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Africana Plans to Imitating Viral Video,C.U.Dances The‘Harlem Shake’at Uris Library Hire Three Profs, 400 students join in Create Ph.D.Prog.

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN

Sun Staff Writer

By LAUREN AVERY Sun Staff Writer

Two years after controversy erupted over changes to the Africana Studies and Research Center, the center plans to use an expanded budget to recruit more faculty, create a Ph.D. program and make its coursework more interdisciplinary, the center’s director said.

The center is in the process of hiring three new faculty members in three areas of Africana studies: twentieth-century African-American history, social sciences and African political thought, according to Prof. Gerard Aching Ph.D. ’91, Africana studies, romance studies, director of the center.

In Dec. 2010, the University announced that it would move the formerly independent center into the College of Arts and Sciences — a decision that was met with immediate backlash by Africana students and faculty. After facing additional criticism over the changes to Africana, the University announced in April 2011 that it would increase Africana’s budget by more than 50 percent over five years.

With the increase in Africana’s budget, Aching said he is looking forward to hiring new faculty. He added that any of the candidates for these positions will be “great additions to the Africana Center and to the University at large.”

“We’ve completed the interviews, and the candidates have already been on campus and experienced all of the exciting scholarship that is going on. We were able to get excellent candidates, which makes the choice very difficult,” he said. “It is wonderful that the faculty has rallied to have See AFRICANA page 4

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Shake it out | Cornell students’ take on the viral Harlem Shake

People studying in the A.D. White Library were met a surprise on Friday when almost 400 students, some wearing tutus or body paint, flooded the room — filming their own rendition of Harlem Shake, a viral video featuring people spontaneously dancing.

Since the original Harlem Shake video — which featured four guys dancing to the song “Harlem Shake” by Baauer — gained popularity, Cornell architecture students, Law School students and other groups have filmed their own versions of the dance.

Groups of Cornell students were inspired by other videos people had made, according to Duncan McCausland ’16, an organizer of the A.D. White Harlem Shake video.

“We decided after watching an hour’s worth of Harlem Shake videos that we should make one,” he said.

Jonathan Eilenberg ’16, another organizer of the event, added that they chose the A.D. White Library because they wanted a location that was “recognizably Cornell.”

McCausland also said he thought the setup of the A.D. White Library provided a good visual for the video.

“We thought it would be visually shocking to see people on the three story landscape,” he said.

video drew nearly 400 hundred to the A.D. White Library Friday.

Chili Cook-Off Is Last Major Event on Old Commons

By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer

The annual Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-Off took place this weekend in what Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, hailed as the “last major event on the old Ithaca Commons” before a redesign of the downtown space begins in April.

“As the construction starts, we’ll continue our events downtown, but they’ll be in slightly different locations downtown during the construction period,” Ferguson said.

Vendors served coconut curry chili, thai sweet potato chili and chicken chorizo black bean chili, among other options, to the Chili Cook-Off visitors. About 30 local restaurants and organizations prepared hot

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Eat it up | A vendor serves chili at the 15th annual Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-Off on the Commons Saturday.

vats of steaming chili for the event, which was held on the Commons and typically draws approximately 15,000 visitors a year, according to Ferguson. The Downtown Ithaca Alliance organized the event.

Ithaca resident and first-time Chili Cook-off attendee Mary Monkman praised the vendors and their chili at the event.

“It’s great for a cold day ... a great way to spend the day,” Monkman said.

Monkman said her favorite chili was the chorizo and brisket chili prepared by Longview — a residential senior retirement community in Ithaca. She said she enjoyed the fact that, in addition to sour cream and cheese, visitors also had the option of topping their chili with crushed M&Ms, which reduce the acidity of the chili.

For the Chili Cook-Off visitor who perhaps needed a break from chili, the event featured other locally made cuisine: slabs of cornbread, local beer and wine, apple crisp and hot chocolate were also available.The event also offered an inflatable castle and face painting, a Chili Idol singing competition, the Chililympics — a new addition to this year’s Cook-off in which participants raced through an obstacle course with a chili pepper balanced on a spoon — and a moustache competition.

Kat Balram ’13 said attending the festival was “bittersweet, since it was my first and last chilifest.”

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News Keeping History Alive

At a panel on Saturday, Cornell professors urged the audience to remember Black History Month throughout the year. | Page 3

Opinion When to Instituionalize

Aditi Bhowmick ’16 argues that leaders — including the Pope — should not be defined by the group they represent. | Page 7

Arts On the Telly

Julia Moser ’15 discusses the various British television shows that she hopes do not come to the United States. | Page 10

Sports Got ’Em

The men’s hockey team finally broke its losing streak in an away game against Dartmouth on Friday. | Page 16

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Panel Discusses Importance, Future of Black History Month

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Staff Writer

Panelists urged audience members to remember that the history and themes of Black History Month beyond the month of February at a panel at the Tompkins County Public Library on Saturday.

Black History Month, which is celebrated in Feburary, was created by Carter Woodson, the compiler of the first major journal of black history, according to Prof.

Robert Harris, Africana studies, one of the professors that participated in the panel.

“Carter G. Woodson started this celebration as a means of letting individuals

know about the role people of African ancestry played in developing world civilization, and as a means of inspiring black youth in particular to greater achievement,” Harris said. “The more [black youth] knew about their history, their past, the more they would strive for excellence.”

To begin the panel, moderator Eric Acree, Africana library director, asked the audience several trivia questions about influential African-Americans. Acree then posed questions to both Harris and Washington, the first of which asked the significance of celebrating Black History Month.

Harris said that, compared to the past,

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Celebrating history | Prof. Margaret Washington, history and Prof. Robert Harris, africana studies, discuss the Black History Month at the Tompkins County Public Library on Saturday.

society currently has a more “contemporary vision” of Black History Month.

“In looking at the multi-dimensionality of the black population, the way that we look at Black History Month today is different from how we looked at it in the past,” Harris said.

Washington also noted that knowledge about Black History Month can vary among demographic groups.

“It may be regional, it may be cultural, it may even be class in terms of how we’re exposed to Black History Month,” Washington said.

Both speakers noted that although Black History Month is important, it is vital to keep learning about black history throughout the year — not just during the month.

“Carter G. Woodson didn’t intend for Negro History Week to be confined to a week, or for Black History Month be confined to a month,” Harris said. “It was to raise a theme, and then to look at that theme throughout the rest of the year.”

Harris also said that society’s view of black history can sometimes be limited to the history of notable individuals such as Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King, Jr. “I bristle when I read in the newspaper a reference to ‘Dr. King’s March on Washington,’ as if Dr. King organized the March on Washington,” he said. “We forget totally about Bayard Rustin, who’s the person who really organized the march.”

Harris added that society should “embrace all of those individuals that were involved” in black history.

“If [Martin Luther King, Jr.] had never

been born, this movement would have taken place. I just happened to be here ...

There comes a time when time itself is ready for change.” Harris said.

Washington said that it is important to of cultivate the younger generation’s interest in black history through the medium of movies — a medium that she said has proven to be engaging in her classes.

“It’s amazing what [watching movies] has done in really peaking [students’] interest in slavery,” she said.

