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A Cornell student was arrested and charged with rape in the first degree, Ithaca Police said Tuesday.

Peter Mesko ’13 was arrested by IPD and the Cornell University Police Department after a female reported to IPD that she was raped at about 5 a.m. on Saturday. The woman told police that an unfamiliar individual entered her bedroom and had sex with her “without her knowledge or consent, as she was soundly sleeping at the time,” according to a report from IPD. Mesko was taken into custody at his residence

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Tompkins County Legislature Supports NY SAFE Legislature approves resolution in10-5 vote

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near Cornell’s campus “after an extensive investigation.” He was arraigned in Ithaca City Court and remanded to the Tompkins County Jail in lieu of bail, according to IPD. Mesko is a member of Cornell’s wrestling team.

University officials declined to comment on the investigation, and representatives of the athletics department, as well as Mesko, did not respond to requests for comment.

Mesko is due back in court on April 5, according to IPD.

Cornell University Confessions, a Facebook page that asks students to share their secrets online and promises “100%” anonymity, has become wildly popular at Cornell — drawing more than 7,263 submissions this year. The confessions page may meet the emotional needs of students who feel disconnected from their peers, according to Cornell’s mental health resource staff.

The founder and one of the moderators of the page –– who “I was actually pretty The Sun is referring to by a pseualarmed when I first donym, “Zach,” because of his started. There were a desire to keep the page’s moderators anonymous — said he saw a ton of depressing disproportionate number of posts by people who sounded confessions submitted.” depressed when he founded the Founder of Cornell Confessions Cornell Confessions page.

“I was actually pretty alarmed when I first started,” Zach said. “There were a ton of depressing confessions submitted.”

Greg Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Gannett Health Services, called Cornell Confessions “compelling” and said “it obviously meets an emotional need for students.”

“Part of its appeal is it’s really touching upon — in an honest way — people’s feelings of loneliness, disconnection and psychological

On Tuesday, Tompkins County became one of a handful of counties in New York State supporting NY SAFE, an act Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) describes as the “toughest” gun control law in the nation.

The Tompkins County Legislature, which heard hours of debate on the act, passed a resolution in a 10 to 5 vote supporting NY SAFE at a meeting Tuesday.

A res-

olution calling for the repeal of the NY SAFE Act failed to pass in a vote of 3 to 12.

NY SAFE, which was enacted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) on Jan. 15 after an elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., expands restrictions on the sale, transportation and possession of firearms in New York State. Although Cuomo said the law will help protect citizens from gun violence, critics say NY SAFE was rushed through the state legislature without addressing concerns raised by mental health experts, gun-owners and police officers.

At the meeting, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 voiced his support for the NY SAFE Act, saying the law protects people while respecting citizens’ Second Amendment right to possess a gun.

Echoing Myrick’s sentiments, Prof. Fred Wilcox, writing, Ithaca College, said the act’s expansion of an assault weapons ban will help protect innocent citizens from gun violence.

Others, however, were in opposition to the to gun control law, describing it as a violation of Second Amendment rights.

Calling for the state to repeal the act, Henry Kramer, a resident of Dryden, said, “New York State has infringed constitutional rights.”

Kramer also criticized the state, saying it passed the law without garnering input from constituents.

“Law first, input later? That doesn’t seem to make sense,” he added.

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Safe Act | Tompkins County residents voice their opinions on the NY SAFE Act before the Tompkins County Legislature votes to determine the county’s official stance on the matter Tuesday.

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Businessman Stages Fake Plane Crash on April Fool’s Day YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) — It’s the plane crash that wasn’t in Southern California.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports a Yucaipa businessman staged an elaborate April Fool’s joke on Monday.

Billy Cheesman Jr. used a forklift to arrange a small aircraft on the fence that runs in front of his equipment rental business, as if it had nosedived there.

He also strung yellow caution tape around to make it resemble a crash scene.

Cheesman says someone gave him the two-seat experimental plane and he’s been trying to figure out what to do with it.

He notified the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department before he set up the prank at Redlands Yucaipa Rentals.

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A statement on the Seattle Police Department blotter Monday says the “hard-boiled tale” began Sunday afternoon, “when one woman reportedly pushed a child aside as her own child was scrambling toward some brightly

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colored eggs.”

Police say the two mothers began fighting and had to be separated three or four times.

The fisticuffs ended with one woman suffering a bloody nose.

Only one mother was still there when officers arrived.

She said she wasn't interested in pursuing charges against her attacker.

Flea Circus in Germany Wiped Out By Freezing Temperatures BERLIN (AP) — An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.

Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box Wednesday morning.

The circus immediately scrambled to find and train a new batch so it could fulfill its engagements at an open-air fair in the western town of MechernichKommern.

Michael Faber, who organizes the fair, told The Associated Press that an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 fleas in time for the first show Sunday.

Faber says he hopes they’ll “get through this without any more fatalities.”

Birk said it was the first time his circus had lost all of its fleas to the cold in one.

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C.U.Physics Prof Creates TCAT App

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database, we’d be interested in working with him and other app developers. We are not only David Kornreich Ph.D. ’01, interested in working with app visiting professor in astronomy developers; we want them to and physics at Cornell take charge in the long run,” University, is the man behind Swarts said. the Ride14850 app — an Creating the app was a new iPhone application that identiexperience for Kornreich who fies TCAT bus routes and bus said his experience in programstops for users. ming astrophysical simulations Although his application has was useful in programming become popular among Cornell routes for the app. students, Kornreich said he “My job is to crash had no experience with app galaxies together for a livdevelopment before “Without the app, I would never ing. I had to teach myself have figured out how to take the — I spent a couple of Ride14850.

Kornreich, who is also a bus to places off campus.” hours everyday for about a professor of physics at summer creating the app,” Ithaca College, created the Michael Fox ’15 he said. unofficial TCAT app in Created on an Apple 2008 in response to the lack App template, the applicaof information about bus routes.

Kornreich said initial reac- tion displays advertisements “I made the app five years ago tions from TCAT to the app which Kornreich said covers the just for my own use. I was with- were not enthusiastic, because annual app developer fee he out a car, and I was teaching the company had issues regard- must pay. The app has a stanhere every summer at Cornell. ing copyrights over the bus dard look, according to Back then, I had to read the routes. The app downloaded the Kornreich. paper schedule, and that was original maps of routes and bus “As I considered it, it’s just a just not working,” he said. schedules from the TCAT web- utility. I won’t give up further Though the app is similar to site. time to it for aesthetics; [I will TCAT’s Trip Planner, a feature “I’m not copying their infor- devote time] only to make it on TCAT’s website that displays mation; I’m just relaying it,” more functional,” Kornreich routes available for selected des- Kornreich said. “For a couple of said. tinations, Kornreich said his app years, they opposed it and didn’t Kornreich added that he had is more user-friendly than want to make it public. It took a ideas for other apps, but did not TCAT’s Trip Planner. couple of years to go from pri- have enough time to develop “What [the app] does ... is it vate issue to public app. “ them. tells you how to get from point “I had an idea for a social Doug Swarts, service develA to point B. The website is opment manager of the TCAT, network, like OkCupid, where pretty clunky and difficult to expressed interest in working you create a profile and put use, especially somewhere where with Kornreich after the current what you want in a person, and there’s no wireless Internet,” information technology study if the two phones get close, they Kornreich said. “What I wrote is on the bus system is complete. say ‘Hey, John B is in your area a different version of that web“As soon as we have that and he’s compatible,’” he said.

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Students rely on the app to find bus routes when they are away from a computer, according to Kornreich.

“My favorite feature is the GPS that locates the nearest bus stop for you. I use that all the time,” Michael Fox ’15 said.

“Without the app, I would never have figured out how to take the bus to places off campus.”

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President Barack Obama speaks about the Brain Initiative –– an initiative to bolster neurotechnologies –– at the White House Tuesday.

Aside from teaching and creating the TCAT app, Kornreich is also a licensed pilot who flies airplanes and gliders and teaches piloting at the East Hill Flying Club.

Kornreich has flown as far as Alaska, San Diego, Guadalupe in the Caribbean and everywhere in between, he said. He added that he was once interest-

ed in creating an application for airplane navigation.

“I was going to write an airplane navigation app, but someone else made it, so now I don’t have to. Google Maps works great up in the air,” Kornreich said.

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun.com.

After Cheating Scandal, Harvard Proposes Honor Code THE HARVARD CRIMSON

The day before a proposed five-point honor code was expected to be unveiled at the Tuesday faculty meeting, students generally welcomed the prospect of an honor code, but cautioned that such a policy may not succeed unless there is a shift in the community’s attitude toward academic integrity.

The proposed honor code, prepared by the Committee on Academic Integrity and laid out in a report obtained by The Crimson late Sunday night, comes in the wake of Harvard’s largest cheating scandal

in recent memory. The proposal would institute a Student/Faculty Judicial Board populated by both students and faculty to hear exclusively cases of academic dishonesty. Among other points, the proposal calls for students to write a “declaration of integrity” on assignments, final exams, and projects as part of an effort to build a “culture of trust” on campus.

Sebastian M. Chiu ’13, a Statistics 104 teaching fellow, said that before an honor code can succeed, “you have to reach a point where academic integrity is valued and shared in the community.”

“I feel like in order to be really effec-

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tive with an honor code, you need to have a sort of culture shift on campus,” Chiu said.

While voicing support of the proposals, other students echoed the sentiment that an honor code must be accompanied by student support in order to change the climate of integrity at Harvard.

