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TRACK & FIELD Coming off successful indoor seasons, the men’s and women’s teams are ready to hit the outdoor track.

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ROWING/GOLF The rowers look forward to getting their boats back into the water, while the golfers hope to improve at Ivies this year.

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BASEBALL With a strong staff and an offense that is gaining confidence every series, the baseball team is poised for success in 2014.

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MEN’S LACROSSE Still unbeaten overall this season, the laxers hope to continue with what has been an impressive start thus far.

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Airborne | The women’s team hopes to build off its second place finish at the indoor ECAC Championships as it begins the outdoor season.

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ith the indoor Heptagonal championships at Dartmouth now in the past, both the men’s and women’s track and field teams are ready to take their talents outdoors.

The men ended the indoor season with an Ivy League championship by securing a first place finish at the Heptagonal Championships earlier this month — the team’s second in as many years. Seniors Bruno HortelanoRoig and Stephen Mozia were named the meet MVPs as

Sun Staff Writer University on March 8.

Sorna placed second in the 3000m race at ECACs and senior Emmy Shearer came in first, just a few seconds ahead of her teammate. The 4X400 team made up of junior Zena Kolliesuah, senior Ebolutalese Airewele, junior Elyse Wilkinson and sophomore Udeme Akpaete set a school and Ivy League record in the event.

Both Cornell teams have high hopes for what can be done on the outdoor track. The men are in pursuit of

“This is the part of the year when we want to focus on not losing sight due to the long season. We need to trust in the training we’ve done.”

— Rachel Sorna they led Cornell to a dominant victory over the rest of the Ancient Eight. The Red won seven of the possible 19 events and scored a total of 145 points. The nearest competitor was Princeton, which put together 117 points as a team and has been Cornell’s major rival on the track in past years.

Hortelano-Roig won the 60m race at the Indoor Heps with a time of 6.74 seconds, also setting the All-time Ivy record for the event in the preliminaries with a time of 6.69. Mozia won the MVP of the field events after breaking Olympic Gold Medalist Adam Nelson’s record of 19.30 meters by throwing 20.30 meters. He also broke the all-time Ivy record on his fifth throw (20.59 meters) and again on his final throw with a 20.79 meter hurl.

Other highlights in the men’s title win were senior Will Weinlandt, who defended his 800 meter title, running 1:50.47 (No. 22 in the country) and senior long jumper Steven Bell, who placed third with a jump of 23’3.5”.

The women’s team’s indoor season culminated in a fifth place finish at Heps. Despite the disappointing result in New Hampshire, the Red has a lot of confidence for the upcoming season, according to senior co-captain Rachel Sorna.

“I think fifth was the worst we have done in a while at Heps,” said senior co-captain Rachel Sorna. “It was disappointing because everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong, but it at least is getting us excited for outdoors.”

Sorna, who had a seventh place finish in the 5000m race, was one of the Cornell competitors that just missed scoring at the big meet.

“Not being able to get the results we expected at indoor Heps is keeping us focused, because we know that we can turn around during this long season. After the [ECAC championships], we feel really good about outdoors,” Sorna said in reference to the inspiring result of a program record 64 points and a second place finish at the competition at Boston

another Heptagonal Championships title and the women are training hard to build off of their success at the ECAC championships.

“I was excited for [the men’s team] when they won at Heps. It would’ve been great if we both won,” Sorna said.

Additionally, both teams will have their crosshairs set on certain rivals within the Ivy League. The men will continue to compete with the Princeton squad in m e e t s throughout the season. The Tigers have taken hold of the Heps trophy several times in recent history and the wellround-

edness of their program presents a challenge for the Red. The women will have to monitor the progress of their Ivy rivals as the season progresses as well. The main focus will fall upon Harvard, which was able to repeat as indoor champions after winning the title in 2012-2013. Harvard has developed its program to have a very even spread of talent. The Red will also need to watch the progress of the Dartmouth women’s team, which finished second at Heps and has some talented athletes. Dartmouth senior Abbey D’Agostino made the headlines last week as she was able to win both the 5000m and 3000m races at the Division I championships for the second straight year.

In the last few years, the Ivy League has made a name for itself in the collegiate track and field world. The Ancient Eight teams are developing programs with depth and pride in the system. The Cornell squads will be competing with Ivy League rivals, along with numerous national powerhouse programs, as the season moves along.

One of the major events for the teams along the way to the mid-May Outdoor Heptagonal Championships is the trip to California for a select group of 27 men and 30 women on the Cornell roster. During spring break, the group will travel to compete in a pair of meets that will be both a challenging and team-building experience. The latter of the two meets will be the Stanford Invitational, which is one of the premier meets across the NCAA. For now, the men and women of the track & field teams are focused on the improvements that have been made in practice throughout the season, according to Sorna.

“This is the part of the year when we want to focus on not losing sight due to the long season. We need to trust in the training we’ve done,” Sorna said.

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Enter sandman | Senior long jumper Steven Bell finished third in his event at the Indoor Heps.

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On the attack | Senior captain Amanda D’Amico is tied for second on the team with 12 goals through the first seven games.

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With the 2014 season now in full swing, the Red has completed over a third of its schedule, with the bulk of its most challenging opponents still to come in the next few weeks. After three easy victories against Colgate, Columbia and Binghamton, Cornell was stymied by Albany in the first game of its run of difficult competition, before falling in dramatic fashion to Rutgers the following weekend.

Over the Red’s remaining nine games, the team will face Stanford, Princeton, Penn State, Syracuse and Penn, all of whom have spent significant time in the nation’s Top-20 at some point during the season.

In order to secure a good showing in these upcoming contests and earn a spot in the Ivy League tournament, head coach Jenny Graap ’86 underscored the role of her team’s defense going forward.

“Coming off the Albany game, we gave up too

WOMEN ’S LACROSSE PLAYERS TO WATCH LINDSAY TOPPE The Red’s main scoring threat, Toppe has recorded a team-best 25 goals already this season. In the team’s first win over Temple on March 23, Toppe scored four goals on eight shots. She also leads the team in points with 33 and is second in assists with eight.

CATHERINE ELLIS As a freshman attack, Ellis has been an important addition off of the Red’s bench, playing in all eight games so far. She has 12 goals on just 17 shots on goal this season.

many goals to the opponent, too many for us to win the game obviously,” she said. “I think that tightening up that defensive unit is very important as we move forward.”

The Red gave up 17 goals to Albany’s potent offense, 11 of them coming in the first half. The Great Danes defense stifled Cornell’s attack in the first half, allowing just four goals.

Graap, in her 17th season as head coach, has led the program to the Ivy League tournament in three of the past four seasons, providing the juniors and seniors on the team with invaluable postseason experience.

The 2002 national coach of the year emphasized how important that experience has been to this year’s team.

“I think that their leadership and their experience is very influential and I think that those two classes — the class of 2014 and the class of 2015 — they really bring the intensity and passion,” she said. “We need that to trickle down and filter down into the sophomores and freshmen. We definitely have a lot of freshmen that are out on the field, so upperclassman leadership is very important.”

Two of those freshmen Graap mentioned have been prominent starters. Goalkeeper Renee Poullott has started seven of the team’s eight games, as has midfielder Annie Dickson. To go along with attacker Catherine Ellis’s 10 goals off of the bench and Kristy Gilbert’s eight appearances and one start over the course of the season, the freshman presence on this year’s team is one of the contributing factors to the Red’s deep bench. That depth is one of the key strengths for this Red team, according to senior Jessie Smith.

“We have a really deep bench, so we have a lot of individual play ers that can get out there and make an impact,” Smith said. “I think that’s definitely one of our strengths and there’s just a good amount of talent on our team.”

While the starting lineup has remained healthy enough so that only 13 different players have started a game, 20 players have appeared in at least four contests.

With so much of the team earning valuable minutes, senior Rachel Moody emphasized the Red’s depth, looking at it more from an offensive perspective.

“We have a lot of scoring threats,” she said.

“There’s a variety of people that can put numbers on the boards so I think that’s really strong for us.”

Through the first third of the season, the Red has four players with double digit goals, including junior captain and attack Lindsay Toppe, who leads the team with 25. Sophomore attack Emily Tripodi is at the top of the squad with 20 assists, and Moody has 15 goals and eight assists for 23 points on the season.

With the strengths that this team has and the success in the Ivy League that the team has enjoyed over the last four years, the team has its goals set high,

regardless of the difficult schedule that lies ahead.

Moody said that the team looks to its past success to inspire it going into this critical stretch.

“I mean [our past success] has put pressure on us, but it’s a good type of pressure. It gives us higher expectations and it makes us want to compete in every game and know that we can make that tournament,” she said. “It’s definitely motivation for us.”

The Red is even in Ivy play so far, dropping its first conference game to Harvard, 10-7, after jumping out to a 6-5 lead in the first half. The squad fared better against Columbia, though, defeating the Lions on the back of four goals and an assist by Toppe.

Graap, having led the team to the 2002 NCAA semifinals, is not foreign to postseason success.

However, she does recognize some mental areas in which her team needs to improve in order to make a postseason splash, one of which is to build on camaraderie as a team.

“I think that the heart and soul of the answer is for our team to grow in our confidence and to work together,” she said. “The big picture answer, philosophically, is that I would like to see the Cornell team develop more of that synergy and teamwork going forward so it doesn’t feel as individual, but it’s more collective and brings our strengths out.”

Whether Graap’s team can build that synergy or not remains to be seen, but Smith is confident that they can. Given the Red’s talent and the leadership of senior co-captains Amanda D’Amico and Chelsea Rowe, as well as junior co-captain Lindsay Toppe, Smith did not put a limit on this team’s potential.

“I mean we definitely have a lot to work on before getting there, but I don’t see why getting to the National Championship isn’t a goal that we might be able to achieve,” Smith said.

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Young talent | Midfielder Kailey O’Hagan has provided a spark off the bench.

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Cornell and the City of Ithaca could face trial this summer for negligence in the death of a Cornell student who jumped from the Thurston Avenue Bridge in February 2010, a U.S. district judge ruled Tuesday.

Bradley Ginsburg ’13 jumped to his death from the bridge into the Fall Creek Gorge and was found dead on Feb. 17, 2010. His death was one in a string of student suicides that ultimately led to the installation of temporary chain-link fences, and later nets, on bridges around Cornell’s campus, as well as the increase of mental health programs on See GINSBURG page 5

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Necessary changes | Bradley Ginsburg’s ’13 death was one in a string of suicides that led the University to install fences, and later nets, on bridges around campus.

C.U. Rallies Against Sexual Assault Ithacans Criticize Univ. for “It’s really important to acknowledge that sexual violence happens and that we are making a step forward,” Batista said. “We want to The Cornell community came together have a safe place and know that Cornell is Wednesday night at the Schwartz Center for here for us.”

Batista also said it is the Performing Arts in a show of solidarity against “We want to have a safe important to be proactive in dealing with sexual violence. sexual violence and incidents place and know that “Whether you are a vicof bias on campus. tim of sexual assault or a According to Juliana Cornell is here for us.” positive bystander intervenBatista ’16, the event’s main ing in things that we see are organizer and vice president Juliana Batista ’16 wrong, don’t be silent and of outreach for the Student stand on the sidelines. Come Assembly, “Cornell Caring Community: Breaking the Silence” was forward and stand up for your peers, your intended to provide a platform for students, friends and yourself,” Batista said.

During the event, several speakers voiced faculty and high-level administrators to promote dialogue about and bring these issues their thoughts, concerns and support, includfrequently occurring on Cornell’s campus into the spotlight.

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Ithaca residents are criticizing Cornell’s Department of Natural Resources staff for allegedly using inhumane methods to control the local deer population.

“Cayuga Deer” — a group of concerned Ithaca residents that is taking action against unethical wildlife control practices — recently learned of what they called “upsetting” actions being taken by the Natural Resources department from a letter that had been sent from the University’s Office of Community

Relations to multiple Ithaca public officials, according to the Cayuga Deer website.

