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Student Found Dead in Watermargin Cooperative Police do not suspect foul play was involved in death

By JEFF STEIN Sun Managing Editor

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Police found a male student dead at the Watermargin Cooperative Wednesday night.

Cornell: Search for Arts Dean Narrowed To Four Candidates

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun Senior Writer

As Peter Lepage, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to step down in June, the pool of candidates to fill his position has been narrowed down to four individuals, according to Simeon Moss ’73, deputy University spokesperson. All four candidates have a Cornell connection: One is a Cornell faculty member, two are Cornell alumni and one is both a Cornell faculty member and an alumnus.

A Cornell student was found dead in the Watermargin Cooperative Wednesday night, police said. Foul play is not suspected.

The name of the student, a male, had not been released as of 11:45 p.m. Wednesday evening, according to Joseph Schwartz, Cornell’s public information officer. Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner added that CUPD

and Ithaca police are investigating the “unattended death” but that they are not ready to provide any other information.

Multiple police and emergency vehicles responded to Watermargin, located at 103 McGraw Place on West Campus, at about 8:19 p.m. Wednesday night, Zoner said.

Emergency radio reports indicate that the individual was found unresponsive.

According to the radio report, an emergency responder who found the individual at the Watermargin Cooperative “didn’t think CPR would help.”

Jeff Stein can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

Bob Dylan Will Perform At Barton Hall in April

By DARA LEVY Sun Staff Writer

For the first time in nearly 15 years, singer-songwriter and musician Bob Dylan will perform at Cornell this spring. Dylan will take the stage at Barton Hall on April 14, with rock band Dawes opening the show, according to Peter Schwartz ’14, executive director of the Cornell Concert Commission.

With popular songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and “Like a

Rolling Stone,” much of Dylan’s music has become emblematic of the Civil Rights Movement and of protests against the Vietnam War. Dylan has received no shortage of accolades throughout his five decadelong career, garnering 11 Grammy Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He is also a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dylan last took the Barton Hall See DYLAN page 4

DYLAN IN ITHACA MARCH 20,1965, BAILEY HALL. The Sun’s review: A “facility for jamming words together in what appears to be a random, rhymegoverned manner, but which ... proves to be a very sensible, sensitive and poetic arrangement” is Dylan’s most unique trait.

NOV. 6,1965, BARTON HALL. The Sun’s review: “His harp makes us want to dance. Sharp, shrill, searing, soaring — like Coltrane.”

OCT. 29,1989, ITHACA COLLEGE.

• NOV.15,1999, BARTON HALL.

The Sun’s review: “The new Dylan voice ... has reawakened the attention of long-time fans, as he’s used the thinness to good effect.”

See DEAN page 4

It’s always snowy in Ithaca

News Revisiting Prom

Young alumni will attend Alumni Duff Ball-New York City — a fundraiser inspired by Duff Ball during Senior Week — Saturday. | Page 3

By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor

Opinion Clichés of Love

Hannah Deixler ’13 expresses concern that the phrase “I love you” is now considered cliché. | Page 9

Arts No ‘Pi’ for You

Daveen Koh ’14 applauds Life of Pi director Ang Lee for winning a well-deserved Oscar for Best Director. | Page 13

Sports Horsing Around

The equestrian team finished in third at Alfred University this weekend. | Page 20

Weather Snow HIGH: 35 LOW: 28

Jewish Students Denounce Defacement of Hillel Posters

JORDAN VARTANIAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Students trek through a mix of snow, rain and sleet on their way to class across the Arts Quad on Wednesday.

Jewish students are decrying the anonymous distribution of anti-Israel posters in the Noyes C o m m u n i t y Recreational Center last week. The proPalestinian group that later took credit for the posters has defended its actions, calling them an act of necessity as tensions in Gaza continue to boil over.

More than 20 posters that were left in a newspaper bin in Noyes last week showed a defaced promotion for a Cornell Hillel event that brought Israeli soldiers to speak on campus. The posters, which were marked up with red scrawl-

ings, denounced the “exclusively Jewish” soldiers — asserting that they engaged in “war-crime[s],” not “combat,” and served in “massacres,” not “missions.”

On Sunday, Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization that describes itself as being dedicated to “raising awareness of the Palestinian experience,” took credit for making the posters. SJP claimed it produced the posters to “condemn the nature of Hillel’s event.”

The event “normalize[d] an illegal military occupation and illegal wars of aggression that have cause[d] immense suffering and death in Gaza, the West

Bank and Lebanon,” the organization wrote in a statement to The Sun. “We wonder why a putatively religious organization such as Hillel would choose to step into this issue,” the statement said. “Did they consider how their glorification of military occupation and apartheid might affect Palestinian, Arab or any other students who identify with the populations living under attack and occupation?”

Although SJP said that it deliberately decided to produce posters rather than picket or interrupt Hillel’s event, some Jewish community members reacted to See POSTERS page 5

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Duff Ball-Inspired Alumni Fundraiser Raises About $40K

Paradox of religion

More than 400 young alumni will attend the event in N.Y.C.

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Staff Writer

More than 400 young alumni will gather in New York City this Saturday for the sold out, black tie-optional, red tie-encouraged Alumni Duff Ball-New York City — a fundraising event modeled after Cornell’s annual Duff Ball JORDAN VARTANIAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Senior Prom that kicks off Senior Week.

All alumni who graduated between 2003 and 2012 were Muslim reform and Islamic feminist movements activist Asra Nomani gives a talk Wednesday titled “The Paradox of Women invited to the alumni event, which is planned to be held at in Islam” at Goldwin Smith Hall. the Bowery Hotel on March 2, according to Patrick Burns ’09, associate director of Young Alumni Programs.

According to Gatta, the organizers chose New York City Unlike the on-campus Duff Ball — a fundraiser that planned 400, she said.

“From an alumni perspective, we feel so fortunate to as the location for the alumni event due to the large alumbenefits the United Way of Tompkins County — the alumni event will support the Student and Academic Services have a sold out event the week before,” Gatta said. “We are ni base in the city.

“In the future, we hopefully will see events like this in Fund at Cornell, which aims to promote and sustain a raising over $40,000 for the University from this event. I diverse living and learning environment at Cornell, accord- am incredibly honored to help raise that much money for other cities to get students and young alums involved who do not live in New York,” she said.

Cornell.” ing to its website.

Gatta said she that she is looking forward to the event as The student chairs of the undergraduate Duff Ball use Jonathan Feldman ’08, who started Duff Ball on campus in 2008 and organized the Steering Committee of social media outlets — such as promotional videos and a time to get together and reconnect with friends and other Facebook events — to pro- young alumni. young alumni for the event, said “Once you graduate, you realize that there are far fewer he decided to pitch the idea of a “From an alumni perspective, we feel so mote the event on campus.

The Steering Committee opportunities to see your friends from Cornell in a Cornell similar alumni event to Burns and for the New York City setting,” she said. “And I can’t wait to be able to see not Margaux Neiderbach ’99, direc- fortunate to have a sold out event the event used similar tactics to only the people I graduated with, but also other alumni tor of Young Alumni Programs. week before.” promote the event to alum- that I have not been able to see.”

Burns said the idea for an According to Feldman, the event will feature food, ni, according to Gatta. alumni Duff Ball was in line with Chloe Gatta ’12 “We made a video this drink, music and brief remarks from Susan Murphy ’73 the goals of Young Alumni year as a step to incorporate Ph.D. ’94, vice president for student and academic services, Programs, aiming to increase the engagement of young alumni who have graduated in the aspects of the undergraduate Duff Ball experience into the and Bob Harrison ’76, chair of the University’s Board of alumni experience,” Gatta said. “We are trying to make this Trustees. Feldman said that Kent Hubble ’67, dean of stulast 10 years with their alma mater.

After receiving positive reaction from alumni, the event event as integrated into social media as possible, so if you dents, and other University trustees will also be in attendance. will raise more than $40,000 for the SASF, according to are not at the events you can still be a part of it.”

The alumni event’s YouTube video features short clips Chloe Gatta ’12, marketing and communications chair for the event, who is also The Sun’s former business manager. taken from each year’s undergraduate Duff Ball promoBecause of the high demand for tickets, the event’s orga- tional video, ending with a message saying “the tradition Jonathan Swartz can be reached nizers sold an extra 30 tickets in addition to the originally- you built, is all grown up,” according to Feldman. at jswartz@cornellsun.com.

Delicious delights

HumEc Students Win Fashion Scholarship

By RACHEL WEBER Sun Contributor

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Parvin Shahrestani, grad, helps herself to baklava at Sepandarmazgan, a Persian Valentine’s Day Party held at the Ivy Room in Willard Straight Hall on Wednesday.

Eight students from Cornell’s department of fiber science and apparel design were selected as scholars in the annual YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund competition at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on Jan. 9.

Prof. Anita Racine, fiber science and apparel design, and Prof. Van Dyk Lewis, fiber science and apparel design, selected 10 students in the department to apply to the scholarship competition. Eight were selected by the Scholarship Fund to receive a $5,000 award.

This year, the topic of the case study was to create a fashion line for pre-teens, incorporating flash sale websites — which offer high-end products for a reduced price for a brief time window — such as Gilt or Rue La La. The applicants researched pre-teen purchasing habits and trends as well as sales techniques of the individual flash sale sites.

Brandon Wen ’15 said he used HauteLook — a fashion apparel website — as his medium to sell “The Looker,” a vest he designed to be directed toward “trendy” pre-teens, which he then marketed through product placement on television, Twitter and Instagram.

Fellow scholarship recipient Katelyn Ridgeway ’13 received an additional $5,000 for ranking in the top six overall participants in the

competition. Ridgeway’s case study marketed her line of seasonal colormatching basics to pre-teen clients with flash sales through the Gilt Groupe.

Wen, who said he and the other students often spend more than 12 hours per day in the studio, sometimes sleeping among their designs, expressed gratitude for the scholarship money, especially after his personal expenses with the Cornell Fashion Collective, the annual runway show that showcases student designs.

“I plan on saving a large chunk of [the scholarship] and using the rest to fund future projects. We have to make all these things and no one pays for them except us — all our fabrics, all our materials,” Wen said. “It’s a godsend.”

The students submitted their case studies in November and were informed that they had received the award by mid-December. Scholarship winners were honored with a banquet at The Waldorf-Astoria, which Ridgeway described as “unreal.”

“It was this really happening moment,” Ridgeway said. “There were so many people from the industry there, they had us in the ballroom which was huge, and there were a thousand people.”

For Matilda Ceesay ’13, whose case study marketed magnetized accessories for pre-teens’ bags, a speech by Alber Elbaz — the artisitic director for Lanvin, a Parisian fashion

house — was a highlight of the reception.

“It was such a wonderful surprise and a great opportunity to meet someone that I look up to and that I aspire to be like,” Ceesay said. “I was in bliss.”

Ceesay said she intends to use her scholarship money toward her line for the CFC, which will incorporate a revision of African crafts and textiles.