Tara Raghuveer ’14, president of the Undergraduate Council, said she believes the honor code is “a good starting point to have continued discussions about academic integrity and about what the culture looks like on campus.”

“Something like the honor code really doesn’t hold any weight without any buyin from the student body,” Raghuveer said. The proposed studentpopulated board, she said, would be key to creating that buy-in among undergraduates.

Another student, Mariana Gudino Castanon ’14, expressed mixed feelings about the five-point proposal. Gudino Castanon said she thinks the introduction of an honor code might encourage students to discuss issues of academic integrity more openly than they do now. She also expressed support of the proposal that would give students a voice in hearing academic dishonesty cases, but said she was not sure that simply signing a statement when turning in assignments would necessarily change much.

What would be most effective in promoting academic integrity, according to Hillary B. Singer ’14, is a clear definition from the administration about what con-

stitutes cheating. Singer, drawing on her experiences as an Applied Math teaching fellow, added that it was essential that the administration’s policies reflect differences in the ways that different departments structure assignments.

“I think there ought to be a very clearly defined, explicitly written policy about what constitutes cheating and what academic integrity is,” Singer said.

The Committee on Academic Integrity first began discussing Harvard’s honesty policies in fall 2010, but its work took on new significance for many this academic year after 125 academic dishonesty cases in Government 1310 sparked a scandal that generated international attention.

Going forward, the Committee on Academic Integrity is looking to solicit student feedback about the proposal. Terah E. Lyons ’14 and Samuel F. Himel ’13, committee members who have been leading the student effort to help draft proposals for the student-populated disciplinary board and the integrity statement, said the timeline for finalizing the honor code is not definite.

Himel said the committee plans to solicit feedback through the U.C., in the Houses, and among student groups.

“This is the beginning of a conversation, and now we’re going to draw literally thousands of voices into it,” Lyons said.

This story was published in The Harvard Crimson Tuesday.

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Lane (D-14th District) — who introduced a resolution asking the state legislature to gather more feedback from the public — said that, after listening to people across the county, he thinks NY SAFE should be revised.

“There are problems in this law, particularly in the way it was rushed through the legislature,” he said.

County Legislator Nate Shinagawa (D-4th District) echoed Lane’s concerns about the act.

Although he said he supports the act, Shinagawa said he is troubled by other parts of it: the act expands the definition of assault weapons and requires that therapists who believe a patient has threatened to use a gun illegally report the patient to a mental health director.

Other representatives expressed skepticism about the ability of Tompkins County to sway state legislators to modify NY SAFE. “Anything we do tonight will not change anything that will happen in Albany,” County Legislator Will

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Burbank (D-12th District) said.

Regardless of their position on the issue, many of the legislators expressed their support of the public, which turned out in the dozens to express their views on the act, according to Legislator Brian Robinson (R-9th District).

Legislator Peter Stein (D-11th District) lauded the public for coming out to discuss their thoughts on the NY SAFE Act and said his “eyes were opened.”

“I have learned so much,” he said. “I’ve spent many hours thinking about what has been said.”

A total of nine proposed resolutions were made public at Tuesday’s meeting, each differing in the degree to which the Tompkins County legislature would support the NY SAFE Act. Two of the resolutions — pushed forward by conservatives — opposed the act, saying they would urge the state to repeal NY SAFE, according to the packet of resolutions.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Two inmates with long criminal histories — including one awaiting trial for capital murder — escaped an East Texas jail, dumped their black-and-white scrubs and were fleeing a manhunt Tuesday, authorities said.

Brian Allen Tucker of Sulphur Springs and John Marlin King of Cumby slipped past a fence around a recreation yard at the Hopkins County Jail around 8 a.m. Tuesday, officials with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office said.

The two men dumped their jail uniforms on rail tracks near the jail, Deputy Alvin Jordan said. They had white T-shirts and boxer shorts on underneath, and Sheriff Butch Adams said it was possible they had clothes stashed on the outside.

“Certainly, we’re going to do our best to get them back,” Adams told reporters. “We have a lot of help here from other counties and jurisdictions.”

Dispatcher Beth Renfro said a maintenance person noticed a problem with the fence around a recreation yard used by female inmates at the jail in Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas. Jordan said the men either slipped through a gap in the fence or they scaled it. Hours later, deputies and other law enforcement were searching the woods and area east and northeast of the jail.

Tucker was being held on $1 million bond in the 2011 death of Bobby Riley of Mahoney. Riley was found strangled in his home and some music instruments and firearms had been stolen. Jury selection in his murder trial was set to begin June 3.

New York State Democratic Lawmaker Arrested for Allegedly Plotting Bribes NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to GOP bosses to let him run for mayor of New York City as a Republican.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called it an “unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed” that reveals a New York political culture defined by a single rule: “Show me the money.”

Malcolm Smith, 56, who has served at times as the state Senate’s majority and minority leader since becoming a senator in March 2000, was arrested along with Republican New York City Councilman Dan Halloran, 42, and four other political figures.

Smith, who was removed Tuesday from his leadership post in Albany, had not yet officially launched a campaign for mayor — the first New York City mayoral race in twelve years without Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Smith “tried to bribe his way to a shot at Gracie Mansion,” Bharara said, referring to the official mayor's residence. “Smith drew up the game plan and Councilman Halloran essentially quarterbacked that drive by finding party chairmen who were wide open to receiving bribes.”

A criminal complaint said that in meetings with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer, Smith agreed to bribe up to five leaders of Republican Party county committees in the five boroughs of New York City so he could run for mayor as a Republican, even though he was a registered Democrat.

Bharara said $80,000 in cash was promised or paid to Bronx County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Savino, 45, and Queens County Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, 46, who were both arrested Tuesday. The government said Halloran told the undercover agent that he wanted to get his “mortgage situation resolved” and to be named deputy police commissioner if Smith were elected mayor.

Smith said in a statement that he’ll be vindicated. His lawyer, Gerald L. Shargel, said his client denies wrongdoing.

“Malcolm Smith is a dedicated public servant who has served both the state of New York and his constituents in an exemplary fashion,” Shargel said. “He steadfastly denies the allegations that are contained in the complaint.”

Outside federal court in White Plains, N.Y., Shargel said the allegations in the criminal complaint “do not tell the full story.”

Halloran's attorney, Dennis Ring, said: “The councilman denies all allegations and looks forward to clearing his name and returning to court.”

Representatives for Savino and Tabone did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

On Tuesday evening, Halloran was stripped of

his committee assignments and money-allocating authority in the City Council. Earlier in the day, Smith was removed from his committee assignments and leadership post in the breakaway group of five senators that formed a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

Running as a Republican in the New York City mayoral race is an attractive path for candidates because it is easier to get on the GOP primary ballot in a city crowded with Democratic politicians.

The tactic was popularized by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who switched from the Democratic to Republican parties shortly before his first successful run for mayor in 2001. At least three current candidates for mayor switched their party affiliation to get on the GOP ballot.

In Smith’s case, authorities say, he wanted to get on the Republican ballot but keep his Democratic party affiliation, a move that would require written consent of three of the city's five Republican Party county chairmen.

In court papers, the FBI detailed numerous meetings over the last year among the defendants, the undercover FBI agent and the cooperating witness, who pleaded guilty to federal charges last month in a deal aimed at winning leniency at sentencing.

In a Jan. 25 meeting in Smith’s car in Rockland County, the cooperating witness told Smith that buying the help of Republican county committee leaders would cost “a pretty penny” and asked if it’s “worth any price,” the complaint said. The FBI said Smith responded: “Look, talk to me before you close it. But it’s worth it. Because you know how big a deal it is.”

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking Tuesday at an event in Buffalo, called the arrests “very, very troubling.”

“We have zero tolerance for any violation of the public integrity and the public trust,” Cuomo said.

New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox said the arrests were “deeply concerning.”

“The integrity of the electoral process for the voters of New York City must be preserved,” Cox said in a statement.

One candidate for mayor, billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, said the arrests “point to a culture of corruption that permeates our city and state, corruption fueled by career politicians who put personal advancement before public service.”

Tabone is a lawyer for Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group, which owns the Gristedes supermarket chain and other businesses, and Tabone also is a consultant to the billionaire's campaign.

Campaign finance records show Tabone has been paid $3,000 so far.

Catsimatidis’ campaign said on Tuesday that Tabone has been suspended from the business and his association with the campaign has been terminated.

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and emotional pain,” Eells said. “I think there’s a certain sense of universality people feel, which can be really powerful. If I’m suffering and think I’m the only person feeling this way, and I put something out there and now I know that you’re feeling in a very similar way, that has a lot of power for both of us.”

Janet Shortall, assistant dean of students and advisor to Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service — a student-run organization offering counseling, training and outreach programs — said anonymity can often be reassuring for students.

She said EARS training includes a game that groups play where, much like Cornell Confessions, students anonymously write down a secret and trainers read the comments aloud.

“We recognize that it can be quite cathartic to reveal parts of ourselves anonymously,” Shortall said in an email.

“Occasionally, however, someone will reveal something that is distressing and ... saying it out loud has begun a conversation of a sort.”

The “confessions” posted on the page range from the lighthearted — including professions of admiration for other students and complaints about a lack of toiletries at locations on campus — to serious issues such as stress, depression and loneliness.

Zach said he sees Cornell Confessions as a resource for students who are struggling.

“The pretty alarming ones [I’ll submit] just so people can get advice. [Cornell University Confessions is] kind of an outlet for people to tell people their troubles anonymously and for people to get advice ... a sort of social care network,” Zach said.