However, the University said in a press release Tuesday that it has “long maintained” a deer research and management program to address “chronic deer overpopulation on its lands.”

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Shane Soh ’14 demonstrates Pulso — a glove that vibrates based on proximity to objects — at the BOOM showcase Wednesday.

Paul Streeter MBA ’95, assistant dean for finance and administration at the College of Veterinary Medicine, will serve as Cornell’s vice president for budget and planning beginning April 1, the University announced Wednesday.

Elmira Mangum, the current vice president for budget and planning, will leave the University to become the first female president of Florida A&M University, The Sun reported in January.

Streeter will manage the University’s annual budgeting process and provide guidance in using resources to meet Cornell’s

objectives and academic needs, still dealing within the university according to a University press framework is the key.” release.

Due to “newly structured” He previously served as inter- changes made to the role of vice im vice president for budget president of budget and planplanning from 2008 to ning, Streeter will 2010 and has worked report to both at Cornell for 28 years Provost Kent Fuchs — starting his career as and Joanne a cash manager in the DeStefano, vice office of the treasurer president for — the University said. finance and chief Streeter said he financial officer, the believes he has “somerelease said. thing to offer” as Vice STREETER MBA ’95 The Cornell President for Budget Board of Trustees and Planning.

Executive Committee approved The heart of Cornell is at the his nomination Wednesday. unit level,” Streeter said in the release. “So understanding those Anushka Mehrotra can be needs, helping serve the units reached at and meeting those needs while amehrotra@cornellsun.com.

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College of Architecture, Art and Planning, College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering, is the Cornell’s Board of Trustees recently approved budget second smallest percentage increase since 1973. Last policies that will increase the 1989-1990 tuition for the year’s rise of 6.5 percent was the smallest in the endowed colleges by 6.9 percent, raising it to $14,100. University’s recent history.

In order to keep the tuition increase close to the During the open session of the full board meeting on anticipated inflationary increase of 6 percent, the March 17 at the Herbert F. Johnson University imposed general cuts of Museum of Art Conference Room, the trustees also approved a tuition increase [Barker] said the cuts about 2 percent on the academic units and 5 percent on the administrative of 7.1 percent for Cornell’s statutory were “necessary” to units. colleges, hoping the increases will help The academic cuts, however, will alleviate Gov. Mario M. Cuomo’s maskeep tuition down and not reduce the quality of academic prosive budget cuts to the State University to provide competitive grams, Barker said. of New York (SUNY) system. faculty salaries.

He said the cuts were “necessary” to University President Frank H.T. keep tuition down and to provide comRhodes also briefed the trustees on petitive faculty salaries, maintain and meetings both he and Trustee Chairperson-select Stephen H. Weiss ’57 have held with operate new buildings, sustain the quality of the library students. Rhodes announced a decline in the number of and acquire modern computers and laboratory equipapplicants received for the 1989-1990 academic year, ment for instruction.

During the open session of the board meeting, Barker adding that the situation is more “likely to get worse announced the proposed increase of 7.1 percent for the than get better.”

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University to End Equitation Classes Official: Primary concern is safety and ‘well-being’ of horses, facility’s users

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Cornell’s athletic department announced plans Monday to discontinue their physical education equitation program, disappointing current, past and future participants.

Andy Noel, director of Athletics and Physical Education, said the “crux” of his decision is based on concerns and years of evaluation regarding the Oxley Equestrian Center’s insufficient space for safe accommodations.

“I feel that it is my responsibility to limit numbers and the size of the program to make sure we are able to offer our students and community folks involved a situation that is safe,” Noel said.

Andrea Dutcher, the Robert E. Browning ’56 director of physical education, said the safety of both horses and people — including teams, community members, undergraduates, graduates and staff — who visit the center is at stake due to the center’s small size.

“The primary concern is the safety and well-being of the horses and the safety of every single person that enters the facility,” Dutcher said. “There are too many horses in a space that isn’t designed for that many horses.”

While the equitation program was cut immediately due to lack of a better solution at the time, Cornell placed bids for a consultant to evaluate the Oxley Center’s problems to provide a more permanent course of action in the future, according to Noel.

“I am counting on a consultant who will come in and really help us work through the issues, but I don’t think it is appropriate to wait until after that to make a decision for now,” Noel said. “I want to make sure the overcrowding and over-programming circumstances don’t have any negative impacts beyond just disappointment.”

However, Noel said not much more can be done at this time because necessary funding to expand the facili-

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Horseplay | University officials say they are concerned with the Oxley Equestrian Center’s insufficient space for the safe accommodation of horses.

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Emilija Zygelyte ’13 — a current Oxley instructor and former equitation student — said Cornell’s decision is sad because of the positive impact the equitation classes provide for students, which she says includes stress alleviation and assistance with mental health problems.

“At a school like ours where pressure to succeed is high, I believe it’s so necessary for people to have an outlet like this.” Zygelyte said. “Taking away this program will take away something that is incredibly important to the mental health of a large group of people.”

Jennifer Slaughter ’16 said that while the classes may foster positive memories for the students, the welfare of horses are at stake in the “deplorable conditions” of the center’s small spaces.

“The horses are in standing stalls, which means that they are tied up facing the wall with only a piece of wooden board separating them from the next horse,” Slaughter said. “With standing stalls they cannot comfortably lay down. They have to lie down in their own

feces, and they are often kicked or bitten by the neighboring horse.”

Additionally, Kelsey Smith ’14, a student in the equitation class, said she is grateful that the equitation program provides low and middle income students access to “high quality” riding lessons.

Alizee Touchot ’14 — who needed over a hundred stitches and three surgeries after an Oxley horse kicked her in the head — said the most important consideration for Cornell should be to address what she says are the the program’s unsafe conditions for both horses and people.

“Unfortunately it seems that turning Oxley into a safer place will come at the expense of the P.E. program,” Touchet said. “Truthfully, there cannot be an outcome that pleases everyone and every current program that the Oxley hosts, but I definitely think safety needs to be prioritized.”

Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at acollisburgess@cornellsun.com.

Dragon Day Parade to Continue Down East Ave. Despite Closure

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Staff Writer

Freshmen architecture students have worked all week in preparation for Dragon Day, where they will parade down East Avenue — despite its partial closure due to the construction of Klarman Hall — as part of a hundredyear old University tradition.

According to Aya Mears ’18, co-president of the Dragon Day committee, while the students considered alternate routes for the parade, they ultimately decided to go down East Avenue and have taken spatial constraints into account when constructing the dragon.

“We had to come up with a creative way to have the dragon still look fairly wide while being able to fit through that narrow corridor, so that was a big part of our design process actually,” said Sasson Rafailov ’18, a co-head of construction.

The annual Dragon Day parade — where architecture students build a dragon, parade the dragon down East Avenue to the Engineering Quad and back to the Arts Quad — occurs on the last Friday before Spring Break.

According to Mears, the students this year had more time to prepare for Dragon Day — with eight weeks allotted rather than the usual six.

“There were some kinks to work out

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Day of the dragon | Architecture students parade down East Avenue toward the Engineering Quad during Dragon Day 2013.

in the beginning, getting everyone to do libraries, Engineering Quad and “goofed their job,” Mears said. “[So] there were a off ” with people, Donovan said. lot of people who had to pull more than On Wednesday, students conducted a their weight initially, but in the end “green streak,” where they painted their everyone has come through and been bodies green and ran scantily clad into really willing to help.” classes and buildings across campus.

The building of the Dragon has gone According to Donovan, students have “smoothly” this year, according to been conducting an extensive social Rafailov and Jeremy Bilotti ’18, also a co- media campaign to raise awareness for head of construction. this year’s parade.

“I think it’s a result of Students have increased “We had to come up the amount of docuthorough planning, but mostly everyone [has mentation of their tradiwith a creative way to tions been] willing to pitch in through video clips and show up to their have the dragon still and pictures, posting building shifts,” Bilotti them on Facebook as said. “We’re all really look fairly wide while advertisements. enthusiastic about it, so This is the first year being able to fit right now we’re on that a Twitter feed was schedule and we hope to through that narrow made for Dragon Day, stay that way.” according to corridor.”

Students this year Christopher Andras ’18, said they are hoping to student representative Sasson Rafailov ’18 make their dragon as for the Architecture memorable as possible, Class of 2018. though they said they are Andras says he is not necessarily trying to upstage the most looking forward to “the excitement records set by last year’s dragon. and energy” he saw in both the architects “Last year, [the Class of 2017] broke and the rest of the student body. the length record. We’re not going to go The students said they were hesitant for that this year, but we’re hoping to just to reveal too much information regarding make a really cool looking dragon using what the dragon will look like, but they some new materials,” Bilotti said. “I don’t did say that the dragon will have movable want to give away too much though.” parts and that the construction of the Dragon Day comes with many tradi- dragon has involved welding. tions that precede the actual parade.

“It is going to look significantly difAccording to Alex Donovan ’18, many ferent from any dragon that I think I students shaved off a chunk of hair on have [ever] seen,” Andras said. the sides on their heads last Sunday.

On Tuesday, students participated in a “nerd walk” — where they were dressed Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at up “as engineers” and went to the sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com.

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from the overpopulated deer herd resident in our lands,” according to a University press release.

“At a smaller set of campus locations where deer traffic is high, researchers use collapsible Clover traps’ to humanely capture and then euthanize deer,” the press release said. “Traps have been used to capture deer at Cornell since 1997.”

It added that the deer management program at Cornell is completely safe for humans and has maintained a “spotless” safety record since it was developed.

“These non-chemical methods of deer harvesting also make it possible for researchers to advance their knowledge of deer physiology and habits and for meat to be donated for human consumption,” the release said.

Cayuga Deer’s website says that they learned from multiple sources that these methods include “net and bolt” killings, which involve trapping the deer and then killing them with bolt guns.

According to Cayuga Deer, this population control technique is “widely condemned by veterinary experts and humane societies for its egregious cruelty” and has been occurring at Cornell with the support and recommendations of staff members of the University’s Department of Natural Resources.

James LaVeck ’85, a member of Cayuga Deer,

said he found the deer killings to be particularly upsetting.

“These things are even more upsetting with the knowledge that the female deer who are being killed by Cornell faculty members and staff at this time of year are likely to be pregnant,” he said.

“Many people are horrified when they … see a deer running through one’s yard with an arrow sticking out of her neck, which occurred in Cayuga Heights last week.”

The University is able to trap and bolt deer due to a nuisance permit from New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation that grants Cornell the permission to kill 40 deer during the month of March, according to Cayuga Deer’s website.

In order to combat these deer management practices, Cayuga Deer started a petition which, according to LaVeck, garnered over 1,000 signatures within its first 24 hours. As of Wednesday, the petition had approximately 2,500 signatures.

LaVeck said he hopes this issue will help to launch a “more inclusive” and “transparent” decision-making process.

“We are a community with a track record of developing groundbreaking alternatives to violence, and this is a great opportunity to access that public wisdom,” he said.

Grace Hurley can be reached at ghurley@cornellsun.com.

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encouraged others to “come forward” about sexual violence, even though she says it can often be difficult.

“Coming forward can be hard,” Castle said. “We must all

ing Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president of student and academic services.

“If we don’t break the silence, we’re not going to change what has become an “Our words can be used in unfortunate belief — and actuality — in our society a way to bring about posiabout the violence against tive change and that is women and men, and the biases against those who are differ- what this event is about.” ent,” Murphy said. “Our Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94 words can be used in a way to bring about positive change, and that is what this event is about, breaking the silence and take accountability and strive to saying enough is enough, not be a truly caring community, here, not in our community.” and more than caring, let’s also S.A. President Ulysses Smith try to be candid, and honest ’14 said it is important that with ourselves and responsible Cornell acts as a community. for our own actions.”

“We all need to apologize for The event was a collaborative not standing up for each other, effort, with over 40 student for writing every incident off as organizations signed on as simply something that doesn’t cosponsors, including the happen to us personally,” he Women’s Resource Center, said.

