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An ex-Cornell student and 312 College Ave. resident who was found guilty of trespassing into the bedrooms of two females in the apartment complex may see charges against him dropped within months, court documents recently obtained by The Sun show. Jinsoo Kim, who was formerly a member of the Class of 2014, was arrested on Oct. 1 in connection with the trespassing incidents. He was charged in the Ithaca City Court with criminal trespassing in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor. As of Oct. 17, Kim was no longer registered as a Cornell student, according to the University Registrar. After appearing in court Feb. 27, Kim was given a conditional discharge: a sentence showing that the court thinks neither “public interest nor the ends of justice” would benefit from Kim being KIM ’14 imprisoned or supervised under probation, according to New York State penal law. If Kim does not commit another crime in the next six months, the charges against him will be dismissed on Aug. 30, said Ronna Collins, chief clerk at the Ithaca City Court. The trespassing incidents, which occurred on the heels of several reported sexual attacks on or near campus, prompted Cornell Police to warn students to lock their doors and windows. It also spurred one resident of 312 College Ave. — who did not know Kim lived merely doors away from her — to express concern about people “piggyback[ing]” behind others to enter the building. But in the cases of the two female students whose apartments were broken into, the threat did not come from strangers enterSee KIM page 4
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Students from Global Dental Brigades, an organization that aims to provide dental services in rural communities, sell baked goods in Mann Library Monday to fundraise for a trip to Honduras.
Dietectics Majors May Be Prone to Eating Disorders By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer
Beginning in the mid-1980s, anecdotal and empirical evidence has suggested that there may be a higher prevalence of behaviors and symptoms associated with eating disorders among dietetics and nutrition students. That phenomenon may also exist at Cornell, according to A.J. Rubineau, head medical clinician
of the Cornell Healthy Eating Program at Gannett Health Services. Rubineau said that, in her encounters with Cornell students, she has worked with numerous nutritional sciences majors struggling with eating disorders. According to Rubineau, CHEP is designed to help See NUTRITION page 4
News Tax Troubles
Tompkins County workers voiced concerns regarding tax incentives granted to the proposed Marriott Hotel. | Page 3
Opinion Multiple Choice
Skyler Schain ’13 argues that rather than liberate, vast freedom of choice suffocates people, instead trapping individuals in stifling indecision. | Page 9
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Three Prominent Conservatives to Speak at C.U.in April Cain,Tancredo and Cupp’01will speak as part of Cornell GOP series By EMMA JESCH Sun Staff Writer
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Rallying | Herman Cain speaks at a rally in The River church in Tampa, Fla., before the Republican National Convention last year.
The Cornell Republicans will host Herman Cain, S.E. Cupp ’01 and Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) on campus in April. The three prominent conservative figures will speak to Cornellians as part of the Republicans’ spring speaker series, American Voices, according to Jessica Reif ’13, Chair of the Cornell Republicans. Cupp, author and cohost of MSNBC’s The Cycle and former Arts and Entertainment Editor for The Sun, will speak on
April 8 about the American media. A week later, Tancredo will speak about the American identity. In 2008, Tancredo was a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and in 2010, ran for the Governor of Colorado. Cain, best known for being a former candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, will speak on April 22 about free enterprise and the American Dream. In the past, the Cornell Republicans have hosted Senator Rick See SPEAKERS page 5
Referencing shows such as Girls, Arielle Cruz ’15 maintains that comedy is a genre difficult to define. From mindless to dark, its complexity and multiplicity allow it to artlessly escape ultimate denotation. | Page 13
Sports Red on the Rise
Four Cornell wrestlers were named NCAA All-Americans last weekend in Iowa — an accomplishment that may show Cornell’s rise in collegiate wrestling. | Page 20
Sports Let’s Play Ball
After one loss, the Cornell Baseball team followed up the defeat with six consecutive wins this past week. | Page 20
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Tax Incentives Granted to Downtown Marriott Hotel Still, the benefits of providing the tax incentives outweighed the negatives, said Heather Filiberto, director of economic Some workers in Tompkins County development services for Tompkins “were a little disappointed” by the County Area Development. “One legislator, who put it very eloTompkins County Industrial Develop ment Agency’s decision March 20 to grant quently, said, ‘You always want a project to proposed Mariott hotel tax incentives, be perfect, and they never are, but this according to community organizer Linda one’s a really good one,’” Filiberto said. Holzbaur of the Tompkins County “They really had to weigh community concerns with the benefits, and some of Workers Center. By a vote of six to one, the IDA those were financial benefits.” The hotel will contribute $3.4 million approved the company’s application for a tax abatement for the proposed 10-story, to the City of Ithaca in property taxes over the next 10 years, 159-room hotel to according at the east end of Filiberto. The tax the Com mons. “Compared with their sprawling benefits will In the weeks counterparts, downtown hotels amount to about leading up to the $13 million, vote, the are friendlier to the environment, according to an Workers Cen ter contribute more to the economic editorial Ithaca had expressed health of ordinary Ithacans and Svante Mayor concerns about Myrick ’09 pubthe contribute more to the tax base.” whether lished in the Marriott had Ithaca Journal the policies in place Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 day of the vote. to ensure it will In the editorihave a diverse workforce, pay competitive wages to al, Myrick expressed his support for the employees and employ local construction tax incentives, without which developers of the hotel said the project would be workers. “Offering a living wage to local employ- infeasible. Myrick also emphasized the benefits of ees and employing local construction people didn’t seem like too much to ask,” having the hotel downtown. Visitors to Holzbaur said. “At least, we didn’t think it the city would frequent local businesses rather than nationally-owned chain restauwas.” The company promised to pay 156 per- rants, and a downtown hotel would concent of the state’s $7.25 minimum hourly tribute property and sales taxes to the city, wage to housekeeping staff. However, this he said. Also, the hotel would utilize city payment would be offered only to house- parking garages, rather than replace green keeping staff, rather than to all employees, space with pavement, he said. “Compared with their sprawling counaccording to Holzbaur. Some workers at the hotel would be making only $8 per terparts, downtown hotels are friendlier to hour, she said, making it “difficult to make the environment, contribute more to the economic health of ordinary Ithacans and ends meet.” Holzbaur said she worries that hotel contribute more to the tax base,” Myrick workers will face the same fate as employ- wrote. “Without the temporary tax abateees at Ithaca’s “big-box” stores such as Wal- ment, the hotel will not be built, and more Mart, who she said still qualify for food hotels will be added in sprawling locations. By committing ourselves to perfect stamps and Medicaid. “While we believe in those safety-net yet unattainable standards, we would be programs, we don’t believe in full-time losing out on a terrific project.” workers having to get those kinds of subsidies,” Holzbaur said. “If we’re subsidizing building the hotel, it seems we shouldn’t Sarah Cutler can be reached at scutler@cornellsun.com. have to also subsidize its workforce.”
