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LAW 6951: Whistleblowers and BusinessIntegrity, a new class in the Cornell LawSchool, aims to change society’s typically neg-ative perception of whistleblowers and moldfuture generations of lawyers, according toDean of the Law School Stewart Schwab.

“There’s a lot of negative synonyms for

‘whistleblower’ and very few positive ones ––‘snitch,’ ‘weasel,’ words like that ... The easiestthing is to do nothing and turn a blind eye. Tostep up and say ‘This is wrong’ is very difficult,and there are very frequently personal conse-quences,” Schwab said. “There’s no doubt thatthis is a major issue in this country, and I hopethat our law students will be aware of that asthey go out and start their careers.”

Schwab said he hopes to introduce students

to the emerging field of fraud law and encour-age students to uphold a high level of corpo-rate and legal integrity.

“[Fraud law] is a growing and importantarea of the law and legal practice –– theamount of fraud against the United States gov-ernment is estimated to be around hundredsof billions of dollars,” Schwab said. “The IRShas an estimated $400 billion in unpaid taxeseach year. So one of the main focuses of theclass is involving public citizens in public lawenforcement.”

Schwab said that “technical details” are afocus of the class; students analyze and com-pare different instances of whistleblowers whoclaimed government fraud and listen to panelsmade up of attorneys and whistleblowers.Schwab also emphasized that “the underlyingissue [of the course] is promoting corporateintegrity — ensuring that businesses do followthe law and don’t engage in fraudulentschemes against the government.”

The class has been in the works for the pastfew years, according to Schwab. He said heand Neil Getnick ’78 both thought “that [theLaw School] should teach a class like this.”

“Things kept getting in the way, but wefinally decided to do it,” Schwab said.

Schwab said the class has tried to include avariety of different perspectives, including “thelawyers who represent the whistleblowers, thelawyers who defend the companies accused offraud and government lawyers who get

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Grad Student and the CityMitch Paine grad was appointedto the Board of Public Works earlier this month, making himthe only student on the committee.

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The Cruellest MonthDeon Thomas ’15 says he is gladthat February is the shortestmonth of the year, and calls foran end to Black History Month.

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Dancing on My OwnIn light of the Harlem Shakedance craze, Arielle Cruz ’15makes the case for dancing just because.

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A fresh start | The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, which came back to campus in January of this year, will return toits house at 17 South Ave. in Fall 2014.

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Fraud law lecture | A panel of lawyers speaks about the history of fraud legislation to studentsin the Whistleblowers and Business Integrity class in the Law School Monday.

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Cornell students joined about 35,000 activists from across thecountry in Washington, D.C., Sunday to protest the Keystone XLPipeline and persuade President Barack Obama to publicly reject itsconstruction. Nearly 100 Cornell students attended the “Forwardon Climate” rally, according to estimates from rally attendees.

The Keystone XL is a proposed pipeline system that would runfrom Alberta, Canada, to the GulfCoast, transporting a form of crudeoil known as oil sands or tar sands.

The nature of tar sands makes thepipeline a “global threat,” accordingto Kelsey Erickson ’13, a member ofenvironmental group Kyoto NOW!who attended the rally.

“The tar sands of Alberta are situat-ed right underneath vast arboreal for ests and wetlands,” Ericksonsaid. “If the tar sands were to be built, all of that would be destroyed.Tar sands are one of the most inefficient and unprofitable forms of oilextraction. It’s horribly dirty and would emit up to three times asmuch carbon dioxide as normal oil extraction.”

Proponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline say its constructionwill create 20,000 jobs and benefit the economy, according to CBSNews.

Though workers have begun constructing the southern seg-ments of the pipeline, for more than a year protesters have main-tained efforts to shut down the project. In August 2011, morethan 1,200 protesters, including Erickson, were arrested at a sit-inrally against tar sands.

Students Travel toD.C. to Participate inEnvironmental RallyBy NOAH RANKINSun Staff Writer

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No Pledging for New Members of Pike

Whistleblower Class Aims to Promote Legal Integrity

The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, which wasexpelled from Cornell’s campus in 2010 after arecruitment event sent three students to the hos-pital, has recruited more than 60 new memberssince its return in late January.

In January, the national fraternity sent twoconsultants to Cornell to help “recolonize” thechapter with new members. These consultants

will fully train the members of Pi Kappa Alpha —also known as Pike — to recruit new membersand run their fraternity, according to MichaelMonnette, one of the consultants. The trainingshould be completed by March 11, when the con-sultants leave Ithaca, he said.

The fraternity met with more than 200 candi-dates and has been growing at a rate of about fivenew brothers each day since returning to campus,

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By TYLER ALICEASun Staff Writer

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In light of continued nationalscrutiny regarding employmentprospects for Ph.D. candidates,Barbara Knuth, vice provost anddean of the Graduate School,emphasized that Cornell is takingmeasures to ensure that its gradu-ate students find employment.

Knuth cited a 2010 federalsurvey of more than 48,000research doctorate graduates inthe United States that stated that,compared to students nationally,a higher percentage of CornellPh.D. students have definite planseither for post-doctoral study oremployment after graduation.

Knuth said that of the approx-imately 490 Cornell Ph.D. gradu-ates who responded to the surveyupon graduating in 2010, 17.6percent were still seeking employ-ment or post-graduate studyopportunities, compared to thenational figure of 29 percent.

The percentage of Ph.D. grad-uates who reported beingemployed after graduation in2010 was 36 percent, close to thenational figure of 38 percent,according to the survey. Of thosewho found jobs, 60 percent foundemployment inresearch anddeve lopment ,soaring abovethe national sta-tistic of 36.8 per-cent.

“These statis-tics reflect some ofthe differences inemphasis andstrengths at Cornell — a focus onresearch,” Knuth said.

Of the graduate students whofound employment, Knuth saidthat half of former Cornell stu-dents were employed within acad-emia, while one third were inindustry and business.

“Many Cornell Ph.D. gradu-ates seek employment in industryand business,” Knuth said. “Thisreflects the strong programs wehave in the physical sciences,engineering and life sciences, andaccounts for some of the differ-ence between Cornell statisticsand national statistics.”

According to Knuth, the grad-uate school has recently partneredwith Cornell Career Services tobolster advising for its students. Ashared group of advisors in CareerServices are offering advising tograduate and professional stu-dents, Knuth said.

“We are increasing the focuson advising graduate studentsabout the range of career pathsavailable to them in professorialand administrative roles in acade-mia, in industry, in governmentand in the non-profit sector,”Knuth said.

Brian Jacobs grad, who isstudying chemistry, said he appre-ciates the graduate school’s efforts.

“The graduate school ofCornell sends out emails regard-ing employment workshops,among other opportunitiesregarding industry and acade-mia,” Jacobs said. “I feel thatregardless of how my goals changeover the next few years, I’ll haveplenty of tools available fromCornell to prepare me for post-graduation opportunities.”

Other graduate students saidthey have found that, outside ofCareer Services, individualdepartments at the Universityhave helped them find employ-ment.

Jacobs said the Department ofChemistry and Chemical Biologydoes a “fine job” letting studentsknow of opportunities to applyfor post-doctoral positions. E-mail alerts are sent on a regularbasis from academic institutions

across the countrylooking to recruitPh.D. candidates,he said.

Daniel Penagrad, an M.F.A.student in

Cornell’s Englishdepartment, laudedhis department’sefforts to help grad-

uates secure employment.“I don’t think I had the typical

graduate school experience whenit came to finding a job,” saidPena, who defended his thesis inthe beginning of August and hada job teaching creative writing inCornell’s English department bythe end of that month.

“A lot of my buddies [at otherschools] pretty much got thrownout in the cold after they had theirdiploma in hand, which is thetypical graduate school experience–– I think,” he said. “What’sgreat about being a grad[uate]student at Cornell is that youleave with so much teaching expe-rience, at least for an M.F.A., thatyou’re instantly competitive in thejob market when you leave.”

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Gary Rosenblatt ’15, Eunice Koid ’15 and Tom Hui ’15 sing on Ho PlazaMonday afternoon as part of a celebration leading up to Easter.

Music and lyrics

Mitch Paine grad wasappointed this month to serveas the only student on the Cityof Ithaca’s Board of PublicWorks, the city body responsi-ble for the upkeep of publicbuildings and property.

Paine, a graduate student inCornell’s Department of Cityand Regional Planning, willattend his secondboard committeemeeting this week.

“Mayor [Svante]Myrick [’09] calledme one morningand asked if I wouldapply to serve on theboard, and I said,‘Absolutely.’ I knowit’s a very influentialboard in the city,and it’s a great opportunity,”Paine said.

Paine is filling in for formercommissioner Bill Goldsmith,who is on sabbatical for sixmonths. He was appointed bythe Mayor and approved bythe Common Council.

As the only student on theboard, Paine says he tries tobring a student perspective tothe debates at meetings.

“What I vote on affects thepeople who are our age andstay here –– those who havegrown up in Ithaca –– and itaffects their taxes in the future.It’s very important to have ayouthful perspective on it,” hesaid.

Paine added that “having astudent on the board is usefulbecause they get to say the par-ticular issues the [board] maynot have known [about] in[Collegetown].”

In addition to his studies incity and regional planning,Paine has a background in pol-itics and city planning thatoriginated in his hometown ofLincoln, Neb., where he onceworked for the city’s mayor.

Paine also has prior experi-ence in City of Ithaca politics,having previously worked onMyrick’s campaign and servedas a co-chair of the city’s

Rental Housing AdvisoryCommision, which seeks toimprove the quality andaffordability of the city’s rentalhousing.

The Board of Public Worksis one of the largest govern-ment committees in Ithaca.

The board, according toPaine, oversees the wholerange of public facilities in thecity, including public build-ings and property, sewage,

water, streets andparks.Paine said hehad to prepareextensively for hisfirst meeting onFeb. 11.

