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By CAROLINE FLAX Sun Senior Writer
With Provost Kent Fuchs’ short-term funding of “critical language” programs slated to end at the beginning of next semester, individual departments have searched for funds to keep their programs alive. Although the fate of all 11 critical languages remains unclear, using previously saved funds, one department — Asian Studies— will support several South and Southeast Asian language programs for the next few years, according to Prof. Walter Cohen, comparative literature, the Senior Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. After the U.S. Department of Education slashed 40 percent of its funding to critical languages –– lesser-known languages that are of national importance –– in 2011, Fuchs funded 90 percent of the shortfall for this year. Now, however, that funding is running out. Prof. Tamara Loos, history, director of the Southeast Asia Program, said that the University determined that the Southeast Asia program had the capacity to temporarily sustain its critical languages using its endowment from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Because the Southeast Asia Program would be able to, in part, make for the Department of Education’s budget shortfall with this endowment, the University decided not to provide additional funding to the program to help it cope with the budget cuts, Loos said. Loos said, however, said that the program will attempt “to keep our languages alive for as long as we can.” “The bottom line is we’re rearranging how we spend our current endowments to try and make [the funds] spread out for the next two See LANGUAGES page 4
Opinion Fighting Breast Cancer
Debbie Tseng grad reflects on being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer and the appreciation she has gained for life. | Page 9
Arts Young Love VICTORIA GAO / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Drink for the masses | The owners of Northside Wine and Spirits, like other liquor stores, stocked up in anticipation of Slope Day.
Liquor Stores Prepare For Slope Debauchery By DAVID FISCHER Sun Staff Writer
On Friday, Collegetown will be teaming with scores of excited, drunken Cornellians eagerly
anticipating the festivities on the Slope. Although for businesses, operating in the middle of the tumult could be a nightmare,
Aurora Guerrero’s poignant film, Mosquita y Mari, explores the life of two young Chicanas as they fall into love and struggle with class issues. | Page 15
Sports Biggest Champs
Senior Cam Simaz, Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, and Rebecca Johnston, an icehockey player, were honored as The Sun’s athletes of the year. | Page 24
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SAE Tradition Survives Despite Expulsion C-Town, Commons By JEFF STEIN Sun Managing Editor
This September, after joining the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the former pledges of Sigma Alpha Epsilon wanted to host a traditional SAE event called the “White Party” in their new home. But University administrators interfered and, threatening punishment, effectively prevented TKE from hosting the event, according a
University memo obtained by The Sun in January. Several months later, after TKE was kicked off campus for the alcohol-related hospitalization of a freshman, students formerly affiliated with SAE again wanted to host the White Party. This time, however, the event fell beyond the jurisdiction of the Greek system, and the party occurred in Collegetown Saturday night. Although it has been more than a
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Tough times TKE | Cornell revoked its recognition of Tau Kappa Epsilon for at least three years in January.
year since SAE was kicked off campus, vestiges of the fraternity and its brotherhood maintain a visible presence on campus. The Interfraternity Council executive board discussed Saturday’s White Party on Tuesday, according to IFC President Chris Sanders ’13. It concluded that since the students are not in the Greek system, the IFC “can’t really do anything about it,” he said. Ken Babcock ’13, vice president for judicial affairs for the IFC, added that holding the White Party was not necessarily a violation of IFC or University policy. “From what I’ve been told it’s just guys who were once affiliated having a party at their annex — or their apartment — which they’re entirely entitled to do,” Babcock said, adding that the IFC is not “tasked with governing them any longer.” Still, the activity could pose a danger to student safety, said Travis Apgar, associate dean of fraternity and sorority affairs, who emphasized that he had no personal knowledge of the White Party’s occurrence. “It’s a threat to people’s safety if they’re taking these parties elsewhere,” Apgar said. “Our expectation is that See TKE page 6
Plunge Into Darkness With Power Outage
By MICHAEL LINHORST Sun Senior Writer
Students often brag about their pre-Slope Day blackouts, but a power outage probably wasn’t what they had in mind. Boomboxes fell silent in much of lower Collegetown Thursday night as a severe thunderstorm knocked out power to thousands of people in the Ithaca area. Party-goers had difficulty finding the best parties without the telltale thumping of a bass to guide them. On Eddy Street and on the Commons, many darkened businesses closed early, but some, especially restaurants, found ways to keep their customers happy. In Souvlaki House, customers were eating by candlelight. The owner, Peter Papachryssanthou, said it was only the second time in his 41 years on Eddy Street that he had to bring out the candles. “It’s romantic,” he said with a smile. But most of his customers were ordering their dinners to go, he added. Joe McKnight, who works at Big Red Barber See POWER OUTAGE page 6
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Today LEPP Particle Theory Seminar 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences Building Slope Day 1 - 5:30 p.m., Libe Slope
Opinion, “The Last Few Words,” Tuesday Speaking about his experience as a Daily Sun columnist “And so The Daily Sun op-ed columnist has come to be one of the most hated positions on this campus, in which a thick skin would sometimes prove more useful than eloquent prose. Why anyone would want this job was beyond me.” Steven Zhang ’12
Stem Cells: Hope or Hype? 3 - 4 p.m., Lecture Hall 1, Clinical Programs Center Friday Night Observing Open House 9 p.m. - Midnight, Fuertes Observatory
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Speaking about magnetism on the Sun and the Earth “In the Earth, magnetic poles are permanent for long periods of times, like tens of thousands of years, but in the Sun polar rearrangement happens in an 11 year period known as the Sun cycle,” Dr. Steven Lantz, senior associate at the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing
News, “Cornell Students Defend Study Drug Use,” Thursday Speaking about the morality of using study drugs “I felt great, I learned the material much better, so I figured why not? Why go back to doing things the old way?”
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News, “President Skorton Tells Activists to End ‘Hyperbolic Claims,’” Thursday Speaking about on-campus activism in a letter to the Sweatfree Cornell Coalition “When you issue ‘demands for action’ and make hyperbolic claims, it undermines the very relationship you, my administrative colleagues and I have worked so hard to establish.”
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C.U. Develops Signature Cheese By CAROLYN KRUPSKI Sun Staff Writer
The same week that students debuted their Cornell signature beer, Ezra Red, Cornell Food Science researchers unveiled a tasty, Cornellbrand creation of their own — Big Red Cheddar. Robert Ralyea M.S. ’98, a senior extension associate in the Department of Food Science, led a team of local cheese makers to create a new white cheddar cheese, made with all-natural ingredients, milk from the Cornell dairy and a new aging process. In order to create the cheese, the team studied various bacterial cultures and their aging processes. After coming up with three different cheeses, 30 test tasters — local experts, connoisseurs and University researchers — sampled all three and voted on their favorite at a tasting on April 24 in Morrison Hall. Cornell Big Red Cheddar will be sold at the Cornell Store and Cornell Dairy, and will be used in food prepared by Cornell Catering, Cornell Dining and the Statler Hotel, according to May Chinavanichkit grad, an intern in the department. According to Jason Huck, plant manager for Cornell Dairy, the dairy will begin selling Cornell Big Red Cheddar when Cornell Dairy facilities reopen this December. In September 2010, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences began construction on a $105 million building project to renovate the 86-year-old Stocking Hall. The endeavor will replace the college’s dairy processing plant with a new facility that provides improved research and production space, and refurbish the aging laboratories and classrooms of the historical building. According to Ralyea, a growing market for Artisan cheeses in New York State encouraged the Food Science Extension to hold workshops for local cheese-makers in collaboration with the New York State Cheese Manufacturers Association. He said the idea for creating a cheese exclusive to Cornell was inspired by Dave Brown, a former senior extension associate in the Department of Food Sciences who died in 2008 and, who according to Ralyea had always “dreamed of doing something like this.” Ralyea said he decided in November that it was about time Cornell invented its own cheese. “One night, I thought, who better to make a hand-crafted cheese for Cornell than the food science department at Cornell?” Ralyea said.
The team began the process of creating the cheese last fall. “Our target aging period is six months, so we had to wait it out, all the while flipping cheese every four days for even aging,” Ralyea said. “We looked at various bacterial cultures and their nuances: benefits, drawbacks, culture characteristics and how they react over time during aging.” As to what is special about the new aging process, Ralyea called it “the ‘top secret’ secret behind Big Red Cheddar.” In addition to creating the cheese itself, the team behind Big Red Cheddar has also begun creating business model for distributing the cheese. Chinavanichkit was responsible for developing the project’s business plan. “The two main questions I have to answer as I compile this business plan is ‘how much does it cost?’ and ‘how much do we need to produce?’” Chinavanichkit said in an email. “I met with potential customers [and] distributing partners to get an estimate of their mild cheddar cheese usage. We also had to find out what price points they are looking at so we can match [them].” Chinavanichkit, who had no prior experience in designing a business model, became involved after she showed interest in the project while working on an independent study with Ralyea. “The project is challenging because there is no set guidelines for what I have to do … I think that this experience is very reflective of what many start-up business owners have to go through,” Chinavanichkit said. One challenge specific to the business of cheese-making is timing orders correctly, she said, which the Cornell team tackled by preparing enough cheese to sell for the first few months well in advance. “In order to make sure we have enough cheese to meet demands, we have made sure that we produce enough cheese six months in advance,” Chinavanichkit said. She said she anticipates the team will sell about 4,200 pounds of the cheese in the first year alone, according to a University press release. “It has … been really rewarding to be a part of a project from the start and see it grow,” Chinavanichkit said in a press release. “[Cornell Big Red Cheddar] will launch in Nov. 2012 and I can't wait to see it on the shelves.” Carolyn Krupski can be reached at ckrupski@cornellsun.com.
