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White House task force calls for stricter college campus sexual assault guidelines

By ASHLEY COLLIS-BURGESS Sun Staff Writer

While Cornell administrators have praised the recently-issued national report “Not Alone” — a compilation of sexual assault prevention guidelines — some student leaders say they believe the steps made by the White House are only a “first step” in addressing this issue.

In response to “a series of highly publicized rapes” on college campuses across the country, a White House task force drafted “Not Alone” in order to guide colleges in approving problem identification, sexual assault prevention, response to sexual assaults and the federal government’s enforcement and transparency, The New York Times reported.

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U.A.Votes Against Fossil Fuel Divestment

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Resolve | Jim Blair, chair of the University Assembly and sponsor of Resolution 16, presents the resolution at the U.A. meeting Tuesday.

Tuesday, the University Assembly became the first Cornell assembly to call against divesting the University’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry.

The U.A.’s decision — which came in an 8-5-1 vote on divestment goes against previous resolutions passed separately by the Faculty Senate, Student Assembly and Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, which supported divestment. The U.A. resolution does, however, support the Faculty Senate’s call for the University to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035, a goal which was previously set at 2050.

According to Jim Blair, executive committee chair of

Case Accusing Univ.of Disability Discrimination Moves Forward Type 1 diabetes since 1989 — which previously required him to leave his military career of 12 years. He was also diagnosed After seeing little activity for over two with early kidney failure in October 2009, a years, the case of Jose Zavala — a Cornell diagnosis he said caused the University to Information Technology employee who begin discriminating against him. sued the University for $1 million for violat“My employer knew this whole time that ing the American with I was a diabetic, but I took Disabilities Act — is set to “I’m just happy that the good care of myself so it move forward. didn’t interfere with my Zavala put forth his court allowed the case work,” Zavala said. “But lawsuit in November as soon as my legs started to go forward.”

2011 on the grounds that failing me, which comes Jose Zavala he was criticized by superwith diabetes, all of a sudvisors for attending medden I became a target.” ical appointments, was asked to obtain an According to Wendy Tarlow, associate excessive number of medical clearances to University counsel, Cornell has demonstratreturn to work and was deprived of the vehi- ed that Zavala has not been discriminated cle and tools needed for his job, The Sun against, due to the fact that he was retained reported in October 2012.

Zavala has suffered complications from See ZAVALA page 4

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the U.A., Resolution 16, titled “Carbon Neutrality and Divestment,” was open for public comment for a period of approximately one week and received 49 online comments all in support of divestment.

These comments included several sentiments about divesting from fossil fuel companies, saying not doing so is hypocritical, unethical, a poor example for students and contradictory to the conclusions of other assemblies, Blair said. Many U.A. members disagreed with these things being at the forefront of the issue.

The passage of the resolution followed lengthy discussion among U.A. representatives and approximately 15 community members about the financial and symbolic See DIVESTMENT page 4

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For the first time, attendees are required to pick up Slope Day wristbands before the event. If you have not already obtained your wristband, you can pick one up today with a Cornell or government-issued ID on various locations across campus.

Music

D.J. 3LAU will open the concert and will be followed by indie rock group Matt & Kim. The main act, however, will be rapper Ludacris.

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Couple Holds Out Hope For Missing Bounce House

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A photo op with a squirrel that went awry has left a teenager flustered but unhurt.

Seventeen-year-old Brian Genest, of Auburn, said Thursday he saw what appeared to be a friendly squirrel on a hand rail while walking through John Chestnut Park near Tampa, Florida. He was on a trip looking at colleges.

Genest took a selfie of himself and the squirrel. But the flash and noises from his camera phone scared the squirrel, which climbed under his shirt and hung onto his back before scampering out.

“He was just in that spot where my arm can’t reach him,” Genest said. “I threw myself on the ground, and that scared him off.”

Genest’s mother, Paula Wright, snapped photos of the hoopla, originally posted to his Instagram feed along with his selfie.

Genest had approached the squirrel making clicking sounds with his tongue to get closer. His mother said the spectacle Saturday taught him a lesson.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Michelle Appel is hoping to solve a big Alaska mystery with a colorful past.

She is hoping someone will help her track down the Anchorage customer who rented a king-size, kidsonly bounce house from her in 2012 — and then bounced with it.

Appel and her husband, Adam, own For Fun Alaska, an inflatable games rental business. Two years ago, they spent $4,000 for a “Big Big Bouncer,” an inflatable structure 25 feet wide, 20 feet deep and about 15 feet high, Appel said, decked out in primary colors.

“It was just a monster,” she said Thursday.

It had been used only a couple of times when a woman on June 30, 2012, paid $400 on a credit card to rent the Big Big Bouncer and a generator for one day, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

Police reported the bounce house was intended for a boy named Andre who was turning 5 and “partying with 30 of his best friends” at the Dave Rose Park.

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Permaculture Garden Will Honor Chris Dennis’13

By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

A team of students and alumni have begun building a permaculture garden in the backyard of the 660 Stewart Ave. Cooperative in honor of Chris Dennis ’13 — who disappeared shortly before his graduation — according to Katharine Constas ’15.

Dennis — who was a double major in international agriculture and rural development and communications — was reported missing in May 2013 and was last seen canoeing on Cayuga Lake. Dennis separated from his friends to canoe alone, and his canoe was later found overturned in the middle of the lake.

According to Jamie Johnson ’13, who came up with the original idea to build the garden, Dennis was an active member of the 660 Stewart Ave. Cooperative and loved how “carefully designed spaces could provide sustenance for humans and animals.”

“We think he would have loved [this garden],” Johnson said. “We see this garden as a way to preserve Chris’ values for future students.”

Johnson said Dennis’ disappearance left her “wondering how to move forward without him and wanting to leave a modest tribute to his legacy.”

“For the time being, the planting process will help us

remember a friend,” she said. “In the long term, it will be a beautiful place where students can grow their own food.”

According to Johnson, the 3,400 square foot garden will be a mix of fruit trees, vegetables, perennials, flowers and bamboo.

She said the students are running a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for plants, tools, a fence and the garden’s long-term success.

“We are trying to raise money for a long lasting eight-foot deer fence because we believe it will help ensure the longevity of the garden’s maintenance,” she said. “Any amount of money helps. This project embodies so much of what Chris loved and is the best possible way I can honor him.”

Constas described Dennis as an “extremely compassionate individual with the capacity to contemplate and address some of the largest and most complex problems of our world.”

“He dedicated much of his free time to friends, family, environmental issues and giving a voice to the underrepresented,” she said. “He loved projects that worked to better the world from an environmental and a social perspective.”

Constas said students will continue to work on the garden throughout the course of the summer.

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In memory | Groundbreaking has begun for a permaculture garden — which will honor Chris Dennis ’13 — in the backyard of the 660 Stewart Ave. cooperative.

Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.

Johnson Faculty Members Offer Recent Cornell Study on Words of Wisdom in ‘Last Lectures’ Breakfast Cereals Sparks

By SAMANTHA DeLOUYA Sun Contributor

Second-year students of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management attended a “Last Lectures” event at Sage Hall Monday, where four faculty members — Prof.

Kathleen O’Connor, management and organizations, Sean Martin Ph.D. ’13, Prof. Maureen

“Life is a series of group projects.”

Prof. Drew Pascarella O’Hara, the Robert W. Purcell professor of finance, and Prof. Drew Pascarella MBA ’01, finance, offered parting words and advice to their soon-to-be former students.

The primary lesson in all four lectures focused on the importance of graciousness.

O’Connor, the first speaker, described her five “keys to happiness.”

First — and most important — was to “always say thank you,” according to O’Connor.

Other life lessons she offered were to “give more, take less,” “spend money on life experiences, rather than material things,” “keep hope alive” and “cultivate strong relationships.”

Martin stressed the importance of retaining one’s identity in his lecture. He spoke about America’s negative perception towards business

professions and encouraged students to change this stigma.

“This is the state of affairs for your predecessors, [but] you have the power to change it,” he said. “Be influential, but not combative.”

Martin also spoke about the benefits of working in business, such as the ability to have a positive effect on society through charity.

“We’re the ones with the power so we’ve got to be the ones to make a change,” he said.

According to Martin, the side effects of “making a positive difference” is more worthwhile than finding happiness itself.

O’Hara’s lecture consisted of a “life in 10 slides” presentation, where she stressed humility and said that successful professionals always “remember their roots.”

“The biggest jerk in the office is always the person who acts like they built the company themselves,” she said.

Pascarella, the last speaker, spoke about advice he would have given himself when he graduated from the Johnson School with his MBA in 2001.

“Life is a series of group projects,” he said.

“Project contributors bump along in their careers, but project managers get things done — be a project manager.”

Samantha DeLouya can be reached at sdd47@cornell.edu.

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Students ride a camel at Israel Day — an event hosted by Cornell Hillel to celebrate Israeli Independence Day — yesterday afternoon.

