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Students combat anti-piracy bills By Elma gonzalez assistant news editor

Mounting frustration surrounding the Internet piracy debate has pushed controversial legislation to the forefront of campus discourse. your voice The Stop Online Piracy and To participate Protect IP Acts, in a poll about which were intro- SOPA, visit duced last year, theithacan.org. are now stuck in limbo in light of what some have called the most widespread Internet protest in history. The bills target foreign infringement violators in an attempt to control

online piracy and would give the government power to censor foreign sites it deemed illegal. Ithaca College students responded to the bill and the demonstrations from popular sites like Reddit and Tumblr with a wave of micro protests on social media websites like Facebook and Twitter. Profile pictures were replaced with all-black icons or anti-SOPA images and statuses conveyed mounting discontent over the legislation. Junior Jamie Ocheske changed her profile picture to a photo “censored by PIPA/SOPA” to raise awareness about the bills. “I completely support everything everyone on the Internet has done because they

are basically saying, ‘Look, this is what can happen if these bills pass,'” she said. Senior Bryant Francis said the bills’ language was vague and could impede student creativity by limiting file and image sharing, and possibly removing most user-generated content. “College students are more than just pirates — and we are not all pirates, thank you very much,” he said. “We are creators and we participate, many of us in all kinds of different activities. We share videos, we post something that we think is funny. The more artistic minds make parodies or tribute works to works of fiction.”

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Looking past SOPA By tj gunther senior writer

Entertainment media fought the Internet, and the Internet won, for now. With SOPA and PIPA stalled indefinitely with floundering support from the Senate and House of Representatives, feelings over the victory have been mixed. Through all of the celebration across the Internet, there is a growing number of critics pointing out that SOPA is just the latest move by big media corporations like Hollywood and the Recording Industry Association of America to fight piracy, and in no way will they be the last.

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MLK week puts emphasis on definition of greatness by erica palumbo assistant news editor

To celebrate the life, legacy and contribution of Martin Luther King Jr., Ithaca College is focusing on “a new definition of greatness” to encourage students to For more live up to their stories from potential for MLK week, visit public service. theithacan.org. The week's theme will be highlighted throughout the remainder of the celebration, which included a keynote speech yesterday from Svante Myrick, Ithaca’s first African-American mayor. In his speech last night, Myrick focused on the theme of greatness to highlight the broad challenges today’s generation faces.

Myrick said people can do more by working together than independently. “The reason service is great, the reason serving others is more impactful, is because it will help you help us all accomplish more than we can individually,” he said. The week’s kickoff event Monday in Emerson Suites launched the celebration and featured a presentation by the college’s first-year MLK scholars, remarks from Jeff Cohen, director of the Park Center for Independent Media and associate professor of journalism, and a welcome address by President Tom Rochon. In his speech, Rochon talked about the importance of recognizing King’s power as an influential orator, able to move thousands to action by imploring them to recognize their

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responsibility as public servants. “This week we examine a different theme in King’s legacy, one that was also consistent with his call for action, to which he dedicated his life,” he said. “It’s the legacy of a servant leadership.”

Touching on his own personal journey, Cohen said King was a guiding light in his life as a young journalist working in Tennessee during a racially contentious period. “I got thrown into journalism a few years after King was murdered

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by going to Memphis to investigate and write about his assassination and about the years of FBI harassment that were aimed at Dr. King,” he said. “Many mainstream outlets

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Obama delivers State of the Union

lies living in America. The former House speaker ridiculed that part of Romney’s immigration policy during a forum yesterday with the Spanish-language network Univision. Gingrich laughed at the idea and said it wouldn’t work. Romney snapped back at him later in the day at the same forum. Romney said during a recent debate that he favors what he calls “self-deportation” over policies that require the federal government to round up illegal immigrants and send them back to their home countries. Gingrich says Romney’s proposal reflects a candidate who lives, in his words, “in a world of Swiss bank accounts and Cayman Island accounts,” which was a jab at Romney’s wealth.

It was a wish list, not a to-do list. President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the Union address as if his hands weren’t so tied by political realities. There can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry subsidies — something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much less today’s divided Congress, much less in this election year. And there was more recycling, in an even more forbidding climate than when the ideas were new: He pushed for an immigration overhaul that he couldn’t get past Democrats, permanent college tuition tax credits that he asked for a year ago, and familiar discouragements for companies that moved overseas.

Bachmann seeks fourth House term

SEALs free hostages in Somalia

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced yesterday she will seek a fourth term in the U.S. House following her failed presidential bid. Bachmann declared her plans in an interview with The Associated Press. The Republican congresswoman had been quiet about her plans since folding her presidential campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses earlier this month. Some experts had speculated that Bachmann might turn to a career in talk media. Bachmann is a potent fundraiser who raised $13.5 million in her last House race, but would likely start from scratch after the presidential campaign. A campaign finance report that would show how much money she can bring to the race isn’t due until the end of the month. Bachmann also faces uncertainty over how her district will be reshaped. One redistricting plan put forth by Democrats would throw her into a race with Rep. Betty McCollum, a sixterm Democrat who represents the St. Paul area. A special redistricting panel is due to issue maps late next month.

The same U.S. Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early yesterday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and both hostages were freed. President Barack Obama authorized the mission by SEAL Team 6 two days earlier, and minutes after he gave his State of the Union address to Congress he was on the phone with the American’s father to tell him his daughter was safe. The Danish Refugee Council confirmed the two aid workers, American Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted, a Dane, were “on their way to be reunited with their families.” Buchanan, 32, and Thisted, 60, were working with a de-mining unit of the Danish Refugee Council when gunmen kidnapped them in October. The hostage rescue was carried out by the same SEAL unit behind the operation in Pakistan last May that killed bin Laden, two U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation. The unit is the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, also known as SEAL Team 6. One official said the team parachuted into the area before moving on foot to the target. The raid happened near the Somali town of Adado.

Gingrich slams Romney’s proposal

Republican Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney’s call for self-deportation of illegal immigrants is an “Obama-level” fantasy that is inhumane to long-established fami-

In remembrance

Alysha Ulrich, 10, left foreground, waits in line to go through the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State campus for the viewing for former Penn State coach Joe Paterno yesterday. The three-day public mourning for Paterno will culminate today with his funeral and burial. Alex Brandon/associated press

Egyptians celebrate 2011 revolt

Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists gathering on different sides of Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a reflection of the deep political divides that emerged in the year since the downfall of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Liberal and secular groups marched into the square calling for continued “revolution” against the ruling generals who took power after Mubarak’s ouster. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists, in contrast, pressed a message that the revolution had succeeded, the time for protests is over, and now Egyptians needed to rally behind the new parliament that they dominate. Military generals led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi took over from Mubarak when he stepped down on Feb. 11, 2011. Revolutionaries accuse them of perpetuating Mubarak’s authoritarian system, saying

that even though Egypt has held its freest election in living memory, it is not changing the roots of the dictatorship.

Officials continue survivor search

The official overseeing the search effort of the capsized Costa Concordia has acknowledged it would take a miracle to find any survivors from the Jan. 13 cruise ship grounding. Franco Gabrielli, head of the Italian national civil protection agency, told reporters yesterday that recovery operations would nevertheless continue. The ship is half-submerged off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Operations continued yesterday as crews set off more explosions on the submerged third floor deck to allow easier access for divers. On Tuesday, the body of a woman was found on the deck. Rescuers have found 16 bodies, with 17 people still unaccounted for.

SOURCE: Associated Press

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BJ’s goes green to draw local students by Lauren Mazzo staff writer

A new BJ’s Wholesale Club opened its doors to Ithaca’s large college student population Saturday near The Shops at Ithaca Mall and will unveil its green initiatives to cater to the city’s environmentally conscious residents. Kelly McFalls, a representative from BJ’s, said the majority of those signing up for memberships so far are college students, solidifying the company’s decision to expand to Ithaca. “The location was right,” she said. “The potential for business was right.” Sophomore Eve Rosekrans said she would consider going to the new BJ’s location because of her positive experiences shopping at one of the stores near her home. “I have a BJ’s where I’m from, and it’s great because you can buy a ton of stuff in bulk, and as a college student, I love stuff in bulk because it’s cheaper,” she said. In order to appeal to the city’s sustainable mentality, McFalls said the company took steps to make the store greener by conserving energy and increasing its waste-reduction efforts. The new location will mark some green firsts for BJ’s Wholesale. It will showcase the company’s first electric car charging station as well as a larger supply of organic and all-natural foods. “The way we plan a club, we try to be as green as possible,” McFalls said. “We were aware that Ithaca is a very green town, so that is one of the things we did think about when we came into Ithaca.” As with all of its locations, the store will not use plastic bags and will recycle its product boxes to make them available to customers so they can transport their purchases home. In addition to the Ithaca location’s exclusive electric car charging station and larger natural foods selection, Falls said a specific lighting system has been installed in the store to use less electricity. Rosekrans said the high price tag on a membership might be a deal breaker, since customers are required to become a member to shop at the store. A yearlong membership currently costs anywhere up to $100, but the wholesale club is offering a discounted membership price of $30 a year for college students. With a normal

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Mariah Lower, a freshman at Tompkins Cortland Community College, and her mother, Christina, shop at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Ithaca. The new store implemented green initiatives to bring in local students. jen watson/the ithacan

membership, one other person can be added as someone from the household for no extra charge. This is not allowed with the student membership, but students are able to add up to three supplemental cards — possibly for their friends — for $25 per person. McFalls said despite concerns like Rosekrans’ about the costly membership price, customers could potentially save up to 30 percent on a basket of groceries compared to other stores, which would make it worthwhile in the end. “I know that a lot of people find that they will earn their membership fee back in the amount of money they’re saving,” she said. McFalls said they anticipate the club’s distance from Ithaca College, Cornell University and Tompkins Cortland Community College will also have an effect on the number of students who become BJ’s members. The new location is approximately six miles from the

college and about three miles from Cornell. However, for students without cars on campus, like freshman Christine Benway, the store is not so accessible. “It would be difficult to take the TCAT bus and carry tons of food back that is in bulk,” Benway said. As a freshman living in a residence hall, she also said there isn’t much room in her dorm for her to store large quantities of perishable and non-perishable food. Margaret Keating, co-president of IC Environmental Society, said the new BJ’s is a viable option for residents who wish to shop sustainably but cannot afford the prices of local food markets. “In a perfect world, everybody would be able to shop locally and get as much food as possible from the farmers’ market or GreenStar, but I know that’s not feasible for everybody,” she said.

Business students soar in new stock competition by Kyle Robertson staff writer

For the third consecutive week, a team of Ithaca College business students holds first place in an ongoing competition using hypothetical stock portfolios to garner strong returns in a tough economy. The Adirondack Cup event began Oct. 1 and runs until April 6. The team whose portfolio yields the greatest profit will win both the namesake trophy for its school and the right to present its investment thesis to Greg Roeder and Matt Reiner, co-managers of Adirondack Research and Management Inc., the company sponsoring the competition. The Adirondack Cup is a new program that began in 2011 that allows student teams from participating schools in New York and the New England area to create a portfolio of small cap companies, which are organizations with market values between $50 million and $3 billion. Each of the five stocks selected for the portfolio must be from a different sector, such as financial services, technology, health care and others, and the entire portfolio must be valued at $1 million. Nearly 20 other colleges and universities are competing for the Cup, including Binghamton

New VP chosen for institutional advancement

University, Clarkson University, the University of Buffalo, the College of Brockport and Hofstra University. Senior Michael Severo, an executive board member of the IC Investment Club and president of Core Trading Consultants, a student-run mutual fund on campus, serves as the college’s team leader. Steve Gonick ’85, executive vice president of ARM, said he was inspired to create the competition in 2009 after he was contacted by a group of IC students seeking internships and career advice. “We decided to take them on with students from other schools as part of a program where students could do helpful projects that would also help them build their résumés and lists of corporate contacts,” he said. Gonick said at one point Roeder suggested making the company’s internship program a competition between universities in the region. “It was a natural extension of our internship program,” he said. “We sent the invitations out over that summer and were thrilled to have 18 different programs express interest in competing.” Senior team member Aaron Heltsley said the team was inspired to follow the auto industry after the market yielded positive returns.

