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Hotel School Rescinds Award After Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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Physical Sciences. “[We’ll] get it into the best laboratories on Earth, and analyze it to help understand both the solar system and the origins of life.”

Squyres pulled together a team of partners, including the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and the Japanese Space Agency and spent three years drafting a detailed proposal outlining the mission. The proposal was submitted in April 2017 to NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which funds large-scale universe exploration missions.

The typical cost of these missions is about one billion dollars after operational fees, according to Squyres.

After months of reviewing 12 total proposals, NASA

The School of Hotel Administration on Friday rescinded a 2017 award honoring Steve Wynn, a gambling industry mogul and the former finance chair for the Republican National Committee after he was accused of using his position to force sexual favors out of his employees.

According to dozens of accusations collected by The Wall Street Journal, Wynn abused his workplace authority to force unwanted sexual encounters. Wynn denied all allegations, but resigned Tuesday in response to “an WYNN avalanche of negative publicity.”

Wynn was previously declared the ninth Cornell Hospitality Icon, an award that “honors the lifetime achievements of hospitality and travel industry visionaries for their professional and philanthropic contributions,” according to the award’s website. The hotel school retracted the recognition in light of the allegations on Wynn.

“We have read with dismay the reports of his sexual misconduct, including the high incidence within his organization,” the hotel school relayed in a statement.

“We can no longer consider Mr. Wynn to be an exem-

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Infinity and beyond | The Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return mission aims to uncover the origin of Earth and life in the Universe.

Cornellians May Lead NASA-Funded Project

Space project nominated as one of two finalists for $1 billion NASA funding

By SARAH SKINNER Sun Staff Writer

A Cornell-led project is one of two finalists contending for nearly one billion dollars of NASA funding for a universe exploration mission to be launched in the mid-2020s.

The proposed Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return mission, abbreviated as CAESAR, is a 20-year project that would sample the core of a comet as an astrobiological sample for insight on the formation of Earth as well as the foundations of organic material in the universe.

“What we’re trying to do is for the first time get a piece of a comet and bring it back to Earth,” said Prof. Steven Squyres ’78 Ph.D. ’81, the James A. Weeks Professor of

SNL Comedians Jost and Villaseñor Perform at Bailey Hall Colin Jost takes swipe at Zeta Beta Tau fraternity for conducting ‘pig roast’

By SAMANTHA STERN Sun Staff Writer

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Impressions | Melissa Villaseñor performed impressions of pop singers during her routine.

Cornell University Program Board brought Saturday Night to Ithaca a little early by inviting Saturday Night Live cast members Colin Jost and Melissa Villaseñor for a guest appearance at Bailey Hall on Friday evening.

The night of comedy was hosted by the CUPB, who also hosted #MeToo founder Tarana Burke last week and Daily Show comedian Trevor Noah in September.

Jost and Villaseñor were “confident” choices for the CUPB, which has been working diligently since last semester to plan the night.

“We booked Colin and Melissa last semester after bringing their names to our general body,” said CUPB executive chairperson Daniela Manzano ’19. “We received a really great response and automatically moved forward with booking them.”

Villaseñor, a second-year cast member on SNL, opened for Jost by poking fun at her own voice, saying it sounded like she “ate

yarn.”

Villasenor also revealed that she wished she had learned Spanish, as she knew that her grandmother was making fun of her but had no idea what she was saying.

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Ivy comparisons | Colin Jost compares differences between his alma mater, Harvard, and Cornell.

impressions of the “airy voices” of pop singers Ellie Goulding and Halsey, which were met by laughs from the audience.

“A lot of our shows tend to have smaller names for openers, so getting Melissa Villaseñor as an opener for See SNL page 4

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A Cappella Groups to Perform for CARE Fund Performance proceeds go to ease unforseen staff financial hardships

McKinney said she was delighted to see how both the Cornell and Ithaca communities have stepped up to support the CARE Fund in the last few months.

“The best part is the coming together of the Ithaca All of Cornell’s a cappella groups will perform together to raise funds for Cornell employees in need community, employees and their kids, and Cornell Students [sic] for an entertaining evening with these of financial support on Feb. 24 in Call Auditorium. talented Cornellians,” she said.

The Emergency Cornellians The Emergency CARE Fund Aiding and Responding to Employees Fund provides finan- “The best part is the com- has also offered Cornell employees cial assistance to members of ing together of the Ithaca to deduct donations from their paychecks until March 6th as an Cornell’s faculty and staff expericommunity, employees easier way to participate in the encing unexpected financial hardand their kids.” fundraising. ship due to medical complications, The donations will automatidomestic violence, unexpected Beth McKinney cally enter the employees into a property damage, or other unforelottery for either a weekend in seen circumstances.

This year the Fund’s board has put together A New York City or a “staycation” in Ithaca, according Cappella Cares, a benefit concert featuring all of to the CARE website. The Cornell Club, Cornell Cornell’s singing groups where all proceeds go directly Transportation, Taverna Banfi and Ithaca’s William Henry Miller Inn all have donated their services for to the CARE Fund.

Danica Lee ’20 of Hearsay A Cappella, one of the prizes.

With the money raised, the program has the funds Cornell’s all-female groups, expressed her enthusiasm for the upcoming concert. She said her group was to provide transportation to NYC for medical treat“excited to showcase our group as part of Cornell’s ment, temporary shelter and supplies for victims of vibrant a cappella scene while contributing to a mean- domestic violence and support for families in the wake of property damage. ingful cause.”

The CARE committee has been responsible for Beth McKinney, co-chair of the CARE Fund and director of wellness at Cornell, said preparation for organizing auctions to raise money for employee the concert has been in the works since 2016, when financial hardship in recent years. In 2016, the the Fund pitched it to the A Cappella Advisory fundraising committee raised over $5,000, selling 170 items in one night.

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Tickets for the event are available online for $10 The then-president of ACAC, Colton Haney ’17, for adults, and $5 for children. Cornell students can quickly accepted.

McKinney writes of the decision, “ACAC unani- attend for $8. mously voted to collaborate, and we are now in our second year working with Liz Mueller, the current Penelope Campos can be reached at pcampos@cornellsun.com.

ACAC outgoing president.”

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‘Hamilton’ remix | Prof. Paul Pierson rapped a parody of Hamilton during his lecture.

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Slope struggle | Winter Storm Stella last March led to Cornell’s first campus shut down since 1993.

Wednesday’s Snowfall Did Not Qualify as Shutdown Level

By SHRUTI JUNEJA Sun Staff Writer

Nearly a year after Winter Storm Stella forced the University to shut down campus for an entire day for the first time since 1993, Cornell remained open last Wednesday, despite warnings of up to 10 inches of snow and hazardous travel conditions from the National Weather Service.

“You obviously pay attention, but it didn’t seem to get too close to a shutdown level,” Prof. Charles Van Loan, dean of faculty, told The Sun. Although the Ithaca City School District canceled all district activities on Wednesday, Cornell does not use local school closings as a “determining factor” in making their decision, according a frequently asked questions page made after Stella.

“School districts will build snow days into their calendars, and thus have greater flexibility and lower tolerance for disruptions,” the FAQ website states.

However, the “Inclement Weather” FAQ page says that the university does take into account snowfall rates.

“Snowfall rates greater than one inch per hour for at least three

hours will usually exceed our ability to remove snow and maintain clear walkways, parking lots, and campus roads,” the website states.

Rick Burgess, the current vice president of infrastructure properties and planning and member of the Incident Leadership Team, told The Sun that there is a weather Incident Management Team that consistently monitors the weather, taking into account the ability of the University to ensure people’s safety and keep up with factors such as projected snowfall, wind, precipitation, temperature and timing.