Criticism From General Mills

“You’ll see that the Trix Rabbit looks in pretty much every direction.

Up. Left. Right. Straight ahead. He A study conducted by the Cornell even has his eyes closed on a couple,” Food and Brand Lab found that car- he wrote. “He does look down on toon characters on cereal boxes tend occasion, but do you notice what he to look downward to match the eye seems to be looking at? That’s right level of young children, increasing — at the bowl of cereal pictured on the amount of trust and loyalty the the box … because he loves Trix.”

Forsythe also said that at a height consumer has for the brand.

Food company General Mills, of 23 inches, cereal box characters however, called the findings “absurd” that looked down would not be making eye contact with any child of and “pseudo-science” on their blog.

The joint study — published last walking age or above.

“The average height of a 13month in the journal Environment and Behavior by Prof. Brian month old [is] around 30 inches Wansink, applied economics and tall,” Forsythe wrote. “If this research management, Aner Tal grad and was in any way meaningful — which Aviva Musicus, who graduated from it’s not — these supposedly downYale University in 2013 — found ward looking characters would be looking below eye that eye contact with level of the youngest characters on cereal “We value the lively kids possible. boxes “increased Perhaps Cornell feelings of trust and debate research would like to retract connection to the can spur.” [the findings.]” brand.”

However, in an e“If you look at Aner Tal grad mail to The Sun, Tal kids’ breakfast ceresaid the researchers als, their eyes almost stood by the original always point down … whereas if you look at adult break- results of their study.

“We value the lively debate fast cereals, they just look straight at you,” Wansink said in a video by the research can spur and encourage people to go out and have a look on their Cornell Food and Brand Lab. The study found that children’s own,” he said. “We stated in our cereal box characters look an average paper that we don’t know if the eye of 9.6 degrees downward from an placement and line-of-sight is intenaverage height of 23 inches — which tional or coinciden[tal], but regardgive the characters “incidental eye less, it’s the eye contact that matters, not whether it’s intentional or not.” contact” with children.

Tal reaffirmed the findings of the The researchers also found that when cereal box characters appear to study and said the researchers knew make direct eye contact with viewers, “through many studies” that eye contheir brands are viewed as 16 percent tact — even with a non-human figmore trustworthy, and viewer con- ure — helps to “create a sense of nection to the brands is 28 percent friendship and trust.”

“Our general mission in the lab is higher.

If cereal companies wanted higher to help promote healthy eating, and sales, they should make their charac- the current research aims to encourters should stare straight out at view- age that within the cereal domain,” he said. ers, the study concluded.

Nabiha Keshwani contributed Tom Forsythe, who wrote the April 4 General Mills blog post in reporting to this article. response to the study, said the company did some research of its own on the Trix rabbit — the main character Alisha Foster can be reached at afoster@cornellsun.com. focused on in the Cornell study.

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Sun Staff Writer

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consequences of divestment.

Some U.A. members said they were concerned that divestment may lead to financial consequences that would affect staff employment and undergraduate tuition.

“I’m not willing to gamble someone’s livelihood. I’m worried that [employees] will be on the chopping block,” said Greg Mezey ’09, a member of the U.A. “A symbolic statement is not worth being in the position of saying to someone, ‘I’m sorry, you can’t come into work today because there’s no money for your job.’”

Matthew Battaglia ’16, an incoming U.A. member, said he did not believe divestment was worth “jeopardizing undergraduate tuition.”

“We can’t justify to students cutting money to the University on the off chance of making a difference,” he said. “Climate change is a problem, but it’s not something we can risk our undergraduates on. The risk is too much.”

However, supporters of divestment argued that the potential monetary risks would not have a significant impact given the University’s “large budget.”

“The Office of University Investment says we could lose [$100 million over ten years] from divestment. But look at Cornell’s annual budget of $2 billion,” Jimmy O’Dea grad said. “I think $10 million is sticker shock. Other sources of the University’s revenue, such as research funding and overhead, vary by millions of dollars each year.”

Several community members found the U.A.’s decision to be “disappointing” and “frustrating.”

“The U.A. basically ignored their constituents,” David Beavers ’14 said. “Three bodies [the GPSA, S.A. and Faculty Senate] almost unanimously called for divestment.”

Sarah Balik ’15, a member of the U.A. and S.A. executive vice president, said she believes the U.A. should not have “voted against [its constituents.]”

“In my opinion, the U.A. made a mistake here. You’re not doing justice to your constituents if you’re not listening to their ideas,” she said.

“My biggest fear is that this decision will end the debate on divestment — about what it means to be sustainable — and that would be a disgrace.”

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

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when several employees in his department were laid off and that he was relocated departments upon complications due to his disability.

“Cornell has an extremely strong tradition of hiring and retaining employees with disabilities. We’ve actually won several lawsuits that alleged disability discrimination,” Tarlow said. “In Mr. Zavala’s situation, he retained his employment despite having some medical disabilities and having to be accommodated.”

For these reasons, Tarlow said, the University has filed two successive motions to dismiss Zavala’s lawsuit since it was introduced.

After the original motion was granted, Zavala was allowed to replead his complaint by further specifying his allegations against the University.

“Mr. Zavala brought an amended complaint, in which he further specified the allegations,” Tarlow said. “We made in essence the same motion over again, which is to say to the court, even if you assume everything he is alleging is true, he still hasn’t stated a viable cause of action.”

This second motion, however, was denied in a district court decision dated March 21, which means that Zavala’s case will go into the discoveries phase, according to Tarlow. In this phase —

which will take place Dec. 31 — both parties will exchange existing documents and may take depositions of people on either side.

This is the first time so far that the court will consider facts relating to the case, Tarlow said. In the case of disputed facts, there may be a trial by jury.

“Even though time has gone by, there has been no activity in the case,” Tarlow said. “Now there will be activity in the case — Mr. Zavala will turn over his documents, and Cornell will turn over our documents. We’ll do depositions.”

The deadline for the University to file another motion after this discovery period is February 2015, according to Tarlow.

A court date for the decision has been set for May 2015, Zavala said.

Zavala, whose kidneys have since failed, placing him on dialysis and unable to work, says that he is grateful that the court has moved his case forward.

“I’m just happy that the court allowed the case to go forward,” Zavala said. “I would like to settle, but [Cornell] is pretty determined not to, so it will be the judge’s decision … I just hope for something good to come of this, so this doesn’t happen to anyone else.

That’s what my drive’s been.”

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

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Student Leaders Say White House A&S STUDENTS!!

Guidelines Only a‘Starting Point’ VOTE on-line GUIDELINES

Prevention to inform, guide and strengthen the effectiveness and the reach of our programs of prevention, intervention and response.”

The guidelines outlined in the report urge colleges Yamini Bhandari ’17, current freshman represento conduct anonymous surveys regarding incidences tative and incoming women’s issues liaison-at-large of sexual assault, adopt anti-assault policies that have for the Student Assembly, said that while she believes been found to be successful at other colleges and the report shows that the government understands ensure that reports of sexual assault remain confiden- sexual assault as an issue, it is only a “starting point.” tial, according to The Times.

“At the very least, I’m excited that this will start According to a University statement, Cornell the conversation in many schools about how cases of administrators have made active efforts to implement sexual violence should be addressed, and I hope to the task force’s new broader guidelines — one being see this program succeed and lead to more collaborathe ‘single investigator’ model for sexual misconduct tion between universities across the country,” she — and have contributed to the national cause by said. “It’s a great place to start, but it is just the working with government offibeginning of a larger movement cials. that needs to happen.”

“I’m excited that this will “Several of the White Syed Ali Khan ’15, transfer start the conversation in House task force’s recommenrepresentative for S.A., said he dations, most notably its call also believes the guidelines are many schools about how for an innovative ‘single invesonly a “first step” to what the cases of sexual violence tigator’ model for sexual misgovernment needs to do in the conduct complaints are already future. should be addressed.” in action here at Cornell, and “This comes as a reactionary our leadership team is investimeasure to a nationally highYamini Bhandari ’17 gating actively how Cornell lighted string of sexual assaults can implement the broadest and I only wish that there was possible range of these new guidelines,” the state- more work done prior at the national level,” he said. ment said.

Juliana Batista ’16, women’s issues liaison for the Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for S.A., said she believes that although Cornell is very Student and Academic Services, says she “appreci- open in [conversing] about sexual assault, more effort ates” and “applauds” the University’s efforts toward needs to be made to include some groups, namely maintaining a collective stance against sexual vio- males and minority women. lence.

“Cornell still has strifes to go. I think that we still “While our campus organizations, policies and struggle with integrating the voices of males and practices have evolved over three decades, we have minority women in this conversation,” she said. remained committed to a climate and culture that “However, I think Cornell is at the forefront in include zero tolerance of such violence,” she said. “I addressing sexual violence.” appreciate greatly the work of the faculty, staff, students, alumni and community partners who are serv- Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at ing on Cornell’s Council on Sexual Violence acollisburgess@cornellsun.com.

