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Skorton Seeks Surge in No.of Students Abroad By DAN TEMEL Sun Staff Writer
In a recently released white paper, President David Skorton announced his goal to ensure that no fewer than 50 percent of undergraduates have an “international experience” –– defined as studying, holding an internship or going on a service trip in a foreign country –– by the time they graduate. Skorton said he plans to achieve this goal by increasing the number of short-term study abroad programs, such as those that take place during winter break, while also increasing the number of students who study abroad for credit during the fall and spring semesters. Twenty-seven percent of undergraduates have studied abroad for academic credit at some point in their Cornell careers, according to Skorton’s paper, “Bringing the World to Cornell and Cornell to the World,” released March 2. This goal is part of a larger plan to increase Cornell’s stature in international areas and make changes to University study abroad policy, according to Director of Cornell Abroad Richard Gaulton ’67, Ph.D. ’81. In the white paper, Skorton outlines a series of goals, including hiring more professors in international studies, to increase the University’s global presence. “We all live in a very global world, and whether you grew up in upstate New York or
outside of the United States, we are all going to be interacting with each other ... It is very important for the University to provide the skills for students to thrive in this interconnected world,” Alice Pell, vice provost for international relations, said. Pell said Skorton’s plans allow for the development of the University’s partnerships with foreign institutions, as well as the development
of its existing programs abroad. “This initiative fits in with the tech campus and campus in Qatar. The scope of Cornell’s international activities is huge,” she said. Gaulton said Skorton’s goals can be achieved by “increasing the capacity” of Cornell managed programs –– which, though
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I’m on a world tour | In a recent white paper, President Skorton said he wants 50 percent of undergraduates to have an “international experience” by their graduation.
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Prof. Burns Elected New Dean of Faculty of goals during his tenure. “We must compete effectively with our peers to recruit and retain the very best faculty, provide financial aid to academically talented Prof. Joseph Burns Ph.D ’66, astronomy, undergraduate and graduate students, and was elected the new dean of faculty Friday. to strengthen our research infrastructure and Burns will officially take over the role from information technology,” he said. current Dean of Faculty Prof. William Fry Burns, who said he has “experienced Ph.D ’70 on July 1. Cornell through the eyes of four immediate Burns said he was “humbled to have family members who have degrees from five been elected by a large group of my coldifferent colleges,” added that he would leagues to represent their views and to speak strive to forge partnerships between faculty, for them to the administration and to the PROF. BURNS administration, trustees, staff and students. Board of Trustees.” “Having been a student, a faculty member, a parent In a statement distributed to the faculty prior to the election and at the Faculty Senate meeting on March See BURNS page 5 14, Burns said that he hopes to accomplish a number By MANU RATHORE
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A major credit rating agency improved its fiscal outlook for the University from “negative” to “stable” on Sunday, but also highlighted the financial risks associated with unforeseen costs of the New York City tech campus. This revision “reflects a rebound in philanthropy, ongoing focus on expense containment and improved operating performance … and no additional direct debt anticipated in the next two years,” according to a press release from Moody’s Investors Service, the rating agency. Cornell has a “very strong market position as an Ivy League [university] … with robust student demand, research activity and fundraising,” Moody’s wrote. “[But] these credit strengths are counterbalanced by the university’s high amount of debt and thinner operating cash flow than similarly rated peers.” The rating agency also expressed concerns about the University’s increasing amount of debt, which rose 200 percent from Fiscal Year
2005 to Fiscal Year 2011, with the addition of $1.9 billion of direct debt. According to Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations, Cornell was able to improve its credit outlook because it “reduced administrative costs …
Cornell has a “very strong market position as an Ivy League [university] with robust student demand.” Moody’s Investors Service [made] sure less of the endowment is invested in illiquid assets … [and was helped by the] recovery after the recession,” Ehrenberg wrote in an email. However, Ehrenberg, who is also an economics department faculty member and teaches a microeconomics course about the University’s internal finances, echoed concerns about the potential impact of constructing the NYC tech campus, as well as net tuition revenue growth, which has been slowed by See MOODY’S page 5
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Cornell’s Graduate School has recently launched its “Graduates Mentoring Undergraduates” program, a partnership that pairs undergraduates who are considering graduate school with graduate student mentors, according to Sheri Notaro, associate dean for inclusion and professional development. The pilot program is currently geared toward students who have been historically underrepresented at the University. “I initially proposed the program to foster connections between graduate students and undergraduate students and to provide graduate students with a professional development opportunity,” she said. “Graduates Mentoring Undergraduates,” also known as GSMU, is being launched as a pilot to determine the aspects of the program that will be most beneficial to both mentors and mentees, according to Ricardo Gonzalez, programs advisor and coordinator of pre-professional programs at the University. “Through our pilot program, we hope to gain a greater insight into the needs of undergraduates who desire to take the next step to graduate and professional school,” Gonzalez said. Notaro said she hopes that the program will provide an easily accessible resource for undergraduates to seek information about future opportunities. “The mentoring we envision in this pilot phase of the GSMU is informal and unstructured, consisting of mentors providing tips, advice and guidance regarding the decision to attend graduate school, the application process, funding of graduate school and general information about life as a graduate student,” Notaro said. For the pilot program, Notaro said the GSMU identified graduate student mentors through graduate student color groups, including the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, the Indigenous Graduate Student Association, the Latino Graduate Student Coalition and the Society for Asian American Graduate Affairs. “The current program is geared toward students who have been historically underrepresented in undergraduate and graduate education, which includes students from ethnic backgrounds that are non-White, as well as students who are the first in their families to pursue a four-year college degree,” Notaro said. While graduate students may volunteer to mentor, Notaro selects graduate student mentors for the program based on their academic records, community service and previous mentoring experience, she said. All undergraduates interested in attending graduate school are permitted to join GSMU as mentees, according to Gonzalez, who said he is recruiting students to join the program. At a launch event on March 14, the graduate student mentors and undergraduate mentees met for the first time. They discussed their career goals and planned their first informalevent, according to Notaro. “The launch was a success and a great start,” Gonzalez said. “The graduate students were given time to briefly introduce themselves, their background, their undergraduate study and to briefly talk about their studies at Cornell.” Undergraduates are not always farmiliar with the process of becoming a graduate student according to Gonzalez. “Through this mentorship, the hope is that undergraduates can have a personal resource and support,” Gonzalez said. GSMU mentor Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo grad echoed this statement. “There are so many websites, books and articles that can project a particular depiction of graduate school, so I think it’s important for a number of these students to have a real human being with whom they can consult consistently about their questions and concerns,” Lumumba-Kasongo said. GSMU mentor Keenan Valentine grad said that he joined the program because he wants to help other students. “I see GSMU as a springboard for mentees to become more and achieve more,” Valentine said. “As a mentor, my first joy will always be helping others achieve in their own way.” Lumumba-Kasongo said he hopes to provide other students with an opportunity that he was lucky to have. “I became a GSMU mentor because I think it’s important to pay it forward,” he said. “I am where I am today in part because I had excellent mentors as a child and young adult.” Notaro said she has been working on the program –– which was developed by the Graduate School’s Office of Inclusion and Professional Development and the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program in the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives –– since August. Rebekah Foster can be reached at rfoster@cornellsun.com.