Ordinary People and the stuAnna-Lisa Castle ’14, a dent-created ResCUer applicaspeaker during the event, tion, which gives students the

necessary resources to respond to a crisis at any time of the day.

“We hope that the Breaking the Silence event will reaffirm throughout the Cornell community the values we already hold about campus safety and shared awareness between members of the community,” said Matthew Laks ’15, cofounder of ResCUer. Batista said all of these organizations believe in the mission of the event and the idea that we need to be more proactive in uniting the Cornell community.

“This event really gives an outlet for all those organizations to come together, be in the same space and realize that we are really working on the same things together,” Batista said.

“It’s easy to get caught up in the fragmentation of Cornell. This reaffirms that what we’re doing really does make a difference.

We all care [for] each other.”

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C.U.May FaceTrial for Negligence in Death GINSBURG

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campus.

Ginsburg’s father, Howard Ginsburg ’70, filed a suit in November 2011 against the City of Ithaca, Cornell and several University administrators, including President David Skorton and Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for student and academic services. The claims against individuals were ultimately dismissed.

Howard Ginsburg alleges that Cornell and Ithaca’s negligence ultimately caused his son’s death and is seeking $168 million in damages.

Cornell argued that because it does not own or control the Thurston Avenue Bridge, the University could not be held liable for any harm caused from the bridge’s condition, according to Judge David Hurd’s ’59 decision, which was released Tuesday.

However, due to the position of the bridge — which is owned by the City of Ithaca — Cornell provided “invaluable assistance and input during the design phase of the reconstruction of the bridge,” which occurred between March 2006 and November 2007, Hurd wrote.

“This is a true David In addition, both the City and versus Goliath story.”

Cornell argued that Howard Ginsburg’s suicide was unforeseeHoward Ginsburg ’70 able.

Hurd, however, concluded in his latest decision that due to the evidence provided, a jury will need to determine whether Cornell exercised “sufficient control over the design, construction and maintenance of the Thurston Avenue Bridge” to justify holding the University liable, whether a suicide attempt from the bridge was foreseeable and warranted the City and the University to take “reasonable measures” to prevent suicide attempts and whether the bridge was in “reasonable safe condition” at the time of Ginsburg’s death.

The judge also argued that because of the history of suicides on or near Cornell’s campus, additional suicide attempts from the Thurston Avenue Bridge were foreseeable.

Twenty-seven individuals have committed suicide on or near Cornell’s campus between 1990 and 2010 — with approximately 50 percent of those deaths involving Cornell students — The Sun previously reported.

Cornell sought to have the lawsuit dismissed on the grounds that Cornell could not have known of Bradley Ginsburg’s intentions.

“The law in New York … views the intentional act of killing oneself to be extraordinary, and does not impose liability on others for failure to prevent suicides except in very limited circumstances,” said Tommy Bruce, former vice president for University communications, in March 2012. “These limited circumstances simply were not present in this case.”

Hurd, however, denied Cornell’s request in March 2012.

Howard Ginsburg said that he is proud that he and his son will be joined together as plaintiffs in this case, which he says will establish a new precedent.

“This is a true David versus Goliath story,” Ginsburg said, “and the new precedent this case established is vital not just with regard to safety and the protection of people’s lives, but in the mental health area.”

The University declined to comment Wednesday evening.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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ometimes I catch myself thinking to face ourselves.

When I find myself wrapped up in about how exciting life will be when I’m with someone. As I watch cou- thoughts of how wonderful things will be ples go off on Spring Break vacations when I’m in a relationship, I must flip my together, I dream about my own ideal way of thinking. Life does not begin when couple’s trip to California with an we find a romantic interest. Life is now, abstract, faceless (but perfect) boyfriend. and we will fall in love when we least From date nights to lazy Sunday brunch- expect it. After all, it is when we establish es, there will always be something to look a sense of self that we have the most to offer, and when we are busy pursuing our forward to.

There is a reason I so often escape into own interests that we are at our best. The this fantasy of how fulfilled I will feel in nights I have made the most genuine consome future, hypothetical relationship — nections with people in the past were and I suspect it is the same reason that we never the nights I went out looking to sometimes refuse to let go of relationships meet someone. They were the nights I that may not be right for us. When I went out to have a good time no matter indulge in daydreams of a future with what.

If we are at peace with ourselves, we someone else, what I am really doing is don’t need to retreating wait for a sigfrom the nificant other unsettling If we are at peace with ourselves, to materialize questions that we don’t need to wait for a in order to have been travel, move haunting my significant other to materialize across the mind lately: country or in order to travel, move across What do I do whatever want for my the country or do whatever it is it is we’ve future? What been waiting are the dreams we’ve been waiting to do. to do. We that I want to We can go with our best friends, can go with pursue, indeour best pendently of or we can go it alone. friends, or we anyone else’s can go it dreams? alone. The It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that a relationship — either hypothet- rest will fall into place.

So while getting into a relationship ically, or with someone specific — will give us the answers that we’re looking for. sometimes feels like a goal to strive for — But it’s not up to anyone else to define us. an essential stepping stone on the way to No one else can tell us what our dreams self-discovery — we must remember that a relationship is not a viable goal in and of are.

As the end of college looms near and itself; it is something that happens along these questions float around unanswered, the way. And while a healthy relationship I watch many couples fall apart and I may complement us, it will never comwonder if they too have used their rela- plete us. That fulfillment has always been tionship to distract themselves from con- up to us. fronting thoughts of who they are to become. After all, when we are with someLiz Kussman is a senior in the College of Human one, we grow together. We view ourselves Ecology. She may be reached at ekussman@corin relation to the other person. Once we nellsun.com. Up to Date appears alternate let go, the buffer is gone and we are forced Thursdays this semester.

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Amy O. | Some Like It Rough

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New Partners, New Positions

hile hunting for grad schools this past weekend, I happened to attend a Ukrainian-themed dinner — don’t ask. In the midst of consuming too many pierogies and way too much vodka, I noticed a cute guy sitting across from me at the table. He wasn’t the one who immediately caught my eye, but he laughed at my jokes, genuinely seemed to find me amusing and kind of looked like Joseph Gordon Levitt (swoon).

To be totally honest, I can’t really tell you how we started making out. Last thing I remember I was serving cake to 12 people, and when I came to at three in the morning and I was watching New Girl on my friend’s couch while waiting for this JGL look-alike to come pick me up.

The rest of the night was a pretty unfamiliar blur but I do remember him fucking me really hard before whiskey dick kicked in and we had to call it a night.

Though this column could be yet another ode to the wonderful one-night stands I’ve been recklessly engaging in recently, I would instead like to highlight what made this one-night stand particularly great: The different positions we tried and how we transitioned from one to another.

The morning after, we woke up early and talked in bed for a while. I re-asked all the questions I forgot that

I had asked the night before, and at some point talking got more physical and he was on top of me whispering in my ear that he wanted to have sex. Obviously, I nodded in enthusiasm.

I couldn’t remember if I had been on top the night before (I doubt I had, drunk me is incapable of doing much) so I climbed on top and began to ride him.

I couldn’t tell if it was the ratio of our limbs or what, but it just didn’t seem to be working for me. “Favorite position?” I asked him with a smirk on my face.

Doggie style was his response.

Bingo.

I hopped off, established tabletop position and arched my back into cat pose (see how useful yoga terminology is in real life?) letting him fuck me hard and fast before I asked him to pull my hair. A couple minutes of that and he asked me to get on the floor.

I was kind of taken aback, but went with it, only to find out he meant he wanted to do standing doggie style not some kind of like rolling-on-the-floor, back-hurting sex. Phew.

I don’t 100 percent remember how,

but he flipped me over and told me to scoot my butt to the edge of the bed so he was standing and I was laying on my back with my legs on his shoulders. I was a little confused as to what was going on so obviously I found myself saying, “What?

What?” repeatedly as he tried to initiate this maneuver. It ended up working out but not without a little clarification.

Ultimately, he told me to move back at which point I used the edge of his mattress as leverage to hoist myself backwards on the bed (my lack of grace indicates I’m pretty much the real H a n n a h Horvath) and he finished on top of me before we collapsed into a sweaty heap. I didn’t really do that much work so is was unclear why I was sweating, but just bear with me.

Just like the first night of Passover, I needed to ask “what makes this night different from other nights?” But really — all Jewish references aside, what made sex with this guy better than the mediocre sex I’ve been having the past few weeks?

After some thinking, I would argue that it was in large part because we suc-

Maybe more important than trying new positions, he and I communicated what we needed from each other in order for them to work.

cessfully tried five positions. It was nice to (for a change) have sex with someone who was comfortable taking some risks and knew what he liked. Some positions were familiar, some were confusing, but at the end of the day, all were fun.

Maybe more important than trying new positions, he and I communicated what we needed from each other in order for them to work. Though attempting to slither across his bed on my back was probably the least sexy thing I’ve done (ever), telling me how to position myself made my slithering justifiable and okay.

Communicating created an equal push and pull in the dynamic that let both of us feel empowered, comfortable and respected.

Though I will probably never see this guy again, it was exciting to know that there are people with whom we will go out of our comfort zone to try new things. Sure, I didn’t look sexy for the majority of the time (at least one of those positions was not intended for women who are well endowed in the boob region, i.e. myself ), but at least I walked away with a great story and a couple new moves in my back pocket.

Amy O. is a senior in the College of Human Ecology.

She may be reached at amyo@cornellsun.com. Some Like It Rough appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

Ilhas Teeze | Guest Room

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Demystifying the Anus

Let’s start with some anal basics. Our anuses have a this, the best way to ease into penetration is to begin n one of Hollywood’s most iconic sex scenes, Jack and Rose rocked the boat with a steamy sex scene ton of nerve endings, which can intensify orgasms and with a lubed finger up there while masturbating. Go in inside a vehicle aboard the Titanic. But what if the even lead to an orgasm without stimulating other sex slowly, and don’t be shy! Twirl your finger around a bit infamous scene positioned Rose on top of Jack while organs. And for those of us out there with a prostate, and curl your toes. There is a really good chance that she pegged him? I bet Jack would have enjoyed himself (I learned earlier this year that women are born with- this will intensify your orgasm and make you love life more and perhaps even tried harder to survive the ship- out prostates *mindblown*) a few inches of penetra- again.

For those that really enjoyed fingering, try incorwreck. Anal sex and anal play is so underrepresented in tion can stimulate the prostate gland and leave you overwhelmed with a warm, pleasurable feeling. Pair porating it into your routine with your sexual partmainstream society, and it’s unfortunate ners. Of course, make sure all parties are because this invisibility perpetuates the tightcomfortable and consenting and try the finassed culture we have about sex. in the bedroom. If you decide to My asshole is heaven on earth, and yours Now, anal play isn’t for everyone, nor am I here to gering graduate to dicks, dildos or other toys for can be too. My curiosity began early when I greater pleasure, make sure you have ample cozied up to a sharpie in the 7th grade. Anal tell everyone that they will love it; after all, our amount of lube, and work your way up. play has since held a pivotal role in my sex is elementary in the world of anal. life and sexual expression, as I started experisexual practices or lack thereof vary from person Foreplay Also, using condoms are not only a healthy menting with cucumbers, dicks, butt plugs, but also allows for easy cleanup.

8” dildos (that one hurt) and even engineered to person. But for those of you who are curious, I practice, Here are some more tips: remember your prostate stimulators! asshole has feelings too. Speaking from expeNow, anal play isn’t for everyone, nor am think it’s worth exploring. rience, your anus doesn’t want to be penetratI here to tell everyone that they will love it; ed everyday. It took me a long time to develafter all, our sexual practices or lack thereop my skills, and though Aladdin (that’s his of vary from person to person. But, for those of you who are curious, I think it’s worth this penetration with masturbation or oral and you name) loves to ride the magic carpet, moderation is exploring. A major misconception is that anal play is are in paradise. Those who have vaginas can expect greatly appreciated. Too much penetration and too just for gay men. Umm… no! But seriously, anal play the tip of the clitoral body to be stimulated as well, ambitious oshafts can strain your new found best is natural and whether you’re queer or as straight as and, for twice the fun, rub your clitoris at the same friend, and that balance will take you a while to discover, so in the meantime take it slow, ride low and ride they come, you can enjoy anal sex and explore a time.

