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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents Student Guide

Arts and Entertainment

Sports

A 44-Page Introduction to Cornell

Because Nobody Can Study All the Time

For When Your Brain Needs a Rest

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So, you’re a smart kid. Congratulations. But not even you can spend all of your evenings in the library cramming for exams and dreaming of your future Ph.D. From local concerts to groundbreaking interviews with Hollywood icons, Arts and Entertainment is your ticket to college life the way it should be: worry free. The Sun is always front row center with the headliners and coverage of arts exhibitions in Ithaca.

This issue brings you some of the best arts stories of the semester, plus a spotlight of notable Cornell alumni writers, musicians and visual artists.

What is the Ivy League? Nothing more than an athletic conference. It’s just a coincidence that it is comprised of eight of the best colleges in the nation.

Cornell leads the way in what is widely known as the Ancient Eight, setting the bar for all of those lesser schools — like, um, what’s the name of that school near Boston?

Yeah, nobody cares.

Read more about all Cornell sports has to offer on the flip side of this issue — the place where you can always find sports in The Sun.

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Your guide to the ins and outs of Cornell

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ELCOME TO CORNELL! In a few short weeks, you’ll pack the station wagon to the brim with your belongings, say goodbye to Fido and arrive in Ithaca.

All the anticipation will finally be over.

Get ready to kick off what will be the craziest and most memorable four years of your life.

We at The Sun know how you feel — nervous, excited, curious — as you prepare to begin your first year “on the Hill.”

Remembering our own freshman days, we have created this guide for you to read before you arrive on campus to give you the inside scoop on Cornell life.

That is, until you find it for yourself.

New to campus? Of course you are.

Orientation Week will help you find your way.

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We’ll give you some advice about the best places to eat, study and hang out.

Inside, you’ll find information on the organizations you can join and the things you can see in and around the Hill. At The Sun, there never is a quiet day mostly because, with slightly more than 20,000 students, Cornell is rarely quiet.

So come to campus with an open mind. The people you meet, the classes you attend and the activities in which you will immerse yourself will change you, no doubt in ways you never imagined.

And the time will pass quickly — many of us would give anything to reclaim a year or two.

So don’t forget to read The Sun and ENJOY your time at Cornell. There’s no place like it.

— The 131st Editorial Board

See amazing photos illustrating Cornell throughout the year, taken by our photo staff.

Use our map of campus to get around and learn about some of the most important buildings at Cornell.

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Check out The Sun’s list of 161 things to do before you graduate, ranging from listening to famous lecturers to seeing a brain collection.

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The Sun’s editors and reporters bring you a guide to life on the Hill. Inside you’ll find information on housing, student activities and orientation. You’ll also find a full-color campus map.

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Fences’ Removal Celebrated as ‘Joyful Sign’

By AKANE OTANI

’13 said he remembered students being particularly attentive to each other — watching out for their peers, and asking them if they were coping.

“Something that I remember very distinctly about that time was that students really took the opportunity to ask each other how they were doing,” Gitlin said. “Even if it was over dinner at RPCC or Appel, a lot of people just stopped and asked, ‘How are you doing?’ … and I think that was a very powerful step that the Class of 2013 took at the time.”

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Walking to campus Friday, a group of Cornellians stood at the suspension bridge.

They paused to admire the view of the gorges — something that, until today, they were only able to look at through bars after a string of suicides in 2010 led Cornell to fence off seven of its bridges.

On Friday, the University removed five of the fences, according to John Keefe, project manager. The remaining two — those on the west side of Stewart Cascadilla and the Suspension Bridge — are expected to come down by May 24 and July 3 respectively, Keefe said.

The day, for many, marked a milestone in a three-yearsaga that has provoked debates over how best to prevent suicides from happening in the City of Ithaca’s gorges.

In 2012, Cornell agreed to replace the fences it had erected with mesh nets. The nets, which hang under the bridges and are equipped with heat-sensitive cameras that can detect when someone has fallen into them, are meant to restrict the bridges as a means of suicide while protecting the gorges’ aesthetics.

With construction on the nets complete, five of the fences — those on the Trolley Bridge, Stone Arch Bridge, Thurston Avenue Bridge, Stewart Avenue Fall Creek Bridge and east side of Stewart Avenue Cascadilla Creek Bridge — are gone.

“It is certainly a move in [a] positive direction to once again have an unfiltered view of the gorges, but at the same time have a feeling of safety that the mesh systems will provide,” Keefe said.

The Class of 2013 Reflects on the Fences

To John Mueller ’13, the fences were a reminder of depression, suicide — issues he said were on the forefront of his mind when he was a freshman at Cornell.

“I lost my dad to suicide right before I came to school,” Mueller said. “Then, after

‘Don’t Forget Why the Fences Went Up in the First Place’

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Open vistas | Students cross the Trolley Bridge in 2010, left, shortly after the fences were installed. Above, a construction worker peers over the edge of the same bridge on May 17 after the fence’s removal.

the winter, the fences went up.”

Having walked by the fenced bridges for most of his time at Cornell, Mueller said seeing the fences beginning to be torn down Friday marked a “huge moment of release."

It was also a somber moment for seniors, who, while celebrating the end of exams, the arrival of Senior Week and their imminent graduation, paused to reflect on the suicides that occurred their freshman year.

“The fences coming down today are a joyful sign of the end of our struggles and the beginning of our celebrations,” Marie Camerota ’13 said, describing the moment as Cornell coming “full circle.”

“At the same time, it is a somber reminder that not all of our classmates get to celebrate graduation with us next weekend,” she added.

The removal of the fences also serves as a reminder to “remember those who could not finish this four-year journey with us,” Jose Oyola Morales ’13 said. “[It is] a symbolic gesture to the class that witnessed so much tragedy,” Morales said.

‘Please Learn to Ask for Help’

In the aftermath of the three gorge-related suicides in 2010, the University took immediate action. Residential advisors knocked on the doors of every dorm room; police were stationed at campus bridges; and Gannett Health Services kept the doors to its Counseling and Psychological Services program open extra hours.

When students returned from Spring Break, they saw that 10-foot high chain-link fences had been installed on all Universityowned bridges — the most visible sign yet of the University’s response to the suicides.

With each step it took, the University continued to stress one message to community members: do not hesitate to ask for help when you need it.

“Your well being is the foundation on which your success is built. You are not alone,” President David Skorton said in a University-wide email on March 12, 2010.

“If you learn anything at Cornell, please learn to ask for help. It is a sign of wisdom and strength.”

Looking back on that spring, Adam Gitlin

University officials stressed that, while the mesh nets will play a critical role in preventing suicide, they are just one part of the University’s approach to promoting mental health and suicide prevention on campus.

“Since the tragedies of 2010, we’ve expanded our mental health services and strengthen the network of support on campus by educating students, staff, and faculty members how to recognize and respond to signs of distress,” said Tim Marchell ’82, director of mental health initiatives at Gannett. “Making Cornell an even more caring community is a responsibility that we all share.”

Marchell urged Cornellians to reach out, express concern and offer support if they see a peer or colleague struggling.

The concern for others’ well being is something Mueller also said he hopes students foster around the community.

“I think the biggest thing to do — it sounds so cheesy — is to just smile at each other. Say hi to people you wouldn’t normally say hello to. That’s really all it takes — you can tell if something is wrong with someone with just a momentary reaction,” Mueller said.

As Cornellians and community members walk by the now fenceless bridges, Mueller said he hopes they do not forget the tragedies that led to their construction in the first place.

“Remember to honor and keep our classmates that are no longer with us in our minds and [to] reach out to our fellow Cornellians, fellow humans,” Mueller said.

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Scrutinizes Greek System’s Frats

By ELIZA LAJOIE Former Sun Senior Writer

Eight of Cornell’s fraternities were investigated for hazing and alcohol violations in the 2012-13 academic year. While administrators applauded what they say is an increase in reporting of problematic incidents, many in the Greek community expressed dissatisfaction with a culture of enforcement that they say is driving risky behavior further underground.

The University’s announcement in April that the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity had been placed on interim suspension due to hazing allegations was the most recent in a year-long string of disciplinary actions.

Fraternities that have been investigated and punished for hazing-related violations include Tau Epsilon Phi and Phi Sigma Kappa, both of which lost recognition in January, and Sigma Nu, which received a warning and sanctions in March. Chi Psi and Delta Phi are currently under investigation for hazing violations, and Pi Kappa Phi and

Acacia have faced disciplinary action for alcohol violations unrelated to hazing, according to Travis Apgar, dean of fraternity and sorority affairs.

Apgar said that according to research, "education is not nearly as effective as enforcement when it comes to hazing and alcohol abuse. While continued education is important, he said, "consequences have to be heightened in order to change the culture.”

Administrators said the actions against the eight fraternities reflect an encouraging shift in student culture. Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for student and academic services, said the uptick in reports of infractions indicates that more people are reporting dangerous incidents.

“It feels negative, because you hate to hear bad news. But I take it as a sign that people understand what’s okay and what’s not okay, and they don’t have a tolerance for [what is] ‘not okay,’” she said.

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Site of the future | This aerial rendering depicts an early plan for arranging the proposed Cornell NYC Tech buildings on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

Alumni Give $133M to Tech Campus

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

Cornell NYC Tech – the University’s new graduate engineering and technology campus – received “an incredibly generous,” $133-million gift from two Cornell alumni, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced April 22.

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 Technion-Israel In stitute 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 students, Bloomberg and tech campus officials said at the conference.

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“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-

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Vision of tomorrow | An artist’s rendering of the tech campus shows students milling around a modern building.

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.

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

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tion, the Greek system is overall a very positive force on campus. She said the majority of Cornell’s chapters have not been linked to infractions.

Apgar echoed Murphy’s sentiments, saying more students are aware of what might constitute hazing and feel empowered to report behavior that makes them uncomfortable so they can “intervene and stop a tragedy from occurring.”

Nevertheless, Apgar also said hazing is a complicated concept, and it can be difficult for students to ascertain which activities are harmless fun and which are dangerous. He said that interim suspensions allow the University to “put an organization on pause” while embarking on “fact-finding” missions to determine the nature of the events in question.

Several chapter presidents, while affirming their commitment to keeping their members safe, expressed concerns about the way

University-imposed reforms have unfolded this year.

Renato Amez ’14, president of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, said he is troubled by the University’s conceptions of hazing, which he perceives as being too rigid.

“Many aspects of our pledging process, such as memorizing our value statements or requiring some amount of community service would be considered hazing,” he said in an email. “As I recall, these are the same things I had to do for National Honors Society in high school, and our group was never disbanded.”

In addition to raising concerns about unreasonable definitions of hazing, Amez and other chapter presidents and fraternity members said heightened enforcement of University rules has led to risky behavior being driven out of fraternity houses and into less-regulated environments, especially for freshmen.

“Open parties are the safest events we can throw. They’re highly regulated but balanced.

However, according to the four-

quarter system, freshmen cannot even be exposed to them until much later,” Amez said. “This causes fraternities to throw events in secret, which in turn are much riskier.”

Michael Reynolds ’15, president of the Zeta Psi fraternity, offered a similar viewpoint, saying he thinks that “pre-gaming” with hard liquor before events has been on the rise with new University rules restricting freshmen from parties.

“The environment is now that if someone wants to drink, it must be done in secret in your dorm room ... where no one can monitor you or see if you are drinking responsibly,” he said.

Reynolds said he supports ending the quarter system, which regulates how freshmen can interact with Greek houses, and implementing of a more party-tolerant system.

Colin Foley ’14, president of the Interfraternity Council, also underscored the problem of underage drinking moving out of controlled environments, saying the IFC has seen a spike in medical transports from North Campus this year. He said IFC will be working with the University to create “an effective social alternative for freshman in the first semester and especially the first quarter … over the years to come.”

The administration is aware of the problem of drinking “going underground” in dorms, apartments and annexes, according to Murphy.

While the University works with the police, the Collegetown Student Council and Cayuga’s Watchers — a group that trains students to monitor parties for risky behavior — to address drinking off campus, Murphy said Cornell’s focus must remain on the actions of University-recognized fraternities in their houses.

“I can’t avoid doing what we need to do for the properties on campus or the organizations we are

approving on campus … simply because [some] people will take bad behavior elsewhere,” she said.

Prof. Nick Syrett, history, University of Northern Colorado, is an expert on the history of fraternity culture, and he said that historically, many fraternities began as “underground organiza-

“The changes to our system do not [affect] our core values, or what we do on a fundamental level.”

Colin Foley ’14 tions” but eventually received university recognition in order increase administrators’ control over them.

He said a reversal of this process at Cornell, with activities going back “underground,” was a predictable effect of increased University enforcement in areas where Cornell can be legally implicated in hazing or alcohol incidents.

“As much as I have no sympathy for the hazing and bingedrinking that results in all these horrible things, it is a valid argument to say that students may do this whether they’re going to do it on campus or not,” he said in an email. “I’m not shocked that if the University cracks down, it goes off campus.”

Despite rising concerns over the state of Greek life at Cornell, many chapter members, administrators and observers expressed hope that the system will adapt, resulting in a positive changes rather than an ultimate deterioration.

Hank Nuwer, an expert on hazing on American college campuses who has worked with Cornell’s Recruitment-AcceptanceRetention-Education Task Force, said meaningful change must come from “the troops”: the students themselves.

He expressed hope that older

students around the country would take the lead in teaching younger students the importance of safety in social situations. “[Upperclassmen are] far more mature, and there’s only so much you can drink before it starts getting boring or starts affecting your performance,” Nuwer said. “So if there’s top-down [change] I think it needs to come from the students — the seniors and the juniors — so that this year’s high school students, when they come in next year at whatever school, [are] aware that getting drunk and falling down at a party is unacceptable.”

Nuwer described Cornell’s alcohol and hazing crackdown as part of a larger national trend of university administrations getting tough on Greek houses, sports teams and other suspected sources of dangerous behavior. Most recently, the University of Virginia imposed a virtually immediate moratorium on pledging, while other schools such as Chico State University and the University of Central Florida, have shut the Greek system down entirely, according to Nuwer.

Nuwer said he expects Cornell’s Greek system, buoyed both by an extensive alumni network and by the positive aspects of Greek life at Cornell, will remain strongly in place.

Foley echoed Nuwer’s point, adding that the Greek community will continue to work with the administration toward meaningful reforms and a safe culture for everyone.

“My outlook is that the system will continue to remain strong.

The changes to our system do not [affect] our core values, or what we do on a fundamental level.

Fraternities and sororities will continue to be an integral part of campus life, a family away from home for one third of our student body,” he said.

Eliza LaJoie can be reached at elajoie@cornellsun.com.

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A Look at Collegetown Housing: Two-Thirds Of Properties Owned by Eight Landlords

By JEFF STEIN Former Sun Managing Editor

Eight landlords collectively own about $153 million in Collegetown property — or almost two-thirds of all housing in the area — according to an analysis of public records conducted by The Sun. Two of those landlords — John Novarr and Jason Fane — each own more than $38 million in property, records show.

The other six — the Avramis Family, Travis Hyde, the Lambrou Family, Pam Johnston, the Lower Family and Matoula Halkiopoulus — have a wide range of assessed property, from Avramis’ $21 million to Halkiopoulus’ $5 million, according to the figures.

Taken together, the landlords own 4,013 of an estimated 6,110 bedrooms in the area. 1,559 of those are owned by John Novarr, whose mammoth Collegetown Terrace project has significantly expanded the stock of student housing.

These numbers do not prove that Collegetown real estate has become increasingly consolidated in the hands of a few landowners, as several observers of the market suspect. But they do speak to the stakes of the Collegetown housing market and illustrate the extent to which Cornell students’ rents are valued.

“There’s a heck of a lot of money to be made here,” said Common Council member Ellen McCollister ’78 (D-3rd Ward).

The statistics used for this analysis are derived from several sources. The number of occupants was calculated using the City of Ithaca Building Department’s directory, the estimated value of each property was taken from the Tompkins County Department of Assessment and the properties of each landlord were found on the landlords’ websites.

Occasionally, since several properties are technically owned by LLCs rather than individual landlords, The Sun used public documents to determine the landlord behind certain property acquisitions. The number of total beds in Collegetown comes from a recent census estimate updated to include the effect of the Collegetown Terrace project.

John Novarr

1,559 BEDS; $43,213,000 IN ASSESSED PROPERTY

Though a native Ithacan, John Novarr is relatively new to the Collegetown housing market. His ascent marks a challenge, city officials say, to the grip of several of the older landowning families in Collegetown.

“Relative to the families that have owned land for decades, he’s new,” McCollister said.

Novarr served in Vietnam. When he got back, he realized “I didn’t want to work for anyone else again,” he said in an interview with The Sun. It seems unlikely that he will. With his major Collegetown Terrace development

nearing completion, John Novarr and his associates will own 1,559 beds in Collegetown. That is more than double the number owned by Fane, the landowner with the second highest number of bedrooms.

“Every day I see people building Collegetown Terrace, and it’s like Christmas,” Novarr said.

Novarr’s Collegetown Terrace originally ran into opposition from city residents. In response to these concerns, Novarr revised several facets to the developments’ exterior — a decision that won plaudits from some city officials.

Novarr also has plans to develop the property lot formerly occupied by The Palms, he told The Sun in 2012.

Jason Fane

739 BEDS; $38,368,000 IN ASSESSED PROPERTY

“Scoundrel, or Scapegoat?” A “ruinous monopoly.” He “has a history of keeping his properties vacant.”

These quotes — taken from Sun opinion columns and local news blogs — illustrate the media’s sometimes antagonistic relationship with Jason Fane, owner of some of the most lucrative properties in Collegetown.

Many of these complaints stem from Fane’s alleged unwillingness to lease out some of his most central — and, to many students, important — spaces.

330 College Ave., the former Green Café Lot, remains the most prominent example. At the bustling center of College Avenue and Dryden Road, its continued disuse has mystified city officials and students. Fane’s Masonic Temple, in a key location by the Commons, has also remained inexplicably unfilled, despite a local non-for-profit’s attempt to buy the property in 2012, according to The Ithaca Journal.

But for every prime piece of real estate that Fane has not rented out, he has many more apparent cash cows.

His major strip of properties, on Dryden Road, include Collegetown Center, Collegetown Plaza and Collegetown Court. Not counting his many properties outside Collegetown in Ithaca and in Toronto, Fane owns more than $38 million in assessed Collegetown real estate.

new building developments, the Avramis family has largely kept the structure and size of their properties. There are exceptions, however, as George Avramis pushed forward new housing at 402 College Avenue, the site of the Collegetown Starbucks, early in the 2000s.

Bill Avramis, the father, owns the majority of the family’s property. His son George, however, has purchased multiple valuable buildings in Collegetown of his own.

One of those, 401 College Ave., was the object of a student petition requesting that George Avramis construct a pizza shop on the lot, which formerly held Collegetown Pizza.

In 1978, his father Bill Avramis constructed a disco called “Saturday Night Fever” in Collegetown, according to The Sun’s archives.

Pam Johnston

222 BEDS; $10,136,000 IN ASSESSED PROPERTY

Pam Johnston is not of the highest crust of Collegetown landowners — both John Novarr and Jason Fane own far more property, and the property they do own is

generally of a much higher assessed value.

But Johnston is not far behind. Owner of a vast proportion of the valuable property on Williams Street and Highland Place, Johnston has amassed about $10 million in Collegetown property, putting her well ahead of several of the other major Collegetown landlords, according to The Sun’s analysis of property records.

Despite owning property of a high assessed worth, Johnston has, among the eight landlords, a relatively small number of beds: 222. Only Halkiopoulus has fewer among the eight.

Unlike those of several other major Collegetown landlords, Pam Johnston’s properties are mostly of the same approximate worth, the Tompkins County records show.

In Fall 2012, a porch at one of Pam Johnston’s houses collapsed, leaving partygoers in a pit of rubble. Johnston blamed the collapse on an excessive number of students on theporch.

Johnston did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story.

Jeff Stein can be reached at jstein@cornellsun.com.

Avramis Family

438 BEDS; $20,898,000 IN ASSESSED PROPERTY

One of the oldest of the major Collegetown landlord families, the Avramises own a broad swath of property on Linden Avenue, College Avenue, Catherine Street and elsewhere in Collegetown — totalling slightly over $20 million, The Sun’s analysis of property data shows.

Compared to John Novarr, who has often directed his efforts toward massive

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A, B, C, easy as 1, 2, 3 (million) | An analysis of property records conducted by The Sun shows that Collegetown landlord Pam Johnston owns about $10 million in student-rental real estate.

Cornell Tech Students Present First Projects at Open Studio

By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

Technology allowing children to create their own interactive stories; software creating office hours for massive open online classes; browser extensions that customize the ads users see — these were some of the five projects presented

by Cornell NYC Tech’s beta class at the school’s first open studio on May 10.

The projects, which the beta class’ seven students worked on

throughout the spring, included both creating pitches for potential startups and partnering with existing companies to work on programs.

Throughout the semester, Alex Kopp grad and Andrew Li grad worked with industry giant Google’s Crisis Response team.

The team assesses and responds to disasters by providing emergency information, tools to locate people and maps marking useful checkpoints, the students said at the open studio.

Kopp and Li sought to see if they could use machine learning to predict the severity of an upcoming storm based on information published in public alerts.

Throughout the process, the access Google gave them to the company’s cloud computing platform was invaluable, according to Kopp.

Other students brainstormed and refined ideas for new startups.

Erich Graham grad said his pitch for a startup — dubbed “Massive Open Online Office Hours” — aims to improve the low comple-

tion rates of MOOCs, or massive open online courses.

“If it doesn’t make any sense — you’re scratching your head — it’s the beta class,” Graham said.

“Next semester, I don’t get to use that excuse, so I’m going to milk that today.”

The startup, experimental nature of Cornell Tech’s curriculum was also made evident in Alfred Nelson grad and David Jiang’s grad account of how they developed an interactive children’s story generator.

Nelson and Jiang, who were paired with Tapestry — a startup that allows users to create interactive stories that users can “tap” through on an iPhone — were asked by the company to come up with their own ideas for a “tappable” story.

“We realized after walking out the door of the meeting that our ideas were no good,” Nelson said.

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Cornell Raises Over $500M in 2012-13 Fiscal Year

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

Working to eclipse what was Cornell’s best year of fundraising –– $773.8 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year –– the University raised more than $500.1 million for the 2012-13 fiscal year ending on June 30, according to Richard Banks ’72, associate vice president for alumni affairs and development.

Though Cornell has “been running three to five percent ahead of last year consistently throughout this entire year,” the University does not believe that this year’s fundraising will be as successful as last year’s, according to Banks.

Banks said that Chuck Feeney’s ’56 $350 million donation for the tech campus made it possible for Cornell to raise as much money as it did last year. “[That] doesn’t happen every year,”

Banks said. “Nonetheless, the results this year will be very good –– among the best years in our history.”

Of the $500.1 million raised this year, $23.7 million was raised by the Cornell Annual Fund, which provides immediateimpact and unrestricted support to the University, according to Joseph Lyons ’98, director of the Cornell Annual Fund.

The Cornell Annual Fund includes a fund for the University, a fund for undergraduate student aid, a fund for each of the undergraduate colleges and professional schools, as well as a fund for some of the university-wide units, such as athletics and Student and Academic Services, according to Lyons.

“Every gift has an impact at Cornell, but gifts [to the Annual Fund] give the widest level of flexibility and also create an extraordinary impact, because our leaders can

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Giving back to Cornell | Irwin Jacobs ’56 and Joan Jacobs’ ’52 (pictured) gift to Cornell NYC Tech was one of several large donations the University received in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

aggregate gifts at all levels from thousands of donors to invest in things they might otherwise not be able to,” Lyons said.

Banks said that since the University launched of its “Cornell Now” fundraising campaign in October 2006 –– with a goal to reach $4.75 billion by 2015 –– Cornell has seen an overall “steady upward trend in giving.”

“We were steadily increasing in giving until the financial crisis in 2008-09, which slowed giving dramatically for approximately 18 months,” Banks said. “We have been on a good growth trajectory since the economy began to recover back in 2010.”

Echoing Banks, Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development, said the current stability of the stock market and economy has encouraged people to make donations over the last two years.

Phlegar said the University’s Strategic Plan, which was launched in 2010 to outline Cornell’s educational and public engagement goals through 2015, “translates into a well articulated vision for the University and one that people can get behind and support.”

Phlegar added that, overall, the Cornell NYC Tech Campus has had a “tremendously positive effect” on donations to the University on all levels.

Banks said larger gifts –– such as Irwin Jacobs ’56 and Joan Jacobs’ ’52 recent $133million gift to Cornell NYC Tech –– heavily influence the total amount the University raises each year.

According to Banks, although larger gifts have a bigger impact on the total amount raised, gifts range in size and gifts average “in the vicinity of $750.”

Lyons said a common misconception is the notion that small gifts do not make a difference; the reality is that “gifts of any size

make a difference,” he said.

“The percentage of alumni who give each year is included as a measure of alumni satisfaction in the US News & World Report [college] rankings,” he said. “Strong participation rates contribute to a strong ranking, and thus increase the reputation of Cornell and strengthen the value of a Cornell degree.”

According to Banks, since the launch of the “Cornell Now” campaign in 2006, the University has raised $300 million in undergraduate scholarship support and continued to prioritize scholarships in its fundraising efforts.

“The grants and scholarships we award help us recruit and enroll academically exceptional students from diverse economic backgrounds,” said Lee Melvin, associate vice provost for enrollment.

Lyons said the University’s fundraising efforts are critical to ensuring that Cornell remains a “first-rate institution for education and research.”

“Gifts help the University remain open to all, and ensures that we are not just a good university, but rather an exceptional university to study and learn at,” Lyons said.

Lyons also emphasized the need to continue to engage current students and young alumni “to ensure Cornell remains the exceptional place we know it to be.”

“We are investing in more student and young alumni programming that is beginning to have a great effect on our ability to raise money. … [For example, young alumni] just recently held a very successful Duff Ball in New York City that resulted in amazing participation and philanthropy from our young alums,” Phlegar said. “It is really a good time for philanthropy at Cornell.”

Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun.com.

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a talented designer and we’re not good at doing stories from start to finish that people actually wanted to read.”

Nelson said the initial setback eventually led him and Jiang to their final idea: creating a story generator for children, who he said represented an ideal target audience for their product.

Throughout the semester, Nelson said, the two learned that figuring out what product they aimed to produce and navigating the nature of their collaboration with Tapestry called for trial and error, much like other projects in entrepreneurship.

Cornell Tech’s open studio day gave a rare glimpse of the kinks that can emerge when launching a new academic program. Still in its early stages, the partnership between students and companies to work on projects — a key aspect of the Cornell Tech program in New York City — has called for some minor adjustments as it unfolded, said Cathy Dove, vice president for Cornell Tech.

“Given that this was a beta class, we were in touch with the students quite a bit to get their feedback,” Dove said. “They were excellent in pointing out what was working and what needed to be tweaked. The faculty regularly coordinated among

themselves too. It turned out there were no major issues, but based on feedback, we made some minor adjustments as we went along.”

Despite the semester being “challenging” for the beta class, Dove said that the students were “excellent and did very well.”

The tech campus’ first semester also allowed administrators and professors to learn and adapt from the experience, Prof.

Deborah Estrin, computer science, said.

Drawing a parallel between Cornell Tech’s beta class and the release of beta versions of a product, Estrin said that, “traditionally, you don't release a product or service until it has been thoroughly tested, until you’ve gotten rid of all the bugs. But the release of a beta project lets you get a lot more people to help you find the bugs, and you do earlier learning.”

Similarly, Estrin said, part of being the beta class of the tech campus requires “working out some of it as it goes along.”

“It’s a fundamentally important part of how information technology evolves — we push it out there and see what the users make of it, and we improve it by measuring what the users do,” Estrin said.

Emma Court can be reached at news-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Big Apple | The east

side of Manhattan — which houses Weill Cornell Medical College (center) — can be seen from Roosevelt Island.

In April, The Sun’s editors visited Roosevelt Island, the site where Cornell NYC Tech is set to rise.

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Site of the future | Cornell

NYC Tech Dean Daniel Huttenlocher points to the site where the first tech campus building will rise.

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Four freedoms |

American sculptor Jo Davidson carved a bronze head of FDR that rests in the center of the FDR Four Freedoms Park.

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Four Freedoms Park, built in memory of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, opened in 2012.

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Welcome to the island | A tram transport-

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Abandoned smallpox hospital | The

ruins of a smallpox hospital, designed

by James Renwick Jr., in the 19th century, remain on Roosevelt Island.

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Univ.Students Share Secrets,Troubles, On‘C.U.Confessions’

By EMMA COURT

dents who are struggling.

“The pretty alarming ones [I’ll submit] just so people can Cornell University get advice. [Cornell University Confessions, a Facebook page Confessions is] kind of an outlet that asks students to share their for people to tell people their secrets online and promises troubles anonymously and for “100%” anonymity, has become people to get advice ... a sort of wildly popular at Cornell — social care network,” Zach said. drawing more than 7,263 subEells said that despite the missions this year. The confes- sense of community Cornell sions page may meet the emo- Confessions content can help tional needs of students who feel provide to students, it is impordisconnected from their peers, tant when reading posts to according to Cornell’s mental remember that confessions have health resource staff. a “filtered” nature.

The founder and one of the “Social networks ... serve a moderators of the page –– who certain purpose,” Eells said. “I The Sun is referring to by a pseu- think of my own Facebook page; donym, “Zach,” because of his [the] stuff that’s up there is what desire to keep the page’s modera- I choose to put up there. ... tors anonymous — said he saw a Everything we do on social disproportionate number of media is filtered, it’s created, so posts by people who sounded it’s not factual in that sense. It depressed when he founded the may convey a certain truth, a Cornell Confessions page. certain purpose, [but I] don't “I was actually pretty alarmed want to push it to be something when I first started,” Zach said. it’s not, ... [to be] some factual “There were a ton of depressing statement on what people are confessions submitted.” actually experiencing.”

Greg Eells, director of Eells added that it is possible Counseling and Psychological that some posts are not generatServices at Gannett Health ed by students.

Services, called Cornell “The reality is that some of Confessions “compelling” and those posts could be [from] a 50said “it obviously meets an emo- year-old in his boxers in South tional need for students.”

Carolina ... putting things on “Part of its there because appeal is it’s it’s entertaining “With anonymity, really touching to do that,” upon — in an you get the Eells said. honest way — “There’s no way real person.” people’s feelings to know one of loneliness, Cornell Confessions founder way or another. disconnection ... It is someand psychologithing that is a cal and emotional pain,” Eells combination of real experiences said. “I think there’s a certain with artistic expressions. People sense of universality people feel, are confessing what they want to which can be really powerful. If confess and responding to what I’m suffering and think I’m the they want to respond to in ways only person feeling this way, and that are selective.”

I put something out there and Both Eells and Shortall now I know that you’re feeling in expressed hope that students in a very similar way, that has a lot need will continue to take of power for both of us.” advantage of on-campus mental Janet Shortall, assistant dean health resources like CAPS and of students and advisor to EARS. Empathy, Assistance and Eells noted that some posts Referral Service — a student-run on Cornell Confessions that organization offering counseling, appeared troubling elicited comtraining and outreach programs ments from students recom— said anonymity can often be mending Gannett services, reassuring for students. She said which he said he thinks “is great EARS training includes a game and speaks to some of the [menthat groups play where, much tal health services] information like Cornell Confessions, stu- that’s out there.” dents anonymously write down a Still, Zach said he was secret and trainers read the com- inspired to create confessions ments aloud. pages because he thought they “We recognize that it can be would prompt people to reveal quite cathartic to reveal parts of their innermost feelings. He refourselves anonymously,” Shortall erenced an Oscar Wilde quotasaid in an email. “Occasionally, tion, which reads, “Man is least however, someone will reveal himself when he talks in his own something that is distressing and person. Give him a mask, and he ... saying it out loud has begun a will tell you the truth.” conversation of a sort.”

“With anonymity, you get the The “confessions” posted on real person,” Zach said. “Now, I the page range from the light- moderate that and edit it to hearted — including professions make it not so explicit, but for of admiration for other students the most part, you get more to and complaints about a lack of the core of the person under the toiletries at locations on campus cloak of anonymity.

— to serious issues such as stress, depression and loneliness.

Zach said he sees Cornell Emma Court can be reached at Confessions as a resource for stu- news-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Skorton: Cornell Will Not Divest in ‘Foreseeable Future’

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

The University has no plans to divest a large portion of its endowment from the fossil fuels industry in the “immediate foreseeable future,” President David Skorton said at a Student Assembly meeting on April 4.

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

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

Skorton’s response came as a disappointment to some students, who have appeared before the Board of Trustees, spoken at the Student Assembly and hand-delivered letters to Skorton asking the University to divest. Supporters of divestment have argued that the University has a responsibility to invest in sustainability and said the financial risks of divestment have been exaggerated.

On Thursday, however, Skorton described the decision to

divest from fossil fuels as “high stakes,” citing “the risk we would put the campus under” if the University were to divest.

He added that students can expect the University to make a “very serious effort” to move more of its investments into sustainable energies in the future.

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

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

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

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

Cornell Recalls Boston Marathon Bombings

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, five Cornell runners recalled the terror they felt as they learned of the explosions, struggled to find family members and hurried to leave the city.

The blasts, which occurred near the finish line of the iconic race shortly before 3 p.m. April 15, killed at least three people and wounded at least 144, according to the Associated Press. At least 10 individuals affiliated with Cornell were registered to run the marathon, according to the Boston Athletic Association’s website.

As of Tuesday evening, the University was not aware of anyone from the Cornell community who had been injured, President David Skorton said in a University-wide statement.

"On behalf of the entire Cornell community, I extend heartfelt sympathies to all those who have suffered loss and injury from Monday's unconscionable attack at the Boston Marathon," Skorton said.

When she heard the first of multiple explosions near the finish line, Anne Elise Creamer ’13, a member of the Cornell Running Club, thought the noise was thunder, or the sound of urban construction.

“We didn’t think much of it, especially because I was so excited about finishing the race,” Creamer said. “We had no idea what had

happened.”

It was not until Creamer saw an unusually high number of security guards positioned at a parking garage that she began to think something was amiss.

