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C.U.Sees Record-Breaking Number of Donations

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

Administrators from Cornell’s Alumni Affairs and Development Office say there will be numerous positive effects stemming from the record-breaking number of alumni donations during the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

Cornell saw an 8.4 percent increase in number of alumni donors during this time period, according to a University press release. The Council for Aid to Education has ranked Cornell seventh nationally for gifts received, with $475 million from donors.

According to Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development, the money raised in 2012-2013 represents “the largest cash total in Cornell’s history.”

Cornell’s increase in alumni donations defies the trend of declining donor gifts across the country, Phlegar said. He added was “optimistic” that participation would “continue to buck the national trend.”

According to Phlegar, the record number of donations — which in the first six months have this fiscal year surpassed last year’s “record” numbers — will have “a significant impact” on financial aid pro-

grams.

“Most alumni make students their top priority for their donations,” Phlegar said. “This is a trend that bodes well for the majority of Cornell undergraduates, who depend on this support.”

In addition to bolstering financial aid programs, administrators said the funds raised from alumni donations will go toward hiring new faculty and constructing facilities, Phlegar said.

According to Joseph Lyons ’98, director of the University fundraising program the Cornell Annual Fund, the positive effects of this profitable donation year will be felt campus-wide. “[This will] ensure [that] the Cornell experience – for students, faculty and staff in the classroom, laboratory and all over

campus – remains exceptional,” he said.

Although Phlegar said Cornell’s ranking in the top ten nationally for donor See DONATIONS gifts will “probably page 4 not” have an impact

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Calling for cash | Keneilwe Selepeng ’14 makes calls at the Cornell Annual Fund’s phone calling event Sunday.

Students,Profs Praise Prison Plan Cornell Divided Over

By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

Cornell faculty and students alike praised a Feb. 16 proposal by Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide college education for prisoners in the New York State system, stating its potential benefits for both the state budget and crime control.

The proposed program — which aims to reduce the recidivism rate of criminals — involves collabo-

ration between 10 state prisons and educational associations that will provide professors and classes, as well as grant associate and bachelor’s degrees to inmates, according to a press release from the Governor’s office.

Research on prison readmittance and correctional education indicates that educating inmates reduces their chances of reoffending. According to a See PRISONS page 4

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Effects of Potential Minimum Wage Increase

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer

Last Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office conducted an official assessment to consider the possible ramifications of raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, a change that would also affect many of Cornell’s student employees.

The controversial bill –– largely popular with the Democrats and President Obama while lacking support with Republicans –– has significant projected effects on income, employment, and the federal budget, according to The New York Times.

Prof. Richard Burkhauser, policy analysis and management, was one of the seven outside advisers asked to review and comment on the Congressional Budget Office report on this topic.

“The minimum wage has been eroded by inflation, and this is a proposal to raise it back up to its historic highs relative

[to] the average wage,” Burkhauser said.

“The Democrats believe that this is a good way to help the working poor.”

However, Burkhauser said he disagrees with the Democrats’ views on the proposal.

“While this will increase the wages of most low wage workers, the great majority do not live in poor households so it is not a very effective way to help the working poor,” Burkhauser said.

Raising the federal minimum wage is estimated to cut 500,000 jobs by the second half of 2016, while also lifting 900,000 families out of poverty and increasing the weekly incomes of 16.5 million lowwage workers, according to The New York Times.

Burkhauser projects more adverse effects on total employment, estimating that the number of lost jobs will be higher and the number of households lifted out of policy will be less See WAGE page 4

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Students: Debt a ‘Harsh Reality’

By JONATHAN KWEE Sun Staff Writer

Though the average debt for graduating Cornell students is lower than the nationwide average — $20,490 compared to $26,600 in 2012, The Sun previously reported — finances remain a concern for many students.

Two-thirds of students at American colleges and universities graduate with some level of debt, according to a 2013 Forbes article.

Brian Morris ’14 said student debt is a “reality of college life,” and that managing his college debt has affected his own education.

“It’s clearly not something fun to have hanging over your head,” Morris said. “[It is] something that you know you have the responsibility to do, but that doesn’t make it any more enjoyable.”

Currently, Morris’ debt is mitigated through financial aid. However, he said he believes this process — which allocates funds based on a student’s family contribution and financial need — is not always perfect.

“I wished my family could have [received] more financial aid, but that’s from a purely selfish perspective. I don’t know the circumstances behind it and how Cornell chooses to allocate its resources. Although it would be nice to know what you receive relative to other people,” Morris said.

In contrast, Andrey Suprun ’14 considered taking a loan, but decided against it when his parents objected because they did not want him to bear the burden of “extra financial stress while in school.”

“In my guilt as a student going to an expensive school, I asked my parents if I should start taking loans in order to learn to manage college tuition,” Suprun said.

According to Suprun, having to deal with the stress of future loan payments can be detrimental towards the college experience.

“Thinking about how much debt you are accumulating can take away from the college experience,” Suprun said. “[But] on the other

hand, it can also cause you to make the most of your college experience.”

Morris Choy ’14, who intends to pursue a degree in law, said he believes that student debt can be a critical issue that can impact a student’s view on higher education and career choice.

“There are several reasons why people go to college,” Choy said. “Some go to receive a higher level education, some view it as a way to gain qualifications and skills to become more employable. Having debt makes you more inclined to become the latter who want the nice cushy job.”

Choy used the example of law school to illustrate his point.

“If you are coming straight out of law school with $60,000 of debt, you are much more likely to pursue a job that pays well but is essentially soulless — especially if your options are between being a $120,000 a year corporate lawyer or a $30,000 a year public prosecutor,” he said.

Choy said he believes that this mindset can also influence a student’s view on higher education.

“It changes what a college experience means to you — one is a lot more pragmatic, the other has do with the pursuit of knowledge and an understanding of the world,” Choy said. “Both are equally valid, but very different.”

Morris, who plans to pursue a graduate degree in medicine, said he acknowledges the harsh reality of student loans, but added that he refuses to let it affect him.

“Debt is debt and it’s going to be there regardless. I won’t let that affect where I want to go or what I want to do,” he said.

Jonathan Kwee can be reached at jkwee@cornellsun.com.

Graduating with a diploma and debt | In 2012, the average debt for graduating students at Cornell was $20,490, The Sun previously reported.

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Beller’13: Undergrads Should Follow Passions

By SCOTT GARTENBERG

is a reason why there are only eight jobs,” Beller said. “I actually wrote off going into venture Though she has only been after school and put it on the out of college for nine months, long-term agenda.”

Morgan Beller ’13 has fully inteBeller worked at eBay last grated into the workforce as a summer as a product manager partner at Andreessen and received an offer to join Horowitz, a venture capital firm their corporate development based in Menlo Park, California. team immediately after. Though Beller entered Cornell as a she planned to return to Cornell member of the Class of 2014, for a Masters in Information but graduated in 2013. On Science, the business relationcampus, she was involved in ship she made with Fisher led to Alpha Kappa Psi business frater- new career opportunities. nity and co-founded the “I called [Fisher] to ask her PopShop, a student-run collabo- opinion [about returning to rative space for Cornell entre- school]. Five minutes later, my preneurs. phone rang and it was Chris Beller said Dixon — a her passion for “If you love what you do, general venture capital partner at stemmed from you’ll never work a day Andreessen her experience in your life ... You’ll be Horowitz,” at the she said.

TechCrunch happier.”

“We had an Disrupt — a Morgan Beller ’13 interesting technology c o n ve r s a conference in tion that New York City she volunteered resulted in me coming in the at after her freshman year. next day for an interview and “That was my first exposure signing an offer a week later. I to the ‘tech world,’ and I got really lucky. [I] happened to became completely intoxicat- be at the right place at the right ed,” Beller said. time.”

Beller said she believes that Beller said her enjoyment in success often depends on being what she does stems from three at the right place at the right things she always looks for in a time — and that meeting the job: the people, the place and right people is essential to forg- the role. ing ahead with one’s career.

“I go into work every day and “At the conference, I was for- know that I am the dumbest pertunate enough to meet Shana son in the room,” Beller said.

Fisher from High Line Venture “I’m surrounded by the smartest Partners,” Beller said. “Ten min- people in the world. I jump out utes after meeting her, I received of bed in the morning and can’t an email with the subject, wait to get to the office.”

‘You’re hired.’ I spent the next Beller’s advice to current ten months working for High undergraduates is to study what Line, both directly at the fund they love. While one has their an in-house at some of their whole life to do work, there is a portfolio companies.” “short window” to learn “anyAfter interning at the Cornell thing and everything” of interest Tech campus the summer after to that person, she said. her sophomore year, Beller real“If you love what you do, ized she wanted to work in ven- you’ll never work a day in your ture capital. However, there life,” Beller said. “Do what you were few venture capital jobs love. You’ll be happier. You’ll be offered straight out of school, better at it. And you won’t have she said. any regrets.”

“I came back in the fall determined to get a job in venture … Scott Gartenberg can be reached but then it hit me. Maybe there at sgartenberg@cornellsun.com.

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Wage Increases Could Also Cut Jobs Donor Gifts Could Bring posal.

Zoe Memel ’15, a former student employee on campus, said that she “strongly” supports the changes. than estimated.