“They monitored before and during the storm event and were

prepared to make recommendations but did not reach the point where they felt like a closure was indicated,” he said about last week’s weather The final decision on whether or not to close the university is made by the president or designee based on a recommendation from the Incident Leadership Team — which includes senior University leaders such as the executive vice president, senior vice provost, dean of faculty and the Cornell Police Chief.

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Guest Lecturer Examines Polarization in America

By JULIA CURLEY Sun Staff Writer

“How does a drifter, a hater, an ignorant debater, a man with no knowledge who stiffs kids seeking college come to be a tribune for sixty million, the man of the hour, one lucky break for an awesome power, Party of Lincoln, what were you thinking?’”

Prof. Paul Pierson, political science, University of California at Berkeley, rapped a “Hamilton” parody in the first of the six lecture “Difficulty of Democracy” series on Friday.

When Prof. Richard Miller, philosophy, introduced Pierson he pointed out that the Berkeley professor studied processes of “growing inequality and polarization decades ago when Donald Trump’s coming would’ve struck people as a strange, bad joke.”

Pierson, who is the author of the 2016 book “American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper,” mostly avoided a lecture on Trump-ism and focused instead on the polarization of America’s political parties.

“Polarization gives you this image of two parties pulling away from each other but what is going on in the United States is asymmetrical,” said Pierson.

“It is much more a story of change on the Republican side than it is on the Democratic side.”

Republican polarization, according to Pierson, was derived over time from the party’s ideological basis, its geo-

graphic edge, the disproportionately conservative media and perhaps most decisive of all other effects — a distinctively anti-government rhetoric.

According to Pierson, while the Democratic Party needs “the government to function,” the Republicans consistently use “anti-government rhetoric” to undermine that effort.

“The Republican Party doesn’t need to be liked. It just needs you to hate the government,” Pierson said.

Pierson identified weaknesses of the Democratic party as well — like its lack of a cohesive narrative, its pluralistic media and its equally bankrolled system — but the Democrat’s deficiencies, as opposed to the Republican ones, work against polarization and extremism.

But despite his understanding of contemporary politics as the product of “deep seated, long term forces at work, he struggles to make sense of recent Trump era developments.

“It’s hard these days to make sense of the country that we live in… I find myself, like a lot of people, really scrambling to make sense of the last 18 months,” Pierson offered. “It’s been a whirlwind, a saga of incredible ambition for power and wealth, brutal partisan warfare, sex scandals, foreign entanglements.”

“I’m talking about the musical Hamilton of course,” Pierson said.

Julia Curley can be reached at jcurley@cornellsun.com.

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NASA Selects Cornell-Led Project as Finalist Comedians NASA

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selected the CAESAR mission to be one of two finalists for further review. The final decision will be made in the summer of 2019.

“The whole crazy thing popped into my head about four years ago,” said Squyres.

“No one has ever gotten their hands on a piece of a comet.

The reason that its important to science is that comets are the most primitive stuff from which the solar system was made.”

After the sample of the comet is brought back, researchers will analyze it down to the molecular level for information on how much water was brought to Earth on comets and if or to what degree the creation of organic material on the plan-

Though the proposed mis- After the launch in 2024, et was also dependent on the celestial bodies. sion would be slated for launch Squyres will retire and Hayes “The science of CAESAR is in 2024, the sample would not will take over as principal investhe Carl Sagan quote: ‘we're all return home until 2038. With tigator. made of star stuff,’” said Prof. this in mind, the project was “I started here [at Cornell] as Alexander Hayes ’03 M.Eng. constructed differently from an undergraduate working for ’03. “[With this mission] we'll most missions.

[Squyres]. Now I’m back as facrewrite the textulty working with him,” books on the said Hayes.

“The science of CAESAR is the Carl knowledge of the However, the multigenSagan quote: ‘we’re all made of star starting point for erational model extends the solar system.” beyond the role of princistuff.’” pal investigator.

The team has “There are similar relatestable hypotheses Prof. Alexander Hayes ’03 tionships in other roles about the origin of throughout the project, the solar system and the prebiotic chemistry that led “The mission is a 20-year where we have a younger, earlyto the evolution and origin of endeavour, so there needs to be career or mid-career scientist life, as well as set of experi- a succession plan, and the suc- paired with a more senior scienments for each one, according cession plan stays within tist, who’s going to work with to Hayes. This will also involve Cornell,” said Hayes. “There them through the development investigating how much of pre- are mentor-mentee relation- phase and then transition the roles,” said Hayes. biotic development occurred in ships throughout the project.”

The project’s timeline anticisolar nebulae before materials The most prominent of these arrived on Earth. involves Squyres and Hayes. pates significant advancement in technology in the 20 years before tests can be run, said Squyres.

“We have to demonstrate in our proposal that the technology of today can answer the questions we’re interested in, but when we actually bring the sample back we'll be using the technology of tomorrow,” said Hayes.

The particular comet to be sampled was also the focal point of the European Space Agency’s prior Rosetta mission, and is the only comet that has been studied in detail by a spacecraft mission, according to Hayes.

This allowed the project to cut costs on diagnostic tests and focus on bringing the sample home.

“This is something that I think is going to be a big deal for Cornell,” said Squyres.

“Cornell has been a leading institution in the exploration of planets going back decades.”

Sarah Skinner can be reached at sskinner@cornellsun.com.

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Colin Jost was also a really great opportunity since she’s popular as well,” Manzano said.

Jost then took the stage, joking that he did not come up to Cornell to do a show, but to rush the fraternity Zeta Beta Tau. The joke, in reference to the recent news that the University placed the fraternity on probationary recognition after conducting a “pig roast” contest, was met with laughter and claps from the filled auditorium.

Jost has co-anchored the “Weekend Update” segment of SNL since 2014 and was recently named one of the show’s head writers.

Jost quipped about some of the differences between his alma mater, Harvard, and Cornell and then took out his phone to read some fun facts that he asked the University to send him. He made comments about the Dairy Bar’s ice cream, the invention of the chicken nugget at Cornell and the infamous legend about the statues of Ezra Cornell and A.D. White on the Arts Quad.

Speaking on college culture, Jost talked about his own experiences with smoking marijuana and the ensuing paranoia, sharing the story of when he was so high, he was convinced his mother had poisoned him.

He ended his routine by reading a list of ideas he has had for SNL sketches that never came to fruition, including some he pitched for a show hosted by President Trump.

Friday night’s performance inspired some students to attend more of the board’s events.

“The stand-up comedy has definitely motivated me to watch the show now, and continue going to see Cornell speakers,” Anna Brecher ’21 said. “I really want to take advantage of the cool opportunities here, because when else could you see SNL comedians for $17?”

The CUPB is also looking forward to their future events.

“We are currently searching for our next talent to bring — and we are always open to ideas and suggestions,” Manzano said. “We want to bring comedians or speakers that Cornell wants, so we’d really love to hear from Cornell. Ultimately the decision of who we bring is in all of your hands.”

Alisha Gupta ’20 contributed reporting to this article.

Samantha Stern can be reached at sstern@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Follows UPenn in Reassessing Wynn’s Legacy AWARD

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Creative commutes | Braving the cold weather, Conor Smith ’19 mountain bikes down a snow covered Libe Slope on Friday.

Cornell Stays Open Despite Heavy Snowfall SNOW

“I think back to last year, it was a real occasion to learn, to appreciate the complexity of the shutdown process and just to think hard about all our with it and knowing what to do, that’s a pretty finely employees who travel these relatively great distuned machine.” tances to work here and how dedicated they are,” According to the University Statement on he said.