“That’s when we got a call from a family member, who said, ‘Turn on the radio.’ We got in the car, and they said .... there had been a bomb, that two people had died and that a bunch of people had been sent to the hospital,” Creamer said. “I was ... shocked.

Really shocked.”

Having just completed her first Boston Marathon, Creamer said she was flooded with a range of emotions as she began driving back to Ithaca. The pride she felt in completing the historic race was soon overshadowed by sadness, as she began hearing grisly details of injured runners and spectators emerge on the radio.

“I wanted to think that no one had died. I wanted to stay positive.

But it just kept hitting you and hitting you with these facts — that so many people were injured, that people had died,” Creamer said. “I just felt my heart pounding.”

Like Creamer, Gilly Leshed, a visiting professor in the Department of Information Science, said she has been grappling with “very mixed feelings” in the aftermath of the explosions.

“On one hand, I was happy to run the race, and on the other, I was so devastated with what hapSee MARATHON page 12

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Not right now | President David Skorton speaks to a packed auditorium. He has said that although Cornell remains committed to sustainability, the University will not divest from the fossil fuel industry right away.

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

More than 20 student organizations have hand-delivered letters to Skorton asking the University to pursue divestment, according to Anna-Lisa Castle ’13, former copresident of Kyoto NOW!, a climate justice organization.

Additionally, in a resolution passed in February, the S.A. asked the University to divest by the end of 2020 and reinvest 30 percent of divested funds in sustainable enterprises.

Skorton also said that more than 10 percent of the University’s

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

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

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

After the S.A. meeting, Ulysses Smith ’14, vice president for diver-

sity and inclusion and incoming president of the S.A., said that he understood the University’s rationale, even if it was not what he wanted to hear.

“What we need to do now ... is really advocate for investment in and renewable sustainable resources. We need to invest enough so that divestment from fossil fuels is possible without causing significant harm to our operating status,” Smith said in an email.

Like Smith, Rebecca Macies ’14, co-president of Kyoto NOW!, said she respected Skorton’s decision, even if she did not agree with See DIVESTMENT page 13

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pate in the marathon but was not able to finish the race because of the explosions.

"She said this was her chance, as she'd never be able to qualify [again]," Middleton said.

Like many others, John Colson grad learned of much of the explosion through the radio while returning to Ithaca. But Colson — who completed the marathon more than an hour before the first explosion occurred — said he had no idea what had happened until he was already driving out of Boston.

Suddenly, he saw he had accumulated more than 15 text messages and six voicemails in the span of a minute, Colson said.

“Most of them were saying, ‘Are you okay?’ ... but at the end of the marathon, that's still [a] natural question to ask,” he said.

It was not until he turned on the radio that he realized there

pened. I feel very, very sorry for the people who were injured, the people who died in the explosion,” Leshed said.

Looking back on the afternoon’s events, Leshed said a day that ultimately ended in tragedy began like any other Boston Marathon race.

“It was a holiday in Boston — Patriots’ Day — and there were the usual marathon celebrations. There were thousands of runners and people were cheering from both sides as I crossed the finish line,” she said.

Just five minutes after crossing the line, however, Leshed — then walking toward the baggage-collection point — said she heard a huge boom.

“I turned around and saw smoke at the finish line. ...

People were just shocked,” she said, recalling how she was about 200 yards away from the finish line. “Then there was another “It was all police cars, ambulances explosion, and at that point, I just and fire engines running around wanted to get to like crazy, and we were just my baggage, find my phone and call listening to the news like my family [to] tell everyone else.” them I [was] okay.”

Prof. Gilly Leshod, information science Within minutes, Leshed said, the scene became chaotic. Cell phone lines had been multiple explosions became “very slow” as runners, near the finish line of the race friends and family tried to con- he had just finished. At one tact each other, Leshed said. point, listening to the news Leshed said she was fortunate reports of the explosions, she was able to locate her family Colson said he had to pull over — who had come to Boston to and stop his car to compose watch her run — and leave the himself. city quickly. As they left Boston, “There's a lot of build-up, a however, they saw the chaos lot of excitement and the entire unfolding before them, with day is supposed to be a really emergency responders racing to celebratory event. So many peothe scene of the explosions and ple are cheering, and there were family members struggling to all these legendary places you find each other. ran by. I can think about those “It was all police cars, ambu- and picture all of them, but all I lances and fire engines running can think about now is how I around like crazy, and we were hope other people are okay,” just listening to the news like Colson said. everyone else,” Leshed said.

Colson added that he is As people sought their loved unsure of whether or not the ones and tried to get to safety, group of people he ran most of Lesley Kay Middleton, a green- the race with are safe. house assistant at the Boyce "Thinking back on it now, I Thompson Institute for Plant just consider myself fortunate to Research, said she did not know have been alright," Colson said. what to think. Rumors aboundAnother Cornellian who ran ed about what had just hap- the race, Prof. Yrjo Grohn, epipened, and in the immediate demiology, was three blocks aftermath of the explosions, it away from the finish line when was difficult to ascertain what the explosions occurred. was truth and what was speculaGrohn said he thinks the reltion, she said. atively late timing of the blasts "Naturally, I thought [the prevented more people from explosion] was a garbage truck being injured. emptying a dumpster or some"I think the death [toll] thing like that, but then people would have been much bigger if looked frightened and everyone it had happened two hours earstarted quickly hurrying away lier," Grohn said, noting that from the direction of the finish the blasts occurred after many [line]. You heard people saying runners had finished the race. 'bomb' and didn't know "[My wife and I] were able to whether to believe it or think drive home, but if it had hapthey were rumors," she said. pened to us earlier, the conseMaking her way toward the quences could have been much Boston Common, Middleton more serious." said she comforted a woman who couldn't find her mother, as well as a woman who had Akane Otani can be reached at raised enough money to partici- managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Announces It Will Join edX, MOOCs Consortium

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Editor

Cornell announced May 21 that it will soon begin offering several MOOCs, or massive open online courses, through edX, a not-for-profit organization.

In addition to Cornell, 14 other colleges — including Boston University, Berklee College of Music and Kyoto University in Japan — have just joined edX to offer MOOCs, according to a statement edX released Tuesday. To date, the enterprise, which was founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has allowed more than 900,000 individuals to enroll in university classes online for free.

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it.

“[Skorton] has been very receptive to us throughout the whole process, and we really appreciate that. We will continue speaking to him and trying to continue this conversation into the future,” she said.

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

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

Others were less satisfied with Skorton’s message. Julia Fiore ’13, a member of Kyoto NOW!, said she believes divestment is an obtainable goal for the University.

She added that the University will continue to hear from her and other student groups.

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

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

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

Alexa Davis contributed reporting to this article.

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

While Cornell has joining edX to further yet to finalize what “We expect that the wisdom and experience of our support educational faculty and university partners will help shape the accessibility and the classes it will offer, which faculty will ability of our faculty future of open online learning” teach MOOCs and members to expand Provost Kent Fuchs how it will handle the breadth and reach potential concerns of their educational over intellectual property, the University will move for- offerings,” Provost Kent Fuchs said in the press release. ward based on recommendations made by a committee “We are committed to remaining in the forefront of comprised of faculty, staff and representatives from the educational innovation, and we expect that the wisdom University Counsel, according to a University press and experience of our faculty and university partners release. will help shape the future of open online learning.”

“In keeping with Cornell’s mission of teaching, research and public engagement, we are pleased to be Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun.com.

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Six People Hospitalized at‘Hardcore’Avicii Show

By LIANNE BORNFELD and Sun News Editor

MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Editor

Multiple medical emergencies and hospitalizations turned the Avicii Homecoming concert at

Barton Hall in Sept. 22 into a potential health risk for some students, according to organizers and attendees.

The Cornell University Police Department received 12 calls regarding alcohol-related incidents related to the concert, according

to Kathy Zoner, chief of the CUPD. There were six hospitalizations, Zoner said.

“A lot of [the hospitalizations] were [for] people on their way to the concert that never even made it indoors,” said Dave Rodriguez ’13, executive director of Cornell

SHAILEE SHAH / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Faded into darkness | Students watch as Avicii performs at the Homecoming concert Sept. 22 in Barton Hall.

Cornell University Police Department recieved 12 calls during this performance.

Concert Commission.

In addition to the alcoholrelated incidents, CUPD said a forcible touching occurred at the ticket line for the concert. The victim said she was grabbed under her skirt twice while she was waiting in line to enter Barton, according to CUPD. Although CCC attempted to eliminate the presence and effects of alcohol and illegal substances –– enlisting the help of CUEMS, ambulance reserves and CUPD –– “what people do before they arrive isn’t up to us, unfortunately,” Rodriguez said.

Multiple drunken escapades also occurred during the concert.

Rodriguez said that someone defecated in the bleachers.

“We try to keep those bleachers open so people have the chance to sit, but we never imagined that people would start relieving themselves in the bleachers,” Rodriguez said. “It completely baffles me that somebody would think that was an okay thing to do … [it was] definitely a first.”

Factors such as the widespread

penchant for debauchery during Homecoming Weekend contributed to the “unfortunate situations” that occurred both before and during the concert, Rodriguez said.

“There is a stigma that goes with electronic music and the type of people that go to the concerts, but a big factor of last night was that it’s Homecoming Weekend and Homecoming Weekend is a big party weekend for most people,” Rodriguez said.

“Unfortunately, a lot of people aren’t able to take care of themselves in these sorts of situations.”

Jared Hoffman ’15 said that it was incontestable that students were consuming alcohol and illegal substances at the concert.

“There was definitely a lot of rolling [on ecstasy] going on; I saw it numerous times firsthand,” he said. “The comment from most people was that it was as hardcore as any concert that you could hope for that wasn’t part of a festival. It was definitely the craziest I’ve seen at Cornell.”

Donovan Whitter ’15 agreed.

“The crowd was electric throughout the show and the atmosphere was full of excitement,” he said. “Pretty much everyone was extremely drunk or on drugs during the show, but in all honestly, that just made things better.”

Mujahid Powell ’15 compared the concert to a rave due to “halfnaked” students and “crazy” lights.

“It was better and much crazier than any on-campus event I’ve been to before,” he said. “[The concert] was really well done.”

However, for some attendees, including Jeffers Nguyen ’15, the concert did not live up to their expectations.

“Avicii’s performance was not [as] impressive as I hoped it would have been,” Nguyen said. “It might have been because I didn’t know more than two of his songs.”

Jayant Mukhopadhaya ’15 said he had a “creepy” experience during the concert.

“There was this really funny moment when this guy tried to jump on my shoulders — not just once, but twice,” Mukhopadhaya, who is also a designer at The Sun, said. “He half got up on my shoulders and then asked me to put him down. So I put him down and 15 minutes later he jumped on me again.”

Mayda Dorak ’13 said the crowd was rowdy.

“I tried to go up on the shoulders of my friend, and then people actually got very angry very quickly,” she said. “They started yelling, ‘Get off!’ and someone was poking me with something sharp in the back.”

Even entering Barton Hall was “a pain,” according to Mukhopadhaya, as “everyone was everywhere on everyone.”

But Whitter said that, ultimately, the concert made “Cornell a better place.”

“Avicii was great; he put on an excellent show that far exceeded my expectations for a Cornell concert,” he said. “Compared to other on-campus events … this was by far the most mind-blowing night Cornell has ever sponsored.”

Lianne Bornfeld and Manu Rathore can be reached at news@cornellsun.com.

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NEWS

Cornell Responds to Reported Sexual Assaults on Campus

By KERRY CLOSE Sun Senior Editor

After several incidents of sexual assault and harassment on or near Cornell’s campus were reported in the fall, Cornell revamped its resources in March for victims of sexual assault and bias cases, saying it will centralize services to better serve the community.

In an email March 1, President David Skorton lauded the work of the Incident Management Team, a group of staff and faculty that prepared a report addressing reports of sexual assault and violence on and near Cornell’s campus in the fall.

The report emphasized the need for “better coordination, communication and commitment to shared goals, strategies and priorities” in addressing these incidents.

“The lack of coordination, clear communication, ongoing assessment of needs and strategies and prioritizing of resources has obscured both current strengths and critical gaps in what [resources and services are] provided,” the report said.

To that end, the report called for the creation of a “virtual” center to provide a “coordinated response” to incidents of sexual violence. The center, the report said, would employ a director to oversee its consolidated services, as well as two part-time staff members to address its goals of providing information and support to victims of sexual assault as well as to the community at large.

The report also called for the creation of a University-wide committee to address sexual violence –– a coalition that would aim to “foster cultural change, reduce risks and increase support for members of the community affected by sexual violence.”

In the email, Skorton emphasized the report’s recommendation that the University Diversity Council, a group charged with promoting diversity throughout Cornell, also work toward preventing incidents of sexual violence and bias.

“I am asking the UDC to support Provost [Kent] Fuchs and me in working with each dean and vice president to enhance our collective efforts to prevent both bias and sexual misconduct,” Skorton said in the email.

Skorton said he will consider the recommendations as the University moves forward in addressing reports of sexual violence from the fall.

“The group’s recommendations –– from enhanced services and enforcement to improved communications and educational outreach –– are being evaluated and, as they are ready, implemented to strengthen the University’s existing programs for the prevention of both sexual misconduct and all forms of bias throughout our community,” Skorton said in the email.

Skorton noted that the implementation of the recommendations will call for the help officials from “the highest levels of the University,” including Fuchs and Vice President of Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy ’73, as well as college deans and vice presidents.

Despite University initiatives

–– including programming on sexual misconduct for incoming students during Orientation Week and a sexual assault resource website –– already being developed and implemented in response to the reports, Skorton stressed the need for a continued campus-wide focus on combating sexual violence and bias at Cornell.

“Despite this clear progress, persistent issues on campus and continuing feedback from our community have convinced me that we have far yet to go,” Skorton said in the email. “I call on everyone in our community to engage in self-reflection, examine the issues and join us in efforts to eliminate sexual misconduct and all forms of bias from our campus community.”

The University’s response to the sexual assaults comes after students heavily criticized how the administration handled reports of harassment in the fall.

In September, students staged a sit-in in front of Day Hall, carrying signs that urged passerby to

“Join us if you condemn hate crimes.”

The sit-in attracted about 25 protesters and was organized by a group of students who call themselves the Assembly for Justice, according to Raechel Blumenthal ’13, one of the protesters.

Formed in May as a response to

“I call on everyone in our community to engage in self-reflection ... to eliminate sexual misconduct.”

President Skorton an attack that occurred at the Sigma Pi fraternity, the coalition protested what it called the administration’s inadequate response to recent sexual crimes. “[After the attacks], the administration told us to lock our windows, lock our doors and take self-defense classes, and did nothing to address the fact that there

is a ... serious issue surrounding rape culture on our campus,” said Shiliu Wang ’13, one of the protesters. “They need to take initiative and be responsible for addressing that institutional view, structurally, as opposed to having the onus be on the victims.”

At the protest, students distributed a list of seven demands they presented to the administration, including the implementation of mandatory sexual violence prevention training for incoming students and training on “all aspects of sexual violence” for University administrators, faculty and staff.

While responsive to their requests for increased dialogue between students and administrators, Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president of student and academic services, said she finds the demands difficult to address in terms of changes to University policy.

“As [the demands] are presented, I would be hard-pressed to determine how I would respond,” Murphy said. “Personally, I don’t

think [they are clear].”

Kent Hubbell ’67, dean of students, emphasized the need for increased understanding among student leaders about the progress that the University has already made to address crimes on campus.

“We need to have a conversation with the community about what we’ve already done over the past couple of years. We’ve done an awful lot,” Hubbell said.

“Some significant fraction of these demands have been met, but others haven’t and that will take time.”

Blumenthal echoed Hubbell’s call for increased communication between the administration and students.

“The idea behind [the protest] is transparency,” she said. “We don’t know what response is being developed to the violent racial and sexual attacks that have occurred on our campus.”

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun.com.

OPINION

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Surviving Freshman Year: A Practical Field Guide

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ongratulations, you shining beacon of good grades, better board scores and obnoxiously impressive extracurricular activities: You’ve made it to Cornell, the Ben Affleck of the Ivy League! Now that you’re on your way to Ithaca — also known as the Middle of Nowhere — you’ll need a guide to keep you safe from all the crazy townies, fratty upperclassmen and irritatingly punctilious R.A.s. Lucky for you, our team of crack reporters has thrown together a list of things, based on semi-, mostly- and entirely- true experiences that is guaranteed to keep you safe from embarrassment and bodily harm throughout your freshman year. So, read carefully, dearest freshman, and whatever you do this coming year, always remember ...

DO NOT:

… sleepily forget to wear your shower-shoes in the shower. … eat raw fish in the dining hall. … pretend to act cool and talk about how you drank so much in high school and then prove you’re a liar by puking all over your roommate in the dorms. … drink the free “Grey Goose” at your first frat party. … eat dessert at every meal just because it’s there. … give in to the temptation to take short cuts during the winter in areas marked “out of bounds.” The 30 seconds saved isn’t worth a broken appendage. … eat two bagels in one sitting at 3 a.m. at CTB. … think course numbers are meaningless and accidentally enroll in a graduate-level course. … think that long johns are as useful indoors as they are outdoors. It gets really warm, and uncomfortably sweaty, in Goldwin Smith. … think beer, wine and liquor are interchangeable. … be surprised when our oft-lauded “campus diversity” turns out to mean the representation of Jews from both Long Island and Manhattan. … exclusively wear Cornell apparel. … be uninvolved on campus. … forget that Big Red Bucks are actually just Big Real American Dollars and not some sort of magical number that quickly decreases after a 1 a.m. trip to Nasties. … get drunk and then go to the library. … try and prove you’re a badass by rappelling off the SkyBridge of Court-Kay-Bauer. … run from dorm to dorm pulling the fire alarm at 4 a.m., especially if there’s no fire. … pregame alone. … be afraid to make friends with people besides your hallmates. … experiment by seeing how long you can go without taking a shower. … wait until the night before you leave for summer break to go sake bombing for the first time. … drink in your dorm room on Slope Day. … go to RPCC after six or before eight. … worry about joining a frat or sorority until the time comes.

Even then, don’t worry about it. Really, don’t. It doesn’t matter. ... ignore advice from upperclassmen.

— 131st Editorial Board

This Is Your School FROM TOP-NOTCH educational programs, to myriad campus organizations, to ties to the Ithaca community, the University to which you are matriculating has more to offer than you can yet fathom. You will spend the next four years here trying to take advantage of as many opportunities as you are able. We hope you will come to love Cornell as much as we do.

But keep in mind that Big Red pride comes with a responsibility to love critically — not blindly.

As you will notice while reading the contents of this issue, Cornell is far from flawless.

But we have a student body that has shown unrelenting commitment to fight for positive change on our campus. The past few years have seen student leaders and activists strive to combat sexual assault and racial bias; expand sustainable practices; and eradicate high-risk drinking and hazing from the Greek system. At The Sun, we will endeavor to keep you fully and truthfully informed about these obstacles and the paths toward their resolution.

At the end of four years, Cornell will leave you changed. Use your time here to return the favor. I am a wholly different person today than I was when I arrived in Ithaca for my freshman fall. As I enter my senior year, I can only hope that I will graduate having given back in some small way to the institutions that have shaped me.

The Class of 2017 will pick up the mantle where we left it; succeed where we failed; and hopefully transform Cornell into a university that inspires pride in each and every member of our community. This is your school now; we challenge you to make it better.

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OPINION

Hannah Deixler |

Shades of Grey

Any (Saltine) Person, Any Study L

ast week my dad asked me to do a “big favor” for him and speak to a friend’s son, David, who had just been accepted to Cornell but was deciding between a few schools. David sent me an e-mail with all of the questions a prospective student is supposed to ask: “What kind of clubs does Cornell have?” (lots); “How bad is the weather really?” (get a coat, you’ll survive); “How was the transition from L.A. to Ithaca?” (fine … until January when you realize you don’t own pants); “Is there a dorm I should try to live in, if I decide to go?” (avoid the Low Rises). The last question, though, caught me off guard: “Why did you choose to go to Cornell?”

While I’m sure that’s a no-brainer for my peers who were breastfed in Cornell onesies, this question took a second of thought for me, as a regular decision applicant who had, more or less, ended up here because of some lucky twist of fate.

The college application process feels as far away as the Stone Age by now, but thinking back, I think my decision to come to Cornell was pretty anticlimactic (and totally uncharacteristic of me). I didn’t make any extensive pro-con lists or color-coded spreadsheets. I didn’t ask every person I knew what they thought I should do and I didn’t even wait until the last hour to make my decision. I’m sure there was some amount of hysteria at the time, but I’ve since blocked it from my memory. I was accepted to a handful of schools, I narrowed it down to a few, visited Cornell first and decided

that it seemed like a good fit. When asked, I Although I found Suzy Lee Weiss obnoxcouldn’t articulate why, it just seemed like ious and whiney (and, at times, highly the right decision. I sent my deposit and got offensive), I can remember how confusing my free Class of 2013 t-shirt. That was that. the college application process felt.

Go Big Red. However, I can also say, four years later — Since my conversation with David, I and now to potential students — the notion have walked by countless campus tours filled of a place being a “right fit” is real. Weiss with prospective students (congratulations, writes that if she knew about the person she class of 2017!) and have been forced to think was “supposed to be” to get into college, she more about that twist of fate that landed me would have started a fake charity, “worn in upstate New York at a school that I knew headdresses to school” and had two moms very little about. Maybe it really was just a because that’s good fit? Is that possible?

I chose Cornell because it’s where every T h e version of me — the saltine cracker Wall Street version of me, the headdress-wearing J o u r n a l me, the lost 18-year-old me and the r e c e n t l y now lost 22-year-old me — could published find a place. an op-ed written by a bitter, entitled and too-snarky-for-her- what colleges look for. But Suzy, I don’t own-good high school senior who com- think it’s that complicated. plains about the college process, and her disI think we get attached to schools, jobs, appointing results. She reminded me that people because we like the idea of them. colleges encourage students to “be yourself” Weiss is crushed that she didn’t get into her in applications, and that the process is sup- dream school, but I wonder what about posedly “self-selecting.” At age 18, I think those schools felt like a dream? Maybe Weiss those were hard concepts to grasp. What doesn’t realize that if she has to find a second does “self-selecting” mean, and how am I mom to get into a school, it might not be supposed to trust it when everyone else in the dream she thinks it is. the country wants to go to the same eight When I think about the students who schools I do? And, by the way, who the hell were accepted into the Class of 2017, I am I and how do I portray that person in an imagine some of them wear headdresses, essay? and some of them have two moms, and

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some are, as Weiss writes “as diverse as a saltine cracker.” I also know that this diversity — or lack thereof — is not why they were accepted, and probably not the only reason they’re coming here either. Cornell’s culture of “be yourself” is real — even for those of us who “work[ed] at a local pizza shop and [we]re the slowest person on the cross-country team” in high school, as Weiss claims she is. The extraordinary and the pretty ordinary both find a place at Cornell, and that’s — I think — at least why I’m here.

In retrospect, I wish I had told David that I chose Cornell because it’s where every version of me — the saltine cracker me, the headdress-wearing me, the lost 18-year-old me and the now lost 22-year-old me — could find a place. The admission committee somehow saw all of those Hannahs at Cornell, and I somehow saw them here too.

In fact, it was no twist of fate at all, but rather, exactly as it should have been. I have made friends, developed interests and even picked up a few important skills along the way, but I’ve never had to be someone who isn’t me.

David — in all his forms (none of which I know, but I’m sure exist) — would and could and should belong here as well. So David, be yourself and come to Cornell!

And, if you can, try to live in Mews.

Hannah Deixler graduated in 2013 from the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at htd23@cornell.edu.

In Focus

Speak Up to Have a Say I

still vividly remember when I was in your shoes, eager to begin my four years on the Hill. My fellow classmates and I were excited to become active, participatory members of the Cornell community. Four years later, we are largely proud Cornellians who have carved out respective niches for ourselves. But collectively, our experiences have demonstrated a spirit of apathy and ambivalence toward the administration and decision-making process. By recognizing and mobilizing around the issues that will define your time at Cornell early, the Class of 2017 can rekindle a spirit of campus activism and take your rightful place at the Day Hall decision-making table.

The respective responses of the administration and students to major campus events during my time at Cornell illustrate both the promise of partnership and why many students feel alienated from University decision-makers. Three in particular are worth mentioning: the successful effort to build the New York City tech campus, major adjustments to the academic calendar and the changing nature of our Greek system.

The tech campus effort represents partnership between students and administrators at its best. Cornell lobbied hard for the chance to open an applied sciences school in New York City, and enlisted students to join the cause. Undergraduates started grassroots efforts and took advantage of social media to make Cornell’s case. The student support was unparalleled by any of the competing bidders and played a large part in Cornell’s success.

In another case, though, the student voice was far less effective. Two years ago, the Faculty Senate began the process of

revising the Academic Calendar with the faced with many changes, but we have goal of improving student health. failed to effectively respond and prove our Ultimately, the administration voted to add worth as stakeholders. As incoming freshan additional break in February at the man, you have the ability to start fresh and expense of Senior Week, despite a Student show the administration you genuinely Assembly-crafted petition opposing the care. This means deviating from traditional, change amassing over 1,500 signatures. A passive leadership structures and recognizdecision was purportedly made in the stu- ing the full potential of social media. Don’t dent interest, yet the vast majority of stu- repeat the mistakes of failing to organize dents seemed to disagree. Students were and conveying a tone of adversarial indifference to the administrainvited to participate in the crafting of the tion. Student opinnew calendar, but mobilized too late and ion should always with too little independent initiative. m a t t e r, Finally, not just changes to w h e n the Greek Undoubtedly, your class will face a Day Hall s y s t e m unique set of campus issues over finds it h a v e conveexposed a your four years Far Above Cayuga’s nient. In g a p Waters. It’s up to you as a fact, we b e t w e e n group to naturally prioritize. have a how stuc i v i c dents and administrators view partnership. A few responsibility as members of the Cornell unfortunate events have demonstrated the community to contribute our opinions need to eliminate egregious instances of regarding matters of campus importance.

Undoubtedly, your class will face a hazing, and the University has demonstrated remarkable patience in working with unique set of campus issues over your four students. But noticeable changes have yet to years Far Above Cayuga’s Waters. It’s up to come to fruition because student leaders you as a group to naturally prioritize and let have been unwilling to collaborate in an ini- the student voice be heard when it matters tiative that is largely top-down. In other most. I hope that you will immediately conrespects the administration has undercut sider taking up the causes of Cornell’s Greek self-governance — not allowing affordability, academic organization and houses the opportunity to provide safe campus social life.

Recent changes to how the University drinking environments. If Greek student leaders were to have taken a less adversarial grants financial aid have exacerbated the approach and demonstrated willingness to problem of a Cornell education’s affordabilcompromise, perhaps more desired out- ity. That these changes were announced comes could have been reached. mid-summer is no coincidence. Demand a My generation of Cornellians has been complete explanation and ensure that your

class won’t graduate in 2017 burdened with debt.

Speaking of graduation, it is also imperative that your class guarantees courses of study are adequately preparing you for desired careers matching the changing economy. The announcements of a new sustainability major and University-wide business minor are promising, as was the creation of a unified Economics department. See to it that these are the first steps in creating a modern, streamlined academic experience for students.

And perhaps with most difficulty, you’ll need to convince administrators that you can operate a Greek system promoting safe, socially responsible fun. As a former officer of my fraternity, I recognize just how daunting a task this is. But I think President Skorton believes in the future of Greek life at Cornell and that you can bring back the best of fraternity social events while doing away with the worst of hazing.

I have little doubt that each and every one of you will become an integral part of the Cornell community in no time. But don’t stop there, as many in my class did.

Take ownership of your campus, and take a real stake in issues that affect you the most.

While my Class of 2013 left this task to a select few, your Class of 2017 should treat the student role in decision-making as a collective responsibility. Together, you will send a message to the Class of 2019 — perhaps in their Freshman Issue of The Sun — that the student voice matters and you can win in working with the administration.

Jon Weinberg graduated in 2013 from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at jmw398@cornell.edu.

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18 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Freshman Issue 2013

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Dearest Freshmen: They say that home is where the heart is. Well, here at Cornell, home is where the art is. Well, not really. Your home will likely be in a cramped dorm room with a hairy, awkward roommate who hasn’t yet discovered anti-perspirant. But fear not, wee freshman, for there is an escape: cultural institutions and entertainment options abound on campus and beyond. Sure, it’s easy for it all to overwhelm you. Our advice? Let it. Whether you love electronic music, medieval sculpture or independent film, you can get your fix here, both at Cornell and in the Arts Section of The Sun. To get you started, we’re featuring some of the coolest events the paper covered last year, as well as snapshots of Cornell alumni who have left imprints on our culture today. Dig in and enjoy.

SAM BROMER AND ARIELLE CRUZ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS

Bat Boy at Risley Theatre MATT MUNSEY / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Sun Staff Writer

Director Danny Bernstein ’14 and company would be hard-pressed to pick a better week, social context-wise, to present their production of Bat Boy: The

Musical. The Bat Boy (Stephen Markham’16) is a lovable protagonist looking for acceptance, and the play is largely an allegory for the prevalence of hypocrisy, racism and scapegoating in contemporary society. With story by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and

music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe, it is based on the 1992 Weekly World News Story about a half-bat, half-boy (“Bat Boy”) who lived in a cave outside of a coal mining town. Far from pedantic, Bat Boy is a fun combination of slapstick comedy and campy horror overlaid with

Buddy Guy Stuns at the State

BY SAM BROMER Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

As I made my way to my seat, I scanned the crowd of Ithacans that had come to see Buddy Guy perform at Ithaca’s State Theatre on Sunday.

As excited as I was to see a legend perform — for, as Jimi Hendrix once said, “Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet while he plays guitar” — I was also a bit discouraged. The audience was mostly elderly, and judging by the faint but omnipresent post-4/20 fragrance, it contained a sizable number of smoked-out townies. I sat down and my row-mate gave me some disconcerting advice: “Don’t even fart — the guy in front of you is a prick.” There seemed to be only one consolation: no cell phones would be waved in my face.

But when Guy strolled out, sporting a cream Stratocaster and shaking his face like a bulldog wiping spit, the crowd erupted. He was a ball of raw energy and untamed bad-assery. I had seen Warren Haynes and Government Mule at the State previously, but as wild and technically proficient as Mule’s band is, Buddy Guy seemed more even more unhinged and even more alive — an

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incredible feat for a man of 76 years.

The opening song, the slow burning, “Damn Right I Got the Blues,” is from Guy’s 2005 release of the same name, though it would have fit in perfectly in one of those booze filled blues clubs of the ’40s and ’50s — it was an almost stereotypically bluesy song. From Guy’s muttering repetition of the words, “I got the blues,” just about an infinite number of times to his gutsy, wah-wah pedal-infused solos, the song riled up the room and set the mood for the night.

As the opening jam died down, Guy looked out into the audience and, like a dirty-mouthed Pope, told us, “It took a long fuckin’ time to bring me back.” It amazed me that someone who has performed for over a half-century could even remember coming to a small town so far from his birthplace in Louisiana. Growing up as a cotton picker, Guy later told the crowd, he never could have imagined being where he is today. Watching him on stage, with a wry smile on his face and an adoring crowd at his feet, I couldn’t imagine him anywhere else.

— March 7, 2013

a dynamic score that includes rock, rap, traditional horror-film soundtracks, standard show-tune fare and spirituals, cumatively turning a dubious tabloid farce into witty, intelligent entertainment bearing a timely social message.

— March 29, 2013

Black Holes and Resolutions

BY DAVEEN KOH Sun Staff Writer

It’s a luminous Wednesday morning, and 30 feet below a constellation of 12,000 lightemitting diodes (LEDs) on the ceiling of the Johnson Museum’s Mallin Sculpture Court, New York-based artist Leo Villareal is unhurriedly addressing questions from journalists. Villareal’s characteristic generosity and composure are deceptive; he has spent several strenuous weeks on site with his team to get the technical details right for Cosmos, an installation two years in the making. In the meantime, he’s also had to attend to other projects. In a few days, he is due to unveil Buckyball, a Carbon-60 molecule crafted from 180 LED tubes, at Madison Square Park in New York City. Hive, a tessellation of

sanguine-colored light reminiscent of a honeycomb, recently opened at the rejuvenated Bleeker Street Station in Manhattan. The Bay Lights, a 1.8-mile long installation of 25,000 LEDs spanning the San Francisco Bay Bridge, is set to open next year to mark the 75th anniversary of the iconic bridge.

Cosmos appears industrial by day and celestial by night. In the morning glare, the installation looks like a maze of intersecting railroad tracks, held together by silver studs. In the evening, light migrates — it ripples, drifts, sashays and pulses — across the grid in randomized sequences.

Though computer-driven, these glittering sequences are “lifelike.” And that is precisely Villareal’s goal.

— Oct. 24, 2012

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ARTISTIC ALUMNI TO KNOW Visual Arts NAME: James De La Vega GRADUATED: B.F.A. 1994 WHAT TO KNOW: This widely-revered, New York-based street artist deals primarily in chalk, creating thought-provoking, aphoristic works that have garnered acclaim not only in the States, but in Italy and Japan as well. De La Vega has, like any worthy artist, been at the center of controversy. Since, legally, his works qualify as graffiti, he has been taken to court and sentenced on vandalism charges. De La Vega, when not working on his next mural, tours the country as a motivational speaker, talking about freedom of expression, art and working in the face of adversity.

NAME: Robert Trent Jones GRADUATED: 1931 WHAT TO KNOW: While at Cornell, Jones took such disparate courses as landscape architecture, public speaking, agronomy, economics, surveying and hydraulics, to pursue a career as a golf course designer. Jones’ work on over 500 golf courses, including Montauk Downs, Augusta National and Cornell’s own Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, earned him a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Jones’ courses have had an indelible effect on the modern game, encouraging risky play and emphasizing tasteful, original aesthetics.

Literature

NAME: Peter Eisenmann GRADUATED: B.Arch. 1955 WHAT TO KNOW: Incoming architecture students are sure to be aware of Eisenmann’s significant contributions to architecture. As one of the leaders of the deconstructivist movement, Eisenmann incited his fellow architects to liberate the form of their works from external references. His works range from convention centers (The Greater Columbus Convention Center) to memorials (The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe) and football stadiums (University of Phoenix Stadium).

