Vol. 128, No. 114 THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012 ITHACA, NEW YORK The Corne¬ Daily Sun INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880 24 Pages – Free Yo’ crazy | Sarah O’Neil ’13 attends Yogurt Crazy’s opening in Collegetown Wednesday. ANDY JOHNSON / SUN CONTRIBUTOR SAE Denies Fault in Brother’s 2011 Death Responding to three accidental drownings in Ithaca’s iconic gorges last summer, the University announced Wednesday that it has com- mitted $1.56 million to gorge safety efforts and, pending the approval of several projects, is considering devoting an additional $800,000 to these efforts. The $1.56 million is partially designated to fund efforts recom- mended in December by the Gorge Safety Steering Committee, an advisory committee that was formed in the fall, according to Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy ’73. In accordance with the recommendations of the committee, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon argues that the death of George Desdunes ’13 was the result of his own “culpable conduct,” according to a defense brief filed by the national fraternity earlier this month. Denying all charges in the $25 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of Desdunes, the SAE brother who died after a pledging event last February, the fraternity claims that it does not have a pledge process and that it does not require anything of pledges. SAE also demands that any damages awarded to the plaintiff — Desdunes’ mother, Marie Lourdes Andres — should be paid by the 20 former SAE brothers and pledges also named as defendants in the complaint. In a separate, criminal lawsuit, three SAE pledges were indicted on charges of first-degree hazing and first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child. The fraternity denies liability for actions taken by individual brothers or pledges at specific chapters. It argues in response to the suit that SAE did not directly exhibit “negligence, carelessness, and/or culpable con- duct” and that Desdunes’ death was not the result of any direct action or negligence by the organization. In its response to the suit, SAE also argues that Desdunes was partly or wholly responsible for his own death. C.U. Allocates $1.56M To Gorge Safety Efforts Assoc.Dean to Leave C.U. for Tufts Prof. David Harris, sociology, and senior asso- ciate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed Tuft University’s next provost and senior vice president. Harris — who has served in several administrative positions since he first came to Cornell in 2003 — will join Tufts’ lead- ership July 1. “It’s a very exciting opportunity,” Harris said. “I will be able to take lots of what I learned here at Cornell — doing everything from being a fac- ulty member, being a provost and being an asso- ciate dean — to help lead Tufts to achieve its goal.” Harris said he was contacted about the Tufts position in November. At Cornell, Harris is currently completing his term as interim co-director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, an appointment that ignited backlash among students amid the transfer of Africana into the arts college. Harris and Prof. Elizabeth Adkins Regan, psychology and biology, were appointed to lead Africana in August after the arts college failed to find some- Yogurt Crazy Opening Draws Fro-yo Fanatics Students and community members with empty bellies and creamy cravings flocked to 40 College Ave. on Wednesday afternoon for the opening of Yogurt Crazy, a Long- Island based, self-serve frozen yogurt store that has set up shop in the former home of Johnny O’s. Similar in style to national chains Pinkberry and Red Mango, Yogurt Crazy sports a bright pastel interior and a wall lined with self-serve machines. Jim Brown, the manager of Yogurt Crazy, said that he was pleased by the level of business throughout the day. “So far, with all the customers we’ve had, we’ve been perceived really well,” Brown said. “I can’t even tell you how many people stopped by to ask if we were open even before we were ready.” Despite the high volume of customers on Wednesday afternoon, Yogurt Crazy employees said they faced setbacks that delayed the opening of the shop until later in the day. When the shop opened at noon, cashiers were unable to accept cred- it cards due to technical issues. “It’s been crazy… I was here past 12 last night and came back at eight getting things ready,” Brown said. Brown said that the Yogurt Crazy employees were still working out how best to arrange the new location to expedite the process of getting yogurt and checking out at the registers. “The flow seems to be okay for now, but we’ll just have to wait and see after we get our big rush,” Brown said. In addition to frozen yogurt, Yogurt Crazy is selling cookies, smoothies and bulk candy to give cus- tomers a wider variety of ways to sat- isfy their sweet tooth. “It’s nice to see a new business in Collegetown, especially something that could be popular with students as well as faculty and locals,” said Katie White ’14, who added that she planned to visit the store soon. While Jason’s Conveience Store, locat- SAE did not exhibit “negligence, carelessness, and/or culpable conduct” in Desdunes’ death. Defense brief filed by SAE fraternity By HARRISON OKIN Sun Staff Writer By JOSEPH NICZKY Sun Senior Writer By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor “I can’t even tell you how many people stopped by to ask if we were open even before we were ready.” Jim Brown Caution | After the deaths of several students, the University announced Wednesday that it has committed more than $1.5 million to gorge safety. SUN FILE PHOTO See GORGES page 5 See DESDUNES page 4 See HARRIS page 4 By TAJWAR MAZHAR Sun Staff Writer See YOGURT page 5 Desdunes ’13 consented to hazing , frat says Better Than Fine The Sun reviews The Fine Line Bistro, a restaurant on West State Street, close to the Commons. | Page 12 Weather Chance of Showers HIGH: 48 LOW: 27 Arts Hope for the Slope Sun columnist James Rainis ’14 discusses this year’s Slope Day. | Page 13 Fill in the (Noun) Sam Dean ’12 helps readers recover from Spring Break with a column full of MadLibs. | Page 10 Big Brother New York State was ordered to adopt a redistricting plan after months of debate. | Page 3 Dining Opinion Sports Step Onto the Court Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams will begin their Ivy League seasons this weekend. | Page 24 News
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Yo’ crazy | Sarah O’Neil ’13 attends YogurtCrazy’s opening in Collegetown Wednesday.
ANDY JOHNSON / SUN CONTRIBUTOR
SAE Denies Fault inBrother’s 2011 Death
Responding to three accidental drownings in Ithaca’s iconic gorgeslast summer, the University announced Wednesday that it has com-mitted $1.56 million to gorge safety efforts and, pending the approvalof several projects, is considering devoting an additional $800,000 tothese efforts.
The $1.56 million is partially designated to fund efforts recom-mended in December by the Gorge Safety Steering Committee, anadvisory committee that was formed in the fall, according to VicePresident for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy ’73.
In accordance with the recommendations of the committee, the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon argues that the death of George Desdunes ’13was the result of his own “culpable conduct,” according to a defense brieffiled by the national fraternity earlier this month. Denying all charges inthe $25 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother ofDesdunes, the SAE brother who died after a pledging event last February,the fraternity claims that it does not have a pledge process and that itdoes not require anything of pledges.
SAE also demands thatany damages awarded tothe plaintiff — Desdunes’mother, Marie LourdesAndres — should be paidby the 20 former SAEbrothers and pledges alsonamed as defendants inthe complaint. In a separate, criminal lawsuit, three SAE pledges wereindicted on charges of first-degree hazing and first-degree unlawfullydealing with a child.
The fraternity denies liability for actions taken by individual brothersor pledges at specific chapters. It argues in response to the suit that SAEdid not directly exhibit “negligence, carelessness, and/or culpable con-duct” and that Desdunes’ death was not the result of any direct action ornegligence by the organization.
In its response to the suit, SAE also argues that Desdunes was partlyor wholly responsible for his own death. C.U. Allocates $1.56M
To Gorge Safety EffortsAssoc.Dean to Leave C.U. for TuftsProf. David Harris, sociology, and senior asso-
ciate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, hasbeen appointed Tuft University’s next provost andsenior vice president. Harris — who has served inseveral administrative positions since he firstcame to Cornell in 2003 — will join Tufts’ lead-ership July 1.
“It’s a very exciting opportunity,” Harris said.“I will be able to take lots of what I learned hereat Cornell — doing everything from being a fac-ulty member, being a provost and being an asso-
ciate dean — to help lead Tufts to achieve itsgoal.”
Harris said he was contacted about the Tuftsposition in November.
At Cornell, Harris is currently completing histerm as interim co-director of the AfricanaStudies and Research Center, an appointmentthat ignited backlash among students amid thetransfer of Africana into the arts college. Harrisand Prof. Elizabeth Adkins Regan, psychologyand biology, were appointed to lead Africana inAugust after the arts college failed to find some-
Yogurt Crazy Opening Draws Fro-yo FanaticsStudents and community members
with empty bellies and creamycravings flocked to 40 College Ave.on Wednesday afternoon for theopening of Yogurt Crazy, a Long-Island based, self-serve frozenyogurt store that has set up shop inthe former home of Johnny O’s.
Similar in style to nationalchains Pinkberry and Red Mango, YogurtCrazy sports a bright pastel interior and awall lined with self-serve machines.
Jim Brown, the manager of YogurtCrazy, said that he was pleased by the levelof business throughout the day.
“So far, with all the customers we’vehad, we’ve been perceived really well,”Brown said. “I can’t even tell you how
many people stopped by to ask if we wereopen even before we were ready.”
Despite the high volume of customerson Wednesday afternoon, Yogurt Crazy
employees said they faced setbacks thatdelayed the opening of the shop until laterin the day. When the shop opened atnoon, cashiers were unable to accept cred-it cards due to technical issues.
“It’s been crazy… I was here past 12last night and came back at eight gettingthings ready,” Brown said.
Brown said that the Yogurt Crazy
employees were still working out how bestto arrange the new location to expeditethe process of getting yogurt and checkingout at the registers.
“The flow seems to be okay fornow, but we’ll just have to wait and seeafter we get our big rush,” Brown said.
In addition to frozen yogurt,Yogurt Crazy is selling cookies,smoothies and bulk candy to give cus-tomers a wider variety of ways to sat-isfy their sweet tooth.
“It’s nice to see a new business inCollegetown, especially something thatcould be popular with students as well asfaculty and locals,” said Katie White ’14,who added that she planned to visit thestore soon.
While Jason’s Conveience Store, locat-
SAE did not exhibit “negligence,carelessness, and/or culpableconduct” in Desdunes’ death.Defense brief filed by SAE fraternity
By HARRISON OKINSun Staff Writer
By JOSEPH NICZKYSun Senior Writer
By AKANE OTANISun News Editor
“I can’t even tell you how many peoplestopped by to ask if we were open evenbefore we were ready.”Jim Brown
Caution | After the deaths of several students, the University announcedWednesday that it has committed more than $1.5 million to gorge safety.
SUN FILEPHOTO
See GORGES page 5
See DESDUNES page 4
See HARRIS page 4
By TAJWAR MAZHARSun Staff Writer
See YOGURT page 5
Desdunes ’13 consented to hazing , frat says
Better Than FineThe Sun reviews The FineLine Bistro, a restaurant onWest State Street, close tothe Commons.
| Page 12
WeatherChance of ShowersHIGH: 48 LOW: 27
ArtsHope for the SlopeSun columnist James Rainis’14 discusses this year’s SlopeDay.
| Page 13
Fill in the (Noun)Sam Dean ’12 helps readersrecover from Spring Breakwith a column full ofMadLibs.
| Page 10
Big BrotherNew York State was orderedto adopt a redistricting planafter months of debate.
| Page 3
Dining
Opinion
SportsStep Onto the CourtBoth the men’s and women’stennis teams will begin theirIvy League seasons thisweekend.
| Page 24
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Judges ordered New York State to adopta federally drafted congressional redistrict-ing plan on March 19. The new plan willeliminate two congressional districts,including the New York 22nd District,which currently contains TompkinsCounty.
In order to bring the state into compli-ance with federal law, a panel of three fed-eral judges ordered the state legislature toadopt a plan drafted by Magistrate JudgeRoanne L. Mann “in its entirety.”
Judge Mann’s plan, according to docu-ments released by the Federal DistrictCourt in Brooklyn, eliminates two of NewYork’s current 29 congressional districts bysplitting the 9th District, currently repre-sented by Rep. Bob Turner (R – N.Y. 9), aswell as breaking up the 22nd District —which encompasses Tompkins County —currently represented by Rep. MauriceHinchey (D – N.Y. 22).
