A Cornell alumnus and a Cornell law professor faced off in a debate about firearms law in the United States on Tuesday, an event that drew about 150 peo- ple. Prof. Michael Dorf, law, and Alan Gura ’92, a litigator in high- profile cases about gun reg- ulation, went head-to-head as they discussed interpretation of the Second Amendment and its applications in modern American life. Dorf and Gura have previous- ly taken opposing views of Second Amendment law. In 2008, Gura argued District of Columbia vs. Heller — a case that struck down a Washington, D.C., handgun ban — all the way to the Supreme Court, despite Dorf’s urging that the ban be upheld. The organizers of the debate said they felt that the recent spot- light on gun regulation made the event more relevant to attendees. The debate opened with the two speakers discussing federal cases dealing with carrying firearms outside the home and potential future cases about the issue. “The Second Amendment related to a collective military right to carry guns. [The Supreme Court] looked to the term ‘bear arms’ and saw that it had a uniquely militaristic mean- ing,” Gura said. Dorf said it is difficult to pre- dict future Supreme Court rul- ings about the question of carry- ing guns. “It is absolutely an open ques- tion about what will happen in respect to public carrying,” Dorf said. Despite the serious nature of the debate, there was room for humor in the conversation. Dorf questioned whether a hypotheti- cal law banning a hypothetical death ray would violate the Second Amendment. Gura also remarked on military grade weapons, saying, “There is no drone season for deer.” In the wake of shooting tragedies such as that at an ele- mentary school in Newtown, Conn., organizers said their deci- sion to hold the debate was ques- tioned. “I was actually approached over winter break, and someone said, ‘Given the controversy, maybe we shouldn’t hold it,’” Dan Hartman grad, one of the organizers of the event, said. “We go to Cornell University; we can debate things without being dis- agreeable. We can debate high- profile issues.” The leaders of the two groups that organized the event — the Cornell Law School chapter of the Federalist Society, a conserva- Vol. 129, No. 79 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 ITHACA, NEW YORK The Corne¬ Daily Sun INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880 16 Pages – Free Showers HIGH: 55 LOW: 34 Alumni Awards Cornell alumni were recognized for hosting mini-reunions, a trend catching on in various regions of the country. | Page 3 News Rules for All Alex Bores ’13 calls for consistent enforcement of alcohol and hazing regulations — in and out of the Greek system. | Page 6 Opinion Weather Hunk of Burning Love A parody of The Bachelor is per- fect viewing for a Valentine’s Day marathon, according to Julia Moser ’15. | Page 11 Sports Middle of Balling Albert Liao ’14 gives a midseason review of the NBA, minus the Lakers. | Page 16 Arts CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER Shots Fired in C-Town; Man Injured About 35 minutes after shots were reportedly fired in Collegetown on Tuesday morning, police received a call regarding a man with a gunshot wound to his buttocks. The victim is in stable condi- tion at a nearby hospital, according to Jamie Williamson, public infor- mation officer for the Ithaca Police Department. Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said Tuesday that the man was grazed by the bullet. At about 1:30 a.m., police received a 911 call notifying them of “possible shots fired in the area of Oak Ave[nue] and of a dark-col- ored sedan leaving the area.” The Ithaca Police and Cornell University Police Departments spoke with multiple residents “who all heard the sound of four or five gunshots,” according to the IPD. At the time, police searched the area but did not find any suspects. At approximately 2:05 a.m., Bangs Ambulance and IPD officers responded to a call from 503 Hancock St. — approximately 1.5 miles from Oak Avenue — for a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound. Though Collegetown residents expressed varied reactions to the See SHOOTING page 5 Miller Hopes for ‘Protected Path’ For All Students When Andrew Thompson Miller, associate vice provost for academic diversity and head of the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, came to Cornell in Summer 2011, he suggested that the office’s initials — OADI — be pronounced as one word. That way, he said, it would sound like “wadi,” the Arabic and Swahili word for a protected path across the desert. The change fit in well with Miller’s planned academic initiatives at OADI. The office organizes programs to guide under- represented students — those eligi- ble for Pell Grants, those who are the first in their families to attend college and ethnic minorities –– through their time at Cornell. The programs include weekly lunches focused on topics ranging from financial aid to alumni suc- cess stories, a Friday “Stress Busters” club with activities such as improvisation and yoga classes and a pre-professional program targeting stu- dents with a variety of career aspirations. “These might be students whose high schools didn’t have a drama program. [Our career] programs don’t assume you have an uncle who’s a lawyer who can tell you about it,” he said. “We’re making sure everyone’s starting from the same place.” As associate vice provost, Miller is responsible for See MILLER page 5 By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Writer MILLER Scene of the crime | Police tape marks off the area in Collegetown close to where residents reported hearing gunshots Tuesday morning. A man was later treated for a gunshot wound to the buttocks. GINA HONG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Armed to argue | Students observe a debate on gun control in Myron Taylor Hall Tuesday. Debate at Law School Tackles Gun Control Cornell prof, alumnus use real-world examples to discuss rearms law See DEBATE page 4 By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer BY AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor and EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer
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A Cornell alumnus and aCornell law professor faced off ina debate about firearms law inthe United States on Tuesday, anevent that drew about 150 peo-ple.
Prof. Michael Dorf, law, andAlan Gura ’92, a litigator in
high- profile cases about gun reg-ulation, went head-to-head asthey discussed interpretation ofthe Second Amendment and itsapplications in modernAmerican life.
Dorf and Gura have previous-ly taken opposing views ofSecond Amendment law. In2008, Gura argued District ofColumbia vs. Heller — a case that
struck down a Washington,D.C., handgun ban — all theway to the Supreme Court,despite Dorf ’s urging that theban be upheld.
The organizers of the debatesaid they felt that the recent spot-light on gun regulation made theevent more relevant to attendees.
The debate opened with thetwo speakers discussing federalcases dealing with carryingfirearms outside the home andpotential future cases about theissue.
“The Second Amendmentrelated to a collective militaryright to carry guns. [TheSupreme Court] looked to theterm ‘bear arms’ and saw that ithad a uniquely militaristic mean-ing,” Gura said.
Dorf said it is difficult to pre-dict future Supreme Court rul-ings about the question of carry-ing guns.
“It is absolutely an open ques-tion about what will happen inrespect to public carrying,” Dorfsaid.
Despite the serious nature of
the debate, there was room forhumor in the conversation. Dorfquestioned whether a hypotheti-cal law banning a hypotheticaldeath ray would violate theSecond Amendment. Gura alsoremarked on military gradeweapons, saying, “There is nodrone season for deer.”
In the wake of shootingtragedies such as that at an ele-mentary school in Newtown,Conn., organizers said their deci-sion to hold the debate was ques-tioned.
“I was actually approachedover winter break, and someonesaid, ‘Given the controversy,maybe we shouldn’t hold it,’”Dan Hartman grad, one of theorganizers of the event, said. “Wego to Cornell University; we candebate things without being dis-agreeable. We can debate high-profile issues.”
The leaders of the two groupsthat organized the event — theCornell Law School chapter ofthe Federalist Society, a conserva-
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Alumni AwardsCornell alumni were recognizedfor hosting mini-reunions, a trendcatching on in various regions ofthe country.
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Rules for AllAlex Bores ’13 calls for consistentenforcement of alcohol and hazingregulations — in and out of theGreek system.
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Opinion
Weather
Hunk of Burning LoveA parody of The Bachelor is per-fect viewing for a Valentine’s Daymarathon, according to JuliaMoser ’15.
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SportsMiddle of BallingAlbert Liao ’14 gives a midseasonreview of the NBA, minus the Lakers.
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Shots Fired in C-Town; Man Injured
About 35 minutes after shotswere reportedly fired inCollegetown on Tuesday morning,police received a call regarding aman with a gunshot wound to hisbuttocks.
The victim is in stable condi-tion at a nearby hospital, accordingto Jamie Williamson, public infor-
mation officer for the Ithaca PoliceDepartment.
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 saidTuesday that the man was grazedby the bullet.
At about 1:30 a.m., policereceived a 911 call notifying themof “possible shots fired in the areaof Oak Ave[nue] and of a dark-col-ored sedan leaving the area.”
The Ithaca Police and CornellUniversity Police Departmentsspoke with multiple residents “whoall heard the sound of four or five
gunshots,” according to the IPD.At the time, police searched thearea but did not find any suspects.
At approximately 2:05 a.m.,Bangs Ambulance and IPD officersresponded to a call from 503Hancock St. — approximately 1.5miles from Oak Avenue — for a22-year-old man with a gunshotwound.
Though Collegetown residentsexpressed varied reactions to the
See SHOOTING page 5
Miller Hopes for‘Protected Path’For All Students
When Andrew Thompson Miller, associate viceprovost for academic diversity and head of the Office ofAcademic Diversity Initiatives, came to Cornell inSummer 2011, he suggested that the office’s initials —OADI — be pronounced as one word. That way, hesaid, it would sound like “wadi,” the Arabic and Swahiliword for a protected path across the desert.
The change fit in well with Miller’s planned academicinitiatives at OADI. The officeorganizes programs to guide under-represented students — those eligi-ble for Pell Grants, those who arethe first in their families to attendcollege and ethnic minorities ––through their time at Cornell.
The programs include weeklylunches focused on topics rangingfrom financial aid to alumni suc-cess stories, a Friday “Stress
Busters” club with activities such as improvisation andyoga classes and a pre-professional program targeting stu-dents with a variety of career aspirations.
“These might be students whose high schools didn’thave a drama program. [Our career] programs don’tassume you have an uncle who’s a lawyer who can tellyou about it,” he said. “We’re making sure everyone’sstarting from the same place.”