Music

NAME: Kurt Vonnegut GRADUATED: Dropped out in 1943 WHAT TO KNOW: If you attended any conventional American high school, odds are likely that you’ve read one of Vonnegut’s works. The author of Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five may have dropped out (to, nobly, join the Armed Forces in the Second World War), but he certainly made his mark as Associate Editor of The Sun, whose office is adorned with more than one of the late author’s quotes fondly recalling his time at the paper.

NAME: Greg Graffin GRADUATED: Ph.D. 1991 WHAT TO KNOW: Graffin came to musical prominence in the 1980s with hardcore pioneers Bad Religion, a group known for its politically charged, incisive lyrics and its wild live shows. As one of Bad Religion’s chief son writers, Gaffin exhibited a musical sophistication rarely seen in hardcore punk. Graffin rounds himself out by not only being a rock and roll frontman, but also a professor of evolutionary biology and a political lecturer.

NAME: E.B. White GRADUATED: B.A. 1921 WHAT TO KNOW: White was as dynamic a writer as you could get. A long-time contributor to The New Yorker, White was also responsible for two classic children’s books, Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. The former Sun Editor-in-Chief co-authored one of the definitive guides to English grammar, syntax and style, The Elements of Style, with William Strunk.

NAME: Steve Reich GRADUATED: B.A. 1957 WHAT TO KNOW: Reich’s work as a composer is highly influential across many genres — artists like Sonic Youth, Brian Eno and Sufjan Stevens cite Reich as an influence.

Reich’s usage of tape loops, minimalist instrumentation and repetition put him in an elite category of modern composers.

Reich was awarded with the Pulitzer Prize for his Double Sextet in 2009.

NAME: Toni Morrison GRADUATED: M.A. 1955 WHAT TO KNOW: This American novelist, editor, professor and frequent guest speaker at Cornell is a literary tour de force. Best known for her novels Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Sula and Beloved, Morrison has received numerous awards for her literary accomplishments, including a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Beloved in 1988, a Nobel Prize for literature in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

NAME: Huey Lewis GRADUATED: Dropped out in 1969 WHAT TO KNOW: A strong rock vocalist and a talented harmonica player, Huey Lewis, as the frontman of Huey Lewis and the News, dominated 1980’s radio with his band’s third album, Sports. Lewis also made appearances backing up Elvis Costello on My Aim Is True and playing harmonica on the legendary Thin Lizzy live album, Live and Dangerous.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Monday, Aug. 26, 5-7pm Friday, August 23, 5-7pm

Orthodox services will be held at 6:10pm in the Edwards Room in Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by Shabbat dinner at 104west at 7pm.

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UNITARIAN CHAPLAINCY AT CORNELL A gathering of Unitarian Universalists, religious humanists and freethinkers.

RELIGIO

— CORNELL UNITED R

MEMBER G

Meets monthly on the first Tuesday at 5:00pm in the One World Café in Anabel Taylor Hall.

First meeting, September 4, 2013

TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDITATION

Rev. David E. Grimm, Chaplain (607) 379-3738, email: minister@davidegrimm.com Sponsored by First Unitarian Society of Ithaca At the corner of Aurora and Buffalo Streets www.uuithaca.org

The Venerable Tenzin Choesang, CURW Chaplain tc342@cornell.edu

Meditations: Mon. Wed. Thurs.

12:15-1:00 pm Founders Room Anabel Taylor Hall Please contact Tenzin Gephel for information Additional Information can be obtained: Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies 412 N. Aurora Street, Ithaca

607-273-0739 office@namgyal.org

Meditations: Namgyal Monastery Mon. Wed. Fri. 5:15-6:00 pm Meditation Instruction: 4:30 pm 1st Friday of Month Tea Social: 6:00-6:45 pm 1st Friday of Month

The Religious Society of Friends Ithaca Monthly Meeting

Quakers Student Welcome Picnic

Saturday, August 31 at 5:30 p.m.

Burtt House Friends Center, 227 N. Willard Way (A3) Rides from Purcell (Jessup Rd. side) (E1) at 5:15 p.m. – Look for the car with FRIENDS sign

(607) 273-5421

THE NAVIGATORS To know Christ and to make Him known. www.cornell.navigators.org

Meeting for Worship

Raymond Pierson rhp57@cornell.edu Megham Mutchler mom26@cornell.edu

Sundays 10:30 a.m.

120 Third Street, Ithaca (607) 229-9500 www.ithacamonthlymeeting.org

Weekly large group meetings and Bible Studies.

Find our info table at the Christian Fellowship Fair.

THE CHURCH OF

JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

CORNELL STUDENT BRANCH

Worship Services

Sunday

9:00 a.m.

114 Burleigh Drive, Ithaca, 257-1334 Latter-Day Saint Student Association at Cornell Classes – Fellowship – Activities Anabel Taylor Hall, Room 320 Advisors: Elder Dewain and Sister Maryl Lee

Chabad is dedicated to bringing the warmth and richness of Jewish life and tradition to students of all backgrounds. We are your home away from home… the heart of Jewish campus life.

Come for our free home-cooked Shabbat dinner, or for a Torah class. Call for information about Judaism, or just to talk.

For more information regarding Chabad’s programs and activities, please e mail: Rabbi Eli and Chana at: es79@cornell.edu or call: (607) 257-7379 Eli & Chana Silberstein

www.chabadcornell.com

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CORNELL RELIGIOUS

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OUS LIFE

RELIGIOUS WORK —

R GROUPS

Are you looking to connect with a community of believers?

Do you know that Jesus really does care about your academic success?

Come and join us for an exciting, relevant, and transformational study in God's Word!

Korean Church at Cornell Worship (Anabel Taylor Hall)

AAWS was founded to address the spiritual needs of students of color, yet during our gatherings our leadership effectively communicates the gospel of Jesus Christ in such a way that promotes building bridges across diverse identities and religious traditions. All of gatherings are conducted in a family atmosphere that is welcoming of all students.

FREE FOOD, FUN & FELLOWSHIP AT EVERY GATHERING! When: Every Tuesday, 6:30pm-7:45pm Where: UJAMMA Conference Room Advisor: Dr. Christopher A House cah357@cornell.edu 607-274-3216

Hindu Student Council

Contact: Raga Kolli rhk63@cornell.edu Check out hsc.cornell.edu to find out about pujas and weekly bhajans as well as other events we’ll be holding!

RW

L UNITED US WORK

LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY WELCOMES YOU TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 149 Honness Lane Worship at Trinity at 10:30 a.m. Sunday (607) 273.9017

www.trinityithaca.org

Welcome Picnic & Campus Fellowship check out details at: trinityithaca.org Megan Hill: Prof. Mike Thompson: Rev. Robert Foote, Pastor: Karla Terry:

moh9@cornell.edu mot1@cornell.edu rmf93@cornell.edu BUCA@trinityithaca.org

Free transportation provided for all events

Help Pack 300,000 meals Sept. 6-8

check out: www.facebook.com/ithacamobilepack

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Ithaca Area Together we can make a difference.

Located 3mi. north of The Shops of Ithaca Mall on Triphammer Road.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

CONGREGATIONS

SATURDAY SERVICES Worship – 10:45 a.m.

Sabbath School – 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship Luncheon To Follow Services Weekly

1219 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca • Phone 273-5950 DUSTIN HALL, Pastor • www.ithacaSDAchurch.com

10:00 a.m. Worship & (Children’s choirs child care available)

Fellowship and Education follow

SUNDAY SERVICE/SCHOOL 10:30AM WEDNESDAY TESTIMONY MEETING 7:30PM

Rev. James Henery, Pas tor Rev. Alice Associate Tewell, Pastor

272-2800

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST • 101 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ITHACA CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM 117 SOUTH CAYUGA STREET 607-272-1650, MON-FRI 11AM-5PM, SAT 11AM-2PM http://www.christiansciencenys.com/ithaca.html

St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church

120 W. Seneca Street, Ithaca, has regularly scheduled liturgical services on Sundays, feast days, and special saints days.

On Sundays, Orthros begins at 9:00 a.m. and Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m.

On special feast and saints days, Orthros begins at 8:30 a.m. and Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.

Confessions are heard by appointment. Call Rev. Fr. Athanasios (Tom) Parthenakis at (607) 273-2767 (church) or (607) 379-6045 (home).

Everyone is welcome to attend these worship services and the Orthodox Christian Fellowship on Thursdays at Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH Mass Schedule Mon. & Thurs 12:10 p.m.

Tues. Wed. & Fri. 7:00 a.m.

Saturday 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

113 N. Geneva St. 273-6121

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL C HURCH stjohnsithaca.org 273-6532

Buffalo & Cayuga St. SUNDAY SERVICES 8:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Welcome Students

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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

The Good,The Bad and The Greasy of Campus Food

By ELIZA LAJOIE Former Sun Blogs Editor

To guide you through Cornell’s “all-you-care-to-eat” meal-swipe dining halls, here is a rundown of the best and worst of Cornell’s dining options.

Okenshield’s You will soon discover that Okenshield’s shares many characteristics with a boyfriend left over from high school: at times, convenient and a little boring, but tolerable because you think there aren’t any better options.

You can disregard the little annoyances — instead of missed dates or bad breath, Okenshield’s offers goopy pasta and endless lines –— and the relationship limps along.

Okenshield’s will keep you coming back with hopes of stumbling upon the pad thai, gyros or popcorn shrimp that all make occasional surprise appearances.

It’s the only meal-swipe dining hall on Central Campus, so there often isn’t much choice.

But at least you’ll be able to cheer yourself up with a smile from Okenshield’s flamboyant and infallibly-cheerful cardswiper, Happy Dave.

Best Bet: Spinach and artichoke dip, milkshakes.

Risley Dining You’ll find no more dramatic

dining venue than Risley’s great hall, under vaulted ceilings and the glow of Harry Potter-esque chandeliers. Food options are generally cafeteria-bland, in keeping with the high schoolstyle food line. But the stir-fry bar and ample dessert table at least will remind you that you’re in college now, and you deserve superior sustenance.

Best Bet: Stir-fry, waffles.

Robert Purcell Marketplace Eatery The Robert Purcell Community Center offers the biggest dining hall on North Campus and swarms with freshmen every weeknight. The enormous array of options will satisfy all diners, from picky eaters — who can resort to pizza or chicken nuggets –— to the more adventurous, who will enjoy sizzling stir-fry from the Mongolian grill. RPCC offers a diverse salad bar, waffle makers and enough sugary cereal to keep you bouncing off the walls all night with your new college pals. Sunday brunch is also a must-try with savory breakfast pizza and giant pancakes.

Best Bet: Mongo grill, pasta of the day.

Appel Commons Appel is the only campus eatery with outdoor dining when the weather is cooperative,

ETHEL HOON / SUN FILE PHOTO

Sticky sweet | Waffles are a staple of any sweet-toothed Cornellian’s diet, as they are available in most dining halls and at Waffle Frolic, on the Ithaca Commons.

so enjoy it while you can! While many options in Appel are the same every day — pizza, salad, pasta with alfredo sauce — there is always a respectable number of other options, from turkey and potatoes to fresh-grilled burgers.

Best Bet: Pineapple cake, salad bar.

West Campus

Intrepid freshmen who venture down the slope into the land of upperclassmen will be rewarded with superior dining in a more homey setting. The dining rooms at Cook, Becker, Rose, Bethe and Keeton each have their own specialties to be discovered, including lots of international options. Additionally, most dining rooms on

West have panini makers, so you if nothing else pleases you, whip up a cheesy melt with ingredients selected from ample sandwich and salad bars.

Best Bet: Perogies at Cook, bibimbap at Bethe, fajitas at Keeton.

Eliza LaJoie can be reached at elajoie@cornellsun.com.

Critic’s Picks: Best Brunch in Ithaca

273-3606 Monday-Friday 9-5 for information about placing your ad in

The Dining Guide

By DAVID ROGER Sun Contributor

Ithaca Farmers’ Market, 545 Third St.

When the weather is sunny, there’s no better place to go than the Ithaca Farmers’ Market, which offers a comprehensive sampling of the many flavors Ithaca has to offer. Try the breakfast burritos and flatbread pizza.

tion like the quaint, bed-and-breakfast style Carriage House Café. Though it is expensive, there is nothing wrong with treating yourself every so often.

David Roger can be reached at drr67@cornell.edu.

Hai Hong Restaurant, 208 Dryden Rd.

Americans cook a tasty breakfast, but so do the Chinese. Hai Hong Restaurant is always bustling on Sundays when it’s serving dim sum. Enjoy, but beware: à la carte dim sum is a dangerously attractive temptress, luring many hungry patrons into buying more than they can eat — or afford.

Café Dewitt, 215 North Cayuga St.

Brunch at Café Dewitt highlights the fact that Ithaca is a true foodie community. Not only do the chefs produce amazing food, but they are always willing to chat with patrons. The café offers a brunch menu –– featuring maple nut granola and vanilla rum-battered baguette french toast –– on Saturday as well as Sunday.

Carriage House Café, 305 Stewart Ave.

There are few better things in this world than steak and eggs. I’ve ordered them all over Ithaca but I can honestly say no one does them to perfec-

LAUREN BIGALOW / SUN FILE PHOTO

Step inside | The Carriage House Café represents the best of Sunday afternoon dining.

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DINING GUIDE

Meals for the Morning After: Eating Out (of the Box) in Ithaca Diners, Waffles, and Brunch To Sample Bright and Early

By CLARE DOUGAN

Former Sun Staff Writer

By CRISTINA STILLER Former Sun Staff Writer

“Oh man, I feel like I’ve been hit by a bus.” For reasons I’ll let you decide, this line may come up once or twice in your college career. So whether it’s an allnighter in Duffield, an allnighter in Dunbar’s or actually getting hit by a bus, I’ve got the perfect grub spots to ease you back into the world of the living.

State Street Diner: What Nasties is to late-night eating, State Street Diner is to the morning after. If you’re looking for a side of bacon with your bacon, I’m pretty sure State Street Diner can do that.

Rulloff’s: Except for that one time Rulloff ’s didn’t let me into their restaurant on Slope Day without an ID — I was unaware that you needed to be over 21 to order an omelet on Slope Day — I’ve never had a bad meal at this place. Plus, there’s something about breakfasting at a bar that brings an evening full circle. And while their brie and fruit might be a little much to handle, one of their new jam-packed omelets will definitely sit on your gut like a brick. In a good way.

Stella’s: Unless you want to get dirty looks from all your professors, I suggest you avoid Stella’s fancier side when you’re at your worst. The café, however, is really friendly and literally makes one of Ithaca’s best cups of coffee. Plus, I guarantee that there will be five or six kids sitting inside whose hair looks ten times more disheveled than yours. Granted, they’re actually into that kind of look. But it’ll do something for your selfesteem, surely.

Waffle Frolic: Now, if you’re at the point of suffering at which food sounds like a dirty word, take a jog to the Commons through the Ithaca City Cemetery. Trust me, there’s no quicker route to sobriety than that. And when you hit the townie Mecca, head on over to Waffle Frolic and order the Chicken and Waffles. Being from Florida, the farthest southern place from “The South,” Chicken and Waffles never really made sense to me. But one bite of this glorious combination and I swear to you that you will never again doubt the healing powers of this dish.

Cristina Stiller can be reached at cstiller@cornellsun.com.

We’ve all been told a million times over where to eat — CTB for a quick lunch, Jack’s for latenight, Aladdin’s when your parents visit. In a town this small, it’s easy to slip into routines.

But if you yearn to escape the predictable, to subvert the ordinary, to live outside the mainstream — look no further!

Hipster Kitchen’s got a guide for you.

Let’s start slow, with a place you’ve probably heard of.

Stella’s ranks high on the hip scale in all categories: Cool atmosphere, gourmet coffee, a well-stocked bar and a cleverness that permeates every aspect of their existence. Their quirky, seasonally-inspired menu is delicious and cheeky. Last time I was there, I had a salad that involved diced roasted squash, ricotta cheese, pink-purple pickled onions and popcorn — weird and awesome to the max — and all of their drinks have magnificent names with descriptions and ingredients to match. I always like to use the Obama as an example — a half-white, half-dark chocolate mocha with a splash of macadamia nut syrup. It’s pretty hard to go wrong here.

On to one of the best-kept secrets of Collegetown: The Little Thai House. Yeah, it’s pretty obscure. Right around the corner from where CTP

used to be on Dryden Road, this cafeteria-style hole in the wall serves up amazing Thai food for eat-in or take-out. The atmosphere is straight out of an indie movie — all red plastic trays, flickering fluorescents and existential weirdness. I rarely encounter other people when I go there, although I often stop by just before close to pick up stir-fried bok choy and red curry to nosh on while I finish a paper. Their food is delicious, and incredibly cheap.

Give it a whirl, and tell your friends (if they’re cool).

If you’re looking to leave the Cornell bubble for an authentic Ithaca experience, haul your hungover self out of bed for weekend brunch at Café DeWitt. This place is only open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., does not accept credit cards and is always full of old people.

How much more exclusive could they get? They make a mean eggs Benedict, their coffee is delightful and you get to enjoy a quiet meal under a canopy of tiny twinkling lights.

If you’re lucky, you’ll get a seat next to the aquarium filled with vibrant and curious goldfish.

Also downtown, The Piggery exemplifies the new “hipster farmer” aesthetic and catapulted into public consciousness with the simultaneous rise in popularity of a) Bon Iver and b) Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, now visible wherever there are

guys with flannel shirts and full beards talking about how they want to “get back to nature.”

Designed for an eco-conscious foodie, but not for timid vegans, the Piggery is a farm-totable operation that raises, slaughters and prepares all their own meat. I love their bratwurst, and the pulled pork sandwich — accompanied by vibrant purple slaw — is also a favorite. Also, definitely take home some bacon from their butcher case next door.

And, of course, best for last: The Farmers’ Market. Guys.

This place is so hip it’s not even a restaurant. A motley mix of food stalls and vegetable stands, the Farmers’ Market is open every weekend through the winter, and there is always something new and delicious to discover. Try the Southwest flatbread pizza from Finger Lakes Bakery, corn fritters from Macro Mama’s or one of Littletree Orchards’ apple cider doughnuts for 75 cents. Plus, it doubles as a trip to the grocery store! Pick up some produce to bring home and use in some gourmet food of your very own. I’ve got plenty of recipes on my blog, if you want to check them out.

For more Hipster Kitchen hijinks, check out the Sun’s food blog!

Clare Dougan can be reached at cdougan@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Lucky 7s | The No. 23

Freshmen! Earn a Phys Ed. credit with

Cornell squad will met the No. 69 Memphis team for only the second time in program history.

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• 3-YEAR BLACK BELT PROGRAM!

– belt tests are conducted each semester & WTF blackbelt certification available

• RELIEVE STRESS FROM ACADEMICS! – TKD has helped many students raise their grades

• STAY FIT!

– workouts consist of strength & conditioning, cardio, and lots of kicks!

• MEET FRIENDS!

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• FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE!

– may do as little as one class per week or as many as 4 classes

• LEARN OUR UNIQUE REALITY SELF DEFENSE CURRICULUM!

Red Rolls on SevenGame Winning Streak

By LAUREN RITTER Former Sun Sports Editor

With rackets ready to rumble, the men’s tennis team is prepared to host the 2012 NCAA Tournament qualifier Memphis at Reis Tennis Center Sunday, March 10, at 1 p.m.

Ranked No. 23 in the country at the time, the highest national ranking in program history, the Red is set to face off against the 69th-ranked Tigers for just the second time in the teams’ history.

“I think it’s a milestone for our tennis program reaching this high rank,” head coach Silviu Tanasoiu said. “I appreciate that it’s great … for our players to reach such recognition on a national scene, but more importantly, we are excited as a staff and a team about the team chemistry and the progress we have made as a team since the beginning of the year. We are only looking to improve and get better from here on out.”

Hosting the Tigers is just the beginning for the Red. Entering the match on Sunday with seven consecutive victories, Cornell (9-1) has had a strong showing during the spring season. Starting with a Feb. 3 win over St. John’s, who was nationally ranked at the time, the Red has made its presence known.

Moving on to win the ECAC Indoor Men’s Tennis Championships by toppling the top two seeds, Harvard and Columbia, in the semifinals and finals respectively, Cornell solidified its place as a top contender in the league. The win gave the Red its second ECAC Indoor title in the past three years.

Junior and team captain Sam Fleck has a team-best record of 8-1 from the top half of the singles lineup. The team captain also pairs up with junior Kyle Berman to comprise a No. 3 doubles tandem that has recorded a perfect 7-0 record thus far. Juniors Quoc-Daniel Nguyen and Jason Luu are 7-1 from the middle of the order.

Drawing talent from every player on the team, Tanasoiu expressed his pleasure at how well the team is playing at this point in the spring season.

“Right now our strength is our team and every single person from 16 is competing at a high level,” he said.

While the Red is primed to turn up the heat against Memphis on Sunday, the Tigers have been up against a tough schedule so far this season.

Offering free pizza to the first 200 fans who attend Sunday’s match, Tanasoiu said that he is excited for the Red to have the opportu-

nity to play against such a talented team and he hopes that the Ithaca community will come cheer for the Red. Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.

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– In addition to world class TKD training, we believe in mixed martial art training (submission grappling, boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, etc.…) to achieve the most effective self defense system.

Cornell Sport Tae Kwon Do Club Recaptures the League Cup for 2007 & 2008

For more information, call C.W. Tae Kwon Do at (607) 257-7810 • WWW.CWTKDHQ.CMASDIRECT.COM HOW TO REGISTER: Sign up for Tae Kwon Do during your course enrollment. See ya!

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SPORTS

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

A new dynasty| Along with David Archer ’05, who replaced previous head coach Kent Austin, many members of the Red’s coaching staff for the 2013 season are new to Cornell’s program as well. The spring was spent tweaking the existing offensive system and overhauling the defense.

Archer ’05 Reflects on First Spring Season as Coach

New head coach David Archer ’05 looks back on his first season with Cornell

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

Though a large portion of the coaching staff is new to the Cornell program, Archer said Almost three weeks ago, he did not have to make any David Archer ’05 stepped onto drastic changes on offense, the green of Schoellkopf Field allowing his players to absorb for the first time as head coach things more easily. of the Cornell football pro“Even offensively, we’re gram. Twelve practices full of using the same concepts and rigorous development and plays and play names, we’re just relentless repetitions later, packaging them differently, and Archer and the Red will take tweaking a little bit the ways the field Saturday for the final we’re calling them,” Archer time this spring, in a controlled said. “I was happy with — for scrimmage that will likely run putting in a new defense and 50-60 plays. having a different approach to According to Archer, the the offense — the number of spring season was about giving things we were able to introplayers the opportunity to duce.” showcase what they had built The spring season can also on during the offseason. expose some of the team’s flaws, “It was really exciting to get allowing the coaches to pinout there with them on the point areas where it needs to field, to get them to do drills, improve. Though Archer said lining up schematically and that the list remains long, he being able to have them show was equally happy with the off their talents,” Archer said. strides that were made through“It was a fresh start, a fresh out the three-week period. approach and “I think it a new slate was a good “I think that the biggest start, for everya body.” theme of the spring was springboard Due to to the sumopportunity .” this clean mer,” Archer slate mentalisaid.

“It’s David Archer ty, the players important were able to that we make practice their reps without the great gains working up our grueling pressure of being in weight numbers and our season, Archer said. strength numbers over the sum“Everyone was given the mer, and then we’ll come back opportunity,” Archer said. “I for the five week training camp think that the biggest theme of before we play in the fall.” the spring was opportunity — With the fall season still are you going to take advantage looming before the Red, Archer of an opportunity when it said there are aspects of the comes your way?” game he understands the team With a new and handpicked will develop over time. coaching staff surrounding him “Everything is leading up to on the field, Archer said his those ten games, those are the players were able to learn a lot. most important things we do,” Keeping with his background Archer said. “I think we have to working for Teach For America, continue to develop on our Archer emphasized the impor- schematics, on our fundamentance of educating his players tals.” throughout the spring season.

Archer made most of his “When you teach a concept, changes to the staff when he you want to use Bloom’s taxon- was first appointed to the posiomy to kind of gauge how that tion. With the departure of concept gets learned,” Archer assistant coach Emani Fenton said. “We took a lot of our con- to the Kansas City Chiefs, howcepts on both sides of the ball ever, Archer brought in Satyen and introduced them all, so I Bhakta, a former defensive line think a lot of learning took coach at Division II Colorado place.” school of Mines, to work with Sun News Editor

the team’s inside linebackers.

Bhakta, like many of the coaches Archer has brought in, has already worked closely with other members of the coaching staff.

“Coach Bhakta brings chemistry and knowledge of the defense, because he’s previously worked for coach Backus,” Archer said. “I wanted one voice, one unified voice on defense, with Coach Backus

being the coordinator. It’s all about chemistry.”

The annual spring game on Saturday will be the Red’s first public showing on the field under the tutelage of Archer. It will also be an opportunity for the Red to share with the community. There will be a spring tailgating event before the game called “The Big Red Goes Green” in celebration of Earth Day, as well as a book collection

for family reading partnership.

“Our kids and our community work really hard and pour a lot into our program, and Saturday is a day to celebrate it,” Archer said. “And the way you celebrate it is by playing really hard, by playing fundamentally sound.”

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

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Cornell Wrestlers Get‘Dirty’With Creation of Clothing Line

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

Rising Senior Brett Henderson has been a surfer and skater his entire life. As a young teenager in California, he embodied the laidback culture; however, he now spends his time on the wrestling team under head coach Rob Koll.

The story starts when Henderson’s grandparents took him shopping for clothes at age 13. He couldn’t find anything that fit his style: that melded his love of the waves with that of the pavement.

He asked his mom, Tasha to take out a “loan” (or borrow a hundred dollars) and in true Cali. swag style went out and bought a bunch of trucker hats.

He had them designed with Dirty written on them and Dirty Surf and Skate, the company, was born.

“I started the company when I was 13 years old. I was walking in a surf store in Northern California with my grandparents and they said go and pick out a

shirt that you want. After walking around the store, I came back to them and said, “I really don’t want anything, I think I can do this myself. And they were like okay. So I went home and started drawing out different things and coming up with different designs,” said Henderson. “I finally came up with dirty because as a little kid I was always surfing and skateboarding with the long hair, ripped jeans, I was a total California kid. I decided that it was going to be dirty …

With that money [from my mom], I took my design and went and got trucker hats made.

After I got them made, I took them to the park and sold them all in one day. I made a whole bunch of money and brought it back to my mom and she was like I guess that you are serious about this so from then on I had several designs and had it in five stores in California before high school.”

Fast forward to his junior year here at Cornell.

Henderson has grown the company along with his team-

mate and co-owner Frankie Perrelli ’12, to much more than just the few hats in California.

For the past couple of months the tag team has promoted and put a ton of time into the company, balancing school, work and wrestling all at the same time.

They have focused their company on, “creating a movement that teaches people to value the similarities in the differences between each other, and to realize that the cultural barriers that often keep people with similar mindsets separated can be torn down”. Their unofficial motto is “Shore2ShoreSince04,” which talks to both of the athlete’s roots: Henderson from the shore of California and Perrelli from the shore of New Jersey.

“Coming to college, I realize that, seeing other brands, that there still wasn’t anything out there that I felt was me and that I wanted to wear all of the time.

I decided that I wanted to start my company up again,” said Henderson “Frankie got on board and it has been awesome working together. We started up

several months ago and have had great momentum so far. He is from New Jersey and I am from California and we are kind of just

to practice one day), but all over the country and abroad thanks to the support from friends and family.

SHAILEE SHAH / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Shore to Shore | Cornell wrestlers Brent Henderson ’14 and Frankie Perrelli ’12 have teamed up to start their own clothing line.

bringing the two together.”

The few months that the team has been working has already shown great success. The Dirty Surf and Skate gear can be found not just in Ithaca on teammates and even Coach Koll (he wore it

“I just had an Olympian text me, he lost his tuxedo tank top so I am bringing him another … this weekend when I compete with him. It is pretty cool. You can go to Russia and see Dirty Surf and Skate stickers on the light posts. We have stuff all over … It’s us, but it is also our families … I compete and everyone that comes to watch wears Dirty Surf and Skate stuff,” Perrelli said.

Coach Koll added, “I hope they go out and make millions. I hope they are the next Under Armour, because if they are I am going to hit them up for another wing on our wrestling center. It is neat to see young entrepreneurs.

It is challenging to work for yourself and they are going to make some errors … [but] I hope it is very successful. If Dirty Surf and Skate ends up in everyone’s dressers, I will be a happy man.”

In the future, the duo hopes to expand the company across the country and have it be a household name like other brands that have come before them. “[In] five years, I see us being a big company. In the future, I see us having stores and being like a Billabong or Quicksilver or one of those big names that everyone knows, but not selling out. [Just] sticking to our roots,” said Perrelli. “Being one of those big companies that everyone knows, but still producing really cool stuff.”

But at the moment, the two are not just solely entrepreneurs.

Henderson also doubles as a student and a wrestler on the team and although Perrelli graduated last year from the University, he still competes on the national circuit, even competing in the national trials last year for a chance to compete in the Olympics this past summer. “[The company takes] a lot of time and there is not a lot of sleep. You have to be able to transition from one thing to another.

You have to be fully focused on school so you can stay here and then you have to go and get your workout in,” said Henderson.

“Right afterwards, you have to work. Every time I have free time I am putting it into this company. Frankie and I work hours for this company every single day …

It’s [all about] juggling.”

Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Red Looks for Five

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goals to open up the Red’s lead.

According to Jenner, getting significant offensive contributions from the defensemen was a good omen for the success of the Red’s offense in the ECAC tournament.

“Having a balanced offense is going to be huge in the playoffs, because we will need everyone to contribute in order to succeed in playoffs,” she said. “All three of our lines and all of our defense are contributing, so it’s nice to see that we have a good team offense going for us.”

Saulnier added that Fortino’s goals also gave the Red a boost of confidence.

“For Fortino to be able to put those two goals in was huge for her and for the team,” she said. “Plays like that get the team going and keep us motivated.”

The Red finished off the season winning five of its final six games and is set to play at home during the first round of the ECAC playoffs next weekend. Jenner said that having momentum heading into the playoffs is usually a good indicator of how the team will play.

“Going in on a roll is huge,” she said. “Oftentimes, whoever comes out on top in the playoffs is the team that’s on a roll and the team that’s cohesive and playing well, so hopefully we can continue the roll that we’re on,” she said.

Jenner and her teammates also understand that playoff hockey is a much different atmosphere.

“We need to bring it up another gear because the playoffs is a whole new level of hockey. But we’re excited that we’re going to be hosting it, so hopefully our fans will be able to give us a good boost.”

With its fourth consecutive ECAC title under its belt, the Red understands what it means to play in the intense atmosphere of the tournament.

“Our experience could really help us,” she said. “We have players with international experience and even our freshmen have been in a lot of big games, so it’s not going to be too new for anyone. We have a lot of experience in big games and we enjoy those big games [and] look forward to that pressure.”

Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun.com.

C.U.Ties for Second in Lou Gehrig Division

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

The final weekend of regular season play came with an away doubleheader against Princeton and a home doubleheader.

In the first game of the series, the Red took down the Tigers, 42. The action came in the third inning when senior Ryan Plantier started with a solo homerun to left field — his second homer of the week and the third of the season. The rest of the action came with two outs, as senior Chris Cruz knocked out a single which put junior J.D. Whetsel into scoring position. Tom D’Alessandro snatched a walk and senior Spenser Souza knocked a single up the center, which scored two.

Cornell junior Nick Busto was credited with the win with 5.2 innings. The Tigers were only able to break Busto’s shutout in the sixth inning with one run but scored again in the seventh. However, Cornell walked away with the “W.” The second game of the day brought the same for the Red but overall the team only had two hits through six innings. Those two were enough to give Cornell a 2-0 win over Princeton.

“Friday started off really hot. We went in there with that little bit of motivation,” Brenton Peters ’13 said. “We had the opportunity to get into the Ivy League Championship if things fell into place, but it didn’t work out.”

Cornell and Princeton matched up again on Sunday at noon to mark the third face-off and to celebrate the Red seniors on Senior Day. Despite being back on the Hill, the Red could not keep the momentum from Friday, and the team dropped both games to the Tigers, 5-2 in 10 innings and 4-1.

“Sunday was a little bit of a different story. We just couldn’t get anything going as far as support for our pitchers. They did outstanding as always, but we just couldn’t put runs up on the board. … The second game we started all of the seniors,” Peters said. “It was kind of cool getting to play my last game with them. We couldn’t bounce back, but I enjoyed the last season.”

Cornell wrapped up its season tied for second in the Lou Gehrig Division after the losses on Sunday. Cornell finished the season 2317 overall and 11-9 in the Ivy League. During his last few days on the Hill, Peters gave a bit of advice to his younger teammates for next season.

“Take care of business early,” he said.

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Red Snatches Platt Cup for 14th Time Against Ivy Foes

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell lightweight rowing team built upon its successes from last week and had two strong performances at home this past weekend. The Red faced off against Princeton on Saturday and Yale on Sunday. The team won six races combined over the weekend, and showed much improvement from its races two weeks ago.

On Saturday, the Red swept Princeton in all four races and took home the Platt Cup, awarded to the winner of the varsity eight race between Cornell and Princeton. Saturday’s victory allowed the Red to keep the cup for the second year in a row and marked the 14th time that the Red has captured the cup. Rival Princeton has won the Platt Cup 36 times. The Red won the varsity eight race by 3.4 seconds despite being behind Princeton for most of the race.

“The key to our success this weekend was our mental toughness and race maturity,” Dylan Gould ’13 said. “Half of our wins this weekend [came] from behind.

Each crew showed a lot of composure and aggression which allowed us to push through and come out on top.”

The Red went on to complete the sweep with wins in the second varsity, third varsity and first freshmen eight races. The second varsity boat defeated Princeton by 2.5 seconds, while the third varsity boat defeated Princeton’s third varsity boat by a full five seconds. The freshmen eight won by a commanding margin, finishing more than eight seconds ahead of the Tigers’ freshmen boat.