Senior Aaron Heltsley (right) and the rest of Ithaca College’s Adirondack Cup team monitor stocks yesterday in the School of Business’ Trading Room. Rachel woolf/the ithacan

“We looked at companies that were in a variety of sectors but would all benefit from a boom in Detroit or automakers in general,” he said. Though teams in the competition are able to change stocks in their portfolio up to two times, Heltsley said the team has opted not to switch up its stocks. “There is still a lot of upside potential there for us,” he said. “If this is where manufacturing levels off at, the country is going to have a lot of problems in the future.” Junior team member Spencer Grossman said the greatest lesson he learned from the competition is the need for teamwork when working

with something as complex as the stock market. “A lot of people want to go into finance alone, be a big bull and reap profits,” he said. “A competition like this shows you can still be successful without disregarding the value of others.” Severo said though stocks are volatile and can often change at a moment’s notice, a good analyst can still find ways to beat the market. “In investing, you can be right for the wrong reasons, or right today and wrong tomorrow,” he said. “That being said, there are always opportunities to use a disciplined approach and tip the odds in your favor.”

President Tom Rochon has selected Christopher Biehn as the new vice president for institutional advancement. Biehn will begin working April 2, succeeding Shelley Semmler, who held the job since 1999. The posi- BIEHN said he is excited to work with tion involves the college’s IC overseeing a 20/20 plan. staff of 47 people in the Division of Institutional Advancement, which includes the Office of Development, Alumni Relations, Advancement Communications and the Institutional Advancement Administration. Rochon said all of the candidates had great experience and accomplishments, but Biehn was selected because he had positive chemistry with the college and proved to be an effective communicator of the college’s mission. “What truly stood out about Chris Biehn was that he gets the Ithaca College mission, and he’s very excited to help us pursue our distinctive vision forward,” he said. Currently, Biehn is serving as vice president of university advancement at Drew University in Madison, N.J., a position he has held since 2009. In a statement, Robert Weisbuch, president of Drew University, said Biehn has done an excellent job building a culture of philanthropy at the university. He said annual giving steadily increased under his leadership. Biehn said he was interested in the position at the college because he was inspired by the college’s IC 20/20 plan, the college’s 10-year strategic vision. “I’m a firm believer in having an education that’s experiential learning, but also grounded in the liberal arts,” he said. “Critical thinking, communications and ability to look at problems and solve problems from different facets are, I think, key to student success in the world.” Biehn graduated from Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., with a B.A. in philosophy. He has been in the field of institutional advancement for more than 20 years. Biehn’s appointment comes at a time when the college will need to raise funds for IC 20/20. IC 20/20, which will be a central focus of the college’s monetary efforts in the coming years, calls for a more targeted approach to defining the college’s education with a core curriculum and other significant restructuring of the college’s academic identity. During his visit, Rochon said, Biehn made a positive impression with everyone he met at the college. Biehn said Semmler has been successful at fostering a strong culture of philanthropy and he hopes to further strengthen and build it. “I’m a very relationship-based, donor-centric fundraiser,” he said. “I believe in making sure the institutional priorities are clear, — which they are in the case of IC 20/20 — and thinking about ways to communicate those with the donors.”

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Innovators look at bills as red flag analysis from page 1

Both media and technology innovators are preparing for what will be a long struggle. The underlying issue is that online piracy breaks the old model of media conglomerates as gatekeepers. They want to control how their content is used and continue to profit from that position. SOPA/ PIPA would have again handed media the keys to control their content against TJ GUNTHER online piracy, with the ability to shut down any service not working for them without any significant barriers. The thing is, media will never get the keys again. People would have found ways around SOPA/PIPA, and the media providers would have just come up with something even more restrictive. The media industry, specifically Hollywood, has solid content but has not utilized new technology to make distribution easier than piracy. It’s the model that Spotify has taken with music. Hollywood’s lack of innovation threatens to forfeit control of their content. That choice is setting up the next phase of the SOPA/PIPA fight and Internet freedom. SOPA and PIPA are just the beginning of the battle for online freedom of speech. Current head of the Motion Picture Association of America, Chris Dodd, has come out against those politicians who abandoned the bill. The prestigious startup incubator Y Combinator, which has helped launch more than 300 companies, including Reddit and Dropbox, has put out a call for new companies taking aim at Hollywood. In their appropriately titled post, “Kill Hollywood,” the company’s cofounder Paul Graham sees the bills as red flags for digital rights. Big media wouldn’t try pushing a censorship bill unless they needed it. “If movies and TV were growing rapidly, that growth would take up all their attention,” Graham writes. Y Combinator sees this moment as a chance to seize upon technology and wrestle control of entertainment away from politically driven people like Dodd. Graham believes the technology has been developed that will upset the entrenched Hollywood industry. It’s just a matter of innovation. “What's going to kill movies and TV is what's already killing them: better ways to entertain people,” Graham writes. Though SOPA/PIPA may be on the rocks, both Dodd and Graham are gearing up for Act II. Neither the media industry nor the Internet and the tech community have lost the will to fight. Through increased lobbying or tech innovation, there will be a winner, with media gaining power or losing its new players. SOPA and PIPA are just the shot heard ’round the world that’s brought the struggle to the forefront.

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College sites blackout to protest bill sopa

Congress’ sway

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A comparison of supporters and opponents of the bill. Only members of Congress with a recorded opinion are included.

David Maley, associate director of media relaafter blackout Before blackout tions at Ithaca College, said the college has not taken any position on the issue and does not plan to discuss it in the future. “The college does not generally take institutional positions in issues that are not strictly related to higher education,” he said. “And while this may have some impact on our students, our Currently alumni and members of the college community, this is not strictly a higher education issue.” Some college and university websites did take a stand in the anti-SOPA/PIPA movement, however. The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University's webpage and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admissions blog joined the international blackout to support the movement and raise Supporters awareness about the bills on campus. On Jan. 18, Syracuse University School of Information Studies blackened its site and Design by Molly Apfelroth Opponents dedicated it to information about SOPA. Source : propublica At the time of publication Isaac Budman, graduate student and blogger at Syracuse University for the School of Information Studies, said the bills could hinder college and effectiveness” because of the ever-growing mercial scale counterfeiting and piracy.” As the blackout gained momentum, a federal recruiting efforts by dismissing the Internet as a list of black-listed websites they have to filter indictment accused Megaupload, one of the most and block. marketing tool. Before the blackout, President Barack Obama popular file-sharing hosts, of racketeering, copy“If students are doing things noteworthy that could or should be put on the webpage that have issued a response to the online petitions protest- right infringement and money laundering. The popular file-sharing website was shut down any kind of copyright overlap to anything ever, ing the two bills. "While we believe that online piracy by for- following the arrest of founder Kim Dotcom and that again makes it harder to use that as an active eign websites is a serious problem that requires other company officials Thursday by New Zealand recruiting tool,” he said. Under the legislation, the way many colleges a serious legislative response, we will not support police at the request of U.S. authorities. The indilink to student or alumni work and achievements legislation that reduces freedom of expression, viduals face 50 years in prison for the charges. Carrier said many found it ironic that the on college websites could be eliminated because increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Megaupload shutdown happened immediately it poses a liability threat for after the blackout, but that this highlights why Internet," he wrote. the institutions. Michael Carrier, pro- copyright holders believe SOPA/PIPA are needMore than 100 websites, fessor at Rutgers School of ed. The new bills, he said, actually apply outside including Wikipedia and RedLaw and one of the profes- of the U.S. dit, took down portions or all “There is some authority under something sors who signed the letter, of their websites, while Google said though the bills are now called the Pro-IP Act [2008] that does give the demonstrated its support of simply floating around in government the power to take down these sites the online protests by “black— bryant francis both Houses, this does not when there are places that can be targeted within ing out” its header, which redithe United States,” he said. mean they are dead. rected users to a site that urged In the aftermath of the arrest, the “hacktivist” “In the very short term, nothing openly will the public to sign a petition against the bill. Wikipedia’s blackout page had 162 million viewers, and happen,” he said. “My guess is that copyright group Anonymous hit government and entertainGoogle collected more than 7 million signatures for owners will try to come back with another ver- ment industry websites, including the Department sion of it that they hope will be more successful.” of Justice, Universal Music and the Motion Picture its petition. While things heat up nationally, the anti- Association of America. On its website, Google posted an opposition letChristopher Peterson, counselor for web ter sent to Congress signed by 110 professors across SOPA/PIPA crowd is turning its attention to the the nation. The document said the acts clashed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which communications at MIT, said institutions can with the constitutional right to due process because was signed last October by eight nations includ- play a significant role in discussing intellectual property law. Piracy is a legitimate issue, he said, rather than waiting before the website is judged for ing the U.S., Japan and Australia. The agreement also strengthens copyright in- but to “eliminate from face and time content and infringement, they demand Internet service providers stop recognizing the website either by removing fringement penalties, but critics claim it fails to material” is an extreme measure. “In this country, we often have debate about point out key exceptions by harming access to it or not hyperlinking to it. whether or not it is appropriate for a sixth The letter also argues that the limits foisted medicine and inhibiting online innovation. The U.S. government calls it a “groundbreaking grader to read Huck Finn, but what we don’t by the government on Internet service providers could “hamper the Internet’s operations initiative” to combat global “proliferation of com- do is burn all the copies of Huck Finn,” he said.

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MLK scholars gain insight on King's work king

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today don’t tell us the full story. They seem to go out of the way to overlook the last year or so of Dr. King’s life.” Following Cohen’s introduction, the MLK scholars were featured in a video documenting their experiences on the week-long civil rights tour they took in October from Birmingham, Ala., to Atlanta, Ga. On the trip, they met activists who worked alongside King and learned about key civil rights events. Freshman Helena Murphy, one of the scholars who went on the trip, said she was shocked when she learned that civil rights leaders and King's followers were primarily young people. “A lot of the people that served in the mission were college-aged kids, high school kids and kids in elementary school — they’re the ones that marched,” she said. “I always thought that it was older people, like guys in their 40s and 50s, and it

Ithaca mayor Svante Myrick honored Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday in Emerson Suites by highlighting the theme of greatness in his speech. Shawn steiner/the ithacan

wasn’t. That really touched me because that makes me feel like I can be doing way more than I’m doing right now. I have the power to.” Echoing the week’s sentiment of service, Murphy also said she believes everyone has the power to

enact change by adopting a positive attitude and shifting their notions of social institutions. “You don’t have to be some great, educated person to change someone’s life, or the way the community runs,” she said. “It’s just

serving and thinking up ways to help people get along better and help the community as a whole to work together and change. It’s all about change — transforming the way institutions work.” Freshman Aaron Lipford, another MLK scholar, said he was grateful for the opportunity to gain a more intimate insight into King’s life and mission and for the chance to be able to share his knowledge with others along with the other scholars. He also said his experiences during the tour help him remain hopeful for the future because he saw first-hand how much King’s legacy remains with people today. “People always say, ‘History always repeats itself,’” he said. “Well, history is still happening, and being there showed me that things are changing. But they’re changing with progress because MLK’s mission is still alive.” Staff Writer Candace King contributed to this article.

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Sending support Students spend winter break rebuilding impoverished areas by candace king staff writer

While the holiday season was a chance to relax for some, for others it was a chance to lend support to families in need. In an effort to eliminate impoverished housing, 13 students from the Ithaca College Habitat for Humanity chapter collaborated to build a 1,100-square-foot home in Statesville, N.C., for a single mother and her two daughters. Of a population of more than 20,000, 16.1 percent of those residents are poverty stricken, according to the latest United States Census Bureau. Due to the low income they are receiving, many people who live in Statesville cannot afford homes to support their needs. They have no alternative but to purchase substandard housing. The trip, led by sophomore Kelly Parker and senior Elizabeth Boyce, was a part of the Collegiate Challenge, an initiative through HFH International that invites groups of students to spend one week during school break at an affiliate within the United States. The HFH of Iredell County in North Carolina hosted the challenge. The group met in Ithaca on Jan. 14 at senior Kyle Sweazey’s house and set out on an 11-hour trip to North Carolina. Sweazey said the ride consumed a day’s work, as the group did not reach the site until later that night.