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Olbermann ’79 Fired From Current TV Due to Lack of ‘Respect,’ ‘Collegiality’ year I have been imploring Al Gore and Joel Hyatt to resolve our issues internally … Instead of abiding by their promises and obligations and Fourteen months after his deparinvesting in a quality news program, ture from MSNBC in July, Keith [they] finally thought it was more Olbermann ’79 was fired from his economical to try to get out of my job at Current TV due to a lack of contract.” “respect, openness, collegiality and According to The Times, loyalty” in his relationship with the Olbermann’s relationship with network, according to a statement Hyatt and Current president David released Friday by Current TV. Bohrman throughout his time at Olbermann’s show, Countdown, will the station was marked with tenbe replaced by former New York sion. The Times article states that governor and CNN host Eliot “the clashes became visible when Spitzer’s Viewpoints, which aired for Mr. Olbermann started anchoring the first time Friday night. his program, Within an hour of Countdown, in front of a his termination, Olber“Instead of abiding by their promises ... funeral black backdrop, mann released a apparently out of frustraTwitter statementdeny- [they] found it more economical to try to tion about technical difing the company’s ficulties.” claims and announcing get out of my contract.” Amid the lawsuit that he plans to take Keith Olbermann ’79 and publicity surlegal action against rounding the issue, Gore and Hyatt. “We created Current to give Olbermann’s exit from MSNBC, Current founders said they voice to those Americans who refuse “neither [Olbermann nor MSNBC] remain optimistic that Spitzer to rely on corporate-controlled indicated a reason nor addressed will serve as a suitable replacemedia and are seeking an authentic whether Olbermann quit or was ment for Olbermann. “We are confident that our progressive outlet,” Current fired,” The Huffington Post reportviewers will be able to count on founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt ed. According to The Times, in its Governor Spitzer to deliver critisaid in their statement. “We are more committed to those goals 40 weeks on Current TV, cal information on a daily basis,” Countdown was ranked as the net- Gore and Hyatt wrote in a letter today than ever before.” Olbermann was fired one year work’s highest-rated program with posted on Current’s website. into his five-year, $50 million con- an average of 177,000 viewers in its tract for a number of reasons, 8 p.m. timeslot. Olbermann said Friday that including 19 unauthorized absences out of 41 working days in January “editorially, Countdown had never Kaitlyn Kwan can be reached and February, The New York Times been better. But for more than a at kkwan@cornellsun.com. reported. Olbermann attributed some of these absences to “throat problems,” according to The Times. According to The Washington Times, in addition to his absences, Olbermann asked for a vacation day on March 5, the day before the Super Tuesday GOP primaries. Although his request was denied, and the company said it would be a breach of his contract if he decided to take it, Olbermann took the day off, the Times reported. In his comments Friday, Olbermann cited “a previous occasion Mr. Hyatt found himself in court for having unjustly fired an employee. That employee’s name was Clarence B. Cain,” the stateVIRGINA SHERWOOD / THE NEW YORK TIMES ment read. According to The New York Anchorman | Keith Olbermann ’79, pictured above during his time at Times, Federal District Judge MSNBC, was fired from Current TV on Friday. By KAITLYN KWAN
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Raymond J. Broderick ruled that Cain was illegally removed from his position as head of Hyatt Legal Services Inc.’s Philadelphia office after Hyatt learned he had AIDS. The Times article, which was published in 1990, states that the ruling was made due to Hyatt’s lack of effort to accommodate Cain. In his ruling, Broderick said Hyatt’s actions were “not merely inexcusably insensitive” but “so outrageous” that they warranted punitive action. Prior to his position at Current TV, Olbermann hosted the program Countdown on MSNBC. Upon
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located overseas, are owned and operated by the University. “This is the first time we have a strategic view about how many students we want to go abroad, how many international students are appropriate and how to develop an international curriculum,” he said. “We now have a Cornell-wide approach to the international dimension of the University as opposed to individual colleges or units.” Cornell only counts students who study abroad for credit when determining the percentage of students with “international experience.” According to Gaulton, the University should reconsider its definition of an international experience in order to realize Skorton’s vision. Pell said the University is responding to President Skorton’s call for increased international ties by forming new committees to tackle the issue. She said doing so will provide Cornell Aborad with an opportunity to reassess its programs. “This a good opportunity to reflect on current programs and figure out what types of programs we want to be offering,” Pell said. Prof. Walter Cohen, comparative literature, who chaired a committee called Cornell in China, said that pursuing Skorton’s goal is critical to bolstering Cornell’s international reputation as a research institution. He said that many problems need to be addressed before the initiatives can be realized. “There are a huge number of logistical questions,” Cohen said. “We need to figure out where students can go abroad without compromising the educational mission of certain schools. Whether it is some schools sending their own faculty or making exchange agreements, we should look at other schools and see what works.” Prof. Frederik Logevall, history, director of the Mario Einaudi Center of International Studies, said he supports Skorton’s plan but also pointed out potential obstacles to increasing the number of students studying abroad. “I think it is laudable for President Skorton to push for a sizable increase in the percentage of students who study abroad, and whether we can reach the figure he is giving us remains to be seen,” Logevall said. Administrators raised concern about the potentially high costs of studying abroad. Cohen said that funding these trips has to be made the “center” of conversations about increasing the number of students studying abroad. “The right way to do abroad programs is to equalize the costs with staying on campus and make it an academic over a financial decision, but this is not as easily done as said,” he said. Gaulton noted that financial aid programs could be reformed to help more students pay for studies abroad. “There is a very generous financial aid policy for students who study [abroad] over the semester, but it is typically not available for students who study abroad over the summer and that is something that we could look into,” Gaulton added. Pell echoed this sentiment, adding that financial aid reform may be necessary to encourage students to study abroad. “We want to make sure that financial aid is available so that it does not exclude students from participating in Cornell Abroad or other international programs,” she said. Dan Temel can be reached at dtemel@cornellsun.com.
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increasing costs from more generous financial aid programs in the past few years. Ehrenberg warned against accumulating large amounts of debt in constructing buildings at the tech campus. “President Skorton has been staunch about not funding new buildings, unless there is a revenue stream associated with it,” Ehrenberg said. “The real issue is [if Cornell can] maintain fiscal discipline [and] not get into problems in the past that we’ve had, where buildings had large amounts of debt and no revenues to fund them.” Despite concerns about the impact of the tech campus on University finances, Joanne DeStefano, vice president for finance and chief financial officer of the University, said she was “very pleased” with the new credit rating. “I think [Moody’s has] confidence in the University’s ability to strengthen our balance sheet,” DeStefano said. “The fact that the full phase one of the [New York City] tech campus funding is in hand had a huge impact on the move from negative to stable.” DeStefano said she believes the $350 million donation from Charles Feeney ’56 for the tech campus and recent efforts to increase the amount of cash available to the University significantly influenced the improved outlook revision, citing a Moody’s research comment — a brief analysis that rating agencies publish after major financial purchases or investments — issued on Dec. 19, shortly after Cornell’s announcement of Feeney’s donation and New York City’s announcement that the University has won the tech campus bid. “Moody’s issued a statement saying the tech campus would have a long-term credit positive impact for Cornell … [but] they had concerns about the amount of debt we had on the balance sheet, and the fact that we had very thin operating cash flows margins.” DeStefano said. Since the comment’s release, the ratings
agency had a chance to more closely examine the implications of the donation and how it would impact the University’s financial health, DeStefano said. “In May 2010 … [we issued] $285 million of debt [and] Moody’s put us on a negative outlook,” DeStefano said. “We gave [rating agencies] a plan of how we’re going to work out of our financial difficulties … and they’ve been able to evaluate what we said we would do, and everything we’ve said we have done.” While Moody’s revised its outlook to “stable,” it kept Cornell’s Aa1 credit rating, which measures the creditworthiness of the borrower. Standard & Poor’s, the only other major credit rating agency that publishes research on the University, said Cornell’s fiscal outlook is “stable,” but downgraded its credit rating from AAA to AA in 2009. The S&P’s last update was in July 2011. It is expected to update its rating again sometime this summer. “In 2009, the University recognized that we had a deficit problem, and that we agreed that we were going to correct this problem in a fiveyear period, and not cut costs so drastically that it will impact our structural and research operations,” DeStefano said. Tommy Bruce, vice president for University communications, echoed these sentiments and said he was hopeful for Cornell’s future financial soundness. "Moody’s upgrade is welcome news and reflects the outstanding efforts of the university’s chief financial officer, Vice President DeStefano, together with President Skorton and Provost Fuchs and their senior leadership,” Bruce wrote in an email. “This news confirms the soundness of Cornell’s trajectory and the strategic plan President Skorton and Provost Fuchs have put in place to guide the University and streamline its administrative operations."