Eells said that despite the sense of community Cornell Confessions content can help provide to students, it is important when reading posts to remember that confessions have a “filtered” nature.

“Social networks ... serve a certain purpose,” Eells said. “I

think of my own Facebook page; [the] stuff that’s up there is what I choose to put up there. ... Everything we do on social media is filtered, it’s created, so it’s not factual in that sense. It may convey a certain truth, a certain purpose, [but I] don't want to push it to be something it’s not, ... [to be] some factual statement on what people are actually experiencing.”

Eells added that it is possible that some posts are not generated by students.

“The reality is that some of those posts could be [from] a 50year-old in his boxers in South Carolina ... putting things on there because it’s entertaining to do that,” Eells said. “There’s no way to know one way or another. ... It is something that is a combination of real experiences with artistic expressions. People are confessing what they want to confess and responding to what they want to respond to in ways that are selective.”

Both Eells and Shortall expressed hope that students in need will continue to take advantage of on-campus mental health resources like CAPS and EARS. Eells noted that some posts on Cornell Confessions that appeared troubling elicited comments from students recommending Gannett services, which he said he thinks “is great and speaks to some of the [mental health services] information that’s out there.”

Still, Zach said he was inspired to create confessions pages because he thought they would prompt people to reveal their innermost feelings. He referenced an Oscar Wilde quotation, which reads, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“With anonymity, you get the real person,” Zach said.

“Now, I moderate that and edit it to make it not so explicit, but for the most part, you get more to the core of the person under the cloak of anonymity.”

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xactly six months ago, a headline in the Daily Sun read, as “Collegetown Housing Rush Intensifies, Students Sleep Outside Rental Agency.” The cause, of course, was not trying to relive the glory days of camping for hockey tickets, a practice that the administration ended because of student health concerns. Perhaps ironically, students feared that if they slept in their own beds, every desirable bedroom in Collegetown would be leased to someone else by the time they woke up.

Over the past few years, it seems that Cornellians have felt pressured to sign leases earlier and earlier. This past fall, some students ended up signing leases nearly 12 months before the leases would start. This process excludes younger Cornellians from living in Collegetown and leads to lessinformed housing choices. Even some landlords are beginning to complain arguing that rushed, ill-formed decisions lead to more students trying to get out of leases early.

notice would not be allowed until the lease starts, guaranteeing tenants time to evaluate the quality of their residence and their landlord before deciding to renew.

If adopted, this policy will slow the rush to snatch up all of the units in Collegetown before students are ready to commit.

However, it will do so in a way that is very fair to property owners. The requirement for 60 days written notice will be waived for leases that are less than nine months long. In addition, the landlord and tenant can mutually agree to waive that period, as long as that agreement is in writing.

While some owners see the benefit in giving everyone time to make an informed decision, others are sure to fight what they see as increased government regulation of their affairs. As I have previously detailed, Being an Ithaca landlord is not as cushy of a job as it may appear. Landlords often deal with unruly tenants, property damage and legal liability. They have property taxes that eat away at their profits and their ability to

Decisons are made by those that show up, and hearing from passionate students is sure to help give Common Council members context for understanding the student experience.

The rental market in Ithaca affects every resident, as 74 percent of Ithaca’s housing units are renter-occupied. It is also an incredibly tight market. The vacancy rate is only 2.4 percent, nearly a third of the average New York state rate. This can leave renters with little bargaining power.

Unfortunately, the Cornell administration does not have the power to ban landlords from leasing properties early. But the Common Council of Ithaca does, and they may soon be debating doing just that.

Last week, thanks to fantastic work by Collegetown Student Council President Eric Silverberg ’14 and GPSA President (and Rental Housing Advisory Commission co-chair) Mitch Paine grad, the RHAC passed a proposed motion on to the Planning and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council. The resolution calls for an amendment to the Ithaca City Code which would require 60 days written notice before “(i) renewing current lease, (ii) showing property to prospective new tenants or (iii) signing a lease with new tenants.” Additionally, that written

invest in capital improvements. Yet this amendment should be mutually beneficial.

If landlords know that their competitors are not showing their properties in the early fall, then they can take time to ensure that the students they are leasing to are responsible parties.

This is an issue that will have strong opinions on either side. Yet I see it as a modest change that will improve Collegetown for both landlords and renters. If you agree, the PEDC will be allowing public comments at its next meeting on at 6 p.m. on April 10, in City Hall. Decisions are made by those that show up, and hearing from passionate students is sure to help give Common Council members context for understanding the student experience.

Luckily, unlike the current process for securing a lease, you will not need to camp out on the street to have your voice heard.

Alex Bores is the undergraduate student-elected trustee and a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at awb78@cornell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Self-Control Meets Self Control

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ecently, on a grey, wintery day sequestered in Mann library, I was browsing through Facebook, Twitter and even The Sun’s website in an attempt to elongate my requisite pre-work procrastination period. After 20 minutes of aimless browsing through the Twitter bios of various friends, I decided that it was finally time to start studying for the prelim at hand. As I scrolled through the lecture slides, my mind and mouse quickly began to wander. I found myself ogling pictures of red pandas — seriously recommended for a good “study break.”

Such is the modern process of productivity. We seem to study in quick bursts punctuated by studying different designs for Slope Day shirts; we write by seeking “inspiration” in YouTube videos; and read websites completely unrelated to our school work, or really anything of note — like this column, for example.

While I was contemplating this universal tactic of academic deferment, I saw that one of my friends was using an application called “Self Control.” An application for Mac OS X — sorry Windows users — Self Control forces an ironclad sense of self-control on its user. This control stems from that fact that the user cannot go on any website that he or she blacklists before activating the external control. Even if you type www.facebook.com, it will simply not load. Then (and this is the best part), Self Control stays active for a preset amount of time (anywhere from 15 minutes to 24

I believe in the importance of reevaluating our use of social media and cellular technology. hours) so when your own self-control wavers, Self Control steps in.

Now I wish that I could say the fact that I need a computer application to impose a strong work ethic on myself from time to time is a sick joke, planned a few days too late for the first of April (April Fool’s day, for those who still have not figured out why the number of pranks went up drastically two days ago).

Unfortunately, I am being serious; technology’s alluring potential for procrastination ensnares me from time to time.

Occasionally I am disappointed with my reliance on technology, both because of my propensity for postponement of assignments and for my reliance on texting and other means of digital communication. In fact, when one of my good friends and a fellow Sun columnist, Rudy Gerson, recently told me about an initiative that he is involved with called CU [dis]connect, I started to think about my involvement with digital communication and social media.

I do not plan on participating in the initiative, mainly because I would feel uncomfortable being disconnected from my cell phone and from social media for so long. However, the existence of such an initiative has caused me to question my reliance on social media and cellular technology. Although I do not need the irony of this fact pointed out to me, I believe in the importance of reevaluating our use of social media and our connectedness in the digital age. The ever-increasing proliferation of social network use has inexorably changed the way we interact with each other.

Sometimes when I go out to dinner with friends, we will play a game that forces us to interact with each other. We stack our cellphones facedown on top of each other in the center of the table and each pledge to not check them for the meal. The penalty for just so much as looking at the screen? Any perpetrator must pay for the entire cost of the meal. We impose selfcontrol upon ourselves and each other and reap the rewards of an enjoyable dinner time conversation.

Perhaps, in this same vein, I will start periodically using Self Control even when not preventing procrastination. Then, who knows? Maybe I will even regain some semblance of self-control.

David Fischer is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at dfischer@cornellsun.com.

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In Focus

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ast week, the University status on the rigor of our aca- religions to pursue various completed reviewing demics compared to our courses of study ranging from applications for the entrance standards. The other classical to technical. Our Class of 2017. A record-low Ivy League schools also unique relationship with 15.2 percent of students were reported lower acceptance New York State was born out accepted, and news of rates this year, and Cornell of both our land grant status Cornell’s increased selectivity still emerged as the least selec- and our commitment to meet inspired much joy, pride and tive – only Penn and certain needs of the state validation across campus. Dartmouth reported accep- through contract colleges.

Such sentiments are derived tance rates over 10 percent. Our mission is different from from a seemingly national Commenters lamented that the other Ivy schools, and consensus that the selectivity Cornell is less prestigious should be celebrated. Cornell of an institution of higher than our peers and that a has historically committed education directly reflects its Cornell education is thus less itself to educating more stuprestige, quality and charac- desirable. In particular, com- dents in unique disciplines. menters targeted the ILR Cornell has a distinct purpose ter.

However, instead of over- School and Hotel School for that necessitates a larger valuing selectivity and lay having what they see as laxer undergraduate population, and thus prestige, Cornellians should admissions standards. take pride in the historic accessibility of a Cornell education to “any person” Cornell has a distincy to pursue “any study.” In light of both empirical purpose that necessitates a and anecdotal evidence larger undergraduate that elite universities are population. still inaccessible to many poor and minority students, Cornell must act Both those celebrating the has a higher acceptance rate proactively to ensure that increased selectivity does not difficulty of gaining admis- than its peers. The colleges come at the expense of sion to Cornell and those dis- aforementioned by comsatisfied with our admissions menters aren’t laxer; their reduced accessibility.

The Sun’s coverage of last standards must remind them- uniqueness leads to fewer week’s regular decision selves of Cornell’s unique applicants who are qualified admission results noted the mission and founding princi- and identify with their purincreased competitiveness for ples. The Ivy League is an poses.

Of course, I will be the admission into Cornell. A athletics conference first and record high 40,006 people foremost, like the Big Ten or first to rejoice if Cornell is applied this year, a 9.9 per- Big East. The other seven finding more applicants that cent increase since 2011. The members of the “ancient represent “any person” and median SAT scores of accept- eight” were Colonial Colleges who want to pursue “any ed students increased, as did founded before the American study.” Recent evidence, howthe representation of interna- Revolution to train ministers ever, suggests that accessibility tional students. The Class of and other elite leaders. Many to a Cornell education could 2017 was said to be our of these universities were be called into question. In a brightest, one that would bound by traditional curricu- recent New York Times opinimprove our reputation and lums designed to train ion piece, Bucknell professor improve our US News rank. wealthy white men for tradi- Claire Vaye Watkins shared her powerful story in describYet the comments on The tionally elite careers.

Cornell, on the other ing the profound difficulties Sun article also expose a campus inferiority complex hand, was founded as an rural and poor students face inherent in Cornell’s higher “institution where any person applying to top colleges.

Professor Watkins cited a acceptance rate relative to our [could] find instruction in Ivy peers. Our reputation as any study.” From its earliest study released last week by “the easiest Ivy to get in and days, the University admitted professors at Harvard and the hardest to stay in” predi- students of different genders, Stanford, which found “only cates the validity of our Ivy races, locations, classes and 34 percent of high-achieving

high school seniors in the bottom fourth of income distribution attended any one of the country’s 238 most selective colleges. … Among top students in the highest income quartile, that figure was 78 percent.” With Cornell’s tuition increasing $1,945 next year and the University eliminating loanfree financial aid for students whose families make under $75,000 a year, it remains to be seen how this clear gap can be overcome.

Cornell would be best heeded by following an approach suggested by David Leonhardt in this past Sunday’s New York Times and directly providing lowincome and minority students with information about standards and financial aid policies. The University must make it abundantly clear that financial aid policies exist to substantially lower cost of attendance, and that Cornell offers unique academic programs.

Cornell students, for our part, should recognize that our acceptance rate will never rival those of the other Ivy League peers — nor should it. We shouldn’t define ourselves by a metric that fails to account for what makes Cornell special. Members of the Class of 2017 should absolutely be congratulated, but not merely for being the most selective class of applicants. Instead, they should be congratulated on having the unique opportunity to study at the best Ivy League school, for reasons not revealed by numbers alone.

Jon Weinberg is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at jweinberg@cornellsun.com. In Focus appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Plastics and Metals 3-D printing technology is often used for the printing of models, tools, and machine parts. However, the printing of plastics and metals is not limited to the fabrication of production parts. Prof. Jeff Clune, computer science, University of Wyoming, worked as a postdoctorate researcher in Cornell’s Creative Machines Laboratory with others to create Endlessforms.com, a website where the principles of 3-D printing are used to investigate the mechanisms of evolutionary biology. Endlessforms.com is a website that allows anyone in the world to design their own shapes that they can then 3-D print.

“We’ve had many different kinds of users, from college professors using it to teach evolution to 10-year-olds designing toys,” Clune said. “Just like you might breed dogs, you can breed shapes.”

At the core of the website is an evolutionary process that produces similar shapes to the ones selected. The “offspring” shapes resemble the “parent” shapes, but are not the same.

“You can guide evolution in a matter of minutes,” Clune said. “Evolution is the best engineer we know.”

Objects can also be 3-D printed in bronze, silver, or sandstone. When a user has finished designing a shape, the design is sent to Shapeways, a company specializing in 3-D printing, to be produced. Metal objects are constructed layer-by-layer with metallic dust, then hit with a laser to melt the object together in the desired places. Plastic objects are also printed in layers with droplets of liquid plastic, then hit with ultraviolet light to harden the object.

Since the website’s founding, over four million objects have been evaluated by users around the world. The website has been used by 50 to 60 thousand users from over 150 countries.

“It has been an international exploration,” Clune said.

“Everything on the site was created by people from many different cultures.”.

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Fab@Home is an open-source 3-D printing project with the aim to produce a 3-D printer that anyone could build, experiment with and improve. Prior to this project, 3-D printers were used primarily in industrial settings and did not allow users to experiment with new materials or processes. Believing that this held back the potential of the industry, the Fab@Home project was started to make 3-D printing technology accessible to the public.

The 3-D printing of food was an outcome of opensourcing the project. Instead of printing with plastics or metals, users could print with food materials such as chocolate, peanut butter, cheese, cookie dough, or any other substance that could fit through the print nozzle. The idea was to form these food materials into new, complex shapes and combinations that are difficult to achieve using conventional cooking methods.

For example, researchers were able to print a cake with a letter C baked inside of it, a challenging task for even experienced pastry chefs. 3-D printing also allows for the control of nutrition, such as easier control of sugar levels for diabetic users.

“3-D printed foods taste just like the real thing,” said Lipson. “Familiarity is very important with food. Using conventional food materials allows us to focus on new shapes and combinations of traditional recipes.”

According to Lipson, most processed foods can be 3-D printed. Foods that are unlikely to be successful in 3-D printing are unprocessed foods in their raw state, such as meat, fruits and vegetables.

Engineers in the Cornell Creative Machines Lab have nonetheless been able to use 3-D printing to print a variety of “lab meats,” such as scallop nuggets shaped like miniature buildings and space shuttles. These synthetic meats have the same texture as conventional meat, but do not come from living animals.

The 3-D printing of foods has a wide variety of practical applications. It is considered a possible remedy for menu fatigue, the loss of interest in eating that occurs when people are on a restricted diet. 3-D printing could also allow astronauts to take fairly small amounts of basic ingredients with them to outer space and combine them in many different ways.

“Having a large digital pantry can alleviate some of these challenges of food variety,” Lipson said.

3-D printing of food can also potentially be used in economically deprived areas where people may have access to only a few basic food materials. Using a 3-D printer would allow them to make the food more interesting and appetizing.

“A 3-D printer could turn a few alternative protein sources into a large variety of other foods,” Lipson said.

3-D printers in the home would be used for printing toys and printing food.

“3-D printing is slow, but compared to ordering something online, it’s very fast,” Lipson said. The use of 3-D printing technology would allow users to prepare complex foods without the expertise needed to prepare them through conventional cooking methods.

“It’s not just about cookies,” Lipson said. “The opportunities are endless.”

Food “One of the first uses of the open-source 3-D printer was printing chocolate,” said Prof. Hod Lipson, mechanical and aerospace engineering, co-founder of the Fab@Home proj-

Ears Deformation of the ear is not an uncommon injury or birth defect, but the current standard of surgical reconstruction often leaves patients dissatisfied with the finished

NICOLAS RAMOS Sun Senior Writer

KATHLEEN BITTER

Sun Senior Writer

3-D printing technology is evolving and expanding each day, and its uses are becoming more revolutionary with each new discovery in processing plastics, metals, food and body parts.

The origin of 3-D printing can be traced back to 1984, when Charles Hull, co-founder of 3-D Systems, invented stereolithography, an additive manufacturing process by which digital data can be used to form three-dimensional objects.

This process, colloquially known as 3-D printing, works by laying down successive layers of material in different configurations. 3-D printers read digital blueprints from animation modeling software and print the model as a series of cross sections. The layers are then fused together to create the final object.

3-D printing has a great deal of flexibility, allowing the user to print almost any shape or geometric feature. Advanced 3-D printers can even use a wide variety of materials in a single print, giving users more complex possibilities for production.

product. Replacement ears are made from cartilage taken from the rib cage and shaped into an ear. This is then implanted on the side of the head, which just isn’t the same as a bona fide human ear.

“It’s a classic challenge in the tissue engineering field,” said Prof. Lawrence Bonassar, biomedical engineering.

Bonassar, along with a team of scientists and doctors from both Weill Medical School and the Department of Biomedical Engineering recently published a paper in PLOS ONE detailing their creation of a replica human ear using a 3-D printer and live cartilage and collagen cells.

It starts with a high-resolution image of an existing human ear, accurate to within 15 microns. From there, 3-D imaging software is used to design a seven- or eight-piece mold. The printing material used to make the mold in this case is collagen, the main structural protein in the body.

The mold is then injected with cartilage cells and allowed to develop into a solid, substantial ear.

While the project used cartilage from cow ears, future applications of the technique would ideally use the patient’s own cells to grow a new organ.

“Cartilage cells tend to be easier to grow outside the body,” said Bonassar. This fact makes ears a good starting point for engineering replacement organs.

According to Bonassar, cartilage cells can survive for a longer period of time without a blood supply than many other cell types, and cartilaginous structures tend to be simple, biologically speaking. The same technique used to create an ear could easily be applied to any number of other cartilage-based structures within the body, including joints and spinal cartilage. Bones would also be a fairly straightforward creation.

Internal organs such as livers and kidneys present a “different class of problems,” said Bonassar. These organs tend to have many different types of cells working together and would be more difficult to create artificially. But when it comes down to it “the printer works the same, the process works the same,” he said.

The potential benefits of an implant manufactured to a precise anatomic correctness using a patient’s own cells are immense. A 3-D printed ear would look completely natural and be accepted by the patient’s body and immune system.

The technique has yet to be perfected, however, and it could be several years before these ears are on the market.

“There are lots of very discreet hurdles that one has to overcome [before the treatment can get FDA approval],” Bonassar said. Once that happens, however, it could easily take off.

A 3-D printer is the ideal tool for tissue engineering thanks to its ability to “rapidly create complicated geometries” and easy customizability, Bonassar said.

A three dimensional, high resolution image of any human ear can be taken, modified and edited in image software, and given to the 3-D printer to create. The printer can take the complex shapes that are present in a human ear and use whatever material it is given to turn an image into a tangible object. According to Bonassar, what began as a living human ear could eventually develop into hearts, livers, kidneys, and many other organs in the future, making organ transplants more effective for generations to come.

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As 3-D printing becomes easier and cheaper, what fields or areas could it affect?

“It can impact any field for which fabrication with a scarce material is required. Instead of machining away material and creating scrap, this technique ‘adds’ material in a controlled manner to produce the 3-D object without waste. Both hard and soft materials can be fabricated by 3-D printing, including metals, plastics, even biological derivatives and food components. This technology already is impacting manufacturing as a rapid-prototyping system, but will likely impact biomedical engineering. Its unclear where the impact will be biggest, because so many things can be 3-D printed at so many different scales.”

–– Prof. Jonathon Butcher, biomedical engineering

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How is 3-D printing different from traditional manufacturing?

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“Additive manufacturing techniques allow manufacturers to produce parts without the capital investment of tooling/mold design; however, each part takes more time to produce (it is a low volume technique). Additionally, the available materials are limited (though metals, plastics, and ceramics are available – there are few examples from each class), and the print resolution of the parts in commercially available 3-D printers is less than the finish from most mass manufacturing techniques (e.g., injection molding).

For high volume production, 3-D printing is not cost effective; but, for the design process, it makes a lot of sense.

For low volume production of high-value-added items like prosthetic limbs and medical implants, or custom disposables like toothbrushes, or cell phone cases, it may also make sense.”

“3-D printing will certainly affect many more areas than I can predict; however, I see it having the biggest impact for product designers. The ability to make and test prototypes fast and establish a brand before a competitor is a huge advantage. For this reason, I believe 3-D printing will become industry standard where mechanical design is involved. It should be a key component in ‘mass customization’ a new trend in manufacturing – where personal touches are added to mass consumables at the end stages of production.”

–– Prof. Robert Shepherd, mechanical and aerospace engineering “3-D printing is a universal technology that will have an effect on every field and every discipline – just like computers. It is already affecting traditional manufacturing, but it will also create entirely new business models, new design possibilities, and new designers.”

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What are the limits?

“The material formulations are the first limitation as they are required to be a liquid during extrusion but a solid soon after. Second, the width of the print path is limited to the available diameters of the extrusion nozzle. Third, non-self supporting structures require co-printing a sacrificial mold structure.”

–– Prof. Jonathon Butcher, biomedical engineering

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“Bioprinting can currently only create ‘tissue’ that does not have an inherent vascularity or blood supply. Thus the reason we can use it for cartilage tissue engineering (cartilage does not have an intrinsic blood supply) and currently no other tissue types. Once this major obstacle is overcome, then we could theoretically be able to print any tissue type, although that step is certainly far off.”

–– Prof. Jason Spector, biomedical engineering

What ethical questions do biomedical advances in 3-D printing pose?

“Since it is really just a better controlled means for depositing material, it is not clear to me that there are any additional ethical questions over those normally posed by tissue engineering because 3-D printing has the potential to dramatically improve anatomical, biomechanical, and biological accuracy over current standard techniques. While it might be possible to create ‘designer/enhanced’ tissues and organs, the biology still lags far behind to make this a reality in the near/intermediate term. Just restoring lost function is likely to be the major effort. Issues to watch will be the regulatory landscape (is it a drug, device, or both) and economic model for such a technology (e.g. do you sell the device or the tissues that are printed from it? Who is the buyer?)

I think it will be up to the entrepreneurs to develop the best business model to work within the regulatory landscape.

In that regard, developing an acellular tissue to implant is the easiest route and would maintain control of production and quality assurance within a company, but may not work well for some tissues. Selling a product requiring cells is most difficult, but could be done if the actual material the cells would be extruded within were the technology to be sold.

Then surgeons would just acquire the cells at some point prior to surgery. Providing the printer for others to use is also very safe, but lower overall revenue since you are selling fishing rods instead of fish.

–– Prof. Jonathon Butcher, biomedical engineering

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What is open-source 3-D printing?

“A simple explanation is making instructions for building 3-D printers open to the public.”

–– Prof. Robert Shepherd, mechanical and aerospace engineering “3-D printers that can be built and modified from freelyaccessible blueprints and open software.”

–– Prof. Hod Lipson, mechanical and aerospace engineering

What issues are associated with current intellectual property law and open source printing?

“As people can rip, mix and burn physical objects, there will be similar issues as were with the music industry, but on a larger scale.”

––– Prof. Hod Lipson, mechanical and aerospace engineering

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Rivers and Tides: Art Worth theTime

Memories of childhood bring us back to a realm of innocence: We acted on instinct, allowing creativity to steer our still-developing minds. Artist Andy Goldsworthy embodies the essence of this notion by using nature to intuitively construct art.

The film,“Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time,” directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer, opened in San Francisco in mid-2002, eventually making its way around the film-festival circuit. The movie guides its audience through Goldsworthy’s art-making process, revealing how personal connections to nature, family and life are interwoven in his creations.

Although the focus is on art, this film is really about living in the moment — a concept that Andy gracefully embraces through his acceptance of failure: “Ideas must be put to the test,” he says. “That’s why we make things, otherthey wise would be no more than Cornell ideas.”

His Cinema concept of art is rooted in a deep connection to nature, one that can only be made through patience and time spent acquainting oneself to its beauties.

There cannot exist a word, style, or phrase that describes his art. Instead, one can peer into the past in order to understand the feelings that go into his work. At some point in our lives, we have made art as Andy does, whether it be shaping sticks and stones to create an architectural object, or sculpting a sandcastle on the beach.

His creations come straight from the heart; it is magnificent to watch as a man of his age takes absolute joy in the simplest aspects of life, as only a child would. He offers an alternative way of life through his work — one in which our connection to nature takes precedence over anything else.

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ty to truly focus in on the landscape that will ultimately behold his impending creations. “For me, looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and one begins.” Though an artist in every sense, Goldsworthy recognizes the exploration of his surroundings as a crucial part of the artistic process, thus producing a world in which reality and art are one in the same.

This reality is deeply rooted in the cycle of life. Andy fabricates his creations as a gift to the Earth, acknowledging that “the very thing that brought the thing to be is the thing that will cause its death.” He appreciates the flow of life and death, respecting the destruction of his art as a natural, and nonetheless beautiful, inevitability.

Thus, it is not necessary to separate art and life, for Andy’s imagination propels his yearning to re-define our planet as a realm for creation. His work serves as an inspiration, not only to create, but also to keep a sense of awareness of how fortunate we are to live on a planet so beautiful and majestic: “I know that the world does not need me, but I certainly need it.” For Andy, art and earth are intertwined.

In perusing art galleries, it is difficult to make interpretations of art without having a solid idea of its context. Yet Andy embraces the challenge of make something out of seemingly nothing — that is all that we need to know in order to relate to him. The film documents his experimentations, following his implementation of colors, shapes and the textures of natural objects like sticks, leaves and stones in order to see what works and what doesn’t. On numerous occasions, Andy fails, yielding a visible sense of frustration.

Yet, he demonstrates resilience upon failure, recognizing that success comes as a result of an eagerness to push the limits of what seems improbable.

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It would be a disservice to attempt to explain the marvel of his creations, so I will instead suggest checking out this film. In the film, director, photographer and editor of Rivers and Tides, German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer, accompanies Goldsworthy to his home in Penpont, Scotland, where he provides a glimpse into quality time Goldsworthy spends with his family. The two, Riedelsheimer and Goldsworthy, also venture to a museum in the south of France and to an old stonewall in Canada, which Goldsworthy wants to recreate in his own fashion. Though a traveler, Andy recognizes Penpont as his favorite place to work, stating: “It is impossible to truly understand a place without having spent years there.”

The result is beautiful. Through shots of rolling hills and gorgeous forestry, Riedelsheimer does a magnificent job of bringing the landscapes to life and presenting a vision of the breathtaking platform for Andy’s art. Goldsworthy is a truly happy man; someone who is at peace with himself, and with nature. We could all learn a little something from Andy Goldsworthy.

Scott Goldberg is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at smg292@cornell.edu.

Squandered Potential: Ginger & Rosa at Cinemapolis film has decided to hang up their boots and allow themselves to do very regrettable things.

It’s hard for them to care about the finer details Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa is, at its core, of right and wrong when the imminent threat an exploration of the doldrums which pervad- of a worldwide holocaust looms. ed pre-Beatlemania England at the height of Ginger and Rosa attend peace rallies, get the nuclear scare. It is a film steeped in melan- into fights with their parents — teenage angst cholia and muted gray tones. This is not the is established — and play hooky from school. optimal fare for those seeking an uplift at the Ginger is a bookish, spirited girl who is mismovies. understood by her mother, and somehow feels The year is 1962, the Soviets are threaten- the burden of the world’s end resting on her ing to launch nuclear missiles at the US from shoulders. Rosa, also born to irresponsible Cuba and, in Britain, many citizens are teenage parents, feels no such encumbrance in angered at the government’s unresponsive her life, and is attracted to makeup, music, behavior. Ginger (Elle Fanning) is a girl born boys and beatnik culture. Rosa hooks up with to a pair of teenagers totally unfit for parent- blokes from the pub, while Ginger stays buried ing. Her mother is Natalie (Christina in her T.S. Eliot book and her growing fear Hendricks), her father is Roland (Alessandro about the end of the world worsens. Ginger’s Nivola) and her best friend is Rosa (Alice father is a pacifist who was jailed for his unwillEnglert). The icy distance between Ginger and ingness to fight during World War II. It is her parents, particularly her father, is exacer- revealed that he is a derelict whose disillusionbated by the threat of nuclear annihilation. ment with humanity has morphed into a Since the world could end at any given nihilistic outlook on everything, including his moment, more or less every character in the daughter. For reasons the film doesn’t explain thoroughly, Rosa recognizes a kindred spirit in Roland, and Ginger’s world begins to shatter.

