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C.U.Receives $100M Synchrotron Grant National Science Foundation funds to advance research in X-ray technology By HELEN DONNELLY

High tech | Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced

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U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Monday that the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source will receive $100 million in funding from the National Science Foundation over the next five years. The funds will allow CHESS to continue the development of experimental techniques using high-energy X-ray beams, which have applications in fields such as medicine and aerospace engineering, according to a University press release. Currently, CHESS receives 20 percent of its funding from the NSF, according to Schumer. President David Skorton, who introduced the senator, emphasized Schumer’s efforts to maintain and increase funding for several agencies — including the Department of Energy and the NSF.

Monday that the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron received $100 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. Pictured, Schumer speaks at Cornell in September.

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Cornell Establishes Study Abroad Program in Cuba By AIMEE CHO Sun Staff Writer

Starting next fall, students will be able to study abroad and conduct scientific research in Havana, Cuba, the University announced last week. The study abroad program is the first in the country that allows college students to do scientific research in Cuba, according to Prof. Tim DeVoogd, psychology, director of the Latin American Studies Program. There are currently only four slots for students who wish to do research, but

DeVoogd said he hopes that number will Bioacoustics and Neuroethology or the Center increase in the future. for Protein Studies — according to Kristen Students in the program will take classes Grace, associate director of Cornell Abroad. through University of “The bioacoustics Havana or the Cuba lab works with bats “It’s my hope that through Study Center, accordthe special relaprograms like this, [the U.S. and and ing to DeVoogd. tionship they have Cuba] will become closer.” with moths,” she said. “Students who are “They are unique to fluent in Spanish can Tim DeVoogd Cuba, and they have take any class,” he said. co-evolved in the way “Students who aren’t fluent will also have to take Spanish courses.” they hunt and evade each other.” Students interested in research will work The other lab studies proteases — a type with one of two labs — the Research Group in of protein that can break down other pro-

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teins — according to DeVoogd. “There are invertebrates in the water around Cuba that have proteases,” he said. “The Cubans had the idea that they could use the proteases for countering bacteria that might attack people.” The students will meet in Little Havana, Miami for an orientation before traveling together to Cuba, Grace said. “Travel to Cuba is not easy,” she said. “U.S. citizens can only go when they’re part of an educational mission.” See CUBA page 4

Skorton Talks Student Unemployment,Debt Says alternative models of education could alleviate financial burden By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

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Harold Giwa-Amu ’14 helps build trusses yesterday on Ho Plaza for Habitat for Humanity.

President David Skorton outlined ways to address graduate and professional student unemployment and debt — including the adoption of alternative models of education — at a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting Monday. According to Skorton, the likelihood that universities will hire those with Ph.D.s degrees depends on a balance between supply and demand, which has raised questions of whether universities are conferring too many doctoral degrees. “For those Ph.D.s whose fields depend on government funding at a time where government funding is basically stuck, in a national scheme I think [American universities] are [giving out too many doctoral degrees],” Skorton said.

However, he also said the University has been educating graduate and professional students for “a long time” and that with a Cornell degree, “placement rates in academia are better than they would be elsewhere.” “We have more doctoral fields than anybody,” he said. “The track record for Cornell faculty, postdocs and … graduate students as they are part of a process or project applying for funding is much better than other [universities]. The National Science Foundation grant [awarded to the Synchrotron] is an example of that.” Skorton also said graduate student debt remains an important issue to him. “It took me 21 years to pay my loans off when I was in your step of the game,” he said. “I did the calculations, and if I was repaying them now with current interest rates, it

would have taken five or six more years.” As a possible way to alleviate this financial burden, Skorton proposed a different model of education, where students could enter career fields or graduate schools without earning an undergraduate degree. “Could you imagine a day where you could enter a field of employment or professional or graduate school based on passing some test of competence and not on credentials?” Skorton said. “People who are pushing massive open online courses as a potential disruptor of higher education believe in this.” Though such a system has been discussed about for a while, it has not yet “materialized,” according to Skorton. In the meantime, Skorton said he has attempted to stop the rising costs See SKORTON page 5

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Cornell Groups Campaign Against Sexual Violence

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Writer

In an effort to promote sexual violence awareness, Cornell groups Men Against Sexual Violence and Wingman 101 are sponsoring a White Ribbon Campaign — part of a national campaign to end violence against women — on campus this week. According to Eric Hunting, residence hall director for Just About Music and the Holland International Living Center and a member of MASV, the campaign began on Monday and will have a table at Ho Plaza every day this week. As part of the campaign, men will be encouraged to pledge against sexual violence and wear a white ribbon as a sign of support, Hunting said. According to Matthew Laks ’15, a member of Wingman 101 — a student organization comprised of trained male students that aims to promote discussion on preventing sexual violence — the main goal of the week-long campaign is to bring men around campus together to stand against sexual violence. “We’re trying to get as many guys as possible to pledge that they won’t just sit around and do nothing when they see an act of violence,” Laks said. “We’re also having guys pledge that they’ll never commit an act of sexual violence or violence against

women as well.” The campaign will provide information on how students can get involved with MASV and Wingman 101, according to Hunting. Also citing awareness as the primary goal of the campaign, Hunting said he hoped the campaign will help “educate other men in the role men have in [ending] sexual violence.” “We see this as not solely a women’s issue, but everybody’s issue,” he said. Hunting added that he believes there is a stigma that sexual violence was “primarily a women’s issue or a women’s concern” and that by having a male support base, the group aimed to change that dynamic. Similarly, Wingman, which is made up of male students, aims to fight sexual violence by promoting a pro-social bystander model, according to Laks. “When we talk to men about sexual violence, we’re not speaking to people as if they’re potential perpetrators — that’s not the point at all,” Laks said. “It’s all about spreading awareness of the issue and creating conversation between different groups on campus to really bring light to the problem.” While this is the first year the White Ribbon Campaign will take place at Cornell, according to Laks, the campaign is an initiative that began in 1991.

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Ribbon campaign | Members of Men Against Sexual Violence and Wingman 101, organization that aim to prevent sexual violence on campus, hand out information on Ho Plaza Monday.

The timing of the event varies across the country, but Laks said that MASV — who first had the idea to bring the campaign to Cornell — chose this week in April in order for the White Ribbon Campaign to act as a lead up to Friday’s Take Back the Night rally and march. This march, which begins at Ho Plaza and ends in the Ithaca Commons, is an annual collaboration between Cornell and Ithaca College meant as a stand against violence, according to the University website. According to Hunting, the White Ribbon Campaign is MASV’s “first big public effort.” “[The campaign is] a collaborative initiative to promote some pro-social initiatives to change our perception and the culture of

sexual violence here at Cornell,” he said. MASV was originally formed by a group of administrators in Spring 2013 due to a sentiment that “not enough conversation was being led by men on campus around sexual violence,” according to founding member Alexis Santis, who is also a coordinator of traffic safety for Cornell Abroad. By pairing it with the Take Back the Night March, Laks hopes that the White Ribbon Campaign will grow each year. “This is a very relevant issue, not just at Cornell, but on every college campus,” he said. Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.

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Deaf hip hop performer Sean Forbes spoke at Cornell Monday, in an event sponsored by the Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project, part of Cornell Public Service. After the event, The Sun interviewed Forbes and asked him about his musical beginnings and commitment to the deaf community. THE SUN: How did you first get involved with music? SEAN FORBES: I grew up in a musical family. My parents were musicians, and I was always surrounded my music from an early age. They made every effort possible to include me. SUN: What message do you hope to send across to your fans and audience? S.F.: If a deaf person can go into music then what’s stopping you from what you want

to do? That message kind of says it all right there ... There were so many people that told me I would never be able to do what I’m doing, and just to be doing it, just to be traveling all over the place and sharing my story with other people, is awesome. SUN: What are some of the hardships you have had to overcome? S.F.: What many people would view as hardships I don’t necessarily view the same way. I have tons of haters out there, and I love the haters. I love those people because when I see someone hating on what I’m doing, it only makes me want to do it even more. I wouldn’t necessarily call those hardships, but it’s not an easy thing. I get emails from other performers asking me, “How do you deal with that?” When I tell them that I love it, they’re like, “What do you

mean?” But if everybody loved you, there’s something wrong with that. That’s just the way I’ve always looked at it. SUN: Can you tell us about the Deaf Professional Arts Network and its creation? S.F.: I started it at the beginning of the year for deaf and hard of hearing people that enjoyed music but were not getting everything that music had to offer, especially lyrics. I’m a lyricist myself, and I’ve always appreciated the words artists are conveying, so it’s very important to me to share that with my deaf and hard of hearing friends. The music portion is one part, but what the artist is saying is another. Not only that, but there are so many talented deaf and hard of hearing performers that I wanted to show that there was a community of these performers out there.

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Born performer| Sean Forbes, hip hop artist and co-founder of the Deaf Professional Arts Network, a nonprofit that translates popular songs into American Sign Language, speaks at Goldwin Smith Hall Monday.

SUN: Do you only make hip hop music, or have you explored other genres? S.F.: I grew up with so many different styles of music that I try to incorporate a lot of those into my performances. Most people would call me a deaf rapper, but I like to say that I’m a performer. I’m an entertainer. There’s more to what I do ... Some of my songs have rock elements in them. Some of them have pop elements in them. It’s not just straight hip hop music that you would normally listen to on a rap, hip hop radio station. There’s a lot of crossover. SUN: What made you get involved with rap in particular? S.F.: There’s something about rap that spoke to me. A rapper drums his words in a sense. I’m a drummer, so when I heard rap for the first time I [said] “Oh my God, he’s drumming with words!” It captivated me, and I wanted to try to mimic what they were doing. I would hear an Ice Cube song or a Snoop Dogg song, and they’d have all of these interesting flows. It was the first kind of music that I really discovered on my own. I grew up with my brother always playing heavy metal and my parents played classic rock and roll. So it was the first music that I really owned myself. I could feel the music, and believe it or not, I could really follow all of what the rapper was saying. I just had something in me that had the ability to do that. The Sun’s news department can be reached at news@cornellsun.com.

