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Opinion Commenting on Crisis Kirat Singh ’14 reflects on the Eurozone crisis, arguing that the “persistently languid” commentary on the crisis is a cause for concern. | Page 7

Arts Let Your Hair Down Last Saturday, the Johnson Museum of Art premiered its latest exhibit, “Hair: Untangling the Roots of Identity.” | Page 9

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

Cornell NYC Tech has received “an incredibly generous,” $133-million gift from two Cornell alumni, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday afternoon.

The donation is from Irwin Jacobs ’56, co-founder of Qualcomm Inc., and his wife, Joan Jacobs ’52, who have a history of giving to Cornell and the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology, Bloomberg said.

“I’m glad to announce today that Cornell Tech’s potential to improve our city has grown even further,” Bloomberg said.

The $133 million will allow the two universities to create a two-year master’s program offering dual degrees from Cornell and Technion, support the tech campus’ curriculum and recruit more faculty and graduate stuSee CORNELL TECH page 4

By SARAH CUTLER

Haym Hirsh, the chair of Rutgers University’s computer science department, has been appointed Cornell’s next dean of Computing and Information Science, Provost Kent Fuchs announced Monday.

Hirsch, who is an expert in artificial intelligence and data mining, will begin serving as dean on July 1. He will succeed Dan Huttenlocher, vice provost and founding dean of the Cornell NYC Tech campus, according to a University press release.

“We are very pleased that Haym Hirsh, a proven leader, researcher and educator and an

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enthusiastic computer science visionary, is coming to Cornell,” Fuchs said in a University press release. “We look forward to having him lead our innovative faculty of Computing and Information Science, and we welcome him and his family to Ithaca.”

As dean, Hirsh will lead Cornell’s Computing and Information Science unit, which includes PROF. HIRSH three departments and more than 80 affiliated faculty, according to the press release.

Hirsh is expected to partner in the development of the tech campus in New York City and will be responsible for improving Computing and Information Science’s reputation, distinction and influence, according to the press release.

Hirsh has served as director of the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems at the National Science Foundation. He has also held visiting positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Zurich, Carnegie Mellon University and Bar-Ilan University.

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and ARIELLE CRUZ Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

Rapper Hoodie Allen will be the second performer in this year’s Slope Day lineup, the Slope Day Programming Board announced Monday.

According to Slope Day Chair Yang Zhao ’13, Hoodie Allen’s performance is scheduled after DJ 5 & A Dime and before headliner Kendrick Lamar. He is set to perform for approximately 45 minutes to an hour, Zhao said.

Zhao said he believes that Hoodie Allen’s rapping style will complement Kendrick Lamar’s music.

“Kendrick is a hard-core rapper, and Hoodie is a little more mainstream. His music is on the radio more. It is poppy and people can s i n g along

with it,” Zhao said. “I’m actually really happy with it. I was hoping we would be able to get him.”

Hoodie Allen’s most recent mixtape, Crew Cuts, was released in February 2013, according to his website. His 2012 single, “All American,” reached number one on the iTunes charts and number 10 on Billboard’s Top Albums.

The 25-year-old Long Island native, whose real name is Steven Markowitz, graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.

Zhao said that reactions to the announcement have been positive so far.

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Star-spangled | Rapper Hoodie Allen, best-known for his 2012 single, “All American,” will be the second performer at Slope Day this year.

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

Responding to local students’ demands, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 announced Monday, the 43rd annual Earth Day holiday, that the City of Ithaca will not invest in fossil fuels for as long as he is mayor.

Ithaca currently does not have any investments in fossil fuels. With Myrick’s announcement, Ithaca became the second city in the world to divest, according to a city press release.

Myrick said he is encouraging statewide action on divestment by writing a letter urging New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who manages state See DIVESTMENT page 4

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Administrators, Profs Clash on Sexual Assault Policy Changes

in behavior,” Grant said.

Zoner expressed a similar sentiment, arguing that it is important to demonstrate that Professors and administraactions have repercussions. tors debated the implications She also stressed the of an April 2012 change to ambiguous nature of sexual Cornell’s sexual assault policy crimes and misconduct, which that lowered the burden of she said usually involve “two proof for cases against students people away from other witat Daily Sun Dialogues, a panel nesses.” Typically in sexual event held Monday by The assault cases, gathering eviSun. dence is difficult; even when The panelists — Narda evidence is attainable, how it Terrones ’14, Cornell Police got there is often brought into Chief Kathy Zoner, Judicial question, Zoner said.

Administrator Mary Beth Zoner emphasized that Grant J.D. ’88, Prof. Kevin alcohol is often involved in sexClermont, law, and Prof. ual assault cases, which conMichael Heise, law — touched tributes to confusion over the upon the parameters of the facts of the case as “recollection new policy, as well as its beneis very difficult.” fits, drawbacks and limitations.

The sexual assault policy Though University adminchanges were made in compliistrators said the new policy ance with Title IX, a federal law makes it easier and more comthat prohibits discrimination fortable for victims to come based on sex in educaforward, law school tional institutions. professors said the “By lowering the stanchanges infringe on “These are very serious dard of proof to ‘more the accused’s rights. accusations that call for likely than not,’ we are The procedure stugiving each person the dents accused of sexu- certain care and procedure.” same burden [of proof],” al assault undergo is Grant said. based on an investiga- Prof. Kevin Clermont Grant responded to tion, review and Heise’s concerns about appeal model: once a the changes in the University’s complaint has been made, the monly perceived.

The primary change is that policy, saying the change still Judicial Administration will conduct an investigation, ques- “now these things are on paper allows room for defense and tioning witnesses, arranging rather than live testimony,” appellate action. She said that interviews and collecting phys- Grant said. This is an effort to for both parties involved in sexical evidence, according to protect people’s privacy as well ual assault proceedings, the Grant. Throughout this as to enable people to be more new procedure “does not process, Grant said, there will precise and thoughtful in how remove their voice; it enhances be the opportunity for either they present their case, she said. their voice.”

The final stage is the opporTerrones, a member of the party to have an advisor pretunity to appeal a decision, Women’s Resource Center, sent.

“Any time during the which is also done in writing, expressed support of the move from an oral hearing to a writprocess, it’s possible for the par- according to Grant.

The panelists discussed ten procedure, citing her ties to come to an agreement.

This is the most common way what the University wanted to interactions with victims of that cases are adjudicated,” accomplish with the changes to sexual assault who had opted the policy. Grant was the first not to report the attacks due Grant said.

While both Grant and to respond, saying that she to the daunting task of verbalZoner emphasized that the believes the ideal way to stop ly recounting their experichanges would protect the pri- sexual assault is in caring for ence.

“The most terrifying thing vacy of those involved in sexu- and respecting each other.

However, Grant also is getting in front of the panel al assault proceedings, Clermont raised the issue of expressed firm belief in the and telling their story in front protecting the rights of the effectiveness of strict penal of the person they are accusaction. ing,” Terrones said. accused.

“Holding folks accountable “These are very serious accusations that call for certain for any type of misconduct care and procedure,” Clermont leads to greater understanding, Talia Jubas can be reached at said in response to a question greater growth [and] a change tfj23@cornell.edu.

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Contributor

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Success is a journey | Herman Cain, former 2012 presidential candidate, spoke about the American Dream at Cornell Monday.