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Continuing Corson’s Legacy THIS WEEK, THE UNIVERSITY’S EIGHTH PRESIDENT, Dale Corson, died at the age of 97. Corson took charge at Cornell in the midst of the upheaval of the late 1960s and steered the University through tumultuous times. He made significant strides toward ameliorating the tensions that reached a peak shortly before he took office, and his death reminds us not only of how far we have come since then, but also of where we still have to go. On April 19, 1969, 80 African-American students seized Willard Straight Hall, frustrated by the University’s lack of support for the African-American community. In the wake of the takeover, Corson was chosen to lead the University. Four days after taking office, he addressed the community, saying, “Cornell considers education for black students an obligation and an unprecedented challenge.” After the takeover, Cornell worked to strengthen race relations on campus, taking on a series of initiatives that included the construction of the Africana Studies and Research Center. Though Cornell has changed significantly over the course of the last 40 years, living up to the commitment to expanding access to higher education for minority groups still remains a challenge. For example, Cornell still struggles to retain AfricanAmerican male students. A report analyzing graduation rates in 2010 found that 75 percent of African-American males graduate within six years, compared with 92 percent of Asian-American male students, 91 percent of white male students and 87 percent of Hispanic male students. Additionally, over the last year, there has been a great deal of tension between students supporting the Africana Center and the Cornell administration. The current administration compromised its relationship with Africana when it announced — without fully consulting students or faculty — that it would place Africana under the direction of the College of Arts and Sciences. We would like to see the the administration and the Africana community rebuild their relationship, using the cooperation that existed during the Corson administration as a guide. Many positive steps have been taken in recent years that continue to move us forward, beyond the climate that existed in 1969. The efforts to address issues of race on campus have expanded their focus beyond simply black and white. President David Skorton is spearheading a diversity initiative that seeks to improve compositional diversity and graduation rates at the University. He is directing the development of explicit institutional diversity goals across all campus populations, to which University leaders and their units will be held accountable. Further, Skorton has pledged an additional $1.2 million to further build the Africana Studies program. Initiatives like these will improve the climate for minorities on campus and provide access to diverse viewpoints that are necessary at an institution of higher education like Cornell. While, as Corson said, expanding access to education is an “unprecedented challenge,” we expect to see the University take it on.
boarded a small flight upstate by first sitting in a room 20 yards from where the large propeller plane rested, then going out a nondescript door and lastly up a staircase. No security, no formality and judging by the fact that we were now 20 minutes late in boarding, no punctuality. That’s when I noticed the two Allegheny employees skipping down the stairs from the craft and ducking under its belly and pointing, with cartoon-like animation, at the underside. I’m fairly confident my astonishment has added this detail, but I can picture the performance — and from where we all sat behind soundproofed windows, they were two mimes — I swear I saw one slap his own forehead and point upwards as if trying to act out the word “eureka!” He bolted up the stairs and back down them with astonishing rapidity, returning with what seemed to be a large floppy object about six inches high and maybe a foot long. It was only when he peeled the top of it off and handed it to his taller colleague that I realized what I was seeing. The man had a stack of paper towels. As his buddy raised one above his head, and then another, and then another, the horror finally dawned on me. There was something wrong with the plane. Something these imbeciles thought they could fix by stuffing paper towels up into it. Suddenly I was in a William Shatner Twilight Zone episode. The other passengers dozed, or were immersed in newspapers or just were not looking. I alone could see the Gremlins guaranteeing our doom by trying to fix a plane with some Bounty. Or perhaps George Carlin’s observations about doctors had been transposed to this scene: Qualitatively, somewhere on Earth there had to be, literally, the World’s Worst Airplane. And we were about to get on it. I was a few weeks shy of my 18th birthday and I had no idea what to do. I looked around at the disinterested airline staff and my soon-to-be co-victims, all inattentive to the mad evidence of our impending disaster. And then I heard the rustle of a newspaper being
but I’m a Cornell student and I think there’s something you need to see about our plane. Even just as a scientist.” I gestured behind me — a little too wildly. I remember the amused but indulgent look on that magnificently craggy face as he wordlessly rose. And I remember just as well how quickly that look changed to astonished anger. He put his hand on my shoulder, “Son, you might as well have a seat. Don’t worry. You and I are not getting on that plane.” I lingered just long enough to hear fragments of what he said to the Allegheny gate attendant, and how his voice got slightly louder and his tone slightly crisper with each sentence: “We have students and faculty here” and “if I remember correctly, your airline does some promotion on campus” and finally something about “if you’d ever like to use our airspace again” — but my imagination may have added that last line. Regardless, within five minutes there was an announcement that Flight Suchand-Such had been cancelled due to equipment problems (I chuckled at the word “equipment” and I saw President Corson doing so too) and we would all be transferred to an Allegheny jet leaving for Elmira in about 20 minutes and then bused to Ithaca at no additional charge. In the confusion of changing gates and maybe even terminals I lost sight of Mr. Corson. But as I got onto our sleek, not-50years old, towel-free jet, I saw him again, seated near the front. He smiled up at me. I thanked him for taking care of us, and he laughed. “That’s what I’m here for.” Justifiably, you may know Dale Corson as the University’s unifier in deeply troubled times. But for 35 years I have remembered him fondly — and find myself deeply saddened by his passing — entirely because of that last sentence and his commitment to a place and its people that those words so eloquently expressed. Keith Olbermann ’79 spent one day as a Sun compet in 1975. He appears tonight on Late Night With David Letterman on CBS. Comments may be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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OPINION
A Memo From Day Hall Dear Students, Today, we are proud, pleased, thrilled and excited to announce a new set of initiatives that will aim to promote the continued improvement of student quality of life. They begin by the official creation of the Center for the Office of Student Initiatives and Outreach, which will be a part of the Division of Academic Planning and Student Services, which is under the umbrella of the Department of Policy Implementation and Paper Pushing. It will be spearheaded by the Vice President of Scholarly Academic and Student Services, who will work closely with a team of provosts, a few dozen deans, some advisers, a chair, a vice-chair and a secretary, all of whom will collaborate closely along with a director, an associate dean, an assistant dean and an assistant to the assistant dean. As its name suggests, the Center for the Office of Student Initiatives and Outreach will be responsible for initiating, implementing and strategizing student-focused initiatives and reaching out to students. The mission of the Center is clear: It will simply engage, integrate, strengthen, promote, advocate, maintain, sustain, improve, expand and diversify student life, student mental health, student safety, student excellence, student engagement, student access and student commitment. And, of course and as always, it will do so with a strong and enduring commitment to long-term, short-term and mediumterm economic, environmental and global self-sustainability. We are even prouder, more pleased, more thrilled and more excited to report that the team of vice presidents, provosts, advisers, directors, deans and chairs has already made dramatic and noticeable progress toward these ambitious goals. Over the past few weeks, they’ve worked hard to form several ad hoc, standing and sitting committees, which themselves have created subcommittees, sub-subcommittees and sub-sub-subcommittees. These committees, along
with their subcommittees, sub-sub committees and subsub-subcommittees, have, in turn, established several task forces, which have written several proposals, each of which proposes several pieces of policies, legislation, statements and resolutions, which will be diligently followed by a flurry of press releases. For example, the Student Outreach Advisory Engagement Executive Committee has already formed the Task Force for Student Feedback, Engagement and Accountability, which have set up dozens of effective centralized frameworks and structural paradigms intended to bolster, reach out to, unify, connect and bridge any gaps, divisions and communities among the student body and across all corners of campus and between all cultures and religions, sexual orientations and academic departments, including the Africana Center. And we are happy to announce that the task force is proud to report that it has voted to pass the proposal. After months of meetings and forums, it has decided that unifying, connecting and bridging gaps, divisions and communities is a good idea. Out of these substantial joint and mutual efforts to write proposals from the Center for the Office of Student Initiative and Outreach will come a groundbreaking, revolutionary, extraordinary and transformative stimulus on the local, state, national and global economies. And in line with the goals of the strategic plan and community support, the Center, together with its task forces and committees, seeks to foster, devise and implement collaboration, innovation and creativity across all inter- and intradisciplinary fields in the humanities (except theater
and education), the sciences, the mathematics and engineering to ensure future strength and success for days, months, years, decades and generations to come. Of course and as always, the entire process will be entirely transparent, open, accountable and see-through. In fact, the Committee has reached out to a diverse range of student leaders of various student organizations across campus to create partnerships, open communication lines and broaden debate in order to ensure, renew, foster and lever-
Steven Zhang The Bigger Picture age a louder student voice, access, input and feedback which can only expand, nurture, foster and grow our sense of community, unity and togetherness. Though it has already accomplished a great deal, we envision that the Center will continue to support and advocate for higher learning, public engagement and discovery, and continue to supply us with a never-ending list of buzz words. And lastly, but definitely not least: CornellNYC Tech Campus.