The group stayed at the First Baptist Church and took showers at a nearby YMCA facility. Meals and transportation were covered through the $250 deposit paid by the participants. Scott Loudermelt, executive director of HFH of Iredell County, said the organization has been involved in the challenge for about 15 years and has recently expanded its program to include outside groups. "This year we had, or we will have, nine colleges and a total of 132 students," Loudermelt said. "We use them for new constructions, renovations and repairs for existing homes." Construction of the house began Jan. 2 with the previous week of volunteers. With most of the framing and foundation finished, students from the college installed windows, roofs and doors from Jan. 14 through Jan. 21. They also worked on putting up the vinyl siding of the home. Loudermelt said all homeowners must earn their home and be capable of sustaining them with a steady job income. The organization does a credit check and a job history check, and homeowners are required to complete 50 hours of volunteer work on someone else's home. Smith’s home is the 69th house built through the HFH of Iredell County and is expected to be completed in April. For Loudermelt and the HFH of Iredell County, this is one home closer to the goal of eliminating inadequate housing in Statesville.

From left, senior Trevor Wolf and sophomore Marissa Fulton help cut the siding for a home in Statesville, N.C. Thirteen students from Habitat for Humanity at Ithaca College visited over winter break to help rebuild homes. courtesy of theresa ibarra

Parker, who is also treasurer for HFH at the college, said the experience was humbling and found it gratifying to see the impact the house has already made. Parker said Smith and her two daughters will be moving from a one-bedroom apartment to this home, which has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. “We got to meet her two little daughters,” Parker said. “They were so excited because at that point, they got to go in the house and look in their bedroom window that we put up, and they were like, ‘This is where I’m going to be living, and this is where I’m going to grow up.'" Parker said since she has been a participant in HFH programs since the fifth grade, the reactions

of Smith’s daughters served as a reminder as to why she continues to be a part of HFH. “I’m giving back because if I were in the same situation, I would hope that others would be giving back to me,” she said. Loudermelt said the HFH of Iredell County would invite the HFH chapter at the college back for another challenge. “They were very good representatives of [their] school,” he said. “Their families should be proud. Their college communities should be proud. They are just all-around great students.” Jenny Pickett, adviser for the HFH chapter at the college and coordinator for residential facilities, said a trip to do similar work in

Washington, D.C., is set. Pickett said the Collegiate Challenge tends to be the highlight of many of the group members’ building experiences. “One of the biggest goals with Habitat is to give students an opportunity to do service and become involved in a larger community,” Pickett said. For Parker, the friends she makes on these trips and the bonds formed through the spirit of giving instilled a sense of motivation and dedication to the work and people of HFH. “It’s just so surprising that friends come together to help out,” Parker said. “It’s awesome just to share the wealth and share the joy of giving back and helping.”

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Freshmen to read edgy novel by noreyana fernando staff writer

When her book “Ten Thousand Saints” was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by The New York Times, Ithaca College writing professor Eleanor Henderson said it was the pinnacle of her literary career. Now, President Tom Rochon has given her further recognition by selecting her debut novel as the college’s First-Year Reading Initiative for the HENDERSON upcoming academic year. said the book’s Henderson said she theme appeals to was humbled and sur- younger people. prised her book was chosen for this year’s FYRI. The book was chosen by Rochon after a committee narrowed the search down to a few final texts. “I feel incredibly gratified and grateful that the college has chosen my book — and really surprised,” Henderson said. “I was on the committee last year to choose the first-year reading selection, and I was impressed by all the work the committee does to choose one book out of really many wonderful books that are nominated by the faculty every year.” Released in June, Henderson’s book was also named among the Top 10 Debut Fiction books by Amazon, a Rewind 2011 book by iTunes and one among Top Five Fiction books by O, The Oprah Magazine. Set in the 1980s, “Ten Thousand Saints” examines drug-dealing parents and straight-edge teenagers’ search for an identity after the their lives are one day turned upside down. Speaking on the ’80s setting and straight-edge culture discussed in her novel, Henderson said the relatively unfamiliar nature of the book’s theme may appeal to younger people. “I think, and I hope, that a young person

encountering the book would be interested in a relatively unknown subject matter and being introduced to the straight-edge movement,” she said. “I hope that the book would sort of speak to the universality of the coming-of-age experience.” Rochon said the initiative is aimed at getting through to students during their transition from high school to college. “The purpose of the freshman reading program is to give students an opportunity to read something that will speak to the particular moment in their lives when they are in one of those major transitions between high school and college,” Rochon said. In the past, the list of FYRI books has included “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau and “Dreams From My Father” by President Barack Obama. Sophomore Gregory Tilden, Henderson’s former student, believes exposing students to a piece that is more relevant to younger generations serves them better than exposing them to more traditional alternatives. “I have high hopes for the book, especially finding out that it’s about punk culture in the ’80s, which is something I am interested in,” he said. “I expect it to be really interesting. I have heard good things about it.” Rochon said the book’s characters appealed to him and their story serves exactly what the reading initiative’s purpose is. “Different people will see different merits in the book,” he said. “But for me, I was especially struck by the major characters in the book who are themselves young adults and they are making these kinds of life choices.” The fact that the book was written by a professor at the college is a significant bonus, Rochon said. “We realized we had a wonderful opportunity to choose a book that was appropriate for this purpose,” he said. “And whose author would actually be working with some of the students who are reading it this summer.”

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From left, junior Augusta Bargeron and Ithaca Free Clinic workers Jake Van Almelo and Andrea Levine participate in MLK Week’s Ithaca Community Expo Tuesday in Emerson Suites. The clinic provides health care to uninsured and underinsured residents of Tompkins County. Jen Watson/The Ithacan

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College & City Cornell frat status revoked after intoxication incident

Cornell University officials will remove the recognition of one of its resident fraternities this month due to an alcohol-related hospitalization of a freshman. The freshman had been drinking before attending a dinner hosted by Tau Kappa Epsilon, the fraternity in question, on Nov. 11 at the China Buffet in Ithaca. Though it is unclear if the freshman consumed alcohol at dinner, TKE had provided alcohol at the restaurant according to a university memo. The fraternity was charged with failing to ensure the intoxicated freshman’s safety. The fraternity’s request for an appeal was denied by Cornell.

IC REMP to participate in national recycling event

Resource and Environmental Management Program, an eco-minded organization at Ithaca College, will participate in Recyclemania, a national 10-week competition to promote waste reduction on campus. The competition, which will officially kick off Feb. 5 and end March 31, will feature different recycling events to bolster the college’s recycling data. These numbers will be compared to the amount of trash the college produces and the college will then be ranked against other participating schools. Some events will include a tour of the Recycling and Solid Waste Center of Tompkins County, a video contest for the campus to show its

support of recycling, a recycled artsand-crafts fair, a prize drawing of people who answer REMP’s weekly recycling question and potentially a concert that will feature songs played solely on recyclables and trash, like glass bottles.

Cornell scientists develop disease-resistant strawberry

Cornell University horticulturists have developed a hybrid strawberry that is germ-resistant and sweeter than the regular fruit. The new fruit, called Herriot, is much larger than a regular strawberry and has a sweet flavor, with WEBER pineapple overtones. Herriot also has a higher resistance to common leaf diseases and produces a high yield in every harvest according to Courtney Weber, an associate professor of horticulture at Cornell who also breeds the fruit. The fruit is available for growers to purchase at Krohne Plant Farms and Daisy Farms, which are local nurseries.

New support group formed for locals with Asperger’s

A newly formed group providing support for local adults with Asperger’s Syndrome, an autistic disorder characterized by awkwardness in social interaction, will meet the third Thursday of every month. The support group, which meets at 7 p.m. in the basement of St. Luke

Lutheran Church in Ithaca, is open to residents wishing to connect with others who have Asperger’s traits and develop social connections. The group’s next meeting will be held on Feb. 16.

History Center exhibition to touch on voting rights

The History Center in Tompkins County, Cornell University and Ithaca College are partnering up with John Brown Lives!, a grassroots human rights organization, to bring a traveling exhibition. It will cover topics regarding the voting rights saga that took place in New York before the Civil War began. The exhibition, “Dreaming of Timbuctoo,” will be open at the History Center from Feb. 4 to Feb. 21. Opening night will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 3 at the History Center. In conjunction with the event, the History Center will also host a panel discussion featuring Cornell professor Margaret Washington and other members of the Cornell and Ithaca College communities from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 4.

National Geographic photos featured in museum exhibit

The Museum of the Earth recently created an exhibit that features photos of whales from National Geographic’s archives and ocean sound recordings from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bioacoustic Research Program. The exhibit, titled “Whales: From the Depths of the National Geographic Collection,” is open and will run through June 4.

Public Safety Incident Log selected entries from dec. 19 to jan. 8 december 19 Motor vehicle accident LOCATION: Circle Lot 3 SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car MVA. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. Criminal Mischief LOCATION: Z-Lot SUMMARY: Officer reported an unknown person damaged a sign and post. Criminal mischief unfounded. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke.

December 20 Larceny LOCATION: Williams Hall SUMMARY: Complainant reported an unknown person stole a laptop. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Jeremiah McMurray. Fire Alarm LOCATION: Terrace 7 SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation was caused by burnt food. System reset.

December 21 V&T Violation LOCATION: Grant Egbert Boulevard SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car MVA. Officer issued one operator a uniform traffic ticket for Ithaca Town Court for failure to yield. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. Unlawful Poss. of Marijuana LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported a person with intent to harm his/her self. Officer determined the person was not a danger to his/her self and found marijuana. One person was judicially referred for unlawful possession of marijuana. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock.

Medical Assist LOCATION: Terrace Dining Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported a person having chest pain. Person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Patrol Officer Jay VanVolkinberg.

December 22 Larceny LOCATION: Athletics and Events Center SUMMARY: Person reported an unknown person stole an iPod. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. Case Status Change LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music SUMMARY: Caller reported the guitar originally reported stolen on Dec. 14 was not stolen. Larceny unfounded. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. Medical assist location: All Other summary: Officer reported a person sustained a hand injury during physical training. Medical assistance was declined by the person. Report taken. Found Property LOCATION: Williams Hall SUMMARY: CD found and turned over to Public Safety. Unknown Owner. For the complete safety log,  go to www.theithacan.org/news

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Psych professors present at teaching conference

Four Ithaca College psychology professors recently presented their research at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg, Fla. Assistant professors Brandy Bessette-Symons and Beth Caldwell led a participant BEINS idea exchange titled “Achieving Intradepartmental Compatibility and Consistency for New Faculty.” Associate professor Judith Pena-Shaff led the workshop “Help Your Students Become Culturally Competent without Strengthening Ethnocentrism or Stereotyping.” Professor Barney Beins led a workshop called “Introductory Psychology from AP Through College: Compelling Demonstrations that Work!”

IC students receive grants to spend semester abroad

Two Ithaca College students have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarships and will document their experiences studying internationally. The scholarships offer grants for undergraduate students to pursue academic studies abroad. Juniors Aryelle Cormier and Dylan Lowry were recipients of the award. Cormier will spend the 2012 spring semester studying at a university in Ecuador and Lowry will travel to India.

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Sustainability Series: Water Quality Program, organized by the Paleontological Research Institution and The History Center, will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Cayuga Nature Center.

friday Shabbat Services will begin at 6 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Shabbat Dinner will be held at 7 p.m. in Terrace Dining Hall.

sunday Catholic Mass will begin at 1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel.

Tuesday Relay for Life Kickoff will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in IC Square. “Animal Feedings,” an animal viewing event and information session, will begin at noon at Cayuga Nature Center.

Wednesday “The Skin I Live In,” a film directed by Pedro Almodovar, will be screened at 9:25 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre at Cornell University. “Chungking Express” will be screened at 7 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre at Cornell University.

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An Internet protest contributed to a SOPA postponement, but those who took a stand against the bill also need to respect intellectual property rights.

he Internet protest that helped contribute to Congress voting to postpone a decision on the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act is only the beginning of the conversation surrounding anti-piracy laws. Last week, Internet users were met with a 24-hour Wikipedia blackout. Google linked its “blacked-out” logo to an anti-SOPA petition, and Web users took to social media sites in protest of the bills. That same day, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., introduced an alternative bill, the Online Protection and ENforcement of Digital Trade Act in the House. Since SOPA incited the largest-scale web protests, students should make an effort to be aware of bills in the future such as OPEN. Since the protest, Issa has claimed the new act protects the open access of the Internet while still maintaining creators’ intellectual property rights. OPEN focuses on tackling foreign websites that break copyright law rather than shutting down an entire website because a part of it contains copyrighted material. Keeping up with the action of this bill and other possible drafts is important to protecting the openness that college students value when logging online. Going forward, students should exercise personal responsibility and stop illegally downloading intellectual property. This would show understanding that copyright sharing is illegal and creates serious financial loss for the parties who created the work — a loss that gives validity to SOPA supporters like the Motion Picture Association of America, which seeks to ensure protection of their creative work. Tech companies and Internet users say many SOPA measures are too extreme. But speaking out against those provisions should also mean stopping piracy — especially for those who download one moment and tweet #stopsopa the next.