After the 2010 Census, the UnitedStates Census Bureau determined thatNew York State would lose two seats in theHouse of Representatives due to smallerchanges in population relative to the other50 states, according to data from theDepartment of Commerce.
The elimination of the 22nd Districtwill put Tompkins County in a newlyformed 23rd District, which will stretch toChautauqua County on the shore of LakeErie. Most of this area is currently withinthe 29th District, which is represented byRep. Tom Reed (R – NY 29).
The three members of the panel, Judges
Reena Raggi and Gerard E. Lynch of theUnited States Court of Appeals for theSecond Circuit and Judge Dora L. Irizarryof Federal District Court in Brooklyn,stated in their decision that in previousyears, the New York State legislature hadbeen forced into action by the threat offederally created congressional districts.
“In the past, judicial creation of a con-gressional redistricting plan has spurredthe New York legislature to produce itsown plan just in time to avoid implemen-tation of the judicial plan,” the judgeswrote in their decision to adopt Mann’splan.
In the decision, the judges noted thatNew York State was sued over redistrictingafter the 1980, 1990 and 2000 censusesand each time produced a satisfactory planjust in time. This year, however, accordingto Dan Lamb, district representative forRep. Maurice Hinchey (D – N.Y. 22), thestate primary elections have been movedto June 26, constricting the time availablefor political negotiations on redistrictingas well as shortening the campaign season.
In a previous interview, Lamb told TheSun that “the delay [in redistricting] caus-es challenges for the candidates trying toget known in districts they hope to repre-sent.”
The federal panel also noted that with-out a plan for new congressional districts,candidates cannot effectively campaign,thereby undermining the voter’s ability toselect the best representative for their dis-trict.
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Larry Kogan ’13 and Marissa Esthimer ’12 attend the reception for a photography exhibitcreated by Cornell students who studied abroad.
Oh, the places you’ll go
Yale University, in a partnership with the National University of Singapore, plansto open its first international campus, Yale-NUS College, in Fall 2013, The YaleDaily News reported on Tuesday.
In spite of an overall decrease in applicants this year, Harvard College could pos-sibly admit as few as three percent of regular decision applicants this year, TheHarvard Crimson reported on Wednesday.
On March 21, the Brown Concert Agency announced that Childish Gambinowill perform at Brown University’s Spring Weekend April 20, along with Providence-based band What Cheer? Brigade and electronic duo Sepalcure, The Brown DailyHerald reported.
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More than 200 students and facul-ty gathered Wednesday night at TEDxCornell University to listen to accom-plished Cornellians speak about theirpassions, which ranged from fungi andfood psychology to startups and story-telling.
Cornell’s TEDx conference, orga-nized by members of the student orga-nization Innovate, Design, Educateand Act, is designed to bring commu-nity members together to discuss“ideas worth spreading” — the themeof the national non-profit organiza-tion TED, according to Ankur Bajaj’13, one of the event’s organizers.
TED — Technology,Entertainment and Design — wasfounded for “the techies, the entertain-ers and the designers” to present newprojects and meet each other, Bajajsaid.
“[TED is] a foundation that’s com-mitted to the cause of spreadingideas,”he said “So anything, whetherit’s prostheses, orthopedic implants,whatever, that will change the nextcentury, they want to spread thoseideas so that people know about them,people are excited about them, andpeople are working together on them,”
“We wanted to showcase the inno-vation, the drive, the technology andso forth that Cornell has,” he added.
To accomplish this, IDEA broughtstudents, faculty and Ithacans togetherto discuss this year’s conference theme,“Progress with Passion,” urging audi-ence members to take home the mes-sage that “you must pursue what youlove,” according to Bajaj.
“I thought it was a really excitingevent,” Andrew Doberstein ’13 said.“Taking passion and taking control ofwhere you want to head is a reallyinspiring message for college studentsespecially.”
Prof. George Hudler, plant pathol-ogy, told the audience that “differentpeople have different gifts.”
Hudler told the story of his third-grade teacher who once instructed theclass to draw pictures of their favoriteanimals. After drawing a white-taileddeer, Hudler turned to his neighbor,Gary, to see a picture of a bird that was“so real, I was afraid to move for fearthat it would fly out of his paper.”
“I said; ‘Gary, how’d you do that?’And he said, ‘I don’t know, I didn’tplan it this way, it just happened,’”Hudler said.
He went on to discuss how he dis-covered his passion for fungi and hisgift for teaching.
“I wanted people to think thatevery mushroom was magical, andevery mold might be mischievous,” hesaid, referring to a course he teaches atCornell, called Magical Mushrooms,Mischievous Molds.
“I didn’t plan it this way, it justhappened. Then I remembered that’sthe same thing Gary said to me, 55years ago,” Hudler said. “All of a sud-den, it all came together. That maybethis was my gift, for whatever reason.”
Alessandra Hirsch ’12 also gave atalk on “what it’s like to fall in love.”She said that her two loves in life areneuroscience and theater. She sharedher experiences with discovering thosepassions. She also discussed how sheplans to apply the skills she learnsfrom each discipline to whichevercareer path she chooses.
“I can take the things I learned ineach of these studies and apply themto the other discipline,” Hirsch said.
She added that she could bring thediscipline she learns in science to thetheater or the compassion and com-munication she learns on stage to ahospital.
“Take the things that you love, takethose dualities that make you who youare, and allow them to make you bet-ter,” Hirsch said.
Brooke Du ’14 said she was thrilledby the event.
“That’s why I’m here,” she said.“It’s really an eye-opener and mind-blowing, and it was very impressive.”
From Prof. Jeffrey Hancock, com-munications, advising students to takea “weird” course at Cornell, to Ithacarestaurateur Lex Chutintaranondencouraging audience members to lis-ten to their gut feelings and stick totheir passions, attendees said they leftthe conference with a wealth of ideasto ponder.
“I think for me the biggest thingabout this talk is that everyone whocomes to TEDTalks and everyone whowatches the TEDTalks online, they’rewatching them and listening to themto learn, purely to learn for their ownknowledge,” Tejal Thakkar ’14 said. “Ithink it’s really cool that everyonetook the two and a half hours out ofthe day to come and listen to thiswithout a grade.”
Open forum | Sohan Jain ’11 and Nick Fishman ’11 speak at Wednesday’s TEDxConference, an event organized to share ideas.
At TEDx Conference, C.U. SpeakersEmphasize Importance of Passion
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one “both willing to serve and acceptable to a sub-stantial majority of the Africana faculty,” Dean ofthe College of Arts and Sciences Peter Lepage toldThe Sun last year.
Africana is currently conducting a search for anew director, a University press release stated.
Prior to his term as senior associate dean,Harris also served as Cornell’s first vice provost forsocial sciences, deputy provost and interim seniorvice provost for research, according to the pressrelease. During his time at Cornell, Harrisfocused on reducing racial disparities in collegeachievement, increasing faculty recruitment andretention and improving learning for undergradu-ate and graduates, the press release stated.
Additionally, Harris left Cornell in 2010 toserve as the deputy assistant secretary for humanservices policy at the U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services, working under the Obamaadministration, The Sun reported in March.
But when Harris first came to Cornell, afterteaching at the University of Michigan as an assis-tant professor, he said he “didn’t expect to be anadministrator.”
“Part of the reason I left Michigan was becauseI didn’t want to do administrative things; I want-ed to do research and teaching,” Harris said,adding, “that’s why I was attracted to Cornell.”
Still, Harris said, “it didn’t work out that way.”“I had certain talents that other people were
aware of, and once I got here, I ended up getting
involved in administration,” he said. “It was great— very fulfilling, very challenging and wonder-ful.”
In a University press release, Lepage calledHarris “a spectacular asset to the college.”
“He’s made tremendous contributions toCornell,” Lepage said. “Although we’re thrilled forDavid, we’re sorry to be losing him.”
Reflecting on his experiences at the University,Harris said he felt “really privileged to have hadthe chance to work at Cornell.”
“The thing I’m most proud of being a part ofat Cornell was being an individual who workedon the University’s financial aid initiatives in2007,” Harris said, adding, “that, to me, was veryimportant.”
The most challenging part of his Cornellcareer, Harris said, was serving as the University’sinterim provost in 2008 — “when the financialcrisis hit.”
“It was on my watch when Cornell lost hugeamounts of its endowment and faced significantfinancial challenges,” he said. “As the interimprovost, it fell on me to help lead the Universitythrough the period.”
Looking to the future, Harris said he is excitedto bring his experiences from Cornell to TuftsUniversity.
“They’re both really great universities,” he said.“It’s a really great honor.”
SAE claims that Desdunesboth “assumed the risk” and“consented to the risk” of theactions that led to his alcoholpoisoning, from which he diedon Feb. 25, 2011, at CayugaMedical Center shortly after hewas found unresponsive on acouch in the fraternity house.Shortly thereafter, Cornellrevoked its recognition of theSAE fraternity.
According to allegationsmade by Desundes’ mother inthe wrongful death lawsuit, sev-eral SAE pledges kidnappedDesdunes, tied a noose aroundhis neck and kept him boundand blindfolded while pledgesquizzed him on fraternity histo-ry. Each time Desdunesanswered incorrectly, the pledgesforced him to perform exercisesor drink alcoholic substances,the suit alleges.
The national SAE organiza-tion has faced scrutiny since haz-ing incidents have been reportedat its chapters on several cam-puses in addition to Cornell.
In March 2011, the SAEchapter at the University ofMichigan was expelled fromcampus after allegations surfacedthat brothers physically abusedpledges, according to TheHuffington Post. One monthlater, Bucknell’s SAE chapter wassuspended for four years for haz-ing incidents involving illegalalcohol and drug use, TheBucknellian reported.
This month, 27 SAE broth-ers at Dartmouth College werecharged with hazing by the uni-versity for allegedly forcingpledges to engage in dehumaniz-ing behavior including swim-ming in and swallowing vomit,The Dartmouth reported.
SAE’s response follows briefsfiled by the defense attorneys ofthree pledges — Max Haskin’14, Ben Mann ’14 and EdwardWilliams ’14 — who have beencharged in criminal court.
According to the defenselawyers, Desdunes voluntarilyconsumed a large amount ofalcohol before consenting totake part in the “mock kidnap-ping” that preceded his deathlast year.
While Andre, Desdunes’mother, alleges in her suit thatpledges “compelled [Desdunes]to consume alcohol until he lostconsciousness,” the defenseargues that the consumption ofalcohol during the incidentsleading up to his death was“wholly voluntary.”
Andre’s suit says that after ahazing event in which he wastied up and given alcohol bypledge members, Desdunesbecame so intoxicated that he“required immediate medicaltreatment. Instead, he was takenby the pledges, still bound at thewrists and ankles, and dumpedon a couch in the SAE housewhere he was unattended andleft to die.”
But according to the defen-dants’ lawyers, Desdunes volun-tarily drank “at least 10 to 12ounces and perhaps as much as15 to 20 ounces of alcohol (rumand whiskey)” — one shot isapproximately equivalent to 1.5ounces — at the SAE fraternityearlier in the night before thepledge event. One former SAEbrother reportedly saw Desdunes“with a virtually empty bottle ofCaptain Morgan rum” andanother later observed Desdunesin an “intoxicated condition,”the defendants’ paper states.
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ed at 301 College Ave., also serves frozenyogurt, Yogurt Crazy is currently the only placein Collegetown that focuses on the frozendessert. However, Brown said that there areother stores that plan to open frozen yogurtshops in downtown Ithaca in the next fewmonths.
But, he added, “we’ve kind of beat them tothe punch in opening.”
Many students, who enjoyed flavors rangingfrom raspberry pomegranate to cappuccino onthe warm day, said they were happy to see thestore open.
