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Sean Doolittle ’16 says In the Middle of the Night is unlike anything else you’ve ever seen at Cornell. | Page 8

Slope Day Changes Focus on Safety Univ: Financial Attendees will now gain Payments to City entry through wristbands Will Not Increase “We want to do what we can to get students on the slope earlier.”

Joseph Scaffido

By ERIC OBERMAN

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Jammin’ out | Changes to this year’s Slope Day will aim to curb the

Changes to this year’s Slope Day — which include changing the timing of performances and the manner in which students enter the concert area — were announced by the Slope Day Planning Board Thursday in an effort to increase the safety of the event.

According to Lee Singer ’14, executive chair of the SDPB, the schedule for the day will begin an hour earlier from that of previous years, with students allowed onto the slope at 11 a.m. The first performer will take the stage at noon, with each performance beginning approximately an hour after the last, Singer said.

According to Singer, the changes are intended to reduce the amount of drinking that occurs before the concert and to ensure that students will be on the Slope in close proximity to medical care.

“Students are very likely to engage in high-risk drinking prior to the event,” Singer said. “If we simply reduce the time [before the performance] by moving it up earlier in the day, students would be much

amount of student drinking before the event, organizers say.

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

President David Skorton said that while he is willing to continue to have conversations with the City of Ithaca over the University’s contributions to Ithaca, he said he is not willing to increase Cornell’s direct monetary allocations to the city.

“The reason I’m not going to move money from our bottom line to the City’s bottom line is that I’m not willing to further reduce our workforce, which is what it would take if we went back into deficit again,” Skorton said during a meeting with the press Monday.

Currently, Skorton said the University makes three large contributions to the neighboring community, which include the contribution SKORTON of having a research university in the community, the jobs the University provides and the direct voluntary contributions.

Currently, a Memorandum of Understanding — which was created in 1995 — dictates the University’s voluntary contributions to the City of Ithaca. Since its inception, tensions have arisen between the two neighboring

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Panelists Talk Gender Discrimination at Computer Science Forum

By CHRISTOPHER YATES Sun Staff Writer

A panel of six students discussed a wide range of issues within the Cornell computer science community Monday spanning gender discrimination, tensions between teaching assistants and students and other social and academic topics.

According to Andrew Levine ’14, one

“I had to use Google when I had problems and didn’t feel comfortable asking for help.”

Aparna Pande ’14 of the event’s organizers, the panel was held in order to provide a forum through which students could discuss issues of minority treatment as well as student and teaching assistant relationships in the computer science community.

“The talk was focused on making the [computer science] community a more inclusive place since it hasn’t always been,” he said. “The computer science department is growing and different groups have felt [that] the community [is] not entirely

welcoming.”

Prof. Ross Tate, computer science, who moderated the discussion, said the objective of the panelists was not “to change minds.” “[Rather], we want to see what kind of experiences people go through here at Cornell, and why we have these different perspectives on these topics,” he said.

Students had previously submitted their experiences in the Cornell computer science community to an anonymous submission forum, and some were read aloud and discussed by the panel.

Tensions between teaching assistants and students were one of the issues highlighted by the anonymous submissions.

“It felt like us against the course staff, which was made up of a few extremely talented students who felt that — and made us feel that — we weren’t good enough,” wrote one anonymous submitter. “This isn’t a healthy academic environment.”

Students on the panel agreed that acknowledging academic difficulties and requesting help can be difficult for students in computer science courses.

“We need a community where you can ask your peers questions,” Aparna Pande ’14 said. “I had to use Google when I had problems and didn’t feel comfortable asking for help.”

Suggestions on how to improve teach-

ing assistant training — such as confidentiality training — were made by students attending the event.

“There needs to be confidentiality training because it’s common to hear T.A.s discussing grades, grading in public and berating students, and this can be a negative experience for students in the class,” Sasha Naranjit ’14 said.

Other anonymously submitted stories described a social atmosphere that could at times be hostile to female computer science students. Some male and female attendees agreed that gender discrimination is an issue in the Cornell computer science community.

See PANEL page 5

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Real talk | Greg Hill ’14 addresses the issue of gender inequality within the Computer Science community at a panel Monday.

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S.A.Elections See Low Turnout

Dance and design

Less than 30 percent of student body voted in presidential race

By DARA LEVY Sun Senior Writer

This month’s Student Assembly elections dropped in turnout since last year, with fewer than 4,000 students — less than 30 percent of the undergraduate population — voting in the presidential election.

Alfonse Muglia ’14, S.A. elections director, said the goal of the elections committee was to have at least 50 percent of the undergraduate student population to vote.

“To represent the majority of students you need a majority of students to vote,” Muglia said.

Juliana Batista ’16, newly-elected executive vice president for the S.A., said the S.A. always tries to raise voter turnout, although certain obstacles prevent that from happening.

“I think we have to face some inevitabilities — there are always going to be students who don’t care about campus politics or who don’t always see what goes behind things that impact experience at Cornell,” Batista said. “Some just don’t feel that their vote is going to make a difference.”

This year, other S.A. candidates were allowed to endorse presidential candidates, and student organizations were encouraged to endorse candidates as well, according to Muglia. Endorsements had been banned in previous years.

“Our goal was to make it easier for students to associate candidates with particular issues,” Muglia said. “To an effect it did work ... For the people who did vote, it was a more educated vote.”

This year’s presidential debate had approximately 250 students in attendance — larger than previous years, according to Muglia.

Muglia said that candidates endorsing presidential candidates could have contributed to the larger crowd.

“With other candidates attending, they were also rallying [for] their friends,” he said.

Voter turnout depends on many different logistics each year, according to Batista. She said this year’s low turnout could have been impacted by the timing of February Break as well as the several uncontested races — including her own race for executive vice president.

Muglia said he thinks this election’s uncontested races

were a result of several sophomores and juniors on the S.A. deciding to pursue leadership roles in other organizations.

The fact that there were only two presidential candidates may have also had an effect, according to Muglia.

In 2013, 4,301 students voted for an S.A. president, which had three candidates. This year, 3,829 students voted for a presidential candidate, according to the S.A. website.

Similarly, last year 4,414 students voted for an executive vice president when there were four choices. This year, with the race uncontested, 3,235 students voted for the position.

Muglia said students might not interact with the S.A. because “the culture of the school” allows for a more direct approach to resolving conflicts.

For example, President David Skorton will answer students’ emails directly, and other students will directly contact someone from the administration or an organization to have an issue addressed, rather than going in front of the S.A., according to Muglia.

“To a student it may be simpler to reach out to a friend on Interfraternity Council or Skorton directly because it sounds like that’s the fastest way to get something done,” Batista said.

Vikram Kejariwal ’16, who was recently elected as S.A. representative for the College of Engineering, said that students who are involved in organizations on campus in particular need to stay informed about the S.A. “People on campus should care about the S.A., and I believe they do,” Kejariwal said. “It affects them, their clubs and their organizations, so they have to care.”

Batista said she hopes that the S.A.’s planned online petition platform — which allows students to have their concerns brought before the S.A. with 250 signatures — will make the S.A. “more accessible” to students. “[The petition platform] gives us a better pulse of what’s happening on campus, what people are interested in learning more about and it gives students more buy-in on issues on campus,” Batista said.

Alex Thompson ’16 said that regardless of S.A. initiatives to increase student participation, there is little that could raise their interest due to students’ busy schedules.