Herman Cain: ‘Success Is Not a Straight Line’

By EMMA JESCH Sun Staff Writer

Visiting Cornell on Monday, Herman Cain — a business executive, Tea Party activist and former candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination — encouraged Cornellians to keep believing in the American Dream.

During the talk, which was hosted by the Cornell Republicans, Cain asked the audience to consider why they decided to attend Cornell and what they think achieving success means.

“The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goals,” Cain said. “The tragedy lies in having no dreams to reach for.”

Throughout his speech, Cain said that while “it is harder to achieve [the American Dream] today than it was for me or my parents,” the American Dream remains alive.

“People who want to tell you that the American Dream is dead, they are lying,” Cain said.

Cain described success as being “a journey, not a destination.”

“Every single job gives you something that you can use for the rest of your life,” Cain said.

“Never look down on a job. I worked nine jobs. Every time I made a change, it was upwards.”

Drawing from his own experiences, Cain shared how, throughout his life, he has served as the vice president of information technology at the Pillsbury Company, business executive at Burger King, and president and chief executive officer of Godfather’s Pizza, a pizza chain.

“Success is not a straight line,” Cain said. “I was willing to go through the trenches in order to learn something new [and] in order to find my dream. The hardest assignments are your biggest opportunities.”

Cain called goals “stepping stones to your dreams,” emphasizing how small steps can lead to big results.

“I didn’t know that I would become president of something,” Cain said. “I just knew that I performed well, I would be able to do something.”

Cain said his entry into politics was prompted by what he saw as the government “becoming an impediment to business [and] an impediment to achieving your dreams.”

“In 2003, I got bothered by stuff; I didn’t like the direction of this country,” Cain said. “I ran for

Senate for the state of Georgia, and I didn’t win, but came in an impressive second.”

After running for the Senate, Cain hosted his own radio program, but turned to politics again in 2012, when he ran for the Republican presidential nomination.

“In 2003 and 2013, we have the same problems,” Cain said. “[The government] doesn’t fix stuff. You will be trying to start a business [or] trying to start a family, and government will be looking you in the face with new regulations.”

During his run in the 2012 presidential campaign, Cain said that people’s success or failure depends not on Wall Street, but on themselves.

He touched on this subject during his speech, saying “with the advent of the Internet, there is no excuse for you not to be anything you want to be.”

Cain said he thinks the U.S’s current economic standstill can be resolved by overhauling the country’s tax code and Social Security, which he said is “a mess.” “[Social Security] will go bankrupt unless we restructure it. I didn’t say reform — that’s political speak for going to Washington and keep on doing whatever you used to do — nothing,” he said.

Cain concluded his speech by quoting one of his professors from his alma mater, Morehouse College.

“He said, ‘You’re not going to live forever,’” Cain said. “No matter how many years you’re here, your life is but a speck on a timeline. No matter what, you’re going to be asked what you did with this life. It’s up to you to use it.’”

In response to an audience question about Cain’s musical talent, Cain sang a version of “Amazing Grace.”

“Music has always been a hobby, a passion of mine,” Cain said.

“Singing is something that I do to relax.”

Michael Alter ’16, who attended Cain’s lecture, said although he didn’t support Cain during his run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, he thought Cain was a great speaker. “[Cain’s] story is inspiring ... how he rose through the ranks,” Alter said. “I liked what he had to say about dreams ─ life throws curveballs at you all the time, and if you deal with that, you’ll succeed.”

Emma Jesch can be reached at ejesch@cornellsun.com.

asking if the changes were necessary or the most effective way to achieve change. “There are rights that are at stake that we have to think about long and hard before we toss them aside.”

Concerns that the new procedure would not necessarily benefit any of the parties were also raised by both professors.

“There are many different and unpredictable ways this will play out, and not all of them are going to be pleasant,” Heise said.

The review stage will consist of an appointed faculty member reviewing a written report submitted by the JA, which will be shared with both parties to amend or correct before it is given to the reviewer, according to Grant. She emphasized that the differences in the two policies are not as drastic as com-

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Daily Sun Dialogues | Cornell University Police Chief Kathy Zoner, Prof. Kevin Clermont, law and Prof.

Michael Heise, law speak as part of a panel Monday on sexual assault policy.

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dents, Bloomberg and tech campus officials said at the conference.

“This gift really did and will continue to transform the prospects for the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute,” President David Skorton said.

The dual-degree program that will be offered will initially focus on connective media, sustainability and the built environment, and health and wellness, according to Skorton.

“These young scientists will combine technological excellence and a passion for solving real world problems and will be closely connected — right from the beginning — with investors and companies here throughout New York City,” he said.

The Jacobs’ donation is not the first major gift the tech campus has received. In December 2011, Chuck Feeney ’56 donated $350 million — the largest donation in Cornell’s history — to Cornell to support the University’s tech campus bid, and in February, a $2.5-million fellowship was established by James H. and Marilyn H. Simons for graduate students at Cornell Tech.

In honor of the Jacobs, Cornell and Technion will rename the institute the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute.

“I look forward to seeing many successes. It should be a very exciting ride,” Irwin Jacobs said of the tech campus’ future.

In the past, the donors have created the Irwin M. and Joan K. Jacobs Scholars and Fellows program in the College of Engineering and the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Graduate School at Technion, Skorton said, adding that “you can’t go through the Cornell University campus in Ithaca” without seeing their influence.

“This gift and this vision is a big day for all of Cornell University,” Skorton said.

Bloomberg added that the tech campus, which he described as a “groundbreaking collaboration,” aims to be the future of New York City.

“If we’re going to have a future, it starts right here,” Bloomberg said.

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Youth Group Campaign Calls for Divestment

High School, added that the group’s success showed that “young people can bring change.”

“We hope that other divestemployee pensions, to also ment campaigns and individuals join the divestment movement. will use the City of Ithaca's Myrick’s announcement was divestment as a model to exemprompted by the Youth Power plify that young people can bring Summit, a gathering of more change,” she said. than 100 students from Whiting said she hopes Tompkins County high schools Myrick’s decision to refrain from and colleges. On Friday, some of investing in fossil fuels will affect the students met with Myrick and Cornell’s stance on divestment, urged him to consider divesteven though Cornell ment, according to President David Skorton Jane Whiting, a senior “We are looking to the future and the recently announced that at the New Roots possibilities it holds. I believe that the the University has no Charter School and an sooner fossil fuels are out of the picture plans to divest a large organizer of the sumportion of its endowmit. the better.” ment from the fossil In his press release, fuels industry in the Myrick also empha“immediate foreseeable sized the importance Marina Howarth future.” of empowering the “Cornell and Ithaca youth voice.

College are a part of the “I believe that Ithaca community. If the young people have the creativity, energy, and moral authority that Howarth said. “I’m really glad community divests, that adds is needed in many of our public that all of this came together the pressure for them to divest as debates. A perfect example is the way it did. We have been organiz- well,” Whiting said. work this group has done,” ing for it so long.”

Anna Kucher, one of the orga- Erica Augenstein can be reached at Myrick said. “The commitment these young people have shown nizers and a sophomore at Ithaca eaugenstein@cornellsun.com.

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to safeguarding our environment should serve as an inspiration to us all.”

Reacting to the news Monday, Marina Howarth, a summit organizer and a junior at Trumansburg High School, said she was “thrilled” to hear Myrick’s response.

“We are looking to the future and the possibilities it holds. I believe that the sooner fossil fuels are out of the picture, the better,”

Help keep Ithaca Beautiful.

