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Skorton: Cornell Will Not Divest in ‘Immediate’ Future

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

The University has no plans to divest a large portion of its endowment from the fossil fuels industry in the “immediate foreseeable future,” President David Skorton said at a Student Assembly meeting Thursday.

Skorton said Cornell remains committed to sustainability and that he urges students to continue discussing environmental concerns.

“This is going to be a long-term conversation between us,” Skorton said, adding that divestment will remain a topic of discussion within not only Ithaca but also across the nation.

Skorton’s response came as a disappointPresident David Skorton ment to some students, who have appeared before the Board of Trustees, spoken at the Student Assembly and hand-delivered letters to Skorton asking the University to divest.

Supporters of divestment have argued that the University has a responsibility to invest in sustainability and said the financial risks of divestment have been exaggerated.

On Thursday, however, Skorton described the decision to divest from fossil fuels as “high stakes,” citing “the risk we would put the campus under” if the University were to divest.

He added that students can expect the University to make a “very

“This is going to be a long term conversation between us.”

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News Roars From the Den

Local and student bands have begun performing at The Bear’s Den, Cornell’s student pub. | Page 3

Opinion Disconnect Now

Rudy Gerson ’15 says he is fearful of the role that technology has come to take in the lives of his generation. | Page 7

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Sigma Pi speaks | At the Center for Intercultural Dialogue Thursday, Bennet Heidenreich ’15 speaks about the actions taken by the Sigma Pi fraternity in the year following a racial bias incident.

Following Racial Bias Incident, Sig Pi Brothers Cite Changes

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Staff Writer

Almost a year after an individual threw bottles and yelled racial epithets at a group of black students by the Sigma Pi fraternity, three Sigma Pi brothers spoke Thursday about the fraternity’s subsequent involvement in campus initiatives against racism.

Sigma Pi brothers first started getting involved with campus initiatives against racism to fight off negative images the fraternity was associated with after the incident occurred, according to Zach

Smith ’13, who was president of Sigma Pi last spring. The fraternity was put on probation soon after the event, and was released from probation this semester.

“At first, it was just an image. ... We were fighting off probation. We didn’t want to be labeled as bigots,” Smith said.

However, Smith said that the brothers later recognized the incident went “beyond an image problem.”

“I think that the stuff we’ve done has had a pos-

Event Aims to Teach Students the ‘Power of [Their]Words’

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Writer

Six panelists spoke about their experiences as female, Muslim, lesbian, African American and transgender students at Cornell on Thursday.

The event, which kicked off a campaign called “Know the Power of Your Words,” aimed to raise awareness about the effects that hurtful language can have on peers, neighbors and friends.

Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D

’94, vice president of student and academic services, opened the discussion by reflecting on the expression, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

“That expression is not true,” Murphy said. “Kids

Arts Not So Hospitable

Sally Gao ’15 says The Host is “your compostable movie of the week.”

“My perception of America was, ‘Wow, the land of the free; I can be out as a lesbian.’ ” Jadey Huray ’14

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Sports Can’t Be Lax

Men’s lacrosse has won the last three games, and the team is set to take on Harvard on Saturday. | Page 16

Sports Tee Up

The Cornell golf team will begin the season this weekend at the Yale Spring Opener. | Page 16

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Power of words | Sasha Mack ’13, one of the panelists at an event that aimed to examine the power language can have on people, speaks Thursday about her experience as a black student on campus.

know what’s going on, they see what’s going on and they say the adults are clueless. And in being clueless, the adults are seen as endorsing it.”

The panelists spoke about a variety of issues, including tokenism, safety concerns and the ways they confront slurs.

Jadey Huray ’14, an international student from Singapore, spoke about the way her experience as a lesbian has been affected by the country she was in. In Singapore, she said, homosexual sex is illegal, which made her look forward to coming to the United States for college.

“My perception of America was, ‘Wow, the land of the free; I can be out as a lesbian,’” Huray said. But she said she has had experiences that contradicted that perception, such as when she was awakened in the middle of the night last semester by a student yelling gay slurs at another student “for what seemed to me like an eternity,” Huray said.

According to Huray, asking people not to use slurs “faggot” and “dyke” is not an argument See EVENT page 4

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On-Campus Pub Will Host Local, Student Bands

By SARAH SASSOON Sun Staff Writer

The Bear’s Den — Cornell’s on-campus pub, which opened for business in September — launched a music series, “Back 2 Back Bands” on Thursday in hopes of establishing the space as a live-music performance venue, according to event organizers.

The series will include six nights of performances in early April with each night featuring a different band, said Lauren Ritter ’13, pub director and executive director of the Student Union Board.

The bands featured in the series range from local groups to students to alumni, including Kinetics & One Love, a hip-hop group comprised of Jeremy Dussolliet ’09 and Tim Sommers ’10, the songwriters behind the chorus of B.o.B.’s song “Airplanes.” The duo is scheduled to perform in the pub April 6, Ritter said.

“All six bands that we have coming are so talented and are so integrated into the Ithaca community,” Ritter said.

“I’m so excited to see what happens.”

The SKAbuelos, the first band to perform in the series, is comprised of current Cornell students and incorporates both ska — an old Jamaican music form — and jazz, according to Mario Céspedes ’13, a guitarist, bassist and vocalist for the band.

“We are all excited to be hosted by the new pub and to have the ability to present music for free to the student body,” Céspedes said in anticipation of Wednesday’s show. “[The den is] pretty much a space to indulge in the sweetness of life — sweet music, sweet food, sweet drinks.”

Ritter said that this year, one of the primary aims of the Student Union Board, which the pub committee is a subcommittee of, is “to bring music back into the Straight.”

“I felt that we were kind of losing our hold on music in

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Getting groovy | The Skabuelos — a ska, reggae and jazz group made of six Cornell students — perform at The Bear’s Den Thursday evening.

the building,” Ritter said.

Carol James, advisor to the Bear’s Den and director of Community Center Programs, said the pub has seen both successes and failures since its opening in September.

“I think we were just trying [a lot of things out]; that was the strategy we had first semester,” James said.

Throughout last semester, the pub hosted events put on by student organizations as well as comedy shows and screenings of sporting events.

After a recent installation of a new lighting and sound system, the pub became more suited to hosting live music performances, according to Ritter and James.

“It has a very different look and feel than it did [the] first semester,” James said.

Ritter added that the pub committee “wanted to make the most of [the new equipment] and bring these really talented performers in so that we can see what the pub really

has to offer.”

However, while the “Back 2 Back Bands” series is a new feature, James said that the pub has been home to live music events in the past.

Ritter said she hopes that the music series — and future pub events in general — will bring together not only students under and over age, but also Cornell students and Ithaca community members.

“In my mind, the Ithaca community is also the Cornell community. We come together, we bond over hockey—I’d like to see them come together and bond over music in the Bears’ Den,” she said.

Sarah Sassoon can be reached at ssassoon@cornellsun.com.

Roger Ebert, Award-Winning Film Critic, Dies CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert had the most-watched thumb in Hollywood.

With a twist of his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic could render a decision that influenced a nation of moviegoers and could sometimes make or break a film.

The heavy-set writer in the hornrimmed glasses teamed up on TV with Gene Siskel to create a format for criticism that proved enormously appealing in its simplicity: uncomplicated reviews that were both intelligent and accessible and didn’t talk down to ordinary movie fans.

Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of

Chicago, two days after announcing on his blog that he was undergoing radiation treatment for a recurrence of cancer. He was 70.

“So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.” Ebert wrote Tuesday on his blog.

Despite this influence, Ebert considered himself “beneath everything else a fan.”

“I have seen untold numbers of movies and forgotten most of them, I hope, but I remember those worth remembering, and they are all on the same shelf in my mind,” Ebert wrote in his 2011 memoir titled “Life Itself.”

After cancer surgeries in 2006,

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Cooking at home | Roger Ebert, who died of cancer Thursday, cooks in the kitchen with his wife at their home in Harbert, Mich., in 2010.

Ebert lost portions of his jaw and the ability to speak, eat and drink. But he went back to writing full time and eventually even returned to television.

In addition to his work for the SunTimes, he became a prolific user of social media, connecting with fans on Facebook and Twitter.

Ebert’s thumb — pointing up or down — was his trademark. It was the main logo of the long-running TV shows Ebert co-hosted, first with Siskel of the rival Chicago Tribune and — after Siskel’s death in 1999 — with Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper.