If you’re reading this and clenching with excitement free. whole new world of fun and pleasure. And if you’re concerned with reconciling your masculinity with the to try this out later, here are a few tips. I would recompenetrated role, then you should probably deal with mend a nice bowel movement and maybe even a show- Ilhas Teeze is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Responses can your draconian gender politics before continuing to er before any anticipated anal play, unless you like to be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Sex on Thursdays appears alterride dirty (no judgments). If you are completely new to nate Thursdays this semester. read this.

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It’s a Saturday morning like every other at Collegetown Bagels: A steady crowd of students navigate around colorful displays of speciality foods and stocked coolers to pick up a cup of Love Buzz to go. Crates of fresh bread are brought in from Ithaca Bakery – airy and voluminous ciabatta, dark and dense pumpernickel, small loaves of sourdough just waiting to be hollowed out and filled with steaming soup; and workers behind the counter in CTB baseball caps move in a flurry to keep up with the stream orders. For anyone connected with Cornell in the past 30 years, the scene is a familiar one. Known for its quality food, quirky atmosphere and central location, CTB has become an integral part of the the off campus experience for students, professors, parents, townies and alums alike. However, there’s something beyond the colorful chalkboard and inventive sandwich names that keeps generations coming back to CTB. I sat down with two of the owners of CTB, Mimi Mehaffey and Gregar Braus, and discovered that CTB is so much more than a sandwich shop

on the corner; it’s a communitywide family focused on local engagement.

I’d like to first start with the humble beginnings of this little bagel shop. The idea for CTB came from three guys from Long Island who believed that a bagel shop would do well in Ithaca.

After only a year, the trio sold the shop to the owner of Rulloff’s.

Braus, an Ithaca College student and original townie, worked at Rulloff’s at the time.

Upon graduation, he bought CTB with the support of his parents and brother, who are still owners of CTB today.

Mehaffey, a manager at Rulloff’s and by default a manager at CTB as well, became full time manager at CTB. Braus and Mehaffey ran the original shop from the present-day Bear Necessities location and served the basics: only bagels and cream cheese -– tunafish was a monumental feat at the time.

CTB took on a more recognizable appearance to today’s trademark storefront after purchasing Oliver’s Deli and moving into their current, iconic corner location. The expansion tripled the menu and staff of this once small shop overnight. Today, with three different CTB locations and two Ithaca Bakery locations, acquired in 1989, the company employs over 300 members of the community. Mehaffey and Braus maintain that their staff is central to the

CTB serves up more than speciality sandwiches and coffees to-go, but also philosophy we can all learn from.

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success of CTB: “Our staff is why people come back. They enjoy what they do and the customers that they are waiting on, and the customers have loyalty in return,” Mehaffey said.

Mehaffey ensures that the staff is purposively representative of the greater Ithaca community. With students from Tompkin’s County Community College, Cornell, Wells College and Ithaca College, just to name a few, and a special effort to hire high school students for their inaugural experience in the work force, as well as the employees who have been working for decades at the company, the staff of CTB is a true cross section of the Ithaca community.

“They have become like family to us and we have become like family to them, and our customers are an extension of that family” explains Mehaffey.

Not only does CTB emphasize a sense of community through its staff, but also through its ingredients. Braus says he is constantly searching for farmers and suppliers within the community and a way to connect the livelihoods of these

local neighbors with their own.

“It’s a huge piece of who we are, our connection to the community and our belief in sustainability and what we have to do to keep this earth here for our children and generations after us.” Whether it’s locall- sourced meat or using nearby farmers for the production of their newest “ancient grains” bread line, Braus and Mehaffey are passionate about the quality of their ingredients and the impact they have on the local community.

The staff and ingredients combine to create some of the most locally-conscious food around.

The values of community and family around which CTB centers around are merged in bright colors and block letters on the renowned chalkboard: Names like The Steamin’ Treeman, Taughannock and Stewart Parker are clearly representative of the community of Ithaca. Braus says that “local” was the first big sandwich theme. The sandwich names, many of which are created by Braus, also represent of the family aspect of CTB: The Lindsey, Viva Chelsea and Miles Stone are

named after their children; Sweet Rachel and Jonah’s Jive after their niece and nephew; the Javi after the family dog. Fourteen-year staff member Chris Buck has his own sandwich, The Big Buck, displayed on the board. Customers, too, can create their own concoction and have the opportunity for it to be sold as a special or added permanently to the menu.

For the past 35 years, CTB has succeeded in integrating a local feel that resonates with people from all walks of life and from all parts of the world. In a place as diverse and quirky as Ithaca, it’s rare that a common denominator exists and has the ability to connect such a wide breadth of people, interests and tastes across generations. In Ithaca, CTB serves as that common denominator. With its emphasis on community engagement and family feel, CTB serves up more than speciality sandwiches and coffees to-go, but also philosophy we can all learn from.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Student Fashion Spotlight Speaking with Senior Designer Julia Shapiro ’14

BY JASON ECKER Sun Staff Writer

Fiber Science and Apparel Design major, Julia Shapiro ’14, truly skates the thin line between strange and fascinating — in both her third and final Cornell Fashion Show Collection and in real life.

Her collection this year is based on the premise of what a crazy survivalist living in their basement would wear during an alien apocalypse. Yes, I had the same reaction you just did when she told me that. How on earth (pun intended) is that going to be the theme for a ready-to-wear collection? I was even more puzzled when she showed me her inspiration board, which was reminiscent of a serial killer’s stalker wall, and featured tons of tabloid cut-outs from unreliable news sources about alien landings and abductions.

However, this idea fits very well with the way she described her goal for her fashion: “To push people out of their comfort zones just enough, but make my clothes wearable enough that somebody would think that a piece is cool and have to have it.” Her inspiration for this year’s collection came partially from a prior alien-themed footwear collection she had worked on, as well as from a trip she took to Los Angeles. This is not the first time that Julia has graced the Cornell Fashion Show catwalk with a slightly less than conventional collection — her sophomore

year theme was McDonald’s-print streetwear — but this year’s collection definitely upped the ante for out-of-the-box creativity.

While some of what she designed, like her alien fur coat, probably wouldn’t be worn anywhere but a runway, many of the designs are more than just wearable — they’re fashionable. She features an all-over digi-camo print on several pieces that have a very sporty feel to them and a more juvenile green alien-head print on a tunic. I especially liked the use of old knitted quilts as a textile, drawing on the idea that the crazy basement dweller is constructing their wardrobe from items found in their mother’s basement. These looks were perfected in her runway sketches, which feature accessories such as colanders on the models’ heads.

Clearly Julia’s style is different to say the least, and that has at times caused problems for her. When asked about her experience within Cornell’s program she wryly chuckled and claimed that it was, “Not the greatest.” She went on to describe a very technical and antiquated program that relied heavily on structure.

She specifically spoke about one project her sophomore year that was a “tipping point.” It was a skirt and jacket design project, except rather than allowing the designers room to demonstrate their individuality, there was an endless list of constraints. Julia, who is interested in trying to bridge the gap between streetwear and high fashion, was being forced into a mold by her professors.

With her creativity stifled at what was once her dream school, she decided to spend her entire junior year away from Big Red. For the first semester she was in New York City for Urban Semester, where she helped design logos for a charity. Her spring semester was spent abroad in London at a much more creatively stimulating fashion program, at which she worked on a project that

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combined goth and jock styles. During her summers she was able to acquire some very highly regarded internships with brands such as Jeremy Scott, Hood

By Air, Only NY and Married To The Mob. Rather than running to fetch coffee or sitting idly by, Julia was able to get some real hands-on experience.She physically helped make the clothing for Jeremy Scott, and was able to do styling for Hood By Air during New York Fashion Week. When she returned to Cornell for her senior year, she felt refreshed and had gained a new confidence in her work.

“AN IMAGE OF THE BASEMENT I IMAGINE THE PERSON WHO IS THE INSPIRATION FOR MY COLLECTION TO INHABIT AND THRIVE IN, WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF THE COLLECTION SINCE A LOT OF THE LOOKS ARE MADE UP OF THINGS THEY COULD HAVE THROWN TOGETHER FROM THE BASEMENT.” — JULIA SHAPIRO ’14

The semester away had given her time to truly find her identity as a designer, and she was determined to make Cornell’s program work for her.

Her growth is especially evident when looking through her portfolio of past projects, and comparing them with her fashion show offering this year. When Julia started at Cornell she was mainly interested in swimwear design, but after a few really fantastic swimsuit collections, she felt as if she had run out of creative real estate. Her interests had shifted more towards streetwear and skate culture, as seen in her Sophomore year McDonalds collection, but some of her early attempts were very simplistic. This is not the case at all with her alien apocalypse collection, which features a new artistic flare combined with a keen attention to details. For example, instead of simply using loud patterns and prints, which at times can be very played-out in streetwear, Julia combines a ton of different textures and odd objects to give her clothes a striking look and silhouette. Even her placement of zippers on the arms of one of her outerwear

pieces, an easily overlooked nuance, helps to perfect the high fashion meets urban sportiness feel. Her year away from Cornell actually helped to facilitate and inspire some of her best work.

Julia’s persona is just as noteworthy as her innovative designs. By this I mean that she looks like a young Lady Gaga, has endless energy and charisma, and will seemingly say any odd thought that comes to mind. She implored me to include in this article that the animal she most closely identifies with is a hamster. While she provided no further explanation as to why, you are able to follow her endearing eccentricity in the weeks leading up to the fashion show via an Instagram account (brandoulia) she created with her best friend and fellow designer Brandon Wen ’15. I personally am very excited to see her collection shown at this year’s fashion show, and expect to see some very intriguing future collections from her label J Shap.

Jason Ecker is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Science. He can be reached at jecker@cornellsun.com.

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Over the Top and Under the Skin TERESA KIM Sun Staff Writer

It has been a while since a film so chillingly crawled under my skin. Jonathan Glazer’s newest and best film to date, Under the Skin, was released two weeks ago in the United Kingdom to mixed responses (Apr. 18 at Ithaca’s Cinemapolis). It’s quite appropriate that it has been so confoundedly mixed because this film by Glazer is unlike anything I have ever seen. This film, like many good films, points to everything that is ineffable about cinema. And a description of the film in print cannot begin to translate all the evocations that Under the Skin provokes without dumbing down the visual genius of it all. But I’ll try my best.

Now Under the Skin (adapted from the 2000 Michael Faber novel with the same name) cannot be categorized neatly underneath an umbrella of genre. But if you had to, it is a sci-fi thriller. The first 10 minutes or so involves a visual-gasm of the extraterrestrial imagination (think: a sexier version of the intro to 2001: A Space Odyssey). We assume this is a rebirth (insert Nietzche analysis here) of some kind. Scarlett Johansson, whose character remains unnamed, is an alien seductress who lures lonely men into her white van in and around Glasgow. She drives the men to her home — a black void that consumes them before they can touch her body. They are disposed of dispassionately and she moves on to the next victim. But there is a foreign humanity that starts to overcome her alien sensibilities.

She begins to take pity on her victims. And she is dutifully punished for doing so.

The eeriness of the film lies in its complete and unassuming normalcy. It is intensely localized to Glasgow. Much of the film shoots from inside the car, targeting males going home, on their way to the market, or hanging about. The film’s production notes reveal that many of the conversations that Johansson had were unscripted conversations with nonactors. Many of them signed up with a basic understanding

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of the film’s premise. The terror that the film produces largely derives itself from the everyday quality of the situations that Under the Skin portrays.