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N.Y.’s Weiner Back on Twitter Two Years After Disgrace

NEW YORK (AP) — Former congressman Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter.

The Democrat, who resigned in disgrace two years ago after tweeting a lewd picture of himself, has launched a new Twitter account: (at)anthonyweiner.

Weiner’s first post Monday was decidedly tame: a link to a 20-page policy statement outlining “64 Ideas to keep New York City the Capital of the Middle Class.” By late afternoon, he had a few thousand followers.

Weiner, 48, confirmed by email Monday that the new Twitter account is his.

“It seemed like a fresh start was in order especially in light of all the new ideas around which I am hoping to drive conversation and debate,” he wrote.

Weiner, who is married and has a baby son, ran for mayor in 2005 and considered it in 2009. He said this month in a New York Times Magazine story that he is considering joining the race to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

An NBC New York-Marist Poll last week showed about half the Democrats surveyed wouldn’t even consider voting for him because of the sexting scandal. But it also showed he’d get 15 percent of the vote in a potential Democratic primary, topped only by the current front-runner, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. There were similar results in a Quinnipiac University poll released last week.

In the 2011 sexting scandal, Weiner initially claimed he had been hacked after a photo of a man’s underwear-clad crotch appeared on his Twitter account. As more pictures surfaced, including one of Weiner posing shirtless in his congressional office, he was forced to come clean and acknowledged exchanging inappropriate messages with several women.

Weiner’s old Twitter account, (at)repweiner, still has about 68,000 followers.old girlfriend, and three men, including the 62-year-old neighbor.

The other men were 24 and 46.

Police were still piecing together information but believe the suspect shot his girlfriend in their apartment then killed the two younger men during an argument after he left the unit.

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A man kneels Monday at a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street in Boston, Mass., where two bombs exploded last week near the Boston Marathon finish line.

911 Calls Capture Terror of Texas Plant Explosion WEST, Texas (AP) — When the first call came in, it was just a fire. Smoke was coming from West Fertilizer Co. and an alarm was sounding, so a woman at a park just across the railroad tracks called 911. She was calm and matter of fact. The dispatcher responded in kind: “OK, I’m going to get them to put out the fire.”

It was 7:29 p.m. April 17, and the last routine

moment in West, Texas, since.

Within 20 minutes, the park was strewn with two-foot chunks of concrete from the exploded fertilizer plant. The apartament complex behind it was ripped apart by the wave of energy that climbed the railroad bed and slammed into the building, shredding its roof and blowing out windows.

Police: Man Killed Girlfriend, Three Others In Wash.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot his live-in girlfriend at an apartment south of Seattle then killed three men, including a neighbor who told others to call 911 and then retreated inside his unit.

The 27-year-old suspect was later shot and killed in a parking lot by responding officers.

Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson characterized the initial shooting Sunday night as “a domestic-violence homicide.” He says investigators believe the shooter may have been trying to kill witnesses.

A King County medical examiner’s spokeswoman says the victims are not expected to be identified until Tuesday afternoon.

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Continuing Conversation Post-Dialogue On Monday, The Sun hosted its second-ever Daily Sun Dialogue: Beyond the Byline. Through a moderated panel discussion and a robust Q&A session, we intended to bring Cornell’s newsmakers, news reporters and news readers together to debate sexual assault policy — one of the biggest issues that has faced our University this year.

There was no utopian solution devised, and contention over Cornell’s hotly debated new policy persists. This was certainly not the first or last public debate on this topic. The rights of victims of sexual assault must be protected, and so must those of the accused — the disagreement is one of method, not intent. The Sun has expressed opinions in previous editorials, but we certainly do not believe there exists a single “right” way to eradicate sexual assault from our campus. We can only hope that continued dialogue will lead us all closer to that end.

You have read about sexual assault incidents and policies in the pages of this paper. You have expressed your opinions through comments on our website, letters to the editor and op-ed columns. We continue to strive not only to deliver facts and divergent perspectives to you via our content, but also to provide forums for you to respond, challenge assumptions and interact with one another on this and other serious topics. So submit letters and guest columns. Tweet at us. Send us a carrier pigeon. We want to hear from you.

We extend a big thank you to the panelists who participated; to our own organizers; to our co-sponsors at the Cornell Forensics Society. We thank all of you who came out to lend your ears and voices to the dialogue; you can expect more of these events from us in the near future. The Sun cannot predict what conversation will next dominate Cornell’s campus, but we do know that it will be driven by the passionate and vocal members of this community. We look forward to whatever you’ll get us talking about come fall.

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Life in the Real World: Playing the Terminator I

’m lazy. Really lazy. But I want a lot out of life. I want a huge house and a lifetime of lavish vacations. I never bothered to think about how I would get any of this because so far, my life has been a cakewalk. When I graduated, my parents gently shoved me out of the nest, but I wasn’t worried about financing my fancy lifestyle. I figured I’d just switch gears and become a shrewd businesswoman. This is the story of how I became a shrewd businesswoman: I work in management and have a team of seven people who work under me. In the few months that we’ve worked together, I’ve gotten to know them well and it’s clear that a few of them need to be managed out of the business. One in particular puts little effort into her position. She comes in late, doesn’t hit her quotas and gossips about everything.

She’s also pregnant.

Let’s call my problematic pregnant employee Patrice. Before I became Patrice’s supervisor, my manager told me to watch out for her. She said that Patrice was a terrible worker. I figured I’d write her up, tell her to get her shit together and, if all else failed, I’d fire her ass. What difference did it make to me if she lost her job? Sure, she’s pregnant, but that’s not a “get out of jail free” pass. Am I right, or am I right?

But then I got to know Patrice and let me tell you, she is the life of the (office) party. And she has the ability to be a great saleswoman. Homegirl could sell a T.V. to Helen Keller if she wanted to, but she doesn’t. She doesn’t try at all. It’s infuriating for me to watch her drag the rest of my team down.

At the company I work for, we have a four strike policy. Patrice got her third strike last month. Even knowing that she was so close to being terminated, she wasn’t putting in any effort. If I were a pregnant woman with little financial means and a boyfriend with a bad temper, I’d be very concerned with keeping my job.

Recently I had a meeting with Patrice.

I told her that I understood her preoccupation considering what’s going on in her personal life but that it wasn’t a reason to slack off. If anything, it was a reason to work harder. I told her that she needed to focus and that I wanted to help but couldn’t unless she met me halfway. I told her that now was the time for her to bring it on (she didn’t get the reference). Patrice didn’t meet me halfway — strike four.

Strike four was the worst because it made me overanalyze everything.

I was worried. Worried that if I didn’t fire Patrice, my own manager would see

me as weak. Worried that if I let her keep her job, I’d lose mine. But I was also worried that if I fired Patrice, her boyfriend would get angry and hit her. I was worried that she wouldn’t have enough money to pay her mortgage and her house would get foreclosed. But mostly, I was worried that if any of that happened, it would be my fault.

Maybe it was my fault. Maybe I should have trained her better or been more patient. I could have played the “Maybe Game” all day, but it wouldn’t help. The only thing I could do was step up and take responsibility. So I did.

I know it’s not nice to say, but honestly, I had been looking forward to firing Patrice. Even though the situation threw me in a moral quandary, I thought it would be nice to finally have a good team of employees under me. But then I asked Patrice into my office and I wasn’t so excited. I was anxious and, frankly, a little nauseated.