“It’s nice that Collegetown now has a health-ier option for dessert,” Heather Murray lawsaid.
After settling into its new location, YogurtCrazy is planning to have operating hours from10 p.m. to two a.m. to allow students to quelltheir late-night cravings.
Final decisions on evening store hours will bedetermined by management’s evaluation ofweekend foot traffic, Brown said.
“I’m really excited about the Yogurt Crazyopening. I think it’s a great addition toCollegetown, and I think it’ll be an awesomeplace to go for a late-night snack,” KatieMehary ’11 said.
The store, is the fifth store to open in the
family-owned and -operated chain based out ofSuffolk County, Long Island.
Brendan Hackett, one of the store’s owners,told The Sun in November that he and his fam-ily decided to open their fifth shop in Ithaca inpart because of his family’s ties to the area andwhat he identified as the need for more diversi-fied social options in Collegetown.
“I love Ithaca. I went to school at IthacaCollege, and my father and sister went toCornell,” Hackett said. “We were looking for aplace to open a new store and decided Ithacawould be the perfect place.”
Hackett also noted that the recent string ofbar-closings in Collegetown — Dino’s alsoclosed this summer — opened the door forYogurt Crazy and other establishments to staketheir claim in the area.
“It seems like the bars keep disappearing andlandlords don’t want to put bars back in theredue to liability and noise,” Hackett said. “Wewanted to give people a place to hang out thatwas upbeat but not too noisy.”
The site’s landlord, who would not be iden-tified by name, added that as a result of the newyogurt store, Avramis Realty will likely raise therents of its apartments at 408 College Ave. forthe 2013 to 2014 year.
University will install more warning signs, produce an educationalvideo to be shown during orientation and create a gorge stewardsprogram — a student group that will help educate other studentsabout which areas of the gorges, such as those in Treman State Park,are safe.
The funding allocations come after three accidental deaths in thegorges during the summer of 2011, including the death ofNathaniel Rand ’12, who drowned in Fall Creek Gorge near IthacaFalls. Rand’s family has been publicly critical of the University forwhat they have said is its lack of urgency in tackling gorge safetyefforts since his death.
Despite the increased funding, Rand’s father Jacob Rand said heremains skeptical that the money the University has committed togorge safety will be put to good use.
“It’s great that money has been [allocated to gorge safety], butthe funds need to be devoted to specific projects on the Cornellcampus and in cooperation with the City of Ithaca that will achievethe goal of preventing future gorge deaths,” Jacob Rand said.
Rand expressed worry that the committee’s recommendationswill not be implemented.
“There is no doubt that the committee has made important rec-ommendations; however, there have been many previous commit-tees over the years, and these have not produced any substantivechanges,” Rand said. “The University must avoid previous mistakesby objectively reviewing past actions and implementing a projectmanagement plan with clear accountability and timelines.”
In addition to the $1.56 million, the University will spend$150,000 on gorge trail maintenance annually and has alreadyspent $1.2 million repairing the Cascadilla gorge trail, according toa University press release. In 2009, the Cascadilla gorge trail wasclosed for maintenance. The lower portion of the gorge trail wasreopened in 2010.
Several individual projects that are not yet approved by theBoard of Trustees will receive a total of $800,000 in funding. Eachindividual project must have a plan detailing how money will bespent approved before money can be allocated.
“Once you know what you want to do, you write a project plan… and it eventually ends up with a group that approves all capitalspending projects,” Opperman said. “You can’t do everything all atonce.”
Funding has already been approved for key safety features suchas railings, fences and signs.
The University plans to spend additional money on improvingthe safety of both Cascadilla and Fall Creek Gorges.
“Funding is always put toward the open gorges because you needto maintain them,” Opperman said.
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In Trial, U.S. Soldier Claims‘Depression’ After Iraq
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. soldier accused of killing17 Afghan civilians suffered a traumatic incident during his secondtour in Iraq that triggered “tremendous depression,” his lawyer saidWednesday.
Lawyer John Henry Browne said he could not discuss the detailsof the matter because it remains classified. But he expects the issueto become a focal point in the case against Army Staff Sgt. RobertBales.
“It caused him tremendous depression and anxiety,” Brownesaid.
The lawyer previously said Bales experienced other major dan-gers in his deployments, including a serious foot injury and headtrauma. In addition, a fellow soldier’s leg had been blown off daysbefore the Afghanistan massacre, he said.
Bales was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder andother crimes. He is being held at a U.S. military prison at FortLeavenworth, Kan.
A defense team is now in Afghanistan to collect evidence andinterview other U.S. soldiers who knew Bales.
In Illinois, College Can BeUsed as a Legislative Favor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Politicians love to talk about theimportance of education. In Illinois, legislators go a step further andpersonally award scholarships to state universities — sometimes tofriends, donors and political allies.
For a century, each Illinois legislator has had the power to handout a few scholarships every year without regard to students’ needsor qualifications, which fit comfortably in the state’s tradition offavors for people with connections. In recent years, a state lawmak-er helped a political backer’s four children with $94,000 worth oftuition waivers. Another gave a scholarship to the son of a Chicagoalderman. Federal investigators are also looking into cases of recipi-ents with suspicious addresses.
Now, after the failure of repeated efforts to end the $13.5 mil-lion-a-year program, opponents are making a new push to eliminatethe waivers as Illinois officials try again to clean up the state’s imageafter two consecutive governors wound up in prison.
Biden Calls Romney ‘Consistently Wrong’ on Jobs
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Vice PresidentJoe Biden said Wednesday that Republican pres-idential candidate Mitt Romney is “consistentlywrong” on U.S. manufacturing, painting him assomeone who doesn’t believe the sector is crucialto future U.S. economic success and as a propo-nent of outsourcing.
Seeking to frame the choice that voters couldface in November, Biden used a speech in polit-ically important Iowa to reject Romne’s argu-ment that his background as a business executivemakes him better suited to turn around theeconomy than President Barack Obama.
Biden mocked Romney for allowing statecontractors to set up call centers in India whilehe was Massachusetts governor, and said theBain Capital private equity firm Romney onceheaded had shipped jobs overseas after acquiringcompanies in the 1990s.
“Mitt, thanks for the memories,” Biden saidwith a laugh, referring to a South Carolinaphoto album factory that closed after BainCapital bought it.
Biden said manufacturing was recoveringunder Obama, with 430,000 jobs added sinceJanuary 2010, and that Romney had spent hiscareer in business and politics underminingAmerican workers with policies that favor thewealthy.
“Mitt Romney has been remarkably consis-tent — as an individual investor, a businessman,as governor of Massachusetts, and now as a can-didate for president,” Biden told supporters atPCT Engineered Systems, a growing Davenportfirm that makes equipment for manufacturers.“And I respectfully suggest: consistently wrong.”
Biden flew to western Iowa later Wednesday,stopping at the Boys Club of Sioux City to meetfor about an hour with children during theirafter-school program. He urged the 7- to 18-year-old boys to go to college and told them,“You can be anything you want to be.”
Republican National Committee Chairman
Reince Priebus dismissed Biden as “the juniorcampaigner in chief ” and said the vice presi-dent’s rhetoric would not help families affordhigher food, gasoline and health insurance costs.Priebus said Biden’s words also wouldn't changethe fact that most Americans oppose the admin-istration’s signature health care law, which wasthe subject of several hours of oral arguments inthe Supreme Court this week.
“With team Obama’s Iowa poll numbers inthe tank, it’s clear why they are sending VicePresident Biden to rally the troops," Priebus saidon a conference call with reporters.” But afterthree years of failed policies, I don't think mostIowans will be impressed.”
Romney's campaign said Biden was on theattack to cover for an administration “that hasdone more to devastate the middle class thanany in modern history.”
“Under President Obama's leadership, over800,000 fewer Americans have a job, homeprices have plummeted, and gas prices have hitrecord highs. With that kind of record, it's nosurprise that the Obama White House has takento attacking a proven job creator like MittRomney,” spokeswoman Amanda Hennenbergsaid.
Biden’s speech was his third in recent weeksin his role as Obama’s chief surrogate, outliningthe campaign's arguments for a possible generalelection fight against Romney. In Ohio, Bidenchastised Republicans for opposing the autobailout and in Florida he criticized GOP plansfor changes to Social Security and Medicare.Biden’s hard-hitting speeches allow Obama toappear to remain above the political fray.
The Obama campaign has tried to shore upsupport in Iowa, which it carried in 2008 andcould need again in November. With pollsshowing Iowans split on the president and hispolicies, Obama's campaign has been reachingout to middle-class workers and touting manu-facturing, the state's largest industry.
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N.Y. Schools, TaxpayersWary of Tax Cap Budget Hits
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The proposed New York state budgetbeing voted on in Albany this week includes the biggest increase inschool funding in years. But the applause is muted in many localschool districts where educators and taxpayers are headed into adicey two months coping with a new property tax cap as they pre-pare and vote on their own spending plans.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate and Assembly majorities drewraves from some school advocates when they agreed to spend 4 per-cent more this year on schools, an $805 million boost in aid thatcurrently totals about $21 billion after three years of cuts or flatfunding.
School boards and, on May 15, their voters will face the prob-lem of trying to rebuild after tough recessionary years. They alsoface for the first time the 2 percent cap on property tax rate growthpassed in Albany last year. School boards will have to decide if theyneed to risk raising taxes at a rate beyond the cap, which wouldrequire the support of 60 percent of their voters to be approvedunder state law.
School districts say the coming aid increase does not compensatefor the $1.3 billion cut a year ago, or the $1.4 billion cut the yearbefore that, or the flat budget the year before that, although tem-porary federal stimulus funds softened those blows a bit.
“This budget does not keep up with the problem created byAlbany’s policies,” said Billy Easton of the Alliance for QualityEducation, a school aid lobbying group funded by education foun-dations and teachers unions. “We are moving in the wrong direc-tion ... our schools are getting worse, not better.”
Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto dismissed Easton’s comment ascoming from “a lobbyist for an organization funded by the teach-ers’ union. So what would you expect him to say?”
“What about responding to the facts?” Easton responded in aseparate interview.
Upstate N.Y. Dad Pleads Not Guilty to Kidnapping
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A non-custodial father accused ofabducting his daughter nearly five years ago has pleaded not guiltyto a single charge of international parental kidnapping.
Jeffrey Shipman, formerly of Liverpool, entered the pleaWednesday in federal court in Syracuse. He was ordered held untila detention hearing scheduled for Monday.
Deonna Shipman, now 8, was found a month ago by the FBI inBangkok, Thailand. She had been missing from the town of Salinasince July 2007, when Shipman took her and fled the country. Thechild and her mother have since been reunited.
Authorities believe the 51-year-old Shipman acted after losingcustody of Deonna. If convicted, he faces a maximum prison termof three years, a fine of up to $250,000, and one year of supervisedrelease.
“I think it’s terrible. It is subject to such political corruption,”Finney said.
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JetBlue Captain Charged After Growing Increasingly Erratic on Plane
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) — JetBlueAirways captain Clayton Osbon showed upunusually late to fly Flight 191 to Las Vegas. Theplane was in midair when he eerily told his co-pilot they wouldn't make it there.
Osbon started rambling about religion. Hescolded air traffic controllers to quiet down, thenturned off the radios altogether, and dimmed themonitors in the cockpit. He said aloud that“things just don't matter” and encouraged his co-pilot that they take a leap of faith.
“We’re not going to Vegas,” Osbon said.What unfolded next, according to court docu-
ments released Wednesday, was a dramatic chaseand struggle in the cabin that ended with passen-gers tackling Osbon, 49, and holding him downuntil the co-pilot could make an emergency land-ing in Amarillo, Texas. He was chargedWednesday with interfering with a flight crew.
