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Center for Reproductive Genetics Established With $10 Million Grant

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With a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a Center for Reproductive Genetics will be established on both Cornell’s Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical School campuses.

“The CRG is aimed at understanding the genetic basis for processes that give rise to healthy gametes for reproduction,” said Prof. Paula Cohen, biomedical sciences, who is director of the CRG. “If you don’t have healthy eggs and sperm, then this can lead to all sorts of issues such as birth defects, miscarriages, preterm delivery and infertility.”

This grant — which the University announced it had received on April 1 — marks a significant milestone for groups researching reproductive genetics, according to Cohen.

“This is the first time that a number of groups are being funded colSee GRANT page 4

Kenyan Writer, Activist Student to Appear on Wheel of Fortune To Speak at Cornell

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ly known for his activism, advocating for Kenyans and voicing his criticism of the inequality Kenyan writer and activist present in Kenyan society.

According to Prof. Carole Ngugi wa Thiong’o will speak at Cornell’s Africana Studies and Boyce-Davies, Africana studies Research Center Thursday, the and English, many writers who College of Arts and Sciences lived during the transition to the post-colonial announced Monday.

African period such Wa Thiong’o is as wa Thiong’o were currently a professor critical of how coloof English and comnial rule was managparative literature at ing the affairs of the University of African countries.

California, Irvine, “He also critiques and has written novthe way in which the els, essays, plays and new post-colonial articles in several lanWA THIONG’O leadership can be guages, according to a similarly corrupt, as they conUniversity press release.

Wa Thiong’o lived through tinue old policies and fail to the Mau Mau Uprising — an deliver the hopes of indepenindependence movement where dence — the evidence of that is Kenyan militant groups resisted in current African politics against British colonial rule — today,” she said.

The following year, Amnesty during his adolescence. The event remained a central theme International named him a in his early works, according to Prisoner of Conscience and an international campaign led to his website.

In 1977 — the same year his his release from prison, accordnovel Petals of Blood and contro- ing to wa Thiong’o’s website. versial play Ngaahika Ndeenda Though he was barred from (I Will Marry When I Want) securing jobs at universities and were first released — he was colleges in the country, he conarrested and imprisoned with- tinued to write prolifically. out charge, according to his See WRITER page 5 website. Wa Thiong’o was wideBy ANNIE BUI

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When Enoch Newkirk ’14 was four years old, he never imagined that he would be a contestant on his favorite television show — but that dream came true when he flew to Los Angeles in February to film an episode of ABC’s Wheel of Fortune.

“I always wanted to be on the show when I was old enough,” said Newkirk, who is also a Sun photographer.

The episode will air Thursday at 7 p.m. as part of the show’s annual “College Week.”

Newkirk said he found an application on the website last year and filled it out on a whim.

After the show selected his application for auditions, he traveled to Syracuse to try out for the show among 100 others, he said. By the end of the audition process, Newkirk was one of only 20 college students from around the coun-

try to appear on the show.

After growing up watching the game show, Newkirk said he was surprised to learn what it was like to be on the other side of the television screen.

“As you see on TV the set looks so big, but when I walked onto the set, it was smaller than I thought it would be. The audience was only maybe about 100 people and the wheel wasn’t as big as I thought. It was only six feet See FORTUNE page 4

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C.U.Team Wins $2,500 for Children’s Programming Tool

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Three Cornell mechanical engineering students have won the “Young Innovators” award in the Science, Play and Research Kit Competition, a competition that looks for ideas that “encourage imagination and interest in science.”

Mikhail Yakhnis ’14, Paul Chang ’15 and Oliver Kliewe ’14 received the $2,500 award in the prototype category for their project “Codeco,” an interactive board game designed to teach children the fundamentals of logic and computer programming.

Codeco started as a semester-long project in Innovative Product Design, taught by Professor Robert Shepherd, mechanical and aerospace engineering.

According to Kliewe, who is also a senior photographer for The Sun, the project grew from an idea to a “functional prototype with a high-level business plan” over the course

of the fall semester.

“The motivation for this project was to provide an intuitive, physical construct through which young children can begin learning programming concepts that might not be formally taught until high school,” Kliewe said.

Codeco is the name of a microcontroller powered robot, included in the game, who “comes pre-programmed to understand a certain set of interlocking tiles using a radiofrequency identification reader and tags,” Kliewe said.

Chang added that each player is given a puzzle card and a certain set of function tiles that the player must use to direct Codeco from the start tile on the game board to the finish.

The group believes that Codeco can provide players with more than a fun game and will help move them beyond a preliminary interest in coding, saying that it can equip children with logic skills that “will be valuable in any career they choose to pursue.”

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The SPARK competition, created by the Society for Science and the Public and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, challenges participants to “reimagine the chemistry set of the 21st century,” according to its website.

The competition welcomed prototypes and project ideas that incorporated any scientific field using classic chemistry sets — which have become antiquated due to chemicals included in the sets are now considered illegal — as a symbol of the kind of product that was once essential in capturing children’s innate curiosity in how things work and focusing it on scientific exploration, according to the press release and the competition’s website.

“Cool technologies or scientific concepts that can truly excite children and organically make them want to learn more about it are becoming rare or are packaged as an iPhone or Xbox,” Kliewe said. “Something that can get kids playing and learning is something that will grow the next generation of great and curious scientific minds.”

According to a press release from the Society for Science and the Public and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, SPARK received 125 entries from a diverse applicant pool, ranging from elementary and high school science teachers, to undergraduates, to scientists and inventors.

Projects were divided and evaluated in two categories: prototypes, which are operational products, and “ideations,” or well-developed ideas that are not yet prototypes, the press release said. After several rounds of judging, the competition selected a total of 16 winners for recognition and awarded $136,000 in prize money.

“With a remarkable range and quality of entries submitted, our judges were challenged to narrow down the top winners,” said Rick Bates, interim CEO and chief advancement officer for the Society for Science and the Public.

“The prototypes and ideas of our winners have an especially strong potential to be developed and to inspire kids to explore their world while developing a passion for science,” he said.

The winners from Cornell are working to acquire a a patent for their product and are considering launching a Kickstarter campaign in order to gauge public interest in Codeco.

“We are currently in the process of further refining our design, both in its appearance and its functionality,” Chang said. “Hopefully with future promotion of Codeco, we will be able to spark interest in the next generation of children to pursue science and engineering during their undergraduate career.”

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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A [Princeton] student has filed a lawsuit against the University and seven administrators.

The student previously alleged to have been forced to withdraw from the University following a suicide attempt is now suing the University for disability discrimination in federal court, according to documents filed last Tuesday.

The student had originally filed a discrimination claim with the The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education. The claim was initially dismissed in January 2013 but the DoE has since partially reopened the case.

The suit was filed by the student on March 25. The student is currently a sophomore and had been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder, Type II. In a brief, the plaintiff, identified by a pseudonym, requested that he be allowed to proceed in the case anonymously to avoid public stigma and emotional distress over the potential publication of his medical records.

“As a direct result of [Princeton University’s] actions he has experienced extreme embarrassment, continuing stress and mental anguish, as well as out-of-pocket expenses, foregone wages and rep-

utational injury,” the complaint reads.

The student filed the suit pro se, meaning that he will be representing himself rather than through a lawyer. The student had been represented by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a legal organization specializing in mental disability cases, in his DoE complaint.

Lawyers at the Bazelon Center did not respond to requests for comment over the weekend.

It remains unclear whether the Center is advising the student in any capacity in this suit. The student could not be reached for comment.

In addition to the University as a whole, seven administrators were named as defendants in the case: Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cole Crittenden, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, Associate Dean Michael Olin and President Emerita Shirley Tilghman, in addition to Executive Director of University Health Services John Kolligian, Jr. and former Director of Counseling and Psychological

Services Anita McLean.

The document includes 21 relevant statutory schemes and 10 causes of action pertinent to the case, listing components of the Fair Housing Amendments Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act which the student believes were violated. In addition, a legal brief accompanying the complaint alleges “unlawful disclosure, distortion, and misuse of plaintiff’s confidential medical records detailing matters he discussed with various mental health professionals.”

The student requests, in addition to appropriate compensatory and punitive damages, “injunctive relief” that would prevent the defendants from discriminating on the basis of disability against the student or anyone else.

The document also lists 59 allegations against the University arguing that the student was in fact fully qualified to function as a student because he met the essential eligibility requirements.

University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua declined to comment on the case, saying the University does not discuss pend-

ing litigation.

However, he noted that members of the University community work together with students and families in issues of health and well-being.

The student “impulsively ingested” about 20 tablets of Trazodone, on Feb. 25, 2012, the document read, but waited less than one minute before seeking assistance from the health center.

He was then taken to a hospital, where he stayed for several nights.