Lucy Brown, an Ithaca resident who attended the panel, said there are different ways that people have learned about Black History.

“It’s a continual process that’s been going on all the time. My black history education came from Baptist Young People’s Union every Sunday,” she said.

“The black church was very prominent in the movement.”

Acree said he found that the meeting hit on the “importance to still acknowledge and embrace the contributions made by people of African descent.”

“If you don’t have a conversation about the contributions of African-American history, you’re missing out, just like you’re missing out if you don’t talk about the contributions of women, or the contributions of all kinds of other folk,” he said.

“Conversations will happen, and we’ll get acknowledgment throughout the year. You just don’t stop here; the conversations continue.”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun.com.

Survey: Smaller Academic Concentrations Satisfy Students More THE HARVARD CRIMSON

The humanities reigned in the latest round of concentration satisfaction ratings, followed closely by the social sciences and life sciences.

As was the case in previous years, smaller concentrations generally outperformed larger ones in the survey, which is taken every spring by graduating seniors.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality achieved the highest satisfaction rate among members of the Class of 2012 with a 4.78 out of 5. Only nine graduating seniors last year concentrated in WGS. “Our students receive a lot of one-on-one attention,” said director of undergraduate studies in WGS Caroline Light.

Government and Economics,

which boast two of the largest pools of concentrators in the College, placed in the bottom five in the most recent ratings.

The results did not surprise the government department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies Cheryl B. Welch, who said that satisfaction is usually inversely correlated with the size of the department.

“That doesn’t mean that a big department can’t do better,” Welch said.

The government department is in the process of implementing changes in the advising system that were approved last year, but it has been too soon, Welch said, to see their impact reflected on the satisfaction survey.

But according to Jeffrey Miron, director of undergraduate studies

for the economics department, concentration size may not be the only factor behind the student satisfaction.

“I think some majors tend to get students because the students love those disciplines, and other majors get students because it’s a useful thing to do, and it’s probably going to be useful in terms of getting a job,” Miron said.

In last year’s survey, several humanities concentrations experi-

enced jumps in ratings, while the average score of life science concentrations has decreased.

History and Literature and English—the two largest humanities departments—both scored above a 4.1 out of 5 in the concentration satisfaction surveys.

History and Literature has seen a steady upward trend in the past 3 years, which Jon W. Oakes ’13 credits to small class and tutorial sizes. Other humanities departments, including Literature, Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Architecture, and Comparative Study of Religion, all scored at least a 4.2.

East Asian Studies saw the greatest increase in ratings—from 4.18 to 4.58. The department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies

Michael Szonyi attributes the jump to recent efforts to develop a sense of community within the department.

On the other hand, life sciences’ average satisfaction score has decreased steadily from 4.31 in 2010 to 4.14 this past year. Faculty and concentration advisers in the life sciences said they hope to maintain and improve the experiences of their concentrators, while noting their jump in ratings relative to their scores from a decade earlier. Between 2009 and 2010, the mean rating shot up from 3.52 to 4.14 after the splintering of the life sciences into what are now nine specialized concentrations.

This story was originally published in The Harvard Crimson Friday.

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After Launch of Price Comparison Tool, Cornell Store Sees Sales Increase

The Cornell Store reported an increase in book sales in 2012 after it launched a textbook price comparison tool that allows students to compare book prices at by the Cornell Store and other online vendors. The tool, which was released in January 2012, has been used to place more than 1,600 orders, according to Margie Whiteleather, the Cornell Store’s strategic projects manager.

Cornell Forms Sexual Assault Support Group

In the wake of reports of sexual assault on and near campus last semester, Gannett Health Services will provide a 10-week sexual assault support program for women this semester. The support group, which was also offered several years ago, will be open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Cornell.

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Several Online Videos Family-Friendly Africana to Establish Of ‘Shake’ Go Viral Chili Cook-Off Ph.D. Program in 2014 SHAKE

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The two started recruiting using a Facebook event and word of mouth but were not successful in expanding the event very much, according to Eilenberg.

Levina Li ’13, who helped publicize the event further, said she reached out to groups that she thought would be “excited” to participate.

The event was also combined with another planned Harlem Shake video planned by Therese Bailey ’13 in Duffield Hall.

Ultimately, according to McCausland, the final turnout of 400 people marked a success for the organizers.

“Me and [Eilenberg] were not even expecting close to that many people,” McCausland said.

McCausland also said that the video did hit a roadbump, however, right before the students filmed: the organizers had not sought permission from Cornell to film in the library.

“Right when we were about to start, someone from Cornell came in and asked if we had permission,” he said.

“We talked to him, and he gave us permission, and 400 people started cheering.”

The overall atmosphere was “crazy,” as participants danced without any music, according to Eilenberg.

“I definitely think that people kind of went crazy for a minute; there was no music playing when it was happening,” he said. “We just kind of told people to start dancing.

It was kind of crazy to see people go crazy [on all three levels of A.D. White Library] all at once.”

Cornell Hillel also created a Harlem Shake video to promote its upcoming party to celebrate Purim, a Jewish holiday, according to Lucy Goldberg ’15, chair of engagement for Cornell Hillel.

“We thought it would be really fun to advertise it with the dance, and the Harlem Shake was really popular at the time,” she said. “It really happened organically … There were a ton of people that saw we were doing it and joined in.”

A Law Library Harlem Shake video, organized by Jordan Manalastas, law, promoted the Law School’s Public Interest Cabaret fundraiser. Manalastas said he chose the Law School library as the stage for the video because it is normally a place where “the solemnity is daunting.”

Juliana Batista ’16 — who choreographed Thursday’s One Billion Rising flashmob to draw attention to violence against women — said that “the Harlem Shake was crazy and awesome.”

She added, however, that she hopes “someone on campus [will] combine the trendiness of the Harlem Shake with the meaning of One Billion Rising. There are elements of each that could really make the ultimate flashmob.”

Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun.com.

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“[The Chili Cook-off] was awesome; I wish I had made it down to the Commons a lot sooner,” Balram said. “It was no suprise to me that [Colletown Bagels] had the best chili ... All the chili was delicious. I can see why Ithaca is top rated for restaurant quality.”

Candace Burton, a sophomore at Ithaca College, said she decided to attend the event this year because she had heard rave reviews about the event from attendees last year.

“I didn’t go my freshman year, so I just wanted to see what it was all about and try some chili. A lot of people that went last year said the chili was really good,” Burton said.

Binghamton resident Erin Washburn, who attended the festival with her husband and their two sons, said this was also their first time at the event. They found it familyfriendly, she added. “[My sons] love the chili; they’re pretty adventuresome eaters,” Washburn said.

“They had a great time. They get to run around while we’re in line.”

Burton described the festival’s atmosphere as “a pretty fun environment.”

“The bouncy house is pretty cool, and I really like the face painting,” she said.

Ferguson said the event compared equally with last year’s Chili Cook-off.

“The weather held off, the crowd sizes were good and the [number of] restaurants that participated [was] the same as well. It was a strong event for this year,” he said.

“We have a great event organizing staff ...

They’re really good at what they do, and I think it shows. In the middle of winter they put on a pretty amazing festival.”