Continuity of Service, After an unexpectit is very rare for the ed event like last year’s “I think back to last year, it was a real snow day occured, Van campus to deviate from its normal operations Loan said it wasn’t a occasion to learn, to appreciate the due to weather con“radical decision” to complexity of the shutdown process.” cerns. revisit the policy. He “Cornell University said that the University Prof. Charles Van Loan offices generally remain now has a much better in operation, classes contingency plan in continue and regular services are provided despite place with the registrar in terms of rescheduling adverse weather conditions,” the statement says. prelims.

“Even in times of inclement weather, university “I wouldn’t say that we’re going to make better employees are asked to continue meeting the acade- weather predictions, that’s certainly not going to mic, research and student support needs of our happen,” he said. “It’s just you try to anticipate all community.” [the] little, tiny problems.”

After last year’s shutdown caused widespread confusion and cancelled prelims, Van Loan led an initia- Shruti Juneja can be reached at sjuneja@cornellsun.com. tive to revise Cornell’s inclement weather policy.

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plary role model for the industry and, more importantly, for our students.”

Cornell’s decision follows that of its peer institutions reconsidering Wynn’s legacy. The University of Pennsylvania has also, for the first time in a century, revoked the honorary degree it bestowed on Wynn. They also removed Wynn’s name from an outdoor plaza area and a scholarship he created.

Wynn had received the award in May 2017 as a recognition of his part in “reinvigorat[ing] the Las Vegas tourism scene” and “creat[ing] some of the world’s most luxurious hotels,” according to Kate Walsh MPS ’90, hotel school dean, who was quoted in a now-deleted statement put out by Cornell.

Walsh noted that the work environment of the hospitality industry creates more opportunities for sexual abuse in an interview with HOTELS magazine.

“There are many work relationships in a hotel that are defined by a power differential, such as between a guest and the housekeeper, or a chef and a server,” Walsh said. “It’s not a traditional work environment and can lead to a hotel, and its staff, being forced to react to potentially offensive situations.”

Walsh also said that a good leader is crucial to eliminate sexual harassment incidents in the hospitality industry.

“Human resource department initiatives are helpful but they don’t work unless there’s a full commitment from the top,” Walsh told HOTELS magazine.

“You want a leader who will say, ‘I want to make sure, to the degree we can, that every employee feels a connection with somebody in a leadership role.’”

Several hotel school students agreed with the decision made

by Cornell.

“I completely agree with the University’s decision to rescind his award. I think it’s really unfortunate that a leader does something like that because so many people are working for his industry and are affected by his actions,” Mauricio Quispe ’19 said.

“He’s obviously been in the wrong for a really long time. It’s an ethical issue,” John Boyden ’20 said. “I feel like rescinding an award is actually in the right.”

Cornell’s retraction of the recognition is part of a larger pattern of Wynn’s fall from grace. Ever since the allegations were made public, Wynn has also stepped down from the Republican National Committee leadership.

Yuichiro Kakutani can be reached at ykakutani@cornellsun.com.

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A SERIES OF SIX RETRACTIONS and several corrections issued by Prof.

Brian Wansink, marketing, director of the Food and Brand Lab, is deeply concerning and requires further investigation and explanation from the University.

The reputation of Cornell’s research is critical to the success of its students and faculty, and should be a predominant priority of the Administration. Faculty who produce research with inconsistent data or improper methods risk not only their own academic reputations, but those of all their colleagues, students and that of Cornell as a whole.

Cornell previously concluded that the errors found in some of Wansink’s research “did not constitute scientific misconduct.” However, the ongoing string of retractions is indicative of a pervasive lack of proper methodology and analysis.

Cornell must further investigate the integrity of Wansink’s research findings and provide an explanation for the retractions and corrections — the University must do better than merely referring back to an outdated statement from last October.

Without more detailed explanation from the University, people will not know if Cornell research can be trusted.

Cornell cannot support substandard or fraudulent research. It is a disservice to all at the University if the work of any researcher is found to be subpar or tainted.

The University must make every effort to ensure researchers are working with proper academic integrity, and that those who are not meeting standards must be held accountable.

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Re: ‘Cornell Fraternity Responds to University Report of ‘Pig Roast’ Contest, Awarding Points for Sex’ To the Editor: An article titled “Cornell fraternity on probation after a ‘pig roast’ contest to have sex with overweight women” recently appeared in the Washington Post. It would seem we’ll never, ever learn that the so-called, “Greek”, organizations are not about the culture of ancient Greece, but rather about the sort of tribalism that seems to have infected our country at large lately. I’m a Cornell alumnus, College of Arts and Sciences ’58, and I’m thoroughly ashamed to have this abomination attached to the place I once revered. To be sure I was a GDI, and proud of it. But I’d then thought of frats as more silly than criminal. I strongly believe that the days of fraternities and sororities should be ended, and I urge the Trustees of the University to take action to eliminate them.

Martin Mendelson ’58, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Professor, School of Public Health University of Washington, Seattle

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t’s not every day your business professor manages to temporarily unscrew your footing in the real world and leave you stumbling. But that’s exactly what happened when one of my professors offhandedly mentioned during one of his lectures a buzzy new concept: the signaling model of education and its application in the job market.

The signaling model is based on the relatively radical (or maybe not that radical, if you think about it) idea that human productivity is innate, and that our education does not change or improve that. Instead, our education signals to employers what our abilities are. If we go to a good school, that credential signals to our would-be employer that we did well in secondary school; therefore, we must be productive, intelligent and hard working. Meanwhile, the material we learn in college classes might not be directly related to the future jobs we hold, but the grades we attain tell employers how proficient of an employee we’ll be.

tence for her.

It would also be illegitimate. Not illegitimate in the sense that she would have faked it, but illegitimate because she couldn’t attach shiny new diploma to it. Having a degree gives your education an air of authenticity, as if the only way to move up in life is to have a college degree (which is true). Not having a college degree signals to employers that either you weren’t smart enough, well off enough or conventional enough to go to college. Either way, it’s not their problem, and your resume ends up in the recycling bin. Goodbye, and good luck.

It’s also why, long after we disappear from this planet thanks to a mix of global degradation and aggressively sentient A.I., the student loan and university tuition business will be still be up and running. They understand that the power of signaling is well worth the fees they’re charging.

But if there’s one thing I do dislike about the signaling model, it considers learning itself as a zero sum game.

Students do learn from their classes at university, even if it’s often conflated with the relative prestige of their university.

Many highly technical fields require extensive undergraduate and graduate skill building, and despite my friend who points out she could learn much of her classes from books or online sources, there is value in professional guidance from world class faculty. Even though the model makes a good point that students often benefit substantially from signaling, concrete skills and experience are still gained in the process.

Still, I’d like to point out some interesting examples of signaling you can find around campus. For instance, a student who works a part time job in college washing dishes might not find the skills immediately applicable to their future employment, but it signals to future employers they have a strong work ethic and can juggle multiple tasks. Students who participate on sports teams signal to employers they’re good team players.

And then there’s classes taken by premedical students. For all the fuss about classes like organic chemistry, I’m not entirely sure it has much relevance or practical use in medical school and the profession. However, the rigorous nature of the class puts an immense pressure on students to effectively study and tests their critical thinking ability, which helps signal to medical schools which students are suited for the coursework.