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In light of the recent Penn State sex abuse scandal, the college community should commit to preventing injustice by reporting crimes as early as possible.

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oday’s American societal view leans more toward punishing wrongdoing after it has taken place, not taking strong enough measures to stop a problem when it begins. The news of Joe Paterno’s death Sunday led some to praise the former coach for holding the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Others were angry, saying he did not take full measures in reporting his knowledge that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing minors. In a message last week on Intercom and at the All College Meeting, President Tom Rochon urged the campus community to take civic responsibility and report wrongdoing to campus authorities or online through EthicsPoint, the college’s anonymous and independent hotline. In light of the Paterno scandal, Rochon’s message serves as a reminder to the importance of calling out unjust behavior to appropriate authorities as soon as one witnesses a crime or suspects wrongdoing. Taking such measures might bring solutions to problems as early as possible — solutions that shouldn’t wait.

“i like the sopa act because I’m a business major and it helps maintain and regulate the economy by purchasing movies and music.” Matthew Gomez ’15 Business administration

“it’s good on principle, trying to cut down on piracy, but you can’t do it by just letting the government take down whatever they think needs to be taken down.” kera dowd ’13 Journalism

“Some of it might be really intense in the fact that they’re gonna be taking away Youtube videos that feature specific songs. they might be going overboard.” David Allen ’15 Sound Technology and recording

“The internet companies need to profit from something and we’re kind of taking that away from them by downloading free stuff. I’m kind of conflicted by it.” emily frederick ’13 violin performance

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Activism played vital role in XL pipeline vote O

n Jan. 18, the environmental movement won a rare victory. After pressure from both the oil industry and environmental activists, President Obama rejected the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported oil from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf Coast for export. Environmentalists, including myself, were concerned about the implications of the 1,700mile pipeline for the natural world — especially for the forests that would have been clear-cut and the huge amount of carbon that would have been removed from the earth and emitted into the atmosphere. This past fall, thousands of activists from all over the country particiMargaret Keating pated in demonstrations in Washington, D.C., to let Obama know about these concerns and to ask him to reject the proposal. including some of my More than 1,000 people — friends from Ithaca College and Cornell University — were arrested for sitting in front of the White House in September. Two months later, I joined about 12,000 other activists in a human chain at least three to four people deep all the way around the White House. People from all walks of life were there to let their voices be heard and to speak for those who couldn’t be there. Just a few days after that human chain demonstration, Obama delayed the proposal decision. We celebrated tentatively, knowing the oil industry would only put the pressure on Obama even more. Unsurprisingly, Republicans in Congress forced a 60-day time limit to make a decision on the permit. However, when the State Department recommended the permit be denied, Obama stood up to big oil companies and agreed to deny the permit. It’s important for the Keystone XL rejection to be known and celebrated, and it’s especially important to recognize the people power that

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J Environmental supporters form a human chain around the White House on Nov. 6. to protest building the Keystone XL Pipeline, which, if approved, would have transported oil from Canada to Texas. Tina Craven/The Ithacan

played such a vital role in the decision. Too often the gloom and doom of environmental news overshadows rare victories such as this one. It’s easy to get burnt out from “fighting the good fight,” or to be overwhelmed just from hearing about it. In our area, it’s almost impossible to read the newspaper without seeing an article about fracking, another method of extracting natural gas that has serious negative social, environmental and economic impacts. You’ve probably seen the “No Frack” signs in people’s yards. Sometimes, the environmental movement feels like a never-ending fight with impossible odds, but we mustn’t forget the power we have to create change, even when faced against large corporations and their even larger bank accounts. My friend Dominic once said that there is nothing politicians fear more than angry constituents

demanding something be done about something. The oil and natural gas industries may have the big bucks, but if there’s anything the Occupy Wall Street movement has taught us, it’s that we are the 99 percent, which gives us the sheer numbers over those with the money. But I know firsthand from protesting alongside my friends and fellow activists that we have more than just numbers. We have our bodies, our voices, our passion; we have the inspiration we draw from one another, and we have great potential. I believe everyone wants a safe and sustainable future for everyone on this planet — the only one we have. We just have to focus on the bigger picture and think and act beyond ourselves. Margaret Keating is a senior environmental science major and president of the Ithaca College Environmental Society. Email her at mkeatin1@ithaca.edu.

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Female migrant workers face sexual division of labor The following is an excerpt from the speech “Gender Trafficking from the Bronx to Jakarta” that Zillah Eisenstein, professor of politics, delivered Jan. 11 as part of a program at the Salihara Cultural Center in Jakarta, Indonesia.

omen’s bodies are always busy laboring — in the home, at paid work, making babies, hauling water, collecting wood, making art, creating alternatives, cleaning homes, selling sex, being soldiers, buying and consuming goods. They comZillah plexly move and Eisenstein shake the globe, yet power most often escapes their grasp — power over their own bodies, their own choices and their lives. As women more often travel across borders to find work, they find themselves in new harm’s way. These particular workers — gendered by their sex — are the new domestics of the global economy. They migrate with fewer rights than traditional patriarchy grants them. Instead, more modern forms of patriarchal, global capitalism undermine pre-existing patriarchal family structures. These women become the wage-earners of their families with no other alternatives and create new transnational

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Indonesian women take their daily bus ride home in Jakarta. Many are forced to travel across national borders to find jobs as migrant workers.

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family forms by doing so. Mother and child will now inhabit different nations. For almost a decade now, more than 191 million people live outside the countries of their birth. Indonesian domestic workers migrate most often to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. They migrate to a nation of gender apartheid. These women carry their economic class inequities with them and further weave a series of hierarchies and differences between themselves and the females of the households they are employed within. Much of this labor is invisible to the globe, and hence women are not seen as a key part of the new

proletariat of the globe. Women share this invisibility across borders, and this creates a gendered identity of particular poignancy. These women, many of whom are mothers, become mothers to other children as migrant domestic laborers. These new forms of gender bend the globe. Public and private hierarchies both mesh and clash as global capitalism tweaks and reframes traditional familial patriarchal forms. With little rights, migrant workers have no recourse to sexual exploitation and abuse of all sorts. In July 2011, Ruyati Binti Sapubi, an Indonesian housemaid, was executed by beheading by

Saudi authorities after the Supreme Court there ordered the death penalty for her. She was found guilty of murdering her employer after repeated abuses by him. Women who cannot find jobs in their home countries, often alongside their unemployed husbands, seek sustenance for their families elsewhere. These transnational migrant laborers have become a huge resource for income earned elsewhere and then delivered back to their home countries. The Indonesian government praises migrant workers as the country’s economic heroes. But there is no real recognition of the rights of these heroes without recognizing, according to Human Rights Watch, how human trafficking is part of forced domestic servitude. Hopefully this might change with the 2011 International Labor Organization on Decent Work for Domestic Workers’ treaty that extends existing labor protections to domestic workers. But more is needed that recognizes the particular evidence of a misogynist sexual division of labor that stands outside the classic worker’s rights model. A first important step might be for the Indonesian government to disallow migrant workers to Saudi Arabia as long as it practices gender apartheid. Zillah Eisenstein is a professor of politics. Email her at eisenste@ ithaca.edu

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ust as promised, the last of the U.S. troops were pulled out of Iraq on Dec. 18 and home in time for Christmas. But this picture-perfect, happyending rhetoric shrouds the fact that this is not a peaceful ending for Iraq yet. Military force alone has not provided the mechanisms for Iraq to build a lasting peaceful society. What is necessary is a nonmilitaristic peace-building plan. Even since the removal of U.S. troops, daily life in Iraq is still plagued by car bombings, improvised explosives, political turmoil and an unrelenting insurgency. While the Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites clash over governmental power, civilians are looking for stability — including employment, a home that won’t be destroyed and the ability to lead a life free from worry of violence. We are seeing the same issues, like car and suicide bombings, reported during U.S. military presence and after. The violence has nothing to do with withdrawal and everything to do with the lack of a successful peace plan. The use of hard, militaristic power alone as a justified means to stability and peace is inherently problematic. Aside from the through-the-roof death tolls and physical destruction, entire livelihoods and socioeconomic networks are destroyed. People become internally displaced, or flee to neighboring nations, igniting regional tensions. Opposing groups fighting over power engage in violence instead of dialogue. A non-militaristic peace plan from the start can avoid the immediate destruction of war, while a peacebuilding plan after can ameliorate the affects of war and empower peaceful civil society. While peace-building solutions come with their own Pandora’s box of imperialistic, neocolonial criticisms, if done right — identifying local power structures, dispute-solving mechanisms and traditions of pluralism — a community-inspired peace may last. Removing the problem with force may be immediately effective, but it is in no way conducive to lasting peace. There are a multiplicity of people and factors that lead to conflict. An outside military intervention alone may only exacerbate it, leaving society torn and arid of any mechanisms to pick up the pieces when the foreign troops leave. The U.S. made a promise to the Iraqi people for stability and peace with the end of the Saddam Hussein regime. The war is not over, and lasting peace is not achieved with U.S. troops coming home for Christmas. It is over when Iraqis can reap the benefits of the stable, peaceful society they were promised.

Shaza Elsheshtawy is a junior journalism and politics major. Email her at selshes1@ithaca.edu.

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Tenzin Choesang, the head monk of the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, stands in the monastery’s main room. The institute is the Dalai Lama’s personal monastery.

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At 14 years old, Tenzin Choesang said what would be his last words to his parents for more than a decade and set foot on a three-month trek from Tibet to Nepal. “Our area didn’t have any schools, most students my age didn’t have an opportunity to study,” he said. “I wanted to learn something, but in my area, there was no chance to learn anything, so I decided to escape.” While leaving his family was difficult, Choesang said stories of India and a chance to meet the Dalai Lama drove his decision to get away. He came across the Namgyal Monastery in India, a Buddhist center constructed by the second Dalai Lama in Tibet in the 16th century that was abandoned in 1959 when the Chinese government caused the Dalai Lama and 100,000 monks to flee Tibet. Later, the refugees reestablished the monastery in India. Choesang began the traditional path to becoming a monk: long days of studying scripture and philosophy that began in the morning and ended at 9 p.m., unless a monk was behind in his studies. In that case a day could last until 10:30 p.m. “When we joined the monastery we had more than 40 or 50 students, so every day was competition,” he said. “I really put in too much effort. Sometimes I woke up around 2 o’clock in the morning to start class and memorize scriptures,” he said. After more than two years and two months of intense study, Choesang graduated from the

monastery. He wrote his parents a letter to tell them he had become a monk in India; they had lived without communication for more than 10 years. Without a modern postal service, it took that letter about seven months to reach his parents, who were still living in Tibet. “When they got my letter they said it was like a dream,” he said. “My father is really sensitive, very emotional. He was crying. My mother is very tough. She never cried.” Choesang became a teacher at the monastery in India. He said most monks don’t have outside connections and Tibetans who live in the country are very poor, so the monastery didn’t have television or radio. “Most of us had a difficult time,” Choesang said. “We don’t have any parents or relatives; we just focus on our studies.” Before he traveled to the United States, Choesang learned to speak English from a New Zealand native who worked at the monastery. She refused to teach the monks to write in English because, Choesang said, “maybe the monks would write love letters.” Two years ago, the board of directors in India told him it was his time to travel to the Ithaca branch of the monastery to teach Buddhist philosophy and guide the monastery’s members to lead a better life. Choesang is learning to write in English, but promises no love letters are in his future.

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Buddhists leave home country to preserve Tibetan culture

Now, Choesang is the head monk of the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, the North American seat and personal monastery of the Dalai Lama, located on North Aurora Street in Ithaca. At the center, he begins each day with an hour of Buddhist practice, leads meditation at Cornell University and then works with the residents who have sought his spiritual advice. A monk’s life isn’t easy, but he says it’s worth it. “I help people generate more compassion [and] lead a happy life,” he said. Ngawang — Tenzin Choesang Dhondup, administrator of the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, organizes the teaching schedules for the monastery and plans the monks’ days. He left Tibet with his family in 1959 to escape a likely death at the hands of the Chinese government to become a refugee in India. His family left with other Tibetans to preserve the Tibetan culture and traditions. Tibetans living near Ithaca gather at the monastery to keep their home culture alive. “Right now Tibet is being occupied by the Chinese,” he said. “Inside Tibet people are not allowed to speak; there are no human rights. There is no religious freedom. We heard three days back, more than 32 people have been shot by Chinese police.” The monastery serves as a place for people to come together to express their desires for

There are no big differences between Buddhists, Christians and Muslims. We’re the same.