As he prepared to leave, the document says, his mother received a voicemail from Olin saying he had been barred from campus and therefore from attending classes.

“If he did not ‘voluntarily’ withdraw, he would be involuntarily withdrawn in approximately three weeks for failing to attend the classes from which he had been banned,” the student alleges in the document, saying the University should have known that because the forced withdrawal would produce emotional distress, it was therefore against the student’s best interests and would likely exacerbate his condition.

“Instead, Princeton sought to protect itself from adverse publicity or liability,” the document reads.

This article appeared in The Daily Princetonian on March 30.

Astronomer To Speak In Uris Hall Wednesday Astronomer Carolyn Porco, who is responsible for a variety of famous photographs of space, will address Cornellians during a talk on Wednesday, the University announced.

Her work consists of a variety of different recognizable photographs, including “Pale Blue Dot” and “Portrait of the Planets,” according to a University press release. Currently, Porco serves as the director of NASA’s Cassini Imaging Laboratory for Operations, which processes images from Saturn.

In addition, Proco was the planetary image consultant for the 2009 film Star Trek, according to the press release.

Her talk, which will be held in Uris Hall, will be free to the public.

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lectively to ask the same questions and, as such, this is likely to bring rapid advances in our knowledge,” Cohen said. “In science, so often we work in isolated bubbles, but this center grant, which encompasses five different investigators in four different projects, is likely to lead to bigger and quicker advances.”

The center aims to address these issues at the “basic research level” in a joint effort between the two campuses, which Cohen describes as the “bench-to-bedside approach.”

“Given that the CRG is based on both the Ithaca and Weill Cornell campuses, we hope to translate our findings from the lab into the clinic to help infertile couples and to understand how birth defects arise in humans,” Cohen said.

The CRG’s research focus is to understand how healthy gametes are produced, but more specifically, how the defects that arise during gametogenesis are produced.

“Given how important healthy eggs and sperm are for sexual reproduction and how conserved the genetic processes are that give rise to these cells, it’s surprising to find that human gametogenesis –– the process that gives rise to sperm and eggs –– is extremely error prone,” Cohen said. “In fact, between 40 and 60 percent of human eggs contain the wrong complement or number of chromosomes, and this situation can lead to spontaneous miscarriages or birth defects such as Down syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome.”

The research conducted at the CRG may have implications on a myriad of issues surrounding the errors in human gametes, according to Cohen.

“Humans alone appear to have [this] dramatically elevated rate of chromosomal errors associated with the production of healthy gametes, and these are responsible for the relatively high rate of fetal and neonatal deaths in our species, as well as for the high rates of birth defects that we suffer from compared to other species,” Cohen said. “This research has the potential to address all these issues.”

This grant focuses specifically on understanding

the role of small non-coding RNAs in gametogenesis, and it is the first big grant to focus on this area, according to Cohen.

“Each cell type has a different set of small RNAs and a different pattern of gene expression, including developing sperm,” said Jen Grenier, the head of the new RNA sequencing core for the CRG. “The exact roles and mechanisms of small RNAs are not clear, and one of the main areas of research at the Center for Reproductive Genomics at Cornell is to understand how small RNAs are involved in sperm development.”

The grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development also includes an outreach component, which will provide funds to host a seminar series for the public, according to Cohen.

“These [seminars] will be held at the medical school around six times a year and will feature a renowned researcher in the field presenting their research to a lay audience,” Cohen said. “The idea is to bring basic research to the community and to the patients so that they can understand where our research is going.”

The members of the CRG team said they are optimistic for the future research potential of the center.

“It’s a great development for reproductive research at Cornell, and I’m personally very pleased about the support for the new RNA Sequencing Core and more generally for reproductive genomics research,” said Grenier. “This grant will enable cutting-edge research, using the latest technological advances and discoveries, to better understand fundamental processes in mammalian spermatogenesis.”

The research in reproduction at the CRG may have a significant impact for human fertility in the future, according to Cohen.

“It’s important to realize that infertility affects something in the order of 70 million couples annually worldwide, so understanding the basis for human fertility is crucial,” Cohen said.

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.

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across but it was really heavy,” he said.

Newkirk added that the game went by much faster than he expected it to. By the end of the taping, he said he did not realize that he had just played on According to Newkirk, the secret to being selected to compete on the show is to be enthusi-

astic and have good sportsmanship.

To be chosen as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, he said that applicants needed to be excited and play the game strategically.

Using certain skills and strategies, such as calling out the most common letters of the English language, buying vowels as soon as possible and being able to solve the puzzles helped Newkirk gain a coveted spot on the show, he said.

Although Newkirk needed to pay for his own hotel accommodations and plane ticket to Los Angeles, he said he would repeat the entire experience again.

“It was a lot of fun,” Newkirk said. “Everyone should at least try out for it because you never know — you may end up being chosen.”

Alexa Davis can be reached at adavis@cornellsun.com.

Storms in Southeast Cause Deaths,Flooding BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms dumped heavy rains across the Southeast on Monday and caused flash flooding in central Alabama, where crews in small boats and military trucks had to rescue dozens of people from their homes and cars.

In Mississippi, a 9year-old girl was swept away and killed after the storms dropped nearly 7 inches of rain there over the last two days. A possible tornado in another part of the state damaged

homes and hurt seven people, and a motorist in metro Atlanta was found dead after driving into a creek swollen with rainwater.

Strong winds downed trees, power lines and snarled rush hour commutes.

National Weather Service forecasters in North Carolina say video indicates a tornado touched down near the town of Belhaven in the eastern part of the state. Authorities say a pickup truck was lifted off the highway, injuring a man and his son.

In Pelham, just south of Birmingham, more than 4 inches of rain fell from 7 p.m.

Sunday to 7 a.m.

Monday. Police and firefighters rescued people who became trapped in flooded townhomes and a mobile home park.

Dozens of cars had water up to their roofs.

Rescue workers wearing life jackets waded through muddy water nearly to their chests to reach stranded residents. Hundreds of more people in mobile homes on higher

ground were isolated because water covered the only entrance to the complex.

Pelham Fire Battalion Chief Mike Knight said people realized at daybreak that the water, 7 feet deep in some places, was surrounding their homes.

Some people had to abandon cars after driving into areas where the flood water was deeper than expected.

“It’s been a long time since it’s done this, so people kind of weren’t expecting it,” he said.

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Boyce-Davies said wa Thiong’o is probably the most famous African writer available in the United States since the passing of Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist best known for his 1958 novel Things Fall Apart.

“He has been known for his work on language — he created a whole theoretical debate about language and colonialism through the enforced use of European languages to express the African condition,” she said.

Boyce-Davies also said wa Thiong’o was one of the male African writers who created female characters who were “actually politically involved.” “[They] were not just mothers, wives or girlfriends. He and his work definitely created that space,” she said.

Gabrielle Hickmon ’16 said she believes it is important for activists such as wa Thiong’o to visit college campuses because they may play a “huge role in shaping what students do when they leave campus.”

“Activists coming to “Activists coming to college college campuses to speak campuses to speak to and to and engage with stuengage with students may be dents may be the catalyst the catalyst to a student cham- to a student championing a cause and changing the pioning a cause and changing world,” she said.

“Inspiration comes in the world.” many forms, and activists Gabrielle Hickmon ’16 can and should be one of them.”

Wa Thiong’o is the recipient of numerous awards, among them the 2001 Nonino International Prize for Literature, the release said. He has also received seven honorary doctorates.

Filmmaker Ndirangu Wachanga — whose work has appeared on media networks such as BBC and Daily Nation — will be present at the discussion. His documentary about wa Thiong’o, Ngugi wa Thiong’o: The River Between Indigenous Languages, will be screened at the event.

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun.com.

Gunman Kills Dutch Priest in Syrian City DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A beloved, elderly Dutch priest who made headlines this year with a desperate plea for aid for civilians trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs was assassinated Monday by a masked gunman who shot him at his monastery, the latest attack targeting Christian clergymen in the country’s civil war.

The killing of Father Francis Van Der Lugt — a Jesuit, the same order as Pope Francis — underscored fears among many of Syria’s Christian and Muslim minorities for the fate of their communities as Islamic extremists gain influence among rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad.

The 75-year-old Van Der Lugt, an Arabic speaker, had lived in Syria for 50 years and refused to leave Homs even as hundreds of civilians were evacuated from rebel-held districts of Homs that have been besieged for more than a year by Assad's forces. Van Der Lugt lived in the monastery in one of those neighborhoods, Bustan alDiwan.

He appeared to have been directly targeted in the early morning attack, according to several people who were in the monastery when the attack occurred. A single gunman walked into the

monastery, entered the garden and shot him in the head, said Rev. Ziad Hillal.