News Retired Ithaca College Officer Wins Award Laura Durling, retired assistant director of Administrative Services at Ithaca College, received the Frank G. Hammer Officer of the Month award Monday, according to The Ithaca Journal. Durling had worked at Ithaca College for 37 years and began her career as the college’s first female patrol officer, The Journal reported. Suspects Sought In Attempted Robbery On Willow Avenue Ithaca Police are seeking three suspects in connection with an attempted robbery that took place in the 200 block of Willow Ave, according to The Ithaca Journal. According to The Journal, IPD responded to a reported assault regarding two black males and a white female, who had allegedly demanded approached the victim and demanded the victim’s wallet and backpack, before striking the victim several times in the head. Food Scrap Collection Pilot Planned in Ithaca According to The Ithaca Journal, the Tompkins County Solid Waste Management will host a celebration of its food scrap recycling program from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The pilot will include a gardening station for plant swaps and re-potting, finished compost, food, music and prizes, according to The Journal. — Compiled by Noah Rankin

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Havana Program Aims to Offer Schumer:CHESS Plays Cultural, Research Experience ‘Pivotal Role’ for Nation

erful experience to be working towards normalizing relations.” Grace said students will have the opportuniDeVoogd said he was first inspired to start ty to visit historic Havana and the rest of the the study abroad program when he visited the island, in order to see a different way of life. “I think it’s an amazing opportunity, given country about two years ago. “When students on [Cornell’s] campus the entwined history of the United States and want to do research, they talk to a professor Cuba,” she said. “It’s a unique opportunity for that they’re interested in working with,” he students to really get to know a place that’s so said. “I essentially did the same thing. I went close and yet so not understood. For those still to professors at the University of Havana and wanting to engage in research, they’ll have an asked them if they would be interested in host- opportunity [to do so] with endemic species that they would be ing students from not able to find Cornell for research, here.” and they said yes.” “It’s a unique opportunity Marina Markot, According to for students to really get to director of Cornell DeVoogd, planning Abroad, added that the program and getknow a place that’s so there are few other ting approval for it rigorous study has been a two-year close and yet so not abroad programs for process, due to “all science students that kinds of levels of understood.” also expose them to administration” in Kristen Grace cultural differences. Cuba that had to “It is important approve any kind of that science students interaction with the learn how scientific research is done around United States. “Of course, [Cornell] had to approve it the world. Many of our current science stutoo,” he said. “We finally got the last of the sig- dents will one day be working in multinational and multicultural labs. A broad understandnatures we needed last month.” Alexis Santi, coordinator of travel safety for ing of the global scientific landscape will be Cornell Abroad, said that Cuba is an “extreme- important,” she said. “The Havana program is the first one in what I hope will become a ly safe country.” “Crime is virtually nonexistent. My own Cornell trademark series of unique and inpersonal vetting of the location entailed walk- depth academic experiences for undergraduing streets where students may traverse late at ates. night and interviewing locals in the area. I didn’t run into any issues,” he said. “As someone who is Cuban American, whose parents fled Aimee Cho can be reached the country in 1960, I find this a deeply pow- at acho@cornellsun.com. CUBA

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“I want to stress that Cornell and universities like Cornell have no better friend than Senator Charles Schumer,” Skorton said. Schumer said the United States’ dominance in the tech and pharmaceutical industries are due to government investments in agencies such as the NSF and the National Institute for Health. “If you care about middleclass incomes declining — which I do and most other politicians talk about — then to cut investments in NSF and NIH didn’t make any sense,” Schumer said. “We need more, not less, of this type of funding.” Schumer said the accomplishments that CHESS has made — and will continue to make — are of national importance. “CHESS has played a pivotal role in medical discoveries that are keeping people alive,” he said. “It has also has had scientific breakthroughs that have been responsible for two Nobel prizes.” According to Schumer, investment in CHESS is vital because it means that researchers can make long-term plans for the future and not fear that their budgets will suddenly be cut. “This investment means that CHESS is on firm financial ground,” he said. “The people that work here can plan their research for the next five to 10 years. It means that the federal government believes that Cornell and the CHESS lab are a worthy and substantial investment, and that the work done here is a national priority.” Schumer said that research done at the facility could even work to solve issues such as global warming. “Research done here could also solve our global warming problem because if we can develop a hydrogen fuel cell, then we won’t need gasoline,” he said. “The by-product of a hydrogen fuel cell is not [carbon dioxide], but [water].” According to Schumer, CHESS also has the technology and resources to create medicines that battle a wide range of dis-

eases. “It is one of the few X-ray stations in the U.S. equipped to study toxic viruses. Drugs that fight both AIDS and the common cold are here in the pipeline,” he said. “How could anyone want to stop this?” One hundred milion is a large sum of money, but a relatively small amount in federal budget terms, according to Schumer. He

“We need more, not less, of this type of funding.” Chuck Schumer added that this investment in the synchrotron could help boost the economy. “Science does not exist in a vacuum,” he said. “Research performed at CHESS has led to the development of commercial products, new businesses, and new jobs.” Director of CHESS Prof. Joel Brock, applied and engineering physics, took the podium to explain more about the facility’s mission and thank Schumer for his support. “CHESS’ mission is to provide unique X-ray facilities to researchers, from all over the U.S. and around the world, to enable their research in important areas,” he said. “[These areas] include next-generation batteries, novel catalytic, electronic and magnetic materials, low-weight composites for fuel efficient aircraft, environmental science and the discovery of new pharmaceuticals.” CHESS also is an international leader in training scientists and in the development of x-ray technology, according to Brock. He ended his speech by thanking the senator for his commitment to CHESS. “Senator Schumer has been a consistent supporter of CHESS, and most importantly, a good friend of science and basic research,” Brock said. Helen Donnelly can be reached at hdonnelly@cornellsun.com.

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New York City Officials to Skorton Encourages Students to Fundraise Investigate Cause of Deadly Queens Fire SKORTON

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NEW YORK (AP) — City officials are trying to determine why ambulances were delayed in responding to a fire in Queens that killed two 4-year-old siblings. Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano told the New York Post the fire department was reviewing dispatch tapes to try to find out what caused the delay. The fire was reported just before midnight Saturday in a twostory brick home in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. The newspaper said EMS workers didn't arrive at the scene until 21 minutes after the fire was originally reported. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday confirmed that an investigation was underway. Authorities say the blaze was accidentally set by children playing with fire. The children’s 4-year-old sister, their 63-year-old grandfather and a 55-year-old woman survived the blaze and are in stable condition.

Death Count Climbs to 104 in Ferry Sinking JINDO, South Korea (AP) — One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from a South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago. Dozens of police officers in neon green jackets formed a cordon around the dock as the bodies arrived Tuesday. Since divers found a way over the weekend to enter the submerged ferry, the death count has shot up. Officials said Tuesday that confirmed fatalities had reached 104, with nearly 200 people still missing. If a body lacks identification, details such as height, hair length and clothing are posted on a white signboard for families waiting on Jindo island for news. The bodies are then driven in ambulances to two tents: one for men and boys, the other for women and girls. Families listen quietly outside as an official briefs them, then line up and file in. Only relatives are allowed inside. For a brief moment there is silence. Then the anguished cries, the wailing, the howling. They have not known for nearly a week whether they should grieve or not, and now they sound like they’re being torn apart. “How do I live without you? How will your mother live without you?” a woman cries out. She is with a woman who emerges from a tent crying and falls into a chair where relatives try to comfort her. One stands above her and cradles her head in her hands, stroking her face. “Bring back my daughter!” the woman cries, calling out her child’s name in agony. A man rushes over, lifts her on his back and carries her away. This heartbreak still awaits many families of those still missing from the submerged ferry Sewol, or at least those whose relatives’ bodies are ultimately recovered. Families who once dreamed of miraculous rescues now simply hope their loved ones’ remains are recovered soon, before the ocean does much more damage. “At first, I was just very sad, but now it’s like an endless wait,” said Woo Dong-suk, a construction worker and uncle of one of the students. “It’s been too long already. The bodies must be decayed. The parents’ only wish right now is to find the bodies before they are badly decomposed.” About 250 of the more than 300 missing or dead are students from a single high school, in Ansan near Seoul, who were on their way to the southern tourist island of Jeju. Bodies are being identified visually, but family members have been providing DNA samples in case decomposition makes that impossible. The families, and South Koreans more broadly, have at times responded with fury. The captain initially told passengers to stay in their rooms and waited more than half an hour to issue an evacuation order as the Sewol sank. By then, the ship had tilted so much it is believed that many passengers were trapped inside. At a Cabinet briefing Monday, President Park Geun-hye said, “What the captain and part of the crew did is unfathomable from the viewpoint of common sense. Unforgivable, murderous behavior.” The comments were posted online by the presidential Blue House. The captain, Lee Joon-seok, and two crew members have been arrested on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need, and prosecutors said Monday that four other crew members have been detained. On Monday night, prosecutors requested a court to issue a warrant to formally arrest these four people, a prosecution office said in a release late Monday. A transcript of ship-to-shore communications released Sunday revealed a ship that was crippled with indecision. A crew member asked repeatedly whether passengers would be rescued after abandoning ship even as the ferry tilted so sharply that it became impossible to escape.