“Students’ lack of interest in the S.A. is probably the same

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The Locally-Grown Dance Festival performs “Mid-Levels at Milstein Hall” amongst students and passers-by Monday.

reason reason why many Cornell students don’t read the news,” Thompson said. “It’s not a top priority, so if it’s between that or finishing a problem set, they’ll finish their homework, but it’s sad because that probably translates into real politics.”

Batista said she believes one-on-one interactions between S.A. members and students on campus are a key way to get students more involved with the S.A. “It’s not a perfect system,” Batista said. “We’re 25 people representing 14,000 undergraduates — many who wish to interact with the S.A., many who don’t care and many who care but don’t know where to start.”

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

Gannett Director Recognized for ‘Outstanding Service’

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Dr. Janet Corson-Rikert, associate vice president for campus health and director of Gannett Health Services, has been hailed by University officials as “a transformative leader” for her work with Cornell’s health system for over two decades. “[Corson-Rikert leads] an

exemplary university health service that provides superb clinical care, crisis response, active public health and campus and community education,” said Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, in a University press release.

President David Skorton also applauded Corson-Rikert, who received the American College Health Association’s Ollie B. Moten Award for Outstanding Service to One’s Institution in

Febryary. Skorton cited her efforts to address campus challenges such as alcohol consumption, hazing and student mental health as especially noteworthy.

“Her commitment to a public health approach to these persistent challenges has earned her the admiration of her colleagues on campus, in the wider community and nationally,” he said in the release.

During her 22 years at Cornell, Corson-Rikert has

Sitting soprano

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Guest artist soprano Christie Finn describes the Georges Aperghis’ Récitations following a 45-minute unaccompanied voice performance in Barnes Hall Auditorium Monday evening.

advocated for increased access to Gannett’s comprehensive offercomprehensive health care, and ings included shortening wait has been a proponent of collabo- times, increasing the size of the rative care between medical and counseling staff, developing mental health care providers, the interdisciplinary treatment release said. teams for eating disorders and This increasing communica- alcohol and other drug concerns, tion between Gannett practi- according to Corson-Rikert. tioners and other university staff Her efforts have also included members, enabling them to advocating for the upcoming voice concerns about students, as expansion of Gannett Health well as an increasing mental Services’ facilities. The building health services, such will begin its $55 milas Let’s Talk drop-in lion renovations in counseling and 2015 and open in anonymous online 2017, The Sun previmental health screenously reported. ing, according to Having served the Corson-Rikert.

Cornell community “[Gannett has] for more than two developed a public decades, Corsonhealth approach to Rikert said she CORSON-RIKERT campus health,” remains strongly Corson-Rikert said. “[It has invested in her work. linked their] clinical services “I continue to be energized by with efforts to address campus the unique mixture of clinical, climate, educate and encourage educational, public health and community members to notice policy concerns that are the daily and respond to students in need work of college health,” she said. of support, promote social conCorson-Rikert will be offinectedness, and encourage help- cially presented with her Ollie B. seeking behaviors.”

Moten award at the annual This healthcare model earned American College Health Cornell the JedCampus Seal in Association meeting in May. Fall 2013, awarded by the Jed “I am deeply honored, and Foundation — whose mission is will accept this award on behalf promoting emotional health and of the entire Gannett staff, decreasing student suicide rates, whose dedication it recognizes,” according to Corson-Rikert.

Corson-Rikert said. “I am fortu“The same model has nate to work with wonderful colinformed the development of leagues on meaningful work in university strategies related to service of our students and the mental health, alcohol and other Cornell community.” drug use, hazing, and sexual vioTalia Jubas can be reached at lence,” Corson-Rikert said.

Other measures to expand tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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NEWS

Slope Day to Begin Hour Earlier SLOPE DAY

While the plans for how wristbands will be distributed have not been finalized, Scaffido said students will likely need to pick up a wristband at varmore likely to be on the slope and under our super- ious locations around campus in the days preceding vision and care.”

Slope Day. Joseph Scaffido, assistant dean of students and “It would be great if the line to get in is elimiadvisor to the Slope Day Programming Board, also nated,” Estevan Ginsburg ’14 said. said that getting students onto the slope earlier in Students who bring guests from outside the the day was a priority.

Cornell community will need to buy guest tickets “One of the issues we’ve had in regards to safety online as in previous years, and guests will then is not so much people drinking need to show their ticket to get on the slope … it’s all the wristbands, which will be availpregaming,” he said. “We really “It would be great if able both prior to Slope Day and want to do what we can to get the day of the concert, accordthe line to get in is on students on the slope earlier.” ing to Scaffido.

Sam Nelson ’15 said he is Scaffido also said that the eliminated.” uncertain as to whether the time stage for this year’s concert will Estevan Ginsburg ’14 change will make the day safer. be moved to Baker Flagpole at “I think people might start the bottom of the slope, which drinking earlier,” he said. “I’m was deemed a safer location for not sure if this addresses the root issue.” attendees than the steep incline at the previous Additionally, all attendees will now gain entry to location. the concert by showing a wristband at the gates — While a large tree had previously blocked this instead of swiping an ID or presenting a ticket like site — a common spot for beer trucks in years in previous years — to speed up entry to the event, past — it is no longer present, Scaffido said. according to Scaffido.

“We looked at [moving locations] last year, we “We noticed there’ve been safety issues with took a lot of pictures to try to determine whether or regards to letting students into the venue, whether not it was feasible for us to move the stage over it be bottlenecking, stampeding or technology fail- there,” Scaffido said. “And we could.” ures,” Singer said. “Basically we want to find a way that cuts down on those risks, and we eventually Eric Oberman can be reached at eoberman@cornellsun.com. settled on wristband entry.”

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Skorton: Myrick, Engman Are Terrific Stewards’of Community President calls for mutually beneficial projects for C.U.,Ithaca SKORTON

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institutions resulting in multiple mayors, including incumbent Svante Myrick ’09, asking the University for additional monetary contributions.

In October, Myrick criticized the University for not sufficiently contributing to the City’s budget and said that the University’s payments do not match up to its other academic institutions, The Sun previously reported. Skorton, however, said he thinks the payments are comparable to Cornell’s peer

institutions.

“I’m comfortable that our contribution — which is one of the first in American higher education on a voluntary basis — is comparable to our peers,” Skorton said. “But that’s actually not the issue. The issue is not whether we’re somewhere around the median or something like that. The issue is how does the University contribute to a better community. Period.”

Skorton added that he understands the situation that the City and Town of Ithaca are currently facing, describing it as a “hard situation.”

“I’ll tell you that in our direct meetings, Svante and [Herb Engman, supervisor of the Town of Ithaca] have been terrific stewards of the communities,” he said. “They’ve done exactly what they are supposed to do, and that is speaking up for the people they represent and trying to make sure their responsibilities are carried out.”

Skorton said he believes his primary responsibilities involve being a “steward of the student experience” and to ensure that Cornell is an international research university. Third on that list, he said, is to focus on public outreach.

In response to the recession, the University reduced the size of its staff, cutting 672 staff positions during the 2009-10 fiscal year, The Sun previously reported. President Skorton described the recession as “the biggest economic dislocation … since the ’30s,” adding that the impact of the economic downturn has not gone away and that families are still struggling.

“I’m not proud of all the workforce reductions that we had to do,” Skorton said. “I am proud of the fact that we got our budget to barely balanced.”

According to Skorton, the University currently has a margin of 0.2 percent on the Ithaca campus’ budget, which he

“I’m comfortable that our contribution [to the Ithaca city budget] ... is comparable to our peers.”