Patrice said she knew this was coming and I believed her. There were no waterworks or displays of anger. But still, I felt uneasy. I finally felt the gravity of the situation and the part I had played in it.

That was when I realized that even if it was Patrice’s fault, I was the one saying: “Your employment has been terminated.”

No one forced my hand. If I had really wanted to, I could have helped Patrice keep her job. I just didn’t.

They say it’s our choices that make us who we are. I believe that the choice I made is what makes me a good manager, but I’m concerned that the same choice makes me a bad person. I guess what it comes down to is that being lazy in life and indifferent to how I’m going to get that six-figure salary is a luxury I don’t have. But in my haste to outshine my peers and become the brightest crayon in this parochial box of Crayolas, I forgot about something. I forgot that it’s not just about me or my career.

Do I want to become the youngest director of sales at my company? Yes. Do I want to fire anyone that stands in my way? No. But I can’t have it both ways. I can’t fire someone without any regard for his or her circumstances, but I can’t employ bad workers because I feel sorry for them either. My job often puts me in tough situations and learning to handle them has been more difficult than I’d like to admit, but I haven’t given up yet.

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OPINION

Deon Thomas |

It’s Not You, It’s Me

Laura Miller | “London Runs a Marathon for Boston”

Inter-faction Mingling F

or my last column of the semester I’m going to have to speak about what seems to be the current “hot topic” at Cornell: Greek life. Recently everything about Greek life has been questioned from its diversity to its very existence. As someone who has interacted with Multicultural Greek Letter Council fraternities, spent two semesters as what is commonly referred to as a “GDI” and recently decided to join an Interfraternity Council fraternity, I believe I can speak from many different points of view. The main problem between these different factions at Cornell — MGLC fraternity members, IFC fraternity members and GDIs — is the complete lack of understanding each group has about the the others. Having spent quite a bit of time with each of these different groups at Cornell, I can say to everybody: You are not that special.

Every group thinks the others are vastly different from them, however, that is not the case. Each group is full of diversity. For those of you who have begun to protest saying: “There aren’t any black people in IFC fraternities” or “There aren’t any white people in MGLC organizations,” you must understand that diversity is not restricted to race. It often angers me when people use the word “diversity” only to disclose that they are simply talking about racial diversity. A group of people with a lot of racial diversity is not necessarily a very diverse group. A group of people of many different races can still have the same interests,

Before I joined a fraternity, I felt as if members of the Greek community were not listening or speaking to me as an equal. backgrounds and mindsets, therefore lacking diversity. However, this is never discussed.

Another serious problem that needs to be addressed relates to the way we treat each other here at Cornell. Before I joined a fraternity, I felt as if members of the Greek community were not listening or speaking to me as an equal, however, that quickly changed once I started pledging Sigma Chi. Why is this? I have two theories. One is that those in the Greek community simply do not respect those who are not a part of it. Another is that there is a disconnect between the two; they simply cannot understand each other due to their respective lack of experience on the other side. I believe my second theory is more accurate as I often see those on either side questioning why they act the way they do. Without being able to come to a place of mutual understanding, only a very awkward exchange can take place.

The only question left to ask is: How can we begin to understand one another? In my opinion, we need events that encourage the attendance AND interaction between people in MGLC and IFC organizations as well as non-greeks. When was the last time you heard of an MGLC fraternity being invited to an IFC fraternity’s party or vice versa? With Cornell continuing to abolish open parties, the interaction between non-Greeks and Greeks is reaching an all time low. But why stop at parties? How about some sober interactions?

The answers to these questions could help us begin to understand one another and, shockingly enough, even begin to like one another. However, for those of you who would like to live in ignorance and criticize those that have decided to live a life a little different from your own: When you find yourself struggling in life outside of Cornell due to your inability to understand those around you just remember: It’s not me, it’s you.

Deon Thomas is a sophomore 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.

Kirat Singh |

Evaluating the Discontents

Giving Up on Europe T

he economic crisis make them anyway. The not exist.

Hurt is being inflicted in the Eurozone has commentators cannot be progressed to a faulted — the Eurozone is in more subtle ways as point at which it is impos- big and rich and will not well. While European sible to follow and under- dramatically default. The authorities have few obvistand. A nebulous, para- Eurozone is also democra- ous obligations to those sitic presence, it more tic and its leaders are living oceans away, their closely resembles a disease unlikely to anger con- tardiness is wreaking the continent is slowly stituencies by embarking unseen havoc from afar. learning to live with rather on the reforms that might Exporters in trade-reliant than one for which there is be needed. Watching this emerging Asian economies a cure. One need only bizarre spectacle of near- are being forced to reoriglance at the Financial bankruptcies, falling gov- ent products toward new Times’ aggregation of sto- ernments and whimsical markets. Such adaptation ries about the crisis to real- bond and currency mar- is, of course, not intrinsiize the absurdity at play. kets, there’s little else one cally bad, but it saddles relatively poor actors with Portugal is struggling to can do or suggest.

Sadly, this endless cha- costs of adjustment. Those prevent a second bailout while Germany’s borrow- rade of near disasters and continuing to trade with ing costs have fallen to somewhat-fixes is not a Europe are troubled by unseen levels. Proposed costless one. Most obvi- massive uncertainty. This solutions from politicians, ously, there are entire gen- uncertainty means that erations being con- exporters in bureaucrats and talking heads alike convey a distinct sense of grasping at the The old devil of an straws. Some persist “inappropriate” single in demanding magic pills that involve currency is going to reviving growth continue causing damage. through government spending while credibly persuading markets that in the long run, the books will cer- demened on the European developing countries resist tainly be balanced. Others periphery. Earlier in April, investing in increased proimplore governments on thousands marched in duction. They instead the “periphery” to stop Madrid and outside spend increasing amounts scapegoating Germany Spanish embassies in 30 of time and money hedgand convince their citizens countries around the ing against whimsical flucto swallow the bitter pill of world to protest against tuations in the Euro’s “fundamental restructur- persistent unemployment. value.

Finally, the old devil of ing.” Yet more bravely, Data released last week others suggest that the revealed that Greek unem- an “inappropriate” single Germans have it all wrong. ployment reached 27.2 currency is going to conin January. tinue causing damage.

Philip Stephens, for exam- percent ple, asks the Germans to Unemployment in Greece Currencies, put very “carry the responsibilities among those aged 15-24 crudely, reflect the comof power” but never quite reached an astonishing petitive strength of the explains what that means. 59.3 percent. These are economy — the degree to The multitude of view- not just kids out of work. which the rest of the points on the crisis is nei- These are kids missing out world wants what that ther remarkable nor con- on experience that might country makes. The troucerning — economic crises one day make them com- ble with the Euro is that tend to breed vicious pun- petitive workers in a glob- its a single currency for ditry. What’s concerning is al economy. As Europe’s countries with immense the persistently languid monetary and fiscal variations in competitive nature of the commentary. authorities’ planning hori- strength. Germany’s high Everyone realizes the futil- zons remain depressingly tech exports should comity of making politically (but not inexplicably) mand a higher value than unfeasible recommenda- short, the road out of the Greece’s exports. The fact tions but they incessantly morass for this youth does that they share the Euro

means that it, very roughly, averages out those values. German goods are thus cheaper for the world than they should be and Greece’s are more expensive.

The Euro, contrary to what some of the fearmongerers suggest, is not about to dramatically dissolve. Something has to give. Greece and Co. are not about to miraculously become competitive, especially with most of their young people languishing in idleness or street protests. Manipulating the currency presents an easier alternative.