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Unidentified September 11 Remains to Be Moved To Ground Zero

NEW YORK (AP) — The unidentified remains of those killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 are set to be moved to a repository at ground zero this weekend, renewing a more than decade-long debate among grieving family members about the best final resting place for their loved ones.

The families were notified by a city official last weekend that the remains will be moved on Saturday from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Manhattan’s East Side in a solemn procession led by police and fire department vehicles to the memorial site. Once there, the remains will be placed in a custom-designed repository, located at bedrock level in the same building as the National September 11 Memorial Museum.

The somber setting will be available for family visits but will be overseen by the medical examiner with hopes that improvements in technology could eventually help identify the 7,930 remains.

Opinions among family members about the move are decidedly split, stirring emotions that are still raw more than 12 years after the deadliest terror attack in U.S. history.

“Human remains of American citizens do not belong in the museum,” said Sally Regenhard, the vice chairwoman of the 9/11 Parents and Families of Firefighters and W.T.C. Victims. Her son Christian died in the attack.

The city has insisted that the medical examiner-run area is separate from the museum, though housed in the same building. The museum opens to the public May 21.

“It’s intellectually dishonest. You have to go through the museum to get there,” said Regenhard, who said that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office should survey the victims’ families about what they want. She prefers a monument like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery placed elsewhere in the memorial.

New York Man Kicked, Punched

By Two Police Officers GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York man was repeatedly kicked and punched by two police officers while being arrested during a traffic stop last month on Long Island, according to the man’s attorneys, who released a video Tuesday depicting the encounter.

The Nassau County district attorney’s office has started an investigation, according to a spokesman, and the officers are now the subject of an internal affairs probe, officials said.

Kyle Howell, 20, of Westbury, was arrested April 25, on charges including marijuana possession, tampering with evidence and resisting arrest following a traffic stop near his home, according to court documents. He has pleaded not guilty, but his attorneys and family said they are seeking to have the charges dropped.

On Monday, Howell’s attorneys filed a notice of claim, the first step in a process leading to a civil lawsuit against the county, its police officers and the county’s only public hospital.

At a news conference Tuesday at his attorney’s office, Howell said that after officers stopped him, he complied with a request to show his license. He said one of the officers then opened his passenger side door and when his paycheck began to fly out of the vehicle, he attempted to grab it.

“The next thing you know, I got a knee to face, and then the next thing I remember, I was in the hospital,” he told reporters.

The video, which attorneys obtained from a nearby business, depicts the two officers stopping Howell’s vehicle and speaking with him briefly. Howell is apparently the only person in the car, but the view of him is obscured by a reflection off the windshield. One officer is shown standing at the driver’s side door while the second leaves his position from the passenger side door and heads toward the rear of the vehicle.

Three Indviduals Skydive Off World Trade Center NEW YORK (AP) — Three skydivers spent about four hours atop the World Trade Center’s signature skyscraper taking in sights before parachuting off it, they said Tuesday in detailing a surreptitious stunt that raised questions about security and left them facing felony charges.

James Brady, Marko Markovich and Andrew Rossig acknowledge making the Sept. 30 leap from the unfinished 1 World Trade Center, the nation’s tallest building and one of its most security-conscious. But they pleaded not guilty Tuesday to burglary, reckless endangerment and other charges.

Authorities say the escapade audaciously broke laws specifically prohibiting such jumps. The jumpers portray it as a careful, middle-ofthe-night plunge by experienced skydivers over deserted streets.

“We didn’t endanger anyone,” Rossig said as he left court.

The trio has garnered support from two Sept. 11 victims’ relatives, who say the skydivers spotlighted security lapses at the trade center site.

The site’s owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, insists it’s well-protected, while acknowledging that daredevils have prompted security changes recently.

The parachutists were arrested last month, shortly after a teenage thrill-seeker was accused of climbing to the top of the 1,776-foot tower.

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CARTHAGE, Texas (AP) — A former mortician whose killing of a rich widow shook an East Texas town and later inspired a movie will soon go free, after the district attorney who prosecuted him agreed Tuesday to let him out of a life sentence.

A judge set a $10,000 bond for Bernie Tiede after recommending that his prison term be reduced. He was expected to be released later Tuesday. A state criminal appeals court must sign off on the sentence reduction while Tiede is out on bond.

The now-55-year-old Tiede, who was well liked in the close-knit community of Carthage, was convicted in the death of his longtime companion, Marjorie Nugent. The 81-year-old widow had a reputation among townspeople as a crotchety cheapskate. The case inspired the 2012 dark comedy “Bernie” starring Jack Black in the title role and Shirley MacLaine as Nugent.

The judge has agreed to let Tiede live with filmmaker Richard Linklater, who made the 2012 dark comedy and volunteered to take Tiede in. Tiede will be under strict bond conditions.

Panola County District Attorney Danny Buck Davidson agreed with Tiede’s appeals attorney, Jodi Cole, who said he deserved a lighter sentence because he was sexually assaulted as a child and also had an abusive relationship with Nugent before her death.

Psychiatrist Edward Gripon, who examined Tiede in January, testified Tuesday that Tiede and Nugent had a complex and abusive relationship. He said that combined with Tiede having been abused when he was younger pushed him to kill Nugent in a “brief dissociative episode.”

Investigators of Circus Accident Find Broken Carabiner Clip PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Local investigators have completed an initial probe into a circus accident that sent eight acrobats plummeting to the floor during a hair-hanging stunt and are turning over a broken clip and other material to federal workplace safety investigators, a Providence fire official said Tuesday.

The carabiner clip was one of several pieces at the top of a chandelierlike apparatus that was suspending the acrobats during Sunday morning’s performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus before 3,900 people, many of them children.

It is not yet clear why the 4- to 5-inch steel clip broke into three pieces, fire investigator Paul Doughty said. That is up to investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine.

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Smile,Cornell University T

his is not some mushy, mildly uplifting but also partially (mostly?) annoying piece about the things you have to be grateful for. It’s not about some super abstract notions or my knowing more than you about how to be happy. It’s about a very mundane reality that we are all swimming in, and how we feel about this reality. It’s about the community of extremely accomplished type-A personalities, seriously down-to-earth noshoebies, guys who talk too loudly about weekend escapades, girls who think spandex are pants (guilty) and professors who forgot about spring break. We’re all implicated in this community, guys, gang’s all here.

We’re stressed because we have a prelim and paper due the same day (first world problem, but still) or we just broke up or maybe something more serious like a family member’s illness, our own mental health, the future, etc. We’re busy and moving fast and going somewhere important. We’re sick of waiting at CTB or annoyed Mann doesn’t take any ID besides our student ID and we really need to check out headphones to drown out the people who don’t seem to realize this is a library. Or we are those people who don’t care it’s a library because we need to find out what happened last night and why she was crying. Anyway, we don’t have time.

So we move through our day rushing. We focus on the schedule we’ve created for ourselves, the chunks of time carved out to study, eat, play, dance, sleep, participate in club X or team Y. Then, somebody you’ve never seen before happens to catch your eye on the morning trek through the engineering quad, when it’s raining sideways and your umbrella just doesn’t cut it, and they smile. Eyes crinkle, head tilts and suddenly a ray

We all want some positive interactions with strangers. We all want random support in the form of acknowledgement of our existence. of full-throttle honest happiness is beaming in your direction.

There’s some solid science supporting the idea that spending time smiling increases serotonin released in your brain, making you happier. What about receiving a smile? Here’s where it would be easy to jump off the deep end, and turn into a gooey diatribe. I won’t quite do that, because I said I wouldn’t, and because I’m not sure it would help.

I am, however, going to unload some first-hand knowledge after four years of Cornell. Every person I’ve talked to about campus culture has mentioned an unfriendly vibe. People spanning from those involved in Co-op housing and the Greek system to various sports teams and sustainability, debate or acappella groups, from professors and café staff members to Ithaca residents, you name it, they’ve mentioned this attitude. What is important to note here is the person who mentioned the aloof campus tendency is likely the same girl who you made eye contact with, wished might smile and didn’t. There’s a nonsensical “us and them” mentality, going on: “We’re friendly people!” and “They are rude!” If 90 percent of people feel others aren’t friendly, then who are “other people?” The 10 percent? Are they so pervasive that they are affecting the whole culture? I highly doubt it.

Here’s the deal: We all want some positive interactions with strangers. We all want random support in the form of acknowledgement of our existence. Maybe a full-blown smile isn’t your style, maybe you’d rather just nod. Suddenly, we’re nodding at each other. Suddenly, we are busy, rushing, stressed, not wearing pants, but we’re doing it TOGETHER. We are acknowledging our community. We are walking uphill both ways (insert more Ithaca clichés), and we’re doing it with some social graces and caring.