On Sunday, the team faced off against Yale and continued its strong performances from Saturday. While Yale edged out the Red in the varsity eight race by 3.7 seconds, the Red was able to pick up wins in the second and third varsity races, winning the second varsity race by two seconds and the third varsity race by 7.5 seconds.

With this past weekend’s competitions being the second and third races of the season, the Red was able to shake off its early season nerves and perform more confidently.

“One area I think we improved on as

XIAOYUE GUO / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Platt Cup comes home again | The Red took home the Platt Cup for the 14th time in its successful weekend against Princeton and Yale.

an entire team was racing maturity,” former captain Taylor Black ’13 said. “Last weekend was the first league race of the season; there [are] always a lot of nerves and uncertainty going into the first race.

This weekend we were able to execute a better race plan, capitalize on our moves and race with a sense of maturity. When we were down, we never panicked. We stayed composed and trusted our speed and race plan.”

The Red will play host to Columbia and MIT this weekend and hopes to continue enjoying the success it has experi-

enced racing on its home course.

“We came back from racing Harvard and Penn with a lot of motivation and that carried through the week’s practices and into the racing,” Black said.

“Additionally, this was our first home race of the season and there is an increased sense of determination and pride when racing on our home course. I believed this showed in the weekend’s results.”

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at tmaggiohucek@cornellsun.com.

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Meridith Meyer’16 Finishes Second at Nationals

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

While everyone else was powering through the last week of classes and gearing up for Slope Day, a few members of the equestrian team traveled to Harrisburg, Pa. for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s national competition.

Rising Sophomore Meridith Meyer competed in the open flat division, while rising Juniors Sofia Steinberger and Mary Beth Hannon and tri-captain Emily Kowalchik ’13 went as volunteers. New equine member Fern also headed to Harrisburg to be part of the competition.

This was both Fern’s and head coach Todd Karn’s first trip to IHSA nationals.

Karn, a seasoned competitor and judge himself, was impressed with the competition.

“I thought it was very competitive and it was well attended,” he said. “Some of the best riders in the country in college riding were there.”

Fern was completely unfazed by the large scale show and took everything in stride.

“Fern did a great job,” Karn said. “The committee down there watched him with a little bit of skepticism because he had never done it before and each day he proved himself to be a star and he actual-

ESTHER HOFFMAN / SUN FILE PHOTO

Roadtrip | For the last few days of class, a few members of the Cornell equestrian team headed to Pennsylvania for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s nationals.

ly was used at the top level … and he placed in most every class quite high.”

Many horses can get overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of a large competition like nationals, so it is important to choose the right horses to participate.

Since horses are unpredictable by nature, there was no real way to tell how Fern would handle the show. “[Fern is] new to our team this year and hasn't been to nationals before, so there was a degree of uncertainty going into the week as to whether or not he would behave, whether or not the horse selection committee would like him, whether or not he would get to go in the higher level classes, etc,” Hannon said.

“Once he settled in, he was a complete superstar. The committee loved him, as did every rider who drew him throughout the week. He ended up going in almost all of the cacchione and open classes, so it was an honor for our program that he was so successful as well.”

Meyer was equally successful at nationals, coming out reserve champion in her division. Just experiencing this competition as a freshman was a big accomplishment for Meyer.

“In my experience as a college equestrian, this is most definitely the largest and most important competition I've been to, and will ever go to,” she said.

“The experience was really wonderful, and I am excited that I got to experience it as a freshman.”

Although the Red did not travel to or compete at nationals as a team, Meyer still had the support of her teammates as she headed into the competition.

Hannon, who had volunteered at nation-

als last year, was able to give Meyer some insight on the show.

“Since I had previously attended nationals, I told her a lot about how nice all the horses would be on our drive down,” Hannon said. “With some shows we have to worry about the possibility of getting a bad draw, but at the national championships the horses must go through a rigorous selection process and are then assigned to classes by a committee. Beyond that, I told her that there was really no pressure anyway since she's only a freshman. She still has 3 more years to do her thing and with the way she's ridden this season it's quite evident that she's going to continue to improve and shine in the arena of collegiate riding.”

Karn also has high hopes for Meyer after seeing her performance on May 2.

“I thought she rode beautifully and she stayed very cool under the pressure, and I think in the future she has a real chance at winning the whole thing,” he said.

Meyer’s successful rookie season is only the beginning of what will hopefully be a very successful career with the Red. “I am really excited about my progress this year, and can't wait for the years to come,” she said. “This year was really just a learning experience for me, and I couldn't have done any of it without my teammates. They are the best thing about being on the team at Cornell. I am just proud to be part of such a wonderful, horse loving, family.”

Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.

Sprint Fights the Elements to Take Home Win Against Penn

By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell sprint football was willing to go to great lengths to win its season opener against Penn this past Friday, but not even the team imagined it would take a nearly two-hour rain delay, six overtimes and five total hours to get the win. The Red (1-0) outlasted the Quakers (0-1), winning 4234 on a one-yard touchdown run by rising senior captain and quarterback Brendan Miller – who finished with 241 passing yards and 60 rushing yards – in the sixth overtime. Although the team had nowhere near a flawless game, the captains were very proud of the heart and effort the team displayed.

“It really showed the character that we have,” Miller said about the game. “In the first game of the season, we’re going to have a bunch of mistakes and I think the fact that we were able to buckle down and overcome them really showed the type of character the team has.”

“I think just the fact that the game went to six overtimes and we came out on top shows how hard we were willing to work and shows the commitment we have to winning,” said former captain and defensive lineman Will Edmonds ’13. “There were a lot of things that we didn’t do right, but our heads and our hearts were in the game which is a really good sign.”

The game took both a physical and emotional toll on the players, as there was pressure on every single play in the six overtimes.

“There were a few times in the overtimes where neither team scored any points,” said former captain and wide receiver Abe

Mellinger ’13. “That was probably the most stressful just because at that point, we knew we just needed a field goal to win and when we didn’t score any points, we knew they only needed a field goal.”

Another huge factor in the game was the weather; the rainy conditions made life more difficult on the offensive side of the ball for both team.

"The rain [made the game] very difficult, especially because we rely on passing the ball,” Mellinger said. “We were having trouble making connections; the ball was very, very slick and until the rain ebbed at the end, both teams had a lot of trouble getting stuff going, so it was a very defensive game for sure.”

“For the defense, [the rain] didn’t affect us as much, since we didn’t really have to carry the ball,” Edmonds said. “In a sense, it helped us; we forced two fumbles, we recovered one and we had three interceptions. The rain was an asset to us; we didn’t let it affect us [negatively] at all.”

Despite the rain making things difficult, the offense came up with some big plays, especially by Mellinger. He caught a 24-yard pass to set up the 1-yard touchdown run by Miller in the last overtime.

“I didn’t even know what happened; I thought it was intercepted at first. He actually ended up catching it one-handed,” Miller said of the catch. “He caught it, rolled to the ground, and the Penn defender … was holding on [to it as well], but we [still had control].

I threw the ball behind him a little and it wasn’t my best throw, but he has a knack for making big plays.

Mellinger’s certainly a very valu-

able asset to have and makes me look a lot better.”

Although he finished with 8 catches for 102 yards and two touchdowns, Mellinger was not pleased with his performance before the overtimes started.

“I had a terrible game and was very frustrated for most of the game,” Mellinger explained. “I think before the last drive, I only had one or two catches and had quite a few drops. I was trying to get my head in the right place … so I took my gloves off, relaxed a little bit and things started happening ... We made quite a few connections [in overtime] and I knew Miller was working hard and he knew what we needed to do. He ran the ball a lot, and [overall] had a very, very good game and I was just finishing the job on my end.”

The offensive line and running backs also had great games, allowing the passing game to perform.

“The offensive line was tremendous,” Miller praised. “Towards the end of the game, when Penn started bringing eight guys – we usually only have six in protection – we were able to still get enough time despite the eight rushers. I was really impressed by the way the offensive line played and they’re a solid group of guys and very trustworthy.”

“I’m giving a lot of credit to the offensive line for lasting that long,” Mellinger praised.”We ran the ball a lot and the offensive line did phenomenal. [sophomore lineman] Bennett Winters did really well, played center most of the game, and [sophomore lineman] Nico Neugebauer also played well. As a core, all five of them really did well. “[As for] the running backs, [rising Senior running back] Nick

Perez and [freshman running back] Ben Herrera ran the ball really well. [rising Junior running back] Jake Michaels did very well in blocking … he was picking up a lot of pressure off the outside and the middle, and gave Miller the extra time to get the ball out there.”

On the other side of the ball, the entire defense played well as a unit and was able to partially contain Penn star wide receiver Whit Shaw, who pulled in 6 catches for 115 yards.

“On the defensive side, it was an all-around effort, there was no one key player,” Edmonds said.

“When the big plays happened, it was because everybody did their job and everybody did it to the best of their ability.”

Although the Red was glad to win its season opener, it knows that there are many things to improve on.

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

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Run, Forrest... or sprint | The Red Sprint Football team weathered a two-hour rain delay, six overtimes and five total hours to win against Penn.

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Men’s Soccer Wins Ivy League Championship

By LAUREN RITTER Former Sun Sports Editor

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

While the original author is unknown, the sentiment is one that many athletes can relate to. After going 1-15 in 2008, expectations for the men’s soccer team were low; however, in five years under the leadership of head coach Jaro Zawislan, the program has grown stronger and experienced a complete turn around. This season the No. 14 Red finished with a 15-1 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the Ivy League, which earned the team the Ivy League Championship outright for the first time since 1977.

“Lifting up [the Ivy League] Trophy was unreal,” said center attacking midfielder and tri-captain Nico Nissl ’13. “I remember standing in the middle of the field and watching all my peers cheering.

I was like ‘Wow we finally reached our ultimate goal.’

It was definitely a moment that was hard to settle in. I don’t think it hit a lot of us until quite a bit later, but now that we’ve achieved it, it’s really been a dream come true.”

Ending the 2012 fall campaign on a positive n o t e ,

Cornell handily defeated Columbia (4-84, 2-3-2 Ivy League), 1-0, successfully clinching the Ivy League crown outright for the second time in program history.

With the conference title, the Red also earned an NCAA Tournament berth — its first since 1996. However, the team celebrated the NCAA news on Friday night after learning that Dartmouth (97-0, 5-2-0) beat Brown (12-2-3, 4-1-2), 2-1, in overtime.

“The number one goal of the season [to win the Ivy League Championship] has been accomplished,” Zawislan said.

“I am so happy and proud of the players.

Their hard work has been validated.”

Playing against Columbia was going to be a battle for the Red, but the team was completely focused on achieving its biggest goal of the season: winning the Ivy League Championship. While the Lions were determined to spoil Cornell’s title dreams, Columbia was unable to contain the Red after striker Daniel Haber ’14 scored the game-winner at the 14-minute mark.

“It was a hard fought game and [the Lions] were very talented and very good at possessing the ball,” said forward and tri-captain Tyler Regan ’13. “I think that we played very solidly defensively.

There were very few chances for either but team, Haber put away a

great goal and it was all that we needed.”

Leading up to the goal, Nissl had a solid shot on goal, but Columbia’s defender Brendan O’Hearn ’13 was unable to clear the ball out of the Lions’ defensive third. Defender Jake Rinow ’14 headed the ball back into the box, where Haber was waiting for the right opportunity to score. The striker caught the ball, edged past a defender and sent the shot home away for the win and the Ivy League title. With the shot, Haber picked up his 18th goal of the season, lifting him to 43 points for the year.

All season Zawislan stressed that every next game and next play are the most important of the season, and the contest against Columbia was no different.

Cornell outplayed the Lions in almost every aspect of the game — recording a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal, 5-4 in corner kicks and 15-5 margin in total shots. After Haber’s early goal, Cornell continued to give a dynamic effort, especially in the defensive third where goalkeeper and tricaptain Rick P f l a s t e re r ’13 made t w o saves behind a s o l i d back line of defenders Jake Kirsch ’14 a n d

Patrick Slogic ’14, defender Peter Chodas ’15 and Rinow.

Pflasterer helped the Red to its seventh shutout of the season. The victory is his 15th of the year, which breaks the Cornell record for wins in a single season and places him in second place for alltime wins in a career (29). Saturday also marked Cornell’s first win over Columbia since 2010. Last year the two Ivy rivals battled on Nov. 12, where each team had a share of the conference title on the line; however, after a hard-fought 110 minutes, the teams shared a 1-1 tie and missed out on winning the Ivy crown.

“Last year we felt that [Columbia] took away our chance at an Ivy title and we took away their chance at an Ivy title,” Haber said. “This year they were trying to play spoiler and we didn’t let them.”

The regular season may be over now, but the Red still has a long road ahead.

Today at 5:30 p.m. the NCAA selection show will air on NCAA.com, announcing if the Red will play in the first-round on Thursday of next week or earn a firstround bye and play in the second on Sunday. Winning the Ivy League Championship opened a Pandora’s box for the Red. “[Winning the title is] definitely a double-edged sword because we achieved the goal, but now we are getting greedy,” Regan said. “That’s now not our goal anymore. Our goal is to win the first tournament game and then win the second tournament game. We are never going to be satisfied until we win the national title.”

Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.

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Women’s Hockey Captures Fourth Straight ECAC Title

By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s hockey team completed its 2012-13 regular season with two impressive road victories: the Red first defeated Rensselaer on Feb. 22, 4-1, and then knocked off Union, 4-0, the following night. With the two wins and Harvard tying and losing this weekend, the Red captured its fourth consecutive ECAC regular season title and won the Ivy League championship outright.

According to forward Brianne Jenner ’14, the Red is happy to have won the title with hard work and clutch victories, but the team understands it has loftier goals to achieve in the postseason.

“Winning the ECAC regular season title was one of our goals in the beginning of the year, and we knew that going into this weekend, some of it was in our control and some of it wasn’t. But we just focused on winning those last two games and doing what we could,” she said. “It’s a long season and we had some tight games, and you realize how many big wins we had. There are a lot of things to be proud of and it’s a

great accomplishment, but obviously our main goal is the ECAC playoff trophy.”

Though the Red has started slow in a few of its road games this season, it was able to take a 1-0 first period lead in Friday’s game against the Engineers (10-20-4, 8-122 ECAC). According to forward Jillian Saulnier ’15, taking the early lead was especially significant.

“We got a good jump in the first period,” she said. “We were getting chances, and fortunately we were able to bury one, and that got the ball rolling for us. It was really important to get that first goal, because that was a big game.”

The Red widened its lead with two consecutive power play goals in the second period. Saulnier said that capitalizing on the limited number of power play chances the team received was a key to winning.

“That was really crucial, because you don’t know if you’re going to get one power play or five power plays in a game, so taking advantage of every one that you get is crucial towards a win,” she said. “So being able to take advantage of those is good for our confidence, and it will be good going forward knowing the little things that we

need to do on the power play in order to have success.”

The Red took a one-goal first period lead against the Dutchmen (7-23-4, 0-18-

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Victory for the fourth | The Red widened its lead with two consecutive power play goals in the second period. Saulnier said that capitalizing on power play chances was a key to winning.

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SPORTS

Kyle Dake’13Wins Fourth NCAA Title in Row; Victories Are in Four Different Weight Classes

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

As the lights go down on captains Kyle Dake ’13 and Steve Bosak’s ’13 time wrestling with Cornell, their stories end with a multitude of successes as made apparent by the history made this past weekend.

The seven Cornell individual wrestlers who qualified for the NCAAs — Dake, Bosak, rising sophomore Nahshon Garrett, rising senior Mike Nevinger, rising senior Chris Villalonga, rising junior Jace Bennett and Stryker Lane ’13 — all traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete against the best wrestlers in the country early last week.

Going into the tournament was different than ever before for the Red. Dake had won NCAA titles at 141 as a freshman, 149 as a sophomore and 157 as a junior and was looking to take his fourth title at 165 as a senior, which he ultimately did. Winning four titles in four different weight classes was an accomplishment that no other collegiate wrestler has ever done, but Dake was able to do it.

“The kid he was wrestling is arguably one of the greatest wrestlers in the sport. The reason that it was such an epic battle is not that Kyle was going for his fourth national championship; he was going against the guy that was deemed the most outstanding wrestler in any weight class last year,” head coach Rob Koll said.

Dake had a target on his back from the start. His opponent for the final round, Penn State’s David Taylor even went as far as saying in a statement before the tournament really even began that, "I believe I'm the best wrestler in the country."

As of the quarterfinals on Thursday, of the original seven for Cornell, only Garrett, Dake and Bosak advanced to the semifinals, thanks to a 10-0 major decision for Dake; Garrett and Bosak had wins by decision to advance, with Nevinger advancing through the consolation bracket after a tough starting loss that went into overtime. In the semifinal matches though, the tides turned for the Red. Garrett faced off against Illinois’ No. 2 Jesse Delgado. At the first whistle, Delgado went on the offense and held a 4-2 advantage over Garrett after the first period with two takedowns.

Delgado added another point with an escape and added two more takedowns in the second.

Delgado ended up with a 10-5 decision knocking Garrett into the consolation matches to vie for third.

“Nahshon is a constant optimist in anything he does. He is always smiling and positive.

That is the kind of person that you want to surround yourself with … He is immediately one of the team favorites,” Koll said.

“It’s awesome to see Nahshon to come in as a freshman and step right up to compete on a national level and be one of the best in the nation,” Frankie

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Making magic | Kyle Dake ’13 won his fourth consecutive national title in his four years at Cornell when he defeated his opponent in the finals at 165 pounds in March.

Perrelli ’12 and former Cornell wrestler said. “It's important for the team to have a young guy that does very well and can be seen as a leader even by the older guys.”

At 141 pounds, Nevinger advanced to take on Mark Ballweg of Iowa — Nevinger needed the win in the consolation bracket to become an AllAmerican for the second time in his career. In the first period, Nevinger took down his opponent and added two back points. Neither of the two scored in the second period and in the third, Nevinger escaped from down in the third. Nevinger ended the third with 12-8 decision and advanced to the consolation semifinals after being named an All-American.

At 184 pounds, senior captain Steve Bosak faced Penn State’s No. 1 Ed Ruth in the semifinals. 12 seconds into the bout, Ruth took down Bosak but he escaped. Ruth escaped in the second. Bosak was unable to escape in the third and with 1:51 in riding time, Ruth won a 4-1 decision to knock Bosak into the consolation semifinals.

“Steve wrestled great. There was one wrestler in the weight [Ruth] that beat him but he dominated everyone. He didn’t dominate Steve, he just beat him … I honestly thought it was a travesty that Steve was seeded fourth, he should have been seeded third,” Koll said.

“Had he been seeded third, he would have had the honor and opportunity to wrestle in the finals … At least he would have been able to wrestle in front of the big show. He deserved that honor.”

In the semifinals at 165 pounds, Dake and Tyler

Caldwell of Oklahoma State were scoreless after the first period. Dake started the second down and escaped after eight seconds for the only points in the period. Dake pushed through the third and racked up 1:52 in riding time in the third.

With riding time, Dake won a 2-0 decision to advance to his fourth NCAA finals where he faced Taylor in a grudge match.

“The beginning matches were tough. I didn’t score as many points as I wanted to. I got the job done and wrestled tough,” Dake said. “The guys had really good game plans coming into the matches to keep the match score low and that’s what they did. That’s what I had to deal with.”

In the consolation bracket Saturday morning, Garret, Bosak and Nevinger all stepped on to the mat to fight in their respective weight classes.

Garrett took down the fifth seed Jarrod Garnett of Virginia Tech in a 13-9 decision in the first match of the morning to go against Alan Waters of Missouri.

With a 6-1 decision, Garrett won which put him in third place for the entire tournament, securing his All-American standing and breaking a Cornell record for the most wins in a season with 43.

“The coaching staff has been talking Nahshon up since day one. … He is just a kid that gets better every single time he steps on the mat. He is a student of the sport and is extremely disciplined,” Koll said. “Good things happen to kids who work hard, and he got what he deserved. It’s a testament to his work ethic.

His goal is to have people saying, ‘Kyle Who?’ You are just seeing the tip of the iceberg with Nahshon.”

At 141, Nevinger faced Hunter Steiber of Ohio State where he lost a 9-0 decision to send Nevinger to the fifth place match. He faced fifth seed Evan Henderson of North Carolina and won a 9-2 decision to come in fifth place overall for the 141 weight.

“Mike struggled throughout the year and was the eleventh seed. Nobody but the coaches expected him to place, but we did. ... He lost the first match in overtime, which put him in the consolation bracket. I think he ended up wrestling eight matches and it was a tough road,” Koll said. “Mike knocked off some really talented athletes and came back to take fifth in the country, which was better than he did last year. We couldn’t be more thrilled with Mike and he still has another year.”

In his first match of Saturday, Bosak faced Maryland’s Jimmy Sheptock and won a 3-0 decision to advance.

In the second match Bosak faced the No. 2 seed, Ben Bennett of Central Michigan and Bosak ended up winning the match in a 2-0 decision. The win put Bosak in third for the 184 weight and also gave him his third All-American honor with a career record of 131-30 for the Red. “I couldn’t be more proud of how he wrestled. He had wrist surgery earlier in the year and got a nasty staph infection that put him out for two months.

He battled back into prime form and wrestled great,” Koll said. “He was a three time AllAmerican and a National Champion. He goes down as one of our all-time greats. I love the kid and his is one of my all-time favorites, and we are going to miss him dearly

next year.”

The big show on Saturday night was the culmination of Dake’s four-year career with the Red. Starting off the highly anticipated match, Taylor came out fighting and took down Dake almost immediately, but Dake responded within a point with an escape.

“Kyle was probably irritated at himself because he gave up the two but he doesn’t dwell and he focused on what he had to do to win. He quickly escaped and took him back down,” Koll said.

“I want to give credit to his opponent; it was a beautiful shot.”

Dake grabbed a takedown later in the period to take the lead, 3-2. To start the second, Dake escaped for the only point of the period. Taylor chose to start the third period down and managed to escape and the score was tied, 4-4, when Dake was hit with his second stalling call.

However, Dake pulled out the win, 5-4, with 1:13 in riding time.

The win at 165 pounds as a senior makes senior captain Kyle Dake the only wrestler to ever win four national titles in four weight classes and only the third to ever win four titles in their collegiate career at all.

“I was just filled with joy.

All of my dreams finally came true. For the past 20 years of my life, I wanted to be a national champion. When I got to college, I wanted to become a four time national champion.

To finally have it done and have my family, coaches, friends and teammates there to support me … I was just ecstatic,” Dake said.

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

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Cornell Sports Highlights From 2012-13

Dake’13 wins fourth wrestling national title in four years; men’s soccer secures Ivy League title for first time since 1977; women’s ice hockey grabs four ECAC Championships

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

This past year has been filled with groundbreaking history and flashy headlines for Cornell, but also some fairly disappointing defeats and seasons that ended too early for the Red. Wrestling

The most publicized feat for Cornell was for the wrestling program under head coach Rob Koll. The magic came from Kyle Dake ’13, who took home his fourth title in his fourth weight class at 165 pounds at NCAAs — he was the only collegiate wrestler to ever accomplish this in four consecutive years.

Additionally, Steve Bosak ’13 took home third place for the Red at 184 pounds and his third All-American honor, rising sophomore Nahshon Garrett placed third at 125 pounds and rising senior Mike Nevinger snatched fifth for Cornell at 141 pounds.

Nevinger and Garrett will return this season and the Red hopes to remain a powerhouse on the mat.

of the Year in November, signed a professional contract with Israeli club team Maccabi Haifa FC and suspended his senior year of eligibility at Cornell.

Women’s Ice Hockey

The Cornell women’s hockey team added to an impressive 2012-13 season with two impressive road victories: the

the Final Four to get taken down by Duke. The trip for Cornell was the team’s fourth trip to championship weekend over the past seven seasons.

Overall, the season marked a lot of accomplishments including Rob Pannell ’13 ending his time on the Hill as the career points leader in NCAA tournament games

players. Senior Jeff Mathews became the second the second Ivy League quarterback to ever throw for 8,000 career passing yards in November 17’s 35-28 loss against Penn. Additionally, Luke Tasker ’13 and J.C. Tretter ’13 both signed with the NFL. Tasker was picked up as a free agent to San Diego and Tretter was grabbed in the

Women’s Soccer

Equestrian

This past year, the equestrian team has had its fair share of success.

Sophomore Meridith Meyer placed in second in the open flat division at IHSA Nationals.

Sprint Football

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Red first defeated Rensselaer on February 22, 4-1, and then knocked off Union, 4-0, on February 23. With the two wins and Harvard tying and losing, the Red captured its fourth consecutive ECAC regular season title and won the Ivy League championship outright.

Men’s Lacrosse

The men’s lacrosse team also impressed those on the Hill as the team advanced to

with 55 points (27 goals, 28 assists) and Steve Mock ’13 who scored 60 goals in his career and became the first Cornell player to reach 60 goals since 1976.

Football

On the football field, Cornell didn’t have as much success as was expected, going 4-6, 2-5 Ivy League for the 2012 season. Individually though, there was a good amount of success from Red

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fourth round by Green Bay. There has also been a coaching change for the Red for the fall of 2013 as David Archer ’05 became the 27th head coach in school history on January 2 and took over for head coach Kent Austin, who resigned in December to become vice president of football operations, general manager and head football coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The sprint football team’s split its record, 4-3, in the fall season. Notable victories for the team was the 35-26 win over Mansfield on Senior Night on November 2 and a 22-15 win over the Princeton Tigers on September 28. The Red hopes to continue that momentum with senior Brendan Miller returning as quarterback and the rest of the team falling into place.

Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Ready to Ride

The sprint team had a successful season, going just above .500 and grabbing some clutch wins.

Fights for Four

Men’s Ice Hockey

The men’s ice hockey team really struggled this season to keep momentum moving forward and to capitalize on scoring opportunities. The Red, over the weekend of March 15, lost to Quinnipiac in a three game grudge match that came down to double overtime and ended its five season streak of advancing to the ECAC Hockey Championship semifinals.

In his first year as head coach, Patrick Farmer was hoping to turn things around for the women’s soccer team.

However, despite a valiant effort, the team ended the season with a 1-14-1 record overall — the only win cominng against Lafayette on October 2.

Men’s Soccer

The men’s soccer team also surprised Red fans as it took home the Ivy League title in November and advanced into the first round of the national tournament. Under head coach Jaro Zawislan the team has turned things around since its 1-15 season in 2008 and ended 4-8-4, 2-3-2 Ivy League. The Ivy title in the fall was the second time that the team has ever won the title outright — the last time in 1977.

However, in the first round of the tournament, Cornell fell to upstate rival Syracuse, 1-0.

Junior Daniel Haber, who was named the Ivy League Player

Track and Field

On the track and field front, senior Stephen Mozia placed sixth in discuss at nationals, eighth place effort in the shot put and racked up four All-America honors in his career thus far.

The equestrian team had an interesting season as Meridith Meyer ʼ16 finished second at Nationals.

Making History The Cornell menʼs soccer team took home its first Ivy League title since 1977 in fall 2012. page 43

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Picking Up the Platt The menʼs lightweight rowing team defeated Princeton to keep the Platt Cup for the second consecutive season. page 40

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Your guide to the ins and outs of Cornell

ELCOME TO CORNELL! In a few short weeks, you’ll pack the station wagon to the brim with your belongings, say goodbye to Fido and arrive in Ithaca.

All the anticipation will finally be over.

Get ready to kick off what will be the craziest and most memorable four years of your life.

We at The Sun know how you feel — nervous, excited, curious — as you prepare to begin your first year “on the Hill.”

Remembering our own freshman days, we have created this guide for you to read before you arrive on campus to give you the inside scoop on Cornell life.

That is, until you find it for yourself.

New to campus? Of course you are.

Orientation Week will help you find your way.

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See amazing photos illustrating Cornell throughout the year, taken by our photo staff.

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We’ll give you some advice about the best places to eat, study and hang out.

Inside, you’ll find information on the organizations you can join and the things you can see in and around the Hill. At The Sun, there never is a quiet day mostly because, with slightly more than 20,000 students, Cornell is rarely quiet.

So come to campus with an open mind. The people you meet, the classes you attend and the activities in which you will immerse yourself will change you, no doubt in ways you never imagined.

And the time will pass quickly — many of us would give anything to reclaim a year or two.

So don’t forget to read The Sun and ENJOY your time at Cornell. There’s no place like it.

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Use our map of campus to get around and learn about some of the most important buildings at Cornell.

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The Sun’s Cornell glos•sa•ry

Say what?

Studying in the cocktail lounge?

Eating at CTB? Learn what’s what: all the terms you need to know.

AAP: College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Found on the north end of the Arts Quad.

Appel: Appel Commons, one of North Campus’ dining halls, known as the “crown jewel of Cornell Dining.”

Bear Nasties: Affectionate nickname for the greasy, a-la-carte dining facility in RPCC. Big Red: The nickname for all Cornell athletic teams.

Big Red Bear: Cornell mascot. Although the bear is actually brown and not red, Cornellians still look to him for spirit.

CALS: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Also called the “Ag School.”

Big Red Bucks: Points that can be used in a-la-carte dining facilities, such as Bear Necessities, to buy food. Also known as BRBs. CCC: Cornell Concert Commission, the organization that brings big-name bands to campus.

Central: Central Campus, the area between the gorges that includes nearly all of Cornell’s academic buildings.

Chalkings: Announcements written in chalk on the campus sidewalks.

CIT: Cornell Information Technologies, the provider of computer and network services.

Cocktail Lounge: Underground reading room in Uris Library with comfy, sleep-inducing chairs — great for a midday nap!

Commons: A stretch of State Street in downtown Ithaca closed to vehicular traffic.

Go there to find shops, restaurants and many craft and musical fairs.

Cornell Cinema: Sells $4 tickets to more than 300 films a year CTB: Collegetown Bagels, a favorite lunch spot.

CTP: Collegetown Pizza, a favorite latenight munchies spot.

C-Town: Collegetown, the business district of Ithaca located next to campus. There are apartments, shops, restaurants and bars on this stretch.

Dairy Bar: Cornell-operated dairy that serves ice cream, milkshakes and other milk products. Closed for renovations until 2013.

D.P. Dough: A place to order calzones to satisfy those late-night cravings.

Dragon Day: Tradition started by Willard D. Straight ’1901, where architecture students build a giant dragon and parade it around the campus before spring break.

EARS: Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service, a free and confidential peer counseling service.

Fishbowl: A glass-enclosed reading room in Uris Library with rows of reading-conducive desks. Perfect for studying.

Freshman 15: Theory that incoming freshmen will gain 15 pounds during their first year in college because of the all-you-care-to-eat dining halls — plus the beer.

Freshmen on the Field: A tradition where all freshmen rush onto the field before the first home football game of the season.

FWS: 1. Freshman writing seminar; you pick your top five choices, and will be assigned one. 2. Federal Work Study, a financial aid program.

Gorges: Ithaca’s claim to fame, leading to the saying, “Ithaca is Gorges.” These rock-lined waterfalls are hard to miss on campus, but swimming in them is dangerous and prohibited in most areas — be careful.

Harvest Dinner: One night each fall semester when local foods are served in Cornell’s dining halls.

Ho Plaza: The area between the Campus Store and the Straight, which often hosts student rallies.

Hotelies: Students in the School of Hotel Administration.

Hot Truck: Found at the bottom of West Campus, the Hot Truck is perfect for a latenight snack. The truck is owned and operated

by Shortstop Deli, which has not changed the menu from the classic subs; look out for the Poor Man’s Pizza (PMP), which made the truck famous.

I.C.: Ithaca College, the college across town from Cornell.

ILR: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, nicknamed “I Love Reading.”

J.A.: The Judicial Administrator determines

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Big steps | Waterfalls run through many gorges and provide the area its natural beauty. Some gorges have trails leading down to the falls, but the areas remain very dangerous.

punishments for recalcitrant students, especially those who take more than one piece of fruit out of the dining halls.

JAM: Just About Music, a residential program house.

Libe: General abbreviation for any campus library.

Libe Café: Where great minds meet daily over coffee inside Olin Library.

Libe Slope: A very steep hill separating West Campus from Central Campus. You’ll want to be there on Slope Day ... but otherwise only take the walk when you’re up for a workout.

Louie’s Lunch: Major rival to Hot Truck, found on North Campus between Balch and Risley Halls. Louie’s is the older of the two trucks and serves a wider variety of foods.

Martha Van / MVR: Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, home of the College of Human Ecology.

Morgue: The large study lounge in Donlon Hall, named for its dark, dismal lighting.

Noyes: The student center on West Campus, home to a state-of-the-art gym to rid yourself of the Freshman 15.

Orgo: Organic chemistry. Two words: Fear it.

PAM: Policy analysis and management, a popular major in the College of Human Ecology.

Plantations: Includes an arboretum, a botanical garden and other areas showcasing the fruits of Ithaca’s natural beauty.

Prelim: Any full-length exam that is not a final exam. Known as “midterms” at most other colleges.

Quad: Quadrangle, a rectangular section of campus that houses one of Cornell’s colleges, such as the Ag Quad, the Arts Quad and the Engineering Quad.

R.A.: Resident advisor, the upperclassman in charge of keeping order in your residence hall.

RHD: Residence hall director, the R.A.’s boss. You want this person to be on your side if you’re in trouble.

ROTC: Reserve Officer’s Training Corps, a collegiate-level military organization.

RPCC: Robert Purcell Community Center, one of two community centers on North Campus. It’s home to numerous study lounges, Bear Necessities and a dining hall. Formerly known as RPU. S/U: Pass-or-fail grading that is an option in some courses (satisfactory or unsatisfactory).

S.A.: Student Assembly, a student governing body that has jurisdiction over the student activity fee and makes recommendations to the administration.

Schwartz Center: Home of Cornell’s theatre, film and dance department, which were the target of controversial budget cuts this past year. Located in Collegetown, it hosts many student performances and visiting shows.

Slope Day: The last day of classes in the spring when Cornellians gather on Libe Slope, hang out with friends, listen to music and have a few (or more) drinks.