“In California, the minimum wage is much high“The CBO believes there is a two-thirds chance that the number of jobs lost will be between almost er, and I was shocked that it was so low when I came none and one million,” he said. “I think the num- to Cornell,” Memel said. “Especially as a working ber will be much closer to one million and could be student, it’s unacceptable, there’s a huge difference more, because I think the best research ... suggests between the minimum wage and the living wage.”

Memel said she thinks that more sensitivity to employment the proposed change would effects than the CBO projects.”

“They might cut jobs help many student workers at Bill Lim ’15, a student worker at the Statler Hotel, also and people may actually the University.

“Moving towards the $10.10 expressed concern with job lose jobs instead of wage would help the ‘working reduction as a result of minipoor’ –– not necessary myself, mum wage increases. benefiting from the but a good portion of American “While I obviously wouldn’t increased wage.” citizens –– and it would defimind getting paid more –– and nitely affect me and other stuother students probably wouldBill Lim ’15 dents on campus,” Memel said. n't either –– you have to think Memel also noted the disabout how business might react,” Lim said. “They might cut jobs and people tinction between “living wage” –– the cost for a sinmay actually lose jobs instead of benefiting from the gle person working full-time to live in Tompkins County, which is $12.62 per hour, according to the increased wage.”

In lieu of increasing the federal minimum wage, Ithaca Times –– and minimum wage.

Kendra Hayes ’15, another student worker on Burkhauser advocates for the increase and broadening of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax credit campus, echoed Memel’s sentiments.

“Raising the minimum wage is a great idea –– that gives refunds to working people who have low to moderate income, according to the Internal the closer we get to a living wage, the better,” Hayes said. “As a student with debt, any bit helps, but for Revenue Service.

“When you arbitrarily increase the wages of the non-student workers throughout the state with lowest skilled workers in the USA, this will mean minimum wage jobs, it could make a much greater that some of them will lose their jobs. This does not difference.” happen when you increase the [EITC],” Burkhauser said.

Students working at the University may also be Ashley Chu can be reached affected by the proposed minimum wage raise pro- at achu@cornellsun.com.

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‘Real’ Benefits to Students DONATIONS

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on Cornell’s overall national ranking, “real” benefits include increased financial aid, new faculty, support for research and new buildings.

These benefits, in turn, may serve to boost rankings, Phlegar said.

Increased participation constitutes more than just increased donations, with alumni becoming more involved in Cornell life overall, Lyons said.

“When it comes to donor participation, last year was a strong year all around,” Lyons said.

Lyons said that young alumni have been among the most eager to donate. He said the increase in donations from young alumni is due to the 1865 Society, a club for “loyal” donors to Cornell launched in 2013, as well as the Alumni Duff Ball in New York City.

This push in efforts to engage young alumni is only partially responsible for the large numbers of donations,

Lyons said. Several programs have also influenced donor gifts.

“Our young alumni programming, homecoming, and our crowd source funding programs are clearly working,” Phlegar said.

Both Phlegar and Lyons cited Cornell’s upcoming sesquicentennial anniversary as a likely reason for increased alumni engagement.

“I’m optimistic that this increasing number [of donors] is a sign of the growing excitement around the work Cornell is doing and the approaching 150th anniversary,” Lyons said.

“There’s something special happening at Cornell, from our record number of applications to the Cornell Tech project, and this fall our sesquicentennial celebration begins,” Phlegar said. “From the alumi responding with donations, to the faculty, staff and students, it’s a wonderful time to be a part of Big Red.” Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

Prison Education Would Reduce Rearrests PRISONS

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RAND Corporation study from 2013, inmates who were educated during imprisonment were around 13 percent less likely to be rearrested within three years of release.

Educating inmates will lower costs for the state in the long run, according to Rob Scott, executive director of the Cornell Prison Education Program.

CPEP provides for-credit and non-credit courses and guest lectures taught

by Cornell faculty to inmates in Auburn Correctional Facility and Cayuga Correctional Facility.

“For every person who is released from prison without returning, we save enough money to fund 12 more students to go to college while incarcerated,” Scott said.

New York State cur- program awarded its ’13, who taught in rently spends $60,000 a first degrees when 15 Auburn through CPEP year per prisoner, the people graduated with in 2011 and 2012 said that teaching in prison release said. Out of the associate degrees.

In a Forbes article last was one of her best law people who leave the school experiprison system, 40 ences. percent are re“Governor Cuomo’s “I think it’s imprisoned. great that the Prof.

Mary announcement is part of Governor is Katzenstein, gov- a broad rethinking about encouraging ernment, who prison education. was involved with how to make ‘corrections’ The students in the development correctional.” prison need these of CPEP, also kind of producpraised Cuomo’s Prof. Mary Katzenstein tive opportunities initiative. to better them“Governor Cuomo’s announcement March, President David selves,” Breslow said.

If Cuomo’s initiative is part of a broad Skorton said the benefits rethinking about how to of prison education pro- provides opportunities make ‘corrections’ cor- grams “extend[ed] well for Cornell to reach rectional,” Katzenstein beyond improving indi- additional qualified students, Cornell “would said in a University press vidual lives.”

“Given the relatively welcome the opportunirelease.

CPEP was founded low cost — roughly ty,” Scott said. “My in the mid-1990s after $1,800 per CPEP stu- hope is Cuomo’s action Congress voted to deny dent — and manifold is a prelude to more Pell grants to incarcerat- benefits, it’s hard to policies aimed at being ed people, according to fathom why there isn’t a smart — not only its website. In 1999, national, fully funded ‘tough’ — on crime.”

CPEP offered its first prison education procourses for credit, with- gram in every facility,” Sofia Hu can be reached out charging inmates for he said.

Sarah Breslow J.D. at shu@cornellsun.com. tuition. In 2012, the

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Spill Closes Port of New Orleans, Part of Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 65-mile stretch of the Mississippi River, including the Port of New Orleans, was closed to all water traffic Sunday as crews cleaned up oil that spilled from a barge after it ran into a towboat between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the Coast Guard said.

Officials don’t know how much oil spilled, but only a sheen was reported on the river following the collision, which happened Saturday afternoon near Vacherie, 47 miles west of New Orleans by land, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough.

No one was hurt and all barges were secured, Colclough said.

By late Sunday afternoon, 16 vessels were waiting to go downriver and 10 vessels were waiting in an upriver queue, he said. He could not estimate when the river would reopen. The cause of the collision was under investigation.

Public drinking water intakes on the river were closed as a precaution in nearby St. Charles Parish, officials said. “The water supply in St. Charles Parish remains safe,” parish officials said in a news release Sunday afternoon.

The barge, one of two loaded with light crude and being pushed by the Hannah C. Settoon, hit the Lindsay Ann Erickson, which was pushing grain barges, Colclough said.

He said the rest of the oil on the damaged barge had been pumped into another barge by early Sunday.

He did not know if the Lindsay Ann Erickson was damaged.

An online Coast Guard database shows that the 84.5-foot-long Hannah C. Settoon was built in 2010 and is owned by Settoon Towing LLC of Pierre Part, La. The Lindsay Ann Erickson, built in 1982, is 168 feet long and owned by General Electric Capital Corp. of Irving, Texas.

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U.S. Killer Dies by Gunshot in Israel Prison SHARON PRISON, Israel (AP) — Israeli special forces raided a prison in central Israel Sunday after an inmate stole a gun, shot several guards and barricaded himself inside the compound, killing the notorious prisoner who was serving time for a gruesome murder carried out in the U.S. Police identified the inmate as Samuel Sheinbein, an American who fled to Israel after murdering and dismembering another man in Maryland in 1997 and whose case sparked a highprofile row between the two allies.

Police special forces rushed to this prison in central Israel after Sheinbein stole a weapon and shot three guards, wounding two of them seriously. He then barricaded himself inside the compound where a standoff ensued, with counter-terrorism units dispatched to the scene. The inmate then opened fire again, wounding three more guards, before the forces shot him dead, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

Hospital officials said one of the wounded guards was fighting for his life. Police and the Israel prison service have opened investigations into the incident. Sheinbein’s lawyers told Israeli TV that their client was under duress and that the Israeli prison service has ignored their warnings.

Sheinbein, 34, was tried in Israel in 1999, two

years after he fled to the country and successfully sought refuge from extradition, enraging Maryland authorities and briefly threatening U.S. aid to the Jewish state.

An Israeli court sentenced Sheinbein to 24 years for his slaying and dismemberment of 19-year-old Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr. Sheinbein was 17 at the time of the killing and could have faced a life sentence in Maryland. His extradition to Maryland was blocked after a yearlong battle between Israel and the United States over an Israeli law that prohibited it.

Following that embarrassment, Israel changed its laws to allow the extradition of Israeli citizens on condition that they are returned to Israel to serve any sentence imposed.

Sheinbein, of Aspen Hill, Maryland, confessed to strangling Tello with a rope and hitting him several times with a sharp object. Sheinbein then dismembered the body with an electric saw and burned it, authorities said. Another teenager charged in the killing, Aaron Needle, committed suicide while in jail in Maryland.

Sheinbein fled to Israel days after Tello’s remains were found in a garage. He successfully sought refuge under a law that prevented the extradition of Israeli citizens to foreign countries.

Cellphone Aids Authorities in Finding Top Drug Lord CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — After fruitlessly pursuing one of the world’s top drug lords for years, authorities finally drew close to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman using a cellphone found at a house where drugs were stored.