Balram echoed Ferguson’s sentiment.

“Chili and beer; what more can I ask for on a brisk Saturday afternoon?” she said.

“Great food in a great city makes for a great Saturday afternoon.”

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.

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consensus on these excellent candidates.”

According to Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean of students and director of intercultural programs, the Africana Center is currently in a position where it can reform its curriculum and employ some of the top scholars in the field.

“With changes in the budget, they have money to hire more professors and launch this doctoral program. There is a lot of excitement about it,” she said.

“We are in a position to recruit some of the best scholars in the country, [including] some worldclass faculty who are renowned scholars in their positions.”

In addition to hiring new faculty, the center will be establishing a post doctorate program beginning in 2014 with two concentrations in social sciences and literature and the arts.

“This will be the only Africana Ph.D. program in the state of New York,” according to Aching.

At first, two to four students will be accepted as Ph.D. candidates. The program will eventually expand to 25 students.

“It is going to be quite a flexible program because we want to make sure that we have specific guidelines we carry out because we want to have good mentorship for these graduate students,” Aching said.

Prof. Noliwe Rooks, Africana studies, feminist, gender and sexuality studies, said that the goal of the Ph.D. program is to prepare graduate students for a future in teaching Africana studies.

“Africana studies is one of the premier departments in the country, and it was identified as a unit that is at the precipice of national significance and reputation. ...

Graduate education is an opportunity to train the next generation of professors in this area,” she said.

Aching said that he hopes that future programs at the Africana Center will continue to encompass other disciplines at the University.

“One of the things we may do next year is a series on the relationship between scholarship and activism. I think that is something that both faculty and students in Africana and in other disciplines could engage in,” he said. “The goal is to give students the tools to see themselves in the world, and the Africana Center could be the venue for this kind of broader discussion.”

According to faculty at the Africana Center, these changes are occurring in hopes that the center’s academics and programs will gain a more interdisciplinary focus. Rooks, who is teaching ASRC 1500: An Introduction to Africana Studies, for the first time this spring, says that she is trying to teach her students to use interdisciplinary studies to enhance their academic experience.

“The way that you produce knowledge and understand the world is strengthened and heightened if students and professors are interdisciplinary scholars. How the world works is not confined to [one] discipline anymore,” she said. “The University plays a role in ending inequality and educating students with a perspective that makes them more aware.”

According to Aching, these transitions at the Africana Center have been “smooth,” and new initiatives have been “well-received” by both the administration and by the Africana studies faculty.

“It has been very gratifying during my time as director to see all parts of the college embracing all these things that we want to do. We really do have to work together to make sure that we are providing excellent courses and that we’re not afraid of experimenting to make sure that our courses are cutting-edge,” Aching said. “The Cornell administration has been supportive, and the Africana faculty have been wonderful.”

Alexander said that students have also responded positively to the changes.

“There is a definite sense of excitement and strong support from most of the students that I have spoken to regarding the changes at the Africana Center,” Alexander said. “Students seem really thrilled about what they have seen going on, and they are really excited about the courses.”

According to Cornell faculty, the changes in the academic scope of the center are expected to have lasting effects on scholarship in Africana studies at the University.

“I have seen a growth, development and transformation of the Africana Center, and [these changes] represent yet another evolution of Africana,” Alexander said. “With top-notch faculty and courses that are becoming more interdisciplinary, it is a rebirth of the Africana Center.”

Lauren Avery can be reached at lavery@cornellsun.com.

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Promoting respectful comradery To the Editor: Re: “SEPPINNI: Free to Be Oucking Fffenssive,” Opinion, Feb. 11 After attending the Cornell-Princeton hockey game referred to by Shane Seppini, I read his column in Monday’s Sun about behavior at hockey games and cringed. He wrote it with a sophomoric condescending tone that included phrases such as, “I already exposed the idiocy of the FCC’s piddling censorship laws.” Well now, thank you so much, Mr. College Senior for your amazing insight which you benevolently utilize to enlighten anyone who chooses to read your opinion piece. I recycled the paper hoping that when the writer chronologically ages, his attitude and humility mature commensurately.

Then comes Tuesday’s paper with a letter to the editor entitled, “Living Up to the Campus Code of Conduct” written by a grad student, Rob Moore. Referring to the Monday opinion piece about behavior at Cornell men’s hockey games, this writer urges “the University to more thoroughly and consistently enforce Title III Article II Section A Part 3a of the Campus Code of Conduct at Lynah Rink.”

Mr. Moore wrote, “Degrading chants involving personal details aimed at the opposing team’s goalie embarrass the University, its athletic program and me, but more importantly, they are unquestionably abusive toward Cornell visitors. Our community is above using the powerful idea of free speech as a prop for just being plain mean.”

I couldn’t agree more with Mr. Moore. However, I believe that trying to enforce the Campus Code of Conduct seems hopeless in this case. Many years ago, after I took visitors to a men’s hockey game at Lynah, I learned that one of the group returned to her school and yelled at a fourth grade classmate, as she taunted her with her index finger, “HEY, YOU SUCK!” If I have hockey tickets for men’s games, I give them away if I have visitors. As a Cornell graduate, I am ashamed.

In lieu of reaching for the Code of Conduct or pontificating about freedoms of speech, I think that unless we’re able to convince our athletic director or coach about the ramifications of these infantile taunts and how destructive they can be to our and other’s psyches, there will be no change. If Director Noel and/or Coach Schafer wrote a piece in the Sun or made a few PA announcements during the game, I believe the “Lynah Faithful” would be responsive and could maintain the same noise level and be just as effective as they are now. After all, who would object to the cheer, “Princeton’s in New Jersey”?

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It’s All Relative: Cornell in a Vacuum C

ornellians have upheld an odd tradition for decades: bashing their school.

Once admitted through an extremely selective admissions process with an acceptance rate of 15 percent, it seems the initial ecstasy of getting into one’s dream school evaporates within the first few months. The self-hatred for Cornell can stem from anything: its cold winters and hilly campus to its unnecessarily difficult prelims and segregated student body. These “accusations” all contain certain degrees of truth and legitimacy, but I’d like to argue that most of these complaints should have been expected and are exaggerated at best.

The most common grumble you hear on our campus is about how cold and snowy the winter in Ithaca is. No one would refute the fact that Ithaca belongs to humid continental climate zone with extreme temperature fluctuations between the freezing winters and the hot summers. What people forget to acknowledge, out of inconvenience or ignorance, is that Cornell is in the Northeast, just like most other elite schools.

Every single Ivy-League school, as well as MIT, U. Chicago, and Northwestern are located in Northern half of the U.S. With average highs of 31°F and lows of 15°F in January, Ithaca is not that far off from Boston’s 39°F/22°F, Hanover’s 29°F/9°F, New York City’s 39°F/27°F, and Providence’s 37°F/21°F. Obviously, schools in the Midwest are no better off with Chicago’s brutal windy Januarys reaching highs in the 30s and lows in mid 10s. If the weather was such an important factor in your college decision, you should have gone to UCLA or The University of Hawaii. But once again, you chose Cornell over USC or U. of Florida for some “mysterious” reasons.