President David Skorton describes as essentially being “break-even.”

He added that he thinks that this “healthy tension” between the neighboring institutions is ever going to go away.

“I would predict based on the real challenges that the mayor has, that the supervisor has, that this is not going to go away,” Skorton said.

Skorton, however, said that he thinks that it is important for the University and the City to find projects of mutual benefit, adding that the only way the tensions between Cornell and the community will become unhealthy is if communication between the bodies ceases.

“Can we get past the rhetoric to roll up our sleeves?” Skorton said. “I believe we will.”

Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Computer Science Panel Talks Gender PANEL

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“I’ve been asked many times, ‘Do you want to be on this group, team or project, because we need more girls,’ as if being a female was my only qualification,” Sara Boccabella ’14 said. “Maybe we need to think more about the way we talk about these things.”

Other students felt as though the situation at Cornell reflects larger issues within the field.

“This isn’t a Cornell-specific problem, but computer science in general has historically had more men, and this seeps into the culture,” Naranjit said. “It’s an invisible issue because it has a historical precedent and so we don’t really notice it, but we have a responsibility to call this kind of behavior out, to be more conscious and socially responsible.”

Students who have experienced gender discrimination often feel pressured to ignore the issue and may experience a backlash for raising the topic, according to Greg Hill ’14.

“Somebody should bring [these issues] up, but in our community, they are dismissed, told that their perspective is invalid or just not listened to, and that discourages people from speaking.” Hill said.

“There’s this stereotype of women as complaining, even when they are bringing up a valid concern.”

Female students often find themselves participating in demeaning of other women in an attempt to assimilate to cultural and social norms, according to Naranjit.

“I have also been on the participating side [of using gendered slurs], and there can be an internal dialogue that says, ‘I want to belong’ and to fulfill other social needs like having friends who can relate to you and trust you.” Naranjit said. “It’s easy to accuse and to participate, but to some end, maybe we’re all assimilating to this culture because we want to belong.”

Many students said they felt as though the panel event had served as a needed outlet for discussion within the computer science community at Cornell.

“The panel was well-organized and for a lot of people they’ve been waiting for such an opportunity to speak their minds,” Feiran Chen ’15 said. “ I think the panel will definitely raise the awareness of certain sensitive issues in C.S. community.”

These discussions are also useful to professors in helping to address and resolve these issues within their own classrooms, according to Tate.

“As a member of faculty, this has all been extremely helpful to me,” Tate said.

The panel was hosted jointly by the Cornell Computer Science Department, the Association of Computer Science Undergraduates and the Women in Computing at Cornell.

Christopher Yates can be reached at cyates@cornellsun.com.

Officials Conclude Jet Down in Indian Ocean KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the country’s officials said an analysis of satellite data points to a “heartbreaking” conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived.

The somber announcement late Monday by Prime Minister Najib Razak left unresolved many more troubling questions about what went wrong aboard the Boeing 777 to take it so far off-course.

It also unleashed a maelstrom of sorrow and anger among the families of the jet’s 239 passengers and crew.

A solemn Najib, clad in a black suit, read a brief statement about what he called an unparalleled study of the jet's last-known signals to a satellite. That analysis showed that the missing plane, which took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early on March 8, veered “to a remote location, far from any possible landing sites.”

“It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” he said.

His carefully chosen words did not directly address the fate of those aboard. But in a separate message, sent to some of their relatives just before he spoke, Malaysia Airlines officials said that “we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived.”

Officials said they concluded that the flight had been lost in the deep waters west of Perth, Australia, based on more thorough analysis of the brief signals the plane sent every hour to a satellite belonging to Inmarsat, a British company, even after other communication systems on the jetliner shut down.

The pings did not include any location information. But Inmarsat and British aviation officials used “a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort” to zero in on the plane's last direction, as it reached the end of its fuel, Najib said.

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n recent weeks, escalating conflicts Senator Rubio released a list consisthave arisen between Russia and ing of eight actions President Obama Crimea, a region located in southern should consider in response to Russia.

Ukraine. Preceding the incident, Problem is, many of his proposals — Ukrainians took to the streets in protest such as increased sanctions and removof then-President Viktor Yanukovych, ing Russia from international associarejecting a deal which would have tions — have already been implementresulted in greater economic integration ed. Rubio calls for the reestablishment with the European Union; a rejection of Georgia into NATO in order to that was seen as a symbolic move to rep- increase Georgia’s resources and ties resent allegiance towards Russia. with the West. As the Huffington Post Yanukovych eventually fled the country, acknowledges, this action is infeasible at which point Russian President as Russian troops already occupy Vladimir Putin aimed to take advantage Georgia, which would mean NATO of the unrest by deploying troops into would have to act militaristically on Crimea and subsequently laying claim behalf of Georgia should Georgia to the area. become a member. Senator Rubio’s Currently, the situation remains as rhetoric seems a lot more pressing than one that may eventually result in a mili- his proposals, as he offers no substantary conflict if Putin decides to deploy tive alternative to President Obama’s troops further into Ukraine. President actions.

Obama has responded to the violation of Recently, Senator Graham tweeted, international norms and treaty by relying “It started with Benghazi. When you kill on international Americans and diplomacy and nobody pays a imposing economic price, you invite Sadly, claiming that sanctions on Russia this type of aggresand Russian leadI know what President Obama has lost sion.” ers, while also rulyou’re thinking; it’s ing out any possishocking the his moral authority is ble military excurRepublicans took sions by the United this long to mensimply a cheap trick for States. tion Benghazi.

Sen. Lindsey Senator Graham Republicans seeking to Graham (R-S.C.), went on to declare gain momentum and Sen. Marco Rubio President Obama (R-Fla.) and Karl as a weak and indesupport while heading into cisive leader. By Rove have de nounced the Presthis logic, if Russia the 2014 midterms. ident’s policy as invaded Ukraine feckless and inefbecause Putin views fective. Karl Rove President Obama related the incident to a similar clash as weak, then didn’t they also view in 2008 between Georgia and Russia, President Bush as being weak when which resulted in France brokering a invading Georgia in 2008. I can’t recall peace deal between the two countries, the same panicked rhetoric currently although Russia still has military occu- embodying the GOP as being existent pation in some regions of Georgia. during the Georgia crisis.

Rove declared that former President Sadly, claiming that President Bush sent a strong message to Putin by Obama has lost his moral authority sending warships to the Black Sea around the world is simply a cheap trick while also airlifting Georgian combat for Republicans seeking to gain troops from Af ghan istan back to momentum and support while heading Georgia. into the 2014 midterms. Republican First of all, no, Mr. Rove, President strategist Warren Tompkins points out Bush didn’t send warships to the Black that Senator Graham has been the benSea. A single ship loaded with humani- eficiary of boosts in the polls from tarian aid — not military equipment — attacking the President on national was sent by the United States. The security and now Russia, attacks that remaining Western presence in the Black make him all the more likely to fight off Sea was due to NATO warships, which his primary challenger. The GOP has had formerly occupied the Sea for previ- offered no tangible alternatives to ously scheduled anti-terrorism exercises. President Obama’s current course. The According to Prof. Lincoln Mitchell, options are to continue relying on Columbia University, peace and conflict international diplomacy and sanctions, studies, this response was viewed as rela- or commit to military action, and I tively weak at the time and in fact, haven’t heard anyone recommend that Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili military engagement would be in the complained that the United States didn’t United States’ best interests. Instead of provide enough support throughout the focusing on solutions to problems, the conflict.