The phone belonging to a Guzman aide was recovered with clues from a U.S. wiretap and provided a key break in the long chase to find Guzman, officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Another big leap forward came after police analyzed information from a different wiretap that pointed them to a beachfront condo where the legendary leader of the Sinaloa cartel was hiding, according to a U.S. government official and a senior federal law enforcement official.

When he was at last taken into custody with his beauty-queen wife, Guzman had a military-style assault rifle in the room, but he didn’t go for it.

A day after the arrest, it was not yet clear what would happen next to Guzman, except that he would be the focus of a lengthy and complicated legal process to decide which country gets to try him first.

The cellphone was found Feb. 16 at house Guzman had been using in Culiacan. By early the next day, the Mexican military had captured one of Guzman’s top couriers, who promptly provided details of the stash houses Guzman and his associates had been using, the officials said.

At each house, the Mexican military found the

same thing: steel reinforced doors and an escape hatch below the bathtubs. Each hatch led to a series of interconnected tunnels in the city’s drainage system.

The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss how Guzman was located, said troops who raided Guzman’s main house in Culiacan chased him through the drainage pipes before losing him in the maze under the city.

A day later, on Feb. 18, Guzman aide Manuel Lopez Ozorio was arrested and told investigators that he had picked up Guzman, cartel communications chief Carlos Manuel Ramirez and a woman from a drainage pipe and helped them flee to Mazatlan.

When he was finally in handcuffs, the man who eluded Mexican authorities for more than a decade looked pudgy, bowed and middle-aged in a white button-down shirt and beltless black jeans.

Now 56, he had successfully eluded authorities since escaping from prison in 2001 in a laundry truck.

He is likely to face a host of charges in Mexico related to his role as the head of the cartel, which is believed to sell cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine in some 54 countries.

He also faces extensive allegations in the United States, where grand juries in at least seven federal district courts, including Chicago, San Diego, New York and Texas, have indicted him.

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Easing the Middle Class’ Financial Aid Burden AT A STUDENT ASSEMBLY MEETING Thursday, President David Skorton identified a weakness in the University’s financial aid policy: the availability of aid to middle-income students. While Cornell provides generous packages to students whose families’ earnings fall below the median income, Skorton noted that there are students with higher than median income who may still not be able to afford tuition. We appreciate Skorton’s willingness to acknowledge the problems that such “intermediate” income students face. However, as the University hikes tuition each year, middleincome students and their families are increasingly being forced to take on loans. We call on Skorton to address the needs of middle-income students in a way that does not impact low-income students’ financial aid needs.

At Cornell and nationally, the dialogue about financial aid often focuses on college affordability for low-income students. Indeed, the University’s financial aid policy provides tuition breaks for truly needy students — its current policy, implemented in 2008, eliminated loans for families with incomes at or below $60,000 a year. The University offers financial aid to half of the undergraduate population. At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are students whose families can afford to pay the full value of a Cornell education: $61,618 for the endowed colleges in 2013-14. This has resulted in a concern, at Cornell and nationwide about a barbell effect — wherein colleges, in accommodating low-income students’ financial aid needs, neglect the middle-class. The University has made some effort in recent years to stave off the barbell effect — expanding loan offerings to students in higher income brackets, including those making over $120,000 a year — but this is not sufficient in and of itself. This problem is also not particularly new. Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations and economics told The Sun in 2011 that he was concerned about “middle-income melt” at Cornell.

Middle-income students should not be deterred from enrolling at Cornell, but also should not be graduating with crippling debt.

Other universities have attempted to combat this middle-income problem by implementing student loan relief programs to limit the amount of debt such students are taking on. Franklin and Marshall College implemented a pilot program in 2012 that capped federal loans for qualifying students at $10,000 over their four years of college and replacing loans above that amount with grants. While the University must evaluate its financial ability to implement such a program, it should consider gearing grant aid towards middle-income students, too. There is no single solution to relieve the burden on these students, but the University can propose initiatives that work towards this goal, such as placing a greater financial burden on the wealthiest students at Cornell.

In recognizing a gap in the socioeconomic distribution at Cornell that financial aid has not reached, Skorton took a constructive step towards addressing the problem. But if, as the University says, financial aid is propelling increases in undergraduate tuition, policy must keep up with the plight of the middle class. We believe a solution can be found without detracting from the financial aid offered to low-income students.

Guest Column

African Aid:Your Help Might Hurt W

e must not underestimate the inequality and exploitation. They may impact of the variety of unco- erode accountability, breed corruption, ordinated projects being destroy local technology and reinforce implemented in an attempt to better white superiority while intensifying Africa’s current social crisis. Before I black inferiority.

If you are sincere about your desire to came to Cornell, I taught a community development class at Makerere help, then prepare yourself for the task.

University in Uganda. I often started my Read as much literature on international class by posing a question. “Suppose sev- development as you can find, educate eral half-trained surgeons are simultane- yourself, raise your self-awareness and be ously treating a patient with arbitrary humble and willing to learn. Take six surgeries, anesthesia and antibiotics,” I months away from the comfort of your said. “What will happen to the patient?” privilege, and travel to Africa to eat, The students always answered the same drink, sleep and spend time with the way. Rather than heal, the patient would people that you seek to save. Explore the rest of their country. Learn their landefinitely die.

Being at Cornell has helped me appre- guage, and live their ways. Only then will you understand the strucciate the validity of tures of oppression that this analogy. The make and keep people division of nutritionI question whether poor, hungry, sick, vulal sciences is impleeveryone who wishes nerable, isolated and menting infant feedto help has the comdeprived. ing projects in After you have done Uganda and petence necessary to this, I am sure you will Zimbabwe, and the do so, and I question hesitate to call yourself –– Charles H. Dyson their merit to call or even allow other peoSchool of Applied Economics and themselves “helpers.” ple to refer to you –– as a “helper.” You may realize Management is pilothow very little you know ing a cattle insurance about the people you scheme in Kenya –– that’s not to mention the several student- wish to save or about what they have to led service trips to the continent. Still, deal with every day. In fact, you may this is a tiny fraction of the diversity of soon realize that your projects are no difsuch projects and endeavors run by many ferent from treating a compound fracture other universities, international develop- with a band aid or a cavity with Tylenol. ment agencies and non-profit organiza- In both cases, you will leave the patient tions. All over Africa you can see these worse off than how you found them. So multifarious projects sometimes address- if you choose to go to Africa without the ing the same problem, in the same place proper knowledge and skills, go with the intention of visiting, not helping: Go to and in different ways.

I doubt neither the sincerity of the learn, not to save.

Contemporary Africa is analogous to a motives of people seeking to help in Africa nor their commitment to help –– huge demonstration garden where even though I suspect that some people novices conduct alternative experiments, are in it only to spice up their resumes try different remedies and go about dirtyand nourish their careers. Rather, I ques- ing their hands so they may know how it tion whether everyone who wishes to feels. As Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, govhelp has the competence necessary to do ernment, Columbia University, might so, and I question their merit to call say, Africa is a place where the privileged themselves “helpers.” I worry about the go to do their philanthropy in the hope consequences of diverse “helping” activi- that it will assuage their guilt. Too often ties, especially since many people are the Western academic community has unaware of their ultimate combined been complicit in reinforcing structures of power that produce depravity. You effects.

My primary concern, however, isn’t shouldn’t be one of them. Development, the effects of uncoordinated aid that may like surgery, is serious business. Done leave its recipients materially worse off badly, development, like bad surgery, will than how they originally were. I am more exacerbate sickness and kill. concerned about the less tangible, less obvious, less visible impacts of these pro- Daniel Lumonya is a Ph.D. candidate in the College jects: They may strengthen existing of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Feedback may be structures of oppression, and they may sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Guest Columns silence or displace conversations about appear periodically throughout the semester.

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Kai Sam Ng |

Cross-Eyed and Painful

Billy Lenkin |

A Challenger Appears

NBC’s Olympic Problem

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he Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are over, and soon the event will slowly fade from our collective memory with varying consequences. The good: That stupid photo of the two toilets in a double stall will finally stop getting reposted. The bad: LGBT persecution in Sochi will get less coverage as reporters slowly fly out of the city. But what will not change is the way the United States covers the Olympics, which NBC will continue to do exclusively –– and poorly –– until 2020. This is unfortunate.

Commentators have already picked apart Bode Miller’s post-game interview with NBC correspondent Christin Cooper last week. After Miller won a bronze medal in the men’s super-G competition, Cooper pestered Miller with incessant questions about his dead brother until he walked away in tears. That’s when the interview should have ended.

Instead, NBC cut to another camera to keep the focus on Miller.

Crouched behind a fence a short distance away, he clearly wanted to be left alone. Instead, NBC sprinkled a simpering voice-over on top of footage of Miller crying. “The emotion that he’s been carrying continues to flow out. … What a journey it’s been!” exclaimed Dan Hicks, an NBC commentator.

We should not forget that NBC has had worse missteps, like when the network edited out a memorial for victims of the London bombings from its coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. But in the case of the Bode Miller interview, we have on our hands something that actually made it through NBC’s editing process –– something that most people in the U.S. have uncomfortably watched.