“The budgets arecomplex and thefunding is complex;I had to get caughtup on current pro-jects, see what’s

going on and understand whatroles I could play in it,” Painesaid.

Fortunately, Paine said, “thecity has a pretty good archiveof meeting documents –– it’sreally easy to keep tabs on thecity committee.”

“It’s a really transparent sys-tem, which made researcheasy,” he added.

Paine stressed that students,many of whom contribute tothe city’s property taxes asrenters, do not realize theimportaance of being involvedin city planning.

“We don’t pay taxes directly,but through landlords,” Painesaid, saying that as a result ofthis system, “students don’t seethemselves with a vested inter-est in public works.”

Paine said city planningissues can come off as uninter-esting to students, even whenthey affect their quality of life.

He called on students to getinvolved in city government.

“A city this size has a lot ofstaff that help run the city. ...There are at least a hundredpositions that students are eli-gible for,” Paine said. “I’m[also] appalled at how few stu-dents vote. It’s the minimumwe should do.”

Claudia Jenkins, vice-chair

of the Board of Public Works,echoed Paine’s sentiments andemphasized the important rolenew members can play on theboard’s committee.

“It’s always good to haveyoung, fresh ideas; young peo-ple should participate. They’reliving here for four years, ormore, so why shouldn’t theyparticipate in the board?”Jenkins said. “Older people getstuck. It’s hard to change oldfolks. We need more youngpeople in these boards.”

Paine also emphasized theneed for student involvementin Ithaca.

“Ithaca certainly isn’t NewYork City, but it’s a really greatcity that values its studentpopulations and resources. It isconstantly rated as a city foryoung people, so there areplenty of reasons for people toget involved,” he said.

Paine said that one issue heis interested in addressing dur-ing his time on the board is theway sidewalk replacements arefunded.

Currently, Paine said, thereare inequities in the currentsystem of funding repairs.

He added that major publicworks projects are not his soleinterest, and that he hopes todiscuss smaller projects in histime on the board.

“I’m interested in thingsfrom the simple stop signs inmy backyard to the lack ofcrosswalk from MaplewoodApartments to the bus stop.I’m surprised it’s been over-looked, but it’s somethingI’m going to fight for,” hesaid.

Paine said he plans to con-tinue to work in city govern-ment after graduating inMay –– whether he decides tolive in Ithaca or move backhome to Nebraska.

“Local government deals inmundane things, but it’s muchmore concrete than workingfor the federal government. It’sreal to me,” he said.

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Girl Scouts sold Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs and other cookies on Ho Plaza Monday afternoon, satisfyingsome students’ sweet tooths.

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“My buddies [at otherschools] pretty muchgot thrown out in thecold after they had

their diploma in hand.”Daniel Pena grad

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Erickson said it was exciting to return toWashington, D.C., with so many people beside her.

“How inspiring it was to see how much thismovement has grown in such a short span of time,”Erikson said.

Sunday’s rally was the biggest climate rally inUnited States history, according to NBC News.One of the speakers at the rally was Bill McKibben,the president and co-founder of 350.org, an orga-nization that aims to use grassroots partipation toaddress the climate crisis. The number 350 signifiesthe maximum parts per million of carbon dioxidethat should be present in the air, Erickson said.

“Right now, we’re at 396,” Erickson said. “At therate we’re going, business as usual, we’re headed forcatastrophe. This is a movement that everyone hasa stake in, and everyone should be involved.”

Students took buses from Ithaca to Washington,D.C., Saturday and participated in a small “Marchon Exxon” that evening, according to Erickson. OnSunday morning, before the main rally, 264 schoolsformed a “student convergence” in the W. Hotelnear the National Mall to make signs and discussdivestment, according to Erickson and AllisonCurrier, a junior at Ithaca College.

“We talked a lot about the importance of divest-ment, the importance of our generation and whatour role is in this large, national, global movement,”Currier said.

College students are well-equipped to make adifference in the environmental movement, Currieradded.

“We’re not only [in college] to learn, but we’rehere to take the things we’re learning and put it intoaction and make a difference to best support ourglobal community and our local community,” shesaid.

The rally brought students both old and new tothe environmental cause. Alyce Daubenspeck, ajunior at Ithaca College, said she had never attend-ed a rally before this weekend. She said the experi-

ence was vastly different from what she had imag-ined.

“Despite the large number of people and all thestrong convictions that were present ... there wasn’tany sort of real unrest or upset. While some peoplemight have felt disappointed with that, I felt like itlent credibility [to] the cause,” Daubenspeck said.

Cat Lauck ’15, who had also never previouslyattended a rally, said it was something she would“remember for a long time.” One especially memo-rable moment occurred near the end of the rally, shesaid.

“[One of my friends and I] were up near thefront of the rally, and I could hear a chant startingbehind us –– the ‘Show me what democracy lookslike. This is what democracy looks like’ chant,” shesaid. “For the next 10 minutes, [my friend and I]were screaming out the call, and everyone else wasresponding. It was amazing. It was my first timebeing in the presence of so many people who werepassionate about the same issues as me.”

The rally was beneficial in several intangibleways, said Ethan Kellar ’15, who also attended therally.

“Although the major victory would be havingObama reject the construction of the pipeline, evenif that does go through, I’d say the effects of the rallyare a lot harder to quantify,” he said. “There were somany people talking to each other throughout therally –– talking about projects they’d done at schooland different sustainability groups talking to eachother. I’d say that’s one of the most powerful thingsa rally can do.”

Currier emphasized the inspiration participantsgained from the rally.

“The rally was extremely empowering and mov-ing,” Currier said. “I was standing with [35,000]other people from all different backgrounds andcultures saying to Obama that we don’t want thispipeline built.”

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involved in the case.” Past guest speakers have

included Eric Schneiderman, theNew York State attorney general;John Phillips, a lawyer whohelped draft the revised 1986Federal Claims Act; and CherylEckhardt, a whistleblower whowas awarded $96 million afterexposing pharmaceutical compa-ny GlaxoSmithKline’s fraudulentbehavior.

Monday’s panel includedattorneys Shelley Slade, DavidChizewer and Brian Kenney,who gave a combined presenta-tion on healthcare fraud andemployees complaints of illegalbehavior in the pharmaceuticalindustry. Members of the panelemphasized the the relevance ofwhistleblowing in the modernera.

Schawb said whistleblowerlaw has changed a lot through-out its history. He said that theFalse Claims Act was passed dur-ing the Civil War era to intro-duce liability for individuals andcompanies trying to defraud thegovernment, and was laterrevamped in the mid-1980sunder President Ronald Reagan.More recently, he said, whistle-blower cases have primarilyfocused on the medical industry,including Medicare fraud andclaims against major pharmaceu-tical companies.

In the class Monday, Sladealso addressed the evolution ofthe False Claims Act.

“In the last decade or so, theFalse Claims Act has becomemuch bigger –– in general, it’smuch more of a factor now thanit was 30 years ago. The law wasamended in 1986 to givewhistleblowers more protectionand more incentive [to speak

out],” Slade said. Slade credited former

Attorney General Janet Renowith the increased prosecutionof companies –– in particular,publicly traded pharmaceuticalcorporations and hospital chains–– that have been accused ofdefrauding the federal govern-ment.

Chizewer added that therehas been a culture shift in thehealthcare industry in the yearssince the False Claims Act wasrevised.

“I think the ‘sales culture’ hasinvaded the healthcare profes-sion,” Chizewer said.“Pharmaceutical companies andhospital chains have becomemore business-focused. The gov-ernment’s health care spending isskyrocketing, so with thatspending, there’s increased fraudand an increased need forwhistleblowers.”

Both Schwab and Chizeweremphasized the need forincreased education about theFederal Claims Act, especiallyamong top students who arepulled toward defense work orgoing to a large law firm.

Lisa Zhang law said sheappreciated the class’ focus onreal-world applications ofwhistleblowing laws.

“I really liked how we wentinto detail with comparing thetwo complaints, what the differ-ences are and how that wouldmatter in terms of litigation. I’vereally enjoyed learning moreabout this area –– it might besomething I want to go into laterin my career,” Zhang said. “Thisarea is still relatively new. There’sstill so much potential forgrowth.”

WHISTLEBLOWERSContinued from page 1

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Law Course FocusesOn Fraud, Litigation

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Pike Continues to Recruit New Members

according to John Paton ’14, the fra-ternity’s president.

In order to recruit new members,administrators, faculty and studentleaders have been asked to recom-mend candidates who meet the idealsof the fraternity. There is no pledgeclass this semester because new mem-bers are joining at the same time andwill enter the fraternity as brothers,Paton said.

“We are not recruiting a foundingpledge class or anything of thatnature, but are reestablishing a fullyfunctional fraternity on campus,”Monnette said.

The Beta Theta chapter of Pike hasbeen searching for men who show thequalities of scholarship, leadershipand athleticism, as well as the abilityto “be a gentleman,” according toPaton.

“As long as they’re scholars, lead-ers, athletes and gentlemen, we planto have them in the fraternity,” hesaid.

According to Paton, Pike is cur-rently focusing on finishing therecruitment process and is still look-ing for more “top quality guys.”

“We are hoping to return Pike tobeing one of the best fraternities oncampus again,” Paton said.

Pike will receive provisional recog-nition during a probationary periodthat will conclude in 2015. Althoughthe fraternity will not be officiallyrecognized until 2015, the provision-

al recognition will give them the priv-ileges associated with full recognition.

Pike brother Kyle Huffstater ’16said he chose to join the fraternitybecause he missed formal fraternityrush.

“I wasn’t able to go to [rush] andkind of regretted it afterward,”Huffstater said.

He said Pike’s lack of a pledgingperiod and its short application

process were additional factors thatdrew him to join the fraternity, aswere Pike’s large size and nationalreputation. According to Pike’s web-site, the organization has more than220 chapters across the United Statesand Canada and 14,000 undergradu-ate members, in total.