“I am truly shocked. A man of peace has been murdered,” Hillal said in a phone interview from Homs with the Vatican Radio.

A person, who has lived in the monastery with the slain priest said he was buried in the convent's garden late Monday. The person who passed the information of the priest's burial on the phone did not want to be identified for fear of being targeted.

The motives for the attack were not known, and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the killing.

Over the past year, hard-line rebel groups, including the alQaeda-linked Nusra Front, have become more influential and dominant among the opposition fighters in the central city, as in many other areas of Syria.

Another Jesuit priest, Father Paolo Dall’Oglio of Italy has been missing since July after traveling to meet Islamic militants who now rule the eastern city of Raqqa. A year ago, two Greek Orthodox bishops were seized from their car by gunmen outside the northern city of Aleppo and have been missing since.

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Police Investigate Smart Car Vandalism SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four Smart cars were flipped over in an apparent vandalism spree Monday in two San Francisco neighborhoods.

Police said they didn’t know whether the attacks were a prank or another episode in escalating tensions among some residents who blame the tech industry for rising rents and cost of living.

“It’s hard to determine a motive without any suspects identified or in custody,” said Officer Gordon Shyy, a police spokesman who said the

culprits would face felony vandalism charges.

The first car was found flipped on its roof around 1 a.m., and a second was spotted on its side around a couple of blocks away about 10 minutes later in the city’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, said Shyy, a police spokesman.

Police then discovered a third Smart car flipped on its trunk around 1:30 a.m. in the Portola neighborhood. A fourth car was found flipped on its side shortly after 9 a.m., also in Bernal Heights.

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n April 8, Cornell University of Palestinian people and legitimates the would have been graced by the occupation of their lands. It does nothing presence of Ehud Olmert. The to undermine the actions of the Israeli former Israeli Prime Minister is rightly war machine. For every Ehud Olmert absent from campus today, but for the who is invited to speak on behalf of wrong reasons. As the architect of Israel, there are thousands of Palestinians Operation Cast Lead, Olmert presided whose voices are lost in the violent realiover a ruthless military operation against ty of Israeli colonialism and apartheid.

Some would propose that we should an already beleaguered, sanctioned and blockaded civilian population. He also welcome any speaker in order to “listen authorized the 2006 invasion of southern to all sides.” These people often request Lebanon, which resulted in the death of “dialogue,” while at the same time seekmore than 1,000 Lebanese civilians and ing to limit debate to something unworone million more displaced. This is noth- thy of the name. To make this case about ing new. After all, the state that Olmert Olmert would present a distorted image headed from 2006 until 2009 — Israel of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one — was founded by forcing the disposses- which insists that there are “two sides” sion and displacement of indigenous that should both be afforded “equal space.” Even when motivated by good populations.

I take strong exception to the possibil- intentions, the “two sides” approach to ity of Olmert’s appearance at Cornell. As the conflict grossly distorts the reality of Prime Minister of Israel, Olmert led a a vastly uneven balance of power between brutal campaign against its northern the Israeli regime and its many victims. neighbor Lebanon. Its stated goal, Israel has the economic, military and according to Israel’s Army Chief of Staff, political strength of the U.S. on its side, while the was to “turn Palestinians have Lebanon’s clock been on the receivback 20 years.”

Some would propose that ing end of house This was a referwe should welcome any demolitions, land ence to Israel’s military occupation of Lespeaker in order to “listen grabs, operation and ecobanon in the early 1980s, when a land to all sides.” These people nomic isolation for more than 60 years. invasion by the often request “dialogue,” As in diplomatic Israeli military “peace talks,” diakilled more than while at the same time logue allows this 1,100 Lebanese civilians. seeking to limit debate to violence to continue, all the more Even more catasomething unworthy of swiftly for remainstrophic, however, ing unseen. was an attack on the name.

When the the Gaza Strip, Cornell University code-named Operation Cast Lead, that Olmert administration refuses to take a moral commanded in 2008 and 2009. Since stand on social justice, we are left com2005, the Gaza Strip has been subject plicit. This has often happened in the to an Israeli blockade, which severely past. When world opinion turned against limits the importation of everything apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, the from building materials to medicines administration refused student and faculand food and confines its two million ty demands to withdraw the University’s inhabitants to largely squalid condi- financial investments in South African tions. Operation Cast Lead therefore companies dependent on apartheid labor. targeted an almost defenseless popula- Today, Cornell’s ties to Israel remain tion, whom Israel wished to punish for strong. With the Chief of Cornell their efforts to achieve self-rule. Thus University Police trained in counter-terIsrael began by shelling the Gaza parlia- rorism — whatever that means for a colment building and the headquarters of lege campus — by the Israeli Defense the United Nations Relief and Works Forces, investments in companies that Agency. The then President of the UN profit from the occupation of Palestinian General Assembly described Israel’s Territories and a partnership with the actions as “genocide;” inviting the per- Israeli Technion University that develops son responsible is therefore tantamount military technology used in conflicts to inviting a war criminal to speak on such as the ones orchestrated during Olmert’s regime, Cornell has made it campus.

Why is this relevant to students at clear that it has no intention of standing Cornell? Because student voices matter. for justice in the Middle East.

Our university has too often secured Ehud Olmert’s presence on campus requires a robust response from the the status quo. It is up to us — the stuCornell community, not just polite ques- dents and our allies among the faculty tions from a select audience. In the past, and staff — to challenge this. We must to the collective voice of Cornell students refuse to support colonialism, occupation has been crucial in shaping the directions and racism by standing with the struggle taken by the University. Acts of resis- for Palestinian liberation. By doing so, tance, such as the Willard Straight Hall we will help carry Cornell into the takeover, shanty towns on the campus future, rather than allow it to linger in and an occupied Day Hall, contributed the past. vitally to worldwide movements for justice.

Emad Masroor is a freshman in the College of For Cornell to give public space to a Engineering.

He can be reached at key Israeli political figure is unaccept- sem289@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodiable. It perpetuates the marginalization cally throughout this semester.

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Deon Thomas |

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It’s Not Me, It’s You

The‘R’ Word

’m writing about race again. I cannot help it; it’s simply my dirty little obsession. I wish I could stop but I have become quite involved in my commitment to battle ignorance tooth and nail until it has been vanquished. It is an increasingly difficult battle to fight, especially when those that seem to be fighting alongside me are hurting the cause as much as they are helping it.

This column has been encouraged and inspired by a chain of events, which began with a man with whom I vehemently disagree. This man is Daniel Snyder, who made headlines once again, not for his stellar leadership but with his fight for bigot. Snyder has recently been combating those who have decried the name of the Washington Redskins, the NFL team that he owns. The word “redskin” in my opinion is undeniably offensive.

The Redskins organization has attempted to survey the surrounding population as well as Native Americans on whether or not “redskin” is an offensive word. To nobody’s surprise they have somehow came to the conclusion that the majority of people do not find the word provocative. I’d also like to see the survey the Ku Klux Klan did on whether or not the N-word is offensive.

Nonetheless, we are well into the twenty-first century and this multimillion dollar business and broadcasted sports team still carries the name of a racial epithet. It is a fact that since 1898 dictionaries have defined the word redskin as contemptuous. To have it as a team name; that is unacceptable! We should be outraged as a nation because this is an irrefutable threat to the respect our society is willing to pay not only to Native Americans, but also to every other minority group.

The latest news of Daniel Snyder’s racist quest is quite ridiculous in nature. He has announced the creation of a foundation entitled the “Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation.” As Slate.com writer Josh Levin pointed out, “This is perhaps the most uncharitable name ever conceived for a charitable group, something akin to calling your organization ‘Kikes United Against Anti-Semitism.’” Surprisingly enough the word redskin is not the “R” word that I am referencing in the title of this column. There is another “R” word that is being used far too often.

This word came into play with The Colbert Report’s debut with this situation.

Situation: An employee of The Colbert Report decided to tweet a joke about Daniel Snyder’s foundation that was made on the show that day.

Problem: He didn’t reference what was being parodied or the fact that it was a continuation of the show. The tweet read: "I am

Surprisingly enough the word redskin is not the “R” word that I am referencing in the title of this column. There is another “R” word that is being used far too often. willing to show the Asian community I care by introducing the ChingChong, Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever."

This joke in no way differs from the racial pokes that comedians make in nearly all of their material. However, without the necessary context the joke can obviously be seen as incendiary. After spotting the tweet, 23-yearold Asian-American activist, Suey Park, instantly began a Twitter hashtag campaign attempting to get #CancelColbert trending worldwide. This campaign was extremely successful and was immediately picked up by every major news outlet. Colbert was quickly and, in my opinion, unfairly ostracized as the popularity of the campaign soared.