Tibetan independence. “It is the responsibility of the Tibetan people, who are staying in a free country, to voice their rights so that the world’s people — especially the United States’ people — can know what is being done by the Chinese government.” Choesang meets with other local spiritual leaders to help find a connection between the faiths. He said promoting religious harmony in Ithaca and working with people outside the Buddhist community is important because it is one of the Dalai Lama’s messages. “If we look closely, there are no big differences between Buddhists, Christians and Muslims. We’re the same,” Choesang said. “Every religion tells people how to lead a good life, how to care for other human beings.” Amy Spenciner, a student at the monastery, said finding the Buddhist community and monks at Namgyal helped her overcome the stress and emotional distress caused by her career as a social worker specializing in emotionally troubled youth. “I got kind of a sense of peacefulness, but the way Buddhism works is that you really work with your mind and your thoughts,” she said. “It felt very non-judgmental being here, and it felt like what I was looking for.” Dhondup said the mission of the monastery is to educate rather than change peoples’ opinions, and everyone is welcome. “To study at the monastery, one should not be a Buddhist,” he said. “It’s not important to change your religion. What is good is to study Buddhism and be good to you friends, your community and your neighbors.”

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The Runway While in Milan, fashion blogger Cady Lang observes the effortless winter style of the locals. Ciao, Ithacans! The weather in Milan has been much colder than anticipated. Consequently, the purchase of a warm, new coat was necessary. However, the temperatures are not anywhere near freezing like it is in Ithaca. Instead of the ubiquitous North Face fleece, there are beautiful peacoats, wool coats and outerwear ranging from capes to A-lines. Snow boots and Uggs aren’t common in Milan, while tall leather boots and suede desert walkers are the lang of cady Courtesy shoes of choice for braving wet and cold cobblestone streets. And accessories are a must — felt berets, lush infinity scarves, leather gloves and chic frames are seen on the majority of people on the street. Glasses seem to be especially en vogue here — it’s hipster heaven! Without fail, every ride on the metro stop is another chance to observe the great street style of Milan that never seems to stop, despite the cold. For the Milanese, there’s a term called “bella figura,” which is basically behaving in a “beautiful” manner while they’re out in public. Public presentation is definitely an important part of this, and because of that, the Milanese are always well-dressed. It’s a concept that Americans could learn from. For starters, we can change the way we brave the cold. Take a few minutes to put together a more polished outfit. Whether it’s adding a chic hat or pulling on your peacoat, layerCourtesy of LA Tim es ing is both cozy and stylish. Remember, just because there are freezing temperatures outside doesn’t mean that style should be sacrificed. To read more from Lang’s full blog, visit www.theithacan.org/blogs/fashion.

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’Round and ’round we go

From left, Stephen Kamholtz and Sharon Andersen, both from Ithaca, dance the night away at the Dessert Contra Dance sponsored by the Hands Four Dance Company of Ithaca. The event featured the local band The Contradictions, who fiddled all through the evening.

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weird but true

little reminders of lost love turn into cash on website

It’s no secret that breakups happen to the best of us, and everyone has a different way of coping. A new method of getting rid of the daunting breakup blues is the fledgling website neverlikeditanyway.com. The website allows users to buy and sell gifts that have become painful reminders of love lost. The website features categories that include wedding dresses, jewelry, electronics and stuffed animals. The items are often marked down significantly, proving that one person’s bad memory is another person’s bodacious bargain. — Benji Maust

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morgan’s sudden collapse shakes up sundance fest

Tracy Morgan sure knows how to make a dramatic exit. He received an award during the Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards ceremony at the Sundance Film Festival, where he appeared disoriented throughout his acceptance speech. Shortly after being escorted out of the building, the comedian fell unconscious. A Park City Medical Center spokesperson said that no drugs or alcohol were found in Morgan’s system. Soon after, a rep for the actor said that “a combination of exhaustion and altitude” contributed to his hospitalization. Though Morgan is a recovering alcoholic, his publicist denies all claims of his intoxication. For now, the “30 Rock” star will rest and recover at the hospital, alongside his fiancee Megan Wollover. — Allie Healy

tweetuntweet Congratulations to Betty White on her 90th birthday. Looking good! — Hugh Hefner, Playboy franchise owner, sends his bright birthday wishes to Golden Girl Betty White and comments on her timeless beauty.

celebrity SCOOPS! J-Lo deals out the dough Jennifer Lopez may be feeling the love from her 24-year-old boyfriend Casper Smart, but little did she know that affection was going to cost her $10,000 a week. The American Idol judge was reportedly tired of giving her boy toy money every time they went out for shopping and dinner, so she decided to give him a huge weekly allowance of 10 grand to make footing the bill more discreet. According to People magazine, Smart blows his A-list lover’s cash on high-end jewelry and clothing. Lopez’s friends claim that creating the illusion of Smart having money to burn is a part of a master plan to make her ex-husband, Marc Anthony, envious. Lopez, 42, may feel excited about robbing the cradle — as Smart is 18 years her junior — but it sounds like if anyone is doing the robbing, it’s him.

— Benji Maust

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Interactive site connects fans with top bands Jared Dionne Staff WRiter

As the war against music piracy and intellectual copyright rages on, the founders of Fanattac, a new website that features music videos, entertainment news and online audio streaming, are looking to refresh the way bands connect with their fans. Chris Desmond and Dan Faiman, cofounders of Fanattac, are preparing the launch of a new incentive-based online platform that aims to create a mutually beneficial relationship between music lovers and recording artists. The site will allow fans to find the music they love, browse through information about both small-town and chart-topping musicians, purchase band merchandise and a chance to promote their favorite artists. While the site will be open to the public in the upcoming months, students at Ithaca College are getting an exclusive sneak peak. Bryan Roberts, assistant dean for student services at the Roy H. Park School of Communications, was Faiman’s roommate during their time as undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut. Amy Diehl ’11 is the media marketing manager for the site. The connections between the college and the service led to the decision to test the site on the college’s students. Fanattac is currently scheduled to launch exclusively to students at the college in the next week or two. Following the release, the Fanattac team will take feedback from students and rework some of the site’s features. “We can make some tweaks and modify it, and then we’ll let anyone

The home page of Fanattac, a new social marketing website for music that allows listeners to connect with their favorite artists. Fanattac is offering Ithaca College students a sneak peak at the site before it opens to the public.

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on,” Diehl said. “A solid launch won’t be for another month or so.” Fanattac will offer incentives to students, like prepaid cards from American Express and gift cards to Orbitz and Expedia to use during spring break. For the Ithaca College launch, students must first send a friend request to Fanattac Beta via Facebook. After they’ve been accepted, students can go to the website and then log in through Facebook.

The website will reach beyond the business models of iTunes and Facebook to develop an all-encompassing musical playground that features direct interactions between artists and their fans. “The iTunes music experience is pretty limited,” Desmond said. “You have to wander around the web trying to find whatever it is you’re looking for. Fanattac creates a central destination for all music in a way that hasn’t been done yet.”

Fans can also help promote their favorite artists by using resources the website provides. As fans build their promotion, they can redeem the points they earn for exclusive artist content such as singles, merchandise and discounted concert tickets. “Instead of calling the radio station and being the 103rd caller, you can do something that benefits the artist,” Faiman said. “It’s a win-win situation for the fan and the artist.”

Fanattac’s developers remain optimistic in the face of the new Spotify/Facebook partnership. This fall, Spotify, a Swedish streaming music service, teamed up with Facebook to enhance the service’s social media presence. Spotify listeners select songs on the platform that will then be listed on the user’s personal Facebook timeline. Diehl was concerned when the partnership between Spotify and Facebook first began because the new partnership showed potential. But Fanattac’s founders said they realized their competitive advantages early in the development process since Spotify does not incorporate music news, tour information and band merchandise. “I kind of freaked out a little bit, but Dan and Chris didn’t really seem too concerned with it,” Diehl said. “We see them as competition, but we’re also much more than what they offer.” The website was never meant to be an alternative to streaming services, but the founders hope to incorporate free streaming into their business model. By bringing listeners and artists closer together, Desmond and Faiman are focused on revitalizing a struggling industry by rethinking the roles of the music fan, the artist and the record labels. “[Joining Fanattac] is not just being a fan, but being a part of music,” Faiman said. “Music is always around you. Don’t be a passive listener, be an active listener.” Visit www.fanattac.com to sign up for an exclusive look at some of the services available from Fanattac.

Author revisits Richard Nixon with modern analytical twist Kerry TKACIK staff writer

While composer John Adams’ opera “Nixon in China” has been a theater favorite for more than 25 years, Timothy Johnson, associate professor of music theory, composition and history, is giving the old notes a new tune. In 1972, Richard Nixon established a revolutionary partnership with the People’s Republic of China. Now, Johnson has shed new light on this historic event through an intimate analysis of the musical interpretation of Nixon’s visit to China in his book, “John Adams’s Nixon in China: Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives.” The book is divided into three parts, giving special attention to scenes that portray meetings between officials, principle characters resembling American and Chinese officials and broader ideas surrounding the meeting as a whole. The meeting was held at the beginning of Nixon’s bid for a second presidential term. The book reads like a listener’s guide and has CD references throughout. It is designed for the reader to listen to specific parts of the opera and then read Johnson’s explanation of the segment. “I try to take apart most of the things that happen and most of the things that are said musically,” Johnson said. “I try to figure out what it means and what it tells us about the event.” Johnson said the importance of the time in history and the significant place that Adams’ work has taken in the realm of contemporary opera attracted Johnson’s attention, and he has been studying the opera for more than 23 years. “John Adams has become one of the most well-known composers of our time,” Johnson said. “This is one of his principle works. Most

contemporary operas get a big splash, they get a run, and then they go away. This one keeps getting done.” Ashgate Publishing released the book in 2011 after six years of extensive research that included interviews with Adams, as well as other experts and resources with information about Nixon, first chair of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong and other public figures. The opera’s focus is particularly intriguing, Johnson said, because it depicts something about Nixon’s presidency apart from Watergate. Johnson is the first to analyze the play using neo-Riemannian theory, an alternative way of explaining the way one musical chord moves to another. “It’s the ability to create something that transcends itself,” Johnson said. “This opera is more than what it appears. You can learn things from it that aren’t really there on the surface, things that weren’t even intended by the composer.” Johnson said with better comprehension comes better enjoyment of any musical piece, including “Nixon in China.” “Not everyone loves the opera, and not everyone loves every minute of the opera,” Johnson said. “That used to include me, but now I do love it because I have a better understanding of it.” Kyle Gann, associate professor of music theory and history at Bard College, reviewed the manuscript for the publisher. Gann said the details of important moments in history can sometimes become fuzzy over time — a process that Johnson aimed to reverse in his book. “He brings to it a new kind of musical analysis and he was one of the first people that got me excited about this,” Gann said. “This is a

Timothy Johnson, associate professor of music theory, composition and history, plays a piano Monday in Ford Hall. Johnson published an analysis of John Adams’ opera “Nixon in China.” Durst Breneiser/The Ithacan

new type of harmonic analysis that has only been around for about 24 years.” Rebecca Jemian, a music theory professor at Ithaca College, read Johnson’s proposal before it was sent to the publisher. She said the book achieved a level of readability and speaks to more than musical theory alone. “He accomplishes the really difficult task of making the music accessible to a broader

audience because of the context that he puts the work into,” Jemian said. Johnson said he hopes his readers will gain a better appreciation for Adams’ opera. “By opening up some of the parts that are hard to understand on the surface, I’m hoping that people will be able to come to it from a different angle and hear some of the nuances that are there in the music,” Johnson said.