A pilot with JetBlue since 2000, Osbon’s oddbehavior on Tuesday became increasingly erraticafter the flight departed New York, worrying hisfellow crew members so much that they lockedhim out after he abruptly left the cockpit, accord-ing to an affidavit. Osbon then started yellingabout Jesus, al-Qaida and a possible bomb onboard, forcing passengers to tie him up with seatbelt extenders and zip tie handcuffs for about 20minutes until the plane landed.
“The (first officer) became really worried whenOsbon said ‘we need to take a leap of faith,’”according to the sworn affidavit given by FBIagent John Whitworth. “Osbon started trying tocorrelate completely unrelated numbers like dif-ferent radio frequencies, and he talked about sinsin Las Vegas.”
Osbon left the cockpit soon after and tensions
on the plane began to escalate, according to wit-ness accounts compiled by investigators. Osbon,described by neighbors in Georgia as tall and mus-cular, “aggressively” grabbed the hands of a flightattendant who confronted him and later sprinteddown the cabin while being chased.
From inside the locked cockpit, which Osbontried to re-enter by banging on the door, the co-pilot gave an order through the intercom torestrain Osbon, the affidavit said. Passengers wres-tled Osbon to the ground, and one female flightattendant's ribs were bruised during the struggle.No one on board was seriously hurt.
The federal charges against Osbon were filed inTexas. He was being held Wednesday atNorthwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarilloand remains under a medical evaluation.
Under federal law, a conviction for interferencewith a flight crew or attendants can bring up to 20years in prison. The offense is defined as assaultingor intimidating the crew, interfering with itsduties or diminishes its ability to do operate theplane.
JetBlue spokeswoman Allison Steinberg saidearlier Wednesday that Osbon had been suspend-ed pending a review of the flight.
JetBlue’s CEO and president Dave Barger toldNBC’s “Today” show that Osbon is a “consum-mate professional” whom he has “personallyknown” for years. He said there is nothing in thecaptain’s record to indicate he would be a risk ona flight.
Fellow pilots, friends and Osbon's neighbors inRichmond Hill, Ga., a bedroom community onthe coast just south of Savannah, said they werebaffled by the midflight outburst. None recalledany previous health or mental problems.
NYC Relaunches Subway Poetry in Motion Program
NEW YORK (AP) — Poetry has returned toNew York City’s mass transit system.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authorityhas relaunched its popular Poetry in Motionprogram.
The literary campaign that filled thousandsof subway cars with famed verses ended in 2008.
The relaunch has a new component. Poemswill be accompanied with artwork drawn fromthe transportation system's public-art installa-
tions.The Wall Street Journal says two poems, each
with a different artwork, will be featured everyquarter. They will be displayed in posters at eyelevel, rather than in the overhead advertisingspace, in about a quarter of the fleet. That’sroughly 1,500 subway cars.
In 2008, the program was replaced with Trainof Thought, which excerpted works of prose.That program ended in 2010.
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Depending on how intense yourspring break was, you might still berecovering from it like I am. Thus,
those of you reading this in print have alovely Mad Lib to entertain you as youstruggle through your Thursday. To readthe real road trip guide, go to the opinionsection of cornellsun.com and read away. -SD
Before spring break I had never beento the (n) _________. Now I’ve beentwice, and I can indeed confirm thatMinnesota (pl.n) _________ do exist.Because I spent (#)___ hours of mybreak inside a moving vehicle (and alsoeight years in marching band), I now
consider myself a (n)_________ guruand thus this column was born. Inspiredby my fossil-fueled spring break, I nowpresent to you the Sam Dean Guide to(adj) _________ Road Tripping.
Do’s1. DO bring (pl.n)_________. Being
stuck in a box on wheels without(pl.n)_________ is the worst.Remaining in a half-starved state for anextended period of time can send your(n) _________ over the edge quickerthan Wile E. Coyote chasing the RoadRunner.
2. DO make (pl.n)_________ withthe bus driver. Like your (n)_________,(n)_________ and hairdresser your lifeis literally in their hands. (V)_________them well.
3. DO (adv)_________ tweet thebus ride. Not only is it fun for you, butit’s fun for everyone else on the Internetto read all the crazy stuff you and yourfriends say.
4. DO take pictures of your friends(v-ing)_________ and post it toFacebook. See who in the vehicle can getthe most likes for their particular (v-ing)_________ portrait. Bonus pointsfor (n)_________.
5. DO bring your (pl.n)_________and Scooby Doo slippers. Except if yousleep in the nude, in which case youshould bring your (n)_________ forfull coverage of the necessities.
6. DO watch all (#)_________ StarWars movies in one sitting (seven, if youwant to count Star Wars: The CloneWars). Cheer extra loud when AdmiralAckbar tells you it’s a (n)_________ .
7. DO bring Mad Libs. DO makethem overtly sexual.
8. DO have impromptu(pl.n)_________ of any and every(n)_________ you could possibly thinkof. Spice Girls? Pokérap? Party in theU.S.A.? The world is your DJ.
9. DO watch (adj)_________ Girls.DO quote the entire movie. DO contin-ue quoting the entire movie for the dura-tion of your trip until you make ‘fetch’happen.
10. DO purchase a smutty(n)_________ novel at a sketchy gas sta-tion and stage a dramatic reading. Bonuspoints for reenactments or for having theperson with the (adj)_________ voiceread aloud.
11. DO admit to farting if you let
one (v)_________. DON’T be a LyingLarry and try to pretend it wasn’t (per-son)_________.
12. DO bring a (reusable) water bot-tle. Just DON’T drink too much,because the bus bathroom is somethingto be avoided at all costs. Peeing in a busbathroom is like the bull riding of urina-tion: supremely difficult.
13. DO bring a GPS. Nowadaysmaps are just posters for(pl.n)_________.
14. DO bring a (n)_________.DON’T panic.
Don’ts1. DON’T (v)_________ on the bus.
Rule #1 is NO number 2. You can’t flushon a bus.
2. DON’T plug more than three(pl.n)_________ into a power stripplugged into the only outlet on the bus.You will blow the fuse that controls the(n)_________ and the T.V. and every-one else on the bus will want to see you(pt.v)_________ and (pt.v)_________.
3. DON’T watch any Back to theFuture movie after the first one. DOchoose horrible-but-also-awesomemovies like Lesbian (n)_________Killers, (n)_________ Cheerleaders,Frankenfish and Oversexed RugsuckersFrom (n)_________.
4. DON’T eat at (Pr.n)_________more than once. Your cardiovascular sys-tem can only take so manyMcGangBangs.
5. DON’T bring (n)_________ andexpect to actually do it. Because I’mtelling you, it won’t happen.
6. DON’T assume everyone else inyour hotel room brought (n)_________, because it could turn out that nobodybrought toothpaste and then you’rescrewed. Have fun with that halitosis.
7. DON’T forget (n)_________ .For the sake of all that is holy, DON’Tforget this.
8. DON’T assume that the weatherwill be the same when you get back. Thisis Ithaca. If it’s 75 and sunny when youleave, make sure you bring a hoodiebecause it’ll be (adj)_________ and 45when you return.
9. DON’T be under the impressionthat you’ll be getting massive amounts of(n) _________ on an overnight bus ride(or any bus ride for that matter). Havingspent (#)_________ of my spring breaknights sleeping on a bus, my sleep(n)_________ is worse now than it waswhen spring break started. Buses werenot designed with catching Z’s in mind.
10. DON’T be the (#)_________person to fall asleep, or else your sleepingbaby face could end up on Facebook.
And last but not least, DO email meyour best and funniest mad libs about(pl.n)_________, because I love beingentertained.
A Mad Lib Guide toRoad Tripping Success
Sam Dean
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Sam Dean is a senior in the College ofAgriculture and Life Sciences. She may bereached at [email protected]. CasualWTFery appears alternate Thursdays this semes-ter.
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THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, March 29, 2012 7OPINION
It’s that time of year again: the weath-er is getting warmer, the magnoliasare blooming (though now they are all
dead and brown and looking awful), thesun is making more frequent appearancesand group projects are being assigned. Inthe spirit of group projects, I thoughtabout asking a few people to help mewrite this week’s column when I remem-bered that I hate group projects, so Iscrapped that idea. Besides, I couldn’tfind anyone who wanted to be associatedwith this column.
Group projects are almost always theworst thing that can happen in a class.When a class starts in the beginning of asemester and I see that there will be agroup project, I sincerely consider drop-ping the class. There are definitely waysin which group projects can go well,though they almost never seem to workout that way for me. Why this is, I willnever know. Maybe there is a TompkinsCounty Triangle that makes all the goodpartners disappear.
I’ve had nightmarish group projects,the kind where (hypothetically) a girl inyour group tells you the night before theproject is due that she can’t finish herportion because she has to go to hersorority formal. Then she sends you whatshe’s done which (again, hypothetically)is absolute garbage. So you and yourother dedicated partner stay up until fourin the morning and rewrite her portiontracking down her undocumentedsources. The best part about this whole(hypothetical) scenario is that the profes-sor prohibits the assessment of groupmembers, so you are not even allowed toput her on a direct flight to Fail Townand she is rewarded for all her “hardwork” with the 97 percent you (hypo-
thetically) got. Of course, this situation(is all hypothetical and never) actuallyhappened. To do my best to ensure thatno one else is forced to undergo such ahorrendous (hypothetical) group projectexperience, I have drafted the GroupProject Manifesto:
1) When selecting a group, do notpick people with busy schedules no mat-ter how awesome, attractive or rich theyare. These people are too busy doingother things to put the necessary effortinto the project. A better choice is a per-son that has nothing going on and enjoysthe smell of old books and the dim glowof lights in the Uris Library Fishbowl(instead of a fish bowl they stole fromLevel B and snuck into Uris). For exam-ple, do not pick the Editor in Chief ofThe Sun to be in your group (sorry Juan).He has a lot of work to do preventinglawsuits against The Sun because ofinflammatory opinion columnists ...
2) This one should go without saying,but then again I am always surprised bywhat I actually need to explain to people.Once you sign up to be in a group, youcannot drop the class. Now that I havecovered all the bases let’s move on.
3) Do not tell your group that you willhave your piece of the project to them thenight before the project is due. Send it tothem in advance, because your portion isprobably awful and needs to be edited.
4) Work by email as mush as possible.Having a 20 minute group meeting is amassive waste of everyone’s time, espe-cially when it takes at least 20 minutes towalk anywhere on this campus. There aretwo times when it is appropriate to meet:to divide everything up in the beginningand put it back together at the end. No
one needs to watch anyone else in thegroup while they work. I don’t knowabout you, but I work much more slowlywhen I am being stared at, because beingstared at is creepy.
5) You must respond to your groupwithin a reasonable time frame.Obviously responding immediately is notnecessary, but you can’t go a week with-out responding. That is just common
courtesy. If I don’t hear back from a per-son after a week, I assume they have beencrushed under a pile of books in Mannand I go looking for them. When I spotthem sipping a non-fat caramel soy lattefrappe in Starbucks, hitting on the baristainstead of responding to my email, I golook for a pile of books to bury themunder.
6) While it may not be okay to neverrespond to an email, it is also not okay tobe completely overbearing. If you findyourself sending your group members bi-hourly or daily reminders about theirportion of the project, stop. If you arecalling them every Monday andWednesday night to set up meetings forthe weekend, stop. If you feel the need tomake them rewrite their pieces 12 differ-ent times so that it sounds like you wroteit, stop. If you find yourself stalking their
Facebook to try to figure out how muchtime they waste by the number and fre-quency of their status updates (when youhaven’t even friended them), stop. If thisis you, just tell your group that you willsend them the completed project onceyou have finished it yourself and they canlook it over.