Now, there is one thing I value about myself. There is an innate ability we all have as human beings that we are able to use this little thing called reason. Reason, sometimes called common sense, is something I find incredibly useful. When I first saw the Colbert Report tweet, I used my “common sense” to ascertain that this parody show’s tweet was most likely a parody of something else. Low and behold I was correct! If one probed a little further they could find that The Colbert Report was actually attempting to out Daniel Snyder and not the entire Asian-American community!

With this in mind one couldn’t possibly want a show cancelled for such a reason and also would have to reason that there is not enough evidence to prove that Stephen Colbert is a racist. Darn! We even found out a little later that Colbert didn’t even send the tweet.

Crying “racist” is very similar to crying “wolf.” If you decide to label everything and everyone as racist, it loses its power. For example, because Suey Park decided to go after Colbert, Snyder was able to get away unscathed. Native American activists have complained that the #CancelColbert campaign stole the winds out from under the Redskins issue. Also when the next television host is called out, people will simply discard the issue because the last instance seemed to be nothing more than a hoax. Lastly, one of the main reasons racism is so harmful is because of its ability to label those that it harms. Qualities that individuals do not possess are awarded to them due to their race. For example, because I am African-American many may see me as dangerous, however I happen to be a 5’8” peacekeeper! When someone is called racist they are instantly labeled. Just because of a single instance of a tweet, Colbert was assigned many qualities that he doesn’t actually exhibit, which is extremely unfair to him. It also is of immense irony when those that have been victims of racism inflict that same damage on others. If we continue to make victims of men like Colbert and refuse to vilify men like Snyder, these problems will continue to persist and will probably worsen. If you decide to live in such a world and attempt to lament your very existence, please keep in mind that it’s not me, it’s you.

Deon Thomas is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com. It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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“I’m curious as to how many community members, people living in Ithaca, are on the [Board of Trustees]. How many [are] Ithaca or even New York State residents? There should be a required percentage of the Board to be Ithaca residents — people who know and have a greater vested interest in this community.”

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Jake Forken |

My Forken Opinion

McCutcheon v. FEC Perpetuates Political Inequality L

ast week, the but this ruling simply result in corruption, as Supreme Court expands the playing corruption only exists struck down a field for the wealthy; it when money is given former law that capped does absolutely noth- directly “from the perthe aggregate amount ing to allow lower son who wants to coran individual donor income individuals to rupt to the person who can contribute to polit- influence politics in is being corrupted.” ical candidates and the way upper class For some reason, committees in the case donors can. According Justice Alito refuses to of McCutcheon v. FEC. to the Center for acknowledge that Previously, individuals Responsive Politics, finances can corrupt could donate up to 646 individuals con- politics in a multitude $123,200 to political tributed the maximum of ways other than candidates and organi- amount to candidates direct bribery. While zations, with a $48,600 in the last election contributing to a politlimit on contributions cycle. Permitting indi- ical campaign isn’t a to candidates in gener- viduals to contribute to form of corruption in al, and a $2,600 cap on an unlimited number itself, not capping specific candidates. of candidates doesn’t these contributions Now, with the recent magically allow lower could be. First off, if ruling, individual class individuals suffi- super donors can condonors face no limit cient disposable tribute to an unlimited regarding aggregate income to donate to number of politicians, c o n t r i b u t i o n s , political campaigns. more politicians will although the single What it does do is pro- spend time courting candidate cap still remains i n t a c t .

McCutcheon v. The Supreme Court invoked the FEC serves to First Amendment in McCutcheon expand the v. FEC, ruling that money equals influence of finances in speech and is therefore protected politics and under the right to free speech. perpetuate the disparity in class representation in vide these 646 wealthy these donors instead of political participation donors with a means to governing.

More under the guise of pro- further their reach importantly, when tecting the First wherever they please. politicians are receiving Amendment.

Imagine individuals a plurality of their While responding like Sheldon Adelson funds from a single to the Court’s decision, or David and Charles source, chances are Senate Minority Koch, who have given they aren’t going to Leader Mitch hundreds of millions to propose or pass legislaMcConnell (R-Ky.) political candidates. tion that wouldn’t be declared, “I can under- With this ruling, these approved by the stand why the political super donors could lit- source, as candidates left doesn’t like rulings erally fund hundreds of fear the end of the like Citizens United campaigns across the money train. and Mc Cutcheon, country and influence Basically, McCutchbecause they expand politics in previously eon v. FEC grants a the playing field. … unforeseen ways. handful of wealthy bilThey enable more citiSupreme Court lionaires the opportuzens to be involved and Justice Samuel Alito nity to reach into their contribute to the caus- argued in favor of the pockets and influence es and candidates they decision by stating that politics on a national believe in.” striking down aggre- scale. Most likely, these Nice try Senator, gate limits doesn’t billionaires aren’t terri-

bly concerned with redistributing income or reducing inequality, leading to legislation that favors the rich. If a candidate can receive sufficient funding from either a small group of wealthy donors or millions of lower income contributors, why spend the time appealing to a larger group of people?

The Supreme Court invoked the First Amendment in Mc Cutcheon v. FEC, ruling that money equals speech and is therefore protected under the right to free speech. This is a ruling that threatens to undermine the basis of any democracy. If you are a lowerincome individual with no disposable income to contribute to political campaigns, then do you not have a voice? If money equals speech, then don’t those with more money have a larger voice in politics?

Furthering the influence of finances in politics only results in the increasing influence of the wealthy while the lower class remains woefully underrepresented. Thanks to McCutcheon v. FEC, 646 individuals can rest happily tonight while the rest of us watch from the sidelines.

Jake Forken is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu.

My Forken Opinion appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Student Fashion Spotlight Speaking with Senior Designer Abby Spatz ’14

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor

Abby Spatz ’14 will present a full collection of knitted apparel and structured outerwear at the Cornell Fashion Collective’s 30th Annual Runway Show this Saturday. The Sun was able to visit her in the studio to get a look at what she’ll be showing, to talk about the inspirations for her collection and to get a better idea of what it takes to put together a collection of knitwear.

Spatz spent a year abroad in France, living in the 11th arrondissement and gathering ideas for her collection. The 11th is not one of the better-known parts of Paris, Spatz told me, but she drew her inspiration just from observing the people and the architecture of the streets in her neighborhood. One textile in her collection has a pattern on it that could be compared to an older and poorly-kept brick street, while the structuring of several pieces features dark red arches akin to the common architectural shapes of the neighborhood.

When asked to SKETCH COURTESY OF ABBY SPATZ ’14 describe her design style, Spatz dubbed it “chic nostalgia,” saying, “My clothes are refined and feminine but also evoke a sense of whimsical time travel. My collection is based off of my time living in the 11th arrondissement when I was in Paris.

You will definitely see a sense of Parisian chic mixed with an American sensibility.”

The pairing of Parisian and American influences can be seen in the color palette that Spatz draws from. While the bulk of the collection is done in neutral colors, something that Spatz noticed on many of the people on the street in France, the color pop that she chose was red — COURTESY OF ABBY SPATZ ’14

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“Because I’m an American,” she told me, laughing.

Spatz’s collection is heavily reliant on intricate knitwork, which she does with the help of a knitting machine.

“When I was studying abroad in Paris, Spatz said, “I got to take a machine knitting class and fell in love with it!

You wil see some of my knit creations in the show. You can expect to see a very chic collection with a dash of whimsy to it.”

The knit pieces that I saw were not quite finished, but Spatz said she was confident that they would all be done by the time of the show. Each panel — even with the aid of a knitting machine — she said, takes about two and a half hours to complete. It is faster than hand-knitting, she explained, but its not as if the machine does the work for her — she still has to sit there and manipulate the stitches by hand throughout the entire process.

Spatz also spoke about her experience with the Cornell Fashion Collective, noting that she has enjoyed how selfdirected the process has been.

Ultimately, the collections that the seniors present are entirely their own ideas (Spatz spent the entirety of last semester conceptualizing this collection), their own design, sewing, styling and final presentation — they’re even responsible for the hair and makeup of their models.

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More challenging than getting good with an eyeliner pencil, the designers have to find their own models. The Fashion Collective hosts a “model call,” but designers don’t always find enough models and end up asking friends or people they know, or, as Spatz said she did once this semester, asking random people in the dining hall.

Spatz’s design career began when she was in middle school, she said. “I would have a vision in my head of what I wanted but could never find it in stores so I started taking sewing lessons.” Her sewing teacher from that time will be at the fashion show on Saturday, and Spatz says that she is excited for someone who will understand how much she has grown since middle school to be in attendance.

Another key piece of her origin story was the decision to come to Cornell for design. Spatz explains why she selected the Cornell program, saying, “I have always been more interested in the technical side of design and Cornell has a great technical program. I also wanted to take upper-level French classes and business class, which were hard to find at other schools offering apparel design.”