“I do think it’ll provide very goodnetworking [opportunities], but themore important reason I joined was... I wanted the chance to try it. Sofar, it’s turned out great, and I’m notregretting it,” Huffstater said.

He said that publicizing the frater-nity’s return to campus and what theorganization stands for is currently atop priority for members.

Pike brother Eric Lei ’15 said hewanted to rush the fraternity because

of the “great opportunity to rebuildan organization.”

“The process takes what the orga-nization is about and the principles ofwhat it was founded upon to allownew members to build on the estab-lished foundations,” he said.

Paton also said that the new mem-bers of the fraternity will be able toshape the future of Pike at Cornell.

“In the next few weeks, we’re goingto be talking with ourselves aboutwhat we want to create,” Paton said.

Pike will be the first disbanded fra-ternity to return to campus sincePresident David Skorton’s declarationin Aug. 2011 that “pledging as weknow it has to stop.”

Pike is currently based in WillardStraight Hall, but the fraternity willbe allowed to return to its formerhouse at 17 South Ave. in Fall 2014.

Members of the fraternity saidthey hope they will be welcomed bythe Cornell community as they workto reshape their chapter.

“We want to start off by movingaway from the past stereotypes andcreating new ones by having a pres-ence on campus and by giving back tothe community,” Lei said.

The national fraternity expressedenthusiasm about Pike’s return toCornell, in a press release.

“Cornell has a proud Greek sys-tem, and we believe that this is exact-ly the kind of place where Pike needsto be.”

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“As long as they’re scholars,leaders, athletes and gentle-men, we plan to have them in

the fraternity.”John Paton ’14

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Thinking beyond cost-bene!t analysisTo the Editor:Re: “It’s All Relative: Cornell in a Vacuum” Opinion, Feb. 18

Don Oh’s “It's All Relative: Cornell in a Vacuum” made me contemplate the vagariesof life in an Ivy League. While students do choose colleges deliberately and make a judi-cious decision when they decide to come to Cornell or go somewhere else, cost-benefitanalysis is probably not the best way to describe this phenomenon. What did you knowabout life at Cornell before you decided to take the plunge except from the third partyinformation that we need to rely on? The best part of your entire college experience isthe fact that you get more than the bottom line of a cost benefit analysis when you cometo college. Your life and perspectives change. You might have never expected to face thechallenges you do (not just academic). And if students complain, they do so because lifeis a tumultuous experience in college. I empathize with those who could find strongsupport networks or had the inner courage to ride past difficulties and come out in fly-ing colors through this Ivy League institution, or any other. I sympathize with thosewho succumb to the pressures of this gigantic four-year machine, which has little pityfor those new to the system or need more help treading past. Irrespective of how manyservices are available for students to sail past this curve of college education, things stillget emotionally, physically and mentally exhausting at some stages.

Peer groups are not the kindest always, support mechanisms might not reach every-one who need them and things might just start falling apart when you least expect.Everybody needs some breathing space, but the Ivy League spares not one. Believe me,this is no relaxing yoga sojourn — rather more like a combination of zumba, pilates anda knock-out workout.

Don’s perspective cautions people to not complain much for they self-selected them-selves into this intellectual hub. Most of us probably already know that complainingnever gets us much further. Just remember, there is light at the end of every tunnel andsurviving this college experience is just one more of your victories in life. There are moreto look forward to and many more destinations to reach.

Lavanya G. Sayam, College of Veterinary Medicine staff member

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THIS MONTH, THE UNIVERSITY launched a new travel registry to better keeptrack of Cornell students, faculty and staff abroad. We commend Cornell for followingmany of its peer institutions in enacting a centralized system for monitoring overseastravelers. But another aspect of the program — a committee that determines whetherstudents may travel to countries classified by the University as “high-risk” — gives uspause. We urge the University to ensure that its goal of protecting Cornellians off-cam-pus does not restrict students’ ability to travel to countries they believe will enrich theirstudies — or their ability to use that education to better those countries.

The new registry will allow the administration to more adequately equip thoseabroad with guidance, travel insurance and even, in extreme cases, plans for emergencyevacuation. These added precautions are reassuring. The registry system also includesthe International Travel Advisory and Response team, a group of administrators whoreview Cornellians’ travel plans and itineraries to determine if they are sufficiently safe.However, although ITART review is limited to those who seek to travel to “high-risk”countries, the University’s definition of “high-risk” begs further consideration — as dothe possible restrictions Cornell may impose on students who seek to travel to thosecountries.

Cornell can cut off University funding for a trip or prevent students from receivingcredit for classes taken abroad if the chosen destination is considered “high-risk.” But ofthe 57 countries ITART has declared “high-risk”, only 30 are on the U.S. Departmentof State’s travel warning list. The remaining 27 are nations that fall just below travelwarning status, according to University officials. There is no question that travel tosome, if not all, of these 27 countries carries certain risks, including high crime rates.However, travel to any international destination carries its own risk. Cornellians areeducated adults who may aspire to acquire certain global experiences. Their willingnessto undertake a degree of risk to further their education should not be disregarded by theUniversity.

Cornell also has an interest in allowing its students and faculty to apply the knowl-edge they gain at the University to make a difference in regions that need it the most.These are often areas that might be considered unsafe for travel. The University, whileseeking to promote the safety of its constituents, must balance the ideas put forth byPresident David Skorton in his March 2012 white paper on internationalization atCornell. In that paper, Skorton wrote that Cornell students, faculty and staff should“effect positive change in the world” by addressing pressing issues such as “nuclear pro-liferation, food insecurity, poverty, human rights, global health and water availability.”

The University must be cognizant that achieving some of these goals may requiredirect engagement in developing, and perhaps dangerous, countries. The new registrywill unquestionably help Cornell document overseas travel and bolster contingencyplans for students abroad who encounter emergent situations. But the University shouldexercise restraint when considering denying students the opportunity to learn and workin the international location of their choosing.

Minimizing RestrictionsOn International Travel

Editorial

Despite the factthat my belovedRavens won the

Super Bowl earlier thismonth, I will continue todespise the month ofFebruary. You may beasking what the month ofFebruary has ever done tome? For starters, yearafter year, Februaryoffends me with its coldand harsh weather. Itseems as if every year onFeb. 1, right on cue, Icatch a cold. Secondly,the most dreaded day ofthe years falls within themonth of February. Thisday is without a doubtFeb. 14, better known asValentine’s Day. I havemy own theory thatcandy companies, jewel-ers, florists and womeneverywhere met in secretand devised a plan tosucker men out of theirmoney, as well as theirever-growing egos. It isalso a day that singlemen and women alikemust witness happy cou-ples divulging in cheesyromance and rampantPDA. Lastly and mostimportantly, February isalso known as the ridicu-lous “African-AmericanHistory Month,” themost ludicrous of all ofFebruary’s injustices. Asyou can now see, by thetime March comesaround I begin to realizethat I am blessed by thefact that February is theshortest month of theyear.

To begin my rant, Iwould like to state that Iam not merely castingaway Black HistoryMonth, but also ques-tioning the basis on anymonth that delineates thehistory of an entire peo-ple. My argument isprobably best expressedby Morgan Freeman’s

quote: “I don’t want ablack history month.Black history is Americanhistory.” What Freemanis getting at is that if cer-tain months are dedicatedto learning the history ofparticular minoritygroups in America thenthe learning of that histo-ry will become relegatedto and contained withinthat month. One thing Iremember aboutFebruary when I was inprimary school was theridiculous focus onAfrican-American historyin every single class. InEnglish class, we wouldonly read books by blackauthors; in history class,

we learned about theCivil Rights movement;in science class, welearned about black sci-entists and inventors, andin math class, don’tworry, we still learnedabout boring old arith-metic. To be honest, bythe end of the month Iwas starting to feel a little“black-ed out.” If I hadheard the name JackieRobinson one more time,I would have stoppedplaying sports altogether.However, that wouldn’tlast very long because forthe rest of the school yearI can’t quite rememberlearning much moreabout any American-Americans.

One thing we mustlook at is the differenteffects of containing oureducation of African-American history in one

month. In February, myteachers ended up separat-ing everything else welearned throughout theyear from things welearned about African-Americans. This separa-tion causes African-Americans to be stored ina different category inone’s mind. For example,George Washington Car -ver is not famous forbeing one of the mostinnovative inventors of alltime; he is famous forbeing a black inventor,although, along withother inventions, he creat-ed 285 additional uses forsomething as simple as apeanut. Martin Luther

King Jr. isn’t famous forbeing arguably the mosteffective activist of alltime; he is famous forbeing a black activistalthough his message cov-ered many topics outsideof racial issues. JackieRobinson isn’t famous forbeing one of the greatestbaseball players of alltime; he is famous forbeing the first black play-er, although he played insix World Series, won theMLB Rookie of the YearAward, the NationalLeague Most ValuablePlayer award and wasinducted into the BaseballHall of Fame.

We must work torealign African-Americanhistory with Americanhistory. The accomplish-ments of African-Americans should not beseen as more or less

important than those ofothers. However, by iso-lating a minority group’s“history” into one out ofnine months of theschool year, one is inad-vertently saying: “Yes, thehistory of African-Americans (or women orLBGT groups) is more orless important than oth-ers.”

In order to solve thisproblem, the first thingwe need to do is ridAmerica of these “historymonths.” Next, we needto make sure that, in text-books, instead of compar-ing King’s impact toCarver’s, King should becompared to similar fig-ures such as Gandhi,whereas Carver should becompared to Leonardo daVinci. It must also benoted that when I ask forthem to be compared, Iam not requesting forCarver to be called the“Black Leonardo,” whichis what Time Magazinereferred to him as in1941. If these things aredone, they will makequite an impact againstthe segregation of minor-ity groups in Americansociety. I hope you, asreaders, can begin thismovement to rid us ofthese months because myonly mission at themoment is to survive thenext nine days. However,if you believe in the effec-tiveness of these monthsand continue to con-tribute to the segregationof America, I hope youremember that it’s not me,it’s you.