As associate vice provost, Miller is responsible for
See MILLER page 5
By SARAH CUTLERSun Staff Writer
MILLER
Scene of the crime | Police tape marks off the area in Collegetown close to where residents reported hearing gunshotsTuesday morning. A man was later treated for a gunshot wound to the buttocks.
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Armed to argue | Students observe a debate on gun control in MyronTaylor Hall Tuesday.
Debate at Law School Tackles Gun ControlCornell prof, alumnus use real-world examples to discuss !rearms law
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To give him a whopper of a send-off Saturday, thefuneral procession stopped at a Burger King whereeach mourner got a sandwich for the road.
Kime got one last burger too, The York DailyRecord reported.
It was placed atop his flag-draped coffin at thecemetery.
Phiel said the display wasn’t a joke, rather a happyway of honoring her father and the things that broughthim joy.
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In an effort to increase recognition of alumni volun-teer effors, the Cornell Alumni Association unveiledthe CAA Cup this month, a competition that awardsspecific programs created by Cornell alumni.
The Cup was created to recognize specific groupalumni programs and events that take place around theworld, according to Scott Pesner ’87, a CAA vice pres-ident.
“Cornell alumni put in a lot of time volunteering, sothe award is just another way we can recognize them,”Pesner said.
Doug Mitarotonda ’02 and Julie Vultaggio ’02, co-presidents of their graduating class, were the inauguralwinners of the CAA Cup, accepting the award for cre-ating events called “Non-Reunion Reunions.”
The year after its five-year reunion, the Class of2002 began planning events across the country duringthe first weekend in June on non-reunion years,
Vultaggio said. “Non-Reunion Reunion is our way of making
reunion weekend a priority in our classmates’ mindsevery year, not just the every five years we meet inIthaca,” Mitarotonda said.
The class officers developed two priorities after thefive-year reunion: to build excitement for the 10-yearreunion and to keep classmates engaged with Cornell,particularly during non-reunion years.
According to Mitarotonda, a collective brainstorm-session found that both goals for the class could beachieved by throwing Non-Reunion Reunions.
The events began on a small scale in 2008, but by2011, they had expanded to include more creative andregion-specific events. For example, reunions in NewYork City involved happy hour events, while in LosAngeles, the class hosted an outdoor picnic, accordingto Vultaggio.
Mitarotonda said that the non-reunions will contin-ue at least until the class’ 15-year reunion. Planning forthe Class of 2002’s upcoming 2013 Non-Reunion
Reunion began at this year’s conference.“Our plan is to focus on our NRR events for the
foreseeable future,” Mitarotonda said.
The class plans to expand its Non-ReunionReunions by partnering with more regional clubs andclass councils, particularly classes on the same reunioncycle, and by offering reunions in more cities, accord-ing to Mitarotonda and Vultaggio.
Other classes have begun adopting the Non-Reunion Reunion idea for themselves. In June 2012,the Classes of 1999, 2004 and 2009 held joint eventsin multiple cities across the country, according toVultaggio.
Pesner said that sharing ideas for events and pro-grams was one of the Cup’s initial purposes.
“I think [the Non-Reunion Reunion] is a great idea,and you’ll see other classes working toward that,”Pesner said.
He added that the CAA may use ideas from thecontest’s entries to create a database or toolkit of ideasfor other alumni groups.
Vultaggio said that the CAA’s help with the Class of2002’s project was instrumental, also noting that theCAA’s conference helped the Class of 2002 establishconnections with other class officers to expand theNon-Reunion Reunions.
“We’re proud to have great success, but we wouldn’thave been able to do it alone,” Vultaggio said.
The CAA, which received more applications forthe award than it had originally anticipated, Pesnersaid.
“It just goes to show how creative and hard-work-ing Cornell alumni are in creating events,” Pesnersaid.
A recent report revealing that 96 per-cent of Cornellians surveyed supportconservation practices also found thatpeer pressure is a key factor that influ-ences their involvement.
The report used survey data fromSpring 2012 to measure attitudes towardenergy conservation in the workplace. Itquestioned participants about their atti-tudes toward conservation, their per-ceived ability to control their energy useand their beliefs about others’ attitudestoward conservation.
According to Prof. KatherineMcComas, communications, the datacollected showed that respondents’ per-ceptions of others’ opinions about con-servation affected their decisions aboutenergy use.
“Peer pressure plays a huge role [inconservation],” McComas said.“Although support is almost 100 per-cent, our respondents believed that only50 percent of their neighbors are con-cerned. But if they think that more peo-ple are concerned, they reportedly willdo more themselves.”
McComas also noted the importanceof recognizing one’s personal role in con-servation efforts.
“In order to create a workplace cul-ture change, it will be necessary to showpeople their own control over their ener-gy usage,” McComas said.
Though addressing a well-knownissue, the survey sets itself apart fromother studies.
“The study is unique because it is oneof a handful in the past few years to dealwith conservation in the workplace,”said Mary Beth Deline, a Ph.D. candi-date in communications, who co-authored the study. “But we have tounderstand what people are actuallythinking before we can work with themto conserve energy.”
The survey –– which was completedby nearly 3,000 faculty, staff and gradu-ate students from the College ofAgriculture and Life Sciences, theSamuel Curtis Johnson Graduate Schoolof Management and the College ofEngineering –– also found differences inrespondents’ attitudes based on theircollege affiliation. For instance, JohnsonSchool students were less familiar withways in which they can engage in energyconservation behaviors.
“We are still trying to figure outwhether those differences are meaning-ful,” McComas said.
These differences may be importantin Cornell’s approach to sustainability inthe future.
“Using this report, we know that weneed to design conservation campaignsthat reflects each college’s culture,” saidGraham Dixon, a Ph.D. candidate incommunications and a co-author of thestudy.
The study will affect the way Cornellapproaches energy conservation, startingwith the College of Engineering, whichwill implement a new program allowingit to measure its energy use in real time,according to Erin Moore, the energyoutreach coordinator of the University’s
facilities services.“We are creating engagement and
education strategies based on the com-munity and personal interactions withineach college,” Moore said. “As we movethis program to different colleges, wewill structure it based on the communi-ty setting and attitudes to engage themajority of the campus. The studyhelped us realize the need for engage-ment on a college-specific level in orderto have a University-wide impact.”
According to Moore, continued con-
servation education within the commu-nity is important for effective change..
“One thing that we learned from thesurvey is that our engagement shouldinclude consistent communication,”Moore said. “Regardless of whether youwork in the CALS or the College ofEngineering, everyone should know thattheir actions really do make a differ-ence.”
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“Non-Reunion Reunion is our way ofmaking reunion weekend a priority inour classmates’ minds every year, notjust the every five years we meet inIthaca.”Doug Mitarotonda ’02
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tive libertarian group, and theSecond Amendment Club, whichpromotes discussion of how touse guns recreationally and safely— both studied under Dorf asfirst-year law students.
“He is the biggest name inconstitutional law,” saidJonathan Underwood law, anoth-er one of the event’s organizers.
Hartman echoed his senti-ments.
“We have two intellectualheavyweights on this issue,”Hartman said.
Attendees said they wereimpressed by the stage presenceof the two debaters.
“I thought they were both
very funny and informed on theissue,” said Drew Levine grad.
Raphaella Ricciardi grad saidshe enjoyed hearing the differingviewpoints presented at thedebate.
“It was interesting to hear[Dorf ’s] liberal take on things,”she said.
Organizers said they felt theevent was a success.
“We are very pleased withhow the event went,”Underwood said. “We had a veryimpressive turnout and someexcellent discussion.”
Speakers at Legal Debate‘Funny and Informed’On Gun Control Issues
shooting, many wereshocked. Oak Avenue resi-dent Tony Leong grad saidthe shooting in his neighbor-hood left him feeling fearful.
“I don’t feel safe walkinghome after dusk … I feel likemy safety has been compro-mised,” Leong said. “This isnot what I expect, especiallyafter being here for four yearsalready. … We’re not Yale.”
Cascadilla resident advisorLauren Niedbalec ’13 said, atfirst, she could not believethe news about the shooting.
“The shooting happenedright behind CollegetownBagels, a safe haven for hun-gry Cornell students every-where. It seems out of placefor this area,” Niedbalec said.“Personally, I’ve walkedthrough Oak Avenue manytimes, even late at night whengoing to visit my friends. I’llcertainly be more wary walk-
ing late at night now.”Collegetown Residence
Hall Director BrandeeNicholson sent out an emailto her residents Tuesdaymorning notifying them ofthe shooting — whichoccured down the street fromtheir dormitories.
“I know it can be verytroubling to get these kindsof alerts so close to where youlive,” Nicholson said in the
email. The email advised resi-
dents to use available servicessuch as the Blue Light EscortService when travelingaround campus orCollegetown late at night.
Cascadilla resident AnitaMbogoni ’15 said thatdespite the shooting heropinion of Ithaca’s safety hasnot changed.
“No one expects to getshot walking down the streetat night in Ithaca,” Mbogonisaid. “There might be person-al issues that prompted theshooting, but again, we needmore details to be able todetermine whether that’s thecase.”
Another Oak Avenue resi-dent, Jennifer Fischell ’13,echoed Mbogoni’s senti-ments.
“I’m not overly concernedby any of this. It doesn’tchange my feelings aboutwhere I live,” Fischell said. “Ihave no fear that I will be the
victim of random gun vio-lence on the streets of OakAvenue, less than a blockfrom CTB. This doesn’tchange that. We don’t knowanything about the circum-stances of any of this, so[there’s] no reason to panic.”
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responding to racial crimes on campus. He citedinstances such as the racial attack at the Sigma Pi fra-ternity in May 2012, when a visitor from Floridathrew bottles and yelled racial epithets at black stu-dents from the roof of the house, and one in August,when a student walking through campus was alleged-ly struck by an egg and taunted with racial slurs bystudents in a passing car.