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Students celebrated the end of classes on Thurday by organizing a Nerf gun flash mob in Duffield.
The Slope Day forecast is calling for scattered showers. What will you do if it rains on Slope Day? “I can’t miss Taio Cruz. That is five dollars of my student activity fee.” — SAFC ’14 “I’ll watch from my room. West Campus has the best view of the Slope on campus.” — Baker Pride ’14 — Compiled by Dan Temel
Students Win Prize for Creating Innovative New Light Source By LAUREN AVERY Sun Staff Writer
Kit Dobyns ’13 and Folajimi Fowose ’12 won this year’s Big Idea undergraduate business competition, hosted by Entrepreneurship@Cornell in April, from a pool of 100 contestants. The pair walked away with a prize of $3,000 for their invention, which allows soda bottles to be used as light sources in developing countries. Their entry, known as CapLight, is a LED light, a popular light source, that can replace the cap on a two-liter soda bottle. According to Dobyns, soda bottles filled with water and inserted into the roof are common sources of daytime light in rural communities that lack electricity. Fowose and Dobyns had the idea for CapLight when they witnessed the shortage of lighting in sub-Saharan Africa firsthand. “I’ve taken two semesters off to travel in southern Africa and I also grew up going to an African church, so Jimmy and I both have an interest in African culture,” Dobyns said. “The soda bottles filled with water were something I was exposed to in Tanzania. While I was there, I worked on this idea of replacing the cap with a light, and that eventually became our innovation.” For Fowose, the inspiration to create CapLight came from his experiences growing up in Nigeria, where in some parts of the country, electricity was scarce.
“I lived in Nigeria up until I was about age 13, and even in the parts where electricity was available, it wasn’t stable,” Fowose said. “In the northern parts that are more rural, there just wasn’t any form of lighting at all. Being from there and knowing people there, it directly affects me.” The water in the bottles scatters sunlight, and though these “liters of light,” as Dobyn called them, are effective during the daytime, they cannot provide lighting at night or on cloudy days. CapLight can replace the cap on soda bottles at night or when the sun is not visible, and it can be powered by solar power, a car battery, a motorbike battery or a household battery. According to Dobyns, although the product was built with a focus on Africa, CapLight could be used in any region that struggles with lighting problems. However, he argues that it would be most effective in communities that already use the soda bottles for daytime lighting. “You could technically use it anywhere without electricity, but the one caveat is how culturally acceptable it is to insert a two-liter bottle into your roof in that area,” Dobyns said. “I don’t know that we’re really in a position to expand CapLight to places where they don’t put two-liter plastic bottles in the roof just because some places may not be comfortable with that.” Carlos Castro grad, an eLab fellow at Entrepreneurship@Cornell and a mentor for the groups that are competing in the
event, said that effective business proposals standing of the culture and the market, but in competitions such as Big Idea require the not necessarily the technology, so that was team to be resourceful and determined. the biggest gap.” “To be successful, you need to do whatDobyns and Fowose said they plan to ever it takes. You have to juggle because spend most of their $3,000 prize on manuyou’re a student here, and you’re trying to facturing their product and the rest on launch an idea or a business, so it is all developing a stronger organization strucabout being scrappy, very dedicated and ture and distribution strategy. In addition committed, while finding a way to get the to studying the science behind CapLight, job done,” Castro said. “Even if you hit a the next steps include manufacturing more stumbling block or a hiccup in your busi- of the devices to distribute, according ness, you find a way to get past it.” Fowose. According to Castro, Dobyns and “We have to make more prototypes. We Fowose were successful in their proposal only have two of what we have, and also in due to their high enthusiasm and open terms of the technicality of it all, we’ve got response to feedback. to ask a lot of scientific questions,” he said. “Their energy was really capturing. “We’re an Africana Studies and an ILR They really believed in that idea, and they major, so in light of that, we’re hoping to were able to present it very well through further research those questions.” their demonstration,” Castro said. “I think The team said that the Big Idea compeit was a combination of them being dedi- tition was meaningful because it allowed cated, being open to feedback, and having a Cornell students to address social problems product that solved a world problem, and I that are important to them. think people could identify with it.” “The range of ideas was really broad, This energy allowed Fowose and and I think that it speaks to the level of Dobyns to overcome the challenges they entrepreneurship that Cornellians display,” faced during this process — like designing Fowose said. “Besides that, it was a learning and constructing the technology for process, so it wasn’t just us as competitors. CapLight with little prior experience. We’re hoping that with the funds we’ve “Neither of us are engineers. Though attained and the exposure, people will realthis is something that we’re interested in, ize that there are ways to effectively create we just don’t necessarily have the technical social change.” knowledge to develop a product that would be useful,” Dobyns said. “We had to con- Lauren Avery can be reached sult a lot with engineers. We had an under- at lavery@cornellsun.com.
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languages being taught,” Gold said. The endowment for the Einaudi Center, however, is not a permanent years, but after that we need the solution, according to Gold. administration to kick in some “We hope that, eventually, we will funds,” Loos said. get this thing sorted out and we’ll find To help supplement the Southeast new sources of funding,” Gold said. Asia program’s endowment, Prof. Since the DOE cuts will remain an Fredrik Logevall, history, director of issue for the Asian Studies department the Einaudi Center, said that these next year, Cohen said the use of saved programs might ask the provost for funding next year will be a trial run “bridging funds” –– which would for the University. Although it will close the gap between programs cov- still keep the programs running for ered by Asian Studies and the down- the next few years, the funding strucsized DOE funding for the upcoming ture will not be permanent. “For next year, it is “There will be some tricky decisions, going to be more of a spit-and-chewing gum not just in languages, but in a whole kind of operation, but we’ll be okay next year, lot of areas over the next five years.” and possibly the year after,” Cohen said. Prof. Walter Cohen “But that’s not a solution.” year. With the stability of these pro“Even with the welcome Asian grams largely undecided after the next Studies decision, there will still be a two years, some professors questioned shortfall,” Logevall said. “Therefore, I whether language teaching will remain anticipate we will be making a request a long-term priority for the University. [to the Provost] again this year.” “There are lots of people competAlthough it is still uncertain if the ing for a very small amount,” Loos provost will provide aid to any pro- said. “[The administrators] really need grams, Prof. Daniel Gold, Asian stud- a lot more if they want to include ies, director of the South Asia under the rubric of ‘international Program, said the number of lan- studies’ all of these different kinds of guages offered by the University will objectives.” remain constant. Loos added that language programs “I think for the moment, this year, are relatively inexpensive to maintain next year, we’re stable, in terms of the as compared to other institutional iniContinued from page 1
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Collegetown liquor stores said they are ready to face a surge in customers. Many store owners said that, leading up to Slope Day, they simply ordered extra stock, hired a few additional employees and enjoyed the increase in sales. Karl Kernan, manager of Triphammer Wine and Spirits, said the store “obviously [does] a little bit more business” as Slope Day approaches. The store sees an increase in sales for both its spirits and its “lower-end sparkling wine,” which Kernan called “a favorite for the day.” “In preparation for the day, we stock up on those things and bulk up staffing for Thursday and Friday,” Kernan added. Kernan said that Triphammer Wine and Spirits typically experiences a 20-percent increase in sales in the days leading up to Slope Day. Like Kernan, Dana Malley, the general manager of Northside Wine and Spirits, said that her store tries to “make sure we have enough stock of items we think people might be looking for.” She also stressed that as students flood the store to purchase alcohol, it is important to enforce the legal drinking age. “The main thing is really to be vigilant about the IDs. We really need to be careful there,” Malley said. Collegetown liquor stores are not the only places that find themselves busy both in the days leading up to Slope Day and on the day of the actual event. Representatives from several restaurants
and eateries also said that they experience a notable increase in sales. Albert Smith, the owner of the Hot Truck, an eatery on West Campus, and Shortstop Deli, a store on the Commons, said that once the festivities on the Slope wind down, people flock to the two locations to eat to their hearts’ content. “Once they’re out, they pretty much stay out, so once Slope Day breaks up, we have a big Truck night and the Deli also has a great night,” Smith said. Meanwhile, Yogurt Crazy, the fledgling frozen yogurt spot on College Avenue that opened in March, appeared to be readying itself for its first Slope Day. “I know that April 20 was our biggest day [so far], and we’re expecting that Slope Day is going to be bigger than that,” said Jasmine Alger, a salesperson at the store. To gear up for Slope Day, Yogurt Crazy will have “everyone … who works here” working on Slope Day, Alger said. She also said that the store ordered “triple [their usual] stock” for the day. Despite the frenetic atmosphere evoked by Slope Day — and the hordes of Cornell students packing into stores to make their necessary purchases before the event — Collegetown retailers do not seem worried. “It’s something we encounter [and] experience every year … and I think for the most part, customers are very friendly and very easy to accommodate,” Malley said. David Fischer can be reached at dfischer@cornellsun.com.