This morning, the Environment Committee of theEuropean Parliament will vote on a proposal to delayauctioning 900 million tons worth of carbon emission

permits within the E.U.’s Emissions-Trading System. Buriedbeneath a charade that reeks of Brussels’ legalese is the futureof a market-based approach to reducing carbon emissions.The ETS is the world’s first major emissions trading scheme.Covering more than 11,000 industrial establishments acrossEurope, it seeks to limit emissions and encourage carbon-effi-ciency by allocating a fixed number of pollution permits thatcan be traded. The System is on the precipice of a price col-lapse caused by an initial over-supply of permits (a hotly-con-tested claim) and the European economic recession that havepushed the price of emitting a ton of carbon to around !5,down from !30 in 2008. Delaying the sale of new permits tothe 2019-2020 financial year will reduce their supply andhopefully push the price of carbon to a more effective level. At!5 per ton, European industry no longer has much of anincentive to develop more efficient production processes.

Proponents of the resolution argue that failing to postponethe permit auction will cause carbon prices to approach !0,leading the ETS to collapse. This, in turn, will kill hopes oftransitioning to a low carbon economy. Opponents remaininsistent that this is unjustified intervention. Even with a verylow carbon price, emissions reductions are taking placebecause the supply of permits is supposed to fall at a steady1.7 percent per year. Further, they contend that the precedentof intervention will create uncertainty among investors. Thesecritics, however, are standing on weak ground.

Before addressing these claims, it is useful to point out thediverse coalition that is backing the proposal. In addition tothe expected collection of environmental groups, manyinvestor guilds and large corporations that buy and sell thesepermits are backing the move. The support for the proposalfrom the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change isnot surprising. A collapse in the ETS would hurt those whoare invested in the transition to low carbon industry. I alsohesitate to ascribe any altruistic motives

to the industry-coalitions backing the proposal. Shell andGeneral Electric, for instance, are likely seeking some sort offirst-mover competitive advantage in low-carbon technology.Motives notwithstanding, it remains true that major financialcogs in the ETS are backing the move.

The contention that the current ETS is achieving itsdesired goals at a low cost and should be allowed to continueuninterrupted appears weak. The ETS has two broad aims:bringing European emissions down to the sum of all permitsin the market, as well as incentivizing the development ofnew, more efficient technology. This development is especial-ly hampered because investments made with the currentprices in mind have environmental and financial repercus-sions for decades to come. As The Economist persuasivelyargued this week, decisions about what kinds of power plantsto build are being taken today, with the price of carbon at !5per ton. These power plants will be operational for decades tocome, and, as the number of permits slowly gets squeezed (inaccordance with the 1.7 percent figure mentioned above),they will also be financially strained.

Criticism arguing the proposal will create uncertainty forinvestors is weakened by the fact that this uncertainty is morepernicious in the status quo. Unclear about which way EUgovernments will vote today and in the future, investors haveno leads. If this sets a precedent that suggests the !5 barrierwill not be breached, it would be a clear signal in favor of lowcarbon investment.

The least discussed benefit of keeping those 900 milliontons out of the ETS is the impact on innovation in develop-ing countries. The ETS allows the 11,000 enterprises in itsambit to meet their emissions reduction obligations by buy-ing carbon credits on the international market. These creditsare bought mainly from certified projects in developing coun-tries that have reduced their emissions. This helps fund lowcarbon infrastructure development in countries like India andChina. If carbon permits cost next to nothing in Europe,European firms have little incentive to purchase permits frominnovative entrepreneurs in the developing world. Both theE.U. and the U.S. have expressed, with varying degrees ofvehemence, their desire for India and China to play their partin the climate game. By eliminating incentives for them to doso, the European Parliament today would make that nearlyimpossible.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7OPINION

February?Not My Month.

Worth the Wait

A collapse of the Emissions-Trading System would hurt thosewho are invested in the transitionto a low carbon economy.

Deon Thomas | It’s Not You, It’s Me

Kirat Singh | Evaluating the Discontents Laura Miller |“The Russian Meteor Crisis: Count Your Blessings”

We must work torealign African-American history withAmerican history.

Kirat Singh is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reachedat [email protected]. Evaluating the Discontents appears alternateTuesdays this semester.

Deon Thomas is a sophomorein the School of Industrialand Labor Relations. He maybe reached at [email protected]. It’s Not Me, It’sYou appears alternate Tuesdaysthis semester.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT


Colum McCann once said: “Funnyhow it was, everyone perched in theirown little world with the deep need totalk, each person with their own tale,beginning in some strange middle point,then trying so hard to tell.”

It’s an insurmountable task for oneperson to make sense of his or her ownstory. It’s absurd to think that justbecause our lives seem like one wholepiece, that there is a way to write onecomplete chronological story of ourallotted 80-or-so years. A People byLauren Feldman ’01, which takes onfour thousand years and millions oflives, does a genuinely impressive job ofmaking sense.

The title is more apt than wouldseem possible. Eight student actors artic-ulate the voices of 96 characters. Withlimited sets and costuming, limitedstructure or plot and limited sense ofdirection, the actors fill 90 minutes withan overlapping, interlocking, sometimesraging and often competing series ofmonologues and dialogues. The dis-parate pieces create a mosaic of the his-tory of Judaism by resisting the tradi-tional renderings of the culture, readingfrom the texts and then stating, “Thiswas not written by anyone like me.” Thetrack of the story is unclear from thestart; serious monologues are given innewspaper hats, Match.com jokes areinterspersed with religious doctrine andcaricatures of accents and ways of life areacted out with unabashed exuberance.

Though this imbalance is initiallydiscomforting, it becomes a clear part ofthe play’s allure. Juxtaposition is neces-sary for maintaining some levity, and it’sobvious that the production team andthe actors have worked hard to makesure that this is a production of inclu-sion rather than an assemblage of insidejokes. Prof. Beth Milles, performing andmedia arts, who directs the play,describes it as a “spiritual quest.” And,to be sure, God is not a danced-around

topic in A People. But more so than God,the element of the play that makes itviewable by the most diverse range ofaudiences is Milles’ second claim, that itis a “rich interrogation of presumption,desire and the ability to know oneselfthrough history and ancestry.”

The history of a given peopleincludes the individual histories of eachperson, and A People hopes to portraythis, or at least simulate it. There’s a

granddaughter who isn’t quite sure shewants to tell her family that she’s gay(and dating a “nice Jewish girl”), a rabbiwho is also a prostitute and dubs both ofher responsibilities “holy vocations,” ayoung woman who still remembers howshe was taught to roll up a piece ofturkey and a whole lot of voices justlooking for a way to “cure the diaspo-ra”— in the literal sense or by solidifyingthe definition of being Jewish inAmerica in 2013. Often, the playexplores the lives of individuals who canrecall the people who have left thembehind. Feldman says, “They always[leave]. And sometimes they come back— strong, damaged people.” It’s a

responsibility, even if it is a pure acci-dent, to love and be loyal to that placeand people that just happen to be yours.There is a comfort in this assertionbecause it suggests that even in your ownstory, which most think has a clear tra-jectory and a clear starting point, “evenin the beginning there is something thatcomes before.” You can go, “all the wayback to Abraham and Sarah.”

Home and heritage are deeply arbi-trary and yet irrevocably impor-tant, and this is a truth that APeople sends home repeatedly, insome cases more subtly thanothers. There are commonaphorisms, stereotypes, old-school stand-up comedy jokes,surprising acoustic guitar per-formances and seemingly isolat-ed and unrelated anecdotes, allperhaps for the purpose of say-ing — isn’t it all kind of ran-dom? The life events that get thecharacters thinking about theirheritage are often ridiculous.One character remembers thathis grandfather worked in ahaberdashery and calls home tosay, “I want my shit to exist andbe in my progeny’s closet some-day.” Christmas carols, JonStewart and Sarah Silverman arepart of the conversation. Thedifference between the “mazel”

of Hebrew and the “antiquity” ofYiddish is also part of the conversation.It’s all to say, “I want a context.”

The cast of A People includes AndrewBaim ’13, Tré Calhoun ’14, Angela Lu’13, Amanda Martin ’13, NateMattingly ’14, Olivia Powell ’14, ReginaRussell ’13 and Chandler Waggoner ’15,each carrying between six and 10 char-acters. Their responsibilities don’t seemlike much when you first think aboutthe extreme dexterity with whichFeldman has crafted the script toadvance and retreat, confront and evade— in something that seems more likecarefully-followed choreography thanany kind of improvisation. But there are

moments when the play breaks itselfdown to basics, pushing itself into lifeoutside of the play. This is where theactors get to shine in A People, as theyencourage audience participation in theleast campy ways imaginable. One of theplay’s most powerful scenes is its conclu-sion. Audience members are asked tojoin the cast in a prayer circle and thehistory of prayer is explained as a “bless-ing for this and for that, for being hereat the same time,” and “wherever 10 aregathered, the holy can happen.” Baimannounces, “My grandma was supposedto be here today. She died last year but Ithought since I was doing a Jewish play,she might make a special appearance.” Ididn’t know, and still don’t know, whereexactly characters end and real peoplebegin.

What’s great about moments likethese is that they are absolutely uncon-trived. Clearly a play about Jewish his-tory had to take on difficult topics likethe Holocaust, diaspora and assimila-tion. Going all the way back to the birthof the nation of Israel, Feldman says thatthis people is “founded by children wholeft their homes,” and is made up of“300 generations of people with PTSD.”These moments do not set themselvesup, but emerge from logical places inmore light-weight discussions. No audi-ence member could feel assaulted by thereligious discussion or guilt-tripped bythe historical realism. It’s just not possi-ble to feel lectured when a charactercries out, “What is my religion? I don’tknow, because you know what?Everything matters.” Everything mat-ters, and everything in A People is, if notentirely unexpected, at least applicable.The themes are “oldies but goodies,” toput it simply, but the deftness withwhich Feldman makes the specific fit thegeneral — that’s where the magic hap-pens.