“It was awful,” Miller said. “Any time the Cornellcommunity is torn apart, or people are placed in fear-ful situations, it’s very destructive to [the] communi-ty. … When you’re a huge institution, it’s always abalancing act of realizing such things will happen.You’ve got to be ready for when they do happen, andat the same time [be] proactive about reducing theincidents.”
Beyond the academic realm, Miller is part of afolk duo called Bridgewater, made up of himself andhis husband, Craig Kukuk, that kicked off this fall’ssixth season of Cornell United Religious Works’“Soup and Hope” event by singing Abraham, Martinand John’s “What Love Can Do.”
Miller also volunteers with the FriendsCommittee on National Legislation, with which hehas worked to lobby Congress on issues of peace andsocial justice.
“Even though Quakers have to be the smallestreligious group in the United States, we’re the largestpeace lobby in the United States,” he said. “That’ssomething that gives me hope. Even one person
doing little things … you can effect change. Livingour lives well can effect change.”
During his nearly two years at Cornell, Miller hasaimed to alter the expectations that he says many atthe University have of the students his office repre-sents. He said that too often, underrepresented stu-dents are not held to the same standards as are otherCornellians.
“‘We hope you graduate’ … What kind of expec-tation is that?” he said. “I want the students to be onthe Dean’s List or winning a Fulbright. These are stu-dents who bring a lot, and to overlook them is a hugemistake. OADI is here to put them front and center.”
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Black and Latino students meet to discuss their experiences at Cornell.
“I have no fear that I will be the victim of randomgun violence on the streets of Oak Avenue less thana block from CTB — this doesn’t change that.”Jennifer Fischell ’13
“‘We hope you graduate’ ... What kind ofexpectation is that?”A.T. Miller
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Over winter break, two fraternitieswere suspended for hazing or alco-hol-related incidents. While many
applauded the administration’s zero toler-ance policy, some students complainedthat these fraternities were being used asan example. They asserted that most fra-ternities are guilty of hazing and underagealcohol consumption and the administra-tion is simply picking off one or two at atime.
While it is true that irresponsiblebehavior is quite widespread, the stepstaken by the administration to meetPresident Skorton's challenge to endpledging “as we know it” have done muchmore than make examples of a few. Theadministration has not only set new rules
against previously accepted behavior buthas started to change the culture in theGreek system. Education on hazing andthe revelations of abusive incidentsthrough the “sunshine” policy have madeGreek members question some of theirown practices. Perhaps most importantly,these measures have strengthened the voic-es of those members who have alwaysopposed risky behaviors but felt that theycould not express their dissent. By mostbenchmarks, the new policies are exceed-ing expectations.
Changing student behavior is the mosteffective way to reduce hazing, as noamount of oversight — even a live-in advi-sor — can eliminate all opportunities forabusive behavior. However, changingingrained attitudes about new memberintake cannot be done quickly.Recognizing this fact, the administrationhas adopted a phase-in plan for thechanges in the Greek system. We are cur-rently entering the second stage of thatinitiative, which is supposed to run fromthis semester until the end of the 2013-14academic year.
One portion of this phase includesdeveloping “a plan to expand anti-hazingefforts campus-wide.” As the presentationannouncing the changes states, “Our strat-egy begins with the Greek community, butdoes not stop there. Although they areprevalent in Greek life, these practicesoccur outside fraternities and sororities aswell, in student organizations, clubs andteams. By recalling their core foundingprinciples of leadership, brotherhood andsisterhood and civic engagement, fraterni-ties and sororities have an opportunity toserve as a model for change in other orga-nizations.”
Creating a model for the rest of Cornellto use will necessitate a review of howeffective each reform has been. It will alsobring up questions of consistency.Namely, are we prepared to be steadfast inholding Greek houses and other organiza-tions to the same expectations?
Disciplinary action in the Greek system
has tended to be collective — in that thepunishment targets the entire fraternityinstead of one individual — and severe, inthat the fraternity is often thrown off cam-pus instead of receiving more mild conse-quences. It may be that in each case thesecharacteristics have been appropriate.Perhaps the recent violations in the Greeksystem stemmed from each chapter’s cul-ture (making collective punishmentappropriate) and were egregious (makingsevere penalties fitting). But how shouldwe respond if similar qualities are found inother organizations?
In a letter published in The Sun lastweek, Dan Meyer ’87, President of theCornell University Alumni InterfraternityCouncil, asserts that he was hazed by
NROTC while a student, beforePentagon-directed reforms in the 1990seliminated such treatment. If a culture ofhazing returns, should the administrationsuspend NROTC? If a varsity team throwsa themed party at a Collegetown house inwhich freshmen are served alcohol, shouldAthletics be expected to cancel a few sea-sons? If the Cornell Concert Commissionfunds a show where six students are hospi-talized, should we stop hosting concerts?
Of course, each incident would need tobe analyzed on a case-by-case basis. Yet,having consistent rules will make achiev-ing our goal of eliminating hazing andalcohol abuse much easier. Over the nextthree semesters, we as a community willneed to work together to clarify whatthose rules should be.
Some may argue that different organi-zations provide different services to theCornell community, and, as such, shouldbe treated distinctly. Perhaps one type oforganization should be punished collec-tively and another individually. Yet such asystem moves us away from zero toleranceand toward an implicit acceptance of haz-ing and underage drinking as long as thebenefits outweigh the costs. We would bewise to avoid such a system.
Every Cornellian should look forwardto a day when hazing and dangerousdrinking are minimized, if not eradicated.However, we can only get there by a con-sistent and continual application of rulesin order to stop these behaviors. If weapply different standards to different orga-nizations, we will send the message that itis wrong to be associated with a particulargroup, not that the actions themselves arethe problem. A campaign to eradicate stu-dent organizations, instead of mend them,will only lead us away from that desiredfuture.
Equal Before The Univ. Review Board
Alex Bores
Trustee Viewpoint
Alex Bores is the undergraduate student-electedtrustee and a senior in the School of Industrial andLabor Relations. He may be reached at [email protected]. Trustee Viewpoint appears alternateWednesdays this semester.
IT HAS BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE Svante Myrick ’09 became mayorof Ithaca, and in that year, he has already faced a bevy of challenges. With the city fac-ing a $3-million deficit last year, Myrick made tough choices to close the budget gapand close the Ithaca Community Gardens, and fought for grants to stimulate eco-nomic development. While we may not agree with every budgetary decision themayor has made, we admire the way in which he has not settled for complacency andhas been willing to challenge popular opinion. As we anticipate the remaining threeyears of his first term, we hope that Myrick will capitalize on his past successes andseize this crucial chance to grow Ithaca’s economy.
Even in this era of economic austerity, making the tough choices necessary to closea large budget deficit is challenging for any mayor — let alone one two years out ofcollege. Myrick’s proposal to close the gap through revenue increases, staff cuts andbureaucratic reorganization takes a pragmatic approach to making the city govern-ment financially sustainable. Instead of making choices that were politically popularbut economically unsound, the mayor took calculated steps to fix the city’s budgetwoes. These actions demonstrate the leadership qualities that led voters to elect himmayor in November 2011.
Myrick’s streak of independence was again visible when the mayor looked to selloff the land that hosts the Ithaca Community Gardens to a private developer. Whilewe wish he would have seen the value of this land to the community, we recognizethat the decision was another tough choice to help close the budget gap. While weapplaud Myrick’s efforts to act in the best interest of the city, we disagreed with hisvaluation of the gardens in this instance. Moving forward, we encourage him to con-sider the effects of relinquishing public land to private developers.
Despite demonstrating his willingness to make tough decisions on some bud-getary matters, Myrick has also yet to achieve certain goals he has set for the city’sfinancial health. For instnace, in order to close the budget deficit, Myrick said thatthe University should pay the city “far more” than the $1.25 million per year it givesin lieu of taxes. He has noted that if Cornell’s land was fully taxed, it would pay thecity $30 million per year. We commend Myrick’s vocal support for the Universityincreasing its contributions to the city, but hope to see Myrick take action to achievethis change in the next three years.
As Myrick endeavours to balance the city’s budget, he should also strive to supporteconomic growth in Ithaca. In the last few years, the city has seen a number of pro-posals that have the potential to revitalize its core. The sweeping renovation of theIthaca Commons, expansion of the Holiday Inn and $30-million “Harold’s Square”development represent a once-in-a-generation chance for the city to expand its tax baseand drastically redevelop the downtown area. Myrick has rightly supported these pro-jects and has also fought for federal and state money to help pay for them. In the pastyear, the city has received $4.5 million in federal funding for transportation upgrades,as well as $1.8 million from New York State for the rehabilitation of the Commons.
With such an incredible opportunity to transform the heart of Ithaca and animpressive first year already behind him, Myrick should continue to fight for a bal-anced budget and aggressively pursue funding for much-needed capital improve-ments. While taking into account the importance of public goods that can not bemeasured in dollars and cents, we urge Myrick to continue striving for economic sta-bility in our city.
EDITOR IN CHIEF David Marten ’14MANAGING EDITOR Kerry Close ’14ASSOCIATE EDITOR Liz Camuti ’14
PHOTO NIGHT DESKERS Connor Archard ’14Kelly Yang ’15
ARTS DESKERS Meredith Joyce ’14Henry Staley ’16
NEWS DESKERS Lianne Bornfeld ’15Emma Court ’15
SPORTS DESKERS Scott Chiusano ’15DESIGN DESKERS Hannah McGough ’15
Brian Murphy ’14PROOFERS Rebecca Harris ’14
Akane Otani ’14
EDITORS IN TRAINING
Myrick ’09: One Year Later
THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7OPINION
The second semester of senior year is a milestone forany undergraduate on the Hill. After three and a halflong and difficult years, one is rewarded with the
opportunity to take fewer credits and spend more hours atthe (few) bars than at the (many) libraries. But is the fourmonth sojourn at Camp Cornell worth the ever-increasingcost of tuition? And would it be better if seniors spent moreof our time serving the Cornell community and contributingknowledge? It’s time for Cornell to evaluate the utility andstructure of senior year, just as law schools are facing pressureto justify and transform their students’ third year of study.