The film’s first half remains stubbornly in limbo, refusing to take flight. Potter’s camera finds nothing of any particular profundity to focus on, and is obsessed with closeups of Fanning’s face and the cold, dreary light that permeates most of the film’s scenes. For its first half, the film’s muddled COURTESY OF ARTIFICIAL EYE

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focus is jarringly noticeable. It’s also a shame in her first leading film role. Englert’s subtle that Potter wastes actors as good as Annette transformation from rebellious teenager into a Benning and Oliver Platt by giving them far woman mature enough to play wife to Ginger’s too little screen time. The movie ensnares itself father, delivers a much-needed sucker punch. in a waxwork structure, and though its charac- Rosa can grow up, but Ginger is trapped, and ters are fully embodied, they are given far too that’s a theme that hits where it hurts. little to do. Fanning dons a flawless British The movie itself longs to be a brilliant, accent, but we don’t get to see any of her act- bleak tragedy. At times it evokes Sam Mendes’ ing chops.

Revolutionary Road, set during the same periI prayed for the od, on the opposite side of film to achieve lift the Atlantic. It longs to Ginger & Rosa off into some state hone in on the way two of profundity, which young fall desperately Directed by Sally Potter in love girls it finally did when when they are misStarring Elle Fanning, Rosa began sleeping understood by the end the with Ginger’s father. world around them. In this Alice Englert The stakes are raised regard, it evokes Peter at last, the movie Jackson’s Heavenly finds its focus and Creatures, a film that is the characters come dedicated to the bond alive. The strength between murderous of Fanning’s perforteenage girls. Sadly, this mance is hauntingly palpable as she tries to film is not dedicated to that bond — its main muffle the inexorable end of the world while loyalty lies with the overwhelming sadness and her father beds her best friend in the room next fear shrouding Great Britain and Ginger’s pridoor. The film hits its strongest point here, vate world. Fanning and and Englert are excelusing the destruction of Ginger’s relationships lent in their own right, but the movie doesn’t with her father and beloved best friend as a properly emphasize the vital lifeline it asks us microcosm for the possibility of the world to believe Ginger has with Rosa; it is presented annihilated by nuclear missiles. as a constant. We are never allowed to see how Elle Fanning is a marvel as Ginger — grace- the friendship was formed, how much Rosa ful, nuanced and, in the film’s best scenes, she’s means to Ginger or just how devastating Rosa’s harrowingly powerful. Equally good is Timothy betrayal could have been. Although the movie Spall as her godfather, the film’s lone cast mem- deftly evokes an atmosphere of depression and ber who has refused to let the overhanging anxiety, its most pronounced feature is its wastnuclear threat send him tumbling into promis- ed potential and the disappointment at what cuity. Alessandro Nivola is bleakly unsympathet- it could have been. ic as Ginger’s jaded father, crying to Schubert on his record player as the Cuban Missile Crisis Mark DiStefano is a freshman in the College of looms, and living the unaffected life of a Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at bohemian. As Rosa, Alice Englert is a major find msd97@cornell.edu.

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STUDENT FASHION SPOTLIGHT: Lulu Mu-Park ’13 DANYOUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

This week, The Sun examines the work of Lulu Mu-Park ’13, a fiber science & apparel design student. During her senior year, she has been concentrating on menswear, which will be the focus of her show. She has hopes to get an MBA and follow the route of an entrepreneur in the future, but for now, she is focused on the upcoming Fashion Show on April 27. Park’s line will feature sneakers from Dekline, a skate shoe company that sponsors her.

Park’s excitement for the show is clear; she promises “the most amazing talent that Cornell has to offer, and the next generation of superstars.”

The Sun: Can you tell me about your senior collection?

Lulu Mu-Park: The name of my collection is COINTELPRO, which is an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program.

It was a covert operation by the U.S. government to kill people they thought were rabble-rousing or causing trouble politically and socially around the 1960s. ... The influences [of my collection] are a lot of ideas about conspiracy, criminality and COURTESY OF ALEX REHBERG

the line between outright criminality and misbehavior.

Fashion itself is always subversive. I’m a very commercial designer, so part of that is ... being interesting or subversive in ways that are almost undetectable, like freemasonry, secret societies, cults, conspiracies — all those things, but in a mischievous way, not in like a paranoid way. It’s in kind of like a joke way, because you always think people who believe in conspiracy theories or who are a part of these things are kind of a joke.

Sun: How did you start to get interested in fashion?

L.M.P: Well, actually, ... when I was like 13, I hung out with a bunch of really dirty skater kids and kind of dressed like them. My dad thought I dressed really badly, so he got me subscriptions to a ton of different fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, all the big ones. Initially, I was [insulted]. I was like, “No, that’s so mean!” But I got really into it; I totally loved it.

Sun: So you were a tomboy?

L.M.P.: Oh definitely; I still am. Maybe that’s why I love boys’ clothes so much. [They’re] very understated.

Sun: I was a tomboy too when I was younger, and people would always ask me if I was a boy or girl. Did you ever have that problem?

L.M.P.: No, I think I was a very lady-like tomboy. My aesthetic and the way I like to approach fashion is — it’s a little bit uptight. It’s very fresh, it’s very clean — a lot of sets; I’m really big into matching things.

Sun: Who are your most prominent influences?

L.M.P.: Bebe was, I think, the first streetwear brand that I felt really spoke to me. I remember I got [this] hoodie when I was a teenager, and it was like this very mundane thing, ... but everything about it felt so special …[In 2011,] I interned for Patrik Ervell, an amazing menswear designer. That was a really formative experience. ... That was kind of my masterclass.

[Then in 2012,] I worked for Proenza Schouler and then I worked for The Row. That was like ultimate luxury goods.

There’s no other way to experience people making luxury goods in America at that level. What they showed me was how to do it right. Everything was perfect and they hardly ever made any compromises — I think that’s what luxury is.

I think as a designer, you want to put forth your vision without compromising the clarity of your vision; you always have to make compromises on material, on production, on quality, [and] on prices, but all great designers stay true to what sets them apart.

Sun: There are many different schools of design throughout the world. Do you identify your work with one region exclusively?

L.M.P.: I think there’s so much diversity in the industry and those boundaries are being blurred a lot. It used to be that if you’re from a certain country or you went to a certain school, you were expected to be a certain way. The popular media — I can especially point to Project Runway — [has] totally opened up the industry. [The industry] used to be such a mystery to people and I think, all of a sudden, especially in America, a lot of young boys and girls saw that show, saw a career for themselves, and made their way to New York. In terms of information, it’s so much more accessible now. The world is getting a lot more design-conscious, not just fashion.

But to bring it back to your question, I think I’m such an American — I’m a good ol’ American ... Most of my inspirations come from television. I think television is America’s gift and curse to the world. … As an overarching concept, my inspirations are from TV shows. All the TV shows [that inspire me] are very very different, but what they all have in common is that they are part of this great tradition of American popular culture. Definitely my number one inspiration for this collection was South Park, The X-Files and Lost.

Danyoung Kim is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at dkim@cornellsun.com.

Four Criminally Underrated Artists

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ith new and upcoming releases from big name bands like My Bloody Valentine and Daft Punk, it’s hard not to be fixated on the future. But we also shouldn’t forget about those forgotten artists that nevertheless shaped what we hear today. Here are four.

THE SOUND While Joy Division gets a lot of credit for shaping post-punk, Unknown Pleasures was an exception to the genre. Its melancholic disquiet was a gigantic jump from the in-yourface grit of bands like The Fall, early Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Sound’s music, however, is much more indicative of a slow trend from grit to texture. In its debut album, Jeopardy (1980), tracks range from uptempo punk to brooding basslines of existential angst and bridge everything in between.

The band’s lack of commercial success, despite rave reviews, is frustrating. After a second excellent album, From the Lions Mouth (1981), failed to break into the mainstream, the band’s record label pressured the group to make pop-ish songs. The band responded with the bizarre All Fall Down and soon changed labels. Even with the change, The Sound still saw little success, and the group broke up in 1988. Failure, along with the depression he alluded constantly to in lyrics, pushed frontman Adrian Borland to suicide, and he jumped in front of a train in 1999.

Notable tracks: “Fatal Flaw,” “Night Versus Day,” “Heartland,” “New Dark Age.” KATE BUSH I’m cheating here, because Kate Bush is big in the UK — just, not in America.

During the 2012 London Olympics Closing

Ceremony, NBC cut out the entire dance choreographed to Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).” While Bush is resurging in the United States with the stunning 50 Words for Snow (2011), much of her earlier work is absent from the American music conversation. She was the first, and still the best, weird lady of pop, blending a quirkiness that Zooey Deschanel could only dream of with a subtle flair no one has convincingly copied.