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IPD Issues 31 Tickets in Traffic Safety Campaign By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor
In response to complaints about motorists who ignored the No Left Turn rule, which applies to motorists driving from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., officers from the Ithaca Police Department conducted traffic enforcement Monday afternoon on West Buffalo
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After the bodies of Christina Rumpel, 35, and Mario Masciarelli, 24, were found in Rumpel’s Lisi Lane home March 22. Police continue their search for Aaron F. Powell, a person of interest in the double-homicide, The Ithaca Journal reported. Closure of Air-Traffic Control Tower To Cause Disruptions
Although the loss of funding for the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport’s air-traffic control tower will not affect saftey or flights, the closure of the tower threatens to disrupt the entire system, airport officials said. The tower will close April 7, The Ithaca Journal reported. Tompkins Grand Jury Charges Two With Drug-Trafficking
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Lanard Davis, 33, of Rochester and Russel T. Archer, 44, of Ithaca face drug-trafficking charges. Davis was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana. Archer is charged with allegedly selling heroin, The Ithaca Journal reported Sunday. — Compiled by Lianne Bornfeld ’15
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Wattenberg ’03:‘Perfectionism’Can Lead to Disorder NUTRITION
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Cornell students –– including those not suffering from eating disorders –– optimize their health and performance through good nutrition knowledge and practice and “not to help every individual achieve a BMI between 18.5 and 25,” Rubineau said. According to Eells, between 400 to 500 students seek treatment at Gannett for eating disorders every year. Eells noted that because students with eating disorders are often in a state of denial –– not wanting to acknowledge their problem –– Gannett is challenged and limited when reaching out to students with eating disorders.--“You can do all the outreach in the world, and it is still up to the person –– they have the freedom and autonomy to seek treatment or not,” he said. “All counseling and medical care that we do is voluntary; it respects the autonomy of the person.” Nutritional sciences and dietetics students who suffer from eating disorders –– characterized by an individual’s tendency to overemphasize eating, food, weight and body image –– may find it more difficult to seek professional help when combating and treating their disorder, according to Rubineau. “[For students of dietetics and nutrition,] seeking care can be so much harder,” she said. “There can be a burden of shame and embarrassment … [and] asking for help is so poignant because the story is ‘I should have known better.’”
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According to Greg Eells, associate director of Gannett Health Services, although Gannett does not collect statistical data on the correlation between students with eating disorders and those who study nutrition and dietetics, the connection is a logical one. “If someone [is] struggling with [an eating] disorder, their entire focus is on this overvaluation of shape and weight and controlling shape and weight,” Eells said. “[Therefore,] they tend to be drawn to the fields [of nutrition and dietetics] because that fits with their overvaluation.” According to Clint Wattenberg ’03, specialty nutritionist at Gannett, the academic success required to be admitted to Cornell often requires a high degree of perfectionism and control of outside factors, which are also
“[For students of dietetics and nutrition,] seeking care can be so much harder.” Dr. A.J. Rubineau predisposing factors for eating disorders. “Students [majoring in nutrition] are exposed to hours and hours of nutrition lecture, and they are engrossed in food nutrition talk. These students are, often times, trying to model the changes they learn in class or in their own research,” he said. “So oftentimes, these drives for perfectionism and healthy eating can deteriorate into an eating disorder of some sort.” Prof. David Levitsky, nutritional sciences –– professor for the introductory nutrition course, Nutrition, Health, and Society –– said that although eating disorders are not his area of expertise, he believes that, like subjects in other areas, students pursue courses and majors in areas where they feel they “have a strong interest.” “I do not have any doubt that people with an eating disorder seek nutrition as a major just as we have a large number of students who are interested in vegetarianism,” he said. “I have known many students who either have or who have had eating disorders take my classes.”
Nutrition professors who are aware there may be a higher prevalence of symptoms associated with eating disorders among their students, “may be in a more powerful position than many other people on campus to be able to influence, in a positive way, a student on campus who may be struggling,” Rubineau said. Because of a professor’s ability to influence his or her students, Wattenberg said it could be beneficial to educate professors in the area of eating disorders. “Most professors are not experienced in eating disorders; they are experienced in their research,” he said. “Exposing [professors] to the nature of eating disorders could be helpful in reducing a student’s risk.” Levitsky said that while he provides information in his course as to where a student can seek help on campus for eating disorders, he teaches that eating disorders are not a nutritional problem, but a psychological one. “I don’t think we know what will trigger an eating disorder,” he said. “If something in class triggers an eating disorder, the cause does not lie in the trigger, but rather in the life events that led up to that situation.” According to Wattenberg, students –– especially in the introductory nutrition classes –– are affected when one bit of research is promoted over other research. “These professors make their living by doing their own research, and they have their own theories. They are going to impart their judgement into that. We [at Gannett] have seen many cases of nutrition students that are impacted in that way,” he said. “Is there a way to eliminate that? No … but there is outreach that [Gannett] does to help reduce the risk of harm.” Rubineau said that although she hesitates to direct professors on how to teach, she encourages the entire Cornell community to offer assistance, to be familiar with the resources at Gannett and not to hesitate to direct someone in need of help. “[It] is [a] Cornell-wide [mission] to notice and respond,” she said. “Nutrition professors are no more or less obliged as Cornell community members than the engineering professors or the residence hall directors or any of us.” Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun.com.
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ing the building — it was posed by someone living in the apartment complex itself. Kim said to Ithaca Police that late at night on Sept. 16, he entered the apartment of a female student on the third floor of 312 College Ave. He walked into her bedroom, causing her to scream at him, and then fled back to his apartment on the fourth floor. Before two weeks had elapsed, on Sept. 28, Kim allegedly broke into another apartment — one
on the fourth floor, just next to his own apartment. Again, after being confronted by a female resident in the apartment, Kim fled back to his apartment. At the time of Kim’s arrest, Ithaca Police said it was also investigating whether or not Kim was behind an additional series of trespassing incidents at 312 College Ave. dating back to April. In all the reports, the victims, who were female residents, said they saw an Asian male enter their apartments. Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Santorum (R-Penn.), former Vermont governor Howard Dean, Paul Wolfowitz ’65 and former Texas congressman Ron Paul. Reif said the goal of hosting Republican speakers is to add another perspective to Cornell’s often liberal-leaning tendencies. “Every semester we try to bring speakers to campus that represent different facets of conservatism and have different points of views surrounding current events,” Reif said. “There tends not to be a lot of conservative speakers on campus, so by bringing a conservative voice, we hope to add balance to the dialogue.” Democrat Gena Topper ’16 said she would like to hear Cain speak, but said she is not sure whether his ideologies reflect the views of most Republicans. “I think that it’s really good that they got someone that is a well-known figure in the Republican political party,” Topper said. “However, I’m doubtful as to how well his views represent the majority of mainstream Republican viewpoints due to his involvement with the Tea Party.” Conservative Phil Andriole ’14 said that the larger Cornell community would benefit by attending these talks.
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Cupp in The Sun | S.E. Cupp ’01, far right, a former Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor, appears in the 1999 April Fools’ Day cover of Red Letter Daze, then a weekly Cornell Sun entertainment insert. Cupp will speak at Cornell on April 8.
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Anthony Lewis, Two-Time Pulitzer Winner, Dead at 95
BOSTON (AP) — Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died Monday. He was 85. Lewis worked for 32 years as a columnist for the Times, taking up such causes as free speech, human rights and constitutional law. He won his first Pulitzer in 1955 as a reporter defending a Navy civilian falsely accused of being a communist sympathizer, and he won again in 1963 for reporting on the Supreme Court. His acclaimed 1964 book, “Gideon’s Trumpet,” told the story of a petty thief whose fight for legal representation led to a landmark Supreme Court decision. His wife, Margaret Marshall, the former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, confirmed his death from complications from heart and renal failure. Lewis saw himself as a defender of decency, respect for law and reason against a tide of religious fundamentalism and extreme nationalism. His columns railed against the Vietnam War, Watergate, apartheid in South Africa and Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. He wrote his final “Abroad at Home” column for The Times on Dec. 15, 2001, warning against the U.S. fearfully surrendering its civil liberties in the wake of the terrorist attacks three months earlier.