My question about her plans for after graduation prompted a nervous laugh and then mutual convalescing about how stressful this question is as a nonEconomics major. “Design jobs want you to start immediately,” she told me, “so it’s

a little bit early for me to know anything.”

Nevertheless, Spatz has a definite idea of the type of designing she would like to be doing after graduation: “I want to design clothes that people can actually wear. Of course, I am imagining fabulous people who go to cocktail parties and like to dress up, but pieces of my collection could be pared down and worn to work or out on the weekend.”

For fun (and because this whole thing is an enthralling foray into real-life Project Runway for me), I asked her what celebrity she would love to design for. “I would design for Zooey Deschanel,” she said, “because she has a really great feminine vintage vibe and I think she would like my clothes and pull them off really well.”

In closing, Spatz says she hopes that her collection “can inspire young designers to become more interested in knits, because there are so many amazing possibilities in fashion through knitting and it is a great creative outlet!”

Tickets for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s Annual Runway Show are still available online or from Collective members for $12 in advance or $15 at the door. The show will be held this Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. in Barton Hall.

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

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Student Fashion Spotlight: Speaking with Student Designer Lea Freni ’14

SEAN DOOLITTLE Arts and Entertainment Editor

Lea Freni ’14 will unveil her newest collection of womenswear at the Cornell Fashion Collective’s 30th Annual Fashion Show this week on April 11. Her personal line, VOGEL, infuses intricate Japanese origami art with high-end style. The Sun spoke with her about her beginnings in fashion design, her style inspirations and her goals for the future as part of a series of interviews and studio tours with the Collective’s Senior designers written by various Arts and Entertainment staff writers.

THE SUN: When did you start designing?

How did you end up at Cornell for design?

LEA FRENI: I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t designing. I’ve been drawing since a young age and began making my own clothing at 10. I chose to study apparel design at Cornell as opposed to a traditional art school because it was important to me to find a design program where I could continue to pursue some of my more academic interests.

Having a well-rounded education has defi-

nitely impacted my designs. Concepts from my elective courses often serve as inspiration for my design work, while being a part of a student body with a diverse range of interests has been one of the most valuable aspects of my experience at Cornell.

SUN: How would you describe your design style? What inspirations should we be able to see in your designs?

L.F.: Derived from the intersection of order and enigma, my designs seek to initiate intrigue and project a sense of quiet elegance through clean, mathematical intricacy, precise detailing and coded imagery.

Hallmark elements of my work are controlled refinement and hieroglyphic mystery, both of which are featured strongly in this year’s CFC collection.

SUN: What are your goals for designing? What type of person do you imagine that you’re designing for?

L.F.: I am specifically interested in designing for the contemporary womenswear market. In terms of sourcing and production, Fair Trade manufacturing and artisan partnerships are niches that I have always been drawn to but rarely intersect with the high-end contemporary segment. I would love to play a part in filling that void!

SUN: Could you give us a little preview of what to expect at the April show? What type of

collection are you showing?

What are the inspirat i o n s behind it/the philosophy guiding it?

L.F.: A contemporary womenswear line with strong mathematical underpinnings, my line, VOGEL, celebrates the pure, enigmatic beauty concealed within geometric relationships. It’s inspired by the metamorphic qualities and delicate intricacy of origami, at once ethereal and architectural.

Conceptualizing the relationship between a flat, two-dimensional plane and a threedimensional form is a mental exercise that has always intrigued and challenged me as a designer.

This transformative quality present in apparel construction is also what first attracted me to origami. My research for VOGEL started with an intensive exploration of traditional paper folding techniques. This experimentation culminated in a focus on deconstruction and manipulation of the paper crane to develop innovative silhouettes, garment components, surface embellishments and original digital print designs.

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SUN: Could you talk a little bit about your experience in the Fashion Collective? I don't think a lot of our readers are very clear on what it is like.

The Cornell Fashion Collective, formerly the Cornell Design League, is a student-run organization that produces a fashion show each spring. CFC provides the Cornell Community with a creative outlet to showcase their fashion design and management talent. It has traditionally been one of the largest student-run events on campus, but this year’s 30th anniversary show will reach a larger audience than ever before through an online video stream a viewing party in NYC! Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

Enjoy Your Stay at the Grand Budapest MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is a confection not dissimilar to the delicious and idiosyncratic pastries its characters enjoy. The titular hotel itself, set in a snowy, mountainous, fictional eastern European nation, resembles a toy model and recalls the animation featured on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The narrative, a colorful display with underlying social and political commentary that stretches from 1932 to the present day, faintly brings to mind Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 thriller The Lady Vanishes.

The film features an extensive cast of big-name actors, including Ralph Fiennes, Saoirese Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum. In fact, just about every little part in this film is filled by a topnotch character actor, and maybe for good reason; all of the people in Wes Anderson movies are characters with a capital C. Indeed, Anderson’s characters all share a bundle of highly distinctive quirks and traits, from the band of unusually well-armed khaki scouts in Moonrise Kingdom, to the hell-bent, overachieving Max Fisher in Rushmore, to the dapper, too-quick-witted-for-his-own-good Mr. Fox of The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Anderson’s storylines bear similar hallmarks as well — they are all obsessively composed, ironically funny and tinged with a melancholia that goes handin-hand with the humor. Walking into the theater, one must be prepared to accept an Anderson package. There is no precedent for any of the events or any of the worlds this filmmaker creates, and in fact all of his stories take place inside his own imagination. They are fairy tales and there is likely to be inexplicable, charming and socially-astute elements woven into them.

Now in Anderson’s best films — Moonrise Kingdom for instance — his work transcends his trademark style, which is perfectly entertaining, and blossoms into something profound and beautiful. In the case of that film, it was watching the truly arresting bloom of first love between two 12 year-olds as all the bumbling adults around them seemed to flounder around with far less maturity and depth of understanding. In his lesser works, say, The Royal Tenenbaums, his pictures can become all style and no substance — always a danger when working with a paintbrush as peculiar and instantly recognizable as his.

The Grand Budapest Hotel falls somewhere towards the high end of the spectrum. It is not nearly as good as the wondrous Moonrise, but it is quite possibly the most entertaining film Anderson has ever made without transcending his bedrock manner. The plot is recounted within two flashbacks, first by an author in old age (Tom Wilkinson) remembering how Zero Moustafa, the manager of the Grand Budapest Hotel (played by F. Murray Abraham in old age) told him of his adventures when he began at the hotel as a lobby boy in the 1930s. This decade is where our attention is directed for most of the movie, with Zero as a young teen played by Tony Revelori, under the supervision of Monsieur Gustave H. (the excellent Ralph Fiennes).

Monsieur Gustave has an odd habit of taking aging hotel patrons, particularly widows, to bed with him like the elderly Madame D (an unrecognizable Tilda Swinton). After she is found murdered and her will read out by the executor of her estate (Jeff Goldblum), it is discovered that she bequeathed Gustave a priceless painting known as Boy with Apple. This raises the ire of her goth-ish, disagreeable son (Adrien Brody) and his malevolent bodyguard (Willem

Dafoe). The local authorities of Zubrowka — the country in which the Grand Budapest is located — led by Edward Norton believe Gustave is responsible for the murder and arrest him. Meanwhile, Zero begins a romance with pastry shop girl Agatha (Saoirese Ronan), who eventually helps Gustave escape from prison by hiding digging tools in small cakes and smuggling them into the facility.

Eventually, aided by other prisoners and some fellow hotel owners, Gustave escapes the hotel and, in the movie’s The Grand Budapest Hotel most amusing sequence, he Directed by Wes Anderson and Zero Starring Ralph Fiennes escape an COURTESY OF FOX SEARCHLIGHT assassin whose standouts in a sea of supportidentity is ing characters, and the ones obvious from with the most sympathetic, the time we nuanced roles. The film confirst see him tains a host of strictly on screen.

They make a getaway on skis in a way that only Andersonian one-liners that are gems — “She Anderson could imagine, with hurdles and was dynamite in the sack, by the way.” “She was trees flying past the camera at exuberant speed, 84.” “Oh, I’ve had older.” — or the scenes like the motorcycle ramp stunt performed in where Gustave insists on reading long poetic The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Such a sequence illus- speeches to his employees during dinner, forctrates what is best about Grand Budapest. With ing them to shovel their food.

For a director who gets a lot of credit for his so many characters and stars in motion, it is not Anderson’s first intention to move you or evoke immaculate visual composition, Anderson also profundity, as he has in some of his other films, has a great dexterity with words, and his gifts as but to titillate and delight you, and in that a verbal storyteller have not gotten as much notice. His Grand Budapest is a playground for regard he succeeds triumphantly.

While lacking in certain characters of three him, all his rambling story ideas and his multidimensions and emotions you can take home, tude of wild characters, which he has wrangled Grand Budapest contains one charming set together into one delightful tale. piece after another and, especially for Anderson fans, is an extremely entertaining ride.