Republican’s shouting about Ukraine is Secondly, Georgian troops were air- simply the latest political stunt to cast lifted from Iraq, not Afghanistan, and as President Obama in a negative light and Pentagon spokesperson Byran Whitman score points with conservatives heading told reporters, the troops were not airlift- into the midterms. ed to the war-zone and were not combat ready. It appears as though President Jake Forken is a sophomore in the College of Human Bush’s response to international aggres- Ecology.

He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. sion was no more muscular than that of My Forken Opinion appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

President Obama.

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OPINION

Deon Thomas |

It’s Not Me, It’s You

Facing Your Fears W

hat is your biggest fear? To some, that will always seem like a simple and rather silly question, however to me it means much more. By answering the question and revealing your biggest fear, you are also divulging what matters the most to you. I am not referring to simple answers such as “snakes” or “heights.” I am referring to deeper answers such as fearing “dying without leaving behind a legacy” or “being rejected by those you love the most.” This leads me to my biggest fear: experiencing life without growth. I am obviously not talking about growing taller due to the fact that I am currently 5’8”, I have been 5’8” for quite some years now, and I have unfortunately committed to being 5’8” for the long haul. I am speaking of mental growth — the ability to learn and grow as you experience new people and things.

This column seems to me to be a continuation of my last column in which I touched upon people caring too much about following the esteemed “path to success,” rather than finding success their own way. In this column, I am demanding each and every reader to stop running along the path and to look up and take in their surroundings. What’s the point of a class if all you learn is to cram information in your head two days before each test? What’s the point of an internship if all you learn is how to pad your résumé? What’s the point of a club if all you learn is how to scheme your way to a reputable position? The point is to take the time to reflect on what you’ve learned, the changes you should make and ways in which you have already grown. My biggest collegiate fear is leaving college the same person I was the day I was admitted. I want to be able to ask myself what I’ve accomplished and how I have grown from the day I stepped foot in Donlon to the day I walk across the stage to snag my diploma.

The question soon becomes: How can I ensure growth as I go through my years at Cornell? First things first: You can engage with Cornell’s broad curriculum. Cornell has more

I want to be able to ask myself what I’ve accomplished and how I have grown from the day I stepped foot in Donlon to the day I walk across the stage to snag my diploma. classes than most of us have Facebook friends. I can almost guarantee that most of us fail to take full advantage of this terrifyingly vast array of classes. I am not simply asking you to look through the course roster for an extra 10 minutes every semester, I am asking you to take action. If you’re an English major I am asking you to take computer science classes; I am asking computer science majors to take creative writing and I am asking fellow ILRies to take a hard class every once in a while. Far too often I have seen students take a very limited range of classes and end up lost in a conversation with anyone of a different major. Being knowledgeable in several areas of studies is a quality I highly respect in other individuals and I strive to be educated and grow in such a way.

The next demand I am going to make has to do with the people you spend time with. I have written two articles on this topic, one entitled “Musical Chairs” and the other “Keep Your Friends Close (But Not Too Close).” In both articles I lament and bemoan the fact that people too often choose their friend by making the “comfortable” choice rather than the “best” choice. If you decide to have a bunch of friends with the same exact temperaments, talents and convictions, you will not grow as a person because they will not push you to grow. What’s the point of getting advice from someone who thinks exactly like you? That doesn’t mean that you should avoid people like yourself, but certainly attempt to branch out to other factions of the school. I also would like to reiterate that being nice is not enough of a rubric to decide who your best friends are. I am sick of asking people why they like someone and their answer being “they’re so nice. ” Find people that are interesting, bold or even unusual — nice just simply does not cut it.

Lastly, simply be honest with yourself. Make sure to take the time to reflect upon everything you have done and learned. Do not expect to go through life without your fair share of bumps in the road. If you are going through life feeling invincible stop immediately, because you have probably veered off-course.

However, if you fail to heed my directions and end up not respecting who you have become because you still have the mind of an 18-year-old teenager in your mid-30s, you must face the fact that it’s not me, it’s you, the same old you.

Deon Thomas is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com. It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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“It’s funny that you have to be so apologetic about being sexually active as a male to avoid being insulted, but the female columnists are brashly unapologetic and don’t have to worry about that stuff.” kevinpattersin Re: “SEX ON THURSDAYS: Who Am I?’” Opinion, published March 13, 2014

Maggie Henry |

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Get Over Yourself

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University three or four and stuast week, I (like all former Cornellians) heard President Hunter R. dents last half of that the news that Rawlings, a letter from same tenure, their voices increasingly President Skorton is the Association of become departing to lead the American Universities important to the debate S m i t h s o n i a n strongly opposing a boy- about institutional direcInstitution. The out- cott of Israeli academic tion.

Friends of mine who pouring of congratula- institutions (and generatspoken with tions started almost ed plenty of student have instantaneously and def- responses). He has University administrators initely precipitated a repeatedly rejected calls recently have mention emphasis on pang of nostalgia for us for divestment from stu- their dent groups and the President Skorton’s willdeparting seniors. to discuss I think it’s safe to say Faculty and Student ingness that people really like Assemblies. His adminis- changes with people. In President Skorton — I tration has made contro- the past, University prescertainly do. His affable versial edits to the idents have been less personality and many tal- University calendar in open to student involveents have served him and spite of widespread stu- ment in University policy decisions. Still, however, this community well dent opposition.

Some of his most there are instances when through a turbulent decade. But as I consid- sweeping initiatives — student opinion is largely ered his departure, and his anti-hazing cam- bypassed regarding issues the changing role of the paign, as one example — that most directly affect university president are not yet complete and them. Facilitating oppornationwide, I realized face serious hurdles. As tunities for even more departs for conversation may not be that there’s a lot we — he and hopefully the Board Washington in a few the problem, given how President of Trustees — can take years, he will leave the available away as we move into a seeds of culture-shifting Skorton has made himideas still fresh for the self. But there will need new chapter.

President Skorton has next President and to be a culture shift encouraging certainly amassed quite a turnover administration towards laundry list of accomplishments here. He oversaw the application It occured to me that I don’t imagine process and — that Cornell is a haven of any kind. I most recently — don’t want it to be. The University’s the signing of the lease for our new obligation, to me, is to create a NYC Tech forum for learning and Campus. In the words of a exchange of ideas. founding memmore student feedback, ber of Cornell’s to develop.

This turnover issue and the administration DREAM Team, President Skorton isn’t unusual, though. could have a powerful played a key role in The American Council role in making that a making Cornell one of on Education’s most reality.

In the vein of the the friendliest universi- recent comprehensive ties in the country for study of American insti- University’s aim, I read a undocumented stu- tutions of higher educa- column by Rebecca John dents. He pioneered the tion revealed that average last week where she launch of MOOCs at length of service of uni- wrote, “institutions like Cornell. He completed versity presidents has Cornell are not the scenic the means restriction decreased to seven years havens of knowledge and response to a devastating in 2011 from 8.5 in learning that we might spate of suicides on cam- 2006. This decrease raises imagine.” Her descrippus. He has also oversaw questions about how tion, in reference to an conversation r e c o r d - b r e a k i n g responsible presidents overall fundraising, enabling can be for creating and about the material of the the University to com- initiating the realization impacts mit to a host of future of their own large-scale, University’s refusal to institutional visions. boycott Israeli academic programs.

Some of his choices When faculty employ- institutions, made me have also angered people. ment outlasts presidency think. It occurred to me He signed, along with tenure by a factor of that I don’t imagine that

Cornell is a haven of any kind. I don’t want it to be.