Another complaint people constantly vent about is how “hard” Cornell is. Yes, Cornell has always been known for its infamously demanding academics.

Nonetheless, our University was no bystander to the grade inflation trend at universities across the country.

According to data collected over the past two decades, Cornell’s mean GPA has increased by about 0.3, resulting in a

3.36 average GPA, based on the latest information available. Granted, it is lower than most Ivies, especially those of Brown and Yale (3.6 and 3.5, respectively). However, it is actually not that much lower than the mean GPAs at Harvard, Columbia, UPenn and Dartmouth, as their mean GPAs hover around 3.4-3.5.

Surprisingly, Cornell doesn’t even have the lowest GPA among the Ivies, since Princeton’s mean GPA is only around 3.28 due to its strict policy on no As (A+, A, and A-) for more than one third of a class.

Not only is Cornell’s mean GPA not the lowest after all, but our GPAs have huge variations depending on our college. While pre-meds and engineers legitimately struggle to pull off a B, some classes in ILR, HumEc and the Hotel school are known for easy As (or even A+s in certain cases). With the humanities and social sciences claiming the middle ground, the simple generalization that “Cornell is so hard” is inaccurate and hyperbolic. Furthermore, I would argue that your future GPA is predictable depending on your field. Engineering and pre-med programs are always demanding and competitive at any school. Yet, you CHOSE that field because you either want a stable job or just hop on the bandwagon of not knowing what to do, hence pursuing the medical field by default (I never quite understood this logic but apparently many people subscribe to this).

My conclusion? The next time you decide to bitch about Cornell, just realize you’re criticizing your own decisionmaking skills. As a high school senior, you had to prioritize which schools to apply and which to attend, assuming you’d been offered admissions from multiple schools. You carried out your own version of cost-benefit analysis on the basis of academic strength, financial aid package, school size, location, etc. So if you are still dissatisfied with the school of your choice, at least be honest in the future by saying: “I suck at cost-benefit analysis.”

Don Oh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. He may be reached at doh@cornellsun.com. Bi the Way appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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o when Joseph Stalin exhibited his microscopic rationale and exclaimed, “How many divisions has the Pope?,” we found it ridiculously amusing. Last week, this very “man with no divisions” retired and baffled the realm of political journalism. As a Sun columnist, events like these are extremely interesting because I get an opportunity to venture out of my ivory tower and literally shrug off the brain freeze that mundane and banal activities, such as calculus, bring forth. It is enthralling when such a phenomenal transition occurs because then we all get a brilliant opportunity to reassess and reevaluate all that holds weight in this world.

The Pope retired and instantaneously Daniel Drezner asks the question of the hour: “Why do we care?” The institution has been questioned and the dilemma reemerges. To put it very simply, just because an institution has lasted for a number of years, does it mean it must last until hell freezes over? The intuitive answer to that is no, but we act otherwise. For instance, if the Queen decides to retire, BBC will have substantive matter to cover, investigate and reinvestigate her retirement for at least a decade. The whole premise of “The King has died, Long Live the King” brings to our notice something startling. We place more emphasis on institutionalized positions today than the person holding the office itself.

The practice of assuming a person is larger than life holds true even today.

The Pope does, of course, foster faith and is a source of inspiration for a large section of the population across the world. However, when the institution becomes larger than the person occupying it, why must it be startling when Pope Benedict XVI resigns because of old age? He is temporal but his office is eternal; did we not already know that? Still, it shocks us because this whole business is a rude reminder that more than half the things we cry and beat our chests about are actually socially constructed. Moreover, most constructed things are subject to change, including religion. For instance, if this resignation had occurred, say, even ten years back, the consequences would be manifold. However, today, if the Starbucks conglomerate closed its doors, we would be more hapless and inordinately disconsolate.

It is true that change is inevitable, but we replicate certain elements invariably. The practice of assuming a person is larger than life holds true even today. The President of the United States, America’s Next Top Model and the Ayatollah are all essentially human beings who are considered larger than life by onlookers. My contention is that nothing is larger than life itself and it stems from the fact that I am a confirmed existentialist.

So the Pope gets stressed out and needs a break from life.

Well, don’t we all at times? It is true that the lives of leaders and public figures are not, at the end of the day, their own lives. However, it is not a catastrophe if certain aspects of society are tired of consistency. Religion itself was constructed to bind society together. The word religion comes from the root “religaire” — which translates as “to bind or hold together.” There are a gazillion other things that have developed the ability to bind society together today: exchange rates, scandalous lives of heads of states, an obsession with losing weight, the Super Bowl maybe (I don’t know, I’m international) and important things such as solidarity against sexual abuse, bigotry, terrorism and poverty.

In this vein, it is more than appropriate to quote Ecclesiastes 3: “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”everything including the Pope, is ephemeral. When we hold onto things obstinately, we fight, kill, tear each other down and make a royal mess everywhere: in politics, society, economics and most importantly, life.

Aditi Bhowmick is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She may be reached at abhowmick@cornellsun.com. Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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resident Obama’s first State of can elect a divided government. the Union of his second term Currently, Democrats control the was the lowest rated in 13 Senate and the White House, years. Even at the height of his Republicans control the House. unpopularity, people still tuned Quick side note: The only reason into to see what George W. Bush the Republicans control the House had to say. Odds are that even you, is because their districts are so gersomeone willing to read a college rymandered (a term used to student’s poorly-worded political describe a situation when districts column, didn’t even take the time are designed to unfairly give one to watch our President explain party an advantage over the other) where he wants to take our coun- that they could not lose. After all, try. I’ll admit, I even put off watch- House Republicans got 1.1 million ing the State of the Union for a few fewer votes than days.

The President was just reelected, his People know that nothing is approval rating is going to be accomplished in the increasing and his state of the union was next four years unless we expected to lay out his change the way our policy framework for democracy is structured. the next four years. It’s hard to imagine why nobody tuned in. Was it that mil- Democrats and yet retain somelions across the nation have thing like a 30-seat majority. destroyed their televisions after misNow I know what you are thinktakenly tuning into MTV’s new ing: “There goes ol’ socialist Noah show BUCKWILD? Maybe in part. again, with his crazy conspiracy theBut I think I’ve come up with a real ories …” Well don’t take my word answer. for it; take the word of the The real reason why many, myself Republican State Leadership included, couldn’t be bothered to Committee, who recently released a tune in is nobody believes that the memo bragging that “redistricting” President will make much headway allowed them to “maintain a in achieving the goals on his agenda. Republican stronghold in the U.S. Through a mix of gerrymandering, House of Representatives.” I’m not use of the filibuster and an overarch- saying that Democrats would not try ing unwillingness to compromise, to do the same thing if given the Republicans will block the vast opportunity, but if they did, it majority of the President’s agenda would be just as bad for our democ(except for maybe immigration racy. reform …).