Signed, Day Hall Steven Zhang is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at szhang2@cornellsun.com. The Bigger Picture appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
Living a DREAM
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hat are your post-college plans? Are you pre-med? Pre-law? Maybe you plan to go into banking or education. Here, at Cornell, it is very hard to find someone without ambition. Heck, even if you don’t quite know what you would like to do for a living, Cornellians have ambition. We are at an Ivy League University of worldwide prestige and we are told that all of our dreams can come true. This is the beautiful lie that we live in: We pretend we are in
no chance of finding a job in your field. In fact, you have no chance of finding a professional job at all. Your chances of getting into a graduate school with a fellowship are less than 10 percent (zero percent for medical school!) and you can’t even think of starting a company for legal reasons. Does it still seem worth it, coming to Cornell University? Would you spend the same long hours in the library? Would you still worry about prelims? I wouldn’t. And, being the cynic I am, I don’t think most
David Angeles Albores Guest Room college for the sake of learning, but in reality, we are just in transit. Cornell is but a stepping-stone in the larger scheme of our plans. Graduating from here will open doors to everywhere. Now, what if this wasn’t the case? Let’s suppose you truly are here just for the sake of your education. But all of a sudden, after you graduate from Cornell you have
people would. But remarkably, I’ve met a group of people who are here for precisely this reason. They are the Cornell DREAMers. These undocumented students are in precisely the situation that I just described. Each and every one of them was told at some point that college was pointless. Not only would they not get in, they were told
they would never find scholarships and even if they did, they would never get anywhere. Yet, these students decided to take on the odds and apply to college, and here they are. Each one of them knows that being here is unlikely to help his or her future in the U.S. Each one of them knows exactly what kinds of jobs they can look forward to after college (hint: Not Wall St.). How did these students come here? Their stories are varied, but they all have one underlying constant theme: They came here when they were young, and not through their own responsibility. What is their predicament? After assimilating to American culture through years of primary and high school education, they are suddenly outcasts in a society that wants nothing to do with them. Undocumented students have no access to healthcare; most scholarships; job offers; they can’t drive or travel outside the country. Why don’t they become “legal?” It may surprise you, but many of them don’t have a choice. The pathway towards correcting their immigrant status often requires returning to their countries of origin. When doing this, they risk a 10-year ban on coming back to the U.S., risking permanent separation from their families. Many of these students live in mixed sta-
tus families: Half American, half undocumented, so petitions for the whole family to self-deport are uninformed to say the least. These students risk a lot in coming to Cornell University. Traveling here implies a very real threat of deportation. Coming here places a financial burden on their families, even if they are offered a full-ride scholarship. Finally, the emotional strain of living in fear and isolation, with few people to trust, is enormous. And yet, they are here, studying and learning and even thriving. These are the kinds of people who are willing to work hard whatever the circumstances. These are the kinds of people we can all learn from. Let’s work to keep this remarkable community in our school by pressuring the New York legislature to pass the New York DREAM Act by contacting state representatives. It would substantially increase the number of scholarships for these students, would solve the problem of citizenship for these students and would pressure the federal government to exercise humane practices in dealing with undocumented immigration. David Angeles Albores is a junior in the college of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at da254@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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Last Thursday, Israeli pop star Ivri Lider performed for and fielded questions from a packed audience at the new Cornell pub, Bear’s Den. After his first two albums went platinum, Lider began openly discussing his gay sexual orientation to the media and his fans. Named Israel Artist of the Year in 2005 and on Out Magazine’s list of 100 Inspiring Gays and Lesbians, Lider sat down with The Sun to discuss his experiences as an openly gay prominent pop sensation. THE SUN: As a major artist, how difficult of a decision was it for you to come out? IVRI LIDER: It was after two successful albums. I had a record album, I had a manager and people working for me and I was their golden chicken [laughs] and no one had done it before. So it was a bit like, “What will this be like? Will it be okay? Is this something that can ruin your career or not? What’s going to happen with the girls? Are we going to lose our golden egg?” But for me personally, I felt like it was not really an option. It’s something we can discuss and talk about for awhile but eventually it’s stupid because I felt stupid not talking about it, about coming to an interview like this one and not be able to just talk about my life, and about who I am, about my home or my boyfriend. I felt really stupid that it’s this weird game … that I wasn’t supposed to talk about it. And I didn’t even feel like my audience will have any issue with that. I thought they would probably appreciate honesty, and I also felt like I had this opportunity to do something important, so eventually it wasn’t really a tough decision. It’s just something to discuss, and maybe the manager was more afraid than I was, but eventually it was just very natural for me to do. SUN: Leading up to your coming out, did those close to you know you had made a decision? I.L.: It was never really discussed whether I would do it or not, it was just, one day, I came to them and said, “Okay now for this next album I’m going to have to do the inter-
views again, I’m going to have to do the whole promo thing again, and I’m not going to play this game anymore, I’m just going to go and say everything and tell about my boyfriend, and my songs and feelings and just be very open about it and not make a big deal about it. And just be very honest.”
because it’s really funny. So you come out and there’s a big article in the biggest newspaper, and it is something that everybody reads, and you’ve got the cover and it’s a big issue, and people start writing on the Internet, and you go on television and the only bad reaction I got was a bad article on the largest Israel gay
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Ivri Lider SUN: Was your music, at least lyric-wise, able to change or expand after you came out? I.L.: I don’t really think so because it was there anyway from the beginning. And that’s also why I don’t think it was such a huge “Wow” or whatever [when I came out]. Maybe for some people it was, but for people who were really in to what I was doing, and were listening to the songs carefully, I think it was there all the time, so it’s not like after I came out I started writing differently or something. SUN: Was there any negative reaction after you came out? I.L.: It’s a funny story, I always tell it
site. It sounds weird, but that was the only bad one. It was bad because the writer said it’s not really important. Many were saying that it’s an important step, and this guy said I was acting too straight and white and not suburban enough and not queer or political enough. So I think that’s the only bad reaction I got. And he apologized afterwards. SUN: Do you think there is something about Israeli society that can facilitate someone who not only comes out, but sings about being gay so openly? I.L.: It is interesting, because … Israel is a really new country, comparatively, and the
society is really changing all the time. But at least on that subject it’s a very liberal country. There are a lot of famous people who are out and Tel Aviv is a very open, liberal city in many ways. So I guess there is something about the cultural climate in Tel Aviv. I think Jerusalem is a little different. It’s only about 15 minutes from Tel Aviv, but it’s a different world. So I would say for Tel Aviv it’s really different to be who you are, who you want to be. It’s very open and very liberal. The Israeli society is very complicated, because on some issues it’s very strict and backwards and in some ways it’s super liberal and forward. So I think on the gay subject it is very good. And in the army you don’t have that “don’t ask, don’t tell” stuff. SUN: Do you try to tackle political issues with your songs, involving Israel and territorial issues? I.L.: I do. In the 80s and early 90s we had a lot of artists doing political songs where it was very obvious what it was about, and artists today talk about politics but in a different way. I’m interested in the cultural politics of Israel. Not only the Israel-Palestinian thing but also the Israel thing: who we are, who we want to be. But also if you look into the songs carefully, in a lot of them there are elements of how the situation of the region affects us. How our policies affect us. It could be about Palestine, it could be about foreign workers, it could be about ourselves and secular religion and all that stuff. SUN: You have famously covered contemporary hits such as Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” and Lady Gaga’s “Telephone.” What about covering popular songs attracts you? I.L.: I love doing covers. It happens to me a lot when I hear a song and go, “Yeah we have to do that song.” I think it’s an art form when you do it nicely. It creates something new. If I do “I Kissed a Girl” and I don’t even change a word — I just sing it exactly like it is — suddenly it’s a different song with different meaning, and it’s a little funny. Brian Gordon is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at bgordon@cornellsun.com.