Rather, the University’s obligation, to me, is to create a forum for learning and exchange of ideas. Its obligation is to talk about things — ideas, policies, books. This column isn’t about Rebecca’s piece. But that one sentence got me thinking about what it is that we should be trying to get out of future University presidents in making Cornell the best forum for exchange of ideas as it can be. President Skorton has not neglected this responsibility, but a cultural focus on allowing student opinion to actually influence, rather than just exist, would be an excellent normative project for a new president.

Cornell hasn’t created a haven for me, or a bubble. I haven’t been shielded from very real (and sometimes very harmful) decisions that big institutions of all types make every day.

President Skorton is always down to talk, and when people don’t solicit him he still writes his Sun column and volunteers more information than for which he’s asked.

Our next president needs to do this and more. As university presidencies get shorter and shorter, student and faculty vision will increasingly need to influence long-term projects to ensure correlation with real university population needs. Hopefully the search committee is willing to factor this into their search.

Maggie Henry is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She may be reached at mhenry@cornellsun.com. Get Over Yourself appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT IN the Middle of the Night ‘The Tramp’and friends bring quiet comedy to the Schwartz Center SEAN DOOLITTLE Arts & Entertainment Editor

At first glance, Charlie Chaplin does not seem like he would make the jump to live theater very well: the silent film superstar most well-known for his grand-scale, hilarity-inducing gags and iconic appearance rarely performed his brand of comedy live after breaking into the acting world and never really made it into talkies. Against these odds, a group of talented performers at the Schwartz Center managed to adapt Chaplin’s antics to the stage in one of the most original and downright funny pieces Cornell has seen in years.

In the Middle of the Night is a physical comedy performance that draws inspiration from the many works of Charlie Chaplin, with particular tribute paid to his 1916 short film One A.M. The film follows the misadventures of a wealthy socialite who returns home after a long night of debauchery and drinking, only to find his home and furniture seemingly working against him to make his night as painful and difficult as possible. The film has the distinction of being the first film that Chaplin starred in alone, save for a short appearance of a taxi cab driver during the opening sequence. Chaplin manages to carry the entire film using only his physical prowess and his underdog charm as he desperately attempts to get some sleep.

Director and Associate Prof. Beth F. Milles, performing and media arts, has created one of the most unique works of theatre I’ve had the pleasure of seeing at Cornell. What was once a silent

film becomes much, much more as the performers make extensive use of long-form improvisation to establish character arcs and hilarious stunts — all while hardly uttering a word. The work’s many student actors are pulled in large part from Milles’ Commedia dell’arte class, which focuses on the classic Italian art of improvised sketch comedy. The students worked to perfect the many complex aspects of clown performance and developed their own lazzis — a sort of stock physical action that an actor can call upon at will, like a catchphrase — in preparation for the show. Just as a Steve Urkel can summon a “Did I do that?” for a guaranteed laugh, the performers created their own physical catchphrases and pratfalls that only became funnier as the night progressed.

The night kicked off with one of the most memorable sequences of the night. Visiting lecturer and professional actor Jeff Guyton entered the performance minutes late and proceeded to disrupt the proceedings with all manner of incompetence, from getting his coat stuck in a door and falling into a trashcan to noisily opening a bag of snacks and, the cardinal sin of theatre, forgetting to silence his cellphone. Guyton is immediately charming, endearing the audience to his foolish antics and general obliviousness. When the bit was finished, Guyton transformed into “The Night Owl,” the very embodiment of Chaplin, transporting the entire theater back into the silent era as the show really began.

I cannot shower enough praise upon Guyton for his work in his role. From the very first donning of his top hat to each and every eyebrow wriggle, Guyton manages to channel the late Chaplin with eerie specificity, matching his mannerisms and idiosyncrasies perfectly. That’s not to say the performance is a simple impression or cheap imitation, however. Guyton brings his own personal flair to the role, going to great, shameless lengths for laughs that he consistently achieves. His face and body seem to be rubber,

twisting, contorting and moving in ways that made me sore just watching him. Even though his character consistently fails in nearly all of his endeavors, Guyton manages to craft a heartwarming and earnest protagonist that the audience laughs at, but can’t help but root for.

Guyton is joined by a gang of students, known collectively as “the interlopers,” the personifications of all his misfortune.

These actors are just as talented, representing some of the greatest comedians that Cornell has to offer. Of particular note is Keith Newman ’14, who plays the lead interloper and second to Guyton’s Night Owl. Newman’s knack for comedic timing and his graceful stage presence rivals Guyton’s own, and the rapport between the two was easily one of the highlights of the night. Look for more of Newman in his upcoming two-man comedy show at Risley Theatre toward the end of the semester — you don’t want to miss this funny guy.

In fact, the only real criticisms I can think of never truly detracted from the experience. While the short vignettes that featured sound and dialogue were funny — especially the spontaneous dance party to the disco classic “The Hustle” — they broke the silent movie vibe that I thought worked so well for the production. Ditto the clips of One A.M., which were fun to see mirrored perfectly on the stage, but felt unnecessary, especially when the performers on stage were doing such a damn fine job to begin with. Other than that, all I can say is that I wish there was more! The show is short, clocking in at around an hour, and it left me wanting more slapstick than I thought I’d ever want.

In the Middle of the Night is unlike anything else you’ve seen at Cornell. Whether you’re an old hat with Chaplin, having seen everything from Modern Times to City Lights, or you’ve never even seen a silent film, this show is sure to make new fans of one of the greatest legends of the silver screen. It really is the purest and most unadulterated form of comedy you’ll see on stage, a delight that I can’t recommend any higher.

In the Middle of the Night is playing at the Schwartz Center on March 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 for students and $13 for the general public.

Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

Please Don’t Look at My Spotify History

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t’s time to talk about the Spotify private session — otherwise known as the technologically advanced version of hiding your iPod in middle school because every song was

by The Beatles.

Having your Hilary Duff Metamorphosis addiction exposed on Facebook is no fun at all, but to quote the teen pop sensation herself, it’s also “so yesterday.” Forgetting to fully plug in earphones and then blasting your guiltiest pleasure for the world to hear is a universally embarrassing moment: Everyone’s been there.

But there’s also a reason that One Direction is your jam on the way to class, and not the Velvet Underground. They each have their place on your iPod, but sometimes you just need an infusion of boy band pop to make it up Cornell’s killer hills on a caffeine-deprived morning.

Artists are never satisfied with their work, and their quest for perfect expression is thus often paired with a sense of shame. And yet we who consume art are often asked to feel shame, too — why else do we have art criticism, which can only function with an implicit understanding that there is a best way of producing what is, admittedly, a highly subjective form.

And yet at its core, criticism is as subjective as the medium it purports to regulate: With every new movement of intellectual thought and appreciation, a new set of standards have come

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along, too. Art criticism may often have a specific target — in a shocking twist, the New York Times called One Direction’s Midnight Memories “uninteresting” last fall — but it also tries to dig into the meaning of art itself. It is a subject as endlessly fascinating and littered with philosophical minefields as the meaning of life, but here’s a working definition: Art is feeling; a way of making sense of the world, or

Guest Room Emma Court a way of making sense of yourself.