Citing Crisis, Cyprus’ Banks To Remain Closed Until Thursday NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus ordered banks to remain closed for two more days over fears of a run by customers trying to get their money out, after striking a pre-dawn bailout deal Monday that averted the country’s imminent bankruptcy. The sudden midnight postponement of the much anticipated Tuesday bank opening by all but the country’s two largest lenders was sure to hammer businesses already reeling from more than a week of no access to their deposits. ATMs have been dispensing cash but often run out, and an increasing number of stores and other businesses have stopped accepting credit or debit cards. The two largest lenders, the struggling Laiki and Bank of Cyprus, have imposed a daily withdrawal limit of 100 euros ($130). Cyprus clinched an eleventh-hour deal with the 17-nation eurozone and the International Monetary Fund early Monday for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout. Without it, the country’s banks would have collapsed, dragging down the economy and potentially pushing it out of the euro. Under the deal, the country agreed to slash its oversized banking sector and inflict hefty losses on large depositors in troubled banks. The country’s banks have been closed since March 16 to avert a run on deposits as the country’s politicians struggled to come up with a way to raise enough money to qualify for the bailout. An initial plan that would have raised 5.8 billion euros by seizing up to 10 percent of people’s bank accounts enraged depositors and was soundly rejected by lawmakers early last week. But with the immediate crisis averted, worry spread across Europe that the deal could boomerang, spooking investors and hurting the eurozone’s efforts to keep its debt crisis from spreading. “The Cypriot bailout has a powerful legacy which may alter the security with which depositors elsewhere in the eurozone view the safety of banks,” said Jane Foley, an analyst at Rabobank International.
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More Prisoners Join Hunger Strike At Guantanamo Bay Prison
MIAMI (AP) — More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, as defense lawyers expressed alarm about one of the most sustained protests at the base in several years. There are 28 prisoners on hunger strike, up from 21 a week earlier, including three who were hospitalized for dehydration from refusing to eat, said Navy Capt. Robert Durand, a spokesman for the prison on the U.S. base in Cuba. The military is force-feeding 10 of the prisoners to prevent dangerous weight loss, Durand said. Lawyers for prisoners have been returning from visits to the base with reports that the hunger strike is much more widespread, involving a majority of the 166 men held there, and that some have lost significant weight in recent weeks. Army Capt. Jason Wright said an Afghan prisoner who goes only by the name Obaidullah has dropped from about 167 pounds to 131 since he went on strike and appeared dizzy and fatigued as they met last week. “He seemed depressed, frustrated at the worsening conditions of his confinement,” Wright said. “It seemed like he didn’t have any hope of getting out of Guantanamo Bay.” A prisoner from Syria, Abdehhadi Faraj, has lost about 30 pounds and has been having severe stomach pain, migraines and dizziness and vomiting blood, according to Ramzi Kassem, an attorney and law professor at the City University of New York, who visited him last week. He said one of his clients from Yemen has lost a similar amount of weight and that only a handful of prisoners are not participating in the strike.
Activists Protest Against Abortion Restrictions in North Dakota BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than 300 abortion-rights activists carried signs and chanted, “Veto! Veto! Veto!” in a demonstration Monday at the state Capitol protesting a package of measures that would give the state the toughest abortion restrictions in the nation. The newly formed Stand Up For Women North Dakota also planned rallies Monday in Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, said Robin Nelson, one of the organizers of the demonstration. “The intent is to stop the attack on women's rights in our state,” said Nelson, of Fargo. Russell and Jenn Landphere of Bismarck brought their two infant sons with them to the Capitol. “The priorities of this state are not in the right place,” said Russell Landphere, who took a late lunch from his job as a civil engineer to attend the rally with his family. “We're here as a family supporting women's rights,” Jenn Landphere said. “We feel it's a woman's choice or a family's choice — not the government's choice.” North Dakota lawmakers moved Friday to outlaw abortion in the state by passing a resolution defining life as starting at conception, essentially banning abortion in the state. The North Dakota House approved the bill 57-35 Friday, sending it to voters likely in November 2014. The Senate approved it last month.
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hese past couple of weeks, I have found myself quite perplexed by an ostensibly ingenuous issue. It is my perception that a multitude of people write to exhibit their exorbitant vocabulary, rather than to convey their viewpoint on the issue at hand. I have set out on the outwardly asinine task to provide a snippet of writing in such an unduly manner in order to assess the ramifications. As a writer, I do not endeavor to posture myself upon the rostrum of fine writing; I merely seek to clearly divulge my argument. I do not set out to write in an ostentatious manner only to revel in the bewilderment of my readers. It is my humble opinion that when writing an essay or an article, the main goal is to communicate one’s argument. When someone uses a piece of writing to showcase their unlimited vocabulary, they are not properly prioritizing communication. I, much like the rest of you, do not think in predominantly SAT caliber words and, as such, do not attempt to use them every chance I get. I become quickly disengaged when reading a passage that requires me to look up every other word in the dictionary. As Mark Twain once wrote, “I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English — it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in.” I have held this opinion for quite some time, and this is why I was taken aback when I saw my vocabulary criticized on Facebook. The person went on to question how I got into a school as prestigious as Cornell. I assure you that I, along with my peers, had to learn the same standardized words that only seem to serve as shibboleths. Specifically, as a columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun, I seek to engage with a diverse
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audience that will take the time out of their day to read my article. I would not dare to burden them with the task of deciphering, as well as interpreting, my writing. A counterargument that I have battled with in my own mind presents that good writing, like a piece of art, should be euphoniously pleasing. I completely agree with this argument when it comes to writing fiction. However, when the main point of your writing is to present an argument, aesthetics must take a backseat. This argument causes me to delve even further into this issue. Why is it that I see this problem manifested much more at Cornell than back home? Is it due to the fact that Cornellians have a better vocabulary than the average person, or do they simply feel the need to prove themselves to be smarter than the average person? This is something I often wonder about. I too feel the need to live up to the age-old Ivy League standards in everything that I do, but when is enough enough? Many of us are easily annoyed by extravagant displays of wealth — shouldn’t it be the same for intelligence? There are times when showing off one’s intelligence is perfectly fine; however, most of the time, it is completely unnecessary and incredibly annoying. I hope I receive a lot of feedback on this topic because I am very interested in hearing your opinions on it as well. However, until I see a proper counter-argument, I will continue to write with the same priorities. If you insist on writing elaborately only to bemuse your readers, then never forget that it’s not me, it’s 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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o some students, the term “byline funding” lacks any real meaning or significance; to many Cornellians, however, this phrase is incredibly important and oftentimes highly contentious. The truth is, byline funding affects every student at Cornell in some way. Every other year, more than $6 million of student tuition is allocated to the largest student organizations on campus. From Class Councils to Club Soccer to Cornell Cinema, byline funding makes all sorts of tremendous opportunities and activities available to undergraduate students. During the last funding cycle in 2012, there was an increase in requests by some 25 percent that was matched by only a small increase in funding. As an Appropriations Committee member responsible for the allocation of these funds, it is often difficult to strike a balance between funding all of these requests and maintaining a reasonably low student activity fee. In an ideal world, all of these requests would be met with equal funding. However, with rapidly increasing education costs, it’s also important to keep this fee within reason. One of the fundamental reasons that I love this University — one of the things that makes it so unique — is the independence of the undergraduate community and the seemingly endless opportunities that it provides. Every semester, hundreds of organizations on this cam-
pus plan and orchestrate thousands of events and offer countless services to the undergraduate population. To put it in perspective, for just $6.00 a year, an undergraduate student has access to The New York Times and the USA Today on a daily basis through the Collegiate Readership Program, a byline-funded organization. For an additional $18, next month that same student will get to watch Kendrick Lamar perform on Slope Day — another byline-funded event that almost every undergraduate Cornellian attends. Student programming of both small and large scale occurs practically every day on this campus. Thanks in part to the byline funding process, Cornellians are brought together from all parts of the campus, the country and the world, to interact and share experiences. In a time of rising tuition and expenses for undergrads, I understand the need to keep costs down for students. However, for a fraction of the cost of attending this University, so much is able to occur outside the realm of academics. Byline funding truly is a beautiful thing. Don Muir is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Appropriations Committee and Student Assembly Finance Task Force. Feedback may be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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Pakistan’s Ballot Test