BY KAITLYN TIFFANYSun Staff Writer

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Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College ofAgriculture and Life Sciences. She can be [email protected].

I WantA Context:

COURTESY OF THE SCHWARTZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

A Peopleat The Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

COURTESY OF LAUREN FELDMAN

Welcome Back | Lauren Feldman ’01 returns tocampus for The Schwartz Center’s production of APeople.


Every couple of weeks, I get a feel-ing, this “I just want to dance” feel-ing. Maybe I’m just channeling my

inner Rihanna or, more likely, I’ve beensitting at desks way too long during theweek. Either way, after I have been con-fined in chairs from Cascadilla to Olin, Icannot escape the desire to move. I’m nottalking about grinding on some guy at afrat or Pixel; give me a little credit. I justmean jamming to a song with a greatbeat with your friends. Moving inrhythm with a song and giving way tobeing nothing more than an extension ofthe beat. That makes me sound like amuch better dancer than I am — just tobe clear, I am not a very good dancer. Itried to take ballet when I was a kid; Ilasted less than one class. However, mylack of skill does not slow me down inany way. I harborno dancing shame,especially in publicplaces. This is whythe only time I getto dance withoutfeeling judgingeyes (no one likesyou, serious cock-tail loungestudiers) is whenI’m out in a crowd,where no one really notices my less-than-graceful arm movements. Of course Idance in front of friends anyway, and infront of my coworkers and occasionallycustomers when I waitress on the week-ends. It’s usually just a sway and headbob (unless Robyn is playing, then thingsget crazy), but there is often only a cer-tain amount of random dancing to theradio you can do before people startlooking at you funny. If it were up to me,I would dance to class listening to myiPod, but of course I restrain myself.

Mostly, anyway. I have noticed that there are some

exceptions to the no dancing sober inpublic rule; most of these exceptions are“official” dances (think “Dougie” or“Cha-Cha Slide”). Every time I blink, itseems like there are more and more ofthem.

There have been organized populardances for centuries, at balls in Europeand America in the early years, thoughthey were arguably not as fun as“Gangnam Style,” but since the turn ofthe 21st century, new dances seem to beinvented every few months. Before 2000,there were the famous ones — “Cotton-Eyed Joe,” “Electric Slide” and of course“The Twist,” but there were not toomany others to speak of outside of theballroom. “The Twist” came around dur-

ing the sock hop days of the 60’s,“Electric Slide” dominated the 70’s andthe “Cotton-Eyed Joe” dance was invent-ed in the 80’s, but the roots of the songcan be traced back to the 1800’s andHuckleberry Finn. The dances to thesesongs got so popular that even now,almost anyone in America born sincetheir releases can do “Electric Slide,” itsless exciting Cha Cha cousin and ofcourse the “Cotton-Eyed Joe.”

Where in the past dance songs went“viral” maybe a couple of times a decade,now we have a new one almost every

year. Since the Internetbecame a second home, wehave been graced withSoulja Boy’s “Superman,”Cali Swag District’s “TeachMe How to Dougie,” Psy’s“Gangnam Style,”Twerking and, most recent-ly, the “Harlem Shake,”which is arguably less adance than a phenomenon.

But that is what a lot ofthe dances are that havestormed the floors of frats,clubs and bar mitzvahs inthe past 10 years — phe-nomena. Short-lived, butnever really forgotten.Many begin as videos onYoutube. Sometimes featuring reg-ular people messing around to a song ina way too fun not to copy, these becomeour “Harlem Shakes.” Other times anartists like Psy makes a video thatbecomes so inescapable that your parentsend up asking you what gayng ham styleis.

But most are just fun. The Cali SwagDistrict just wanted to teach the world toDougie, and since we are only human,we were their eager disciples. Even ChrisBrown and Beyonce viewed the three-minute tutorial and helped promote thisparticular dance with videos of their owndoing the (surprisingly difficult) Dougie.Chris Brown’s video in a club got a lot ofYoutube viewership, as did Beyonce’s“Let’s Move!” campaign video, whichincluded a few prime moments ofBeyonce displaying her epic dougie-ingskills.

Anywhere you went in 2008, formonths, people would run to the dancefloor to “Superman that Ho!” wheneverthe song played, and it played often.

Until a few months ago, the same wastrue for “Gangnam Style.” I was at a fratthat played the song three times in onenight, which from experience is way toomuch, but every time the song got thedesired response — a hundred peopleblissfully galloping in traditionalGangnam style.

I cannot truthfully say that I have notattempted to twerk, or that I was suc-cessful in any way, or that I haven’t triedto convince a number of friends to do a“Harlem Shake” video with me, but Ialso can’t say that I mind admitting it. Ifpeople can gallop on the dance floor orbrush their hair back to a drum beat, weshould all be able to sway to Macklemorewhile we study in the library. It isn’t thatawkward. Well maybe it is, but I justwanna dance. Haters are just the worst.

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“It’s like in the middle of nowhere,” is what I tell myfriends who have never heard of Ithaca. But is it really? Everyyear, the Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to town andevery year, the residents of Ithaca, including members ofCornell, attend the event and amaze the tour group with theirunabated enthusiasm. Banff is the world’s largest film festivalwith 306,000 people from 40 countries in the audience par-ticipating in its mountain festival world tour. On Fridaynight, the hosts were Chris Leeming, lands program coordi-nator for Cornell’s Outdoor Education Program, and CharlaTomlinson from Banff, Alberta, the town in Canada afterwhich the Banff Centre is named. Tomlinson’s official titleposition is irrelevant; what is relevant is that people call herposition the “Road Warrior.” Her job is to conquer the roadwhile on tour all over Canada and the United States, showingfilms that range from clips of extreme skiing to group hiking.According to Tomlinson, the farther away she gets from Banff,her hometown, the more enthusiastic the crowd gets, andIthaca was no exception. As I noticed, and as she pointed out,only when the lights dimmed did people in the audience start-ed cheering. Many were people returning audience members,people who couldn’t get enough of the festival from previousyears, and in fact, this year, Banff doubled its ticket sales from6,000 to 12,000. Not too shabby.

There were a total of 12 films shown on Friday night show-casing a variety of outdoor activities and spectacular filmwork.One was about offwidth climbing, which is like “ultimatefighting with a rock,” as one of the world’s best offwidthclimbers describes. It looked incredible, though I personallywould never do it. Another film forever changed my previousopinion that skiing is for sissies. And there was yet another oneof an old man (I mean, like 92-years-old, old) who digs snowcaves, cross-country skis and overall is way more active thanme, for fun, because even though “[he] can’t hold his teeth in… and don’t see very good, he’s still livin’ and goin’.” He wasso adorable that I wanted to go out, get lost in the woods anddevelop survival skills just for him (maybe next year, though).The longest film, at 44 minutes, however, was “Crossing theIce,” the story of two young Australian men who traveledfrom one edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back. It’simpressive enough that they were able to accomplish that, but

what made their journey particularly significant was that itwas the first trip of its kind to be completely unsupported.These two men, these two completely brazen and intrepidmorons who didn’t even know how to ski until several monthsbefore the voyage, walked without any assistance from theoutside world into the wilderness — no air support, no ani-mal support, no nothing. No one thought they could do it,not even the two Aussie adventurers themselves. But they didit. It took them 62 days to get to the South Pole and 90 daysin total to make the round trip. Through perseverance, gritand unconditional bromance, they made history.

Banff is truly an extraordinary event. Our Road Warriorand festival guide informed us that it wasn’t only outdoor-lovers, but also filmmakers who come to the Banff tour andgain inspiration just from observing the audience’s reactions.The Road Warrior called us a part of the “Banff ecosystem”;we were part of a global community that is supported by andinspired by Mother Nature, by outdoor activity and by thephysical world. The Cornell Outdoor Education Program,one among the many local and national sponsors, is an inte-gral part of bringing Banff to Ithaca and has been sponsoringBanff for the past 15 years. As I spoke with Chris Leeming,the COE Land Coordinator who hosted the festival, hisenthusiasm was infectious. It is clear that COE and Banff havethe same objective, to “get inspired by the natural world.”

COE offers all sorts of opportunities to students from leader-ship positions to simply realizing “wow, look how beautiful itis outside!”

I, for one, do not have any interest in the outdoors.Climbing a slab of rock or looking at dirt is not what I do forfun. But Friday’s festival changed my perspective of the out-doors. As Shelton Johnson, a ranger from Yosemite NationalPark emphasized in the film “The Way Home,” “if [theembrace of the earth, of the continent] is America’s best idea,and we played a role in its creation, how dare we not choosethat for ourselves?” Ithaca may be five hours or more awayfrom any major city, it may seem like we’re in the middle ofnowhere, but we are in the hub of the natural world. Fromtaking your first hike to going on another bike ride, gettingout there is a privilege we shouldn’t take for granted. As ChrisLeeming said, “It’s about doing something new.” It doesn’thave to be insanely audacious; it’s all about appreciating theworld, about “learning more about yourself,” and “this soundscrazy, but [about] being better human beings, better stewardsof the land.” After the Banff Film Festival, though, Chris’words don’t seem crazy at all.

DANYOUNG KIMSun Staff Writer

Danyoung Kim is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.She can be reached at [email protected].

Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College ofAgriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reachedat [email protected]. Just the Worst appearsalternate Tuesdays this semester.

Just the Worst

ArielleCruz

COURTESY OF BANFF FILM FESTIVAL

Banff Is Back

I Just Wanna Dance

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I Am Going to Be Small by Jeffrey Brown

ACROSS1 World Series

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Derek Jeter received anovation that could be heard throughoutSteinbrenner Field when he jogged onto the dia-mond for the New York Yankees’ first full-squadworkout Monday.