Asking Miller about his brother’s death and his custody battle are not off-limits; these topics are, after all, valid news stories surrounding the Olympic medalist. But NBC was financially invested in digging for a human interest story: It flaunted a sappy montage of Miller’s life as a changed man, a man who overcame great

Together, [its blunders] make it clear that NBC cynically views the Olympics as entertainment events –– not as the news events they actually are. tragedy in his life. It is this kind of angle that compels questions like, “When you’re looking up at the sky at the start [of the race], and it just looks like you’re talking to somebody, what’s going on there?” Questions like this would drive Miller, or any athlete with a recently deceased family for that matter, to tears.

The Miller interview is but a blip in a long legacy of NBC missteps: The network has been consistently criticized for tape delays, ill-advised intermissions, extensive edits and a lack of live streaming on the Internet –– unless you have a cable subscription, of course. Also, when comparing NBC’s coverage to that of other countries –– especially BBC’s coverage with no cuts and extensive live streaming –– it is limp and half-hearted.

Individually, these blunders render NBC’s coverage annoying, not unfortunate. But together, they make it clear that NBC cynically views the Olympics as entertainment events –– not as the news events they actually are. This is why NBC prolonged footage of Miller crying, rather than edit it out. This is why, in an Olympics where Russian LGBT discrimination is a core issue, NBC edited out an anti-discrimination statement from this year’s opening ceremony. This is why NBC justified editing out the tribute to London bombing victims in the 2012 opening ceremony: NBC’s “programming is tailored for the U.S. audience.” This is what makes NBC’s coverage unfortunate. Every misstep arises from smarm.

NBC has consistently attempted to defend itself by referencing the audience it purportedly serves. Mark Lazarus, the chairman of NBC Sports Group, justified tape-delaying and editing all opening ceremonies by saying, “historical and cultural context and relevance make [a tapedelayed production] a more enjoyable and informative experience.” This is a terribly weak defense. It’s unclear what the network means by “context.” But if “context” means seeking to provide meaningful commentary, then the network has a terrible track record. This is further evidenced by Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer’s introducing Madagascar as “associated with a few animated movies” and Australia as a “former penal colony.”

According to NBC, viewers need someone to hold their hand. To NBC, viewers care more about catching bad, failed sitcoms like Animal Practice than watching the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.

Apparently, viewers care more about human interest stories than sport.

But it’s clear from the criticisms barraging NBC that viewers can see through that cynical attitude. Viewers, on the contrary, demand and deserve something better. Changing that attitude is key to avoiding another coverage mishap. Otherwise, NBC may have many more apologies to release until 2020 rolls around.

Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at kng@cornellsun.com. Cross-Eyed and Painful appears alternate Mondays this semester.

Eric Schulman |

Schulman’s Schtick

Why the GOP Should Play More Super Smash Bros.

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uper Smash Bros. is illegal –– or, at least, making it was. Smash’s developer, HAL Laboratory, failed to inform Nintendo that it was developing a fighting game featuring Nintendo’s copyrighted characters until HAL finished developing the game. It was an incredibly passiveaggressive move for HAL Labs, knowing full well that Nintendo wouldn’t sanction a fighting game.

Nineties fighting games, like Tekken and Streetfighter were geared exclusively towards hardcore gamers, and frankly, they didn’t sell. Still, Smash was elegant.

While it was simple enough for newcomers, it had the capacity for complexity necessary to engage hardcore fans.

Luckily, game companies aren’t like bitter roommates, who get vindictive when you move their textbooks to hint you need a hand with cleaning.

Nintendo overlooked HAL Labs’ blatant copyright infringement, endorsed the game and released it in Japan and North America. After selling 4.9 million copies for the Nintendo 64, 8.1 million for the GameCube and 7.5 million for the Wii, the rest was history.

The Republican Party could learn a thing or two about elegance from Smash, after throwing $200 million into the last presidential election and getting crushed.

Republicans lost

because they are the Tekken and Streetfighter of politicians. Like ’90s fighting games, their fan base is small, devoted and incredibly awkward in the presence of women. Attempting to u n d e r s t a n d Republican platforms and candidates requires too much time and money: Average voters can’t relate to Republicans because they overcomplicate the issues. While Republicans have no problem winning over people with lots of time and money to devote to the their party, they can’t win

trols aren’t complicated, since every character has basically the same three moves. Still, Smash is just as appealing to hardcore gamers as it is to casual fans.

When you play Smash more seriously –– instead of doing homework or developing a non-virtual social life –– you learn that the game is deceptively simple. Each character actually has 10 to 12 attacks in addition to their three basic ones.

And when you worry about timing and landing combos, the game gets more complicated than I’m ashamed to admit I understand.

Like ’90s fighting games, [the Republican] fan base is small, devoted and incredibly awkward in the presence of women. average voters, and they haven’t taken either the Senate or White House since 2008 because of it. If Republicans want to take back the Senate come the 2014 midterm elections or the White House in 2016 –– and I think they do –– they will need to attract the people who don’t understand supply-side economics, while retaining the people who do.

Smash has the broad appeal that Republicans need.

Unlike supporting the Republican Party, you can be a normal person –– or at least think you are –– and play Smash.

You can be a casual fan and know all the characters. And the con-

Similarly, Republicans need to attract average voters while keeping their hardcore supporters; they need a message that is relatable enough for average people, but sophisticated enough to satisfy their hardcore supporters.

Although admitting how much I play Smash embarrasses me (a lot, if you couldn’t tell), voting for Republicans embarrasses me even more, because they don’t even try to appeal to people outside of their core c o n s t i t u e n c y.

Attracting new voters shouldn’t be difficult.

In light of the National S e c u r i t y Administration spying on citizens’ phone

records and personal data and an economy still sputtering through a recession under a democratic administration, Republicans don’t exactly have their work cut out for them. They only need to sell themselves as less of a train wreck than their Democratic counterparts by compromising and not shutting down the government again.

Winning should be as simple as courting people other than white males raking in six figures, instead of alienating them.

Republicans need to leverage their popularity –– even if they’re not in lockstep with the party’s leadership. It might be the biggest risk they’ve taken since Lincoln, but losing another election would be even worse. Although protecting the party’s core is important, when you write off ordinary voters, you can’t win.

Republicans would be wise to remember that when it’s done right, democracy has a lot in common with Smash. They’re both deceptively simple, they bring people together and, whether you’re being overly competitive with your friends, with Democrats or in some cases with both, winning feels awesome.

Eric Schulman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Rethinking Opera: L’etoile at Ithaca College MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

Colloquially an “opera” has come to mean “a show in which someone sings really high, probably in a different language, and at which the entire audience is probably rich or culturally snobbish.” Or, at least, that is what was apparent to me looking at the expressions on my friends’ faces when I told them I went to see an opera at Ithaca College. Ithaca College’s production of L’Etoile (The Star), however, was anything but stogy and old. Performed in English, stuffed with over-the-top humor, self-effacing humor, drunken characters and non-stop innuendo, L’Etoile completely redefined the way that I look at opera.

L’Etoile premiered in 1877 and was originally written in French. However, it was modified for the American stage and translated with a new libretto in 1890. It tells the story of a monarch, King Ouf (Eric Flyte) and opens with Ouf in disguise, roaming the streets of his kingdom. Ouf is essentially trying to troll civilians into speaking out against the government — in an effort to fulfill the tradition of executing a libeller each year on his birthday for entertainment. The Princess Laoula (Shelley Attadgie), from the neighboring kingdom, is being escorted to Ouf’s kingdom by the ambassador Prince Hérisson (Chris D’Amico), his wife Aloès (Ariana Warren) and his secretary Tapioca (Brett Pond). They decide to come in disguise for no apparent reason — a plot-furthering prerequisite and undeniable trope that the opera pokes fun at. So, in a very Moulin Rougeesque style, Laoula does not know that she is engaged to Ouf and falls in love with a poor peddler/make-up artist named Lazuli (Rachel Ozols).

The complications arise when Sirocco the astrologer (Michael Roddy) declares that Ouf and Lazuli are cosmically connected

and that if Lazuli dies, Ouf will die an hour later. As Ouf has added an addendum to his will stating that when he dies Sirocco will be killed 15 minutes later, both men have a vested interest in keeping Lazuli alive and happy.

This, of course, sets the stage for ensuing ridiculousness, miscommunications and other fun. As the Director of Opera at Ithaca College said, “L’Etoile is the pinnacle of comic farce at the peak of European Romanticism.” The Ithaca College production has the aesthetic equation of Tim Burton meets The Hunger Games: the style of dress is somewhat Victorian, especially in the hats and hairpieces, but sleek suits and modern influences also abound. Characters are color-coded, the set pieces are swooping and off-kilter and everything is so brightly colored it is nearly neon. I was absolutely blown away by the sets and costuming which seemed to emphasize the farcical nature of the show — the character personalities were embodied visibly in their dress and choreography.

Characters had an air of the clichéd English upper class in their movements and personas and yet color scheme seemed to add to the comic feel of these actions and turn them into parody rather than a true to life portrayal.

One cannot go to an opera, of course, without talking about the music. The music, like the rest of the performance, was whimsical and accessible. All of the actors had very strong voices, suited to the range and demands of the opera. Many of the songs had the audience in laughter with lines such as, “There’s

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always a little danger, when tickling a stranger.”