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they’re taking these parties elsewhere,” Apgar said. “Our expectation is that the students would understand the decision that was made, [though] they may not like it or agree with it.” Although stressing again that he did not know if the White Party took place, Apgar said its recurrence would revive administrators’ fears of the highrisk drinking culture that he said was identified in TKE. “TKE’s recognition was revoked because of their repeated high-risk behaviors around the use of alcohol. If members of that organization were a part of
“If we remove a chapter from campus, one of the stipulations is that they can’t function as a fraternity.” Ken Babcock ’13 sponsoring or hosting a party like the White Party in Collegetown, I think it would speak to our concerns for their consistent high-risk behaviors around alcohol,” Apgar said. When a student was hospitalized after a TKE recruitment dinner on Nov. 11, administrators faulted TKE for reportedly failing to ensure the safety of a highly intoxicated individual — the same oversight that officials say led to the death of George Desdunes ’13, who was in SAE, last spring. Apgar added that maintaining these traditions could delay the fraternities’ return to campus. SAE had its recognition withdrawn for at least five years and TKE had its withdrawn for at least three. “I would find it unfortunate that they would not value the membership they had in those organizations and jeopardize those organizations’ ability to come back in a timely manner,” Apgar said. “The decision to revoke recognition was absolutely warranted because these folks no longer deserved to reap the benefits of recognition.”
Babcock noted that the former members of the fraternities are not allowed to break certain rules — although the enforcement mechanism for these provisions is not clear. “If we remove a chapter from campus, one of the stipulations is that they can’t function as a fraternity, they can’t wear their letters on campus, can’t really do anything that promotes the fraternity on campus,” he said. Former members of the fraternities — who did not respond to requests for comment — appear to disagree, however. Sanders confirmed that the brothers have worn bracelets reading “free TKE’ since before they got kicked off-campus.” Administrators first became concerned with the persistence of SAE’s tradition and legacy when they learned that the fraternity’s former pledges decided to join TKE, according to the memo, which was sent from Apgar to Susan Murphy ’73, vice president of student and academic services. They were reportedly “assured these new members had no interest in continuing the SAE culture,” the report states. That belief was first disabused, however, when the University discovered TKE planned to have SAE’s White Party in the fall, according to the memo. The memo notes that, in a meeting with administrators, fraternity leadership agreed to cancel the event, terminate plans they had to “induct ‘little sisters’” and work with the TKE national organization toward building TKE “traditions that the community could support, as opposed to adopting SAE traditions.” Despite these promises, “it became clear in that meeting that SAE’s former members, those who were fully initiated and have no affiliation with TKE, have significant influence on TKE as an organization,” the report states. Rebecca Harris contributed reporting to this article.
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Shop, on the Commons, was in the middle of cutting a customer’s hair when his store lost power. “I’m glad I went to the bathroom before taking my clipper to his hair, because it would have been ugly,” McKnight said. McKnight — who, like many other business owners, closed shop and stood outside his store — pointed across the Commons, where at Sammy’s Pizza, he said three of his customers were sitting in the dark, waiting for the power to be restored. “They’re coming back for their haircuts after the power comes back,” McKnight said. Back in Collegetown, students who had planned to spend the night before Slope Day playing drinking games suddenly found it difficult to land their pong ball in their desired cup — they blamed the darkness, not their intoxication. “The power went out, but the party goes on,” one student exclaimed with a hint of stoicism. Apart from the house parties, the power outage disrupted some University activites. A Cornell Special Conditions alert that was emailed to the University community at about 9 p.m. stated that “numerous facilities off campus in the City and Town of Ithaca are without power.” At around 9 p.m., about 2,765 — or 6.45 percent — of customers in Tompkins County were without power, according to New York State
As of 9 p.m., “numerous facilities off campus in the City and Town of Ithaca are without power.” Cornell Special Conditions alert Energy and Gas. But by 10 p.m., power had been restored to nearly everyone in the county. Music returned to the parties in Collegetown, and the rain and lightning moved beyond Ithaca. Chrissy Boyd, Akane Otani and Liz Camuti contributed to this report.
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his time of year is making me a little nostalgic because it was always my favorite part of life as an undergraduate. It’s finally May, the last of the snow is done with (probably), the bugs aren’t really out yet and it’s Slope Day week which means one last push before fun and friends and finals. While the first three are still true (with an emphasis on the probably for the snow…), we still have class for another couple of weeks so it’ll be a little while longer until I can go outside and lay on the grass and enjoy May in Ithaca. Anyways, while I was reminiscing about Nelly and senior week and graduation (all of which I seem to remember more clearly than what I learned in school last week), I started to think about how I viewed school differently back then than I do now. There was really only one main shift in my attitude towards school when I was an undergrad. First semester freshman year, I was struck by the novelty of the whole concept that I was only accountable to myself and no one would stop me from skipping class if I wanted to. Fairly quickly however, I realized that I was paying a lot of money to go to class and should probably not let it go to waste. And that was pretty much how I viewed school for the rest of college. I signed up for classes I was interested in which gave me incentive to study and I would say that I had a fairly enjoyable academic career. (Maybe minus Orgo. I thought I would love orgo but I could never find a convincing reason to memorize everything they wanted us to know.) So when I started vet school I thought I had the whole Cornell student thing down. I was, after all, a professional student now, and how different could it be from what I had been doing for the past four years? As it turned out, it could be a lot different. I went into the first set of exams thinking a little too much like an undergrad. There’s a point in studying when you know you’ve probably studied enough to be at least one standard deviation above the curve. Unfortunately, there are no curves in vet school, and
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studying like that just doesn’t cut it. This left me doubting all of my study habits, which I really shouldn’t have. There are two things I wish I had known before vet school, and one of them is to have absolute faith in your study habits because you’ve spent 16 years developing them. (The other is to start studying from day one because no one is going to tell you what you need to know which usually means you need to know everything). So I started trying everything people were recommending — studying in groups, drawing on a whiteboard more, drawing less, going to the library, making flashcards — much of which was kind of a waste of time and left me stressed and not enjoying school like I thought I would. I came to second semester armed with the studyingfrom-day-one and maintaining-study-habits knowledge and found that I enjoyed school a lot more. At the time, I thought it was because we just weren’t in Block I anymore (Block I is the first set of classes where we learn anatomy and it’s supposed to be one of the hardest parts of the curriculum), but looking back on it I think that I was actually enjoying the whole process of studying more. That being said, I still felt like I had something to prove and my studying was geared more towards learning for the exams than learning for myself. Now that we’re in our third block of classes, I think that I’ve finally remembered that I enjoy learning because I like to know things, and as long as I keep that mentality I’ll (hopefully) know all that I need to know when it comes time for the exams. I’ve always wanted to try to be the best at whatever it is I’ve decided to do (who doesn’t want that?) but I’m starting to think that “best” can’t be measured
quantitatively on tests, and instead I should look at how happy and proud I am of the depth of information that I’ve absorbed, instead of the breadth of information I’ve crammed. It’s possible that this is all just a nice philosophy that’s going to fly out the window when finals are a few days away, but even when I’m cramming for finals I hope I can keep it in the back of my head. I’ve definitely come a long way since freshman year, and I think I’ve finally found the state of mind that will let me stay sane and (relatively) happy through the rest of vet school.
Nikhita Parandekar Hoof in Mouth I’d like to end this column by thanking everyone who’s read it in the past year. You’ve sometimes been a tough crowd, but I’ve learned a lot and hope I’ve given you some things to think about as well. I’ll always respond to e-mails as long as they’re not offensive or rude, but I love to hear your comments and constructive criticism. I wish I had one of those news anchor sign-offs right now, but since I don’t, I’ll just end with thanks and have a great summer!
Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a first-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun.com. Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester.
A Personal Awareness of Breast Cancer ow am I going to get through this?