A “two thumbs-up” accolade was sure to find its way into the advertising for the movie in question.

The nation’s best-known movie reviewer “wrote with passion through a real knowledge of film and film history, and in doing so, helped many movies find their audiences,” director Steven Spielberg said. His death is “virtually the end of an era, and now the balcony is closed forever.”

In early 2011, Ebert launched a new show, “Ebert Presents At the Movies.” The show had new hosts and featured Ebert in his own segment, “Roger’s Office.” He used a chin prosthesis and enlisted voice-over guests or his computer to read his reviews.

Fans admired his courage, but Ebert told The Associated Press that bravery had “little to do with it.”

“You play the cards you’re dealt,” Ebert wrote in an email in January 2011. “What’s your choice? I have no pain. I enjoy life, and why should I complain?”

Scott Jordan Harris, a British man who wrote for Ebert’s website, said he was moved that the critic lost his voice but “never let that make him silent.”

It’s spring time and everything is hatching.

What is your spirit insect?

“Ghetto-Fly, because I’m ghetto and I’m fly.”

–– Artsy Fartsy ’15 “Spider-Monkey. Then I can get the best of both worlds.”

— Hannah Montana ’14 “Tinkerbell. She’s petite, intelligent and spunky — not to mention, Peter Pan is a total babe.

— Fairy Princess ’16 “Daddy Longlegs — they’re underratedly deadly.”

— Underrated ’14 “A fly — you get to stick to the wall and hear everything.”

— Creepy Crawley ’14 “A mosquito. This way I get to taste everyone.”

— Connoisseur ’15 “A butterfly, because I’m beautiful, and everyone should know.”

— I’m-So-Pretty ’15 “An earthworm. I’d love to be able to regrow my bodyparts.”

— Wannabe ’14 — Compiled by Jinjoo Lee ’14

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about semantics, as it may appear on the surface; “it’s more than that,” Huray said. “[Using those words] perpetuates stereotypes the community has,” Huray said. “How would it feel if whenever we wanted to use a swear word, we substituted your name for the swear word?”

Fellow panelist Sasha Mack ’13 also discussed the intersection of language and identity. Although Mack is black, she said she does not conform to what she called the “stereotype in the media” of the way black persons speak and dress.

“I’ve heard ‘you’re not black enough,’ ‘you’re whitewashed,’ ‘you talk white,’” Mack said.

Asked about being “tokenized” by friends, Oliver Stover ’13 — who is transgender and identifies as male — spoke about his frustration with girls who said they felt lucky to have a “gay friend” with whom they could discuss fashion.

“He, she, they, them — they’re not your gay friend, they’re not your black friend, they’re not your Muslim friend,” Stover said. “They’re just your friend.”

The event, which was sponsored by various groups,

Ms. Elaine Romero Carl J. Djerassi Fellow in Playwriting at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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including the Student Assembly, the Office of the Dean of Students, the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives and the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, concluded with Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09 telling a story from when he was 13 years old. Shinagawa recalled his father telling him about the story of an Asian man who was shot by police officers because they allegedly “thought he was going to do martial arts.”

Shinagawa said that before the incident, he had protected himself from bullies on the playground by saying he knew martial arts. But he realized that the officers’ comment about martial arts was just another way of saying that the man was Asian.

Shinagawa said he became determined to prevent people from using phrases that “institutionalized prejudice,” and has made it a goal in his job as a hospital administrator to focus on employees’ and patients’ individuality.

“Nobody wants to be judged by a group that they may only be a small part of,” he said. “We can all affect our circle of friends, and one person can affect a community.”

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itive impact on the brothers, and I think we’ve helped promote events and get other people involved to the point where it’s moved beyond an image problem,” Smith said.

“It’s something that we actually care about, and want to keep working with in the future.”

Others who attended the meeting, however, expressed skepticism at the nature of the event.

“I don’t think it was an appropriate event,” said Oscar Correia ’14, president of La Asociación Latina. “It shouldn’t have just been members from Sigma Pi; it should have had a panel. They spoke out from the beginning, defending themselves, but the victims never got the chance to speak out.”

Correia added that the victims were still severely affected by the incident.

“I spoke to all [of the victims] after [the bias incident] happened ... Two [of them] are afraid of their names being published and wouldn’t come to an event like this. They’re still afraid of reaching out for a variety of different reasons,” Correia said.

Echoing Correia’s “It shouldn’t have just sentiments, Anthony been members from Santa Maria ’13 the Sigma Pi, it should have questioned authenticity of the had a panel ... the victims brothers’ actions.

“The fact that never got the chance to they can only cite a speak out.” big open-body meeting that I know they Oscar Correia ’14 were forced to go to and one workshop that I don’t really think that they gained that much from, I don’t really think that their ‘race-based training’ has any substance to it at all,” he said.

Although none of the brothers of the house were directly involved in the bias incident, it was hard to escape the labels that floated around campus and online, according to Smith.

“Wearing our letters around campus, we felt judged; we felt that people were giving us these labels, and it was the last thing that we would associate ourselves with,” Smith said. “We had to take a step back and look at ourselves as a brotherhood, our actions and our procedures that we had in place that allowed this event to happen, and while it seemed unfair that we were thrust in the middle of this spotlight, we really felt like the only way to move was forward.”

The fraternity has been working on reaching out to other student groups by sponsoring events like “Power, Privilege, and Oppression,” a human board game that simulated the advantages that certain social groups have above others, according to Aram Shrestinian ’15, a Sigma Pi brother.

In addition to sponsoring official events, the fraternity has also begun to more actively engage in dialogue with students across different groups and invite them to the house, according to Heidenreich.

“This is the way you learn the most from other people,” said Bennet Heidenreich ’15, a Sigma Pi brother. “Interact in a social atmosphere rather than a forced atmosphere.

What is important is to keep up the dialogue. We have to expand [on] this in the whole Greek system.”

Additionally, the fraternity has made it a priority to educate the incoming pledge class about the event, Shrestinian said.

“I think that’s one of the most touching things about this whole experience,” Shrestinian said. “We took 29 kids, and they’ve all been versed in what happened, what we’re doing, our new initiative and direction. And even though they weren’t here, they are on board with what we’re doing.

I feel like that indicates that as our house moves on, the younger generations are going to continue to pass on this lesson that we’ve learned. I think it will have a really positive effect on the organization.”

As an example, Shrestinian said about 15 members of the new pledge class joined Cayuga’s Watchers at the fraternity’s recommendation, and that the fraternity has not had any incidents violating safety rules this year.

In response to the events of May 2012, guests at Sigma Pi over Slope Day weekend will be heavily screened, and there will be stronger risk management at the house, according to Shrestinian.

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun.com.

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serious effort” to move more of its investments into sustainable energies in the future.

Cornell’s Chief Investment Officer A.J. Edwards previously said to The Sun that divestment would have a “material impact on the return of the endowment and its contribution to the operating budget of the University.”

Additionally, Edwards has said that while the expected rate of return on investments in the energy sector is one of the highest of all of the asset classes the University invests in, investments in alternative energy strategies have rarely produced returns that meet Cornell’s risk and return requirements.

But students have said that by investing in sustainable resources, the lost revenue due to divesting from fossil fuels will be balanced.

However, in response to those who say that there is no or minimal risk to the endowment, Skorton said that he “is not convinced by [the] data.”

“It’s important to note that collectively, nobody invests as much on research on sustainability as the fossil fuels industry,” he said.

More than 20 student organizations have handdelivered letters to Skorton asking the University to pursue divestment, according to Anna-Lisa Castle ’13, former co-president of Kyoto NOW!, a climate justice organization. Additionally, in a resolution passed in February, the S.A. asked the University to divest by the end of 2020 and reinvest 30 percent of divested funds in sustainable enterprises.

Skorton also said that more than 10 percent of the University’s operating costs are drawn from returns on the endowment. If the endowment shrinks, the University may have to cut budgets, increase tuition or do both to make up for the lost revenue, according to a document on the University’s Cornell NOW! website.

Skorton, however, did not entirely discredit the idea of divestment during the S.A. meeting.

“I do think [that] occasionally, under very certain circumstances, divestment of a portion of the portfolio is a reasonable thing to do,” he said.

After the S.A. meeting, Ulysses Smith ’14, vice president for diversity and inclusion and incoming president of the S.A., said that he understood the University’s rationale, even if it was not what he

wanted to hear.