The third and final year of a legal education has been oft-maligned for its irrelevance. According to Peter Lattman ofThe New York Times, “There is an old saying that in the firstyear of law school they scare you to death; in the second year,they work you to death; and in the third year, they bore youto death.” With jobs secured and requirements met, law stu-dents are left with a considerable choice of courses, but theylack direction and are still bound to pay tuition. Sound famil-iar?
Given the heavy debt many law students face and the highcost of a legal education, law schools are increasingly beingasked by members of the legal community to defend thenecessity of a third year of study. Furthermore, there is a pro-posal in New York to allow law students to sit for the barexam and enter the legal profession after two years of lawschool. Evidently, the idea that law schools can coerce lawstudents to pay for unnecessary schooling is on the hot seat.
Despite the hoopla surrounding law schools, there has notbeen considerable thought given to the consequence of man-dating eight residential semesters for undergraduate study.Such consideration is particularly necessary in light of themany Cornell students who enter with Advanced Placementcredit or choose to accelerate their studies, thus achieving allgraduation requirements in three or three and a half semes-ters.
Attitudes toward completing a course of study in fewerthan four years vary widely across Cornell’s colleges. CALSfacilitates graduating early, and the website of its Registrarnotes “students utilizing AP or transfer credits to definethemselves in the Registrar’s records as students withadvanced standing…will be expected to graduate in fewersemesters based on the advanced standing.” On the otherhand, the website of ILR Student Services cautions that“undergraduates must complete eight semesters of full-timestudy … Advanced Placement credit may not be used toaccelerate graduation.” The College of Arts and Sciences has
a set program for acceleration, albeit with many require-ments.
Clearly, Cornell lacks an institutionally coherent defini-tion of the completion of undergraduate studies. Those whosubscribe to the idea that credit hours are alone sufficient areattracted to December graduation, but this presents a prob-lem for the University: Tuition is the primary source of rev-enue, and the loss of those students’ tuition payments repre-sents a budgetary challenge. Additionally, there is credence tothe argument that much learning is done outside of the class-room and that four-year par-ticipation in the Cornellcommunity is essential toyour education. It’s impor-tant that Cornell studentsnot only spend four years oncampus, but also that theyspend all four of those yearsare productively.
Then what is to be madeof second-semester seniorswho have met close to all oftheir graduation require-ments? I was fortunate to attend a prestigious public highschool and thus enter Cornell with a significant amount ofAP coursework. When I met with ILR Student Services lastsemester, I was told I could not graduate a semester earlydespite meeting all credit and graduation requirements. So Ipatched together a 13-credit semester of elective coursework.Based on my conversations with other seniors, I know I’mnot alone in questioning the worth of such a semester. Wewant to be here and continue our involvement in clubs, activ-ities and teams, but we see our tuition payments and courseenrollment as rather ludicrous. The status quo is especiallyuntenable for those who struggle to pay tuition each semes-ter.
ILR seems to have caught on to their problem of man-dating eight semesters of study for students in my situation,as the school has reduced the number of accepted AP creditsfrom 30 to 12. Such an approach is in line with DartmouthCollege’s recent decision to cease awarding any credit for APcoursework.
Intimating that AP courses are not akin to college intro-ductory courses, however, would not be in line with researchfindings. Studies by experts in 2007 and 2009 independent-ly found that students were adequately prepared by APcoursework for higher-level courses. From my own anecdotal
evidence, I have to agree. I chose to retake IntroductoryMicroeconomics and Macroeconomics despite havingachieved the requisite AP scores on each exam for credit, andfound retaking the courses at Cornell to be intellectuallysuperfluous and unfulfilling.
Instead of bullying students into staying at Cornell for thesake of staying, the undergraduate colleges should each devel-op unique programs for seniors that allow everything we havelearned and experienced here to coalesce. PrincetonUniversity, for example, requires all seniors to write a thesis
and contribute new knowledge to their respective disciplinesin place of taking several courses. Moreover, the creation ofmore unique senior-oriented courses, such as AMST 2001:The First American University, could benefit our experience.And awarding more credit for service, community-buildinginitiatives and fieldwork could reward students for puttinglearning into practice.
NYU Law School, responding to aforementioned criti-cism, recently overhauled the third year of studies for stu-dents with a new emphasis on concentrations and foreignstudy. Cornell should similarly take the lead and reinvigoratethe senior year undergraduate experience. After all, Cornell isthe First American University because it uniquely conceivedthe modern American coeducational, nonsectarian model ofhigher education predicated on diversity of studies and expe-riences (#AMST2001). In that spirit, it’s imperative forCornell to facilitate a senior year replete with enthusiasm forand contributions to our University and not just its ever-fad-ing bar scene.
4 Years at Cornell, 3.5 Years of Productivity
Jon Weinberg is a senior in the School of Industrial and LaborRelations. He may be reached at [email protected]. InFocus appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
Jon Weinberg
In Focus
The rise of Lance Armstrong as acancer-conquering, seven-timechampion of the Tour de France
inspired a nation to be resilient in a timeof great need. The elite cyclist’s champi-onship-winning run spanned from 1999to 2005, a time of great turmoil in theUnited States considering theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks, the IraqWar and growing discontent withincreasingly obscene airport security. All
through this period of strife, Armstrong,a testicular cancer survivor, focused allof his energy on the most grueling eventin sports: a three-week bike race aroundFrance and the surrounding areas.
To casually laud the strength and for-titude of Armstrong, his contemporariesand current cyclists who make the trekevery year would be an understatement.Their amazing endurance as they zip upthe Pyrenees and the Alps and throughthe rest of the French countrysideinspires and excites. Due to his medicalhistory, Armstrong’s story particularly
inspired me. During my middle schooland high school years, whenever I feltoverwhelmed with school, girls, sportsor anything else, my father would yellout the name of Armstrong’s 2001 auto-biography It’s Not About the Bike.
Although my father used the phraseso much it became cliché, it stills holdssome amount of meaning in my heart.Lance Armstrong inspired me, albeitindirectly, to rise above petty daily con-
flicts and to remember that if a mancould overcome such suffering and stillsucceed, I could get over a now-half-remembered girl rejecting me in theschool cafeteria. The Amazon.comdescription of the book articulates myformer view of Armstrong, saying, “It’sNot About the Bike reveals what is trulyheroic about the man: his depth of char-acter and generosity of spirit.”
Recently, after the United StatesAnti-Doping Agency strippedArmstrong of his seven Tour de Francetitles for systematically cheating the sys-
tem by doping and for allegedly creatinga culture of deception on the UnitedStates Postal Service cycling team.Obviously, being exposed as a liar, acheat and someone who enabled thecheating of his teammates does notsound like a man with the depth ofcharacter that It’s Not About the Bike’sblurb boasts. The veil of mythology thatenshrouded the great Lance Armstronghas been stripped away and all thatremains is a broken legend. In my opin-ion, this aggressiveness on the part ofthe USADA was unwarranted andunfortunate.
Lance Armstrong was an Americanicon who served as a symbol of a manwho had conquered the seeminglyunconquerable. Furthermore, throughthe Livestrong charity, Armstrongaffected the lives of many living withcancer. I believe that in some circum-stances, the positives of a man or awoman’s life and his or her effect onsociety can outweigh his or her negativeactions. Through what Armstrong’sattorney called “a witch hunt,” theUSADA undermined all of the positivesthat arose from Armstrong’s career andreplaced them with the blight of dis-grace.
Now, I would not want you to thinkthat my proposed leniency towardsArmstrong, a now-confessed cheater,means that I believe that cheating ismorally right. I do not believe that byany stretch of the imagination. Rather, I
believe that in certain cases where a per-son’s legacy is more valuable to societyintact, it should stay that way.
In fact, I do feel very strongly againstone particular instance of cheating thataffects college campuses throughout theUnited States: the abuse of Adderall andother amphetamines used traditionallyby students with learning disabilities.When my fellow students who do nothave learning disabilities use these“study drugs,” they are cheating theeducational process in the same way thatLance Armstrong and countless othercyclists cheated the regulations of inter-national cycling. However, these stu-dents do not have the same visibility andimpact on society as Lance Armstrongdid. Instead, they are cheating them-selves and, in an unfortunately hyper-competitive University like Cornell,they are also cheating their classmates.
Yes, Lance Armstrong did the samething but with a story as inspirational ashis, I believe that ignorance can be blissand that the more just path is the onethat empowers millions rather thanbringing down one pariah. It is far moremoral to allow a figure who may beflawed to act as a symbol than to castthat symbol down.
The Myth of Lance Armstrong
DavidFischer
Fischy Business
David Fischer is a sophomore in the College of Artsand Sciences. He may be reached at [email protected]. Fischy Business appears alternateWednesdays this semester.
SCIENCEComputer Science Robotics
A Cornell professor and two alumniwon two distinct Scientific andTechnical Achievement Academy Awardsfor their special-effects generating soft-ware. Unlike awards for actors or movies,which are given only for works createdthe previous year, the Scientific andTechnical Achievement awards are givento researchers who have significantlyenhanced the process of movie makingin general for many movies, sometimesover multiple years. Prof. Doug James,computer science, and Theodore Kim’01 were part of the research group thatdeveloped Wavelet Turbulence for FluidSimulation software, which allows easiercontrol over the appearance of highlydetailed gas simulations, such as smokeor flames. Jeremy Selan ’00 M.S. ’03 alsowon an Academy Award for creatingKatana software, which increases theefficiency of editing complex scenes.Both creations have greatly impacted thefield of animation with their widespreadand easy use.