Jeter took part in most of the team drills,including on-field batting practice for the first timesince undergoing ankle surgery last October. The38-year-old captain, who has been hitting in anindoor cage, also took part in a 25-minute defen-sive session at shortstop.

“It felt good,” Jeter said. “It’s the first time I’mdoing everything on the field, in terms of hitting onthe field, groundballs on the dirt. What I’m doingnow is what I would be doing at the beginning ofworkouts anyway, but I’m a couple weeks behind.”

Although he didn’t take part in agility or run-ning, Jeter got the day’s biggest salute from the sev-eral hundred fans present when he first appeared.They also cheered when he lined a ball to right onhis first BP swing.

While waiting to enter the batting cage, a youngfan near the dugout yelled “Jeter” several timesbefore the 13-time All-Star turned toward thestands, said “What?, smiled and then tipped hisbatting helmet.

A woman then asked for an autograph, andJeter replied “(manager Joe) Girardi said no.” Thatprompted laughs from the fans, Girardi and hittingcoach Kevin Long, who was standing nearby.

After batting practice, Jeter signed a photo forthe woman.

Jeter broke his left ankle lunging for a grounderin the AL championship series opener againstDetroit on Oct. 1 and had surgery a week later. Hesays he will be in the lineup for opening day againstBoston on April 1.

“I don’t have to convince myself that I’ll beready,” Jeter said. “I’ve already convinced myself.”

Jeter was hurt while going after Jhonny Peralta’s12th-inning grounder up the middle as theYankees tried to keep the score tied after they ral-lied for four runs in the ninth.

“It’s nice to see him doing what he loves to do,”Girardi said. “He’s important to our club, and it’sgood to see that he’s at this point. The last time Isaw him on the field I was helping him off it, andthat’s not a good feeling.”

No date has been announced for when Jeter willresume a running program and start full lateralmovement at short.

“Those days, they’ll be here soon enough,”Girardi said.

Jeter is likely two or three weeks away frommaking his 2013 exhibition game debut.

Notes: The ankle injury prevented Jeter fromplaying for former Yankees manager Joe Torre inthis year’s World Baseball Classic. If not coming offan injury, Jeter would have played for the UnitedStates. ... 2B Robinson Cano said he is not think-ing about his potential free agency after this seasonand is focusing on trying to help the Yankees win achampionship. ... Cano will be playing for theDominican Republic in the WBC.

Back From an Ankle Injury, Derek JeterReturns to the Yankees’ Workouts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Merrick never allowed himself tothink about winning at Riviera.

Not when he was a kid attending his local PGA Tour event. Not whenhe was at UCLA and could play the fabled course. And certainly not lateSunday afternoon in a playoff when he faced a daunting 3-iron shotunder a row of eucalyptus trees, and his opponent was in the middle ofthe fairway with a wedge in his hand.

No wonder Merrick was at a loss for words when he won theNorthern Trust Open.

“Yeah, you dream,” Merrick said, his eyes still glossy. “When you’realone sometimes, you think about different scenarios of winning tourna-ments. It was fun. We would always play here at UCLA and have greatgames out here. To be able to play the tournament was a dream of mine.But to win? I can’t describe it. It’s so much fun.”

Merrick hit the perfect shot under the trees on the 18th to escape withpar, and he followed with another flawless shot to a skinny section of the10th green on the second playoff hole to 18 feet. He made another par,and won when Charlie Beljan missed a 5-foot par putt.

It was the second straight year the Northern Trust Open was decidedin a playoff on the 10th, a diabolical par 4 at 315 yards that requires skilland strategy, a hole where players are happy to walk off with par. Beljanmade bogey twice on the 10th, once in a regulation and then when thetournament was on the line.

He went long and left both times, and in the playoff, his chip didn’tquite reach the green and he took three putts from 70 feet.

“I think you could play here 10,000 times and still not know how toplay No. 10,” he said. “Eighteen is a great golf hole. I just find it toughthat we go to No. 10 to play a playoff hole. I think it’s a great hole, don’tget me wrong. I’m not knocking it. But it’s just a tough hole to have aplayoff on. We might as well go and put a windmill out there and hitsome putts.”

Beljan, famous for having an anxiety attack when he won at Disneylate last year, holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, similar to thetheatrics provided last year by Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, toclose with a 4-under 67 and wind up in a playoff.

Merrick, who grew up in Long Beach, had a number of big breaks onthe back nine. None was bigger than his second shot on the par-5 17thheaded toward the trees, only to find that he had just enough of a gap togo for the green and make par. He had a 69 and finished on 11-under273.

He also hit the trees with his tee shot on the 15th, and while it lefthim a hybrid to reach the green, it could have gone anywhere.

“You give me 100 balls off that tee, I’m not going to be there in thatspot,” Merrick said. “I just hit a bad tee shot and was able to make parthere.”

Such are the breaks it takes to win, and for Merrick, it was a long timecoming. He won in his 169th start on the PGA Tour, earned another tripto the Masters and is virtually assured to qualifying for his first WorldGolf Championship next month at Doral.

Fredrik Jacobson missed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole thatwould have put the Swede in a playoff. He wound up with a 69 and tiedfor third with Charl Schwartzel (70) and Bill Haas (73), who also hadchances to win at different stages in their rounds.

The final round contained far more drama than anyone imagined atthe start of the day, when Haas had a three-shot lead. Six players wereseparated by one shot going into the final hour at Riviera, and it easilycould have been a repeat of that six-man playoff in 2001 in the cold rain.

This pleasant day of bright sunshine brought a few cloudy moments.Hunter Mahan was tied for the lead after a 30-foot birdie on the 14th,

only to drop four shots on the last four holes. Nothing stung worse thanthe par-5 17th, where he three-putted from about 30 feet for bogey. Hewound up with a 69. Jacobson was tied for the lead when he missed an8-foot birdie attempt on the 17th, and then badly pulled a 4-foot parputt on the last hole and missed out on the playoff. The Swede closedwith a 69, and bristled when asked about the final hole.

“You want me to touch that one, only that one? I cannot speak aboutsomething else?” he said, before eventually conceding, “The last puttwasn’t very good.”

No one was more disgusted than Schwartzel, the former Masterschampion. One shot out of the lead, he missed a 10-foot birdie putt onthe par-3 16th, and then three-putted the 17th, missing a 6-footer forbirdie. He closed with a 70 and tied for third, his seventh straight finishin the top five around the world.

Haas faded much sooner. He made five bogeys in a seven-hole stretchin the middle of his round, and his birdie-birdie finish allowed him to tiefor third.

“Positives to be taken, but overall, you don’t get this many opportu-nities,” Haas said. “A three-shot lead at one of the best tournaments ofthe year is a great opportunity that I squandered.”

Haas looked to be in good position to join Mickelson, Mike Weir,Corey Pavin and Ben Hogan as the only back-to-back winners at Riviera.And when he dropped in a 30-foot birdie putt on the third hole, helooked as though he would be tough to catch.

Instead of running away from the field, he let everyone back into thetournament. Haas made back-to-back bogeys late on the front nine, andhis lead was down to one when he made the turn. It all began to takeshape at No. 10, the hole where a year ago Haas holed a 45-foot birdieputt to win in a playoff.

Merrick laid up on the short par 4, and his wedge was inches fromtumbling into a front bunker when it checked up on the fringe. He madebirdie from just inside 15 feet and tied Haas for the lead.

Haas went just through the green and rolled down a slope into therough, and from there he pitched too strong and into the bunker. Hefailed to get up-and-down and made bogey to fall out of the lead for thefirst time all day, and he never caught up. His tee shots sailed into thetrees and into the rough, and he was out of the picture.

Merrick Takes Home the WinAt the Northern Trust Open

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work toward being more andmore competitive.

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Rico over winter break.Throughout the season, theteam grew as athletes, trainers,and competitors and we can’twait to show how far we’vecome at the end of the season,”Jibrine said.

As practice continue tobecome shorter and shorter, theRed has begun to post evenmore explosive times then they

thought they could achieve. “Taper is the best time of the

year. Practices are less yardageand shorter than normal, whichis great, but it’s even more funto see how fast you can go whiledoing sprints during taper prac-tices. We sometimes surpriseourselves on [how] fast we canpush it even in HelenNewman,” Douglas said.

“Taper has been amazing. It’sthe one time of the year where

you get to be relaxedand fully prepared toswim fast,” Jibrineadded. “We are alreadyseeing faster swimsduring practice. [Taperis] also helping us growas a team because wearen’t as tired or sore— we have so muchenergy, which makespractice a really fun

environment.”As the team’s excitement and

competitiveness continues todevelop, the Red looks to postextremely fast times in theirChampionship races and bringback an Ivy LeagueChampionship to Ithaca.

and the other stars of the steroid era for their actions,they undeniably “saved” the game of baseball. Theybrought people back to the seats and helped the sport re-establish its place in our society.

However, while the steroids themselves are the pri-mary culprit for the vast increase in home runs duringthis era, the trend cannot be solely attributed to perfor-mance enhancers. Over the course of the past 20 years ashome runs have steadily increased, so have strikeouts. In1993, there were only 5.8 strikeouts per game but by2012 that number had ballooned to 7.5. These statisticsindicate a mass movement toward an all-or-nothingapproach at the plate by hitters across the league.

Most likely this trend began as players saw that theirpeers who hit a lot of homeruns were also the ones gain-ing popularity and signing large contracts. The tradi-tional saying is “Chicks Dig the Long Ball,” but I thinkthe more appropriate saying for the time period wouldbe “Front Offices Dig the Long Ball.” Every team want-ed to accumulate home run hitters not only to wingames but also to fill the seats and they were willing topay big bucks for them. It was in this process that theywere also willing to look the other way not only onsteroid use, but on high strikeout numbers as well.