of attending graduate and professional school through various methods, including decreasing the University staff workforce by over 8 percent in recent years. However, Skorton said such attempts would only slow the rise of tuition and not cause any reductions. “Keep thinking about smarter ways to fundraise,” he said, encouraging the graduate students to address education costs. “Come up with ways to find other revenue sources. Over a third of

my time is spent on fundraising.” Skorton also encouraged the GPSA to campaign and advocate directly for increased government funding for programs that impact graduate students. “When students go [to] lobby Washington, it’s unbelievably more effective than when I go ... you’re the future, you’re a constituent, you’re a future employer directly or indirectly,” he said. “Only 30 percent of Americans have a college degree… [graduate and professional students] are a special voice to the political conversation.” Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

Thousands Line Up to Bid Final Farewell To Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez MEXICO CITY (AP) — With two heads of state and thousands of tearful admirers, Mexico bid farewell on Monday to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel laureate considered one of the greatest Spanish-language authors of all time. The ashes of the author, who died Thursday at age 87, were received at Mexico City’s majestic Palace of Fine Arts to several minutes of thunderous applause after being placed on a black pedestal by his widow, Mercedes Barcha, and his two sons, Gonzalo and Rodrigo. He was eulogized in a brief ceremony in the dramatic art deco lobby by the presidents of both Mexico and Colombia, two countries linked by the writer through

his birth, life, heritage and career. “We come as admirers and friends of Gabo from all corners of the planet,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, using the nickname by which Garcia Marquez was known throughout Latin America. “He will live on in his books and writings. But more than anything he will live forever in the hopes of humanity. Eternal glory to someone who has given us so much glory,” Santos added. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said the writer’s death was “a great loss not only for literature but for humanity. Various generations ... found answers to the questions of life in his stories and tales.” Attendees released a flurry of yellow paper butterflies, one of

Garcia Marquez’s most famous literary images from “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and the author's favorite color. Garcia Marquez lived in Mexico for decades and wrote some of his best-known works here, including Solitude. Before the speeches, thousands of people stood in a line stretching more than a half mile waiting for their turn to pass by the simple urn decorated with yellows roses during a three-hour tribute open to the public. Dignitaries, friends and artists took turns as honor guards, including Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera and Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, president of Mexico's National Council for Culture and the Arts.

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Once silenced,now heard To the Editor: Re: “Cornellians Take Control of Student Assembly Meeting,” News, April 18 In this letter, I express my own opinion and not the opinion of the Student Assembly. I’m writing to commend the students who had the courage to challenge the authority and legitimacy of the Student Assembly at Thursday’s S.A. meeting. As the S.A. sponsor of Resolution 72, which was tabled indefinitely on April 10 and is the issue that led to this action of civil disobedience, I am proud of the community for standing up and reminding the Assembly that they serve to provide a voice to students. My voice was silenced. The voices that I represented by bringing Resolution 72 forward were silenced too. Thursday’s actions gave us a voice again, and for that, I am thankful. I believe the Assembly takeover was good for the S.A., and students should move forward to ensure their voices are not silenced again. The students’ actions served to remind the Assembly of their past, their mistakes at present and their duty to change to continue to play a critical role in leading the student body. Thursday’s protest reminded S.A. members that their body is the venue for hearing and discussing divisive issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Assembly’s duty to hear these issues comes from the history of the group’s founding: they were founded to provide a voice for all students by students whose voices had been marginalized at Cornell. Thus, if any student wants to voice words that call for action from Cornell as an institution or Cornell as a group of world citizens, then the Assembly must hear that student. Thursday’s actions showed the Assembly that they made an error in choosing to table Resolution 72. The student protest showed the Assembly that, in tabling Resolution 72, they took a voice away from students who were seeking to be heard, and thus they need to correct their mistake. If the Student Assembly wants to continue to be the voice of students on this campus, the Assembly must indiscriminately listen to all student voices and help give students a voice when no one else will listen. The Assembly cannot let another resolution be tabled before the sponsors have presented the resolution. The resolution sponsors have the right to explain their resolution and why they brought the resolution forward. Moving forward, all students need to keep the Assembly accountable by playing an active role in student governance. We have a structure in place to give students a voice. We identified where the system failed — and will work to fix that — but more students also need to get involved in student government to ensure that the Assembly continues to truly represent the interests of the students. I have faith that the Assembly will grow from this takeover. I have faith that the representatives will be reminded of their role as student leaders: to provide a voice to all students. I have faith that the Student Assembly will earn back the faith of the student body. Nick Vasko ’14

n a decision not a quite a month old, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Northwestern scholarship football players were allowed to unionize and collectively bargain with the university. The legitimacy of the decision — and the argument that generates the most controversy — hinges on the interpretation of football players not as student-athletes, but as employees of the academic institution. The fight is far from over as Northwestern University already announced it would appeal the decision to the NLRB national office. Many prominent National Collegiate Athletic Association employees, such as President Mark Emmert and Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, have spoken out against the unionization of Division I athletes. Scott even went so far as to write, “characterizing Northwestern University’s scholarship football players as ‘employees’ is a terrible idea that will do nothing to improve college sports and may well destroy them,” in a USA Today column. The main concern in regards to the solvency of college athletics is that the unionization of “revenue sports,” namely football and basketball — which have traditionally supported “non-revenue sports,” such as swimming, tennis and baseball — could result in a lack of resources and the collapse of certain programs at private universities. In his USA Today column, Scott claims that he, along with other conference commissioners across the country, supports the idea of, “increased academic support, improved student-athlete health care and enhanced athletic scholarships up to the full cost of attendance.” Interestingly enough, The New York Times reports that the Northwestern players who brought the case to the NLRB are seeking, “better medical protections for concussions and other injuries, guaranteed scholarships that cover the full cost of attending college and the establishment of a trust fund that players can use to finish their schooling after their NCAA eligibility expires.” Seems to me as though Scott already supports what a union would potentially accomplish. Now, one could make the argument that Scott truly champions these ideas, he just believes in a different means to the same end. However, if change has not occurred yet, why would one think major NCAA reform is on the horizon? According to CBS Sports, Scott was the highest-paid commissioner in the 2011-2012 year; “ He received $1,575,000 in base salary, a $1,376,000 bonus and additional compensation of $71,462. That’s a total of $3,022,462 for the year.” The NCAA, an organization that recent-

ly inked a $10.8 billion March Madness television deal, along with Scott, have no financial motivation to support major reform, the only surefire method of ensuring the equitable treatment of athletes is through court obligation. If Scott truly believes that unionization would result in the crumbling of “non-revenue” college sports, then he should negotiate with players and other commissioners in order to provide the aforementioned reforms outside of federal courts. Heck, maybe he could even take a pay-cut. In his USA Today column, Scott goes on to declare that, “The notion that [athletes] see themselves as employees rather than students is laughable.” If the idea is so “laughable,” and Division 1 athletes are actually students rather than employees, why does the average Division 1 football player spend 43.3 hours, 3.3 hours longer than an average American employee, a week on his sport? Why do players routinely miss classes in order to appear in nationally televised broadcasts that rake in millions for the NCAA and their coaches? According to the NCAA website, “The NCAA was formed in 1906 to protect young people from the dangerous and exploitative athletic practices of the time.” Thing is, times change. The NCAA is now a billion-dollar industry that is currently responsible for the exploitation of college athletes. Yes, most players receive scholarships. No, this is not enough when you consider the full cost of college as well as medical costs incurred due to injuries sustained in college. The NCAA wants players to be content with being the big men on campus for a couple years and then retreat silently to the backdrop, thankful for the experience. When a handful of individuals are making billions off of college kids who can’t even find work to cover their medical expenses after college due to the streamlined academic process for elite athletes, it’s time for a change. If the NCAA really cares so much about academics for “student-athletes,” then keep the players in class and increase your scholastic requirements. The players aren’t being greedy or reaching for a piece of the billion-dollar revenue pie. All they’re seeking in exchange for the millions that coaches and commissioners stand to make off their talent and work is health coverage and a trust fund to help them stay in school after athletics. That doesn’t sound so laughable to me. Jake Forken is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken Opinion appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Rape culture is bad,but discourse is good To the Editor: Re: “LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Danger of Rape Culture Denial,” Opinion, April 18 A Letter to the Editor published on April 18 demanded that the Sun “take responsibility” for the “triggering effect” that an column about sexual assault could have caused victims. I hope that they do no such thing. The column, written by Julius Kairey, acknowledged that sexual assault is an enormous issue that needs to be addressed. At the same time, it stated that exaggerated claims of “rape culture” have led to policies that deprive accused of fair hearings. I am not agreeing with Kairey; I think that more needs to be done to support victims and prevent rape from occurring. However, I agree with the decision to publish his opinion piece. It was grounded in reality and reflected many legitimate concerns. Cornell needs to find a balance between protecting victims from their attackers and making sure that people who are accused are actually guilty. The question at hand is where that balance lies. For an effective dialogue about sexual assault to occur, people with differing perspectives must be able to voice their concerns. The letter’s authors claim that Kairey should not be able to publish his opinions about rape because it may cause flashbacks for victims. But if The Sun censors this topic, a greater harm occurs — the loss of a productive dialogue. Benjamin Gandesbery ’15

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OPINION

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Deon Thomas | It’s Not Me, It’s You

y entire life, I have strived to be considered an anomaly. I always thought it was more interesting to be looked at as something unique rather than to become boxed in and labeled. For this reason the trend of taking BuzzFeed quizzes has left me aghast. It’s as if everybody has become absolutely fascinated with being labeled as what they deem “cool.” We have begun to completely rely on societal standards to tell us “what to be” or “how to act.” Maybe, this fascination has existed for quite some time now, but these incessant quizzes have made it more public than ever. For those of you that haven’t been on social media this year, I will attempt to explain the idea of a BuzzFeed quiz. These quizzes range in nature and allow you to figure out certain things about yourself. You can find out anything these days, from “How Would You Die in Game of Thrones” to “How Lazy Are You Actually.” In order to find out these intriguing facts about yourself, you are subjected to answer random questions such as, “Have you drank directly out of a juice carton instead of dirtying a single cup?” After you finish the quiz you are told whether you are “not lazy” or “extremely lazy.” Ironically enough in the “lazy” quiz the more questions that you check off of the 100 questions the lazier you are considered to be. In my opinion a lazy person wouldn’t look through and check off 70 of 100 questions, but that’s an entirely different argument. Taking these quizzes for the fun of it and not allowing it to affect your mentality is a perfectly innocent endeavor. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that these quizzes slightly affect your mindset regardless of your intent. But regardless of your intent, the entire point of taking that quiz is to find out how you can now label yourself. Additionally — irrespective of whether or not my