The Working 99% production’s playbill offered a very interesting take on the topic, explaining: “Work is an extraordinary word because it does so many Working is a musical about people who do not normally different things. We do work and we go to a perform in musicals. It depicts the lives of cleaning women place called work. Work is something we have, and corporate executives, millworkers and housewives. The something we own, something we make. There musical is based on a book of the same name by acclaimed are works of art, architecture, architecture author, historian and journalist, Studs Terkel. Terkel’s book is music and literature … The word ‘work’ is both a verb and a noun, an a compilation of interviews with activity and a product that dozens of workers about their daily comes from an activity.” trials, tribulations, tedium and Some of the characters in resilient joys. The 1978 musical, Working justify their labor as a adapted by Stephen Schwartz source of gratification while (Wicked) and Nina Faso, brings life others see it only as a source of to these interviews with the addition money. However, the show of catchy and heartfelt songs. presents the belief that people work to proWorking opened in Ithaca vide a better life for their children. They College’s Dillingham Center last spend each day toiling in dangerous surThursday and runs until April 7. roundings, taking orders or sweeping floors, The production’s talented cast and just to attempt to provide opportunities so crew provided the spark necessary to PHOTOS COURTESY their children will not have to do the same. illuminate its characters. Every line OF ITHACA COLLEGE This idea is even more profound considering was expertly delivered with the precise emotion that one would expect from the original inter- these are not the words of some distant author, but the words viewees themselves. The show delivers the clear message that spoken by real people. The musical numbers are quite affecting, as well. They so many take pride in their jobs and they deserve respect for elicit sadness, joy and hope at all the appropriate moments. it. The production tackles deeper questions: What, exactly, The melancholic piece “Millwork” — set in a luggage factory does “work” mean? Why do we do it? Each of the individuals and sung with a sense of loss — perfectly epitomizes the kind portrayed in the show had a different opinion. However, the of suffering that some of these workers endure in order to proSAMANTHA DELOUYA Sun Contributor
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vide for their families. Another particularly passionate piece, “It’s an Art,” turned the seemingly humdrum daily activities of being a waitress into an electrifying, fast-paced revue. It was truly a charming piece to behold, and audience members could not help but smile at the energy and excitement of it. “It’s an Art” embodied exactly what it means to take pride in one’s work. Audience members were constantly kept on their toes because each musical piece was so different from the one that preceded it. The songs were composed by a myriad of artists, including five-time Grammy winner, James Taylor. It is clear that the composers tried to steer as close as possible to a musical tone that would be appropriate for each individual character. Most of the music leans poppy and upbeat. With older characters, however, the music takes an emotional turn. Ethnic characters celebrate music of their ancestral culture, such as a Gospel-tinged number that sounds like a work from the Harlem Renaissance. Working is an uplifting and unashamed celebration of every working man and woman. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain a new perspective on many different occupations and why we carry them through. Working is a piece of work: a work of art. Samantha Delouya is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at sdd47@cornell.edu.
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A Room Fit For a King BY DINA KHATIB Sun Staff Writer
Elizabeth Corkery grad gave the public an opportunity to delve into the world of King Louis XIV’s glitz and decadence through a filter of accessible modernity with her fascinating exhibition, Absolute Monarchy, last week. Running from March 26 to March 30 in Tjaden Gallery and ending with a reception on Friday evening, her room installation was modeled after the Hall of Mirrors from the Palace of Versailles in France. The floor-to-ceiling screen print paneling covered all four walls of the exhibition room. The wide space boasted warm colors and an intricate array of materials and designs, evoking a sense of glamour while maintaining a modern simplicity. This exhibit was a product of this semester, taking Corkery two months to create and one week to install. Though Corkery is experienced in room installations, this exhibit marked her first undertaking based on an existing space. She thus created the 49’ x 19’ screen print, her biggest screen print to date, with all of the room’s dimensions in mind. The whole piece had a feminine daintiness, with colors like yellow, maroon, pink and white dominating the piece. The colors used to create the images of marble were based on the original Hall’s colors, but she deviated from her template, choosing most colors from memory while still switching a few things up. For example, yellow replaced gold in the entire screen print, a playful intent to “expose limitations” — as she
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referred to it — since yellow is typically substituted for gold when gold is unavailable. Corkery created the marble replicas and attached pieces by screen-printing them on painted Masonite board, using adhesive vinyl to create the mirror representations. A faint, nearly opaque reflection stared back anyone looking into it. One of the smaller walls served as the focal point of the installation, providing possibly the only clear indication that the entire work is based on the Hall of Mirrors. The backdrop covering the wall was a coral-colored digital print of the actual Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, adding depth and an illusion of infinity to any viewer who faces it in the room. I asked Corkery about her reasons for basing her project off of the Palace of Versailles and expected her to discuss a memorable visit to the site or fond memories about her time spent in France. Her answer was quite surprising as she quickly admitted to have never visited the Palace. In fact, this is what she especially liked about the place: Having never seen the monumental estate, her “relationship with it was through images.” In a similar fashion to her two-dimensional familiarity with the Hall, Corkery designed her screen print by neglecting any illusion of depth. She thus indirectly portrayed the different elements of the Hall of Mirrors on the basis of images, through modified versions of the different elements. For example, she used pictures of columns and mirrors throughout the screen print as opposed to the objects themselves.
“It’s seeing if a space can still be immense while it owns its own inauthenticity,” Corkery said of her approach. She decided to simulate the Hall of Mirrors in her work because of its frequent recurrence in art history and tourist popularity, reflecting her wish to create something “that had been overly produced and overly reconstructed.” She, however, did not choose a typical interpretation of the hall and instead decided to toy with the common perception of the historic room by offering her own take on its most signature elements, like the columns and mirrors. After reading Italian philosopher and semiotician Umberto Eco’s book Travels in Hyperreality, Corkery developed this interest in illusions and false perceptions, particularly in connection with the familiar facets of life. The book focused, among many other things, on the idea of the real and authentic in a world where it is so common to interact with the fake. When envisioning her plans for this exhibition, Corkery was especially interested in one of the points brought up in the book — why do we need the real anymore? Corkery, indeed, admirably conveyed the faint line between reality and misconception in Absolute Monarchy. With her daring incorporation of her own distinct vision of the Hall of Mirrors and a skillful method of drawing bits and pieces from the original, she created an equally aesthetic and dynamic interactive room setting. Dina Khatib is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at dkhatib@cornellsun.com.