This was the first thought that flew through my head as I hung up the phone and burst into tears. Some say that when you’re confronted with the possibility of death, your life flashes before your eyes. In my case, the potential future of my life did — I wanted to get a job, to have a family, to grow old. I didn’t want to be going through this: There was a chance I might have breast cancer, the most common cancer and second deadliest among women.
table, my physician frowned a bit when she pressed her fingers against a certain area. She informed me that the tissue was denser than normal and that there could be something underneath the surface. I was scheduled for an ultrasound the next week, but she reassured me that my age was on my side and that it could just be dense fibrous tissue. I was concerned, but not overly so, and the radiology appointment seemed to go smoothly. In just a few days, I was back at Cornell to start off my second rotation in lab. Then the call came. “There were some abnormalities in
Debbie Tseng What’s Up, Doc? Last Christmas break, I flew home to California and was greeted with the usual family gatherings and reunions with friends. In the midst of the revelry, I had to complete the usual annual checkups at the doctor, dentist and optometrist. My eyes and teeth checked out fine, but when my physician asked if I had been performing regular breast self-examinations, I shrugged and said that everything felt normal — after all, if something was painful or terribly wrong then I would be able to sense it, right? Instead, I was told that starting in your 20s, women should begin doing selfexams in order to determine what feels normal for their body. Self-breast exams can be helpful for noticing changes such as swelling, discoloration and the development of lumps — the National Breast Cancer Foundation states that nearly 70 percent of cancerous lumps are found with these at-home exams. As I was lying on the examination
your films,” my physician reported. My heart pounded. She told me there were two masses in my right breast and that they appeared to be solid. In contrast, fluid-filled lesions (i.e. cysts) are almost always non-cancerous. Ultimately, I was in New York and my physician was in California, so she left me with the words, “You should really get a second opinion.” In shock and in tears, I immediately dialed the number of the professor I had worked for during my first rotation, knowing that she was an M.D./Ph.D. In a matter of hours, she had referred me to the chief of breast surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and I booked an appointment for the following week. That day was such a blur — there was the consult with the surgeon, who sent me down to radiology to have more films taken, and then I had to go back up to the physician’s office to discuss the results and determine a plan of action.
The radiologist thought that the suspicious lumps were fibroadenomas, benign tumors in the breast that have the ability to grow or shrink as time progresses. The surgeon told me that I had three options — to wait it out, which she did not recommend because it involved monitoring the masses every half-year with radiology; to have a core needle biopsy which would take out four to five samples to send to a pathologist; or an excisional biopsy to remove the masses completely. There was no sure way to ascertain what the tumors truly were, she told me, without doing a biopsy of some sort. Since the beginning of this ordeal, I had been researching breast cancer and its contributing risks as well as diagnosis and treatment options. The lumps were classified as BI-RADS 3 and 4, based on a breast imaging reporting and data system. From a scale of 0-6 with 0-1 being no abnormalities identified to 5-6 being almost certainly cancerous and biopsyproven cancer, respectively, a 4 was more uncertain but required diagnostic intervention. Even benign fibroadenomas larger than 2-3 centimeters are usually removed, and the two I had were already 1-2 cm larger than that. After discussing the options with my parents, who were (needless to say) extremely concerned, I decided that I would have the surgery. The lumps aren’t supposed to be there in the first place, I thought, and most doctors recommend excision for women older than 30. Alternatively, a core needle biopsy would leave residual tissue that would require careful monitoring for the foreseeable future. My surgery date was booked quickly and the day came sooner than I had anticipated. First, an ultrasound was used to find the lumps. Once they were localized, a hollow needle was then inserted into the mass and a wire threaded through to help the surgeon find the mass later. The first mass was nearer to
the surface and easier to locate, but the second one was deep and I needed a second shot of local anesthetic to get through the pressure and pulling of the needle. When I was escorted into the operating room, I was introduced to the staff and then climbed onto the operating table where an I.V. was inserted in my arm and other sensors placed on my body for monitoring vital signs. I was put under twilight anesthesia, which is lighter than general anesthesia, but I only remember waking up afterward in the recovery wing. In the following days, I took prescription painkillers and spent most of my time in bed because I couldn’t lift my right arm without some pain. Climbing stairs was difficult, and short walks became both an escape from my prison of a room and a nuisance because of the aches. My pathology reports came back identifying the masses as benign fibroadenomas, which was a huge sigh of relief. The whole ordeal has been a roller coaster of emotions and physical pain, but I have gained so much from the past few months — an appreciation for life and an even deeper respect for the women battling breast cancer. It takes much strength, courage, and support to walk through such a difficult road. With the smallest scratch on the surface that I’ve experienced, I’ve learned to be more conscious and actively involved in maintaining my health as well as reminding others to do the same. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is in New York City late October of this year — come and join or raise support for the ones dedicated to fighting this fight. We’ll be in it together.
Debbie Tseng is a first-year Ph.D. candidate at Weill Cornell Medical College. She may be reached at dgt2001@med.cornell.edu. What’s Up, Doc? appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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Tomorrow’s Engineering Workforce N
umerous studies and reports over the past several years highlight the risks posed to the American economy and national security if we fail to educate a sufficient science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce. Notable is the 2007 National Academy study, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future,” that calls for the nation to increase America’s talent pool by increasing the numbers of students pursuing STEM degrees in the United States. As pointed out in the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering 2008 report, Confronting the New American Dilemma, “The answer to the problem lives next door, around the block, or across town. Increasing the presence of underrepresented minority Americans in the study of STEM disciplines must be a primary part of the ultimate solution to the problems of the United States’ endangered competitiveness.” Under represented minority (URM) Americans include African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Latinos. A look at the numbers will tell you how much unrealized potential we have. The current engineering workforce is 78 percent non-Latino white and 87 percent male. Contrast that to the U.S. population which is 66 percent white and 50 percnent male. The white population is projected to be 50 percent by 2050. Thus the population of white males, from which engineers are traditionally drawn, is on track to fall to 25 percent. Our high tech and industrial economy will not thrive if we continue to underuse 75 percent of the talent pool. Nationally, 13 percent of undergraduate engineering degrees are awarded to URM students while these groups make up 28 percent of the U.S. population. Only 18 percent of these degrees are awarded to women. The current engineering workforce is not sustainable with business as usual practices. The Cornell College of Engineering has long recognized the challenges and opportunities, and in 2004 created Diversity Programs in Engineering. Core to the mission of DPE is to improve the composition, inclusion, engagement and achievement of undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty from underrepresented groups. DPE provides a full spectrum of programs aimed at an audience ranging from high school students to faculty. The DPE programs span recruitment, academic and professional development, advising, mentoring, networking and community
development. For example, the summer programs CURIE and CATLYST expose female, URM and other high school students from underrepresented backgrounds to university life and engineering through hands-on projects while providing graduate students and faculty an opportunity to learn more about diversity through direct engagement with the high school students. Hosting weekends and recruitment events organized by DPE and Engineering Admissions have played a significant role in increasing the representation of URM and women undergraduate students. In collaboration with the Cornell Graduate School, DPE also manages a number of graduate fellowships aimed at recruiting top URM talent. Mentoring and professional development opportunities for the Ph.D. students are aimed at enhancing the students’ achievement and at encouraging them to pursue academic positions where nationally, only 6 percent of engineering faculty are URM and 13 percent are women. Many challenges remain both at Cornell and nationally. The graduation rates from Cornell Engineering of URM undergraduates, although improving and well above the national averages, remain approximately 6 percent below the college average, a result that is not acceptable. Although the percentage of URM undergraduates enrolled in engineering is on the rise, the percentage of African-American engineering students in the college remains low (2.3 percent of undergraduate students in fall 2011). This is not just a Cornell challenge, as nationally the percentage of undergraduate engineering degrees earned by URM students has been flat since about 1997. While the percentage of women in engineering at Cornell has grown from 28 percent to 35 percent over the past five years, placing our enrollment of women at almost twice the national average, the fraction of undergraduate degrees earned by women nationally has been dropping since 2005. The challenges related to diversity and STEM education are significant, and at Cornell, are too large to be solved by the five person DPE staff alone. Every engineering student, faculty member and professional needs to be engaged in
some way to increase the pace at which engineering moves toward a future of full inclusion. Reach out across differences when you put together lab, project or study groups. Take advantage of the many gatherings and discussions sponsored by the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, the Intercultural Center and other units designed to engage Cornellians from different cultures and backgrounds. Open
Prof. Allen Zehnder Guest Room your lab to visiting students and involve them in activities that connect your research to real world challenges they can appreciate. Reach out to elementary, middle and high schools, especially those in under-resourced communities, to help engage their students in fun and interesting science and engineering activities. Once you graduate, don’t forget that you had help along your journey. Perhaps you earned scholarships and / or you received financial aid. Give back to these scholarship programs, the University or the community organizations that supported you along the way. Support public education at every level so that all students have access to an enriching science and math curriculum. Take the opportunity to speak with current students and inspire them to continue with their STEM education. These are all simple, but meaningful actions that will help make Cornell Engineering and engineering as a whole, a more accessible and inviting option to students from all backgrounds. Alan Zehnder is the Associate Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development in the College of Engineering and a Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He may be reached at engdiversity@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
A New Perspective on Calendar Changes A
s co-chairs of the Academic Calendar Committee, our goal has been to construct a calendar that might reduce student stress and also improve faculty work-life balance, while complying with NYS Education requirements. The latest version of our recommendations is available online at [http://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/calendarcommittee/calendar_main .html]. We’d like to thank students, faculty and staff for their many thoughtful comments and ideas, communicated through emails, meetings, polls, articles and op-ed