Politicians don’t have to do the dirty work — they can leave it to the European Central Bank. The problem is that, at best, this policy changes nothing.

Seeing their currencies appreciate relative to the Euro, other emerging and developed economies might panic and devalue their own currencies. If they don’t, then exporters across Asia, Latin America and Africa will see demand for their goods drop as they become more expensive.

Impoverishing them is no solution. I suspect I have succeeded in nothing more than adding to the pile of pointless punditry floating around. Given that women and men with more money, years and wisdom than myself have done not much better, I’ll make my peace with that.

Kirat Singh is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at ksingh@cornellsun.com.

Evaluating the Discontents appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Untangling the Roots of Identity: Johnson hosts exhibit on the history and culture of hair

BY MADELINE SALINAS Sun Contributor

The presentation of hair carries more weight in our society — and our daily routines — than some of us would like to admit. Hair: Untangling the Roots of Identity, which opened last Saturday at the Johnson Museum under the curation of the History of Art Majors’ Society, sparks awareness and ignites conversation on the role of hair in cultures around the world. The exhibit examines hair as an aspect of both primitive and cosmopolitan lifestyles, tackling its role in defining gender, race and religion through time, with pieces ranging from the 15th to the 21st century.

The History of Art Majors’ Society, which is comprised solely of undergraduates, curates a show at the Johnson each spring. After deciding last spring to host an exhibit that would examine hair and its role in society, the Society has spent its weekly meetings selecting pieces for the show. Using 10 pieces as a framework for its selections, the Society has narrowed down a pool of nearly 200 member-suggested works to create Hair. Most of the pieces are from the permanent collection of the Johnson, with several other pieces contributed by Cornell professors and other New York museums.

“This is one of the biggest shows that we’ve done and it’s also the most geographically, chronologically and materially diverse show that we’ve ever done,” says Kathryn Kremnitzer ’14, president of the History of Art Majors’ Society. Hair is also the society’s first exhibition to display sculpture and video work.

Hair will remain on display at the Johnson until Jul. 14. This week, the History of Art Major’s Society has organized several events to complement the exhibition and highlight particular themes of Hair. This Thursday, Iona Diamond, artist of the exhibition’s advertisement, will be speaking on the influence of hair in her work and personal life. On Friday, the Society will host a faculty symposium about the significance of hair from an anthropological, historical and personal perspective. A screening of Chris Rock’s film Good Hair (2009) will follow the symposium.

Hair draws from a large range of mediums, varying from needlepoint to sculpture, from etchings to film. Yet, while a variety of mediums are represented, Hair contains a large proportion of etchings and prints that seem to COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON MUSEUM

overpower the exhibit.

Kremnitzer attributes the strong presence of etchings to the large print collection of the Johnson and their inherently detailed depictions of hair. As Kremnitzer explained, “The reason why the etchings were so great for us is because every hair is delineated by the artist.”

While the goal of the exhibit was to create a dialogue on hair and its role in shaping identities, many pieces created interesting visual interpretations of hair without any obvious significance. A painting of Charlie Chaplin with

a moustache as the sole facial feature and Ellen Gallagher’s “Bouffant Pride,” a collage that implants googly eyes into an illustrated Afro, for example, boldly voice the way our perception of individuals hinges on hair. However, the significance of hair to several pieces of Hair was undoubtedly stretched, relying on the accompanying statement to forge a link. The pieces in which emphasis on hair was subtle — portraits that simply accentuated the subject’s hair — made the exhibit’s message less obvious or redundant, but were weak in communicating the exhibit’s themes.

The exhibition is divided into three subsections, examining hair from the perspectives of religion, ethnicity and gender. In terms of religion, the exhibit examines many artists’ manipulation of hair to selectively revere or humanize, drawing on legends of hair — such as the depiction of the Ganges river flowing from the head of Shiva. The exhibit challenges society’s fixation on the racial associations of hair and its fundamental role in racial stereotypes. The exhibit also shows hair’s power to feminize and masculinize — even to comical dimensions, as in the extravagant up-do of the subject in a Henri Daumier illustration.

The exhibit certainly possesses a unique sense of artistry. One particular section juxtaposes several vibrant watercolors of Japanese women’s hairstyles with late Victorian daguerreotypes of thick-bearded models.

Unified in their reflection of hair in fashion, the intermingling of these disparate elements demonstrated the syntax of curators in crafting a powerful message through hair.

“In the whole show we wanted to put things in conversation so that we have Asian works in dialogue with Western works, things from the 15th century in dialogue with things that were made five years ago. We were very interested in those intersections and the way that hair can be universal but also incredibly particular,” Kremnitzer says. Without a doubt, Hair links many cultures and generations by highlighting the timeless significance of hair.

Madeline Salinas is a freshman in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be reached at mms388@cornell.edu.

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Hoodie Allen to hit the Slope SLOPE DAY

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comments, and so far I haven’t seen any, but once word gets out I’m sure there will be more of a response,” he said. “For the most part though, I think people are pretty happy.”

Many students have expressed excitement and surprise about the announcement.

“When I first heard about it, I thought it was a joke, so I thought that it wasn’t actually going to happen, but when I found out it was real, I was so excited,” Cindy Zhou ’15 said. “Anything he plays will be great.”

Other students hope he performs his most popular singles accompanied by his band band.

“I couldn’t believe it when I first saw it on Facebook. I really hope he performs his big hits, like ‘No Interruption,’” Chelsea Chen ’15 said.

Chen said that he is unusually friendly with his fans, and even responds to them on social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter.

“He is really cool with his fans and always want to meet them. He even tweet-

ed back at me once, so I can’t wait,” she said.

Zhou said that she has been hoping Hoodie Allen would visit Cornell since he tweeted at her after Slope Day last year.

“Last year, all of my friends and I tweeted at him and told him to perform at Cornell,” Zhou said. “He kept saying that he wanted to come, so I’m so excited that he’s finally coming.”

The decision to bring Hoodie Allen as the second headliner has set the stage for a rap-dominated Slope Day. However, there could be two more different rappers than Hoodie Allen and Kendrick Lamar.

Hoodie Allen’s sex, money and fame dominated lyrics make him a quintessential frat rapper in the likes of Mac Miller. Allen doesn’t attempt to talk about serious topics, at least not more serious than

how hard it is to get a job after college (which should hit home for some of our juniors and seniors.) Lamar on the other hand, focuses on gun-violence, gangs and what its like to grow up in the worst neighborhoods. He pushes the limits, hitting on harsh truths with playing with deviated, if not very popular beats.

Allen’s beats are catchy, but not overly creative or experimental. His choruses, filled with piano infused melodies, almost push his music in the realm of pop.

Allen was born and raised in the northeast, attended an Penn and got his start performing at frat parties. With his Long Island roots and house party beginnings, Allen should be no stranger to the Slope Day scene.

Rap fans who are not a fan of Kendrick Lamar’s rhymes

and style may be much happier with Allen.

Spitting celebrity references at a mile a minute, Hoodie Allen raps about the life and struggles of someone much more similar to the typical Cornell student, referencing shows like Workaholics — “got me working like I’m Anders Holmvik.”

Those looking for a pop performance on Slope Day should feel fulfilled with Allen. His songs are easy to sing along to and his choruses should be catchy enough to get drunk heads bouncing, even if they can’t sing along.