The Straight: Willard Straight Hall, Cornell’s student union, which contains three dining facilities, a study lounge, a ceramics studio, a Cornell Cinema movie theater and registered student organization offices.

SAFC: Student Assembly Finance Commission, in charge of distributing money to registered student organizations.

State Street Diner: A restaurant open 24 hours a day west of the Ithaca Commons. Stop by if you’re looking for greasy, home-style cooking and waitresses who will call you “honey.”

T.A.: Teaching assistants, often graduate students who lead discussion sections for large lectures.

TCAT: Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, the bus company that serves the Ithaca area.

Townie: A local Ithaca resident.

Ujamaa: A residential program house on North Campus focused on African culture.

Wegmans: The massive and hyper-popular supermarket downtown. Great place to shop if you cook for yourself a lot.

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BEST OF CORNELL & ITHACA | Student Guide | PAGE 3

BEST OF

CORNELL

by The Corne¬ Daily Sun

THIS IS CORNELL, and this is Ithaca. We curse it for its multitude of inclines and frequent snowfall. We praise it for its vibrant, quirky surroundings and natural beauty. Yet we often fall so deeply into the routine of papers, projects and prelims that we tend to forget about it altogether. We surveyed over 500 of our readers in over 20 categories to discover the best spots in Ithaca, from restaurants to stores to cozy nap spots. We hope this spotlight of a few noteworthy attractions will inspire you to explore all that Cornell and the City of Ithaca have to offer.

Place to take a nap between classes: URIS COCKTAIL LOUNGE

Mexican food: CHIPOTLE A day that many students never expected to see during their time at Cornell finally arrived in 2012: the opening of Chipotle. With That Burrito Place and Viva Taqueria not quite pleasing students’ burrito cravings, many rejoiced at this fast food franchise’s opening in February, despite its slightly hard-to-reach location downtown.

Chipotle, which prizes itself for serving “food with integrity,” is well-liked for its commitment to providing local, family-farmed and organic ingredients whenever possible. This rare characteristic amongst fast foods, combined with its extensive assortment of tasty ingredients, provides little else to be desired.

— Dina Khatib ’15, Sun Staff Writer

‘Must take’ class: INTRODUCTION TO WINES Introduction to Wines is one of the most sought after classes at Cornell: so far, almost 40,000 Cornellians have taken it, and every semester students battle to claim one of the 700 spots. Not to mention, the class is one of the items on the “161 Things to Do At Cornell” list. Why all the hype?

Professor Stephen Mutkoski ’67 Ph.D. ’76, who has taught the course since 1984, instructs students about the subject through discussion as well as tasting. Mutkoski has called the class “a window the the entire University.”

— Emma Court ’15, Sun City Editor

Asian food: TASTE OF THAI In a small university town with Thai restaurants in abundance, Taste of Thai remains undeniably the top choice. Located conveniently on the Ithaca Commons, the over-the-top kitschy Thai décor sets the stage for a great dining experience. Taste of Thai offers a wide range of dishes on its menu, and never disappoints, no matter what you order.

Most dishes range from $10-15.

The restaurant has a large seating capacity, even so, it's packed with students, faculty, and Ithaca locals on weekends. Reservations are a good idea, especially for large groups, and the restaurant also has lunch specials and does takeouts.

— Rehan Dadi ’15, Sun Staff Writer

If you’re looking for possibly the quietest place on campus to study, Uris Library’s Cocktail Lounge is your place. This treasure of a library is literally built into the side of the slope, and has huge panels of glass as an entire wall so you can gaze out at the slope and the gothics as you study. The cocktail lounge is also well known for being the best place to nap on campus.

— Zach Reisler ’14, Sun Contributor

Clothing store: URBAN OUTFITTERS

Soup: TEMPLE OF ZEUS You spent your morning waxing poetic on Marxist philosophy and are dying for something warm to protect against the Ithacation.

Where do you head? The Temple of Zeus.

An independent cafe with the friendliest staff in Ithaca, Zeus is a hub for caffeineaddled grad students, humanities majors with alternative haircuts, and soup enthusiasts. It’s a small, unassuming room in the basement of Goldwin Smith, but Zeus still attracts droves of starving soup fans to line up before the kitchen even opens. Just make sure you’re there before noon. Soup goes quick.

— Gina Cargas ’14, Sun Staff Writer

Whether or not you adopt the lifestyle and dress of a hipster is no real matter when choosing to enter the artsy-grunge mecca that is Urban Outfitters. At Urban there’s something for everyone. It’s young. It’s trendy. Urban is all about self-expression and standing out; however, so don’t count on finding your interview outfit here. The quiet locale of Ithaca means that the sale rack is usually stocked with choice (price) cuts. Also peruse through Urban’s book collection, for these speak particularly to the soul of the college student.

— Katherine Carreño ’13, Sun Staff Writer

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CITY GUIDE From the outside it’s hard to understand the allure of the city Cornell calls home.

But Ithaca, with all its quirks and eccentricities, has plenty of opportunities for exploring, playing and having fun.

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The heart of downtown Ithaca is called the Commons. Three city blocks in the center of downtown were made into a pedestrian mall in the 1970s, and the Commons is now full of stores and restaurants worth trying. Retail options include everything from jewelry stores to bookstores to head shops. Restaurants are the Commons’ prime attraction, and they serve up food ranging from Mediterranean to Thai.

Though there are many great dining options, a couple restaurants have become icons for Cornell students. Moosewood Restaurant, which made its name in the ’60s with its world-famous organic vegetarian cookbook, sits on Seneca Street and still serves the same cuisine. Glenwood Pines, on Route 89 near Taughannock Falls State Park, serves what it calls the world famous Pinesburger and provides nice views of Cayuga Lake. Viva Taqueria on the Commons offers dine-in and carry-out options for those needing a fix of Mexican cuisine.

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Ithaca Commons

If you are into museums, a few notable ones are nestled within Ithaca’s tree-lined boundaries. The Sciencenter on Route 13 is geared toward younger kids, but still provides fun exhibits for the college-aged crowd. The Museum of the Earth, located on Trumansburg Road, is part of the Paleontological Research Institution and features a lot of cool fossils and dinosaur bones. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, just off the Arts Quad, houses works by the masters and also features a rotating list of exhibits. For bird lovers and nature enthusiasts, Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology provides a fun, educational experience.

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Though most still call it by its old name, the Pyramid Mall, The Shops at Ithaca is the biggest mall in town, attempting to fulfill your fashionista desires. The Shops also feature a recently renovated movie theater.

Buttermilk Falls

Often touted as the mall everyone goes to when they realize Pyramid Mall doesn’t fulfill their needs, the Carousel Mall in Syracuse has more stores than you could ever imagine. A renovation in the works will soon make it the biggest mall in the country.

Skiing was probably not the reason you chose Cornell, but Greek Peak, just 30 minutes away in Cortland, is the best ski area in the region. And with a special deal, you can get student-priced season passes for less than the regular price. The Ski and Snowboard Club provides weekly shuttles to Greek Peak for part of the winter.

Of course, it’s more than likely you were lured to Cornell by the natural scenery.

One highlight is the Taughannock Falls State Park, which features falls that are higher than Niagara. Buttermilk Falls is also a majestic location. Closer to campus, Cornell Plantations contains acres upon acres of greenery and walking trails.

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Ithaca Farmers’ Market

In terms of grocery stores, there’s Wegmans, which is a supermarket, but so much more. Those not from around New York may be surprised at its size and the amount of ready-cooked food available. Though Wegmans — located on Route 13 — is a 15minute drive from campus, it’s not unusual to see Cornellians flocking there on evenings and weekends.

Several wineries line Seneca and Cayuga lakes, providing fertile ground for wine tours. One must be 21 to sample the wines, so it’s more usual for upperclassmen to take excursions into wine country. But for those of age, the wine region — often compared to Napa Valley in California — is worth a visit.

Right off Route 13 on Steamboat Landing is the Ithaca Farmers’ Market, where local vendors sell delicious food, wine and seasonal produce. Open April through December on Saturdays and Sundays, it is a destination worth checking out, whether you are environmentally conscious or not.

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Apple Fest

Throughout the year, the Commons plays host to a number of different celebrations where students and residents co-mingle. In October, Apple Fest brings orchards and entertainers downtown, and participants sample every type of apple concoction you can think of. In February, Chilifest turns the Commons into a bustling fair filled with aromas from local restaurants that bring their A-game chili to be taste-tested.

And in the summer, Ithaca Festival celebrates Ithaca, and all its quirks, with a parade and entertainment around town.

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OrientationWeek Eases Transition to Cornell

By JEFF STEIN Former Sun Managing Editor

In mid-August, students from around the world will pack up from summer vacation and congregate in Ithaca, N.Y., where the next generation of political leaders, business tycoons and famous activists will be become part of the incoming freshman class at Cornell University.

During the five-day New Student Orientation, freshmen will be given the chance to not only settle in, but also reach out and explore. The Orientation Steering Committee runs a tight ship of planned activities and events, which give students the opportunity for a posi-

“I think [Orientation Week] is a great opportunity for students to explore the campus before they take that final plunge.”

Nikki Stevens ’11 tive first taste of Cornell life.

There are plenty of other options available for students. According to Nikki Stevens ’11, former co-chair of the Orientation Steering Committee, the more traditional events are generally the crowd favorites.

“My favorite event is the Big Red Blowout because it gives a sense of Cornell spirit, and it’s a great chance to hang out with your class,” Stevens said.

Former Orientation Leader Jeff Stulmaker ’11 reiterated Stevens’ enthusiasm.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for students to explore the campus before they take that final plunge,” Stulmaker said of “O-Week.”

Orientation Leaders serve as new students’ guides to campus in the first week and often beyond. They can serve as valuable resources to find quiet places to study,

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Move-in day | Family members help their new Cornell student carry luggage across North Campus. There are numerous student volunteers available to help carry luggage and give directions on Move-In Day.

cool places to party and everything in between.

New students nervous about their first day on campus can take comfort in the fact that Emily Krebs ’10, former chair of the OSC, says Move-In Day is often the most exciting and fun of the entire week.

“Move-In Day is always my favorite,” Krebs said. “I love seeing the new students come in.”

During Orientation Week, students will also be broken up into small groups to discuss the Freshman

Reading Project. This year’s reading book will be the novel The Life Before Us. Past titles have included Things Fall Apart, The Grapes of Wrath and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

“It’s a very diverse experience,” Stevens said. “We have something for everyone. If you get involved, there’s a lot you can see.”

Jeff Stein can be reached at jstein@cornellsun.com.

On-Campus Pub for Students,‘Bear’s Den,’ Makes Its Debut Although the local draught beer and the assortment of beverages caught the attention of many students, others said space in the room that was allotted to the bar was too small.

Braciak added that he found the use of the venue “underwhelming.”

“In my mind, I kind of envisioned a whole bar,” he said. “But with the space they were provided, I think they did a good job.”

Some students also said Wednesday that they were taken aback that their state IDs were scanned and entered into a database upon entering the pub.

Christine Bakewell ’13 said the ID system may discourage her from returning to the Bear’s Den in the future.

“The school has all of our IDs on file now,” she said. “It just struck me as weird. I wouldn’t have come if I had known that.”

Stephanie Ellis, dining manag-

when they were here and the date they were here.”

After two years of planning The system also ensures that and waiting for a liquor license, each ID is scanned only once, to the new student pub, located in prevent students from passing the Ivy Room in Willard Straight their IDs to friends to use to get a Hall, opened in September, drawwristband that allows them to ing dozens of excited students. purchase alcoholic beverages, Ellis Operating under a temporary said. license provided by Cornell Ellis said the information Catering, the Bear’s Den offered obtained by the scanner would both well-known labels, such as not be used for any other purHeineken, Michelob and Amstel pose.

Lite, and local brews, such as Big “It’s nothing bad, it’s just more Red Ale. or less for safety, for double “My hope is that it gets used as checking of the IDs,” she said. much as possible,” said Rob “It’s not like it’s going to the Callahan ’14, pub director of the Cornell police or anything. It’s for Student Union Board. “I think us.” you’re going to get a different In April 2013, The Bear’s Den kind of person that comes in here launched a music series, “Back 2 on a Friday night as opposed to Back Bands” in hopes of establishgoing to Collegetown … We’re ing the space as a live-music pertrying to appeal to the people, formance venue, according to who are both 21 and not 21, who event organizers. are looking for stuff to do at The series included six nights night.” of performances in early April Both undergraduate with each night featurand graduate students “I feel like when I turn 21, this will be a ing a different band, said who came to the pub’s Lauren Ritter ’13, foropening said they were great place to catch a beer after dinner mer pub director and looking forward to using or after classes.” executive director of the the space to catch up Student Union Board.

Gregory Braciak ’14 with friends after work The bands featured and to relax after classes. in the series ranged from Some also said the Bear’s Den will er of the Ivy Room and the Bear’s local groups to students to alumbe a good place for 21-year-olds Den, said that the pub scans the ni, including Kinetics & One to spend time in the evening with front of a student’s state ID as a Love, a hip-hop group comprised their underage peers. safety precaution and records the of Jeremy Dussolliet ’09 and Tim “I feel like when I turn 21, this date and time each student Sommers ’10, the songwriters will be a great place to catch a entered the pub. behind the chorus of B.o.B.’s song beer after dinner, or after classes,” “[The time stamp] does stay in “Airplanes.”

Gregory Braciak ’14 said. “But our records, just, for instance, if “All six bands that we have until then I can still come with something were to happen off- coming are so talented and are so my friends who are 21 even when campus,” she said. “So, if [stu- integrated into the Ithaca comthey’re drinking.” dents] were to leave, it does state munity,” Ritter said. “I’m so excitBy SUN STAFF

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Grand opening | Students gather to watch the Super Bowl at the launch party for the Bear’s Den, an on-campus pub.

ed to see what happens.”

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

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

Ritter said that this year, one of the primary aims of the Student Union Board, which the pub committee is a sub-commit-

tee of, was “to bring music back into the Straight.”

“I felt that we were kind of losing our hold on music in the building,” Ritter said.

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

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

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

The Sun’s news department can be reached at news@cornellsun.com.

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North Campus Dorms Ready for Class of 2017 Clara Dickson Hall

By SUN STAFF

In the 1900s, the Cornell student body was housed entirely in fraternities and boarding houses — no real dormitories existed. According to Cornell: Glorious to View, a history of Cornell written by Profs.

Carol Kammen and Walter LaFeber, history, Andrew Dickson White, Cornell’s founder and first president, believed students should live on their own. Clearly, times have changed. Now required to live on campus, the Class of 2016 arrives at Cornell with a plethora of housing options, ranging from traditional residence halls — described below — to more specialized program houses.

Balch Hall

Balch Hall, an all-women’s residence, was constructed in the 1920s as the second dormitory on North Campus, according to Cornell Then and Now by Prof. Ronald Ostman, communication.

Generations of Cornellians and architectural trends later, Balch’s Gothic style and ivy-covered exterior continue to exude a timeless and classically collegiate character.

“Balch is one of my favorites. The rooms are uniquely shaped, and the dormer windows are beautiful on the fifth and sixth floors,” said Karen Brown, director of marketing and communications for Campus Life.

The rooms in Balch are also the most spacious of all the North Campus dorms, according to former residential advisor Doug Weinberg ’08. Another big plus: Most rooms have a sink, either in the room itself or connected to an adjacent room.

Named after A.D.White’s mother, Clara Dickson Hall has also held the unusual nickname, “The Big Dick,” according to Weinberg. The dormitory was originally intended to house only females, but is now is co-ed. Almost 500 students can fit in this five-story dormitory, the largest in the Ivy League, according to former residential advisor Mazdak Asgary ’08. Not quite so conveniently, however, Dickson has only four bathrooms per floor.

Clara Dickson Hall is also full of single rooms, a rarity for freshmen at most colleges. Many rooms stand on long hallways with lounges in the middle.

Court-Kay-Bauer Hall

Opened in 2001, this residence conveniently features the air conditioning other dormitories lack. While Ithaca does live up to its reputation of frigid winters, cool air is definitely welcome on those first few humid days of school. Such small perks have given the dorm its nickname, “Court Resort.” As one of the most modern dormitories, Court-Kay-Bauer Hall also boasts brightly painted walls and comfortable common areas.

But all is fair, or pretty fair, in dormitory life, as the rooms in the Court-Kay-Bauer Community are also known to have walls that are almost paper thin, according to Weinberg.

Mews Hall

Along with Court-Kay-Bauer, Mews Hall represents the latest in dormitories on North Campus. According to Asgary, the structure and facilities of the building closely mirror that of Court-Kay-Bauer Hall.

Mews also contains 22 lounges, including

the spacious, semicircular Lund Lounge that overlooks Rawlings Green.

Traditional activities include a male talent show, ice skating, and a trip to the United Nations. Mews residents also enjoy convenient proximity to Appel Commons.

Constructed at a time of high economic inflation, the Low Rises were built to be long-standing, according to Brown. A typical suite consists of one bathroom, two double rooms and two single rooms.

Mary Donlon Hall

In the midst of rural Ithaca, High Rise 5 and Jameson do their best to stir up a bit of urban life with their architectural styles intended to resemble city living. Their organization is very similar to that of the Low Rises, also with suites “designed to foster interactions within the community,” according to Brown.

The most distinctive feature of the High Rises is arguably their Sky Lounges. Located on the top floor of each building, they provide an unparalleled panoramic view of North Campus.

Some say that Donlon Hall is “thongshaped,” a description somewhat fitting considering its reputation for being a social dormitory.

“Donlon is uniquely situated because of the way the rooms go off into wings.

Residents all have to go into the middle for social activity,” Brown said.

The majority of the rooms are doubles on co-ed corridors. While most bathrooms are single-sex, there is an occasional co-ed one.

Socializing may be a constant for life in Donlon, but the dormitory also has a recently-renovated library on the first floor. The library was repainted and recarpeted, according to Brown, and serves as a quiet and convenient retreat for some serious studying.

Low Rises 6 and 7

Step inside the Low Rises and you’ll feel like a rat in a maze. Winding corridors and unexpected turns are the norm in these dormitories. But at the time the buildings were constructed, the Low Rises’ small, somewhat isolated suites were a novel proposition.

“The emphasis on building small communities was considered to be a wonderful approach in residential living. The Low Rises were planned from the beginning to serve as an asset in our quest to foster diversity and interaction among and between our students,” Brown said.

High Rise 5 and Jameson

Townhouse Community

Living in the Townhouses is basically like sharing an apartment. Built in 1989, each has two double rooms and a bathroom — but also a sizable dining room and living room, not to mention a kitchen. While most agree the Townhouses are more secluded than the rest of the North Campus dormitories, their location also makes for a quieter, more private environment. Bus stops located right outside the community come in handy for avoiding the long walk to Central Campus. Despite being on the periphery of North Campus, Townhouse residents are still fully able to participate in all that college life entails.

“Residents have access to the Townhouse Community Center [and] also have easy access to Robert Purcell Community Center, just across the street,” Brown said.

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Archway | Balch Hall, an all-female dormitory, sits at the front of North Campus, welcoming freshmen through its central arch. Balch is one of the many North Campus dorms to house first-year students.

Program Houses Help Students Pursue Their Passions

By SUN STAFF

All Cornellians, including freshmen, may apply to live in program houses, the majority of which are located on North Campus. The houses allow students with an interest in a particular theme to live together.

Akwe:kon (pronounced “Agway-go”) is dedicated to Native American heritage. Its 35 residents share an interest in Native American culture, family and community. Many Akwe:kon members take part in an annual smoke dance and pow-wow, which also draws members of the greater Cornell and Ithaca communities.

96 students with a passion for

the environment can choose to live in the Ecology House. Typical events include environmental discussions, hikes and kayaking trips.

The Holland International Living Center, more commonly known as HILC, is home to foreign students as well as those interested in global, political, economic, social and cultural issues.

Members of HILC have the opportunity to learn about other countries without leaving Cornell.

Some of the center’s programs include international affairs discussion groups, ice-cream hour and talent shows.

Music lovers at Cornell can choose to live in Just About Music, known appropriately as JAM. The 144 residents range

from students who enjoy listening to music to students who sing or play musical instruments.

Members of JAM can take advantage of the house’s pianos, drum set, CD library, practice rooms, concert stage, recording studio and weekly listening parties.

The only program house situated on West Campus is the Language House, located in the Alice Cook House. The Language House is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors hoping to become fluent in Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin or Spanish. Members watch movies, celebrate holidays from their target language’s countries and take trips to cities such as Montreal or New York City.

57 students interested in Latino culture live in the Latino Learning Center, or LLC, located in Anna Comstock Hall. Each week, in an event called “Café Con Leche,” students discuss issues facing Latino people across the world.

Students hoping to learn about other cultures may decide to live in the Multicultural Living Learning Unit, known as McLLU and pronounced “McClue.” This program house is located in Clara Dickson Hall, a freshmen dormitory.

Members of McLLU celebrate diversity by holding presentations and festivities centering on their assorted backgrounds.

With 190 residents, Risley Residential College for Creative and Performing Arts is one of the

largest program houses on campus and has its own dining hall. Risley is also home to recording and video-editing studios. Some of the programs Risleyites host each year include concerts, shows and art exhibits.

Ujamaa — pronounced “oo-jama” — is home to 140 students who share an interest in black history and culture. The name Ujamaa comes from a KiSwahilian word that roughly translates to “a community that works together as a family.” The house also focuses on advancing the academic and professional goals of its residents. Ujamaa’s members engage in discussion, hold dances and work with many off-campus social-action groups.

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Student Clubs Cater to Varied Interests A sampling of Cornell’s wide array of extracurricular activities

By SUN STAFF

If your schedule has not been sufficiently crammed with lectures, work, parties, meals and sleep, you might want to look into joining a club to fill those few extra minutes each week. Cornell has a niche for virtually every interest, no matter how esoteric. Whether you’re an aspiring guitarist or an expert knitter, it is likely you will be able to find a group of like-minded students with whom to share your passion. Below is a sampling of some of the more prominent clubs on campus.

Political and Activist Groups

The Cornell Democrats and the Cornell College Republicans represent the two major political parties on campus, each engaging in its own brand of activism and spreading awareness of political issues.

A number of other campus groups focus on more specific political issues.

Amnesty International’s Cornell chapter promotes awareness of human rights abuses throughout the world through a series of campaigns, each of which publicizes a specific area of injustice.

Music and a Capella Groups

Cornell offers dozens of outlets for those looking to express their musical creativity. You won’t be able to turn a corner the first couple weeks of class without seeing a flier for an a capella tryout or a chalking pointing you in the direc-

tion of band auditions. The University chorus, jazz ensembles, symphonic band, marching band, symphony orchestra and glee club are all open to the musically inclined. The Hangovers and Cayuga’s Waiters are two of the University’s best-known a capella groups, although there are more than a dozen for prospective members to choose from, each with a unique style.

Passionate about music but not one for singing? The Cornell Concert Commission organizes most of the major musical events that happen on campus, having brought such big-name acts as Phoenix, M.I.A, Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco in recent years. Or, check out the Fanclub Collective, which hosts independent and local acts such as Interpol and the Microphones.

WVBR is a popular rock radio station that serves the entire Ithaca area and is staffed largely by students. Volunteers receive free training on the station’s equipment and can get on the air as disc jockeys, sportscasters or newscasters.

Publications The Cornell Daily Sun is the campus’ daily newspaper, but there are other publications, too. The Cornell Review offers conservative commentary on local and national issues. Its liberal counterpart is The Cornell Progressive.

Had enough political commentary? Lighten up with a copy of the Lunatic, Cornell’s own humor magazine. The bi-annual publica-

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tion features a variety of articles and comics, ranging from the satirical to the downright absurd.

Comedy and Drama Groups

For students who want to spend their years at Cornell in the spotlight, the Risley Theatre group gives members the opportunity to participate in all stages of a dramatic production. Whether you’re looking to act, direct, choreograph, construct sets, manage sound or create costumes, it’s likely Risley Theatre can use your skills.

The comedy troupe Skits-OPhrenics puts on several sketch comedy shows each year and plans to hold auditions for new members this fall. If you’re in the mood for a more off-the-cuff style of humor, check out the Whistling Shrimp, Cornell’s improv comedy group.

Governing Groups

Each year, dozens of budding student politicians vie for seats on Cornell’s student governing body, the Student Assembly. The S.A. meets weekly in Willard Straight Hall to discuss issues and pass resolutions on behalf of the student body, addressing topics that range from Cornell’s public image to Slope Day regulations.

For those with political ambitions on a larger scale, the Cornell Model United Nations gives students the opportunity to represent a country at a mock meeting of the U.N., with awards for those who engage in the most persuasive debate.

The Panhellenic Association,

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Break it down | Members of Bhangra, an Indian-inspired dance group, perform in Barton Hall.

Multicultural Greek Letter Council and the Interfraternity Council are the main governing bodies of the Greek community, which includes more than 60 chapters and encompasses 30 percent of the student body. The three councils arrange social, educational and recreational programs, as well as establish and enforce guidelines for Cornell Greek chapters.

Academic and Miscellaneous Groups

If you found yourself inspired by the Mars rover missions, you can take part in your own cosmic exploration with the Cornell Astronomical Society.

Fed up with classes? Take your frustration out in the Cornell Debate Society.

Looking to get your inner nerd on? Head on over to the Chess

Club’s meetings to practice checking your mates.

Or, for a more kinetic style of dance, try your hand at Bhangra, an Indian dance group.

The Cornell Baking Club welcomes all of those with a passion for the culinary arts. A relatively new student group, the baking club holds monthly meetings to discuss recipes and techniques and plans to host guest lecturers and trips to local bakeries during the coming year.

There’s also the Baja SAE Racing Team, which designs and races a new decked-out car every year. The team is responsible for all aspects of designing, building, testing and even financing the project.

Also be sure to attend Cornell’s student activities fair in September to check out the hundreds of other student groups on campus.

One Third of the Big Red:The Greek System

By SUN STAFF

With a third of Cornell students in one of nearly 70 Greek chapters on campus, the Greek system is a major part of Cornell’s social life.

From the very start of their Cornell careers, students encounter members of Cornell’s Greek society who help freshman move into their dorms, volunteering as “movers and shakers.”

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Helping out | Fraternity brothers shave their heads on Ho Plaza to raise money for charity.

To protect incoming freshmen from bias, Greeks cannot promote their houses to incoming freshmen. Unofficial rush for males, however, starts immediately as fraternity members, in particular, encourage the new students to come to parties at their Collegetown annexes — houses where many of the brothers of the same fraternity live — in order to recruit new members.

Based on Greeks’ participation in Orientation Week, freshmen may perceive them as a group of community volunteers who hold parties with free alcohol. This perception holds some truth — community service is a major aspect of Greek life. Many of Cornell’s Greek chapters participate in Ithaca-based projects, such as the Tompkins County Task Force for Battered Women.

Social events are also a large part of the Greek experience, with chapters planning their own parties, formals and football tailgates.

Cornell’s Greek system also

allows students to emerge as leaders within their respective chapters. Elected officers must run meetings, organize events and handle finances. Chapter presidents must learn to motivate their members, treasurers must handle complex budgets and recruitment chairs must carry out strategic recruitment campaigns.

Despite the leadership skills that the Greek system fosters, some incoming freshmen may worry about how their academic performance will be affected if they decide to join a fraternity or sorority.

Many chapters hold study hours and give out awards or scholarships to members for outstanding academic achievement.

Each spring, individual chapters are honored for academic excellence by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

In the past, freshmen traditionally had their first experience with the Greek system through open parties, but new rules implement-

ed last year have reduced the ability of freshmen to attend these kinds of events. Freshmen are now banned from open parties, regulated at the door by the use of scanners that read student ID cards.

IFC rules prohibit the consumption of hard alcohol during registered events, so all alcohol served at fraternity parties should be in the form of beer or wine.

To get a true sense of Greek life, freshmen can choose to take part in Spring Rush 2014. All fraternities and sororities participate in spring recruitment, in which freshmen can talk with members about Greek life in a more relaxed and intimate setting.

Rush differs for men and women. Sorority rush follows a strict schedule in which potential new members visit every sorority. For men, rush is more casual, as freshmen can choose the houses they want to visit and interact with brothers in a much more relaxed setting.

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An Introduction to Cornell’s Libraries

Uris Library

By SUN STAFF

Cornell is home to 17 libraries. With so many to choose from, where you decide to study just depends on what you’re looking for. Each study area at Cornell has a personality of its own.

Uris

Uris Library has been dubbed “Club Uris” by students who see the humor in the fact that, on any given Sunday through Thursday night, the Cocktail Lounge is the place to be.

Connected to the clock tower, Uris Library is the primary undergraduate library at Cornell. There are hundreds of thousands of books available, as well as carrels and places to study. Uris Library is open 24 hours a day, Sunday through Thursday. That’s right: students can make their party rounds and then get right back to Club Uris for after-hours studying.

With 24-hour access, who needs to pay rent? Just bring a sleeping bag!

Olin and Kroch

For those looking for more of a lounge than a club, Olin Library may become your library of choice. Although not in use at all hours of the night like its neigh-

bor Uris, Olin still keeps its doors open until 2 a.m. Olin has other draws as well.

It is Cornell’s central research library, complete with its own periodical room.

The Libe Café on the main level is home to the Iced Skim Sugar-Free Vanilla Latte (dubbed The Long Island by the Café’s employees) and the best chocolate brownies in the Finger Lakes.

The decor in Olin is also newer and more comfortable than at Uris. But here’s a tip: Get there early. On a Saturday morning, one may find a line of eager students waiting to get the best spots by the window. Attached to Olin is Kroch Library, which houses the Asian and the Rare and Manuscript Collections. Any noise above a whisper is frowned upon in the Kroch Library.

Mann

One of Cornell’s primary libraries is Mann Library, which serves the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Human Ecology. Mann sits on the far side of the Ag Quad. Its ends-ofthe-earth location, made worse by Ithaca’s cold winter weather, makes studying at Mann Library too much of a trek for some students, but many others recom-

mend its spacious halls for this very reason. Maybe it’s worth the trip just to get a tasty drink or treat from Manndible Café in the front lobby. However, the café does not take Big Red Bucks.

Engineering

Carpenter Hall houses the Engineering School’s impressive main library. As you would expect, it has a very large computer lab.

Law

With its beautiful arched ceiling, the Law Library in Myron Taylor Hall has been compared to Hogwarts castle.

Beware: All those serious law students like their quiet.

Catherwood

Catherwood Library, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations library, located in Ives Hall, is a daytime hotspot with new furnishings.

Nestlé The students in the School of Hotel Administration may spend much of their time in “real world” learning situations, but they need to hit the books, too. The Nestlé Library in Statler Hall provides these resources along with a more social atmosphere than the usual study spaces.

Fine Arts

Sibley Hall’s Fine Arts Library, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. offers the greatest concentration of resources on some of Cornell’s more creative fields: the practice and history of art, architecture, and city and regional planning. And all the hipsters flock to the building’s basement, where the eclectically decorated Green Dragon Café offers a great place to take a break from studying and catch up with friends.

Off the Beaten Path

Though some specialized spaces such as the Physical Sciences Library were closed recently due to budget cuts, remaining facilities include libraries for Africana studies, entomology, management and math. In Lincoln Hall’s Music Library, one can peruse resources and listen to musicians from the Beatles to Tupac Shakur.

Apart from the University libraries is the Browsing Library off the main lobby of the Straight, a good place for magazines, papers and general pleasure reading.

And if one ventures off Cornell’s campus, the Tompkins County Public Library is located in downtown Ithaca.

Gannett Serves Student Body’s Health Needs

By SUN STAFF

Oops! Did you just sprain your ankle tripping over all the stuff you’ve crammed into your new dorm room? Are thoughts of the infamous “freshman 15” keeping you up at night? Is beginning college finally the right time to quit smoking? Do you suspect you might have the flu? Welcome to Cornell.

The next four years will, for the most part, be an exciting and rewarding experience, but what you probably want to know right now is where you can get a refill for your allergy medication.

Before you start to panic, here’s a quick overview of the health and psychological services available at Cornell. Keep this in mind so you know where to turn

when the midnight pizzas start to take a toll on your body, and so you know that there are many resources to help you when the stress and pressure of being a college student becomes too much to handle.

Cornell’s one-stop shop for health problems is Gannett: Cornell University Health Services. Located on Ho Plaza, Gannett is the primary care provider of medical services for all enrolled students, as well as other members of the Cornell community.

Gannett provides many services ranging from allergy treatment and immunizations to general medical health care.

The health care center can also provide you with information and listings for Ithaca-area

doctors such as dentists and optometrists. Gannett can conduct most X-ray examinations as well as most of the laboratory tests that may be prescribed by your doctor during a medical visit. A newly renovated pharmacy is located in the building so that you can fill your prescriptions on campus.

Through its Sports Medicine program, Gannett provides primary care services to all Cornell athletes. Gannett also provides physical therapy services for members of the entire Cornell community.

In addition, Gannett offers many services to take care of your sexual health needs, programs to help smokers quit and an extensive array of counseling and support services.

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Big Red doctors | The Gannett Health Center on Ho Plaza offers medical services and health counseling to the Cornell community.

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Hidden Treasures at Cornell

An insider’s guide to unique opportunities inside and outside of the classroom

By SUN STAFF

The following is a guide to intriguing things that you won’t want to miss learning about during your time on the Hill.

Relationships 101

Ever wonder what went wrong in that last relationship or worry about how the sex has gone bad after a few months? Or wake up on a Sunday morning and lament, “What was I thinking last night?”

Next time you have these questions, turn to Human Development 3620: Human Bonding instead of those relationship crib sheets, Cosmopolitan and Maxim.

Students Drink for Credit

Every Wednesday from 2:55 to 4:55

out that you might wear, or carry, or use as part of dress,” said the collection’s curator, Prof. Charlotte Jirousek, textiles and apparel.

Inside the Particle Accelerator

Something is buried under Cornell’s playing fields. 50 feet below the surface of the earth, next to Wilson Lab, there is a ring-shaped tunnel roughly half a mile in circumference. Here, scientists work day and night to unlock the secrets of the universe.

Sound like an urban legend or the plot of a science-fiction movie? It’s not.