I implore each of you to put away these quizzes. Not only are they a blatant waste of time ... but they also create wrongful stigmas. suspicions are correct about these quizzes altering ones mindset — there are much better ways to spend one’s time rather than taking these ridiculous questionnaires. Ever since these quizzes have been popular, 7.8 quizzes on average are created every day. I recently read an article that stated “One thing worth noting is that BuzzFeed is capturing some user data for these quizzes and is ‘exploring best practices for its use’ on the sponsored side. Still, the quizzes are in no way scientific, and so to glean user data from them, is to mine spurious information. This isn’t news to the company, but according to Hynes, the info ‘offers great insight into who our users are.’” Another astonishing fact is that 96 percent of users that begin these sponsored quizzes end up finishing them as well. Which mean that these quizzes aren’t simply being taken for fun but with an end result in mind. Another shocking fact from the article is that “According to Burton, users like quizzes so much that in some cases they’re taking them more than once. For example, 37 percent of those who read ‘Which of these is your favorite restaurant chain’ completed the quiz twice.” With this “eyes on the prize” mentality it becomes more difficult to deny that these results matter to each user. I implore each of you to put away these quizzes. Not only are they a blatant waste of time and a lowly provider of stimulation to those that spend the time to take them, but they also create wrongful stigmas. I also don’t care to find out which Harry Potter character you may be, and I would rather not be assaulted by these quiz results in my news feed. If you want to find out what type of person you are, the best method to find out is some simple self reflection. If, years from now, you haven’t reached any level of self-fulfillment because you consider yourself a Ron Weasley, extremely lazy and a bohemian-wedding-loving person, make sure you take the quiz that tells you that it’s not me, it’s you. Deon Thomas is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com. It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

“I know Cornell students aren't used to this kind of thing ... but honestly, this is totally normal for American campuses and has been an integral part of political life and movement building in this country. ... Not only do I think Thursday was totally justified, it's refreshing to see that Cornell has a pulse.” ALC6 Re: “EDITORIAL: In Support of a Democratic Process,” Opinion, published April 21, 2014

Maggie Henry | Get Over Yourself

Save the TCAT Passes

f the past few weeks and ing of this natural area. for Cornell students. Thus, the controversy over the The ensuing drama led Cornell is both a volume Student Assembly’s tab- the University to draft an client of TCAT and a local ling of Resolution 72 has agreement that provided free funder. We contribute to the taught us anything, it’s that bus passes to all new students subsidy the same way that instances of major student who don’t bring cars to cam- governmental institutions activism are few and far pus. This was intended to do, but we are also clients between on this campus. reduce the amount of park- purchasing rides ahead of When they do take place, the ing needed and encourage time. fervor generated by more Resolution 14 demands environmentallyCornellians’ passion domi- friendly travel solutions, that we increase our subsidies nates student news and con- according to Prof. Elizabeth through existing funding versation relating to Sanders M.A. ’76 Ph.D. ’78, sources or cut new student University administrative government. It also con- passes. Frankly, this shows a issues. tained a variety of other pro- misunderstanding (or misWhat we haven’t realized, visions such as studies and wording) of the issue. It is however, is that a legacy of sustainability initiatives. not necessarily the subsidy past student activism is being Though the stipulation that covers all freshman rides, stomped on at this very did not guarantee the time but rather the purchase of a moment. While we debate period for which the passes prepaid plan. We contribute (and, in the S.A., avoid would be offered, the ratio- the subsidy because like the debating) Resolution 72, nale for the provision still City and County, we are an another resolution is snaking stands. This campus simply important civic institution. an insidious path through doesn’t need more cars. We should not increase our the University Assembly. Speaking as someone who subsidy unless those entities U.A. Resolution 14 — occasionally drives to cam- do as well. Addressing the Tompkins pus, those of us who do it Instead of increasing the Consolidated Area Transit with no health reasons are subsidy to make Cornell Deficit — would retract free annual bus passes for freshmen, first-year trans- If Cornell’s increased ridership is really fer students and new exceeding the value of the prepaid professional and graduate students “if discount plan paid to TCAT each Cornell is unable to year, then Cornell should pay up. increase its subsidies to TCAT to meet the $1.00 per ride limit with doing so because we’re lazy more of a contributing partexisting funding sources.” It and probably shouldn’t. The ner than the City or County, attributes TCAT’s current University should, as a the University should pur$700,000 annual deficit to responsible, partially pub- chase more under the volthe increased ridership by licly-funded institution, try ume discount purchase. The Cornell students and a to mitigate quality of life and authors’ use of “subsidies” steady (but not increased) environmental issues raised misleads readers into thinkcontribution by Cornell to by failing to provide bus ing the purpose of the subTCAT. sidy is to secure the rides that passes. Resolution 14 is problemSecond, Resolution 14 freshmen take. Rides are puratic for many reasons — two propagates misconceptions chased through the plan that are particularly com- about Cornell’s financial rela- instead. The relative number pelling. First, Resolution 14 tionship with TCAT. Cornell of student riders shouldn’t fails to accommodate some currently issues a subsidy of necessarily correlate with our basic realities about why approximately $830,000 subsidy contribution, but some students have free bus each year to TCAT, along with the amount we purpasses. An article published with equal subsidies from the chase through the volume The Sun yesterday revealed CIty of Ithaca and Tompkins discount plan. the backstory of these passes. County. These subsidies The Resolution fundaIn 2005, the University razed account for about 19.5 per- mentally reduces responsibilRedbud Woods, a wooded cent of TCAT’s annual oper- ity of Cornell as an instituplot once owned and ating budget, while state and tion for TCAT expenses and extolled by Robert Treman federal programs contribute pushes it onto students. In 1878, in order to make room almost 50 percent. the past, through fares and for a parking lot that still The remaining approxi- various labor issues, the stands today. In an instance mate 30 percent of TCAT’s brunt of TCAT’s financial of intensive student activism, budget is made up of cash burdens has been placed on students occupied Day Hall, fares and the Cornell volume Ithaca residents and TCAT chained themselves to discount plan, which pre- employees. It’s important for administrative offices and sat purchases $2.5 million in Cornell to take institutional in the trees of Redbud fares to pay for the free fares responsibility not only for Woods to prevent the flatten- after 6 p.m. and on weekends the success of TCAT —

which takes a potentially isolated University and connects it to the city that increases its attractiveness as an educational destination — but also for the quality of life that its students experience. If Cornell’s increased ridership is really exceeding the value of the prepaid discount plan paid to TCAT each year, then Cornell should pay up. This resolution only proposes, however, that we review existing funding sources. What if we draw funding from student activity fee increases? What if we used a lottery system to allow students who wanted the free pass to obtain it? If the Resolution permitted alternative funding sources, the administration could explore new choices for making up the inadequate contributions. Without these freedoms, however, the resolution remains troublingly deficient in its ability to help TCAT address its deficit issues. Cornell needs to preserve free bus passes. Incoming students deserve to be cared for, and to pay for public transport is an extra expense for which many students won’t be able to or choose to pay. Students who don’t have free bus passes won’t necessarily ride TCAT anymore. Instead of reducing our carbon footprint, this will merely distance Cornell from the Ithaca community and isolate students without the financial means or freedom to pay for a pass themselves. The sponsors of this resolution should try to explain their financial logic today. In the face of major problems, it would be a shame if it gets passed. Next time representatives want to take a hammer to the outcome of a powerful instance of student activism, they should consider more nuanced solutions. Maggie Henry is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at mhenry@cornellsun.com. Get Over Yourself appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Mad Men Returns for Seventh Season New Coast, New Decade, Same Old Don Draper

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor

The end of season six of Matthew Weiner’s sometimesgreat, sometimes-drab, always dark drama Mad Men, set up the biggest framing device for season seven pretty haphazardly — after a series of bait-and-switches, plenty of screaming matches and a bit of love lost (Ted and Peggy were always a cringeworthy pairing anyway), the logistics of this newly bicoastal series is Megan, Pete and Ted on the West coast, everyone else back East and Don Draper somewhere in between, but always out in the cold. It’s a perfect time for the show to move West, as we’re knocking on the ’70s door now, we’ve been dropping the Megan Draper as Sharon Tate hints for two seasons already and I’m ready to see how plotlines heat up in Joan Didion’s “paranoia capital of the world.” There’s not much to say about what’s going on out there yet — Pete’s sleeping with a real estate agent and not sure where the ladder to climb is located, Ted’s moping around and everyone’s noticing, Megan’s decidedly less into Don but mostly just plodding along with auditions and obliviousness like she’s meant to in his grand scheme of things. The opening scene of the seventh season is one of my favorites in a long time though, as we see Freddy Rumsen, general bit character and once-upon-a-time lush, pitching Peggy the perfect idea for a new account. His pitch is confident, creative — reminiscent of a “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”