arely, if ever, does an incumbent party campaign on a promise of “doing better next time.” The upcoming parliamentary election in Pakistan, however, is hardly business as usual. The outgoing Pakistan People’s Party is the first democratically elected government in Pakistan’s 60-year history to complete its tenure. With catastrophic floods, feuding coalition partners, high inflation and continuing, wanton terrorist attacks clouding its reign, the PPP is lucky to have simply not been overthrown by the opposition or by the military. Its unusual election promise of “doing better next time,” then, is not as ludicrous as it might first appear. The elections, scheduled for early May, hold the potential for an impressive debate about the country’s future. There is no shortage of parties challenging the PPP. The Pakistan Muslim League, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, opposes the left-leaning incumbent with an economically conservative platform. Former cricketer and national hero Imran Khan is promising a tough attack against Pakistan’s notoriously corrupt political aristocracy. If this field weren’t fractured enough, former President Pervez Musharraf arrived from his self-imposed exile in Dubai and London this weekend to, modestly, “save Pakistan.” An umbrella group of religious conservatives will also fight for seats, but it is not expected to make substantial inroads. Pakistan desperately needs an election season discussion on domestic issues. There is no prospect of reining in terrorist groups in the North-West and Balochistan, and there is a growing, bloody, sectarian rift between its Shia and Sunni populations. More prosaically, the military and political elite continue to steal millions from the exchequer in unpaid taxes and ill-gotten treasure. Food prices continue to increase and daily power cuts across major cities have hamstrung economic growth. The impending democratic festivities, however, throw up many reasons for skepticism. Many popular candidates remain embedded in the very networks that a successful new government needs to disassemble. Mr. Sharif’s electoral base is situated in the south of Pakistan’s Punjab province, dominated by numerous violent and sectarian groups. This “vote bank” is not maintained in a vacuum. Leaders in his PML party have publicly reached out to several
[The Pakistan People’s Party’s] unusual election promise of “doing better next time,” then, is not as ludicrous as it might first appear. men heading extremist madrassas (schools). If Mr. Sharif wins, he will be beholden in no small measure to these outfits. The PPP is led by Bilawal Bhutto, son of current President Asif Ali Zardari. President Zardari is deeply implicated in many corruption scandals from the 1990s and his Presidential term continues for months after the elections. With skeletons in its most prominent closets, a PPP government is unlikely to conduct the corruption crackdown so urgently needed. Mr. Khan is even rumored to be backed by the country’s intelligence agency, a group notorious for suffocating political interference. The electoral period is also directly threatened by cruder elements. Prominent extremist outfits, including the Pakistani Taliban, have promised attacks against specific figures like Mr. Musharraf. The day before he landed, the group released a video threatening to “send [him] to hell.” He was scheduled to hold a large rally in Karachi that was canceled because of security fears. And these threats aren’t hollow. This past weekend also saw an attack in the country’s restive North West that killed 17 soldiers and injured another 34. In December 2007, in the run-up to the first Parliamentary elections following President Musharraf’s reign, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated near the capital, Islamabad. She, like Musharraf, had just returned from self-imposed exile in Dubai. Finally, the elephant in the room, Pakistan’s territorial dispute with India over Kashmir, may cloud dialogue on the devils within. The flare-ups are never far away. In January 2013, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire across the internationally recognized ceasefire line in Kashmir which resulted in fatalities on both sides. India accused Pakistani troops of beheading one of its soldiers and as a consequence, diplomatic relations chilled. Although Kashmir is not currently dominating the campaign trail, the dispute maintains its ability to hijack discourse at a moment’s notice. To prevent this from happening, as difficult and ghastly as it might be, India will have to play down escalations. It has every right to object to brutalities at the border, but flare-ups only help those in Pakistan who wish to exploit nationalistic jingoism. These groups, which include certain constituencies within the security apparatus and in the religious right, can only hurt India even more with the power they will accrue. Although the sources of skepticism are extensive, they are not new. Power cuts, fragile coalitions, the looming military, bullets, bombs and drones persistently sniped at the PPP’s heels. That the PPP’s political opponents knew better than to bring it down during its most vulnerable moments, knowing that only Pakistani democracy would suffer, gives hope that the ballot might win this May. Kirat Singh is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at ksingh@cornellsun.com. Evaluating the Discontents appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
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ur generation of college graduates is suffocated by the freedom of choice. As a society, we value personal agency and initiative, but the seemingly boundless opportunities from which we derive much anticipatory glee can be the Achilles’ heel of an inquisitive soul. In our fourth year here, my friends and I are making our way at various speeds toward whatever futures lie in store for us, but so many of us are stuck, grounded by indecision about the next step. Yes, this is a universal symptom of impending graduation (and consequently, the first significant decision of our adult lives), and this feeling probably weighs heavily on any lost liberal artist of any given generation. But it seems at least intuitive that for young people today, this process of deciding on the next step is more complex than it was for our parents or grandparents, given the vast resources at our disposal for decision making. The gargantuan amount of information and opportunity to which we are subject via the Internet is overwhelming. Those of us who haven’t dreamt of being a plant biologist since the age of eight, those of us who take classes in three different subjects every semester without repeating a theme, those of us who find frank stability destabilizing and chase our intellectual whim around like a dog with its tail — we are adrift in a sea of possibility. It seems from the undergraduate’s perspective, looking out into the abyssal post-Cornell world, that there are an intimidating number of potential life paths (this,
of course, is also a cruel illusion. Actually securing a job is quite difficult, as it turns out. Whoops). We just can’t fathom having to decide on something. We’re paralyzed by the fear of solidifying, concretizing, and thus, we conclude, ending life as we know it. Our entire lives up to this point have been spent deliberately “diversifying” our interests to make ourselves more “unique” and “attractive” applicants in various pools of peer competitors. This wellroundedness is a fantastic attribute for a liberal arts undergraduate, but now, we’re forced to abruptly curtail these various interests in favor of a sin-
about post-graduate life, this neurotic sense of control triggers frantic “what-if ” scenarios in our minds about the road not taken. We have learned to explore, but have never been forced to commit. From within our collegiate cocoon of contentment, youthful ignorance and unrecognized privilege, we’re shielded from the cold truth: Finding a life path most often does not stem from passionate whim but from personal necessity. For a startlingly large percentage of people, this vocational choice is not really a choice at all. Those who need jobs for literal survival are coerced into this decision
Thinking we can have it all because it is literally at our fingertips, will we indecisively waffle through life chasing whim to the ends of the earth? gle commitment. How does one hear their calling amid so much noise? Psychologist Barry Schwartz discusses the debilitating effects of too much choice in his 2004 book, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. Schwartz’s central argument is that with an increase in options comes an increase in indecisiveness but also heightened expectations of the outcome, resulting in both regret and disappointment no matter what choice we end up making. We hold ourselves to such high standards of control over our own lives because we have so much information to help guide us, and so few methods by which to eliminate possibilities. When making decisions
by factors much stronger than preference. Others unquestioningly inherit the family business and find happiness in the path into which they were born. We have the incredible luck to be able to actually choose what we want to do, and this freedom is our undoing. All of our lives, our well-intentioned elders have assured us that we can “be whatever we want to be.” We’ve been given the gift of choice, but nobody ever suggested the importance and difficulty of deciding what to want, or why to want that thing. It’s just assumed that this wanting comes naturally to someone’s life, predetermined like how growing up in Boston makes you a Red Sox fan. And in an era
when information on any possible inquiry is at our fingertips, perhaps we’ve taken on more responsibility for ourselves than we can handle. In this age of choice, we seem to be compromising the work of that ancient invisible hand of lucky coincidence, circumstance and naturally occurring opportunity that takes the burden slightly off the hunched shoulders of the college senior, neck cramped as she bites at her cuticles and stares blankly into the infinite depths of Idealist.org. We of privileged America believe strongly in the correlation between our chosen profession and our happiness (discussion about the value of this credence will have to wait for another 800-900 words). When I look at myself and at my graduating peers, I see a lot of extremely promising young visionaries squinting, trying to make out what that future career is that will make us happy. But with job websites and Google at our disposal, there is an instant availability of promising leads that, taken all at once, results in crippling indecision. Thinking we can have it all because it is literally at our fingertips, will we indecisively waffle through life chasing whim to the ends of the earth? Young adults of our generation go through an average of seven different jobs in their twenties alone. It’s true; I read it online.
