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Veterans: Inefficiencies Complicate Financial Aid Process

Say disorganized processes force them to turn to loans

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN Sun Staff Writer

For military veterans at Cornell, filing for financial aid and receiving support through the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill can be a “nightmare.” Many veterans who spoke with The Sun described a slow and disorganized system, even as administrators insist that veteran admissions remains a priority for Cornell.

There are cur“Cornell was applying rently 130 students my housing allowance to who receive benefits under Chapter 33 of tuition, which is meant the Post-9/11 G.I. to pay for my rent.”

Bill, 69 of whom are veterans, according Timothy Wilson ’15 to Melissa Osgood, deputy director of media relations. However, many of these veterans described the filing system to receive aid as disorganized and criticized the time it takes the University to transfer necessary documents to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.

Jason Locke, associate vice president for enrollment, stressed that care for military personnel and veteran admis-

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I pledge allegiance to the flag | ROTC members stand at attention at last Wednesday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Barton Hall.

sions has long been a priority at Cornell, and said the University has recently partnered with a new program called Service to School VetLink, in an effort to attract more veterans.

“Veterans are an institutional admission priority for Cornell and have been for many years,” Locke said. “We

have historically benefited from a regular pool of self-identifying active duty military personnel, who are getting ready to depart the service, and veterans who are interested in Cornell. They most often have been prospective transfer stu-

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Jonathan Hunn’15 Remembered for Work on Campus

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Standing in solidarity | Students gather on Ho Plaza Monday to commemorate those affected by the last week’s terrorist attacks.

Cornellians Mourn Individuals Affected

By Paris,Beirut Attacks at MondayVigil

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

About 50 students, faculty members and Ithaca residents attended a vigil to commemorate last week’s tragic events in Beirut, Lebanon and Paris, France on Ho Plaza Monday.

Coordinated terrorist attacks killed over 129 people in Paris Friday and two

suicide bombers killed 43 people in Beirut Thursday, with the attacks in both locations leaving hundreds wounded.

The vigil was organized by the Cornell French Society, according to Adélaïde Pacton ’17, the organization’s president. Pacton said the French Society held the vigil “to honor the innocence of the deceased in the two tragedies.” “[We wanted] to remind people that

this is not only something that affects Western countries, but also the rest of the world, and that it is something that is very recurrent,” Pacton said.

Both the French and Lebanese flags were displayed in the center of the circle of mourners, and attendees wrote messages of solidarity on the flags. The See VIGIL page 5

Jonathan Hunn ’15 — a natural resources major and co-founder of the Cornell Environmental Collaborative — died on Nov. 10 in West Bloomfield, N.Y. He was 22.

In the spring, Hunn walked with the graduating class of 2015 at Cornell. He remained on campus this semester to finish a few last credits, according to Nyle Taylor ’15, Hunn’s freshman and sophomore HUNN ’15 year roommate.

On campus, Hunn was involved with environmental and sustainability groups. Friends said he was passionate about making the campus greener and brought people together through efforts towards a common goal to benefit the entire community.

Taylor said Hunn “was always quick to smile or laugh and he was quick to make others do the same.” He described Hunn as a great listener and confidante, who would “drop everything” to help a friend.

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Initiative Aims to Remove Financial Barriers to Greek Rush

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

The Panhellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Letter Council will begin providing subsidies during recruitment next semester to cover initial dues for new members who might otherwise be deterred by the financial burdens of Greek life.

The initiative, which was originally proposed as an amendment to the Panhellenic Council budget and approved in October, will attempt to eliminate the financial barrier that prevents some students from rushing. New

members will soon be able to apply for a one time $700 subsidy that will be paid to their chapter, according to Kendall Grant ’16, president of the Panhellenic Council.

By looking through the Panhellenic Council’s budget, Emma Keteltas ’17, vice president of finance for Panhellenic Council, said she was able to find the funds necessary to subsidize new Panhellenic and Multicultural Greek letter members.

The MGLC initiative was formed by the executive board and also approved by chapter delegates in October, according to President Andrea Kim ’16.

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Students will not have to declare financial need prior to the formal recruitment process, but may be awarded subsidies based on both need and merit after the process concludes. There will be a formal application process to receive these subsidies and all applications will be reviewed by the executive board and the Panhel advisor in the Office of Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living, according to Grant.

“We will assess the quality of the application, as it includes a short response section, the student’s academic transcript, and whether or not the student receives financial aid,” Grant said.

Once initial dues are covered, students will be encouraged to look to other sources for financial assistance, such as internal scholarships within sororities, according to Grant.

“In an ideal world, we would have the fiscal capacity to subsidize every semester’s worth of dues per member,” Grant said. “However, we are launching this great initiative to remove the financial barrier of joining the Greek system, which is often the greatest deterrent for potential new members.”

Dues for sororities are high and discourage those with financial limitations from joining, according to Grant.

Sororities also often have hidden fines for infractions or misconduct that add up to the cost in addition to dues, apparel and ‘Big-Little Week,’ The Sun previously reported.

While dues usually remain stagnant after new members become officially initiated into their chapter, new member dues are usually the highest costs incurred for members, according to Grant.

“New member dues include fees for initiation and programming. For exam-

ple, a sorority pin might cost a couple hundred dollars,” Grant said.

While the Interfraternity Council began a similar program last year, Grant and Kim have been working on adding the initiative to their budget since last semester, according to Kim. “The Tri-Council’s presidents noticed that we emphasize the idea of ‘fraternity and sorority for everyone,’ but wanted to actually act upon this by not having finance be the reason for students not joining a Greek organization,” Kim said.

Following the Panhellenic Council’s approval of the initiative, which was proposed as an amendment to the budget that delegates from Cornell’s 13 chapters voted on, Kim said she worked to incorporate the initiatives to the chapters represented by MGLC. Members of the Tri-Council have been working on getting an initiative passed to subsidize dues, but have stumbled upon problems in the past, according to Kim. “The issue we had when sketching this idea was making sure the money goes directly to students’ new member dues, but we had a hard time making sure it didn’t affect their student financial aid,” Kim said.

By alleviating financial burdens, Keteltas said she hopes the initiative will promote diversity within the Greek community.

“We are very excited that this initiative has passed,” Keteltas said. “Issues of diversity and inclusion have long been topics of discussion within Panhellenic, and we are proud that we will be able to affect real change with the creation of this new member dues program.”

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun.com.