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Alumna launches small company to encourage corporate giving When she was a student at Ithaca College, Liz Brenna ’07 received a coupon for a free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. The small piece of paper changed her career. After listening to a speech from Ithaca resident Jeff Furman, a member of the Ben & Jerry’s board of directors, about his work with corporate social responsibility, Brenna was inspired by the company’s work for social justice and sustainability and decided to base her career on building ties between corporations and communities. She landed her dream job with Ben & Jerry’s after graduation and recently left the company to found Socially Good, a Rochester-based business that helps for-profit companies become more environmentally and socially responsible. Accent Editor Shea O’Meara spoke to Brenna about her work at Ben & Jerry’s, founding her own company and the growing demand for corporate social responsibility. Shea O’Meara: What inspired you to work to make businesses more socially and environmentally conscious? Liz Brenna: In one of my classes Jeff Furman spoke. He is like the undercover third party who helped found Ben & Jerry’s, and he actually lives in Ithaca. He gave me my first little pint coupon that basically changed the way I thought about business. He was a monumental person in my self-discovery and my education at

Ithaca College. He inspired me to pursue this journey in business and this whole trend. SO: What types of projects did you work on during your employment with Ben & Jerry’s? LB: The company made the transition to become Fair Trade certified. For example, in Uganda at Ndali Vanilla, where we got our vanilla, there is so much vanilla on the market that companies like Häagen-Dazs can pay next to nothing for its vanilla. What that does is exploit the farmers, and it doesn’t give them a fair wage, and it doesn’t even pay them enough to feed their families. It continues the poverty cycle. What Fair Trade does is the company pays five times more for it. It pays the farmers enough to support their families, to feed their kids, to send their kids to school. They’re building hospitals; It’s basically taking communities and bringing them out of the poverty cycle. I helped that transition at Ben & Jerry’s. SO: Are consumers interested in companies that are using socially responsible practices? LB: In this day and age, consumers are educated enough, and with everything that’s happened, like the oil spill with BP and Wall Street and this whole Occupy movement, consumers are really demanding companies to be socially and environmentally

Liz Brenna ’07 stands between Ben & Jerry’s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. Brenna worked for the company and was inspired to found Socially Good, a business that encourages corporate social giving.

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responsible. There really aren’t a lot of resources to help for-profit businesses who want to implement social and environmental responsibility, go green, become more sustainable, implement community programs internally and externally and then have the ability to enroll in campaigns through marketing. SO: What challenges have you faced in founding Socially Good? LB: It really isn’t an easy task because Fair Trade isn’t that prevalent in the United States. In Europe and other countries it’s really familiar, but consumers over

here are just getting word of it. When they hear Fair Trade, they think it’s something more to do with export and imports. What I’ve found is that once people really understand it, and a company is embracing the Fair Trade or Corporate Social Responsibility or sustainability movement, the choice is easy for them. When you have Ben & Jerry’s on the shelf next to Häagen-Dazs and consumers know that when they buy Ben & Jerry’s they’re supporting Fair Trade and they’re supporting all of theses initiatives that Fair Trade encompasses, the choice is easy for them.

SO: How do you plan to help the companies you’re working with become more socially responsible? LB: A lot of companies are doing some really great things, but they’re not using it as a competitive advantage. That’s the track I send clients on. SO: How can students benefit from understanding this new trend? LB: It is the next generation of business, and getting as much exposure with social and environmental responsibility in a corporate setting is extremely important because that’s where the world is heading.

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Complex comedy fails to answer call

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by Lucy Walker staff Writer

Soon after arriving at his job one morning, Lee Fountain yells, “Call me Waldo!” and recites line after line of the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson’s thoughts. This man is not insane. After reading Emerson’s works, Lee (Matthew Boston), a descendant of Emerson, takes on the classic writer’s persona in the Kitchen Theatre Company’s comedy “Call Me Waldo.” After his daughter nearly “Call Me Waldo” dies and his depression worsKitchen Theatre ens from the tragedy, he immerses himself in the writer’s transcendentalist world. His outbursts show up in every aspect of his life, from work with his selfcentered boss, Gus Sakellariadis (Brian Dykstra), to his home with his wife, Sarah Fountain (Rita Rehn). For literary and marital help, Sarah consults her friend, Doctor Cynthia Allen (Jennifer Dorr White), who studied American writers. All of the play’s actors show promise, but only Dykstra truly shines. Dykstra, a producer-playwright himself, originates the knuckle dragger character with the unpronounceable last name perfectly. His posture and movements make him convincing as a typical, blue-collar working man. Sharing fast-paced, amusingly abusive banter with each person, Dykstra constantly serves as comic relief in an otherwise bleak tale. Boston does not portray Lee — a man so unhappy that he has to pull his car over on the highway to cry — with the same believability Dykstra brings to Gus. His only convincing moment occurs when he tells his wife that he feels like “a nothing.” As his Emerson alter ego, his strength occasionally emerges with a lowered voice and faster actions, but it is not an act that saves his performance. Both Rehn and White give strong performances as Rob Ackerman’s Brady Bunch-like sitcom archetypes of women. Rehn charms during a scene after she has sex with her Emerson-minded husband as she wears a beautiful white dress straight out of Emerson’s era, a design by Hannah Kochman. White has a brief burst of anger when she ridicules Emerson’s work. Otherwise, the women feel

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Bottle Rocket, starring Owen and Luke Wilson as neighbors planning a crime spree, will show at 9:30 p.m. at Cornell Theatre. Tickets are $4 to $7.

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“The Popular Song of Today,” a musical performance Ithaca College associate professor Nicholas Walker and lecturer Greg Evans produced featuring a selection of 2011 Billboard hits, will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Hocket Family Recital Hall. Admission is free.

“The Help,” starring Emma

From left, Cynthia Allen (Jennifer Dorr White) sits with Gus Sakellariadis (Brian Dykstra) in “Call Me Waldo,” a comedy that explores the transcendental thinking of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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like fill-ins, present only to advance the plot. Challenging wordplay and entertaining innuendos abound in Rob Ackerman’s writing. Master one-liners, like Gus calling his tequila “to kill ya” and Sarah flirtatiously asking Lee “Where’s Waldo?” in reference to his genitalia, have comedic potential, but overall the script lacks a clear course and leaves the audience confused throughout the story’s progression. The plot feels rushed from the beginning, with a late point of attack. The ending is inconclusive, without any moments of realization or catharsis for viewers. Margaret Perry’s direction helps smooth the script. She is not afraid of bold blocking, often having the actors face upstage. One particular argument begins on stage right, travels through the lobby, and resumes on stage left, taking full advantage of an intimate space. Perry displays

her ability to transform fictional relationships with the cast’s solid chemistry. And the actordriven scene changes keep the tight pace of the show going while other additions, like a humorous pantomime of truck driving, entertain. From Lee’s truck to bedroom, every location in the story emerges from units and ladders in a back wall structure. This impressive, functional and minimalist set by David Arsenault ’10 lends a sense of realism to the construction site set in every scene and keeps Lee’s daily grind constantly present in the audience’s minds. Taking on a distant ancestor’s mentality turns out well for Lee Fountain. But in “Call Me Waldo,” the promise of fun dialogue and beautiful language leaves the audience looking for more. “Call Me Waldo” plays through Feb. 5 at the Kitchen Theatre.

Indie band revamps sound with upbeat electronic style Throughout the album’s featured single, “Called Out In The Dark,” Absent from the alternative mu- lead vocalist Gary Lightbody mainsic scene since 2009, Snow Patrol is tains the same rich vocals present in past releases. The consistency of the back with its newly vocals will give loyal Snow Patrol released and longfans a sense of reassurance. Howevoverdue album, Snow Patrol er, it is the only original component “Fallen Empires.” “Fallen Empires” the band has not altered. Hailing from Polydor Records “Called Out In The Dark” eases Northern Ireland, Our rating: into the new, optimistic character of this indie rock HHH the band. The drumbeat delivers a band has come a long way. Breaking out of its cocoon, memorable rhythm worthy of Snow Patrol released this sixth al- foot-tapping and head-bobbing. bum and collectively decided on a The bridge picks up the tempo of brighter musical direction. Bagging the song, leading into a synth-rich the familiar style heard in its hit chorus with encouraging lyrics: single, “Chasing Cars,” listeners may “This is your life/ This is your time.” notice the band puts away its previ- The style brings the band closer to ous melancholy feelings for a fresh, the vocally subtle, yet instrumentally radiant style of Two Door Cinema upbeat sound.

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by allie healy

Song of the Week “Comeback Kid”

Following their brooding and romantic debut, “A Brief History of Love,” British electro-rockers The Big Pink The Big Pink return with a “Future This” newfound love 4AD for glitz. Our rating: With their HHH new album, “Future This,” Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell drop the hazy pathos and opt instead for slick beats and a trip-hop edge. The album as a whole takes on a sound that is decidedly more upbeat. “Stay Gold” and “Hit the Ground (Superman)” call upon the success of The Big Pink’s most notable single, “Dominos.” Soaring guitar lines and pounding bass combine to generate a massive sound.

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Club, another indie rock band. Emphasizing a transition from acoustic to electronic, “I’ll Never Let Go,” is a fine example of Snow Patrol’s ability to combine subtle bass lines behind its dominant beat. The flexibility of Lightbody’s vocals continues to be highlighted throughout the dynamic track. Just in time for the frigid winter weather, Snow Patrol provides some musical sunshine capable of ridding any cloudy mood.

Type or Tweet, an event where Ithaca community members can express themselves and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr., will begin at 7 p.m. in IC Square. Brownskin Concert, a soul music performance that will bring MLK Week to a close, will begin at 9 p.m. in Emerson Suites. Admission is free.

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Works in Progress Reading, talks led by local writers, will begin at 4 p.m. at Buffalo Street Books. Admission is free.

The band still leaves room for some heart to carry over from its previous album. The gut-wrenching ballad “77” is the perfect closer to the album. Furze ponders death and his emotions as he sings, “I wish I had 77 ways to say ‘No.’” On “Future This,” The Big Pink manages to alter its sound slightly without losing its identity. Thanks to its versatility, the future looks bright for this duo.

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Secrets’ sophomore album is a melting pot of sounds including electronic, pop, punk and hardcore. Many of the songs focus on friends, enemies and bridges burned, complementing the heavy composition.

This alternative rock band releases its third album and introduces a new, powerful sound that may bewilder loyal listeners. The album features hints of dubstep and plenty of harmonic guitar riffs.

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This track features everything listeners have come to expect: smashing drum lines, crass synthesizers and Alexis Krauss’ heavenly vocals.

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Wrinkles cause biopic of British leader to fall short of potential

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Gripping visuals and star power prevent “The Iron Lady” from hitting rock bottom, but the political drama’s narrative is nowhere near as dynamic as its featured leading lady. The film, which is a biopic based on John Campbell’s “The Iron biography of the Lady” Film4 same title, illusOur rating: trates the life and HH 1/2 times of controversial former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep). In the film, a senile, hallucinating Thatcher argues about her career with her husband Denis (Jim Broadbent), who died eight years prior. Thatcher questions her sanity as she continues to reminisce with her late husband and the film flashes back to memories of Thatcher’s early life. The story of young Margaret Roberts (Alexandra Roach) begins with her childhood as a grocer’s daughter. It flashes forward to early forays into party politics and the marriage proposal of pleasant, boyishly attractive Denis Thatcher (Harry Lloyd). The charmingly awkward Roach shines in her determination as the maturing politician. She shows the development of strong conservative views and inexorable ambition that ultimately help develop Thatcher, one of the most iconic female leaders of the western world. After showing Thatcher’s first day in Parliament,

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The artist 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and Weekends 2 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Tinker tailor soldier spy 7:10 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Weekends 2:10 p.m. and 4:35 p.m. The descendants 7:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Weekends 2:15 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. From left, Denis Thatcher (Jim Broadbent) celebrates with wife and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), who diminishes the gender barriers of her time by being elected as the first female Prime Minister of Britain.

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the film skips decades ahead. Streep skillfully portrays the powerful woman as she ascends to the Prime Minister position. Her excellence spans from the speech training for Thatcher’s campaign to the strength of her statement “But I am the Prime Minister!” right before the Conservative Party forces the end of her term. The woman who was beloved and hated by her constituents emerges in these scenes. Director Phyllida Lloyd, who also directed “Mamma Mia!,” proves with her sophomore film effort that her style is worth watching. Tense cabinet meetings

and Parliament sessions, which are skillfully acted and filmed, bring ensemble power to a few scenes. The television footage of real-life protests from the era adds reality to the film. She does not stray far from convention, but the film is still fresh and visually captivating during a particularly dull moment in aged Thatcher’s story. It is impossible for either of screenwriter Abi Morgan’s plot lines to achieve their potential with a film that only lasts 105 minutes. The flashback portion consistently focuses only on moments important to Thatcher’s climb to power, eliminating possible subplots. This

nonfiction panorama of her life is the stronger half, but it gets sped through because of Morgan’s lacking attempt at exploring elderly Thatcher’s mental state. The fictional hallucinations in this plot line only squander Streep’s craft. “The Iron Lady” promises drama comparable to Thatcher’s time in office. The acting and appearance of the film hit a good spot, but the organization of the narrative renders it far less sturdy than the unstoppable Prime Minister. “The Iron Lady” was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Abi Morgan.