“What we need to do now ... is really advocate for investment in sustainable and renewable resources.

We need to invest enough so that divestment from fossil fuels is possible without causing significant harm to our operating status,” Smith said in an email.

Like Smith, Rebecca Macies ’14, co-president of Kyoto NOW!, said she respected Skorton’s decision, even if she did not agree with it. “[Skorton] has been very receptive to us throughout the whole process, and we really appreciate that.

We will continue speaking to him and trying to continue this conversation into the future,” she said.

S.A. CALS Representative Sarah Balik ’14, who co-sponsored the resolution asking the University to divest, said she wished she could have heard more concrete details about the University's investments in sustainable energy at the meeting.

“I would have liked to have heard tangible steps that would be working towards not only responsible investment, but also a little bit of a move toward divesting from irresponsible sources,” Balik said.

Others were less satisfied with Skorton’s message.

Julia Fiore ’13, a member of Kyoto NOW!, said she believes divestment is an obtainable goal for the University. She added that the University will continue to hear from her and other student groups.

“Over the timeline we gave them, I think would be very reasonable to fully transition out of our investments in the fossil fuel industry,” Fiore said.

Kelsey Erickson ’13, another member of Kyoto NOW!, said she appreciates that Skorton and Edwards have met with her organization, but she said she is “disappointed that [Skorton] has dismissed divestment as being too risky.”

“I understand that [Skorton] feels obligated to act in the best interests of the students by maintaining a healthy endowment to ensure financial aid, but he should feel equally obligated to take every action in his power to maintain our planet,” Erickson said. “I commend Cornell’s Climate Action Plan and the many strides that Cornell has made towards greening our campus, which is why I believe its a shame the fossil fuel industry is undermining their progress.”

Alexa Davis contributed reporting to this article.

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Following a visit from Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream’s Jerry Greenfield, and in anticipation of the eminent completion of the Cornell Dairy Building, ice cream is set to play a big role in the remainder of the semester. As temperatures rise, winter relationships thaw out and depressed sorority girls scarf half-gallons of Phish Food while watching The Notebook, Cornell may potentially eat more ice cream in the next two months than it has in recent memory. So, inspired by the creative flavors put forth by everyone’s favorite entrepreneurial dairyman, we sent our Berry Patch reporters to find out what flavors Cornellians would most likely consume.

Keystone (De-)Light: You knew this one was coming. The taste of Keystone Light, scrounged from the nastiest scraps of Coors Light, is the fuel that drives every underwhelming Collegetown party, every gnarly Pixel dancefloor makeout and every monumentally hungover Hotelie showing up to that ill-advised 10:10 they registered for. The great irony is that Keystone (De-)Light is a beer-flavored ice cream that tastes nothing like real beer.

April in Ithaca: Every Cornellian knows the feeling. You’re trudging up the Slope in subzero temperatures a solid three weeks after Spring Break and you think to yourself, “You know, it really isn’t cold enough.” This flavor is perfect for mornings like these, when we all want nothing more than to cool our already-cracked lips with a cone of ice. And that's literally what this flavor is: a cone of ice. Vegan-friendly in both its contents and lack of flavor, April in Ithaca is freshly scooped off of McGraw Tower each morning. And if the taste doesn’t suit you, don’t worry: One scoop of April in Ithaca can be used as a snowball the perfect size for targeting freshmen.

Five Hour to Devour: The all-nighter is a Cornellian tradition. That endorphin rush you get after completing a 10-page paper just as the sun comes up is almost worth the hours of hell you just endured. This flavor is a tribute to that little bottle of pomegranate (or cherry or something?)flavored goodness that propels you across the finish line. Now you can relive those wondrous evenings spent in Cocktail Lounge with the an ice cream flavor that tastes like procrastination, regret and B-minus papers.

Kappa Delta Pie: In honor of Cornell’s large and honorable Greek system, this flavor attempts to capture the essence of those fraternity gentlemen throughout campus whose academic pursuits, volunteer work and donation dollars have made this great university what it is now. Its taste is strikingly similar to Keystone (De-)light, give or take a few BAC points.

GET A ROOM This is merely a reminder that, when you sit down in a library next to a kid with the curly hair who is quietly reading a book in a room with more chairs than Steve Buscemi has acting roles, it is in fact distracting to have two hyenas laughing in the two seats that are right next to him. That kid can hear you. He can’t concentrate on what he is reading. And he is willing and able to write a Kvetch about you.

— A.R. EARY MORNING PEEP SHOW I would imagine there are some good times for the grounds department to rake leaves on University property, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say 9 a.m. on a rainy April morning is not one of them. To the mystery grounds crew leaf-raker outside my un-curtained window: I changed in my closet and am still 100 percent sure you saw me naked.

Let’s never meet like this again.

— L.C. HASN’T HAD HIS COFFEE YET Green Dragon, you

do a lot of things well. Apathy, obscure electro-postgrunge anthem-playing and your quirky replacement of those wooden coffee-stirrers with chopsticks stick out in my mind especially. But you have barely any outlets.

And your little tables are wobbly. And my pencils fall through those bigger tables ... Tables should not have gaps in them.

And it's too hot sometimes. And other times it's too cold. Get your shit together, Green Dragon.

— S.B. STRAIGHT-A STUDENT Dear professor: Just because I don’t take notes doesn’t mean I am not paying attention. I am just paying attention to sending emails ... and checking Facebook ... and online shopping ... and writing this Kvetch.

— C.S.F. UNLUCKY IN LOVE Why do all my fortune cookies say I will meet a handsome stranger? I never do.

— E.C.

SHOP ’TIL YA DROP That awkward moment when all of the editors run out of the office like it’s on fire. It’s not a fire. Or breaking news.

It’s a 30-percent off sale at Urban Outfitters.

That’s what you get for having a newsroom full of girls, I guess ...

— R.L.H. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WOES To the girl on the TCAT that got stuck in the door. Sucks to suck.

And no, you yelping and flailing is not going to set you free. Better luck next time.

— H.A.V. THE WEAKEST LINK To my group project team: Please stop referring to yourselves as “we” and asking if “we can help you with anything.” I get it. The two of you clearly think youre better than me and discussed the fact when I was late to our meeting. Here’s one thing you aren’t good at: subtlety.

— A.C.

CORRECTION A previous version of a news article Monday, “Workshop at Cornell Addresses ‘Social Activism,’” incorrectly attributed a quote about activism to Emily Bick ’13. In fact, Bick did not say the quote.

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OPINION

Rudy Gerson | Rooting Around

Disconnecting From Technology: Learn by Doing T

his week, my friend and fellow Sun columnist David Fischer ’15 wrote about technology’s prominent role in his requisite procrastination routine. Elaborating, he described an app called Self Control, which helps computer users stay off of websites they decide to “blacklist.” If a user doesn’t want to go on Facebook for an hour, Self Control, when activated, makes it impossible to access the site. It really is laughable, the irony of it — to combat our reliance on certain Internet sites, we have created an app to replace our need to practice self-control.

David went on to describe an initiative coming up on campus next week, CU [dis]connect, which urges students to leave their phones at home, ignore social media and engage in face-to-face interaction for three days. Somewhat understandably, David, like many of you readers, initially reacted with strong skepticism, questioning the capacity to “disconnect” and the utility of such a feat.

He admits reevaluating his relationship with technology is a worthy endeavor, but he claims, it would make him too “uncomfortable” to fully disconnect.

Alright, I understand many of my fellow Cornellians have only remained disconnected after their phone died while studying in the library late at night — and what a strange phone-less walk home that must have been. However, an honest reevaluation of technology is not purely an intellectual exercise, as David seems to say. Let’s imagine, for just one paragraph, a time without smart phones or social media.

It’s 1982, the glory days as it were. College students with their radical side ponytails walked home from the library, consumed completely by their physicals surrounding and their own minds, attuned fully to the moment of “now.” No technology capable of diverting attention

We have not asked ourselves why we are constantly connected, but only how we can use technology to become more connected? away from what was occurring right now existed. Movies and television, music and the Walkman — they existed, but there were no technological objects that could connect anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Now we have the luxury, and often the unfortunate obligation to remain connected all day, everyday. It’s difficult to find a moment away to just be alone, to digest the information of the day and to construct unique thoughts separate from those we marinate in throughout our studies and interactions. As for David and those that doubtfully respond to CU [dis]connect’s mission to get students to leave their phones at home and actually ignore social media for three days, I say: Why not? What harm can come from three days without Twitter, without iPhones and without hyper-connectivity?