Students Tackle Community Issues at 24 Hour Hackathon that,” said Adam Gleisner ’18, another member of Coding Connectors. “There was one on healthcare. There was the one we Nearly 150 students participatdid on Girls Who Code. There ed in the University’s first Random was one on transportation for disHacks of Kindness hackathon, abled people. There were a lot of coding for 24 hours straight from different areas you could go into Saturday to Sunday morning to and all of them had really cool formulate solutions to community solutions.” problems put forth by local organiThe Coding Connectors team zations and nonprofits in sought to improve the repreTompkins County. sentation of women in inforAt the end of the hackathon, represen- “The unique thing about this hackathon mation technology and computer science by working tatives from Accenture, the AFYA was that it was all altruistic projects that with Women in Computing at Cornell and Accenture to Foundation and the people were working on.” increase the number of girls Cornell Public Kyler Ruvane ’18 studying in STEM fields.

Service Center selectThe team decided to design a ed three winning website for the new Girls teams out of the 25 participating teams, who were eli- nonprofit Girls Who Code chapter Who Code chapter at Cornell, according to Jerican Huang ’19. gible to receive $2,000 to $3,000 at Cornell.

“The issue was to get girls inter“The unique thing about this to execute their proposed solution, according to the Random Hacks hackathon was that it was all altru- ested in the new club the WICC istic projects that people were was forming, so we made an inforof Kindness website. mational homepage, a forum and a The hackathon was sponsored working on,” Ruvane said.

The Cornell Student Assembly social network,” Huang said. “To

by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, which hosts several hackathons a and nine local nonprofits present- get them interested there’s this year, according to Tech Events ed the teams with at least 12 com- game for onboarding and it intromanager Ami Stuart ’10. However, munity problems to choose from duces them to what coding is.”

Another winning team, this was Entrepreneurship at on Friday. These issues included Cornell’s first hackathon with an collecting and delivering medical Freshman Five, named their prosurplus supplies, to developing ject “Momentum,” and designed a altruistic theme.

“We have several hackathons affordable transportation options new S.A. forum to allow students per year, all at Cornell Tech in for people with disabilities and to directly communicate their New York City,” Stuart said. “Each providing mental support for problems online, said Siddant Basnet ’19. of our hackathons are ‘themed’ youth and families.

“We implemented a Student “Nine nonprofits from the around a topic or field. This is the first time we’ve done ‘Random community came around pitching Assembly forum where Cornell Hacks of Kindness.’ It was a pas- their ideas to us. We found what students can sign up and post sion project, something we’ve our passion was and went towards about their issues. There’s no curBy MELVIN LI

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wanted to do for a long time but knew it would take an extra amount of effort due to the very unique nature of it.”

The hackathon lasted from 11 a.m. Saturday until 11 a.m.

Sunday and had a “unique” spirit, according to Kyler Ruvane ’18, a member of the winning team Coding Connectors, who won by designing a new website for the

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Coding for a cause | Students present their final projects at the Random Hacks of Kindness Hackathon this weekend.

rent website that, does that so we implemented a website where people can go add their things where others can view them and support them,” Basnet said. “The more popular [an issue] gets, the more likes and support it gets, the more likely it will be seen by the Student Assembly and when they resolve it they will post messages saying so.”

Cari Hills ’98 of Accenture, one of the four judges for the competition, said the winning teams were chosen for their innovative solutions, ability to solve business needs and feasibility within a nonprofit budget.

Hills said a third winning team, Rackers Hackers, developed a transportation system known as “Wind & Sun” to focus on transportation issues facing students with disabilities.

“They are working with a group in town that’s focused on people with disabilities. [Wind &

Sun] is helping transport them around using an Uber-like model, but in a social way,” Hills said.

“You’re getting people who are volunteering their time to drive people around.”

The 25 teams were narrowed down to 10 finalists before the three top winners and two honorable mentions were selected.

Nevertheless, Hills said all the projects created by the hackathon participants over the weekend were “incredible” considering their limited time and resources.

“They took their knowledge as students who are aware of the community, limited resources of non-profits and using technology and came up with these solutions to solve incredible business problems,” Hills said. “We were just blown away by what they did.”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun.com.

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Veterans Report Difficulty Securing Financial Aid

After admittance,veterans call for streamlined process without enrollment cap on aid programs VETERANS

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dents.”

The University actively recruits veterans through the Service to School VetLink, the Marine Corps Leadership Scholar Program, the Veterans Education Guide and through partnerships with community colleges, according to Locke, but caps the number of students accepted under the Yellow Ribbon financial aid program at 100.

The Yellow Ribbon program partners colleges with the Veteran’s Association to cover remaining tuition costs after aid provided by the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. As a result of this cap, veterans often do not receive sufficient financial aid if the spaces are filled, and must turn to taking out other loans.

Even once admitted to Cornell, veterans reported that financial aid support from the University when dealing with the G.I. Bill often stalled or was unnecessarily complicated.

Scott Johnson ’16, who served in the U.S. Navy in San Diego, Djibouti and Norfolk, Virginia and is currently a reservist, said in his opinion, veterans must undergo two unofficial steps for acceptance: first, to be accepted, and second, to see if they can actually afford tuition.

“The first acceptance doesn’t

really mean anything until you Station Sigonella in Italy. has no maximum school contriknow you’re going to be able to Outlaw said when he initially bution amount — how much come; that took a very long time applied to the Yellow Ribbon the school will offer in addition to get,” Johnson said. “So even program for alternative funding to the V.A. — because the after you’re approved to come to beyond the G.I. Bill, he called enrollment maximum of the this school, knowing whether the Office of Financial Aid only Yellow Ribbon program, which you’re actually able to attend “to speak with several personnel Cornell determines, is finite. took a long time. It took maybe who had never heard of the Other schools in New York, eight weeks or so to finally get Yellow Ribbon program.” He such as Columbia University, any G.I. Bill funds at all; the said that eventually, his applica- Ithaca College and Syracuse same thing happened again this tion was filed directly by University, have an unlimited year.” number of spots for Seamus Murphy ’16, “With Cornell’s cap on Yellow Ribbon their Yellow Ribbon co-chair of Cornell’s program, although they funding slots, the ‘any person’ part of do not necessarily offer Undergraduate Veterans Association — which unlimited financial our motto is only partly true.” networks on behalf of assistance, which veterans — said veterCornell could potentialDavid Outlaw ’17 ans face numerous diffily offer. culties at Cornell, and Veterans at Cornell that many particularly struggle Thomas Keane, director of argued that not only do they not with the financial aid system. financial aid for scholarships and receive insufficient funding, but Murphy, who served two tours policy analysis. that because of the cap, Cornell in Iraq in the U.S. Army, called “Although I was grateful for also limits the number of veterthe problems on campus sys- his assistance, the Office of ans that could attend — a probtemic and said CUVA has Financial Aid should have more lem that Cornell has partially “become an advocate for the personnel trained on what the alleviated by increasing the numkind of stuff that’s been happen- Yellow Ribbon fund is and who ber of capped spots through the ing to us.” the point of contact is,” Outlaw Yellow Ribbon program from 40 Cornell often does not said. to 100. process veterans’ financial forms Cornell accepted 100 under“I strongly encourage Cornell in a timely manner, forcing graduate students and 73 gradu- to increase the slots available for many veterans to find an alter- ate and professional students for the Yellow Ribbon fund, or to nate source of money before the the 2015-16 academic year remove the cap altogether,” aid is available, Murphy said. under the Yellow Ribbon pro- Outlaw said. “With Cornell’s David Outlaw ’17, co- gram, an increase from 40 cap on Yellow Ribbon funding founder and co-chair of CUVA, undergraduates and 50 graduates slots, the ‘any person’ part of our joined the U.S. Navy in 2007 from 2013-14, according to data motto is only partly true. It and served at Naval Station Pearl from the U.S. Department of would be a tragedy to lose wellHarbor, where he was a logistics Veteran Affairs. qualified talent to other schools, specialist aboard a nuclear attack With the exception of Weill merely because of financial consubmarine, and at Naval Air Cornell Medicine, the University straints.”