And the film screams allegory. But of what exactly? And you can articulate, analyze, digest it however you want to. But it will still be full of knots and more questions. I have had friends who went to go see it for a second and third time to still come out confused. But satisfactorily

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Under the Skin Directed by Jonathan Glazer Starring Scarlett Johannson confused.

The intentional ambiguity almost brings forth everything Lynchian but it still carries a unique creative voice with a cinematographic hand (Daniel Landin) that cannot really compete with any of Lynch’s works.

All this combined with a soundtrack that screeches only three pitches makes for an intensive and unusual experience.

The sounds create a foreignness that sync with Johansson’s state of mind — alien and inexplicable. Glazer, in interviews, discusses how he wanted to make the film about her.

And as difficult as it must have been for him to not have the film circle around Johansson’s star persona, Glazer craftily

keeps her in the shadows, quite literally, but allows her to have enough agency to carry on the narrative. This isn’t at all to undermine Johansson’s prowess in the film which took me by a pleasant surprise.

Coming out of the theater (which took me and my friend a while to do) was like stepping out of a sensational pot of oozy caramel, completely naked, that I could totally dip myself in again. Most male members of the audience will either come out disappointed or with refined tastes (we all know the real reason you went to watch). But everyone will convulse from the film’s visual ecstasies — that is if you are drawn to the cinema for the same reasons I am.

With all that said, keep your pants on.

Teresa Kim is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at tkim@cornellsun.com.

Thoughts on Satanism in Music

e’re only three months into 2014 and we have almost matched the number of excellent metal albums there were in all of 2013. You hear that 2013? You sucked.

These four albums span a healthy swath of the most viable sects of the genre and represent the U.S. and northern, southern and central Europe. Two of them are valiant attempts to expand the genre, but the other two are explicit love letters to Satan. I’m not totally sure how I feel about this.

The fact that there’s metal music that glorifies Satan shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Because it’s loud, dark and often features inhuman vocals, the genre has often been associated with the darkest of them all. What’s interesting though is that it was never founded this way.

While singing in the first metal band Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne actually professed faith and love for God and Jesus, expressing fear rather than affinity for the lumbering mammoths the rest of the bands were conjuring up. In his excellent book, 33 1/3, about the album Master of Reality, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats commented on this misconception of the band from the perspective of a teenager discovering them in the ’90s, frustrated that, rather than rejecting the notion of a God, Osbourne sought His guidance on issues like death and nuclear war. After all, a good way to stress the importance of something is to demonstrate what results without it.

Metal’s association with Satanism started in 1981 with Venom’s debut album Black Metal. Much like Led Zeppelin’s relationship with famed occultist Aleister Crowley, though, the use of its imagery was an attempt to create mystique. By the ’90s, though, bands that

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wore corpse paint and featured pentagrams on their album covers were becoming cliché, and so some bands looking to raise the stakes actually started to believe the voodoo and famously burned churches in Norway to express their distaste for religion. So metal’s association with Satanism started as a lazy heuristic but then developed into a valid and justifiable claim. And it continues to be a part of the genre that, as much as metal fans hate to admit it, is accepted enough to cause any reasonable person to feel uncomfortable.

But every genre has its dark side that fans are reluctant to address. Hip-hop has its sexism and homophobia and country music has its jingoism. Obviously all of it is art and is not meant to be taken too

Paul Blank Check Your Mode seriously, but there is a debate to be had about the social implications of accepting and praising these promoted antisocial behaviors and how we address them.

Personally, I ignore them, not allowing them to sway my enjoyment of the music either way. But if the promotion of the bad behavior is handled in a particularly revelatory way, I praise it, even though I vehemently disagree with it. Take Danny Brown for example. His album XXX is one of my favorite rap albums of the past few years, and it is positively rank with graphic objectification of women. A particularly rough line in “Pac Blood” goes: “Had Virgin Mary doing lines in the pick-up / Make Sarah Palin deep throat ‘til she hiccup.” I don’t have to tell you how many

ways that line is horrendous, but I laugh every time I hear it, because Brown is creatively depicting this horribly misogynistic scenario in an incredibly memorable way.

The first of the two Lucifer-lovin’ albums I’ve enjoyed this year — Hail Spirit Noir’s Oi Magoi — fits comfortably with me this way. Through a cadre of psychedelic rock sounds, the Greek band gavanters about in praise of Satan in a way that makes the camp obvious, like we’re in on the joke. Even when the band stops mid-song to chant, “Satan is time!” in the aptly titled “Satan Is Time,” it’s a clear throwback to a time when teenagers tried to scare their friends in their basements, speculating about the sounds of a record playing backwards but knowing there isn’t actually anything there. The second of the two is a bit harder to justify.

Behemoth is a Polish band that has been pumping out decent death metal albums for a few decades now, but out of nowhere this year they’ve released their masterwork, an album that has more than compensated for all the lameness 2013 had to offer and is currently one of the top-rated albums on Metacritic. Its title?

The Satanist. Yeesh.

It’s about as bad as you think. The album is 40 minutes of Satan worship, and a well-paced one as that. And the subject matter isn’t just shoved into your face to dismiss outright; songs like “Ben Sahar” and the title track embrace deliberate crests and valleys to make the sonic onslaughts that much more harrowing.

Singer Adam Darsky, bouncing back from a successful treatment for leukemia and not in a particularly repentant mood, describes his faith in frank, almost conversational terms. “I believe in Satan,” he snarls on “Messe Noir,” “Who rend both heavens and earth / And in the Antichrist

/ His dearly misbegotten.” He tells tales referencing specific pieces of folklore and Biblical stories that indicate that this is far from an attempt to shock. This is a guy calmly telling you he believes Abraham should have killed his son to “fuck and reset the world,” and by the end of the album, when Darsky is crying out to his savior in an apocalyptic heart to heart, it’s fucking terrifying.

It could very well be the case that

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Darsky is also playing a character, but The Satanist is so damn convincing, I’m not sure if it matters. That’s probably why I like it so much. Like on XXX, it’s a perspective I never could have dreamed to make me laugh or understand or just plain old cower in fear. Should I feel guilty that it’s so good at it’s job that someone could easily take it the wrong way? I don’t know, but it doesn’t satisfy me to completely ignore the issue. Music does need to be shocking to be vital, but I wonder when things get out of hand.

Paul Blank is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at pblank@cornellsun.com. Check Your Mode appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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by Victor Herbert 6 Bonkers 10 Harbinger 14 Cheri of “Scary Movie” 15 “... __ the dreadful thunder / Doth rend the region”: “Hamlet” 16 Gossipy Barrett 17 Specific gravity 20 Vietnamese observance 21 Hitch 22 Vintage cars 23 Onetime Kenny G label 25 Play with robots 26 Linebacker Manti __, 2012 Heisman Trophy finalist 29 Publicly traded investment company with a limited number of shares 33 Wagner works 34 Do a hitch in the military 35 Put away 38 Dove competitor 40 Slangy turnarounds 41 Settings for Manet 43 Finished a flighttraining requirement 45 Mad man?

48 Agnus __ 49 Auction ending?

50 Take out 53 1977 medical novel 55 Time of jour 57 Baa maid?

58 Classic children’s novel, and what to look for in this puzzle’s three other longest answers 62 __ of Sandwich 63 “This can’t be happening!”

64 Script parts 65 Additionally 66 E or G, e.g.

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28 Laudatory verses 30 Helpful tip for a puzzle solver?

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Starting with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game at the San Diego Padres on Sunday night, the U.S. opener of the 2014 season, players, managers and fans will turn their attention to the ROC — the Replay Operations Center.

In a dimly lit room of just under 1,000 square feet in the Chelsea Market in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, umpires and technicians will make the decisions that could decide games and championships.

More than $10 million has been spent wiring the 30 big league ballparks with Fiberlink cable that will transmit the images from at least 12 cameras at every site, and Major League Baseball says it will take just 400 milliseconds for each image to arrive at the command center.

All in an effort to prevent the type of botched calls that cost Detroit’s Armando Galarraga a perfect game in 2010.

“I’m happy for the managers,” said Joe Torre, an MLB executive vice president overseeing the new system. “Maybe it will keep them from having one or two more sleepless nights if they are able to grab one and overturn it.”

Inside the sliding glass doors at the offices of Major League Baseball Advance Media, the room has its own power supply in case of a blackout — with batteries as a second auxiliary — and a stand-alone heating, ventilation and air conditioning system that keeps the temperature at 72 degrees. Cell phones don’t have reception.

There are dozens of televisions, more than enough to make it resemble NASA’s Mission Control. Outside the room, next to a modernist black sofa, is a 55inch NEC screen, with another just inside the entrance. Walk in, and there’s 65-inch Pentus TV your left.

On each side are three stations, each to be staffed with a technician on the left and a major league umpire on the right. Three more “floater” stations stretch across the back well.

There are three stations on each side, each with four 46-inch screens — three Planars for each pod, with a higher-quality Sony directly in front of each umpire’s seat. The umps will wear headsets and can push a button to speak with their colleagues at any stadium.

Fifteen Asus computer monitors are scattered about, four on a wavy table in the center where supervisors will monitor the review umpires and up to 15 simultaneous games (there would only be the maximum if weather delays the action in the eastern half of North America).

The nine circular overhead lights are kept low, the walls are gray and the carpeting is dark — all so that the televised images will stand out more for the umpires.

There is a sink and a microwave — the food court on the first floor is filled with dozens of options.

“I’ll see more games than the Fan Cave,” quipped Justin Klemm, a former minor league umpire and big league fill-in who was hired last month as MLB’s director of instant replay.

Baseball ignored replay even as it was first used by the NFL in 1986, the NHL in 1991, the NBA in 2002 and the Little League World Series in 2008.

MLB took a tentative step toward replay in August 2008, when it first used video to decide boundary calls such as home runs at the top of fences or near foul poles.

Torre long opposed video review but changed his mind in October 2012, when umpire Jeff Nelson missed a call on Robinson Cano’s two-out tag of Omar Infante at second base in the AL championship series, calling the runner safe. Detroit went on to win Game 2 and sweep the New York Yankees.

“That’s when I realized that we certainly can’t ignore the technology and the fact that this seemed to be what the people want or think they want,” Torre said.

Eight umpires will be assigned to the replay room each week, with generally six on duty for a full schedule and each monitoring two games at a time.

When an umpire has a decision to make, screens for their other game will go dark. If an ump has simultaneous challenges in both games, one will “cascade” to the next pod over.

Baseball established a “clear and convincing” standard for overturning calls. The replay decision will be either the call is confirmed, stands (if there is no conclusive evidence) or is overturned.

Managers get one challenge per game, and if that challenge is successful, they receive a second. If a manager is out of challenges, from the seventh inning on an umpire can call for a replay on his own. In addition, home runs and plate collisions are subject to unlimited review at the discretion of the crew chief.

Baseball hopes it will take no more than an average of 3 minutes for the decision. The average length of a nine-inning game was a record 2:59 last year, according to STATS. Torre said pace-ofgame rules will be enforced more strictly.

“In order to make this thing work and not have it make the games longer is the fact that we have to start really disciplining and paying attention to the repeat violators,” he said.

Open for replay challenges are force plays, tags plays, fair-foul in the outfield, traps in the outfield, hit batters, retouching, passing runners, ground-rule doubles, fan interference and home runs (at the umpires’ discretion).

Among the excluded decisions are ball-strike calls, check swings, foul tips making contact with the bat, balks, interference and obstruction calls, the neighborhood play at second on double plays, running out of the basepath or runner’s lane, tagging up and catches in the infield.

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would get past Louisville. The other ones are alive and well. Maybe you were a big believer in Kansas and Andrew Wiggins; well I guess you shouldn't have been. Their best player, Joel Embiid was sidelined, and the Jayhawks looked rather mortal without their star center and likely Top-three pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Maybe you bought into Villanova, but their resume certainly wasn't too impressive. Hindsight is always 20/20.