Skyler Schain is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Feedback may be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Todd Snider Livens Up The Haunt BY ASHLEY POPP Sun Staff Writer
Todd Snider is a modern day cowboy. Donning a hat and bandana around his neck, his alt-country style made The Haunt come alive on Friday night. This was only the second time Snider has performed at the Ithaca venue, but the crowd made sure he didn’t feel like a stranger. Although Snider’s career began in the South, he has gained a strong fan base in the Northeast in the past years. Fans traveled from all over upstate New York to hear Snider play. A long-time fan from Oneida, N.Y. Ezra Addams, described Snider as “Americana folk with great storytelling.” True to Addams’ assessment, Snider’s most recent album, Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables, shows off his narrative ability. He tells stories about running away from home, his antics while drunk and almost anything else while shifting between song to spoken word. With his Southern style and fast-paced slurs, he sounds like a combination like Arlo Guthrie and Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, and has enough wit to match them both. As Snider took the stage and adjusted his microphone, he bluntly stated that he was going to give us all a “90-minute distraction from our impending doom.” He then warned: “I’m going to give you some of my opinions. You don’t have to have to listen to them because they’re smart, but you’re going to listen to them because they rhyme.” Throughout the night, he inspired almost as much laughter as clapping and screaming. As Snider played songs from his aptly named album, Stoner Fables, he was not ashamed to profess his drug
and alcohol use. “Sometimes I don’t bring a band; I just bring mushrooms and shit,” he said to the crowd. In fact, that’s just what he did. On stage with Snider were a couple of twofoot tall, red and white mushrooms. Definitely not standard country music stage decoration. But behind his dry humor and aloof charm, Snider really does touch on some serious, national issues. Songs like “Looking for a Job” and “Stuck on the Corner” tackle America’s unemployment and tragic economic state with touches of humor. Surprisingly, the crowd didn’t have many young faces. There were some college students, but the majority of the crowd was over 30. Not all shows at the Haunt are as well received as the one on Friday night, but Snider is one of a kind. It seemed as though almost everyone in attendance had already seen Snider in concert, though many had never been to The Haunt before. Rochester native Andy Sanderson was seeing Snider for the fifth time. What appealed to Sanderson, and most repeat concert-goers, was Snider’s gift to make life funny, “even the depressing shit.” Sanderson used the song “Statistician Blues” as an example, saying “77 percent of statisticians hate
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their jobs; I don’t know if that’s the number, but I understand it.” Snider has the ability to point out the irony in our lives and, although he can paint us as pathetic, he also gives us the fuel for change. This quality makes his music extremely relatable and almost impossible to dislike. Ashley Popp is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Science. She can be reached at apopp@cornellsun.com.
The Fall of Girls BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Associate Managing Editor
Disclaimer: This article contains Girls Season Two spoilers. If you are fed up with HBO’s Girls like I am, you are also likely sick of those who write about Girls, too. Todd VanDerWerff from The A.V. Club is one of many in the vast Internet commentariat who basically subsists on churning out these think pieces (he once penned 2200 words under the headline, “How Girls challenges the masculine expectations of ‘good TV’”). So, it is with an ample dose of self-loathing that I now present my opinions on Season Two of Girls, which wrapped up last week. I do not take Girls to be nearly as artful as many claim it is, but at least Season One provided engaging character dynamics punctuated by blissful song cues (Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own”) and hilarious, genuine moments (Shoshanna’s “crackcident”). Season Two darkened the colors, widened the distance between former friends and favored half-baked profundity over consistent entertainment. Of 10 episodes, there were three concept and/or “bottle episodes” where the main narrative arc simmered while Hannah (Dunham) traveled to or tried something new (Jessa’s dad’s house; cocaine; Patrick Wilson). These were, by far, the worst episodes of the season (though some, including VanDerWerff, will vehemently disagree), offering few laughs, platitudinous insight and way too much naked Dunham. Along with the abrupt introduction of Hannah’s OCD two episodes
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from the finale, Girls has taken an offputting, serious turn. The first season worked because Dunham and co. embraced the trivial problems of not-sorich but far-from-poor NYC twentysomethings; their attempts to validate their characters’ struggles with an added layer of angst and realism ended up fulfilling the narcissistic/detached/privileged criticisms that have followed them since even before day one. But the season finale, “Together,” fell short because it actually disregarded the drama that led up to it. Perhaps that is hypocritical of me to say, because I don’t like most of Season Two’s narrative; however, what we are left with is an assortment of unearned reunions and break-ups. Charlie (Christopher Abbott) and Marnie (Allison Williams) get back together in the cheesiest, Jerry Maguire-iest speech this show has deigned to yet. Considering that Charlie is now the moderately wealthy CEO of a mobile app company, Marnie seems to have forfeited the threeepisode-long dream of becoming a singer and resigned to being a housewife, wanting nothing but having Charlie’s “little brown babies” in the “eventual” future. As for Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) and Ray
with one another that they overlooked their obvious traits. But the direction of these scenes, with tearful close-ups and exacting musical cues, treats the romance as sincere. You can’t tell me the moral ambiguity of, say, Zero Dark Thirty also applies to a show that ends its season finale with a dramatic tracking shot of a boy cradling a girl in his arms and a song by Dunham’s boyfriend (that would be “Sight of the Sun” by fun.). To launch this defense would confirm that Girls navigates Inception-like layers and levels of irony that it expects the viewer COURTESY OF HBO to dissect and critique. We are either entering some intolerable, meta/postmodern/sublimely hipster 21st century territory or dabbling in sloppy character development. Either way, I call bullshit. As it stands, the characters of Girls have regressed by the end of Season Two, and perhaps Dunham will kick off Season Three with a stark acknowledgment of the finale’s fake cheshire smiles. But right now, I only have the latest and prior episodes as texts before me, and the last 10 have meandered their way through quasi-profound and gratBrooklyn to “save” Hannah from … well, ing digressions. Let us hope Dunham herself? (I’m not sure.) Irony is a classic reclaims the hope, humor and ecstasy of and healthy mode of humor, but there Season One and keeps her clothes on in must be some foundation for viewer- the process. And let this be the last anycharacter connection and narrative truth. one writes about Girls until then. Sure, Marnie’s devotion to Charlie may be a subtle indictment of our secret desire Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of for an easy, dependent life, and perhaps Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzaRay and Shoshanna were so infatuated hos@cornellsun.com. (Alex Karpovsky) calling it quits, we have long known the former to be naïve and the latter to be cynical, so their outbursts at each other over these respective traits came not as a revelation but as a thud of dramatic irony. For the only lovable characters on the show, you’d expect a more fulfilling final straw, if there had to be one. I just used the word “irony” and that is surely the defense those will use in favor of the scenes above as well as when Adam (Adam Driver) runs shirtless through
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Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park Mercury Records
Meredith Joyce Kacey Musgraves is not Taylor Swift, but she’s not tweeting quotes of Nietzsche either. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter’s first major label album, Same Trailer Different Park, came out last week, and the record is just what Musgraves promised: Something catchy with substance. Listening to all 12 songs, what comes across most clearly is a person — one with a sharp twang — using music to communicate original and, at times, controversial feelings. Musgraves grew up in East Texas, where she started playing music at talent shows and fairs at a young age. In 2007 she was on the American Idol of country music, Nashville Star. Since then, she has moved to Nashville, self-released an album and written songs for Miranda Lambert (“Mama’s Broken Heart”). Most recently, she has gotten attention for her not-so-idealistic rendering of small-town life in her first single “Merry Go ‘Round” (It opens: “If you aint got two kids by 21 / You’re probably gonna die alone”). While her lyrics might be blunt or harsh to some ears, her voice is angelic. She can make anything from a simple ode to trailer living (“My House”) to a lost cry to be put “Back On The Map” catchy. She has the kind of voice that is still in your head the morning after you listen to it. Maybe it’s because of the sultry country tone. However, Musgrave’s best feature has to be her precision. She never complicates: No overbelting for the fun of it or silencing to indicate sadness. The ease of listening to her voice to is even more remark-