Wavelet Turbulence SoftwareDelicate tendrils of smoke swirl from
a house ablaze with flames. A computergraphic artist watches his creation withsatisfaction –– what could have takenweeks to complete was finished in a fewhours thanks to a new algorithm,Wavelet Turbulence.
Wavelet Turbulence software earnedJames and Kim an Academy Award forincreased and rapid control of gas simu-lation in many major movies, includingAvatar and Kung Fu Panda.
“Wavelet Turbulence allows anima-tors to produce realistic looking fire andsmoke simulations without having towait a long time for high-resolution sim-ulations to get running,” James said.
High resolution simulations, the pre-vious method, take days or weeks to pro-duce final details, and artists have torepeat the entire process if the finalimage does not turn out well. WithWavelet Turbulence, however, artists cancreate high-resolution details on a low-resolution grid, which is less expensiveand much faster.
With its practicality and efficiency,
the software has become widely used atanimation companies. According toKim, the algorithm has become a stan-dard tool to use when modifying a simu-lation.
Wavelet Turbulence software was alsoreleased as an open-source library, wherepeople can view the source code and useit for free.
“[The algorithm has] been used indozens of movies, it’s in animation soft-ware packages now and there’s a bunch
of different tools that people use it in.It’s got a lot of other applications, butcertainly, no one has latched on to it aswell as the animation field has,” Jamessaid.
Kim, currently a professor at theUniversity of California at Santa Barbara,plans to present the next version of thesoftware, which involves simulating waveson a beach or tsunamis, in March.
Katana SoftwareWith a dramatic whoosh, Spiderman
effortlessly swings through the night skywith his web-slinger in The AmazingSpiderman. The audience gasps as henearly grazes a building, but his agilebody twists in the perfect position toavoid the hazard. Despite the scene’srealistic action, Andrew Garfield is noton screen. Those are not real skyscrapersthat he is narrowly dodging. Everythingon screen has been created by computergraphics. Selan and his team createdKatana software which earned them anAcademy Award for increasing the con-trol and efficiency of designing real-world simulations.
“It was just 400 million dollars worthrelying on a piece of software that youand your buddies wrote,” Selan said.
Before Katana, computer graphicsartists had difficulties in creating large-scale, complex animations. Stuart Little,for example, only had one animatedcharacter, but Cloudy With a Chance ofMeatballs featured over 5,000 animatedcharacters, as well as an entirely animat-ed city. Katana was the answer to such a
complex problem.One of the major advantages of
Katana is that it allows artists to controlgeometric complexity on a large scale. Ifone tried to create a virtual New YorkCity with another program, the comput-er would likely crash or the artist wouldhave to settle for a coarser picture. UsingKatana, on the other hand, allows theartist to load small, specific sections ofthe picture at a time. This system letscomputers handle large-scale animationsin addition to simpler scenes.
Another advantage of Katana is that itis easier to use than other similar soft-wares. Despite the varied levels of com-plexity in an image, the artist should beable to make several adjustments in thesame amount of time. For example,modifying something as complex as thereflectivity of the northward-facing win-dows in New York City is now as simpleas changing the color of Spiderman’soutfit.
Recent films that have incorporatedthe software include Men in Black 3,Alice in Wonderland, and Oz the Greatand Powerful.
Selan wants Katana to not only con-tinue to influence the animation indus-try but also branch off to different fields.
“The technical approach Katana haswith dealing with complexity has merit,and I think other computer graphicssoftware could benefit from taking simi-lar approaches,” he said.
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Flying robots, also known as minia-ture aerial vehicles, are useful in severalsurveillance situations –– the robots canswoop down to snap photos to aid in asearch-and-rescue mission or assess thedamage after a natural disaster.
But these robots run into problems–– literally. Prof. Ashutosh Saxena, com-puter science, develops visual perceptionsoftware that reduces the number oftimes that MAVs collide with objects inthe real world.
“The goal is to design an algorithmfor a robot so that it can perceive theworld,” he said.
Saxena’s lab developed software whichallows MAVs to “see” and autonomouslyreact to obstacles. Human controllersmay not be able to see the robot or steerit clear of obstructions quickly enoughto avoid crashes, and GPS may be patchyin remote areas with many obstacles.
The algorithm that allows MAVs toperceive and avoid objects is based onSaxena’s previous work in visual percep-tion, a program called Make 3-D. Thesoftware can convert a single image intothree-dimensionsusing propertiessuch as textureand color.
A MAV usesthis algorithm tofigure out howfar away objectsare, and thentake evasiveaction if neces-sary. This type ofprocessing wouldordinarily use a lot of power, but Saxenaand his team designed the algorithm torun on neuron-based hardware.
“This hardware is an approximationof the human brain,” said Ian Lenz grad,who, along with Mevlana Gemici ’12grad, worked on designing and imple-menting the algorithm.
Like a human brain, the algorithmcan learn.
“Rather than designing an algorithmto avoid trees, or light poles, or any otherkind of specific object, we wanted to
design a more general software,” Lenzsaid. The system learns by defining con-nections between the individual “neu-rons,” as opposed to normal program-ming.
“It’s a lot different than your standardcomputer, where you basically just give itinstructions,” Lenz said.
The neuron platform is advantageousbecause it reduces the amount of powerthe machine needs. According to Lenz,the software uses 100 to 1,000 times lesspower than regular computer software.The reduced amount of power necessaryis beneficial because small aerial robotsneed to be lighter to fly.
Saxena, Lenz and Gemici installed thealgorithm in AirRobot, an autonomousfour-rotor helicopter measuring aboutthree-feet in diameter that is equipped tofly outdoors. Outside, there is a constantflux of subtle changes –– rain, snow, oreven the position of the sun in the skycan change the robot’s video-feed per-ception of its surroundings.
“It’s hard for the robot to deal withthese slightly different images of thesame objects,” Saxena said.
Lenz and Gemici trained AirRobot tocope with changes in its perception of
the environment.First, the teamgathered imagesthat the robottook with its on-board camera. Inthe pictures, theylabeled the obsta-cles that the robotshould avoid.Then, using theneural platform,the team taught
the algorithm to avoid certain objects. AirRobot was trained to avoid trees.
Lenz and Gemici presented the algo-rithm with labeled examples of treesviewed from different perspectives.During test flights, the robot was able tosteer clear of trees that it had never seenbefore since it had learned what treeslook like in general.
The researchers tested how wellAirRobot was learning by flying it in theArts Quad and the Engineering Quad.After placing the robot in a starting posi-
tion, they issued the command to go for-ward.
“Then we let the robot figure out if itcould go straight forward, or if it neededto alter its planned path,” Lenz said.
The constantly changing environ-ment made training AirRobot tricky.The team started training AirRobot inthe summer, when it had to avoid treefoliage in order to prevent collisions.
“It learned that leaves are bad,”Saxena said, “but when autumn came, itwas still scared of leaves. We had to addmore data so it could figure out thatleaves on the ground were okay.”
The algorithm can also be retrained,which means that the researchers cancontinuously update the objects that theMAVs should or should not be avoiding.
“A robot trained on trees is not as suc-cessful at avoiding man-made objectssuch as telephone poles,” Saxena said.
AirRobot is only one use for this newsoftware –– Saxena’s group also devel-oped an indoor robot that can navigatepartially obstructed hallways, sharp cor-ners and narrow flights of stairs.
It is important that MAVs be able tolearn to autonomously avoid collisionsboth in difficult indoor environmentsand uncontrolled outdoor ones, sincethese challenging situations are wherethey may be needed most for surveil-lance tasks Saxena said.
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Neuron-Based Software Allows Prof. Saxena’sAirRobot to Autonomously Avoid Objects
By JACQUELINE CAROZZASun Staff Writer
Automatic aviation | AirRobot performs a test flight around the Arts Quad without a controller using Saxena’s technology, which taught it to avoid trees and other objects.
Robotic reproductions | Top: The original image the robot takes of its path. Left: A heatmap generated by the robot in order to find the obstacles to avoid. Right: The internalenergy of the robot’s neural-based processing system as it maps out a flight path.
COURTESY OF IAN LENZ GRAD“[The AirRobot] learned that leavesare bad, but when autumn came, itwas still scared of leaves. We hadto add more data so it could figureout that leaves on the ground wereokay.”Prof. Ashutosh Saxena
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The first film in Cornell Cinema’s Experimental FilmSeries is Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film.Chosen as the introduction to the series presumablybecause of its vague stab at encyclopedic status, FreeRadicals follows director Pip Chodorov in a boyish tellingof the history of avant-garde film, laced together by inter-views with luminaries of the genre such as Robert Breer,Michael Snow, Ken Jacobs, Peter Kubelka and StanBrakhage. Referenced by The New York Times for itsobvious “joie de cinema,” the amalgamation of shortfilms, clips, archival footage, home video and interview isa celebration of its subject matter in all possible forms andtreated as intimately as possible. Many of these filmmak-ers are old friends of Chodorov’s family, and the film ispraised for the ease of the interview style, the presence offresh archival footage and the aptly chosen clips from thework of its featured filmmakers. It holds appeal for die-hard fans and newcomers to the movement as it providesexhaustive detail for the already knowledgeable and keen-ly interested, as well as enough sweeping summary toengage and intrigue those with a blank slate. Chodorovadmits, “We’ve only seen a small part of the story,” as hehas deliberately and exclusively featured the New Yorkmale filmmakers who inspired his own personal artisticdevelopment, ignoring the West Coast and female direc-tors entirely.