And I know we’re extremely stressed. But this is pretty important, because it’s about the potential monotony of our existence, something we all must face at some point. The reality is we will have to walk to class anyway, every day, and we get a choice about how to get there. Take a break from looking down at the well trodden, snow-covered pavement and maybe just one time, through the 20 mile-per-hour winds and horizontal sleet, look up and smile, Cornell University, at the freshman struggling up the hill — he’s practically you.

Keren Bitan is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at knb47@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester.

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A Farewell to Pants (and Cornell) T

his will be my last the negative aspects. As produced a subpar Cornell. And while this column for The Cornell’s commitment to answer, here is what I might seem like flowery Cornell Daily international experiences wish I had said. At bullshit, I can assure you Sun, and although I have grows, we must challenge Cornell, we are all part of that these feelings of only been a columnist for ourselves to always ensure one big caring communi- loneliness are not unique the past year, I am sad to that we ask the necessary ty. And being a part of to you and that these think of this experience questions to ensure that this big caring communi- resources can help. ending. Although half of our experiences abroad ty means two things: It This conversation of my articles appeared in do not harm the commu- means there is a space for resources leads me to my The Sun as a “guest col- nities that we have the everyone and there is a second point. When I say umn,” my column actu- fortune to visit. We must space to ask for help. there is a space to ask for ally had a name, Sans not shy away from diffiTo start with my first help, I mean that it is Pants. I chose this name cult discussions and we point, Cornell is a much okay to not feel okay and not only because of my must trust ourselves to bigger school than most it is okay to ask for help. affinity to shirk societal navigate the ethical ques- of us imagine, and while A friend once told me expectations of men’s leg tions of our own experi- the sheer enormity of that she felt like everyone wear, but also as a repre- ences. My first op-ed, 13,000 undergraduates is on this campus has “duck sentation of how I want- “White Boy Goes to hard to understand — syndrome,” where from ed the column to feel.

Africa” discussed one of what it means is that above the water it might I hoped that the con- the biggest insecurities in there is a specific commu- look like we are all floattent discussed in Sans my own personal work nity for you. I have found ing along gracefully, but Pants would be thought- — acknowledging the that a lot of people here at below the water we movprovoking and confronta- privilege I have in being Cornell become involved ing our flippers as fast as tional, but presented in a able to work and study in with one single commu- we can to keep ourselves comfortable way that communities abroad. Yet, nity during their time at afloat. In other words, we allowed room for disfeel this need to cussion — reminisfeign composure cent of those times even if we feel on At Cornell, we are all part of one big the when you had verge of colintense philosophical caring community. And being a part of lapse. I wish I could debates with your tell my freshman this big community means two things: self (and all freshfreshman year floormates in your pajathat these It means there is a space for everyone men) mas. At the same feelings are normal, time, I created the they will not go and there is a space to ask for help. and column as means for away by hiding me to express myself them. Whether it’s on topics that I felt were the thoughts in my head Cornell and when you an academic issue, a pernot receiving a fair and the conversations feel like you are able to sonal issue or both, there amount of attention on with my peers that the thrive in this community is no need for anyone to this campus. Writing this piece provoked taught me — then it’s wonderful! hide his or her struggles column was a way to an invaluable lesson on But when you are not when there are people on express myself and pro- what it means to #check- able to succeed in this this campus who care vide the same type of myprivilege and the specific community, then about you and there are catharsis I feel when I importance that these it’s too easy to feel out of resources here to help come home from class conversations have both place and left out. If you you. Cornell has done and take my pants off. in my personal develop- or anyone you know is great things with destigNow, with my time at ment and in my work. having these feelings, it matizing mental health The Sun coming to an I don’t mean to use means you are not sur- issues and I wish I had end, I ask myself what this last article to force rounding yourself with realized freshman year closing thoughts do I you all to reread my for- right people and that per- that those initiatives and have for the Cornell com- mer rants and arguments haps it is time to experi- talks of community munity? I’ll start by say- (though I would like to ence new areas of this included me. This is me ing that I hope we all once again plug the cre- campus. Now this advice saying now that they continue these conversa- ation of an institutional sounds easier said than absolutely include you. tions surrounding service review board for all ser- done, but there are And with that, ladies learning and the impact vice learning projects affil- resources on this campus and gentleman I conof our own presence in iated with Cornell) and so that can help — the clude my last rant. Thank the communities we perhaps, let me move on Women’s Resource you for reading and work with abroad. I to what new things I Center, the Center for thank you Cornell! believe this conversation would like to leave you all Intercultural Dialogue, has started to grow on with. The other day, I was your Resident Advisor Sam Ritholtz is a senior in the this campus, but we must asked what advice would I and the LGBT Resource College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He may be reached at continue to talk about give my freshman self, Center are all places that sritholtz@gmail.com.

Sans the positive aspects of ser- and while the question can help you find the Pants appears alternate vice learning, along with caught me off guard and I right community here at Wednesdays this semester.

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Open access

Rocket Science

C.U.Scientists Encourage Open Access Publishing

By JACQUELINE CAROZZA Sun Senior Writer

Paywalls that restrict access to journal articles makes staying up to date on scientific literature difficult or impossible for those who do not have access to journal subscriptions, which can cost hundreds of dollars a year.

As part of the movement to make academic research freely available to the public, adoption of open access policies at universities has been gaining momentum in recent years.

Currently, 36 universities in the United States, including Harvard, the Massachusets Institute of Technology, and the University of California schools, have instituted such policies, according to Jimmy O’Dea, a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry.

On April 22, the Cornell University Assembly unanimously passed a resolution that created a committee to investigate the implementation of a campus wide open access policy at Cornell.

This resolution follows a number of previous resolutions supporting open access publishing passed by the Faculty Senate in 2003, 2005, and 2006 and the establishment of the Cornell Open Access Publication Fund by the library in 2009 to offset costs impost on academics who want to publish in open access journals.

According to O’Dea, beginnings of the resolution hatched in a science policy class taught last fall by Prof. Chris Schaffer, biomedical engineering. O’Dea, Michelle Delco BS ‘98 DVM ‘02 grad and Mischa Olson grad researched open access policies and implementation as a project for the class.

This spring they partnered with Executive Vice Chair of the University Assembly David Bunck grad to write a resolution recom-

mending the creation of a committee. After passing, the resolution was forwarded to President David Skorton for approval.

O’Dea said that the open access policy that he, Delco and Olson drafted would be a legal framework in which the Cornell faculty would grant the university the right to distribute scholarly work freely to the public.

This would take the form of an open access online repository maintained by the University where faculty can upload their publications, he said.

The policy applies only to academic journal articles and does not include books or other materials that would be sold for profit, Delco said. It is also important to draw a distinction between open access journals, which are academic journals created to be exclusively open access, and the policy under consideration. “[Faculty] can still publish in whatever journal they want, their publications would just also be in this repository,” Olson said.

The proposed policy is similar to those adopted by other universities, according to Delco.

“We’re not reinventing the wheel. The proposed policy is very similar to what many other universities have already adopted. It’s really the implementation that’s different between schools,” Delco said.

According to O’Dea, Harvard, MIT and the University of California schools all have welldeveloped policy implementation programs, and Cornell is in a position to join them and play a leadership role in open access.

“Cornell has a fantastic history with open access. It’s very easy to talk about these issues,” he said.

Cornell already helps direct and participates in a number of open access repositories, including arXiv, an international open access digital

archive with more than 900,000 preprints as of 2013, and eCommons, a university repository that contains mostly dissertations.

The group has consulted with the library, which strongly supports the initiative. According to O’Dea, the library estimates that Cornell would not need to hire additional staff to run the repository due to pre-existing infrastructure.

The cost of maintaining a repository would likely be less than the approximate $300,000 annual contribution Cornell makes to arXiv, O’Dea said.

For comparison, Cornell paid $1.9 million for subscriptions to Elsevier journals for the 2013 fiscal year, about 10.9 percent of the collections budget according to John Saylor, associate university librarian for Scholarly Resources and Special Collections.

O’Dea, Olson, Delco and Bunck have partnered with Peter Sullivan grad, Emily Perregaux grad and Assistant University Librarian for Digital Scholarship and Preservation Services Oya Rieger to form the committee responsible for investigating and implementing an open access policy.

O’Dea said the group plans to invite representatives from a large number of campus organizations, including the U.A., the University Library, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and the Faculty Senate, as well as faculty from several academic departments.

According to O’Dea, they aim to make the discussions leading to open access at Cornell faculty-driven and inclusive.

“We want a committee that represents the campus,” he said.

The formal structure of the committee will be complemented by open forums where the Cornell community’s questions and concerns can be heard.

Delco, O’Dea and Olson pre-

sented the policy to several department meetings and answered questions from professors about their concerns regarding the new policy in order to guide the committee’s decisions.

“The biggest fear that we heard was that we’d be adding workload to professors’ lives, which is the last goal of this committee,” O’Dea said.