Remake shines with 3-D magic

Smuggler film cops out on thrill

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Based on his own “Reykjavik-Rotterdam,” director Baltasar Kormakur’s new action thriller “Contraband” fails to deliver the action and suspense viewers may expect. The film follows Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg), a former crook who acquires a security installa“Contraband” tion company and hesitantly falls Universal back into his favorite line of work: Pictures smuggling. Farraday is forced to Our rating: go on a trip from New Orleans to HH 1/2 Panama to pick up some funny money to save his brother-in-law’s life. While on the trip, drug lord Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi) tortures Farraday’s wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and their two sons. While the torture was most likely meant to add urgency and drive to Wahlberg’s character, it occurred one too many times and had little effect on the outcome of the plot. To remind Farraday of what he has at stake, Briggs visits Kate and her two sons at their New Orleans home with two large, armed men. The physical damage and pain the family endures, while somewhat realistic, was distasteful and brutal. As the torment continued, it was rendered ineffective for the story. The acting, however, remained compelling. Veteran actors Wahlberg, Beckinsale and Ribisi brought the film to life and made it enjoyable. The chemistry between Wahlberg and Beckinsale was believable and added a heartening layer to the whole film. Wahlberg takes on the softer character, Chris, whose children’s lives are at stake — a refreshing change from the many tough-guy personae he has played. Kormakur managed to fuse this action film with

a love story that shows what a man would give up and accomplish to save his family. Farraday exhibits his passion for smuggling many times throughout the film, but the point was clearly made that his family comes before any risky heist. While the love between Chris and Kate is evident, the history of their relationship is never revealed. This is also true for the relationships between Farraday and his partners in crime; all that is known is that they’ve worked together before. Therefore, the lack of back-story takes away from the stakes at hand. “Contraband” may hold tight to the audience’s attention, but comes loose with a lackluster script.

More than 20 years after the original film’s premiere, “Beauty and the Beast 3-D” features enticing elements for a new, younger audience and pleasantly entertains its original viewers. The 3-D work has been added to about one-third of the film’s total run time “Beauty and the and only to parts that benBeast 3-D” efit from the animation Walt Disney — scenes that include elePictures ments like rain, leaves or Our rating: birds flying across and out HHH 1/2 of the screen. The 3-D conversion enhances moments of energy and drama in the film. The musical number “Be Our Guest,” an already jaw-dropping spectacle, uses the 3-D effects to fully immerse the viewer in the scene. The animation enhancements improve the film for a repeat viewer and help bring the magic back to life. Despite the 3-D update being viewed as a gimmicky way to bring audiences into theatres, it does not distract from the classic beauty of the film. While original fans of the movie may enjoy seeing the film on the big screen, it may not be worth the increased 3-D ticket price. Its new 3-D elements aside, “Beauty and the Beast” maintains its status as a timeless cinematic classic — a tale as old as time for every audience.

“Contraband” was directed by Baltasar Kormakur and written by Aaron Guzikowski, Arnaldur Indriðason and Oskar Jonasson.

“Beauty and the Beast 3-D” was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and written by Linda Woolverton and Roger Allers.

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Senior Kate Middleton, a thrower on the women’s As senior Jessica Hoeffner gripped the indoor track team and presihandle of the 20-pound steel ball in her hand, dent of the women’s club she spun on her left heel and right toe three volleyball team, said the times, then released the weight. Her throw squatting and explosivetraveled farther than any throw in school his- ness necessary for volleyball tory at 50 feet and 3 1/2 inches — not bad for translate well into throwing. She said Hoeffner never an outside hitter for the volleyball team. Hoeffner has juggled competing in the boasts about her achieveshot put and weight throw for the indoor ments and listens more than track team while being one of the top out- she speaks. “She’ll laugh at jokes side hitters for the volleyball team. She also competes in the shot put, hammer throw, or maybe comment every discus and javelin for the track and field once in a while,” Middleton said. “She’s not completely team in the spring. Competing for both teams requires her to silent, but she is not very attend three training sessions per day during talkative either.” Senior Lauren Barchi, the spring season. Hoeffner said among all the sports she Hoeffner’s roommate and Senior Jessica Hoeffner practices her throws Sunday in Glazer Arena. Hoeffner, who has also competed as has played in high school and college, her friend since the second grade, an outside hitter on the volleyball team for three seasons, set the school record in the weight throw twice. said Hoeffner’s competitive passion is for volleyball. photo illustration by rachel orlow “It’s more exciting for me to get a kill nature from playing sports “I knew it was season-ending immediately,” the event with a throw of 28 feet and 11 inches. than to throw far,” she said. “It’s just not the translates to any activity. Hoeffner was named Empire 8 Conference she said. “I didn’t admit it to myself, but I knew.” “Card games, or even who is going to get same excitement.” Surgery repaired the torn ligament two Hoeffner’s athletic talents have always to the car first — she needs to win,” she said. Rookie of the Year after winning the shot put and placing in the top six in the javelin, ham- months later, and Hoeffner was cleared to been widely spread. In her freshman and “It’s not fun unless she wins.” Barchi said she has witnessed Hoeffner’s mer throw and discus during the indoor and play in the volleyball team’s spring season sophomore years at Hauppauge High School six months after that. She could not compete on Long Island, she competed for the Eagles’ dedication and growth mindset since they outdoor track seasons. Hoeffner has broken the school record in for the track team because the twisting and varsity volleyball, basketball and softball were soccer teammates in high school. At teams in addition to playing club soccer her first track meet with Hauppauge High the weight throw during both of the women’s turning of throwing would have been harmyear-round. She decided to pursue track her School, Hoeffner was the only member of her indoor track team’s meets this season. She ful to her knee’s recovery. In her junior volleyball season, Hoeffner junior year of high school after she discov- team entered in the shot put. She said she was broke the old school record, which stood at ered lacrosse would conflict with her club unaware that athletes were expected to bring 48 feet and six inches, set by Erin Stevens made up for lost time by helping the volley’00. Hoeffner’s record stood for a month ball team to win the Empire 8 Conference their own weights to the meet. soccer schedule. “I thought, ‘Why would I need to bring my until she broke it again with a throw of 51 feet Championship. She ranked third on the Her teammates said her versatility, which stems from her competing in two sports, own shot put? Don’t they provide them?’” she and one-quarter inch at the Cornell Upstate team with 286 kills and earned first team All-Empire 8 Honors. Challenge on Saturday. helped her set new program records in a short said. “This is the weirdest sport ever.” Hoeffner said she was able to commiserate Last spring, Hoeffner began to improve Despite her inexperience, Hoeffner won period of time. her technique in the hammer throw by fig- with another athlete in the training room who uring out the heel-toe method of spinning needed to undergo the same recovery process. “Me and the trainers were very close,” and using her right arm to push the ball away from her body. Jennifer McDonnell, an assis- she said. “There was also another girl from tant coach for the women’s indoor track team, the soccer team in the training room, and said Hoeffner has developed her skill in the we used to say we were ACL twins because event because she has been able to control the we tore them one day apart and had surgery one day apart.” movement of the weight as she spins. As her athletic career on South Hill winds “The tail was wagging the dog instead of the dog wagging the tail,” McDonnell said. down, Hoeffner wants to attend California “Now she is able to move the weight rather State University Dominguez Hill for her graduate studies. She interned at a biomethan it throwing her around.” Despite her athletic accomplishments, chanics lab at the Veterans Affairs Medical Hoeffner remains soft-spoken, describing her Center in Long Beach, Calif., this summer performance on Saturday as “pretty good,” where she developed an interest in prosthetadding that she set a personal best. She nev- ics and orthotics. Hoeffner said her internship taught her er mentioned that the throw broke her own more about prosthetic limbs designed for school record. Hoeffner’s active lifestyle was halted when particular sports, including a prosthetic arm she tore her ACL in the first week of the vol- made for volleyball. “I like the hands-on work and using all the leyball team’s preseason practices. Hoeffner said she was performing a simple hitting drill, tools to directly help people,” she said. “It is From left, SUNY-Geneseo sophomore Alex Wende goes to block a spike by Bombers senior but when she landed, she felt a pop and lost just so insane that you can help them do what they are passionate about.” all stability in her knee. Jessica Hoeffner with the help of Geneseo junior Megan Reed during a game Oct. 26.

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Home games boost squad’s tenacity By andrew kristy staff writer

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Action sports imperil lives She is launched into the thin mountain air, her trajectory angled to fly. At heights of more than 10 feet above the lip of the 25-foot half-pipe, freestyle skier Sarah Burke completed two-and-a-half full rotations before coming back to earth ready to soar again. Backflips and more spinning ensued, and when all was said and done, Burke walked away with her fourth straight Winter X Games gold medal in the 2011 Women’s SuperPipe. Burke, 29, died last Thursday from complications sustained from injuries in a training accident Jan. 10 at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah. A legend who helped make women’s freestyle skiing an event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Burke ruptured the vertebral artery — one of four primary arteries that deliver blood to the brain — during a run. Following surgery to repair the artery, tests showed that oxygen and blood had been cut off from the brain enough for irreversible damage. She was in an induced coma for more than a week before she was pronounced dead. Deaths in any sport are stunning, as they remind fans how even the slightest miscalculation can lead to catastrophes for the most adroit action sports athletes. While superpipe skiing may not possess the same danger as downhill skiing — where speeds exceed 80 mph — spectators often lose sight of the inherent risk of serious injury associated with trick combinations that defy gravity. The fact that we see these athletes push themselves to the brink time after time and repeatedly escape without injury desensitizes viewers to the inherent danger that the athletes are throwing themselves into. Action sports athletes are always trying to go a little higher, get a little more rotation and push the bounds of physics further than everyone else. As action sports build larger fan bases and evolve through events such as the Dew Tour, the X Games and the Winter Olympics, action sports athletes begin to live on a fine edge that, when crossed, can lead to serious or fatal injuries. Broken bones, torn ligaments and concussions are as common as the sight of snow in winter action sports competitions. In the Ski Channel documentary “Winter,” Burke is shown in a car with her husband, professional skier Rory Bushfield. She said what I am sure every skier believes in spite of the dangers of the sport: “It’s what our lives are — it’s being on the hill. There’s a reason for that, and it’s amazing. It’s where we met, it’s where we live, and it is hopefully where we’ll die.” Harlan Green-taub is a senior televison-radio major. Contact him at hgreent1@ithaca.edu.

Backed by the roaring crowds in Ben Light Gymnasium and the convenience of playing in familiar surroundings, home games have been an encouraging part of a disappointing regular season for the men’s basketball team. The Bombers currently have an overall record of 8—10, including five wins at home. Their combined record on the road and at The Bombers neutral sites is a subpar 3—8. have lost eight of Senior guard Jordan their 11 games Marcus said the team plays away from Ben Light Gymnasium better in home games bethis season. cause it does not have to endure a long travel schedule, which, at some points, spans two schools in as many days. “You get that home rest — that kind of thing,” he said. “We’ve been playing much better at home all year, and that’s where we’re comfortable.” Junior guard Sean Rossi said the home court is desirable because of the convenience that comes with hosting a game. “You practice every day, so you’re used to the rims, and you’re used to the atmosphere,” Rossi said. “It allows you to prepare for the game a lot easier than having to sit on a bus and the whole process of actually getting to the other school to play.” The Bombers’ inconsistency on the road manifested itself during a two-game stretch Jan. 13 and 14. The team won an 8 p.m. contest against Hartwick College by two points: 73-71. Following the game however, the South Hill squad traveled 182 miles to Hoboken, N.J., for a game the next day with Stevens Institute of Technology. The Bombers fell to the Ducks by 21 points in the game, nearly matching their worst loss of the season. Junior forward Andrei Oztemel, who is second on the team in scoring with an average of 14 points per game, said not traveling often helps the team get healthy. He said he has been able to rest more between home games as he nurses an ankle injury. Oztemel said the Bombers were looking forward to playing crucial conference games on the South Hill. “We’ve got to protect our home floor, and hopefully we take care of business,” Oztemel said. “It’s a good home stand, and hopefully we can get some wins.” Currently, the Bombers are in the midst of

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their longest stretch of home games in six years. Winning games in Ithaca is crucial because the host team controls the momentum, Rossi said. “When you get down and start to lose by 10 points, you have the comfort and confidence of being at home and the crowd,” he said. “You think you’re going to be able to come back, where on the road you lose that confidence.” Though the South Hill squad’s overall record

may be mediocre, the team is still in a three-way tie for second place in the Empire 8 Conference. Marcus said the team has tried to put its slow start away from home behind it and turn a new page coming into 2012. “We looked at it as a second season,” he said. “It’s a chance for us to still get into the NCAA potentially. We were all very excited to start it up.”