She said she also plans to use the scholarship for start-up money when she moves to New York City to design after graduating from Cornell.

Ridgeway — whose CFC line will feature lifestyle hiking apparel inspired by her trip abroad to Australia — echoed Ceesay, saying that the expenses for the CFC show accumulate quickly.

“When we make our lines for the runway show, and you have between eight and 12 models, that’s 17 to 20 pieces,” Ridgeway said.

For senior year collections, expenses on fabrics and other materials can reach upwards of a thousand dollars, according to Ridgeway. The scholarship money can reduce the financial burden associated with the CFC show, she said.

The other winners from Cornell were Caroline Delson ’13, Rebecca Dugal ’14, Emily Fipphen ’14, Susan Freeman ’13 and Justine Lee ’14.

Rachel Weber can be reached at rlw285@cornell.edu.

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Students Express Excitement Four Finalists Make For Dylan Performance at Cornell Shortlist for Arts Dean DYLAN

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stage in November 1999 with the rock band Phil Lesh & Friends, according to the CCC’s website.

Dylan also previously performed at Cornell in March and November of 1965, according to Sun archives.

Dylan’s upcoming visit at Cornell is part of a college tour during which he will perform at 11 college campuses during the month of April, according to his website.

Many students expressed excitement about the announcement of Dylan’s upcoming performance.

Jack Rickles ’16 said he is eager for Dylan’s concert, noting that Dylan is a legend in the music world.

“He’s a class act and one of the pioneers of classic and folk rock,” Rickles said. “His songs are simplistic, but at the same time meaningful and entertaining.”

Alice Anichkin ’16 also cited Dylan’s prominence in the music industry, as well as the longevity of his career.

“His music has been inspirational for over 50 years and we'll all be able to take something away from his visit,” Anichkin said.

Schwartz said CCC has recieved positive reactions from fellow students about Dylan’s upcoming show.

“For a lot of people here, seeing [Dylan] is on their bucket list,” Schwartz said. “The chance to actually see Dylan and have him perform here, I think, is just really exciting.”

Sage Hiller ’13 said he was “amped” about the variety that Dylan will bring to Cornell’s concert lineup this semester.

“I appreciate the contrast of genre type ... given we have Kendrick Lamar and 5 & A Dime less than three weeks later,” Hiller said.

CCC was not specifically looking to book Dylan,

but Schwartz said the organization has been attempting to bring a traditional rock concert to Cornell, as opposed to D.J.s and electronic music acts.

“We’re always looking to bring as much variety as possible into our shows so we can appeal to as many people as possible,” he said.

Schwartz said there was overwhelming support for the show within the CCC general body.

“We’re really excited to be bringing [Dylan] because we feel like he’s a musical legend,” he said.

“Basically [Dylan] came to us and said he’d really like to play a show at Cornell. It really landed in our laps.”

Schwartz said that Dylan — who started his musical career in the early 1960s — still has social relevance, particularly for any Cornell student studying 1960s cultural movements. “[Dylan] is always in that conversation, so historically he’s important and his music is something that has affected America culturally,” he said.

Schwartz said that pairing Dylan’s act with Dawes, another rock band, as an opener, shows that Dylan’s music is still culturally relevant.

“I think pairing them with [Dylan] is a nice example of how his music has become current again and lives on in the new generation,” Schwartz said.

Jessica Rashkovich ’15 said she was less familiar with Dawes than with Dylan, but said she was looking forward to seeing both perform live.

“I’d never actually heard of them before but now I’ve been listening to a few of their songs and they sound great, so I’m really excited for the opening,” Rashkovich said.

Student tickets will go on sale March 12. Others will be set aside for alumni and the general public on March 13.

Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun.com.

Candidates will meet with faculty, administrators in upcoming weeks DEAN

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The selection committee — chaired by Senior Vice Provost Ron Seeber — began its search for candidates after Lepage announced in May that he would step down as dean of the arts college at the end of his term in June.

“After five months of meetings, interviews and deliberations, the search committee has narrowed the candidate pool to four outstanding finalists,” Moss said in an email.

The final candidates include two current Cornell employees. One, Prof. Scott MacDonald ’78 Ph.D. ’86, philosophy, has worked at Cornell since 1995. MacDonald became chair of the Sage School of Philosophy in 2007, according to his personal website. His research focuses on medieval philosophy, philosophical theology and moral psychology, according to his website.

Another candidate — Prof. Laura Brown, English, vice vrovost for undergraduate education — has worked at Cornell since 1981 and was named vice provost in 2009, according to a Unversity press release. Brown has written six books and is an “innovative scholar” of 18th century British literature, according to Cornell’s website.

Prof. Srinivas Aravamudan M.A. ’88 Ph.D. ’91, Duke University, English — another candidate — has previously taught at the University of Utah and the University of Washington. He also focuses on 18th-century British and French Literature, according to the Duke University website.

The final candidate — Prof. Gretchen Ritter ’83, the Universty of Texas at Austin, government — is vice provost for undergraduate education and faculty governance at the institution. Her research focuses on women’s activism, democratic movements, constitutional law and work-family policy, according to the Unversity of Texas website.

These finalists have been asked to meet with faculty and administrators in the next few weeks before the selection committee makes its final decision, Moss said in an email.

The search committee consists of professors in different departments across the arts college, in addition to Prof. Gerard Aching Ph.D. ’91, Africana studies, romance studies, who is the director of the Africana Studies and Research Center and Kent Kleinman, College of Architecture, Art and Planning dean, according to the search committee’s website.

Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun.com.

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Student says he is ‘amped’ to see the iconic musician’s live show

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Student Calls Defaced Hillel Posters ‘Scary,’ ‘Threatening’ POSTERS

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the posters with feelings of fear, disappointment and frustration.

When a friend told her that she had found “anti-Semitic posters” in Noyes, Jordana Gilman ’14, president of Cornell Hillel, said she felt like she had been “attacked.”

“This felt scary. There is someone on this campus who is threatening to me,” Gilman said.

The posters are not the first indication of polarization and aggressive of political expression on campus. In November, pro-Israel and proPalestine groups held a rally on Ho Plaza that ended in students screaming at each other and campus police ejecting one of the groups from the plaza.

The anonymous nature of the posters, which did not indicate that they were created by SJP, left no way for students to respond or productively discuss Israeli-Palestinian relationships, Gilman said. Ultimately, what was more frustrating than the content of the posters was the way in which they were distributed, Gilman said.

“I don’t want to debate each and every point [the person who made the posters] made. I want to say that I’m so disappointed it had to happen in this manner,” she said.

Gilman emphasized the need for improved dialogue between the two groups.

“If what we want — which is what I think we want — is for the two governments to talk to each other, then we need to model that,” she said, adding that Muslim and Jewish community members did just that — convene — at a Shabbat dinner Friday.

SJP, however, expressed its own frustration over the moderation of campus dialogue, saying that its posters had been ripped down and discarded.

To Eli Shaubi ’13, co-president of the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee, the posters showed a “lack of acceptance of any Israeli suffering by the other side at Cornell.”

“I am personally disappointed that some people feel the need to demonize Israel and delegitimize the political expressions of such a large portion of the student body,” he said.

Shaubi said CIPAC acknowledges that both Israeli and Palestinian citizens have “suffered immensely,” and that CIPAC does not seek to “delegitimize the Palestinian cause.” But the posters, in criticizing an event he said was meant

to share Israelis’ stories with the Cornell community, showed blatant intolerance for the pro-Israel movement.

“Supporting the Palestinian people and accepting national Jewish self-determination are not mutually exclusive, and many members of CIPAC and the pro-Israel community at large have learned how to be both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian,” Shaubi said. “I expect the same respect from supporters of the Palestinian cause, whether we agree politically or not.”

SJP in its statement, however, however, said that it felt “required” to respond to Hillel’s event.

Through the posters, SJP said it intended to criticize and call attention to “manipulations of language and history in [Hillel’s] description of the event.”

Among the issues SJP said it took issue with was Hillel promoting the event as a part of “Israel Week,” rather than “Israel Peace Week” — an annual, pro-Israel event held on college campuses around the world.

“The omission of the world ‘peace’ illustrates the duplicitous nature of events that would celebrate Israel while ignoring the occupation,” SJP said.

Countering SJP’s claim, Gilman said that Hillel had renamed the event held on Cornell’s campus “Israel Week” for an entirely different purpose: to remove the politics from the event and focus on promoting Israeli culture throughout the week.

“We didn’t want to polarize the event. A lot of people think of Israel and they think of barbed wire and tanks,” she said. “I would like people to know the Israel I know, which is palm trees and clubs and people trying to figure out Israel’s identity.”

In promotion of its views, SJP said it is organizing an Israel Apartheid Week to raise awareness of what it called the “racist, colonial nature of the Israeli occupation.” Gilman questioned why the event is not called “Palestinian Culture Week,” a name she said is less anti-Israel and more inviting of positivity.

“I want to emphasize that not every Jew is a poster child of being pro-Israel, and I understand that not every Muslim is a poster child of being anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian. I really want us to view each other as individuals, and the only way to do that is if we sit down and talk,” Gilman said.

Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun.com.

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Whistle-Blower Suit Claimed U.S.Navy Kickbacks in 2006

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contractor engaged in a bribery and kickback scheme going back to at least 2004.

The lawsuit, first filed in a federal court in Georgia in 2006, predates by more than four years criminal charges brought by federal prosecutors in Rhode Island in 2011 that allege a similar scheme by some of the same people cost the government $10 million.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Defense would not comment on why the contractor and Navy employee were allowed to continue their alleged criminal conduct for years after authorities were first alerted to it.

The lawsuit says the allegations were reported in May 2006 to the Defense Department and the U.S. attorney for northern Georgia. Other filings say the government was deciding whether to intervene in 2007 but had not yet completed an investigation.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Defense said she could not comment on investigations, while the U.S. attorney’s office in Georgia referred questions to its counterpart office in Rhode Island.

A spokesman in Rhode Island would not comment.

Both cases center on alleged wrongdoing by former civilian Navy employee Ralph Mariano and Anjan Dutta-Gupta, founder of the Navy contractor Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow, or ASFT, which had offices in Georgia and Rhode Island and has since gone out of business.

The criminal case and the whistle-blower suit say Mariano, who worked for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, had power to add or refuse millions of dollars in payments to contractors and used that power to orchestrate a scheme in which he would approve payments to ASFT, which would then funnel some of the money back to him and others through shell corporations.

ASFT held $120 million in Navy contracts when the charges were first brought in February 2011. Mariano, of South Arlington, Va., remained in his job until 2011, according to court filings. He has pleaded not guilty in the criminal case. His lawyer, Robert Corrente, said his client had not yet been served by the lawsuit. He would not comment on the allegations contained in the lawsuit.

Dutta-Gupta and two others have pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island in the criminal case. Dutta-Gupta admitted paying $8 million in bribes over more than a decade. His lawyer did not return a message seeking comment on the lawsuit.