Johnson said another issue faced by veterans is the lack of information they have during the semester about their financial situation.

“I completely ignore my bursar account, because it’s never right,” he said. “It’s never ever right.”

After changes were made last year on the state level to assist veterans with college tuition, Johnson claimed that Cornell did not reach out to assist those who were affected.

“After a few weeks, I made a phone call, and what I heard was that ‘Well, we weren’t sure how many of you were out there, most people just call us at some point and let us know what’s going on,’” Johnson said. “[They were] just waiting for us to make the phone call while we’re at school, while we may have families, while we’re doing other things, while some of us [are] still reserve.”

Timothy Wilson ’15 served in the Navy from 2005 to 2011 in active duty and as inactive reserve from 2011 to 2013.

While Wilson had trouble with the Yellow Ribbon program, calling it a “nightmare to deal with,” he also expressed concerns with the housing allowance provided through the G.I. Bill.

“I found out that Cornell was applying my housing allowance to tuition, which is meant to pay for my rent, not school,” Wilson said. “This meant that I had a credit balance with Cornell that they didn’t actually receive. So when I took out a loan of $15,000 to pay for the remaining balance and to pay my rent for the rest of the semester, Cornell took almost all of it.”

Johnson said that while some of these housing concerns are

serious inconveniences for individuals, they can make life even more difficult for students who have to support others.

“I have a family, which is different than some of the other [veterans],” Johnson said. “Some of the others don’t have a family, so you can camp out on someone’s couch, and that’s no big deal. When you have a family, you can’t put your whole family on someone else’s couch. You have to dip into your savings, put it on a credit card or take out a loan.”

Wilson said part of the issue with financing is that the V.A. won’t release funds until they receive a certificate of enrollment from a university, and once they have received the certificates, they are processed in the order received.

“When it takes an additional four weeks for them to get the certificate you can imagine we are at the back of the line,” Wilson said. “This means no rent money and no book money until about two months into the semester. Most of us can’t afford this.”

While he did say this year was a marked improvement in processing speed, Wilson said he believes there are still ways to improve the process further.

“I would like them to streamline the financial aid process, and to have a contact who specializes in veteran applications,” Wilson said. “It seems ridiculous that we have to apply for the same programs every semester when it’s clear the assistance is needed.”

Murphy said his friends at other universities have access to a veteran resource center with a V.A. certified official to help with processing the necessary paperwork.

“They’re kind of your liaison between the university and other off campus [resources] like networking and scholarships,” Murphy said. “They have these kind of vet centers or vet counselors, so to speak, to help guide you through this transition from military to civilian life.”

According to Cassandre Pierre Joseph, director of diversity engagement for the department of inclusion and workforce diversity, Cornell does have visits from a State Veteran Counselors through the Cornell’s Veterans Colleague Network Group — a University sponsored resource group for employees. One of the counselor’s roles is to help veterans receive their V.A. educational benefits, but some veterans said they would appreciate a staff member on campus to aid with the process.

“The University needs a permanent veterans’ resource official and allocated office space to support veterans,” Outlaw said.

“Having this official on campus would take the weight off of various veteran faculty members who volunteer their time and resources to assist veterans. The resource official would serve as the main point of contact for prospective student veterans, enrolled student veterans and outside organizations.”

Daniel Zimmerman can be reached at dzimmerman@cornellsun.com.

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Recent Cornell Graduate Dies Suddenly at 22

Jonathan Hunn ’15 remembered by friends as ‘kind and honest,’ ‘quick to smile or laugh’ HUNN

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“You could always find him chatting with someone new in one of the coffee shops in collegetown or on campus,” Taylor said. “He seemed to make a new friend every day. I think people were just drawn to his kind and honest demeanor.”

Zoe Carlson ’15, a close friend of Hunn, said he “loved to just get out and do things” — including gorge jumping in the rain, going to the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival and seeing obscure indie bands. Carlson also remembered Hunn’s passion for music and recounted how he organized groups to see bands perform in the Ithaca area.

“He would always offer to drive in his crappy car that you weren’t sure was even going to make it to the venue,” she said.

Hunn taught himself to play the guitar

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French motto ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’ was one of the messages written on the French flag to honor the spirit of the French people and remember those lost.

At the start of the vigil, Pacton encouraged attendees to “express their sentiments about the tragedies” if they wished to. Those attending also participated in a moment of silence to remember and honor the victims of the attacks.

After the moment of silence, several crowd members began to sing ‘La Marseillaise,’ the French national anthem and ‘Alensheyd Alewteny Alelbenaney,’ the Lebanese national anthem.

“There is no time limit [to the vigil], we just want people to spend as much time as they need here,” Pacton said. “People at Cornell have lost their loved ones in Paris and I’m sure Lebanon is the same.”

Boustros described the events as an “act of humanity” and called the spoken and written contributions of attendees “very meaningful.”

Yamini Bhandari ’17 said the vigil demonstrated the unity of the Cornell community in a time of global tragedy.

“It was nice to see students, faculty, and administrators come together and have a moment to reflect on the tragedies around the world,” she said. “It gave me a sense of hope that we all could agree that actions like these terrorist attacks were inhumane and Cornell stood for peace.”

Pacton stressed that the vigil was not a time for political commentary.

“This is a moment where we all need to just reflect,” she said.

Throughout the event, the clocktower played several songs, from ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon to the French national anthem.

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.

and could often be found learning new always ready to try something new and songs, according to friends. loved sharing his passions with others.