Bombers’ early leads squash opponents’ hopes By matt kelly staff writer

On the way to a perfect 7 —0 start in Empire 8 Conference play, the women’s basketball team has been able to build huge leads before any fans have gotten comfortable in their seats. The Blue and Gold have sent each of their opponents to the locker room with an average halftime deficit of 19 points during the winning streak. Head Coach Dan Raymond said the South Hill squad’s first-half dominance was a result of shutting down opposing offenses in their first possessions of the game. “We take away teams’ first options, and that makes it very difficult for them to get the scoring opportunities they’re looking for,” he said. The Bombers’ Empire 8 opponents, including top five conference teams such as Hartwick College and Nazareth College, have averaged a first-half shooting percentage of just 26 percent so far. Raymond said his team always starts its games with the goal to keep the opposing team out of the paint area. This strategy forces perimeter shots or drives into the long arms of sophomore forward Jenn Escobido and junior forward Devin Shea. Assistant Coach Alex Ivansheck, who prepares the scouting reports

From left, Elmira College sophomore guard Liz Forrest defends sophomore forward Jenn Escobido along with Soaring Eagles senior guard Darcy James.

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for the team, said this year’s group of players has recommitted themselves to studying opponents. “This year’s been a lot more successful than in previous years in terms of film and scouting reports,”

Ivansheck said. “The athletes are really taking it seriously and take it upon themselves to watch the tapes.” A lockdown defensive effort can often lead to easy points at the other end of the court. Sophomore guard

Kathryn Campbell said the Bombers’ ability to keep opponents at bay helps the Blue and Gold find their rhythm during offensive possessions. “When we get all of these defensive stops, it allows us to make some mistakes on offense and still be able to recover,” she said. “And it also allows us to get into the fast break and find our comfort zone to make some shots.” An airtight defense combined with a lightning-quick attack on offense can be an overwhelming matchup, and other teams in the conference have fallen victim to it. Hartwick Head Coach Missy West said the Bombers were able to seize control early in the Hawks’ 63-49 loss Jan. 13. “They came out very poised and composed and played better than us on every possession,” West said. “We came out flat, got down early and had to change our defense. We started out in a 2-3 zone and had to switch to man-to-man. ” Raymond said he has been preaching the same principle of staying focused on present situations in every game to prevent opponents from creeping back in the game. “We talk about winning every possession,” Raymond said. “We don’t play to the scoreboard, but we play to win every possession on both ends of the floor.”

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When athletes on the men’s diving team are up on the board, the pool turns silent and they are left alone with their thoughts. After the meet ends, however, the conversations between senior captain Derek Rand and junior Martin Brown could help each diver make some loud statements at the end of this season. Both Rand and Brown have already gotten scores positioning them to be picked for this year’s NCAA Championships, which are slated for March 21-24. Brown said the mentor-mentee relationship he has with Rand has been beneficial for both divers. “I do look up to him, but we also have a relationship where we can both give each other feedback and help each other throughout practice if we both need it,” Brown said. Diving Coach Nate Brisley said Rand’s encouragement for Brown has inspired the younger diver to believe in his ability on the board. “Part of Derek’s leadership role on the team is to say to Martin that he belongs at nationals,” Brisley said. “I’ve been telling him that for a while, but to hear it from a peer means a lot more.” Rand did not waste any time to check off a big goal this season when he took the first step toward the national championships. Rand said he was surprised that he made it into the NCAA qualifying stages so early in the season and used his achievement as a stepping stone to compete harder for

the Blue and Gold. “I took it as a thing to come for the rest of the season, so it was definitely a relief when I made it,” Rand said. Rand’s qualifying score of 283.4 in the one-meter dive came during the team’s meet against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Oct. 29. While Rand was able to focus on his other goals, Brown had to wait until Saturday to earn the necessary score of 296.1 points in the three-meter dive during the team’s most recent victory against University of Rochester. Rand is no stranger to national competition as a diver in Division III. He finished 15th and 13th in the oneand three-meter dives respectively at last year’s NCAA Championships in Knoxville, Tenn. In the Blue and Gold’s last meet, Rand set pool records in the team’s road meet against the University of Rochester Saturday, winning both the one- and three-meter dives. But more pressure was on Rand last season, as he did not register a score high enough to be considered for the national championships until the team’s final meet of last season: the Bomber Diving Invitational. Both Rand and Brown have scored points for the Bombers squad, which is 14—1 for the season. In the seasonopening meet against SUNY-Fredonia and SUNY-New Paltz, Brown finished second in the one-meter with a score of 254.77 points. Rand and Brown have both submitted videos of their qualifying dives to be evaluated by eight judges who pick the top 20 divers in the

Junior Martin Brown flips off the diving board during practice Tuesday in the Athletics and Events Center Pool. Brown made it to the next stage of qualifying for the NCAA championships with a score of 296.1 points.

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nation. The judges will release their decision on the field of competitors March 2, one week after the Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association meets at the Webster Aquatic Center in Webster, N.Y.

The time will soon come when the pair of teammates might compete for the same spot. Brown said despite their friendship out of the pool, he and Rand would like to go up against each other for this year’s national title

because it will motivate them more. “Sometimes it’s fun and friendly competition in practice, but when it gets down to the best of the best, it would be awesome to go against Derek,” Brown said.

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Junior Jules Doliscar’s dedication has always set him apart from other successful wrestlers. When Nassau Community College Associate Head Coach Vougar Oroudjov held a practice at a time that inconvenienced his players, Doliscar was the only one to attend. “I told the guys to come to a 6 o’clock morning practice,” Oroudjov said. “The next day, only one guy showed up — and it was Jules. He’s a hardworking guy and one of those kids who you can trust.” Doliscar has continued his dominance with the Bombers’ wrestling team throughout the season, becoming the top-ranked wrestler in both the NCAA Division III wrestling poll and the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s rankings. He has established a 25—3 overall record in his first year with the South Hill squad. Doliscar said he owes his success to the work he put in with Oroudjov, who trained him at Vougar’s Honors Wrestling Gym in Syosset, N.Y. Doliscar said Oroudjov found a balance between authority and compassion in his leadership style and was always transparent with him. “I really reached a whole new level and was able to notice the progress I made,” Doliscar said. The wrestlers who trained at Vougar’s gym are former state and county champions who have enjoyed successful college wrestling careers, and Doliscar is no different. Doliscar’s climb to the top of the national polls can be traced back to Nassau Community College, where he first faced doubts about whether he could make the transition from high school to collegiate wrestling. Nassau Wrestling Head Coach Paul Schmidt said though Doliscar diligently prepared for each meet, he was unsure whether Doliscar would be able to compete against opponents in junior colleges.

From left, junior Jules Doliscar takes down SUNY-Oswego freshman Chris Wise during the Bombers’ 35–6 win Dec. 10 in Ben Light Gymnasium. Doliscar is 25—3 this season.

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“When he came to Nassau, he was very raw,” Schmidt said. “As a matter of fact, we weren’t even sure he was going to be a college-caliber wrestler.” Doliscar grew from 125 pounds to 165 pounds prior to his freshman season with the

Lions. He was a National Junior College Athletic Association All-American and a semifinalist in the NJCAA Championships in the 165-pound weight class before competing for the Bombers in the 174-pound weight class. Aside from his hard work, Doliscar said his

respect for the sport is something he looks to show every day on the mat. He said his Catholic faith has motivated him to achieve success for himself, his family and his teammates. “In wrestling there are really no shortcuts, and there’s only one way to do things and that’s the right way,” he said. “My parents were very religious and they always taught me to do the right thing. They taught me respect and always told me to put my best foot forward.” Doliscar ended up with the Blue and Gold’s highest finish at the New York State Wrestling Championships last weekend at Cornell University, coming in third place in his weight class. Only one other Division III wrestler, SUNY-Cortland sophomore Brian Bistis, finished higher. Doliscar’s broad shoulders and wide neck are enough to intimidate any opponent. No sooner than the blast of the referee’s whistle does he pursue his opponent with his rapid reflexes on the mat. Senior Matt Mahon said the team looks to Doliscar for inspiration before meets because he brings an exuberant attitude to each of the team’s practices and meets. “He gets us pumped up just by being there,” Mahon said. “He’ll constantly remind us that the only thing keeping us from our goals are negative thoughts, and he stresses the importance of everyone supporting one another like a family.” The effort Doliscar has put forth with the Bombers has earned him a team-leading 17 pins. The mark puts him two shy of tying the program’s record for the most pins in a single season, which is currently held by Nick Calandrino ’07. Though he wants to establish a new record, Doliscar said he will never let his personal and athletic goals compromise his values. “You don’t try to do anything to hurt your opponent,” he said. “You play fair and try your best to win knowing your opponent will do the same.”

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bombers to watch Jenn Randall Junior Indoor Track Randall placed first in the 800-meter run at the Cornell Upstate Challenge on Saturday. Randall’s winning time of 2:19.38 was fast enough to qualify for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

Max Masucci Freshman Men’s Basketball Making his first collegiate start, Masucci scored 19 points and hit four 3-point shots in the Bombers’ 84-80 loss to Alfred University on Saturday. Masucci’s previous career high was seven points.

Carly Jones Junior Swimming and Diving Jones won three events in the Bombers’ 150-150 draw with the University of Rochester on Saturday. Jones placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke, the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley.

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The number of wins the men’s swimming and diving team has so far this season. See story on page 27.

The big stretch

From left, Pat “Chauncey” Holland of the Nawshus Ultimate frisbee team lunges as James Strouss of The Muppet Show leaps for a disc during the Men’s and Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Tournament on Sunday afternoon in Hill Center.

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Weird news from the wide world of sports

In a state that’s as hoops-crazed as Indiana, a high school basketball game on any normal night of the week is intense as it is. But when Boomer, the mascot for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers, comes to your town, a game suddenly becomes an event. Boomer paid a visit last Friday night to an interstate rivalry game between New Palestine and Triton Central high schools and put on a halftime show that literally brought the house down. While performing his standard trampoline dunk, Boomer dunked a little too forcefully and shattered New Palestine’s glass backboard into thousands of pieces. Since New Palestine didn’t have an NBA-sized budget, the backboard couldn’t be immediately replaced and the game was moved to the school’s auxiliary gym. What did Boomer have to say for his actions? The fuzzy blue feline posted a simple statement on his Twitter account: “Oooops.” —Matt Kelly

The average halftime lead for the women’s basketball team in its Empire 8 Conference games this season. See story on page 26.

play of the week Jennifer Escobido Sophomore Women’s Basketball Escobido ranks third in the Empire 8 Conference with an average of 3.4 offensive rebounds per game.

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS PUT AWAY THE GAME Escobido recorded her fifth career double-double with 10 points and 11 assists in the Bombers’ 5945 win Friday against Elmira College. Her work on the glass helped the Blue and Gold seal the victory. With Ithaca leading by 14 points and four minutes left to play, the Bombers held possession for 2 minutes straight thanks to three offensive rebounds from Escobido.

they saidit When Messi’s scored 1,283 goals like me, when he’s won three World Cups, we’ll talk about it. Brazilian soccer legend Pelé when asked by the French newspaper Le Monde where he thought Barcelona forward Lionel Messi ranks among the greatest soccer players of all time.

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Fight or flight

Freshman guard Max Masucci drives past Alfred University junior forward Brett Dennis during the Blue and Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 84-80 loss last Saturday in Ben Light Gymnasium. Masucci finished the game with career highs of 19 points and 33 minutes of play. The Bombers will play Stevens Institute of Technology on Friday as part of their five-game home stand. rachel orlow/the ithacan