7) Most importantly, if you are a per-son that really likes group projects,
chances are you are the leach of the groupand no one else likes you. The peoplethat like group projects are the ones whodon’t know enough to do projects ontheir own.
The world would be so much simplerif terrible partners were not allowed to bemembers of group projects. We wouldknow we could trust our partners to dotheir job well, and this would lead to lessannoyance for everyone involved.Unfortunately, this is not the case. Butmaybe this manifesto will help make theworld just a little bit better.
Manifesting Great Group Projects
WillSpencer
Tripping Up Stairs
Will Spencer is a senior in the College of Agricultureand Life Sciences. He may be reached at [email protected]. Tripping Up Stairs appears alternateThursdays this semester.
For the past two and a half years, the defining aspectof my Cornell Career has been Campus Informationand Visitor Relations (CIVR). You may know the
team better as simply “tour guides.” I’m pretty confidentthat if you ask people one thing about me, it is that I ama tour guide because I am constantly spewing facts atthem, even when they don’t want to hear it. Other tourguides have the running joke that I have no other friendsoutside of CIVR, which is and isn’t true. I do have otherfriends, but I’m sure they love me a little less because Iusually bring up tour guiding and/or a specific tour guide
at some point during any conversation. I mean, I’m evenwriting a column about them. But why should any of thismatter to you, dear reader?
Because as of Monday, I am no longer a tour guide.Although management forced my hand, this decision wasultimately my own. I have severed ties with an organiza-tion that has given me a sense of purpose and both liter-al and figurative direction for the past two years. And
now I’m going through a Cornellian identity crisis. If I’mnot a tour guide, then who am I? I am a member of abusiness fraternity (PSE), a social sorority (KD), an affil-iate of the Student Assembly, an A&S Ambassador, theformer announcer of the Big Red Marching Band butalways a bandie at heart, a former Mock Star and a for-mer FemSexie. But these were all activities that I includ-ed in my introduction of my tour.
Last year when I ran for student trustee, my cam-paign platform was a stronger sense of community spir-it. When I campaigned, I would be sure to make the
claim that it didn’t mat-ter if you were a tourguide, or a Sunnie, oran ILRie or whateveryou found best repre-sented you on campus.I campaigned on theidea that at the end ofthe day our extra cur-ricular activities werejust one feature of whowe are on The Hill. It
was the shared experience of being on The Hill, being aCornellian, that should be the defining feature of ourcollege experience.
Now that I am not a tour guide, I am not sure if that’strue, although I whole-heartedly believed what I said atthe time. I by no means believe that the Greek letters Iaffiliate with define me, yet the title of InformationSpecialist has shaped so much of who I am. (That’s the
official title of a tour guide, for your reference.) I nowhave in my possession an excessive amount of Cornellknowledge and know this campus literally backwards andforwards. The saddest part about this all? I honestly thinkit’s easier to walk backwards, but for now I will have towalk forwards.
This still leaves me with the question of is just simplyidentifying myself as a Cornellian good enough? And Iknow the answer is yes. Because for all of the extra cur-ricular activities I have tried — I pride myself on pickingup something new each year — the thing that doesn’tchange is where I am. On The Hill. I had a swell of BigRed Pride when I first read my acceptance letter onDecember 11, 2008, and I know that it is a sense of pridethat I will carry with me to the grave; there is no doubtthat “Cornellian” will be the highlight of my obituary.
When I walk through campus now, I will continue towalk with a sense of pride to know that so manyCornellians have walked these paths before me and thinkof all those who have yet to walk them.
And when I walk these paths, I know that I am KatBalram, Class of 2013, History Major. Brother of PiSigma Epsilon, sister of Kappa Delta. Former Member ofCampus Information and Visitor Relations, Big RedMarching Band, Student Assembly, Mock Trial, Women’sResource Center. CORNELLIAN.
Is Just Being a Cornellian Good Enough?
Kat Balram is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She maybe reached at [email protected]. Guest Room appears periodicallythis semester.
DINING GUIDE12 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, March 29, 2012
3 generations of Lucatellisserving the community
205 elmira rd. • 273-0777www.lucatellis.comBar opens at 4 p.m.
Dinner served Tuesday-Sunday from 5 p.m.Dine inside or outside on our patio
Closed Mondays
Live entertainment in ourPIANO LOUNGE Thurs.-Sat. at 6 p.m.
The Fine Line Bistro, located afew blocks down from theCommons on West State Street, istucked away from the hustle andbustle of the Ithaca restaurant
scene. However, after a couple ofmissteps, my friend and I arrived atthe Fine Line Bistro relatively un -scathed and ready to eat.
After we sat by the granitecounter that revealed an openkitchen, the host set down a plateof pickled carrots and pearl onions
to begin our meal. This wasa welcome departure fromthe customary bread-and-butter basket.
Our appetizers, theblack pepper seared scallopsand the spinach crostini,were individually por-tioned, a refreshing changefrom the mega-sized mealsof many restaurants. Thecrostini were served as twolong slices of Frenchbaguette topped with wilt-ed spinach and herbed goatcheese, finished with a bal-
samic reduction. The sweet bal-samic reduction rounded out thesavory spinach and the tangy goatcheese, although the sauce shouldhave been drizzled on the crostinirather than beneath them.
The scallops blew the crostiniout of the water. They were cookedperfectly, with a crunchy, goldenexterior from the black pepper searand a smooth, butter-like interior.The accompanying dill aioli andfried shallots breathed smokinessinto the dish. The dish even couldhave included one or two morescallops than the three on theplate.
Both of the entrées had a spicykick that permeated the flavors.The grilled escolar was paired witha warm red pepper coulis andaccompanied by a red quinoa salad.The coolness of the quinoa saladwas a nice temperature contrastwith the warm coulis, but the pep-pers and red onions still echoed theheat of the overall dish.
The escolar itself — a fish witha meaty texture akin to swordfish— had a delicious golden browncrust that crunched when piercedwith a fork. The portion was a bitsmall, which may explain why thefish was slightly overcooked.
The other entrée, the vegan tofucurry, was also subtly spicy. Themild heat of the curry was a nice
change from the more intense heatof the grilled escolar; however, itcould have used a bit more salt toenhance its flavors. The white ricewas rather mushy; had the ricebeen cooked less, it would not havebecome soggy from the heat of thecurry.
Because the appetizers andentrées were not overwhelminglylarge, there was definitely room fordessert. Both desserts — the flour-less chocolate torte and the vanilla-almond bread pudding —appeared to be nothing special, buteach one contained unexpectedaccents that deepened the flavors.The torte also had a surprisingspiciness as cinnamon and chipotleenhanced the dessert with pleasantwarmth. The dessert was delicious,
but incredibly rich; unless you’re ahardcore chocolate fanatic, I’d rec-ommend splitting it with someoneelse.
Our second dessert may havebeen advertised as a vanilla-almondbread pudding, but lemon zest fla-vor was so powerful that it com-pletely dominated the intended fla-vors. The overpowering presence oflemon flavor was perplexing.
The Fine Line Bistro is certain-ly worth a repeat visit; the food wasoverall impressive, thanks to thesurprising twists in the flavors ofeach dish. I’d even be able to tellyou how to get to this tucked-awaybistro on the outskirts of theCommons.
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I’ve got this thing for breakup albums. For some rea-son, there’s nothing I love more than walking to class ona blustery spring morning with angry, heartbroken“Cursive” raging through my headphones. Sure, thisprobably makes me a shameless masochist, but hey —Domestica is a fantastic album. So when Katy Goodmanannounced she’d be releasing a breakup record under themoniker La Sera, I was more than willing to drop $9.99.Better known as the bassist of lo-fi pop outfit VivianGirls, Goodman is recognized for her layered, honey-soaked vocals and breezy surf-pop melodies. Sees theLight certainly showcases Goodman’s musical talents,yet La Sera’s sophomore album is a bit lacking in lyricaland emotional complexity.
Sees the Light opens with “Love That’s Gone,” asugary daydream that sets the tone for the rest of thealbum. The opening line,“I love my life without you,”drifts over a pleasant beachy guitar, setting the stagefor 30 minutes of melancholy lo-fi haze. Next cometwo of her punkier tracks, “Please Be My Third Eye”and “I Can’t Keep You In My Mind.” The first is anupbeat plea for companionship that highlightsGoodman’s candied voice, while the second lamentslost love over an intoxicating bassline. Both tracks aremusically appealing, but their quality is somewhatlessened by La Sera’s dispassionate delivery of blandlyrics like “Closed my eyes and all I saw was you / dis-
tant memories that all seem new.” Sees the Light continues with the standout track
“Break My Heart,” an infectious summer tune thatsomehow finds its roots in both SoCal skate punk and60s girl groups. From there, La Sera peels away thepolyester for a series of sunny, slow tunes. As Sees theLight takes its foot off the gas, Goodman removessome of the vocal layers and her pain suddenly gets alot more relatable. Lyrics like “I don’t want you to bemy man” aren’t anything to write home about, but thecolorful, stripped-back melodies behind them makethese songs all the more affecting. Clocking in at amere 30 minutes, Sees the Light concludes with a gor-geously distorted “How Far We’ve Come” and “Don’tStay,” a nostalgic acoustic tune and arguably La Sera’sbest to date.
La Sera has found a home in the increasingly pop-ular valley between surf punk and 60s doo-wop,blending Agent Orange and the Ronettes for a uniqueand addictive sound. How an artist based in Brooklynproduces such a Californian sound is a mystery, butLa Sera achieves it flawlessly.
Where Sees the Light falters, sadly, is in its emo-tional complexity. Goodman’s melodies inspire visionsof beer-drenched weekdays in Santa Monica, but thealbum’s lyrical mood is decidedly disparate. Lyricsboth misery-laden and mundane somewhat lessen the
beachy effect, and prevent Sees the Light from becominga successful breakup album.
After all, the appeal of most breakup albums lies intheir emotional content. Many of the best breakupalbums of all time feature just decent vocals and less-than-perfect musicality. Blood on the Tracks owes itssuccess not to Dylan’s musical talent, but to his abili-ty to convey the sadness, anger and frustration thatfollow a romantic split. Similarly, Elliott Smith’s XOrelies on his incredible lyricism and mood-buildingability. A great breakup album is not simply a collec-tion of songs about the end of a relationship, but aseamless combination of precise lyrics, relatable emo-tion and musical skill.
Of these three, Sees the Light only truly perfects thelast. That’s not to say we should discount the album —it is mostly quite good — but it does offer a distinctcontradiction. Summery punk melodies and bland lo-filyrics will never mesh perfectly. So while Sees the Light iscertainly an enjoyable listen with a few excellent songs,it will eventually leave you wanting a little more.Whether it’s complexity, feeling or maybe just a nicecold Pilsner and a sunny day, something is definitelymissing.
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After a very long five years, The Shins are finallyback with a new album; or better yet, lead singer JamesMercer is back with a new album. After all, he is theonly remaining member of the original band. Since thealternative rock group released their first album in2000, it has gained considerable popularity by releas-ing two more stellar albums. In 2009, Mercerannounced his new project Broken Bells, a collabora-tion with producer Brian Burton (a.k.a. DangerMouse). While Broken Bells enjoyed sweet success,The Shins signed a new contract with Mercer’s ownlabel and experienced a wide range of lineup changesdue to “creative differences.” With new additions tothe band like Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummerand Yuuki Matthews of Crystal Skulls, one wouldexpect the new album to be stylistically quite different.However, Port of Morrow makes it clear Mercer’s stylehas prevailed. Port of Morrow sounds quintessentiallyShins, heavily driven by harmony and a plethora of dif-ferent instruments. But while the album boasts the oldstyle, it lacks the old passion.