It’s the Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics’ particle accelerator.

The LEPP, once known as the Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, opened soon after World War II. It has gone through several different phases over the

Ithaca in 1871. Rulloff was convicted of beating his wife and daughter to death as well as poisoning his sister-in-law and niece. Rulloff ’s Restaurant and Bar in Collegetown is named after him.

Rare Manuscripts

A journey through time to the year 2000 B.C., is still beyond the scope of modern technology. However, seeing clay tablets from 4,000 years ago only requires a journey to the library.

The Rare and Manuscript Collections in Kroch Library is open to everyone and includes tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing as well as handwritten manuscripts from the medieval period, an original copy of the Gettysburg Address and everything in between.

According to the Cornell University Library website, the collections consist of “400,000 printed volumes, more than 70 million manuscripts and another million photographs, paintings, prints and other visual media.”

The collection is also home to the Cornell University Archives, which documents the history of the University and the Ithaca area.

Ancient Artifacts

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Professor Nye | Bill Nye ’77 sits in the office of Prof. Jim Bell. In an interview with The Sun, Nye discussed the Mars Pathfinder and his undergraduate experiences at Cornell. From 2001 to 2006, Nye served as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professor at the University.

p.m., around 700 Cornell students will get credit for imbibing alcohol.

No, this isn’t a cheap trick by the School of Hotel Administration to increase enrollment.

The students are enrolled in the Hotel School’s two-credit Hotel Administration 4430: Introduction to Wines, and they are probably not getting drunk on the six one-ounce wine samples they get in class.

Lecture topics include flavor components in wine, how to pair wine and food and wine etiquette.

Collection for the Fashion-Conscious

Many college students spend a lot of time thinking about their clothing. But even though they may spend hours searching for the right outfit to wear to a job interview or party, they only see the outfit as part of their wardrobe. In the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection, however, clothing has become a part of history.

The costume collection currently hosts approximately 9,000 items.

There is a significant ethnographic collection featuring traditional dress from many different parts of the world as well as a textile collection featuring quilts, tapestries and wall hangings.

However, the majority of the collection is fashion-related. It features clothing dating as far back as the 18th century up to modern times.

Basically, it’s “anything from the skin

years, and the current facility was constructed in 1979.

The particle accelerator runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week with the exception of maintenance and improvement periods. The cost of energy, maintenance, equipment and staff salaries is covered by an annual budget of approximately $20 million.

At this point, students who don’t know much about physics are probably asking what all this means.

Prof. David G. Cassel, physics, associate director of LEPP, was more than happy to answer that question.

“It accelerates particles,” he said with a smile.

Your Very Own Brain Collection

The display of human brains, particularly those identified with specific individuals, evokes a variety of reactions: horror, distaste, curiosity and fascination.

Experiencing this first-hand only involves a short trip to Uris Hall’s second floor, where a display case features Cornell’s Wilder Brain Collection.

The collection, which at one time featured 1,600 animal and human brains, was established in the 1880s by Dr. Burt Green Wilder, Cornell’s first zoologist.

The University stopped accepting additional brains in 1940, and at present, only 70 remain.

One of the brains on display is Edward Rulloff ’s, a man hanged in

With air raid curtains from the 1940s hanging in the windows and decorative pillars left over from the museum that once occupied its place, McGraw 150 is itself a part of history.

The décor is fitting for a room that currently houses Cornell’s anthropology collection. The collection, which has existed in some form since 1868, contains artifacts from all over the world and spans roughly half a million years of human history.

The collection was started by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White and was once housed in a natural history museum at Cornell.

According to Prof. David Holmberg, former chair of the anthropology department, when the museum closed some time during World War II, its displays were either moved to other areas or put into storage.

What hadn’t been claimed by the Johnson Museum or the geology collection then “came under the responsibility of the Department of Anthropology,” Holmberg said.

Science Guy

Although he’s currently most fond of evolutionary biology, Bill Nye ’77 keeps the periodic table close to his heart. Or at least close to his hip, where he always carries a credit card-sized version of it around in his wallet.

Although the public knows him best for his television show Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye served from 2001 to 2006 as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of ’56 University Professor. During that time, students could spot Nye cycling around campus — his preferred form of transportation — on a bike borrowed from Prof. Jim Bell, astronomy.

After the two met in a chance encounter, Bell invited Nye to become a visiting professor and they have w o r k e d together ever since.

Nye periodically visits

Cornell to guest lecture and meet with students.

Nye still holds high regard for his alma mater. In an interview with The Sun in 2005, he lauded the University’s strengths in a number of areas.

“Cornell planetary science is as good as anybody –– we’re exploring Mars. The mathematics department seems as good as anybody’s. And another thing: Ezra Cornell, whoever he was, wanted to have women here from the get-go, and the other institutions that we compete with were not that way at all. And I think that tradition of ‘any person, any study’ is still around,” he said.

Magical Mushrooms

Fascinated by fungi? Take one of Cornell’s most popular courses, Plant Pathology 2010: Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds.

Taught by Prof. George Hudler, plant pathology, the class, which focuses on how mold and fungi have impacted social and political structure throughout the course of history, has been featured in Rolling Stone.

Despite the seemingly esoteric nature of the topic, the course has grown primarily through word-of-mouth and its accessibility to non-scientists.

Secret Garden

Although its peak season runs from May to September, the Cornell plantations remain open from dawn to dusk throughout the year. Visitors can picnic, hike or play in any of the plantation’s 14 gardens. Some classes even take field trips to examine the beautiful plants.

For those who want to know exactly which flowers and trees they are passing, free guided tours take place in the gardens during certain months.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

161 steps up McGraw Tower, next to Uris library, is the home of the famous Cornell chimes. Chimesmasters play concerts on the 21 chimes three times a day. During these times, visitors are welcome to walk up and request a song. The afternoon concert typically closes with the Alma Mater, while the nighttime concert ends with Cornell’s Evening Song.

At the beginning of each semester, there is a competition in which new chimesmasters are selected.

Chimes concerts also take place to mark special occasions, and people can pay for additional concerts, such as during weddings at Cornell’s Sage Chapel.

Between concerts, a machine makes the chimes go off to mark time every 15 minutes from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m.

Pensive | John Cleese — the famed Monty Python actor — often visits Cornell to dole out his sage advice.

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Street Food at Cornell: Two Trucks. Two Legacies.

One Delicious Debate.

By SUN STAFF

With all members of the freshman class living on North Campus, Louie’s Lunch sees many young faces lined up expectantly awaiting a sandwich, milkshake or cup of coffee.

Concurrently, since the upperclass students who decide to live on campus are primarily in dorms on West Campus, the Hot Truck does a good deal of business with older Cornellians. As a result, a long-standing food truck rivalry — one that is almost exclusively limited to students as opposed to the two businesses’ respective proprietors — is tinged with complicated class loyalties, in addition to food preferences.

Loyalty

But this rivalry is a strange one. As if it weren’t odd enough to have drunken students waiting in the chilly Ithaca pre-dawn for a bite of a meatball sub, many students hold fast

HISTORY: Though many people seem to believe that the Hot Truck is older, Louie’s Lunch has, in fact, been serving the Cornell community since 1918. Of course, at that time the establishment didn’t have anything even remotely close to the menu it has today and was not actually a truck. It wasn’t until the early 1920s that Louie’s moved into a truck. Louie’s still bears the name of its first proprietor, who took a cart around the North Campus area selling sandwiches to hungry members of the Greek community. Since that time, the truck has become a mainstay of the intersection at Thurston Avenue and Wait Avenue. In the past, the truck used to visit various locations, but for the sake of convenience, it has remained in its current position for longer than just about anyone can remember.

Indeed, that stretch of curb looks awfully naked during the winter break and over the summer when Louie’s isn’t in service.

to their favorite truck with an almost admirable, albeit strange, persistence. This loyalty even found its way into an a cappella song a few years back — a song that many of us have heard time and again. The Cayuga’s Waiters bit goes like so: “Louie’s Lunch kinda sucks / Wait in line at Hot Truck” over a blend of vocals singing the harmony to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Though it’s obvious who the Waiters prefer, the reference is telling.

It seems Cornellians hold fast to their favorites, even when it comes to whose chicken parm they like better.

After some polling, it became clear a few years ago that sophomores and freshmen preferred Louie’s Lunch to the Hot Truck. Conversely, juniors and seniors were more likely to reply that Hot Truck was their preferred late-night source of what some call “drunk food.”

So, with our bellies full of parmesan cheese and our notebooks filled with items from the menu, we are proud to bring you a rundown of each of these Cornell legacies.

HISTORY: Bob Petrillose was the man behind the innovation known now as the Hot Truck (which still bears his name). Petrillose operated the truck, at that time called Johnny’s Pizza Truck, from 1960 until 2000 when he sold it to the owner of the Shortstop Deli located downtown on Seneca Street. The original name came from Petrillose’s father, Johnny Petrillose, who opened Johnny’s Big Red Grill. In fact, the truck was initially an extension of that restaurant, but over the years became a more specialized entity of its own. The original menu was much more conventional than the one that graces the side of the truck today. Instead of “PMP,” the menu read “Hamburger” and “Hotdog.” Since its sale in 2000, the truck has undergone few changes. Athough Petrillose has since died, the Hot Truck continues to serve up the same classic dishes.

THE EATS: One of the most interesting things about the Hot Truck is the menu. It is also one of the things that makes grubbing at the Hot Truck such an experience. Instead of ordering a meatball sub or a chicken parmesan sub, people walk up to the window and say “MBC” or “Gimme a CSC.” Though Petrillose himself was responsible for a good many items on the menu, students also play a big role in determining what’s available at the Hot Truck.

THE EATS: Unlike the Hot Truck, Louie’s offers a lot more than subs — complete with milkshakes, coffee, breakfast sandwiches, condoms and cigars, Louie’s business depends on a lot more than its sandwiches. Louie’s also offers a variety of sandwiches, including standard parms, and it can also whip up a grilled cheese and some french fries, if that’s your pleasure.

BEST BETS:

BEST BETS:

Philly Cheese Steak Chicken Parmesan Cajun Fries Mozzarella Sticks BBQ Beef Chef Salad

PMP (poor man’s pizza — bread, sauce & cheese) Ho-Ho (a PMP with hot ham, swiss & mushrooms) INDY (link sausage, mushrooms, onion, sauce & cheese) WTF (any random sandwich; it’s a gamble with this one) HSC (hot sausage & cheese)

THE SUN’S PICK: Egg and cheese breakfast sandwich with hash browns

THE SUN’S PICK: CSC Garden&Grease Hot&Heavy (chicken breast, sauce, cheese, lettuce, mayonnaise, crushed red peppers and garlic)

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Enter the Dragon: Architects Unleash a Beast

By MOLLY O’TOOLE Former Sun News Editor

It was 1 p.m. the day before spring break, and campus seemed as silent as the steadily falling snow subtly frosting the arts quad. The bells of McGraw tower, glowing green the night before, began to peal, breaking the quiet concentration of the Cornell campus. Their song seemed a calling, as winter jacket, hat and scarf began to emerge from every building, path and corner in greater numbers. What brought these people together, to stand so patiently on a deserted day in the spring snow?

The answer was not long coming. From between Olin and Uris Libraries a crowd of people spilled out onto the undisturbed snow of the Quad. And they kept coming.

And coming. Soon, students, townspeople, faculty and security formed a lively parade marching through campus.

Suddenly, a skeletal structure reared its head — here, whether on a clear spring day or in the midst of a winter weather watch — the infamous mascot of Cornell’s annual Dragon Day comes out of its cave in Rand Hall, to wreak havoc every spring for the past hundred years. Dragon Day is a tradition dating back more than 100 years at Cornell. According to the University Archives, though the first date is not exactly known, the Dragon Day tradition was begun by the equally infamous Willard Straight class of 1901, who himself was an architecture student.

“From his early [days] as a freshman, he developed a reputation as a prankster, leader and developer of class unity,” states the Archives.

Straight believed there should be a day set aside specifically for the architecture students, a “College of Architecture Day.” A man known for making ideas into reality, Straight chose St. Patrick’s Day. Evidence in a letter to Straight’s widow as early as 1920 shows the struggle between administration and students regarding the festivities. In the past it has forbidden Dragon Day for a variety of reasons, mainly safety-related. The conflict with the administration regarding the tradition, though, is not as prominent today.

As the dragon made its way through the quad to a taped-off area in front of Sibley, the parade spread out and gathered around, enveloping the beast. The structure stood impressively — it required over two dozen students, dressed in white jumpsuits, to maneuver its flexible parts by means of a structure of metal rods, which they held onto as they pushed the dragon along the parade route. The dragon itself was created entirely of bamboo and rope, bound together in a simple but impressive design.

The length of the dragon’s body, arranged in this way, appeared to be bare bamboo bones, like the skeleton of an ancient Jurassic beast come to life and broken loose from a museum. Architecture students in fine array ran circles around the beast, which lay silent and steadfast, awaiting its fate.

Cries of “dragon, dragon!” and “give me a d!” permeated the otherwise quiet atmosphere, with the exception of beating drums that gave the experience a feel of tribal sacrifice. One almost felt sorry for the creature.

Representatives of the Cornell Police

and Ithaca Fire Departments could be seen mingled amongst the students, much to the latter’s delight. Authorities were taunted throughout the process, but there was a general air of good humor.

Kathy Zoner, chief of Cornell Police, has overseen the festivities for many years.

She explained that the process that goes into the event is not the work of one day but many weeks of planning, working closely with the architecture students to ensure overall safety. She described the day as a success, due to a lack of injuries.

“If there were any, they were self-inflict-

ed,” she laughed.

She emphasized that a safe atmosphere is to the greatest benefit of all.

Onlookers began trickling away as firemen put the hose to the blackened remains of the once-great beast. Perhaps they went to warm up and regain feeling in their frozen extremities, or perhaps they went to get started on further beginning-of-springbreak celebrations. Regardless, it was clear as smoke furled into the gray sky that the spirit of the dragon, and of this campus, cannot be quenched, and some traditions, like Dragon Day, never die.

BETH SPERGEL / SUN FILE PHOTO

ROAR! | The Dragon Day festivities that occur every spring are some of the most anticipated events on campus.

The Evolution of the Slope Day Tradition at Cornell

By SUN STAFF

For most of the year, the steep hike from West Campus to Central is considered a nuisance on the way to class. Yet on the last day of classes, Libe Slope is transformed into the venue for Slope

Day, Cornell’s beloved end of the year celebration.

Each year, the Slope Day Planning Board works hard to select the entertainers, whose identities are kept a closely guarded secret until about a month before the big day. For this reason, trying

to guess the performers has become a favorite activity for many Cornellians waiting for classes to end.

The tradition traces its roots back to 1901, when it was known as Spring Day. The celebration morphed to

THE NEW YORK TIMES

No longer just a dream | Nelly, the hip-hop artist of many students’ youths, performed as the headliner on Slope Day in May 2011.

Spring Fest before coming to its Spring Day. However, after World current incarnation: Slope Day. War II, the celebration returned Unlike the festivities students with the moniker “Spring have enjoyed in recent years, Spring Weekend.”

Day hosted Due to attractions like Recent Slope Day Performers protests and fire-eaters, snakeunrest that charmers, cow2011: Nelly, the Cool Kids and plagued the Uniboys, Indians and versity in the Ra-Ra Riot sailors on the early 1960s, the 2012: Taio Cruz, Neon Trees Arts Quad. celebration was and The Wailers Spring Day was canceled in 2013: 5&A Dime, Hoodie Allen known as one of 1963. and Kendrick Lamar Cornell’s first The next inexcuses to cancel carnation of class in the name of mass debauch- Slope Day, known as Springfest, apery. peared in the late 1970s.

More changes to Slope Day The original springtime carnival originated because of financial occurred in 1985 when the legal strains to the University Athletic drinking age changed from 18 to 21.

Association. To save the Big Red’s After the drinking age changed, sports teams, drama clubs and the University stopped serving musical groups organized a benefit alcohol at the event, though stuconcert in the Commons. The dents showed up with their own . event struggled at the box office, “In the years that followed ... a but managed to inspire an number of students were treated impromptu parade to draw atten- for alcohol related emergencies,” tion to the concert. said Tim Marchell ’82, director of The performance was so well- mental health initiatives at Ganett attended that both the concert and Health Services. the parade were repeated the folIn response to the emergencies, lowing year, and the celebration the University attempted to end before the show raised more Slope Day in the early 1990s. As money than the production. From an alternative, a University-orgathen on, Spring Day became a nized event was offered on North campus-wide custom.

Campus.

At the brink of the first World Since 2003, Slope Day has War, many Cornellians believed maintained a new format that that they had celebrated their last includes live entertainment.

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Big Red Ambition: 161Things Every Cornellian Should Do ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

1. Make the library into your bedroom and have sex in the stacks 2. Check out the Ithaca Farmers Market and the Farmers’ Market at Cornell 3. Pet an animal on the Ag Quad 4. Go to the Cornell-Harvard men’s hockey game and throw fish on the ice 5. Sing along to “We Didn’t Go to Harvard” with Cayuga’s Waiters 6. Sled down Libe Slope during a snow storm 7. Eat at Taverna Banfi and charge it to CornellCard 8. Streak across the Arts Quad 9. Take Psych 1101 10. Test out Olin Library’s musically calibrated steps by throwing stones across them 11. Attempt sake bombing at Plum Tree or Miyake in Collegetown 12. Enjoy ice cream and other dairy products made by Cornell Dairy 13. Climb the rock wall in Bartels Hall 14. Listen to a full clock tower chimes concert and guess the songs played 15. Take classes outside your major. Way outside your major.

16. Wear flip-flops to class in January 17. Go to the Fuertes Observatory on North Campus and gaze at meteor showers 18. Have a snowball fight in May 19. Go beer tasting at the Ithaca Beer Co. brewery 20. Skip class to play frisbee on the Arts Quad 21. Bury a bottle of liquor on Libe Slope. Dig it up on Slope Day. 22. Pick apples at the Cornell Orchards 23. Attend the Apple Festival on the Commons 24. Flirt with your professor 25. Bomb a prelim 26. Ace the next one to save your grade 27. Get a massage at Gannett and bursar it 28. Meet Happy Dave from Okenshield’s 29. Turn your face blue from screaming at midnight before the first finals 30. Get heartburn at the Chili Cook-Off on the Commons 31. Spend a summer at Cornell and enjoy Ithaca’s few months of warm weather 32. Go to a Shabbat dinner at 104 West (CornellCard it) 33. Watch the AAP students parade down East Avenue on Dragon Day 34. Enjoy corn nuggets at The Nines 35. Build a snow penis, then watch as Cornell University Police knock it down 36. Dress up and go to The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Risley 37. Take a class you think is impossible just for fun (pass/fail) 38. Go on a wine tour 39. Kiss someone on the suspension bridge at midnight 40. Sleep through your alarm for a 1:25 p.m. class 41. Shop at a secondhand store on the Commons 42. Avoid paying a University parking ticket 43. Buy an Ithaca Is Gorges t-shirt, then get sick of wearing it and buy a variation (Ithaca Is Gangsta, Vaginas Are Gorges, Ithaca Is Long Island...)

44. Learn the “Alma Mater,” “Evening Song” and “Give My Regards to Davy” 45. Attend an opening at the Johnson Museum of Art 46. Smuggle food from the dining hall and run for your life as they try to get back your stolen cookies 47. Do the Walk of Shame 48. Have dinner at a professor’s house 49. Get wasted at a professor’s house 50. Drink sangria on the patio outside Collegetown Bagels 51. Play a game of tag in Olin library’s stacks 52. See a play in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 53. Rush the field at the last home football game of the season 54. Go sailing on Cayuga Lake 55. Gamble at Turning Stone (try not to lose money) 56. Watch dancers fly through the air at a Bhangra show 57. Have a midnight picnic in the Cornell Plantations 58. Wait in line for half an hour for a salad at the Terrace 59. Ignore any and all “No Winter Maintenance” signs … slip and fall on the icy stairs 60. Sit in Libe Café when you have no work to do and watch the worried studiers down gallons of coffee 61. Write an angry letter to the editor of The Sun 62. Go to Wegmans on a Friday or Saturday night 63. Explore the secret underground tunnel between Uris and Olin libraries 64. See the library’s Rare Book Collection 65. Pretend you are Harry Potter and study in the Law School library 66. See the brain collection in Uris Hall 67. Get credit for drinking in class — take Hotel Administration 4330: Introduction to Wines 68. Don’t get credit, but drink in another class anyway 69. Blow glass at the Corning Museum of Glass 70. Get paid to take part in a psychology experiment 71. Nap in a library 72. Take over a building 73. According to legend, watch a virgin cross the Arts Quad at midnight and then witness A.D. White and Ezra Cornell shaking hands 74. Live through an Ithaca blizzard and tell your friends how you survived frostbite 75. Throw a flaming pumpkin into the gorge 76. Play intramural co-ed innertube water polo 77. Spend all your lectures working on the day’s Sudoku. While sitting for the final, wish you had taken notes instead.

78. Hook up with your T.A. 79. Order a PMP at the Hot Truck 80. Play trivia at Rulloff’s on Sunday nights 81. Go back for karaoke night on Monday

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82. Party on a Tuesday night, skip your morning class 83. Hit up Group Therapy at Dunbar’s and Fishbowls at Level B on the same Wednesday 84. Go bowling at Helen Newman Lanes 85. Hand out quartercards on Ho Plaza 86. Drive your car up and down Libe Slope or Ho Plaza 87. Have a friend’s parents take you out to eat at John Thomas Steakhouse or Boatyard Grill 88. Eat a chicken parm sandwich from Louie’s Lunch 89. Eat breakfast at 5 a.m. at the State Diner 90. Males: Get thrown out of Balch Hall. Females: Get bumped to the front of the line at a fraternity party 91. Hook up with a freshman (after your freshman year) 92. Hike in one of Ithaca’s beautiful parks 93. Walk to the Commons and back 94. Go to an a cappella concert 95. Ice skate at Lynah Rink 96. Write a message on the wall at Collegetown Pizza 97. Sell back your books; use the money to buy alcohol 98. Drink bubble tea 99. Eat a Pinesburger 100. Walk to a fraternity party with your entire freshman floor 101. Go to a fraternity party as a senior; convince yourself you were never one of them 102. Get lost in Collegetown during Orientation Week 103. Question the meaning of life 104. See a foreign film at Cinemapolis or the Cornell Cinema 105. Eat mongo at RPCC 106. See a concert at Barton Hall 107. Gain the freshman 15, pay $300 for a gym membership and never use it 108. Eat Sunday brunch at Carriage House 109. Do your Freshman Reading Project sometime before you graduate 110. Go to Harry Potter night at Risley Hall 111. Tailgate for homecoming 112. Be a model in the Cornell Design League’s annual fashion show 113. Host a prefrosh 114. Request a song to be played on the clock tower 115. See how long you can avoid accepting a quarter card on Ho Plaza 116. Get asked if you are pregnant at Gannett (males and females) 117. Drink with your freshman year R.A. 118. Make a chalking; weep when it rains that night 119. Sing drunk on the TCAT bus. End up passing out on the same bus.

120. Rent a Big Red Bike from Uris Library 121. See how long you can go without doing laundry; buy new underwear to keep the streak alive 122. Take a road trip to Canada 123. Try to order pizza from a Blue Light phone 124. Go to the sex shop next to the Commons 125. Get drunk on Slope Day, run into Vice President Susan Murphy ’73 126. Complain about the Slope Day headliners 127. Get tapped for a secret society 128. Go to The Shops at Ithaca Mall, realize it is severely lacking, then drive to Carousel Mall in Syracuse 129. Console a friend who did poorly on a midterm, only to find out they did better than you did 130. Complain about your freshman writing seminar to no one in particular 131. Walk holding hands around Beebe Lake 132. Visit the Sciencenter 133. Watch a soccer game at Mama T’s, crammed in like a sardine 134. Get J.A.’d for urinating on a campus building 135. Hook up with a stranger then awkwardly run into him/her every week for the rest of your time at Cornell 136. Go to a coffee house in JAM 137. See how many people you can cram into your dorm room 138. Watch people play Dance Dance Revolution in Appel 139. Write dirty messages with rocks in the gorge 140. Ride a horse at Oxley Equestrian Center 141. Ring the giant bell in the Plantations 142. Crash a political rally on Ho Plaza 143. Conquer the COE ropes course 144. Attend a show at the State Theatre 145. Prank call the CIT HelpDesk 146. Wake up at 7 a.m. for CoursEnroll; realize that your choice classes are full anyway 147. Ski at Greek Peak 148. Take a night prelim near the vet school, walk back in the dark 149. Trespass on Alumni Fields 150. Ask Uncle Ezra a question 151. Take the BASICS program 152. Walk to class in the snow, uphill both ways 153. Buy a Cornell-grown apple from a vending machine 154. Furnish an apartment entirely with items from the Dump & Run 155. Eat at each dining hall at least once 156. Ask for an extension on a term paper 157. Take part in Holi and get colorful 158. Prepare to pull an all-nighter in the Uris Library Cocktail Lounge by drinking a Caffeine Bomb: drop a 5-Hour Energy Drink into a large coffee and drink as fast as you can 159. Tell a professor what you really think of his/her class 160. Find your favorite Collegetown bar; sigh as it closes two months later 161. Climb all 161 steps to the top of McGraw Tower

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Your guide to culture around campus — and beyond So. You’re in college. In Ithaca. What to do now?

When prelims, lab reports and snow aren’t getting you down (read: seldom), there’s a lively arts scene right outside your doorstep to keep you sane.

From barn-burning bashes in Barton to art appreciation in the Johnson, there’s something for every taste. Cornell may be known for its cows and gorges, but it’s no slouch when it comes to music, theater, film and fine art.

And don’t forget the turf around The Hill. Ever since it made an appearance in Homer, Ithaca has been an arts-obsessed little town, with a local music scene bursting at the seams and a host of other cultural offerings to keep the hippies, hicks and Hillsters entertained. So make use of your time here, hit the town and remember — grades may last a semester, but art lasts forever.

— The Arts Section

Show Promoters Cornell Concert Commission The heavy hitters in the campus concert scene. They’re the ones responsible for the big blowouts at Barton (Nas, Avicii., etc.) and the early fall show on the Arts Quad. Now you know where your Student Activity Fee goes.

Fanclub Collective The Lennon to CCC’s McCartney and a home to Cornell’s wanna-be Brooklyn hipster crowd, Fanclub brings in bands before they’re cool and offers an oasis of originality in the desert of Cornell’s musical conformity. Think Real Estate, HEALTH and Shonen Knife. If you get it, you get it.

Concert Venues The State Theatre

Central Campus

The State is Ithaca’s very own Fillmore, MSG and Royal Albert Hall, all rolled into one. A cinema following Ithaca’s brief tenure as the Hollywood of the East, its ornate interior has recently played host to the likes of The Avett Brothers, Fiona Apple and Bobby McFerrin. Citizen Cope, Glen Campbell and Craig Ferguson are just a few of the artists slated to stop by this fall. Dance performances and movie screenings are not unheard of. Get your tickets early.

There might be track and field equipment on the floor and ROTC classrooms may serve as backstage, but Barton is a bona fide big star attraction. Ever heard of Ludacris, Passion Pit or Jon Stewart? They’ve all stopped by the last few years, and Barton Hall is the undisputed king of campus venues, with a capacity around 5,000 and ... interesting acoustics. One other quirk: most shows are on Sunday nights — the track team gets Barton on Saturday.

Bailey Hall

Central Campus If you want to hear the sweet sounds of the Cornell Symphony Orchestra or the thoughts of Nobel Prize winners such as Elie Wiesel and Toni Morrison, then Bailey’s your best bet. The classroom for Psych 101 doubles as a venue for Cornell’s more subdued performances.

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Downtown & Collegetown

North Campus As with all things arts-related on campus, Risley Hall is right in the thick of the concert scene, hosting smaller acts like Matt & Kim and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart in years past, while welcoming Cornell’s own singers and songwriters to rock their halls.

For a more intimate live music experience, be sure not to miss the thriving bar music scene around town. The Nines in Collegetown regularly features Cornellians, while The Chapter House on Stewart Ave. is a second home for many of Ithaca’s superb home-grown bands. The Haunt (702 Willow Ave.) constantly hosts acts small and large, including Raekwon and Rusted Root.

Watering holes like Felicia’s Atomic Lounge (508 W. State St.) book acts throughout the year.

The Slope The epicenter of madness and debauchery on campus. At least for one day a year. The headliner last year was Kendrick Lamar, joining an already impressive roster that includes Snoop Dogg, Kanye West and Drake. It gives you somethng to look forward to during the long, cold winter.

Slope Day Programming Board They only put on one show a year, but don’t call them lazy: these cats work year-round to throw Cornell the biggest and baddest party around, and the music’s just half of it. Feeling woozy? Thank your lucky, Slope Day Programming Board stars that there’s free water (and port-o-potties) within crawling distance.

Barton Hall

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The Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

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The home of Cornell’s Theatre, Film & Dance Department Campus-produced plays, musicals, movies and dance performances are put on throughout the fall and spring. Last year’s season included God of Carnage and Mother of Exiles.

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North Campus Risley’s drama-oriented denizens give Cornell plenty to laugh, cry and think about, offering everything from nights at the circus to period-faithful reproductions of Don Giovanni.

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Even with all of the campus offerings, there’s a thriving drama scene in the city of Ithaca. The Kitchen Theatre (417 West State St.) offers classical and modern productions year-round and the newly renovated Hangar Theatre (801 Taughannock Blvd.) performs for those lucky enough to stay for an Ithaca summer. Speaking of which, the Ithaca Shakespeare Company puts on Shakespeare (The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet) in the Cornell Plantations in July.

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Art Galleries Johnson Museum

Central Campus

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University’s own fine art museum located conveniently on the Arts Quad, has a prolific collection of contemporary and historic works of art, including many Asian artifacts. The temporary galleries change almost monthly and the Johnson frequently hosts events and lectures related to the works shown.

Less known is the fact that the Johnson owns many more works than it can show at any given time: hidden in the archives are more Hokusai prints, original Rembrandt plates and the paintings of abstract expressionists like Michael Goldberg. These works are available for viewing to students — an awesome privilege — and can be seen by making an appointment with a curator. Also, once a year, the History of Art Majors Society, a student run group, curates a show accompanied by essays and interactive exhibits.

Hartell Gallery, Sibley Hall

Central Campus

Architecture students are notoriously mysterious, always locked up in Rand Hall producing God knows what. Hartell Gallery is a little known way of sneaking a peek at the architecture curriculum; nestled under the dome in Sibley Hall, the (spatial) center of the AAP community hosts a range of exhibits throughout the year. During mid-terms and finals, stop by to see the studio works of students pinned up — not just drawings of buildings, but frequently hand-built models and constructed work.

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Central Campus Cornell conceals a small but productive discipline in the fine arts within its College of Architecture, Art and Planning.

While you’re in Ithaca missing the big shows at big city museums, the two galleries at Tjaden Hall put on constantly changing exhibits throughout the year — a glimpse into the current discourse on campus. In years past, exhibits have offered anything from huge plaster casts of bulging bodies to delicate paintings of Iraqi aerial landscapes. The Olive Tjaden Gallery and the Experimental Gallery are open during the week; check at the AAP registrar’s office for a schedule of shows.

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Architecture Milstein Hall

Central Campus Nope, that’s not a U.F.O. — Milstein Hall, designed by Pritzker prize-winning architect Rem Koolhas and conceived as the home to Cornell’s esteemed architecture program, is a dazzling and starkly modern architectural marvel. The 47,000 square foot building, which officially opened in August 2011, is the first new building to be dedicated to Cornell’s Architecture, Art and Planning program in over 100 years.

Architectural highlights of the structure include the glass-encased “upper plate,” which cantilevers almost 50 feet over University Avenue (in laymen’s terms: it looks like it’s floating), and the lower-level dome, which supports both the auditorium’s raked seating and the stairs that lead to the studio above. Even if you’re not an architect, you owe it to yourself to pay a visit to this prestigious structure and sit on one of its colorful globes.

Cube House

Makarainen Road One of the few really beautiful works by a Cornell architecture grad in the Ithaca area, Simon Ungers’ minimalist cube is located out by Route 79 near Ithaca College. A pristine concrete box surrounded by acres of wilderness included in the property, the house stands as a tribute to the beauty of old school modernism in all its glory — stark, individualist and monumental despite its small scale. S. Ungers ’80 was the son of the late O.M. Ungers, who taught at Cornell and whose works abroad have influenced generations of designers. Borrow a friend’s car and drive up to Makarainen Road, near South Hill to creep around.

Johnson Museum

Central Campus

Beyond being the home to a prolific art collection, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is a complex an interesting space designed by Pei Cobb Freidd Partners — whose most famous architect is I.M. Pei. Situated at the end of the northern row of the Arts Quad, the Johnson Museum functions as a viewing device for the lake and the landscape. The building has distinct and interesting spaces on each floor, starting with café on the bottom level (a picturesque place to grab a tea), moving up through the big courtyard in the middle and the panoramic conference room on the top floor — each of which is highly designed in terms of light and material. A stark contrast to the historic decadence of the other buildings on the Arts Quad, the architecture of Pei’s Johnson Museum deserves its own look.

Carl Sagan’s Study

900 Stewart Ave.

When crossing the Stewart Avenue bridge from North Campus’ Fall Creek Road towards the West Campus dorms, you will see a two-faced work of architecture that is shrouded in mystery. On the North Campus side, the building displays a modernist façade — a pure white plane with a cut opening. Looking across the gorge from the West Campus side, the building, flanked by Rockledge fraternity, appears to be the gateway into an Egyptian tomb. The late Carl Sagan, legendary Cornell astronomer, renovated the former meeting place of the senior honor society Sphinx Head into his study and part-time home. Designed by the late Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente (a protégé of Le Corbusier and one-time Cornell professor) and his wife Ann Pendleton, Carl Sagan’s cliff-edge study is a structural and formal marvel.

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Film

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No joke: C.C. may just be the best college movie theater in the country. Billing itself as a “year-round film festival,” it screens a frightening number of feature films, documentaries and shorts from the megaplex and places you’ve never even heard of, making every one of us a potential cinema expert.