most stressful period of the academic year. The February break also helps families whose children have a Presidents Day recess. Also, the proposed fall calendar has always included the elimination of the current half-day of instruction on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break. The S.A. supported this idea with the resolution’s fifth item. What has been more controversial — and misunderstood — are the committee’s recommendations to streamline study and exam period. The April 12 resolution listed
Prof. Jeff J. Doyle, Dr. Kate Walsh Guest Room pieces. In particular we would like to acknowledge the Student Assembly, whose resolutions of April 12 and 26 have been instrumental in shaping our recommendations. We discuss those here, with the hope of clearing up some misconceptions that have crept into the discussion. The April 12 Student Assembly resolution listed six imperative properties of an academic calendar. One of these, item three, was the creation of a new break in the Spring semester that would occur before Spring break. Such a break has been a consistent feature of our recommendations, and has been endorsed by the GPSA, Employee Assembly, Educational Policy Committee, Gannett’s Mental Health Director and many individuals. This innovation is not only beneficial in its own right, but also allows Spring Break to be moved so as to divide the semester into thirds, thus breaking up long blocks of instruction during the
two imperatives: 1) “A minimum of 4 full days of study period” and 2) “A minimum of 8 full days for exam period.” Both of these requirements were met in the committee’s recommendations presented to the Faculty Senate in April. However a recent Sun article erroneously stated that the committee’s proposed calendar would “condense the exam study period from seven days to four.” In fact, in the current academic calendar, the study period begins on Saturday and ends on Wednesday (with the first exam being held during the 7 p.m. period on Wednesday); this is officially 4 2/3 days, so our reduction was 2/3 of a day. In addition, The Sun article stated that exam week would be reduced from “eight days to six.” The exam period in the current academic calendar begins with a single exam on Wednesday evening, ending on Friday, for a total of 9 1/3 days. Exams in the publicly discussed calendar recommendations would
be scheduled over an 8 day period, not 6 as the Sun article states. This is a reduction of 1 1/3 days. Despite the fact that our recommendations met these two imperatives of the April 12 resolution, the S.A. passed a second resolution on April 26, requesting a longer study and exam period and listing three options for achieving this goal. Upon learning of this latest resolution we met with the Dean of Faculty and the Registrar, discussed the three options and revised our recommendations to meet this new request. The study and exam period has now been lengthened by inserting a break day into the exam period — options (ii) and (iii) in the April 26 resolution. Although, based on modeling conducted by the Registrar’s office, this “forced” break is not optimal for reducing the number of student conflicts (e.g., back-to-back exams, three exams in 24 hours), we take seriously what undergraduates are telling us concerning the psychological value of such a break in the middle of the exam period. The fact that the April 26 S.A. resolution provided three alternative solutions for relieving stress during exams was very constructive, as it provided flexibility and implicitly recognized that there must be tradeoffs in creating a viable calendar. We applaud the S.A. for recognizing the relative benefits of events that compete for a finite number of days available for achieving important mental health goals. However, adding a day to study / exam period does bring our revised proposal in greater conflict with the April 12 S.A. resolution’s item six: “A minimum of 4 full days for Senior Week Programming in the Spring Semester.” Our previous recommendations had Senior Week beginning on the Tuesday before Commencement; our proposal, as revised to meet the demands of the April 26 resolution, extends the exam period one day further into Senior week. However, as was true in the previous proposal, the Registrar will create a schedule in which few seniors have
exams on the final day. In the process of formulating our recommendations, the committee considered many other options and ideas that word limits preclude from discussing here. The issues are complex and interacting, and we recognize that no calendar is perfect. Yet, we do believe that we are proposing a calendar that best meets the needs of all our constituencies, while addressing student mental health concerns. The committee voted to send this set of recommendations forward to the Faculty Senate because the majority of its members believed that it was the best set of difficult compromises. Finally, we hope that we have laid to rest the erroneous assertion that the committee ignored input from undergraduate students (Sun editorial of April 25). Far from being ignored, the opinions of the two undergraduate members of the committee — both members of the S.A. — were sought on every issue. That in the final voting, one of these valued members of the committee was the lone vote against the resolution does not mean that he or she was “ignored.” It just means the arguments against waiting to bring the calendar to the faculty senate were not persuasive enough to convince the other members. The committee has been responsive to feedback from many individuals and groups, including a number of undergraduates who wrote to the committee’s e-mail address. We hope addressing the calendar in light of the S.A.’s two resolutions makes this point clear.
Jeff J. Doyle is a professor in the Department of Plant Biology and the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics. He can be reached at jjd5@cornell.edu. Dr. Kate Walsh is Fred G. Peelen Professor of Global Hospitality Strategy and Associate Professor of Organizational Management. She can be reached at kmw33@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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The Cure For Summertime Blues GINA CARGAS Sun Staff Writer
For a lot of Cornellians, Slope Day is the last concert of the year. The barely-remembered boozefest marks not only the end of classes, but also the last display of musical talent before we head out separate ways for summer. Yet up here on the Hill, we tend to forget that Ithaca, not to mention the rest of Central New York, plays host to a vibrant music scene that really gets going once the snow clears up. If you’re one of the lucky few spending the next three months here, gear up for a concert-heavy summer on the shores of Cayuga. So while you’re slurring the words to “Hangover,” remember that Taio Cruz isn’t the best Ithaca has to offer. To the surprise of pretty much no one, Central New York entertainment in the next few months will be dominated by Dan Smalls Presents. A local promoter that can seemingly do no wrong, DSP has provided a jaw-dropping summer series with something to please everyone. The post-Taio season kicks off with two stellar Ithaca shows on Sunday night. Brooklyn-based psych rockers Bear in Heaven will headline The Haunt in support of their upcoming album, while California kings of swing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will light up The State Theatre at the second annual Benefit My State fundraiser. Then, if you’re one of the lucky few whose finals wrap up early, be sure to trek over to Bethel to catch folk queen Suzanne Vega playing at the site of Woodstock on May 13. It’ll be an evening of good, clean, talented fun — just the thing to wash the taste of that Orgo exam out of your mouth. Forever.
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Next, DSP and local music community Ithaca Underground team up to bring Maps & Atlases to The Haunt on May 17. The Chicago four-piece last visited Ithaca in 2009 as Ra Ra Riot’s opener for a sold-out show at Castaways, and they’re finally back to promote last month’s Beware & Be Grateful. June gets off to a running start when Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham headlines an intimate show at The State Theatre on the 8th. Just one week later, it will be time to break out the ol’ short skirt and long jacket combo, because Cake is appearing in Cooperstown. The innovative altrockers play the first show of the summer at Brewery Ommegang, the picturesque brewery under the stars. The second half of the month is a ASSOCIATED PRESS musical marathon that begins when indie folk group Bowerbirds plays The Haunt on June 17. The North Carolinian three-piece is touring in support of its emotional third album and it’s sure to be a phenomenal, if heartwrenching, show. On June 19, baroque pop giant Fiona Apple kicks off her world tour at The State, and Jefferson Airplane spin-off Hot Tuna will occupy the same stage just two days later. Hot Tuna will bring along the unbeatable Steve Kimock for a huge night of pure rock. The month wraps up when emerging folk-punk Southerners Midtown Dickens makes its Ithaca debut at Lot 10. And then there’s Grassroots. If you’ve ever spoken to a
Los Angeles Daze
f it was nice like this all the time, I would be such a is more of a state of mind. I’ve outlined the good aspects of waste of life,” a friend joked on a sunny day two it, but by the time I left L.A., I had relaxed to the point of weeks ago. Every time I talk to someone from L.A. general apathy. I term this the Los Angeles Daze. “Eminence about my alma mater I’m asked, “Why Cornell?” The weath- Front” by the The Who explains this “L.A. Daze.” I love er is a key part of this schism between Cornell and L.A., but L.A., but I can see now after four years at Cornell where as with most conversations around campus, the ever-changing James Brown might have been coming from. climate of Ithaca and the constant one of L.A. is mostly People who live in L.A. look at the East Coast as if it’s a reserved for small talk rather than a 900-word column. different country; while Angelenos value their lifestyle of To my friends and readers, Happy Slope Day! One plus leisure, those from the East Coast are motivated to work of going to print today is that you might read my column hard. My friends from L.A. couldn’t understand why I twice unknowingly. As Alonzo Harris says in Training Day, would want to give this lifestyle up, even temporarily. “This is a newspaper. It’s 90 percent bullshit, but it’s enterCornell embodies the Protestant work ethic. Students here taining.” I hope you’ve found my arts articles and columns are willing to work towards the promise of a great career and entertaining, but know that it wouldn’t have been possible to a fulfilling life, and have fun while doing it. “Work hard, play “keep an Eye on L.A. like Chuck Henry” without your sup- harder” is oft repeated, but it’s no less true. As a high school port and feedback. Thank you. senior, I figured that forcing myself into an environment in Senioritis aside, I came to Cornell looking to break out of which I would be committed to learn had long-term payoffs. the Los Angeles Daze. However, my Class of 2012 has the dubious distinction of My column takes its name from “Los Angeles Daze,” the being the only class to go through college during the entirety 12th track off The Next Step, debut album of Los Angeles of The Great Recession. As impressionable freshmen, we witunderground hip-hop group People Under the Stairs. The nessed the near-collapse of the world financial system less than ethereal keyboards and hard hitting drum kicks make for a a month into school. All of a sudden, MBSs and CDOs perfect soundtrack to the city. I still remember the first time became part of the introductory economics curriculum. While I heard it while sitting on the University struggled the banister of my with budget cuts and friend’s porch, devouring austerity, students looked Mulberry St. pizza, starto bushwhack their own ing at the endless stream path out of Cornell and of cars on the 101 into the frightening “real Freeway. It reminds me world” of work. of entire days spent chillWhether you have Los Angeles ing with my friends, and three weeks or three years Daze not doing much else. left in Ithaca, let the “Los Angeles Daze” chimes serve as a samples James Brown, who asks his trombonist James reminder to not waste a minute of your time. Those fleeting Wesley, “Hey man, where you from?” Wesley responds, moments spent with friends lounging on the Arts Quad, talk“L.A.,” to which the band members say “Uh oh!” and laugh. ing world politics in the Ivy Room, or sitting on a Collegetown While I discovered later that Wesley really meant “Lower porch have not been wasted; they are unique Cornell experiAlabama” when he said L.A., the sample makes it seem like ences that balance out the work we do. My friends and I have outsiders might view being from L.A. as a bad thing. helped one another find jobs we’re truly passionate about, but Los Angeles, and to a great extent the State of California, we’ve also made each other better people.