I don’t want this to be a column coming from some elevated position of superiority, because that’s not what it is. As I write this column, I am running from class to a meeting at the Sun’s offices downtown, then back up to campus just in time to get the weekend started a little early. To coordinate all of these tasks, I depend on technology just as much as the next student. And let’s be clear: Technology has definitely given us more resources and made our lives more secure. But I am fearful nevertheless.

I fear technology has been popularized so fast, and that we have not had time to question some of its deeper implications. Generally, we have not asked ourselves why we are constantly connected, but only how we can use technology to become more connected? It’s time to try and have conversations about “proper” technology use and ethical norms for social media and smart phones. The start of these conversations begins with actually disconnecting in order to reclaim agency over our thoughts and actions.

Furthermore, I fear our generation is acutely attuned to the public display of our Facebook profiles — our second selves. So much so that these self-selecting positive versions of ourselves promote a nasty kind of voyeurism, akin to the celebrity worship found in television and movies. Instead of celebrities, though, we observe our friends.

Social media, by and large, promotes this voyeurism in everyday life, where people are more aware of the collectively accepted behavior for “normal,” and are more fearful to step out of these understood boundaries. We have become less confident and unique because of it.

So I will be deactivating my Facebook and leaving my phone in my drawer on April 10 to see how hard disconnecting really is.

Honestly, how hard can it be? In the best case, in the weeks after, I will be better equipped to reevaluate my practical relationship with modern technology.

Rudy Gerson is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached a rgerson@cornellsun.com. Rooting Around column runs alternate Fridays this semester.

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Are We Headed for a No-Win Outcome in the Prop. 8 Case?

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ast week, the Supreme Court opinion did not reach the broader heard arguments in two cases question of whether there is a involving same-sex marriage. nationwide constitutional right to One of these cases, Hollingsworth v. same-sex marriage, but instead held Perry, asks the Court to decide that it was impermissible for whether the Equal Protection Clause California to take away the right to of the Fourteenth Amendment pro- same-sex marriage after it had been hibits Californians from amending granted. their state constitution to define It is important to understand marriage as the union of a man and what happened in California. The a woman. The case sets in opposi- Supreme Court of California read tion two interests many people con- the state constitution to guarantee a sider to be extremely important: an right to same-sex marriage and the interest in achieving widespread legal people of California quickly amendrecognition for same-sex marriages ed their state constitution to counand an interest in proetecting each state’s right to democratic self-governance. The questions posted at This is a familiar type last Tuesday’s argument of conflict; any time suggest the Court may the Court opts to not reach a decision ... find a previously after all. unrecognized constitutional right, part of the calculus must be a determination that the right in ques- teract that decision. The Ninth tion is more important than the Circuit opinion in Perry effectively right of political majorities to make ruled that, even though there was no policy choices infringing on that requirement for the state to legalize right. same-sex marriage in the first place, For the record, I think that the once the justices on the Supreme justices should resolve the conflict in Court of California made their interfavor of the rights of same-sex cou- pretation, the citizens of California ples and find a nationwide constitu- were thereby rendered helpless to tional right to same-sex marriage. ever change that interpretation — Unfortunately, however, the ques- even by amending their constitution! tions posed at last Tuesday’s argu- If allowed to stand, this decision ment suggest the Court may not would diminish Californians’ right reach a decision on that question at to democratic self-governance. It all. Two possible alternative out- could also hinder rather than help comes, both suggested at argument, the pursuit of legal recognition for are that the justices could (1) dismiss same-sex marriages.

Even if the case or (2) rule that the support- Proposition 8 were to be upheld, ers of Proposition 8 lacked standing polling suggests a new initiative to appeal the district court’s order in would be able to restore same-sex the case. This is troubling because marriage to California in short order. neither outcome seems likely to proMeanwhile, the Ninth Circuit’s mote either of the vital interests reasoning could have a chilling effect involved. Each would, in its own on other states. More than a few legway, harm the relevant interest in islators or voters may be given pause democratic state government with- by the understanding that their deciout helping the cause of achieving sion to legalize same-sex marriage, recognition for same-sex marriages. while not mandated, could be irreLet’s start with the first possibili- versibly final as a matter of law. ty. If the Court fails to reach a major- Similarly, there could be perverse ity or dismisses the case, the serious- consequences as a result of the Ninth ly flawed decision of the Ninth Circuit’s suggestion that Proposition Circuit would remain intact. That 8’s definition of “marriage” was

undermined by California’s decision to grant same-sex couples substantive rights like the ability to adopt. In the future, states that would otherwise extend such rights to same-sex couples might refuse to do even that out of fear that they will lose the right to reserve the label of “marriage” for opposite-sex couples.

A decision to vacate the Ninth Circuit decision because the defenders of Proposition 8 lack standing would similarly injure Californians’ democracy interest without being particularly helpful in the effort to achieve legal recognition for same-sex marriages. As the Supreme Court of California has said, and as Justice Kennedy noted during Tuesday’s oral argument, not allowing the proponents of an initiative to defend the state’s interest in the legitimacy of the resulting law when state officials refuse to do so would seriously undermine the initiative process and give state officials the power to thwart many ballot initiatives with which they personally disagree. And how much would this blow to the initiative process achieve for the effort to legalize same-sex marriage? The District Court order, finding a broad nationwide right to same-sex marriage, would remain intact. Unfortunately, a District Court order is generally only binding as to the parties in the case.

There is some dispute over whether the particular order issued would prevent California officials from denying a marriage license to any same-sex couple or just the couples involved in the litigation. Suffice to say, the order would have no effect outside California – where a future ballot initiative will likely overturn Proposition 8 and moot the issue anyway. The damage to the initiative process, on the other hand, could be permanent.

Thomas Curry is a third-year law student at Cornell Law School. He can be reached at tjc226@cornell.edu. Barely Legal appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Bel Borba, Beautiful

BY LAURA BOLAND Sun Staff Writer

“I think the story of every citizen merges with the story of their city,” one man comments to another.

The subtitle of the movie Bel Borba Aqui is “Ume Homem e Uma Cidade,” or “A Man and a City.” The man is the artist Bel Borba, and the city is Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. In the ’70s Bel Borba took his work out of the galleries and into the streets, and since then the artist and the city have enjoyed a creative partnership that has elevated Bel Borba to almost mythic status.

He is no longer just a citizen in the city; he is the city.

Borba’s artwork is on display on numerous bridges and parks, and dots the yellow and red house crowded neighborhoods. There doesn’t seem to be a corner of Salvador that Borba hasn’t touched.

Part of Borba’s magic is his relationship with the people he serves. When he works; passersby call out suggestions from the other side of the street, and Borba incorporates their ideas into his project. In the film, he even accepts drawings of flowers from children and immediately begins to duplicate them on the wall. In turn, the people and the city become the subjects of the artist’s work. The fish from the nearby sea, the sea birds, the passerby in the city and their trucks, trains and airplanes, their angels and devils, all figure prominently in each piece of Borba’s work. His murals are the enchanting reflections of the heart of Salvador.

Bel Borba the man is a whirlwind of creative energy.

He dabbles in metalworking, sculpture, mosaic and painting, and there seems to be no work he doesn’t know how to do. When he’s not working, he’s cooking, playing with the 20-odd dogs in his yard or cackling at his own jokes and stories. Borba relies on intuition, instinct and spontaneity in his art and in his life.

But mostly, he is concerned with preserving and uplifting Salvadorian culture. His materials come from old boats, abandoned buildings and broken plates — the scraps and rejects of the city. Borba believes that art

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should “provoke reflection, tease you.” Giving a fresh life to the recycled refuse showcases the ever-changing and vibrant nature of the city.

The film does a lot of teasing, but what it lacks is reflection. While directors Andre Costantini and Burt Sun make much of Borba’s persona as an artist that works outside the traditional art institutions, Borba never explains why he decided to take his work in that direction. Instead, the directors are happy just to watch Borba make art and celebrate his charismatic style. The shallowness of the story may have something to do with the character of Borba himself. He talks of a time when he would have given up a finger to have the media spotlight — But now, as he confesses to the camera, “[he] just cannot transform [him]self into an available man,” and makes time for interviews only when pressed. Borba would rather devote his time to making himself and his art available to the public.