It’s hard to argue there isn’t something gained from the process of hard work, even if it isn’t something necessarily tangible. Maybe a better way to phrase it is that we’re “learning how to work.” We’re learning how to complete our work as efficiently as possible, so we can juggle multiple classes, clubs and friends. It’s something we’re forced to face in a job, or in graduate school, where time is even more crunched and the stakes are raised a notch higher. Putting students in this time crunched environment sharpens their time management skills and helps them become more efficient learners.

Even if there aren’t any concrete skills gained, there’s certainly value in the experience.

It’s hard to argue there isn’t something gained from the process of hard work.

The whole model works because asymmetrical nature of information in the job employment market. While you might personally know your own competencies and productivity, the employer is often left in the dark, forced to rely on signals like the university you attended, your GPA, and extracurricular activities to determine the best candidate.

Think of a recruiter when he looks at someone’s resume. The first thing that jumps out at them would be the applicant’s major. If someone is a humanities major, the recruiter tends to think they lie on the more creative side; and if that person is a STEM major, there’s a general assumption that person has more of a quantitative and analytical mindset.

And while that’s a broad generalization, what major you study is the first significant impression your resume makes on a recruiter; it signals to the employer what kind of employee you might be. So if an English major wanted to turn the tables and signal that they were, in fact, more quantitatively oriented than their major might suggest, they could signal it by joining an analytically inclined club.

Their skills might have improved over the course of the club, but perhaps the biggest net positive is that by putting this activity on their resume, employers are alerted that they have the skills to take on this job.

Which also tied into another point: How much of what we learned in our classes was applicable to our jobs?

I posed this question to my friends.

One, who is studying in ILR and is an incoming summer intern for Morgan Stanley, gravely shook his head, admitting he hasn’t learned very much applicable to his job.

“But my Excel classes have been really useful,” he noted.

Another friend, who’s studying computer science, responded in the opposite. Without her classes, she asserted, she couldn’t possibly nail her interviews, which often require her to write complex code in a short amount of time.

“Of course, I could learn some of that stuff by myself, but that would be...” “...hard,” I said, finishing the sen-

William Wang is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at wwang@cornellsun.com. Willpower appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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To Cornell’s Administration, You’re Just a Number

am a proud Cornellian. As a second-semester senior, I can easily say that I have experienced the roller coaster of ups and downs that virtually every Cornellian before me has felt. Regardless of what highs and lows this school has brought me to, I truly believe that this school, and the students in it, are a testament to what an elite education can do for both the individual and society as a whole. Cornell is, quite simply, a remarkable institution, with brilliant professors and students. Unfortunately, the university’s administration is a great stain on an otherwise incredible and noble history.

backlash to Skorton’s massive yearly increases in tuition).

A group of about 100 students marched into Day Hall to protest Skorton’s fee. Upon arrival, the president got into the face of a student and screamed, “The fact that you’re pissed off doesn’t change the bottom line of the university.”

I was outraged by the Skorton comment –– and so was most of the rest of campus. Skorton spent literally billions of dollars of university money in constructing new buildings and a new tech campus, and threw Cornell an extravagant 150th birthday party that year (heck the guy even renamed Gannett after himself ). Skorton then had the gall to yell at a student who was, quite naturally, angry that the president was stealing more money from Cornell families.

Flash-forward three years, and another Cornell president spit in the face of Cornellians.

This time, President Pollack did not support an independent audit of the university’s mental health programs. Cornell’s mental health programs, which routinely neglect to provide the kind of services necessary to have a healthy student body, was allowed to remain in the shadows and continue to fail students.

Skorton and Pollack represent threads in a larger fabric of indifference to the real problems that face students.

In my four years at Cornell, tuition has increased $7,500 –– an increase that hurts the wallets of every all but the wealthiest students across campus. There has been no remorse for this decision, no apology, no pledge to work to halt the skyrocketing costs. The administration simply keeps burdening students with bills they cannot afford,

The administration simply keeps burdening students with bills they cannot afford, to pay for projects that are unnecessary and a waste of valuable resources.

In past columns, I have described the problems with the administration’s compulsive spending and inattention to the needs of lower-income students. But I never delved into the root of these problems. At the heart of the issues that plague everyday students is an administration that, quite simply, sees its students as numbers and not as human beings.

One of my favorite examples of the heartless attitude of Day Hall was during my freshman year. The University’s president at the time –– David Skorton, who is now the Secretary of the Smithsonian –– announced, out of nowhere, that all students would be forced to pay a $350 health care fee. Naturally, students were outraged (oddly enough, however, there was no

to pay for projects that are unnecessary and a waste of valuable resources.

One of the great reasons why this tragedy has allowed to continue for years is that there is nothing standing in the way of the administration. The Board of Trustees has absolutely no stake in the game: they are largely a group of wealthy, well-connected alumni who have absolutely no idea of what it means to be on a budget. Their wealth and privilege isolate them from the very real problems — financial or otherwise — that face the majority of the student population. More importantly, there is no reason for them to feel accountable because they are not elected by students and their families. They are either elected by each other, or by detached, distant alumni who no longer pay tuition bills and no longer live the daily trials of student life.

In the face of this egregiousness, some have done the brave work of standing up to the administration. I was shocked when Prof. Isaac Kramnick, government and Glenn Altschuler, dean of School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, rebuked the administration and the Board of Trustees in their address at Cornell’s sesquicentennial celebrations in 2015. Some students have also protested, written columns in The Sun, and have demanded accountability from Day Hall.

Yet these isolated acts are not enough.

If Cornell is to improve and be held accountable to the very people that fund its operations, students and professors alike must be willing to take a bigger stand against the injustices of the Administration. A dialogue should begin, and people should be willing to press the university on its administrative and budgetary decisions.

It is only when students stand-up for themselves that Day Hall will no longer look at us as simply numbers in their grander ploy for prestige.

Michael Glanzel is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mglanzel@cornellsun.com. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Mondays this semester.

Ara Hagopian | The Whiny Liberal

Don’t Decry the Greek System If You Use It for Your Own Gain I

’ve been critical of the Greek system in the past. I must admit to feeling somewhat vindicated when I heard about the “pig roast” competition, but I don’t want to rail against that in this column.

I’d like to perform the unpleasant but oftnecessary task of criticizing people who agree with me.

I know a fraternity brother who is thoughtful, intelligent, friendly and wellliked. A thoroughly capital fellow. A real mensch. This fraternity brother told me he liked my articles about the Greek system (“Greek Life Should Not Exist” and “Greek Life Should Not Exist, Pt. II.”).

He even went so far as to say that he admired me for speaking out on such an important issue. I appreciated the praise, but I thought to myself, “If you liked it so much, why didn’t you drop out of your fraternity?”

And it’s not just the frat brothers or the sorority sisters. It’s the Trudeaus, as it were; the “woke” people who speak up against harmful systems while supporting them with their actions. The word “woke” needs to disappear from every white person’s vocabulary. I’m glad you woke up; now get off your ass, make your bed and do something.

And by “do something,” I don’t mean that you have to become a social justice warrior. You don’t have to become an activist, go to a protest or join a philanthropy club on campus. We’re millennials

attending an Ivy League school. We want resume-ready action, and we want to be leaders. I get it. But as any leader worth their salt will tell you, leaders are overrated. Their value is in their ability to convince people to do what they should have been doing anyway. All due respect to the people working on the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate, but I don’t think some sort of Justice League is gonna swoop in and save the day. It’s humbling when you realize that your most powerful capacity to make a difference lies in your ability to align your everyday actions with your morals. And like many things in life, this realization is both humbling and necessary.