Allen’s music may not be as genuine or as insightful as Lamar’s, but, for that reason, he may be more suited for Slope Day. Allen has come a long way since his college days, his album All American debuted at #10 in Billboard’s top albums. His words in Top of the Word sum it up, “Standing at the top of the world yelling Geronimo / From the top of my lungs, made it onto the honor roll / Your boy made it, the education was worth it / … / Word, it’s real talk, but they be saying we average / Get up on my level, where you at bitch?”

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The Binge

I

recently had an engaging conversation with a TV crit- experience that only comes with time.

Netflix, the enabler of our binges for the last couple of ic of a major newspaper. We spoke of the television industry, ratings, the greatest shows of the past decade years, has reaped tremendous profit from tremendously and a whole slew of other topics. But one thing he said popular shows like Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. caught my attention: he’s not a fan of “binge watching” In the week leading up to the premiere of their original shows, wherein one sits down for a number of episodes in series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, Netflix a short span of time. I was thrown off — watching TV stocks skyrocketed by almost 80 percent. For those of for hours on end happens to be a major hobby of mine you living under a rock, every episode of the first season (what else are Saturday afternoons for?) However, his sur- was placed online at once, which meant that many of us prising admission got me thinking: Contrary to how it were forced to live under a rock for the weekend until we may feel as a procrastinating college student, binge TV finished it (because that’s what we’re supposed to do, might not actually be the greatest invention of all time, right? Otherwise we find spoilers everywhere!).

However, I question both the purpose and intelligence both for the viewer and for the industry.

What I’ve realized is that a large part of what I love of such an all-in approach. Are we as a society so obsessed about television is the deliberate sense of time that pass- with instant gratification that we don’t even consider the es with it. Though originally wrought from necessity, the idea of waiting anymore?

I’ve noticed that nobody talks about House of Cards airing of television shows on a weekly basis allows for a serial nature that has truly been capitalized on only in the now. Why? Well, quite simply, because it started and last ten years with shows like Lost or The West Wing. before we knew it, it was over. By giving it to us all at While an inconvenience to some, it allows for a literal once, Netflix completely cut out the sense of a weekly passing of time, something not easily replicated in theater buzz that builds up for a show! And now, two months later, it shows. Their stock has plateaued since its spike. or film.

Every season, the characters become older and more Would it have helped for them to have people talking mature as the actors do the same. With a show like How about their original show on a weekly basis? Well, if I Met Your Mother, for instance, now on its 8th season, House of Cards were airing in a traditional format, its Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Siegel who look like babies finale wouldn’t be until the end of April, and there would in the pilot, have become characters that are infinitely have been a major plot twist airing on Friday the 12th that would have everyone wiser and more talking. But I guess we’ll grown-up (well, as never know, because we grown-up as they can all watched it on a twobe). Television can day binge. give us growth in a The fact of the matter way no other media is that binge watching is a can — by actually great way to catch up on a showing it to us as it show (I never would’ve happens. If you Guest been able to watch the watch any good modColumnist season’s premiere of Mad ern show (save for Men, if not for it). But it’s animated ones), you’ll see an incredibly flawed character at the start who no substitution for viewing on a weekly basis. You miss by the end has outgrown those flaws or learned to suc- out on so much by taking the shortcut. You lose the anxceed despite them. And if you do it right, sticking with a iety of waiting on the edge of your seat for seven days. show from the beginning to the end, you as the viewer You lose your weekly discussion and theorizing about next week’s episode that comes with a show like Game of can do the same.

For me, Scrubs was that show. I started watching as a Thrones. Most importantly, though, you lose out on tiny little middle schooler and by the end I was a high growing (or growing up) with the characters as time goes school senior applying to college. Seven years had gone by. I’m not saying not to binge watch — sometimes it’s by both in my life and in the lives of the characters. the only option — I’m just saying, don’t let it become a Together we had gone through hardship, disappoint- substitute for watching a show on a week-to-week basis. ment, regret, death, and triumph, and grown because of Don’t use Netflix as an excuse to cut out live TV (or even it all. The viewer that goes back now and watches Scrubs Hulu), because if you do, you deprive yourself of one of in a two-week binge completely forgoes the magic of that the greatest things that TV has to offer: Growth.

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Theo Wolf

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Theodore Wolf is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at tbw28@cornell.edu.

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SPORTS

McDowell Wins RBC Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — For all the big moments in Graeme McDowell’s career, his resume was short on PGA Tour victories.

McDowell relished what he called his first authentic tour win, defeating fellow U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson in a playoff at the RBC Heritage on Sunday.

McDowell’s been at the center of some of golf ’s biggest moments, from his rousing triumph at Pebble Beach in 2010 to capturing the winning point for Europe in that year’s Ryder Cup matches. He has six European PGA victories, too, but he hadn’t triumphed in the weekly grind of the world’s top tour.

“This game kicks you more often than it gives you a pat on the back,” McDowell said. “It’s hard to win.”

Not on this day for McDowell, who pushed forward on wind-blown Harbour Golf Links when his rivals were moving backward, unnerved by the 20 to 30 mph winds that rattled the course.

He rallied from four strokes down when the day began to take a one-shot lead into the 72nd hole. Then after he made his only bogey of the round to fall into tie with Simpson, twoputted from about 15 feet to make a par on the extra hole that Simpson couldn’t match.

“I guess the weather was what the doctor ordered. I needed that to get close to the leaders,” said McDowell, who earned $1,044,000 for the victory.

McDowell, from Northern Ireland, had a 69, one of only three scores in the 60s among the 70 who teed off Sunday.

Simpson, reigning U.S. Open winner, shot 71. He had a chance to win in regulation, but his 22-footer for birdie went 3 feet past and set up the additional hole. “I came in with not too much confidence, but I just stayed true to the process of what we’ve been working on,” Simpson said.

Luke Donald shot a 69 to tie for third with Kevin Streelman, who had a 72. Jerry Kelly rounded out the top five after his even-par 71.

Charley Hoffman, the 54hole leader, ballooned to a 77 and fell into a tie for sixth with Russell Henley (69) and Chris Stroud (70).

McDowell patted Simpson on the back after the playoff miss and smiled widely as the boats in Calibogue Sound tooted their horns and whistles.

Neither McDowell nor Simpson made the cut a week ago at the Masters, yet bounced back in a big way at Harbour Town.

McDowell acknowledged he was frustrated and disappointed after missing the weekend at Augusta National by a shot. If he had made the cut, McDowell wondered if he’d have had the motivation to break through at Harbour Town. “It’s funny the way things happen,” he said. “I wouldn’t swap this for a top 10 last week.”

The course showed its teeth, winds arcing flagsticks and blowing debris on every hole.

Donald backed off his putt on No. 7 when a large leaf tumbled through his line. Crews watered several greens between groups simply to keep balls holding instead of skipping off the wind-swept sod.

Blowers were heard throughout the day, trying to push off leaves, twigs and other tree parts falling everywhere on the course.

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the area, warning of gusts up to 45 mph.

“Extremely difficult,” Donald said of conditions.

“Strongest wind I’ve played in all year.”

Few managed the wind better than McDowell, who lurked behind most of the round until striking on the back nine. He made a 28-foot birdie putt on No. 11 to move into a three-way tie for first with Simpson and Hoffman.

McDowell broke the tie on the 16th hole, landing his approach within 8 feet and making the birdie putt. He

saved par from the back of the green on the 17th hole, but couldn’t do it a second time on the closing, lighthouse hole at No. 18 for his first bogey in 32 holes to fall back into a tie with Simpson.