The trendy picks are alive as well. Four seeds and Final Four anointed Michigan State and Louisville are still dancing, even if Rick Pitino's squad barely survived Manhattan in the first round.

Three seed Iowa State, the cool pick, is alive but hampered by third leading scorer Georges Niang's injury in the team’s first game. And talent loaded San Diego State is still kicking and waiting for Arizona. Unlike some recent years, the bracket pools around the country will really be decided in the later rounds.

As an aside, I have to side with Charles Barkley, who claims the selection committee intentionally screwed over the Shockers of Wichita State by drawing them with under-seeded Kentucky in the second round. This was done intentionally, as a way of The Gators are going "rewarding" Wichita State for to be tough to beat going undefeated and to punish them for doing so in such a and still my pick weak conference. Now both sides can have their way. to...win it all.

Wichita was given a one, and seemingly wasted it, but only because the selection committee booby trapped their path to the Elite Eight.

So now that you're caught up, let’s offer some revised and still probably equally worthless predictions.

In the Midwest region, I'm tabbing Michigan to come out alive and move on to North Texas. Louisville and Kentucky have to deal with each other, and I think the Wolverines, with their strong backcourt, match up relatively well with either of those two teams. My dark horse to win the region would be the Kentucky Wildcats, who looked like a juggernaut in upending Wichita State. But the problem all year for the Wildcats has been consistency, not talent.

Nevertheless, all will be forgiven if they can put together a run this week.

Out West, I'm siding with San Diego State, who barely survived their first round encounter against New Mexico State, but showed what they’re capable of by hammering North Dakota State two days later. The Aztecs are capable of scoring with and shutting down one seed Arizone, and will be a tough out the rest of the way.

If I had my way, the Iowa State Cyclones would be in the Final Four and give Florida a run for their money in Dallas. The most fun team left in the tourney, the Cyclones are sixth in the nation in scoring average and first in assists. But they're down a starter due to injury, and might not have the man-power to withstand UConn's guards or a clicking, and finally healthy, Michigan State team. So I'll sadly side with the Spartans to make the Final Four, while rooting for the Cyclones.

In the South regional, the consensus winner, Florida, is alive and well. The Gators looked shaky against overmatched Albany and dominant in the second half against a Pitt team fresh off a 30-point win. The Gators are going to be tough to beat and still my pick to be the team that comes through the South and wins it all. No one in their region, or in college basketball, can deal with Gators center Patric Young.

If I had to hazard a guess, my national championship game is Florida over Michigan. I feel Florida is the clear favorite in the top half of the bracket, but I could see any number of teams coming through the bottom. Either way, it will be fascinating to watch.

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun.com.

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back,” Mozia, who is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, said.

Collaboration in competition and in the classroom is important to this group, considering the four of them have grown up together through the track and field program.

“We have been together since we all came in as freshman. We’ve spent so much time together and we all have similar ambitions. We are like a group of brothers,” Hortelano-Roig said.

As the youngest in the group, Mozia said that the three other captains played integral roles in his studies as an underclassman.

“Hercules was the person who was my host.

I’ve had classes with Will. Bruno has helped me with my homework,” Mozia said.

Despite being able to work with each other and be a supportive group of leaders within the track program, things are not always so easy when it comes to balancing the hectic travel schedule of the track team with the work in the engineering school, according to Weinlandt.

“The toughest thing for us is the championship season. It always lines up with finals, and we don’t get the chance to go to office hours or other help sessions,” he said. Weinlandt is completing a Biological Engineering undergraduate degree and is going to begin a Masters in Mechanical Engineering in December.

For many engineers, cramming and attending office hours towards the end of every semester is the only way to pass classes. The captains do not have that luxury. However, being able to work as an academic and athletic collective is important for the members of the team. Due to the high number of STEM majors on the track and field squad, it is important to have captains that can also take charge of how teammates approach academics.

“Cornell’s strength in [STEM education] draws recruits. Hercules and I were both walk-ons and we chose Cornell for its engineering department. We have been fortunate to earn the oppor-

tunity to have successful careers on the track and in the classroom,” Weinlandt said.

Hortelano-Roig, Weinlandt, Stancil and Mozia have all taken head-on the rigors and stress that come with being a varsity athlete and an engineer.

The four captains, however, realize they are at their best when working as a unit, and are poised for a successful outdoor season, which comes with working hard both at meets and in class.

“We need to keep the foot on the pedal. We work hard when we work together, and we can’t just be satisfied with the indoor championship win. That was just a building block,” Stancil said.

Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun.com.

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Balancing act | Senior captain Will Weinlandt said the toughest part of the season is when finals come around.

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Ignacio Masias also had a strong match: he earned the second place of four all-stars. Looking forward to Nationals, Feldman said that the first game of the tournament will likely be the toughest for the Red, though he was confident his team could come out on top.

“Seeding for the tournament was improperly assigned, and our first game is really a face-off between the two best teams.

Westmont is the returning national champion, and unfortunately we didn't play them during our regular season. If all three of us show up to play though, we have them. This is the final stretch. We're giving it our all and no less. We're bringing home the title,” Feldman said.

Like the men’s team, the women’s polo team also had a strong showing at Regionals.

After its 15-2 win against Skidmore College, the women were ready to take on the top ranked team, UConn, in its next match. The match started out with the Red outscoring the Huskies, 9-2. Though the second chukker started out with three quick goals by the Huskies,

“We’re giving it our all and no less.”

Nik Feldman the Red took over and scored the next six. The second half started with Cornell in the lead, and an overall score of 15-5. However, Cornell did not stop there. The Red scored another four goals within the first few minutes of the third chukker. The women went into the fourth with a 14point lead, and would keep their lead until the match ended with a final score of 23-11 in

Cornell’s favor. Senior Kailey Eledredge had a high scoring game with a total of nine goals, along with sophomores Anna Winslow and Devin Cox, who scored six and four goals respectively. Eldredge earned the top all-star honors, with Winslow taking second, and Cox taking the fourth and final spot.

After successful weekends at the USPA Northeast Intercollegiate Regionals in Storrs, Conn., the Cornell men’s and women’s Polo teams are prepared to move on to USPA National Championships, which will be played in Houston, Texas. While the men will be starting out Nationals against Westmont College, its toughest competition, the women’s first match of Nationals will be against California Polytechnic State University.

Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun.com.

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Here comes the sun | Sophomore Meg Parker is from Florida, and it has been a significant transition for her playing softball in Ithaca’s frigid weather.

Assistant Sports Editor and 10 Questions columnist Anna Fasman sat down with sophomore softball player Meg Parker to talk about everything from her pump up routine to getting Beyoncé on the mound.

1) How did you start playing softball?

I have two older sisters, and they started playing when they were nine or 10 and I was five, and anything they did I wanted to do with every sport. So they started playing and then I started playing. I wasn't one to be left behind, and from there I ended up loving it. I don’t remember a time in my life where I wasn't playing softball. For about 15 years now, I’ve been playing and it’s definitely added a lot to my life.

Do they still play?

No. I was the best of the three. My oldest sister broke her finger and that was it for her, and then my middle sister just stopped playing. But they played other sports.

2) You are from Florida. How is it going from playing in warm weather to a cold weather team?

It’s definitely the biggest adjustment.

Cornell period. It’s not really living in the cold weather, but playing in the cold weather. I had never played a game in less than 50 degrees. There was kind of frost on the ground early mornings in Orlando during the winter, but that was about it. Last year was an adjustment, keeping my hand warm. The hardest thing about softball is that you can only wear so many layers and your hands are always exposed and there’s nothing you can do about it. We get hand warmers, but it’s not the same as playing in warm

weather.

3) I hear you are the locker room D.J. What kind of stuff do you play to pump your team up?

I listen to all types of music, but the girls on the team like to listen to new music and I’m kind of in charge of showing them new songs. I like playing a song that no one’s ever heard and then people liking it. We have speakers in the locker room and it’s really fun, especially for home games and practices. It definitely adds to the home field advantage.

You don’t have to get ready in a hotel room and then go into the game. Yeah, I definitely take pride in my locker room deejaying.

4) What else are you involved with on campus?

I am membership vice president of Greeks Go Green and the sustainability co-chair in Pi Phi. I am an environmental science major, so anything that I can relate to sustainability throughout things I am involved with in college is important to me, especially because I don’t have a lot of time outside of softball. If there’s an opportunity to squeeze something I care about in, that’s big.

5) Favorite place to eat on campus?

Mandibles. I spend a lot of time in Mann library and around that part of campus and I don’t have BRBs this year, so I had my parents buy me Mandibles gift cards. It’s my breakfast and lunch most days.

6) If you could choose one person to be at bat to pitch to, who would you want it to be?

Probably my older sister. I remem-

ber when I was younger on our tennis court I would practice pitching to my dad and I was like, ‘Allison you should come bat,’ and then I hit her on the first pitch and she was like, ‘I will never bat against you again.’ I would probably strike her out, which is an added bonus because I would rather face people I can strike out. I think showing her that I don’t hit every batter that I face would be nice.

7) What do you think the highlight of your Cornell softball career has been thus far?

Being given the opportunities that I had my freshman year and sophomore [year] was amazing. Coming in and achieving playing time, not only on the mound, but in the outfield and the batter’s box and just being given the same chances no matter my year. That was a big thing growing up. On my high school team, my coach was all about seniority and I do not really understand that to a full extent, and I wanted to prove coming into college that I was capable, so playing for coaches that really gave me that opportunity was a big thing and probably the most valuable thing so far.

8) Do you have any pre-game rituals personally or as a team?

We normally play two games a day and most of our games are away, so we don’t really have pre-game rituals while we are away, because we aren’t allowed to listen to music or have any electronics.

But home games for sure, definitely music. If we get to the locker room super early, everyone’s tired so it’s something that can pump us up. Also, between our first and second games we always have the same food provided for us and I’d

like to think that is part of my ritual, even though I don’t really have a choice.

What do you guys eat?

Peanut butter sandwich and Welch’s fruit snacks.

Well balanced.

9) Do you have a nickname on the team?

Parks is probably the biggest one. In sports, you usually go by your last name, and Coach Blood is big on giving nicknames out of nowhere. I probably don't have the most creative one because my name is kind of a nickname to begin with, Meg, but I go by Parks or Parker — thanks Dad for the great last name. But some girls on our team have crazy nicknames. My favorite is Leanne Iannucci. She has an Italian last name so anything that could possibly be Italian, he’ll call her.

So like linguini. And sometimes he’ll say something and you won’t know what he’s talking about and you just have to go with it. Probably my favorite thing about Coach Blood.

10) Who would be a better pitcher, Beyoncé or Jennifer Lawrence?

Beyoncé, because she would command so much attention and [would have] so much sass on the mound.

Batters would be intimidated. Her dance moves are great so she would probably be a really good pitcher. They usually go hand in hand.

Clearly.

Big fan of Jennifer Lawrence, but without a doubt, Beyoncé for sure.

Anna Fasma can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.

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Red Captains Juggle Track, Engineering

By NIKITA DUBNOV Sun Staff Writer

To be a successful student in the College of Engineering at Cornell is no easy feat. Neither is having to deal with the responsibility of captaining one of the largest and most sucENOCH NEWKIRK / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER cessful athletic programs on campus. For a select group of Engineering success | Senior jumper Hercules Stancil is one of four captains on the men’s track and field team, and he is studying Civil Engineering.

Cornellians on the men’s track and field team, their daily lives consist of both challenges. leader, a performer at major meets and one of the best Civil Engineering this year, said.