Wesley Rogers ’14, who played intra“One of my fondest memories with Jon mural soccer with Hunn and lived with him was visiting him at the Cornell Biological in fall 2013, described him as a genuine and Field Station during a summer in Ithaca,” kind person.

Harris said. “We spent the night with his “He was always down to meet new peo- fellow interns at the Taste of Syracuse music ple and make new friends, and he could and food festival and the next morning we start a conversawent for a sun“I think people were just drawn to his rise kayak on tion with anyOneida Lake.” one,” Rogers kind and honest demeanor.”

Hunn will said. “Some of be remembered the best memoNyle Taylor ’15 for his contriries I have of butions to the him were the nights we would all make dinner together in Cornell community, including the founding of ECO, his work with the Cornell the apartment and just hang out.”

Rogers said Hunn loved to be outdoors Cooperative Extension, research with the and was particularly enthusiastic about rock Cornell Biological Field Station and additions as a field research technician to the climbing.

Lauren Harris ’15 added that Hunn was Department of Natural Resources.

Hunn’s memorial service will be held at a later date, according to an obituary printed Sunday in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Friends and family of Hunn started a crowdsourcing fundraiser on Crowdrise for the Hunn family, which may be used for memorial services. The fundraiser has already raised over $5,300 of its $10,000 goal as of Monday evening.

University Resources: Members of the Cornell community seeking support can call Gannett Health Services’ Counseling and Psychological Services (607-255-5155), EARS’ peer counselors (607-255-3277), the Faculty Staff Assistance Program (607-2552673), the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) or find additional resources at caringcommunity.cornell.edu.

Kimberly Lee can be reached at kimberlylee@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Bombay Comes Alive in Court

BY HADIYAH CHOWDHURY Sun Staff Writer

I walked into Cornell Cinema to watch Court with absolutely no context and fairly average expectations, but Chaitanya Tamhane’s directorial debut sets the bar incredibly high for his future work. Though it was slow-paced and at times disregarded plot entirely, it was absolutely beautiful and had me laughing constantly. While at first it seemed to be a commentary about India’s court system, it turned into an intimate look into the characters’ lives and as a result produced a really beautiful conception of life in Bombay.

In general, the film concerns itself with the trial of a folk singer who is being tried for writing a song with controversial lyrics. One of my favorite parts of the film was its use of color and cinematography. Being from a rural area myself, I am not usually very impressed by cityscapes, but Court completely overwhelmed my senses; while the scenes in the court were mostly dominated by shades of grey, white and light pink, the scenes in the city of Bombay were explosive with vivid yellows and oranges powdered with the dust from the streets. Although the city was bustling, it was not suffocating and I found myself longing to be there, if only to catch a glimpse of the women’s radiant saris or to have a taste of the street food.

Though Bombay was illustrated beautifully on screen, I did not feel like it was romanticized too excessively, for Court also provided a look into how poorer residents of the city lived. While looking for a witness, one of the lawyers runs across a woman living in a rundown apartment complex in the middle of the city, but even the passage that led to her home was lit up with bright colors and conveyed a sense of warm comfort to the viewer. There were two others scenes that stood out to me in particular, both of which took place in lawyer’s houses. The first lawyer lived with his parents and had to go through the embarrassment of having his mother interrogate his colleague about his love life while trying to

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eat lunch. This scene, while very stereotypically Indian, struck a chord with me because of its accurate depiction of family life; I cannot count the number of times I have witnessed a similar scene in my own family. In any case, the other scene was quite different because it took place in the home of a lawyer with her own family. Her husband watched television as she served him dinner and grunted as she did so — another scene I have witnessed so many times in my own life, but have never stopped to think about. While this depiction of gender roles was fairly subtle and

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certainly not shoved to the forefront of the viewer’s mind, it made me think about the behaviors I have observed in my own life.

I think a big part of the reason I felt I could make connections with so many characters in the film was because of the incredibly realistic acting paired with the humor they brought to each performance. After watching Court, I did a little research and discovered that none of the main characters had made an appearance in Bollywood before. I was shocked. The acting was so real and convincing that I wanted to linger in each scene after it had finished.

While the humor in the film was not necessarily very obvious throughout, I thought the sarcastic tones of the court scenes were performed to perfection.

The film’s portrayal of activism also caused me to reflect upon my own actions and experiences. While not directly poking fun at it, Court definitely did not take activism too seriously; the plot revolves around the trial of a folk singer who had supposedly controversial lyrics in his work. Right after he was bailed out of jail, he returned to the streets and continued his work, essentially disregarding the court and lawyers who had been trying so desperately to control his actions. I loved this depiction of activism because of how it made fun of itself. One of the things I took away from this film was to not take anything too seriously, regardless of how important it may seem in the moment, an idea I can definitely get behind.

In any case, I do think the film was more about the lives and character of the city of Bombay and less about any sort of direct message to its audience, and I enjoyed the lightheartedness that surrounded the atmosphere of the film.

The only criticism I had for the film was that without cultural context a lot of the scenes do not make a lot of sense; for example, there are scenes during which the defendant speaks in Marathi, but without understanding the importance of the language, it became a little difficult for me to fully understand the comments some of the lawyers were making. However, I do not think this took away from the overall impact or understanding of the film.

One final point I want to touch on was the epilogue of the film. Court seemed to have been over after the lights dim to darkness over the last court scene, but there are a couple of scenes of a random family at a Bombay resort that close off the story. The very last scene in particular was amazing; a group of children scare an older family member awake in the midday heat and he lashes out against one of the boys, whose whines can be heard until the credits start rolling. I am not entirely sure what the implications were at that point, but it made me laugh until my stomach hurt, so I enjoyed it.

Hadiyah Chowdhury is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hrc39@cornell.edu.

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ypically, music fans will tolerate a friendly disagree- grandiose self-mythology. “Loving you is complicated,” he ment about almost any band, singer, or rapper. Not a says to himself, but by the end of the album, it’s clear that Beatles fan? Find EDM repetitive and dull? Think whatever complications he found are no longer a problem.