Simpson’s chase appeared over when he made three bogeys in a six-hole stretch to fall two shots behind. He steadied himself with a birdie on No. 12 and parred his way to the finish to reach the playoff.

Donald, who’s got two seconds and a third in his past four appearances at Harbour Town, got an early charge going before Hoffman and Simpson hit the course with four birides on his first six holes to draw within two of the lead.

Donald, ranked No. 6 in the world, couldn’t keep the surge going, though. He had birdie chances on the final three holes of the front nine, but came up empty. Bogeys on the 13th and 15th holes end Donald’s run.

Still, it was the fourth top-five finish in the last five trips to the RBC Heritage for Donald.

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SPORTS

Cornell Hopes to Dominate Princeton In All Four Games

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Roar Tigers roar | Sophomore pitcher Nick Busto and the Cornell squad look toward four regular season games this weekend agianst Princeton.

to drive in junior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro. He advanced to second on the throw home on the play, and then scored on senior catcher Chris Burke’s single, giving the Red a 2-1 lead.

According to Peters, the balance in the Red’s lineup was evident in this win.

“Over the years, we haven’t really had very many holes in our lineup,” Peters said.

“Sometimes opposing pitcher think when they can get to the seven, eight or nine hitters,they’re coming up on the lower ranks, they’re supposed to

be easy outs. But when we have that balance, there’s pretty much no let down so the pitcher can’t ever relax.”

Sophomore outfielder Kevin Tatum also had three hits in the game, including two doubles. It was one of two three hit games in the series for the sophomore, whose bat has started to come alive after a slow offensive start to the season. “[Kevin] was a key, key guy in our success last year, and it was just a matter of time before he turned it around,” Peters said. “He’s one of the better hitters I’ve every seen; he has such a smooth swing. He was hitting the ball hard [and] he was just hitting it right at people. Once the balls started dropping, I knew he’d turn it around.”

In Sunday’s doubleheader, the tension remained high, but the Red’s strong pitching and defense dominated the Quakers.

Sophomore pitcher Brian McAfee went the distance for his third win, allowing just four hits and one run. The Red had seven hits from seven different players, again showcasing the balance in the lineup.

With so much on the line in the final game of the weekend, the Red rose to the challenge one more time and started off strong, putting up two runs in the bottom of the first. Tatum drew a walk and then scored on junior Chris Cruz’s two out double to the fence. Senior infielder Forrest Crawford then brought Cruz home with a single to center.

Though the Red put up five runs in the third, junior lefthander Zach McCulley didn’t need much more support, as he went five innings, allowing just one run and securing an 8-2 victory.

With the final four games of the regular season coming up against Princeton this weekend, the Red finds itself in an eerily similar position to just a year ago.

“It’s pretty much do-or-die now,” Peters said. “The Princeton series made our season last year, and it could make our season this year too.”

Just one game ahead of the Tigers in the standings of the Lou Gehrig Division, the Red needs to win all four in order to guarantee a chance to play Dartmouth in a repeat of last season’s Ivy championship matchup.

“We have to take four in order to give ourselves a chance, so none of the games can be taken lightly,” Peters said. “We can’t afford to start slow like we did this weekend. We have to go right out from the game and attack and give ourselves the best opportunity to take first place in the standings.”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

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SOFTBALL

C.U. Ends Run for Fifth Consecutive Ivy South Title

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, the Cornell women’s softball team found itself unable to stay in the running for what would have been its fifth consecutive Ivy League South division title. Although the Red was able to split its games on Saturday, rallying in the second match and ending the day with a much-needed win against Ivy League opponent University of Pennsylvania, Penn swept the two games on Sunday, leaving Cornell unable to pull ahead of the current South Division leaders.

In its first game against Penn, Cornell was unable to even find a place on the scoreboard as the Quakers were able to shut out, finishing the game The team ended its run for in a short five innings with a total its fifth consecutive Ivy of 13 runs. Penn League South division title maintained a hefty this past weekend. lead throughout the game, scoring six runs within the third inning and ending the game in the fifth inning after being ahead by more than eight runs. Cornell was only able to put up two hits against Penn pitcher Alexis Borden and struggled to capitalize on Borden’s errors on the mound.

However, in the second game, the Red successfully rallied past Penn in the seventh inning. After maintaining a strong lead of 3-0 in the first inning, Cornell found itself trailing behind Penn once again after the

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Righteous run for the rookie | Freshman pitcher Meg Parker took the mound for the Red this past weekend against Penn, where she only let up five hits in six innings.

Quakers were able to score in the third inning and falling behind, 9-6, in the bottom of the seventh.

However, after a series of walks, senior Kristen Towne and sophomore Linda Laeufer were able to find the ball and helped tie the score up, 9-9. Junior Lauren Bucolo was then able to capitalize on a fly ball, hit by freshman Michiko McGivney, and scored the winning run. The Red finished up the day with a 7-7 Ivy League record in a season that has been filled with splits.

Day two started off well as the Red maintained a 41 lead well into the seventh inning. However, Penn was able to score three runs in the top of the seventh, followed by two more runs in the final frame to pull ahead in a last minute rally. Freshman Meg Parker found herself on the pitcher’s mound and managed to only scatter five hits in a total of six innings. Game two started off

close as well, with Cornell able to answer Penn’s two run lead in the first inning. With a tied game, Penn was able to pull ahead by one run in the fourth, and secure the lead with three more runs in the final inning. Cornell was unable to score after its initial comeback in the first inning, finding itself unable to secure its fifth league title.

Although the women ended the team’s run for the title, Cornell heads into this weekend preparing to face Ivy League opponent Princeton on Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, the women will play a doubleheader against local opponent Ithaca College Thursday at 3 p.m.

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

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excited. This year, though, the Knicks came in as the 2 seed and expect to bring June excitement back to the Mecca of basketball.

Further the Brooklyn Nets earned the 4 seed in their inaugural season in their new home and have ridden a strong second half from Deron Williams to assert themselves as contenders as well. The elephant in the room for both teams though is can they play enough stifling defense to climb deep into the playoffs. The Knicks finished the year at 15th in the league in points allowed per 100 possessions and the Nets finished 17th. These lowly marks show vulnerability from both teams but if Brook Lopez can continue to improve his ability to act as a stopper and if Tyson Chandler is fully healthy don’t be surprised by major improvements on that end and a long series against Miami from either squad.

Do the Lakers Have Enough Gas in the Tank For a Playoff Run?

Forced to fight for their playoff lives it seems as if the Lakers have been playing postseason style basketball for weeks now. The good news is that this intensity was worth it in helping the team reach the playoffs, but the extended minutes from their starters might prove detrimental now that their

here. Also, while the team did show strong play without Kobe Bryant to end the season there is no doubt that he will be a big loss during postseason play.

San Antonio might be an aging team but Tim Duncan and company are primed to show they have one last run in them and Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol haven’t proven they can play consistently well together.

Barring a huge surprise I think the Lakers will fall in 5 but this team has been full of surprises all year and with two All Star big men they can never be counted out, especially if they start to get on a roll.

Can the Fast-Breaking Nuggets Be Successful in the Half-Court?