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ver break, I got some bad news. It isn’t news Me and Google are simpatico. that I would like to detail here except to say Comedy and laughter go together. that, for the second time in a row, I spent a So who chose Silver Linings good portion of my break in hospitals. I wasn’t the Playbook as one of the best comepatient, don’t worry. There is no escaping my column dies? And HBO’s Girls? I don’t on Tuesdays. But the events of the week were enough know about you, but when I watch to change the course of my nightly media consump- Girls, which won “Best TV tion. Comedy” at the Golden Globes, I arrived home last Saturday ready to catch up on there aren’t too many moments movies I have missed, like Life of Pi and Beasts of the when I laugh out loud or think, Southern Wild, in the hopes of regaining some lost arts “this has got to be the funniest show writer credibility. I was even thinking of watching a on television.” I don’t think that it few old classics. But when I finally found the free time is the funniest show on television, at to collapse on my bed and start up my Netflix on least not by Google’s definition. Monday night, and Tuesday night, and just about That isn’t due to dislike of the show, every night, the only genre I wanted to watch was com- despite what the rest of the arts secedy. I just wanted to laugh at something stupid and tion might feel (sorry Zach). The snarky — some film that didn’t ask me to think about show strips down situations, and life or bathe in the tension of everyday decisions. I just often people, in a way that creates wanted to sit back and enjoy. an inescapable and queasy awkI still wanted to catch up on movies, so I looked wardness. But instead of wallowing for a movie I hadn’t seen before. I googled “best in it, Lena Dunham makes light of comedies of 2012” and scrolled through the many the embarrassment and the terrible NILS AXEN / SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR suggestions. decisions her Looking through characters make. Not many or brash and ridiculous like Ted. Every year, the definthe results, I started shows dare to bare it all like ition grows. That’s why I love comedy. If comedy was simple to define, I don’t think I to rethink my that (pun intended). Still, of search term. I kept all of the words in my vocab- would crave watching the newest episode of New Girl coming across Moonulary … scratch that. Of all of after an amazing day with friends and again after a rise Kingdom and the words in a fourth grader’s shitty one at Jacobi Medical. Just the Last week, I wanted mindless comedy. I had trouble Silver Linings Playvocabulary, I don’t think combook — not really edy is the best one to describe finding the right mood, but eventually settled on Worst what I was looking this show. I still shudder Justin Timberlake’s various hosting gigs on SNL. But I couldn’t watch mindless humor all of the time. I can’t for. I have seen both thinking about the Q-tip. films and neither quite fit the “comedy” bill, at least After over thinking this for a few more hours and deny that watching Dunham and the kids from not in the traditional sense of the word, whatever the searching through online dictionary definitions of Moonrise Kingdom try to claim their adulthood makes traditional sense may be. My curiosity prompted a comedy, I realized that comedy can’t really be defined. me smile. Maybe I’ll catch up next week. Missing new Google search. It shouldn’t be, really. What makes a person laugh or movies is just the worst. According to Google, “Comedy (noun) is defined as smile or even smize at something depends on so many 1. Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and things. Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh. Comedy can be light and mindless like 21 Jump Science. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cor2. A movie, play or broadcast program intended to Street. It can be quirky and thoughtful like Moonrise nellsun.com. Just the Worst appears alternate Tuesdays this semesmake an audience laugh.” Kingdom, odd and lovable like Silver Linings Playbook ter.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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[when the seniors graduate], but you have to continue the legacy,” Garrett said. “Some other guys have to move up and make a name for themselves too. You have to move forward.” With one national appearance under his belt, Garrett’s potential for greatness is infinite as he prepares for next season with the Red. “[Garrett] is an incredible talent — he is very athletic and used his athleticism to take third in the country,” Dake said. “I am scared for the people that he faces next year when he really learns how to wrestle because he is going to be something special. I am excited for him because he is going to get so much better and his ceiling is so high. He is going to be one of the all-time greats.” While the rookie still has a lot to work on before next year, he has begun to build a strong foundation for a successful career at Cornell. “I have a lot to work on and this tournament helped me to realize that,” Garrett said. “I feel like I am still raw in the sport. I rely mostly on my athletic abilities to win and it gets me pretty far but I really want to be more technically sound so that way when I do wrestle, I know what I am doing and how to move people.” Continuing to build his wrestling empire, Koll has recruited a strong class of incoming freshmen. “We signed the No. 1 recruiting class in the country last year,” Koll said. “I don’t want to talk about those guys until they step on campus and do some damage. … Our goal is to get better every year. We expect to be in contention for a national championship every year.” Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.
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“[Dake’s] father is a former AllAmerican,” Noel said. “To see Dougie Dake in tears for his kid is pretty amazing — really pretty amazing.” Other recent NCAA AllAmericans for the Red have included four-time honoree Cam Simaz ’12, two-time honoree Mack Lewnes ’11 and four-time honoree Troy Nickerson ’10. Koll coached one All-American in 2001, two All-Americans the following year, three All-Americans in 2003 and 2004 and four AllAmericans a year from 2005 until 2010. In 2011, the Red had five wrestlers earn spots on the prestigious list, including Mike Grey ’11, Dake, Bosak, Lewnes and Simaz . One year later, Koll coached five more wrestlers to AllAmerican status, including Frank Perelli ’12, Nevinger, Dake, Bosak and Simaz. Lewnes and Simaz hold the records for the most career wins for the Red, boasting 150 and 145, respectively. Dake trails not too far behind in fourth place with 137 career wins. The Cornell program under Koll has grown stronger each year, which is evident across almost every statistical category. Lewnes (55), Simaz (47), Dake (44), Bosak (39) and Nickerson (38) round out the Top-5 for career fall leaders. The Red has begun to carve a name for itself, both in the Ivy League and on a national level. In 2011 and 2012, nine wrestlers represented Cornell, helping the team to first and fifth place finishes, respectively. While each wrestler’s performance carries a large individual significance, the success of the team as a whole depends on the group’s collective performance. “It’s an individual challenge when you are out there by yourself, but it’s a whole team dynamic and our team dynamic is really strong,” Noel said. Supporting each other is a fundamental philosophy for the Red.Dake and Bosak are no exception to the rule. “It is pretty cool to have someone right beside you when you have all of your success,” Dake said. “[Bosak] has always been there and we have been going out and doing great things on the national level. To be able to have someone to share that time with has been great.” Despite the fact that Bosak and Dake will graduate in a few weeks, the future of the Red looks bright. Wrestlers like Garrett look to carry on the fight as their accomplished predecessors pass the torch to the next generation of competitors. “It will be a little depressing See WRESTLING page 16
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Wrestling Fights for 2020 Olympic Games SMITH
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Olympic wrestling has come as a shock to the entire Olympic community and is utterly ridiculous in every sense. Wrestling has been a part of the summer Olympics since its inception in 1896 and has roots dating back to the ancient games in Greece. To go along with this, wrestling is one of the most universal sports in the Olympics the sport has competitors coming from 71 different countries — more than both modern pentathlon or Tae Kwon Do, two sports that many thought might get cut instead. I feel like I am joking when I write this but the summer Olympics now features horse dressage, rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing, table tennis, badminton and archery but not wrestling. As a fan, I thought the point of the Olympics was to be celebration of the best athletes worldwide, but judging by this decision, that is obviously not the case. According to Mark Adams, the IOC’s spokesman, the decision was about “what works best for the Olympic games. This was the best program for the 2020 Olympics. This is not about what’s wrong with wrestling but what is good for the Games.” But what Adams purposefully leaves out is that the decision was primarily about money and sponsorships. For example, Tae Kwon Do most likely retained its status because of its popularity in Korea and committee did not want to offend Samsung, one of the Games’ largest sponsors. Wrestling may be a global sport with appeal in a variety of countries and regions but it doesn’t have the major corporation backing it that several other sports obviously do. Because of this, wrestling now faces an uphill battle to regain its status in the Olympics ... A battle the sport must win if it wants retain and grow its popularity on more local and regional levels as well. Without the lure and promise of eventually being able to compete in Olympics, young, potentially great wrestlers around the globe will possibly veer to other sports instead. The good news is that the wrestling community seems up to the challenge. A “Save Olympic Wrestling” group on Facebook has already amassed over 86,076 members, and numerous websites and petitions have been started all over the web. This charge is being led in the United States by the Committee to Preserve Olympic Wrestling, which has invested money in television PSAs and social media with the help of KOM Sports Marketing. In the end, what it’s really going to take to save the sport is an effort to increase the excitement of the action and prove that it can be popular to the general fan instead of only its dedicated fan base. In an article on Journalstar.com gold medalist Jordan Burroughs discussed the need for rule adjustments to promote more scoring and less “tedious” matches. Undoubtedly, such large changes to the actual sport can help wrestling become more watchable for the casual observer who doesn’t understand technicalities or strategy. Even little things like more emphatic introductions can add to the drama strike up popularity. This also where Kyle Dake and his amazing story factors back into the equation. Dake’s victory became the front story on the 12 a.m. SportsCenter early Sunday morning and a national headline giving wrestling the time in the spotlight it desperately needs. In his interview Dake was able to campaign to save Olympic wrestling and alert more sports fans nationwide of the predicament his sport now faces. Unfortunately, for Dake and all the other phenomenal wrestlers who won national titles Saturday night, the fate of their sport may be out of their hands when the IOC meets again to make its final decision in September. Alex Smith can be reached at asmith@cornellsun.com.