Drake is a wuss? Fans of any of the three will abide your opin- He’s so in love with his reflection that he’s lucky it was a mirion without throwing things at you. This is America, after all, ror he was looking into and not a a country founded on the principle of patriotic dissent. I may pool of water; he’d have drowned dislike your Radiohead, but I will defend to the death your trying to kiss himself. right to continue listening to it — though I might ask you to This, however, would have please turn it down. deprived Kendrick of the headKendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly has proven that swelling pleasure of hearing the rapevery rule has its exception. Fellow citizen, I dare you: Voice turous response to To Pimp a a negative opinion on this album around the wrong people Butterfly. And rest assured, and see what happens. Should you voice that negative opin- Kendrick’s opinion of himself has ion, you’ll be one of the first. Butterfly’s critical response has risen with his Metacritic score. been like a praise competition, each reviewer tripping over Kendrick legitimately believes himself to be a sort of prophet, the next to see who can lavish the most jaw-dropping hyper- like a preacher. Don’t take it from me: “I’m the closest thing bole on Kendrick’s album. This hyperbole so often contains to a preacher that they have,” he told the Times, speaking of the word “master” or “masterpiece” that you’d think Kendrick his fans. “I know that from being on tour — kids are living was a Renaissance painter; “masterful,” said the Chicago by my music.” He did acknowledge that his words are second Tribune. “A masterpiece,” said Rolling Stone. to someone’s, at least: “My word will never be as strong as No reviews, as far as God’s word,” he acknowledged.

I can tell, contain “All I am is just a vessel, doing the word “masturhis work.” God’s vessel himself batory.” This is a was perhaps proudest of his shame, because To album title: “Just putting the Pimp a Butterfly is word ‘pimp’ next to ‘butterthe most selffly'’[…] that will be a phrase absorbed, affected forever. It’ll be taught in colproject I can lege courses — I truly believe remember: a prethat.” tentious undergrad That’s one prophecy of thesis of a rap Kendrick’s that has almost album. Is it possible come true. Butterfly has indeed that the song entirefound itself taught in high ly devoted to school lit by a man named Kendrick talking to Brian Mooney, who wrote a COURTESY OF TOP DAWG ENTERTAINMENT himself in a mirror was popular blog post about suppleintended as self-parody? Who told him that pretending to menting the evidently-too-dry work of Toni Morrison M.A. interview the ghost of Tupac on-record for six uninterrupted ’55 in his curriculum with Kendrick’s album. Morrison herminutes was a good idea? Like Whitman, Kendrick sings of self teaches creative writing at Princeton. Were a student to himself and himself alone, as though it were impossible to bring her a short story in which he meets a homeless man and confront racial issues unless through false humility and at first dismisses him before realizing that the man is in fact

God in disguise, thus costing him a place in Heaven, I bet she’d have graded it down as corny, clichéd bullshit. But now “How Much A Dollar Cost?” is right up there alongside The Bluest Eye. Woe to Mooney’s students, who’ve had the experience of reading a novel partially replaced by that of studying a thoroughly puffed-up album. You’d think he’d teach Kendrick in the same unit as the Solipsistics.

Kendrick, I’m doing Max Van Zile this because I love you. I won’t deny it, the man really is one of the most talented rappers around. Anyone who’s heard his world-shattering “Control” verse can attest to his sheer lyrical skill, and good kid, m.A.A.d city is the most well-written, absorbing day-inthe-life rap album of the new millennium. You need talent like that to have great ambition, and only great ambition can lead to an album as ostentatious as To Pimp a Butterfly: so self-consciously aspiring to capital-G Greatness, so obviously self-enamored. The critical reception to good kid was almost as euphoric (one reviewer compared it to Ulysses); was that what drove Kendrick’s head straight up his ass? And how, after the endlessly quotable good kid, did Kendrick manage to craft a follow-up whose most quotable, easily recognizable line is “This dick ain’t free?”

To Pimp A Butterfly aside, 2015 is among the best years for rap I can remember. Young rappers have been dropping modern classics all year, from Vince Staples to A$AP Rocky to Earl Sweatshirt. Please, people, I’m begging you: check out Summertime ’06. Listen to Drake, whose own brand of money-and-women egotism is far more honest. Even put “I Don’t Fuck With You” on repeat and let it rattle your trunk.

But for the love of God, stop blowing Kendrick, a man whose dick must be raw and chafed from such overzealous suckery.

Give it a rest. Give him a break; he’s just a rapper, not a prophet. Or listen to it if you must, but please, turn it down.

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Student Groups And the Straight SEVERAL STUDENT GROUPS ON CAMPUS may no longer be permitted to host weekly meetings in Willard Straight Hall’s Memorial Room, following a decision by the Straight’s Student Union Board to offer greater availability to other student organizations. The affected groups, which include the Student Assembly, Interfraternity Council and the Class Councils, will likely need to find a different space on campus for meetings next semester. Although we understand the need for space on campus to conduct programming for student organizations, we find the Student Union Board’s decision to be a short-term solution to a larger issue facing our campus The possible removal of the S.A. from the Memorial Room on campus is the most concerning. While attendance at S.A. meetings often varies from week-toweek, the Memorial Room serves as the most appropriate space on campus for community members to come and address their concerns due to its large capacity. Few spaces on campus offer the same level of access and can hold more individuals from the campus community during protests or contentious debates that draw larger attendance at the S.A. meetings. For these reasons, the S.A. should continue to be allowed to utilize the Memorial Room during semesters to come.

Although opening up the Straight to additional programming would provide students on campus greater access to a large space on campus, this decision fails to address the systemic challenge of finding programming space on campus.

Student organizations often face roadblocks trying to find affordable and accessible places on campus to hold events and can often get lost in the bureaucracy of reserving a room. With varying regulations and processes for utilizing spaces across buildings on campus, few straightforward methods exist for student organizations to utilize. To address the concerns surrounding finding space on campus to hold events, the University community must come together to find a solution to these problems.

Removing the S.A. from the Memorial Room poses a number of challenges to the shared governance group that would negatively affect the greater campus community over a long period of time. Rather than evicting them from the Straight’s primary meeting space, we believe a system should be created to address the numerous issues with finding and reserving space on Cornell’s campus.

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n old acquaintance from my home- bonnets as Halloween costumes? Are those town watched footage of the stu- choices not plainly tone-deaf?

The regulation of anger is intentional dent confrontation last Thursday with professor Nicholas Christakis. He here. It derails the conversation from the posted it on Facebook, mocking partici- racism and misogyny that run deep in our pants for their outbursts: “The idea that communities.

Calls to facilitate discussion sound great, such smart people can be so dumb is really comforting!” When I pointed out that it but dialogue means little when students might be more productive to ask what led must underplay the ways they’ve been hurt bright 20-year-old students to sob and in order to participate in it. Media outlets scream in the middle of a courtyard, he continue to use the word “coddled” to derided them for using curse words. To describe students who openly express frushim, the students were “doing an injustice tration at the way they’re treated. What to their movement;” to him, their yelling about the “free speech” crowd, who have undermined the foundation of their anger. coddled themselves into only accepting the There is an unjust burden on students of so-called “level-headed” language they find color to express their thoughts on recent palatable? What about the responses we’ve events, and on their experiences more gen- received from the highest levels of Yale’s erally, in a dispassionate and academic way. administration, vaguely encouraging students to “engage in disFurthermore, not course?” They fail to everyone shares this address the inherent burden equally. The Calls to facilitate unevenness of a disonus of rational justificourse that has, until cation never seems to fall on those who dis- discussion sound great, now, forced students of to intellectually miss the protesters as but dialogue means little color justify their feeling “hysterical.” unwelcome here.