Don Draper pitch. The reveal that it’s Draper’s work being pitched is fun and a solid scratch in the “Win” column for Don Draper’s always questionable character. Seen in these early episodes wandering listlessly through his forced sabbatical — the aftermath of his guts-spilling speech in the season six finale’s Hershey’s pitch — we only hear evidence of Don’s attempts to claw back out of the grave he dug himself. Sally Draper makes her first season seven appearance in episode two, and while she’s still just making boring schoolgirl trouble for the bulk of the episode, she also manages to display her penchant for stumbling into the wrong place at the wrong time yet again. Stranded in the city without car fare, she wanders up to the SCP offices and finds Jack Avery in her father’s office. Her next bewildered stop is Don’s apartment, where he lies through his teeth to her until Dawn calls to warn him that Sally was at the office and may be on her way. Caught in the act (again), he initially turns vicious, trying to poke holes in Sally’s story about being in the city to attend the funeral of her roommate’s mother. At which point Sally snaps at BettyDraper-breakneck-speed, “Do you know how hard it was for me to go to your apartment? What if I ran into that woman? I’d have to stand there, smiling, wanting to vomit while I smelled her hairspray.” The honesty between Don and Sally in this episode is hard to buy — despite the sixth season finale field trip to “the brothel Daddy grew up in,” or something. Don could level with Megan in the same way and chooses not to, making it seem like Sally wouldn’t know any of this if she didn’t have such a weird proclivity towards stumbling upon

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Don’s secrets. He’s visibly taken aback by the sincerity of her parting line, “Happy Valentine’s Day. I love you,” but hey, let’s hold out some hope for an evolving fatherdaughter team. I like it much better than the prospect of a Sally and Betty dynamic duo. While Bert Cooper has been at death’s door for the majority of the show’s run, Matthew Weiner and friends now seem to be putting him to a use marginally more weighty than Betty-Whitestyle laughs — he’s the voice of the old generation, notso-subtly elbowing Joan in PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMC response to her transfer of Dawn to reception, with the statement that he’s “all for the advancement of colored people, but maybe they shouldn’t advance quite to the front of the office.” I’m not entirely sure what his place is other than to glorify our more traditional heroes — his protest gives Joan the chance to stick up the black secretaries and declare herself progressive (like her bangs!) for a hot second before she backs down and serves to make the obvious but more subtly racist crimes of his coworkers pale by comparison. In fact, 1969 race relations come close to center stage in this episode — it’s mostly the black secretaries, Dawn and Shirley, who get hurt and all of that hurt is due to a white temper tantrum of one form or another. Dawn’s jerked around by Jack Avery after she skips her lunch break to buy his wife perfume, she’s made increasingly uncomfortable by Don’s requests to keep him apprised of the office goings-on (and especially by the compensation he offers) and she has her secretary position ungracefully wrested from her by the air-headed Moira. All that happens before Bert expresses how important it is that she not be the receptionist either. Peggy, who we thought was going to grow into a champion for young women after her quick ascent from Don’s secretary to his replacement, is seen acting pretty petulantly throughout the entire second episode. She mistakes her secretary, Shirley’s, roses as sent for her and assumes they’re from Ted. This misunderstanding lasts all day and through several embarrassing phone calls before she finally tries to throw the flowers out (“it smells like an Italian funeral in here”) and Shirley is forced to correct her. She’s berated for it and once again a screaming higher-up

stomps into Joan’s office asking to be rid of their secretary. What’s most disturbing about her behavior isn’t the tantrum per say — her humiliation is palpable and this episode’s Shakesperean comedy number of misunderstandings seems enough to drive anyone to the brink. But she seeks to push Shirley away from her as the source of the humiliation when she so clearly isn’t, and it’s implied early in the episode that Shirley’s job isn’t to come clean with Peggy but to let her believe the flowers are hers no matter the cost. Expectations for Dawn and Shirley in this episode are so convoluted as to be impossible to fulfill, and any time there was hurt headed the way of their white superior it gets redirected onto them. The most important voice of interjection in these two episodes is probably Jim Cutler, who rather forebodingly refers to Don at the partners’ meeting as “Don Who? Our collective ex-wife who still receives alimony?” and somewhat spontaneously decides that Joan ought to move upstairs to the empty Accounts office and leave her Human Resources chores for a non-partner. En route to the new office, Joan obviously runs into Roger, exchanges a few flirtations and then presents her promotion in expectation of praise. But Roger Sterling has gotten steadily less likable over the course of the last two seasons (frankly, I was decidedly uncharmed after his season one Betty Draper sexual harassment) and he’s not ready to give it — after all, dear Joanie is a sad single mother who also happens to be super hot … and that combination is super hot. Empowerment looks bad on her if you’re Roger Sterling and especially now that she’s proven that — counter to Pete’s nasty season six zinger — some of her accomplishments have indeed “happened in broad daylight.” Not to be overly optimistic, as season six was a mess of missed opportunities and uncharacteristically weak dialogue, but season seven has definitely set itself up with enough to work with — the West Coast plotline, the cusp of the ’70s and the more bald-faced handling of race and gender are meaty enough for writers to chew on for 13 episodes at least. The question of whether they bit off more than they can chew is somewhat beside the point — they are, at a minimum, no longer assuming that we’re watching because we care so much about Don Draper. He’s not a part of the new dynamics at the SCP offices, nor is he one of our Los-Angeles-inthe’70s voyeurs. It’s the only move that could possibly make him an empathetic character again and it’ll either make his comeback less panderingly triumphant than it would have been or it’ll show his downfall as a small casualty when old becomes new — Peggy becomes Don (the hip, ’70s model), Joanie becomes Ms. Holloway (SCP account man) and Bert Cooper becomes glue. Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Is Fargo Worth Watching? You Betcha! BY SEAN DOOLITTLE Arts and Entertainment Editor

This is a true story. The events depicted in this review took place took place on FX at 9 p.m. last Tuesday. I love the Coen brothers. From Inside Llewyn Davis to No Country for Old Men and my personal, grossly underrated favorite Burn After Reading, the pair has consistently demonstrated a knack for eccentric dark humor, irony and gratuitous violence. Fargo is considered by many, including myself, to be their magnum opus — a deft tale of Midwestern discontent, greed, masculinity and neverending winter. After the runaway success of the film — which put the directorial partnership on the map — a direct television adaptation starring Edie Falco was produced,= a little over a decade ago. The show, which never made it past the pilot stage, would have followed Police Chief Marge Gunderson’s escapades after the gruesome events of the film. Perhaps the biggest issue with that adaptation was a certain lack of Frances McDormand. McDormand was easily the best part of Fargo — she ended up winning the Academy Award for her performance — giving us one of the most refreshing female characters in recent cinema. On the outside, Marge seemed to be the typical feminine character — sweet, innocent and pregnant to boot — but her dedication and excellent police work, not dumb luck intuition, allow her to succeed. Whereas many others film would play her gender and pregnancy as a perceived weakness in the line of duty, Fargo shirks these preconceived notions to the point that they become peripheral. But I digress. Given the adaptation history of Fargo and its place in the cinematic canon, I was extremely wary of FX’s new television anthology mini-series based of the film. How could it compare without an iconic character like Marge Gunderson? It would be nigh impossible for a television show to match the dark charm and wit of Fargo, and even if it did, a simple retread of the story would be unnecessary and tiresome. Surprisingly enough, the series pre-

miere of the show was good. Quite good, in fact. It almost perfectly balances what made the film so great — that Minnesotan uberkindness, the deplorable human beings behind the kindness and the glorious, hilarious violence — with new plot, characters and themes. It seems at once familiar and new, simultaneously charting new television territory while referencing, and often sending up, what we have already seen. At first, it may come off as overdone, what with its male anti-heroes and dark subject matter, but it reveals itself to be much more than a simple rip-off of Breaking Bad set in North Dakota. While the saga of Walter White had its bits of comedy (Creator Vince Gilligan once claimed it was “30 percent comedy, 70 percent tragedy”), Fargo is much more obviously a comedy, and a brilliant, wry one at that. The story is somewhat familiar to fans of the movie. Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman, who puts on a hilarious Minnesotan accent) is an insurance salesman who puts up with the incessant abuse of his wife, friends and coworkers. He is passive, emasculated and drab, but he hides a shallow greed and insecurity motivated by being constantly taken advantage of. He draws obvious parallels to the film’s Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), but Freeman’s take is something to observe, equal parts pushover and sociopath. He becomes friends with a mysterious drifter and hitman Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton), who offers to help Lester regain his power and masculinity, even if it means killing those who stand in their way. The police force, led by Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman), try

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to keep the peace as the town becomes overtaken by malice, but they just cannot seem to get all the pieces together at once. The Coen brothers’ style and sense of humor is preserved in their entirety, and the episode seemed indebted to the source material and the directors’ vision. The show opens with the same titles, proclaiming it to be based on a true story, as the camera pans over the desolate, but starkly beautiful tundra and boreal forests. There is an overwhelming sense of dread in even the most placid and tranquil shots here, and it nails the sense of unease that the Coens worked so hard to achieve. Writer and showrunner Noah Rawley has meticulously to replicate the original work while sufficiently making it his own. And when I saw a poster proudly advertising White Russians — the Dude’s beverage of choice — in a bar, I knew the Coens’ work was in good hands. Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriulture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

Community: Introduction to Season Finales W

hen a network tells a sitcom that they are going off the air, I can pretty much guarantee you a few key plot points: 1) Something that was important from the pilot is going to come up. 2) The potential couple that was implied in the pilot will either discuss their romantic involvement over the series or come to some resolution about each other. 3) Some physical location that is important for the unity of the characters is going to be lost or altered. Take Friends for instance: After 10 years of offs, ons and in-betweens, Ross and Rachel decide to be together and raise their daughter, and Rachel decides not to travel to Paris for her dream job. Monica and Chandler sell their apartment, which, apart from Central Perk, was the iconic location for Friends. The show ends with the apartment, one final shot giving us hope that the loss of their common ground is not necessarily the end of the group of friends, but simply the end of our time with them. Though not necessarily the series finale, Community began something similar with the first part of their two-part season finale, “Basic Story.” The Save Greendale committee, sitting around Table Mach II has really nothing to do for the first time because they have exorcised the gymnasium demons, investigated the gumballs and renegotiated the fish sticks contract. With super secure vending machines and no new species having been discovered in the school for a week, Greendale