Ithaca College’s stage always manages to amaze, but L’Etoile has truly increased my respect for the theater program exponentially. I have never been so hooked, invested and in love with an opera like I was with L’Etoile. Though its run at Ithaca College is over, its success has made me more apt to attend all of the operas staged by Ithaca College in the future as they have demonstrated their ability to truly engage the audience and craft a beautiful operatic production.

Marissa Tranquilli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun.com.

The Tonight Show With Fallon & Friends NATALIA FALLAS Sun Staff Writer

After a 42 year residence in Burbank, California, The Tonight Show has finally returned to its home in 30 Rock’s Studio 6B with the happy-go-lucky Jimmy Fallon at its helm.

Surrounded by his venerable sidekick, Steve Higgins, and the best late-night band, The Roots, Jimmy came right into his own despite the pressures of such a large and important franchise.

The opening sequence, directed by Spike Lee, showcases the new (well, technically old) hometown with calculated cool. The NYC montage, paired with the new set design by Eugene Lee sparkling under the heavy lights, makes it apparent that the new Tonight Show is about more than just a hip new host: it is about the city itself.

The Tonight Show is a staple of American late night programming. It was the first. It creates and sustains careers in show business. It puts America to sleep (in a good way). From Steve Allen to Jack Paar to Johnny Carson to Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien and back to Jay, each host has left some sort of mark.

Unfortunately in the past 22 years, its reputation has been sullied a bit by the uncomfortable shake-up of hosts — first in the early ’90s and then with the infamous Conan shrift in 2010.

This time the transition feels more fluid and gracious. Sure, Leno’s interviews have shown that he probably still wants to hold on to the job but deep down he knows there is a need for new blood on that stage. And Jimmy is that fresh, new blood. The competition will be stiff with Letterman, Kimmel, and to a lesser extent, Colbert (“lesser” due only to his non-network status), all in the 11:30 p.m. slots. But there is something Jimmy has that the rest do not — a playful charm that appeals to the kid in all of us and an ostensible humility stemming from his awareness that he won some kind of lottery. He is that all-around nice guy who will succeed in appealing to audiences of all ages.

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Before the show aired, Jimmy wrote to his fans, sharing the intangible excitement in the building for the new Tonight Show knowing, “we’ll never have this exact feeling ever again. We can’t put that feeling — that moment — back in the bottle.” That energetic buzz filtered into the show’s opening monologue in the form of palpable nerves, but the tension quickly dissipated once Jimmy got to doing what he does best: viral, gif-able, celebrity collaborations. He kicked things off with “Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing” featuring Will Smith and that was just the tip of the iceberg. Every night has come with its own buzzy moment that bombards newsfeeds, Buzzfeed and Tumblr: from Kristen Wiig as a confused and windswept Harry Styles, The Ragtime Gals rendition of “Ignition (Remix),” to a deftly edited video of NBC’s Brian Williams and Lester Holt rapping “Rapper’s Delight,” to the fifth installment of “The History of Rap” with best friend, Justin Timberlake. Even while maintaining many of the vestiges of Late Night, Jimmy is upping the ante and reinvigorating the staleness The Tonight Show has been experiencing in recent years. It has finally become relevant to the 21st century.

Along with the millions of Americans, Jimmy’s family, friends and colleagues have all come and showed their support this week, in the stead of typical promotional plugging. No better example exists than the payout for the $100 bets against him PHOTOS COURTESY OF NBC

ever hosting The Tonight Show, which saw everyone from Saturday Night Live pals to sports and acting legends to Lady Gaga to ex-best friend, and now competitor, Stephen Colbert.

The latter brought him the money in pennies and yelled, “Welcome to 11:30 bitch!” (His tone changed the following night on The Colbert Report when he congratulated Jimmy on the new gig and welcomed him to the timeslot).

This warm welcome is not just for the sake of appearances.

In fact when Jimmy asked first guest, Will Smith, for advice, he was told simply to “keep loving people,” a trait that Fallon has been exhibiting since his days at the Saturday Night Live Weekend Update desk. He has never made fun of people for the sake of being mean, but rather points out the silliness and natural comedy of the public spotlight. His ego never gets in the way like some of his colleagues, either. He gives credit where credit is due and in return, he has received acceptance and adulation from those with whom he has come in contact. He makes show business feel warm and fuzzy and not like the cold, austere, exclusive society that it can sometimes seem to be. It is a warmth that has not really been present in late night television since the king himself, Johnny Carson. Or better yet, he’s basically the late-night version of Ellen DeGeneres.

“My goal is to make you laugh and put a smile on your face,” Jimmy said on Monday, “so that you go to bed with a smile on your face and live a longer life.” He has accomplished just that if this premiere week is any indication of the rest of his tenure.

Natalia Fallas is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at nfallas@cornellsun.com.

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There Is No ‘I’ In Space Jam 2

reak up the Toon Squad. Rumors are only rumors, but it seems that plans are in motion to make Space Jam 2, with Lebron James taking the Michael Jordan protagonist/savior role. Mixing NBA stars with animated characters is a combination so simple yet so brilliant, it’s almost as good as putting sharks in a tornado. Yet understandably, the thought of a sequel is not a topic to take lightly. For many of us, Space Jam was the gateway drug to all other sports movies. There are those who will bemoan the project, feeling the sequel cannot possibly capture the magic of the first. Yet these bemoaners are mistaken — SJ 2 has the potential, repeat potential, to be so much better than the beloved, but flawed original.

While you can forever insist Lebron will never be Jordan on the court, it isn’t hard to see how King James could be better than MJ on screen. Jordan is notorious for being icy, ruthless, isolating and kind of a dick. Lebron on the other hand is known to be friendly, unselfish and generally more effervescent.

Many have said that Jordan’s personality helped him win, even while personal qualities are what hold Lebron back from potential greatness. But in a movie (and in life) these qualities are big pluses that should help Lebron’s cinematic performance rank above Jordan’s. In Space Jam, Jordan is forever po-faced and staid. Beyond early quips about his fledging baseball career, the script does nothing but extol the greatness that is Jordan. Rival NBA players are present only so that Jordan can stand out as the singular hero who saves their stolen talent. Space Jam treats NBA legends like Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing like The Avengers treats Hawkeye.

It’s easy to see Lebron, as he has in Miami, willfully sharing the spotlight with his NBA star friends Bring Da in a way Jordan Ruckus didn’t. Dwayne Wade would want in. Durant, Paul and Anthony can be involved too, not as subservient second fiddles, but as dignified 1bs to Lebron’s 1a.

The message kids will take away from the sequel is one that promotes teamwork and friendship, not merely that Jordan is the greatest and talking Southern roosters play poor defense.

But the true star of Space Jam 2 and the reason why this movie (and the Internet) should exist is because of one Christopher Wesson Bosh. While he might look like a Monstar, Chris Bosh has the heart of a Tune Squad starter.

If he brings his walking-meme, video-bombing persona to Space Jam 2, the sequel will out-gross its predecessor twentyfold.

Also for the sequel, the role of the buffoonish human sidekick (played too buffoonishly in the first movie by Wayne Knight) could get an upgrade from Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family). And Bill Murray’s game-saving cameo should be given to Bill Murray, because the man is as likable as ever and the king can stay the king.

The NBA is riding a relative publicity high, and can use its momentum to further its brand through the film. NBA Finals television ratings are the highest since Jordan’s zenith in the ’90s. Star athletes and familyfriendly personalities are not always overlapping sets, but today’s NBA star is perceived to have a clean image that should translate well to family audiences. That basketball players are some of the only athletes to have their faces uncovered during play only increases their marketing potential. The NBA could use Space Jam 2 to further remove itself from its publicity dark ages of the early aughts, when a player formerly known as Ron Artest punched several fans during a game and the Portland Trailblazers were coined the Jailblazers for their penchant to do illegal things when not playing mediocre basketball.

While the NBA can christen its new golden era with a second Space Jam, Bugs and the Looney crew could use a blockbuster film now more than ever.

The franchise hasn’t released a movie since 2003. Since then, the animation field has become increasingly crowded with Pixar/Disney holding down the throne, DreamWorks being a worthy adversary, the Muppets making a comeback and even Lego getting in on the pie. If Looney Tunes is to find modern relevance, it could do worse than to ride the jerseys of affable basketball superstars. The first Space Jam netted $230 million, and while Bugs Bunny might have been as popular as Michael Jordan in 1996, the NBA players in Space Jam 2 might be the known commodities who have to sell a lisping duck and stuttering pig to a new generation of young moviegoers.

Space Jam 2 can still be Lebron’s movie. He can spend two silly hours on screen clowning every law Isaac Newton ever held dear in the alternate universe of Tune Land. Nefarious Monstars can again bully the Looney Tunes, twisting the animated characters in ways that should require a safe word. And Lebron can save the day in the end. But by sharing the wealth amongst his rivals and friends, he can do what Michael Jordan’s magic bottle of water could not: provide a positive message to the entertaining story.

Brian Gordon

Space Jam treats NBA legends like Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing like The Avengers treats Hawkeye.