Patrick Nagle, a former executive for ASFT, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery for signing off on false and inflated invoices that were submitted by subcontractors even though he knew the work had largely not been done. Another man, Russell Spencer, has admitted acting as a middleman for funneling kickbacks to Mariano through a company he owned. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.

None of the three has been sentenced.

Mariano’s father, Ralph Mariano Jr., of North Providence, R.I., and his girlfriend, Mary O’Rourke, a former executive at ASFT, have pleaded not guilty to the federal criminal charges. The younger Mariano and O’Rourke are charged with counts including conspiracy, theft of government property and wire fraud. Mariano Jr., who is in his 80s, is accused of tax evasion.

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Homicide Suspected in Miss.

Candidate’s Death

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mayoral candidate was found dead Wednesday and the case is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.

Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith said the body of 34year-old Marco McMillian was found on the Mississippi River levee Wednesday at about 10 a.m.

The 34-year-old McMillian was running for mayor of Clarksdale, a Blues hub where actor and Mississippi native Morgan Freeman coowns a music club with Howard Stovall, a Memphis entertainment executive, and Bill Luckett, who also is running for mayor.

Meredith said the body was found between Sherard and Rena Lara and was sent to Jackson for an autopsy. He declined to provide further details or speculate on the cause of death.

The sheriff’s office said Wednesday in a news release on its Facebook page that a person of interest was in custody, but had not been formally charged.

The department also said authorities had been looking for McMillian since a man crashed the candidate’s car into another vehicle on Tuesday. McMillian was not in the car. The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to the two-car crash on U.S. Highway 49 South near the Coahoma and Tallahatchie county lines on Tuesday about 8 a.m.

Will Rooker, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, declined to release other details. He said the investigation is ongoing.

McMillian was a Democrat. Campaign spokesman Jarod Keith said McMillian’s campaign was noteworthy because he may have been the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in Mississippi.

Clarksdale, a town of about 17,800 people, is well known to Blues fans as the home of the crossroads, where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil for skills with a guitar.

The town is also home to Ground Zero Blues Club, of which Freeman, an Academy Award winning actor, is part owner.

Dennis Thomas, 33, who works at Abe’s Barbeque, said McMillian’s death has been the talk of the town.

“There’s a lot of people upset about it. Why would somebody want to do something like that to somebody of that caliber? He was a highly respected person in town. He’s been in the community helping out a lot,” Thomas said.

McMillian was hoping to win the office being vacated by Mayor Henry Espy Jr., the brother of Mike Espy, a former congressman and U.S. Agriculture Secretary. Henry Espy decided not to seek re-election after more than two decades in office. Espy’s son, state Rep. Chuck Espy, and Luckett were among the other well-known candidates in the race.

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Vegas Murder Suspect Brags Online About Fast Life LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas triple murder suspect Ammar Harris has a smirk on his face in a 90-second YouTube video that shows him flashing a thick stack of $100 bills.

The video is just one of many online displays of bravado being examined by police in which Harris boasts of a high-rolling lifestyle of luxury cars, prostitutes and boat trips with scantily clad women. The 26-year-old is the subject of a multi-state manhunt after a Maserati driver was shot dead on the Las Vegas Strip last Thursday and a taxi driver and passenger died in the fiery chain reaction crash that followed.

Wearing a red baseball cap and crisp white shirt with flashy sunglasses tucked in the collar, Harris asks nonchalantly whether viewers will “help me count something,” and then fans out a stack of bills.

The video he took of himself in a bathroom cuts away to a pile of cash on the counter; Harris drops a bill and says “50.”

“I could keep going, I could keep going ... but like, I don’t feel like countin’ anymore,” he says. “I got another bag. But I think I proved my (expletive) point.”

Las Vegas Police Officer Bill Cassell declined to comment on the video, saying it was open to the interpretation of individual viewers.

But he said detectives are getting plenty of leads on Harris, whose face is splashed across billboards along Las Vegas freeways.

“I’m sure the widespread publicity, as well as the blatant, heinous nature of the crime, is motivating people to contact us,” Cassell said.

Authorities believe Harris shot from a Range Rover he was riding in along with Tineesha Lashun Howard, a 22-year-old from Miami who has been arrested multiple times on charges including prostitution, trespassing, possession of a stolen vehicle and grand larceny. Police have named Howard, who also goes by the name Yenesis “Yeni” Alfonzo, a person of interest in the case.

Harris was arrested last year in Las Vegas in a 2010 prostitution case using the name Ammar Asim Faruq Harris. He was charged with robbery, sexual assault, kidnapping and coercion with a weapon, and police sought charges of pandering by force and felon in possession of concealed weapon. Court records show that case was dismissed last June.

In Twitter postings attributed to Harris and reviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal before the feed was apparently disabled Tuesday, Harris brags that his house is full of women, and they’re all paying him.

In one August post quoted by the newspaper, he writes, “there’s nothing wrong with paying for (sex)...as long as you paying one of my (women).”

Harris posts pictures of a Bentley and an Aston Martin, and mug shots from his own arrests. Harris was convicted in South Carolina in 2004 of felony possession with intent to sell a stolen pistol and convicted in Atlanta of a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge.

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N.Y. to Exempt TV, Movies Under State’s New Gun Law ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation’s toughest gun control measure into law after the Connecticut school shootings that killed 26 people, but the state is now carving out an exemption to make sure movie and TV producers can stage running gun battles on Manhattan streets.

Movie and TV productions have long been courted by New York and other states with tax breaks in exchange for the jobs and glamour of the industry. Hollywood is also a major campaign fundraising stop for New York politicians.

“We spend a lot of money in the state bringing movie production here, post-production here, so obviously we would want to facilitate that,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wants to expand the film and TV tax credit.

He said movies and TV may use fake guns that wouldn’t be subject to the new law but the industry wants “certainty.” The revised law would allow them to use real weapons without real ammunition.

“There’s no reason not to make a change like that to give an industry comfort, especially when it’s an industry we want to do business in the state,” the governor said.

Film and television producers have spent more than $7 billion in New York since the state began offering tax breaks in 2004, the governor’s office says. New York has been the stage for recent films including Spider-Man 3, The Nanny Diaries, Sex and the City 2, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Most of Woody Allen’s films are made in New York City, and many TV shows including Louie turn to the city for their backdrop.

The Hollywood exemption is just one of the revisions planned for the state law that was passed in January before the Obama administration and other states offered their legislative responses to the Dec. 14 rampage in Newtown, Conn. Other changes to the New York law would allow police officers to keep their high-capacity handguns and take a loaded gun on school grounds without permission from school officials.

However, the need for a “cleanup” bill also means the fight over the law may not be over after all.

An estimated 10,000 opponents of the new law are expected to descend on Albany on Thursday to try to persuade lawmakers to take advantage of an unexpected second shot at the law critics claim is unconstitutional.

Defense Questions FBI Agent In N.Y. Cannibal Plot NEW YORK (AP) — A defense attorney for a police officer accused in a cannibalism plot pressed an FBI agent to explain where fantasy ends and reality begins Wednesday after the investigator read aloud several dozen Internet chats in which participants boasted of plans to cook and eat human flesh.

Attorney Robert Baum attacked FBI agent Corey Walsh’s statement that 40 of the thousands of Internet communications of Officer Gilberto Valle that he reviewed contained “elements of real crimes.”

Valle is accused in Manhattan federal court of conspiring to kidnap, kill and eat women he knew, including his wife.

Baum’s cross examination aimed to show little or no distinction existed between chats or emails the FBI deemed real evidence of a crime and those dismissed as fantasy.

The agent conceded both had similar elements: Valle discussing how to cook women, how much it would cost to abduct them and which women would make good targets.

Walsh conceded that some chats or emails considered fantasies contained photographs and names of real women and dates and references to past crimes, the kind of factual information that prosecutors have insisted proves Valle meant to carry out gruesome crimes including kidnapping, rape, torture, murder and cannibalism.

“Isn’t it a fact that some of the chats you found to be fantasies involved cooking women?” Baum asked.

“It could have been,” Walsh answered.

The agent also conceded that no women were kidnapped or harmed and that Valle never had contact with his supposed co-conspirators outside the Internet.

In addition, the agent said, no evidence of a crime was found in Valle’s apartment besides a computer. There was no rope, pulleys or chemicals to render someone unconscious despite Valle’s Internet boasts that he wanted to assemble a torture chamber or that he had an upstate property where he could cook women, Walsh said.

Valle, 28, has pleaded not guilty. He could face life in prison if he is convicted of conspiracy and illegal use of a crime database, a crime prosecutors say stems from his use of a federal database to research potential victims.

Prior to cross examination, Walsh showed jurors graphic X-rated communications between Valle and a butcher in India early last year as they discussed plans to torture and cook Valle’s soon-to-be wife and a former college roommate.

“I have longed to butcher and cook female meat,” Valle told Aly Khan, Walsh said.

Khan offered to provide a place in Pakistan to kill a woman once she was taken to India, the agent said.

For two days, Walsh has testified about chats Valle participated in last year with a New Jersey co-defendant and two supposed co-conspirators, a man in Great Britain and Khan, both of whom posed on the Internet as veterans of cannibalism who could teach Valle cannibalism skills.

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Awaiting a Stronger Defense of Policy 6.4 In Spring 2012, the University approved several changes to its sexual assault policy in accordance with the U.S. Department of Education’s recommended standards for adjudicating cases of sexual assault. The changes, which make it significantly easier for Cornell students accused of rape to be found guilty, have been the subject of ongoing debate for the past year. Each side makes compelling arguments. A report of attempted rape this September — deemed by the Cornell University Police Department to have been false — has led some administrators to make bold statements asserting that the false report is indicative of the success of the new system. As the University is called upon to defend its decision to change its policy on handling sexual assault cases, we challenge the administration to find more valid ways to do so.

Among other things, the new policy lowers the burden of proof needed in these cases from the standard of “clear and convincing evidence” to that of a “preponderance of the evidence.” University counsel has defended this change as equalizing the rights afforded to the victim and the accused. But opponents of the change — including several Cornell law professors and Ithaca attorneys — have countered that the lowered evidentiary requirement denies the accused their fundamental right to procedural protection. Last semester’s false sexual assault claim does not equate to a prevalence of false reporting in these cases; national figures overwhelmingly count false reports of rape in very low numbers. But the incident does affirm that judicial proceedings must be designed with procedural safeguards that protect the accused against those rare cases.

The University’s use of the false report to defend the new policy is far-fetched.

Administrators, including President David Skorton and Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant J.D. ’88, have asserted that CUPD’s handling of the investigation is representative of the University’s ability to resist accusatory impulses. Skorton went as far as to characterize the investigation as a “terrific example of the system working.”

But we do not believe CUPD’s diligence negates the argument that the policy may pose substantial risks to students falsely accused of sexual assault. Cornell’s good intentions alone are insufficient to support a reduction in procedural safeguards for the accused — few and far between though they might be.