Mark DiStefano is a sophomore in the College of Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revelori and Saoirse Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at Ronan command most of our attention as the mdistefano@cornellsun.com.

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Buffalo Trade Sends Williams To Hometown

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Receiver Mike Williams acknowledged he has some growing up to do while addressing questions about his troubled past Monday.

For Williams, there’s no place better to start fresh than in his hometown of Buffalo.

“It’s like being drafted all over, especially to my hometown, and get to come back and play in front of the people that know me, where I came from,” Williams said during a news conference three days after the Bills acquired him in a trade with Tampa Bay. “The people know what type of guy I am.”

Calling the homecoming “a dream come true,” Williams returns to the place he was a high school star. He went on to a successful yet troubled career at Syracuse, where Williams abruptly quit the team in November 2009 during his junior season.

This is the second — and potentially final — chance for Williams to put behind off-field distractions, which led to the Buccaneers parting ways with their starter in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick. The deal was made a year after Williams signed a six-year, $40 million contract.

The breaking point came two weeks ago, when Williams was allegedly stabbed in the leg by his brother, Eric Baylor, who has since turned himself in to police.

Williams passed his physical in Buffalo and said the injury from the stabbing won’t prevent him from reporting for voluntary team workouts, which begin April 22.

Williams acknowledged making mistakes and vows to do better, saying there are people depending upon him, including his infant son.

“When you get a lot of bad attention or bad this, or bad that, it’s about: Are you going to let the bad attack you? Are you going to fall?” Williams said. “Or are you going to get up and try again?

That’s why I think a fresh start is needed.”

On the field, Williams has displayed the potential as a No. 1 receiver.

A fourth-round draft pick in 2010, Williams led NFL rookies with 65 catches for 964 yards and 11 touchdowns. Though a hamstring injury limited Williams to just six games last year, he has 215 catches for 2,947 yards and 25 touchdowns in 54 career games.

The Bills are in need of an experienced player to complement returning starter Stevie Johnson, who led an otherwise young group of receivers.

It’s off the field where questions have arisen.

The Tampa Bay Times has reported that Williams’ neighbors in Tampa were unhappy with noise issues and damage to the player’s rented home.

Without providing specifics, Williams said two of the numerous accusations were made up.

When pressed on which two, Williams said the Bills requested that he not discuss it.

SPORTS

Devils Fall to Flames With Shutout Defeat NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Karri Ramo made 31 saves to record his second NHL shutout as the Calgary Flames topped the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Monday night.

Mark Giordano scored for Calgary, which improved to 3438-7. The Flames are 16-20-4 on the road this season.

Cory Schneider stopped 21 of 22 shots for New Jersey, which fell to 34-29-16. New Jersey’s loss also allowed the New York Rangers to clinch a playoff berth.

Both Calgary and the Devils have three games remaining this season.

Neither the Flames nor Devils scored until Giordano’s power-play goal 23 seconds into the third as both teams were unable to take advantage of opportunities.

New Jersey had a goal disallowed with 1:26 left in the first, as referee Brad Watson waved off what would have been a game-opening score by Ryan Carter. The ruling was upheld

by a video review by the NHL in Toronto. Replays showed Carter kicked the puck, but it was inconclusive whether the Devils left wing was able to get his stick on it before it rolled under Ramo.

Calgary was unable to convert on five power plays in the first two periods, and rookie left wing Kenny Agostino’s semibreakaway with 1:34 left in the second was sticked away by Schneider. The play began as New Jersey right wing Tuomo Ruutu committed a turnover in the offensive zone, and ended with Devils defenseman Jon Merrill committing a slashing minor as he tried to affect the shot attempt.

Merrill’s slash led directly to Giordano’s goal. Calgary finished 1-for-5 on the power play, while New Jersey was 0-for-3.

Calgary was outshot 22-16 through two periods. The Flames also endured a 15minute span between the first and second periods in which they did not have a shot on goal.

Yankees Top Orioles in Bronx Home Opener NEW YORK (AP) — Feted even when his double-play by fans and celebrated by team- grounder back to Orioles starter mates throughout his final open- Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored ing day in the Bronx, Derek Jeter rookie Solarte in the third inning hardly felt as if he was starting for the first run.

Solarte, a career minor leaguer his 20th big league season at and non-roster invitee to spring home.

Jeter gave Yangervis Solarte training, continued a torrid start the suspended Alex some assistance with Yankee as Stadium tradition, then the Rodriguez’s replacement at third rookie helped make the captain a base with a go-ahead RBI single winner Monday as New York in the fourth inning.

Playing in his first game in the beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2.

“I don’t want to jinx anything Bronx, Solarte needed Jeter to but it felt really good,” Jeter said. tell him to wave to the Bleacher “It felt like maybe my first home Creatures when they chanted his opener. It was a fun time for name during pregame roll call.

“Every day I look and Derek me.”

Missing from the win was Jeter is playing next to me. I saw new Yankees closer David him since I was little and I could Robertson. He strained his groin never even fathom that I would and will be placed on the 15-day get to play with him on the same field,” Solarte said. “Every day I disabled list. try to learn Jeter doubled something high off the leftfrom him.” field wall, nearly “It felt like maybe my The Orioles getting thrown first home opener. It got RBI singles out at second Matt after he started was a fun time for me.” from Wieters and out in a home Derek Jeter Nelson Cruz run trot before in falling to 2turning up the speed, and scored on Jacoby 5. Adam Jones and Chris Davis Ellsbury’s first hit in pinstripes in struck out against Adam Warren the fifth. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) with a runner on in the eighth pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in and trailing 4-2.

Matt Thornton, David the Yankees’ 112th opener in Phelps, Warren and Shawn New York.

Teammates in the dugout Kelley combined for hitless relief. teased Jeter for his near blunder. Kelley pitched a perfect ninth for “For Derek, at 40, we’re going his first career save.

Robertson was hurt Sunday to let it slide,” said injured first baseman Mark Teixeira, pushing during his third outing as Jeter’s 40th birthday up a couple Mariano Rivera’s replacement at the back end of the bullpen after of months from June.

In what manager Joe Girardi a major league-record 562 saves.

“Other guys get a chance to said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was step up, and you expect them to cheered every step of the way by step up and get the job done in an adoring crowd of 48, 142 — his absence,” Girardi said.

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Red Prepares for Penn Match-Up With One Broken Foot, The Spurs Began 17 Years of Domination BASEBALL

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“We are just staying within ourselves and trusting that we will get the job done,” he said. “We know that there is another guy behind us that will come up big, so there is pressure lifted off our shoulders.”

Though he gave up one run in the bottom of the seventh, the Bears never really threatened, and Jones secured the complete game and the Red’s second victory of the weekend.

The series finale against Brown was a nailbiter, with the Red falling behind when the Bears scored two runs in the bottom of the third. Down 4-3 going into the eighth inning, Cornell’s bats woke up, helped along by anoth-

er homerun from Cruz to lead things off. Junior outfielder JD Whetsel hit a two-run double later in the inning to give the Red the lead for good.

“Offensively, it took a lot of

“We know there is another guy behind us that will come up big, so there is pressure lifted off our shoulders.”

Kevin Tatum

poise and resilience to put together those late inning comebacks,” Winawer said. “We know that our pitching staff is going to hold teams in check, so offensively we just have [to] stay patient and trust that at some point we’ll put

up runs.”

Cornell used five different pitchers to secure the win and the series sweep of Brown. Freshman Paul Balestrieri got the victory, the first of his career.

The Red will head to Binghamton for a midweek nonconference matchup on Wednesday, before diving into the Ivy League’s Lou Gehrig divisional play against Penn this weekend.

“We just have to take each game one at a time. Win this pitch, win this inning, win this weekend,” Tatum said. “If we stay in the present and play to our capabilities, then we will be in every ball game and come out on top.”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Houston Handily Beats Los Angeles HOUSTON (AP) — C.J. Wilson pitched eight solid innings, Howie Kendrick and Raul Ibanez each drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 9-1 Monday.

The Angels took three of four from Houston after starting the season 0-3.

Kendrick drove in two with a single in a three-run first inning. He added an RBI with a single when the Angels tacked on three more in the seventh.

Kole Calhoun homered off

Jarred Cosart (1-1), sending a drive to right field for his second shot of the series to push the lead to 4-0 in the fifth inning.

Wilson (1-1) yielded four hits and a run while fanning seven. He looked a lot more like the 17-game winner he was last year than he did in his first start this season when he allowed eight hits and six runs in 5 2-3 innings of a loss to Seattle.