Community College has officially become a profitable piece of land, prompting school board members Richie and Carl (“That’s right — we have names!”) to finally sell of the land to a corporation. And now, three seasons after Britta fell in love with Subway (the human in the blanket fort), Subway (the company this time) is back to convert GCC into S.U.: Subway University. Eat Fresh. With the imminent doom of their common location, Jeff and Britta inevitably discuss how the entire study group was formed because Jeff wanted to sleep with Britta. The show comes full circle as Jeff turns to Britta and declares, “Let’s get married!” With the cliché series finale established, it was time for the Community

Guest Room Marissa Tranquilli twist — buried treasure. Because that’s what they do, of course: “What does this look like?! An hour-long episode of The Office?! There’s pickaxing and electric zapping!” “Basic Sandwich” had everything you could possibly want in an episode of Community. No parallel timelines or paintball, but Jeff and Annie, meta to the extreme and Chris Elliot playing a computer scientist who had been living in the basement since the

’70s. The Save Greendale Committee now has the true task of saving Greendale: Finding the secret, sealed-off section of the school where rumored millions are located, enough to buy Greendale back from Subway and reestablish their collection of crazies. Every time the quest looks hopeless, Jeff and Britta push their engagement and lovey-doveyness (worth it if only to see Annie’s reactions), and yet every time success is imminent, somehow Britta and Jeff end up on opposite sides of the room. Abed, in his capacity as the ultimate meta-man in this finale, helps Annie by explaining that if Greendale fails Jeff and Britta are seeking the security of “trying to spin off,” that their show will last six episodes max and be called something like Better With My Worse Half or Awfully Wedded or Tying the Not or #CouplePeopleProblems. And though I think that Jeff and Annie should be together and was never behind Jeff and Britta, I would so watch a show called #CouplePeopleProblems because, my God, it sounds just terrible. This episode reminded us a lot of the changes of Season Five. Most importantly, the return of Dan Harmon and the end of the “gas leak year.” The regression and stalling of character development was one of the huge glaring issues with Season Four and Harmon worked to reestablish Annie as an adult (she is wearing pants like every episode — what?!) and Abed manages to say goodbye to Troy and enter into a relationship with a character lost in the abyss of Season Three. As the brain child of Harmon, Community very nearly fell flat without its crazed genius at the helm. With him back, we have Abed as Nicholas Cage, a school-wide game of

“hot lava” and Dean Pelton with his incomparable payday rap. Harmon’s return, in fact, was the only thing that could make the loss of two of the Greendale Seven bearable. I still do shed a tear, however, when I think of that final handshake or the final sing-song, “Troy and Abed in a bubble!” The entire episode finale was a giant F-you to the network, demanding the renewal of Community — the end tag was completely making fun of NBC’s inability to air high-rated comedies. And yet, NBC will likely have a riot on their hands if they didn’t let the fans reach the coveted goal: “#sixseasonsandamovie.” As always, Community has no idea whether or not it is to be renewed, and may be classed as “bankrupt, unmarketable and forever on the chopping block.” But, as Dean Pelton reminds us, “Around here, we call that Wednesday!” Community is about its fans and its followers. It is not here to cater to the network or give us some idea of normality. Community is a community for anyone who has ever felt left out, weird or quirky. It doesn’t need six beautiful people with their perfect jobs and lives showing us how to live. We show Community how we want to be. It deals with real issues in real ways, never shoving them down our throats or preaching to the audience but letting us experience everything. Cancellation is not an option. As Abed tells Annie, “The point is, Annie, it isn’t just their show. This is our show. And it’s not over.” Marissa Tranquilli is a junior in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears every Tuesday.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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Harvard in the first round, but lost a 60-57 heartbreaker to Wisconsin in the round of 32. “Playing against a high level of players day in and day out will help me improve,” Cressler said. “But I’m confident Coach Stallings will take my game to the next level. He is a well respected coach and has a great knowledge for how to put players in good situations to score and make plays.” Cressler also noted that the rest of the program’s staff would focus on helping him improve his individual game. “I’m really looking forward to Assistant Coach [Tom] Richardson’s individual skill development program that has proven to be one of the best in the country.” When asked about his reasons

for leaving Cornell, Cressler did not mention the team’s struggles this season. “I decided to leave Cornell because I felt it was not the right fit for me and I wanted to seek other opportunities,” he said. While Cressler will move on next year, he acknowledged that there are things he will take with him into the rest of his basketball career at Vanderbilt. “I learned a lot in my two years here that will easily translate to my next seasons at Vanderbilt. A big thing is that I now know how to balance school and basketball,” he said. “But most importantly, I have learned how to be a good teammate on and off the court. My teammates here have taught me so much and I’m really going to miss them.” Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Jets Prepare for Season NEW YORK (AP) — Rex Ryan stays away from bold guarantees and eye-popping predictions these days. It’s just not his style. Well, at least anymore. The New York Jets coach is still plenty confident in his team, and he let them know that Monday when his players gathered at the team’s facility in Florham Park, N.J., for their first set of voluntary workouts. “I talked to our team about how I feel, about what our fans expect,” Ryan said of his opening message. “To me, it’s time to deliver. We need to deliver. “I’m not going to get into the specifics about what we’re delivering, but I know what our fans expect, and they’re going to get everything we have.” Every coach’s goal is to get to the Super Bowl, of course, and Ryan has made that clear since he got the job with the Jets in 2009. But after an 8-8 finish that saved Ryan’s job despite the team missing out on the postseason for the third straight season, there’s a clear sense of optimism around the franchise. “Obviously, you can’t start from where you left off, but we knew we were a team that was ascending,” Ryan said during a conference call. “I think that is important to us.” Some of the “buzz,” as Ryan described it, can be attributed to high-profile free-agent signings such as quarterback Michael Vick, running back Chris Johnson and wide receiver Eric Decker this offseason. All three were considered arguably the best available players at their positions in free agency, and provide significant improvements. While general manager John Idzik has been deliberate this offseason, he has also been thrifty. The Jets are still about $26 million under the salary cap, a figure that places them among teams with the most space to

work with. And, they’ve also got a whopping 12 draft picks. “I think we have a great nucleus of a team,” Ryan said. “We’ve laid that foundation last year and I think we’re just going to build to it this year.” Part of the late-season success last year in which the Jets won three of their last four was the result of Geno Smith becoming more efficient as a rookie. Still, he headed into the offseason uncertain as to whether the Jets considered him the quarterback of the future, or even the present — a situation that became murkier when they signed Vick. But the second-year quarterback has praised the addition, and reiterated that he’s looking forward to competing with a player of Vick’s experience. Smith also isn’t afraid to make guarantees. When asked Monday if he still think he’ll win the starting job, Smith responded with a simple, yet confident, “Yes.” Smith explained that he’s more comfortable in Marty Mornhinweg’s offense, and he’ll be able to also lean on Vick, who played under the coordinator when the two were in Philadelphia. Even Vick said he’s coming to the Jets with the thinking that the starting job is Smith’s — for now. “I respect what Mike said, but I understand there’s a competition,” Smith said. “It comes down to what we do on the field.” Ryan doesn’t think Vick’s presence will be a deterrent to Smith’s progress. In fact, the coach believes just the opposite. “I think his physical skills are going to push Geno,” Ryan said of Vick. “It’s not like you don’t have a great quarterback sitting right there, pushing you, because that’s what he’ll do. He’ll push you. He’s a tremendous player, a very talented guy. It will be great for Geno.”

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Trail Blazers,Rockets Could Be Best First Round Match-Up SHATZMAN

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Jefferson (CHA), Dwayne Wade (MIA), Chris Bosh (MIA) and Kemba Walker (CHA). X Factor: Michael KiddGilchrist/Chris Douglas-Roberts — LeBron plays small forward, as does this hyphenated-pair. Thus, well, good luck! Outlook: Charlotte was among the better defensive teams in the league this season, but LeBron dropped 60 on ’em, too. They simply don’t have the means to stop the Heat’s highpowered offense. Al Jefferson is no slouch, however, and he should be able to dominate the Heat bigs enough to keep the Bobcats within striking distance, as seen in Game One. Pick: Heat, 4-1 Brooklyn Nets (6) vs. Toronto Raptors (3)

Season Series: 4-0, Spurs Top 5 Players: Tim Duncan (SA), Tony Parker (SA), Dirk Nowitzki (DAL), Monta Ellis (DAL) and Kawhi Leonard (SA). X Factor: The Spurs are the Spurs — They just know how to win. They’re sooooooo good. Outlook: This series is a basketball lover’s dream. Dirk vs. Duncan — two of the greatest power forwards to ever play. The Spurs, like, never lose, but the Mavs are a veteran, winning bunch themselves. Dallas held San Antonio to 90 points in Game One, but, in typical Spurs fashion, Dallas only scored 85. They led for much of the game, though, and Dirk had an offgame. It will take something special, but Dallas has what it takes to win the series. Pick: Spurs, 4-1 Memphis Grizzlies (7) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (2)