Yet, there is good when students must Dehumanization is, by reason for marginalized nature, emotional. To students’ fear and outunderplay the ways ignore that is to coddle rage. Students at the students who haven’t University of Missouri they’ve been hurt in come to terms with were forced to stay home from class in the order to participate in it. their role, their complicity, in white wake of racialized mursupremacy. der threats. Yale stu- Media outlets continue To be sure, raw dent organizers, too, to use the word anger has never been have had to seek proand can never be a tection after receiving “coddled” to describe social movement’s final death threats. More Neither is it generally, students of students who openly objective. the be-all end-all of stucolor live in an envident activism here on ronment where express frustration at campus.

The Black attempts to discourage blackface and other the way they’re treated. Student Alliance at Yale has already laid out a belligerent displays of concrete list of racism are met with demands to the adminthundering declarations of “free speech.” And when they leave istration. Other cultural centers have begun the university, their status as Yale graduates to articulate policy changes that would help will not magically eliminate material race- afford all students the dignity and instituand gender-based dangers to their lives and tional recognition they deserve. No administrative response would have occurred this livelihoods.

Students are not just being criticized for week without an outpouring of emotion having “disproportionate” reactions. Critics and anger from our community. The hearts also police their emotional reactions in and the minds of students of color cannot racialized and gendered ways. The vocabu- be dissociated from these projects — they lary of “shrieking” and “whining,” when are inextricable from each other. What critapplied to concrete arguments by Black, ics of the emotional response are missing is Latino, Native and Asian-American not evidence of concrete action. It is basic women, unmistakably evokes tropes that empathy.

Students and faculty who have called for were built to silence them. The easiest, laziest way to disregard a Black woman’s argu- a “civil” discussion of these issues have not ment is to make her the “angry Black “elevated” our discourse, but couched it in woman” — no matter how reasoned and the language of respectability politics. They articulate it might be. In addition, this tac- have not merely limited the scope of accepttic tastelessly overlooks how easy it is to be able perspectives to those that omit real “calm” when the students chanting “white emotional trauma. They have also ignored power” at Mizzou are not directly threaten- the ugly truth that the fears of marginalized students are perfectly rational. ing you.

Furthermore, the people who question these students’ pain are not subject to the same degree of scrutiny. Where were the Shyamala Ramakrishna is a student at Yale University. tone police when Christakis likened stu- This column originally appeared in the Yale Daily dents chalking in Silliman to a “mob,” or News. Comments may be sent to when he shouted a student down to tears? associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Ivy Wire appears Where are they when students don war periodically this semester.

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Yamini Bhandari | Trustee Viewpoint

Rethinking Diversity Education S

ocial media has been very active over the past few days, between the horrific acts of terror around the world, coupled with a growing conflict within our own country.

As a student of color on a college campus in the United States, the issues facing other universities are hard to ignore at a time like this. With student protests in school as close to home as Ithaca College, this is a time for reflection for universities like Cornell. When just this past weekend, a Dartmouth student faced hostility and excessive force from security hired by the Student Activities Office at the Latinx Ivy League Conference at Brown University, there is a need for us as students of the most socioeconomically diverse Ivy League school to think about these issues and actually do something about it. It is time for us to reflect on how we engage as a community in addressing issues of diversity.

Cornell brings together people from around the world.

What this presents us with is an incredible opportunity and a unique challenge. We have students who come from communities where the norm is very different from the norms at Cornell, and often that creates a great deal of tension. Given this state of affairs, Cornell is put in a precarious position to level the playing field in terms of what students understand as acceptable and unacceptable behavior. The most significant effort in this regard comes in the first week students are on campus, through various events during Orientation Week,

We are teaming up to work on a proposal to get diversity education to be a required part of the first year experience through the Freshman Writing Seminar Program ... we believe they are a great platform for student diversity education. including Speak about It, Tapestry and discussions with R.A.s and Orientation Leaders.

After these initial conversations and presentations, each freshman class is supposedly left with an understanding of diversity, sexual harassment, academic integrity, mental health and late night drinking, all on top of understanding how to make it to their classes on time. They are given packets of information with detailed resources if anything were to ever go wrong, and often they are left to tackle the rest of their experience on the Hill on their own.

Perhaps an alternative solution to this issue could be extending some of these conversations beyond freshman year orientation week. For those students who have worked towards furthering this dialogue, discussions on extending education and campus resources beyond freshman year have gone on far longer than they anticipated. I am no stranger to that conversation, but now is the time to act on it. This country is at a point where we need to talk about diversity issues — specifically, we must address our biases and expand our understanding of the complexities surrounding the issues at hand. Diversity conversations can no longer just be a checkoff within freshman orientation, it has to be a deeply engaging experience.

There is currently a coalition of student leaders working on this issue. We are teaming up to work on a proposal to get diversity education to be a required part of the Cornell experience through the curriculum. Diversity requirements in a classroom must emphasize a small environment for discussion in order for students to truly understand their own biases.

Solutions like this are coupled with efforts to increase requirements in terms of diversity education for faculty and staff, as this type of education is a critical part of the Cornell experience.

Social media has shown us in the past few days that a large population of Cornell stands in solidarity with students on other campuses taking action on these issues. But it is not enough to just make statements. We need to take action and address our own campus’s issues.

Yamini Bhandari is the undergraduate student-elected trustee. She can be reached a yb94@cornell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Terrorism Implications Enter 2016 Race

he aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris will continue to reverberate throughout the presidential race. On Saturday night, CBS altered the focus of the Democratic debate to include more national security and foreign policy questions, placing front-runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the defensive for most of the evening. Despite heightened scrutiny and a few missteps by Clinton, the consensus was that the debate would do little to rework the Democratic field. Though traditional political thought suggests an event that seriously threatens national security would cause voters to align with candidates that have more serious foreign policy experience, it seems likely that the Republican field will remain unchanged as well.

Currently, Ben Carson and Donald Trump are the only Republican candidates garnering over 20 percent of the national vote; the first three primary states — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — each feature Carson and Trump in either first or second place with Ted Cruz placing third in New Hampshire and South Carolina. With national security and foreign policy back in the spotlight, some might expect establishment candidates like Jeb Bush or the increasingly favored Marco Rubio, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to rise in the polls. However, this would only occur if voters perceived Carson and Trump as incapable of pursuing an appropriate foreign policy strategy.