Patrick Cambre
townie (or, stepped inside my house) for more than five minutes, you’ve probably heard of the Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. Billed as a “music lovers’ paradise,” it’s four days of hazy tie-dyed fun and camping in nearby Tr u m a n s b u r g . COURTESY OF AUTUMN DE WILDE Grassroots is central to a true Ithacan summer, so expect the usual crowd. Raw vegan yogis, Birk-clad mountain enthusiasts, philosophical stoners — they’ll all be there. Better yet, this year’s lineup features country giant George Jones, T-burg natives Donna the Buffalo, local favorites the Sim Redmond Band and about a hundred other artists. But if Grassroots isn’t your thing, there are other options. Thanks to DSP, weepy indie superstars Death Cab for Cutie will play in Cooperstown on July 21. In the very same week, the reigning king of angst Conor Oberst puts on a rare solo show in Albany, while Lyle Lovett and Wilco play Brewery Ommegang on subsequent nights. All four shows are a bit of a challenge for our vehicle-less brethren, but unmissable if you can get there. So, turns out Taio’s not the end. In fact, he’s just a blip on the CNY music radar. If you find yourself crossing number 31 off The List and sticking around Ithaca this summer, start getting psyched about your entertainment prospects. Lie back, soak up some sun and be sure to tell us how it was come August. Gina Cargas is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com.
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Regardless of whether you find truth in an equation (eiπ + 1 = 0) or in letters (“above all nations is humanity”), Cornell has put it within your reach. All you have to do is reach out and touch it yourself. It is a challenge set in stone on the Eddy Gate, the original entrance to Cornell: “So depart, that thou mayest become more useful to thy country and to mankind.” Taking off from Ithaca after bidding farewell to my wonderful friends won’t be easy, but the sense of possibilities still ahead brings me back to Los Angeles for a while. It’s the same sense that brought me to Cornell, the same feeling expressed in the final Calvin & Hobbes, where Calvin points his sled down a snow-covered slope and says to his pal, “It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy ... Let’s go exploring!” Patrick Cambre is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at pcambre@cornellsun.com. L.A. Daze appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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SPORTS
Sidra Bonner Position: Defense
Women’s Soccer
The senior defender was named to the All-Ivy League Second Team for the second straight year. She had seven shots and four shots on goal, while starting all 16 games of the season.
Rashad Campbell
Alex Botte Position: Goalkeeper
Field Hockey
Position: Defensive Back
Football
The coaches chose Botte, a co-captain this season, to be honored with the team’s Sportsmanship, Leadership and Determination award. She shares the Cornell all-time leader in career victories honor at 19 and ranks eighth overall for shutouts in a career with four. Botte was named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad all four years at Cornell — only the second player in school history to do so.
Campbell had a strong senior campaign as a defensive back, leading the team in interceptions with four and in kick returns with 994 total yards. He was named to the second team for the ECAC Football Subdivision All-Star Team and received Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after his 85-yard kickoff return against Colgate.
Sean Collins
Alex Domenick
Position: Forward
Men’s Squash
Men’s Hockey
Serving as alternate captain, Collins had a breakout season with 26 points — the team’s second highest — of 13 goals and 13 assists. These stats earned him the Sam Woodside Award from his team. Collins was signed by the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets after the season ended, and has already racked up a goal and four assists in just eight games with the Blue Jacket’s AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons.
After finishing the season with an 8-4 record, Domenick was named to the All-Ivy League First Team. The senior helped carry his team to a historic upset over No. 3 Yale this season with a win at the No. 2 spot.
Nick Huber
Erin Keene
Event: Decathalon
Track & Field
Position: Infield
Softball
Huber has had a standout season for Cornell this year. He broke his own school record at Ithaca College, scoring 5,550 points — currently making him the 14th-best performance in the NCAA this year and the third-best hep in Ivy League history.
Last season Keene moved from second base to shortstop to further her power and influence in the middle of the diamond for the Red. Currently, she is batting .286 and remains a force to be reckoned with. One of her most notable appearances this season was April 3 against Albany, where she, along with junior Erin Bellese, knocked one out to give the Red a fighting chance against the Great Danes.
Alex Lavin
Brandon Lee Golf
Position: Catcher
Baseball
Lavin put up strong performances for the team at the Century Intercollegiate Match and the Home Invitational. He shot an 81 and 84, respectively, in the two matches and his team finished seventh and eighth.
Senior catcher Lee has been a solid force for the Red as it enters the Ivy League Championship Series this weekend. Currently, Lee is hitting .305 and is third in the score sheets for best offensive play this season. One of his season highlights was when he went 3-for-5 with a double against Yale to help Cornell take the game, 8-6, on April 8.
Rob Pannell
Madeline Przybyl
Position: Attack
Men’s Lacrosse
Position: Middle Blocker
Volleyball
Pannell battled through an injury in his senior season with the Red. In the games he played, Pannell was on track to break NCAA records scoring 16 points over just two games. This year he was drafted by the Long Island Lizards and was the number 1 pick overall in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.
Przybyl earned both second-team All-Ivy honors and the team’s MVP award this season. She finishes the year with team second-best records in kills per set (2.40) and hitting percentage (.211). Pryzbyl also ranks third on the team in blocks per set (.072), and 16th overall in program history for career block assists at 116.
Melanie Standridge
Jessi Steinberg
Event: Beam
Gymnastics
In her career with the Red, Standridge has been a dominant member of the team and a leader on the beam. Throughout her career she become a three-time USAG All-American and 2011 USAG national champion.
Position: Attack
Women’s Lacrosse
The senior attacker has put up impressive numbers again this season. She leads the team in all offensive categories with 44 goals and 20 assists. She was a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy First Team and was also recently nominated for the prestigious Tewaarton Award.
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Tiffany Chen
Morgan Cawley Position: Infield
Softball
Event: Vault/Uneven bar/Floor
Gymnastics
Last season was her first as a starter for the Red, but this Pennsylvania native has quite made up for it this year. Currently, she is batting .265 and has a strong fielding percentage of .980. A highlight of her season was a match against Penn on April 20 when she went 2-for-3, providing Cornell with the best offensive performance of the game.
This season, Chen was named second-team AllAmerican after completing a stellar bar routine. Last season, Chen was the team’s top scorer on the vault, which earned her USAG All-America accolades as well.
Tim Dooley
Rebecca Hirschfield
Position: Linebacker
Sprint Football
Position: Foil
Fencing
Dooley was named to the Academic All-Ivy Team as a linebacker. He had one interception on the season and was second on the team in tackles with 44. He played in all seven of the Red’s games this season.
As captain of the squad this season, Hirschfeld put forth Top-10 efforts in foil at the NCAA Regionals, which enabled her to qualify for the 2012 NCAA championships. On March 13 at the Brandeis Invitational, she led the foil squad to go undefeated for the day, with a personal record of 12-2, beating all of her opponents.