Okay, so regardless of how the If you have been reading my Republicans took the house, they columns or blog posts over the past have a firm grip on it. What does year there is a phrase I have used that mean for us? It means that time and time again: “Elections Republicans in the House believe need to have consequences.” When they were elected to stop President Americans (or the half of us who Obama from achieving his agenda, vote) head to the polls, we are mak- and that means refusing to comproing decisions about who we want in mise on anything. This has essenpower and what we want them to tially been the status quo since accomplish. So when one party 2010. wins, our democracy ought to Furthermore, the Republicans in ensure that their political vision is the Senate have shown that, even enacted. though they are in the minority, they The difficulty is that, unlike are more than happy to use the filimany other modern democracies, we buster to stall the President’s agenda

in the Senate. This has essentially been the case since 2009, when they got the 41 senators necessary to filibuster.

All right, back on track.

I think we are honing in on why the American people, even if they didn’t realize it, did not tune into the State of the Union. They know that nothing is going to be accomplished in the next four years unless we change the way our democracy is structured.

I do not propose appointing President Obama to be a King Obama the First, although he would look great on the Iron Throne (Season 3 of Game of Thrones starts in less than a month!). What I do propose is four simple conclusions I want us all to agree to live by: 1.

Congressional districts should be drawn fairly, 2. Legislation should be passed by majority votes, 3.

Compromise ought to be sought not scorned. 4. BUCKWILD is an affront to humanity and we must see it vanquished from the earth.

Now if you’re a conservative, you might take a step back and say: “Hold on, Noah! As a liberal, those changes would primarily benefit politicians you are sympathetic to.”

And that’s true, for now.

I am certain that someday Republicans will win a popular majority again. If we’ve made the changes I suggest, they will be able to enact the agenda that the American people elect them to implement. When that day comes, and President Jeb Bush stands up to give his first State of the Union, I’ll prepare myself a big bowl of sour grapes, turn on the TV and see what he has to say, because I’ll know it might actually happen.

Noah Karr-Kaitin is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at nkarrkaitin@cornellsun.com. Plain Hokum appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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When Lofts, the opener, crashed through Ithaca’s Lot 10 last Tuesday with aggressive drums and indistinct everything, I knew right away that I liked them: a two-piece local punk outfit, they played the sort of music that makes you want to push someone. Their lyrics are, with rare exception, perfectly incomprehensible, as the best punk vocals always are. There’s not much dancing, of course, or even pushing and shoving as you’d see at a real punk show, just a bit of bobbing and swaying, but I guess that’s what happens when the 20-something crowd gets tied down by the drinks in their hands.

No fault of the band, as they’re blasting rebel ecstasy with all due angst and viscera and solid musicianship, but just an unfortunate fact of the matter, Lot 10 being, after all, a bar scene more than a music scene.

Then the main act, Quilt, got up there, and even their sound check was enough to make my jaw go slack and my third eye go milky — and I mean that in a good way. From the first note they were

pushing out a big cosmic pillow of sound, large and complex for just the three of them, grooving out of Boston, Mass. without missing a beat, moving with an enthralling easy grace. The crowd started metamorphosing, by tiny measures, arms getting a little wavy-er and smiles a little easier, and Quilt kept us smiling all through their set.

I’m not the first, and I won’t be the last, to trace a musical lineage from Quilt back to the likes of Jefferson Airplane, The Doors (at least in Jim Morrison’s more self-indulgent moments) and even the Beatles in their faux Indian days.

Quilt bends any note that can be bent, like an effects-pedal echo of an age when sitars and their players braved the long journey West. Pitchfork called them a “ramshackle blend of 1960s psychedelia, mantric blues and folk.” And if you ask iTunes, Quilt’s pigeon hole is one word long: psychedelic.

In the days following Quilt’s show at Lot 10, I found myself listening to their record over and over again, trying to figure out if there’s more than that going on in Quilt’s sound. I’m generally opposed to the practice of reducing bands to a mortifying taxonomy of genres and sub-

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genres, but if you’re looking for a textbook example of psychedelic rock, Quilt is a pretty good reference point. Some critics have written about this as a longawaited psychedelia revival, while others are a little more skeptical, and see Quilt’s style as largely derivative.

If you just listen to the music, the skeptics have a fair point. Musically, I don’t think Quilt is exploring much territory that hasn’t thoroughly been explored before I was born. But I don’t get too hung up on it, since they play the genre so damn well. Admittedly, though, much of my love for Quilt can be attributed to a sort of nostalgia for a psychedelic rock scene which I’ve never known, which has been gone for decades. That is certainly not to say that it’s back now.

Looking around Lot 10 on Wednesday night, I couldn’t help but feel that the moment had passed. For one thing, I was willing to bet that hardly anyone in the bar was actually on psychedelics. Maybe this shouldn’t be a relevant observation, but I think it’s worth pointing out, if we’re going to keep using the word “psychedelic” to describe what Quilt does. After all, they call it psychedelic music for a reason, in reference to a

particular state of altered consciousness very different from what Lot 10 is selling.

It’s not just that we’re on different drugs now than we were in the ’60s, though. Ravi Shankar’s jam sessions with George Harrison (if my inter-generational cultural memory serves me correctly) carried a sense of hope, a sense of possibility created by, among other things, what we might call the East-West encounter. The expansion and exploration of consciousness (with or without psychedelic assistance) was still something new and exciting. Or at least, that’s how I like to imagine it.

There might still be thriving subcultures that get excited about altered states of consciousness, but they certainly won’t be found at Lot 10. All this made Wednesday’s performance a puzzling cultural moment, but no less beautiful a show. I, for one, let my mind wander along with those indulgent melodies, and I thank Quilt for a wonderful trip.

Tom Moore is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at tmoore@cornellsun.com.

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Phantom of the Opera

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8 p.m. on Thursday at Sage Chapel

7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Sage Chapel

The British are coming ... to Cornell.

There will be something different about The Hangovers’ concert this Thursday. It’s a special (British) guest: All the King’s Men from King’s College in London. What could be better than a dual concert with singers from the UK? The setup is sure to be entertaining, funny, musical and potentially rivalrous.

Maybe we’ll learn a thing or two about what that revolution was really about.

— Meredith Joyce

Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument

Romance. Tragedy. Horror. You will find all of this, and more, in Cornell Cinema’s upcoming screening of the 1929 production of Phantom of the Opera, the first event in their two-week celebration of Universal Pictures’ 100th anniversary.

The story is legendary: In the Paris Opera House, a deformed Phantom uses violence and cunning to make the woman he loves a star. Lon Chaney, in the role of the tragic protagonist, is widely regarded as one of the most versatile actors of the silent film era and appears here in one of his most well-known roles.

Featuring a live organ accompaniment to match the film’s spooky vibes, this is one “Opera” that’s actually worth seeing.

(Just kidding … we love live opera too!)

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— Sam Bromer

Feb. 18-24 at Milstein Hall Crit Dome When math and music meet, the bounds of art are redefined. Ellen Fullman is in the business of pushing these boundaries. Fullman will be in residency at Cornell this week displaying and discussing her Long String Instrument, a 53 to 200 foot instrument made of metallic strings that Fullman invented and constructed herself. Events highlighting Fullman and the instrument will be going on throughout the week at Milstein Dome — including an open rehearsal with the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble, tuning of the instrument, a film screening of 5 Variations on a Long String (Peter Esmonde), a composer’s forum and two concerts. This display of music mixed with everyday life, as well asthe impressive nature of the instrument’s organ-like tones, should not be missed.