Season Series: 3-1, Thunder Season Series: 2-2 Top 5 Players: Kevin Durant Top 5 Players: Deron Williams (BKN), DeMar (OKC), Russell Westbrook DeRozan (TOR), Kyle Lowry (OKC), Zach Randolph (MEM), (TOR), Joe Johnson (BKN) and Serge Ibaka (OKC) and Mike Conley (MEM). Paul Pierce (BKN). X Factor: Marc Gasol — He is X Factor: DeMar DeRozan — When he’s hitting shots, the the anchor of the Grizz’s defense, and needs to be a major presence Raptors are tough. Outlook: The Nets took in the paint for Memphis to have Game One on the road in front a chance. Outlook: The Grizzlies of an epic Air Canada Centre knocked OKC crowd, thanks to out the playPaul Pierce turnThe Nets will need offs inof 2013, but ing back the to ride their defense unfor tunately clock a couple for Memphis, years. These to pull the upset. this season’s teams are evenly Thunder is eons matched and better than the each game should come down to which team they eliminated. Russell team drains more clutch buckets Westbrook is back and playing in the final five minutes of the better than he ever has, and the fourth. DeRozan was quiet in Thunder seem to get any look Game One, but one of the most they want on offense. The explosive scorers in the game, he Grizzlies led a ferocious secondhas the ability to get Toronto half comeback in Game One, through to the semis. The Nets only to lose in the fourth quarter, will need to ride their defense to but overall Memphis is outmatched. It’s all or nothing for pull the upset. the Thunder in 2014. Pick: Raptors, 4-3 Pick: Thunder, 4-0 Washington Wizards (5) vs. Chicago Bulls (4)

Season Series: 2-1, Wizards Top 5 Players: John Wall (WAS), Joakim Noah (CHI), Nene Hilario (WAS), Bradley Beal (WAS) and Marcin Gortat (WAS). X Factor: The Bulls’ offense — Chicago lacks scorers and playmakers, so guys like Dunleavy, Hinrich, Augustin and Butler must knock down jumpers. Outlook: ESPN’s Bill Simmons picked the Wizards to go to the Eastern Conference Finals, and after their Game One victory, many jumped on the Wiz’s bandwagon. Their starting-five is loaded, and with Nene healthy, the Wizards boast one of the most threatening offenses in the league. The Bulls have heart, are well-coached, and excel on defense, but their pathetic offense is, well, really pathetic. Chicago led for most of Game One, but the Wizards stole the win in crunch-time, exposing the Bulls’ weaknesses. The Bulls were one of the most surprising teams in the regular season, but it’s going to take a lot to extend their postseason past round one. Pick: Wizards, 4-1 Dallas Mavericks (8) vs. San Antonio Spurs (1)

Golden State Warriors (6) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (3)

Season Series: 2-2 Top 5 Players: Blake Griffin (LAC), Stephen Curry (GSW), Chris Paul (LAC), David Lee (GSW) and DeAndre Jordan (LAC). X Factor: Doc Rivers — The Clippers have underachieved in the playoffs over the past couple seasons, but Vinny Del Negro appeared to be incompetent. Doc knows what it takes to win the title. Klay Thompson — The presence of Stephen Curry means lots of shots for Klay. He’s one of the best pure shooters in the game, and he must perform against the Clippers. Outlook: Game One came down to the wire as the Warriors edged L.A. — albeit with some help from the officials. But Blake Griffin was in foul trouble the entire game and only logged 19 minutes. Griffin should be able to dominate inside, but the Warriors’ offense can keep up with any. The Warriors’ must help Curry by knocking down open looks. If they don’t, the Clippers will cruise. Pick: Clippers, 4-3 Portland Trail Blazers (5) vs. Houston Rockets (4)

Season Series: 3-1, Rockets Top 5 Players: James Harden

(HOU), LaMarcus Aldridge (POR), Dwight Howard (HOU), Damian Lillard (POR) and Nicolas Batum (POR). X Factor: Robin Lopez — Must stop Howard from dominating down-low and needs to force Harden to take outside shots. Dwight Howard — If he can just knock down 50-plus percent of his foul shots… Outlook: This series has the

makings to be the best first round match-up. Both teams have both tremendous guard play and game-changing big-men. The Blazers pulled out an epic victory in Game One Sunday night, thanks to the success of Hack-A-Dwight in the final five minutes. If Howard continues to miss free throws, the Rockets are going to be at a significant disadvantage. There is no reason to

believe he will suddenly solve his foul shot woes though, and without him in the game, Aldridge is unstoppable (46 points, 18 rebounds in Game One). Kevin McHale will need to make adjustments for the Rockets to win the series. Pick: Trail Blazers, 4-3 Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Red Clinches Tournament Spot With Win Against Yale By RYAN QUINN Sun Staff Writer

As the Red first took to the field in its special pink uniforms for their penultimate game of the regular season, the Ivy League playoff picture was distinctly undecided. About two hours later, the Red had just exploited a strong second half run against Yale to secure the victory, improving its in-conference record to 4-2 and officially clinching a playoff spot in this year’s postseason tournament. In this year’s edition of the annual Pink game, Cornell wore its special pink jerseys to raise money for breast cancer awareness. And while the color of its uniforms may have been different, the Red got the same steadfast performances from key players down the stretch that have characterized its last few Ivy League games. In all three of its last contests against Ivy League opponents, Cornell has come out on top by one goal. In its last game against Brown, it took overtime to settle the outcome, and against Dartmouth, the Red needed two overtimes. But on Saturday against Yale, the Red avoided an extra period, if not the late-game drama. To pull out the victory though, they needed to recover from another lackluster first half. Although the team is 3-2 in its last five contests, the Red has faced a deficit going into halftime in each of those games. This weekend, the Red fell behind to Yale after the Bulldogs pulled ahead by a goal with three minutes left in the first half. It was the end of what was a back-andforth first half of a fiercely contested game. Cornell found itself in five different ties with Yale, featuring three differ-

ent lead changes. Even after the Red broke a 3-0 run after halftime to build a two-goal lead on the Bulldogs, Yale responded with two unanswered goals of its own to tie the game at 6-6. It seemed like not only did Cornell and Yale immediately respond to each other as teams whenever either of them was able to build any momentum, but individual players took over at certain spots in the game. After junior co-captain Lindsay Toppe started off the scoring for the Red ten minutes into the game, Yale answered with two goals of its own to take the lead. Sophomore Emily Tripodi then pulled her team back as she tallied her seventh and eighth goals of season tying the game after each score. Tripodi, the team’s leader in assists over the past two seasons, was on the receiving end of an assist when she finished her second goal off of a pass from senior Rachel Moody. The shot was buried in the bottom left corner and evened the score at 3-3 just 12 seconds after senior attack Jen DeVito had put Yale ahead with her 20th goal of the season. After halftime, it was senior co-captain Chelsea Rowe that powered the Red when she recorded two goals in a sixminute span. After her first shot found the top left corner, and junior Sarah Hefner scored off of a free-position shot following a foul, Rowe built a two-goal lead for the Red with a left-handed shot from the opposite side of the field than her first goal. However, Yale refused to go away and junior midfielder Erin Magnuson brought the Bulldogs back to a tie with her 19th and 20th goals of her season. Both of her scores came on free-position

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Cutting it close | Saturday’s one-goal win over Yale marked the third straight Ivy contest the Red has won by a single goal.

shots following a foul by the Red, which was one of its only defensive struggles of the game. Cornell conceded four freeposition goals including all three of Yale’s goals in the second half. Although it is a testament to the Cornell defense that the Bulldogs did not score a single goal in the run of play for the whole second half, the Red allowed seven such free-position shots during the game, double its season average. Even after freshman Catherine Ellis and Toppe scored in the latter stages of the second half to put the Red back up by two goals, the free-position shots were an issue for Cornell. In the last eight minutes the Red gave up four free-position shots and only two critical saves by junior goalkeeper Carly Gniewek preserved the Red’s lead. But with their two-goal lead and those key saves by Gniewek, regardless of one last Yale goal, the Red held on to clinch its third consecutive playoff berth. Taking into account the rest of the Ivy League results over the weekend, the teams that have made it to the postseason have been decided. Princeton clinched the No. 1 seed with its win over Dartmouth, Harvard is locked into either

the No. 3 or 4 seed and Penn still has two more games to play. Provided that Penn can beat a Columbia program that has just two wins over an Ivy League opponent in 17 seasons, Saturday’s matchup between Cornell and Penn could decide the seeding for both teams as well as Harvard. If the Red can get a victory in its last game of the season at Shoellkopf and Harvard wins against Dartmouth, they will move into a three-way tie with Penn and Harvard for second place and seeding will be decided by goal differential. If Cornell wins and Harvard loses, the Red would move into sole possession of second place. However if Cornell loses in any scenario, it will move to fourth and face Princeton in the playoffs. Regardless of the Red clinching its playoff spot, it still has a lot to gain out of this contest with the Quakers. And if its last game of the regular season is anything like the Red’s last three Ivy League contests, it would be a tight finish in the year’s last game at Schoellkopf. Ryan Quinn can be reached at rquinn@cornellsun.com.

TRACK AND FIELD

Women, Men Combine for 30 ECAC-IC4A Qualifiers By NIKITA DUBNOV Sun Staff Writer

The men’s and women’s track and field teams once again sent split squads to separate meets to compete against some of the best contenders in the region. The Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J. took place Friday and Saturday, while the Cortland Classic Invitational, a nearby instate meet, took place on the

same days. “The past weekend competitions were impressive. Our team continues to excel, [and we were] recently rated as the number one Division I track and field team in the Northeast Region by the [United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association] for week two of the outdoor season,” said head coach Rich Bowman, who leads the women’s team. “Overall the team

is running, jumping, throwing extremely well but we are not where we want to be just yet.” In this past weekend’s events, the women had 18 qualifiers and the men had 12 qualifiers for the ECAC-IC4A meet at the end of the season. Additionally, there were several changes to the top10 all-time results in several different events. The most notable performances, however, came from senior co-captain Rachel

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Wrecking records | Sophomore Udeme Akpaete’s 53:71 in the 400m broke Cornell’s record in the event and stands as the sixth-best time in Ivy league history.