During the steroid era, this wasn’t a problem becauseplayers were hitting so many home runs the increase instrikeouts did not negatively affect run production. Butas we move away from the steroid era, these high strike-out numbers could negatively impact both run produc-tion and the future popularity of the sport.

Since Major League Baseball adopted its currentJoint Drug Prevention and Blunt Treatment program, ithas seen runs per game drop from 4.8 in 2007 all theway to 4.32 in 2012. Yet the amount of home runs hithas stayed at the same level. In fact, the same amount ofhome runs per game were in hit in 2007 as in 2012.

Strikeouts per game on the other hand have only con-tinued to rise from 6.62 in 2007 to 7.50 mark in 2012mentioned earlier. In essence, to account for the loss inpower from steroids, players are taking this all-or-noth-ing approach even more seriously.

This may be a dangerous game and lead baseballdown a path it doesn’t want to go though. For exampleif we examine the time period from 2007 to 2012 evenfurther, there are many unsavory consequences thatcome to light. In 2007, the league batting average was

.268, but in 2012 it had dropped to .255. There was asimilar drop in on base percentage as well from .336 in2007 to .319 in 2012. It would be fun to believe thatthe pitchers have just become proportionally better overthe past five years, but there are more than 100 years ofdata to show that probably isn’t the case.

The formula for success and popularity during thesteroid era of lots of home runs despite lots of strikeoutswas entertaining because the ratio of home runs tostrikeouts was high enough to allow fans to look past thestrikeouts themselves. But as the drug testing getsstricter (which is a good thing), this ratio will naturallybecome smaller and the game will become less enter-taining.

That is unless hitters start changing their approachand putting the ball in play more. There is another base-ball saying that goes “baseball is a game of reaction notaction.” However, there cannot be any reaction unlessthere is action to begin with. Baseball was at the pinna-

cle of its popularity in the 1950s when both home runsper game and strikeouts per game were significantlylower than they are now. Fans might not have gotten towatch as many magical home run moments but they didget to see a game filled with line drives, bunts, divingplays, triples, and stolen bases. I’m not saying that thesethings don’t happen today, but they certainly happenless often when the ball isn’t hit to begin with. What isalso intriguing to point out is that were actually moreruns scored per game in six out of the 10 seasons duringthe 1950s than the past three seasons. This statisticalfact proves that while the all-or-nothing approachhelped lead to the astronomical runs per game totalsduring the peak of the steroid era, it is not a prerequisitefor offensive success and it may actually hurt teamsgoing forward.

The good news is that the advanced metrics frontoffices rely on today value aspects of the game like onbase percentage and slugging percentage but they don’tput a specific premium on home runs. With players’ability to hit home runs declining due to the lack ofsteroids, it is likely that front offices will look for morediverse production from hitters. Undoubtedly homeruns are still going to be highly valued but even theslightest de-emphasization by front offices will affect theway the game is played. Of course, for a trend like thisto reverse itself, especially in a trickle-down manner, asit would be coming from the front office, it will takeyears to actually happen. But just because the frame-work itself for this change is already in place is reasonenough to be optimistic as a baseball fan. The game nolonger needs gargantuan home run totals to sustain itspopularity and its time to for baseball to go back tobeing played the way it was supposed to be played: withaction occurring during every at bat and strikeouts andhome runs being the exception rather than the rule.

Baseball Needs to Return to Its Roots of At-Bats, StrikeoutsSMITH

Continued from page 16

Alex Smith can be reached at [email protected].

C.U. Looks to ImproveTaper Times for Ivies

SWIMMING & DIVINGContinued from page 16

There is another baseball saying thatgoes “baseball is a game of reactionnot action.” However, there cannot beany reaction unless there is action to

begin with.

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This weekend marked the end of the season for thewomen’s squash team. The Red finished in sixth placefor the second consecutive year at the Howe CupChampionships after a series of close matches.

The sixth seeded Red headed to New Haven lastweek to face No. 3 Penn in the first round of the tour-nament. Cornell lost, 8-1, to the Quakers, its onlywin coming from senior co-captain Jaime Laird.Laird, who won in five against Penn’s Rachael Goh,said the loss served as motivation for the team’s nextmatch.

“We definitely wanted to beat Penn, but the teamhandled the loss well and it made us more determinedto win against Stanford the next day,” Laird said.

The Red then came back to defeat No. 7 Stanfordon Saturday in the consolation semi-finals. Laird andsenior co-captain Maggie Remsen both won theirmatches, giving Cornell a 2-1 lead after the first shift.Sophomore Lindsay Seginson and junior JessePacheco then won their matches at the No. 8 and No.2 spots, respectively. Finally, freshman Brynn Danielsgave the Red the win with her victory in the No. 7spot. In the consolation finals on Sunday, the Red suf-fered a tough 3-6 loss to No. 5 Yale, earning them asixth-place finish overall.

“Overall, we were happy with how the seasonturned out. We finished where we were seeded, andthat is a positive result,” Laird said. “I personally amreally happy with this season and proud of the team.”

While the team’s season is over, the women will beback on the courts in two weeks at individual cham-pionships. In the meantime, the men’s squash teamwill play in the Potter Cup Championship this week-end at Yale. Fifth-ranked Cornell is looking to top lastyear’s record setting fourth place finish. Having endedits regular season with three impressive victories,including a 5-4 win over No. 1 Princeton, the team iscertainly entering the tournament with strong senti-ments of confidence.

“Our expectations are high as we know with have astrong team with a lot of potential,” said senior ArjunGupta. “Our fourth place finish last year is motivationto do even better this year.”

The first round of play begins Friday when the Redwill face the team seeded fourth. Gupta said the teamis excited for the matches.

“The team is feeling very confident and we’re real-ly looking forward to the coming weekend,” Guptasaid.

Wins on wins on wins | This weekend, the men’s squashteam won its fourth straight game, while the women took sixth inthe nation for the second season in a row.

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SQUASH

Women Place Sixth in Nation for Second TimeBy KATIE SCHUBAUER Sun Staff Writer

Then coming in at 165pounds, Dake pinned NickTerdick in 1:57 to make his42nd career pin.

Junior Marshall Peppelmanbeat Hofstra’s Jermain John at174 pounds in a 3-2 decisionbefore Bosak at 184 took downthe Pride wrestler and turnedhim to win by fall in 1:47.

Sophomore Jace Bennettand senior Stryker Lane alsodominated in their weightclasses. Bennett pinned in1:51 and Lane won by fall in1:11.

“I wouldn’t overlook someof our other studs, includingBricker Dixon, ChrisVillalonga and MarshallPeppleman,” Stanzione said.“These guys are among themost talented wrestlers that I

have ever seen. If they go outwith the attitude that Kyle andSteve do, they will be unbeat-able. That being said, I thinkthe entire team are standoutwrestlers.”

When the Red returned totake on the University ofNebraska, Garrett opened thesecond dual with an 11-3major decision against hisopponent at 125 pounds. At133 pounds, Dixon held on to

win in a 3-2 decision againstNebraska’s Shawn Nagel.

Nevinger wrestled for thesecond time against RidgeKiley at 141 pounds and won a6-2 decision for Cornell.

At 149 pounds, Villalongafaced No. 10 Jake Sueflohnwho defeated the Cornellwrestler for the firstRed loss of the day ina 12-3 major deci-sion.

Shanaman took onNo. 6 James Green at157 pounds, whotook Shanamandown to win a 5-2decision.

Dake wrestledTyler Koehn at 165pounds. Dake addedthree back points in the secondbefore winning by fall in 3:57.

At 174, Peppelman faced offagainst No. 4 Robert Kokeshand lost the match due to a 14-3 major decision.

Bosak took on No. 8 JoshIhnen at 184 pounds. Bosakquickly escaped to open thethird and with 2:00 in ridingtime won a 3-0 decisionagainst Nebraska.

At 197 pounds, Bennettwrestled against Caleb Kolb.Bennett held a 4-2 lead afterthe first with two takedowns.Kolb escaped 30 seconds intothe second period, and withone second left on the clocktook the lead with a takedown.

Bennett escaped to open thethird, but Kolb would take himdown once again to win a 7-5decision.

At heavyweight, Lane facedSpencer Johnson and with 1:30left in riding time, Johnsonwon a 5-2 decision.

Cornell will travel to

Minnesota next weekend forthe National Dual finals onFriday and Saturday beforeheading to the EIWAChampionships and then theNCAA Championships inmid-March.

“I think the team is lookingstrong ... Kyle Dake and SteveBosak are the obvious stand-outs, but everyone is workinghard in the room. I think MikeNevinger, Chris Villalonga andJace Bennett are just some ofthe guys ready to have a bigweekend,” said senior CodyHutcheson.

Staying on top | Freshman Nahshon Garrett takes down both of his opponents against Hofstra and theUniversity of Nebraska on Sunday.

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“I think that the team is lookingstrong. Kyle Dake and Steve

Bosak are the obvious standouts,but everyone is working

hard in the room.”Cody Hutcheson

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THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 15SPORTS

During its last weekend of competitionbefore the Heps meet, the Red was busyhosting the 13th annual Marc DeneaultMemorial Invitational on Saturday, against afield of 19 other teams.

The men’s team was very strong, produc-ing 28 IC4A qualifying performances, alongwith nine event wins on the day. Men’s headcoach Nathan Taylor said he was encouragedby what he saw out of his team.

“I’ve been talking to the kids on the teamabout really competing fearlessly,” he said.“It was great [and] we had some great per-formances. I was very encouraged, and Ithink we’re taking the right steps just beforethe most important meet of the year.”

Taylor added that the athletes who wereexpected to compete well did so, but he alsosaw strong performances by the rest of histeam.

“[Senior] JD Adarqah and [junior] StevenBell had a good meet,” he said. “[Senior]Bruno Horletano had a good meet, but theseare the guys who you expect to have a goodmeet. There were guys in their shadow whoalso had good performances.”