Hounds of Love (1985) is still one of the best pop albums ever made, though it really is two albums. The eponymous first side of the vinyl has gems with a conventional pop structure, but the second side, “The Ninth Wave,”

Kai Sam Ng You’ve Got to Be Kitsching Me contains mind-blowing experimental art pop that still sounds fresh 30 years later. This album is definitely her most ambitious, but it is also a triumph of an already exceptional musical career that seamlessly blended Celtic jigs, liturgical chants, synth pop and lush ambience into beautiful digestible ballads.

Notable tracks: “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” “Suspended In Gaffa,” “Jig of Life,” “Delius (Song of Summer).”

BASIC CHANNEL It’s easy to draw the connection between techno music and European EDM — after all, Germany’s Kraftwerk pioneered electronic music. But while Kraftwerk undoubtedly helped to popularize electronic music, African American musicians in Detroit are

the ones who independently created techno, melding disco synth experiments with funk, jazz and house.

European EDM was precise and sterile then, but Detroit Techno was a messy, futurist take on personal dreams of escapism — not surprising given the Detroit’s state in the ’80s.

Germany’s response to techno in the ’90s was to strip away disco’s color — leading to rave acts like Scooter and Dune — but some went one step further, generating cold Kafkaesque dances that transcend SANTI SLADE / SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR into trances. The mysteand orange, while Bauhaus would sound rious Basic Channel is among the best, quiet- bleakly gray. Bauhaus is remarkably consisly releasing hypnotic 15-minute singles with tent — every genre it touched from punk, stark minimalism influences far beyond the disco and glam rock turned into gaunt indusreach of techno today. The band’s songs may trial decay. Masterpiece “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” sound better conceptually and, admittedly, single-handedly defined the genre, just as it’s not for everyone. But if you make it past actor Bela Lugosi himself defined the cinethe 3-minute mark, Basic Channel’s mesmer- matic vampire. By compiling such disparate ic rhythms will suck you in; you’ll notice working material into one coherent aesthetic, every subtle evolution of texture as 80 min- Bauhaus made sure that all “gothic rockers” utes fly by. that followed decades afterward are still copyNotable tracks: “Phylyps Trak II/II,” ing their sound.

“Enforcement,” “Quadrant Dub I Edit.”

Notable tracks: “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” “Dark Entries,” “Stigmata Martyr,” “The Passion of BAUHAUS Lovers.”

No, “goth” is not the exclusive musical jurisdiction of The Cure. As the first gothic rock band, Bauhaus developed a much more Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Labor and industrial (but dark) sound compared to The Industrial Relations. He can be reached at Cure’s lush (but dark) synths. If we were kng@cornellsun.com. You’ve Got To Be Kitsching synesthetic, The Cure would sound dark red Me appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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

ACROSS 1 Pressured, with “on” 7 NASA citrus drink 11 Digital doc format 14 Cry from an oversleeper 15 Smokehouse order 16 Meyers of “Kate & Allie” 17 *Career soldier 19 Quaint curse 20 Yellowish green 21 “Gotcha!”

22 Small craft concern 23 End of a New Year’s song 24 *1995 movie flop dubbed “Fishtar” by some critics 26 Word before chi or after mai 28 Long tale 29 *Much-soughtafter celebrity 35 Baker’s 13 38 Campfire residue 39 Beijing-born, say 41 Madhouse 42 Green stuff 44 *Sun emanation responsible for the northern lights 46 Unveiler’s cry 48 British verb ender 49 *Petal pusher?

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7 Behind-closeddoors event 8 ’Til Tuesday lead vocalist Mann 9 Cavs and Mavs 10 “The Pyramid” channel 11 29-Across chasers 12 Dryly amusing 13 Not likely to move 18 River valley formation 22 Disco adjective 24 Fingers-crossed thought 25 Angler’s gear 27 Place to play “Space Invaders” 29 “Skyfall” director Mendes 30 GI’s hangout 31 Image-editing software 32 “__ a pity” 33 Year abroad?

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Sharp Shooting Freshman Finds His Stroke for Michigan, Carries Wolverines to Final Four

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Nik Stauskas took the pass in transition only to find himself caught under the basket with a defender next to him.

No problem: He dropped a nifty no-look bounce pass to a teammate for a dunk.

On Michigan’s next offensive possession, the freshman from Canada made an open 3-pointer from the left wing. Later, he moved to the left corner for a 3 and followed that with a driving layup. Then it was back to that same corner for another 3. And another. And another.

The Wolverines were playing a regional final, and Stauskas was making it look like a pregame shooting drill.

“My shot felt good,” Stauskas said. “So I was just letting them fly."

Michigan is heading to its first Final Four since 1993, and it was that 3-point barrage by Stauskas on Sunday that sealed a spot for the Wolverines. Stauskas made all six of his attempts from beyond the arc, scoring 22 points in a 79-59 win over Florida. The 6-foot-6 guard is shooting 45 percent from long range this season and his performance against the Gators was a reminder of how good Michigan can be when everybody is contributing.

Stauskas is part of a talented class of freshmen that also includes forward Glenn Robinson III and emerging big man Mitch McGary. The other two probably arrived with more fanfare, but it was Stauskas who turned heads immediately.

A month into the season, Stauskas was 27 of 46 from 3-point range, fitting seamlessly into Michigan’s perimeter-oriented offense. He wasn’t going to maintain that torrid shooting, but he needed only seven games to work his way into the starting lineup.

By the time the NCAA tournament arrived, opponents were aware of Stauskas. He shot a more normal-looking 36 percent from beyond the arc against Big Ten opponents and went 2 for 12 in Michigan's first three NCAA tournament games. And when Stauskas isn’t contributing with his outside shooting, Michigan looks a lot more beatable.

Cano Dumps Agent Boras, Joins Jay-Z’s Roc Nation CAA Sports as Client NEW YORK(AP) — Rapper and recording producer Jay-Z is expanding into sports representation and has signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano away from Scott Boras to be a client.

Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, and his Roc Nation company have partnered with CAA Sports to form Roc Nation Sports. Cano changed his listed agent with the Major League Baseball Players Association on Tuesday from Boras to CAA Sports' Brodie Van Wagenen.

Cano can become a free agent at the end of the World Series. Boras usually prefers that his clients become free agents to increase bidders and maximize their values, so the change could increase the chance Cano will reach a new agreement with the Yankees during the season.

“CAA is built on a culture of collaboration and this relationship is no different,” Van Wagenen said. “Jay and I will both be involved in all aspects of Robinson's representation on and off the field.”

Juan Perez is president of Roc Nation Sports. Jay-Z, a part owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, is friendly with injured Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, a former Boras client.

“Because of my love of sports, it was a natural progression to form a company where we can help top athletes in various sports the same way we have been helping artists in the music industry for years,” Carter said in a statement.

Cano was represented by Bobby Barad before switching to Boras early in 2011.

“At this point in my career, I am ready to take a more active role in my endeavors both on and off the field,” Cano said in a statement.

It remains to be seen whether the players' association will have an issue with Roc Nation's personnel because of Jay-Z’s role in NBA team management and his agreements to perform concerts in venues owned by major league teams and their owners.

“The Roc Nation personnel who will be working in baseball must become certified as either general or limited agents,” union special adviser Rick Shapiro said. “These people have applied for, and been granted, temporary limited certification. His ownership in the Nets is an issue we will look into when we receive the full application package.”

While the Yankees usually wait for contracts to expire before negotiating new agreements with players, they have said they hope to reach a deal with the 30-year-old Cano while he remains under their control.

“I have yet to speak to Robinson, so I’m not going to comment until I talk with him,” said Boras, who had represented Cano since 2011.

Cano is making $15 million in the final season of what became a $57 million, six-year deal and is eligible for free agency after the World Series. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Feb. 28 that the team had made a significant offer to Cano for a new deal.

“We’ve consistently said Robinson Cano has been a great Yankee, and we hope is a Yankee for many years to come,” team president Randy Levine said.

CAA Sports has negotiated $100 million-plus packages for San Francisco’s Matt Cain and Buster Posey, Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun and Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman. The agent fees for Cano's next contract could become subject to litigation between Boras and the new company.

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by Penn May 4th-5th, Bowman spokeabout how this meet is yet another part of the journey towards the championship part of the season.

“I think it’s just one step in the way to get to the top of the stairs,” he said.

“It’s not something we want to skip over at all. There’s a limited amount of meets we can have outdoors, so we have to do well.”

Taylor is also looking at this meet as one that will help prepare his team for

the championship part of the outdoor “Any time there’s a stopwatch or a season. After a strong showing in tape measure, you can improve your California, he is patiently waiting to see opportunity to get to the NCAA chamif his team can build off its success. pionships, and of course [prepare] for “I’m anxious to see their level of the Heps,” he said. competition now that they’re back In an often intense historic relationhome,” Taylor said. “I want to see if ship between Britain and the United they can walk right back into it after States, Taylor is satisfied that in some competing so well in California, and way this meet continues that tradition.

“It’s nice that we can continue to continue to move along.”

According to Taylor, regardless of the keep the old rivalry alive,” he said. unique circumstances of the meet, the individual athletes can still help their chances of competing during the cham- Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun.com. pionship part of the season.

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TENNIS

Men, Women Look to Rebound Against Harvard, Dartmouth Both teams lost to Columbia this past weekend in their first Ivy matches

By DEEYA BAJAJ Sun Staff Writer

The men’s tennis team is all set for its matches against Dartmouth on Apr. 6 and Harvard the following day. The No. 41 Red (11-5, 0-1) hopes to bounce back from a loss to Columbia in its first conference match this past weekend.