Sorna and sophomore Udeme “DeeDee” Akpaete with their record breaking performances. Sorna finished in third place in the 3K steeplechase with a time of 9:43.48, and first out of collegiate competitors. The new record mark beat out her previous record by a large margin and put her at the top of the NCAA 3k steeplechase event. In the 400m, Akpaete ran 53.71, the sixth-best time in Ivy history. “The two marks were spectacular, but not unexpected. Rachel has the capability to run an outstanding effort like this every time she steps on the track. Clearly, she is on a mission and it’s just fun to watch her compete,” Bowman said. “DeeDee’s efforts at the 400 meters have been nothing short of unbelievable all season. The record she just broke was one of the oldest marks on the books and 53.71sec puts her in the top 20 in the entire Northeast Region.” Important performances came from other Big Red athletes. The women’s 4x100m relay team recorded a fourth best all-time mark for Cornell in 45.86, led by senior co-captain Ebolutalese Airewele. Sophomore Brian Eimstad had a great race in the 5K at Princeton where he recorded a time of 14:16.75, while senior co-captain Bruno

Hortelano-Roig won the 200m race with a time of 20.91 and qualified to race in the IC4A meet. Freshman pole vaulter Grant Sisseron won his event with a qualifying vault of 16'2.75". Senior Montez Blair also qualified for IC4A with a second place finish in the high jump, with a result of 6'10.25". At the Cortland meet, freshman David Karabinos took home the decathlon title with 6184 points at the end of competition. Despite the successes at the weekend’s competition, there is still a long way to go for the Red, Bowman said. “We still have three weeks and three competitions before we choose our team for the Ivy League championships. In some ways we have athletes that are where they need to be, and others trying to get there. It’s hard to have all event groups on the same page every weekend, but the goal is to have that happen during championship season in three weeks,” Bowman said. Next up for the Red are two big meets next weekend, when approximately 20-25 athletes will be selected to represent Cornell at the 120th annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field next weekend. Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

Men:Weekend Play Will Set Ivy League Tournament Seeds A s the regular season winds its way to a close, attention turns to the postseason Ivy League tournament. Cornell, Harvard, Yale and Penn locked their places in the competition, but seeding will not be set until after this weekend’s Harvard-Yale and Cornell-Princeton match-ups. If the Red wins and the Crimson loses on Saturday, Cornell will host the tournament, and if Cornell and Harvard both lose, the Red will still be the No. 1 seed. Other outcomes send the top seed to the Crimson. Harvard secured its place in the tournament with a 9-8 takedown of Princeton last weekend, while the Red claimed its place with its 14-9 Senior Day win over Brown. Cornell goalie Christian Knight earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for the fourth time this season, joining only seven other players in Ivy League history to nab this honor four times in one season. In Saturday’s match against Brown, he stopped 10 shots in the first half alone to keep the Red ahead going into half time. Bulldogs junior attack Conrad Oberbeck, who posted a careerhigh eight points in a weekend win over Michigan, and Crimson long stick midfielder Brian Fischer, who anchored Harvard’s defense against Princeton, took home Co-Player of the Week honors. — Compiled by Emily Berman

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Seeding set-up | In the majority of the potential ways the tournament seeds could play out, Harvard and Cornell are the top two spots.

Women: Tigers Nab Top Seed,Will Host Ivy Tournament

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A tale of two teams | Penn has earned a spot in each Ivy tournament since its inception in 2010, while Brown has yet to appear.

rinceton secured its place as host and top seed of the Ivy League Tournament, as well as at least a share of the regular season Ivy title, with its 12-10 defeat of Dartmouth. Harvard, Cornell and Penn round out the other tournament teams, although their seeding is not yet decided. Penn, which earned its place after a 12-6 win over Brown, can grab a share of the regular season title if it wins its two remaining Ivy games. Cornell’s 8-7 victory over Yale vaulted it into the post-season, while Harvard joined the competition with a 1210 win over Columbia. With Harvard, Penn and Cornell left to duke it out for the remaining three seeds, Penn can grab the No. 2 spot with wins in its final two Ivy games. — Compiled by Emily Berman

WOMEN’S 2014 SEASON STANDINGS Princeton Penn Harvard CORNELL Brown Yale Dartmouth Columbia

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2014 SEASON STANDINGS CORNELL Harvard Penn Yale Princeton Brown Dartmouth

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

C.U.Loses Leading Scorer Nolan Cressler to Vanderbilt University Sophomore All-Ivy honorable mention started all 28 games for Red By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

Sophomore guard Nolan Cressler, the men’s basketball team’s leading scorer during a disappointing 201314 season in which the team finished 2-26, will transfer to Vanderbilt University next year. Cressler will have to redshirt a year due to the NCAA’s transfer rules, but will have two years of eligibility left to play for the Commodores. “I didn’t want to leave Cornell and go to another school and have my academics suffer,” Cressler said. “So I wanted to find a good fit basketball wise, but also an elite academic school. So when the opportunity at Vanderbilt became available, I knew it was a place I would be interested in.” Cressler said that there were other schools interested in him throughout the process, a list which included such big name institutions as Michigan,

Notre Dame, Pitt and Dayton — this year’s Cinderella story team in the NCAA tournament. “You kind of take a risk when you decide to leave a school because you don’t know who is going to be interested and who will have scholarships, but I was happy with my options,” Cressler said. Cressler started all 28 games this season, leading the team in minutes. He was the Red’s go-to offensive weapon in a season where scoring was often hard to come by. The sophomore averaged just under 17 points per game, the fourth most in the Ivy League, and was named to the All-Ivy honorable mention list at the end of the season. Cressler also led the team in made three-pointers, connecting on 68 triples. The move to Vanderbilt represents a shift to the SEC, a powerhouse conference in college basketball with a fast-paced style of play that is very dif-

ferent from the Ivy League. Cressler got a taste of SEC basketball in his freshman campaign, when the team played the Commodores on their home court. Despite outscoring Vanderbilt in the second half, the Red fell 66-55, and Cressler was one-of-six from the field in 17 minutes of play. The sophomore said that he is excited to play in the SEC, where he will match up against top programs like Florida and Kentucky, two 2014 Final Four teams. “Obviously if you’re a competitor, it’s every kid’s dream to play at this level,” Cressler said. “I’m looking forward to the challenge.” Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings has taken his team to six NCAA tournaments and two Sweet Sixteens in 14 years with the team. In their most recent NCAA appearance in 2012, the Commodores topped See CRESSLER page 12

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Academics and athletics | Nolan Cressler said that when considering his transfer options, he didn’t want to “have [his] academics suffer,” which made Vanderbilt a good fit.

MEN’S ROWING

NBA Playoffs: Red Varsity Eight Boats Claim Cups First Round By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK

Sun Staff Writer

It’s that time of the year, folks.

Atlanta Hawks (8) vs. Indiana Pacers (1)

Season Series: 2-2 Top Five Players: Paul George (IND), Paul Millsap (ATL), Jeff Teague (ATL), David West (IND), Lance Stephenson (IND) X Factor: Roy Hibbert — The two-time

Ben Shatzman Guest Column all-star has been dismal of late. DeMarre Carroll — Responsible for stopping Paul George. Outlook: The Hawks looked little like an 8-seed in Game One, as they soared to an eye-opening victory on the road. The struggling Pacers lost six of their final 10 regular season games, and are in serious danger of being upset unless they can find an answer for Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague, who tore them apart for 25 and 28, respectively. The Hawks are great on defense, but massive Roy Hibbert should be able to cause havoc in the paint. Hibbert must show up, and Indiana needs to turn it on defensively in order to compete with an Atlanta squad that is solid on both sides of the ball. Pick: Pacers, 4-3

Although both Cornell men’s rowing teams entered the weekend with little experience in competition on the water due to weather conditions in Ithaca, after the weekend’s races were over, both Red squads looked to be in midseason form. Both teams won the varsity eight race and the heavyweight team won the overall points trophy against Navy and Syracuse. Racing for the second time on the Cayuga Inlet this season, heavyweight junior captain Chris Schang said the team was ready for a challenge. “All of our Duels throughout the season are against highly competitive crews and there is not a single team we

can take lightly,” Schang said. “I am therefore very glad with the performance we showed against Navy and Syracuse in the Varsity Eight.” For the first time in four seasons, the No. 8 ranked Red’s varsity eight boat defeated No. 9 Navy and No. 17 Syracuse for the Goes Cup, awarded to the winner of the varsity eight race. In a race that was highly contested for the first half, the Red were able to pull ahead in the final stretch and defeat Navy by over three seconds. The second, third and fourth varsity eight races saw the Red fall short, but the freshman eight race brought the Red back into contention for the Stagg Points Trophy. The freshman eight boat cruised past Navy, beating them to finish line by a full ten

seconds, and secured the Red the overall points victory. Schang said he was optimistic about the future for the freshman boat. “Rowing together and gathering racing experience is extremely important, especially for a young crew,” he said. “If they keep up their focus and work ethic, they will benefit from every single day on the water.” While the heavyweight team rowed to victory in Ithaca, the lightweight team experienced similar results in New York City. The No. 1 Cornell team took on No. 2 Colombia and No. 7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Geiger Cup. In the varsity eight race for the Cup, the Red defeated both boats by over three sec-

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Taking the trophies | The heavyweight rowing team earned the Goes Cup and Stagg Trophy, while the lightweight team brought home the Geiger Cup.

onds in what senior Thomas Evangelista said was a challenging race. “I think that the varsity eight had a strong performance this weekend, overcoming what was probably not our best race to still come out on top,” he said. “Coming through the middle of the race, Columbia took a monster move to put a lot of pressure on us and get back into contention for the lead.” The Geiger Cup win was not the only achievement for the Red on Saturday as the third varsity boat and varsity four boat also won their races. The second varsity boat was the only Cornell boat to lose a race as they finished a little over three seconds behind Columbia. The early success will boost the team in training the next few weeks, Evangelista said. “The team now has two weeks until our next race against Dartmouth and this gives us a great opportunity after the three weekends of racing to reestablish some key areas of our technical rowing and improve our race plan,” he said. The heavyweights will head back into the water next week in Princeton, N.J. where they will take on Ivy League foes Princeton and Yale. Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at thucek@cornellsun.com.