Showings are usually in Willard Straight Hall or Uris Hall. Do yourself a favor and make it a regular stop — there are multiple films a day and a constantly changing lineup, and the live talks by directors and music-accompanied silent films are just icing on the cake. Seriously, you’re lucky.

Cinemapolis

Regal Cinemas

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Pyramid Mall, 40 Catherwood Rd.

A gift from silverscreen gods, this Ithaca fixture screens independent, foreign and mainstream films on a daily basis. If you do not make at least a couple trips here come Oscar season, consider yourself behind the curve.

And you thought college meant never going to the mall again. But if you absolutely must see the midnight debut of the next Twilight flick, hoof it over to Regal, home of the Hollywood blockbuster and normal release schedule.

Need more arts? Craving extra culture? Read The Cornell Daily Sun Arts Section, printed five days a week and featuring the best of campus music, film, fine arts and all that other good stuff.

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Top Five Science-y Things to Do Former Sun Senior Writer

1. Be a farmer for the afternoon at a Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm work party.

An entirely student run, organic farm, Dilmun Hill is located on Route 366 (Dryden Road), just across from Judd Falls Road, near the Cornell Orchards. The farm practices sustainable agriculture and provides produce for places on campus like the Manndible Café.

The farm hosts weekly work-parties on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. and invites everyone to experience the latest in sustainable agricultural practices, support the farm, join their community and go home with fresh produce.

If visiting the farm seems like a bit of a journey, visit Dilmun Hill’s on-campus farm stand on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 in front of Mann Library (on the Ag Quad) and inside the library lobby on rainy days. They will also be at the Farmers’ Market at Cornell this fall on Thursdays between 11 and 3.

Market Garden Manager Issac Isaac Arginteanu ’12 said, “I started out knowing nothing about agriculture and farming and now I’m a manager. It was my introduction to something I’ve become very passionate about.”

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Stargazing | Visit the Fuertes Observatory to star gaze or watch a meteor shower.

5. Take a midnight trip to the Lab of Ornithology’s sanctuary.

Organic Farm work party, where students gather to do farm chores each week.

2. Check out the 200,000 species in the Cornell University Insect Collection.

The Cornell University Insect Collection includes more than seven million insect specimens representing about 200,000 species, or roughly 20 percent of the World’s described insect fauna. The collection is housed in approximately 16,500 drawers held within in a climate-controlled facility located on the second floor of Comstock Hall on Cornell’s central campus.

Because it is a research facility, visits to the CUIC are limited and need to be planned in advance. Prospective visitors or students interested in conducting research at the facility should contact curator James Kenneth Liebherr at jkl5@cornell.edu.

The CUIC also participates in the annual Insectapalooza celebration — a one day insect fair with educational exhibits for all age groups, from children to adults. Insectapalooza typically takes place at the end of October.

Founded in 1915, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation and conservation of birds. The lab is not on campus, but is easily accessible by a shuttle bus that stops at Corson-Mudd Hall (across from Trilium) at 8:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m., and 4:45 p.m..

The lab is located in Sapsucker Woods, and guided bird walks through Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary are offered for beginners on Saturdays and Sundays from April to September.

The Johnson Visitor Center at the lab is home to a large observatory with chairs, telescopes, and bird feeders, interactive exhibits, a world-class collection of bird art and sculpture and the Macaulay library — the world’s largest archive of animal sounds and video.

Admission is free, and the visitor center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.on Saturdays, and 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The sanctuary, however, is open every day from dawn to dusk.

4. Go stargazing at the Fuertes Observatory.

Fuertes Observatory is located on North Campus near

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Biology 2650: Tropical Field Ecology and Behavior in Kenya –– During winter break, students travel to Kenya to study tropical tropical biology, ecology, and behavioral ecology.

Riku Moriguchi ’13 participated in the course this year. Moriguchi said, “It’s probabl one of the greatest things I’ve ever done in my life.” He explained game drives –– which entailed driving vans through Savannah in the middle of the night with flashlights –– as the best part of the experience. Students also have the opportunity to work on three different research projects.

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Food Science 4300: Understanding Wine and Beer –– The science version of the Hotel School’s Wines class allows students to understand what flavor chemicals produce certain tastes — like smoky wines and hoppy beers. One catch: you have to be 21 to enroll.

Horticulture 2010: The Art of Horticulture –– This experiential class allows students to use plants and gardens as art. Students can use photography, watercolor and botanical illustration methods. Alli Hoffman ’12 said, “It was a great course, and a wonderful change from the monotonous days of schoolwork and lectures.”

Natural Resources 3250: Forest Management and Maple Syrup Production –– This hands-on class teaches students multi-purpose ways to manage forests, including how to make maple syrup.

Human Ecology

Human Development 3620: Human Bonding –– Why are we attracted to certain people and not others? Human Bonding explores attraction, jealousy, loneliness and attachment among other topics.

Sarah Spiro ’13 said, “Everything was just so incredibly true to your own relationships. When people tell me about problems with a boyfriend or girlfriend I actually find myself thinking through the nine stages of a breakup,”

3. Check out the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Synchrotron.

Slightly larger than a football field, the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) has a 768 meter circumference and the capability to send electrons and positrons flying at 99.9999995 percent of the speed of light.

CHESS provides state-of-the-art synchrotron radiation facilities for research in physics, chemistry, biology, and environmental and materials sciences and attracts 500-600 scientists, graduate and undergraduate students each year.

Researchers at CHESS always welcome student volunteers to participate in research and experiments, and even observe 24 hour CHESS runs. CHESS is located in Wilson laboratory on Route 366 & Pine Tree Road.

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Helen Newman Hall. The observatory houses several small telescopes, and a larger, 12-inch refractor telescope with a mechanical tracking mechanism that is operated by weights, like a grandfather clock.

Though the observatory is no longer used for research purposes, it is used for introductory astronomy classes, and is open to the public.

The Cornell Astronomical Society runs public viewing nights at the Fuertes Observatory on every clear Friday night during the semester from 8:00 p.m. until midnight, if sky conditions permit.

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Congratulations on your acceptance to Cornell, one of the nation’s finest research institutions.

Science is organized knowledge and Cornell University offers a diverse set of scientific study.

My advice to you is to make curiosity your key.

Question everything, figure out how things work and begin to explore and discover. Cornell has so much to offer to the inquisitive student. These are the same halls where Carl Sagan pondered the Cosmos and where Bill Nye began as a budding Science Guy. They were both curious--you should be, too. So feed your curiosity by reading the Science Section every Wednesday and learn about the science happening around you everyday.

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Woods, is a world leader in the appreciation and conservation of birds.

Nutritional Sciences 1150: Nutrition, Health and Society — Prof. Levitsky, nutritional sciences, writes songs about the digestive system and cooks meals for the whole class. This course teaches students about how to stay healthy in the world of late-night munchies and sleeplessness. Perhaps it can even help keep off the freshman 15.

Jacob Christ ’13 took the course as a freshman and said, “He [Levitsky] did a good job of putting it in a holistic sense and making everything applicable to the real world.”

Maria Minsker can be reached at mminsker@cornellsun.com.

Katerina Athanasiou can be reached at kathanasiou@cornellsun.com.

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Top Five Famous Science Alums First Female Ambulance Physician: Dr. Emily Barringer 1897 At the turn of the 20th century, women had won the first skirmishes of their battle for admission into medical schools, but for many female physicians the struggle to receive further hospital training continued. One such woman who made a lasting change in the fight for equal practice in medicine was Emily Dunning Barringer 1897 the first woman ambulance physician.

Barringer was born in Scarsdale New York on Sept. 27, 1876, graduated from Cornell in 1897, and went onto the Cornell University School of Medicine earning her medical degree in 1901.

Upon graduating from medical school, Barringer applied for an internship position at Gouverneur Hospital in New York City, but was denied despite receiving the second-highest grade on the hospital’s qualifying exam.

Up to that point no woman had ever been accepted into that hospital’s post-graduate surgical training program, and it was apparent by her rejection that the Gouverneur Hospital wanted to keep it as such. But Barringer was determined, BARRINGER 1897 and the following year she applied again with support from political and religious figures, and was accepted.

The male interns at the hospital, upset at the idea of practicing with a woman, unsuccessfully petitioned against her appointment. Despite the sexism, Barringer succeeded in completing her residency and became the world’s first female ambulance surgeon.

In 1943 she became a vice-chair of the American Women’s Hospitals War Service Committee of the National Medical Women’s Association (later the American Medical Women’s Association) where she spearheaded a campaign to raise money for ambulances and surgical equipment to aid war stricken Europe.

As vice-chair she also lobbied successfully to allow women to hold positions in the Army and Navy Medical Corps during World War II, rewarding them the same military benefits available to men. After World War II, Barringer continued her work advocating woman’s suffrage and contributing to the progress of women in medicine.

Inventor of Heimlich Maneuver: Dr. Henry Heimlich ’41 Dr. Henry Heimlich ’41, M.D ’43, the man behind the maneuver, was born February 3, 1920 in Wilmington, Delaware. Heimlich first described the procedure in an informal article called “Pop Goes the Café Coronary” published in June 1974 in the journal Emergency Medicine.

The term “café coronary,” Heimlich explains, comes from the frequent occurence when a person chokes to death on food in a restaurant and is not helped by onlookers because they are confused as to what to do, thinking the person is suffering from a heart attack.

Heimlich’s method became widely publicized as an important addition to the emergency care procedures appearing in journals like the Journal of the American Medical Association HEIMLICH ’41 and became popularly called the “Heimlich maneuver.”

Heimlich’s theory behind his technique was that the quick abdominal thrusts applied to the victim produces “artificial coughs” by compressing his abdomen below the level of the diaphragm. These coughs force air out from the lungs, dislodging the obstruction caught in the trachea and expelling the foreign object out through the mouth.

According to the Heimlich Institute, since its introduction the Heimlich maneuver has been credited with saving more than 50,000 people, including actress Elizabeth Taylor, sports broadcaster Dick Vitale and Former President Ronald Reagan. The maneuver was even endorsed by Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop in 1985 as “the only safe method for saving a choking victim.”

Although in recent years Heimlich has received much criticism for his work, and the American Red Cross made revisions to his choking prevention methods –– the Heimlich maneuver has been widely regarded as the gold standard for treating a choking victim for more than three decades.

Mother of Cytogenetics: Barbara McClintock ’23 Barbara McClintock ’23, botany, M.A. ’25, Ph.D. ’27, was uncommonly reticent about her revolutionary research in cytogenetics. At the time she was working, the science community viewed genetic material as static and unchanging, and McClintock’s work on genes and chromosomes flatly refuted that view.

McClintock became hooked on genetics in 1921 after taking the University’s only undergraduate genetics course, taught by Prof. C. B. Hutchison, plant breeding. That same semester she took a cytology course taught

by Prof. Lester W. Sharp, botany, and developed a lifelong fascination with the genetic content and expression of chromosomes.

At a time when women could not major in genetics, McClintock obtaining advanced degrees in botany and remained at the University to study maize cytogenetics. Maize was popular in early genetics research because each kernel is a product of a separate cross, and it has ten chromosomes producing easily observable traits.

McClintock followed her research to the University of Missouri at Columbia, the California Institute of Technology, wartime Berlin (1933-1934) and, finally, to Cold Spring Harbor’s Carnegie Institution of Washington for 26 years.

In 1983, McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of mobile genetic elements and became the first female individual recipient in that category.

At Cold Spring Harbor, she studied two genes, called controlling elements, responsible for mutations in maize pigmentation. The element close to the pigmentation gene acted as a switch gene, and the element further away on the chromosome in turn acted as a rate gene for the switch gene. These two controlling elements were termed “jumping genes” because they could move along the chromosome or to different chromosomes in a process known as transposition.

McCLINTOCK ’23 McClintock is an undisputed giant of cytogenetics, but she is certainly also a giant within the realm of women in science. For a scientist who once found it impossible to receive tenure, she went on to become the third woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the first woman to serve as president of the Genetics Society of America.

Inventor of the Chicken Nugget: Robert Baker ’43

Everyone’s Favorite Science Nerd: ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’

The next time you order chicken nuggets off the kid’s menu just for the crayons, you have a University alumnus to thank: Robert Baker ’43. He quickly moved from his orchard roots to poultry, eventually earning the title of “Chicken Einstein” from the New York Times for the more than 50 chicken products his lab developed.

When Baker left Pennsylvania State University in 1957 to join the University’s faculty in poultry science and food science, he brought with him what became known as his famous Cornell chicken barbeque sauce. He and his family served the specialty for more than five decades at the Baker’s Chicken Coop at the New York State Fair.

There’s the story of how the first family visited in 1999, and Baker’s daughter Reenie presented them with a basket of New York State apples to which President Clinton remarked, “Those apples look good, but where’s the chicken?”

BAKER ’43 Baker mastered the science of extracting all meat from poultry carcasses and reshaping it into everything from chicken nuggets to poultry hot dogs (or chicken franks, or bird dogs, if you prefer). The breakthrough in the development of the now ubiquitous bite-size chicken pieces was his method of keeping the breading attached to the nuggets during frying. He also used previously-discarded parts such as backs, necks and skin to make chicken baloney, chicken salami, chicken pastrami, chicken steak, chicken ham and chicken chili.

Baker’s work extended beyond the realm of new ways to process chicken to the naming of these products and their packaging and transportation. In 1970, he founded the University’s Institute of Food Science and Marketing, and together with Prof. Emeritus Joseph Hotchkiss, food science, he revolutionized chicken shipping. Their modifications of atmosphere and vacuum packaging are still in use today.

In science class, “Bill Nye the Science Guy” was one of the few educational videos worth staying awake to watch. Nye ’77, mechanical and aerospace engineering, had an infectious goofiness and was the rare adult who asked aloud “How does it work?” –– a question that is a permanent fixture in some young minds.

Nye accepted a job at Boeing after graduation, then started performing late-night stand up in Seattle before leaving, and left Boeing to pursue comedy full time.

NYE ’77 Nye combines his humor and intellect to increase the level of scientific literacy in the American public.

As a kid, when he wasn’t taking apart his bicycle to see how it worked, Nye was immersed in the space program. As an adult, Nye remained an avid bicyclist, finishing first in the Cannonball 300, a day-long 300-mile bike race from Seattle to Spokane. He now serves as the executive director of the Planetary Society.

Nye remains connected to the University through the Frank H. T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professorship, and in 1998, was invited to a University meeting about the Mars Rover missions. Ned Nye, Bill’s father, was a sundial enthusiast, and when he caught a glance at the solar panel-powered calibration targets for the high-resolution panoramic cameras, he saw a striking resemblance to sundials.

Both rovers were outfitted with sundials and inscribed with the motto of “two worlds, one sun.” A subsequent EarthDial project encouraged people to install a global network of sundials, much in the spirit of public involvement.

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onships before becoming the heavyweight crew’s fearless leader in 2008. Enjoys putting his team on the erg machine before sun-up.

Koll: Rob. Long-time, legendary wrestling coach and former All-American, Koll has picked up where previous coach Jack Spates left off. His team has won the Ivies the last eight years, and finished a program-best second at the national championships three seasons ago. Led Kyle Dake ’13 to his third individual national championship last year.

Lucia: Joe. Brutally honest men’s swimming coach for over 20 years. Has the unenviable task of charting his guys to the head of the Ivy waves.

Lynah: Lynah Rink, cradle of Cornell hockey fanaticism. Recently-renovated to add 464 seats to the 3,836 person capacity. Where legends are born and opponents’ dreams are crushed.

Marinaro: Ed ’72. The best player in Red football history. Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on November 1, 1971 and was featured in a fall 2007 issue. After a brief stint in the NFL, he followed in the footsteps of another former great — “Broadway” Joe Namath — and tried his hand at acting.

McKee: David ’07. Hockey goaltender rewrote the Cornell record books in only three seasons, leading the Red to a 19-game winning streak. He then packed his bags and signed with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks of the NHL. Moore: Charles H. ’51. Former Cornell track star and athletic director. Two-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in the 440-yard hurdles.

Moran: Richie. Hall of Fame lacrosse coach. Took Cornell to the NCAA playoffs countless times, winning three national championships along the way. Was once dubbed by Sport magazine as “The Electric Pear.”

Newman Arena: Home of the Red basketball and volleyball teams. Also site of occasional wrestling tournament. Located in Bartels Hall.

Nieuwendyk: Joe ’88. NHL Rookie of the Year for Calgary 15 seasons ago with 51 goals. Took faceoffs for the Dallas Stars until he was traded to the New Jersey Devils to win a third Stanley Cup in 2003. Cornell MVP in 1987 and a NHL All-Star. He has also won the Conn Smyth and Olympic gold. Still owns a house on Cayuga Lake. Saw his No. 25 retired at Lynah Rink on Feb. 26, 2010.

Noel: Andy. Current Athletic Director and Daily Sun favorite.

Olbermann: Keith ’79. Former energetic and colorful anchor of ESPN’s SportsCenter, making it the cultural phenomenon it is today — so popular that it can get away with the “Who’s Now?” tournament. Master of the guttural “He put the biscuit in the basket.” Enjoyed the limelight at Fox. Now back for a second tour of duty at MSNBC. Made headlines back in 2009 when he engaged in a verbal spat with conservative political commentator Ann Coulter ’84 (who we like to forget even went here) over the value of his CALS degree.

Pennsylvania: Slimy Ivy rival in Philadelphia. It has strong athletic teams and questionable recruiting ethics. Learn to hate them. They’re ruthless, bad sports and play to win at whatever cost — even if it means throwing toast on the football field. And they call themselves Quakers.

Pidto: Bill ’87. A former sports anchor for Cornell’s WVBR, former ESPN journalist and now a host on the MSG Network on Fox Sports.

Princeton: Yawn. Nickname: Tigers. Location: New Jersey, but fields top-notch basketball and lax teams anyway. Has won more Ivy League titles than any other school with its shady recruiting.

Redman: Cornell wrestling mascot. Has been known to randomly show up at men’s basketball games.

Identity unknown.

Sarachan: Dave ’76. Former head coach of the Chicago Fire, an MLS team. Led Red booters to two NCAA bids in his final seasons at the helm. Two-time All-American at Cornell.

Schaap: 1. Dick ’55. Highly acclaimed newsman who died in 2001. Veteran sports journalist, author of numerous books, sports correspondent for ABC News and host of ESPN’s Sports Reporters. Oh, and he was also once the editor-in-chief of The Sun. 2. Jeremy ’91, ESPN. Followed in dad’s footsteps and is currently correspondent for ESPN’s Outside the Lines. Also, former Sports Editor at the Sun. Came to Ithaca prior to Cornell’s Sweet 16 matchup with Kentucky to report on the men’s basketball team. “In Ithaca, New York, Jeremy Schaap, ESPN.” So legit.

Schafer: Mike ’86. Men’s hockey coach who steered his team to ECAC tournament victories in his first two seasons, then to the squad’s first Frozen Four appearance in 23 years in his eighth. In his 10th, 2005-06, guided the Red to a 22-9-4 record in which the team came a goal away in triple overtime against Minnesota from making the Frozen Four. Fans greeted him then and now with chant, “Kill, Schafer, Kill.” Now in his 17th season at the helm, he will seek to guide his squad to its first Frozen Four berth since 2002-03.

Schoellkopf: Stadium which houses football, men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. Nice view of Ithaca and most of Central New York on clear days on the Crescent side. Artificial playing surface has been called “the Cadillac of turf systems” but has seen its last days at Schoellkopf, giving way to the new wave FieldTurf which debuted last season.

Smith: Dayna. Eleven-year coach of the women’s basketball team. Like many other Red coaches, made her way over from Penn. The winningest coach in the history of the program.

Tanasoiu: Silviu. Romanian-born head coach of the men’s tennis team who just completed his second year with the Red. Stepped into the coaching position after former head coach Tony Bresky packed his bags and left for Wake Forest last fall. Led his young squad to a 10-15 record and multiple All-Ivy League Second Team selections.

Taylor: Nathan. Intense coach of the men’s cross country and track teams. Came here from Penn, obviously a big improvement for him.

Yale: Mediocre Ivy misfits. Not really good at any sport, but what else can you expect from a school in New Haven? Also called the Bulldogs and the Elis. By the way, what’s an Eli? Zawislan: Jaro. Fourth-year head coach of the men’s soccer team. Used bad-ass Polish accent to guide the Red to a 15-2 record and a 6-1 Ivy record.

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account that was created last year, and I still don’t know who it is. I’m assuming it’s someone on the team, maybe one of my friends. It’s a little creepy actually because I’ll be in the library and they’ll tweet something about me being there and I’m not even following them. It started when I broke my foot and someone created the Twitter account thinking it’d be funny to update on Rob Pannell’s injury status and now it’s become Rob Pannell spotted at Pixel.

Have you been making a conscious effort to figure out who’s behind it?

No. I think it’s funny and was funnier when it first came out, but I haven’t seen too many tweets from them lately.

Maybe it’s someone from The Sun. 8. Who are the three kings?

So that’s our attack line of Steve Mock, Matt Donovan and myself. I guess we kind of labeled ourselves as the three kings, I think it was Matt Donovan who came up with the name. We just stuck with it and it has become the joke of our team because the three of us get a lot of the press.

Do your teammates actually refer to you three as that?

Sometimes. We’re trying to get it trending. #Twitter.

Where does your personal nickname of Hollywood originate?

I tend to be one of the more trendy, into style guys on the team. I like to dress well. I’m always wearing sunglasses with my suits, or color combinations, so Tom Freshour gave me that nickname, which is funny because my uncle’s nickname is Hollywood, and I kind of like that nickname. He’s the only one who uses it though.

Do you have any other good nicknames?

RP3 is my favorite. It was given to me my freshman year by Max Seibald. There’s Chris Paul, CP3, and RG3, so RP3 is probably one of my favorites.

9. Who maintains body hair better, you or Russell Scott?

I’ll have to go with myself. I like to keep myself well groomed, and guys on the team think that that’s a little weird.

I’m just not a big fan of hair. It goes hand in hand with the Hollywood thing.

Marry, chill or ditch: Russell “Gator” Scott, Tony “Phat Tony” Britton, or Matt “T-Man” Taylor?

Marry Tony, chill with Russell Scott and ditch T-Man, for obvious reasons.

If you had to choose, would you rather have your own or Chris Langton’s body?

I’ll say Chris’. He’s an Olympic athlete, so that’s all that needs to be said. I’ve worked very hard for mine though; Chris’ is very natural.

Would you agree with Seventeen magazine’s ranking of you on its of hottest college athletes list?

I probably wouldn’t have put me on the list; however, since I was on the list I was upset I wasn’t No. 1. After seeing some of the people on the list, I realized it was pretty much a joke of a list so it ended up not being as cool as I thought it was, but I’ll take it. It was probably my biggest accomplishment yet.

10. What has been your craziest experience at Cornell?

It was probably after we lost our last game last year. We didn’t have any more lacrosse and it was May 4th, the earliest we had finished. I got my first taste of college for three weeks straight and it was pretty awesome. I stayed until graduation and had a lot of fun.

Does it ever upset you guys when you have to miss Slope Day or graduation?

Yeah, but we always joke about it. We have our own Slope Day in the Fall — when we’re conditioning we go and do sprints up the slope. I missed it last semester so I’m not getting any Slope Day this year, but I’ve had it in the Fall for the past four years. It’s pretty comparable. We probably enjoy it more than the normal Slope Day. But no, it’s nice to host the Ivy League tournament and we can go check it out early in the day, drinking water, and then I guess we’ll enjoy Slope Day after we graduate and come back. And then we always have a goal to miss graduation. My freshman and sophomore years they missed it, so if we’re missing graduation that’s a good thing and that’s something we’ll all be excited for. No one wants to sit through graduation.

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Liao Reflects on Sports in 2012-13 W

ith just two days left of school, I was having trouble thinking of a topic to write about and instead reflected upon the last year of sports and what’s happened. What has justified by existence as a sports fan?

What has made me laugh? Who deserves some recognition for some great achievements? Before long, I had accumulated a list of tens of things and thought that they all deserved a shout out for collectively making a great year of sports happen. Let’s go through some of them, with a short blurb

Although they are currently behind in their series with the Warriors, they’ve been by far the most fun team to watch all year. They play fast, with incredible energy and almost seem to make spectacular plays. While 37-year-old Andre Miller continues to be extremely effective, despite shooting flat jumpers, looking out of shape and moving at the slowest pace imaginable.

Shout-out to the Lakers and that circus of a season. You could write a 900-page novel about this season. Coming into the season with great expectations, the age, lack of chemistry and injuries to everyone just completely derailed any hope of winning anything in the playoffs. The way Dwight Howard got ejected in their final game was a perfect way to end the most disappointing season Playing the Field for any team in any league I can.

Shout-out to Spike Albrecht and being able to live vicariously through him in the NCAA Championship game. The way he caught fire and dominated Twitter for half an hour is what makes sports — especially college sports — so perfect.Shout out to Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III. With incredible seasons by all three of these rookie quarterbacks, it leaves the NFL in capable hands as Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and the rest of the old guard start to grow older. The NFL is an absolutely boring game without great quarterbacks (see: Jets, NY and Cardinals, Arizona) and it’s comforting to know that this will not happen any time soon.Shout-out to Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love for their PepsiMAX commercials by far the greatest sports-related commercial out there.Shout-out to Lionel Messi and his absolute dominance. The statistics for the miniature striker look straight out of a video game, where you only shoot with one person. Watching him play makes it seem even more like he’s a video game character, moving

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for each.

Big shout out to Jason Collins openly admitting he was gay earlier this week. In the macho world of sports, it’s great to see progress made towards homosexuality and the acceptance of his announcement throughout the NBA community has truly been inspiring. Of course, there are still plenty of bigots out there, but it’s great to see progress made, and I hope for even more progress in the future.

Shout out to the Jets and screwing up seemingly everything they can. They lost their best player and leader, Darrelle Revis, to a trade and this headline recently appeared on ESPN: “Jets GM: All five QBs to vie for job.”

There’s an old football adage, “if you have two quarterbacks, you don’t have one.” What happens if you have five quarterbacks? Do you have two and a half quarterbacks?

Answers to be revealed next season.

Shout out to the Denver Nuggets and Andre Miller.

faster and doing things the computer-controlled defenders simply can’t stop.Shout-out to Cleveland and the continued struggle of their sports teams. Making fun of my friends from Cleveland is one of my favorite pastimes, and it would not be made possible without the Browns, Cavaliers or Indians. At least the Law of Large Numbers says they’ll all be good at some point?Shout-out to LeBron James and turning into the dominating basketball machine we all wanted him to be. Pundits have criticized him for years for not concentrating on basketball, not using his immense physical gifts to their full extent and not being clutch. At this point, he makes anyone who criticizes him seem like an idiot. We love to watch greatness in sports, and right now, LeBron James is great.Shout-out to James Harden’s beard.

At this point, it’s approaching a homeless man’s beard. I don’t think he even trims it anymore. I really wonder how long he’ll keep this up … until he retires? It is firmly his identity at this point, but it is getting a tad ridiculous.Shout-out to DeAndre Jordan for his dunk on Brandon Knight. Weekly, I take a break from my homework, put this video on repeat and just sit back and enjoy.

It pumps me up every time I see it. Shout-out to the Cornell men’s ultimate team, the Buds. This past weekend, the Buds competed at regionals and won for the fifth year in a row by beating UConn in the finals, 15-6. They are the only team in the nation to have won their region and advance to nationals for five consecutive years. The team doesn’t get much publicity because they are not a varsity sport, but it’s quite an achievement.Shout-out to anyone who reads my random musings about sports. I don’t do any actual reporting or say anything meaningful, but I hope you have learned some things from my columns and enjoyed my opinions. Either way, expect one more year of the same.

Have a great summer!

Albert Liao is a Sun staff writer. He can be contacted at aliao@cornellsun.com. Playing the Field will appear this fall semester.

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f they ever tell my story, let them say I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Dr. Jerry Buss, constructor of championships. Let them say I lived to see Showtime, ruler of the 80s.

Very corny, I’ll admit, but the sentiment behind my introduction is as genuine as it could ever be. How do you say goodbye to a legend? There are timeless moments in the history of professional basketball in the United States. These momentous times in the evolution of the

of Dr. Jerry Buss, who in 1979 purchased the Los Angeles Lakers and revolutionized the NBA with the introduction of the Showtime Lakers, a team that would go on to win five NBA championships in the 1980s. The acquisitions of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, which formed one of the most potent 1-2 punches in the history of the NBA, culminated in a championship three-peat.

Most recently, the modern Lakers have won two more NBA championships.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 27th, 1933, Buss — the engineer of all

Juan Carlos Toledo Showtime at the Forum NBA have come to define generations of fans, have provided iconic images we can easily recognize, but, most importantly, have come to shape and mold the identity of the league as we know it today.

Some of the most important moments in the history of the NBA include the emergence of George Mikan, Bill Russell and Jerry West’s Lakers-Celtics battles of the 1960s, Kareem and the unstoppable Skyhook, Magic vs. Bird and of course the arrival of Michael Jordan to the Chicago Bulls. However, the moment I would like to pay tribute to is the passing

this success — passed away on February 18th at the age of 80.

During the 1970s, the NBA saw declining TV ratings, low attendance and both perceived and real drug-related player problems. All of this threatened to derail the league. Although many point to the leadership of David Stern as the cause of the NBA’s ascension back into major relevance in the 1980s, Jerry Buss is just as responsible for bringing the NBA back into the spotlight.

When Buss purchased the Lakers from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979, he inherited a

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team that included Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and that had just selected Magic Johnson with the first overall pick in the draft.

Buss’s vision for the Lakers franchise was to make their games a form of entertainment as well. Buss felt that since the Lakers were in Los Angeles — the entertainment capital of the world — their games should feature dancers and a live band for home games, which he hired promptly after taking over. Additionally, he wanted the playing style of his team to be up-tempo, an exciting run-and-gun style that prominently featured Magic, along with Kareem, James Worthy, Michael Cooper, Jamaal Wilkes and a number of other legendary players who would don purple and gold during the 1980s.

This era of Lakers basketball came to be known as Showtime. The Lakers quickly garnered a Hollywood celebrity following with fans such as Jack Nicholson regularly showing up to The Forum. Buss transformed the Forum Club — a previously family-friendly restaurant and lounge in the stadium — into the hottest nightclub in Los Angeles.

Add this to the emergence of the rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson — which would help to revive the historic Lakers-Celtics rivalry — and the NBA was back in the public spotlight.

The quality of the Lakers play, along with the high caliber players and coaches involved with the team, led to five NBA Championships in the 1980s.

With the 1990s being somewhat of a

dry period for the Lakers, Buss was not satisfied only with his team’s success in the previous decade. So he hired former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson — who coached Michael Jordan and the Bulls to six NBA Championships during the decade — to take over his Lakers. Under Buss and Jackson’s guidance, these Lakers won three NBA championships in a row from 2000-2002.

After the departure of Shaquille O’Neal following the 2003-2004 season, Buss and Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak kept trying to build their team up to championship form again. The acquisition of Pau Gasol in 2008 helped the Lakers win back-to-back titles from 2009-2010.

Buss’ relentless desire for success and perfection is the reason why he will be remembered as such a legend. Most owners of NBA teams are businessmen who are interested in the bottom line.

Although those owners do aspire to win championships, if their team is profitable, then they are ultimately happy.

Not Jerry Buss. For him, the bottom line meant nothing if there was no ring at the end of it. Since Buss purchased the Lakers, no team has won more championships than LA. If I had to sum up Jerry Buss in just one word, I would say that he was a winner. It’s about time to start planning the next Staples Center statue.

Juan Carlos Toledo can be contacted at jtoledo@cornellsun.com. He graduated in May.

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Ten Questions Columnist Reena Gilani caught up with Rob Pannell ’13 to chat about the ESPYs, girls named Jessie and the future.

1. How did you get involved with lacrosse?

I started playing in fourth grade. I had always played baseball growing up — my dad played baseball and football at Brown — so I was always a baseball player, but one of my best friend from home played lacrosse and I was over his house playing and he said I should try the sport, and I got into it immediately. I put my baseball mitt away and have been playing lacrosse ever since. My uncle had played at Hofstra [and] my family knew a little bit about it, so I started playing.

What made you like lacrosse more than baseball?

It’s just faster paced, which is what I loved most. Lacrosse is constant action, and the position I play allows me to have the ball in my stick a lot, which I like, and I like to be a part of what’s going on. It’s more exciting and fun for me.

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How did you choose Cornell and what has your experience been like here?

Cornell was really the only school that was willing to give me a shot as far as top tier, Division I schools go. They were the only school that really wanted me, and they had never even seen me play live. I came up on my visit here, and I loved the passion that the coaches had for lacrosse and winning. They talked about family, and I could really see something that I wanted to be a part of, which it has been. I’ve made friendships and learned lessons that are going to last me forever. It has truly been a remarkable experience, so much that I have been here for five years, and it’s great.

How did you make the decision to redshirt?

It was after I broke my foot.

College lacrosse is the pinnacle of lacrosse; it’s the highest level as far as I’m concerned, the most competitive and there’s nothing like it. To have one of those four years that you’re guaranteed taken away from you and to have a chance to come back for a fifth year was really a no-brainer. I love Cornell and the program so to come back for another year and play for Coach DeLuca and with my teammates was certainly an opportunity I wasn’t going to pass up on.

Are you playing for the Lizards next year?

I have been drafted with them, and I have

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the opportunity to play for them, so I will decide at the end of the season, but it was awesome to have been drafted.

2. Can you tell me about your time at Deerfield Academy?

My time at Deerfield was great. I met J.J. Gilbane there, and we became best friends instantly. We share a lot of the same things and same passions for everything. J.J. was really one of the first people who got me into working out, so we were known for going into the weight room at night and we had fun. It was an awesome experience at a very prestigious academy and a special place to be a part of.

Did you both already know you were coming to Cornell when you met?

I didn’t, but J.J. knew. I wasn’t being recruited by Cornell at all at this point but he actually told the coach about me, which I think helped a great deal. I owe him a lot for coming here.