After finishing second to an impressive and well-rounded jumpers in school history. Mozia has been a dominant comThe group works diligently to overcome the academic Princeton team at the 2013 Outdoor Heptagonal petitor in the shot put and discus events since his arrival at rigor of an engineering education and, according to Championships, the men’s track and field team comes into Cornell, most recently taking hold of an all-time Ivy League Hortelano-Roig, performing well in the classroom can transthis year’s campaign with new hope of dominance rooted in record and a Nigerian National record, while also competing late to extracurriculars. the leadership of the team’s four captains. at the IAAF World Championships and placing second in “Success in sport and in the classroom is very important After spending much of their collegiate careers establish- shot put at the 2014 Indoor NCAA Championships. to me,” Hortelano-Roig, who is majoring in Biological ing personal records, senior sprinter Bruno The four men’s captains have anchored Engineering, said. “My advice is to always be on top of acaHortelano-Roig, senior half-miler Will “Success in sport and in Cornell’s dominance in track and field in demics, which is very important here at Cornell. If you do Weinlandt, senior jumper Hercules Stancil the past few years. Additionally, they have that, you can succeed in extracurriculars.” the classroom is very and junior thrower Stephen Mozia were taken on the task of leading the rest of their Pursuing engineering in a collegiate setting is known to be important to me.” honored with captain positions for this teammates to success. However, what is a challenge at any institution. Here on campus, engineers are year’s track and field season. possibly more impressive about this year’s widely known for having arduous schedules and a challenging Bruno Hortelano-Roig The group has shown some amazing unique crew of men’s track and field cap- curriculum. However, as outlined in the mission statement of athletic feats through the years. Hortelanotains is that they are also all engineers. the College of Engineering, an engineering education at Roig has spent a good amount of his time away from camA big controversy in collegiate sports is whether or not Cornell is intended to teach valuable lessons outside of the pus, competing with the Spanish national team at interna- the student-athletes are truly getting a valuable education classroom, including collaboration, mentoring and diligence. tional events, as well as putting his name in the school’s while playing for a team. The captains defy that controversy “People in my classes are my teammates, and that is record books for numerous events. Weinlandt has progressed with the academic challenges they take on. great when we are all travelling. We work together and I from being a walk-on to taking hold of Cornell’s all-time “Coming in, everyone is overwhelmed, especially here at know that when I am struggling, that my team has my record in the 800m race at an outdoor race during his junior Cornell and especially with those core courses. But the load season. Stancil was also a walk-on who has developed into a we carry is a bond,” Stancil, who is completing a degree in See TRACK CAPTAINS page 14

Is Your Bracket Busted? Men,Women Sweep Regionals Maybe Not Yet Both squads look ahead to National Tournament on April 10 L POLO

ast week I wrote about keeping sane during March Madness. This time around, I'll try to make sense of what happened and what will happen. I'll still likely be wrong.

every three they could, as though their lives depended on it. Ever since Duke won it all in 2010, early exits have been the norm for Coack K. I'm sure he'll get over it, and I'm sure Jabari Parker will find

John Zakour Point Blank The most surprising upset of the tournament was also the most immaterial. Mercer over Duke — no one had that in their brackets. At least it definitely wasn't a mainstream approved upset pick like SF Austin over VCU or UConn over Villanova. The Mercer Bears beat the Duke Blue Devils by, unlike many other upsets, managing to outplay Duke in the big moments and playing smart basketball.

Duke had a relatively late lead in the game, but did themselves no favors by jacking up

a good home in the NBA. But any Mercer run was mercilessly stomped out by Tennessee, and the tournament goes on.

Is your bracket busted?

Well, probably not. Sure, you might not have pegged a few upsets — no one could've seen a Stanford Dayton matchup in the sweet sixteen coming — but the framework of your bracket is probably still intact.

The only one seed that fell was Wichita State, a team that most people didn’t believe See ZAKOUR page 13

By ELANI COHEN

Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s and men’s polo teams went into the weekend with confidence after their latest wins against Country Farms and the Maryland Polo Club.

With identical scores, both teams were able to secure Regional titles after winning both of their matches at the USPA Northeast Intercollegiate Regionals in Storrs, Conn. While the women’s team claimed its 21st regional title, the men earned its 20th.

According to senior captain Nik Feldman, the men’s team is prepared for the National Intercollegiate Championships, where the competition will be a lot tougher.

“The regional playoffs went as expected.

Both our teams swept the northeast competition,” Feldman said.

“Championships will be a whole other level; every team is strong in the men's bracket. Each is capable and deserving of a title, though I do strongly believe we are the best team. Not since our '05 championship season has the men's squad been so talented and experienced.”

The men’s team started out regionals positively with a 35-2 win against Harvard. The Red rode that momentum into the match against Skidmore College. Cornell took a 4-2 lead in the first chukker. Though the Thoroughbreds fought back, the Red was able to continue its lead throughout the second chukker. The teams went into the second half with an overall score of 10-6. Cornell was on fire during the third chukker, beating out the Thoroughbreds 7-1 and increasing its lead to 10.

Skidmore was no com-

petition for Cornell in the fourth, giving uo six more goals, allowing the Red to take the eventual 23-11 win, while earning the squad a regional title. This was a great match for senior captain

Nik Feldman, who not only had the most points scored in this match, but also earned top all-star honors.

Along with Feldman, See POLO page 14

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Mane threat | Senior captain Nik Feldman said that Westmont will be the biggest competition at Nationals.

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ROWERS PREPARE

TO MAKE WAVES WOMEN HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR MEDALING AT IVIES

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

All three Cornell rowing programs are eagerly waiting for the beginning of their spring season. After competing in the fall, the teams have been training in preparation for the coming weeks when they will put their boats in the water and return to competition.

The heavyweight team enters this season with a small senior class, and needs underclassmen to step up and take spots in the varsity boats.

“The team dynamic is on one hand young, motivated and energetic and on the other hand somewhat inexperienced,” said junior captain Christopher Schang.

After focusing on boosting the team’s fitness during its winter training, Schang said he is hopeful that the improvements made will help the team get back to the grand final (top six boats) in the Eastern Sprints and IRA Championships. The team starts its spring season on March 29, when it competes in the Ithaca Invitational Scrimmage. The first competitive competition will be at home, when the Red hosts Harvard on April 5.

The women’s rowing team has been training hard and getting good results from its indoor training as well, according to senior captain Lily Eisermann.

“We have seen great results, posting record times for our 2K tests on the erg and achieving the fastest team average to date,” Eisermann said.

However, due to weather conditions, the team has not been able to practice outdoors yet, something which is crucial to setting boat lineups.

This season the varsity boat is significantly younger than it has been in the past. While the lineup is subject to change, the underclassmen are poised to make a significant contribution to the varsity eight boat. The team will scrimmage at Syracuse at the end of the month before it heads to Connecticut to compete in the Cayuga Cup against Yale. The Ivy League

championships will take place on May 18 in Camden, N.J. and Eisermann said the Red’s sights are set on this meet.

“This year our team goal is to have every boat medal at Ivy Championships,” Eiser mann said.

The lightweight team is

eagerly waiting for April 5 when it will take on Ivy League opponents Penn and Harvard in the first competitive meets of the spring season. During the last competition of the fall season, the Cornell Regatta — the lightweight varsity eight — fin-

ished first in a race composed of heavyweight boats, and the freshman eight finished fifth, proving the team has depth across the roster. Using the momentum from fall competition, they have been training hard during the winter, something freshman Daniel O’Neill

Golfers Tee Off For Spring Season

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell University men’s golf team looks to take strides this spring to continue to develop and have success within the Ivy League. The team is coming off of a fall season in which it finished 0-3 in Ivy League matchups, falling to Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth.

According to senior Carl Schimenti, the team was disappointed with the final outcome of the fall season, but there were some strong points, and the team needs to focus

try to make the most out of it,” Schimenti said.

The Red has three away meets this spring in New York, Maryland and New Jersey, one of which will be hosted by Ivy rival Princeton. The spring season will culminate in the Ivy League Championships starting on April 25 in Springfield, N.J. The Red finished in a tie for seventh with Brown in the field of eight teams at the tournament last season.

However, three of the Red’s top finishers in that tournament — Schimenti, senior Zach Bosse and sophomore Brandon Eng — will all be returning to the green this spring.

Eng led the Red in that tournament with a 6-over 76 in the final round, and Schimenti and Bosse both finished in the Top-20.

Junior Craig Esposito, who will also return to the roster this spring, had the best back nine in that tournament.

According to Schimenti, success this spring comes ty in pracdown to the tice, which team’s will help players menimprove individualtalily.

“The biggest factor in getting better is hard work.

Every day we need to practice with a purpose. Each guy needs to evaluate himself and determine where he needs to improve, and everyday they need to practice with the goal in mind to improve,” Schimenti said.

Seniors return to green, hoping for success in Ivy Tournament. on moving forward into the spring.

“Last season was a letdown for us. We started strong at our home tournament, but our last three tournaments were deflating,” Schimenti said. “I think to some degree we got complacent after our home event. We need to consistently keep our focus for every tournament in order to compete for higher finishes.”

The Red finished third in a field of 15 teams at the Cornell Invitational in September, but it could not replicate that success, finishing in the bottom four spots of the next two tournaments before dropping all three Ivy League matchups.

According to Schimenti, the spring season brings a clean slate, and the five seniors are especially prepared for their final semester with the team.

“We are excited to finally get outside and compete this season. For five of us, it will be out last semester, and we will

said will make or break their season. In May the team will compete in the EARC Sprints, and in June the IRA Championships. Last year at the IRA Championship in Sacramento, the lightweight four placed first in the first heat, and finished third overall.

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Hitting the green | The golf team has three tournaments before the Ivy League Championsh -ips starting on April 25.

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Stepping up to the plate | With a junior and senior heavy roster, the Red does not lack leadership from its upperclassmen, which will prove important as the season progresses.

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

Now one full season removed from its magical run to the NCAA tournament and first Ivy League championship, the baseball team is hoping to shake off a disappointing finish to the 2013 conference season.

“The success of our staff will carry us throughout the year,” Tatum said.

While the Red was 7-3 through its first three series of this season, all three losses came in the opener.

According to Tatum, difficulties in the late innings of those games have been the biggest issue.

“We just have to come out focused and ready to win

“The success of our staff will carry us throughout the year.”

—Kevin Tatum The Red has gotten some key parts of that championship run back this year, after losing senior starting pitcher Connor Kaufmann, junior closer Kellen Urbon and senior outfielder Chris Cruz — who hit the walkoff homerun to hand the Red the title in 2012 — to injuries in 2013.

Now four series into the season, the Red is an even 7 -7 after being swept in four games this past weekend

by Sacred Heart. Before that, the Red had won each of its series against Navy, George Washington and James Madison.

The offense got off to a slow start in 2014, scoring a total of nine runs in the first three-game series against Navy. However, the pitching staff kept the Red in each game, allowing the squad to take two-of-three.

“We have a dominant staff. They keep us in the game no matter what the situation is,” said junior infielder Kevin Tatum. “If our bats are not alive early in the game, the pitchers still find a way to keep it close until our bats come back alive.”

Juniors Brian McAfee, Brent Jones and Nick Busto — who all saw significant time on the mound in their freshmen campaigns — have now become stalwart forces in the rotation. Sophomore leftie Michael Byrne, who finished last season with an ERA of 1.09, has also given the Red some important innings in both a starting and relieving role. Urbon, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2012, returns to the bullpen after making just four appearances last season due to an injury.

that first game,” Tatum said. “We have been playing well the first games, but late in the games is where the struggle is. If we can be locked in late in games, then we will start sweeping series.”

While the Red’s upperclassmen have the experience of an Ivy League title and a trip to the NCAA tournament under its belt, the newcomers to the team have b e e n making impacts as well.

T h e freshmen duo out of the bullpen of Tiger Smith and Paul Balestrieri came up big in the series against James Madison. Smith retired eight of the nine batters he faced in his debut, and Balestrieri struck out the side in his first collegiate appearance on the mound.

Freshman infielder Tommy Wagner has also given the Red some important innings.

“I have not been on a team that has more depth than we have this year,” Tatum said. “At every position there are guys that

can come in and make a significant impact.”