I’m reminded of a story that sheds a great deal of light on the subject. Back in the days of Yik Yak, I read an anonymous post that was presumably written by a female undergraduate. I’m paraphrasing here, but it was something to the effect of “I can be woke and still go to a frat party.

We get the sexist, misogynistic, heteronormative culture of fraternities. We’re Ivy League women.” Certainly this woman and all women have the right to attend frat parties at their own possible detriment. When she mentions the heteronormative culture of fraternities, however, her statement takes a much darker turn. It becomes “I know another group of people is being discriminated against and I don’t care.”

I’m not saying you shouldn’t befriend someone if they’re in Greek life. I’m definitely not saying you shouldn’t sleep with someone if they’re in Greek life (if liberalism ever starts telling people who to sleep with, it will be fully and truly doomed).

But if you attend a party or a formal or a rush event, just know that you’re supporting the Greek system in a very real and

Whatever floats your empathy boat.

Everyone has the right to be complicit in their own oppression, but nobody has the right to be complicit in the oppression of others.

Maybe you understand the problems inherent in the Greek system, but you still want to attend Greek-sanctioned events. Your closest companions are all in

If you attend a party or a formal or a rush event, just know that you’re supporting the Greek system in a very real and important way. important way. If you’re a woman and you’re planning to go to a frat party, maybe consider not going. If not for the sake of your own community, then for the sake of your gay friends. If you’re gay and you want to go on a wine tour with your in-the-closet frat boyfriend, consider not going. If not for the sake of your own community, then for the sake of your female friends. If you’re in a frat, consider dropping out for the sake of your gay friends or your female friends or your gay female friends or even your mother.

Greek life, after all. Or maybe your significant other is in a sorority, I don’t know.

Honestly, I can respect prioritizing personal relationships. There should be more love and friendship in this world, not less.

Just do me one favor. Please spare me from having to hear about how woke you are.

Ara Hagopian is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ahagopian@cornellsun.com. The Whiny Liberal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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QUARK Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

(Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki /Sudoku)

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WVBR to Bring Alternative Music to Ithaca

BY VIRI GARCIA and PETER BUONANNO Sun Staff Writers

WVBR 93.5 FM Ithaca’s “real rock radio” is out and “Ithaca’s Alternative” is in.

This change of genre for the independent, Cornell student-run radio station comes after increasing confusion as to what constitutes “real rock.” In the recent years, the station has failed to focus its efforts on any particular decade or subgenre, leading to a lack of consistency within their sound.

With the new alternative format, the station will play songs from the ’90s, classic alternative if you will, to the present. Under the genre of alternative, artists like Nirvana, The Foo Fighters, The Strokes, Cold War Kids and Tame Impala coexist with only one thing to bind them: a willingness to experiment with non-traditional sounds and stage antics.

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Anna Kyrczka ’18 climbs WVBR’s new radio tower.

Despite the major shifts in marketing strategies that WVBR will undergo in the coming months, the station has offered to keep with tradition on the weekends.

Some of the weekend specialty shows, such as Bound for Glory (which was first broadcasted in 1967), have become essential to the station’s and Ithaca’s radio identity and it would be unjust to cancel something as historically important to rock and roll as a show which has been around since before Black Sabbath recorded its first studio album in 1968.

In addition to brand change, WVBR has moved their transmission over to a new radio tower built over the summer. According to the press release statement, “with a new tower and transmitter, WVBR now transmits a stronger and clearer signal, allowing the station to be heard by a larger local audience.” The fuzzy alt-waves even have the potential to reach listeners beyond Tompkins County.

With all of the major modifications that the station is currently undergoing, one must ask, “where is the money coming from?” WBVR receives continuous support not only from the Ithaca community but also Cornell alumni. Radio and broadcasting tycoons such as Steve Balter (general manager of SiriusXM) and Keith Olbermann (sports commentator for ESPN, MSNBC and Current TV), both Cornellians, have made major contributions.

What is most interesting about this is that the station is trying to escape an unfocused format by switching to an incredibly broad format. However, the genre itself, no matter how varied its artists may be, draws a very specific crowd — one that is very prominent in the Ithaca community.

Up until now, there had been a feeling in Ithaca — a town filled with non-conforming bohemians — that the music WBVR has been delivering is outdated. “We wanted to create a station that provides an alternative experience to what’s currently out there,” said TJ Hurd ’19, assistant general manager of WVBR, in response to the growing unrest and desire for something more “with the times.”

The station is seeking a sound that can connect not only to the general listeners but with the large number of student listeners. And the bottom line is that alternative music satisfies COURTESEY OF TJ HURD ’19 the college age desire for A look inside the WVBR Studios angst, love and heartbreak.

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I was fortunate enough to discover AWOLNATION early, and I continued to listen until their first album, Megalithic Symphony, caught the attention of the masses. With this, I abandoned them out of pretentious spite.

Years later, I am happy to say that Aaron Bruno and company haven't lost their ability to create unique, genre-noncomforming music.

If AWOLNATION was a lesser band, they may have simply tried to recreate the sound and success of their smash-hit “Sail.” However, Here Come The Runts sees Bruno dramatically shift his instrumentation, following in the footsteps of ’80s-era rockers. This is echoed in the album's thematic focus — Bruno’s “runts” are the successors to Springsteen’s working-class Americans, those that are pushing on despite the stress and struggle of modern America.

AWOLNATION’s dedication to experimentation is evident by the end of the first song “Here Come The Runts” which features multiple tempo swings.

The titular track is followed by “Passion” and “Sound Witness System,” two songs with an overlapping beat written in dedication to finding your passion. The first of the aforementioned two incorporates moments of funk and glam rock, and is perhaps the catchiest song from the album, while the second contains an unexpected hip-hop lyricism.

“Handyman,” a much softer rock song, is one of the album's more emotional points, with lyrics like “I’m a sinner / Seasoned beginner / Lucky to be alive” and “I’m not brittle / I’m just a riddle / Born of white, blue and red.” Bruno shows a glimpse of his outlook and focus for the album, as evidenced by his optimism and lack of complacency.

Viri Garcia is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at vgarcia@cornellsun.com.

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This endorsement is also seen in a hold.” It is easy to see it as a continuation short interlude during which Bruno of his reflections on relationships, but it sings, “all I need is you, a little luck, and has more depth as an admission of the a couple of dogs.” While it serves as a position his music and his fans have put great transition to the second half of the him in.

Admittedly, there were a few songs album, it also manages to convey a great that didn't strike me as spectacular. amount of vulnerability.

The song following the interlude, “Miracle Man” was too aggressive for my “Table For One,” is my favorite song off taste and not easily accessible, and of the album. In it, Bruno alternates “Cannonball” is fun but not as engaging between gentle longing and roaring as others on the album. But, for me, these expressions of emotion. He sings of lowlights are a part of what makes struggles with relationships and begs, AWOLNATION so good; they can never “Cause I don't want you to leave / I want be accused of lazily making a “typical” a day in your dreams / And with a little AWOLNATION song because there is no such thing. luck you can stay.”

Personally, I hope Bruno continues to The album's finale, “Stop That Train,” is a six-minute adrenaline rush that can innovate and follow his own path. be interpreted two different ways.

Consider lines such as “Now I've gotta go Noah Harrelson is a freshman in the College of court the conductor / And I gotta bleed Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gold on the track / Breathin' in a choke nmh65@cornell.edu.

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A Playlist for Valentine’s Day Destruction

t’s Valentine’s Day and you’re all by your lonesome.

What’s your plan? You’re going to cuddle up in your sweatpants with a pint of ice cream and re-watch Bridget Jones’s Diary? Scooch over, I’m taking the wheel.