The University’s goal of promoting justice for victims of sexual assault is, of course, laudable. As Grant noted in April after Skorton signed the changes into effect, the lowered burden of proof for sexual assault cases may serve as an encouragement for victims to come forward and file reports against their attackers. The competing interests of protecting the rights of the accused and securing justice for victims of sexual assault are difficult to reconcile in the campus adjudication process.

The policies will eventually speak for themselves, but in the meantime, the University must defend its actions. The recent attempt with September’s false report is not convincing.

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The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight

Influential Ideas D

espite my best efforts, every now and then, as I sit down to write my column, I have the sense of mind to think to myself: “Hey, maybe I shouldn’t expand some pretty trivial idea into a 700-word opinion column for everyone to read.”

Most of the time, this is not that case. Most of the time, I think what I have to say about a particular issue is pretty important and that everyone at Cornell should probably be aware of it. Today, however, I decided that I have A LOT of things that are really important for everyone to hear and I am going to do my best to pack as many truly powerful and influential ideas into one opinion column: • As we get older, there are lots of things that we used to do that become no longer socially acceptable.

For example, when a toddler throws a tantrum and starts knocking down boxes of the Fruit Snacks he wants but can’t have, it isn’t totally out of the norm. I think most would consider it weird if anyone over the age of 12 did that, though. There are, however, several exceptions to this rule. For example, it is pretty standard to see people picking their noses like 12year-olds while driving. I also recently found out that in certain social circles it is fine to defecate in your running shorts while running a marathon. I’m not so sure…

• I heard a funny idea for a prank the other day.

With April Fools’ Day not too far away, it might be useful for someone. Cover an egg in

Most of the time I think what I have to say about a particular issue is pretty important. chocolate and call it a chocolate egg. If everything goes according to plan, your unsuspecting victim will think that it is a standard Cadbury-esque April candy.

In reality, this person is about to get pranked on a level rivaling Ashton Kutcher’s Punk’d.

• Gangster Rap artist, former Division I college basketball player and college graduate with an alleged 4.0 GPA in psychology, 2 Chainz tweeted not too long ago, “Jus picked a tomato out my garden and ate it ,pretty good.” I kept the original formatting for the sake of accuracy. This means that 2 Chainz, who chooses not to put a “t” at the end of the word “just” and added a comma to the beginning of the word “pretty,” has a vegetable garden that he uses to grow tomatoes. More than that, though, apparently his tomatoes are quote: “,pretty good”. Additionally, 2 Chainz tweeted nine days after the tomato tweet: “Jus found out how many awards I got. Thats wus up…..”

All around, congratulations to 2 Chainz.

• The other day, I got onto the subject of dinosaurs. Pretty standard for me. Someone told me their favorite dinosaur is the Velociraptor.

Unfortunately, Steven Spielberg paleontologically blinded everyone with his film, Jurassic Park. Just a public service announcement for the Cornell community: The Velociraptor from Jurassic Park is actually a different dinosaur from the Dromaeosauridae family, Deinonychus.

• I am starting to get really sick of people not stopping me on campus to ask for my autograph after mistaking me for Denzel Washington.

• With everyone preparing for job interviews a lot lately, I often find myself giving (unsolicited) advice for behavioral interviews. My main piece of advice is to focus on answering the question: “What is your greatest weakness?” with something that is not actually a weakness. My go to response is “Chocolate milk and girls with French accents.” Feel free to use it for your final round in New York City tomorrow.

• In heaven, I imagine that Tom Hanks, James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman make up a threeman rotation of people to read me Goodnight Moon before I go to sleep every night.

• Thank you to whoever writes all over the stacks.

Your comments offer me some of the finest entertainment I can get while studying in the library.

Christo Eliot is a sophomore in the College of Engineering.

He may be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

Kat’s Cradle

‘God Damn, You’ve Got to Be Kind’ “K

aterina, I printed something today on one of the Mac computers at Mann, a three-page critique I wrote for my class. However, it seems that you forgot to logout of the printing on the computer, and it charged your account (I assume, as there was no dialogue box for me to input my netID, and your netID header is on my printout). As I see it, I owe you about 30 cents. I apologize for accidentally using your account. If you want recompense, please let me know. Also, please be careful next time. Always restart the computer, no matter what.”

This is the email I found when leaving my 11:15 class on Thursday. I was so surprised that I read it twice. I couldn’t believe someone took time out of his or her day to find my email, send me a message and inform me of my 30-cent credit. In my experience, such considerate acts between two strangers are not so common at Cornell. This email reminded me of an earlier incident from last semester.

I was tabling for a Hurricane Sandy food drive in Noyes. Some students would smile and shake their heads, uninterested. Others would ignore our existence completely. But one male

student was particularly irritating. He walked in with friends, en route to the gym.

When I asked him if he was interested in donating, he smirked and curtly blurted out, “I’ve done enough.”

Everything about the interaction left me uncomfortable.

How could someone be so rude?

A few minutes later, two female students emerged from working out. Tired and

lend a helping hand to each other all the time. But our daily interactions with random Cornellians are not always as such. Kindness is a surprise, an exception, while rushed impatience is the norm. On most days, we justify being snippy or unnecessarily cold to the person who bumped into us in passing because we are a) stressed b) s l e e p

The desire for personal success permeates everything from our social lives to our academic careers. sweaty, they took a minute to hear our spiel, which I appreciated. One girl didn’t have her wallet; she promised to come back later.

Her friend opened her change purse. “I actually had my purse stolen last night, so I don’t have anything more, but here’s a dollar,” she said.

I was amazed. Here was someone who could easily and explicably walk away, justified in not participating, yet she was the most willing.

Her generosity reminded me that there are a lot of good things that happen on this campus.

I do believe that friends

deprived c) moody or d) pissed about the weather.

Because at times we are under overwhelming stress, we act as if it justifies being unpleasant.

More so than on the streets of New York City or in our future cubicles, Cornell is a contained community. One might expect that this would encourage a greater level of daily humanity, a need to treat each other with just a hint of decency or consideration, yet that’s not our everyday reality.

Since my freshman year, I’ve noticed a dominant individualistic culture on our

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campus. The desire for personal success permeates everything from our social lives to our academic careers.

To me, our self-centeredness explains why Cornellians are considered “hyper-competitive,” and perhaps why this school is considered a “pressure cooker.” In our attempts to get where we want to be, we often develop tunnel vision. I think a certain communal consideration is forgotten. We forget to say “Good morning” or hold a door or simply engage that person quarter-carding on Ho Plaza in two feet of snow.

Some of our deepest problems — everything from mental health, to academic stress, to harassment — might be improved by a dose of kindness. It seems simple, or almost juvenile, to suggest that “being nice” and “treating others as you’d like to be treated” will solve Cornell’s systemic, historic problems.

But perhaps an altered order of daily conduct would produce more mutual consideration. And that could lead to mutual respect.

Katerina Athanasiou is a senior in the College of Art, Architecture and Planning. She may be reacched at kathanasiou@cornellsun.com. Kat’s Cradle appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

Shades of Grey

Who Do You Think I Am?

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few days ago, my roommate Cornell’s female population has to juggle rushed into the living room, gender roles more frequently than our grabbed the TV remote and pro- male counterparts — and more delicately. ceeded to stand in front of the television In the classroom, we are expected to be for 25 minutes (unclear if she was breath- organized, precocious and high-achieving) until the final buzzer sounded at ing, but at the bar we’re supposed to be Madison Square Garden. This isn’t an different human beings all together. It’s unusual scene; Zoe is a die-hard Knicks accepted that we only watch The fan and watches every game (I, on the Kardashians or The Bachelor, but when we other hand, only know when the Knicks follow sports we’re told it’s really cool and are playing because Zoe’s cheering can be different. We’re supposed to believe in our heard from anywhere in the apartment … strength and support our building). A male friend was over during rights as women, but if we this particular game and, upon seeing this frenzy, blurted out “I can’t believe you follow basketball. Last We are fulfilling these stereo typtime I was here you were watching ically “female” expectations and The Kardashians.” While I’m sure failing to push (some) social he meant no harm, I couldn’t help norms on this campus. but feel a sting of chauvinism in his tone. Realizing he had blundered, he quickly attempted to mitigate the awkward tension and avoid an angry become too aggressive, we’re labeled Zoe (or an angrier Hannah) with, “It’s “feminists” (GOD FORBID). We’re awesome when girls watch sports.” expected to perform in the boardroom, Recently students, faculty and admin- the laundry room and the bedroom istrators have started having difficult con- simultaneously, and when we show any versations about sexual violence on sign of weakness, we’re whining, or worse, Cornell’s campus. Women have felt more “sensitive.” vulnerable than ever, and the University The more I thought about it, the more has done, for the most part, an admirable worked up I got: We wear slacks to interjob in helping us find strength. However, view for high-paying, competitive jobs in this completely casual and entirely harm- traditionally male businesses, but wear less conversation about Zoe’s TV habits mini skirts and stilettos to Pixel! Don’t get reminded me that while we have chal- me wrong, I’m not asking for sympathy. lenging conversations about how we, as It’s true that we are fulfilling these stereowomen, can feel safe, we often fail to have typically “female” expectations and failing equally important discussions about our to push (some) social norms on this camidentities within the University. As edu- pus. But we’re not alone. This gender cated and hard-working women, debacle is widespread — and evolving.

Earlier this week, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer ordered employees who work from home to begin reporting to the office.

These employees, many of whom are women with children, are up in arms, calling Mayer a self-hating businesswoman who doesn’t understand the balancing act that working mothers struggle to perform every day.

I am glad that my strength is recognized and that I am, as a woman, taken seriously. However, I think that when we discuss issues of sexual violence on campus, it is important to put the horse before the cart and ask not just how can we make women feel safe, but how can we make women feel like the women they want to be? And, more importantly, we need to be asking, who are those women?

Whether we recognize it consciously or not, female Cornellians are expected to manage different versions of themselves throughout the day. Men also undoubtedly navigate their environments and react accordingly, but I am certain that the mixed messages sent to high-achieving women are more taxing. With that said, it seems important to start at square one when addressing delicate issues like sexual violence (or even working mothers at Yahoo): Who am I, and — perhaps more importantly — who do you think I am?

Hannah Deixler is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at hdeixler@cornellsun.com. Shades of Grey appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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A Mixed Kind of Meal at Maté Factor

By MEGHAN FLYNN Sun Staff Writer

Maté Factor Café is pretty easy to miss. It sits nested on the Ithaca Commons, and isn’t one of the more well-known establishments or go-to spots in Ithaca. That being said, it is certainly an eatery worth visiting.

Upon entering the café, I immediately noticed how unique the atmosphere was; I mean, there were actual trees in the corners.

In fact, the entire place felt a bit like a treehouse or a woodland cottage. The rustic setup is definitely complementary to the menu, though, as it is quite healthy and organic.

I’m a vegan, so at times I can feel stuck with what to order when I go out to eat.