In a late-October, earlyNovember poll from Reuters, over 80 percent of voters selected either Carson or Trump as the candidate they trusted most to negotiate with foreign leaders. Nearly 75 percent of voters identified Carson or Trump as the candidate they trusted most with handling the nation’s nuclear weapons. While this poll was conducted before the terrorism in Paris and voters could certainly shift

course, it’s also arguable that the attacks may reaffirm and solidify the already existing trust of voters.

Before this past weekend, data from Pew Research shows only 30 percent of Republicans approved of the United States accepting more refugees in response to the migrant crisis, compared to 69 percent of Democrats. One would anticipate those percentages to decrease in both parties, but especially in the

choice in each of the aforementioned foreign policy questions in the Reuters poll, Cruz is already using the renewed focus on national security in attempt to cut into the support of Rubio, telling an Orlando crowd, “If you’re supporting amnesty, you’re supporting the Obama-Clinton weakness and appeasement to radical Islamic terrorism.”

Though undocumented immi-

The terrorism in France has returned emphasis to national security and foreign policy discussions, oddly with the potential to solidify support for Carson and Trump. already hesitant Republican base.

This suggests that voters — already susceptible to anti-immigrant rhetoric — would congregate to candidates with similar reservations, namely Trump and Cruz.

Rubio is already attempting to backtrack his positions to reflect the fluctuating landscape.

In September, Rubio clarified, “We’ve always been a country that’s been willing to accept people who have been displaced and I would be open to that if it can done in a way that allows us to ensure that among them are not infiltrated — people who were, you know, part of a terrorist organization that are using this crisis.”

But this past Sunday found Rubio doubting the ability of the government to accept and filter refugees, declaring, “The problem is not the background checks. The problem is we can’t background check them. And that’s one of the reasons why I said we won’t be able to take more refugees. Because there’s no way to background check someone that’s coming from Syria.”

While Rubio was the third

grants and “radical Islamic terrorism” have little connection domestically, this line of attack will likely be effective against Rubio who has already faced criticism on the right for his past attempts at constructing and passing comprehensive immigration reform.

The terrorism in France has returned emphasis to national security and foreign policy discussions, oddly with the potential to solidify support for Carson and Trump, while also offering Cruz an opportunity to make inroads into Rubio’s candidacy. With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season approaching — voters become less engaged and therefore candidates have diminished ability to influence polls — and the Iowa caucuses following, Ben Carson and Donald Trump appeared poised to throw the Republican establishment and nominating process into disarray.

Jake Forken is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu.

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“It was huge for us to come out in the second and score the power play goal,” Schafer said.

The tying goal seemed to deflate Colgate, as the team struggled to muster the same level of offensive pressure they put on Cornell in the first period.

“We had a tremendous amount of chances in the next two periods with 24 shots,” Schafer said. “We played with real good energy for the rest of the night.”

In the third period, the Red put consistent pressure on Colgate goalie Charlie Finn. Nonetheless, the goalie made several impressive games to keep the game knotted at 2-2. With a minute left in the third, Tiitinen saw a great shot denied by Finn.

As soon as overtime started, the Red continued their explosive play and Angello sealed the deal when Colgate got caught on a line change.

“We had them pinned down a little bit and we had talked about trying to catch Colgate on a line change before overtime,” Schafer said. “We got fresh guys on the ice and bumped the puck up from the neutral zone.”

“Anthony went back into the zone and shot the puck,” Schafer said.

“Good things happen when you shoot the puck.”

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

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tion for this stage in the season.

Our focus this year is to continue to build on each performance and improve every time we race.”

Some of the standout performances by the men included senior captain Victor Luo’s victories over both the Crimson and Green in both the 100 and 200 breast stroke events. Sophomore Kevin Ma proved equally impressive, earning first place win in the 100 freestyle.

“For me, this weekend Victor Luo and Kevin Ma were two big standouts. They both stepped it up, raced tough and won events,” Newman said. “We had a number of exciting swims, both those two athletes had noteworthy swims, which bode well for the rest of the season.”

The Red have their next meet on November 21, another trimeet matchup against other Ivies, this time against Princeton and Penn in Princeton, New Jersey. The team will have to wait until January to compete at Teagle again, but they’ll surely be looking forward to showing the home crowd what they’re made of again.

“We don’t claim to have the newest or state of the art facility in the league, but the dual meet atmosphere in Teagle Hall is second to none in the Ivy League,” Gallagher said. “We had such a great turn out for both swim meets and the diving events Friday night and the team really feeds off that energy.”

Jeff Asiedu can be reached at jasiedu@cornellsun.com.

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continues to shoot the deep ball with success, his inside-outside combination has the potential to be like Shaq meets Dirk Nowitzki.

Cousins is also a willing and underrated passer. Last season, he ranked among the top in assists by big men. His ability to pass out of the post makes for a nightmare matchup; he can embarrass any defender one-on-one and if he’s double teamed, he will find an open teammate. Through five seasons, Cousins has recorded 10 or more assists in three games. Tim Duncan, one of the greatest passing big men to play the game, has done that only four times in 18 seasons. Cousins’ skillset is unlike any other in the league today.

Boogie is an admittedly emotional player. He gets a lot of technical fouls. He’s been ejected from games and has been suspended. Of course, these factors contribute to his reputation. In an interview with ESPN last April, talking about Kevin Garnett, Cousins said, “… But when he does something, he’s passionate.”

He isn’t the only star who gets his fair share of technical fouls.

Cousins is an emotional, passionate player who turned 25 years old in August. On-court emotion does not mean a person needs counseling. And in no way does it convey the likelihood of a person’s arrest.

My intention is not to defend Cousins as if he is a friend of mine.

I’m merely a fan of his. But offthe-court actions speak volumes about a person far more than do a few technical fouls. When he signed a contract extension with the Kings in 2013, Cousins, then just 23 years old, donated $1 million to Sacramento charities to help families in the community.

He also helped provide free eye care and eyewear to hundreds of kids in both Sacramento and his hometown of Mobile, Alabama.

Cousins purchased high-tech scoreboards for a Sacramento high school and he donated 700 pounds of dog food to a local animal shelter.

Just days ago, a Sacramento city council member announced that Cousins would be paying for the funeral of Jaulon Clavo, a local high-school student who was shot

and killed on the way to a football team meeting. Cousins wanted this deed to be anonymous. It takes a special type of person to want to do something like this in the first place, but to want to do it anonymously reveals Cousins’ true character.