But the film is justwhat it has dubbed itself:a history of experimentalfilm. Not the history.And it’s the narrow scopethat allows focus on suchthings as personal anec-dotes from the filmmak-ers — including a dump-ster-diving story by Ken Jacobs and tales fromthe early years of organizations founded to help strugglingfilmmakers such as Chodorov’s own Re-Voir, and provid-ing many socio-historical and artistic historical frames ofreference. This exposition is especially helpful whenattempting to understand the plight of these directors —excluded from both the art world and the commercialfilm industry, avant-garde filmmakers have fought to see
their works played and preserved. Chodorov manages toinclude several short films in their entirety, including
Recreation by animator Robert Breer (whopassed away last year) and Free Radicals, thefilm’s namesake, by Len Lye. The NYT hassaid of the effort, “Despite the scope of thetitle, this friendly, colorful documentary … isnot the last word on all the shapes, sizes andlanguages of experimental film, but rather anintroduction brightened by a companionableenthusiasm and an apposite sense of commu-nity.” The community of avant-garde film is
portrayed as an enclave for those amenable to theidea of “art for art’s sake,” and experimentation as anopportunity to discover new visual worlds not an oppor-tunity for profit.
The film will play Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the WillardStraight Theater, alongside Jennifer Reeves’ 16mm filmLandfill 16, in which outtakes from another film areburied, dug up and repainted in what is, in the filmmak-
ers own words, “a meditation on nature’s losing battle todecompose relics of our abandoned technologies.”
Free Radicals will be followed in the Experimental FilmSeries by two examples of experimental film made bylocally based filmmakers: Michael Robinson’s Circle in theSand and Josh Bonnetta’s Strange Lines and Distances,playing back-to-back at 7 p.m., Mar. 29, in WillardStraight Theater. Circle in the Sand will be shown withtwo of Robinson’s short films and is a selection of Viewfrom the Avant-Garde at the 2012 New York FilmFestival. Robinson is a professor in the Department ofCinema, Photography and Media Arts at Ithaca College.Strange Lines and Distances has been billed by CornellCinema as “a two-channel audio-installation focusing onGuglielmo Marconi’s first transatlantic radio broadcast,”and will feature live sound performances.
10 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 A & E
Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture andLife Sciences. She can be reached at [email protected].
THE INSURGENTS, BY FRED KAPLAN
Right after slipping out of the tabloids,General David Petraeus has slipped intohardbacks with Fred Kaplan’s new recoun-tal of Petraeus’ handling of the Iraq andAfghan wars. There is no mention of theextramarital affairs that sent Petraeus intothe media spotlight. Instead, Kaplan por-trays Petraeus as a pensive, scheming gen-eral, comfortable in the shadow of theCommander in Chief and uncomfortableto serve as the head of a group of Pentagonbureaucrats looking to re-imagineAmerica’s approach towards counter-ter-rorism and nation building . The outcomeof this group was Petraeus’ COIN or the“counterinsurgency” method, a set of mil-itary values so widely disavowed that evenwar hawks now blush at them. Kaplanargues that the method was actually anaccomplishment given the mediocre mili-tary climate predating Bush’s second term.Otherwise, Kaplan’s book serves to remindus of the real consequences Patraeus begot;not the ones that recently made headlines.
AGENDA 21,BY GLENN BECK & HARRIET PARKEGlenn Beck, the Paul Revere of delu-
sional, right wing alarmism, has attached aname and an ideology to a story with whichhe has no business. Originally the book wasthe brainchild of Sarah Cypher, a bloggerfor the website Salon, but Beck slipped his
and his lawyers’ cards into the deck, pro-claiming him and Harriet Parke the books’procreators. In fact, Parke wrote the 277pages that constitute the novel while Beckonly wrote the 18 page afterward. Beck’sgenerous contribution adds the power-clos-er to a plot that explores a dystopian soci-ety called “The Republic” — the conse-quence of the ratification of the UN’s vol-untary action plan for sustainable develop-ment (Agenda 21). Although inaction overglobalization, inequality and climatechange may provide a more dystopian land-scape, Parke and Beck seem comfortableciting Agenda 21 as a harbinger of a gravenew world and exhausting the Orwellian,Ayn Rand totalitarian plot fixtures to deco-rate their new, uninventive work of fiction.
TOTAL FRAT MOVE,BY W.R. BOLEN
While Cornell puts breaks on Greeklife’s mobility this semester, Total Frat
Move, a collection ofoutlandish fraternitytales has surged tothird on The NewYork Times BestsellerList. The book takesthe “best of ” the pop-ular websiteTotalFratMove.comand reads like aTucker Max confes-sional. The storieschampion and (half-heartedly) satirize thenew, heavy-drinking
nihilism of American “Bro” culture whileraging through protagonist TownesPrescott’s years in college. W. R. Bolenwrites the stories that typify “frat”cultureand emphasize macho movement overinhibition.
THE FUTURE: SIX DRIVERSOF GLOBAL CHANGE,
BY AL GOREIf there is a new word to describe a
threat facing our globe, Al Gore is mostlikely to coin it. The Future outlines themajor factors contributing to the grow-ing threat of “Global Change,” a phrasethat encompasses climate change and itsmenacing allies (globalization, depletionof natural resources, the digital revolu-tion, etc.). Contributing to them, Gorecites the threats in the corporate takeoverof the public sphere, diminution of dis-sent in the media (a la Paul Goodman /Noam Chomsky) and business propagan-
da. The Future and Obama’s inauguraladdress couple to outline a new liberalconsciousness of incoming crises, albeitGore’s 592-page hardcover has more free-dom to elaborate and editorialize.
MY BELOVED WORLD,BY SONIA SOTOMAYOR
Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation tothe Supreme Court provided a forum forthe nation’s attitudes on judicial andaffirmative action. During that discus-sion, many debated her principles, quali-fications and sought hints of her politicsfrom her life story. In My Beloved World,you’ll find out all about her life story —minus the politics. Sotomayor’s autobi-ography explores her rise from neglectedchild of an absentee mom and alcoholicfather in the South Bronx to her initia-tion into Justice Souter’s old chair. Thechapters in-between include commen-tary on how she grew to “listen carefullyand observe until [she] figured thingsout.” Many have argued that her sensi-tivity to situations around her revealsthat she is incapable of weighing empa-thy versus the law but no one can argueher impeccable balancing act of ambitionand selflessness.
Frats and Courts: January Literature
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Henry Staley is a freshman in the College ofArchitecture, Art and Planning. He can bereached at [email protected].
BY HENRY STALEYSun Staff Writer
CornellCinema
Kaitlyn Tiffany
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FREERADICAL
EXPERIMENTATION
On Feb. 14, when most of you will be sensually eat-ing chocolates with a saxophone playing in the back-ground, I will be alone in my room feeding myselfchocolates, not so sensually, and watching the premiereof Season Two of the web series Burning Love.
Burning Love, a parody of TheBachelor, was created by EricaOyama and her husband KenMarino (Children’s Hospital, PartyDown) and streamed last summeron Yahoo.com. The show’s execu-tive producer is Ben Stiller, whoappears in one episode as a previ-ous bachelor.
Season One stars Marino asMark Orlando, a fireman who isjust looking for love. Michael IanBlack (Wet Hot American Summer)hosts the show, and some of thelovely ladies seeking Orlando’shand are played by famous actorsand comedians such as JenniferAniston, Kristen Bell, NatashaLegger, June Diane Raphael, MalinAkerman, Ken Jeong and Oyamaherself. In addition, Parks andRecreation’s Adam Scott playsOrlando’s therapist.
Orlando’s search for love ishilarious. Even as someone whobelieves that The Bachelor couldstand alone as a parody of itself (although a small partof me does genuinely hope Sean, this season’s bachelor,will find love), Burning Love does a wonderful job ofmaking those reality television bimbos even moreridiculous. For example, it is not uncommon for peopleon these shows to do crazy things, like show up to thefirst episode in a wedding dress (that is a real thing thata current contestant on The Bachelor did). In this vein,Jennifer Aniston’s character on Burning Love showed upto the first episode in a panda costume because she
wanted Mark to fall in love with her for her personality.She was immediately eliminated. Malin Akerman playsa homeless woman who only wants to be on the showbecause she gets to live in a house with food and run-ning water. Kristen Bell plays an extremely religiouswoman who informs Orlando upon meeting him thatshe is “already married to God.”
If you are inspired to watch all 14 episodes of thatseason right now, I’m sorry, but you can’t. Although
Season Two will be online, Season One has beenremoved from the web because it will be airing on E!starting Feb. 25 in seven half-hour episodes.
This is not the first time that a web series has tran-scended its Internet beginnings. One notable exampleof this is Web Therapy, which starred Lisa Kudrow as atherapist who believed that the only important part oftherapy took place in the final minutes of a session, hadfour seasons online before it was picked up byShowtime in 2011. Though the TV show Web Therapy
has been renewed for a second season, its reviews haven’tbeen as positive as those for the original web series.Some critics believe that the format suits the internetbetter than television, and I’m nervous that the samewill hold true for Burning Love.
Regardless of the concern I have for any repackagingof Season One of Burning Love, I highly recommendthat you ditch your hot dates this Valentine’s Day andwatch Burning Love’s second season, which this time
stars June Diane Raphael as theheartbroken reject of MarkOrlando named JulieGristlewhite.
Her suitors will include aplethora of incredibly funnyactors and comedians such asRaphael’s actual husband PaulScheer, Adam Brody, MichaelCera, Jerry O’Connell, AdamScott, Nick Kroll, KumailNanjiani, Colin Hanks, MartinStarr, Nick Thune and manymore familiar funny faces.
The trailer for Julie’s season ison Yahoo’s website now, and Istrongly suggest that you allcheck it out. It promises a sea-son of “romance, bromance,chemistry, physical attraction,bro-ing out, wrestle fights, fistfights, word fights, cross dress-ing, fire-side chats, intrigue, sur-prise exits, surprise returns,impressions, communication,hurt feelings, insecurities, con-
vertibles, tears, testosterone surges, bus throwing under-ing and feelings as the most romantic web series thatwill ever be continues.”
To those of you with social lives, have a happyValentine’s Day, and to the rest of you, have a wonder-ful and cookie-dough filled Burning Love Season Twopremiere.