However, Maté Factor’s menu is ideal for the vegan and vegetarian crowd, though all you meat-eaters out there won’t be disappointed, either. I ordered the tofu-avocado wrap which was a wrap featuring baked tofu and avocado, as well as their salad mix, green peppers, onions, sprouts, tomatoes and olives. I also asked for my wrap to be whole wheat, and added mustard, too. I found the dish to be incredibly fresh and satisfying. I also must compliment their generosity with the avocado; they put plenty in the wrap to satisfy my incurable avocado craving. They gave me the choice between coleslaw or organic tortilla chips with salsa as a side, and I chose the latter. Much to my dismay, the salsa was not very spicy, but I’m sure my more mild readers will enjoy it for this same reason It also definitely tasted fresh.

The menu also features a pretty extensive array of teas, coffees and lattes. However, I was more interested in the juice bar and smoothie options, of which there were equally as many. I went for the “Essentially Green” smoothie, which is a mix of blue-green algae, spirulina, orange juice, honey and almond milk (which I requested as a substitute for coconut milk). I also asked my waiter to add a shot of ginseng. I know the drink sounds bizarre and might be scaring off some of you, but hey, it’s extremely healthy and worth trying (you

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only live once!). Would I necessarily try it again? I don’t think so, as each flavor and ingredient was a bit too prominent and detectable, instead of tasting like a blended drink. But there are so many other types of smoothies on the menu (featuring everything from peanut butter and carob chips to pineapples and vanilla) that I want to try anyway, so I’m not too disappointed in my so-so experience with the “Essentially Green.”

My dining partner chose an equally healthy drink titled “The Works,” which was a mixture of carrots, apples, beets, celery and ginger. I wish I’d chosen this, too. The juice was obviously thinner and lighter than a smoothie, which just made it a better option as a beverage

Give Maté Factor a try, and join me! I’ll be sitting under the tree in the front corner.

when ordering a (hearty) meal. Additionally, the flavors blended together much better than my smoothie’s, and left me feeling rejuvenated after just a sample sip (and envious of my friend for getting to finish it). As far as her main selection went, she chose the waffles, which were recommended to her by a friend. I’m not the biggest breakfast fan, but she had nothing but rave reviews for the whole-wheat waffles and fresh, homemade whipped cream, as well as the maple syrup (in which she drowned her dish).

Afterwards, I felt satisfied by my healthy, vegan dish, so I decided to indulge in one of their homemade vegan nut clusters, and my friend went for a carob brownie (we were hungry, okay?). I appreciated the option of a vegan dessert in general, but as far as taste goes, it was a strange mixture of stale and chewy. The carob brownie was softer and significantly sized, especially given the affordable price. In fact, the menu as a whole

is very inexpensive, which is noteworthy, given how most of the dishes and drinks are fresh and homemade.

As a whole, Maté Factor is a fine place to spend an afternoon conversing with a friend over fine food. I wouldn’t recommend heading to this place for studying, as it is somewhat dimly lit (though I loved the interior otherwise), but to rejuvenate with some juice after hours at Olin? Absolutely. There are fish and meat options for you carnivores, the staff is very accommodating and the menu offers a lot of variety — many of them very healthy. I suspect I will find myself craving the tofu-avocado wrap again in the near future, and I certainly intend to work my way through the juice and smoothie section.

Give Maté Factor a try, and join me! I’ll be sitting under the tree in the front corner.

Meghan Flynn can be reached at mflynn@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Atoms for Peace Amok XL Recordings

ASam Bromer It seems a bit odd to ascribe the moniker “supergroup” to a project like Atoms for Peace. Certainly, each member is extremely well known in his own right; Thom Yorke, Radiohead’s fantastically eccentric frontman, did not skimp on talent when he formed the group in order to perform his glitchy 2006 solo effort, The Eraser, live. Besides Nigel Godrich, the recording engineer often referred to as Radiohead’s “sixth member,” Yorke recruited Flea, the sockabusing bass-slapper of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joey Waronker of R.E.M. and Beck and famed studio percussionist Mauro Refosco.

But unlike the many ill-fated “super” collaborations of the past (which usually included Eric Clapton), or even more contemporary bands like Audioslave, the members of Atoms for Peace seem more like a group of unbelievably talented friends than a contentious whirlpool of dueling egos. As Yorke described in one interview, the group organically began to form after a few extended stays at Flea’s house, where they “got wasted, played pool and listened to Fela Kuti all night.” It’s no surprise, then, that their new release, Amok, sounds a bit like Afrobeat played in an anti-gravity chamber — and I mean that in the best way possible.

The preceding analogy is an extreme simplification, of course. Like just about all of Thom Yorke’s recent ventures, Amok is dense and ambiguous, merging traditionally recorded percussion and instrumentals with tracks created digitally until the line between these two formats is blurred beyond recognition. Though this technique has been attempted by

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Despite its often disjointed rhythm section and highly unorthodox use of instrumentation and vocals, Amok is sometimes, dare I say, even catchy. The heavily synthesized opening of “Dropped” builds into one of the breathtaking highlights of the album as the synth is joined by Yorke’s longing vocals, before Flea enters angrily with a chills-provoking bass line. The exhilaration of this build-up is on par with the most powerful moments of any Radiohead cut, and it showcases just why these musicians work together so well.

Atoms for Peace formed out of necessity, but the result of its efforts is incredibly promising. Each of Amok’s sonic elements work together in near-perfect harmony to create an album that works both on the track level and as a coherent whole. Significantly, the album withstands repeat after repeat, becoming more and more impressive after every listen. Though it seems impossible that any mere mortal could perform these tracks live, given how much they have already accomplished, Yorke and the rest of AfP will likely be able to beat the odds. After all, they’ve managed to make a create an album of impeccable quality and precise detail that proves (did it really need proving?) that these artists are at the top of their game.

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anxieties and frustrations of trying to relate to other people in this world.”

Of course Anxiety is not just about missing lovers. “Counting,” the clear highlight of the album, is about Ashin’s dying grandmother. With a chorus as rousing as Kanye West’s “Power” layered over beats that are piercing yet smooth, Ashin cries that he’s “counting on the idea that you’ll stay alive,” despairing that “everything you say is breaking off.” Each time he visits his grandmother may be his last.

While broadly R&B, the album’s sound is influenced by a very unlikely source: Ashin’s college roommate Daniel Lopatin, who makes haunting ambient drone music under the recording name Oneohtrix Point Never. Ashin himself admitted that “people who actually listen to R&B are not going to feel like this is a real R&B record,” but that’s the point.

Like the emotion, Anxiety won’t be the same for everyone. Even within an individual the feeling morphs over time, just like each of Anxiety’s songs. What doesn’t change how react to that feeling, consistently paralyzing and captivating, enticing us to transgress each challenge it poses.

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Kai Sam Ng is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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The derivatives and sub-genres of punk rock, including post-punk, pop punk, hardcore punk and dance-punk, are just as messy as the original form. But there’s an easier way to categorize this diaspora than with varying hyphenated titles, using just two categories: those that are more commercialized and refined and those that are more do-it-yourself and industrial. In You’re Nothing, Copenhagen band Iceage falls so far into the latter category that it makes this subtle difference between the categories seem seismic.

The best way to show this difference is to compare Iceage’s album with the early works of Joy Division. Both groups used perplexingly fascist symbols: the cover of Joy Division’s debut EP was a drawing of a Hitler Youth; Iceage started shows by flashing Nazi SS Iron Crosses (they’ve stopped and have admitted it was not a good idea). Both started out with brutal, simple punk songs: Joy Division’s “Leaders of Men” and Iceage’s “White Rune” come to mind. But Joy Division then channeled its punk energy into introspection with Unknown Pleasures. In retrospect, this shift was an indicator of where punk would head for the next 30 years — postpunk, gothic rock, New Wave, alternative rock, emo. Iceage, on the other hand, wants to make its sound as brutal as possible. When it was released,

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other groups, it has never felt as natural as on this release.

Flea’s grooving bass lines, unusually smooth for an artist known for thumb-slapping funk, weave intricately with the ping-pong percussion, which combines traditional drums and unidentifiable electronic blips. For best results, wear a good pair of headphones: Like a vintage Bordeaux or a Rothko, these rhythmic patterns beg to be appreciated.

Kuti’s influence really comes to light in these mesmerizing percussive arrangements, which sound like electronic interpretations of African drum circles. Though incredibly dense rhythmically, these arrangements become strangely and addictively hypnotic. Unlike Radiohead’s more electronic work on Kid A or The King of Limbs, or the complex rhythms of The Eraser, these tracks at points sound almost like dance music — though any dancing to Amok will probably only be performed in the comfortable shame of one’s own room.

Of course, Yorke’s aching falsetto forms a key part of Amok. When legible, his lyrics are often powerful: On “Default,” his voice soars over the track’s eerie synths as he admits, “The will is strong, but the flesh is weak. I’ve made my bed, and I’m lying in it.” Yet, as is evident in his other recent releases, Yorke has begun to use his voice as just another instrument. On “Ingenue,” for example, his indiscernible or nonsensical vocals echo beautifully as they drift in and out between the simple electronic cries of a retro-sounding synth.

At other times, particularly during the bridge of “Reverse Running,” Yorke’s voice is distorted completely, and becomes

The original album cover for Autre Ne Veut’s second LP, Anxiety, recreated a photograph taken of Edvard Munch’s The Scream when it was being auctioned off at Sotheby’s. This scene of iconized angst being sold for millions was intended to mirror how the album also placed the work's eponymous feeling “in the modern capitalist framework.” Now a void stands in place of the painting due to copyright issues, but the gap reflects the album’s concept much better anyway: Anxiety is less about anxious feelings and more about a generation of pure emptiness. Like Jacques Lacan’s idea of manqué, Anxiety shows us that the desire only exists within this empty place.

In opening track “Play by Play,” mastermind Arthur Ashin croons a refrain that shows up in too many R&B albums (“And I said baby”) over shimmering synths, before completing the sentence with the album’s single persistent theme: “I’m all alone.” The synths crash into silence then build up again to a momentous climax of slick beats. We learn that neither Ashin nor his mystery woman will make the first move: He “doesn’t want to be there tonight,” but neither does she. Still, this doesn’t prevent Ashin from endlessly imploring her to never leave him alone, as if repeating it enough times with enough gusto will make it true. As he described it, he’s “not afraid to sing about sex,” but the album is “more about the

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debut album New Brigade, with its screeching guitars, tribal rhythms and maxed out amps stood in stark contrast to the slick values of the Brooklyn punk scene.

While Iceage still keeps the DIY noise from New Brigade, its followup You’re Nothing is more grown-up. The group’s sound has transitioned into a something more ambient (“Morals,” “Wounded Hearts,” “Awake”) while still reminding us that it can be brutally and purely punk if it wants to be (“Burning Hand,” “In Haze,” “Ecstacy”). The album’s latter songs are focused, with simple guitar melodies — “Burning Hand” uses a simple two-note jammer at its loudest points.