Art has always been highly regulated territory, particularly so in the last couple of centuries. In Britain, the Romantics came along in the 19th century to democratize understanding of literature — to say art did not exist to focus on only worthy subjects but to make the commonplace worthy. William Wordsworth in particular was an advocate for the elevation of the ordinary to the sublime, and of using familiar, run-of-the-mill language to do so. Would Wordsworth be impressed by what tops the charts today? “It’s going down,

I’m yelling timber” and “Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth,” probably would not impress a poet whose intellectual sparks lit the tinder of the Romantic era of culture and art. And I do not claim that what is popular today consistently or even frequently elevates the ordinary to the sublime, like Wordsworth would want. But art, human nature and criticism itself are ever-changing. If Pharrell’s “Happy” gets you through this week of prelims and papers and into spring break, so be it.

There is plenty of critically acclaimed music to listen to by candlelight while eating 99 percent dark chocolate and shedding just a single, solitary tear. But I want to jam out to “How to be a Heartbreaker,” because it’s got a beat that makes even being in the library fun.

None of One Direction’s songs have provided their largely pre-pubescent fans with a hyper-intellectual roadmap for life — the titular song in Midnight Memories admits, “I know nothing’s making sense” — but they do confront those moments that lack a logical guide.

The basic animalistic instincts of “Midnight Memories” are about the appeal of being young late at night with your friends and a love interest by your side. Most of One Direction’s work celebrates the same themes: youth, love, the possibilities held by the future, the joys of living in the present. They don’t spell it out in a dead language, but carpe diem is a sentiment as ageless as the bandmates are young.

The section is called Arts and Entertain-

ment. Maybe that’s just because it’s a catch-all, a buzzword, an industry phrase that somewhere along the road got integrated into the status quo and here it will stay. But the phrase contains the implication that somewhere — in a misty, faroff place, but SANTI SLADE / out there SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR nonetheless — there is a vague but defining perimeter between what is art and what is entertaining.

To be sure, there is fine art and then there is decidedly not-so-fine art — some of the names I’ve mentioned here would cause generations of Sun arts editors to weep. But if, as the dictionary tells me, art is simply creative activity, perhaps we need to redefine the section as much as we need to reorganize the tools of the art critic. So in the name of repealing Spotify private sessions, let’s take shame out of the art critic’s palette, and put the entertainment back into art.

Emma Court is a junior in the School of Industrial Labor Realtions. She can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com. Guest Room runs Tuesdays this semester.

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Girls Season Three:

‘Has anyone ever taught you when to speak?’ ly. Paired with her jealous refusal to KAITLYN TIFFANY surrender Jaspar to his daughter Arts & Entertainment Editor (Felicity Jones) in episode 10, it’s evidence that Jessa’s drug addiction “Shut the fuck up.” and privileged distaste for traditionA line courtesy of the Girls sea- al employment isn’t all that’s weighson three finale’s most satisfying ing her down. She has a crippling moment: Desi’s girlfriend (Natalie disbelief that lasting happiness is Morales) confronting Marnie in the attainable for her — the only cracks bathroom, wearing an oh-my-god- in her facade comes when she sees embarrassingly similar dress and how it is possible for other people. putting the kibosh on the I’m-not- Her closing scene, rushing to undo trying-to-steal-your-boyfriend bull- the prescription drug suicide she was shit: “Has anyone ever taught you wooed into facilitating for Bede when to speak?”

(Louise Lassar), gives us room to In past seasons, Girls has not hope that season four will be differknown when to shut (the fuck) up ent — if she can fight to reverse — when to let plotlines and charac- what another person has done to ters develop organically without hit- themselves with drugs, maybe she ting us over the head with meaning, can do it for herself too. when to stop the self-analyzing Shoshanna’s big news is that her monologues and keep some motiva- “cunt of a glaciology professor” tions hidden, when to let its charac- decided to fail her and she is now ters go back on their word and sur- three credits shy of an NYU diploprise us. This finale, titled “Two ma. While we watched her sexual Plane Rides,” however, proves that adventures and her frustration with the show’s writing team has learned her friends distract her all season, I exactly that. never thought it was laying the groundwork for this kind of a meltdown. It’s a crisp and brilliantly-acted reveal. And then Marnie comes over in the middle of her heavymetal-soundtracked fit, bent on breaking the news that she has been sleeping with Ray — cue the entirely-satisfying application of all those kickboxing classes.

While the writers of the show may have learned “when to speak,” Shoshanna certainly hasn’t, telling Ray, “during intermission you are going to buy me a pack of M&Ms and we are going to have a COURTESY OF HBO little chat.” That little chat has big content for a 15 The A.V. Club refers to this minute intermission, a fact which episode as an expert demonstration Ray tries to no avail to point out, of the “television long con,” com- and ends with Shosh weeping in the paring it to the season three finale of lobby of the Broadway theater — no Mad Men, which floored viewers reunion with Ray in the foreseeable and critics by wrapping all of the future and nothing of the confident, season’s seemingly frivolous plotlines driven, season one Shosh in sight. into one neat, coherent, apocalyptic Marnie is a goddamn sociopath. plot twist. By withholding informa- I could have forgiven the twisted reltion, or doling it out only during ish with which she revealed that she skimmable scenes and overlooked had gotten Desi to kiss her in his conversations, Girls has engineered a dressing room (don’t think she didn’t long con that I have to say, is even get off on the fact that it was a more satisfying and surprising than Broadway dressing room; Marnie’s the gorey birth of Sterling Cooper lust for status is the only thing more Draper Pryce. bald-faced and revolting than her To understand where the end of original song lyrics) and maybe even season three leaves our four main her maniacal grin when she watches storylines, it is necessary to sift Desi and Clementine fight outside through what we ignored before — the theater, but the hollowness of the bits of dialogue not quoted in her words, “I’m not proud of it,” still HuffPo’s weekly roundup, the facial has me clutching my stomach. I’m expressions left un-gif-ed — as well sick of our resident pretty face, with as acknowledge what we never, ever her disgustingly well-suited “pretty suspected. person job” as a gallery girl and her Episodes one and two showed constant awareness and lack of conJessa turning rehab into a farce in cern about how awful she is. “I standard Jessa fashion, and the mid- know that I should have more dle of the season was hell-bent on respect for the emotional property of relapsing her with the standard Jessa other women. I know that I use sex destruction spiral — disguised by for validation, I do that,” she rattles pith and bohemian chic. The impor- off while flipping her hair up into a tant moments contributing to what towel, as if admitting it is the first I call “the deglamorization of the and only step to making it okay. glamor-drug addict,” come in smallWhile most of season three has er moments, not these big ones. been devoted to Hannah, devoted to Shoshanna’s stray comment to her in Adam, the opening scene of this episode 10, “You look like a junkie,” finale drops a huge bomb — not was met with “I am a junkie,” final- only has Hannah been applying to

graduate school, she’s been accepted by the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, dubbed correctly by Marnie as the “best M.F.A. in the world.” What is important about this revelation is the light it casts back on the entire season. It confirms what viewers were never sure of (is Hannah a good writer?), and it curb stomps the somewhat depressing but, at this point, generally-accepted notion that Hannah was ready to sacrifice just about anything to be with Adam.