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Red Suffers Losses to UNC, UPenn During Break After six consecutive victories, Cornell laxers drops two games By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell women’s lacrosse team began its season with six consecutive victories, but it suffered its first two defeats in tight games against No. 3 North Carolina and UPenn over spring break. The Red began play with a 15-13 victory
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Tough times | Senior attack Caroline Salisbury and the rest of the Red tried to capitalize on the winning streak over break but fell to Penn and North Carolina in two one-point games after winning against Albany early on in the break. Cornell looks to play Princeton this weekend, it plans to change up its gameplan and focus on getting ahead early.
Caroline Salisbury over Albany, its sixth of the season. It then lost to the Tar Heels (6-3, 1-0 America East), 11-10, and lost to the Quakers, (4-3, 3-0 Ivy League), 12-11. According to senior defenseman Kate Ivory, the Red suffered from slow starts in the two losses. “Over spring break, we came out pretty flat and started off pretty bad. Its good that we can be confident in our comebacks and know that we can do that, but in some sense, it’s hurting us, because we’re not playing a full 60 minutes,” she said. “Our focus moving forward is going to be playing a full 60 minutes and not getting ourselves in a situation where we need to dig ourselves out of a hole.” In the game against Albany, the Red was trailing by two goals with 10 minutes left in the game, but it scored five straight goals to take the lead. This was one of multiple comeback victories that the Red has had this season. According to Ivory, the team’s “never-give-up” attitude has helped it succeed. “It’s really great that we have that attitude this
year — that we know if we’re down, we can come back,” she said. Another feature of the victory over the Great Danes was scoring with many different players. According to senior attack Caroline Salisbury, having multiple scoring threats makes it difficult for opponents to shut Cornell’s offense down. “In lacrosse, they look to shut down the best player, but when you have four or five great players they can’t really do that,” she said. The Red had a three goal lead late in the second half against the Tar Heels, but UNC answered with four consecutive goals to take the victory. According to Ivory, UNC played a stellar final 15 minutes, and the Red failed to adequately respond. “We definitely had the momentum, but UNC is a very good team and they came out really strong in the end, winning the draws and attacking the ball,” she said. “They pressured us really hard, and we just didn’t handle the pressure as well as we should have been able to.” The following game against the Quakers was a back-and-forth contest, with Penn scoring seven
consecutive goals to take a large early lead and Cornell responding with a seven goal streak of its own to ultimately send the game into overtime. The Quakers converted on the man-advantage in overtime, and the Red was unable to respond to force a second overtime. “I’m a senior, and my class hasn’t beaten Penn in my four years, so it was a really emotional game for us. We unfortunately came out really flat in the first half,” she said. “We were able to use our confident attitude to get back into the game, but you’re not gonna win if you don’t play a full 60 minutes.” According to Salisbury, the Red will focus on improving its play at the beginning of the game moving forward. “I think our focus for Princeton coming up is to start the game strong, take the lead, and play more of an even game rather than having to dig ourselves out of a hole,” she said. Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun.com.
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Harriers Travel to California for Two Outdoor Meets Cornell looks ahead to outdoor Heps titles at the end of the season as its ultimate season goal
By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer
With eyes set on finishing the outdoor season with the Heps titles, members of the men’s and women’s track and field teams took their annual trip out west to California. There they had the opportunity to compete in their first two outdoor meets, train in the sunny southern California weather and enjoy time together as a team bonding with one another in preparation for their outdoor campaign. Men’s head coach Nathan Taylor said he was glad to have had good weather for high quality practice time with his team. “The trip was good,” he said. “We had good weather, [which allowed] us to get good practices everyday. I think that they made the most of the opportunity.” While in California, the Red had the opportunity to compete in both the Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego State, as well as the Spring Break Invitational hosted by UC Irvine. Taylor noted that despite the fact that his team just started transitioning into the outdoor season, the performances he has seen from his athletes are good signs of what is
to come. “I thought a number of the guys did really well,” he said. “When you have to contend with the weather, the wind and some of the new events integrated into the outdoor season, I thought those guys did really well.” Notable performances included junior Montez Blair breaking his own school outdoor record in the high jump by clearing 7’4.25” and sophomore Stephen Mozia breaking the school record in the discus with a throw of 179’6”. Women’s head coach Rich Bowman added that there are three very important things that his team tries to get out of the California meet. “Number one: We try to get good training in. Number two: We want to get good competition out of the trip. The third we try to get together and try to do is foster bonding within our team, and build that team camaraderie. They were all accomplished,” Bowman said. Notable women’s performances included junior Rachel Sorna setting a new all-time Ivy League record of 9:50.39 in the 3K steeplechase, as well as a win in the 4x400 relay by senior Libby O’Brien, junior Ryan Woolley, sophomore Katie
Woodford and junior Ebolutalese that they did a lot of things together and Airewele with a time of 3:42.33. got to know each other well.” The Red trained and competed According to Bowman, the entire seastrongly during their entire trip, and also son is a process, he said. had the opportunity to enjoy great south“I think we’re right where we need to ern California dining. be at this point.” “We had some great “The trip has become mainly track, things happen, there are also things we and second, food,” Taylor said. “We had need to improve on. The whole season is a traditional a process, and Mexican din- “I hope that people come back with this trip is a part ner. Some of of the process. our culinary the knowledge that every I’m really happy pallets were opportunity we have to compete with everything expanded. We at this point.” had a big prime before the Heps is very important.” Taylor finrib dinner; we Nathan Taylor ished with what went to he hopes his athRo s c o e’s letes took away Chicken and Waffles. It was fun ... a from their trip out west. southern California food extravaganza.” “I hope that people come back with Bowman spoke about how from his the knowledge that every opportunity we perspective, the most fun part of the trip have to compete before the Heps is very was all of the training that he got to see important,” he said. “There aren’t very out of his team. He also said that there many meets before the Heps, so I hope were added benefits for his team during that is something that everyone comes the trip to enjoy California. back focused on. These meets were the “From a coach’s standpoint, the train- first step in the second part of the year.” ing part of it is the fun aspect,” he said. “They were out at beaches together [and] Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at had some alumni functions. I thought jtoledo@cornellsun.com.