No one remembers who PetulaClark is anymore, but, herupbeat songs in the ’60s like
“Downtown” and “My Love Is WarmerThan The Sunshine” will live on foreverin shopping malls and feel-goodChristmas imagery. The music video for“Downtown” was made with littlethought: There was no clear distributiveavenue for music videos then, so Clarksings against a backdrop of urbanimagery. But the video neverthelessreflects a wholesomeness that is as pure asits lyrics. You go downtown to “get awayfrom all your troubles” because “there aremovie shows,” not to pleasure someone.
It goes without saying that music is abarometer for showing what a society val-ues. But it’s not as simple as saying musicfrom one period reflects the values of thattime period — far from it, the music thatsurvives shapes howwe think about thatperiod today. Whatwe choose to pre-serve says a lot moreabout us than itdoes about the past.This idea necessi-tates an element offorgetting, andamong all the artistsyou can look at —the roving folk bands, the indie punkkids, the chilly EDM D.J.s and the risingrap stars — the best measure of them allmight be the hyper-exposed pop starsthat consistently top the charts. Many
songs are forgettable, but pop is an amor-phous catch-all genre that is the most for-gettable of all. You can’t really understandpunk music and forget who the SexPistols are, but you can understand popmusic today without hearing the bigswing bands of the ’30s.
Big Pop may be the musical genrewhose evolution is as fast-paced as poli-tics. It was not always like this: FrankSinatra, for example, started out crooningover jazzy and swingy music in the ’40s,and his dramatic career transformation inthe ’50s with In the Wee Small Hours ofthe Morning just had him singing overquieter blues and jazz. Pop music budgeda bit when Elvis and Bill Haley movedfrom country blues to rock and roll, butit was only when the Beatles came fromnowhere with its self-written polishedrock songs that Big Pop took on a break-
neck pace of adopting the latest musicaltrends. The Monkees lifted the psyche-delic rock of The Doors for its own bub-blegum pop. Madonna brought inEurodance. Britney Spears threw in dub-
step. And Rihanna, in a recent SNL per-formance, even embraced “Seapunk” tothe extent videos of Atari computergraphics and dolphins can be considereda musical genre. Also, every song nowa-days seems to feature a verse from a guestrapper.
Forgetting, in this context, is a passiveact but it is not independent. Rather, wemake a deliberate decision to remembercertain things, and our limited memorycapacity does the rest. By melding genres,pop songs entice us to consciouslyremember them. What we choose, how-ever, says a lot about ourselves. Wememorialize Elvis but not Fats Domino,and in doing so we forget rock and roll’sAfrican American origins, shaped byracial tensions. We remember“Downtown” and generate a pastoral andidyllic image of the ’60s, but we treat thedecade’s social upheavals separately.
With songs still as memorable as acloud in the sky, Big Pop hasn’t changedmuch. Frank Sinatra was to Bobby Soxersas Justin Bieber is to Beliebers. Huge actsthat win Grammys will be obscure in 20years. Reactionaries will still turn aroundand make their own left field music, likethe punks did.
And if that’s the case, which songs oftoday will survive the passage of time?Will we remember “Gangnam Style” nextsummer? What about “The Motto?” Theover-the-top things that Lady Gaga andNicki Minaj do are less about social liber-ation than they are about liberation fromcollective forgetfulness. Try not to feel
uncomfortable when you see Lady Gagain a meat dress or when Nicki Minaj ismaking a face. In the end they all want toavoid the fate that “Downtown” suffered:The blatant trivializing of their music astheir own personalities fade away.
But here’s one thing that everybodywill be happy to forget about: The outfitJustin Bieber wore when he met theCanadian Prime Minister. Can youbelieve that happened? Oops, sorry forreminding you.
Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Labor andIndustrial Relations. He can be reached [email protected]. You’ve Got To Be KitschingMe appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Eldredge ’81 said SMU may have been caught off guard by theRed’s high level of play, he added that the Mustangs provided asolid level of competition.
“They were challenging enough that they made us actually dothings properly, so that we would actually get to work on thethings we needed to,” he said.
Eldredge highlighted that the women’s team is workingtowards efficiency around the goal. By improving efficiency, henoted that the Red will pose a more dominant scoring threat.
While this weekend’s game was supposed to be a warm-up fornext weekend’s game against rival Virginia, a scheduling conflictinvolving one of the Cavaliers’ women’s players pushed thematch against UVA two weeks back in the schedule.
Instead, the men’s team will be back in action againstSkidmore on Friday after its game against SMU was cancelleddue to weather conditions that prevented the Mustang menfrom arriving in Ithaca. The women’s team does not currentlyhave a game scheduled for next weekend. According to Eldredge,the schedule change has some positive effects.
“In some ways, we’re happier with it, because it gives us achance to even prepare a little bit more for the UVA team com-ing in,” he said.
Hoffman added that the game against SMU showed the teamthat there is still work to do to get back into prime playingmode.
“We’re definitely going to need to work to get back in shape,”she said. “[The game] was tough, but it was good.”
After Weekend Off, Red MenPrepare to Battle Skidmore
Although matching up against a team with the ability to bring gym-nasts to the school on scholarship will be a disadvantage for the Red,the squad can look forward to being at home for the second straightweekend.
“Towson is a talented, full scholarship team and it will be a highlycompetitive meet as a result,” Archer said. “We definitely hope to buildoff our meet against Cortland and it’s another home meet, so hopeful-ly we will have a great crowd like last week.”
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Red Opens Home Season With Win
Raising the bar | Junior Melanie Jorgensen leads the Red on bars with a firstplace finish and a score of 9.700.
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would be a sad, albeit practical, way to end Pierce’s14-year run in Boston. My guess is that theRaptors will get Pierce and, in return, give up oneof their point guards (Kyle Lowry or JoseCalderon) and forward Andrea Bargnani. Thispackage will add a much-needed replacement forRondo and some outside shooting to spread thefloor. Stay tuned.
One of the feel-good stories of the year hasbeen the play of the Golden State Warriors, whocurrently sit at 27-17. Playing without defensivestalwart Andrew Bogut for most of the season —he came back this Monday against the Raptorsand played seemingly unaffected by his ankleinjury — the Warriors have transformed from the26th best defensive team to the 12th best, primar-ily due to head coach Mark Jackson molding hisplayers into his defensive system.
With the great play of All-Star David Lee andAll-Star snub Stephen Curry, there should be nodrop-off in the second half of the season. In fact,with the return of Bogut and his passing, basket-ball I.Q. and shot-blocking ability, I expect boththe team’s offense and defense to improve. With alldue respect to rookie Festus Ezeli, who has filled inadmirably at the center position, Bogut’s completegame will be more beneficial to the Warriors in thelong run.
You’ve all heard the phrase “Never trust a guywith two first names,” but that simply isn’t true inthe NBA. Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and DwightHoward — the current members of the Two-First-Name-All-Stars — will welcome Pacers forwardPaul George this year, who is one of those rarecases where his ‘potential’ turned into tangibleskills. With Danny Granger out all year, Georgehas stepped into his role as the best player on thePacers, averaging 17.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.7assists and 1.7 steals a game while doubling as thebest all-around defender on the best defensive
team in the league. Despite already being so good,he still has room to improve. Take the end of thePacers-Nuggets game this Monday. With 20 sec-onds left and the game tied 101-101, DaniloGallinari — who had 27 points at that point —drove to the basket and George stayed with himevery step, standing strong as Gallinari lowered hisshoulder, blocked his fadeaway and stripped theball. The next possession, however, George turnedit over to Andre Iguodala and with 0.5 secondsleft, fouled Igoudala on an inbounds lob play(albeit on a ticky-tack foul), who proceeded toknock down one free throw to win the game. Thissequence perfectly summed up George; he does somany things well, but is still just 22 years old andwill only continue to improve and refine his game.
A story that should be significant if it wasn’tclockwork every year is the success of the SanAntonio Spurs. They have the best record in theleague at 36-11, yet there couldn’t be less fanfareabout them. Coach Gregg Popovich keeps plug-ging players into his well-oiled machine and thereis no noticeable drop-off. Popovich is able to limithis stars’ minutes this way, as Ginobili is averagingjust 23.7 minutes a game. Additionally, no one onthe team plays more than 33 minutes a game. TimDuncan is silently — what’s quieter than ‘silently’?— having another great All-Star campaign at age36 and has magically improved his defense, as heis averaging 2.7 blocks per game, his most since2003-2004. His play in the paint has helped theSpurs regain their Top-5 ranking in defensive effi-ciency, which fell off the last two years, as theywere just 11th in the league. With their key play-ers clocking fewer minutes — Popovich will justrest his starters during some back-to-back games— they should be one of the two favorites to comeout of the Western conference again, a sentence Icould have accurately written in a column any yearbetween 1999 and 2013.
Both the men and women’ssquash teams were unable to beatTrinity College at home this week-end. The men fell 7-2 and thewomen suffered a disappointing 5-4 defeat.
Going into the match onSunday, the Red women (9-2) hadnever beaten the Bantams (11-1).After falling behind with a loss inthe first singles match, senior JaimeLaird and junior Laura Caty gavethe Red its first lead with wins in theNo. 2 and No. 9 spots respectively.Sophomore Rachel Au gave the Redanother win in five sets, followed bya four-set win by junior JesseniaPacheco to put the Red within onepoint of its first ever victory over the
Bantams. However, Trinity was ableto sweep the final rotation to comeaway with the narrow 5-4 victory.
On the men’s side, senior NickSachvie and sophomore AdityaJagtap both had strong perfor-mances, but it was not enough forthe Red. Sachvie and Jagtap’s wins atthe No.1 and 2 spots respectivelywere the only victories the squadwould record on the day, as Trinitytook the next seven matches in a row.