Brian Gordon is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relation. He can be reached at bgordono@cornellsun.com. Bring Da Ruckus runs alternate Mondays.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Arts Around Ithaca Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds at the Haunt 9:00 p.m. on Friday Arleigh Kincheloe leads this eight-piece modern twist on soul and funk. Her seven-man band includes her brother Jackson on harmonica and a vast brass contingent, all backing her big voice and bigger lyrics — primarily penned as a teenager while she flitted between New York City and the Catskill Mountains. Folk-rock quartet Thru Spectrums will open for Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds at the Haunt on Friday, Feb. 28. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $12.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany COURTESY OF MODERN VINTAGE

Cock at Kitchen Theatre Wednesday through Sunday Mark Bartlett’s Olivier-winning play crosses the pond to make its Ithaca debut at the Kitchen Theatre.

The show, described as a “love triangle for the 21st century,” follows a gay man who falls for the woman of his dreams when he and his boyfriend take a break from their relationship. (“WE WERE ON A BREAK.”) Performed in the round, the staging is meant to evoke an arena for the characters to duke it out. The play begs many intriguing questions about sexuality, relationships and the real meaning of love.

— Sean Doolittle

Love, Loss & What I Wore 8:00 p.m. on Saturday The Actor’s Workshop of Ithaca will present a series of monologues and dialogues pulled from the stories of the late Nora Ephron — stories for and about women at all stages of life, with all proceeds benefiting the Advocacy Center. A night of humor, warmth, sadness and sincerity, Love, Loss & What I Wore is a great show to attend with people you trust with your ugly cry-face. The show is this Saturday, Mar. 1, at 8 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online for $17. The ticket price includes a post-show reception catered by AGAVA restaraunt.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany

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

ACROSS 1 To-do list item 5 Short-lived crazes 9 Destroy beyond repair 14 Yodeler’s feedback 15 Landed 16 “Laughing” critter 17 Teensy bit 18 A hop, skip and jump away 19 Savanna antelope 20 *Powerful stratum of society 23 In high spirits 24 Spread out, as one’s fingers 25 __ New Guinea 27 Large seaweed 30 Mixed in a glass 33 Travel book inserts 36 Bard’s nightfall 38 Take care of 39 Game with Wild Draw Four cards 40 Continue with the fun, and a hint to each part of the answers to starred clues 42 Keebler cookie character 43 Stone-faced 45 Side with green eggs 46 Part of MIT: Abbr.

47 Unit of explosive force 49 Anjou, e.g.

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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.

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Heat Surges to Victory Over Gardner Agrees to Bulls, Even Without Lebron Four-Year Contract MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James watched from the bench in a stylish gray suit, and with the game deadlocked at halftime, he took off his necktie.

Soon the tie on the scoreboard was gone, too.

Stout defense plus Chris Bosh’s outside shooting and a boost from Miami’s reserves helped the Heat overcome the absence of their MVP on Sunday to beat the Chicago Bulls 93-79.

“We were missing a pretty big man,” Dwyane Wade said. “There’s nothing we can do to replace the best player in the world, but we just had to go out there and play team basketball on both ends of the floor.”

James was a late scratch after he broke his nose in Thursday’s win at Oklahoma City, and his teammates picked up the slack. Former NBA No. 1 draft pick Greg Oden replaced James for his first NBA start since December 2009, and reserves Chris Andersen, Michael Beasley and Ray Allen helped the Heat pull away in the second half.

“You don’t want to see guys out,” said coach Erik Spoelstra, who earned his 300th career victory. “But when guys are out, I’m always curious to see how you respond as a team. We’ve have several of these games that could have been excuse games, but guys have stepped up.”

Bosh tied a career high with four 3-pointers and had 28 points and 10 rebounds. Wade added 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, while Mario Chalmers contributed 12 points and nine assists.

Defense did the rest against the offensively challenged Bulls.

“We’re starting to put it together defensively,” Bosh said. “We got off to a slow start early in the season, but I think right now we’re starting to get it, starting to click.”

Like the Heat, the Bulls were also short-handed, with starter Jimmy Butler a late scratch because of bruised ribs. They shot 36 percent,

went 6 for 21 from 3-point range and were called for a 24-second violation at least six times, including twice in a row.

“We weren’t playing with a good enough thrust,” guard Kirk Hinrich said. “We were slow getting into our stuff. We didn’t make quick decisions, and we got stuck fighting the clock.”

Joakim Noah had 20 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks for the Bulls, who had won five in a row.

“Those guys have ended our seasons a lot,” Noah said. “You’ve got to hate playing those guys, and every time we play them our intensity has to be high. We did it in spurts, it wasn’t good the whole time, and that’s what’s disappointing.”

Miami, playing at home for the first time in 20 days, extended its winning streak to five games.

Wade sealed the victory by sinking a jumper with less than three minutes left, giving the Heat their first 18-point lead. Earlier two of his points came on free throws after he improvised a backward somersault when fouled hard in the lane.

Otherwise there weren’t a lot of acrobatics from the typically high-flying Heat, who shot 42 percent and had only seven fast-break points.

Contributing to the workmanlike effort was the 7-foot Oden, playing his 11th game after being sidelined by knee trouble for 3½ years. He had five points and five rebounds in 13 minutes.

“Greg was great,” Spoelstra said. “He’s an active player for somebody that big, and he’s very intelligent. He has a good grasp of what we want to do.”

The stoic Oden shrugged off the milestone of returning to the starting lineup.

“I’m starting to feel a little more comfortable out there, and I think guys are starting to feel more comfortable with me,” he said. “It’s something we can build on. Being able to put me in that starting lineup showed some confidence in me.”

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — meetings in December.

The Yankees are moving Outfielder Brett Gardner and the New York Yankees agreed Sunday Gardner to left field this year after to a four-year contract worth $52 the signing of free agent center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to a $153 million.

The new pact starts in 2015 million, seven-year contract in and includes a fifth-year club December.

Gardner did have questions in option for $12.5 million and a $2 million buyout. If traded, his mind about his Yankees’ future after the Gardner would receive Ellsbury signing. $1 million.

“When they signed “It shows the level Jacoby, your name gets of confidence, belief thrown out in the and trust, and the type trade rumors and all of player and person he that,” Gardner said. is,” Yankees general “It’s kind of annoying, manager Brian really. I didn’t want to Cashman said. “We’re get traded. I don’t excited to know that GARDNER want to go anywhere he’s going to be a part of this team going forward. We’re else, and I let them know that.”

The 30-year-old Gardner hit a better team with Gardy on it, that’s the bottom line. This is a .273 last year with eight home good day for him, and we believe runs, 52 RBIs and 24 stolen it makes the future for us better.” bases.

“I like what he brings,” Gardner has a $5.6 million, one-year contract for this season. Cashman said. “The speed He would have been eligible for dynamic, the defense, and I think free agency after the 2014 season. the offense is there as well.”

Also, the Yankees agreed to a “Free agency is something that, it kind of intrigued me, but minor league contract with it also kind of scared me,” injured closer Andrew Bailey, Gardner said. “I’ve never been who was with Boston last year anywhere else. I love it here. I love and is coming back from right putting on the pinstripes every- shoulder surgery last July.

Cashman said the right-handay.”

Cashman said talks about the der might be able to join the team contract started at the winter in August or September.

Collins Will Become First Openly Gay Active Player B R O O K LY N , N.Y. (AP) — Jason Collins became the NBA’s first active openly gay player Sunday.

His only focus was how he played basketball.

“I don’t have time to really think about history right now,” he said.

Collins signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets earlier Sunday and coach Jason Kidd said he would play in their game in Los Angeles against the Lakers.

The 35-year-old center revealed at the end of last season he is gay, but he was a free agent and had remained unsigned.

Speaking at a crowded press conference, Collins said he was aware of the magnitude of his signing, but repeatedly said he was most concerned with learning the Nets’ plays.

“The pressure is playing in an NBA game tonight and last time I played in an NBA game was last April,” Collins said.

“So I think that’s enough pressure right there.”

With a need for another big man, the Nets turned to the 7foot Collins, who helped them reach two NBA Finals in the early 2000s.

“The decision to sign Jason was a basketball decision,” general manager Billy King said in a statement. “We needed to increase our depth inside, and with his experience and size, we felt he was the right choice for a 10day contract.”

Collins has played 12 NBA seasons, including his first seven with the Nets, when they were in N e w Jersey and Kidd was their point guard.

Kidd is now the N e t s ’ coach and Collins has been a teammate of several other current Nets.

“Jason told us that his goal was to earn another contract with an NBA team. Today, I want to commend him on achieving his goal. I know everyone in the NBA family is

excited for him and proud that our league fosters an inclusive and respectful environment,” Commissioner Adam Silver said.

The Nets worked out Collins during the All-Star break and met with him again Sunday, with his twin brother, Jarron, hinting that history would be made.

“Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday. Today should be a pretty cool day!”

Jarron Collins wrote on Twitter.

The news on Collins comes as Michael Sam, the

COLLINS

SEC defensive player of the year from Missouri who recently revealed he is gay, is taking part in the NFL draft combine.

Sam’s on-field workouts in Indianapolis are scheduled for Monday.

SPORTS

Red Capitalizes on Power Play; Defense Scores Twice M. HOCKEY

as long as we’re keeping things simple on the back end we’re going to be in good shape getting pucks up to our forwards,” he said. “We’ve got a great group of shot midway through the final period — and then forwards up front; so as long as we keep getting pucks staved off the Bobcats, who used a sixth attacker in to them we’re going to be in great shape.” the game’s closing minutes, to officially end Cornell’s The Red, staving off the Tiger attack to win by a three-game losing skid with a 2-1 final.