Here’s what going to happen. Get yourself a dozen red roses, you deserve them. Pick up a bottle of red wine (or two, no one’s judging). Set a dangerously large number of candles. Pull out your turntable, cassette deck or laptop — I’ve got three albums for you.

This Valentine’s Day, we’re not listening to any ballads or emo laments. No Dion, no Groban, no Bareilles.

If you’re going to cry tonight, you might as well ruin some beautiful mascara while wearing a silk kimono in a lavishly made bed. Tonight, we’re dancing like we’re resigned to dying alone.

Tonight, we’re indulging in the silly, sultry magnificence that is lo-fi doo-wop and garage rock.

First off, the album that sets the standard against which all others will be judged: Hunx & His Punx’s 2011 Too Young To Be In Love. Hunx (aka hairdresser-cum-fashion designercum-singer Seth Bogart) croons with a nasal whininess that screams, “I don’t care what you think, I’m the cutest boy in the whole neighborhood.”

Hunx & His Punx deliver nostalgic odes to young love and falling for bad boys. My recommended pairings for Too Young To Be In Love are a checkerboard shirt under a vintage leather jacket and a pompadour that took you an embarrassingly long time to perfect.

Too Young To Be In Love clocks in at just over a halfhour long and you still have wine to drink. It’s time to head over to Bandcamp and put on Jungle Green Presents: Twelve-and-a-Half Minutes of the Most Beautiful Love Songs Ever Written.

(Full disclosure: Jungle Green is one of my friend Andrew Smith’s many musical projects.)

Twelve-and-a-Half Minutes sounds like the product

of the Muppets getting their hands on an eight-track and recording a doo-wop album in one over-caffeinated take. (Oh, and The Books’ Paul de Jong contributed to its mixing.)

The album ranges from romps with extended xylophone solos (“I’ll Change My Style”) to heart-throbbing slow jams (“The One I Love”). Green’s liner notes tell it all: “I wrote these songs while eating pints of HäagenDazs coffee ice cream and crying.”

Green’s Bandcamp page is filled with side projects and collaborations, each more delightful and bizarre than the last. If you’re digging his work, also check out the faux-retro Radio 401K’s “Summer of Pleasure” — Top Hits of July, 1959, his and Matty McCall’s country project The Knights of Joliet and C’est Nous, recorded under the name François.

Last up are Canadian Garage Rockers The King Khan & BBQ Show.

Former Spaceshits members Morning Bowl of BBQ (aka Mark Sultan) and Surreal Blacksnake (aka King Khan) are aficionados of booty shorts, leather harnesses and infectious melodies. Their whole discography is terrific, but I recommend 2009’s Invisible Girl for its Valentine’s Day-ready hits “I’ll Be Loving You,” “Spin The Bottle” and “Lonely Boy.” Their songs are profane, gross and, more than anything else, incredibly fun. Invisible Girl is best enjoyed with an utter lack of irony and self-consciousness, as well as the shiniest article of clothing in your entire wardrobe.

But now you’ve made it through all three albums, and you’re not ready to call it a night. If you’re feeling like not only is love fake but, actually, everything is fake, turn on the surreal Adam Green’s Aladdin. (It’s now free on YouTube and Vimeo.)

Green — formerly part of anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches — dishes out an oddball story full of dense characters, papier-mâché props and questionable story-

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Ralph (Macaulay Culkin) and Emily (Alia Shawkat) chat in Adam Green's Aladdin.

lines. The cast reads like the ideal guest list for your bohemian anti-Valentine’s Day salon, featuring Bip Ling, Macaulay Culkin, Alia Shawkat, Devendra Banhart and Har Mar Superstar, just to name a few.

You’ll leave the movie feeling like nothing is real, the world is doomed and you’re ready to party until the end.

Despite the Valentine’s Day theme, these recommendations are not only for the lovelorn, the heartsick and the misanthropic. They’re also for those who just don’t care about love, for those who don’t need someone in their life right now. They’re for those who just want to dance and make impulsive decisions and listen to some damn good music. They’re for rock & roll lovers, shower singers and thrift shop frequenters.

They’re for those looking for an odd and unplanned night.

You have your playlist, now go do something with it.

Buy a tub of Manic Panic and dye your hair electric lizard green. Send some ill-advised tweets about your loneliness off into the void. Pierce your friend’s ear, or your own. Blare Scissor Sisters and start planning a kiki.

This night is yours, make it count.

Shay Collins is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com. Morning Bowl of Surreal will appear alternate Mondays this semester.

Doug Hall: In Silence A Wonderous Architecture

BY VARUN BIDDANDA Sun Staff Writer

The acclaimed artist Doug Hall has worked in a variety of media and his work is currently being exhibited through his photography. Located in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery in Milstein Hall, In Silence brings together some of Hall’s most celebrated photographs which feature stunning scenes of archives and examinations of the human relationship with knowledge.

In “Remembrance of Things Past” (Marcel Proust), the title of the photo alludes to the central figure dominating the entirety of the piece, the Proustian work of the same name.

The luscious prose which sprawls across the page is hypnotic and is one of the initial pulls of the work.

The book in the photograph radiates the appearance of being effortlessly unplanned yet at the same time astonishing. The text in question, coming from the Overture of Swann’s Way (the first volume of the actual Remembrance of Things Past by Proust) deals with the narrator ruminating over the elusive nature of sleep. Yet far from soporific, the photo is nothing short of an awakening. A closer inspection reveals the

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fainter illumination of the previous pages’ words as they are superimposed by the text of the viewer’s immediate notice, resulting in an effect reminiscent to that of the pulsing of receding waves. The blurred background — a surrounding which appears to be that of the artist’s personal study — assumes the role of framing the central object within the physical frame of the photograph itself. The book as an object questions its own relation to the work of the photograph; in fact, one may dare to go so far as to dispute the book’s status as an object or a subject. Is it that the assemblage

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point of the viewer’s attention is convergent upon the book itself or the sublime union of the very insertion of ourselves into the labyrinthine prose?

Hall also spent a significant amount of time in Italy where he extensively photographed libraries and other archives. In “Doorways: Archive of the Bank of Naples

II,” the play between shadow and light is particularly intriguing and is one of the initial invitations to the viewer. In a certain way, the aesthetic shift is not necessarily confined to those illuminated spaces which betray their contents via the illumination that defines them. The intrigue within the shadows may as well be as instinctual as breathing, and it is here that the absence of form is perhaps more compelling than its delineation. This appeal to the natural curiosity is masterfully employed and the frontiers of the dark spaces are captured in an effortless and natural manner. What is most compelling to me, aesthetically and symbolically, is the sublime mystery evoked by the concentricity of the successive doorways — an aspect that simultaneously conjures the labyrinthine anatomy of the iterative successions of thought. In this way, a psychological architecture is transposed onto that of the physical painting’s form. The seemingly never-ending volumes border upon the fractal and gradually the viewer is thrust into the unstoppability of their own wonder.

A similar work is his capturing of the “Vioere Archives, Naples.” Like the previous, it is not only centered within an archival space but observing the color palette one also notices that the tones are of similar subdued and earthy tones, highlighted by the simplistic elegance of the stone and mortar floor. Shifting the gaze to the contents of the shelf the books of “Doorways” have been replaced by packages bound with string, amplifying the curiosity of what may be hidden within the elusive contents. The lighting is of a soft and warm nature and highlights the subtle contours of each of the bundles, creating the appearance of something that is on the

verge of bursting with knowledge. In contrast to the previous piece, the repeating doorways have been replaced by a wrought-iron gate whose form is outlined by a lurid yellow illumination from behind. The circular apex of the gate embodies the form of a rising, or perhaps setting sun, juxtaposing the rejuvenative qualities of the knowledge within by the almost divine restraint of the physical barrier from it is constructed. Again, we note that quantity — the sheer number and repetition of the bundles — is seen in this work just as it was in “Doorways.” This theme is without a doubt a salient one of In Silence and points to the psychological space that the human mind is predisposed to create within the physical.