O’Dea cited the University of California’s success in making the online repository easy to use.

“They have an incredibly streamlined system to upload an article,” he said.

Another big question concerns how an open access policy at Cornell would affect faculty relationships with publishers. There is little consensus among journal publishers about open access.

Some, such as for-profit publishers Wiley and Elsevier, have historically been against it, O’Dea said.

Others, such as the American Physical Society, support open access.

Many publishers fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. For instance, some set embargoes where the article can only be distributed publicly after a certain time period following publication, according to O’Dea. O’Dea said the open access policy proposed for Cornell would be flexible to allow for this range of journal attitudes towards freely distributing academic research.

Cornell is poised to take advantage of the progress other schools have made talking to publishers about open access policies, O’Dea said. For example, the U.C. system allows publishing faculty to opt out of open access or to set an automatic release date for their article after the embargo period.

Considering that national funding agencies are also moving towards open access, there is also the

question of redundancy. Delco said that the group received questions from open access supporters during their department visits, such as why Cornell should take the time, energy and money to make an open access repository when a national repository is on its way to becoming a reality.

There are a few reasons to still enact open access at a university level, O’Dea said. According to O’Dea, a nation-wide open access policy may mandate implementation at the university level anyway, and Cornell may be able to achieve open access before a national policy is created.

After forming the committee, the main goal will be to institute the policy, which will grant Cornell the legal right to distribute articles, according to O’Dea. The focus then will turn towards implementation, which varies widely between schools that have already adopted policies.

Compliance is a large part of making open access a success. For example, after the National Institutes of Health passed a policy in 2004 that asked for voluntary submissions to PubMed Central, the NIH’s open access online repository, they received very few articles, O’Dea said.

The NIH’s current policy for the continuation of faculty grants from the NIH is that all previously published work funded by that grant must be uploaded to PubMed Central, which has pushed participation to 80 percent.

“At Cornell, we want it to be part of the culture, that it would actually help your job that your data is out there,” O’Dea said. “It’s in faculty’s best interest to advertise themselves, and having a repository of information is the way to do this.”

Jacqueline Carozza can be reached at jcarozza@cornellsun.com.

Two Cents: Open Access at Cornell

By JACQUELINE CAROZZA Sun Senior Writer

This week in Science we talked with two professors about the benefits and challenges of implementing an open access publishing policy at Cornell. Prof. Chris Schaffer, biomedical engineering, serves on the University Faculty Committee and teaches Science Policy Bootcamp, where Jimmy O’Dea, Michelle Delco and Mischa Olson started their project on open access. Prof. Paul Ginsparg, physics and information science, founded the open access digital preprint repository arXiv, now maintained by the Cornell Library. He also served on the initial advisory board for the NIH’s PubMedCentral.

Do you support instituting an open access policy at Cornell?

Why or why not?

Absolutely. By having the work of Cornell scholars freely and widely available, we increase the influence and positive impact the research and scholarship that goes on at Cornell can have.

–– Prof. Schaffer Cornell should certainly have a policy.

As a member of the library board, I participated in three earlier resolutions along these lines in 2003, 2005 and 2006. The latter in 2006 recommended that all Cornell authors attach a copyright retention to any contracts signed with publishers, to permit parallel deposition in an open access repository.

––– Prof. Ginsparg

How do you envision an open access policy impacting Cornell, other universities and the community outside of academia?

There is an increasing national trend to provide open access to publicly financed research. This has been true for work funded by the National Institutes of Health for some years and will soon be true for most federal science funding agencies. Cornell should be ahead of this curve and provide the world access to the ideas and results our faculty, students, and staff generate.

––– Prof. Schaffer We have found that there is significant public interest in materials on arXiv, as directed by newspaper and blog links. The availability of open access materials have greatly facilitated public engagement in science.

–– Prof. Ginsparg

What do you think is the biggest challenge?

Implementing an open access policy at Cornell will require financial support. Our best ideas on how to do this will not be successful without the necessary resources.

––– Prof. Schaffer It has always been easy to get people to sign on to a policy in principle.

The challenge has always been for them to go on to comply with the policy in practice.

––– Prof. Ginsparg

What's the best way to encourage scientists to submit their work to the school's open access repository?

Just as no one was ever required to submit videos to YouTube, no one was ever required to submit articles to arXiv. The best way to encourage compliance is to provide an infrastructure in which the benefits of compliance are so self-evident that 100% compliance can be realized on a voluntary basis.

––Prof. Ginsparg

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SCIENCE

Prof.Mason Peck Works on the Future Of Space Exploration

By SOMRITA BANERJEE Sun Contributor

He started off with a Master of Arts in English before earning a bachelor’s, masters and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. He worked as NASA’s Chief Technologist. A student in his lab is building a reallife tractor beam. He is now supervising two of Cornell’s very first satellite teams.

With all this on his plate, Prof.

Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace engineering, spends a lot of time thinking about space.

After working at NASA for the last two years, Peck returned to Cornell full-time this semester. His research interests broadly focus on questions of how spacecraft work, how they’re put together, how they move and what they can do. In addition, Peck founded the Cornell University Satellite Project and Violet project teams.

Both teams have been successful in competitions, and according to Peck they have more to offer than other project teams.

“They both have key research elements,” he said. “They’re more than typical student project teams, we’re also trying to make some technological advancements for the sake of research goals.”

While CUSAT launched last semester, Violet is an ongoing collaboration with the Air Force, according to Peck.

Peck said he hopes that “students get a combined education and also research experience out of these project teams.”

Peck said his own research group has many projects going on as well.

Rodrigo Zeledon grad, for instance, is developing a prototype for a water-based propulsion system for spacecraft.

According to Peck, the idea behind the propulsion system is to carry water into space, turn on an electrical current to convert it into hydrogen and oxygen gas and burn the gases as fuel. The current prototype burns a white flame out the back and can be used for satellite propulsion.

“This has the virtue of similar performance to chemical rockets but eliminates the need for cryogenic storage or high pressure volatile materials onboard the spacecraft,” Peck said. “It’s particularly useful for small spacecraft.”

What is extraordinary from both engineering and business perspectives about Zeledon’s project is that the savings in power and weight cuts down on cost without sacrificing reliability or performance, Peck said.

Zeledon is working with Moog, a company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Peck said Zeledon hopes to finish his prototype by the fall and launch by 2017.

Zac Manchester grad, another member of Peck’s lab, has worked on building satellites called “Sprites” which are about the size of a postage stamp. The Sprites will enable researchers to collect space data on a very different scale than before.

About 104 of these Sprites were launched aboard Kicksat, a satellite about the size of a loaf of bread, on April 18. According to Peck, the satellites have solar cells built in for

power and can communicate across very large distances with very little power using similar technology to cell phones.

Peck said that sometime in May the Kicksat will deploy the Sprites, which will float off into space and send little bits of information back to Earth.

“Some applications of these tiny satellites include creating a sensor array that would provide low resolution measurements but broad spatial coverage of phenomena occurring in the Earth’s ionosphere,” Peck said.

“Alternatively, you could have these things re-enter the atmosphere and take data as they flutter down to earth.”

According to Peck, the small size of the satellites ensures that they have a low value for what scientists call a ballistic coefficient, meaning that they can re-enter the atmosphere without burning up. For the environmentally conscious, the satellites are made of silicon, and do not pose an environmental danger, Peck said.

The Sprites could also be sent out into distant space, towards an asteroid or another planet, to collect data using sensors spread over a wide range of space and time, rather than concentrated at a single location.

According to Peck, Sprites are likely to have a successful mission.

“One of the advantages of a thousand little individual sensors is that if some fail, it’s not the end of the world,” Peck said.

Greater numbers mean reduced reliability constraints for each individual spacecraft. This means that commercial technology can be easily integrated into these tiny spacecraft without extensive effort required to make each single spacecraft very reliable, Peck said.

Another project Peck is supervising is Ben Reinhardt grad’s NASAfunded project of building a “noncontacting actuator” which is, according to Peck, a type of tractor beam using magnets.

“Consider a spacecraft that’s failing and needs to change its orbit, or is rotating too fast and needs to stop but can’t do so on its own,” Peck said.

Currently, such errant spacecraft are repaired or set back on course using direct physical contact, such as through grapplers or robotic arms, according to Peck. These methods are risky because they might result in accidental application of excessive force or a catastrophic collision.

According to Peck, Reinhardt’s actuator uses magnetic eddy currents to solve this problem. The actuator approaches the errant spacecraft, turns on moving electromagnets, and creates a variable magnetic field.

The field induces electric currents in the conducting material of the satellites, which are generally made of aluminum, titanium or carbon fiber composites. This produces a damping effect that tends to oppose the relative motion of the actuator and errant satellite. Peck said that by swiping the magnets across the satellite in certain directions, the researchers can correct its motion and direction.