Looking Back on Castaways L
ast week brought news that Castaways, maybe the best place in Ithaca to experience a concert, would be closing by the end of next month. This news is unfortunate not only for the city, but also for Cornell students who liked to venture offcampus to explore Ithaca’s vibrant music scene. For me, Castaways has been a part of my college experience since before I started at Cornell, and I’ll be sad to see it go. The summer after 10th grade, I was living my dream. I had an internship working at a music technology magazine and had just been given my first article assignment. By some odd coincidence, one of the bands I planned to interview was in the middle of a tour, and on the same weekend I planned to visit Cornell they were booked for Castaways. So, on my very first college visit, I was on my first assignment. I was excited, and not just a little nervous. I got in touch with the band’s manager, who just told me to show up at Castaways to do an interview. It was all starting to feel very real. I drove up to Cornell with my parents, touring the campus on a rare sunny day. That night, I went with them over to Castaways. I distinctly remember telling them to stay in the car while I went inside to do my interview; I didn’t want my newfound journalist status to be undermined by the appearance of my parents. In hindsight I don’t think anyone was expecting that this journalist coming up from New York City was going to be a 16-
year-old high schooler on his first internship. When I walked up to the entrance of Castaways, I was looked over quickly by the bouncer and disregarded. Luckily, one of the band members was standing outside before the show and said what are still the coolest words anyone has ever said about me: “He’s on the list.” So, there I was, sitting alone at a table in
Peter Jacobs Big Talk the back of the venue while the band, Exit Clov, played onstage. I was feeling pretty cool, to say the least. I was on the list. I was with the band. And I’m sure I looked as cool as I felt. However, the interview ended up getting pushed to the next day, and at the end of their set, I had to walk back out to my parents. Two years later, I (obviously) ended up coming to Cornell as a student. And once I was up here full time, I came to appreciate Castaways for what it was: A venue that brought in national acts of interest and nourished local talent. I looked through old reviews I’ve written for The Sun and found two that I feel like sum up why I think Castaways is such a great venue. The first was for the Meat Puppets, a
band best known for their music released more than 20 years ago, specifically their 1984 album Meat Puppets II. They came my freshman year. The second was about Titus Andronicus, a New Jersey punk band who started releasing albums in 2008. They came at the beginning of my sophomore year. Both of these were amazing shows, filled with energy and a large, active crowd. On paper though, these bands couldn’t be more different. One, the Meat Puppets, is a critically acclaimed, historically important alternative rock band that paved the way both musically and ideologically for many musical acts that followed. The other is Titus Andronicus, a young, upstart punk group that’s still looking to make a larger name for itself. That both of these bands would appear onstage at Castaways shows an acknowledgment of music history and an ear for what’s up-andcoming. Aside from this, there was also an eye on Ithaca, and Castaways was a great venue for local bands to hone their chops. Opening for nationally touring acts and playing to larger crowds is the best way for a band to get
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recognition. While there are still other great venues in Ithaca for smaller bands, such as the Haunt and Lot-10 on the Commons, Castaways was the best as a concert venue. For me, Castaways has been a part of my Cornell experience since my first look at Cornell itself. As a student, it’s been a great place to get off-campus and experience music besides the three or four shows on-campus each semester. I’m sad to see Castaways go, and I hope it’s back soon, in any form. Peter Jacobs is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at pjacobs@cornellsun.com. Big Talk appears periodically this semester.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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The second Varsity eight crew finished second in Saturday’s heat, coming in fourth behind Cal’s two boats and Harvard in Sunday’s Cabrillo Cup race. “I don’t think any of us were too satisfied,” Kennett said. “We made the Grand Final, but the goal wasn’t to get in the Grand Final; the goal was to be a real player in the Grand Final, and we weren’t.” The men’s heavyweight skipper described the first Varsity crew’s performance on Saturday as “questionable,” explaining that “it was a great day for racing, [and] as soon as the guys hit the beach they knew, I knew, we all knew — we barely had to say anything about the performance to know we did not hit what we were capable of.” According to Voter, the team considers early-season races an opportunity to gauge what its competition is going to look like for the year. “At least for our first race, we went into it with that mentality, and we probably didn’t race it with the same enthusiasm that we would have a normal race,” he said. “It certainly hurt us in the end — Navy ended up beating us by a little bit because of it.” As a result, Cornell was assigned an outside lane in the Grand Final, which Voter explained is “notoriously bad for rowing in San Diego” — particularly on a day like Sunday, which featured unfavorable windy conditions. Voter noted that although the aforementioned factors contributed to a lackluster performance by the team, he took it as a good indication that “we’re still with those [other] crews after two poor races.” “Hopefully from here we know what we have to make up to have a successful spring,” he continued. This sentiment was echoed by Kennett, who added “We know there’s some improvements we have to make, and I think this was a great warmup for that. I love seeing two schools like Harvard and Cal, who we knew were going to both be tremendously good. ... To see them early like that now allows us to know ‘Okay, here’s the standard, we have to step up.’ I think we can — I don’t think there’s any doubt.” Meanwhile, back at the Cayuga Lake Inlet, the Red’s third Varsity eight boat and two freshmen crews stayed in Ithaca to take on the visiting Crimson. While the Varsity came out on top, the first and second freshmen boats both fell to a highly-touted Harvard crew. While Kennett acknowledged the inherent difficulties of not being in two places at once, he said “I think it was far harder on [associate head coach Matt] Smith because ... I only had one boat [in Ithaca], while he had two. And, the one boat that I had here, our intern Dan Hutchison ’10 really runs that boat. So it was really hard for [Smith] because his boats were here, and they had a really tough race.” Also in Ithaca over the weekend, the Cornell lightweights hosted their annual Ithaca Duals scrimmage. While the nature of the competition varies from year-to-year, on Saturday the Red’s top two crews raced each other, while the third boat took on Colgate. “Our team uses the Ithaca Duals as a huge step in preparation for our first league race, which comes the following weekend,” explained senior lightweight commodore Michael Bohs. “We have to use the Duals as a test run for our race strategy that we will use throughout the year.” The Varsity boat won by only a two-second margin, which Bohs said is a testament to the team’s depth. Alex Kuczynski-Brown can be reached at akb@cornellsun.com.
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throwers and discus throwers did very well.” These throwers included freshmen Jesse Braun and rookie sensation Stephen Mozia, who led the men to a number of impressive results, including all four IC4A qualifiers. Mozia won the shot put and discus, while Braun placed second in the discus, the shot put and the hammer. “I did what I have to do, but there’s always room for improvement and I think I could really improve as the season goes on,” Mozia said. Over on the track, junior Zach Zeller and sophomore Nick Athanasopoulous claimed first and second in the 110 hurdles, respectively, while the 4x400 team of seniors Tom Randall and Steve Wexler and freshmen Mike Rabbitt and Zach Flood took first with a time of 3:33.61. The Red also dominated the long jump, with sophomore Hercules Stancil leading freshman Han Wei Chew, Athanasopoulous and junior Jourdan White in a sweep of the event. Freshman Steven Pawiak and sophomore Casey Leamon each cleared 13-11.25 to take first and second in pole vaulting, respectively. Meanwhile, the women brought
home 14 event titles and two ECAC-qualifiers. Again, an unusual number of underclassmen dominated the results, with freshmen and sophomores sweeping the jumping events and making their mark on the track. Sophomore Sarah Sherman took the high jump and freshman Lindsey Enders won pole vault, while sophomores Dominique Corley and Kelley Roach brought in wins in the long jump and triple jump, respectively. “Any meet where the younger kids get to compete is a great opportunity,” Taylor said. “About three weeks from now, most of the kids that competed at Ithaca College won’t be able to get into the meets. It’s not that they’re bad track athletes, it’s that competition gets ramped up more and more as the season goes on.” The two ECAC qualifiers came from junior Victoria Imbesi and senior Erin Rossi. Imbesi commanded the shot put with the No. 2 outdoor performance in Cornell history at a whopping 47-3.75 heave, while Rossi won the hammer at 167-10. The Red also shone on the track, filling the first 11 places in the 1500, as well as taking the 100, 200, 800, 3000 steeplechase and 400. Gina Cargas can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com.
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Tanasoiu Stresses Eldredge Scores Fifteen Goals as Crucial Points as Women Claim Championship Title Red Moves Forward POLO
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sentiments in that the loss was not due to a lack of effort on the part of the men’s team. “Overall everybody played extremely hard — they fought their hearts out,” he said. “I was really proud of the effort and the way they competed. It’s a good sign and I’m sure if we keep doing the same thing, we’re going to come out on top.” Tanasoiu stressed that in the future, the team will need to work on closing out crucial points. “We need to make sure that we take advantage of the opportunities that we have,” he said. “We needed a little bit of focus on the right things when it mattered the most. I feel like we veered off a little bit from the things that we’ve been doing well in the crunch time.” In New York City this weekend, the women’s team (9-4, 0-1 Ivy) also fell to Columbia (10-3, 1-0), 5-2. Junior Sarah O’Neil and freshman Lauren Frazier won their match at the No. 1 doubles spot, but the Red still lost the doubles point and three singles matches to the Lions. The squad’s two wins came from sophomore Ryann Young at No. 3 and freshman Gabby Sullivan at No. 4. According to Young, the pressure of the event as the team’s first Ivy League match of the season may have contributed to the defeat. “Obviously our Ivy League matches are really nerve-wracking because the whole season builds up to these seven matches,” Young said. “We are a really young team, so just handling our nerves, playing our games, [and] not letting the other team control us [are things we need to work on].” Junior captain Christine Ordway acknowledged that, like the men, poor performances on important points impacted the team’s final result. “I think it comes down to the big points, and this past weekend against Columbia we just didn’t win the big points,” Ordway said. “If we really try and focus and buckle down on those big points I think we’ll hopefully come out on top.” Olivia Wittels can be reached owittels@cornellsun.com.
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goal scoring spree, putting the squad into the lead, 13-11. The women were able to maintain this lead for the remainder of the game, as Kailey Eldredge scored two twopoint shots during the game. The second shot put Cornell into a strong position to win at the end of the game. “[The victory] was solidified a little bit more,” Eldredge said. “I was pretty excited after that goal.” That two-pointer was one of Eldredge’s 15 goals in the regional final. The match-up against the Cornell and UConn women was fairly close, but endurance may have been a key factor in securing the win. “I think I was impressed that we kept up with our stamina really well,” Eldredge said. “I think that helped us. Maybe UConn got tired, but I wouldn’t say we played any better than them.” The men also emerged with a fast start. However, UConn was able to stage a comeback against Cornell. The Red ended the first chukker with a nine-point lead, and held that lead to 12-9 by halftime. The third chukker was strong again, and the men increased Cornell’s lead back up to six points, making the score 20-14. However, in the fourth chukker, UConn managed to tally a few goals, surpassing the Red with just one minute left. The final score ended with the men losing the regional title by one point. Despite the loss, the men said they felt that they put in a good effort. “We went out and played the way we wanted to,” Feldman said.
“I wouldn’t have played the game any differently.” A key factor that may have made a difference in the game play during the fourth chukker was UConn’s horses. The Huskies brought two horses that Cornell had never previously ridden to the tournament. “They ended up brining two horses that they didn’t even own when we played them during the fall and it was really unexpected,” said senior captain Van Loon. “The playing style of those two horses was very different from anything I’ve sat on on the polo field.” Although the men rode on the horses during the first chukker, it is difficult to get to know a horse from that limited experience, according to Van Loon. A crucial change to
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closed, he’s looking for the nearest course to practice at and hit some balls.” Despite the disappointing finish, there were positive signs from this weekend for the team’s next tournament in two weeks, according to Dean. “There have been a lot of good signs — Esposito finished with a one-over 71 on the third day, which I’m sure is going to boost his confidence going into the [Princeton] tournament,” Dean said. “I feel like everyone has maybe one piece of their game that wasn’t quite there this weekend, so the next two weeks, we’ll be focusing on our missing pieces, to get everything put together to perform well.” The team will also participate in qualifiers, so
“We really didn’t play up to our expectations going in ... but there were certainly some good signs from how we played,” he said. “Some certain pieces of people’s games weren’t quite there, and that resulted in a few [poor shots].” Dean was second on the team, finishing 15 over par, which tied him for 73rd in the 120-player field. Sophomores Craig Esposito and Zack Bosse tied for 85th, each shooting 17 over par, while sophomore Max Koehler finished in with 22 over par for the tournament, tying for one hundred-fortieth place. The course could have hurt the team’s results, which was different than what “We didn’t really play up to our expectations the golfers are used to in Ithaca, accordgoing in ... but there were certainly some good ing to Dean. “It’s certainly difficult with the firm signs from how we played.” conditions that we weren’t used to playing in, which resulted in difficulty in John Dean judging short-game shots,” he said. “Schimenti said he had particular difficulty hitting into the firm greens; he’s not used to coaches and captains can determine the starting five playing firm greens up here. In upstate New York, the golfers for when the Red travels to the upcoming greens are a lot softer because of the weather.” Princeton Invitational Tournament. Despite some issues with the course, Schimenti “For each tournament, we can only start five guys continues to lead the team and has been giving strong and we have a pretty deep team, so the best way to performances on the green lately. give each guy a shot to play in any given tournament “[Schimenti’s] certainly playing very well,” Dean is through a qualifying process,” Lavin explained. “It’s said. “He’s learning to adjust to firmer conditions in in a tournament format — we go out and play 18 or different areas and learning how to play those shots 36 holes each day. We add up our scores, sign the with his ball flight. We should see some really good scorecards, the whole deal, and at the end of that scores out of him.” process, head coach [Matt Baughan] will make a deciLavin echoed Dean’s sentiments about Schimenti. sion with the captains on who they think is the best “[He] is very well suited to play in … the kind of fit [to play] the next weekend.” courses that we play in the Ivy League and he works very hard,” Lavin said. “I can come see him out there, Albert Liao can be reached at rain or shine, and if we have snow or the course is aliao@cornellsun.com.
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GOLF
Schimenti Leads Red To Eighteenth Place
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This past weekend, Cornell’s golf team played in the Fireline Towson Invitational — its first tournament of the spring season. Sophomore golfer Carl Schimenti led the team, tying for 39th by going nine over par for the three-day tournament. However, overall, the team was disappointed by the results of the tournament, in which it finished 18th in the 22-team field, shooting a combined 48-over par, according to senior co-captain Alex Lavin. “The general feeling is that the team underperformed,” he said. “We didn’t have great expectations going out of Spring Break, considering this was our first tournament and the conditions weren’t great ... but we’d still like to finish in the top half of the field.” Senior teammate John Dean echoed Lavin’s sentiments. See GOLF page 14
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Whip it real good | Freshman Alex Sidney contributed to Cornell’s points against Columbia, earning a win in the No. 3 spot — one of the Red’s three singles wins of the day.
TENNIS
Cornell Unable to Fend Off Lions By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer
The Lion’s roars — better known as Columbia’s particularly rambunctious cheering — proved to be too much for the Red to handle this past weekend, as the men fell 4-3 to their opponent. The two teams split the six singles matches, with Cornell earning wins at the No. 3, 5 and 6 spots by freshmen Alex Sidney, Danny Riggs, and Quoc-Daniel Nyugen, respectively. The Red (7-12, 0-1 Ivy League) failed to capture the decisive doubles point, losing two of the three matches in tiebreakers. Freshmen Jason Luu and Sam Fleck earned an
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Puttering out | Sophomore Craig Esposito (above) shot 17 over par to tie for 85th place with sophomore teammate Zack Bosse.
TRACK AND FIELD
Red Earns Twenty-Two Event Titles at Ithaca
By GINA CARGAS
titles. “Scoring high places in meets is sort of a relative thing,” said Fighting off cold temperatures head coach Nathan Taylor. and wet conditions on South “Against teams like Ithaca and the Hill, the men’s and women’s track ones that come to that meet, it’s teams gave strong performances not worthwhile for our top kids to even compete.” “Against teams like Ithaca and the ones While temthat come to that meet, it’s not worthperatures in the low 30s posed a while for our top kids to compete.” challenge, the Red men still Nathan Taylor came away with eight event titles and at the Ithaca College Invitational four IC4A qualifiers. Saturday. The low-pressure meet “It’s pretty tough to step up in against mostly Division III that weather,” Taylor said. “We schools afforded many under- didn’t enter that many men in the classmen a rare chance to com- meet, but certainly the hammer pete, with the teams taking home See TRACK page 12 a combined total of 22 event Sun Staff Writer
8-0 win at the No. 2 doubles spot. According to Alex Sidney, more enthusiasm from spectators at the event might have turned the tides in favor of the Red on Saturday. “I’d say getting a little bit more pumped up and getting together a bigger crowd [is something we need to work on],” Sidney said. “I think we’re doing a great job of fighting within each match, but if we could all together get a little more pumped up that would be great … I just think it was all a matter of luck this weekend.” Head coach Silviu Tanasoiu echoed Sidney’s See TENNIS page 13
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BASEBALL
Kaufmann Pitches No-Hitter Red has not experienced program feat since 1989
third on a wild pitch, before scoring on a single by sophomore Ben Swinford. Senior Frank Hager gave the Red its other run of the day with a line-drive home run over the left-field fence – his first of the season. Lee said he was satisfied with the weekend’s results. “The whole weekend went very well for us – we are happy By HALEY VELASCO with the wins,” he said. “But, the rest of the division did well Sun Assistant Sports Editor and it’s going to be extremely competitive this year. ... We lost a tough one in the first one, but we responded well by coming Over the weekend, Cornell hosted Ivy foes Harvard and back and getting three wins.” The weekend began on a sour note as Harvard (3-17, 1-1) Dartmouth for two doubleheaders. Cornell split the series, 1-1, with the Crimson on Saturday, before facing off against overtook the Red in the first game on Saturday, 6-2. Harvard’s Dartmouth the next day. The series against the Green was cut pitcher Brent Suter threw a solid bout in the opener, giving up short after sophomore pitcher Connor Kaufmann threw the only four hits in his seven-inning showing. The Red garnered its Red’s first no-hitter since April 5, 1989. The second game was only runs in the third and sixth innings, after Harvard grabbed postponed due to torrential rain, so the Red wrapped up play two runs in the top of the first. The second run for the Red against the Green on Monday at noon — claiming both games came from sophomore Chris Cruz’s team-leading seventh home run of the season, which flew over the fence in right-center field. in the series. He was the team’s only multiple“To be honest I don’t think that hitter against Suter, leading off the the rain out was that much of a facfourth inning with a single. tor; a lot of us would have loved to “Connor went out and threw such a have finished playing yesterday espe- game in game one against Dartmouth.” Freshman pitcher Brent Jones suffered his first loss of his collegiate cially after Connor went out and career after pitching a little over five threw such a game in game one Brandon Lee innings and surrendering six runs. against Dartmouth,” said senior In the second game of the day, captain and catcher Brandon Lee. “It’s a baseball kind of thing where you just go game to game Cornell turned the tables on Harvard, finishing the series with and anything can happen. I am just excited we went out and a 12-7 win. Freshman pitcher Brian McAfee snatched the victory to improve his record to 3-0 for the season, coming back turned out the win today.” In the series opener against Dartmouth (4-12, 1-2 Ivy from a shaky start to finish off the seven innings in four League) on Sunday, the Red (16-5-1, 3-1) recorded the atten- unearned runs. Harvard came out fighting and grabbed a 6-0 tion-grabbing 2-0 no-hitter victory. The game was the first no- lead in the top of the fifth; however, the Red battled back and hitter for the Red since April 5, 1989, when it beat Rochester in scored six in the bottom to secure the tie, 6-6. Thanks to a coma similar seven-inning fashion. Kaufmann settled for two walks, bination of singles and a triple by Swinford, Cornell lifted the while striking out four Green players after facing the minimum score to 9-6 and secured the win. In the second game of the two part Dartmouth series, the 21 batters. Cornell took the lead in the second inning of the contest as Red finished the series off with a win over the Green, 5-2. Lee a result of a two-out double from Lee. The senior moved to went three-for-four with a pair of doubles and Hager grabbed
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No-hit wonder | Sophomore pitcher Connor Kaufmann threw a no-hitter for the Red — its first since April 5, 1989.
his second homer for the day. Senior starter Rick Marks pitched well into the eighth inning of the game at Hoy Field on Monday. With this win, Cornell is experiencing its best league start under head coach Bill Walkenbach and only the second time since 1994 that the program has won at least three of its first four Ivy games. Looking ahead, the Red plays a doubleheader away against Canisius College on Wednesday. “Heading into next weekend we are looking to continue the momentum that we have had all season,” Lee said. Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun.com.
POLO
Women Win Regional Title; Men Named Runners-Up
By ANDREA SIELICKI Sun Staff Writer
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Crimson tide | Cornell rowed to a fifth place finish on Sunday during the Copley Cup, coming in behind Harvard, Cal, Navy and Stanford.
MEN’S ROWING
Red Finishes Fifth in San Diego By ALEX KUCZYNSKI-BROWN Sun Senior Writer
For the first time since 1979, the Cornell men’s heavyweight rowing team journeyed out west to race in the San Diego Crew Classic — an annual two-day event that attracts hundreds of colleges and high schools, in addition to thousands of spectators. According to head coach Todd Kennett ’91, the Red travels to the west coast for a race about once every 10 years, and this particular trip had been in the making since last fall. “A couple big alums wanted us to go there in a bad way, so they started helping out,” Kennett
said. Cornell’s competition in San Diego featured the likes of Stanford, Michigan and Navy, along with perennial powerhouses Harvard and Cal. The first Varsity eight boat — which included senior co-commodores Jim Voter and Brian Searle, seniors Gardner Yost, Alex Karwoski and Russ Mason, and juniors Chris Massey, Kevan Zadeh and Jim Rectenwald — finished third in its heat on Saturday, earning a spot in Sunday’s Grand Final. Cornell ended up placing fifth overall in the race for the Copley Cup, behind Harvard, Cal, Navy and Stanford. See ROWING page 12
The Cornell women finished the regional tournament Sunday as champions for the northeast regional tournament, securing the team’s spot in the national tournament and winning its fourth consecutive regional title after defeating UConn, 24-18. Though the men finished as runner-up to UConn after losing by one goal, 22-21, at the very end of the game, it is likely that the Red will advance to
tion of the tournament on Saturday to Skidmore, beating the Thoroughbreds in a blowout, 37-6. The men owed the sound victory to a combined team effort from freshmen Alex Langlois and Nick Stieg, sophomore Nik Feldman, juniors Justin Schnick and Connor Pardell and senior captain Branden Van Loon. In the second half, Skidmore was able to score just one goal. “I think we started off very well; it was completely a warm-up game for us in the regional finals,” Pardell said. “That was great for the
“I think we started off very well; it was completely a warm-up game for us in the regional finals.” Connor Pardell nationals via a wildcard spot. The tournament started on Friday for the women (11-5), who opened up against Harvard, defeating them soundly, 20-8. The Red took control of the game from the beginning, leading at the half, 14-1. It was a team effort as sophomores Beth Lebow and Kailey Eldredge, junior Kristen Russomanno and seniors Amanda Stern and Ali Hoffman all contributed on the field and to the score. The men opened up their por-
younger guys to get that kind of exposure.” The UConn men and women defeated Harvard and Skidmore too, making the games on Sunday between UConn and Cornell the regional championships. In the women’s game, Cornell was out quick; however, UConn led the first chukker with a one-point lead. By the half, the Red had a fiveSee POLO page 13