When Borba does pause to talk about his art, it is to

reveal of the depth of his connection to his work. In one scene, Borba works on constructing a giant Christmas tree from plastic Coke bottles filled with seawater which shimmers at night under a green light.

It seems to be a playful send-up of holiday consumerism and corporate gluttony. But Borba then tells the story of how he went into publishing houses and bookstores, looking for damaged or misprinted copies of Brazilian poetry; how he cut those books up and distributed a few lines to each of the bottles. For him, the messages in these bottles signify redemption and salvation. “I always think that I’m not going to make it, and somehow I always make it,” Borba says. While not the most thorough of documentaries, the film celebrates the simple magic of Borba’s work and life and the inspiration he provides for his city.

Laura Boland is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at lboland@cornellsun.com.

The Host :Twilight Minus the Vampires

BY SALLY GAO Sun Staff Writer

Even though I have never read the Twilight series cover to cover, it is apparent that The Host, Meyer’s latest project, is essentially Meyer’s beloved “Vampires vs. Humans” face-off with a twist.

The Host opens in Fort Worth, Texas ,after earth is invaded by an intelligent extraterrestrial species called “Souls.”

These “Souls” are surgically inserted into a human body, which they quickly take over and leech upon. Hosts are in high demand with more and more souls arriving on the planet, and pure humans are close to extinction. The film’s heroine, Melanie Stryder, is one of the last humans left. After she is captured during a hunt, a “Soul” called “the Wanderer” is injected into her body. Unlike many of the other captured humans, Melanie does not release control of her body and mind without a fight. Wanderer and Melanie initially battle as a Soul interrogator called “the Seeker” presses Wanderer to release the memories of Melanie for the whereabouts of the rest of the escaped humans. Wanderer escapes, and is later found by Melanie’s escaped human family, who lives in an underground cave.

Melanie and Wander are able to convince the humans that they are not a threat, but Melanie’s old lover Jared struggles to

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accept the fact that Melanie still exists with the Wanderer.

The film adopts the characteristics of classic Livejournal fan-fiction — but is more unintentionally hilarious. After I finished watching, one of my most pressing questions was why anybody would invest $40 million to create something out of a warped version of a 13-yearold’s fan-girl dreams. Meyer and the director slip us their take on what the future looks like by making every “Soul” wear sleek white suits and every piece of architecture minimalistic — down to the silver futuristic Macbooks the “Souls” use at their interrogation center. The Twilight formula is reprised and put into action by establishing a love triangle between the two heroines and the two teenage heartthrob boys who are in love with two souls in one body. Meyer does not mess with the formula for concocting teen romances especially when it comes to the construction of the heroine:

the Wanderer is just as innocently submissive and tragic as Bella Swan was in Twilight, complete with dewy fair skin and a need to sacrifice herself for the greater good. What I found especially ridiculous was the act of getting the

humans stock their food and supplies, as if the audience couldn’t figure out what a supermarket does.

The Host does offer its share of highlights. For one, Saoirse Ronan — the actress for the Wanderer/Melanie Stringer — was more capable than Kristen Stewart in terms of varying her facial expressions, which substantially helped deepen the tragic image of the conflicted Wanderer/Melanie.

Choosing Diane Kruger (from National Treasure and Inglourious Basterds) for a shrewd and calculating role like the Seeker was a moderately satisfactory decision, as was the choice of having James Franco lookalike Max Irons act the part of Jared Howe, Melanie’s lover.

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Wanderer to wear a revealing silver metal- However, if you want a weekend popcorn lic nightdress to bed — a costume depart- movie, or a chance to goggle at teenage ment malfunction joke that would have heartthrobs for two hours, this is your been perhaps taken seriously in the ’90s. compostable movie of the week.

The minimalism in the film is sometimes ridiculously simplistic. The word “Store” Sally Gao is a sophomore in the College of Arts appears in black bold block letters on the and Sciencces. She can be reached at sgao@corsupermarket wall where the escaped nellsun.com.

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Glimpsing Infinity in a Game Pad

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f there was ever any lingering doubt that videogames are capable of achieving great things in the realm of aesthetics, it is, at least in part, dispelled by the coming of Bioshock Infinite — the most recent darling of game enthusiasts and reviewers everywhere.

Bioshock Infinite, the latest offering in the Irrational Games’ Bioshock franchise, continues in the tradition of its predecessor crafting a story-driven and thematically dense gaming experience. While I don’t share the hyperbolic worship impulse that some feel toward the game, I recognize it as a major milestone in legitimizing the video game format as an aesthetic platform worthy of the same attention and analysis as film.

But what exactly is all the hoopla, and why is this game so important in this march to artistic legitimacy? In my opinion, video games offer one or both of two things: immersion in a compelling world with a strong aesthetic integrity and/or narrative depth, or maximizing player interactivity with that world, whether by championing freedom of movement, or by allowing the player to test certain skills through interacting with the game. Certain early games like Tetris, Pong, Pac-Man and Mario emphasized the latter, meaning that they were tests of player skill.

Nevertheless, their design elegance and distinctive art styles allowed them to carve a niche in the aesthetic realm, as products of careful craftsmanship. Other games, like The Legend of Zelda and Planescape: Torment, were vehicles through which compelling and complex stories could be told. As the game industry evolved, however, a new type of game

design took precedence in terms of popularity and market share. Games perpetuating violence — mainly through shooting guns — took center stage, and became the primary channel of player interaction with the game environment. When these games did have plot and narrative structure, they were considered a means to an end rather than an end in itself. They provided context, a reason for shooting. They enabled the player to have a vague notion of what they are shooting against and why they were doing the shooting.

In a sense, these games empowered the player with moral righteousness — they are shooting at bad guys, so the perpetration of violence was morally justified. In short, many of these games set the player up as the hero (male and alpha, of course) and provided a flimsy moral excuse for said hero to mow down scores of dumb moving targets.

Describing all first person shooters as vehi-

Colin Chan Armchair Aesthetics cles for jingoistic self-fulfillment would be unfair, though. The game industry has always placed a premium on good plot because a large proportion of gamers have always valued narrative as an integral part of the gaming experience. Plot-driven games have co-existed beside shooting games for a long time. But a compelling plot was a relative rarity in the

gaming industry’s flagship design philosophy, the shooter. This has begun to change in recent years. Titles like HalfLife, Halo, Mass Effect and their respective sequels were pioneers in guiding the player through a believable and emotionally-driven narrative. Recent games have become somewhat metaaware, causing the player to question his or her role in the violence. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 featured a controversial segment in which the player is placed in the role of a terrorist and told to shoot innocent civilians in a Russian airport. Usually the hero, they had to role-play the villain. Thus, this was a powerful indictment of the almost reflexive tendency for gamers to consider their position in the game morally sacrosanct.

So how does Bioshock Infinite fit in? It is, in part, a culmination and amalgamation of all these emerging aesthetically legitimating tendencies in games. First, it is narratively dense.

The story is the end, rather than the means. It is designed to evince an emotional response from the player, especially because it builds a dynamic between the player character, the hardboiled former Pinkerton Booker DeWitt, and the game’s deuteragonist, the mysterious Elizabeth, an in-game character who, through exigencies of plot and player interaction, forms an emotional bond with the player and becomes the player’s reason for plowing on through the game. This adds complexity to the narrative because Booker is no hero — he’s burdened by the legacy of a hyper-violent past — and thus the act of protecting Elizabeth is a redemptive, rather than messianic, act.

Second, it is a triumph of game design,

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both in aesthetics and thematic depth. The setting, the floating city of Columbia, is heartstoppingly beautiful and a triumph of artistic merit. Part of the pleasure of the game is wandering and exploring its expansive environments. Conversely, Columbia, though physically beautiful, is the dark heart of an America that almost was — virulently racist, isolationist and theocratic. The game puts players faceto-face with the unsettling potential of the American brand soon to become so dangerously perverted.

Third, it is meta-aware, placing you in a position to deal with massive amounts of gory violence while using the innocent Elizabeth as a moral arbiter to question why such violence is needed in the first place. Lastly, the game does all of this without sacrificing the shooting mechanics that provide the entertainment for a large proportion of the gaming demographic – it is a consistently fun and challenging shooting game.

Colin Chan is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at cchan@cornellsun.com. Armchair Aesthetics appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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

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

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Current Contracts Near End for Sabres Stars Vanek,Miller BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Thomas Vanek is unsure about his longterm future with the Buffalo Sabres now that the struggling team is battling through a rebuilding process.