“We’ve come out stronger from our loss to Columbia,” said sophomore Quoc-Daniel Nguyen.

“We want to make up for our last match now and are confident that we are still strong contenders to win the Ivy League tournament. We just have to take it one match at a time.”

The men lost to both Harvard and Dartmouth last season, by scores of 7-0 and 4-3 respectively. In the match with the Green, Dartmouth swept all three doubles matches. The Red was able to bounce back, though, with wins in straight sets at the top two singles spots by junior Venkat Iyer and sophomore Sam Fleck.

Nguyen got another win at the No. 6 singles spot, but the Green took the No. 3, 4 and 5 matches, giving them the narrow 4-3 victory.

The No. 64 women’s team (11-1, 0-1) is also scheduled to play Dartmouth and Harvard at the Reis Center in Ithaca.

The women were similarly disappointed this past

weekend with a loss to Columbia. It was the team’s first loss of the season, dethroning the last undefeated team in collegiate women’s tennis this year.

“We are really looking forward to the rest of the matches and it was fun to play the first match, even though we lost,” said freshman Laila Judeh. “It’s going to be a great season and we have a good chance of winning the Ivy League tournament even with the loss against Columbia.”

The women also fell to Harvard and Dartmouth, 61 and 4-3 respectively, last spring. In the match with Dartmouth, the Green took four of the six singles matches. However, the Red dominated the doubles scene. Junior Ryann Young and senior Christine Ordway won at the No. 2 spot and senior Sarah O’Neil and sophomore Lauren Frazier got a victory at No. 1.

According to Judeh, the Red has been training hard for these important Ivy matches, and losing its first game of the season was a wake up call for the team.

“We have been working really hard and we have what it takes to win against Harvard and Dartmouth,” she said. “If anything, losing the first game has given us more motivation to win.”

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Pocket aces | Senior Sarah O’Neil (above) and sophomore Lauren Frazier won the No.1 doubles spot in a loss to Dartmouth last year. The duo hopes to help the team to a win against the Green on Saturday.

Deeya Bajaj can be reached at dbajaj@cornellsun.com.

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overall for the students.”

The teams will instead return to action this weekend with home matches

at Oxley. The men are prepared to take on the Baltimore Polo Club, a team they beat in November by a score of 17-15.

The women will face off against the Maryland Polo Club, the only team the women have lost to this season. The

Falling just short

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Down by three to Yale in the eighth inning of a makeup game on Monday, senior Connor McCabe’s RBI cut the deficit to one, but was not enough for the Red in a 4-2 loss.

women played the MPC in early March a team the Red hopes to gain revenge after more than a month off of competi- on, after playing to a tight 24-23 loss tion, dropping the match in a hear- earlier in the season. The women, meanwhile, will challenge Washington State breaking 18-16 defeat.

“We were a little rusty coming into University, a team they have not that one,” Eldredge said. “We weren’t matched up against before.

Eldredge noted that although very sharp. Now we’re a whole lot sharper than we were at that point. We’ve Washington State is likely to be not quite as strong as been playing, the Red, the team we’ve been “Now we’re a whole lot sharper cannot take the competing.”

Cougars lightly, The women than we were at that point. We’ve since they must will benefit been playing, we’ve been compethave gotten a spot from the return ing.” in the prestigious of freshman tournament for Devin Cox, David Eldredge ’81 good reason. who missed the “ They’ve last contest against the MPC with a strained knee earned their way to the national tournaligament. Cox was one of several ment. … We’re giving them the respect Cornell players awarded Northeast they deserve,” he said. “We’re going to Region All-Star honors at the regional go out and say, ‘here’s what we’ve got, show us what you’ve got.’ Just put it all tournament.

Following the conclusion of the four out on the field and see if they can hanregional tournaments, the first round dle us.” match-ups are officially set for the national tournament. As expected, the Emily Berman can be reached at men will take on No. 2 Colorado State, eberman@cornellsun.com.

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TRACK & FIELD

Back From Cali,Red Set to Host Oxford,Cambridge The men and women team up with Ivy rival Penn to face off against some international competition

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Wrter

After a trip to California, many Cornell track and field athletes had the opportunity to take the weekend off, while others who had yet to compete raced either at

Stanford or at Ithaca College this past weekend.

Men’s head coach Nathan Taylor said that it was a chance for those athletes to finally compete in the outdoor scene.

“The Ithaca College meet was a chance for guys who haven’t competed to get out

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Keeping their distance | The distance runners for the women’s team performed well this past weekend at Stanford, and are looking forward to hosting Oxford and Cambridge.

and run,” he said.

Both the men and women posted some strong individual performances in the meets this weekend. On the women’s side at Stanford, the distance runners were especially solid. Junior Rachel Sorna placed second overall in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:52.58. In the same event, senior Genna Hartung ran an 18-second seasonal best to finish in 11th place.

In the men’s 10K, senior Brett Kelly set a 10-second personal best, finishing in 17th with a time of 29:14.85. This strong finish moves him into No. 4 all-time at Cornell in the event, sliding him past Cornell Hall of Famers Grant Whitney ’86 and Pete Pfitzinger ’79.

Up next for the Red on Apr. 6 is a meet that is traditionally held once every four years. In the spirit of international competition, the Red will combine with Penn to compete against a team made up of Oxford and Cambridge. Next time, Cornell will return the favor by visiting the UK, allowing for intermingling of the various squads involved, according to women’s head coach Rich Bowman.

“It’s only done once every four years,” he said. “We combine with [Penn] against a combined Oxford/Cambridge meet. It’s a scored meet in which the only athletes who

score are the winners of the events. It’s a great chance to meet the Oxford/Cambridge kids because we get to go over [to England] next year, so we can renew acquaintances.”

Taylor said it is an interesting meet for his team, considering the Red is paired up with a team that is normally considered a rival.

“It’s a unique meet to compete with one of the teams you usually compete against,” he said. “I think Penn is the most similar Ivy League school to Cornell. It’s unique to be able to go against Universities from other countries. There are a lot of international athletes in track and field in the United States. This is a long storied match between the four schools that dates back to the formation of the Heptagonal league.”

Taylor added that one of the highlights of this exchange is the traditional sit down dinner that occurs between the teams.

“We have a big sit down dinner to commemorate the exchange and the length of the exchange,” he said. “We’re coming up on 80 years, and I hope to be around to see the 100th anniversary of the exchange.”

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SOFTBALL

Propelled by ConsecutiveWins, Softballers Battle League Rivals

By MARISSA VELASQUEZ Sun Staff Writer

After splitting its first four games against Ivy league competition, the softball team will be facing Dartmouth and Harvard on the road this weekend. The Red (12-14, 2-2 Ivy League) will first take on Dartmouth on Friday, Apr. 5 in Hanover, NH and then move on to battle Harvard on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.

The upcoming games against Dartmouth and Harvard will be a challenge, but senior Erin Belles is confident that the Red will come ready

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Swinging a hot stick | Junior Jenny Edwards was 3-for-3 with two homeruns in a big win over Brown that helped the squad get back on track.

to play.

“So far, we opened with two losses that were kind of disappointing in Ivy League play against Yale, but we were able to rebound and beat Brown and now we are in a little bit of a better position,” Belles said.

The squad is coming off of successful back-toback wins against Brown this past Sunday and Monday. The Red defeated the Bears at home 85 on Monday night when junior Jenny Edwards went 3-for-3 with two homeruns, helping Cornell pick up its first Ivy League win of 2013. Senior Erin Belles and freshman Meg Parker also went deep. Junior pitcher Alyson Onyon allowed five hits in six innings, only giving up one run.

The next day, looking for a second win against Brown, the Red took an early lead off of a two run homerun by Belles. Junior Christina Villalon added on to the team’s big first inning with a grand slam, helping the Red jump out to a 7-0 lead and an eventual 9-6 victory over the Bears.

“We performed better against Brown than we did against Yale, so that will be good looking forward,” Belles said.

Last season, the Red swept Dartmouth and split its series with Harvard. In a 4-2 win over the Green last year, Edwards was once again the hero, smacking a three-run homerun to left field in the fifth inning, propelling her team to victory.

According to Belles, it will be important for the Red to take each game on its own if it hopes to continue the success it had against Brown earlier in the week.

“Every win, no matter which team it’s against, only counts for one win in the standings, so [we] need to do our best in every single situation,” she said.

Marissa Velasquez can be reached at mvelasquez@cornellsun.com.

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Relaxed and rearing to go | After taking the weekend off because of injuries and academic conflicts, the polo team is itching to get back on the field.

POLO

C.U.Takes Weekend Off, Looks Ahead to Nationals

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Following their first-place finishes in the regional tournament on March 24, the men’s and women’s polo teams were scheduled to head down to Charlottesville, Va. this past weekend to take on UVA in two highly competitive match-ups. Due to lingering injuries and academic conflicts, though, the Red cancelled the games and took the weekend off from competition.

The Red had intended to use the games against the Cavaliers as preparation for the national tournament, as the UVA men’s team is ranked No. 1 in the nation and the

UVA women’s squad is ranked No. 2 — second only to the Red women’s team. The squad will have to take next week off of school for the national tournament, however, and the games against the Cavaliers would have forced the players to miss more classes, putting extra strain on the student athletes.

“Since this wasn’t a required game at all and wasn’t going to mean anything besides it was just a good warm-up [to the national tournament], we decided it wasn’t worth travelling down to Virginia for the matches,” said head coach David Eldredge ’81. “It was better See POLO page 19