It is understandable that despite the changes in line-up the music still sounds eerily similar. The Shins havea bit of a formula going on: the unique spine tinglingcroon of James Mercer, ambitiously original instru-mentals and bizarre, evocative lyrics. Clearly it hasworked in the past, so why change it now?Nevertheless, some things have changed. The soundhas matured into something a lot cleaner. In the band’spast work, the instrumentals have been known to over-
whelm the vocals. The guitars and synthesizers wouldhappily rage away while the lyrics took the backseatand became a veritable mush. Some of the lyrics in theolder songs are virtually impossible to understand.This is not necessarily a criticism; the songs were soinfectious and catchy belting along to in gibberish.Understanding the lyrics is, however, not a problem inPort of Morrow. The instrumentals are calmer and notas overpowering as they used to be.
But while the vocals get a long awaited focus in thisalbum, the melodies are distinctly lackluster. Thealbum plays like one long, mellow and boring song.This is the defining difference between Port of Morrowand the past work of The Shins: there are no real stand-out tracks. Oh, Inverted World had “New Slang.”Chutes Too Narrow had “So Says I,” and Wincing theNight Away had “Australia” and “Turn on Me.” WhilePort of Morrow shows a clear maturity in production, itis devoid of the grittiness that made The Shins spec-tacular. The new, crisper sound is a veritable sympho-ny of meh.
If there’s one song on the album that surpasses therest, it’s the single “Simple Song.” “Simple Song” takesthe cleaner style and makes it work. It cleverly escalatesso that it starts with a calmer combination of instru-mentals but evolves into an ebullient whirlwind ofmelody. The song also repeatedly uses the same pleas-antly tactile simile, “you feel like an ocean made warmby the sun.” Seeing The Shins achieve lyrical success isa welcome change, as some of their older work (once
you look up the lyrics, as understanding them is a taskin itself ) is a little nonsensical and kooky. Maybe I’mjust being dense, but does “Foals in winter coats /White girls of the North / Fire past one, five and one /They are the fabled lambs of Sunday ham” mean any-thing to you?
Two other fairly effective tracks are “It’s Only Life”and “No Way Down.” “It’s Only Life” boasts a catchybell riff and a stirring chorus. “No Way Down” simi-larly hooks musically (in an electronically infectiouskind of way), but is decidedly more upbeat than therest of the album. Herein lies the problem; the albumcannot qualify as melancholic or emotional, but is tooplacid to be considered upbeat. This strange middleground is what makes the album so average, and it’swhy I can safely say that no other songs are worth men-tioning. They aren’t offensive, just nothing special.
On a positive note, the album as a cohesive unit hasa tranquil effect, almost like a white noise machine. Itis easy to imagine that a long series of consistentlyslow, interestingly coordinated noises would makegood background music. And that’s what this really is.Good background music. It isn’t bad, it’s just not par-ticularly interesting. Better luck next time JamesMercer. Maybe you’ll wow us with the next BrokenBells album.
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While Cornell recovers from its collective SpringBreak hangover, the campus’ consciousness shiftsfrom this requisite oasis of irresponsibility to the
next: Slope Day. Speculation about prospective Slope Day actsis typically reserved to either entirely unfounded, unrealisticguesses (“Kanye’s free on the last day of classes, right?”), half-remembered bits of drunken conversation with people tan-gentially related to the Slope Day Programming Board(“Todd’s roommate’s girlfriend is on the Slope Day Board, andTodd loves Sublime more than life itself, so obviously…”) andpessimistic suggestions proffered simply to lower expectationsin anticipation of an especially disappointing musical guest(“Nickelback. Definitely Nickelback. And probably RebeccaBlack opening”). For some, such guesswork is ultimatelyfutile, as they will spend their Slope Day mornings drinkinghome-brewed 4Loko in an attempt to absolutely erase theday’s proceedings from their memories, all the while destroy-ing any remaining shreds of digni-ty that had survived the precedingsemester. But for the rest of us, thisguesswork is simply a prologue tothe righteous indignation thatswells up when the actualannouncement is made.
I feel for the SDPB. Not onlyare the logistical challenges of orga-nizing our annual spring festivalharrowing — neon hats, frat pin-nies and binge drinking, oh my! — but even if they do man-age to book an act, they are hanged in effigy on Ho Plazaregardless of who it is. This year is looking to be especiallychallenging: noted fist-pump inducer Avicii apparently fellthrough and the rumor mill has been producing names of thegravest variety, with Good Charlotte, Pitbull and RebeccaBlack being discussed as potential acts. Furthermore, the typeof popular artists for whom the college festival is not out of thequestion, such as Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco and the notoriouslypoor tipper B.o.B, have all been to Cornell in the past year.College shows, particularly a daytime one to be held outdoorsin the volatile weather patterns of Ithaca, are not an ideal gigfor any big time artist. They aren’t able to go through soundcheck, which is a struggle for many full bands, and it’s not aparticularly dignified performance (thanks to the aforemen-
tioned 4Loko homebrew).So, in general, booking an act for Slope Day and not dis-
appointing the student body is a challenge that borders onHerculean. Still, it’s fun to speculate and look at the rumors;here are some that I feel deserve some actual discussion.
RUMOR #1: PITBULLPitbull is an interesting candidate. He’s ubiquitous on
modern pop radio, appearing in songs like “InternationalLove,” “Give Me Everything” and “Hotel Room Service.” Hisprimary concerns seem to be clubbing, dancing and havingmultiple sexual partners, all worthy subjects for a Slope Dayguest’s repertoire. But is Cornell ready for an act that so read-ily associates himself with Chris Brown, that notable perpe-trator of domestic violence? Despite his less-than-savory asso-ciates, Pitbull remains a reasonable, but somewhat unpopular,choice for this prime slot.
Likelihood: Possible.
RUMOR #2: KE$HAKe$ha, more than
any popular act today,embodies the beautyand splendor of SlopeDay: unabashed alco-holism, female sexualempowerment andwaking up in the morn-
ing feeling like P. Diddy. Ke$ha’s glitter-obsessed stage showwould undoubtedly leave permanent reminders of the day’smistakes (way better than that herpes outbreak from 2007).With several radio hits, she would be a godsend for the SDPB.Unfortunately, it looks like her tour schedule is blank untilAugust; she’s likely recuperating from the P.R. Blitzkrieg of herlast album.General Reaction: Pants-wetting excitement.Likelihood: Next to Impossible.
RUMOR #3: ANY FORMER AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANTYou are likely hearing such rumors from those pessimists look-ing to soften the blow of a disappointing decision, but any for-mer contestant whose name doesn’t rhyme with BarrieSchmunderwood is not entirely unreasonable. Kelly Clarkson
has some absolutely killer songs (“Since U Been Gone” kicksmore ass than you will admit) and a throwback appeal similarto last year’s guest, Nelly. Going deeper than her, though, willresult in mass discontent. Adam Lambert, while maintainingthe flamboyant air of a decent pop star, lacks the memorablesongs needed to back up his image; Jordin Sparks has a decentbatch of songs (“Battlefield” and “No Air” were pretty huge),but wouldn’t fit into the revelrous context of Slope Day; anddo we really want to have to call up Justin Guarini?General Reaction: Could range from “cool-ish” to “Oh crap, theygot Dunkleman.”Likelihood: Not Unlikely.
RUMOR #4: CARLY RAE JEPSENWe’ve just heard of her, and this is crazy, but Carly Rae Jepsenmight play Slope Day (maybe!). Conjecture aside, she’s notthe most ridiculous suggestion we’ve heard (that title maybelong to a chap who heard that we might be getting this hipyoung group called Nirvana to play), but she’s definitely themost unproven. With one immensely loveable, sorority girlbaiting hit single under her belt, she would be a wildcard pickthat would likely needed to be paired with another co-head-liner to not completely incriminate the SDPB.General Reaction: Lots of eye-rolling, interspersed with spasticscreams from girls who never outgrew Disney Channel.Likelihood: Definitely, like, a wildcard and a dark horse com-bined.
RUMOR #5: CHUMBAWAMBAThe little-known anarcho-punk band would be the best selec-tion for Slope Day if held to one tiny stipulation: They wereforced to play their infamously repetitive ode to drunkenresiliency, “Tubthumping,” for ninety minutes straight onLibe Slope. While initial reactions would be negative, theweeks prior would lead to the campus-wide revelation that,“Oh my God, this song is great to sing while hammered!”General Reaction: Wild skepticism followed by ironic anticipa-tion.Likelihood: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
This album will change your life. Sixsimple words, and yet so much con-tained in them.
A person’s first, or 50th, love affair withan album is a thing of pure beauty — trackpads worn from pressing repeat, CDsscratched and skipping. Ah, that little wispof gleeful anticipation during the half sec-ond before a song begins, the initial wordsof the opening line already forming onyour lips. Like any lasting love affair, ourrelationship with music can define who weare, change our beliefs and improve anyand every circumstance. And, unlike mostromantic liaisons, rarely does an albumleave you heartbroken and worse for wear.
Although Plastic Beachwas not my first greatromance in life, music orotherwise, the album has tothis day maintained a firmgrasp on my heart that won’tbe weakened anytime soon.Since traveling to Londonthis semester, I have only feltmore inclined to soak upthis magnificent city with amost fitting soundtrack — commandingwhite marble facades, vibrantly dressedlocals and bustling crowds all seem to moveto the spaced-out synthesizers and soothingdrawl of Damon Albarn and Gorillaz.
I have spent many an afternoon con-tentedly submerged in a recurring day-dream: I walk, white headphones massag-ing my ears with the whimsical, pop-ymelodies of “On Melancholy Hill,” thebeat dictating my every step. “OrchestralIntro,” in its fleeting glory, surrounds each
building with a shimmering aura of color,as pastel clouds drfit to the tranquil har-monies of violins. During the funky andstrange hodgepodge of “White Flag,” peo-ple of every color and creed swirl aroundme as the track darts from the mesmerizingintro of the Lebanese National Orchestrafor Oriental Arabic Music to the dancehall-influenced musings of Grime MCs Kanoand Bashy. This album transcends the hec-tic city sprawl, all the while incorporatingenough industrial noise and gritty senti-ment to also amplify the urban environ-ment – every soaring riff somehow finds askyscraper to glide across.
Damon Albarn, in all his various forms,
is clearly a man after my own heart. Hislush vocals for Britpop titans Blur, the far-out animated conception of Gorillaz andthe short-lived but excellent supergroupexperiment with The Good, the Bad & TheQueen all display his eclectic and refreshingtalent. This February, Gorillaz even collab-orated with Andre 3000 and JamesMurphy, former frontman of LCDSoundsystem (may they rest in peace) onthe track “DoYathing”, part of the “ThreeArtists, One Song” series devised by iconic
shoe brand Converse.Moonlighting on a handful of
projects and contributing to somany more, I wonder if he evergets a moment’s rest. By God,the man even plays more instru-ments than I can count on mytwo hands. That is some seriousgenius at work.
My slightly embarrassingcrush on Albarn aside, I lovePlastic Beach primarily because itnever fails to provide an hour’sworth of audible pleasure. Awealth of brilliant guest appear-ances infuse the album with afresh sound: Bobby Womack andMos Def lend a chilled out,futuristic spin to “Stylo,” whileLou Reed’s throaty vocals elevate“Some Kind of Nature” to the upper eche-lons of rock royalty.
Gorillaz may have found a true synthe-sis in Swedish electronic group LittleDragon though, collaborating with it ontwo magnificent tracks on the album. Onboth “Empire Ants” and “To Binge,”Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Naganolends the perfect female compliment toAlbarn’s smooth, alluring vocals, while key-boardist Håkan Wirenstrand paints a titil-lating, electrified soundscape.