Vanek, Buffalo’s leading scorer, has one year remaining on a sevenyear, $50 million contract he signed in 2007. And he spoke with caution in the locker room Thursday, one day after the Sabres traded former captain Jason Pominville to the Minnesota Wild. In the days leading up to the trade deadline, the Sabres also dealt veteran defensemen Robyn Regehr and Jordan Leopold.

General manager Darcy Regier said after the Pominville trade that it’s difficult to put a timetable on the rebuild“We gave up three good ing process. And that’s players in the last week and puzzling to Vanek.

“I mean, obviously we got a lot of picks in return.” gave up three good players in the last week and Thomas Vanek got a lot of picks in return,” Vanek said.

“Again, we’ll see.”

Vanek leads the Sabres in scoring with 33 points (16 goals) in 29 games. He’s a four-time 30-goal scorer and has topped 40 twice in his career.

He’s one of few players left from a core group of Sabres that has anchored the team for several seasons, and he might be on his way out soon, too. He expects to have a clearer picture after the season ends.

“I haven’t talked to them about anything so it’s hard to say yes or no because no one has let me know what direction this is heading,” Vanek said. “So we’ll finish the year out and I’m sure, at least I would expect them to let me know what the future is.”

Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is also hoping to know more about his future when the season wraps up. Miller, like Vanek, has one year remaining on his contract.

“I don’t know, I have to talk to Darcy about it,” Miller said. “We’ll just see where everything falls and talk to Darcy about what his plan is or what’s going on because these are conversations we haven’t had time to have.

“I don’t know if we’ll have a chance to talk about it ‘til after the season.”

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Clippers Set Franchise After Season-Ending Injury,Ware Record With 50th Win Supports Team From Sidelines LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Clippers got their franchise-record 50th victory in their fourth try. It didn’t come without some fireworks that had nothing to do with celebrating.

DeAndre Jordan had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Paul added 14 points and 12 assists, and Los Angeles led all the way in beating the last-place Phoenix Suns 126-101 on Wednesday night as tempers flared in the fourth quarter.

“It’s big,” Jordan said about the landmark win, “but we’re looking at the bigger picture. This is one thing we can check off.”

Willie Green and Caron Butler scored 15 points each, and Blake Griffin had nine points, seven assists and five rebounds to help the Clippers end a three-game skid with their second-highest scoring total of the season. They improved to 5026 overall, bettering the single-season record for wins set in 1974-75 when the team was in Buffalo. They’re 29-9 at home.

“Whenever you do something first it’s significant, but we expect more and we should,” coach Vinny Del Negro said.

Griffin added, “We feel like we could have been a 60-win team.”

The Clippers needed to win and have Golden State lose to New Orleans to clinch the franchise’s first division title. But the Warriors won 98-88, postponing another first by this Clippers team.

“Ever since I got here we talked about setting a precedent,” Paul said.

Wesley Johnson scored 20 points and Jermaine O’Neal added 18 for the lastplace Suns, who have lost seven straight “Whenever you do something first it’s signifoverall, 13 of their last icant, but we expect more and we should.”

15, and six in a row on the road. Goran Vinny Del Negro Dragic, who didn’t score his first basket until the start of the third quarter, finished with 12.

“We didn’t contend while they were penetrating and scoring some easy baskets,” Dragic said. “We’re not going to make the playoffs, so just try to compete until the end of the season.”

The Clippers pulled away in the third, outscoring the Suns 38-20 to lead 9570 going into the fourth. Jordan’s teammates set him up for three high-flying dunks — he had eight total in the game — while Griffin and Paul got ones of their own in, too.

“It’s all energy and effort,” Del Negro said about Jordan. “He was active and running the court. When he moves like that it makes the game easier for him and the team.”

Griffin and Phoenix teammates P.J. Tucker and O’Neal had to be separated at one point after they tangled with Griffin while double-teaming him.

The bad blood didn’t stop there.

With 8:57 left in the game and the Clippers starters on the bench, Jamal Crawford hit a three-pointer and Ryan Hollins put his left arm around Dragic’s neck as they scrambled for position under the basket. Their momentum carried them over to the Suns’ bench, with Hollins keeping Dragic in a headlock before shoving him and Michael Beasley shouting at Hollins in the tangle of players.

Lamar Odom pulled on Hollins’ jersey to get him away. After the referees reviewed the play, Hollins was called for a flagrant-2 foul and ejected, while Beasley received a technical.

“It was just a quick play in the heat of the moment,” Hollins said. “I definitely didn’t have intent to hurt and I don’t think he did, either.”

In the first quarter, Griffin and Tucker received double technicals.

“Ryan had a nice 45 seconds there when he and Goran Dragic almost had a WWE battle,” Jordan joked.

The Clippers dominated the paint with a season-high 72 points to Phoenix’s 32, and had a 25-11 edge in fast break points.

“We played fast, we got tempo up and got some stops,” Paul said. “We forced 19 turnovers and only had six ourselves.”

Los Angeles opened the game on a 15-0 run for its largest lead of the half. The Suns twice got within two points on baskets by Beasley, but the Clippers used a 10-5 spurt, including six free throws by Paul, to lead 57-50 at the break.

“To come out and give up 15 points without them executing one single play is embarrassing,” Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kevin Ware is pretty certain how his next few months will play out.

“After we win the national championship,” the injured Louisville guard said with a smile on his face, “I’m just looking forward to rehab.”

Ware is already set for his next step, though he is gingerly walking around on crutches and with his surgically repaired broken leg in a cast up to his right knee: He is heading to the Final Four.

Ware was cleared Wednesday by doctors to accompany the Cardinals on their hourlong flight to Atlanta and he did just that.

The last player to enter the team’s hotel in Georgia, he was greeted with cheers when he came through the door in a wheelchair. He waved to fans as he entered an elevator.

“It’s like he’s never left,” teammate Peyton Siva said. “Words can’t explain our feelings to have him back with us.”

Ware plans to be a full participant in preparations for Saturday’s game against Wichita State, including sitting on the bench. And the Cardinals will wear new warm-up gear to honor the sophomore, with Ware’s No. 5 replacing the “S” in the “Rise to the Occasion” T-shirts they’ve been wearing.

“To see him up again — just to see a picture of him up again is awesome,” Siva said.

“Now he’s up walking with a broken leg, crutching around.”

Ware said the overwhelming support he has received has helped him maintain his spirits and strengthened his confidence of a full recovery. He hopes by next season to be helping the Cardinals defend the national championship he believes they’ll win this weekend.

The normally reserved 20-year-old calmly recalled how he felt when he suffered the devastating injury, saying he doesn’t think Louisville would be in the Final Four if he had lost his composure.

Ware credits teammate Luke Hancock for calming him down.

“He got me to that point where I really had to put the pain on hold,” said Ware, with his leg in a cast propped up on a couch.

“Once he said his prayer, I was kind of thinking the whole time, ‘you can either be a crybaby about it or you’re going to get your team back and get them in the right mindset’.

“Luke said his words, and I just kept repeating, ‘y’all gotta go win this game.’ I’m fine. ... It really helped the team.”

But it wasn’t easy for the Cardinals, many of whom cried after seeing Ware’s gruesome injury — his bone protruding six inches through his skin.

Even Louisville coach Rick Pitino was emotional, wiping tears from his eyes and later saying that the sight of his player’s injury almost made him vomit.

But Pitino said everyone’s emotions have settled down knowing that it appears Ware will be OK. “I think we’re all fine now,” Pitino said.

“Just having Kevin around, we can exhale.”

The coach said having Ware in Atlanta might provide the Cardinals with a little “extra emotion,” but in his experience “the team that executes the best will win.”

Pitino and his son, Richard, spent Monday at the hospital with Ware, who was pictured holding the championship trophy in his bed. Though Ware had maintained his composure talking with AP, he became very emotional during an earlier interview with ESPN when talking about waking up and seeing the trophy.

The coach downplayed staying with him at the hospital after his injury.

“There’s not a coach in America that wouldn’t be there,” he said.

And while Pitino said everyone can exhale now, the Cardinals had to take a deep breath when Ware went down on Sunday. They eventually regrouped and took the lead at halftime against Duke en route to an 85-63

victory over the Blue Devils in Indianapolis.