Houston struggled to get anything going off of him. Jesus Guzman doubled with one out

in the second before Wilson retired nine in a row. A double

by Chris Carter came with one out in the fifth inning, and Wilson sat down 10 straight after that. The Astros finally got on the board when Carlos Corporan launched a 76 mph curveball into the Crawford Boxes in left field for a home run that made it 8-1.

Cosart was done in by a bad first inning where he had to use 32 pitches. He was pulled after allowing three hits, five runs and walking four in six innings.

Gregg Popovich’s coaching leads the way SHATZMAN

not have been a more appropriate scenario than for Duncan and Popovich to join forces in Robinson broke his foot, shat- San Antonio. tering all hope for a deep playoff In San Antonio, the rest is run. However, Robinson’s foot history. The Spurs went on to has proven to be one of the draft two foreign players, Manu most important feet in sports Ginobili in 1999 and Tony history. The team won just three Parker in 2001. The two guards, of its first 18 games, leading along with Duncan, made up General Manager Gregg the post-David Robinson “Big Popovich to fire coach Bob Hill Three” in San Antonio, and just and replace him with none as Robinson and Duncan — the other than himself. The Spurs “Twin Towers” — led the Spurs finished 20-62 and ultimately to two titles, the Big Three won won the draft lottery, and, as two more in ’05 and ’07, and legend has it, selected Wake were one Ray Allen trey from Forest graduate, seven-footer defeating the Heat in the 2013 Tim Duncan. And that was Finals. that. The following season was Now Duncan, Parker, and 97-98. Since then, the Spurs Ginobli are all 30-plus years have been, you know, kind of old, and while some has good at playing basketball. changed in San Antonio, much There may be nothing more remains the same. Timmy D is fitting about San Antonio’s rise years removed from playing 40to greatness than the first overall plus minutes a night in the regselection in the 1997 draft ular season and takes far fewer falling into the hands of Coach shots than in past seasons, but Popovich prior to his first full come playoff time, he will play season, for he and Tim Duncan big minutes and will be the gohave had a seventeen-year rela- to-guy. He needn’t exhaust himtionship unlike many player- self during the 82 game regular coach duos in professional season. Maybe it would be a difsports. ferent story if the Spurs were Popovich is known for his fighting to make the playoffs, knowledge of the game, profes- but, as they generally do, the sionalism and player evaluation, Spurs sit atop the Western among many other success- Conference standings. With a breeding attributes. The last of handful of games remaining, the three refers not only to they are, believe it or not, on judging talent and potential, pace to have the highest winrather to Pop’s unwillingness to ning percentage in the allow any players other than Popovich-era, in what is among high-character, hard-working the most competitive, talentguys who possess an unquench- filled leagues in years. The faces able thirst for both learning and around the Big Three change achieving greatness to put on a season to season, but that is Spurs’ uniform. Tim Duncan inherent in professional sports. epitomizes this.

The difference in San Antonio Coach Pop knew what he is that the new faces all fit Gregg was getting Po p o v i c h’s when the standards Spurs select- No team plays “team basketfor playing ed Duncan ball” like the Spurs. Some ball for the first overall Spurs. No in 1997. players may not have survived team plays Tim Duncan one season in the league on “team bascould have ketball” like entered the other teams, but have had sucthe Spurs.

NBA after cessful careers with the Spurs.

Some playhis freshman ers may not year at Wake have surForest. Many basketball players vived one season in the league with his skill did so then and on other teams, but have had continue to do so today. But successful careers for the Spurs.

Duncan was different. What Think Danny Green. Think Gregg Popovich breeds, Duncan Boris Diaw. They have both was already becoming as a thrived in San Antonio, because teenager. As his mother was they fit well in the Popovich sysdying from breast cancer, she tem. made her three children promise Only time will tell when the to finish college with a degree. Spurs’ legendary run will come Only fourteen-years-old at the to an end, but for now the Spurs time, Tim Duncan, who already are a favorite to win the chamhad a bright athletic future, pionship this June. They just promised his mother he would win basketball games and play graduate with a degree, just days basketball the “right way”, before she died. because the Popovich way is the He followed through and in right way.

1997, after three years of turnEven David Robinson would ing down the lavish life of an admit, his broken foot was a gift NBA star, he received his degree from the basketball gods. from Wake Forest University.

Some call it destiny, but it is Ben Shatzman can be reached at hard to believe that there could bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

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GOLF

Golfers‘Rusty’at Tournament, Finish in Seventh Place at Yale

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

In the golf team’s first competition since the fall, the Red participated in the Met Intercollegiate at Yale University on Saturday. This event was a 36-hole combined tournament played at two different courses.

With a final score of 320 on the first round and 319 on the second, the Red finished the tournament with a total score of 639, finishing seventh in a field of eight teams.

The first round was played at Century Country Club, with a par-71, and the second was played at Old Oaks Country Club, with a par-70. Ivy League competition Yale finished second with 613, followed by Harvard in third with a score of 618.

“We have mixed feelings on our result this weekend. As a team, finishing seventh out of eight is disappointing, but we were able to have a couple good rounds,” senior Carl Schimenti said. “Craig [Esposito] and Luke [Graboyes] played well at the second course, and Brandon [Eng] was consistent in the poor conditions at both courses. I was able to post a good score in the first round, but I wasn’t able to keep it going during the second round.”

Schimenti eventfully finished 16th overall in the individual portion of the Met Intercollegiate.

Schimenti shot a 72 on the opening round, which put him tied for third place going into the second round

of 18 holes. With a score of 84 on the second, however, Schimenti was unable to hold on to his high standing.

Graboyes shot a tremendous 75 in the second round that was tied for 11th overall, and he eventually finished tied for 18th overall.

“Going forward, practice will be key for us during this week to prepare for our next tournament,” Schimenti said. “The next course we play will be short and narrow. It will require precise wedge play, which will be the focus of our practice this week.”

The Red aims to continue to develop going forward in order to have success later on in the season, Schimenti said.

“I think we realize that we were rusty coming into the past tournament. It is tough coming out of the winter and trying to get ready for a tournament in one week,” Schimenti said. “Hopefully, we can get some decent weather here in Ithaca to practice over the next couple weeks leading up to the Ivy League Championship. The more reps we get practicing and playing, the more improvement we will see between now and Ivies.”

The Red will return to action this weekend at the Princeton Invitational.

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Spring into action | The Met Intercollegiate marked the Red’s John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun.com.

return to competition for the spring portion of the season. The Red last competed together at the Ivy Match Play Event in October.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Red Tops Dartmouth in Double-Overtime Victory Freshman attack Catherine Ellis powers Cornell offense with career-high six-goal performance

By RYAN QUINN Sun Staff Writer

Just one week after an agonizing overtime loss to Ivy League rival Princeton, the Red regained ground in the race to the Ivy League playoffs with a thrilling double-overtime victory over Dartmouth on Saturday.

The Red’s sudden-death 11-10 win included drama at nearly every turn as the contest featured five lead changes and six ties, two of which came at the ends of regulation and the first overtime period.

The win also marked the end of a tough four-game losing streak for Cornell (5-5, 2-2 Ivy), and firmly reestablished the Red alongside the other Ivy League contenders.

Senior Rachel Moody, who had two goals in overtime to go along with her two assists, said the game allowed the team to get back on track and regain some confidence they had been lacking.

“I think it was definitely much needed for morale and to keep us alive in the Ivy standings to be able to compete in the Ivy tournament so that was huge for us,” she said. “Winning in overtime is a huge deal for us so that keeps us optimistic.”

Although the win required a complete team effort, Sunday’s match was truly a breakout performance for freshman Catherine Ellis. The first-year attacker paced the Red throughout regulation, netting a career-high six goals. Her six goals are also the most by any Cornell player this season.

After Dartmouth ran out to a 5-1 lead midway through the first half, Ellis responded with two quick goals as part of a 4-0 run for the Red that evened the score. In the second half, Ellis scored all of the Red’s final three goals, including her last goal with just three minutes left that brought the Red even with Dartmouth and eventually forced the

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Finding the net | Senior Rachel Moody was the Red’s second-highest scorer in the game, putting away two goals, both in overtime, to help lead the Red to its dramatic win.

game into overtime.

Penn State. The Nittany Lions (7-5, 2-2 Ellis was rewarded with Ivy League ALC) are coming off their second Offensive Player of the Week honors, but straight loss, but both have come against she did face stiff competition or the teams ranked in the Top 10. reward from the Big Green’s leading goal The one common opponent that scorer, sophomore Jaclyn Leto. Cornell’s Penn State and Cornell share is Rutgers. defense was troubled once again by a tal- While Cornell struggled and lost a narented attacker, as Leto tallied five goals row contest to the Scarlet Knights, Penn for Dartmouth.