On Jan. 30, 2015, Cousins posted a picture on social media. It was a screenshot of Clay Travis’ prophecy, exactly five years later, to the day. The caption read, “Today’s the day!! Let’s all show him some love!!”, What information did Clay Travis have that suggested Cousins — a teenager with no record —would be arrested within five years? None. Clay Travis didn’t know DeMarcus Cousins. All Travis knew about Cousins was that he played basketball with passion.

Emotion is a part of DeMarcus Cousins both on and off the court — in Cousins the ball-player and in Cousins the human being. One is an MVP candidate. The other is a good human being.

Ben Shatzman is a senior columnist. He can be contacted at bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

Calling the Shatz appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Freshman Sensation Angello Nets O.T. Winner

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

One minute and ten seconds into overtime, freshman sensation Anthony Angello found some space and let a blistering shot fly into the back of the net, securing the win for the No. 18 Cornell (5-1, 3-1 ECAC) men’s hockey team. It was the first points of the weekend for the talented right wing that now leads the Red in goals scored. The bench erupted and the whole team skated onto the ice to surround Angelo, who celebrated with outstretched arms.

Colgate (4-7, 1-3 ECAC) played their hearts out tonight, giving the Red all they could handle. The Raiders led Cornell 2-1 after the first period and appeared to be the more physical team early on in the evening.

In last night’s matchup, the Red used their size to dominate Colgate on the boards. Coming out physical in the early minutes was clearly something Colgate emphasized after Cornell ran away with an early lead Friday at Lynah.

“We got off to a real slow start,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said. “I was disappointed with our effort, which led to a of penalties in the first period.”

The deficit could have been worse for the Red early on.

In the first period alone, the Red gave up a breakaway goal to Colgate forward Tyson Spink and committed five penalties. Colgate was only able to score on one of their power plays, a five on three that led to a goal from defenseman Brett Corkey.

Junior defenseman Patrick McCarron continued his stretch of solid play tonight, adding a goal in the first period.

He also moved the puck around well and created several scoring chances. McCarron, who was injured at the start of the season, has found different ways to contribute to the Red since getting healthy.

Goal scorer | Freshman forward Anthony Angello leads the men’s hockey team in goals scored this season.

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“Patrick keeps getting better and better,” Schafer said.

“He’s really grown as a player back on the blue line and he had a great shot to get through to the net tonight.”

Late in the first period, Colgate had a chance to break open a two-goal lead with another five on three power play.

The Cornell defense was resilient though and senior captain Teemu Tiitinen made a series of nice plays to get the puck out of the Cornell zone.

“When you don’t come out ready to play some nights

you never get it back,” Schafer said. “The penalty kill at end of the first period was the turning point in the game where we were able to block some huge shots.”

When the Red tied the game in the second period on a goal from junior forward Matt Buckles, the momentum fully swung in Cornell’s favor. The Red settled down and began making fewer and fewer errors.

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Figuring Out Swimmers Split Weekend Matches DeMarcus Cousins Men’s, women’s swimming teams beat Dartmouth, fall to Harvard SWIMMING & DIVING

By JEFF ASIEDU Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, Cornell’s swimming and diving team finally got the early season matchup that they’ve been waiting for: an Ivy League matchup. The Red’s men and women faced off against Dartmouth and Harvard in their first conference meet of the season, and in front of an excited home crowd at Teagle, both the men’s and women’s teams split the meet, beating Dartmouth but falling behind the Crimson.

The women’s team put in a great performance, thoroughly defeating Dartmouth by a 205-95 margin, and falling to Harvard by a closer 191-109 score. Cornell’s women managed to win

four of 16 events during the meet behind strong performances by senior Jennifer Zhang, sophomore Micaela Luders, freshman Hannah Bollinger and senior Jenna Immormino.

Immormino, now a captain on the swimming team, competed in the sprint events, winning the 50 and 100yard freestyle races.

“The 500 freestyle was a strong event for us and Jenna Immormino really dropped the hammer in the sprint events,” women’s head coach Patrick Gallagher said. “However, individually, Jenn Zhang’s 200 butterfly was a race that still stands out.”

“I was happy with my individual performance,” Immormino said. “I felt strong considering the larger volume of training we’ve been doing, but there’s

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You win some, you lose some | Both the men’s and women’s swimming teams beat Dartmouth, but lost to Harvard this weekend.

always room for improvement.

“I was really happy with the result this year,” Immormino said. “We came back even stronger in the second half of the meet, something that is very difficult to do going up against such a highly ranked team. It demonstrated that our girls don’t give up and that they approach each race with equal focus.

That’s very inspiring to me even as a captain.”

Gallagher said he was also impressed by the team’s performances in the pool.

“Getting a win in this league always feels good regardless of the title,” Gallagher said. “I am very pleased with how the team fought on Friday and Saturday.”

The meet marked the first time the team has competed against other Ivies this season, and was a pivotal contest for the Red to see how they stack up against their rivals.

“We are continually looking to improve and peak our season at Ivy League Championships,” Gallagher said. “Prior to intercession training, this week and last will be some of the heaviest work we put in all season. The fact that we were able to come out and swim fast under those conditions bodes well for February.”

On the men’s side of the meet, the Red garnered similar results in the meet, beating Dartmouth 183-117 but losing to Harvard 188.5-106.5.

“We feel very strong about our performance this past weekend,” said men’s head coach Wes Newman. “The team raced hard and are in a good posiSee SWIMMING page 15

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here is a 100 percent chance that DeMarcus Cousins is arrested for something in the next five years. 100 percent.

Write it in stone.” Fox Sports analyst Clay Travis wrote these words in early 2010 when Cousins was a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Kentucky. Travis’ prediction was gratuitous — Cousins had no history of legal trouble — but even so, many agreed.

People said Cousins was immature. One writer said Cousins needed psychiatric help. This became a pattern in Cousins’ life; the baseless characterization of DeMarcus Cousins the person — not the basket-

Ben Shatzman Calling the Shatz ball player — ultimately molded Cousins’ reputation among the basketball sphere. The truth is, though, that the people making those judgments didn’t know DeMarcus Cousins at all.

On the court, “Boogie” Cousins is arguably the best center in the league. Now 25, in his sixth season in the NBA, Cousins has taken his game to another level. Cousins has always used his 6-foot-11, 270 pound frame to dominate the paint, but now he has added an outside element to his repertoire.

During the Sacramento Kings’ current three-game winning streak, Cousins has averaged 36 points and 11 rebounds per game, shooting 60 percent from beyond the arc. As of today, Cousins has a higher 3point percentage than Atlanta Hawks marksman Kyle Korver with a similar sample sizes. No center dominates down low like Cousins shoots three-pointers at a similar clip — much less at a successful rate. If he See SHATZMAN page 15