Chandler Kemp
Jimmy Lannon Men’s Cross Country
Position: Midfield
Men’s Soccer
While Kemp was originally a walk-on, he finished in the team’s Top-5 in five of six races as a senior and served as the team captain. He finished 50th at the NCAA Northeast regionals with a time of 32:27.4, the fourth fastest on the Red. His senior season started off with a second place finish at the Army-Binghamton meet, and he later placed 10th at the Colgate Invitational and 18th at the Princeton Invite.
Lannon served as captain of the record-breaking men’s soccer team for his senior season. He finished with nine points overall (1 goal, 7 assists) the second most on the team. Lannon will continue to serve as a leader for men’s soccer when he returns as the undergraduate student assistant coach next season.
Cecelia Madsen
Amanda Mazzotta Women’s Rowing
Position: Goalkeeper
Women’s Hockey
Madsen has rowed on the first Varsity 8 for the past three years. On April 28, she helped lead the Red to back-to-back Parents Cup victories for the first time since the 2004 and 2005 seasons. During her sophomore year, Madsen was honored as a CRCA All MidAtlantic Region first-team selection.
Amanda Mazzota spent her final season with the Red as the squad’s starting goaltender. The netminder finished her career with a Cornell record-breaking 53 wins. As a senior, Mazzotta had five shutouts and won ECAC Hockey’s Goalkeeper of the Week honors twice.
Keir Ross
Bronwyn Scrivens
Position: Defense
Men’s Hockey
Event: Open
Equestrian
Ross served as the Red’s captain this past season, posting two goals and five assists along with a plus-15 rating, the highest of his career and amongst the other defenseman for the past two years. He was awarded both the Bill Doran Sportsmanship Award and the Mark Weiss Memorial Award, an honor reserved the most dedicated and passionate seniors. Ross was also one of 10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award finalists.
At the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's Zone 2 Championships, Scrivens finished second in the the Cacchione Cup competition. This performance qualified her for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association national championship. She will be competing in IHSA Nationals this weekend in Raleigh, N.C.
Jim Voter
Chris Wroblewski Men’s Heavyweight Rowing
Voter served as co-commodore this season. He rows with the first Varsity 8, and on April 21, helped lead the Red to its first Carnegie Cup since 2009 with upsets over Yale and Princeton. Last year he represented the United States in the men’s straight four at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships, where he contributed to the team’s sixth place finish.
Position: Point Guard
Men’s Basketball
Wroblewski ends a storied career with the Red this year as Cornell’s all-time leader in assists. He also led the team in scoring with 11.5 points per game and was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Third Team. Wroblewski earned All- Ivy league honors after his final season during which he reached the 1,000 point milestone.
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SPORTS
For Fourth Straight Year, UltimateTeam Heads to Nationals By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer
Last weekend, a Cornell sports team accomplished a very impressive feat — it won the Metro East Regional Championship to make the 20-team field for the National Championship for the fourth straight year. The team I am referring to is the Cornell men’s ultimate team, affectionately known as the Buds. Although the team is not a varsity team, it competes at the highest level of college ultimate and has built one of the strongest national programs in the country. The Buds went through a drought in the mid 2000s, but recently, they have become a national powerhouse mostly due to a group of 8 players who joined the team as freshmen together and graduated in 2010. “Most of the success recently was primarily due to [the class that graduated in 2010],” said handler and tri-captain Bo Li ’11. “The captains that year wanted to recruit the tallest and most athletic guys they could find for the team. They had a squad of about seven guys who played four years and developed good chemistry and into great ultimate players … and brought us to nationals for the first time [in this run of success].” The achievements of this group have helped the entire program both play better competition to develop their players as well as recruit some top high school players. “Due to [their success], we were able to get so much more experience playing better teams and going to better tournaments,” Li said. “[When I came to Cornell], I showed up knowing that I wanted to play [for the Buds],” said sophomore handler Jake Stevelman. “When I went to high school, I knew about Cornell’s success in the years before.” Although attracting talented high school ultimate players helps, a lot of key players played other sports and never touched a disk in high school. The team finds much of its talent through open tryouts at the beginning of the year. “We try to get our name out there and have a lot of exposure during orientation week so people can find out a little more about the sport and how our program is,” Stevelman explained. “Arguably the best player on our
COURTESY OF THE ULTIMATE TEAM
Continuing to bud | The Ultimate team, nicknamed the Buds, expects to have another successful campaign next season with with nine or 10 returning players to lead them.
team right now is our main deep cutter on the [offensive line] … Matt Chun. He ran track in high school and never played ultimate until last year … He was athletic and fast, but didn’t really know how to cut or get open, but he worked really hard last year and during the summer and now he’s our main cutter in the offense.” This year, the Buds were not expected to win the Regional Championship, as they graduated many of their top players in the last two years, but they outperformed expectations and earned their bid to nationals. “Throughout the spring season, most of the country had been counting us out as a potential national candidate just because they knew we graduated so many top players,” said junior handler and tri-captain Nick Thompson. “Up until three weeks ago, a lot of our team kind of had doubts because we faced a whole bunch of injuries and sickness. There was a time when we had maybe eight or nine people showing up to practice on a team of 22. This weekend everything just came together and we pulled it out.” “Everyone else in the country did not expect us to win. The general consensus was that Connecticut had the region on lock,” said senior handler and tri-captain Adam Salwen. “They were ranked in the Top-20 in the country and we were ranked [62nd]. They were expected to run
away with it, and we had played them 3 weeks ago and … they beat us pretty handily.” After establishing themselves on the national scene with four straight national championship appearances, the team does not expect any drop off at all in the near future. “We are an underclassman dominant team and have a lot of people who are freshmen or sophomores,” Thompson said. “They have an extreme amount of potential and I fully expect that as this next round of players grows up in the program, they are going to become an even stronger team than we currently are. I think what we’re looking at is another group of nine or 10 guys who will do anything they can to get back to the No. 1 spot.” Going into nationals, Cornell is being overlooked by the other teams, but the Buds do not care. They have confidence that they will be able to make some noise, according to Salwen. “We’re still improving and we’re excited to go to nationals because right now, everyone in the country is counting us out, but we know how good we are,” Salwen said. “We think because of our deep team, we should be able to create some upsets at nationals.” Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.
Johnston Leaves Red Behind, But Not the Memories JOHNSTON
taking the memories with her. “I’ll never forget our [triple] overtime win against Boston University to get to the Frozen While Johnston had an outstanding career Four,” Johnston said, referring to this season’s with the Red, one that will not be soon forgotten exhilarating 8-7 win over the No. 5 Terriers in by the program and by the Faithful, all good the first round of the NCAA Tournament. “It things must come to an end. On May 27th, was my last game at Lynah and it’s something that I’ll never forget. It was the longest “I’ll never forget our triple overtime win game I ever played. We had a lot of fan support — they stayed around the against Boston University.” entire game — it was a pretty amazing experience. I definitely don’t think I’ll Rebecca Johnston ever forget that. Not for one moment.” That was the last win Johnston had Johnston, along with the rest of the Cornell Class with Cornell — a fitting way to end her playing of 2012, will receive her diploma and move on to career at Lynah. The next week the team traveled other endeavors, leaving Cornell behind, but to Minnesota, where the No. 2 Minnesota Continued from page 24
Golden Gophers delivered the Red a crushing 31 loss, a defeat that officially ended Johnston’s career with the team she had called her own for four seasons. “We’re basically like a family,” Johnston said. “It’s going to be really sad leaving everyone and not seeing everyone everyday, but I know we’ll definitely keep in contact.” While Johnston’s career with the Red may be over, her time as a hockey player has no end in the foreseeable future. After graduation, the Communications major plans to return home to Canada in order to play in the women’s league there, although she has not yet decided on a team to play for. Here’s to wishing her the best. Zach Waller can be reached at zwaller@cornellsun.com.