Whether largely providing the sound-track for my 19-hour drive to the back-roads of Tennessee for the Bonnaroo Music& Arts Festival, or helping me acclimatizeto the sometimes jarring sights and soundsof city life in New York or London, PlasticBeach has been a reliable friend for over two
years now, helping me through thick andthin. Through its equally united yet diffusesound, Plastic Beach somehow manages toalter itself on a daily basis, perfect on greyor sunny days, in the grass or whilst navi-gating bustling city streets. Although itseffects seem both immediate and eternal,hard to grasp yet concrete, I can say withconfidence that this album belongs to aselect group that at some point in time havechanged my life. My only advice is that ifsome kind friend offers you the intimateand touching gift of their favorite albumand manages to utter those six words, takethem without hesitation. You have every-thing to gain.
This Album WillChange Your Life
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tage of anyone in the tournament because they’re not bringing horses,”David Eldredge said.
The Cornell players do not view playing on the other opponents’horses as a big challenge.
“We’ve played on UConn’s horses a bunch of times, we know howthey work.” said senior captain Ali Hoffman. “I’m not really worriedabout it, we’re pretty adapted.”
Senior captain Branden Van Loon says that playing on other team’shorses can be a positive aspect to game play.
“I know the horses I’m going to play pretty well,” he said. “There aresituations I like playing the other teams horses more because you don’tknow them as well, so you ask them for everything that they will giveyou, whereas with our own horses, I personally go into some plays cer-tain ways because I know that horse isn’t going to have the bulk or turnto outmaneuver the horse I’m going up against. I actually kind of lookforward going into tournaments like that, because the new horses pose achallenge but it can also make the game a little bit better.”
Although the Huskies are the Red’s biggest opponent, both squads arepreparing themselves well for the first game against the Crimson andSkidmore.
“Harvard is going to be a good game to calm down our nerves beforeplaying UConn,” Hoffman said. “It will be an indicator of how sharp westart out. We want to keep the game in our control and not let others dic-tate the game.”
The men’s team holds a similar view.“When we go out against Skidmore we want to make sure everything
is as perfect as we can make it,” Van Loon said.Although the men are playing back-to-back games, this is not a cause
of much concern, according to the senior captain.“If there’s any apprehension about having to play back to back games,
it’s really overshadowed by the fact that we’re coming out with a chip onour shoulder.” Van Loon said. “Right now the team is feeling pretty goodabout it.”
The women are also determined to come out with the right mindsetand focus.
“We know we need to put a specific amount of effort in to clinch thatwin,” Hoffman said. “I think for us, we need the mindset to come outand make them play our game and play to our standard. They have thetendency to foul a lot, which is good for us because we can capitalize onthat opportunity and stick to our game.”
Eldredge mentioned the women may have slight edge over UConnbecause they have yet to see senior Amanda Stern play, who was study-ing abroad in the fall when Cornell last faced the Huskies.
“We have seen the entirety of their team but they have not seen ours,”he said. “If there was any edge, maybe that’s a slight one.”
The men plan to keep up the game play they have all season, butmake changes as necessary.
“When we go out against UConn we’re going to … leave everythingon the field and hope for the best,” Van Loon said. “We’re looking atkeeping the field more open in terms of blocked passes and shots; howmuch we change is dependent on how the game is doing. Obviouslywe’re going to go out there and play our game, but there’s a couple ofvariations that may come out of that.”
If Cornell does not win the regional, there is still a chance to make itto nationals through a wildcard spot, which is given to a team based onoverall season and regional performance. However, Eldredge does notwant it to come to that.
“Both teams feel like we can definitely achieve our goal, which is towin the region, and they’re going to go out to try to do all the properthings necessary,” he said. “They’re going out with the mindset that we’renot looking for a bailout, we’re looking for the win to make sure we’rein.”
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Evan McElwain. “They’re very eager to get out thereand compete against the other Ivies to try anddefend our Ivy League title. I think we’re trying tolook forward to and just really focus on the Ivy
matches.”The men are confident that their opponents thus
far have prepared them both going into this week-end and for the remainder of the season.
“I’m excited,” said men’s head coach SilviuTanasoiu. “I think we had a great schedule so far,one of the toughest in the Ivy League, and I thinkthat definitely prepared us for the Ivy League season.That was the idea all along, to get us ready for thistime of the year.”
The team’s schedule has included some unfamil-iar opponents. “We’ve played a ton of ranked teamsand we’ve traveled a bunch,” McElwain said. “Weplayed the Blue-Gray invitational down in Alabama;we’ve also played Ohio State and Notre Dame, [whoare] really highly ranked teams. I think that’ll pre-pare us well for what we’re facing in the Ivies.”
Although some concerns have been raised regard-ing the health of the team — sophomore numberone Venkat Iyer returned to practice on Wednesdayafter recovering from pneumonia — Tanasoiuremains optimistic in his squad’s chances againstColumbia (13-2).
“We definitely need [Iyer] to play against any ofthe Ivy League teams, and we have a few otherinjuries [on our team], but every team out there hasthem too—we’re not going to find excuses,” he said.“We’re ready to go; we’re at a point in the seasonwhere we know exactly what people need to do.”
The team is focusing on more than just comingaway from the match victorious.
“My expectations are nothing else but to transi-tion the system that we’re trying to implement inpractice and to transition that into a competitivesetting,” Tanasoiu added. “We’re not trying to rein-vent the tennis game. We’re just trying to keep itsimple, stick with the basics and implement thatinto the regular season.”
Best foot forward | Junior captain Christine Ordwaystresses the importance of the team playing its hardest.
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The women’s lacrosse team is set to travel to Princeton,N.J. to face the Tigers this weekend. Still smarting fromthe first two defeats of the season last week, the No. 18-ranked Red (6-2, 2-1 Ivy League) aims to step up its gameagainst Princeton (4-2, 2-0) on Saturday.
“Knowing that we did not bring our best performanceto the table against Notre Dame or Penn, I think the chal-lenge for us as a team is to bring a higher level of perfor-mance against a nationally ranked opponent,” said headcoach Jenny Graap ’86. “Princeton gives us that opportu-nity.”
The Red opened the season with a perfect 5-0 recordbefore meeting mixed results during Spring Break. Afterfalling to Notre Dame, 17-13, the Red defeatedJacksonville, 22-13, before giving up an early lead atSchoellkopff to lose 11-10 against Penn. Graap said shehopes the Red will take last week’s defeats as motivation toboost its game.
“I hope it’s lit a fire and that our players feel a sensethat they need to raise their performance and execution inorder to win games against these top teams,” she said.
According to Graap, Princeton’s tough schedule packedwith tight contests against strong teams may put the Redat a slight disadvantage. Already this season, the Tigersdefeated ACC powerhouse Virginia, 9-7, and are comingoff a close 9-8 loss to Johns Hopkins.
“They’ve been a perennial power and are very confi-dent,” she said. “They’re going to come in with a goodamount of that experience being in tight and competitivegames.”
Saturday’s game will be another of these tight contests,according to Graap. Though the Red lost to Princeton,15-10, at home last year, she hopes her players will comein strong for a repeat of the teams’ 2010 contest.
“Two years ago when we played in New Jersey, Cornellwas able to defeat the Tigers on their home field,” she said.“Many of our upperclassmen remember how great it felt
to have such a huge win against Princeton on the road.” This season, the Red has performed well on the road.
Defeating Rutgers, Harvard, Colgate and Jacksonville ontheir home fields, the squad currently holds a 4-0 awayrecord that it hopes to continue at Princeton’s Class of1952 Stadium. The Tigers have only won one of theirthree home games, falling to both Rutgers and Dukebefore barely topping Virginia.
Against Princeton, Graap plans to draw on the Red’snine seniors, who she considers crucial in leading the teamto victory.
“We have a strong senior class and this year we’ve real-ly relied on those nine women — out of only 12 athleteson the field,” she said. “They’ve been really pivotal in allof our games this year.”
In particular, Graap names senior attacker and captainJessi Steinberg, who recently took over No. 6 on Cornell’s
all-time scoring list, as a critical player. Seniors CackiHelmer, Beth Halayko and Ali O’Neil will also be key onSaturday, but the senior that really centers the team isgoalkeeper Kyla Dambach, according to Graap.
“When she plays well and when she performs stronglyin the net, we’ve been able to win,” Graap said. “In gameswhere Kyla hasn’t been able to play for the full sixty min-utes, it’s changed the formula a bit.”
The caliber of the senior players is high, but Graap sug-gests the squad’s depth is the Red’s greatest advantage overPrinceton.
“Even beyond our senior class, we have tremendouscontributions coming from juniors, sophomores, and evensome freshmen getting some time,” she said.
Marking her place in Cornell history | Senior attacker and captain Jessi Steinberg recently earned her spot as No. 6 onCornell’s all-time scoring list.
who traveled to the game fromthe south suburbs of Chicago,spoke to a MSU alumnus whoappreciated the gesture.
“He said our band got a lotof points with them by playingthe Michigan State fight song,but then we threw away a lot ofthose points away by playingthe Michigan fight songagainst FerrisState [in theN C A AM i d w e s tR e g i o n a lfinal onS a t u r d a yn i g h t ] , ”Kahn said.
D e s p i t ethe lukewarm reaction at therink, online reaction was muchstronger. The act was noticedby Michigan and MichiganState fans alike.
Some Michigan fans watch-ing the game on televisionwhile writing onMgoblog.com, a Michigan fansite, did not react well to hear-ing their rival’s fight song.
“That was definitely atrolling attempt,” one fanwrote after Michigan tied thescoring goal. “GOALLLLLLL-LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL-LLLLLLL F— YOU COR-NELL AND YOUR MSUTROLLING.”
On the other hand,Michigan fans were pleased tohear their school’s fight songplayed in the NCAA tourna-ment, despite the fact that their
team had been eliminated atthe hands of Union earlier inthe day.
Charen received emailsfrom two Michigan State fansthanking him for the Cornellband playing the song.
Despite not receiving muchattention after the game, theCornell band’s harassment ofFerris State fans by playing theMichigan fight song duringSaturday’s loss garnered a better
which was funny,” Charensaid. “Though they don’t reallyhave as big of a fan base asMichigan or Michigan State, soit didn’t get as much attentionon their blogs.”
Regardless of what effect theMichigan State fight song hadon the game or the fans, somefans say the Cornell bandestablished itself as the betterband at the game.
“All [the Michigan band]knew was how to play was‘Hail to the Victors,’” Kahnsaid. “A lot of neutral peoplecommented on how our bandwas a lot better than[Michigan’s] band because theyonly played one song.”
“All [the Michigan band]knew how to play was‘Hail to the Victors’”
Jeff Kahn ’70
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Red Kicks Off Ivy League SeasonWith Match Against Columbia
Sun Staff Photographer Tina Chou traveled with thewomen’s hockey team to the Frozen Four and back. On thebus ride there, she put down her camera (but not really) andasked them all the same question.
Well, I mean … it’s pretty muchgoing to be fun with anybody on ourteam to be trapped on an island, Imean, if I were in that position. But Iguess I’d have to say Jill Saulnierbecause, well, one: she’s my best friendso I think it’d be pretty amazing to bestranded there with her and we’d have
a ball anyways and we’d find a way to make the most ofwhatever situation we were in and probably find a way tosurvive hopefully and make our way out of it? I don’t know.But yeah, she’s a great friend of mine and we have a lot ofgood times together so I guess that’d be my answer to thatone. — Jessica Campbell, Sophomore Forward
[laughs] Umm ... well… [laughs] Ifeel like I would probably pick … Idon’t know … Whitey (CatherineWhite) ‘cause we would talk abouteverything and we have like [laughs] alot of the same tastes, like good music,and I love to dance so we would danceand she loves to dance too. And I feel
like we would just chill on the beach in our bathing suits andour bikinis the whole time and dance … and dance ... andeat, I don’t know. And talk, talk a lot. Yeah. [pause] And she’sjust sitting right there so I just thought of her [laughs].