3. Do you have any behindthe-scenes scoop from the ESPYs? So the night of the ESPYs there’s an award ceremony and then an after party. Cee Lo Green and Lupe Fiasco performed, a n d

Rob Pannell ’13 (left) and Steve Mock ’13 (right) strum on their guitars to celebrate their success with the Red.

you are right in front of them, which was really cool.

Did you meet any other celebrities?

Yeah, a bunch. My ex-girlfriend who was with me at the time was neighbors with Matt Hasselbeck and he was there with his wife, so I went right up to him and introduced him to my girlfriend since they didn’t really know each other. They ended up talking and his wife came over and that was pretty cool. Later in the night there was a chicken and waffles after-after party with a bunch of late night food. My ex-girlfriend and I were on line for the food with people like Dirk Nowitzki. Tim Tebow, Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd, so it was pretty special.

Why do you only date girls named Jessie?

It’s just a great name. The two girls I’ve dated are named Jessie: Jessi Steinberg who played lacrosse here and graduated last year and Jessie Neiman who currently goes here, is abroad right now. It just happened to work out that way and I’ve been getting the brunt of it ever since, so now I strictly go for girls named Jessie. It wasn’t ideal that they spelled their names differently though; resulted in some awkward, not ideal, spelling your girlfriend/exgirlfriend’s name wrong situations.

What other features do you look for in females?

They have to be shorter than me. I tend to l i k e brunettes, tiny girls. The two Jessies that I’ve dated have been pretty similar, so I guess that’s probably my type. I tend to like exotic looking girls, not sure why.

4. Has your big butt contributed to your athletic success?

Absolutely. Through the years working out I’ve only added to my big butt, but it helps move me around the field. It shields me from my defenders. The “lax babes” know what I’m talking about.

5. Do you have any memorable stories from your trip to Europe last

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I went with J.J. Gilbane and two friends from home. J.J. and I were touring Europe for two weeks by ourselves before my other friends got there and we were winging it the whole time, booking hotels and flights as we went. At times it wasn’t the most organized trip, but we had a great time. Ibiza was the best. We also went to Oktoberfest and we stayed in tents at this place called Stoke Travel. It was the joke of the trip because the tents weren’t big and there were three of us in a tent. At this point, there was J.J., my one friend who was 6-4 and me. It was a six-foot by sixfoot tent, so as you can imagine the setup of three grown men in a tent wasn’t exactly ideal. They gave us a yoga mat to sleep on, and a sleeping bag that wasn’t much of a sleeping bag. One night, I fell asleep on my iPad as my pillow. I think we stayed in our clothes for three straight days. The motto for Stoke Travel where we stayed is “your tent or mine,” and I’ll leave it at that.

6. What kind of hairspray works best?

Ah, of course, the hairspray comes up. I have hairspray in my locker so the guys make fun of me for it. I like to be presentable, so after I shower, I put a little hairspray in my hair. Everyone on the team has their own naturally flowing hair and mine doesn’t flow very naturally, so I need a little bit of stick and hold. I’ll usually go with the biggest bottle I can find that’s on sale.

7. Tell me about your Instagram.

Instagram straight flexin’. I love Instagram and get made fun of for it by the guys because I have a lot of little kids that follow me and like my pictures.

It’s a joke on the team for me to tag my teammates in all my pictures so they get some followers, so they’re always trying to get me to put their names in it.

Does it work?

Yeah it does. I know they’re just mocking me when they get some new followers, but I think it’s great. I like it a lot better than Twitter and how you can connect everything with it. It’s become a running joke that if someone has a picture, ‘just let Rob Instagram it,’ because everyone’s always commenting on them, so I just go with it.

How do you get some of the cool angles of your pictures?

A lot of my pictures are during practice and if I’m not practicing I’ll try to lay down on the turf and get some pretty good pictures. One of our assistant coaches also takes a lot of pictures because he’s a big picture guy.

On the topic of social media, what is ‘Pannellwatch’?

‘Pannellwatch’ is a Twitter See PANNELL page 32

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FOOTBALL

Tretter ’13, Tasker ’13 Get Drafted Into the NFL

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Sitting in his home in Akron, N.Y. on April 27, surrounded by friends and family, offensive lineman J.C. Tretter ’13 heard the phone ringing first. The area code on the screen read Green Bay, Wis. Just a few moments later, Tretter watched on television as his name was called as the 25th pick of the fourth round by the Green Bay Packers in the 2013 NFL Draft.

“There was just extreme excitement in the room,” Tretter said.

“There were about twelve people there, a couple teammates, my mom, dad, sister, uncle, cousins and grandpa. It was such a tightknit group and everyone was filled with joy and excitement. It was a great moment.”

One of Tretter’s teammates that sat through the grueling hours of Thursday and Friday’s draft show was wide receiver Luke Tasker.

Tasker ’13 — who has roomed with Tretter since freshman year — got some thrilling news of his own just one day later, when he signed a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers.

“Me and [Tasker] are best friends and roommates; he was at my house Thursday and Friday and came back to be with his family on Saturday,” Tretter said. “It’s an exciting time for both of us being on a team next year, but it’s also a great time for the Cornell Big Red nation.”

Though Tasker went undrafted through the seven-round selection process that spanned three full

days, he was picked up by the Chargers as one of 23 undrafted players to join their roster.

“I’m excited and grateful to be going to the Chargers, but I’m also grateful to the people who have helped me at Cornell,” Tasker said.

“I’m thankful to my family for all the support I’ve been given throughout my life. I wouldn’t be here without all of them.”

The two are the first Red football players to go pro since Super Bowl champion Kevin Boothe ’06. Tretter’s fourth round selection is the highest since Seth Payne ’97 was chosen as the 114th overall pick.

Tretter will fly out to Green Bay on May 9, joining a team that won the AFC championship and the Super Bowl in 2010, and finished 15-1 in the 2011 season. He will be assimilating into a city that thrives on the success of its football team.

“The town speaks for itself,” Tretter said. “It’s a football town where it’s all about the Packers. It’s such a great environment.”

Tretter has spent the last three years protecting the blind side of star junior quarterback Jeff Mathews. Now, he will be fighting to protect super bowl champion and MVP Aaron Rodgers at the next level.

“I couldn’t be happier; [Green Bay] is a great landing spot,” Tretter said. “I’m looking forward to getting to know Aaron and to learn from him and see what he does to defenses.”

As a wide receiver, Tasker will have to form a similar relationship

with his quarterback — Phil Rivers. Rivers led the Chargers to a 14-2 record in his first season as the starting quarterback, and — in 2007 — led San Diego to its first playoff win since 1994.

“I’m very excited to work with [him]. I think it’s a good fit for me and a good opportunity,” Tasker said.

A New York boy hailing from East Aurora, Tasker has the luxury of getting to play in Southern California.

“I mean, it’s Southern Cali — there’s no weather that is better,” Tasker said. “I also have some friends in San Diego which makes it more fun, and maybe I’ll try to live in California for some time.”

As a fellow offensive lineman, Tretter cannot help but be compared to Boothe, who became a two-time Super Bowl champion after the Giants beat the Patriots in 2011.

“Kevin has been great, giving me pointers and tips along the way, and he congratulated me when he heard the news,” Tretter said. “I can’t complain with that comparison. He’s done a great job, so I’d love to be able to follow in his footsteps.”

As roommates and teammates since their freshman year, Tasker and Tretter have seen each other through ups and downs, injuries and recoveries. However, according to Tasker, sharing this moment has legitimized their hard work.

“It’s been cool. We’ve been roommates for four years; it’s been a fun process to share together, getting ready for the draft,” Tasker

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Drafting the best | Two of the Red’s football players were drafted into the National Football League this year.

said. “It’s a funny coincidence that now we both get this chance to make a career out of this game.”

With two Red players making the next step to professional football this year, there is hope for Tretter and Tasker’s teammates that, someday, they too might hear their name called by an NFL team.

“It just takes hard work, it takes sacrificing, but mostly it takes a positive attitude,” Tasker said.

“You’re not going to be everything you want as a football player, so you need to have a positive attitude. You’ve got to remember to have fun with it and live in the moment.”

Tretter had similar advice for the younger generation of Cornell football players.

“You’ve got to dedicate yourself every day, make the right decisions on and off the field, and put the extra work in,” he said. “You have to do something extra if you want to separate yourself from everyone else.”

For now, Tretter and Tasker have the opportunity to soak in the accomplishment of moving on to the next level of the game they love. However, they both understand that the outcome of this weekend was just the first step in what is sure to be a long and difficult journey.

“There’s still a lot of work ahead if I want to make my dreams come true,” Tasker said.

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

TRACK AND FIELD

Huber’12, Hagberg ’12 Tackle New Hurdles Together

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

Nick Huber ’12 and Dan Hagberg ’12 came to Cornell with the same plan as many athletes — to run track for four years, graduate and move on to professional jobs. Little did they know that one summer, in 2011, an opportunity to help some friends would arise out of nowhere and would shape their careers after graduation in a different path than most of their ILR classmates.

“We started in the summer of 2011 at Cornell and it was kind of a last second start. We realized that a lot of our friends were looking for summer storage in the Ithaca area and we had a lease for our apartments and we weren’t going to be in town. So we filled up our rooms and locked our doors with all of our friend’s belongings over the summer,” Huber said. “Then we got serious about it for the next year. That’s when we built our website, got our insurance, rented a warehouse and we ended up storing for about 250 clients in Ithaca.”

The small-time operation, now

called Storage Squad, worked so well that summer that the two student-athletes looked to continue it into the following year. Balancing running, being senior captains, ILR coursework and the startup of their company, the duo was more than busy. But that didn’t seem to stop them in the slightest.

To add to their list of accomplishments, as they finished out senior year, the two combined for multiple Cornell schools records, as well as Ivy titles and National finishes.

In his final year with the Red, Huber finished fourth in the 110 hurdles, fifth in the high jump and again claimed a title by winning the decathlon with a school-record 7,632 points at the Outdoor Heps, earning him a spot in the NCAA Championships. He placed 11th in the country and left Cornell as the school record holder in the pentathlon (3,707), heptathlon (5,550) and decathlon (7,632).

“I ended up having a lot of fun with track. I came as one of the last guys who was recruited on the team. I was a hurdler, but then I got to Cornell and with training and my teammates around me, I

got a lot better. I ended up with four school records at Cornell and was a two-time All-American,” Huber said. “That kind of really boosted me in entrepreneurship. It made me better in leadership and more confident in my social skills and my abilities on and off the track. It was one of the best things that has ever happened to me.”

Hagberg’s journey was just as impressive, as he won the 60-meter hurdles championship at the Indoor Heps. At the Penn Relays, he took 21st in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.42 seconds. He then won the 110 hurdles at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships and was sixth in the 110 hurdles preliminaries at the IC4As. Hagberg also earned a spot in the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Fla., but did not compete because it conflicted with Cornell’s graduation. His 60-hurdles best of 7.98 seconds is the second-best time in school history. He also has the fifth-best 110 hurdles time at Cornell with a time of 14.21 seconds.

“Track was an amazing experience. I absolutely loved it. It really made you focus on time manage-

ment and those skills. It was very big for us. Instead of having that downtime to go and watch T.V., Nick and I would be working on Storage Squad. It personally developed my leadership skills a lot,” Hagberg said. “Nick and I were both captains of the team and it helped learning how to manage people.”

As both Huber and Hagberg walked across the stage and received their Cornell diplomas, the duo was ready to continue their operations full-time.

“Right now, we moved to Chicago where we work on the business full-time and have an office here,” Huber said. “We have 25 big schools and about 20 secondary schools which are in the same cities as our main schools …

[Overall] we will probably have around 150 employees this season.”

Since its start in 2011, Storage Squad has expanded from initially just Cornell to 46 schools all over the country, including ones in big cities such as Boston and Philadelphia. The two Cornellians say what sets them apart from other storage companies is that

they really focus on keeping overhead costs low, so that the price that the consumer will pay is just as deflated. They even give free packing boxes and tape to their customers to make the storing process easier.

“We want to be more efficient than any other company and we want to be able to charge lower prices than any other company. We really take pride in our customer service. We answer phone calls in the middle of the night,” Huber said “Anybody who calls our customer service hotline gets Danny or myself. Things like that keep our overhead down, so we are able to get more security and charge less for the service and service more clients.”

Heading into the future, the team consisting of Huber, Hagberg and their Storage Squad crew have endless possibilities for expansion and growth of the company.

“There is limitless potential in terms of schools out there. We are really focused on making it affordable for everyone,” Hagberg said.

Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Advice for a Freshman Sports Fan To the Class of 2017 — Congratulations on your acceptance to Cornell! The next four years on East Hill will be a challenge. You might feel stressed, sleep deprived or even overwhelmed by everything that is happening on campus, but don’t spend too much time worrying about that. The next eight semesters will undoubtedly be filled with irreplaceable memories that (hopefully) will leave you with one of the most rewarding experiences in your life.

Looking back on senior year, I’ve been reflecting back on my Cornell experience.

So, I would like to take the opportunity to offer some advice to you, the newest class

you don’t know much about those sports or they aren’t your favorites, being that close to all of the action can be quite the experience.

The players representing Cornell on the court today could be the future of the NFL, NHL, MLL and NBA. Just think, Jeremy Lin got his start playing basketball for that school in Cambridge — I forget its name. Also, unless you become ridiculously rich, some of these seats may be the best you can afford and lucky for you, they will be virtually free — especially if you get the Big Red Sports Pass. I recommend it.

To those of you reading this that will inevitably shut yourselves up in your dorm rooms on a Friday night because you have too much homework, hear me out. Grades are important.

I won’t disFive for Fighting agree with you on that. But, I can’t think of anyone who has flunked out because he spent a few hours in Lynah Rink watching a hockey game or in Newman Arena cheering on the basketball team.

What we learn in our classrooms will be important later in life, but I believe to make the most of your Cornell education, you have to take your nose out of the books sometimes.

The advice I want to offer to those of you who would rather hit the books than pack the stands is this: sometimes the most important things that are worth knowing can’t be taught in a classroom.

Through all of my sporting experiences at Cornell, I have learned some great life lessons. Here are a few I would like to

Lauren Ritter

of Cornellians. Like a wise older sister, I want to share my philosophy about how to make the most of your experience at Cornell — your sporting experience, that is.

Here it is: Go. Go to as many different games as you possibly can — which, if you get all your work done and play your cards correctly, should be just about all of them.

One of the many great opportunities that Cornell has to offer is its diverse sporting experience. Have you ever been courtside for a basketball game? Or sat front in the front row up against the Plexiglass at a hockey game? How about sat matside for a wrestling match? Even if

share with you. So grab a pencil, you might be quizzed.

See Red, Be Red

When I was a freshman, my friends and I decided to buy hockey tickets and go to a game as a group. I can’t remember who Cornell played against or what the final score was, but I do remember that we had fun. One of my best friends and I even came up with the brilliant idea to paint “Go CU!” on our stomachs in red paint. We wanted to show our school spirit, but what we failed to consider was how cold Lynah would be in just a t-shirt.

Suffice to say, we never got to flash our body paint, but the feeling of excitement and Cornell pride was still there. You could say we got an ‘A’ for effort.

For some of you upcoming fans, going to the games just won’t be enough. Some of you might want to do more. For those of you super fans, show up. Show up with red paint on your stomachs. Show up with home-made posters in your hands. And, most importantly, show up with giant smiles on your faces. Because, at the end of the day, it isn’t about winning or losing — going to all of these different sporting events is about supporting our classmates on the field and having fun with our friends in the stands.

Be Open to New Experiences

Just because you don’t know much about a certain sport or you think that you won’t like it, don’t write it off so easily. You might be surprised by how much fun you have.

I didn’t know much about wrestling before coming to Cornell, but I thought that it would be fun to at least check it out. I convinced my best friend to walk all the way to Friendman Wrestling Center with me and we were surprised by what

we saw. Sitting just feet away from the mat, I was holding my breath during the matches. I may not have know any of the technical terms at the time, but what I did take away from the day was that each wrestler that walked onto the mat was putting every ounce of effort he could muster into fighting for the win.

Seeing that level of motivation and pure persistence was inspiring. Now if I can just apply that level of mental focus that those wrestlers had to my school work, I should be part of the 400 Club in no time. The determination on the field can carry into the classroom. Remember that.

To Thee Alma Mater

Know your school. Know your school’s traditions. Every school has different traditions when it comes to sports, so make sure that you know ours.

One of the first things you need to learn when you come to campus is the Alma Mater. While you are at Cornell it will be your anthem. The Pep Band plays it during every game and Cornellians, old and young, stand and sing together. We take pride in what goes on far above Cayuga’s waters Other traditions you’ll (hopefully) witness include the entire freshman class rushing the football field during Homecoming, the Pep Band taunting visiting schools’s bands and maybe a fish or two being thrown onto the ice during the Cornell-Harvard hockey game.

So, that’s all I’ve got you. Go to the games. Cheer for Cornell. Know the Alma Mater. And, maybe even write for the Sports Section. Ball is in your court.

Lauren Ritter ’13 is the Former Sun Sports Editor.

She can be contacted at lritter@cornellsun.com.

The Beginning of the Ancient Eight

By SUN STAFF

When Ezra Cornell founded his University, he made a bold statement about education — the importance of combining the theoretical and the practical, the work of the mind and the work of the body.

But he could in no way have imagined the furor over the appropriate combination of academics and athletics that would ebb and flow far above Cayuga’s waters.

The argument began with the first pitch in the primitive baseball games that were played in the Cornell family cow pasture. Organized sports detracted from a serious education, some people maintained, while the opposite camp held that a strong mind could only exist within a strong body.

As college athletics flourished nationwide in the early 20th century, and the connection between teams’ performances and alumni contributions was cemented, real debate over the future of college athletics began.

The term Ivy League first appeared in 1937, as a New York Herald Tribune sportswriter’s designation for

a group of eastern schools that traditionally met in football competitions each year.

The schools were also held in high academic regard — at least in part because they were among the oldest universities in the nation.

But the term Ivy League remained only a conven i e n c e , although some said it foreshadowed a real athletic alliance.

It was not a new idea to the athletic administrators at the Ivy schools, but it was an idea whose time had not yet come. The Ivy League survived as an occasional topic of conversation and as a de facto arrangement at the schools themselves.

The league did not become formal until November 1954, when the presidents of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Da r t m o u t h , Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale affixed their signatures to the “Common Statement of Ivy Group Institutions.”

What had been an Ivy League for years now had an official seal.

The Ivy League distinguished itself from other schools with a few basic rules: no postseason competition, and

no financial aid to players except for legitimate academic or need-based scholarships.

Academic authorities had control of sports programs, and players and coaches were to participate on a recreational level, not as professional performers. “Snap” courses were forbidden, as players were required to work toward genuine academic degrees.

There were, of course, arguments against each of these provisions.

Outstanding players were denied recognition without postseason play, some said.

The 1955-56 school year saw the first formal Ivy League games in soccer, fencing, lacrosse, wrestling, squash and golf. Competition in football began the next year.

As Yale athletic director Delaney Kiputh explained to Newsweek, “We have organized because we’re tired of meeting unfair competition. We want to compete with schools with similar standards.”

Dr. Grayson Kirk, president of Columbia, agreed in an interview with U.S. News & World Report. “[We] do not have an athletic program merely for the purpose of providing weekend amuse-

ment enterprises at the expense of scholastic standards.”

The big switch to expressly favoring scholarship and amateurism over athletics and professionalism passed almost unnoticed on campus. The Sun had been calling competitions with traditional rivals Ivy League games for years, and the University always had rules governing recruiting and conduct resembling that set forth for the Ivy Group.

But it was big news to other media.

Articles in various national publications worried about whether the new rules might lower the quality and appeal of games, thereby causing the league to collapse.

U.S. News & World Report assured the public that despite the new “purity” rules, gate receipts showed no signs of dropping and crowds were as large as ever.

The Ivy League shrine to scholarship and amateurism finally resolved a long and lingering debate over the place of athletics within academics, a de bate which continues to rage on in other conferences throughout the country.

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The Sun’s Sports glos•sa•ry

What’s that? You don’t know the difference between Moore and Moran?

You’d better start reading.

Arena: Bruce ’73. Played lacrosse and soccer for the Red. Former coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team and current head coach of the MLS’s L.A. Galaxy. Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Austin: Kent. The former offensive coordinator of Ole Miss was named head coach of the football team on Jan. 27, 2010 and inherited a squad that won only two games in 2009. Austin left the Red in 2012 to be the head coach, general manager and vice president of football operations for the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where he still coaches.

Bartels Hall: The athletic facility formerly known as Alberding and the Field House.

Unfortunately, the Alberding family no longer felt the need to fork over the big bucks — enter Mr. Bartels.

Barton: Barton Hall, the cavernous main gym.

Big place where ROTCs hang out, also headquarters for powerhouse indoor track teams and the location of many Cornell final exams. Originally built as an airplane hangar, it is the former home of hoops squads.

Batie-Smoose: Melissa. Current head coach of the volleyball team. Southern Miss graduate who still ranks in the Top-10 on the school’s career list for solo blocks and total blocks.

Baughan: Matt. Golf coach who also has the honor of being head teaching pro at Cornell’s beautiful Robert Trent Jones golf course.

Beckwith: Paul. Entering his 20th year as the head of the gymnastics program after coaching the team to fourth place finishes in the USAG Nationals and the ECAC Championship in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Belkin: Home of the Cornell squash teams located behind Reis Tennis Center. Expect big things from the top-notch international courts.

Bettman: Gary ’74. First commissioner of the NHL. Known to show up at Lynah Rink to take in a game every now and then. All three of Bettman’s children have attended Cornell.

Big Red: 1. A type of chewing gum. 2. The nickname for all Cornell athletic teams. Go Big Red! Big Red Bear: Cornell mascot. Although the bear is brown, not red, students still hold it dear and often pass it in the crowd at football games.

Blood: Dick. 19-year coach and engineer of the emergence of Cornell softball as a regional power.

Boothe: Kevin ’06. Anchor of the offensive line during his Cornell career, opening lanes for Red backs. Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft, won a Super Bowl with the Giants in 2008 and 2012.

Bowman: Rich. Just wrapped up his second year as head coach of the women’s track team, with whom he has spent the last 32 years in various capacities. At Penn Relays, the women’s track team won four races and had three top-five individual finishes in Championship races, as well setting two school records.

Brown: The color of dirt, but also an Ivy school that doesn’t believe in grades, or sports. Best team is football. Officially nicknamed Bears, but the students still call themselves Bruins — their old nickname. Still, as the saying goes, if it’s Brown, flush it down.

B.U.: Boston University. Hockey rival that pulled out of the ECAC in the ’80s with several other teams to form Hockey East. Inspiration for the all-purpose cheer “Screw B.U., [insert opposing team here] too!”

Clubs: Enjoyable organizations that can’t get funding to join varsity ranks. Rugby and ultimate frisbee are two of the most prominent and successful. Occasionally covered in The Sun. Columbia: League doormat in virtually every sport. Does not even have men’s lacrosse or hockey teams. In the 1980s, the football team broke the all-time NCAA record for consecutive losses.

Although it has improved of late, the school would throw a parade down Broadway if it actually won an Ivy title. Added bonus: Opponents can laugh at the light-blue uniforms.

Cornell: Glorious Ivy League university — perhaps you’ve heard of it. Nationally notable in men’s basketball, wrestling, men’s and women’s hockey and men’s lacrosse, among others.

Officially became a basketball school when four years ago the team made its epic run to the Sweet 16 and finished the season ranked No. 17 in the country. At least regionally competitive in most other sports. Be proud and cheer hard, you young fools.

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Courtney: Bill. Fourth-year head coach of the regular or postseason home games. Climb and men’s basketball team. The former Virginia, bang on Plexiglass and throw newspapers, garbage Virginia Tech and George Mason assistant couldand fish at opposing players. Don’t like Section O, n’t quite repeat the Sweet 16 showing the Red had or the referee Dupree (the one with the bad eyes). in 2009, but who could blame him. That kind of Friedman Wrestling Center: State-of-the-art magic doesn’t happen every year. He says the best facility featuring practice and match space, weight is to come, though. Get pumped. rooms, offices, study rooms and locker rooms. Site Crew: Grueling year-round sport. Has perhaps of two-time national champion Travis Lee’s ’05 the most underrated athletes at Cornell. Who else 135th collegiate victory — a new Cornell record could endure severe hand blisters or 5 a.m. runs — on February 18, 2005. Benefactor is Stephen down to the boathouse for two-hour practices in Friedman ’59, President Bush’s former chief eco30-degree weather. Pain is their life’s blood. That nomic advisor. said, rowers are widely-considered to have the best Game (a.k.a. The Game): Cornell vs. Harvard, bodies on campus. hockey style. Action on the ice nearly paralleled in Cullen: Terry and his late father Bob, that is. the stands. People throw fish (and in one instance, Father-son team that coached the Cornell sprint an octopus) at Harvard players. People used to tie football team “forever” and guided the Red to chickens to the net between periods, but the countless CSFL titles. In 2006, the Red achieved ECACHL stepped in recently. People swear a lot. perfection for the first time since Purple Rain was In between all this, the Red and Crimson play popular, going 6-0 en route to a national champisome great hockey. We laughed, we cried. A must onship. see.

Dartmouth: Ivy foe Gehman: Hilary. strong in women’s basketEntering seventh full year ball, men’s soccer and ice as head coach of women’s sculpture. Small school, crew. but with proper nourishGraap: Jenny ’86. ment could become a fullSeventeen-year women’s grown university like the lacrosse coach who helped rest of its Ivy pals. the women’s laxers to a Nicknamed the Big turnaround season in Green, a name stolen from 1998. She took the team the children’s movie of the to the Final Four in 2002, same title. garnering Coach of the Davy: Fight song, Year awards. Led the team played after Cornell scores to its first ever co-Ivy in any game the Big Red League title and another Band bothers to attend, NCAA berth in 2006. except for basketball Grumman: Old where it plays it whenever squash courts. In high it can at its own obnoxdemand since they can be ious decibel level. George used for racquetball as M. Cohan stole the well. melody from “Give My Guccia: Bart. Former Regards to Broadway.” assistant now entering his COURTESY OF CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS DeLuca: Ben ’98. The fifth year as co-head assistant coach since 2003 In a league of his own | In 40-plus years as a coach of the sprint footwas named the head coach journalist, Dick Schaap ’55 excelled both in print ball team. of the men’s lacrosse team and broadcast media.

Harvard: Smug Ivy on June 18, 2010. The League school loaded former Cornell defenseman was a team captain in with money, squash courts and stuffy egg-heads. his senior season on East Hill. In 2011 he led Top-ranked rowing, swimming and hockey teams.

Cornell to the NCAA quarterfinals.

Nicknamed Crimson — the bastard child of the Derraugh: Doug ’91. Returns for his eighth color red and poop. Also, introduced the world to season as head coach of the women’s hockey team the Winklevoss twins. Yuck. after guiding the team to its third straight NCAA Helen Newman: Original headquarters of Frozen Four. While wearing a Red sweater, he set Cornell women’s athletics, now North Campus’s the record for most goals scored by a senior with home to pickup basketball games, an indoor 30. swimming pool and a state-of-the-art fitness cenDevoy: Mark and Julee. Husband-and-wife ter. Also houses one of the premier bowling alleys team starting their tenth season coaching the on campus or in Ithaca for that matter. men’s and women’s squash teams, respectively.

Hornibrook: Donna. In her ninth year as field Dolgikh: Iryna. Ninth-year fencing coach, forhockey head coach, Hornibrook will use her mer world champion and veteran of the coaching Canadian accent to coax the squad to the Ivy title. staff at Penn State. She is the seventh fencing The team finished its 2012 season with an Ivy coach in the history of the fencing program. record of 3-4 and an overall record of 8-9.

Dryden: Ken ’69. Three-time All-American, Hoy: Home of Cornell baseball. First man to perennial All-Star and Stanley Cup netminder for hit one over the formerly big right field fence was the Montreal Canadiens. Found his real calling Lou Gehrig, according to legendary historian and practicing law, however. He was named the genersports writer Kenny “The Haunter” Van Sickle. al manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2004 The second — again according to Kenny — was and inducted into the College Sports Information George Bush, Sr., in his Yale days, before he Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic Allmoved on to better things. In less important matAmerica Hall of Fame in May 2005. His No. 1 ters, the field underwent a $3.25 million renovawas retired and lifted into the rafters of Lynah tion before the 2007 season and in 2008 was Rink in 2010. named the top road destination in the Ancient ECAC Hockey League: Eastern College Eight in a poll of the league’s coaches.

Athletic Conference Hockey League. Large coorI.C.: Ithaca College, the school on the other dinating organization overseeing collegiate sports hill. Division III kingpin in just about every sport. up and down the eastern seaboard. More specifiNicknamed the Bombers, possibly because of an cally, the major college hockey league that Cornell affinity for cheap Ithaca bars. calls home. Gives schools like Union and St. Jessup: Principal intramural fields located on Lawrence an excuse to feel smarter.

North Campus. Poor drainage, bright lights, lots Eldredge: Dave ’81. Best polo coach in the of bad bounces. country. Need proof? In 2008, the men’s team Karn: Todd. Second-year head coach of the overcame its underdog status to reach the national equestrian program. Assumed the reigns after 12finals, where it lost. In 2011 and 2012 the squad year head coach Chris Mitchell traded his day job fell to the Cavaliers in the final and semifinal to become the Director of Riding at Randolph rounds of the national championship, respectively.

College.

Also holds down the fort for the women’s squad, Kerber: Chris. Lightweight crew coach since which earned its 13th national title in 2011.

2008. Led the team to a 4-3 record in head-toFarmer: Patrick. Third-year women’s soccer head races during his first season. coach. Hopefully this former National Soccer Kennett: Todd ’91. BMA. Coach who estabCoaches Association Coach of the Year can help lished lightweight crew dynasty — leading the the Red improve off of last season’s 1-14-1 record. squad to three consecutive national champiFaithful (a.k.a. The Lynah Faithful): Halfcrazed Cornell hockey fanatics who never miss See GLOSSARY page 32

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The tech campus competition, which had been expected to continue until January, was radically A previous version of this article altered Dec. 16 when Stanford appeared on cornellsun.com on Dec. University withdrew its bid.

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Stanford was widely considered After nearly a year of designing, Cornell’s primary rival, and its lobbying and promoting, Cornell departure left Cornell as the clear won the right to build a new engi- front-runner in the contest. Hours neering and later, Cornell technology announced it campus in New received a $350 York City, million gift — Mayor Michael the largest doBloomberg nation in the announced Un i v e r s i t y’s Dec. 19 — a history — to month earlier help fund the than anticipatcampus. ed.

Cornell On Dec. topped a field 19, the Uniof 17 instituversity revealed “In a word, this project is tions that enthe donor to be going to be transformative.” tered the comAtlantic petition, which Philanthropies, Mayor Bloomberg culminated in a founded by string of unexCharles Feeney pected developments on Dec. 16. ’56. Feeney became a billionaire The University’s proposed cam- after co-founding the Duty Free pus, to be built on Roosevelt Island, Shoppers Group. includes more than 2 million square Cornell partnered with The feet of space and will house almost Technion – Israel Institute of 2,000 graduate students and about Technology in its proposal. The 250 professors. The project is Technion is credited with transexpected to take 30 years to com- forming Israel into a technological plete and cost as much as $2 billion. powerhouse, and it has an “incredi“I think it’s fair to say that today ble record of breakthroughs and will be remembered as a defining technology,” Bloomberg said. moment,” Bloomberg said in While Cornell will own the December. “In a word, this project See TECH CAMPUS page 7 is going to be transformative.”

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Big men on tech campus | New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President David Skorton speak at a press conference to announce the University’s victory in the contest to build a technology campus on Dec. 19.

Feeney ’56 donates $350 million

By JEFF STEIN Sun City Editor

A previous version of this article appeared on cornellsun.com on Dec. 19.

The foundation of mega-philanthropist Charles Feeney ’56 was responsible for the $350 million donation that helped propel Cornell to the top of the tech campus competition, according to a statement Cornell released Dec. 20.

The donation is the largest in the University’s

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After Hospitalization,TKE Loses Univ.Recognition

By JEFF STEIN Sun City Editor

A previous version of this article appeared on cornellsun.com on Jan. 6.

Cornell will revoke its recognition of Tau Kappa

Epsilon for at least three years following reports of an alcohol-related hospitalization of a freshman, according to Travis Apgar, associate dean of students for sorority and fraternity affairs. Apgar said the University rejected

the fraternity’s appeal of the decision.

In a memo obtained by The Sun on Jan. 5, University administrators faulted TKE for reportedly failing to ensure the safety of a highly intoxicated individ-

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history and one of the largest in the history of higher education. It was announced by Cornell on Dec. 16, hours after Stanford University, widely perceived as the University’s main competitor for the campus, unexpectedly withdrew its proposal.

In the statement, President David Skorton and Cornell praised the importance of the gift to the tech campus project.

“The Atlantic Philanthropies’ generous $350

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Unrecognizable | TKE will lose University recognition after a reported hospitalization.

ual — the same oversight that officials say led to the death of George Desdunes ’13 last spring. Sixteen former pledges of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the fraternity in which Desdunes died, joined TKE a few months later.

Cornell’s Fraternity and Sorority Review Board was troubled by the hospitalization and by other reported violations of Greek and University policy, according to the report, which was sent on Dec. 20 from Apgar to Susan Murphy ’73, vice president of student and academic services.

The freshman, who had been consuming alcohol before attending TKE’s event, arrived at a recruitment dinner hosted by TKE at the China Buffet on Nov. 11. While it “remains unclear if he continued to consume alcohol at the dinner,” TKE did provide both beer and hard alcohol at the

event, the report states.

A member of TKE then “transported the freshman student to his residence hall, assisted him inside, and left him in his room, where he was found by hall mate(s) and subsequently transported to the hospital by ambulance … [with] a dangerous blood alcohol level,” according to the review board’s findings, which it said were “based on the preponderance of the evidence.”

“The board believes the members of TKE had an obligation to seek medical assistance for the freshman student, and while [the TKE brothers] claim he was ‘handed off’ to his roommate, it was insufficient action considering the risk to his health at that time,” the memo states.

However, Tom McAninch, TKE’s national spokesperson, said that the See TKE page 6