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s a well-practiced procrastinator, television viewer, braggart and anglophile, I have always taken a great deal of pride in my ability to find amazing British TV shows before they get ruined by MTV or other American networks. Many of my favorite British TV shows have been picked up by American networks: Skins, The Inbetweeners and Friday Night Dinner. The first two were remade by MTV and were disasters, and the third was made into a pilot written by Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation) for NBC, but did not go to series (thank goodness).

For all of you that want to be able to hipsterly say “Oh, the original British version is so much better” like I love doing all the time, here is a list of four wonderful British comedies that I hope stay British. As an aside, The Office, Shameless and Antiques Roadshow were all very successfully adapted for American television. It can be done, I’m just cynical.

1. FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER. This one probably will stay British as the American pilot, which starred Allison Janney and Tony Shaloub, was not well-receive. If anyone can adapt an amazing British TV show, it’s Greg Daniels, and even he couldn’t do it. So, at least for now, it seems like this show will be staying on that cold, rainy isle where it belongs. Friday Night Dinner is a sitcom about the Goodmans, a Jewish family in England. The series takes place at their family dinners every Friday night. The family includes Martin, the quirky father with a trilobite collection who always seems to end up with his shirt off half-way through the episode; Jackie, the sometimes-giggly, sometimes furious mother just trying to hold everything together; and Adam and Jonny, their two sons who take every available opportunity to prank each other. Adam is played by Simon Bird

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of The Inbetweeners, and Jonny is played by Tom Rosenthal, who is my future husband. Also appearing in every episode is Jim, the Goodmans’ crazy neighbor who is scared of his own dog, Wilson.

2. FRESH MEAT. You’ve probably seen ads for this one on Hulu, and you’ve probably muted said ads while rolling your eyes, but for real, check it out. It’s about a group of diverse “freshers” (freshmen) at “uni” (college) who were all late turning in their housing forms and ended up in a shared house instead of “halls” (dorms.) It also stars a former Inbetweener Joe Thomas as Kingsley. Although Thomas, and the goatee he grows in the second “series” (season) is great, the real star of Fresh Meat is Jack Whitehall as JP, the posh, spoiled and generally douchey member of the house who, despite his wealth, did not get into a better school. He is given the best lines of the show, like in the pilot when he suggests to Kingsley that they should go get “a motherfucking baked potato” before imploring Kingsley to test if the cocaine he thinks he has is poisonous. Also wonderful is Greg McHugh as Howard, a Scottish geology student who has been living in the house for two years and has gotten so used to being on his own that when the new group moves in, he is pantslessly curing Peking ducks with a blow-dryer.

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3. BAD EDUCATION. Jack Whitehall is a busy man. In addition to wearing pink polo shirts Carrot Top on Fresh Meat, he plays Confessions Alfie Wickers on Bad Education: a 23-yearold history teacher at a “college” (high school) in Hertfordshire. Bad Education is like a real version of the fake show “Yo Teach” that Judd Apatow created as part of the fictional world of the film Funny People, crossed with the movie Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz — except

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that Mr. Wickers is basically a good guy, however lazy and immature he might be. In his constant efforts to impress his crush, fellow teacher Ms. Gulliver, he relies on his students’ help though they blatantly do not respect him. He also has to deal with the eccentricities of his deputy-headmistress whom he tells “would make an excellent member of the SS” and his headmaster who sits on a pilates ball in his office and relies on an iPhone app for pick-up lines.

4. CAMPUS. This last one gives you extra hipster/anglophile points: not only will it probably never get picked up by an American network, it was cancelled after only a season. It stars Andy Nyman (Death at a Funeral) as Jonty de Wolfe, a possibly schizophrenic, possibly magical, vice-chancellor of Kirke University: similar to Greendale Community College in the series Community. Unlike Community, Campus focuses on the lives of the faculty and staff instead of the students. It’s pretty weird, but hilarious … but definitely not for everyone. Hence why it was cancelled. I think that if you enjoy Community and Arrested Development, this isn’t that much stranger. This one, and Fresh Meat, are definitely worth the extended free trial Hulu Plus gives you with a .edu email address.

Julia Moser is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun.com. Carrot Top Confessions runs alternate Mondays this semester.

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ACROSS 1 Old flatboats 5 Stag party attendees 10 Fixes with thread 14 Skid row sort 15 River joining the Missouri near Jefferson City 16 “Is there __ against that?”

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35 In first place 37 Crab’s grabber 41 Impressionist 42 Chicago airport 43 Jackson 48 Coffee lightener 49 Word with popper or dropper 50 Fishing stick 51 Truman 56 Bump up against 57 Jeweled headpiece 58 Reverse, as a computer operation 61 It ebbs and flows 62 Kauai and Tahiti, for two 63 Read bar codes on 64 Large amount 65 Gets things growing 66 Number picker’s casino game DOWN 1 Leatherwork tool 2 Brazilian port, for short 3 Lumber blemish 4 Frosh, next year

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47 Cardiac surgery technique 48 Chews the fat 52 Spunkmeyer of cookie fame 53 Get out of bed 54 Auto racer Yarborough 55 Elephant’s incisor 59 “The Da Vinci Code” author Brown 60 John’s Yoko

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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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After Murder Charges,Blade Runner May Never Race Again JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius’ track career was put on hold indefinitely Sunday because of his murder charge, reinforcing the possibility that the double-amputee Olympian and

disabled sports icon might never run again competitively on his famous carbon fiber blades.

Pistorius’ agent was forced to cancel all future races, he said, so Pistorius

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Questionable future | After being brought up on murder charges, South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius’ agent has canceled all of his future races.

could concentrate on defending himself against allegations he murdered his model girlfriend by shooting her several times in his upscale house on Valentine's Day morning.

Reeva Steenkamp died from gunshot wounds suffered inside Pistorius’ home in the predawn hours of Thursday.

Pistorius was arrested and charged with her murder the same day. His family denies he murdered her.

“I have decided that following these tragic events that we have no option but to cancel all future races that Oscar Pistorius had been contracted to compete in,” agent Peet van Zyl said in a written statement late Sunday night.

A few hours earlier, Van Zyl had visited his athlete at a police station in the South African capital, Pretoria, where he is being held in custody in a red-bricked, one-story building with green metal fencing.

Pistorius has been there since Friday following the shocking developments at his villa in a gated community in Pretoria’s eastern suburbs where Steenkamp was shot dead.

Her death and Pistorius’ arrest stunned South Africans, who revered Pistorius for his humble nature and success at overcoming adversity to become an international star, despite having his lower legs amputated as a baby.

Pistorius still had “overwhelming support” from his fans, Van Zyl said as he left Brooklyn police station, but the

agent steered away from a question from a reporter on what Pistorius’ emotional state was now like following the death of his girlfriend and a possible realization that his entire career was in ruins.

Pistorius’ sponsors — including bigname brands Nike and eyewear manufacturer Oakley — were also sticking by him, Van Zyl said. But that could depend on the outcome of a possibly lengthy murder trial.

“Regarding sponsors and partners, I can confirm that at this point in time, all parties are supportive and their contractual commitments are maintained,” Van Zyl’s In Site Athlete Management company said. “They have said they are happy to let the legal process takes its course before making any change in their position.”