4-1 final, now holds sole possession of fourth place in “He was outstanding all weekend,” Schafer said of the ECAC. Although Cornell still has to secure a firstIles, who is now just 10 saves away from surpassing round bye in the upcoming conference playoffs, the Ben Scrivens ’10 as Cornell’s allteam did lock up a home playoff time leader in that category. series to begin the tournament.

“Any opponent, any night, Iles and the defense were solid “We just want to get as many again Saturday at Princeton and any place, we’re going to be wins as we can get here,” the team got some more help up for the challenge.”

MacDonald said. “Obviously from the post, which kept the we’d love to play at Lynah, but Red up 1-0 in the second period. Jacob MacDonald none of that really matters. Any Cornell’s first goal of the night opponent, any night, any place, came on a high shot from junior we’re going to be up for the chalforward Brian Ferlin that marked the squad’s first lenge.” power play goal in the last 33 attempts.

The Red’s weekend sweep also cements the icers as The Red continued to capitalize off the power play outright Ivy League champions. Cornell currently with MacDonald’s five-on-four goal 17:18 into the holds a 7-0-1 record against the five other Ivy League second period. The floodgates opened in the third teams that combine to form half of the ECAC. period as MacDonald fed freshman defenseman Clint “It was good to go on the road, get four points and Lewis for his first collegiate goal and a 3-0 lead. come home with the Ivy League championship out“The odds of that happening again are probably right,” Schafer said. “It was great for our school. Now zero,” MacDonald said, reflecting on the goals from we go home for our last weekend of the season.” both defenders in the same game and the defense’s big Cornell will host Dartmouth on Friday night role on both ends this weekend. before capping the regular season with the team’s MacDonald added that the Red will continue to annual showdown against historic rival Harvard at focus on its fundamentals after this weekend’s suc- Lynah on Saturday evening. cesses. “[We’re] just keeping things simple. If we try to do too much out there we’re going to make mistakes, and Chris Mills can be reached at cmills@cornellsun.com.

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Douglas Praises Red’s Ability To ‘Come Together’ This Season W. SWIMMING & DIVING Continued from page 16

finish for the team in the 200 back with a time of 2:01.79. The finish was also the fourth best in Cornell history.

According to Douglas, the Cornell women’s swimming and diving program took significant steps forward this season and was focused on team success.

“This season was unreal in terms of how many records were smashed and how many best times were broken,” she said.

“Everyone really came together to swim for the Big Red rather than themselves which led us to our super successful winning record this season.”

Douglas said she was pleased with the outcome of the season, highlighting the moral boost that some of the victories gave the team. She also emphasized that the Red would not rest on its laurels, but would use the sustained rise of the team as inspiration for the coming season.

“We’re excited that we achieved so much this year

which will give us a huge confidence boost going into next year,” Douglas said. “We’ll keep training and keep building.

Started from the bottom now we’re here.”

After a successful dual meet season and a strong performance in the Ivy championships, the Red has finished 2014 on a high note, which bodes well for the future of the program.

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun.com.

Princeton’s Power Play Plagues Red W. HOCKEY

Continued from page 16

through the third period.

Princeton scored two of its goals on power plays.

According to Gagliardi, Cornell’s lapses on its penalty kill proved costly, because Princeton took advantage of them and scored.

“Especially on their first power play goal, we kind of were running around a lot and were out of position, and the second one person is out of position, it kind of throws everyone else off,” she said. “Unfortunately, they made nice plays and scored, but that’s something we practiced all year and there were mental errors that we need to

fix.”

Cornell scored to cut the deficit to 3-2, but in the final push to tie the game late in the third, the Tigers scored again to widen the lead to two.

According to Gagliardi, the Red needed to take risks in the last ditch attempt to tie the game, which allowed Princeton to score again.

“When you’re down by a goal you’re just trying to get anything going that you can offensively, and sometimes you take risks, but again the goal was in our defensive zone and it was a preventable goal if we just stuck to what we’ve been doing,” she said. “We just need to make sure we have those important habits

down going forward, when every game is do or die.”

Cornell will face Princeton again next weekend, this time in a best of three quarterfinal series of the ECAC playoff tournament. This gives the Red a chance to avenge Saturday’s loss, and according to Gagliardi, this will be a motivating force for the Red next weekend.

“I think that when we lost on Friday we lost our chance of winning the regular season title, and then we lost the Ivy League title also when we lost to Princeton,” she said. “So I think we definitely have some built up frustration, but we’re confident that we can get

some opposite results to what we got this weekend.”

According to Gagliardi, the Red showed persistence this weekend.

“I think it just kind of goes back to the fact that we fought to the very last second in both games, so I think we know that we put together two solid games and things could have easily gone our way,” she said. “Moving forward we need to build off the energy we had and make sure that those details are taken care of so that those goals against us don’t go in.”

Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowtiz@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Icers Drop Two Tough Contests Red can’t secure regular season Ivy title

By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

The No. 3 Cornell women’s hockey team was on a six game winning streak heading into its last two regular season games this past weekend at Lynah Rink, and it hoped to close out the season on a high note. However, Cornell lost both contests, first to Quinnipiac on Friday, 2-1, then to Princeton, 4-3, in Saturday’s Senior Day matchup.

With these two losses, Cornell failed CORNELL @ QUINNIPIAC to win the Ivy League and ECAC 1 2 regular season titles.

1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL N o n e t h e l e s s , Game: 0 2 2 0 according to senior Cornell 0 0 1 Quinnipiac 1 captain and defenseman Alyssa CORNELL @ PRINCETON Gagliardi, the Red put forth two strong 3 4 efforts and is confi1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL dent in its determi- Game: 0 2 3 Cornell 1 nation.

1 2 4 Princeton 1 “It stinks that we

lost and we know that neither of them went our way, but we did play two good games, we fought to the end, and there was a lot of heart and determination to stay close in those games,” she said. “So we didn’t get any points out of the weekend, which is a bummer and something we’re not used too, but the seniors went out knowing that we gave it our all.”

Cornell got off to a strong start against Quinnipiac, scoring the game’s first goal midway through the first.

However, the Bobcats responded with two goals in the third period, and the Red was unable to come back and tie it. According to Gagliardi, Cornell came out with a high level of energy in both games.

“I thought both games we had really good energy, we stuck to our gameplan, and we were playing well except for a few breakdowns here and there,” she said. “We had some unlucky bounces and breakdowns along the way,

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Offensive burst | Junior forward Jillian Saulnier had two goals and an assist in the loss to Princeton on Saturday.

and we just weren’t able to score to tie it.”

Gagliardi added that the Red’s difficulties this weekend were on the defensive end.

“I definitely thought we could have prevented Quinnipiac's two goals,” she said. “It easily could have gone the other way if we had been stronger defensively, so that’s definitely something we’re going to have to work on.

But the problems are certainly fixable. Obviously the loss hurts a lot, but hopefully we can learn from it this week.”

Cornell also scored first against Princeton on Saturday, but it eventually found itself in a two-goal deficit midway See W. HOCKEY page 13

Red Comes Up Short in Overtime Against Brown at Home M. B-BALL

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defense and made shots from the outside, including threepointers by sophomore guard Nolan Cressler and junior guard Devin Cherry within the first four minutes of the half.

However, the Red relied heavily on outside shooting in the half, as it struggled to get the ball into the paint. When the final whistle blew, the Red had put up 30 three-point attempts, connecting on 10 of them.

Cornell struggled with the

Bulldog’s ability to draw fouls as Yale consistently drove to the basket and grabbed offensive rebounds, resulting in 34 free throws for the Bulldogs.

Despite the Red’s 82-65 loss, Cherry had a career night with 29 points. He put together a well-rounded attack, also dishing out two assists and grabbing three rebounds, and was able to score with the long range shot, as well as in the paint.

Yale moved to 8-1 in the Ivy League with the win, putting them at the top of the Ancient Eight alongside Harvard. The Red fell to 1-8 in the Ivy League

after the loss, but had to shift its focus to the following night’s contest against Brown.

Brown entered Newman Arena on Saturday led by senior guard Sean McGonagill, who leads the Ivy League in scoring. The evening’s matchup was broadcast nationally on NBC sports and the Red had plenty of support from its home crowd.

In the previous meeting between the two sides, the Red suffered a loss in Providence.

“We played them before and we know what they are comfortable with,” Scelfo said.

“McGonagill is a great scorer and we respect that. We need[ed] to do the right things to stop him.”

The Red put on a show for the home fans as the team’s offensive pace and efficient shooting had the team ahead for the majority of the game.

Towards the end of regulation, with the Red leading by two with just 35 seconds left, Brown tied the game on a clutch lay-up from sophomore forward Cedric Kuakumensah.

The Red got the ball back with 23 seconds on the clock, and Cherry held it for the final

shot. He was able to shake his defender off at the top of the key with a step-back jumper, but it hit front iron and time expired, pushing the game into overtime.

The Bears took over after the end of regulation, going on a 50 run to start overtime. The Red fought back to within three after two free throws by Cressler, but a three-pointer by McGonagill — who had previously been quiet on offense — gave the Bears a lead from which the Red was unable to recover.