“This allows one spacecraft to

attract, repel, rotate and manipulate another spacecraft for repair, servicing or even building larger spacecraft in orbit,” Peck said. “Because these actuators don’t touch the other spacecraft, there is virtually no risk of damage.”

The low frequency of the eddy currents ensures that the spacecraft components are not hurt by the radiation, according to Peck.

“We also think [the eddy current actuator] can be useful for other things like managing space debris,” said Peck. “Now, instead of using a heavy robotic arm to grapple and move space debris, an actuator can be used to slowly nudge an old rocket body out of orbit and have it safely re-enter the atmosphere.”

Peck said he has taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses. While he focuses mainly on dynamics, he has also taught systems engineering courses as well as control theory, he said.

Currently, Peck is teaching a graduate course in spacecraft attitude dynamics and mission design that targets the problem of finding the most efficient algorithm in terms of time and energy for a spacecraft to reorient its sensors or body.

“This is achieved using thrusters or spinning discs inside satellites called reaction wheels and applies to

both big and small satellites,” Peck said.

Next fall, Peck said he will be teaching the undergraduate spacecraft engineering course.

Peck has authored 110 academic articles including both journal articles and conference papers, and holds 17 patents in the U.S. and European Union from the time he spent working in the aerospace and defense industries.

Peck said he believes that his recent experience in NASA has not only enriched him but also has a strong takeaway for Cornell.

“In D.C., what I’ve learned is how much energy there really is in the government — trying to solve hard problems and getting things to work,” Peck said. “We should be communicating with the government to inform them on what they need to hear. They need to know that there are things that we as Cornell can do to help. There are also problems that we have found that need help.”

Peck said he hopes that his work in Washington will also pave the way for increased cooperation between people in space sciences who have strong links with NASA and engineers in the MAE department, to work together on projects that involve spacecraft in the near

future.

Peck said he anticipates the research focuses of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering to continue to undergo change in the coming years to meet technological demands.

“As time goes on, MAE has shown itself to be agile in response to the changing research problems that are out there,” he said. “There was a time when we were known for traditional fluid dynamics and aerodynamics. Recently, we’ve grown in microfluidics and other contemporary topics. I expect to see a continued growth and emphasis on dynamics and control theory in the department.”

He said he also expects to see more of collaborative project team work like CUSAT worked into the curriculum and greater connectivity between the space sciences and mechanical engineering to reinforce the contributions that science and engineering can make to each other.

Peck quoted Aerospace Engineering pioneer Theodore von Karman: “Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.”

Somrita Banerjee can be reached at sb892@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Summer of Our Content: Upcoming Flicks MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

MAY 23: X- MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST So, I am shamefully behind on my X-Men movies. I am rather embarrassed and think they should revoke my fan status. I do hope, however, my being one of the first in line to see Days of Future Past will help with this dilemma. This film is bringing back everyone, and I mean everyone. We have James McAvoy in scenes with Patrick Stewart. I know what you’re thinking, “Two Professor X’s in one room? How does the world no COURTESY OF MARVEL STUDIOS implode with so much awesome?” I don’t know, my friend, I don’t know. But I am dying to find out.

With cameo’s from actresses such as Anna Paquin (Rogue) and main roles for our favorites — both X’s, both Magneto’s (Ian McKellan and Michael Fassbender), the ever hostile Logan (Hugh Jackman), badass Storm (Halle Berry) and the insanely sexy Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) — this film is going to be mind-boggling. I’m fairly certain your mutant needs for the next decade will be met — Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Shadowcat, Beast, Storm, Iceman, Mystique — and those are just the main ones. This could go the terrible way of Spider-Man 3 but I, for one, have very high hopes that this is going to be incredible. Even if it isn’t, it is still 130 minutes of James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman on the same screen. I may die.

MAY 30: MALEFICENT I am going to admit right off the bat that I have never

Lana Del Rey

liked Angelina Jolie. I find her neither an overly amazing actress nor an overly attractive woman. That being said, I have a soft spot for fairy tale retellings. Mirror, Mirror was, frankly, the shit (I never had it in me to watch Snow White and the Huntsman — two whole hours of Kristen Stewart *shudder*). Though, of course, in the darker tone of Huntsman, Maleficent has the potential to be awesome. It is an expansion and reinterpretation of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. The darker tone is intriguing, but I still have doubts about both the Aurora and Maleficent castings.

JUNE 13: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 Have you missed our Viking friends and adorable Toothless? I sure have. Since the last movie, both Toothless and Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) have grown up some. The plot, however, revolves around Hiccup’s dragon whisperer mother (Cate Blanchett) and the new threat that the dragon riding Vikings now have to face. It promises to be bigger, better and funnier.

And though second movies have a tendency to be, well, less than great, I have high hopes because the first How To Train Your Dragon was everything I’ve ever wanted in an animated movie.

JUNE 20: JERSEY BOYS Based on the Broadway musical, Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Told through use of the literal four seasons to depict their emotional and physical states, the movie uses the music of the group to tell their story. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars John Lloyd Young and Christopher Walken. Worth seeing just for Christopher Walken because, let’s face it, everything

“West Coast”

Rick Ross ft.

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By Kaitlyn Tiffany

“Thug Cry”

The video for “West Coast,” the lead single off of Lana Del Rey’s upcoming Ultraviolence was released yesterday and then … unreleased. The video was online for most of Tuesday but Vevo set it to “private” around 2 p.m. and promised an updated version of the video to be released today. In any case, “West Coast” proved to be a pretty great addition to the already-pretty-great canon of Del Rey videos.

Whatever you might have to say about her cloying Lolita antics or Daddy complex, she’s always had interesting things to say about the way music is translated into visual. “National Anthem,” was a retelling of the JFK-Jackie O. love story starring ASAP Rocky as Mr. Kennedy, “Ride” was an epic on-the-road ballad with cut-off tees and smoky cinematography reminiscent of Del Rey’s idol (Springsteen) and “Video Games” remixes shaky footage of street arrests, drunk stumbling celebrities, tripped up skateboarders and cheap animation in a compilation that I secretly suspect as a forebear to that hallmark Korine thesis (“Just pretend like it’s a video game.”)

The latest, Dan Auerback-produced addition starts with a black-and-white beachfront saunter, showing Del Rey and some leather-clad cohorts twirling and stumbling not quite as sexily as Bey did in December.

As in “Ride,” Del Rey takes up with a serious of older and younger men and as in all of her videos, “West Coast” gracefully marries an elitist Old Hollywood aesthetic with the middle-class vivacity of modern pop.

The video for Rick Ross and Lil Wayne’s “Thug Cry” is an interesting addition to the Ross canon, pinning a visual to the stand-out track of the mediocre Mastermind and using The Wire’s Wood Harris to turn that visual into a narrative of relapsing convict. It’s a bizarrely literal interpretation of the song’s lyrics — “Wake up in the world and I’m just another nigga / Call it public housin’ when you next door to the killers” — and of Ross’ notoriously questioned authenticity. The Daily Sun has given plenty of attention to this debated genuineness of Rick Ross in the past: James Rainis ’14 wrote, “In the grand scheme of things the fact that Rick Ross was a corrections officer rather than a drug-peddling kingpin does not matter, but to people who feel like they’ve been deceived all their lives, it’s literally all they have, but Calvin Patten ’15 reviewed Mastermind writing, “Many hip-hop purists sneer at Ross as a wannabe-kingpin fraud. And what they are right, they fail to recognize the delightful escapism present in his music.

The video, directed by long-time Ross collaborator DRE Films, buys into both of these stances, deliberately intermixing the shots of Ross and Wayne during the songs dream-like hook with a narrative that not only stars a television actor but takes on a televisionlike aesthetic, pacing and plot. The song is transformed to story in a way that seems to admit that everything Ross does is fiction, while at the same time asking — isn’t that what we want?

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he is in is worth seeing. There appears to be a lot of fourth wall breaking as the various characters address the viewer and convey their side to the story. The style of music and popularity of songs will cater this film to both those who hate and those who love musicals.

AUGUST 1: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY When I saw the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy I had a mini-aneurysm. I will admit that some people, even myself, may be getting bored with the overabundance of Marvel movies. They have, after all, blocked out the next 14 years of movies. This is a strange, sad time we live in. That being said, I am more excited for Guardians than anything else coming this summer. Firstly, take a look at the cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou, not to mention Bradley Cooper. There is a walking tree in this movie. And a raccoon, named Rocket Raccoon, who has guns. And talks. And shoots people with his guns. Can you say, “wait, what?!” The Guardians may not be the most mainstream superhero fighting team, easily beaten out by their compatriot and team member Iron Man’s other group of crime-fighting heroes, The Avengers, or even the Justice League. Soon, however, we are all going to be high on believing that these heroes are funny, kick ass and amazing. I’m getting a very Indiana Jones meets Malcolm Reynolds vibe from Star Lord, and that may be the coolest thing ever. Plus, kickass daughters of Thanos (that’s right, the weird dude from The Avengers mid-credit scene) fighting on opposite sides? Sign me up. Now. AUGUST 8: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Yup. You read that right. Michael Bay is directing a live action Ninja Turtles movie. Megan Fox is starring. I don’t even think I can formulate the words to describe what I am sure we are both feeling right now. Go see this movie, your four year-old self will thank you. Of course, once your childhood has taken a nice beatdown, like re-watching The Phantom Menace after ten years and hoping it isn’t as bad as everyone says, you can cry yourself to sleep and watch the animated series.