The Beaverton, Ore-based Nike Inc. and Foothill Ranch, Calif.-based Oakley Inc. did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Pistorius was quickly arrested and charged with murder Thursday, with prosecutors saying at his first court appearance a day later that they would pursue a more serious premeditated murder charge, which carries a life sentence.

Pistorius broke down and wept in the court, with his face in his hands. His family later denied he murdered Steenkamp and said the state’s own evidence “strongly refutes” any possibility of a murder.

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offense, scoring some big buckets,” said senior forward Errick Peck. “Johnny had a few buckets in the clutch and so did Shonn.

They came up big when it mattered.”

According to senior captain and point guard Miles AsafoAdjei, Gray was able to maintain

the Red’s offensive rhythm.

“Gray was able to hit big shot after big shot, especially in the second half when we slowed down a little offensively,” he said.

“Whenever Yale was making a run, it seemed like Johnny would hit a big shot and put us ahead or give us a cushion.”

On the other side of the court, Miller made the Bulldogs put up difficult shots, giving the Red

more opportunities to score. “[As for Miller], the things he does for us on the defensive end of the floor are incredible. He alters shots, and makes it difficult for whoever he’s guarding all game long,” Asafo-Adjei said.

“Offensively, he’s coming into his own. He can shoot, he can go to the basket and he’s a super athlete.

He’s getting better and better every night.”

Going into the game, containing Yale point guard Javier Duren was a priority and the Red was successful in doing just that. He only scored seven points and recorded seven assists, turning the ball over four times in the process.

“The game plan for Duren was just to pressure him all night,” Asafo-Adjei said. “He played a lot of minutes, so we tried to wear him down and get him a little tired. … We tried to make all his shots difficult.”

Another key player the Red focused on stopping was Yale’s 6’0” shooting guard Austin Morgan. He finished with just nine points, only able to get six shots off from the field as a result of the Red’s defense.

“Morgan is a smaller guard and can really shoot it, but needs time and space to [get his shot off],” Peck said. “I remember during my sophomore year, he beat us on a buzzer beater so I definitely didn’t want to lose on another one of those plays again. … But this time, we did a good job against him.”

On Saturday, the Red started

off strong in the first half, carrying a 40-29 lead into the locker room against Brown. However, similar to the Yale game, Cornell’s offense slowed down and the Bears were able to get back into the game.

The team found this trend a little troubling, but does not believe it will continue into the future, according to Asafo-Adjei.

“It’s tough to say [why we struggled in the second half],” Asafo-Adjei said. “We play so hard on the defensive end and sometimes that will have an effect on your offense. I’m not worried about it in the future; we just need

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to get open looks at the basket and I’m sure that this trend won’t continue.”

Miller and Gray again led the Red in the victory, as Miller stuffed the stat sheet again with 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. Gray led the team in scoring with 18 points, hitting another four three-pointers in the process. Although the team relied on Gray throughout the game, he struggled at the line late in the game, hitting just one of six from the stripe, allowing Brown to crawl back into the game.

“Down the stretch, Brown made some big three-pointers to get back into the game,” AsafoAdjei said. “Just like the night

before, we slowed down offensively in the second half, but we’re proud of getting some stops when we needed, winning the game on defense. It definitely wouldn’t have been as close if we converted some free throws at the end, but we’re happy to come out with the win.”

Brown was led by point guard Sean McGonagill, who scored 19 points on 8-14 from the field, but recorded just one assist and turned the ball over six times. “[McGonagill] is obviously their best player. It’s tough [to stop him] because for 90 percent of the game, the ball is in his hands, so he’s going to get a lot of looks at the basket,” Asafo-Adjei said. “We tried to make it difficult on him all game and I think we did a good job of that in the first half, but he got a little lost in the second half off of some screens and plays in transition.”

The other key performer for the Bears was freshman forward Cedric Kuakumensah, who scored 13 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, helping Brown outrebound the Red, 41-31. “[Kuakumensah] is just physical, working the glass and getting easy buckets,” Peck said. “We play them again in two weeks, so next time, we’ll do a better job of keeping him off the glass. He didn’t score that much [away from the key], just near the basket, so we’ll do a better job next time we play them.”

Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.

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DiMagno, Chemerinski Named to Capital One Academic All-District First-Team

Moving Forward

Women’s basketball junior guard Allyson DiMagno earned Capital One Academic All-District first-team honors at the beginning of the month. She is now one of 40 players searching for a spot on the Capital One All-America Academic squad.

Though DiMagno is leading the Red in both points and rebounds with 14.1 and 11.8 respectively, it is her success in the classroom that has earned her this recognition. A biological sciences major, the junior maintains a 3.79 grade point average. She is only the second player in Cornell women’s basketball history to be named to the All-District team. DiMagno is also coming off a career-high 23 points in a losing effort to Yale this weekend.

Men’s basketball senior forward Eitan Chemerinski shares this honor with DiMagno, as he was selected to the team for the second straight year. Chemerinski, an applied economics and management, has a 3.86 GPA. The final members of the Academic All-America team will be announced this week.

— Compiled by Scott Chiusano CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

After defeating Nebraska and Hofstra on Sunday, freshman Nashon Garrett (above) and his teammates advanced to the National Duals next weekend. For coverage of Sunday’s meet, check out Tuesday’s paper.

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Brains and brawn | Junior guard Allyson DiMagno not only leads the team in scoring and rebounds, but she also has a 3.79 GPA.

The Big Green roared back with goals at the end of the second and beginning of the third period to cut the lead to 3-2, reminiscent of the Red’s squandered lead against Dartmouth in the fall.

Cornell remained composed in a hostile Thompson Arena, however, containing the Dartmouth offense in the third period and putting the game out of reach on a shot by sophomore forward John McCarron that helped finalize the score at 4-2.

Against Harvard, the Red topped last week’s 39-shot effort against Princeton with a stunning 40 shots on goal, en route to a 2-2 come-frombehind tie. Senior forward Greg Miller notched goals on back-to-back nights, scoring in the first period to give the Red a 1-0 advantage.

Although the Red only accumulated three penalties on the night to Harvard’s four, the Crimson got on the board with a power play score to knot the game at 1-1 at the end of the

first.

Down 2-1 in the waning minutes of the second, the Red got more help from its veteran leaders as senior defenseman and tri-captain Nick D’Agostino struck on his fourth goal this season with assists from Lowry and sophomore forward Brian Ferlin. After a scoreless third period and overtime — during which the Red outshot the Crimson 21-12 — the buzzer sounded with a final score of 2-2.

The Red will look to follow up its weekend breakthrough with two more big games next week. Up first is a Friday-night grudge match with RPI (14-11-5, 9-6-3), the team that caused sophomore forward Cole Bardreau’s season-ending neck injury and the beginning of the sevengame skid. Then on Saturday, the Red seniors will say goodbye to Lynah in the regular season home finale against defending ECAC champions Union (15-10-5, 8-6-4).

Chris Mills can be reached at cmills@cornellsun.com.