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Red Set to Battle Dartmouth in Ivy Championship
By SCOTT CHIUSANO
the season, just squeaking out victories by scores of 2-0 and 5-2. The Green has also improved since that series; the squad It took twelve innings, but sophomore has won 13 of 16 Ivy games since the infielder Ben Swinford’s homerun and losses. freshman reliever Kellen Urbon’s stellar Cornell rode the two victories on the pitching performance powered the Red backs of its pitchers. Sophomore hurler to a win over Princeton last weekend. Connor Kaufmann tossed a no-hitter in The dramatic 4-3 victory gave the squad the first game and senior Rick Marks only its second outright Ivy League Lou only allowed two runs over eight innings Gehrig Division Title and earned it a in game two. spot in the Ivy League Championship “We had Connor throw a great game Series against Dartmouth beginning against them last time, but we’re expectSaturday at 12 p.m. on Hoy Field. ing two to three highly competitive “When Ben hit that homerun, the games,” Lee said. “They’ve done entire dugout blew up,” said senior cap- extremely well since we last played them tain and catcher Brandon Lee. “We knew and they’ll be coming out hungry for a with Kellen on the mound we had our championship.” best chance to win it.” “Their seniors are going for their third Ivy champi“They’ve done extremely well since we last played onship in four years, so those them and they’ll be coming out hungry for a guys will be championship.” especially h u n g r y, ” Brandon Lee Peters added. The Red’s The down-to-the-wire finish was only normally productive offense did struggle fitting for the squad, which has now won against the Green last time though, only four extra inning games this season. mustering up four hits in the first game. “Honestly that was one of the most The team is also preparing to see even intense games I’ve ever taken part in,” better pitchers from Dartmouth this time said junior infielder Brenton Peters. “It around. gives us a lot of momentum because we “We’re going to see a couple different know no matter who we play we can still pitchers,” Peters said. “Last time we pull out a win in the end.” played them on their [second series] of The Red (29-14-1, 14-6 Ivy League) the weekend so this time we’ll be seeing has already tied a program record for their day one guys.” wins in a season with at least two games Once again, Lee acknowledged that left to play. It will be taking on the Green pitching would be the key for the Red to (23-16, 14-6) in a best-of-three series to hold off Dartmouth’s offense. determine the Ivy champion. “Our pitchers have done a fantastic The Red swept Dartmouth earlier in job all year,” he said. “It’ll be extremely Sun Assistant Sports Editor
Feeling the Loss of A National Champion SIMAZ
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slowly.” Obviously, the national championship was worth the push. This year alone, Simaz won both the NCAA and EIWA titles in the 197 lbs. weight class with a 96.9 percent winning average for the 2012 season. In the 32 matches he wrestled in this season, only one escaped the champions’ grasp. He also holds the current all-time
Cornell in bonus points and that is amazing. Every time that he stepped on the mat, we expected him to pin them. I have never had that before.” As if his accolades on the mat were not enough to prove the enormity of Simaz’s influence on the program, his teammates, coaches and anyone that seems to know the senior, comment on his drive and most of all his love for the sport. “He has a heart the size of an elephant,” Koll said. “The kid
“Every time that he stepped on the mat, we expected him to pin them.” Rob Koll Cornell record for bonus points. “You can’t replace a national champion. It’s just not the kind of thing where you can just find somebody else to win nationals,” Koll said. “Not only is Cam a national champion, but he also holds the all-time record for
never gets tired and he won’t ever stop. He’s not the biggest, not the strongest, not the fastest, but he has a heart like no other kid that I have ever coached.” Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun.com.
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important to get first pitch strikes and get ahead on hitters and then pitch to contact and let our defense make plays behind them.” The Red’s defense has been solid so far this season, committing only 56 errors for a .964 team fielding percentage. Peters also cited the importance of keeping the Green’s scrappy hitters off of the base paths so they could not get any momentum going. “We’ve got to keep their leadoff hitters off base, because if we keep them off they can’t move anyone over with a bunt or do anything to put someone in scoring position,” he said. “It puts pressure on the next two guys to do something big because there’s one out and no one on
base.” Though the two teams will likely not remember come Saturday, there is some history behind this series. Just three years ago in the Red’s first shot at an Ivy title, Dartmouth was victorious in three games. If anything, though, that memory is only making the seniors on the team more prepared, according to Lee. “We lost game three to [Dartmouth] my freshman year and we’ve been working to get another opportunity at a ship,” he said. “It’s only fitting that now as seniors we’ll be playing them at home to try to bring back a championship.” Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.
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The avengers | Senior catcher Brandon Lee said he and the fellow seniors would like nothing more than to avenge a loss to Dartmouth in the Ivy Championship three years ago.
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The Sun’s Male Athlete of the Year:
CAM SIMAZ
By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Editor
With a slew of honors and awards added to the trophy case for Cornell Wrestling this season, senior Cam Simaz’s fouryear career with the Red has come to an end. “[Cam is] one of the models for work ethic and how to wrestle hard and even live right. There is going to be a huge hole in the room and big shoes to fill for the younger guys [next year],” said former teammate, Mack Lewnes ’11. In addition to his presence on the mat, the Michigan native won 145 out of a possible 161 matches in his career. His strong performances have led him to four EIWA Championships — a feat in and of itself, as he is just the eleventh wrestler ever to accomplish this. He also placed four times in the NCAA tournament — garnering a first place victory in 2012 — and was selected as the Ivy League Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012. “No one has ever worked harder than Cam in the 23 years that I have coached and [when he] works, he works smart as well,” said head coach Rob Koll. “This year he had a couple of injuries and I told him early on that he needed to be on himself. And when he needed to pull back, he would pull back. [This season] he was almost his own coach.” As if his slate of accomplishments were not enough, Simaz has definitely left a legacy on the hill. “You can’t replace Cam, you can only refill the position,” added assistant coach Damion Hahn. Despite considering himself a “string bean” as he
mentioned in a press conference, Simaz is arguably one of the best that Cornell and the wrestling community has seen in recent years. After suffering a hamstring injury at the Body Bar Invitational in November, Simaz faced a choice. He could either red shirt this year and come back for the next season or push ahead and face what the rest of the season had in store for him. He decided to go for it and see what lay ahead. “I was really worried [about his injuries]. He was so close and so dominant,” said Koll. “There was no one even close to him. We made the decision in December to bring him back, but to bring him back
TINA CHOU / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Heart of an elephant | Head coach Rob Koll said National Champion Cam Simaz maynot be the biggest wrestler out there, but he makes up for it with endurance, speed and heart.
See SIMAZ page 23
The Sun’s Female Athlete of the Year:
REBECCA JOHNSTON
By ZACH WALLER Sun Senior Writer
After four prolific seasons on East Hill, it has come time for the Cornell women’s hockey program to say goodbye to one of its all-time great players: 2011-2012 Cornell Daily Sun Female Athlete of the Year Rebecca Johnston. Johnston made her way to Cornell from Sudbury, Ontario, a city in Canada’s Northern Ontario region. Even before taking to the ice for the Red, Johnston already had an impressive résumé, having spent time with the Canadian under-22 national team. She also won a gold medal with Team Ontario at the Canada Games and was named an alternate to the Canadian national team. It was October, 2007 when the Lynah Faithful got its first glimpse of the forward who would soon become one of the most dominant players in ECAC women’s hockey. In her first NCAA game with the Red, Johnston led the Cornell charge, scoring the first Cornell goal of the season less than three minutes into the team’s first game against the University of Vermont at Lynah. While the Faithful are certainly happy to have had the pleasure of watching Johnston play at home at Lynah for the past few seasons, it was not always certain that she would lace up her skates for the Red. “I have two older sisters,” Johnston said. “My one older sister went to Harvard and my other one went to Cornell and both played on the hockey teams. I was kind of deciding between the two schools. I really, really enjoyed my Cornell visit. I really
liked the coaching staff — Doug Derraugh was really, really nice — and I knew that he was an amazing coach. He had a lot to teach me … He was one of the major deciding factors.” Upon her arrival at Cornell, Johnston wasted no time in making a big impact on the team, leading the Red in both scoring and points her freshman year and becoming the first Cornell player to be named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year and to the ECAC Hockey first team. This tenacity remained a part of her in her second season with the Red, again leading the team in both goals and points. She subsequently became the first Cornell player ever to earn the title of RBK All-American. She was also named to the ECAC Hockey first team, All-Ivy first team and as a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, the highest honor in women’s college hockey. Johnston remained a member of Team Canada throughout her time on the Hill, even taking the 2009-2010 campaign off from college hockey (and college in general) to spend the entire season with the Canadian Olympic team, ultimately winning the Gold Medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. “I always like going to the national team and playing for my country,” Johnston said. “It’s really an amazing experience. It’s definitely difficult to miss so much school — I missed quite a bit each semester — but I always managed to catch up when I got back. It’s a lot of fun going back and forth and being able to play for my country but also playing for and representing my school.” Upon her return to Cornell in 2010,
Johnston didn’t miss a beat, being named an alternate captain and, once again, leading the team in scoring, tallying 26 goals and 24 assists on the season. In addition, she was also, once again, named a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, as well as to the ECAC Hockey and All-Ivy first teams. While Johnston racked up the individual honors, it is clear that, for her, it was never about anything other than the team. “Winning the ECACs and making it to the Frozen Four [twice are] my proudest accomplishments and our team’s proudest accomplishments. It’s something that, coming in my freshman year, I never would have thought that that was even possible,”
Johnston said, referring to the program that developed from an average team to a national powerhouse over the last three years. (In her first season with the Red, Cornell went 12-17-1, while in her last that record was improved to 30-5.) In the 2011-2012 campaign, Johnston again earned the title of leading scorer, finishing her career as number five on Cornell’s all-time scoring list. For her efforts this season, Johnston was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, Ivy League Player of the Year, a Patty Kazmaier finalist and a First Team All-American. See JOHNSTON page 22
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Hard to say goodbye | The Red will certainly feel the loss of reigning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year Rebecca Johnston, who scored a team high 30 goals this season.