on Tuesday ”
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By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor
As the lights go down on senior captains Kyle Dake and Steve Bosak’s time wrestling with Cornell, their stories end with a multitude of successes as made apparent by the history made this past weekend
The seven Cornell individual wrestlers who qualified for the NCAAs Dake, Bosak, freshman Nahshon Garrett, junior Mike Nevinger, junior Chris Villalonga, sophomore Jace Bennett and senior Stryker Lane all traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete against the best wrestlers in the country early last week
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Going into the tournament was different than ever before for the Red Dake had won NCAA titles at 141 as a freshman, 149 as a sophomore and 157 as a junior and was looking to take his fourth title at 165 as a senior, which he ultimately did Winning four titles in four different weight classes was an accomplishment that no other collegiate wrestler has ever done, but Dake was able to do it
“The kid he was wrestling is arguably one of the greatest wrestlers in the sport The reason that it was such an epic battle is not that Kyle was going for his fourth national championship; he was going against the guy that was deemed the most outstanding wrestler in any weight class last year, ” head coach Rob Koll said Dake had a target on his back from the start His opponent for the final round, Penn State’s David Taylor even went as far as saying in a statement before the tournament really even began that, “I believe I’m the best wrestler in the country ”
As of the quarterfinals on Thursday, of the original seven for Cornell, only Garrett, Dake and Bosak advanced to the semifinals, thanks to a 10-0 major decision for Dake; Garrett and Bosak had wins by decision to advance, with Nevinger advancing through the consolation bracket after a tough starting loss that went into overtime In the semifinal matches though, the tides turned for the Red Garrett faced off against Illinois’ No 2 Jesse Delgado
At the first whistle, Delgado went on the offense and held a 4-2 advantage over Garrett after the first period with two takedowns Delgado added another point with an escape
“I was just filled with joy All of my dreams finally came true For the past 20 years of my life, I wanted to be a national champion. When I got to college, I wanted to become a four time national champion To finally have it done and have my family, coaches, friends and teammates there to support me … I was just ecstatic ”
and added two more takedowns in the second Delgado ended up with a 10-5 decision knocking Garrett into the consolation matches to vie for third
“Nahshon is a constant optimist in anything he does He is always smiling and positive That is the kind of person that you want to surround yourself with He is immediately one of the team favorites,” Koll said
“It’s awesome to see Nahshon to come in as a freshman and step right up to compete on a national level and be one of the best in the nation,” Frankie Perrelli ’12 and for-
Bosak faced Penn State’s No 1 Ed Ruth in the semifinals 12 seconds into the bout, Ruth took down Bosak but he escaped Ruth escaped in the second Bosak was unable to escape in the third and with 1:51 in riding time, Ruth won a 4-1 decision to knock Bosak into the consolation semifinals
“Steve wrestled great There was one wrestler in the weight [Ruth] that beat him but he dominated everyone He didn’t dominate Steve, he just beat him I honestly thought it was a travesty that Steve was seeded fourth, he should have been seeded third,” Koll said “Had he been seeded third, he would have had the honor and opportunity to wrestle in the finals At least he would have been able to wrestle in front of the big show He deserved that honor ”
In the semifinals at 165 pounds, Dake and Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma State were scoreless after the first period Dake started the second down and escaped after eight seconds for the only points in the period Dake pushed through the third and racked up 1:52 in riding time in the third With riding time, Dake won a 2-0 decision to advance to his fourth NCAA finals where he faced Taylor in a grudge match
“The beginning matches were tough I didn’t score as many points as I wanted to I got the job done and wrestled tough,” Dake said “The guys had really good game