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ing a men’s game, and it brought back the energy we had from our triple overtime playoff win over BU last year. They were so loud and it made it tough for the other team to play in, but even more so it helped us establish our game and keep the energy going for the whole game.”

The Red took the lead early in the first period on a goal from senior defenseman Lauriane Rougeau. According to sophomore forward Jillian Saulnier, scoring first was a critical step in the Red being able to pull off the win.

“It was huge because we’ve struggled sometimes with getting off to a fast start, so we needed to make sure to get the first goal, and that got us going,” she said.

“That goal got us pumped up, the crowd was going wild and it was crucial for the win.”

The Crimson tied the game in the second period. However, Cornell took the lead for good midway through the third on a goal from Campbell — her first of two in the game. Senior forward Erin Barley Maloney passed the puck to Campbell, who skated around the defensemen, drove to the net and beat the goalie over her shoulder. With six min-

utes to go and the Red on the penalty kill, Barley-Maloney again passed to Campbell, leading her on a break-away that she converted for her second goal of the game. According to Campbell, Barley-Maloney was critical in assisting both goals.

to contribute to the team’s success,” Campbell said According to Saulnier, Campbell’s exceptional speed sets her apart from other players and led to her success.

“I couldn’t be more proud of Campbell after that game,” she said.

“We couldn’t be prouder of our seniors. They’ve led the way tremendously well. Each one brings something different.”

Jillian Saulnier “I give a lot of credit to Erin,” she said.

“She got it all started. On the first one she went hard to the corner, made a nice pass to me and I just saw the opening and went for it. It was a one-on-one and I just tried to get a backhand on net and it went in.”

Barley-Maloney also gave Campbell the opportunity to net her second goal of the game.

“On the second one, Erin hustled and chipped the puck out of the zone, I beat the defenseman to the puck and she was trying to pull me down, but I just tried to stay on my feet and keep going. I threw the goalie off a bit, I got a quick release and it went in. I was fortunate to be able

“That’s the Campbell we love to see.

She’s unstoppable with her speed. I watched the goal on tape and I couldn’t believe that she was able to stay on her feet. She had an exceptional game and I’m sure she’ll continue to do so for the rest of the season.”

The following game against the Big Green was a tough contest, with each team struggling to score in both regulation and overtime.

According to Campbell, having a better shot selection and attacking the net could have helped the Red net that elusive goal.

“We shot a lot of pucks at the feet of the defensemen,” she said. “Changing the point of our shots may have been

effective. We were frustrated, so we were just trying to throw anything on net rather than getting crisp quality chances.

We just wanted that one goal to go in, but if we crashed the net a little better, there may have been more opportunities.”

According to Saulnier, the Red’s chemistry was not always there.

“Sometimes that happens in hockey, but we could have used everyone on the ice better,” she said. “Sometimes when you get in those panic situations you get too individualized, but its important for us to just keep our composure and continue to play like we know how to play.

That ultimately leads to goals.”

Despite the neutral result, senior day was still an important tribute to the contributions that the team’s seniors have given the past four years, according to Saulnier.

“We couldn’t be prouder of our seniors,” she said. “They’ve led the way tremendously well. Each one brings something different but all are crucial.

They’ve been huge parts of our success this year and hopefully they will continue to lead the way the rest of the season.”

Benjamin Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Win Over Harvard Secures Share of Ivy Title

In two of its most important Ivy games this season, Red defeats Harvard, ties Dartmouth and proved that it was up for the task. The Red first defeated No. 5 Harvard (19-4-2, 15-2-1 ECAC) Friday night, 31, in front of a packed crowd at Lynah Rink. Cornell then tied Dartmouth (15-7-5, 10-6-4 ECAC), 0-0, in its Senior Day game on Saturday. With the win and tie, the Red

By BENJAMIN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s hockey team played its most important Ivy League games of the season this weekend

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Protect this net | Junior Lauren Slebodnick made 23 saves in a tie with Dartmouth.

guaranteed itself at least a share of the Ivy League title. If Harvard loses or ties either of its final two Ivy League contests, the Red will win the title outright.

“We’ve won the title the past three years and it stinks that we may have to share it,” said junior forward Jessica Campbell. “But I think that we overcame some big obstacles and played some big games early in the year, and it wasn’t an easy battle, so just being able to share the title is huge. We’re proud that we have that “We wanted to pack Lynah title.” because we knew we Campbell said the win against would use that energy the Crimson was a to our advantage.” defining moment for the squad.

Jessica Campbell “It was a huge win against Harvard, and if we didn’t come up with that win, then we wouldn’t have even been sharing or winning it,” she said.

“So we’re excited that we have the title and it’s something to build off for the rest of the year, giving us confidence going forward.”

A full and fired-up Lynah Rink crowd cheered the Red in its path to victory. According to Campbell, the Lynah faithful energized the Red and provided a valuable home advantage.

“We wanted to pack Lynah because we knew that we would use that energy to our advantage, and just stepping on the ice, all the girls were fired up to see the energy in the crowd,” Campbell said. “It really felt like we were playSee W. HOCKEY page 15

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Longest Losing Streak in Twenty Years Finally Ends

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell’s longest losing streak in two decades has come to a close. After dropping seven consecutive games for the first time since the 1992-1993 season, the Red picked up a much-needed 4-2 victory at Dartmouth on Friday night, followed by a

hard-fought 2-2 tie against rival Harvard on Saturday.

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First time for everything | Sophomore forward Madison Dias’ first goal of his career gave the Red a 2-0 lead over Dartmouth on Friday.

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Finishing 1-0-1 on the weekend, the Red (9-13-3, 5-10-3 ECAC) maintained space on Harvard (7-15-3, 4-12-2) in the ECAC standings and gained ground on No. 17 Dartmouth (12-9-4, 8-7-3) going into the final four games of the season.

After a scoreless first period against Dartmouth, the Red struck in the second after sophomore forward Joel Lowry pegged his ninth goal of the season — capitalizing on a rebound from a block on sophomore defenseman Joakim Ryan. Just two minutes later, sophomore forward Madison Dias netted the first goal of his Red career to extend Cornell’s lead to 2-0.

The Red continued to capitalize on opportunities, as senior forward Greg Miller scored on a wrister, assisted by Ryan and freshman forward Christian Hilbrich.

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Flurry of threes | In a victory over Yale on Friday night, senior guard Johnathan Gray scored 18 points, knocking down four shots from beyond the arc.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Red Takes Two Over Yale, Brown

By ALBERT LIAO

Coming into the weekend in third place in the Ivy League, the Cornell men’s basketball team (13-12, 5-3 Ivy League) battled in two must-win games to keep pace with league leaders Harvard and Princeton and remain in contention for a shot at the conference title. The Red did just that, beating Yale (10-15, 4-4) on Friday, 68-61, and pulling out a tight win against Brown (9-13, 3-5), 69-66, the following night.

Against Yale, the Red was led by sophomore forward Shonn Miller and senior guard Johnny Gray, who scored

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18 points apiece. Miller filled the rest of the stat sheet as well, grabbing nine rebounds, blocking three shots and recording two steals. Gray hit four threes in the game, including some important shots late in the game. “[Miller and Gray] did a good job on defense and creating for themselves on See M. B-BALL page 14