Both squads will be on the roadnext weekend for bouts with Ivyfoes Dartmouth and Harvard in areturn to conference play.
— Compiled by Scott Chiusano
Squash Men, Women Can’t TopTough Trinity Squad
So close to you | Rachel Au (right) gave the Red a win at the No. 5 spot,but it was not enough to lift the Red to its first ever win over Trinity.
In its first home dual meet of the season, thegymnastics team topped visiting Cortland,188.675-176.525. The Red won all four teamand individual events, placing the top three fin-ishers in three of the events.
After being on the road for its first two meetsof the season, returning to Teagle was a welcomeadvantage, according to senior McKenna Archer.
“We always love competing at home,” shesaid. “It’s definitely an advantage to be familiarwith the equipment and to have our friends andfamily supporting us. This past weekend, we hadan especially impressive crowd and we’re verygrateful to all those who came out. It definitelyhelps keep the energy up.”
The meet against Cortland was the first dualmeet win of the season after the Red finishedthird of five teams and third of four teams inmeets at George Washington and Pitt respective-ly. However, despite the first victory, the judgesscored the gymnasts lower than he expected,according to head coach Paul Beckwith.
“In general, we had some great perfor-mances,” Beckwith said. “The judges, however,were scoring lower than we have seen in years.Consequently, we had athletes with their bestperformance of the year scoring their lowestscore of the season … [which was] very frustrat-ing.”
Cornell scored 47.450 or better on bars, floorand vault; however, the team had to count twofalls on beam. Beam has been a tough event forthe Red this season, which Beckwith attributedto working out “competition nerves” before themeet against Cortland.
“We are really working hard to increase con-sistency on beam,” Archer added. “It’s an eventwhere we have a lot of talent and depth, and wejust need to show that during meets. It’s a stress-ful event and it’s early in the season so we’re opti-mistic that our beam scores will improve quick-ly.”
Archer was the Red’s top finisher in the event,posting a 9.675. Junior Melanie Jorgensenplaced second with 9.525, while sophomore
Maia Vernacchia took third with 9.325.Freshman Kaylie Cronin tied for fourth with8.800 in her first competition at home.
While beam was a tough event for bothteams, the Red excelled on bars. Cornell placedthe top five finishers, with Jorgenson taking firstwith 9.700. Senior Sarah Hein placed secondwith 9.525, and sophomore Abbie Thompson(9.500) and junior Sarah Wetter (9.450) tookthird and fourth, respectively. According toBeckwith, Wetter and Hein gave their best per-formances of the season thus far.
“On bars, Sarah Wetter and Sarah Hein hadbeautiful routines, and Melanie Jorgensen alsohit a great routine for the highest score of theday,” he said.
The Red also had a strong showing on vaults,with six of its starters finishing in the top eight.Freshman Madeline Martinez posted the highestscore in the event with a 9.725, followed onceagain by Archer with a 9.600.
“Vault was particularly strong for us thisweekend, although you wouldn’t be able to tellfrom the scores,” Archer said, echoingBeckwith’s sentiment that the judges under-scored in this meet. “Really everyone in the line-up nailed their vaults.”
In the floor exercise, three competitors —two from Cornell and one from Cortland —tied for the top spot with a 9.750. One of themwas freshman Kennedy Prentice, who was com-peting on floor for the first time and tied Archerand Cortland’s Courtney Mangini for first place.
“It was a very impressive routine with a lot ofdifficulty, and we were really proud of her forstepping up the first time she competed in thelineup,” Archer said.
The Red’s next dual meet will be againstTowson, who has given the Red trouble in thepast. The squad is hoping an improved perfor-mance on beams will help them top the Tigers.
“Our goal is to polish our routines on vault,bars and floor and improve our performance alot on beam,” Beckwith said. “If we can hitbeam, we have a shot at beating Towson, whichis a fully funded scholarship team.”
By SCOTT CHIUSANOSun Assistant Sports Editor
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With Cornell’s dual season alreadyunderway for the men and about to beginfor the women, upcoming games are criticalfor both teams as the Red strives toward astrong start to the second half of the season.
On the men’s side, the Red (2-0) isranked No. 70 by the Intercollegiate TennisAssociation. On Saturday, the squad cameout on top with a 6-1 win over GeorgeWashington (0-1). G.W.’s point was earnedby winning the greater number of doublescontests — two to one — before Cornelltook six points in a sweep of all the singlesmatches played that day. Junior tri-captainVenkat Iyer and sophomore tri-captain SamFleck were both able to take down Top-100opponents from G.W. in order to earn thewins at the No.1 and No.2 singles spots.
“I was pretty satisfied with my perfor-mance this weekend. I played a goodmatch,” Iyer said. “I think [the person] whodid a standout job this weekend was[sophomore] Quoc Nguyen — he played agreat match and got our first singles win ofthe day.”
Nguyen, playing the No. 4 singlesmatch, defeated his competitor in just two6-2 sets. The win was one of six that helpedthe Red gain confidence and poise.
“I think we were extremely focused andhad high energy. This helped us have a verysuccessful match,” Iyer said.
He noted that while the singles perfor-mance was solid, there is always room forimprovement and that will come in theform of discipline and hard work on thecourt as the Red prepares for more match-es. Looking forward, the team will face No.48 Alabama on Friday and No. 56 St. John’son Sunday in Queens, N.Y.
“They are both good teams, and we arelooking forward to the challenge,” Iyer said.“The season has started well for us, and wehope to keep it going. This team has reallycome together as a strong unit and is con-stantly improving day-by-day.”
The women’s team also had a strongshowing this past weekend during thethree-day Cornell Winter Invitational.Senior co-captain Sarah O’Neil and sopho-more Sara Perelman respectively took the Aand B singles titles in straight sets.Additionally, the all-freshman team of LailaJudeh and Dena Tanenbaum won the dou-bles draw.
“Results-wise, we were very successful. Itshows that we did our jobs over break, stay-ing in match shape and keeping sharp onthe court,” O’Neil said. “At the same time,it was a small tournament so we need tokeep the success in perspective. The results
are exciting, but we have much bigger goalsto look ahead to.”
The team’s goals include winningmatches against UMBC and St. John’sSaturday at home.
“UMBC and St. John’s are strong teams.We saw them at a few fall tournaments andtheir doubles were pretty sharp so that willlikely be our focus this week in practice,”O’Neil said. “When it comes to singles, weall know what we need to work on from anindividual standpoint. It is just a matter ofus working on weaknesses and sticking togame plans that give us the best chance ofcoming away with a win for the team.”
Unlike the men’s weekend play, which
will be spread out over a few days, thewomen’s matches will be back-to-back onSunday. O’Neil said that while the double-header will be an additional challenge, theCornell Invitational helped prepare theteam for it.
“A double-header is no different than atypical tournament day,” she said. “Sincewe were successful in this weekend’s homeinvitational, I think that we can all be con-fident in our fitness and ability to be suc-cessful against both opponents.”
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Taking down the top | Junior tri-captain Venkat Iyer (above) helps his team to a victoryover George Washington with a singles win over No. 76 Francisco Dias.
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Back in Action, C.U. PutsUp Strong Performances By REENA GILANISun Staff Writer
Iyer, Fleck defeat Top-100 opponents from George Washington
POLO
The Cornell women’s poloteam faced off against SouthernMethodist University at Oxley
Equestrian Center on Saturday.After a slow first chukker for theRed, the women eventuallythrashed SMU, 27-3, to increasethe team’s record to 11-0.
Despite controlling play in the
first chukker, the Red had troublefinding the goal and only led 4-1 atthe end of the opening frame. Theteam dominated the secondchukker, however, by a score of 10-0 and crushed SMU, 8-0, in thethird as part of an unstoppable 21-goal scoring streak.
“I think we were definitelystronger than we thought we weregoing to be in general,” said seniorcaptain Ali Hoffman. “Obviously,the first chukker was a little bitrough. We were getting back intoour groove, making sure we hadthe communication skills we hadgoing into our win at [the BillField Invitational] and gettingback in sync with each other … Allin all, it was very positive andmuch better than what any of usexpected.”
Hoffman, junior captain KaileyEldredge and freshman Devin Coxstarted the game for the Red.Freshman Anna Winslow swappedwith Hoffman for the thirdchukker, but Hoffman and alter-nate Beth LeBow substituted forCox and Eldredge to finish out thegame in the final chukker.Eldredge, the team’s overall leadingscorer, again led the Red with ninegoals in three chukkers, while Coxand Hoffman followed with sixgoals each.
Although head coach David
The NBA season isalready more than halfover, yet I feel like I
don’t know what’s really goingon in the league. The culprit forthis is the Los Angeles Lakers,who have kidnapped the entireNBA news cycle with headlinesabout their struggles. Sure, the
story is compelling, but it hasstill taken away from the other29 teams in the NBA. Let’s ex -plore some of these other storiesas ESPN continues to update uson what Kobe Bryant ate forbreakfast and how it will affecthis relationship with DwightHoward, his legacy and the fateof the world.
Let’s start with today’smost prevalent story, one thatcan actually take headlinesaway from the Lakers: the
Celtics losing Rajon Rondofor the season due to an ACLtear. Even with Rondo — theNBA’s leading assist man andcreator of half of the openlooks for the Celtics — theteam is just 26th in the NBAin offensive efficiency. It’shard to imagine where the
team’s offense will go withoutits floor general. In order tosalvage this season and thevalue of the last days of PaulPierce and Kevin Garnett, wemay be looking at a block-buster trade in the comingdays. You’ll hear a lot of traderumors as the deadlineapproaches, most likely look-ing to deal Pierce — a long-time Celtic. Trading him
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Playing the Field
Red Women Trample SMU at HomeBy EMILY BERMANSun Staff Writer
The mane attraction | Senior captain Ali Hoffman leads her team to a 27-3 rout of SMU with six goals.