The Denver Nuggets won 57 games this year by playing at the second highest pace in the NBA at by far the highest altitude. The Nuggets literally ran teams out of the building en route to leading the NBA in points per game. The problem for Denver is that most of their scoring tends to come in transition and they lack a true halfcourt scorer, often a necessity for postseason success. With probably their best pure scorer in Danilo Gallinari out for the entire postseason with a torn ACL, the burden of creating offense in the half-court will likely fall on the shoulders of veteran Andre Miller. In Game 1 against Golden State, Miller came through by scoring 28 points including a game-winning basket in the waning seconds, but will the

37 year old be able to keep this up?

I suspect the Nuggets will get past a flawed Golden State team in the first round but a healthy Spurs team in Round 2 could present an insurmountable challenge.

Championship Next Weekend GOLF

Just How Good is Lebron James?

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This is the main question that will be asked over 1000 times on SportsCenter over the next month or so. The numbers prove that 2013 LeBron is unarguably one of the best players of all time but without continuing to win rings his legacy will always face doubters. This season LeBron posted a career best 31.6 player efficiency rating, 26.9 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game, and 7.3 assists per game, all while being the best defender in the NBA. He did this as his team also accumulated a legendary 27-game win streak. However, none of this will be remembered with the same adulation if LeBron fails to win another ring. He can put it up all the numbers he wants but without at least multiple championships he will always be ranked behind Michael Jordan in the greatest player ever discussion.

Can LeBron win five more championships? Without a doubt he can.

But doing it is another issue, and it will be fun to watch him go for number 2 this spring.

expect a victory, but I will say that I am optimistic going into this weekend. I believe that if we stay focused and determined throughout the weekend and fight for every shot on the course, we have as good a chance as any to win.”

The Red will participate in the Ivy League Championships next weekend at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, “The most important M.d. in the final tournament of thing is to keep our the year. With short games sharp.” the championship coming Max Koehler up, the Red will remain very loose in their preparation and not make any drastic changes in their games or routines, according to Koehler.

“Heading into this weekend, I think it is important not to make any major tweaks, just little adjustments to the full swing if any,” Koehler said. “The most important thing is to keep our short games sharp; the short game can save more strokes than any other aspect of our games. Other than that, I think we are going to keep practice pretty light and fun this week … golf is supposed to be fun and we all love to play and compete. By combining that with focus and a burning desire to win, we should be [in good shape].”

Alex Smith can be reached at asmith@cornellsun.com.

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

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Nine Takes Three of Four Against Quakers

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

In a do-or-die series against Penn this weekend with the hopes of playoff contention hanging in the balance, the Red took three games from Penn to stay in the race for another

Ivy championship.

“We had to take at least three and we accomplished that,” senior infielder Brenton Peters said. “There’s nothing like accomplishing something you set out to do the week before, especially when you realize your backs are against the wall.”

On a chilly day on Hoy Field on Saturday, the Red got

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Onwards and upwards | The Cornell baseball team stayed alive this past weekend against Penn after win-

off to a slow start. The Quakers had all the momentum in the first game, leading 3-0 after three innings. Cornell’s offense was stagnant, mustering up only five hits against Penn’s starter Connor Cuff, two of them by sophomore JD Whetsel. Though Red starter Nick Busto kept Penn off the board in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, the offense had no answer for Cuff, and the Quakers took game one, 6-0.

With three games left, needing three wins to keep its season alive, the Red did not back down.

“We got more aggressive, changed our approach at the plate and just let it fly,” Peters said. “We started playing a little looser with a little more confidence and everything started rolling.”

Freshman pitcher Michael Byrne’s stel- “We got more aggressive, lar start carried the changed our approach Red to a narrow 4-2 and just let it fly.” victory in the second game of Saturday’s Brenton Peters doubleheader.

“When we first came into the weekend, we didn’t know he’d be taking a starting spot,” Peters said. “But he came in and, to be honest, nobody really questioned it because he’s been pitching so well.”

Byrne went eight and a third strong innings, surrendering just two hits and one earned run while striking out four.

“He’s one of our higher velocity guys, he throws strikes and works fast,” Peters said. “When you have somebody like that on the mound, personally, I thoroughly enjoy it because you don’t have any lulls in the action. You’re either getting a ground ball or seeing a strike; it’s a very pleasing thing to see.”

Byrne got some offensive support from the bottom of his lineup in the second inning. Senior Phil Mullan — in just his third start of the season as a DH — hit a two-out single

ning three of the four games and keeping the team’s Ivy League Championship hopes alive.

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GOLF

Five Stories That Will Red Finishes Seventh in Tourney Define the NBA Playoffs

By ALBERT LIAO

Sun Staff Writer

Will Russell Westbrook Continue to Shoot More Than Kevin Durant?

It seems as if every time Oklahoma City loses in the postseason, Russell Westbrook has also jacked up more shots than the ultra-efficient Kevin Durant. This socalled problem has made it questionable whether or not the two can co-exist on a

percent of his long-range shots this season, but he lacks the playmaking ability Harden did. The issue is that when Westbrook gets too shot happy he does in fact take away opportunities from Durant. The two reached the Finals last season though and if it weren’t for a guy named Lebron James playing in Miami, they would undoubtedly be the favorites this year.

Alex Smith Thoughts From the Upper Deck championship team. While I personally believe the problem is overrated it certainly will make headlines over the next couple of weeks as the playoffs progress. The difference this year is that in the absence of James Harden, Oklahoma City may actually need Westbrook to step up his scoring load. Kevin Martin may be a prolific three-point shooter, connecting on 43

Playoff Basketball Is Back In New York

This might seem a bit brash considering the New York Knicks qualified for the playoffs the last two seasons but being a low-seed and having no real expectation for advancement made it hard for New Yorkers to really get See SMITH page 15

Cornell’s golf team was in Purchase, N.Y., this past weekend playing in the Century Intercollegiate Tournament. Yale — the host school – paced the eight team field, finishing with a combined team score of +32 to place first, while the Red finished seventh with a team score of +59, only 27 strokes behind Yale.

Juniors Craig Esposito and Max Koehler led the Red, each shooting +12 for the tournament, tied for 14th place. Much of the improvement has been attributed to just playing the game and not overthinking everything, according to Koehler.

“We are definitely moving in the right direction,” Koehler, the tri-captain, said. “The biggest thing for me was to stop thinking about what I was doing wrong and start playing golf. [I had to] stop forcing shots and focus on letting things come naturally.”

While Esposito and Koehler played their best tournament of the season, the usually steady junior and tri-captain Carl Schimenti struggled, finishing +26 for the tournament, the worst finish of any player for the Red. Despite the rough tournament, the team has not lost any faith in their captain, according to Koehler.

“This weekend was definitely an anomaly with respect to Carl’s scoring; better this week than next,” Koehler said. “I’ve played golf with Carl since we were freshman in high school and he has always been a crafty player who knows how to score. I have full confidence that he will forget about this weekend and come back as the Carl that we all know; someone who believes he can win and backs that belief up with great play.”

Although the Red finished seventh in the tournament, placing only above Yale’s ‘B’ team, the Red were much closer to the top of the scoreboard than in past tournaments. As a result, the Red feels confident for the Ivy League Championship next weekend, the last

tournament of the year.

“I think our team is in a good spot heading into the Ivy League Championship,” Koehler said.

“Throughout the spring season we have all had our ups and downs; that’s just how golf is. Along the way, I think all of us have become more and more confident. I’m not going to going to sit here and say I See GOLF page 15

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Pushing forward | Junior Craig Esposito (above) and Max Koehler led the Cornell team at the Century Intercollegiate Tournament.