Through it all, Ware said he had to remain strong. He was placed on a stretcher and wheeled out of Lucas Oil Stadium to cheers of ‘Kevin Ware, Kevin Ware,’ before heading to Methodist Hospital.

Ware underwent a two-hour operation to repair compound fractures of the tibia that left the leg at an odd angle. He awoke the next morning to discover he had become an overnight sensation, and the afterglow hasn’t waned.

His condition and progress have been featured every day on the major networks, the Internet and especially social media. The Cardinals’ practice facility was surrounded by a phalanx of satellite trucks, and the interview requests helped Ware get an early jump on his rehab as he shuttled back and forth between makeshift sets.

“It’s going to take a long time to get where I want to be,” Ware said.

Not that he’s dreading the hard work ahead.

“I think God puts things in your life and you have to go through certain obstacles,” he said. “I just feel like these are obstacles that are going to make me grow up for the better.

It’s going to open my eyes to a lot of things I probably haven’t seen before.”

Ware said he has heard from several of his NBA idols, including Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Charles Barkley. The Louisville guard said he has even heard from first lady Michelle Obama and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

For the soft-spoken Ware, the support and media attention has meant more interviews than he ever imagined.

“I had no idea I would get this kind of attention,” he said. “I’m one of those guys who just likes to play basketball. But the injury opened up a lot of peoples’ eyes and I really appreciate all the support. It really means a lot.”

But as Ware cherishes the flood of warm wishes, he’s also dealing with the irony of the injury’s occurrence in a game against Duke.

He leaped high near the right sideline to defend a three-point attempt, similar to a defensive play he made without incident in Louisville’s game in November against Duke in the Bahamas. This time he landed awkwardly, with the leg going in two different directions.

“That was frustrating because it happened the same exact way, me making the play,” Ware said. “I was thinking then about just blocking the shot and that was what I was thinking this time. This was just different.”

Ware also lamented the timing of his injury, a recollection that made him pause for a moment. A key part of Louisville’s guard rotation who often substituted for starters Siva and Russ Smith, Ware had overcome a one-game suspension in January and was coming off a career-best, 11-point effort in Friday’s tournament win over Oregon.

Ware is also finding out how difficult it is getting around with one healthy leg.

Fortunately for him, his girlfriend, Louisville sophomore Brittany Kelly, has been there to help since he was injured.

Ware’s teammate and roommate, forward Chane Behanan, will lend a hand as well.

“He’s handling it better than I would’ve expected,” Kelly said. “When they took the towel off his leg, he asked if he’d be able to play next week before they told him no.”

Ware’s mother, Lisa Junior, also plans to move from Georgia to aid her son’s healing process. Ware said his leg will need eight to 12 weeks to heal before he begins rehabilitation in hopes of returning by the start of practice in October.

How he’ll celebrate if the Cardinals fulfill their mission is unclear. Ware joked at climbing the ladder to cut down the nets but will likely settle for just being part of the action.

“Whatever I see on the court,” he said, “I will tell them about it.”

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Nine Drops toYale, Ends Four-Game Winning Streak

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

This week has been tough schedule-wise as multiple games had to be rescheduled due to the weather. The second game in the Yale doubleheader got pushed to Monday from Sunday, and the loss in this second game broke the four-game winning streak for Cornell that the team had going with wins against the University of Albany, Brown and Yale.

The match on Monday started off with the Bulldogs taking a 1-0 advantage in the first. Yale then followed that run up with more in the third to go up, 3-0.

Cornell junior Zach McCulley pitched five and twothird innings to try and help the Red pull out a “W.” He let up only four hits and one walk while striking out seven, tying the most Ks for a Cornell pitcher in a single outing this season.

In the eighth, the Red tried to build some momentum when junior Chris Cruz hit a double to right field, followed by a walk from junior Ben Swinford. Then, due to sophomore J.D. Whetsel getting hit by a pitch, the bases were loaded. Freshman Elliot Lowell got hit by a pitch to drive in Cruz for Cornell’s first run to make the score 3-1.

Senior Conor McCabe got the RBI with a hit up the middle to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Yale retired the last in the eighth and then worked a one, two, third ninth inning to save the Bulldogs.

The Red played its second game during the week against Canisius. The back-and-forth match started with Canisius taking a 3-0 lead in the top of the second. Cornell

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knocked in a few to tie it up in the bottom of the inning thanks to Cruz, junior Ryan Plantier and Swinford hitting back-to-back singles to load the bases. All three came in thanks to a sac fly from sophomore Kevin Tatum and singles from Lowell and Whetsel.

Canisius came back in the fourth, but the Red struck back. Swinford led the inning off with a triple and then scored on an RBI groundout by Tatum. By the eighth inning, the Golden Griffins led, 7-4.

Whetsel scored the final run for the game with a double down the left, and he advanced to third. Senior Tom D’Alessandro singled and then scored in the eighth.

March Madness Almost Over, Drama Continues in Final Four LIAO

ing a 35-second shot clock, while teams in the NBA create easy looks most of the time with just 24 seconds.

So why do we watch? The effort and emotion of these of 64 (Georgetown, New Mexico) to advance to the players — some who know it’s win-or-never-play-again Final Four. That’s not to say anyone else had a clue: — cannot be replicated nor seen in the NBA. We’ve only 47 brackets out of 8.19 million on ESPN had the seen countless students cry after losing a first or second correct Final Four, and I’m willing to bet a few of those round game; how often do you see a player cry after correct predictions were the result of a throwing darts losing in the first round of the NBA Playoffs? at a board. At this point, that may be the best idea out I’ve already mentioned how it’s impossible to prethere. dict anything in the NCAA Tournament, but will that Another trend is the rise of the mid-majors. At this stop me from making my own predictions? Of course point, it’s barely a surprise that a team out of the lowly not. In the Louisville-Wichita State game, I see the Missouri Valley Conference – Wichita State – made Shockers as having a legitimate chance of winning. the Final Four. There have Every team that has beaten always been Cinderella stories in Louisville this year has been able I believe the Wolverines will to break the the first two rounds of the tourpress and play at its make their first national nament, but in the past seven own pace. The Shockers should years, we’ve seen mid-majors go championship game since be able to; they mainly play a deep into the tournament, and four-guard lineup and have an we’re now desensitized to it. It all the Fab Five, and I see them experienced senior point guard in started with George Mason Malcolm Armstead. However, winning the whole thing. advancing to the Final Four in too many things have to break 2006 and continued with right for the Shockers to win; Butler’s back-to-back national championship appear- Louisville is too talented. I expect Wichita State to ances with a VCU Final Four appearance mixed in. make this a very close game, but I think the Cardinals Back in 2006, the world was absolutely amazed that an will win. upstart George Mason team advanced to the Final For the Syracuse-Michigan game, it’s a story of two Four, beating top-seeded UConn. Now, there’s barely teams peaking at the exact right time. It’s nearly imposany excitement about the Shockers’ run; it’s become sible to play better defense than Syracuse has, but, thenormal and almost expected. People care more about oretically, Michigan has the necessary pieces to break the chances of advancing to the finals than expressing the zone. Trey Burke is a great decision-maker who can ‘shock’ (sorry, had to) that Wichita State is in the Final see the gaps in the zone, Nik Stauskas is a lethal threeFour, which speaks volumes about the parity in college point shooter who will spread out the zone, and big basketball. man Mitch McGary is a bruising center who should Something else I noticed is how different college dominate the offensive glass. As a result, I believe the basketball and the NBA are – a huge mind-blowing Wolverines will make their first national championship revelation, I know. Although it may seem completely game since the Fab Five, and I see them winning the obvious, the level of skill and basketball IQ is signifi- whole thing. Michigan dismantled the VCU press with cantly higher in the NBA. Louisville, the favorite to ease, and although Louisville and VCU have different win the championship, relies heavily on a great press to presses, the calm and poise Michigan had breaking it speed up its opponent and make it commit turnovers. suggests that they will do the same to Louisville.

In the NBA, this strategy would lead to an open dunk And now that I’ve made my predictions, watch for the opponent almost every time. As for the college Wichita State storm through the Final Four and make offenses, many teams end about 40 percent of their me — and everyone else — look as clueless as we are. possessions with a heavily contested shot, despite hav- Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.

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Canisius finished the game off by scoring seven more runs to win the game, 14-5.

The Red returns to Ivy League competition this weekend with a doubleheader against Harvard followed by two against Dartmouth Sunday. The first of the matches against the Green will be broadcasted on Fox College Sports. The doubleheader will also be a rematch of the 2012 Ivy League Championship Series.