Cressler had another strong offensive performance, scoring a career-high 34 points, grabbing five rebounds in the process.

Cherry was just three rebounds short of Cornell’s first ever triple-double. He scored 17 points, dished out 10 assists and grabbed 7 rebounds.

On the other end of the floor, the Red was able to shut down McGonagill. The star senior only made two shots from the field. However, Brown’s big men stepped up to fill that void. Kuakumensah had a career night in the paint, recording 30 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks.

Freshman Leland King also chipped in with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Although the Brown game slipped away from Cornell, the team did show that it can match up against Ivy League contenders, according to Scelfo. “[We] are really proud to be on this team, even though we haven’t had a great season.

Everybody brings their all to each game and we always try to come out with a win,” he said.

With four games to go in the season, the Red returns to the road next weekend for a rematch with Harvard and Dartmouth.

Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

Men: Yale, Dartmouth Win Crucial Matchups I t was an exciting weekend in ECAC men’s hockey, as No. 5 Yale pulled out a 5-2 victory over No. 10 Harvard, taking its record to 14-8-4. A slow start to the match left the game scoreless in the first period, but both teams made up for it with a flurry of goals in the second and third periods. Five of the seven goals in the game were scored on power-plays. Yale’s Matthew Beattie scored 10 minutes into the second period with an assist from Gus Young. Jesse Root wrapped up the scoring for the Bulldogs at the end of the third period, scoring an unassisted empty net goal. Yale was involved in another high-scoring game the next night against Dartmouth. The Bulldogs were unable to pull off a victory in this game, ending the night with a 3-3 tie. The Green opened the scoring four minutes into the first period and quickly built up a two-goal lead in the second period. However, Yale fought back to force the tie. Dartmouth also achieved a victory against No. 8 Brown, with junior Matt Lorito evening the score out for the Bears in the third period, before Dartmouth regained its lead in overtime to win 2-1. The game had some intense moments, including Brown’s Jake Goldberg clearing Nick Bligh’s shot off the goal line less than five minutes into the game.

— Compiled by Hamdan Al Yousefi

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Moving up | Cornell’s win over Quinnipiac this weekend put the team just one win behind the Bobcats in the ECAC standings.

Women:Yale,RPI Battle for Tight Weekend Results

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ome close games were played throughout the women’s ECAC conference this week, as No. 7 Yale held No. 2 Harvard to a 3-3 draw. Although Harvard took the early lead with Elizabeth Parker scoring four minutes into the first period, Yale scored three times in a row.

Harvard’s Miye D’Oench pulled one back and Sydney Daniels brought the Crimson level with 75 seconds left to play. The game went into overtime, but no goals were scored. Rensselaer battled bravely against a higher ranked St. Lawrence team. However, the Saints came out on top, 3-2. Both sides took advantage of their power-plays with Mel Desrochers and Kayla Raniwsky scoring for St. Lawrence, and Madison Marzario and Taylor Mahone for RPI. — Compiled by Hamdan Al Yousefi

KELLY YU / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Neck and neck | The three teams at the top of the women’s ECAC standings — Clarkson, Harvard and Cornell — are separated by just one win.

WOMEN’S 2014 SEASON STANDINGS Clarkson Harvard CORNELL Quinnipiac St. Lawrence Princeton Yale Dartmouth

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Sports

MONDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2014

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Icers Clinch Ivy Title With Win Over Tigers Red snaps skid,defeats Quinnipiac,Princeton teams we played this weekend — Quinnipiac and Princeton both are very physical. We knew it was going to be a long battle and we just knew we had to come The Red is back on track.

Despite recent losses to Union and out and [fight] and we were up for the chalRensselaer, head coach Mike Schafer ’86 lenge this weekend.”

The Red visited High insisted his team was Point Solutions Arena playing some of its best CORNELL @ QUINNIPIAC with the hope of cutting hockey of the season.

Quinnipiac’s 5-1-0 No. 13 Cornell (14-7-5, 2 1 into record against the team 10-6-4 ECAC) backed 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL since the beginning of last up its coach’s claim by Game: 1 0 2 Cornell season. The Bobcats grabbing a hard-fought Quinnipiac 11 0 0 1 attacked senior goaltender 2-1 victory over No. 5 Andy Iles throughout the Quinnipiac (21-8-5, 11CORNELL @ PRINCETON evening with limited suc6-3) on Friday and a 4-1 but did succeed on win at Princeton (5-224 1 cess, one of Quinnipiac’s 19 0, 4-16-0) on Saturday 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL first period shots. to complete a four-point Game: 1 2 4 Cornell 1 Iles deflected a try weekend sweep.

0 1 1 Princeton 0 from the top of the left “[W]e knew we circle, but the Bobcats got needed to bounce back and we knew it was going to take a lot of the rebound and directed another shot tough work,” said junior defenseman Jacob toward Iles. Sliding to his right, Iles directMacDonald. “Those were two really tough ed the puck off his left pad toward the front

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Between the posts | Senior goaltender Andy Iles made 40 saves against Quinnipiac, shutting the Bobcats out in the final two periods.

of the net, where a ricochet off sophomore forward John Knisely’s skate put Quinnipiac ahead 1-0 with seven minutes remaining in the first period.

The Red struck back quickly with a goal from junior defenseman Joakim Ryan.

Junior forwards John McCarron and Joel Lowry were able to maintain possession on the left end behind the Quinnipiac goal, and McCarron fed Ryan in the left circle for a quick shot to the inside, tying the game at one apiece.

Nearly 20 minutes later, midway through the second period, junior forward Cole Bardreau intercepted the puck at

Cornell’s blue line and pushed it forward to a streaking Ferlin, who outraced a Quinnipiac defender and lifted a shot over the goalie’s glove on the right side, giving the Red a 2-1 advantage.

From that point on, it was up to Iles and the Red defense to keep the Bobcats off the board for the game’s remaining 26 minutes.

Quinnipiac met Iles with 41 shots on the night, compared to only 15 for Cornell, but the senior held tough by saving all 14 third period chances. The icers got a little help from the post — which deflected a See M. HOCKEY page 13

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Career Nights From Cherry, Cressler Not Enough to Lift Red

By NIKITA DUBNOV Sun Staff Writer

BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Making a splash | The Red had a successful Ivy League Championship performance, finishing in seventh while breaking 11 program records.

Swimmers Record Program’s Third Highest Overall Score

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, the Cornell women’s swimming and diving team competed at the 2014 Ivy League Championships, with the Red finishing the meet in seventh place overall. Cornell ended the competition with an overall score of 662 points. The score represents the third highest overall total in the history of Cornell’s program. The Red also broke 11 program records over the course of the weekend.

Individually, the competitors on the women’s swimming and diving team produced strong performances. Several members of the the roster achieved personal bests during the meet and were able to put themselves in a position to score for the team. The Red, which finished

6-3 in the dual season including the program’s first ever win over Princeton, carried the momentum from one of its most successful dual seasons in recent memory into the Ivy championships, according to junior Bethany Douglas.

“The meet couldn’t have gone better. We scored our third highest ever team total score which was the perfect ending to our season in light of our incredible dual-meet season,” Douglas said.

Freshman Currie Murch Elliot swam the fourth fastest 1650 free time in Cornell history with a 17:01.47, while senior Sarah Schlichte beat her season personal best by 33 seconds, finishing in 17th place with a time of 17:04:55.

Billy Murch Elliot also had a top See W. SWIMMING & DIVING page 13

The Cornell men’s basketball team got a welcoming ovation from the home crowd as the team gathered into a pump-up huddle prior to the start of its matchup against Yale Friday night. Cornell won the tip and scored on the first possession, which led to a strong start on both ends of the ball. The team pressed on defense, forcing the Bulldogs to turn the ball over in the opening minutes.

Despite coming out strong, the Red was left shorthanded against the Bulldogs. Four of the team’s major contributors all season in freshman guard Ro b e r t YALE @ CORNELL Hatter, 82 65 senior guard Dom Scelfo, Game: 2ND FINAL 1ST junior forYale 37 82 45 ward Deion Cornell 31 34 65 Giddens and sophomore center BROWN @ CORNELL Braxton 81 75 Bunce, did Game: 1ST 2ND OT FINAL not suit up Brown 34 33 14 81 for the Cornell 36 31 8 75 game.

“We all have really different injuries, and I hope we can come back. I just hope I can get back before Senior Night,” Scelfo said, who was wearing a walking boot during the game.

Yale was quick to capitalize on the Red’s diminished bench as the game progressed.

Sophomore forward Justin Sears, who leads the Bulldogs in scoring and is a strong contender for Player of the Year honors in the Ivy League, exploited the Red’s zone coverage, hitting seven of 12 shots from the field.

Yale sophomore Jack Montague, who filled in for the injured junior guard Javier Duren, shot the ball very efficiently off of the bench.

The 6’0” guard had a career-night, scoring 18 points on five three-pointers, despite only owning a season average of 2.1 ppg.

At halftime, the Red trailed the Bulldogs 45-31.

Cornell came out of the locker room with renewed intensity. The team pressured on See M. B-BALL page 14

ENICH NEWKIRK / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Stuffing the stat sheets | On Saturday against Brown, junior guard Devin Cherry was three rebounds shy of Cornell’s first ever triple-double.