Bell won the long jump and the FieldMVP award with a leap of 23’10.75”, whileAdarqah ran a 6.83 to win the 60-meter dashand Track MVP honors. Hortelano won the500 in a time of 63.92. Junior Dan Scottwon the triple jump at 48’2.75”, and fresh-man Bryan Rhodes won the weight throwwith a heave of 58’5.75.”

The women’s team was also hard at work,

netting 11 ECAC qualifiers and nine eventwins.

Women’s head coach Rich Bowman saideven though he rested some of his athletesbefore the Heps, the rest of the team steppedup.

“We were very pleased with it,” he said.“We rested a number of people for the cham-pionship meet coming up next week. We hadthe MVP in the running events. We had anumber of great things happen in the fieldevents also. All in all, I thought it was thetune up that we needed.”

The Track MVP Bowman referred to wasjunior Ebolutalese Airewele, who won the300 in 39.46 — the second best time schoolhistory. According to Bowman, this kind ofmeet brings out the best in Cornell athletes.

“It’s a memorial meet, and we always tryto gear up and perform well and honor[Marc Deneault],” he said.

The team certainly performed well.Senior Mercy Gbenjo won the 60 in a timeof 7.83, while sophomore Katie Woodfordwon the 200 in a time of 24.40. The Redalso fared well in the field events. Senior co-captain Ailish Hanly won the high jumpwith a leap of 5’7”, and senior ClaireDishong cleared 12’5.5” to finish second inthe pole vault.

Next up for the Red is the Heps meet atHarvard on Friday and Saturday. The teamplaced second in the meet last year and looksto match or surpass its previous perfor-mance.

With just six secondsremaining and the women’sbasketball team down by twopoints in its game againstBrown on Saturday, senior for-ward Clare Fitzpatrick receiveda pass from junior guardAllyson Dimagno and convert-ed a three-point play — hersecond game-winning shot inthe Red’s last two contests withthe Bears.

Before hosting Brown (7-15, 1-7 Ivy) on Saturday, how-ever, the Red (11-10, 3-4) suf-fered a 58-67 defeat to Yale (9-13, 4-4) in Newman Arena on

Friday night. Both teams shotclose to forty percent overall,but the Bulldogs capitalized onshots from three-point range.

“I thought at times wemissed some defensive assign-ments, but there were sometimes that Yale was just able to

hit some tough shots,” saidhead coach Dayna Smith.

Though the Red led formost of the second half, theBulldogs capitalized in the lasteight minutes of the half witha 9-4 run to give the team alead that it would not surren-der. According to junior guardStephanie Long, the Red strug-gled with turnovers and fouls.

“We needed to take care ofthe ball better, particularly inthe first half,” she said.“Defensively, I think we need-ed to step up and stop penetra-tion and silly fouls that sentthem to the line.”

Despite the loss the Reddrew a few positives from thegame. Allyson DiMagnoscored a career-high 23 pointsand picked up nine offensiverebounds and the Red outre-bounded Yale — a statistic of

which Smith said she wasproud.

“We rebounded the ballmuch better. It was definitely afocus of ours,” she said.

After the loss on Friday, theteam regrouped to for its battleagainst Brown. In a game that

was characterized by runs, theRed gave up double-digit leadsthree times.

“[Not] giving those [leads]up — that’s something we’dlike to work on,” Smith said.

After leading by as much asthirteen, the Red found itselfdown by five points with justover two minutes to go.Layups by Dimagno andFitzpatrick cut the lead to one,Brown missed a layup on theother end and Smith called atimeout to set up a last posses-sion play.

“Our coach drew up a playthat involved a screen forSpencer to come off and me toroll to the basket and Allyson

to be a pressure release and tolook for me in the paint,”Fitzpatrick said.

When the women returnedto the court, the team execut-ed. Dimagno drove to the bas-ket, drew Fitzpatrick’s defend-er and made a crisp pass.

“Allyson delivered an amaz-ing pass and I just put the ballin the hoop,” Fitzpatrick said.

The play was reminiscent ofthe Red’s game against Brownlast February when Fitzpatrickreceived a pass and convertedan open layup with 3.3 sec-onds left in the game.

“Clare has been in that situ-ation … and she feels comfort-able getting the ball and finish-

ing under pressure, and we feelcomfortable with her in thatposition too” Long said. “Sheis a senior leader with four sea-sons of experience, so the win-ning basket on Saturday wasthe kind of play you come toexpect from players like her.”

According to Fitzpatrick,the outcome of the game is atestament to the Red’s deter-mination.

“We weren’t leaving thatgym without a win,” she said.“We knew we were going to dowhatever possible.”

Racing to the finish | The men’s and women’s teams took home nine eventwins each at the 13th annual Marc Deneault Memorial Invitational on Saturday.

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Bouncing back | After being defeated by Yale on Friday, the Red came back to beat Brown in Newman Arena onSaturday.

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By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDOSun Staff Writer

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached [email protected].

TRACK AND FIELD

C.U. Garners 18 Wins at Meet

Red Falls to Bulldogs,Defeats Brown Bears

By SKYLER DALESun Staff Writer

DiMagno scorescareer-high points

“[Clare] is a senior leader with four seasonsof experience, so the winning basket onSaturday was the kind of play you come toexpect from players like her.”Stephanie Long

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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After coming out with an Ivy Championship title and asenior day dual win against Bucknell, the Cornell wrestlingteam advanced to the National Duals’ Finals next weekendthanks to two wins in the regional section of last weekend’stournament.

The Red defeated both Hofstra and the University ofNebraska on Sunday afternoon. Cornell started the com-petition by shutting out Hofstra, 42-0, before moving pastNebraska, 19-17.

The Red wracked up five pins on the day, including twoby three-time NCAA champion senior co-captain KyleDake. In total, Dake has 16 falls this season and is just oneshort of tying the school record of 17, which is held byCam Simaz ’12 and Steve Anceravage ’09.

“Our standouts [are] in full force, including Kyle Dake,Steve Bosak, Mike Nevinger, and Nahshon Garret. Theseguys always step to the line with the “refuse to lose” atti-tude,” said senior Joe Stanzione.

Freshman No. 6 Nahshon Garrett, at 125 pounds,started off the day by taking on Hofstra’s Steve Bonannoand winning an 11-5 decision with 2:04 left in riding time.At 133 pounds, sophomore Bricker Dixon won a 4-3 deci-sion.

Junior Mike Nevinger also came up big for the Red at141 pounds and won a 3-0 decision over Luke Vaith andjunior Chris Villalonga grabbed the “W” at 149 poundswith a 6-2 decision over Hofstra.

Coming into the 157 pounds weight class, junior Jesse

Shanaman went up against Hofstra’s Tyler Banks. In thefirst period, neither athlete could score, but Banks escapedto open the second. The one-point advantage for Bankswas the only time during the entire Cornell v. Hofstra dual

that a Hofstra wrestler had the advantage over the Red.However, Shanaman grabbed the lead back and turned out

There isn’t a more enter-taining moment at abaseball game than

hearing the sharp crack of thebat and then watching as theball shoots into the stratos-phere, only to disappear sec-onds later into a sea of handsreaching out from the grand-stand. As a pitcher myself Iknow I’m not supposed to bea fan of the long ball, but Iam forced to admit there issomething majestically beau-

tiful about watching a base-ball soar above the roar of thecrowd.

It is this moment that notonly entertains the die-hard fanwho understand the intricaciesof every at bat but the casualobserver on a Friday evening inthe heat of July. And it is forthat reason that the quest to hithome runs has taken baseballon a roller coaster ride through-out the course of the last 20years, redefining the very waythe game is played.

Following the 1994 strike,baseball as a sport, was in aslump. Attendance was downand the sport frankly lacked anedge. That all changed duringthe summer of 1998 thoughwith the home run chasebetween Mark McGwire andSammy Sosa. Fans flocked toballparks around the countryto see these massive sluggerstry to launch baseballs into thenext area code. We all knewsomething might be up by the

ease with which they con-quered formerly unconquer-able records but we looked theother way because we wereamazed by it all. Baseball itselflooked the other way too andis now facing the conse-quences of its decision withthe drama surrounding theHall of Fame.

But whether or not we everforgive McGwire, Sosa, Bonds,

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Alex Smith

Guest Column

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Coffee is for closers | Senior Steve Bosak (above) along with the rest of the Cornell squad won both the dual against Hofstraand the one against the University of Nebraska to advance to the National Duals’ Finals next weekend.

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Grapplers Advance to National Duals’ Finals

This Saturday, members of the men andwomen’s swimming and diving teams headed toIthaca College to compete in their last meet ofthe 2012-2013 regular season. With The IvyLeague Championships for the women’s team onFeb. 28 and on March 7 for the men, this meetoffered the Red the opportunity to test their lateseason progress in a controlled race environment.The Red posted impressive times and looks toswim faster as it progresess in the team’s taper.

“Everyone who chose to swim at the Ithacameet was extremely happy with their results,”said sophomore swimmer Bethany Douglas. “Itwas a great confidence booster for all of thosewho swam and also for the rest of us on deck [to

watch] our teammates go so fast.” The meet helped add to the teams’ excitement

for the championship season. The Red looks toimprove upon the team’s regular season results inits most important race of the year.

“The Ithaca Meet really psyched up the team[for the] Ivy Championships,” said sophomoreswimmer Nicole Jibrine. “We went some reallyfast times and we are motivated to only get fasterat Ivies. Even members of the team who didn’tswim at Ithaca went to support the team. Thespirit and enthusiasm [were] really high — it willonly get better and more exciting at Ivies.”

The taper has helped to motivate the Red togo faster at Ivies. This resting and developmentperiod has given the team time to reflect and

By HALEY VELASCOSun Assistant Sports Editor

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Paving the path | As Cornell prepares in the upcoming weeks for its run at the Ivy Championships, theteams were able to take it easy at the meet at Ithaca College and excel in multiple events.

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By JOHN McGRORTYSun Staff Writer

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