State cruised to a 12-goal victory over Even when Moody that same team. put the Red ahead by However, seemtwo goals with under “I think [the win] was ingly small odds did two minutes remain- definitely much needed not stop last year’s ing in the first overRed who upset the time, Leto slipped for morale and to keep us then-No. 7 Nittany past the Red defense Lions in double overto even the score. alive in the Ivy standings.” time. This year’s team After scoring once will be looking to with just 42 seconds Rachel Moody recreate the same remaining, the result, but to achieve Dartmouth attacker that they will have to notched another goal only 18 seconds focus on stopping a formidable Penn later to pull her team even with Cornell State offense. and force a second overtime.

The Nittany Lions average nearly 14 Regardless of the defensive lapses in goals per game and have eight players that final minute of the first overtime, that have scored double-digit goals so far. the Red’s leading goal scorer responded By contrast, the Red has only four douby netting the decisive goal two minutes ble-digit goal scorers and averages nearly into the second extra period. Junior co- three fewer goals per game. On the other captain Lindsay Toppe notched her 31st side of the ball, although Penn State does goal of the season at the exact time the not possess an excellent defense, in all Red needed it, ending the game with a but one of its seven wins it has held its shot just past the goalkeeper’s off hip. opponents under 10 goals.

The team rushed onto the field with For Moody, though, the key to getting the victory in hand, swarming its co-cap- a good result out of this game is more in tain after her clutch game-winner. the attitude that the Red brings to “From the get go [we thought] we’re Happy Valley rather than the statistics not losing this game, we’re not losing this and numbers. game,” Moody said. “I think that every“Really starting out strongly and startone just had a really positive attitude ing out confidently is going to be huge about going into overtime and I think for us in this game. We don’t want to that really helped us out.” start back on our heels like we did While this marked the end of the against Dartmouth, especially against a Red’s four-game losing streak and a Top 10 type team like Penn State,” she return to an Ivy League playoff position, said. “But, I think that we need to just it also marked the end of Cornell’s seven- really come out strongly and confidently, game losing streak against its rivals from and really play gritty and tough.”

Hanover, N.H. The Red will now look to bring the momentum and positive outlook from Ryan Quinn can be reached at Sunday into its matchup with No. 11 rquinn@cornellsun.com.

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Red Nine Grabs Three Of Four in Ivy Contests Winawer’s base hit leads team past Yale in second game

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

game where I could have a big impact.”

According to junior infielder Kevin Tatum, Winawer’s success has been a long Sophomore outfielder Jordan Winawer time coming. stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and “Jordan is one of the hardest working two outs in the ninth inning of a tied game players on our team,” Tatum said. “[He’s] a against Yale. The Red had already dropped hard-nosed kid who always gives it his all.” the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader and Winawer’s two-RBI single sealed the series was slowly losing momentum after the split with Yale on Saturday and gave the Red Bulldogs scored two runs in the previous just enough momentum to run with into its frame. Winawer was digdoubleheader against ging in not only at a key the following day.

Brown “I’m glad I was able to moment in the game, but The four-game road also for the first time in his trip got off to a slow start help my team get collegiate career. for the Red, which a big win.”

“I kept my approach dropped the first game to simple. I just told myself to the Bulldogs, 1-0, in eight Jordan Winawer stay relaxed and look for a innings. Sophomore leftie good pitch to hit,” Michael Byrne was brilWinawer said. “I didn’t feel nervous — I was liant on the mound, tossing seven shutout excited to have the opportunity to hit in that innings, but the offense was shut down by situation.” the combination of Yale’s Chasen Ford and Winawer did just that, and in his first at- Chris Moates. The Red mustered up only bat for Cornell, the sophomore came two hits on the day, and though Yale recordthrough with a base hit up the middle that ed only one more hit, it was the most imporbrought in the eventual game-winning runs. tant one, driving in the only run of the day.

“I’m glad I was able to help my team get After a slow offensive start to the series, the a big win,” Winawer said. “The whole sea- Red found its stride in game two, scoring three son I’ve been telling myself to stay ready for runs in the first inning, two of them coming off when I get an opportunity to play, and I’m a homerun from senior outfielder Chris Cruz. happy that it came at a point in Saturday’s The round-tripper was the fourth of the season Sun Sports Editor

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Cruz control | Senior outfielder Chris Cruz notched critical hits off Yale and Brown’s pitchers to provide the Red offensive momentum in the team’s recent games.

for Cruz and the 23rd of his career, a Cornell program record. Tatum had an RBI single later in the game to plate the Red’s fourth run, but Yale tied the game in the bottom of the eighth, setting the stage for Winawer’s single in the ninth. Junior reliever Kellen Urbon sealed the deal for the Red in the bottom of the ninth, striking out the final batter.

Winawer said that his late inning heroics Saturday helped motivate him for future opportunities.

“Whether or not it affects my future playing time is beyond my control, but I can say that I’ll be ready the next time my number is called,” he said.

In the opener of the Brown series, junior Brent Jones took the hill, handing the Red a four-hit gem and keeping his offense in the game. Jones went the distance, allowing no

TRACK AND FIELD

Red Competes in Annual Break Trip

By NIKITA DUBNOV Sun Staff Writer

A select group of members from the men’s and women’s track and field teams took on the opportunity to participate in meets across the country in the team’s annual Spring Break trip.

During the first weekend of the break, the group split up to compete in the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas

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On the road | Various parts of the Red’s squads competed in Texas and California over break, setting multiple school records at the meets.

and the Riverside Invitational hosted

by UC-Riverside. The results from those meets featured competitive performances from many Cornellians. At the Riverside Invitational, the meet that featured both teams, the men finished in sixth and the women finished in second.

After spending the week training on the road in California, the travelling Cornellians united at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California. The meet was the highlight of the trip, featuring competition from nationally-ranked opponents.

Cornell was one of the few schools to represent the east coast at the heralded meet.

Despite spending the whole week on the road and away from the usual training climate in Ithaca, the Cornell teams were able to put together multiple strong performances. Several performances went down in the records books, while many others surpassed qualifying standards for the ECAC. Two standout highlights came from both the men’s and women’s teams.

Star thrower and junior co-captain Stephen Mozia put on a clinic by dominating the shot put, discus and hammer throw events. The outstanding Cornellian placed first in all three events and took home a new school record in the shot put with a result of 63’ 10.25”.

For the women’s team, senior cocaptain Rachel Sorna put on a historic performance against an impressive field of competitors. In the Friday

evening 5k race, Sorna set the fifth school record of her career with an impressive time of 15:54.31. This time broke a longstanding record set

by Pam Hunt ’94. Despite the recordshattering performance, Sorna finished in 20th in across the four sections of the 5k and 7th amongst collegiate participants.

“I had wanted to [break the record] for a long time, but after I got injured in indoor, I forgot about it. As I ran the race, I remembered and it was really nice after the meet,” Sorna said.

“It is nice to know that I am back from the knee issue.”

Various other strong performances came from a variety of Cornell’s athletes, including the relay teams. The men’s 4x100m relay placed third with a time of 40.75, taking the ninth-best finish in school history. Sophomore sprinter Udeme Akpaete ran a blazing fast 400m race in 54 seconds flat, which put her time as second-fastest in program history.

Younger athletes in Cornell’s program were able to learn from the rigor and excitement of the cross-country journey, Sorna said.

“The trip went really well. Great weather and great training,” Sorna said. “It is important for the younger [athletes] to travel with us. Even if they are not all winning races, it is important to learn what it is like to be in a competitive environment.”

Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun.com.

earned runs while striking out seven. The contest was a pitcher’s duel through six, with neither team getting on the board.

The Red left three runners on base in the game, but was finally able to come through in the top of seventh. Senior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro led off the frame with a double, and junior outfielder Ryan Karl and senior first baseman Ryan Plantier both drew walks to load the bases. Cruz then came up clutch again, crushing a double that brought in two runs. Cornell scored two more insurance runs, and Jones came out in the bottom of the seventh to try to close things out. Tatum said that the Red hitters have confidence in one another to come through in clutch situations.

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The Success Of The Spurs W

hen the final buzzer sounds on the 2013-14 NBA regular season, it will mark the 17th consecutive playoff berth for the San Antonio Spurs. Over the course of those 17 seasons, the Spurs’ lowest win percentage was .610 when they finished 50-32 in 2010. How atrocious. Their

Ben Shatzman Guest Column 17 straight years of glory have included four championships, multiple MVP and Coach of the Year awards, scores of All-Star selections and a general supreme reign over the Association. The nearly two-decade run that the Spurs are on will go down as one of the most incredible stretches of dominance in all of professional sports. The Spurs are an epic dynasty, and their success over the last 20 years can be largely attributed to one broken foot.

San Antonio had high hopes heading into the 1996 season. Led by one of the most talented big-men of his time, David Robinson, the Spurs were on track to compete for a title.

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