— Olivia Cook, Sophomore Forward
Um, I would choose [Brianne]Jenner. Because I’m not really confi-dent in any of our team’s like, survivalskills. I’m not sure if we have any like… real hunter-gatherers so … I figurelike, if I’m gonna die, I’d rather just diewith my best friend.
— Hayleigh Cudmore, SophomoreDefenseman
I would choose Chelsea Karpenko.Uh … just knowing her over a coupleyears we’ve really grown into beinggreat friends and we know each otherso well and … I know with her therewill never be a dull moment and nomatter what we’d always find a way tosurvive and ... it’d just be a great time.
— Laura Fortino, Junior Defenseman
Not sure… [laughs] There’s like somany options. I think I would have topick either Kenny [Kendice Ogilvie] or[Monika] Leck because Kenny is a bigfarm girl so she could just like cook meup some animals or something andthen Leck’s hilarious and there’s never adull moment when you’re with that
kid. She’s really funny. So one of those two, I can’t decide.— Emily Fulton, Freshman Forward
[laughs] I’m gonna give a kind ofencrypted answer here, um … JessicaCampbell. Because, um… I couldlook into Jesse’s eyes everyday.
— Erin Barley-Maloney, SeniorForward
Mazz [Amanda Mazzotta] becauseshe would definitely know how to getaround and what she was doing and Iwould be completely lost so I woulddefinitely choose her.
— Xandra Hompe, Junior Forward
I guess whoever would be the mostresourceful but I don’t know if we’d beable to survive? So maybe Slobo[Slebodnick] ‘cause it would be okay todie with her? I feel like she would bereally chill and we could go out in style.
—BrianneJenner, Sophomore Forward
Oh jeez. Um … I’d probably sayWhitey [Catherine White] I guess,because we’re probably the closest. I’mreally close to her on the team so it’djust be kind of a lot of fun just to getto hang out and that kind of thing‘cause I guess there’d be nothing else todo, right?
— Rebecca Johnston, Senior Forward
If I was on a deserted island … um… I would probably have to go withKenny [Kendice Ogilvie]. She knowshow to like, kill animals and stuffbecause she’s grown up on a farm andI feel like she’s done that for fun herwhole life so we would never starve.Um … maybe I could take care of
shelter or something, but I feel like food would be a bigworry, but with Kenny around it probably, you know, it’dput me a little more at ease. I’d feel like we’d be okay.
— Chelsea Karpenko, Senior Forward
I’ll pick Katelyn [Pippy] becauseshe’s vegan and probably couldn’t eatanything on the island so I could eat itand I don’t really care for her so if I gotreally hungry I could probably kill herand eat her for food. [bus erupts inlaughter]
— Monika Leck, Freshman Forward
Well, I think I would bring Pratt‘cause she worked for P. Diddy so I’mkind of hoping that he could come andget us off the island. No but seriously,I’ve never seen Pratt not accomplishsomething that she needed to accom-plish so [laughs] I would put my life inher hands to get me off the island.
— Amanda Mazzotta, Senior Goaltender
Hmm … [thoughtful pause] …Okay, I would have ... Kenny[Kendice Ogilvie] because she knowshow to hunt and she’s very resourcefulin that way so I feel like she could pro-vide food for us [laughs].
— Amanda Young, SeniorDefenseman
[Lauren Slebodnick walking by “Ican fish.”] Can you, Slobes? Slobey canfish so I— wait, I’m a vegetarian, um… [laughter] so that’s kind of a prob-lem. I think that if I was on a desertedisland maybe I would eat fish so I’d, youknow, Slobes says she can fish, so Ithink that we’d have fun. Um, we could
do some goalie training you know … and fish is so high inprotein … Yeah, and I think that Slobes’ Helga personawould come out and she would go get us some water orsomething and get us off the island, so yeah. [bus bursts intolaughter]
— Katelyn Pippy, Freshman Goaltender
Um … [pause] I’d feel like … itmight be … Karps? Just because weget along together really well becausesometimes we have fights but some-times we get along. It’s just fromworking with her on all our school-work and everything, we’ve learned to
tolerate slash annoy each other. So I think together, wecould pretty much conquer anything. So, it’d be fun.
— Stephanie Pratt, Team Manager
Um … I’m gonna have to say …[long pause] Jess Campbell because… she’s my best friend. And I wouldknow that we’d just be ridiculousand if you’re on a desert island youmight as well be ridiculous and justdance like crazy and … do absolutelywild things and … that’s who I’m
sure I would have such a good time with.— Jillian Saulnier, Freshman Forward
Really? Um … I don’t like tochoose teammates, I would definitelybring everybody, but I would definite-ly have to go with my girl Tino [LauraFortino]. Because we just have a goodbond, we’ve been friends since fresh-man year, with Xandra we were onlythree freshmen, so we have this special
bond and we live together and we’re roommates so … ifwe do something that we know annoys the other person,then we don’t do it so we know how to live well together.And … yeah that’s probably why.
— Lauriane Rougeau, Junior Defenseman
Um, whenever I answered thisquestion before, it would always bethe Overguards [Amber and Karlee]‘cause they know like everything outin the wilderness that you would needto know but … um, I don’t know.Probably Becca [Rebecca Johnston]because then I could just … we are
best friends on the team and stuff so … yeah. [laughs]— Catherine White , Senior Forward
Um … I think … [laughs] …Cookie [Olivia Cook]. Uh … I don’tthink many of the girls have goodinstincts but since I think … Cookieis one with the Earth, she’s the closestperson I have whose instincts wouldbe key in helping us survive [laughs]... so I would pick Cook. And I enjoy
her company. [laughter]— Lauren Slebodnick, Sophomore Goaltender
[laughs] This is a good one. Um …yeah … This is a hard one. I think …I would have to take someone thatwould really know like, how to sur-vive. I feel like [laughs] um … I feellike … Gags [Alyssa Gagliardi] wouldbe a good person just because she real-ly would, uh, put the work in and
make a good shelter and I feel like I could go fishing withher and [laughs] she’s fast, so you know she could catch therabbits and all the food and everything. She’s agile, she canclimb trees. I’m assuming she can climb trees … Um, yeah.[laughs] I just think she would be a very good, uh … Allyto be on an island with. Yeah. [laughs]
— Kendice Ogilvie, Senior Forward
I would choose, uh, Emily Fultonbecause ... She … She has crazy eyes soI feel like she’d be able to, I don’t know.She has a little temper on her too, so Ifeel like she’d be able to fight all thewild animals or something for us andget us some food [laughs]. And wewouldn’t go hungry at least. [laughs]
— Alyssa Gagliardi, Sophomore Defenseman
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The men’s and women’stennis teams are kicking offtheir Ivy League seasons thisSaturday, with Cornell set toface its first Ivy foe,Columbia. The men willremain in Ithaca, while thewomen travel down to NewYork City for their battleswith the Lions. Both squadsare eagerly anticipating thecommencement of this partof the season.
“Going into Ivies we got alot of practice outside and Ithink the last few matchesdefinitely showed that,” saidwomen’s captain juniorChristine Ordway. “I thinkeveryone seems prettypumped and ready to go, so itshould be a good four weeks.”
Though the Red (8-4)lost, 4-2, earlier in the sea-son to the Lions (9-3),Ordway has high expecta-tions for the match onSaturday.
“I think if everyone com-petes well we have a reallygood shot,” she said. “I wanteveryone to put one hun-dred percent out there, Imean really play their besttennis and give it their besteffort. Win or lose, if every-one is giving it their best I’m
happy.”As the men’s team is one
of the youngest in its confer-ence, with no seniors andeight freshmen added to thesquad this year, the Red (7-11) is eager to prove it haswhat it takes to win another
Ivy League title.“We have so many fresh-
men who haven’t had thiskind of experience before,”said sophomore co-captainEvan McElwain. “They’re
The needling act of the Cornell Pep Band has gottenattention in the world of college hockey after playing duringthe Michigan Cornell NCAA Tournament game. AMetaCafe video of the Cornell band playing its fight songhas received more than 18,000 views and has been featuredon Guyism.com and Brobible.com.
“It’s kind of a band tradition to play the opponent’s rival’sfight songs to taunt them,” said Michael Brancato grad, atrumpet player in the band. He discussed how when theteam played Michigan, the band had to decide between theMichigan State fight song and the Ohio State fight song.Although Ohio State is traditionally Michigan’s rival,Michigan State is the bigger rival in hockey.
According to Dan Charen ’12, who plays the alto sax, theband hopes that hearing a rival’s fight song will upset theopposing fans and team.
“We do it to spite the other team or make their fans angrya little bit,” he said. “It’s all in good fun. We do it to get theirattention a little bit.”
Even though the band regularly plays rival’s fight songs,it has never received significant attention before, Charensaid.
Some players on the ice might have even recognized thesong, the band members said.
“If you look at the clip where we can be heard playing theMSU fight song, when they zoom in on [Michigan goalieShawn] Hunwick it looks as if he’s listening to us,” Brancato
said.“He kind of rolls his eyes a little bit,” Charen added.Shortly after the band played the MSU fight song near
the end of the third period, junior forward Kevin Lynch tiedthe score for Michigan to send the game into overtime. Afterthe goal, ESPNU’s cameras captured Lynch acting like aconductor. While it was not clear if he was celebrating alongwith Michigan’s band, which was playing “Hail to theVictors” yet again, or mocking Cornell’s band, at least onefan thought the gesture was aimed at Cornell.
“I thought he was mocking our band, but it doesn’t real-ly matter [if he was]. Once you’ve gotten a player’s attention
off the ice and into the stands, you’ve accomplished yourgoal,” said Chris Spencer ’14, who watched the game on TV.“The band, by playing MSU’s fight song, got Michigan'sattention off the ice.”
Since the game was in Green Bay, Wisc. — a longdrive from both Ithaca and Ann Arbor, Mich. — most ofthe people in attendance were Wisconsin fans who didnot recognize the song, according to Jeff Kahn ’70, analumni who attended the game. As a result, it did not reg-ister for most fans in the stands. However, on Sunday
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Leading the pack | Although only a sophomore, co-captainEvan McElwain is one of the more experienced players on theteam, which recruited eight freshmen this year.
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Bringing the noise | The “Cymbal Guy,” senior Kevin Forney, crashes for the Pep Band, which plays at all of the men’s hockeygames. The band says it enjoys playing songs aimed at getting under rival teams’ skin.
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Rivals ConfrontUnlikely Foe: C.U. Pep BandBy JOE NICZKYSun Senior Writer
Red Begins Ivy League PlayBy OLIVIA WITTELSSun Staff Writer
TENNIS
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Championship play is coming toIthaca as Cornell hosts the men andwomen’s NSPA Northeast RegionalChampionship this weekend at OxleyEquestrian Center. The women playHarvard tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. andUniversity of Connecticut on Sunday at3:30 p.m. The men begin the tourna-ment on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. againstSkidmore and finish on Sunday againstUConn at 1:30 p.m. This year’s regionalchampionship has a round-robin bracketsetup: each team plays each other once,and the team with the most wins quali-fies for the national championship at theend of April.
The Red’s most formidable opponentin the regional championship is UConn.The men and women have both fallen to
the Huskies earlier this season at awaygames, but came out on top when theiropponents came to Ithaca. However, thehome field advantage may not matter asmuch in the tournament.
“It’s going to be a very competitivegame for both squads against UConn,”said head coach David Eldedge ’81.“Home advantage becomes equalizedbecause we’re riding half of their horsesand half of ours, and that’s where it’sgoing to really tell which team is workingharder.”
Because it is a tournament, UConnand Skidmore will be bringing their ownhorses for the players to ride in additionto Cornell’s horses. Each game will besplit between riding each team’s horses.Harvard will rely on Cornell’s horses.
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