It is often highly recommended that during a meal, especially one ofrich and strong flavors, to take care to plan the meal with interstices of a certain palate cleanser so that the loveliness of each course or each bite may be afforded a fresh canvas on which to paint its stunning gustatory landscape.

The final painting, “In Silence,” is markedly different from any of the other photographs of books by Hall in that the book in question is devoid of text. Thus, while usually instinct and habit urge the viewer to extract a textual significance, we are instead compelled to see our own narrative in the blank pages before us. And at the spine where the pages recede softly into the shadowy infinities of the book, so too are we drawn into the bottomless depths of our contemplation.

Varun Biddanda is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at vdb22@cornell.edu.

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Cornell Duels to Draw At Clarkson CLARKSON

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tunities in the offensive zone.”

With five league games remaining, the Red still has a three-point lead over the Golden Knights in the ECAC standings.

The teams traded back-andforth chances throughout, but timely blocked shots, excellent goaltending and a tough defensive effort by both squads kept the game scoreless entering the second intermission.

“It was a … hard-fought game by both sides, plenty of chances,” said senior captain Alex Rauter.

“I thought we didn’t start out too hot, but as it got going we started picking up momentum.”

After a first period largely controlled by the Golden Knights, the Red came out firing in the second, outshooting Clarkson, 14-11. The third period saw more back-and-forth play and scoring opportunities, but the two goaltenders turned aside all potential tallies.

The shutout was Galajda’s seventh of the season, tied for best in the country with Kielly. “[Kielly’s] good,” Syer said. “I mean, he’s just good. You got to get a lot of traffic on him. And there were times tonight as the game went along we did have traffic and their defense [did] a great job too.”

Galajda said he welcomed the opportunity to be part of a goaltender’s battle.

“Whenever you see the other goalie make a big save you want to make the next big save,” Galajda said.

In overtime, the Red went to the power play just 50 seconds in after a Clarkson skater was sent off for slashing, but the visitors couldn’t break the tie despite a few shots on goal.

“We obviously wanted to get a lot of pucks to the net in overtime,” Rauter said. “Any shot’s a good shot.”

Cornell successfully killed three penalties, but was also held 0-for-3 on power plays of its own.

With a man advantage late in the second, Cornell nearly broke the tie as Beau Starrett had a chance in Kielly’s crease. Seconds later, it was Clarkson nearly netting the game’s first goal, as Jack Jacome’s shot hit the crossbar on a shorthanded breakaway.

Despite Galajda’s 34 saves, including a couple sprawling stops, the pipes helped keep the Golden Knights scoreless on a few occasions.

“Obviously you’re not happy with a tie, you want to win, but I think to come up here and get out with a tie is good for us,” Rauter said.

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Julian Leads Staunch Red Defense to Down Brown

By JOSHUA ZHU Sun Assistant Sports Editor

With a wire-to-wire 78-60 victory over Brown, the Cornell men’s basketball team welcomed the first painless win of its past four games.

Coming off three consecutive single-digit decisions against Columbia, Dartmouth and Harvard, the Red (9-11, 3-4 Ivy) led from the opening tip and never looked back.

The squad led by 21 at one point, and finished the entire second half without letting the Bears (10-10, 3-4) cut the lead to single digits.

“It was all our defense,” said junior forward Steven Julian.

“The pressure from our defense helped us start [the game 13-0] and led to our offense having easy shots.”

Julian highlighted the Red’s strong defensive night which held Brown to well below its season average of 79 points per game. The forward posted 10 points, three rebounds, one block and one steal, while leading the impressive defensive front which held the Bears to just 31.3 percent from the field and 21.1 percent from long range.

“We were able to slow them down [and] stop them in the transition which is a big part of their game,” Julian said.

“They had to start playing the half-court game and we didn’t give them any easy buckets.”

With the Red pinpointing Brown’s Desmond Cambridge as a key focus point on defense heading into the matchup, the squad was able to restrict the guard’s efficiency on his 26 points to just 38 percent shooting, while holding the rest of his team to no more than eight points.

“It was a total group effort,” said head coach Brian Earl. “[Brown] like[s] to turn on the speed and get to the rim, but we did a good job keeping them off the line. Cambridge did score, but he took a fair amount of shots to get those numbers and we were able to hold the rest [of the Bears] in check.”

Stemming from the early defensive pressure, Cornell was able to kick-start its offense and build a quick double-digit

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New role | Junior forward Steven Julian’s big games over the weekend showcased his steady transition into an increased defensive role this season.

lead with little resistance. Junior forward Stone Gettings finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth doubledouble of the season, and junior guard Matt Morgan added 19 points, seven boards, and three assists.

“We’re learning as we go that teams in our league are really focusing on [Gettings and Morgan],” Earl said. “They’ve really taken it upon themselves to understand the best ways they’re going to score well.”

Junior guard Jack Gordon also continued easing himself back into the lineup after being sidelined by injury for a few

games. He finished with eight points, five rebounds, and four assists in 21 minutes. “[Gordon] just had a small nagging injury which kept him out a few games, but he’s been able to ease his way back into the lineup,” Earl said. “He’s a big part of what we need here and he’s been able to figure out that how he fits into the rotation.

Joshua Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun.com.

Icers Hold St. Lawrence Poor Free Throws Do In Red At Yale Scoreless Behind Galajda MEN’S BASKETBALL

By JOSHUA ZHU

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Following a wire-to-wire victory against Brown, the Cornell men’s basketball team was well within striking distance all game against Yale, but ultimately did not have enough left in the tank to close at the end, falling in a 74-65 decision.

“We were just missing foul shots and … [other] silly mistakes,” said head coach Brian Earl.

“We did compete hard [and] everyone was locked in on defense [but] we just weren’t able to get across the finish line.”

While Yale (11-13, 4-4 Ivy) built an early lead, the Red (9-12, 3-5) was able to claw back from several double digit leads to keep it close throughout the game. The improving defense of the team played a large role, as the squad was able to hold some key Bulldogs to single figures, including Alex Copeland and Noah Yates.

“Our defense forced [Yale] into tougher shots,” Earl said. “We keyed in on a couple of their scorers and made things hard for them. They just made a couple of threes down the stretch … which is really all it takes in this league when you’re on an away court.”

Junior forward Steven Julian anchored the Cornell defense for a second consecutive night, posting 10 points, three rebounds and three steals. Junior guard Joel Davis also posted a solid allaround effort with eight points, seven rebounds, two blocks and a steal. “[Julian] is getting more and more comfortable with his role,”

Earl said. “He’s been a big part of our defense, especially in the last couple of games. We’ve been asking him to do a lot that he hasn’t done before in his basketball career and he’s accepted that.”

Despite a strong defensive effort, the Red ultimately did themselves in with another poor night from the line. Cornell converted on just 55 percent of its free throws and also struggled from long range, hitting just 25 percent of its tries from three-point land.

On the offensive end, the typical trailblazers performed once again for Cornell. Junior forward Stone Gettings led the team with 20 points and eight rebounds, and junior guard Matt Morgan added 13 points and seven boards.