Iceage’s sound applies to everything else Iceage. Its shows are literally bloody. It sells knives on its online store. In this album, the songwriting is much more tight-knit without sacrificing its trademark industrial brutality. Iceage is not the same group of 19-year-olds that came out with New Brigade, but it is not giving up its kicking and screaming. It will leave the lame stuff to the other guys.

Kai Sam Ng is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Who are The Chieftains? The famed Irish group is a legend among musicians with collaboration credits including The Rolling Stones, The Civil Wars, Art Garfunkel and Bon Iver. Their latest tour date? The State Theatre of Ithaca. The group has been around since the ’70’s and, in that time, they has bagged six Grammy Awards and “gave Texas its national anthem — Cotton-eyed Joe.” The band celebrated their 50th anniversary last year with its album Voice of Ages, which I am incidentally listening to right now. I cannot even describe the emotion that songs like “The Frost is All Over” and “Lily Love” are capable of imparting.

They rekindle the magic of classics like Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair” by blending Irish flutes, uilleann pipes and fiddles with the sounds of groups like The Civil Wars and The Low Anthem.

Tuesday night, while most Cornellians were staking it out in the libraries for some prelim or the other, I decided to take a leap of faith and venture out to the State Theatre for a performance by the legendary Chieftains. My friend and I were by far the youngest members of the audience, and definitely the least Irish, but we were nevertheless infected by the enthusiasm of the crowd. The theater was filled with elderly ladies and gentlemen doing the absolute Irish thing — drinking beer, clapping, singing, dancing and generally having a good time. The Stamp Crew of Ithaca and the Johnston School of Irish dance joined the band for a few songs and stirred the energy with some vivacious, crazy step dancing. It was the

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The beauty of the dance and melodies was only accentuated by the grandeur of the State Theatre, which turned 85 this year. The tunes of the flutes, pipes and harp filled the painted walls and transported the audience into a place of calm and happiness. I think my friend who I attended the show with described it the most succinctly. Halfway through the evening, I turned to her, a girl who had never heard the Chieftains’ music until that night, and asked her what she thought of it. Well she said, very thoughtfully, “You know what Aditi ...

They’re really chill.”

They performed their record-breaking score “The COURTESY OF THE CHIEFTAINS Rocky Road to Dublin,” a collaboration with The Rolling Stones that other about tobacco.

Inserted between a couple of the won them their sixth Grammy. When they sang “Cotton-Eyed Joe,” my friend and I group’s musical numbers was a video clip were about to pass out — this song is our that Maloney’s friend, astronaut Cady jam. They performed the classic “May Coleman, sent him from space — a Morning Dew” from the album Water recording of her playing a tune ... on the From the Well, a song that can make you flute. It was one of those moments when cry if, like me, you’re very far from home. you realize you have extraordinary people They performed “I’ll Tell me Ma,” a beau- in your midst. At the end of the video, tiful song and a regular in Irish pubs, and Maloney reminisced in disbelief: “Here “Maneo” from their album Santiago. In we are, 50 years ... where have we gone ...

“Maneo,” the Spanish guitar was simply where have we travelled ... in outer mesmerizing, easily transporting the audi- space?!” It was this little video clip led to ence to the vast Spanish deserts. They also the conception of the band’s album, The performed “Wabash Cannonball” and two Chieftains in Orbit.

Paddy Moloney, Chieftains frontman, particularly Irish songs — one about getting far too drunk on Christmas and the also announced the death of their former

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ith a skyward glance, Ang Lee thanked the “movie god” for his Best Director win at the Oscars Sunday night. While many were expecting Steven Spielberg to take the prize, it didn’t seem like anyone was too unhappy about Lee’s victory. I really wanted Lee to win. However unfairly, I’ve been rooting for Lee to win any award he’s been nominated for since I watched his 2007 espionage thriller Lust, Caution. Lee’s adaptation of Eileen Chang’s short story is still one of my two favorite films (the other being Casablanca) because he perfects the look of love and other such ephemeral emotions. As various critics have said, Lee’s gift lies in depicting the nuances of relationships, and I think that’s apparent in Life of Pi. In Life of Pi, a boy emigrating to Canada with his family becomes orphaned and ends up adrift at sea with four animal companions after the ship he is on sinks. For some reason (and this shows the extent to which I’ve forgotten the novel), I wondered if the animals would talk in the film version, but it was just as well they didn’t; the sadness in the eyes of a normal dying orangutan already says too much. Whenever there was a close-up of an animal’s face, I’d wrestle with the lesson Pi’s father tried teaching him early in the film: Animals don’t have souls. When the iconic Bengal tiger, Richard Parker, ends his companionship with Pi by walking into the forest without so much as a backward glance, Pi is devastated. The scene suggests that maybe Pi’s father was right, after all, but on closer inspection things get more ambiguous (as seems to be the case for many of the film’s key moments). Perhaps animals just value things differently than people — animals might be far keener on looking forward than on looking back.

I had expected to like Yann Martel’s book, which won the 2002 Man Booker Prize. I was told by almost everyone who had read it that I would like it. So I read the novel with great suspicion. I think I did like the book, though it was not quite as poetically brooding as I’d hoped. (At that time, I was drawn to vaguely philosophical, melancholic books with lush imagery.) I couldn’t quite get off that lifeboat, replete with dry biscuits and a quaint survival

member, Martin Fay, who died last year at 76 and was one of the band’s original members. In addition to marking the group’s anniversary, this tour commemorates the group’s camaraderie with Martin Fay. Overall, I can say that I’m glad I took the time out of my studying to make the trip to the State Theatre. I have decided that I want to have several weddings in my life, and now, I will make sure that one is in the Irish tradition — The Chieftains will perform.

Aditi Bhowmick is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at abhowmick@cornellsun.com.

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manual for those adrift at sea, for a few days.

Somehow I was less intrigued by the extent to which Pi’s lengthy stay (on a lifeboat with starving animals) could be possible than by how a dry biscuit might actually look, or how a young boy could have such a serendipitous succession of religious awakenings.

In the same way, I suppose I did like the film. Some critics have suggested that Life of Pi is no more than Lee’s excuse for a glorious visual spectacle that masquerades as introspection. A related charge is that Lee’s film oversentimentalizes religion. I could not disagree more (though I suspect that Eat, Pray, Love is guilty of the second charge). Lee’s film is certainly very beautiful, and there’s an appropriately surreal air about most scenes, from the sun-drenched Indian swimming pool in which Pi learns to swim to the verdant selfcannibalizing island. For the most part, I think the fantastical, overwhelming imagery is fitting for a film that treads so finely between the real and the unreal.

Everything is heightened, as things tends Darn That to be in hindsight.

Dream Early on in the film, we’re told that Pi’s story “will make you believe in God.” That’s a very ambitious statement. I won’t go as far as to say that the film actually makes an overwhelmingly compelling case for the existence of God, but it does say a few things worth thinking about. While Pi admits that being hungry does strange things to you, he doesn’t descend into the depths of of savagery in a Lord of the Flies or Heart of Darkness fashion. Perhaps this has something to do with the absence of other people competing for starkly inadequate resources. Or perhaps it has to do with Pi’s reliance on religious philosophy. Throughout

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the film, he is periodically depicted praying on the boat, and during a particularly brutal storm he cries out to his creator, declaring his readiness to be taken home. The scene exemplifies an ancient notion in at least one of Pi’s many religions — God gives and then takes away. What do you do when that happens?

The film is most remarkable for the two questions that it poses. After Pi completes his astonishing account, he asks Martel, “Why does it have to mean anything?” After Pi is rescued, he is interviewed by representatives of the Japanese shipbuilding company that constructed the sunken boat. When Pi’s interviewers admit that his story is difficult to believe, he says, “Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist, God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?” I think these are great statements on religion that steer clear from sentimentality. Too often, we try too hard to fit our lives into some kind of narrative (which is exactly what Martel tries to do with Pi’s story), and sometimes we choose a certain belief that helps explain the seemingly disparate fragments of our lives. But we also are more averse to accepting things that defy our accepted ways of viewing the world; just because something is hard to believe doesn’t mean it’s unbelievable. That Lee managed to convey these salient questions, which I think constitute the core of the book, makes his win a deserving one.

Daveen Koh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainmenteditor@cornellsun.com. Darn That Dream appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow has filed a federal lawsuit trying to overturn his 10year ban from racing in New York for drug violations.

The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, says the 53-year-old Dutrow has been “irreparably harmed” by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board for what he says is effectively a lifetime ban.

Dutrow claims racing officials engaged in “wrongful and malicious actions” against him. He’s seeking $10 million in damages for lost earnings, punitive damages and an order lifting the ban.

Dutrow trained Big Brown to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes wins in 2008. He recently tied for the training title with 110 victories at Aqueduct, his fourth title at the track where his stable is based. It was the ninth time in the last 10 years he was the leading or second-leading trainer.

“Any and every horse Dutrow becomes involved with during the 10 years his license is revoked

... disqualifies the horse from any racetrack throughout New York state,” the civil court complaint says. “The order, in effect, also acts as a prohibition against Dutrow associating with any individuals who use the racetracks of New York state, including his family, who are connected to the racetracks.”

Lee Park, a spokesman for the New York State Gaming Commission, the agency that succeeded the racing board, said Wednesday that they haven't been served with legal papers and declined to comment.

Dutrow had unsuccessfully appealed the license revocation in state courts, with the punishment put on hold until the New York Court of Appeals in January declined to hear his latest appeal.

In October, that same court rejected his constitutional claim that his rights to a fair proceeding were violated by the appearance of bias by racing board Chairman John Sabini. Sabini was also an officer of the Association of Racing Commissioners

International, which advocated revoking Dutrow’s license.

The federal lawsuit claims Sabini and association officials acted in concert to ensure his license would be revoked, depriving him of due process.

The three-member state board cited infractions including syringes containing an analgesic and sedative found in Dutrow's desk and an analgesic found in the urine of his horse Fastus Cactus in November 2010 after it won at Aqueduct Racetrack. The board also fined him $50,000.

Dutrow told a hearing officer he didn't know how the syringes got into his desk. A blood test of Fastus Cactus didn’t show any of the analgesic, and Dutrow’s expert witness theorized that the urine test may have been contaminated.

When the board issued the ban in October 2011, Sabini said Dutrow’s repeated violations and disregard for racing rules “eroded confidence in the betting public and caused an embarrassment throughout the industry.”

SPORTS BRIEFS

Defensive End Kelsay Retires From Buffalo Bills BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rather than risk another injury, and go through another coaching transition in Buffalo, defensive end Chris Kelsay decided it was best to retire after 10 seasons with the Bills.

“I just felt physically, and mentally, too, that I was ready to go in a different direction,” Kelsay said Wednesday during a conference call. “There is a sense of relief there. So I know that I made the right decision.”

The decision came this week after Kelsay spent months wavering on his future. Rather than keep the Bills guessing, he traveled from his offseason home in Nebraska to personally inform general manager Buddy Nix at the team’s facility in Orchard Park.

“As I kind of went back and forth on it, I believe if you think about retirement that much, you're already retired,” Kelsay said. “So I’m happy with the decision and look forward to the next chapter of my life.”

The thought of retirement

first entered Kelsay’s mind after he tore a ligament in his neck during practice. He missed seven of Buffalo's final eight games, and finished on the injured reserve list.

Despite being cleared by team doctors last month, Kelsay was concerned about his health.

“I did not want to leave the game broke down,” he said.

Another factor that weighed into his decision was spending another offseason learning under a new coaching staff. The Bills hired Doug Marrone last month to replace Chan Gailey, who was fired after three losing seasons.

Starting with Gregg Williams, the Bills are on their fifth head coach since selecting Kelsay in the second round of the 2003 draft.

“Any time you have an entire staff overhaul like we’ve had, it’s tough to come in and have to reprove yourself,” he said.

Marrone, the former Syracuse coach, has brought in a new staff that includes former New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, who is taking over the same role in Buffalo. He becomes the Bills third defensive coordinator in three years.

Kelsay made his decision early enough in the offseason to allow the team an opportunity to assess its plans before the start of free agency in two weeks.

“It’s been weighing heavy on my heart for a while. So it was as good of an opportunity and time to do it as any,” said Kelsay, whose intention all along was to finish his career in Buffalo.

He had two years left on his contract, and was scheduled to make $3.725 million in base salary this season. Kelsay said there had been no discussions between him and the team to restructure his contract.

Kelsay was among the longest serving members on the current team, and the latest veteran to depart.

The Bills defense is already going through a transition after cutting three veterans over the past month: cornerback Terrence McGee, safety George Wilson and linebacker Nick Barnett.

Kelsay was a three-time defensive captain, who finished with 32 1/2 career sacks to rank ninth on the team list. A starter since 2004, he also proved durable in playing in 147 games, including 120 starts. Last season marked the first time Kelsay played in fewer than 12 games.

He is one of only three Bills defensive linemen to have at least three interceptions. Kelsay enjoyed his best season in 2006, when he finished with 5 1/2 sacks and was credited with 88 tackles.

Kelsay’s biggest frustration was being part of a team that has gone 13 seasons without a playoff berth — the NFL's longest active drought. During Kelsay’s tenure, the Bills enjoyed just one winning season, when they finished 9-7 in 2004.

“Obviously, it’s something that is frustrating, something that we didn’t achieve,” Kelsay said.

"We’re going to turn the corner.

It’s just a matter of time. I see good things in the near future for the Buffalo Bills."

In a statement released by the team, Nix called Kelsay a “consummate professional” and someone who will be missed.

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“I qualified for novice flat last semester, so I’ve been showing in intermediate for a while now and that has really prepared me to go back to novice for regionals,” Hooker said. “My novice fences rides Saturday and Sunday had, as Todd puts it, ‘some brilliant moments.’ I definitely had a few missed distances to the fences, but it’s IHSA, and we don’t always have to be perfect to win.”

Freshman Meridith Meyer also qualified for regionals in the open flat and fences division. In addition to this achievement, she placed second in the Cacchione Cup competition with 69 points behind Ithaca sophomore Maria Van Buskirk.

The Cacchione Cup is an individual competition between the riders in the open division.

The Cacchione winner in each region goes on to compete in a special class at IHSA nationals.

Last season, Bronwyn Scrivens ’12 became the first Cornell rider to win the Cacchione. She went on to place 11th at nationals.

“I am very excited and lucky to be going to regionals in both my divisions as a freshman,” Meyer said. “Coming in second in the Cacchione was really the icing on the cake. I did not expect to do so well in my first year on the team, and I am unbelievably grateful for all the opportunities the team [has given] me to succeed.”

Since the Red’s semi-annual home show was canceled this semester, the entire team made the trip to Alfred, N.Y., for last weekend’s doubleheader.

“It was good to have everybody there and have that team camaraderie feeling throughout the day,” Hilton said.

Historically, the Red has been very successful at its home shows.

The squad had a near-perfect day at its fall show this season, with all of the team riders earning first place in their classes. Still, there is no telling how the second home show could have affected the season’s outcome.

“It does give you the home advantage [because] you know the horses a little bit better,” Hilton said. “Nobody can predict how it would have turned out, though.”

The Red may not have ended the season with a win, but the team still has a lot of positive moments to focus on.

“Even though we didn’t come in first in our region, I am so proud of all that [the] team has accomplished this season,” Boub said. “I think more than anything — more than winning or the ribbons — it is important that we are all able to support each other and really come together as a team, and I saw so many outstanding examples of this. There were so many great individual moments that it is hard to be anything but happy with our results this past weekend.”

Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.

blow by anyone, he doesn’t have great handles and he can’t shoot threes, yet he’s an aboveaverage NBA player because he’s so smart and crafty. Go to YouTube and watch the highlights of him scoring 52 points against the Mavericks; it may be the least impressive way to score that many points, ever. It’s really amazing seeing how little pure athleticism is needed to be a good player in the NBA. Miller simply takes what’s given to him by the defense and makes smart decisions to succeed.

The biggest reason why I love Miller, however, is his voice. He sounds a little like a mouse, and it’s wonderful. The world would be a better place if we appreciated Andre Miller a little more.

We should also appreciate Kenneth Faried, the Manimal. He has a game built entirely on athleticism and energy. Despite being just 6’8” and weighing 221 pounds, he’s averaging 12.1 points and 9.6 rebounds a game, never leaving the paint in the process.

Cheering for the underdog is always fun, but the way Faried got to the NBA is even better. He was raised by two lesbian mothers, with his birth-mom suffering from lupus

since he was in fourth grade, and has stood up publicly for gay marriage. He doesn’t judge by sexual orientation, wealth or race.

He grew up in Newark, where more than half the population is black, then went to school at Morehead State in Kentucky, located in a rural county which is 94 percent white. He simply accepts people for who they are, and the world — sports world especially — really needs more people like him.

The wings for the Nuggets are also a bunch of fun. The lanky Corey Brewer — described by head coach George Karl as “a wild wild-card” — might be the most energetic, reckless player in the league. He looks like four flailing limbs with no body, just a mess of arms and legs swirling around endlessly, which fits perfectly into the Nuggets’ breakneck pace. He’s a pesky defender, leaks out on every opportunity he has (which is not always a positive) and is absolutely fearless.

Just a joy to watch.

Andre Iguodala is not as energetic as Brewer, but his presence is just as important.

He has the calm of a wily veteran, despite being just 29, and he does the things necessary to win games. His most important contribution to the team is his great, calculating defense and his countless hours scouting opponents. Every night, he matches up with

the best wing on the opposing team, and it’s possible to actually see him take away the thing they want to do. Some defenders play great defense because of their energy and quickness, but Iguodala relies on simply getting in the way of where they want to go. It noticeably bothers the great players in the league.

Despite loving all the individual players on the team — and I didn’t even mention its two leading scorers, Danilo ‘The Rooster’ Gallinari and Ty Laswon — the biggest reason why I love the Nuggets is their team dynamic; they have no players who were even close to getting an All-Star nod, yet are 36-22 and sit in fourth place in the ultra-competitive West. They legitimately seem to like each other and have fun goofing around together.

There don’t seem to be any rivalries or pouting because players didn’t get enough minutes; they just work their asses off when they’re called upon and let George Karl handle the logistics. The Nuggets’ balance, unselfishness, youth and pure energy make them an exciting team to watch, and everyone should be paying attention.

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

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C.U. Set to Take On Maryland Polo Club

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Staff Writer

The women’s polo team is set to play its first game in more than a month when it takes on the Maryland Polo Club this weekend at Oxley. The Red is currently undefeated through 11 games — including eight home wins — and has only two games remaining before heading into the regional championships.

Although the team had games scheduled for two of the past three weeks, a horse virus that swept through Cornell’s barns forced the cancellation of the match against Yale and the postponement of the match against top rival University of Virginia. The men’s team also had its matches against the Bulldogs and the Cavaliers either cancelled or delayed.

“We’ve missed a couple weeks of games, so that’s an unfortunate circumstance,” head coach David Eldredge ’81 said. “The teams have stayed focused. … We’re feeling pretty good right at the moment.”

While the men faced the Maryland Polo Club back in November and picked up a 21-6 win, the women have not competed against a non-collegiate team yet this season. Eldredge said he scheduled the game against the Maryland team to give the Red’s highly skilled women’s squad — which has outscored opponents 293-77 so far this season — more of a test.

“I’ve had to get in some club teams this year to challenge the team because in our region, we haven’t had a lot of really challenging competition,” he said.

Kelly Wells ’92 is the coach of the Maryland women’s team.

During her time on the Red, Wells led the team to the championship title in 1991 and was named an All-American by the United States Polo Association her junior and senior years.

Senior captain Ali Hoffman, a native of Baltimore County, Maryland, played for the club while in high school, and said she expects a good game.

“They’re going to be a strong team to compete against,” she said.

“It should be a lot of fun.”

The Red will enter the game against Maryland missing freshman Devin Cox, an integral part of the Red’s lineup. Cox is one of four players, including Hoffman, junior captain Kailey Eldredge and freshman Anna Winslow, who

clock playing time during major games. Cox is suffering from a strained ligament in one knee and will rest over the weekend.

“Devin is a strong player, so obviously when you don’t have one of your core four players, it puts pressure on the others,” Hoffman said. “All three people on the field need to make sure they’re keeping themselves motivated during the entire game.”

Hoffman added that the Maryland game and next weekend’s game — the team’s only currently scheduled contests left before regionals — are critical for the Red’s preparation going into the regional and national tournaments. “[The games] are definitely important because we obviously haven’t had as many games or opponents to play as we have in past years,” she said. “It’s mostly about getting back into the playing mindset.”

Cornell, Skidmore and the University of Connecticut have all secured automatic bids for the women’s regional tournament.

The final team to head to regionals could be either Harvard, Yale, the University of Massachusetts or the University of Guelph at Kemtville. The final team will be decided by a preliminary tournament, and the winner of the tournament will likely be the team the Red plays in the first round of regionals.

According to David Eldredge, there’s a chance that the postponed game against UVA will take place next weekend at Oxley, although the teams are still working out the details. The women’s team has had its closest matches come against the Cavaliers, winning the first matchup, 13-12, after a threeround shootout, and claiming the second, 20-16, in the final of the Bill Field Invitational.

While the lack of games for the women’s team over the past month may mean the women have a bit of rust to shake off this weekend, Hoffman said the rest was beneficial to the team.

“It’s probably a good thing we didn’t have games, because we all have something we’ve probably needed to let rest,” she said.

“We’ve really been — in the last two weeks — getting our chemistry back and building up our stamina again to get us back into competitive fitness level.”

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.

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Riding on | The Red will return to action against this weekend at Oxley in what will be its first game in more than a month.

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Ten Questions Columnist Reena Gilani caught up with junior Dominick Scelfo to chat about basketball, sea-otters and the Village People.

1. How did you get involved with basketball?

I started at a really young age; my parents had me playing like every single sport. I played baseball until ninth grade and football until like seventh, but basketball is the one I ended up sticking with.

What has basketball meant for you here at Cornell?

I have a lot of friends on the team and [have had] a lot of different experiences. The whole Division I basketball experience is something that’s unique and really interesting and something I have absolutely enjoyed.

So you’re from New Orleans but also Canadian, how does that work?

My mom is from Toronto, and my dad’s from the New Orleans area. They met somewhere in college and then they moved to New Orleans, so I’m a dual citizen.

How did you end up at Cornell from Louisiana?

When I was coming out of high school, I was choosing between a few different schools and then actually got hurt so [I] decided to concentrate more on school than on basketball. I picked Cornell for the great education.

2. Who are your parents and your babysitters?

Pete [McMillan] says I act like a kid sometimes so he says that him and Dwight [Tarwater] are my parents. He says my babysitter is Marshall Faulk.

Can you tell me about the g-lin stock?

You definitely want to short the g-lin stock at all times.

3. Do you have any pre-game rituals or traditions that you participate in?

Before every game I like to start a cheer for Peter, and then the whole team starts yelling. Then Dwight holds me up when I start yelling. It’s really, really weird.

4. What is up with you and “king cake”?

My dad has a bakery in New Orleans and a king cake is the cake of Mardi Gras. Every year, my dad apparently thinks I have 100 friends and he just keeps sending them.

I give them out to everyone on the team and anyone else.

5. Jake [Matthews] caught you eating his Poptarts that he specifically told you not to eat. Do you care to elaborate on this incident?

Jake likes to eat all my food, especially when I only have

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Out for a spin | Junior guard Dominick Scelfo remembers the team’s away game against Duke as his craziest basketball experience.

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one of them left. One day I had Poptarts and he came in and said he would eat my last Poptart, and he did — that’s what makes him a conniver — and now he’s trying to turn it on me. I don’t forgive him for that.

So you never actually ate one of his?

Oh no, he only did it to me.

6. What are your babaloonies?

I don’t know how this whole thing began but we started calling each other balloons and then it got stranger and we started calling each other babaloonies. I have literally no idea how it happened.

So it’s a nickname you all have for each other? Not a physical entity.

Yeah, [that’s] just what we call each other. Like I said, we’re pretty weird. be?

7. Who would you consider your celebrity look-alike to

When we first got on the court at Duke, everyone was chanting “Justin Bieber.” I think it’s because of my hair, so I might have to trim it sometime soon.

Have you ever wanted to be in a boy band or some type of pop sensation like he is?

I have filmed a few music videos. They’re not open to the public, but at some point we are going to release them.

Are they original songs or covers?

They’re covers, and they have great dance moves in them.

Do you have any signature moves?

The grocery cart is a fan favorite for sure. Then you have the sprinkler, of course, and the hammer and the nail.

Also, the dougie; Miles [Asafo-Adjei] taught me how to dougie.

And what kind of music do you like to do covers of? Any stuff by the Village People?

We actually dressed up like the Village People for Halloween and did a lot of performances that night. I don’t think we stopped singing “YMCA” and “Macho Man.” We did music videos of us as the Village People, but that’s not all that has been filmed.

What other songs have you done?

A few Justin Bieber songs, of course.

Is it just you in the videos?

Dwight and Jake are in them too. I guess it started with the Cornell basketball music video.

The video to “Let’s Go”?

Yeah, Coach told us a marketing group was doing it so

we decided to try it out. That got us started on making other goofy videos on our own.

Could you describe the Harlem Shake video you and your roommates just made?

I don’t think I can. It’s not on YouTube yet but it will be coming out shortly, so everyone can get ready for that.

What is the other group you’re a part of, Dope Vocals?

Dope Vocals is the group of Miles, Nolan [Cressler] and me, and we made our debut at Big Red Blowout.

Miles did most of the singing for that one in front of everyone on the stage. It wasn’t planned and kind of just happened on the spot, but there were a lot of fans.

8. How is your hoopmixtape coming along?

So if you’re good at basketball, you put together your cool clips and play that. Miles has been filming me and I’ve been doing some really fundamental layups and nice chest passes for my hoopmixtape. It’s a little different from the high-flying dunking stuff that other guys do.

9. If you could be any animal, what would you be?

There’s so many options. I’d probably go with a sea otter.

Why a sea otter?

Because I saw one the other day. He was dunking online and it was actually a really cool video. If you haven’t seen it you should look that up.

10. What’s the craziest thing that you’ve done during your basketball career at Cornell?

Probably play at Duke, because it’s been somewhere I’ve always wanted to play. They are known for having one of the best arenas and one of the best college atmospheres.

It was a really cool experience even though we lost by 40 points.

And do you have an exciting accomplishment off the court that you can share?

My roommate’s older brother is Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Davis Tarwater. I actually beat Davis’ little brother in a swimming competition, so I’m pretty proud of that. I’m probably going to retire after that win and retire the speedo.

Did you train a lot for that?

I did...almost an entire 10 minutes. It definitely paid off, though Dwight’s not too fast so I guess that helped me.

Reena Gilani can be reached at rgilani@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Finishes Third at Alfred

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

It will take more than a loss to unhorse the equestrian team this season. Despite the squad’s third place finish after its doubleheader at Alfred last weekend, many of the riders were still able to advance to the regional championships that will be held on March 9.

Although equestrian is traditionally an individual sport, the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association features both individual and team competition. At every show, each school chooses riders whose scores are combined for the overall team score. Those who are not showing as part of the team still have the opportunity to ride as individuals, and the points that they earn eventually propel them into higher divisions. With 257 points, Cornell was unable to surpass Alfred and Ithaca, who took first and second place with 271 and 263 points, respectively. Alfred’s regional championship win earns the Saxons a spot at Zones as a team. The Red’s riders who compete at regionals, however, will have a chance to advance to Zones as well.

Senior tri-captain Emily Kowalchik felt that while the Red’s riding was strong, its opponents continued to kick up the competition as the season progressed.

“They took last year as a learning experience and improved on it,” she said.

Last season, the squad trampled its competition — remaining undefeated until its last regular season show. This season, the other teams were not prepared to let the Red steal

EMILY BURKE / SUN FILE PHOTO

Horsin’ around | 12 Cornell riders, including seniors Erika Hooker and Briana Boub, qualified for regionals this season. their thunder.

“We weren’t expecting the level of riding from the schools that we saw,” senior tri-captain Zofia Hilton said.

While the team is disappointed by the loss, the riders are pleased with the progress they made over the season and are looking forward to regionals.

“It might not have been a successful season in terms of where we ended up … but there is more than one way to have a successful season,” senior tri-captain Emily Webster said. “I feel like our team has made a lot of progress, and the ribbons will come.”

According to Webster, 12 Cornell riders qualified for regionals this year. Seniors Erika Hooker and Briana Boub advanced to regionas for the first time in their careers.

Hooker qualified in both novice flat and fences, while Boub will compete in the advanced walk-trot-canter division.

Hooker has already moved up to the intermediate flat division, but will return to novice flat for regionals. Her rides this weekend helped to prepare her for the upcoming competition, which will also take place at Alfred.

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Nuggets Nation Red Readies for Round-Robins I FENCING

’m a New Orleans Hornets fan; don’t ask. I love their uniforms, their players and generally everything about them. With the Hornets rebuilding, however, and hard to watch at times, this year I’ve adopted another team: the Denver

he uses to celebrate. He’s actually productive; he averages 10 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in just 18 minutes a game. He legitimately tries hard, sometimes failing spectacularly, but the effort is there. His mom won back-to-back women’s NCAA titles,

Albert Liao Playing the Field Nuggets. The Nuggets have everything it takes to be a team you want to cheer for: they’re a good team, they’re exciting to watch, and most importantly, they have the wackiest players in the NBA. Let’s start with the man, the myth, the JaVale. What’s there not to love? The answer is nothing. Let’s go over some of the reasons I love JaVale McGee. On Inside the NBA, Shaq has a whole segment called “Shaqtin’ a Fool,” pretty much dedicated to mistakes JaVale McGee makes. McGee has a finger mustache tattoo that

played and coached in the WNBA and may be the most supportive mother in the NBA aside from Flo Allen. Most importantly, JaVale makes me happy and really, that’s all that counts. Never change, JaVale.

Other than JaVale, my next favorite player is obviously Andre Miller.

At this point in his career, he literally has zero athleticism. Watch him play; he just takes his time, uses his size, shoots ugly, flat mid-range jumpers that go in and makes great lob passes. He can’t See LIAO page 17

By MARISSA VELASQUEZ

Sun Staff Writer

The women’s fencing team looks to bring home a win in the RoundRobins Ivy League tournament at Harvard this weekend. The tournament was originally set to take place on Feb. 9, but was rescheduled due to Winter Storm Nemo.

The Red (16-3) will take on Princeton (15-2), Harvard (8-6) and Brown (25-2) in the first round Saturday starting at 11 a.m. The team will then battle Penn (15-4), Yale (510) and Columbia (17-3) in the second round of the tournament, with matches starting at 10 a.m. Sunday.

According to junior foil squad captain April Whitney, the team’s biggest challenge will be overcoming the obstacles created by the Red itself.

“The biggest rival is ourselves as a team,” she said. “We are capable of beating anyone, and it really just comes down to how prepared we are that morning, our mindset and how we are feeling with the team dynamic.”

Although the tournament was previously postponed, the squad has been using its spare time to its advantage. “[Nemo] was pretty ter-

rible, but we have been taking it into stride, and it has been a great opportunity to extend our training,” junior captain Christine McIntosh said.

“Ivies are getting more and more challenging every year.”

McIntosh added that she hopes to improve her performance from last season.

“Personally, I want to improve my record for last year, knowing that the pool of competitors is that much harder this year,” she said. “Being able to do that would be a really big accomplishment, as for anyone else on my team, and I’m just hoping that my squad will pull through and improve all of our records from last year.”

The tournament will be the first time the Red will encounter its fellow Ivy League competitors on the season. According to Whitney, the team has improved over the past few seasons.

“We get stronger and stronger every year, since my freshman year [the program] has grown tremendously,” she said. “The freshmen this year are really strong and there are just more and more people that are committed to the team, and they do a lot of things outside of practice and

competing to establish that bond.”

During last year’s Ivies, the Red placed last in the women’s three-weapon team with a total of no wins and six losses, but this weekend McIntosh hopes for a different outcome.

“Our philosophy is to make sure we beat everyone we are supposed to beat and fight as hard as we

can for those teams that we think are stronger,” she said. “That will [help us] push for wins against the even more challenging schools, and hopefully we will give them a run for their money.”

Marissa Velasquez can be reached at mvelasquez@cornellsun.com

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Tipping point | The women’s fencing team will take on its Ivy competitors for the first time during this season on Saturday and Sunday.