One pleasant surprise has been the play of junior transfer Ryan Karl, who has proven to be a menace in the heart of the Red’s order, leading the team in homeruns, including a game-tying grand-slam in the series against James Madison.

“He is going to be a middle of the lineup guy with a good amount of power,” Cruz said. “He can hit to all sides of the field and is going to be a tough out all year.

I don’t doubt that he will be an essential part to our success offensively.”

After a midweek doubleheader against Albany was cancelled due to the weather, the Red will now be diving head-on into Ivy League competition this weekend when it takes on Dartmouth on Saturday and Harvard on Sunday. The Red split with both of these teams last year, and d e f e a t e d Dartmouth in the conference championship two years ago.

“We have a good history against [Dartmouth] in recent years, [and] I think we’re pretty confident, but defin i t e l y expecting a good challenge,” s a i d senior infielder Ben Swinford.

The Red has three more non-league games sprinkled throughout the rest of the season, but this weekend marks the start of the most important part of the spring, as Ivy League play dominates the remainder of the schedule.

“Our team knows how important every conference game is,” Tatum said. “Ivy League play is an amazing atmosphere and we just have to take it one game at a time.

Playing in the moment is the key to staying focused and playing well in league play.”

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Leftie southpaw | The Red’s deep pitching staff, which includes senior Zach McCulley, will be a strong point in Ivy League play this season.

BASEBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH RYAN KARL A junior transfer from Louisville, Karl has already proven how important his bat will be to the Red’s lineup. He leads the team in homeruns, one of which was a game-tying grandslam in a series against James Madison University two weeks ago.

J.D. WHETSEL As a sophomore last year, Whetsel got the job as the starting center fielder and became one of the Red’s most dynamic offensive players.

He led the team in batting average, runs, doubles and stolen bases in 2013.

MICHAEL BYRNE A sophomore lefthander, Byrne has moved around between relief and starting roles, but was a steady presence for the Red’s staff as a freshman. He made the second AllIvy team last season after finishing with a 1.06 ERA.

TOM D’ALESSANDRO As the captain of the Red’s infield, D’Alessandro will anchor the defense in his final season. The senior broke the program’s single game record for stolen bases when he swiped six earlier this season.

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Winding up | Sophomore pitcher Meg Parker said the Red’s goal this season is to capture an Ivy League Title.

PARKER,VILLALON LEAD OFFENSE

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After nearly a full month on the road to open the season, the softball team returns to Niemand-Robison Field’s thawing ground this weekend with a 710 record as the team swings into the beginning of Ivy League play.

With Harvard and Dartmouth on deck as the Red’s first Ivy rivals, the team will attempt to return to winning ways after posting its first losing Ivy

Virginia with sets against George Mason and Army, posting a 2-2 record. The team took down the host Patriots twice, 4-2 and 4-3, but dropped both games to Army after the Black Knights pounded the Red’s defense, 9-5 and 10-1. Senior pitcher Sammy Roth and Parker, who alternated between outfield and pitcher, each went 1-1 on the mound during the weekend.

The Red returned to George Mason the following weekend for another mixed outing, finishing the series 1-4, though two of those losses came by only one run.

Last season’s pitching workhorse, senior Alyson Onyon, made her season debut against Monmouth University during the weekend, taking a close 5-4 loss.

With five games played and 38.2 innings pitched, Onyon leads the Red’s staff with an ERA of 2.17, while Parker follows with an ERA of 3.76 after seven games and 41 innings.

In the past two weekends after the games at George Mason, the Red has not allowed more

“It is great to have so many upperclassmen leaders on the team that continue to motivate us after long weekends and late practices.”

— Meg Parker record since 2007, and its first overall losing record since 1996 last season.

Despite the departures of All-Ivy players Erin Belles ’13 and Kristen Towne ’13, the team returns a significant portion of its regular season starters, and newer players have been making their mark as well. Senior Jenny Edwards and sophomore Meg Parker lead the team in RBIs with eight apiece, while senior Christina Villalon is hitting .351 and freshman Chloe Pendergast is hitting .316.

“It is a pretty even mix of veterans and young players. We have a big senior class, but a lot of the underclassmen have been making big contributions to the success thus far,” Parker said. “It is great to have so many upperclassmen leaders on the team that continue to motivate us after long weekends and late practices.”

With the depth of this year’s roster, head coach Dick Blood said he plans to use around 12 to 14 players a game.

Blood has followed through on this plan so far this season, with an average of around 13 players seeing action in the Red’s games last weekend.

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Even mix | The Red has a good balance of upperclassmen to lead them and underclassmen that have been making an impact.

than four runs a game, a developBlood ment attributed to i m p r o v e d defense and pitching.

“Our pitchers’ ability to throw strike one has improved,” he said. “Strike one plays an important role in every at-bat.”

At the Delaware Invitational tournament on March 15 and 16, the Red claimed its first winning weekend with a 3-1 record by keeping opponents’ bats quiet. The team took a 5-3 win over the University of Delaware in the opening game, then grabbed the next two contests with 2-1 and 3-2 wins over Villanova and Robert Morris, respectively. The Red’s only loss came in the final game of the weekend, a 4-0 shutout defeat to St. John’s.

In the Red’s most recent set of games, the team dropped three-of-four, but kept opponents to under three runs in each contest and took a 5-0 shutout victory in the weekend’s lone win in a game in which Onyon surrendered only three hits and three walks.

Although opening the season with such an extensive road schedule is normal for the team, the change in the academic calendar to a later spring break this year prevented the team from participating in a spring break tournament similar to the one the Red completed last season before the start of Ivy play. With such a long swing away from Ithaca, Parker said the team keeps its focus up by remembering the importance of the upcoming games.

“Last year we had the wonderful opportunity to go to Florida for a week and play 14 games, but this year with the change of spring break, we don’t get to go anywhere warm and are busing back and forth for six hours at a time weekend after weekend to get ready for Ivies,” she said. “We are able to keep our energy up by just reminding each other that the focus is Ivies.”

Blood, who is in his 19th year as head of the program, has a history of Ivy success with the Red. He has captured five Ivy League titles, including a pair of back-to-back crowns in 2009 and 2010, and has won four of the last five Ivy League South Division titles after the change to a divisional format in 2007. In the past 16 seasons, the Red has finished first or sec-

ond in the Ivy League in 13 of those seasons.

“Every one of us has the same goal, and that is to win an Ivy League Championship,” Parker said, Despite the Red’s enthusiasm for the start of Ivy play, Villalon — a 2013 second-team All-Ivy pick who ranked among the top-five in the league in doubles, RBIs and total bases last season — cautioned against focusing too much on the Ivy schedule at the expense of not paying full attention to the season’s opening away schedule.

“We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves,” she said. “We’re taking it one day at a time.”

SOFTBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH CHRISTINA VILLALON In her final campaign with the Red, Villalon has gotten off to a hot start, hitting .351 through the first 14 games.

She is second on the team in hits with 13.

CHLOE PENDERGAST Pendergast has made a significant impact in her freshman year with the team, starting 12 games. She is hitting .316 with one homerun through 14 games.

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L AXERS OFF TO UNBLEMISHED START

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

Left without 16 graduating seniors and former head coach Ben DeLuca ’98 entering the 2014 season, the Cornell lacrosse program was left for dead by the pollsters — ranked barely within the Top-20 just months removed from a Final Four appearance.

A month into what many figured to be a rebuilding year, interim head coach Matt Kerwick — or as the players call him, “Coach K” — and the No. 8 Red (8-0, 2-0 Ivy League) have defied expectations by starting the season a perfect eight-for-eight.

“I’m not really surprised because we’re around these guys all the time and we see how talented they are and how much they care about Cornell University and Cornell lacrosse,” Kerwick, who served as an assistant and offensive guru for the Red in 2013, said. “They are a close-knit group, they’re very hard working and we knew we had some talented players, too.”

The Red opened the year with a pair of solid, albeit unspectacular, victories over Hobart, 12-8, and Binghamton, 14-8, before facing an early test at Michigan. Despite being an underdog at home, the Wolverines gave Cornell a run for its money, sending the game into overtime before junior forward Matt Donovan buried a shot to seal it, 15-14. The victory, far-removed from last season’s glamorous blowouts, could not quell skepticism over the team’s ability to compete for a national title, but it did add to the Red’s growing collection of grind-it-out wins.

“Last year we had some superstars, there’s no mistake about it. We had guys like Jason Noble, Rob Pannell, Steve Mock, Thomas Keith — the list goes on and on,” said junior midfielder Connor Buczek.

“They were very much deserving of [the recognition] and now that they’ve moved on ... it’s about the system.

That’s coming to work every single day, buying into that system and we’ve got guys who are stepping up [and]

have been a welcome complement to the Red’s typically aggressive attack, which has added a wrinkle or two in 2014.

“We run a flat break this year,” Tesoriero said, following the team’s sixth consecutive victory, 11-9, over No. 17 Yale. “It’s kind of different. I don’t know if a lot of teams are ready to see that. It gives me the option of obviously going to the goal first and making someone come play me, or otherwise I’m going to shoot the ball.”

A March 15 contest against Yale was the beginning of the Red’s head-first dive into Ivy League play, with games against No. 10 Syracuse and No. 18 Hofstra sprinkled in.

“Ivy League games ... are physical,” Donovan said. “You have to kind of experience it just to know exactly what I’m talking about, but you can see it.

Every ground ball is contested.

Every goal is earned. Every turnover is earned. So in that, it’s tough. But we’ve got the right guys in this locker room.”

The mark of a premier program is not a single player nor era, but a tradition of excellence and a common bond amongst its members. More than anything, that’s what the Red is playing for this season.

“The way these guys carry themselves in the community, on campus — it’s as good as I’ve been around, this program,” Kerwick said. “I can’t say enough about that. ... These guys really care an awful lot about the guys that came before them and they have a lot of respect for all the alumni that have played for so many great programs, great teams here over the years. They want to rep“You really want to go out and play for resent that, and that’s much bigger than being the guys who came before you.” talented or a hard— Head Coach Matt Kerwick working team in practice. You really want to go out and play for the guys who came before you, and I think this team completely believes that. It’s not something we say. They actually believe that. And that’s the biggest intangible that we have.”

doing great things like [sophomore attackman] John Edmonds.”

Edmonds, who recently changed positions to better fit the team’s offensive scheme, earned a hat-trick en route to the team’s next victory, 19-6 over Canisius.

“Last year he played midfield, so it’s a little bit of a tough transition for him this year stepping down low and playing attack,” Donovan said. “He’s gotten better each day and each week of practice. ... He’s really coming into his own and it’s impressive to see.”

If the victory over Canisius was a signal of a smooth transition from a bumpy offseason, the following week against then-ranked No. 2 Virginia was a sign of the laxers’ ability to overcome adversity on the field. Down 5-2 late in the second period, senior midfielder and faceoff

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man Doug Tesoriero helped ignite a 9-0 run that earned the Red a fifth-consecutive victory. The win catapulted Cornell from 15th to eighth in the national rankings.

A surprise for the Red — a team characterized by its youth and college lacrosse’s fourthranked offense (13.8 goals/gm) — has been freshman goaltender Christian Knight, who played a full 60 minutes against the Cavaliers and now ranks third in the nation in save percentage (0.621).

“He’s very talented, he’s very athletic, he has size and I think the biggest thing is that he is so poised,” Kerwick said.

“He doesn’t move too early. As a goalie that’s challenging.”

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Game face | Junior midfielder Connor Buczek is third on the team in points, assists and goals so far this season.

Sophomore attackman John Edmonds played in all 18 games his rookie season as a midfielder.

This year, he has been asked to take on a new role as an attackman, and has delivered for the Red, already recording 12 goals and six assists, fifth on the team in both categories.

CHRISTIAN KNIGHT In just his first campaign with the Red, Knight has already started five games in net. He has made 55 saves and recorded a .573 save percentage. After another strong performance against Penn, Knight received his third straight Ivy League Rookie of the Week honor.