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun.com.

Royals Snap Losing Streak With Win Over White Sox CHICAGO (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie struck out nine and gave up one run in six innings, and the Kansas City Royals snapped a two-game losing streak to start the season, beating the Chicago White Sox 3-1 Thursday afternoon.

Guthrie (1-0) scattered five hits and walked one for Kansas City, which took its first lead of the season with three runs in the fifth inning and made it stick.

Chicago right-hander Gavin Floyd (0-1) gave up four hits and two runs in six innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Royals catcher Chris Getz singled home Jeff Francoeur in the fifth.

Gordon Beckham was 4 for 4 for Chicago, matching a career high set on May 12, 2012, at Minnesota.

Greg Holland worked the ninth for his first save.

The Royals scored three runs after the first out in the fifth.

First baseman Eric Hosmer walked, advanced to third on Francoeur's single to right and scored when center fielder Jarrod Dyson grounded out.

Francoeur advanced to second on the play and came home with on Chris Getz’s single to center field and an error

by Alejandro De Aza. Getz, who advanced to second base after the error, scored on Alex Gordon's RBI single to right.

Chicago got a run back in the bottom half. Tyler Flowers was hit by a pitch from Guthrie with two outs, advanced to third on Beckham's second hit

of the game and scored on De Aza’s single to right-center before Jeff Keppinger struck out to close the inning.

Beckham singled to right in the seventh off reliever Aaron Crow to put runners at first and second with one out. But Dyson made a running grab of De Aza’s long fly and the Royals got out of the inning when Escobar grounded to second.

Beckham got his fourth hit in the ninth, a two-out single that advance pinch-runner Conor Gillaspie to second. But De Aza grounded to first to end the game.

Chicago had runners on first and third with just one out in the third after Beckham lined a single to right to advance Flowers. But De Aza, the leadoff batter, grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez lined a one-out double to left off Floyd in the second inning but failed to advance.

Guthrie was 5-3 in for the Royals last year following his July acquisition from Colorado.

Kansas City was 10-4 in his 14 starts.

Except for the struggles in the fifth, Floyd was solid. He threw 94 pitches — 66 for strikes. He was 12-10 last year, his first winning season since 2008 but fifth straight with double-digit wins.

Four Kansas City pitchers combined to strike out 11.

Dayan Viciedo struck out four times and Adam Dunn struck out three.

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From 64 to Final Four Laxers Aim for Fourth Ivy Win M MEN’S LACROSSE

By SKYLER DALE

Sun Staff Writer

After winning its last three games, including a 16point blowout over Dartmouth on March 30, the men’s lacrosse team is set to take on Harvard in Cambridge, Ma., on Saturday.

No. 2 Cornell (9-1, 3-0) remains the only team undefeated in Ivy play, while Harvard (4-5, 1-1 Ivy) is tied for third in the league.

According to senior midfielder Connor English, who scored three goals against Dartmouth, the Red has picked up momentum going into its next few games. “[The Dartmouth game] was really great for us, especially on senior day. … It just gives us that extra level of confidence,” he said.

Redshirt senior Rob Pannell also said that Sunday’s game was great for the Red’s momentum. He was particularly enthusiastic about the contribution from the team’s bench on a day in which 14 Red players scored at least one point.

“To reward [our bench players] by getting them in the game on game day is great for team morale and its great for them,” he said.

Despite the Red’s surge in offensive production and defensive efficiency, the team is wary of Harvard’s skilled team and sense of urgency.

“We know they’re going to give us their best punch,” English said. “They just came off a really tough game against Duke where they kept it close.”

In Harvard’s game against the Blue Devils, No. 9 Duke never led the Crimson by more than two goals and won the contest by just one goal, 12-11.

According to Pannell, Harvard is in need of a win to keep its post-season hopes alive, so the Red needs to be prepared for a well-executed game from the Crimson.

“Their playoff chances are at stake here, so this is a must win game for them and we have to know that they’re going to give us our best shot,” he said. “[We need to] prepare for them like they’re the No. 1 team in the nation.”

The Red has won its last 15 games against the Crimson and is 63-23 in the all-time series.

While the Red is in good position to win the Ivy League, the team is chasing an even bigger milestone.

“One of our goals is to go undefeated in the Ivy League,” he said. “[We] can’t afford to lose any Ivy League game.”

After facing Harvard, the Red will travel to the Carrier Dome to take on No. 8 Syracuse — a contest that will be nationally televised on ESPNU. Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun.com.

Perfect play | In addition to winning the Ivy League, one of the Red’s goals is to remain undefeated against Ivy opponents.

arch Madness is the most exciting tournament in sports; that’s a pretty hard fact to refute. The Final Four is such a bittersweet part of the tournament — on one hand, we’ve finally narrowed down the field and the pressure is higher than ever, while on the other hand, March Madness is

a.k.a. Dunk City, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with two convincing wins as a 15-seed.

Nine-seed Wichita State beat 13-seed La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen and then advanced to the Final Four after beating 2-seed Ohio State. The Big Ten, considered the best conference all year, sent just one team to the Final Four, while

Albert Liao Playing the Field almost over. Before the Final Four removes all memories of the first two weekends, let’s go over some of the best storylines from the round of 64 to the Elite Eight.

This year’s college basketball season has been one of the most unpredictable, with many very good teams from every conference but no standouts; I even wrote a column about it. The NCAA tournament only emphasized this fact even more.

One No. 1-seed — Gonzaga — didn’t make it into the Sweet Sixteen, while two others — Indiana and Kansas — didn’t make it out of the Sweet Sixteen. Florida Gulf Coast University,

the Big East sent two.

Nothing made sense all year, and it only continued into the tournament.

Continuing with the theme of nobody knowing anything, the ESPN experts had a rough time with predictions. 11 of the 13 experts properly selected Louisville as a Final Four team, but out of the other three regions, only Dickie V properly selected one team: Michigan. To reiterate: out of 39 possible picks, one expert properly selected a team in the Final Four. For comparison’s sake, three experts picked teams that were eliminated in the round See LIAO page 15

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GOLF

C.U. Readies for Spring Opener at Yale

By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell golf team will kick off its spring season Saturday in New Haven, Conn., at the Yale Spring Opener. After going 1-2 in Ivy Match Play, the Red will be keeping an eye on the other Ivy League teams in this tournament.

“I’m not quite sure of everyone playing at the Yale Spring Opener, but I know Yale is a good team — probably a top-three team in the Ivy League,” junior tri-captain Carl Schimenti said. “In terms of other Ivy League opponents, Princeton’s up there — they have a couple seniors on that team who are really good — and I think Harvard also has a bunch of good players. I think Princeton may be there this weekend as well, so we will be able to see how we stack up against them and Yale.”

With the bad weather in Ithaca, it has been tough for the team to practice on real courses, but players

have been hitting balls indoors and the team spent a week in Florida during Spring Break to get ready, according to Schimenti.

“We’ve been hitting a lot of balls indoors the last couple weeks, [and] we’ve been able to get outside recently and obviously hit balls down in Florida during Spring Break,” Schimenti said. “The hard part in terms of getting the rust off our game is the short game: putting and chipping. We haven’t been able to practice all winter, except in Florida. The [local] course opens Thursday, so we’ll try and get out there as much as we can, putting and chipping, to try and get that touch back around the green.”

An interesting fact about this year’s team is the complete lack of seniors. Despite having none, there are no issues with the team dynamic nor with experience, according to Schimenti.

“It’s kind of an interesting dynamic [without seniors]; we have six juniors, five sophomores and

four freshmen, and it’s nice because we’re all closer in age, so we all get along really well,” Schimenti said.

“A lot of people think we don’t have that much experience, but four of us juniors – [Zack Bosse, Craig Esposito, Max Koehler and myself] – have basically played in every tournament the last two years, so we do have a lot of experience in that regard.”

One golfer who has made great strides since the fall season is freshman Brandon Eng, who played in all three tournaments last semester.

“Brandon Eng [should make] huge strides this season,” said Schimenti. “He took a little time in the fall to get adjusted to college golf, travel to tournaments and play more 36, 54-hole tournaments. He played great in Florida, so we’re excited to see him and how he does after getting a little bit of experience.”

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

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Short-term problems | Poor weather conditions have restricted the Red’s ability to practice outdoors, making it harder to practice the short game.