Freshman guard Terrence McBride also added 10 points and three steals to be the Red’s fourth double digit scorer on the night.

The Red finishes its weekend

road trip with a split and now heads back home in a tie for fifth place in the Ivy standings. The squad also lies just one game behind third place Brown and Yale, and enters a critical final stretch of games which will determine the postseason conference tournament seedings.

“We just have to keep doing what we’re doing. Defensively, we have to continue to be locked in [and] offensively we have to make sure that even when the other teams are locking down Matt and Stone, the rest of our guys are able to be confident and find their shots.”

The Red will tip off at home next Friday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. against Princeton and Saturday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. against Penn.

Joshua Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun.com.

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Brey, buried his own rebound.

“With guys who were playing with energy, we started putting those guys together,” Schafer said of some line reshuffling to start the third.

“Then maybe missing a few shifts here and there gave some of the other guys some energy.”

The first two periods, filled with penalties against both teams, were full of back-andforth play without any grade-A scoring chances.

“It was a ho-hum game … for the first two periods and then we got our feet going, started working a little harder, started playing a little faster in the third and it shows on the score sheet,” Schafer said.

Cornell’s defense, best in the NCAA with 1.4 goals allowed per game, held its ground yet again. It was a dominant defensive effort for the Red despite

being shorthanded for much of the contest.

Cornell’s penalty kill was a perfect 5-for-5 against the Saints after going 3-for-3 Friday. The Red is ninth-best in the nation when down a skater, killing 85.2 percent of its penalties.

“I thought we dominated most of the game tonight,” Galajda said. “I don’t really think we gave them too much and it’s kind of tough winning those games where you don’t get too many shots, so you just kind of try to focus and try to make the next save.”

Cornell, having already clinched a first-round ECAC playoff bye, returns home for its penultimate regular season series next weekend against Brown and Yale.

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

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Steady offense | Gettings continued a recent uptick in offensive production, leading the Red in points during both wekeend games.

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With a first place finish in slopestyle snowboarding, Red Gerard claimed the U.S.’s first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Freshman Goalie Leads Red to Undefeated Weekend Fiegl’s third goal of the season lifts icers over St. Lawrence

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

Thanks to Cornell’s nation-best defense and top rookie goaltender, a lone third-period goal was all the squad needed to get past St. Lawrence on Saturday night, a day after its offense couldn’t find the back of the net in a grueling 0-0 tie with Clarkson.

The Red (20-3-2, 14-2-2 ECAC) skated to a 10 win against the Saints (7-21-2, 3-14-1) in freshman goaltender Matt Galajda’s NCAA-leading eighth shutout. Senior forward Jared Fiegl’s third goal of the season 7:56 into the final period — the team’s first and only tally of the weekend — gave Cornell the lead for good and earned the Red three points on a tough North Country road trip.

It was yet another gritty, tough performance from Fiegl, who has led a resurgent fourth line and scored three times in four games, all while recovering from a battle with the flu.

“Jared’s always worked extremely hard, he had a lot of energy [Friday],” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86, who was back behind the bench on Saturday after being sidelined by illness the previous game. “He’s physical and he brought energy again tonight.”

A night after keeping the Red in the game all 65 minutes against the Golden Knights with 34 saves, it was an easier night for Galajda, who stopped all

16 shots that came his way.

“We just had to grind through the whole weekend,” Galajda said. “It just shows the boys are ready to work and they’re ready to grind out wins.”

In the contest’s early going, it was evident the Red had played a grueling game the night before. It came out firing in the third period though. Junior forward Beau Starrett hit the crossbar 1:30 into the final frame just seconds after junior defenseman Alec McCrea had sent a one-timer toward the net.

Cornell was rewarded for its hot start to the third when Fiegl buried his own rebound with 12:04 to play.

The alternate captain worked for position in front of the net, got the puck from his classmate and co-alternate Trevor Yates and, after being stopped once by St. Lawrence goaltender Arthur

One-shot kill | Matt Galajda’s impenetrable defense and Fiegl’s single, final period shot proved enough to deliver Red the win.

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WRESTLING

Red Clinches 16th Ivy Straight Title

By DYLAN McDEVITT and JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer and Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Zero-sum game | Freshman goalie Matt Galajda — whose eight shutouts are an NCAA-best — fought Clarkson’s Jake Kielly in match-long duel to a 0-0 tie.

Goaltenders dominate in Clarkson tie Saturday night[’s loss against RPI].”

Syer took the helm behind the bench as head coach Mike Schafer POTSDAM, N.Y. — Two of the ’86 was under the weather.

In addition to Schafer’s absence, nation’s best goaltenders stole the show Friday night in a matchup of the Red kept pace with the Golden Knights despite being without the ECAC’s top two teams. junior captain In a potential preview of “[Galajda] just prides him- Mitch Vanderlaan, who is out for the the conference championship, self on being a competitor. remainder of the No. 3/4 That’s what he is, he’s done regular season with an injury.

Cornell and that his entire life.”

The acting No. 7 Clarkson fought to a Associate Head Coach Ben Syer head coach said he was pleased with scoreless draw the team’s effort as freshman Matt Galajda made 34 saves for after a slow first period. Clarkson Cornell (19-3-2, 13-2-2 ECAC) outshot the Red, 13-6.

“I didn’t think that we moved and Jake Kielly made 32 for our feet exceptionally well when he Clarkson (19-6-4, 11-3-3).

With Colgate’s loss to St. had open ice [in the first],” Syer Lawrence, the Red clinched a first- said. “We have some guys who can skate and we were maybe a little bit round bye in the ECAC playoffs. “[Galajda] just prides himself on tentative … and then I thought we being a competitor,” said associate started moving our feet a little bit head coach Ben Syer. “That’s what more when we had open ice, which he is, he’s done that his entire life, ultimately led us to get more opporand so I think he wanted to get back See CLARKSON page 18 in the nets pretty quick after

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

The most impressive streak in Ivy League athletics history has been extended.

Cornell wrestling attained its 16th straight conference title, the longest run of consecutive titles by any of the Ancient Eight institutions in any sport. The title comes following decisive dual-meet victories over Penn and Princeton on Saturday.

The Red (11-2, 5-0 Ivy) dominated the Quakers in Philadelphia, 32-9, to guarantee Cornell a share of the Ivy title. The team was aided in part by two forfeits and won six of the meet’s seven contested bouts.

With a 22-0 lead halfway through the meet, the win was never in question.

Undoubtedly the dual’s most anticipated match came at 197, when freshman No. 3 Ben Darmstadt faced off against Penn’s No. 9 Frank Mattiace. Darmstadt earned a pair of takedowns in the first period and never looked back, cruis-

ing to an 8-1 victory with relative ease.

Cornell would clinch the conference crown outright just several hours later, after a 33-6 victory at Princeton for its 83rd consecutive conference victory.

Standout freshmen Yianni Diakomihalis, Max Dean and Darmstadt continued their dominance for the Red in both matches, winning all five contested matches between them on the day and one by forfeit.

The Ivy title comes off the heels of a 22-13 win over Drexel on Friday evening in Philadelphia. Late bonus points, including a 1 minute, 22 second fall from Diakomihalis, helped lift the Red over the Dragons.

Cornell has one more dual meet against North Carolina on Friday before turning its attention to the EIWA Championships on March 3 in Hempstead, New York. The Red has won at that event in 11 straight seasons.

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com.

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Ivy Champions | After a blowout of UPenn, the Grapplers once again secured the Ivy League’s top honors — keeping alive what had already been the conference’s most impressive athletic streak ever.