Marissa Tranquilli a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun.com.

Sia “Chandelier”

Gonna say it: Best music video of 2014 so far.

Curiouser and curiouser, the mysterious Sia, who covered her face with a paper bag for her Billboard cover last October, casted Dance Moms’ Maddie Ziegler in place of herself in the video for “Chandelier.”

Ziegler wears a Sia wig and a nude leotard and performs a dazzling ballet/modern dance routine in a crumbling apartment, somewhat in contrast to the song’s proclamations of “One, two, three, drink!” and “I’m gonna swing from the chandelier.” But the production of the track itself was in heavy contrast to the lyrics in the first place and it is overall a haunting tune that fits perfectly with visual — namely, a crazed 11 year-old who alternates between smearing what looks like Pepto Bismol on her face, hiding behind drapes and punching the kitchen wall.

The whole thing is bonkers, but it’s one gorgeous shot after another and Ziegler, while a brat and a half on TLC, is an absolute knock-out talent. After multiple recent collab credits — including a production credit on Kylie Minogue’s Kiss Me Once, writing credits on Rihanna’s “Diamonds” and Beyonce’s “Pretty Hurts” and features on Eminem and Angel Haze’s most recent LP’s, Sia will return to the spotlight, releasing 1,000 Forms of Fear in June.

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

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The Artist Is Not Present

What I like most about this film was the character specified that she wanted them shared.The film never of Vivian Maier and the interviews with the people she really questions his obsessiveness with her and her worked with (which surprisingly includes Phil photographs, however, and it also fails to mention all Donahue). Maier of the personal benefits and fame that Maloof himImagine a world in which people take thousands was a complex self has gotten from developing and publishing her Finding Vivian Maier and thousands of photographs, but only keep them for character, filled lost pictures. themselves. They don’t post the photos on Facebook with secrets, many One of the modern professional photographers Directed by John Maloof or Instagram, and consequently, no one can “like,” of which the film interviewed in the movie claims that “something Starring John Maloof, Phil was wrong … a piece of the puzzle missing” in ‘“share,” or be tagged in the photos. They just exist, uncover. And the Donahue, Mary Ellen Mark response to the idea that Maier may have wanted belong to their owner and are never seen. people she worked Enter Vivian Maier, a nanny who lived from 1926- with are all gento keep her art a secret. Much of the movie is 2009, described in focused on why she was so secretive and private COURTESY OF SUNDANCE SELECTS the opening about her photographs. But I find this narrowsequence of the minded. She was definitely a strange and dark documentary woman (the film explains this with many anecFinding Vivian dotes about her, with many hinting that she was Maier as, “parauine — their inter- sexually abused and perhaps even perpetuated some doxical … bold … views are both form of abuse), but why is her desire to keep her art mysterious … touching and full of private evidence of her strangeness? What is so wrong eccentric … pripalpable curiosity. with creating art for oneself and feeling fulfillment not vate.” Next, meet Additionally, look- from public adulation but from the creation in isolathe film’s director, ing at Maier’s pho- tion? It is a question that many of us may find hard to John Maloof, who tography on screen answer, and as The Chainsmokers say in their song in 2007 paid throughout is “#selfie,” “I only got 10 likes in the last five minutes / about $380 at an delightful and a Do you think I should take [the photo] down? Let me auction for a huge great slice of life take another selfie.” Vivian Maier, complete with her box of Vivian from the 1940s, faults, would at least not have been victim to this Maier’s undevelonward. obsession. oped and I was not, howStill, despite its flaws, Finding Vivian Maier is, unknown phoever, a fan of the overall, a very enjoyable biopic. She is eccentric and tographs.

So film’s director, John the anecdotes about her are fabulous, including one in begins the unfoldMaloof. Maloof, to which she claimed to be a “spy.” The imagery of her ing of the mystery me, is a victim of hoarder lifestyle is also amusing, as her rooms are of Vivian Maier. our modern obses- described as containing stacks upon stacks of newspaThe film jumps sion with social pers. The film goes deep into the dark alleys of an from Chicago, to media and posting artist’s mind and we understand her to be both a lover New York, to photos. He claims of children but also a hater of grown men. We may France, in an effort to understand the women behind that he is giving Maier the fame she not only deserved never fully know the story of Vivian Maier, and as these photographs. We soon discover that she had over but also would have wanted during her lifetime — mentioned before I wish the circumstances of the 100,000 photos undeveloped. We see throughout that saying, “My mission is to put her name in history release of her photos were a little different, but the she was an undoubtedly talented street photographer books.” Through all of Maier’s possessions (which he photos are a gift to us all the same.

— capturing emotion, irony, horrors, poverty and obsessively sifts through), Maloof seems to find only sweetness in her photographs (think an old-fashioned one small piece of evidence claiming that she wanted Emily Kling is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She Humans of New York). her photos printed — and in that evidence it isn’t even can be reached at eking@cornellsun.com.

EMILY KLING Sun Staff Writer

I Streamed a Stream

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fter three semesters of the same “Finals Week” playlist, last fall I broke down and made a Spotify account. About five years late to the game, I finally recovered from the John Mayer and Rihanna notifications that had flooded my newsfeed in high school, but more importantly, found out that playlists could be made private, protecting my own guilty pleasures.

Constantly open on my desktop, Spotify has definitely taken my m u s i c streaming to the next level and, save for some blogs, it’s the first time I’ve religiously followed other users’ updates.

Perhaps because I grew up in the shadow of a hip older brother,

most of my tastes stemmed from the music I heard playing around me or on a generously crafted mix CD from a friend.

Yet, in retrospect, these were some of the m o s t thoughtful gifts and t h e strongest influences on my Madeline m u s i c Salinas l i b r a r y.

Sometimes shared interests with a friend are better at tracking your tastes than Pandora and sharing music can enliven our conversations. People who regularly publicize their opinions on social media (read: Arts & Entertainment writers) may struggle to imagine a group of friends not privy to one another’s preferences. Whether it’s because you’re ashamed to have “starred” every single track on Foster the People’s new album or because it’s easier to play it safe with universal favorites like Lorde

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and Beyonce, keeping music private is more common than you might think.

Yet, no matter how painful, I like to draw on personal picks.

When I’m building a soundtrack for procrastinating my final paper, I don’t need a long-winded analysis

by Pitchfork to know that I’m not a fan of Arcade Fire. While it may not make me think beyond the repetitive pop beat and sappy romantic lyrics, sometimes the favorite tracks of a friend or anonymous Spotify user are the only suggestions I really need to fuel my caffeine-overloaded hours in the stacks.

Our social life should be the catalyst for what music becomes popular. We do not live in the 1980s when hip-hop travelled by mixtapes and spontaneous outbursts of boom boxes in public — the Internet has undeniably made music more accessible and brought out artists that aren’t topping charts. It’s not just helping underground artists though.

Personally, I’d rather see a single circulating than a mass of BuzzFeed articles. In small doses, I think that the intersection of music streaming and social media

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should be an important factor in shaping our music libraries.

Music streaming isn’t new, but paired with Facebook I think that it has only begun to transform the way that we share new music and may be better than a mixtape. In my opinion, forging a personal collection in building our music libraries creates an outlet for expression in our friendships as well and helps us weed out bad tracks without incurring the penalty of more ads. Admittedly, I may keep some of my affection for girl bands tucked away in my iTunes, but will relinquish more guilty pop pleasures.

Madeline Salinas is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at msalinas@cornellsun.com.

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Red Ends Season,Clinches Top-10 Places at Nationals Qualifiers de Rham,Huss,Drake and Smith represented Cornell in the Cacchione Cup. De Rham, who sat at twelfth in the Cacchione Cup prior to the flat phase, also clinched her own tenth place ribbon The Cornell equestrian team finished its sea- before battling six spots higher to reach her son strong last week at Nationals by clinching final placing in the Cacchione Cup. Hers was several Top-10 places and establishing itself the highest placing in this event in Cornell history. among the best in the country.

Competing alongside the nation’s best, the This season, the Cornell women secured victories on multiple levels throughout its dura- Cornell equestrian team once again rose to the tion and edged closer than ever before to quali- occasion and ended the season on a high note, fying to nationals as a team. Albeit narrowly though the road was not without its difficulties.

The team came together to surmissing the win — and the mount them, according to team qualification to nationals — by just three points at “This team ... is going to Huss.