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After Losing Start,Ballers Sweep Six Straight Games By SCOTT CHIUSANO
Though offense was key in the first half of break, the Red’s bats started to quiet down later in the week. After a 10-9 victoIt was an all business, no beaches spring ry over Davidson that featured sophomore break for the baseball team this past week, Kevin Tatum’s first two homeruns of his as the Red headed south to face off against collegiate career, the Red only scored a total top tier competition. After losing its first of 13 runs in the final stretch. game to Appalachian State, the Red (11-5) However, pitching and defense carried bounced back to beat the Mountaineers the Red in those contests, giving the squad and then went on to win six straight games, wins in all four games by narrow margins. sweeping perennial powerhouses Davidson “The pitching staff has been a major piland Villanova. lar for us, we’ve been really strong with Now sitting on a seven-game winning young guys and older guys that mesh so streak after a slow start to the season, the well,” Peters said. “Other teams have to be Red is playing with at a new level, accord- so frustrated because these guys pound the ing to senior infielder strike zone and get out “I think we’re really Brenton Peters. after out after out.” “I think we’re really confident and playing really Junior leftie Zach confident and playing McCulley did just that really loosely lately,” he loosely lately.” in a 3-2 win against said. “A prime example Brenton Peters Davidson. In his first is in a game against start with the Red, Appalachian State, a McCulley went five top program in the strong innings, allowing five hits and two country … we’re playing them real tight runs while fanning four. Freshman Michael and half the guys in the dugout are playing Byrne came in to mop things up, going the name game in between innings. They four innings. He gave up no runs on just all had complete confidence in the team one hit for his first save of the season. coming back and taking the lead or holding In the opener against Villanova, sophothe lead.” more Nick Busto continued the strong outAfter coughing up a three-run lead in ings on the mound. He improved to 2-0 on the 9-4 loss in the opener against the the season going six innings and allowing Mountaineers, the Red was able to turn its two runs. After the Red took a 3-2 lead in luck around in the second game of the dou- the seventh inning off an RBI single by bleheader. Sophomore catcher Matt Hall junior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro, senior led the offensive attack — which exploded Houston Hawley came in to pitch a 1-2-3 with 15 runs — going five for six with four ninth inning and shut the door. RBIs. The Red put up eight more in the Though the Red’s staff kept the team in final game against the Mountaineers. With these close games, the defense also provided one swing, senior outfielder Spenser Souza steadfast support in the background. accounted for half of that run production as “Our defense has drastically improved he belted a grand slam in the ninth inning and kept us in games and gotten us out of to give the Red the come from behind vic- some tight spots,” Peters said. “When no tory. one is making errors, no one is getting on Sun Assistant Sports Editor
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No beach for the boys | Senior Brenton Peters and the Cornell baseball team played seven games during spring break.
base when they shouldn’t, so when our pitchers get a ground ball or fly ball, they know they’re going to get an out. They can last a lot longer and we can battle back on offense.” In the second game against Villanova, four runs was all the Red needed as sophomore Brian McAfee, senior T.J. Parthemer and sophomore Eric Upton combined for a three-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts. It was McAfee’s first victory of the season and seventh of his career. Though the Red’s offense was not quite as potent in the final games against Davidson and Villanova, Peters said the team is not particularly worried. “We played in some weird conditions. In at least three of the four fields the wind was blowing directly in and probably some balls that would normally go over the fence got caught in the wind and dropped for a can of corn for the left fielder,” Peters said. As a team, the Red’s offensive numbers are also down from last year, with only Hall hitting over .300. “The numbers are fairly low, but I don’t think it shows the quality of at bats that we’ve been having,” Peters said. The lineup has also taken a hit with the
loss of junior outfielder Chris Cruz, who hit 12 homeruns last season. According to Peters, getting Cruz back at some point in the season will give the offense a significant boost. “It’s always a big factor when you get a guy like him back who can put up 12 homeruns; he has the ability to put any type of pitch over the fence,” he said. “Once he’s back in the middle of the lineup to solidify things, people can start to take more bases because no one wants to throw him fastballs anymore. He’ll be a huge spark for our offense when he gets back.” The Red comes home to Hoy Field for the first time today to face off against Albany in two midweek games before kicking off Ivy play against Brown this weekend. According to Peters, the Red has used midweek games as preparation in the past, but is looking at things a little differently this year. “That’s not our mentality anymore. It’s time to start to take advantage of those games and keep us rolling into Ivy play,” he said. Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.
Save Olympic Wrestling Four Named NCAA All-American I WRESTLING
By LAUREN RITTER Sun Senior Writer
Penn State. Iowa. Oklahoma. Missouri. These schools come to mind when most people think of wrestling powerhouse schools; however, Cornell is slowly joining these elite few as one of the top-performing programs in the nation. On Saturday night, senior Kyle Dake etched his name into the NCAA record books when he became the first Division I wrestler to win four national titles in four separate weight divisions. Dake’s accomplishment was not only a great personal feat, but also a big moment for the Red, as the Lansing native thrust Cornell Athletics into the national spotlight.
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The best of the best | Senior Steve Bosak placed third and was named All-American for the third time this past weekend.
“I think [the attention] provides support that our athletic program is relevant nationally — certainly, in wrestling it is,” said Director of Athletics Andy Noel. “In the last five years for sure, we have been in the Top-5 and we have been second twice [at the NCAA tournament] … There are a lot of outstanding athletes at Cornell and a lot of teams that are relevant nationally ... Outsiders look at Cornell as having a combination of serious students and serious athletes. It does a lot to show that you can do both.” Since assuming the helm of the Cornell program in 1993, head coach Rob Koll has made a name for himself and the Red in the world of collegiate wrestling. Under Koll, Cornell has witnessed multiple athletes earn a place on the elite list of NCAA All-Americans and be recognized with EIWA and All-Ivy League honors. Over the weekend in Iowa, freshman Nahshon Garrett, junior Mike Nevinger and seniors Steve Bosak and Kyle Dake were named NCAA All-Americans after each placed in the Top-5 for their respective divisions. Nevinger earned his second All-American honor with his fifth place finish, Bosak earned his third with third place finish and Dake claimed his fourth award for his first place performance. The old adage “like father, like son” seems apropos for Dake’s family, as his father Doug Dake was an Ohio State champion and a NCAA All-American at Kent State in 1985. The elder Dake was able to share in his son’s accomplishment in Des Moines, becoming visibly emotional once the senior was named champion. See WRESTLING page 8
f you were perhaps living under a rock this past week and missed it on Saturday, Cornell’s Kyle Dake made wrestling history ,becoming the first athlete
the sport of wrestling a much-needed spark to catch the attention of the national media. This is not because collegiate wrestling is in jeopardy,
Alex Smith Guest Column to ever win four national championships in four different weight classes. Dake’s outstanding accomplishment makes him one of only three wrestlers in history to win four national titles and the only one to do it without a redshirt year. While Dake has firmly cemented his name in collegiate wrestling lore, his matchup with Penn State’s David Taylor this weekend brought
but because of the challenge of reinstating international wrestling into the 2020 summer Olympics. After a vote last month, the IOC has decided to relinquish wrestling’s title as one of its “core” sports, and therefore, wrestling must compete with seven other sports to be included in the competition. The decision to cut See SMITH page 18