While her rage-quit speech at GQ’s advertorial department last week is important in understanding this (“I just expect more from life! I want every day to be exciting, and scary, and a rollercoaster of creative experiences!”), it’s not the most important. Hannah has been making these grand announcements about her creative integrity since the pilot. What is vital is episode nine, in which we are introduced to the women who, directly or indirectly, raised her. It’s the episode in which Hannah’s mother (Becky Ann Baker), becomes a character in her own right, shaded in via what we see of her relationships with her sisters and mother and her careful and selfrevealing advice to Hannah about Adam: “You’re so special. You deserve everything and more. I don’t want you to spend your whole life socializing him like a stray dog, making the world an easier place for him. It’s not easy being married to an odd man. It isn’t.” Aside from being one of the finest episodes of television I’ve ever seen (it introduces and beautifully develops four new characters in less than 30 minutes), it’s a knowing and nuanced portrait of an experience that I, and I’m sure many women my age, are familiar with. Being placed in a crucible with the women who raised you gives you no choice but to think about your place among them, what elements of their lives you are inspired to copy and which you are motivated, by their own pressure or your own inner drive, to cast off completely. Hannah’s mother truly does want the world for her: When Hannah calls her parents to share the news of her admission to grad school, expressing her hesitance about going, her mother replies “Are you kidding me? When opportunities like this arise, you figure it out.

You say yes, and you figure it out.”

Where the finale of season two left a bad-rom-com-taste in a lot of viewers’ mouths, this finale is, to coin a phrase, a Sour Patch Kids ending (“First they’re sour, then they’re sweet!”). First the sour — our closing shot on Marnie lights her as damn-near-unredeemable, our secret cheerleading for Shosh is shot down, hard, and I’m pretty sure that Bede plotline is about to involve some vomit. Then the sweet — Hannah’s career was the underlying gridwork of this season all along.

Just when we thought that the feminist voice of the show had been shut up forever, it speaks.

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@ cornellsun.com.

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

ACROSS 1 Ancient Egyptian pictograph, e.g.

6 Game, __, match 9 Signs 14 Tiny South Pacific nation 15 High-tech film effects, for short 16 Spreading like wildfire, as online videos 17 Place for a Hold ’em game 19 Breathing 20 Missouri tributary 21 Approved of, on Facebook 22 Golf club part 25 Some evergreens 26 Visualize 27 Hindu royal 28 Feels poorly 30 Lith. and Ukr. were part of it 33 Swear (to) 36 See 38-Across 38 With 36-Across, needy people 39 Located in that place, in legalese 41 Arctic wastelands 43 Slippery fish 44 Baby bed 46 Veterans Day tradition 47 Trace amount 49 Afternoon socials 51 Garden locale 52 __ de plume 54 Onetime Russian monarch 56 DUI-fighting gp.

57 Social division 59 Trojan War hero 61 Some highway ramps 62 Nabisco cookies ... and what you might cry upon solving this puzzle’s three other longest answers?

66 Long-extinct birds 67 Assembly aid 68 Open-mouthed 69 Opposition 70 Sloppy farm area 71 Bedbugs, e.g.

DOWN 1 Treasury Dept. variable 2 Mekong River language 3 Relative of har 4 Dressed more like an Exeter student 5 Fling 6 Nova __ 7 Self-serving activity 8 Broadcaster’s scheduling unit 9 Racetracks 10 Surroundings 11 Officer Frank Poncherello portrayer of ’70s’80s TV 12 Congregation area 13 Snowy day toy 18 U.K. flying squad 22 Like Parmesan, commonly 23 Newsman Dan 24 Slogan seen on computer stickers 29 Salad go-with 31 Treelined 32 Email again

34 Wall Street watchdog org.

35 Tangy 37 Genetic info transmitter 40 Dapper pins 42 Equestrian competition 45 Single or double, say 48 Deepest part 50 Rational state 53 Complicated, as a breakup

55 Sales staff member 57 Give up, as territory 58 Nervous system transmitter 60 With all haste, in memos 63 Owns 64 Get off the fence 65 Hoped-for answer to a certain proposal

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

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

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

(Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki /Sudoku)

Puzzle #738

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on and off the field.

Vick’s performance on the field far, far exceeded the expectations of Surprising, though, was the fact NFL fans, coaches and connoisthat Philly was among the teams seurs. He began as the third-string least in need of quarterback help. quarterback, a role that regularly Donovan McNabb had been the leaves the player in street clothes on face of the Birds for years. They Sundays. When McNabb was tradlanded a promising young arm and ed to the rival Redskins and Kevin potential heir to McNabb in 2007 Kolb suffered a concussion, Vick took over the starting job. draft, Kevin Kolb.

He went on to win NFC Of course, many teams in serious need of QB help were hesitant Offensive Player of the Month in to sign Vick for reasons beyond September 2010, and ultimately what he offered under center. It led a 21-point fourth quarter simply was not worth the risk, the comeback to defeat the Giants and backlash and the negative atten- make the playoffs. He was named tion, many GMs said. The Eagles NFL Comeback Player of the Year knew full well that the addition of in 2010 and signed a 6-year, $100 Vick meant scores of reporters, million dollar deal with Philly in cameras and headlines. From the 2011.

In terms of on-field perforearliest allegations, to his trial, to his release from prison, the cover- mance, Vick’s 2010 season was by age of Michael Vick was unceasing. far his most impressive feat, and The media made Vick’s story although his subsequent seasons with the Eagles among the were less successmost notorious of the decade. The Eagles’ organization ful, he had already won over the But with all believed in second hearts of the hearts factors in of the city that m i n d , chances and...gave Philadelphia, a Michael Vick a fresh start. took a chance. He requited the love city full of that Philadelphia sports fanatics who had just seen the Phillies win showed him. The following seasons the World Series and their beloved were as important as his statistically Birds reach the NFC brilliant 2010 campaign, though.

Championship, stayed true to its His struggles in 2012 led to Reid nickname, the City of Brotherly benching Vick in favor of rookie Love. The Eagles’ organization Nick Foles. Vick handled the situabelieved in second chances, and, tion as any veteran would. He supwhether they believed that he ported what was best for the team would ever see the field or not, gave and served as a leader on the sideMichael Vick a fresh start in foot- lines and a mentor to the new ball, but more importantly, in life. starter.

His final season in Philadelphia Friday marked the beginning of a new chapter for Michael Vick. in 2013 was a fitting culmination The 33-year-old agreed to a one- of Vick’s time with the Eagles. Chip year, $5 million dollar deal with the Kelly was named head coach. Prior New York Jets, ending his five-year to the season, receiver Riley Cooper career with the Eagles. It feels like was the center of attention after just yesterday that ESPN cameras video surfaced showing Cooper were zoomed in on Vick at his first using a racial slur towards an training camp. Maybe the years African American at a concert.

To read the rest of this article, flew by because I grew up in Philly, please visit cornellsun.com. or maybe because of his injuryprone style of play, but one cannot help but reflect on Michael Vick’s Ben Shatzman can be reached at five years in Philadelphia — both bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

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Gangemi added that she never lost sight of the big-picture throughout her bouts. Even when she was losing, she kept her composure and gave every match her all, she said.

“It’s really important to fight for every touch, even if you don’t win, because that factors into your overall score. … The higher your indicator is, the higher you will be seeded,” she said.

Wines also said that, as a firsttimer, the nonstop action and high level of play posed the biggest challenge to her game.

“As a freshman I had no idea what to expect. It was a really different environment than any other tournament we’ve had this season in terms of the caliber of fencing,” Wines said. “Having to overcome being thrown into an environment where you have to be on you game at all times was my biggest challenge.”

While Gangemi and Wines were grateful to have each other

there for support, it was a challenge to enter the tournament in such small numbers, according to Wines.

“Something that was hard was that we only sent two people to the tournament, whereas some other schools had the entire team there to support each other,” Wines said. “Still, I’m glad [Angelica] was with me. We could emotionally keep each other focused and keep our eye on our main goal.”

Looking forward, both women are motivated to continue working hard in the hopes of improving upon their performances at next year’s NCAAs. “We had an amazing time representing Cornell this year and cannot wait to get back on the fencing strip next season,” Gangemi said. “We are incredibly motivated to work even harder next season to qualify again for the NCAAs and improve upon our results.”

Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun.com.

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matches. The Red found itself in 10th place at the end of day one.

During session three, Bennett was elimiThe men’s wrestling team traveled to nated after losing to his opponent and ended Oklahoma City this weekend to compete in his tournament run with two wins and two the NCAA tournament. Eight wrestlers losses. The rest of the remaining wrestlers — fought for the Red, with three of those eight Garrett, Dean, Realbuto, Villalonga, Grey finishing in the Top-10 for the country. and Palacio — all advanced to the next round, While the team finished in seventh place winning their respective matches. Cornell finoverall, sophomore Nahshon Garrett fin- ished this session in fourth place, a success ished second in the country individually. after its 10th place standing the day before.

The other Top-10 finishers, Gabe Dean and The majority of the Red’s wrestlers were Brian Realbuto, are both freshman, a eliminated from the tournament during sespromising sign for the sion four. Grey, Palacio and team looking forward.

“We need to have a great Villalonga all lost to their In session one of the opponents, falling just offseason as a team...if tournament, senior Mike short of the All-American Nevinger, junior Jace we want to win a national rounds. Although Dean Bennett and freshman championship next year.” and Realbuto struggled to Mark Grey all fell to variearn victories as well, they Gabe Dean ous opponents. Nevinger, a still advanced to the next previous two-time Allsession due to wins in other American, suffered through a knee injury matches of the session. The Red finished this from the EIWA finals on March 8 and was round in seventh place, where it would unable to pull out the win. Despite these loss- remain through the finish of the tournament. es, all eight wrestlers moved through to the “We are much better than seventh,” Garnext round. At the end of the first round, rett said of the Red’s overall finish. “We are just Cornell sat in sixth place. still young. When experience sets in, it will be In session two, Nevinger fell 9-1 to his a different story. We will win nationals.”

Lock Haven opponent, eliminating him from In session five, the Red’s remaining three the tournament. Senior Chris Villalonga and wrestlers — Garrett, Realbuto and Dean — all freshman Dylan Palacio also fell to their fought hard, with Dean and Realbuto earning opponents, but were still able to advance to third place and sixth place wins, respectively. Garthe next round because of other winning rett finished the round set to fight for first place.

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Looking ahead | Sophomore Nahshon Garrett said the team was “much better” than its overall seventh place finish and that increased experience will play a large role in future success.

In the sixth and final session of the tournament, Garrett ended up losing a close 3-2 match to eventual champion Jesse Delgado of Illinois. Both wrestlers came out with passion and tenacity, but were unable to score in the first period. After a three point takedown by Delgado, Garrett looked to earn a win going into the final period. As time ran out, however, Garrett found himself one point short of Delgado, putting him in second place.

“Obviously not what I was gunning for, but [it’s] still a great tournament and experience,” Garrett said of his tournament run.

Dean said he was disappointed by the team’s overall finish, echoing Garrett’s sentiments about the seventh place result.

“We are a young team and we hold ourselves as a program to a very high expectation, seventh is not first and I think I speak for the

whole program when I say that,” he said. “We need to have a great offseason as a team where everyone is working hard still and putting in time to get better if we want to win a national championship next year.”

After wrestling in his first NCAAs, Realbuto said he is excited about earning AllAmerican honors and that he enjoyed the rush that came from wrestling against the best in country, although he too said he is not happy with the seventh place finish.

“That placement shows that there were multiple guys who didn’t reach their ultimate goals this year,” Realbuto said. “When our guys accomplish their goals, the team score will reflect that success.”

Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.

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Vick and the City Two Represent Red at NCAA Championships Of Brotherly Love Victoria Wines captures 14th place, Angelica Gangemi takes16th W

hile the Philadelphia Eagles were progressing through the offseason in the summer of 2009, gearing up to avenge their loss in the NFC Championship, Michael Vick was merely thrilled to see the light of day. Vick was just one month removed from his release — not the standard NFL

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By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER

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This weekend, sophomore Angelica Gangemi and freshman Victoria Wines represented Cornell at the NCAA Fencing Championships, held at Ohio State’s French Fieldhouse. Gangemi made her second appearance after placing 14th last year, while Wines experienced the event for the first time. Both per-

Guest Column release — but his release from incarceration.

He had served 548 days in prison after he was convicted of playing a major role in a violent interstate dog-fighting ring. He had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008. He was dropped by nearly all of his many big-name sponsors. Animal rights organizations like PETA had already begun protesting against him. The electrifying quarterback — the man who was supposed to bring a Super Bowl title to Atlanta — was the joke of professional sports. Michael Vick had hit rock bottom.

But on Aug. 13, 2009, he began his ascension of what seemed like far too steep of a mountain to climb. Amid vehement criticism, protest, hate — you name it — the Eagles penned Vick to a low-end, one-year contract.

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Small selection | Only 24 fencers are chosen per event for 144 participants total in the NCAA Fencing Championships.

formed well, with Gangemi taking 16th place overall and Wines nabbing 14th.

Both fencers came into the weekend off strong regional performances, with Wines earning a silver medal in the epee competition and Gangemi taking ninth overall in foil. Gangemi posted a solid 52-17 record on the season, and Wines finished with a standout 56-12 and became just the third fencer in Cornell history to earn first-team All-Ivy honors after a 15-3 showing at the Ivy RoundRobins.

The NCAA Fencing Committee is highly selective, choosing just 24 fencers per event for a total of 144 participants overall. According to Gangemi, participating among the nation’s elite for the second time in her collegiate career was an honor, providing her an opportunity to put her talent to the test.

“It was such an honor to return to the NCAAs this year,” she said. “I had the opportunity to showcase all of the hard work and time I put into training this season and got to compete against the best fencers in the country.”

Wines earned 10 victories over the weekend, including wins over two top-10 finishers in Notre Dame’s Nicole Ameli (eighth place) and Harvard’s Emma Vaggo (ninth place). She posted a touchdifferential of -6 (87-93).

Gangemi was effusive in her praise for Wines’ accomplishments, which she felt were especially admirable as a freshman.

“I’m incredibly proud of Vicki for qualifying as a freshman. … That is an

incredible feat,” she said. “She’s such a strong fencer and a fighter.”

Gangemi also picked up 10 wins, including a top-ten conquest over St. John’s Irene Spezzamonte (10th), and finished with a touch-differential of -9 (7786).

“The third round on the first day was a really good round. … I beat both of the St. Johns fencers and they are really tough competitors in my region,” Gangemi said. “That was definitely a highlight for me.”

The format of the tournament is particularly challenging, as fencers compete in a round-robin of five-touch bouts.

Each competitor must fence everyone in that respective event, which amounts to a total of 23 bouts in a two-day period.

Fencers are then re-seeded depending on their performances, and the top-four finishers in each weapon fence in semi-final 15-touch bouts, with the winners facing off to determine first and second place.

According to Gangemi, mastering the mental game is half the battle.

Competitors seek to gain the psychological edge over opponents by remaining focused and in control under these highpressure conditions.

“You are fencing amazing fencers bout after bout — the best of the best in the nation — and it gets very tiring, so a huge part of the tournament is mental focus,” she said. “You need to be a fighter to get positive results.”

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