“We overcame a lot of chalZones, the Red still took a hislenges and excelled past what toric step forward. come back fighting.” was expected of us,” she said.

Additionally, despite the fact Chelsea Huss ’17 “I am so proud of the team and that the Red was not able to how far we got throughout the take its complete fleet to year.”

Nationals, the squad still had After this weekend’s strong showing, the reason to celebrate in qualifying four riders.

Backed by the entire squad, the selected women Cornell women eagerly look forward to next came up big with a solid performance to polish season.

“This team is strong and is going to come off a successful season.

The four qualifiers — junior co-captain back fighting next year,” Huss said.

With another successful season under its belt Georgiana de Rham, freshman Chelsea Huss, and sophomores Elizabeth Drake and Kaitlin and a positive outlook moving forward, the Red will be back at it next fall with plenty of fuel for Smith — represented the Red well.

Smith nabbed tenth in intermediate fences, the fire. and Huss rode to seventh in the open class of the same event. Drake received an honorable Anna Johnson can be reached at ajohnson@cornellmention, and de Rham finished sixth out of 38 sun.com.

By ANNA JOHNSON Sun Staff Writer

MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN SENIOR EDITOR

Making history | Junior co-captain Georgiana de Rham finished sixth out of 38 in the Cacchione Cup, the highest placing in Cornell history for the event.

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itive career,” Shearer said. “I plan on running for life, I’m just not sure to what degree of seriousness.”

“I would go crazy and be lost When looking back at her time without my planner. I have to real- at Cornell, Shearer cannot picture ly schedule ahead, not just with her four years here without runexams, but also with lab experi- ning. ments. There’s a fair degree of mul“It’s been such a huge part of my titasking. I’ve had cases where I am life. Those girls are my family and I sitting in the trainer’s office taking see my coaches every day so they an ice bath, while have been huge eating dinner, mentors for me.

“I plan on running … I am in season while studying for a prelim,” all three seasons, for life.”

Shearer said. so I’ve never had Shearer does a time here when Emily Shearer ’14 not plan to end I haven’t been an her running in-season varsity career after leavathlete,” she said. ing Cornell. In England, where the “I’ve improved so much since high eligibility rules for competitive col- school. You never really know how lege sports are a little more lax, far you can go and how much you Shearer will be competing for both can achieve until you ask yourself Cambridge and Oxford during her to do it.” time as a graduate student.

“I want to get some good times Anna Fasman can be reached at in before I ‘retire’ from my compet- afasman@cornellsun.com.

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This was only the beginning.

Mathews became the first sophomore captain in Cornell football history a year later, and after a season that included broken Cornell and Ivy League records for passing yardage in a game and in a season, Mathews was named the Bushnell Cup Winner as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. He was the first sophomore to ever win the award. The Red finished 5-5 that season, winning three conference games and marking Mathews’ best overall and Ivy record in his career.

Mathews battled injury in his junior campaign, but still led the Ivy League in completions and passing yards. It was head coach Kent Austin’s final year with the team, and Mathews credited much of his success to the work of his wide receivers — Grant Gellatly ’14, Kurt Ondash ’13, Shane Savage ’13 and Luke Tasker ’13 — who he said often “don’t get enough credit.”

With the departure of Ondash, Savage and Tasker, Mathews had a young and inexperienced wide receiving core — with the exception of Gellatly — to work with in his senior year. Under the leadership of newly appointed head coach David Archer ’05, though, Mathews was still able to give Archer a win in his first game on Schoellkopf field, and break the Ivy League’s all-time passing record.

“The reason I enjoyed breaking the passing record was because it meant our group, over the past four years, had done something together,” Mathews said. “My name is in the record books, but it is really a culmination of what our team has done, not just me.”

It is this ever-present teamfirst attitude that sets Mathews apart from other quarterbacks in this year’s draft class. While his professional football fate will be decided in the next few days, Mathews said that he is excited to see how it will turn out.

“Ultimately I just want the

opportunity to compete for a job, so however that happens will be an adventure,” he said.

It is an adventure that comes at the end of a prolific collegiate career, but it is also one that represents a new chapter for Mathews.

“I hope when I leave, people will say that I did it the right way,” he said. “I hope I set an example for the younger guys about how to carry yourself on and off the field.”

There is no doubt that Mathews has done it the right way for the past four years, and while it will be strange to see a new number making the calls for the Red next season, there is no doubt that Mathews’ influence will have a hand in their success.

“I look forward to the new challenges,” Mathews said. “But it is a little bittersweet. I wish I had another four years to play on Schoellkopf and wear that Big Red number nine jersey.”

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MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR:

Jeff Mathews

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

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FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR:

Emily Shearer

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

During her freshman year of high school, Emily Shearer had no idea that choosing to run cross country over playing water polo would be a decision that impacted her life so greatly. Having been a competitive swimmer up until that point, Shearer, a California native, thought that taking to the pool seemed like the obvious choice. But after some convincing by her best friend, she hit the cross country course and never looked back, choosing to run track that spring instead of competing on her high school’s swim team.

Shearer, a current senior, has been an integral part of both the cross country and track and field teams at Cornell. As a captain of both groups, she has made it her goal to lead by example and motivate her teammates based on their personal needs.

“Different people are motivated by different things. Some people run because they have that competitive edge and some because they love it. Some people are motivated to do well for the team and some people by doing well for themselves individually by breaking records,” she said. “Learning how to be flexible and adapting to other people’s styles is important.”

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Breaking records | Senior Emily Shearer broke the indoor 3K record this past year at the ECAC Regional Championships.

Shearer is no stranger herself to breaking records. During her sophomore year at the Penn Relays, she broke the Cornell outdoor 3K record her first time running the event.

Because she was previously a miler, running the 3K was a step up in distance, leaving Shearer in last place during her first lap.

Gaining momentum on each consecutive l a p , though, Shearer was able to cross the finish line with the best time of any woman in Cornell history. However, since then, close friend and teammate senior Rachel Sorna has beaten Shearer’s time.

Another highlight of Shearer’s career was breaking the indoor 3K record this past year at the ECAC Regional Championships. After running the last 1000 meters of her race with an extra kick, Shearer broke the record by one second, beating the previous record held by Sorna. Sorna, who Shearer considers her “partner in crime,” is a constant source of competition and motivation.

“Rachel and I have gone back and forth in times, which is fun since we are really good friends. We have a pretty playful demeanor about it. She’s a really fantastic athlete,” Shearer said.

However, Schearer is not only a talented runner, but also a serious student who dedicates long hours to her academics. She has been chosen as a Marshall Scholar, planning to study public policy with an emphasis on health policy at Cambridge and medical anthropology at Oxford after graduation. She spends a lot of her free time doing research in a lab on campus and hopes to go to medical school to become a primary care physician after her time in England.

And when it comes to balancing her academics with running, Shearer has grown acustomed to having to plan out every part of her day.

When quarterback Jeff Mathews and his team stepped onto Franklin Field on a cold November day two years ago, they were just a group looking to steal a win from the defending Ivy League champions on Penn’s Senior Day. It was never supposed to be about them. But Mathews, as he has done countless times in his four years calling the signals for Cornell’s football team, stole the show. He completed 35-of-45 passes for 548 yards and five touchdowns, breaking the Ivy League’s record for passing yards in a single game. It was a game that catapulted him into the Ivy League record books and onto the National scene. Mathews was only a sophomore.

Two years later, he is one day away from an NFL draft that could change the course of his football career, but looking back, the game against Penn is still his fondest m e m o r y.

And it has nothing to do with the records.

“They were the defending Ivy champs and we went down to Franklin Field and ruined their senior day,” Mathews said. “It was a back and forth game and we finally pulled away with a touchdown in the final minutes.

It was a great win and it felt good to send our seniors out with a win.”

After four years at the helm of the football team’s offense, Mathews has come to be known for his selfless attitude, a team-first mentality that is evident in the way he conducts himself on the field and the way he speaks off of it.

“The things that I remember the most are the relationships and all the intangible things that come with play-

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MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN SENIOR EDITOR

From Cornell to the NFL | Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews is just one day away from a life-changing NFL draft.

ing with such a great group of guys,” Mathews said. “I have met great people throughout our program and having success with this group makes it much more special.”

Mathews acknowledged that when he came in as a freshman, he was unsure of the role he would play.

“My goals were simply to win games, and to do anything I could to help us win,” he said. “It was important for me to gain the respect of my teammates and to show them I was here for our team and not for myself.”

It did not take long for that to happen, as Mathews captured the starting role by the time halftime rolled around in his first collegiate game. One game later, he threw his first touchdown pass, an eight-yarder to Nick BookerTandy ’11, and the game after that, led the Red to his first collegiate win.

Things were beginning to click, and it was no surprise that at the end of the season Mathews was a unanimous selection for the Ivy League’s Rookie of the Year Award.

See MATHEWS page 19 CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR