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If Congress does notcome to an agreement onhow to cut the U.S.’ deficitby March 1, it will slash thecountry’s budget by morethan $85 billion — leadingto a six to eight percentreduction in Cornell’s fed-eral funding. Universityadministrators warned thatthe so-called “sequester”cuts may lead to a decreasein research funding, jobsand financial aid that issupported by the govern-ment.

The cuts would slash thebudgets of governmentagencies, like the NationalScience Foundation andNational Institute ofHealth, which provideresearch funding toCornell, according toRobert Buhrman Ph.D.’73, senior vice provost forresearch.

“[The reduction] is notcataclysmic, but if you arethe individual whose pro - ject is stopped, it is cata-clysmic,” Buhrman said.

In 2012, Cornell’sresearch programs received$466 million from the fed-

eral government, whichconstituted 80 percent of allUniversity research funds,according to Buhrman.

About 70 percent ofCornell’s research fundssupport graduate studentsand research staff. Theremaining funds cover thecost of equipment, electric-

By ALEXA DAVISSun Staff Writer

Two years after a string of suicidesled the University to erect fencesaround bridges on and around cam-pus, Cornell decided it would replace

the fences with nets hanging underthe bridges. Though work on the netswas scheduled to be completed by theend of 2012, the fences will remainon the bridges indefinitely untilremaining issues with their technolo-gy are resolved, according to JohnKeefe, project manager.

Each bridge is equipped with cam-eras that are designed to detect heat sothat emergency personnel can be noti-fied when someone has jumped orfallen into the nets and needs to berescued. Currently, however, the cam-eras are too sensitive, according toKeefe.

“The basic problem is we’re getting

too many false alarms, and we need tocalibrate the sensors so that theydetect a human, but don’t detect asquirrel,” he said. “We’re trying tofind the sweet spot.”

Winter Storm Nemo and otherstorms may have caused problemswith the heat-detecting cameras bycreating “optics of extreme tempera-ture variance,” or drastic shifts in tem-perature, according to Delgado.

“We had the system basically oper-ational before the recent storms, andafter the storms we had to calibrate, sothe weather may have had somethingto do with it,” Delgado said. “Theextreme weather revealed that we hadto do some additional calibrationwork [on the thermal imaging cam-eras] before we commissioned the sys-tem.”

In addition to suffering delayscaused by issues with the thermalcamera, the nets’ installation was heldup in part due to problems shippingmaterials for their construction, anissue which has since been resolved.

“The mesh system comes fromEurope. There was a minor hiccup atone point that affected the delivery ofthe mesh systems,” Delgado said.

Keefe said that changes in weathermay affect the effectiveness of thethermal imaging cameras in thefuture.

“If there’s a branch in the way andMICHELLE FRALING / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Still under construction | Due to complications in the bridges’ thermal cam-eras, fences still remain on bridges on or near campus.

Potential Sequester MayCut C.U. Federal FundsBy Six to Eight Percent

Technical Issues Delay Fence Removal

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C.U.says thermalsensors are stillundergoing tests

“If you are the indi-vidual whose projectis stopped, [the cuts

are] cataclysmic.”Robert Buhrman Ph.D.’73

Kendrick Lamar Set for Slope DayStudents express both elation and disappointment over choice

Breakout hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamarwill headline Slope Day 2013, the Slope DayProgramming Board announced Thursday.One of the two openers will be DJ 5 & aDime, while the other has yet to be announced.The Sun’s Arts and Entertainment writers andmembers of the Cornell community sound offon the decision.

After waiting for almost a year for theannouncement of this spring’s Slope Dayheadliner, the performance was unveiledtoday with a surprise: Kendrick Lamar, themuch-hyped hip-hop sensation — whosefirst major label release, Good Kid, M.A.A.D.City, garnered critical accolades and debutedat number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart —has been chosen to headline the biggestevent of the year at Cornell. Unlike mosthip-hop artists, including last year’s SlopeDay headliner Taio Cruz, Lamar will take

the stage accompanied by a live band, ratherthan a D.J.

Graham Chapman ’13, vice chair of theSDPB, said he was pleased with the choiceof headliner, calling Lamar “a very up-and-coming artist [who] we’re catching ahead ofthe curve.” He said that he hopes the con-cert will please fans of all types ofmusic, so that “people who are unhap-py with rap will have other genres theymay prefer.”

Lamar is the latest ina line of criticallyacclaimed hip-hop ar -tists chosen to head -line Slope Day beforeachieving pro longedcommercial success.

Kanye West, who headlined theconcert in 2004, released his highlyacclaimed debut, The CollegeDropout, only four months beforeperforming at Cornell, while Drakeheadlined Slope Day 2010 a monthbefore dropping his freshman release,Take Me Home.

Lamar’s rise in theworld of hip-hop beganlate last

year. His album was hailed as one of the bestalbums of 2012 — if not the decade — byRolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Guardian andThe New York Times. But Lamar still has

By ARIELLE CRUZ and SAM BROMERSun Staff Writers

“Lamar is a very up-and-coming artist[who] we are catching ahead of the curve.”Graham Chapman ’13

Don’t kill my vibe | Kendrick Lamar will performthis Slope Day.

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News, “Graduate School Prepares Students for Job Hunt,” TuesdaySpeaking about partnering with Cornell Career Services for greater graduate student advising“We are increasing the focus on advising graduate students about the range of career paths available tothem in professorial and administrative roles in academia, in industry, in government and in the non-profit sector.

Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School

Science, “Prof. Jesse Goldberg Uses Songbirds to Study Learning,” WednesdaySpeaking about understanding the nature of failure“Failures are important to go through, and are a totally normal part of any learning process. If we just goback to trial-and-error learning, the whole point of it is realizing that you did something wrong. Don’ttake it personally.”

Prof. Jesse Goldberg, neurobiology and behavior

News, “Cornell Reduces Greenhouse Emissions by 7 Percent From 2010-12,” ThursdaySpeaking about Cornell’s reduced greenhouse gas emission“We have been exceptional in the progress that we’ve made. We stopped burning coal, and we soundlybeat our Kyoto protocol goal of [reducing our] 1990 emission levels [by] seven percent by the end of2012. We are now striving beyond that for eventual carbon neutrality.”

Lanny Joyce, director of energy management in Facilities Services

Arts, “School, Scales, and Songs: An Interview with Pentatonix,” WednesdaySpeaking about Pentatonix’s first tour“It really has been surreal. Touring is something I have wanted to do since I was eight years old and it’seven better than I imagined. It’s such a relaxed, fun atmosphere! Wake up, soundcheck, hang out, meetfans, perform, sleep, repeat! It’s a dream honestly.”

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The Student Assembly passed aresolution Thursday that wouldimprove communication betweenbyline funded student organiza-tions and the appropriations com-mittee.

The resolution would create afollow-up task force within theappropriations committee that willoffer feedback and recommenda-tions to byline funded groups dur-ing non-byline funding years —years in which the appropriationscommittee does not determineallocations. The S.A. said it hopesthe resolution will ensure thatorganizations are spending their

money efficiently.“I’m 100 percent in favor of

this,” said Stephen Breedon, vicepresident of public relations for theS.A. and a member of the appro-priations committee. “It’s ourresponsibility to serve the studentbody, and if we’re allocating sixand a half million dollars, we haveto do it fairly. I think this resolu-tion gets the job done.”

Roneal Desai ’13, vice presidentof finance for the S.A., said thatthe resolution received both writ-ten and verbal support from a totalof 15 out of 31 byline funded orga-nizations on campus. None of the31 organizations opposed the reso-lution, and representatives fromorganizations including CornellMinds Matter, Haven, SlopeMedia Group and the Slope DayExecutive Board spoke at the meet-ing in support of the resolution,according to Desai.

“Communication is absolutelynecessary to make the byline fund-ing process more of a conversationbetween byline funded groups andStudent Assembly rather than theStudent Assembly making arbi-trary decisions,” said DaniGredoña ’13, former treasurer of

the byline-funded Slope MediaGroup.

“We should be given everyopportunity possible to prove our-selves worthy of funding,” she said.

Katherine Olsavsky ’14, currenttreasurer of Slope Media, was alsoin favor of the resolution.

“We do appreciate S.A. allowingus to carry out operations as we seefit but we would definitely appreci-ate more feedback as to whether weare fulfilling our mandate,” shesaid.

Emily Bick ’13, president ofHaven, Cornell’s LGBT StudentUnion, said the resolution sup-ports a “process [that] is crucial tobothsuccession and success inbyline funded organizations.”

The resolution didnot pass withoutdebate. Some mem-bers of the SAexplored the concernthat this resolutionwould give too muchpower to the appro-priations committee.

“I’m just reallyconcerned about how

much we’re expanding the authori-ty of the appropriations committeeand to what extent we’re looking tobe involved,” said Ulysses Smith’13, vice president of diversity andinclusion for the S.A.

Other S.A. members said thatthe resolution could provide infor-mation necessary to open a healthydialogue between the S.A. andbyline funded groups.

“I think offering more feedbackand information is not a badthing,” said Garrison Lovely ’16,freshman representative for theS.A. “We give them the power todetermine the fate of the organiza-tion, so I think we should givethem the information they need tochange that fate.”

The intention of the resolutionis not to micromanage groups, saidDon Muir ’15, Arts and Sciencesrepresentative for the S.A. and amember of the appropriationscommittee.

Rather, Muir said, “It is a mech-anism to determine whether therecommendation that is made canbe fulfilled.”

The City of Ithaca hasretained its credit rating ofAA, despite earlier facing a$3 million budget deficit.

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09announced the news on hisFacebook page Feb. 15, say-ing, “thanks to the hardwork of our staff and the dif-ficult decisions we made ...we’ve just learned that wewere able to maintain ourcredit rating at AA.”

The rating will allowIthaca residents to secure lowinterest rates on long-termborrowing, Myrick wrote.

Moody’s, a credit ratingagency, assigned Ithaca theAa2 credit rating — thethird higest credit rankingthat Moody’s awards.

“The city’s credit rating isa pulse of how overall cityfinances are,” said StevenThayer, city controller. “Therating covers all aspects ofcity activity ... so for thecity’s rating to stay strong atan Aa2, the community,including Cornell and IthacaCollege, have an impact onthe overall economic climatein Ithaca.”

Credit ratings are deter-mined by credit agenciesthat evaluate the likelihoodthat a borrower will be ableto repay a loan.

“Lenders rely on creditratings to determine whetherthey are comfortable withthe level of risk of the lender,and if so, at what interestrate they are willing to lend,”said Prof. Yaniv Grinstein,management, finance.

A poor credit rating indi-cates that the borrower has ahigh risk of defaulting.Several factors which influ-ence a credit rating includebudget deficits, loans that acity maintains and tax rev-enues, according toGrinstein.

“If the city has more out-standing debt, then it meansthat it needs to repay morein the future, and it there-fore means that the likeli-hood that it might not haveenough cash to repay [theloan] is larger,” he said.

Tax revenue and the sta-bility of governance in a cityalso impact its credit rating,according to Grinstein.

“Tax money is the mainsource of income to a cityand its main source to repayloans. If, for example, thecity faces high unemploy-ment, the level of anticipat-ed taxes is going to go down,and there will be less moneyin the future to repay theloan,” he said.

Stability of governanceaffects credit ratings becausethe “history of deficits inprevious years and the abilityof the mayor to pass changesin the budget or changes intaxes” are all examined upondetermining a city’s financialrating, according to Grin -stein.

The stable credit rating isespecially significant becausethis year, development inIthaca will be more activethan in previous years,according to Thayer.

“As far as projects, thecity has a large Commonsreconstruction project start-

ing in April, and also theWater Treatment PlantReconstruction projectwhich will start later thisyear,” Thayer said. “In addi-tion, there are several privatedevelopment projects occur-ring during the year. Manyhousing and apartmentbuildings will be under con-struction over the next twoyears.”

Though the city’s stablecredit rating will enable it topursue multiple economicdevelopment projects, thefuture still holds many chal-lenges, Thayer said.

“This is a difficult periodfor the city financially, somaintaining the Aa2 bondrating will continue to bechallenging for us,” Thayersaid. “Many issues face thecity including high debtload, lower fund balance andreserves, higher pensioncosts, higher labor costs,higher health insurancecosts, higher insurance lia-bility costs and level ordecreasing revenues.”

For now, the city willlikely invest in restorationprojects, according toGrinstein.

“When the city of Ithacahas a high credit rating, itmeans that it can borrow at alow interest rate,” he said.“This source of funding isuseful should the city decideto invest in new projects oreven in case it faces anunforeseen need for cash.”

The Slope Day Programming Board announced that Kendrick Lamar will be the main act forSlope Day 2013. What do you think of the announcement?

“I am going to ‘drank’ so he ‘don’t kill my vibe.’”— Lovin’ It ’15

“I was too DRANK to comprehend the news.”— Dionysian Editor ’14

“Cornellians are going to get some Poetic Justice after Taio Cruz’s dismal performance lastyear. Drank.”

— Good Kid ’16

— Compiled by Kritika OberoiWe’re all ears | The Student Assembly meets to discuss a new resolution about giv-ing feedback to byline organizations on Thursday in the Willard Straight Hall.

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All The King’s Men, an a cappella group from the United Kingdom, performs in Sage Chapel Thursdaynight alongside The Hangovers, a Cornell a cappella group.

The Queen’s a cappellaNew S.A. ResolutionWill Increase FeedbackGiven to Byline Orgs.By ELIZABETH KUSSMANSun Staff Writer

Elizabeth Kussman can be reached atekussman@cornellsun.com.

City of Ithaca Maintains Credit RatingBy REBEKAH FOSTERSun Staff Writer

Rebekah Foster can bereached atrfoster@cornellsun.com.

“I am really concerned about how muchwe are expanding the authority of theappropriations committee and to whatextent are we looking to be involved.”Ulysses Smith ’13

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ity and other facilities, according to Buhrman.If the sequester occurs, the University will

see an inevitable decrease in the number of jobsin research it can support, but the amount ofjobs it may have to cut is unknown, accordingto Buhrman. The University’s current fundingprovides a cushion so that individuals will notlose their jobs immediately. However, if pro-grams are not renewed over time, funding forthe jobs will cease, Buhrman said.

“If the sequestra-tion goes into effect,it will be implement-ed in a rolling fash-ion, so it is impossi-ble to say now howsome things aregoing to be affected,”said Simeon Moss,vice president forUniversity communi-cations.

Diane Miller, director of federal relations atCornell, said that it is unclear how budget cutswill specifically affect research at Cornellbecause federal agencies have not decided howthey will distribute cuts.

As a result, the effects of the budget cuts arenot clear — agencies may make cuts across theboard, they may renew select grants, they mayreduce one project’s budget more than another,or they may choose to direct more funding toother research universities, Miller said.

“Would you have to lay somebody off if youlost five percent of your grant? It depends howbig your grant is. If it $100,000, then probablynot. But if it is a $10 million grant, then prob-ably,” Miller said.

If the sequester occurs, federal financial aidmay also be negatively affected. Although PellGrants — a federal grant given to undergradu-ates with financial need — are protected by theact, it is not clear how other aid programs willbe affected, according to Miller.

The only effects that are known is that pro-cessing times will be slower since the office offinancial aid, which is subject to the sequestra-tion, may need to lay off workers, according toMiller. Additionally, origination fees, whichcompensate for the cost of processing and lend-ing funds, will rise by 7.5 percent, increasingthe cost of borrowing money for students.

Although Cornell could face tough budgetcuts, the University is not looking to alumni tomake up for the reduction in the research bud-get, Buhrman said.

“We have very generous alumni and otherdonors to Cornell. Those funds that they

donate support other things. We do not antici-pate and I do not think it is either reasonable orfeasible to anticipate that we will supplant areduction in federal funding with donations,”Buhrman said.

Instead of seeking donations, Cornell willstrive to expand its funding base to includeindustrial, state and foundation funding,according to Buhrman.

The budget cuts will not only affect Cornellbut may also affect the Ithaca area, according toBuhrman.

If there are fewer individuals studying atCornell, thenthere may be lessmoney flowinginto Ithaca’s econ-omy, accodrdingto Buhrman.

The sequestra-tion cuts mayhave also largerconsequences forthe nation,according to

Buhrman. The portion of the United State’sGDP that is spent on research and developmenthas been declining at a faster rate than othernations, Buhrman said. This may lead to a“brain drain”, or emigration of highly trainedand intelligent individuals to nations that canbetter sustain their interests.

According to Miller, the government hasbeen intensifying the way it is talking aboutsequestration so that the public will perceive theoutcome to be as harsh as possible.

“[The federal government] has been tryingto make [the sequester] sound as scary as possi-ble,” Miller said. “They’re saying: We’re notgoing to have meat inspectors in slaughterhous-es, we’re not going to hire TSA agents at the air-port, we’re not going to have as many air trafficcontrollers.’ They are trying to make it sound asscary as possible so that the outcome soundslike it will have an effect on everyone’s day today life.”

As it waits for Congress to act, Cornell isusing a team of administrators on Capitol Hillto communicate with senators about the poten-tial sequestration.

“Until the sequester happens and the agen-cies tell us what is going to happen we’re justwaiting. All the research universities are sug-gesting strongly to Congress and the adminis-tration that they find alternative way to dealwith fiscal challenges of country,” Buhrmansaid.

the breeze catches it the wrong way, it triggers the alarm,” he said. The University is still in the process of determining how long it will

take before the thermal cameras are fully operational and the fencescan be removed, according to Delgado. Completion of the projectwas originally scheduled for the end of 2012.

On Monday, workers adjusted the sensors on four of the bridgesfor a trial period of several weeks, according to Keefe.

“We reset four cameras to the best of our capabilities, and we’lltrack that for false alarms, and if that works we’ll do it for all thebridges and track them. If that works, we’ll link it to [the CornellUniversity Police Department].”

However, the timeline for the changes is still undecided, accord-ing to Keefe.

“The timeline is really pretty variable right now,” he said. “Ifthat works,it’s probablyanother cou-ple of weeks[from nowuntil comple-tion]. If thatdoesn’t work,I’m not reallysure whatwe’re going todo at thispoint.”

Although, Cornell’s net system is based off a similar system inuse in Switzerland, the University’s use of thermal imaging camerasin conjunction with the nets is unprecedented. As such, Cornelldoes not have a model to follow when calibrating the cameras,Delgado said.

“The Swiss system did not have a detection system,” Delgadosaid. “This is a new application of the camera. This is the firstinstallation of this type of mesh and this type of camera perhaps inthe world. We are developing and testing this system before anyoneelse is.”

Come summer, Cornell may need to readjust its thermal sensors,Keefe said.

“We’re not sure if the differences in temperature are going toaffect it. The summer and winter are a little bit different, obvious-ly, so we need to look again in the summer to see what it lookslike,” Keefe said.

Unlike the six other bridges, the Suspension Bridge will not havenets installed directly under it. Instead, a similar system — inwhich the mesh is wrapped around the bridge — will be installedat the site at the end of March.

“It is sort of [like] wrapping a sock around the entire bridge,”Keefe said.

Timing for RemovalOf Fences UndecidedDue to Camera Issues

FENCESContinued from page 1

Joseph Niczky can be reached at jniczky@cornellsun.com.

“We reset four cameras to the best ofour capabilities, and we’ll track thatfor false alarms, and if that workswe’ll do it for all the bridges andtrack them.”John Keefe

Sequester May Lead to CutsIn Federal Financial Aid, Jobs

SEQUESTERContinued from page 1

“Would you lay somebody off if you lostfive percent of your grant? It depends onhow big your grant is. If it is $10,000,then probably not. But if it is $10 million,then probably.”Diane Miller

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More of theworld's elite universities are joining the rush to offer"massive open online courses" that are broadeningaccess to higher education. But some experts ques-tion how much so-called MOOCs can help stu-dents trying to earn college degrees.

Coursera and edX, two of the leading MOOCproviders, on Thursday announced major expansionsthat will roughly double the number of universitiesoffering free online courses through their websites.

Cambridge, Mass.-based edX, which was found-ed in May by Harvard University and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology, said it willadd six new institutions, including five outside theU.S., which will offer at least 25 additional courses.

Mountain View-based Coursera said it will add29 institutions, including 16 outside the UnitedStates. Over the next several months, the schools

will offer 90 new courses, including some taught inFrench, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.

"Having courses taught in other languages willenable more students to take our classes," saidAndrew Ng, a Stanford University professor whoco-founded Coursera last April.

MOOCs have attracted millions of students andcaptured the public imagination over the past year,allowing people from all walks of life to learn fromleading scholars at top-tier universities — free ofcharge.

But the question remains: Can these large-scale,highly automated classes help increase college com-pletion rates or lower the cost of earning a degree?

So far only a small number of institutions areoffering degree credit for MOOCs, but that couldchange if more colleges determine the digital class-es meet their academic standards.

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Police: Hotel AltercationSparked Vegas Shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bullets were flying from a black RangeRover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light onthe Las Vegas Strip.

Beneath the neon lights, police say, the Maserati ran a red lightat one of the Strip’s busiest intersections and smashed into a taxithat exploded into flames early Thursday, killing the two peopleinside.

Three more cars and a utility truck also collided at the crossroadshome to Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally’s, injuring at least sixmore people as the Range Rover sped off in the pre-dawn darkness.

The Maserati driver was pronounced dead at a hospital.The dramatic scene that more than one tourist compared to

something out of a violent action movie set off a frantic search forthe occupants of the Range Rover that continued into the night, andmarked the latest violent episode on the Strip since the beginning ofthe year.

Two people were critically wounded in a shooting at a parkinggarage Feb. 6, and a tourist was stabbed Saturday in an elevator atThe Hotel at Mandalay Bay.

Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie told reporters several hoursafter Thursday’s attack that it was sparked by an argument in thevalet area of the nearby Aria hotel-casino, and that the violence atthe intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road did notreflect the values of Las Vegas residents or visitors.

“What happened will not be tolerated,” Gillespie said. Hepromised the shooters would be “found and prosecuted to the fullextent of the law.”

On the Strip, which remained closed as daylight turned to dark-ness 12 hours later, the fiery rampage shocked tourists.

“We get stabbings, and gang violence,” said Mark Thompson,who was visiting from Manchester, England, with his wife, “but thisis like something out of a movie. Like ‘Die Hard’ or something.”

Police said they were contacting authorities in three neighboringstates about the Range Rover Sport with dark tinted windows anddistinctive black custom rims and plates that fled the scene about4:20 a.m. It had a car dealer’s advertisement in place of a licenseplate.

In Southern California, the California Highway Patrol alertedofficers in at least three counties to be on the lookout for the SUV.

Las Vegas police Sgt. John Sheahan said the Range Rover was lastseen near the Venetian resort as it headed north from the shootingscene on Las Vegas Boulevard.

Witnesses also told police the SUV and Maserati had come fromthe nearby CityCenter area, the home of Aria, just south of the siteof the attack.

“We have numerous witnesses to this,” Sheahan said. “But whatis the genesis of this? We don’t know yet.”

Predawn jogger Eric Lackey was on his way back to the NewYork-New York hotel when he snapped a cellphone photo of theblazing scene moments after the crash. Black smoke billowed fromthe flaming taxi, amid popping sounds from the fire.

Lackey, of Forest Hill, Md., said a security officer in a yellow shirtperformed CPR on a person on the sidewalk while police officerscanvassed a small crowd of perhaps 15 onlookers gathering at thescene.

“Police were asking if anyone was still in the vehicles and if theyheard gunfire,” Lackey told The Associated Press. “That’s when Irealized it wasn’t just a regular accident.”

Sheahan said police have video from traffic cameras at the inter-section and were checking hotel surveillance systems. The video willnot be made public, he said.

Police did not release the names of the people who were killed,citing the ongoing investigation.

The crumpled, gray Maserati, which had no license plate, cameto rest several feet away from the incinerated taxi.

“The people I feel sorry for are the people in the taxi,” said ElvinaJoyce, a tourist from Regina, Saskatchewan. “Seconds made all thedifference in the world for them. Wrong place, wrong time.”

The area near the scene has been the site of high-profile violencein the past.

Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996about a block away under similar circumstances, as assailants openedfire on his luxury sedan from a vehicle on Flamingo Road. Thekilling has never been solved.

More Tests Needed in L.A. HotelWater Tank Death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More testing must be done to deter-mine the cause of death of a 21-year-old Canadian tourist whosebody was found wedged in a water tank atop a downtown LosAngeles hotel, authorities said Thursday.

An autopsy performed Thursday didn’t provide definitiveanswers into whether Elisa Lam was killed or if she fell victim to abizarre accident. Coroner’s officials will await toxicology testsbefore making a final determination.

Lam’s body was found Tuesday in a water cistern atop the down-town Cecil Hotel. Police have called her death suspicious.

Guest complaints about low water pressure prompted a mainte-nance worker to make the gruesome discovery.

Before she died, hotel surveillance footage showed her inside anelevator pushing buttons and sticking her head out the doors, look-ing in both directions.

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President Barack Obama’s recently appointed White House chief of staff Denis McDonough supportedObama’s push for a more comprehensive immigration plan.

Discussing immigration

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Remembering the originsof Black History MonthTo the Editor:Re: “THOMAS: February? Not My Month,” Opinion, Feb. 19

A few years ago, when I was a high school student, I was approached by a womanduring a community-wide effort to better community relations in Ithaca, N.Y. She saidto me, “I think what you’re leading is great. I personally don’t see skin color when Ilook at people.” I paused. I wasn’t sure how to respond because I understood what shemeant to say, but I wasn’t sure she realized what she actually said. This same logicapplies to an article recently written by Deon Thomas. He stated his issue and hisclaim, but his precedents and facts for it were meager and ultimately, his suggestionswere counterproductive.

First, let us remember the origins of Black History Month. In 1925, the secondweek of February was deemed Negro History Week since it contained the birthdays ofFrederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. This designated week came before Brown v.Board of Education in Kansas, before Emmit Till in Mississippi, before Bloody Sundayin Alabama and before the Civil Rights Acts in 1964. In 1976, President Gerald Fordexpanded Negro History Week to a full month and named it Black History Month. Ibring up this lineage to say Black History is not used so much to highlight the histo-ry of Black people, but to reflect on the struggle for freedom. It is a chance to reflecton a time when powerful nations and kingdoms were stripped of their pride and car-ried across the ocean on a boat to be sold for pennies. It is a chance to remember thepower of one man in Haiti to rise up and lead a revolution that would be heard andfeared around the world. It is time to think about the ways in which we are still work-ing toward the dream of being judged not by the color of our skin, but by the contentof our character.

In 2012, a film was aired on PBS called “More Than A Month.” It was directed byfilmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman, who set out on a cross-country journey to deter-mine if Black History Month was still relevant. Many people, including the afore-mentioned Morgan Freeman and rapper Talib Kweli, agreed that the idea of BlackHistory Month ultimately marginalizes Black history. I can see how one could agreewith their opinion, but the ideas they use to support their veiwpoint are questionable.In an interview, Kweli said, “I’m down for thinking of African history or black histo-ry as part of a world history, as opposed to it just being a month set aside for it. I thinkthat marginalizes it a bit.” I don't think I’m going out a limb here when I said thateveryone, those who oppose and support Black History Month, agree that Black his-tory is world history.

However, here is where the theory that Black History Month is no longer impor-tant falls apart. While Mr. Thomas’ and Kewli’s sentiment that Black History be taughtas an integral part of U.S. or world history is commendable, it’s impractical (beforeyou stop reading this letter because you think it’s radical, please at least finish this para-graph). The history of Black Americans, African-Americans and even African historyitself has become so distorted over the years that if it was grouped in with U.S or worldHistory it would be nothing more than a lie. It has been purposefully changed to coverup and justify horrific events, and these events have become so numbing to us nowthat I wonder just how many of us remember how explicitly horrific they were. Highschool teachers wouldn’t be able to teach “black history” with “American history” with-out contradicting themselves every 15 to 25 year time period, and that’s being gener-ous.

Thomas closed his article by writing: “However, if you believe in the effectivenessof these months and continue to contribute to the segregation of America, I hopeyou remember that it’s not me, it’s you.” Sir, I must congratulate you on single-hand-edly continuing to contribute to the “segregation of America.” The fact that you viewthese months (which I assume alludes to Women’s History Month, Latin-AmericanHistory Month, and Native American History Month) as a barrier to cultural growthis both sickening and saddening. These months do nothing more than to celebratecultures that are so often misjudged and glossed over. In fact, I’m sure that if youtook part in any of the events going on during the month of February you would beamazed at Black History Month is truly about. It is about education, appreciationand reflection.

I will now close by saying this, this letter to the editor was not meant to insultany individual or put anyone on the defensive. It is simply to shed light on the otherside of Thomas’ claim that black history is irrelevant. You can claim that BlackHistory Month fosters racism; I claim that it fosters pride and understanding. Youcan claim black history can be taught in conjunction with American History; Iclaim our students would receive the same thing they receive now: false advertise-ments.

Cameron F. Younger ’14

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Chants rose from thecrowd, bodiesskipped, jumped

and embraced — all in asustained calamity of bothpersonal and politicalexpression.

On Sunday, I had theprivilege of going toWashington D.C. for theForward on Climate Rally.More than 100 otherCornellians came, alongwith a number of IthacaCollege students andtownies. When wearrived, we were met byabout 35,000 otherAmericans who wantedto take a stand againstclimate change.

The commonly heldbelief about protests in ademocracy is that theyare like an eccentric peti-tion, motivating politi-cians on a specific policybased on how many “vot-ers” show up in the street.Yet I doubt that anyonewho came out on Sundaywould say that their sphereof action is limited to avote for our representativesin government. Rather, theprotesters created a joyousmicrocosm of resistance.The protesters created acarnival in which its frivo-lity was a political act.

The use of the word“carnival” to describepolitical protests wassparked by the 20th centu-ry Russian scholar MikhailBakhtin, whose descrip-tions of this animatedresistance trace back to theMedieval era. These cele-brations created a space

and network of peoplewho were not content withthe dominant lifestyle atthe time. This dual processof creating a space and anetwork is — and shouldbe — the purpose ofprotests today.

This creation of a spaceis what gives a movementits identity. Each day, theenvironmentalist move-ment makes progress in a

myriad of locales. And onSunday these local groupsconverged to create a spacethat would express theircollective identity. Manypeople, both inside andoutside the movement,scoff at this carnival. Theydismiss those who cheer,dance, play instruments ordance with puppets andcostumes in protest. Butthey are mistaken.

The style of a protestgives an identity to its larg-er movement. Take a lookat Emma Goldman, animmigrant, feminist andanarchist from the early20th century. Once a fel-low revolutionary ques-tioned her eccentricity andsuggested that her dancingwas not suitable for theircause. Goldman reflected,saying “I did not believe

that a cause which stoodfor a beautiful ideal …should demand the denialof life and joy. If it meantthat, I did not want it. ‘Iwant freedom, the right toself-expression, every-body’s right to beautiful,radiant things.’” ForGoldman, dancing was hercause. Her personal free-dom in the movement sig-nified the

political freedom that shehoped the movementwould achieve. The carni-val on Sunday affirmed theenvironmentalist move-ment as one that embracesthis identity. It proved tobe a protest in which peo-ple from all backgroundscan come and dance.

I sang with politicalclubs of grandmothers. Ireflected and strategizedwith student organizationsfrom around the countrywho are also working ondivestment campaigns. Idanced to a drum withgroups of indigenousNorth Americans who arefighting against environ-mental degradation inCanada and the U.S. Ichanted with into a bull-horn with members of ablack community organi-

zation in Mississippi andcheered with Quakersfrom North Carolina,Baltimore andConnecticut.

And yet this carnival didmore than solidify our col-lective identity. As we rev-eled together, we alsoshared the work we all weredoing in our various com-munities. While the streetsturned into a carnival, they

also turned into aconference of sorts,strengthening ourties with America’senvironmental i s tnetwork. Now I cango to Mississippi,Virginia, SaratogaSprings, or St. Louisand engage in thework of those com-

munities. Similarly, I nowhave allies who I can trustshould they come toIthaca.

While I am cynicalabout how the protest willinfluence Obama, Sundaywill always be a success inmy eyes. As we return tothe work in our local com-munities, we will beempowered by the knowl-edge that we are connectedin a deeply rooted networkfar bigger than ourselves.And we will find strengthin the memory that withinthis community, we candance.

One of the statistics we hear fairly often in veterinaryschool is that when the economy crashed in 2008,pet ownership declined with it. We talk about this

in order to understand the potential impact of a shrinkingclient base on the veterinary profession and to get a firmergrasp on what affects the economy can have on veterinarymedicine. We then understand why pet ownership hasdecreased fairly steadily; what we never talk about, however,is how this happens.

The reason that’s easiest to stomach is that when olderpets die, owners do not replace them with new additions tothe family because they can no longer afford to do so.However, there are also the people who cannot afford tohave their current pet and have to find something to do withthat young, healthy animal.

One option is to give the animal up for adoption. Thisis a feasible outcome for an owner if the pet is non-aggres-sive, because then the person can give the animal to anadoption-guarantee shelter that is obligated to keep it.However, one of the problems with this is that most sheltersare often full to capacity and an influx of pets puts a bigstrain on them. The owner must also read the fine print inthe shelter’s policy very clearly because even “no-kill” can bean ambiguous term with several exceptions.

Another option is to simply release the animal on thestreets. I heard about this when I

spent a semester studying inBuenos Aires as an under-

graduate. Veterinarians there told me that when their econ-omy crashed and people could no longer afford their pets,they often released them in local parks. That being said,abandoning an animal who is accustomed to being indoorsand cared for could be considered animal cruelty.

The last option is to ask a veterinarian to euthanize theanimal. The owner has to pay for this and has to face thehard reality that they are sentencing their pet to death(which is a likely outcome in the other two options any-way). Also, from the veterinarian’s standpoint, it raises aserious ethical dilemma. Is it acceptable to kill a healthy ani-mal when your job is to improve their lives? My gut reac-tion is to say no. I would help to try to find a new home forthe animal but I wouldn’t put it down. Practically though,that could make me, at least temporarily, the owner of sev-eral animals that I will have to support. If I just refused andsent the animal home with the owner, then it is likely thatthat animal would face one of the aforementioned fates orbe taken to another veterinarian who would agree to carryout the euthanasia.

I’ve only been referring to house pets so far; the situationgets more complicated when we start to think about horsestoo. Horses are even more expensive to keep than small ani-mals and have even longer lives. There are very few horseshelters in the country and most of them are consistentlyfull. It can be hard, practically speaking, to just abandon ahorse in a field, which leaves euthanasia or simply not pro-viding proper care (not feeding enough, skimping on rou-tine care, etc.). So if an equine veterinarian faces the samequandary as her small animal counterpart, what’s the rightdecision? Personally, provided the horse was healthy andsound, I would try my hardest to help the client find anoth-er home for their horse instead. But realistically, what I actu-ally would do is to go to my boss for advice and hope thatI’m part of a practice with ethical guidelines that I can learnfrom.

There is clearly no easy solution to the unwanted animalproblem. It has to be attacked from multiple directions,such as educating potential new pet owners about all of thecosts of keeping a pet, discouraging breeding “just for fun”when there are plenty of animals that need homes and try-ing to find a way to alleviate the financial strain of having apet — perhaps through discounted feeding programs forlow income families or by taking a closer look at pet healthinsurance. As the economy recovers hopefully this willbecome a less severe problem, but steps should be taken toensure that animal care does not have to suffer again thenext time the economy takes a nosedive.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Friday, February 22, 2013 7OPINION

If I Can’t Dance,It’s Not My Revolution!

The Economy,Ethics and

Euthanasia

There is clearlyno easy solutionto the unwantedanimal problem.

Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a second-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. Shemay be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun.com. Hoof in Mouthappears alternate Fridays this semester.

Tyler-Lurie Spicer is a sophomore in the School ofIndustrial and Labor Relations.He may be reached attil4@cornell.edu. PersonalPolitics appears alternateTuesdays this semester.

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While the streets turned into acarnival, they also turned into aconference of sorts, strengtheningour ties with America’s environmentalist network.

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On Sunday, Tim Squyres ’81 will walk down the world’shottest strip of red fabric, maybe bumping into Anne Hathawayor Bradley Cooper as he makes his way into Dolby Theatre for the85th Academy Awards. One of the five nominees for Best FilmEditing, Squyres shaped Life of Pi into the film that has capturedhearts, minds and half a billion dollars in box office worldwide,but he isn’t losing any sleep over the attention. Before Sunday’s cer-emony and his March 10 visit to present Life of Pi at CornellCinema, The Sun spoke with Squyres about the awards season, hislong-running collaboration with Ang Lee and how Cornell madehim the film editor he is today.

THE SUN: Are you enjoying the Oscar publicity?TIM SQUYREs: You know, the whole Oscar season is fun, if

you don’t get too hung up about winning and losing and allthose kinds of things. The nice thing about it is that it’s usu-ally an indication the film was successful, and that’s part ofwhat you do it for — you want as many people to see yourmovie as possible, and an awful lot of people have seen Life ofPi. So, the fact that a) a lot of people have seen it and b) a lotof people have really liked it, that’s great and really a validationof what you do. The awards, per se, are not a big deal, but theyare an indication of other things, which are really nice.

SUN: To what extent does an editor have to campaign onthe awards circuit?

T.S.: I don’t know how you would even do that. There arescreenings [for Academy members] where editors, DPs, pro-duction designers, writers will go and do Q&A’s after screen-ings. But, no, there’s not a lot of campaigning. The studioswill sometimes run “For Your Consideration” ads — some-times for the whole film, sometimes for individuals — butthat’s out of our hands. All that we do is go to screenings anddo interviews and answer questions.

SUN: Are you close with your fellow editing nominees?T.S.: … I only knew one of them before this whole thing

started, [Zero Dark Thirty co-editor] Dylan Tichenor who I’veknown for years. ... The others I’ve met this awards season.Great guys and talented editors — I don’t see them as compe-tition at all. They are other editors who I respect and it’s greatto hang out with them.

SUN: Moving to Life of Pi, what unique challenges did the3D visuals present to you, as an editor?

T.S.: Well, 3D is another whole set of variables. ... Eitheryou can shoot a movie in 2D and post-convert it to 3D, oryou can shoot it in 3D. Most films shot in 3D [are edited] in2D. … We decided, right from the beginning, that we would-n’t do that. Because neither Ang [Lee] nor I had ever workedin 3D before, we didn’t want to have to be editing in 2D andintellectualize, imagine how it would be in 3D. So we decid-ed to take that step out and work in 3D all the time. Rightfrom the first day of cutting, I was wearing 3D glasses andwore them all day, every day for a few years, practically, whilewe were finishing the movie.

There are a lot of things you have to do differently in 3D.You perceive things differently. Every dissolve, which usuallyworks fine in 2D, has to be addressed. There are things youhave to do in 3D that make it work properly, to make itsmooth to watch. … It was a little tough on the eyes — therewere a lot of headaches — but it was very interesting, andthere’s a lot to learn about 3D. It doesn’t take very long tolearn a little of it, but it takes a lot of time to learn all of it; Idon’t know if I’ve learned all of it yet. …

SUN: The visual effects are such an integral part of themovie. It was hard to tell, but apparently, the tiger wasn’t evenreal most of the time. Does it ever worry you that you are theguy responsible for bringing not only the actors’ work to lifebut also the visual effects work, which is the creation ofdozens, if not hundreds of people?

T.S.: Or thousands. [laughs] There were a lot of people.Watch the closing credits and that’s just the tip of the iceberg… An awful lot of people worked on the visual effects.

There are 23 shots in the film with the real tiger and hun-dreds with the CG tiger. ... Usually, in editing, you are con-strained by the performances that you can get on set. What’sinteresting about this film is that that was not true. For one ofthe main characters, [the tiger] Richard Parker, we could con-trol his performance in post-production. We wanted to makesure that he always behaved like a real tiger. That’s one thingwe decided very early on: We would not anthropomorphizehim at all. He would look, move, behave, do everything like areal tiger. We had a tiger consultant ... who came in andworked with us and the animators to ensure that his behaviorwas all real. There were a lot of places where they shot it withone set of blocking in mind and we changed it to somethingelse. It was really nice to have that kind of input and controlover the characters’ performance — and we really looked at itas a performance. Obviously, there are huge technical aspectsto it, but in talking with the animators, we would speak, large-ly, in terms of emotion. “He needs to look more nervous, ormore hesitant. More annoyed than straight-out angry.” We

talked in those terms,and [the animators] areso talented that theywould be able to trans-late that into pushingpixels around. … [Theexperience] was great, itwasn’t daunting at all.

Similarly, one of thechallenges of the film wasthat, for a large portion ofthe film, all we have tolook at is the ocean, theboat, the tiger, the kid,the raft and the sky. It’sthe same elements; wedon’t have the scene inthe shopping mall, or thecar chase and all thosethings. ... It was veryimportant to us to makethe ocean and the sky notcharacters, exactly, but togive them character. Givethem variety, keep it realistic but it can be stunningly beautiful,and that’s what people go to see movies for. So we put a lot ofeffort into making the ocean, the sky and the environment veryinteresting but also realistic and plausible.

SUN: About that very long stretch of the film with Pi onthe raft with the tiger: You’ve shown a talent with large ensem-ble pieces like Syriana, but here you have that “classicalunity”of place and action. For an editor, do these constraintsseparate the boys from the men — so to speak?

T.S.: Well, it’s really great to have different sorts of materi-al. One of the things I have said to people in classes is that it’sreally important not to have a personal style. Style has to beappropriate to the footage. In Life of Pi, the kind of editingyou would do in Crouching Tiger is not really relevant. It’s veryspecific material that needs to be handled in a specific way,and it’s about finding the right tone and right kind of pacing— fast when you need to be fast, but I also enjoy films thattake a bit of time, in places. … You need to be able to recog-nize what strengths of the material you have are and try toaccentuate them. Hopefully, that’s different with every film.

The great thing about working with Ang Lee [is that] we’renot making the same film over and over again; it’s a new chal-lenge every time. Life of Pi was a whole different set of chal-lenges we hadn’t done before. So I’m very glad that Ang does-n’t have a comfort zone of moviemaking that he stays in. Idon’t imagine I’d ever have the opportunity to edit a martialarts film, but you just do what is right for the film.

SUN: Another sequence I would like to point out is theship sinking, which really hit me. It was thrilling, frighteningyet had that human element, which makes it deeply sad. Fora sequence like that, are you gauging how powerfully it “hits”you as you watch it over and over again?

T.S.: Yeah. An interesting thing about the sequence is thatthere’s no music in that scene until he goes underwater to lookat the ship. That was a decision I made right from the verybeginning, not based on any theory of filmmaking, butbecause it felt right. A different approach would be that this isan action scene, and [the action] that comes before it shouldhave action music. But that, for some reason, didn’t seem likethe right way to do it, so we just relied on sound effects untilhe goes underwater to see the ship. He sees the ship sinking,and it’s not just a ship sinking, but it’s his family, it’s his wholelife. So, then, the music is not about action; it’s about loss.That brings out the emotional aspects of it, which is what wewant people to be thinking about. It’s a, technically, very com-plicated sequence ... but it’s important not to look at it as anaction scene and ignore the actors’ performances. An actionscene usually involves danger of some sort, and that meansdanger to a character who someone cares about. So it’s alwaysimportant to stay engaged emotionally [when editing] a scenelike that. Our actor, Suraj Sharma, who had never actedbefore, did a really good job of portraying the different emo-tions that you’d be going through in a scene like that.

SUN: Your long-time collaborator, Ang Lee, comes acrossas very humble and soft-spoken in the interviews I have seenof him. How does he hold up in the cutting room, or is heeven there with you most of the time?

T.S.: When he’s shooting, he never is in the cutting room;he’s busy shooting. … But once we finish shooting and screenthe assembly [cut], he sits next to me all day, every day untilwe [finish] the picture. For this film particularly, we did every-thing together, so, yeah, he’s extremely involved in editing. Fora director, when you’re on set, there is a lot to do and a lot ofpeople to wrangle and a lot of stuff that needs to happen in acertain way, and there are procedures, hierarchies and all that.In the editing room, it’s just the two of us. We can do what-ever we want. We can goof off all day, if we want to. ... We’reboth pretty disciplined and know what we want to accom-plish. Temperamentally, we are pretty similar and, in tastes, weare pretty similar, but not completely similar, because if weagreed all of the time, we wouldn’t push each other to make

the movie better. You want to right level of push, and we pusheach other a little bit. We have been working together formany years and he’s a real pleasure to work with. The inter-esting thing about him is that he motivates and inspires every-one to do his or her best. ... Everyone in the visual effectshouse always wants to work on his films, just because heinspires people.

SUN: Shifting gears a bit, what’s your stance on the “filmversus digital” debate? Well, financially, there’s not a debateany more.

T.S.: Yes, that debate is settled.

SUN: But do you have thoughts whether you’re losingsomething with digital filmmaking, or are you all for it?

T.S.: For an editor, it doesn’t particularly matter whetheryou record on film or digitally. When it gets to me, it’s digital,anyways. The first digital revolution in the film was in post-production — whether you cut on film or cut digitally ...Then acquiring digitally happened 15, 20 years later. Like thefirst change, early on, you could make a case of why youshould stick to film. But digital cameras have become so goodnow, and you’re able to shoot in such a wider range of lightthat a lot of the arguments people gave don’t really apply any-more. The cameras will be getting better. If you’re shooting3D, you have to shoot digitally; that’s not an option. Ang hadnever shot a film digitally before, so he was initially reluctant,but the cameras really won him over. The image quality youcan get now is very film-like, so I would have a very hard timetelling you why we should stay on film. Perhaps a cinematog-rapher could, but the amount of control we have in post isreally impressive. There’s a shot we shot as a night shot, andit’s in the movie as a day shot. Now, going “day for night” isfairly easy but going “night for day” is much harder, and wewere able to go into the shot and pull enough out of it to makeit look plausibly like day. If we shot it on film, there is nochance in the world that would have worked.

SUN: I’d like to bring this back to Cornell before we end.You are one of a few acclaimed film editors from this school:Michael R. Miller ’74 being one and [Martin Scorsese’s editor]Thelma Schoonmaker ‘61, of course, is the big one.

T.S.: Of course!

SUN: Is this all a coincidence or is there something orsomeone at Cornell that pushed you toward editing?

T.S.: No, I think it’s a coincidence. ... Thelma was there quitea ways before me, and I don’t think there’s anything about walk-ing through gorges that leads you to be an editor. And I certain-ly did a lot of walking through gorges. But, no, I think it’s justkind of a fluke that you have consecutive editing nominees.

SUN: Well, how has your education from Cornell translat-ed into what you do now?

T.S.: My education from Cornell was not primarily infilm. I was there as a physics major and got my degree in psy-chology. I think having a technical background is very helpfulin editing — a scientific way of thinking ... A general educa-tion is really helpful. If you’re going to be a storyteller, it’simportant to know how to use the software, but it’s alsoimportant to know some things about life and to have inter-ests outside of filmmaking. When you’re telling stories, you’retrying to communicate with people, and my Cornell educa-tion was very helpful in that it was a broad and general edu-cation. The film stuff was important, but the other stuff wasimportant, too. The math and science was important, psy-chology was important, the language was important, every-thing was important. What’s so important in learning how tobe a storyteller is having stories to tell — understandingnature, understanding culture. That’s where my Cornell edu-cation was the most valuable, I think.

Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. Hecan be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

BY ZACHARY ZAHOSArts and Entertainment Editor

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Life of anEditor:Life of Pi’s

Tim Squyres ’81

COURTESY OF TIM SQUYRES

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In the upcoming months, Cornell studentswill have the opportunity to attend threescreenings and resume one TV series that

feature four protagonists who typify theAmerican male identity. These men appear instories that either question or champion thefreedoms promised by American doctrine.While steeped in American heritage and idol-atry, these four icons are pitted against theattitudes of their times. They are four depar-tures from their era’s conventions that havesince become conventions. Each stands aseither a torchbearer of FDR’s “FourFreedoms” — speech, worship, freedom fromfear, freedom from want — or exemplars ofthe pitfalls these freedoms dig up.

ATTICUS FINCH (To Kill a Mockingbird playsMarch 1 and 3 at Cornell Cinema):

Finch, a patriot and father, represents “thefreedom of speech” and the moral triumph ofcivic virtue over mob mentality. Whiledefending Tom Robinson from a racially-charged, unfounded accusation of rape, Finchstands strong against the town’sdisapproval. Through the trialscenes, author Harper Leeproves that while provincialattitudes may be backwards,freedom of speech is there tosafeguard against immoralpositions. Finch’s brave usageof the first amendment makeshim our first hero. AmericanFilm Institute’s “Heroes andVillains” poll voted GregoryPeck’s 1962 role as Atticus Finch the “GreatestHero of All Time.”

DEAN MORIARTY (On the Road is currentlyin U.S. theaters and comes to CinemapolisApril 5):

Although Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty’s

tracking devices are unorthodox (stolen cars,hallucinogenic drugs, etc.), Jack Kerouac statedthat his most acclaimed novel “was really astory about two Catholic buddies roaming thecountry in search of God,” taking “the freedomof worship” to its peripherals. Moriarty is adevout cowboy who has seen the Americanfrontier mentality spread west, then close backin on itself, spawning a post-war era of claus-trophobia and cultural homogeneity. Moriartygoes on the road to evade this narrow culturalatmosphere. Fleeing a lifestyle of “settling” andfollowing traces of God, Kerouac’s duo takesthe ecstasies of sex, nightlife, danger and drugsas fleeting brushes with divinity. The highpriest of their new religion is undoubtedlyMoriarty, the restless prophet that begot a gen-eration of acolytes and imitators we called“hippies.” Although we now see this religion ofhedonism as growing in response to America’sJudeo-Christian ethic and the ’50s Cold Warmentality, Kerouac’s notoriously celebrated theMcCarthy trials with marijuana-infused partiesand defended himself as a normative American

Catholic. His and Moriarty’s take onCatholicism embraced a new, more liberatingmode of spiritualism, natural to those whowere “mad to live.”

DON DRAPER (Mad Men Season Six beginson AMC April 7):

Draper, nestled in his suburban cush-ion of materials, traditions and lies, hascome to represent “the freedom fromfear” of an America quickened into uni-formity under the specter of an atomicbomb. During the several days of panicover the Cuban Missile Crisis portrayedin the Season Two finale, Don negotiatesthe selling of Sterling Cooper to Putnam,Powell and Lowell to ensure his compa-ny’s financial stability. The show’s creator,Matthew Weiner, said the episode showshow “Americans in particular always respondto crises by going to work.” From the manu-facturing output surge in WWII to Cold Warmiddle-class prosperity, Americans have manydistractions to free them from fear. Arguably,Draper’s whole lifestyle is meant to secure himfrom his fear of guilt, warfare, danger and hispast. His story is ironically cast against a mapof the world where arms competition hasmade the bombs more destructive and theconsequences graver, defying the “Freedomfrom Fear” promise that “a world-wide reduc-tion of armaments” be ensured so “no nationwill be in a position to commit an act of phys-ical aggression against any neighbor ... any-where in the world.” When we catch up toSeason Five, we find a conservative SterlingCooper Draper Price fearful of a radicalizedAmerica and social change, but Draper in anUpper East Side apartment, safely distancedfrom the revolution in the streets.

JAY GATSBY (The Great Gatsby opens May 10nationwide):

Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) throwsthe best, rowdiest parties on Long Island, ownsthe biggest, gaudiest mansion in West Egg,New York and is in love with the dream girl ofthe American South, the most beautiful andsought-after belle, Daisy Buchanan (CareyMulligan). He aspires to the grandest heights of

success in quintessential American fashion, andhis will to reward is so strong that he bypasseshuman relationships (no friends greet him inthe novel’s end) and the law (his money is illic-itly obtained) to get what he wants. Since hehas everything that cornerstones American suc-cess, he should have the “Freedom fromWant,” right? Author F. Scott Fitzgeraldinstead argues that want is menacing, ruthlessand endless. Gatsby is both consumed in wantof the past (his times with Daisy) and want ofthe future and its fortunes, so consumed thathe doesn’t attend his own parties and enjoy thepresent. Surrounding him is a circus of “wan-ters,” ruthless Jazz Age socialites who attend hisparties but abandon him when he has nothingmore to give. According to Fitzgerald, the“freedom from want” is untenable and so arethe things excessive want demands. LikeGatsby, Fitzgerald argues that our rewards willinfinitely tag behind our “capacity for wonder.”

To Kill A Mockingbird and the two novels(On the Road and The Great Gatsby) have cap-tured America’s wonder; let’s hope the twofilm adaptations and Mad Men’s second to lastseason do as well.

Politicizing Art

Henry Staley

Henry Staley is a freshman in the College of Art,Architecture & Planning. He can be reached athstaley@cornellsun.com. Politicizing Art appearsalternate Fridays this semester.

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Good Kid, Mad Cornelliansnot achieved the national prominence

of Nelly or Taio Cruz, two previousheadliners of the event.

At Cornell, reactions toLamar were highly polarized.

Gizem Sakalli ’15 said thatshe was expecting “someone

more famous.”“I think we could

have done better.SDPB has a lot ofmoney andC o r n e l ldeserves betterthan this guyK e n d r i c kLamar,” she

said. “I havenever heard ofhim. Even thenormal concertsthat we have arebetter than thisguy.”

better thanthis guy.”

T h o u g hLamar is notwell known bysome Cornellstudents, hismix of main-stream hitsand under-

ground success makes him “a good choice for a collegeaudience,” according to Drew Adler ’16.

“Unlike Taio Cruz, Kendrick Lamar is a legitimatelygood artist. He offers a good blend of music you can enjoyand real artistic talent,” Adler said.

In response to concerns about the performer’s relativeobscurity to a portion of the Cornell population,Chapman said he was “really okay with that. Maybe theydon’t know of him now, but they have a few months tolook into his music and get to know the songs.”

5 & a Dime, a Philadelphia-based D.J., mash-up artistand producer, will open along with another performer thathas yet to be announced. Chapman said that in theirsearch for a second opener, SDPB is “specifically debatingbetween alt-rock and pop-rock bands like Neon Trees lastyear” in an attempt to diversify music genres represented atSlope Day. He expressed hope that the concert will pleasefans of all types of music, so that “people who are unhap-py with rap will have other genres they may prefer.”

Other artists considered as headliners for Slope Dayincluded Vampire Weekend and Weezer, but each waseither unavailable or out of the club’s price range.

Although either of these choices had considerablepotential, Lamar is, without a doubt, a highly covetedartist. It was recently announced that Lamar was alsoselected to play a number of major festivals this summer,including Governor’s Ball, Bonnaroo and Firefly. Amongmusic critics at least, Lamar is the act to book.

Lamar gained more attention in the public eye lastmonth with his debut performance on Saturday Night Live,which included a collaboration with Lonely Island on theirlatest single, “YOLO (You Better Watch Out).” Thoughsome Lamar fans have expressed reservations about the rap-per’s ability to perform live, his recent appearance on SNLrevealed, at the very least, that he has the potential to give ancommanding, energetic performance outside of the studio.

Whether or not the quality of performance will be as

good in the open air, or if attendees will be sober enoughto know the difference, the set list he will enter the daywith is far superior to that of Taio Cruz. Lamar’s Good Kid,M.A.A.D. City contains both crowd-pleasing radio hitsand deeper cuts. Often, the album blurs the line betweenmainstream and underground. “Swimming Pools(Drank),” the album’s most successful single, has foundconsiderable mainstream popularity through its catchyhook, which will have students answering its call to “Passout, drank. Wake up, drank.”

Yet the song also paints a harrowing portrait of theartist’s struggle with alcoholism: Lamar reflects on hisgrandfather’s death from the disease, laments the socialpressure he feels to fill “a swimming pool fool of liquor …and dive in it,” and after a drunken bout with his subcon-scious — presented with masterfully syncopated lyricalprowess — comes to the conclusion that he will die fromhis addiction.

This track is just one example of many Lamar tracksthat can entertain as they inform. Though some, like the12-minute “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst,” lie onthe more introspective side, the artist has more thanenough exhilarating club-hits to avoid becoming a buzz-kill on the Slope, such as “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe,” anode to the good times that takes a moment away from theworries that plague him throughout the album, and“Backseat Freestyle,” a freewheeling flashback to Lamar’sformative years that unleashes the bravado of a naïve —but insanely talented — young artist.

SDPB may be taking a risk bringing a “real” rapperwho talks about real issues, but it is a decision that willlikely pay off.

As SDPB chair Yang Zhou remarked, “I think peopleare going to be happy.”

SLOPE DAYContinued from page 1

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junior goaltender Andy Iles. “Unfortunately, wehave not had the success at home, because it issuch a special place to play and it’s so much fun toplay in front of these fans. It’s a big weekend forus. We have some of our confidence back.”

Saturday will also serve as Senior Day and maybe the last time that the eight seniors — ErikAxell, Braden Birch, Nick D’Agostino, JohnEsposito, Chris Hogan, Omar Kanji, VinceMihalek and Greg Miller — will play in competi-tion at Lynah Rink.

“Being Senior Weekend, there is going to be alittle extra energy in the building,” Iles said. “[Theseniors} might never get another opportunity tostep on this ice. We are going to cherish it, use ourfans and it’s going to be a fun weekend.”

The seniors will be honored in a post-game cer-emony to commend them on their achievementsin their four years on the Hill.

“Those guys have been a great part of the pro-gram for four years. You tell them all the time totake every day like it’s your last,” Schafer said. “Asa freshman, you kind of shrug it off. As a sopho-more, you don’t think about it much. As a junior,you are like, ‘Oh, it’s next year.’ But then all of asudden you wake up and here you are. I think thattime flies by so fast. It is hard to believe that theseguys are seniors.”

Schafer also said he especially hopes his teamcan pull off two wins this weekend so the seniorscan finish their four years on a high note.

“It’s unfortunate because it is not the way thatthe senior class should go out … I think that theywant to play their best hockey and really get to theleague championship,” Schafer said. “They aregreat and have committed themselves. And nowthey find themselves in this unique position.”

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Though Lucas-Perry is averaging onlyfive points in 13.8 minutes per game,he has been Penn’s most effectiveshooter at 47 percent from 3-pointrange. Now that the Red is familiarwith Penn’s offensive weapons, it willhave a morec o n c r e t ed e f e n s i v eplan.

“We needto talk andc o m m u n i -cate onshooters, wegot caughtup on watch-ing the ball in transition [last time]and lost track of some shooters,” Graysaid. “We have to sprint back ondefense and locate who is a shooterand where they are on the court.”

The Red’s biggest test of the week-end will come against Princeton (12-9, 5-2). The Tigers come to Newmanhaving lost two of their last three con-

ference wins and now find themselvesin a neck-and-neck fight to maintainpace with Harvard and fend off thesurging Red.

Princeton took care of the Red onits own home court on Feb. 1, defeat-ing Cornell 76-59. The length of theTigers’ frontcourt in forwards IanHummer and Denton Koon was a

c o n s t a n tissue for theRed as theteam strug-gled to score.Only twoplayers —s o p h o m o r ef o r w a r dShonn Millerand senior

forward Josh Figini — were in doublefigures and Princeton all but shut thedoor in the second half, holding theRed to just 29 points.

Hummer and Koon combined for44 points on the day, and Princeton’sefficiently run offense helped themshoot over 50 percent from the field.

“Koon played extremely well, he’s

going to be a concern and a focus forus defensively,” Gray said. “We’regoing to have to pressure the basket-ball. Their offense is so unique, ifthey look where they want to go,they can hit cutters [in the paint].We need to make every pass difficultfor them and speed up the tempo sothey’re not able to take their time onthe offensive end and do what theywant.”

According to Chemerinski, it willbe especially important for the Red’sforwards to deny passes into Hummerand Koon on the low block — wherethey are most lethal.

“If we make it difficult to lookinside and pass it in, that will disruptwhat they try to do on offense,”Chemerinski said.

Though the Red has perenniallybeen a strong team on its home court,the squad is only 1-2 at NewmanArena this season. Improved play inconference games on the road —where the team is 4-1 — has keptCornell nipping at the heels ofHarvard and Princeton.

“For some reason we haven’t beenparticularly good at home. [Maybeit’s] a lack of aggression coming out

and then we have to kind of pickthings up,” Gray said. “We need tohave the same mentality that we doon the road where we’re playing des-perate. We have to take that aggres-siveness [back home] because nothingis given to us and other teams will tryto come in and beat us.”

Two wins this weekend would putthe Red in a tie with Princeton forsecond place and — depending onwhat Harvard does in its conferencegames — right behind the top-rankedCrimson.

However, according to Gray, theRed hopes that his team will not puttoo much weight on the matchupwith the Tigers.

“We’re anxious, we know where weare,” Gray said. “In terms of where wewant to get we have to understand it’sonly one game. If we take things onepractice at a time, one quarter at atime, everything will take care ofitself.”

The women’s hockey team closes out the regular sea-son on the road this weekend at RPI and Union. The No.3 Red (21-5-1, 16-3-1 ECAC) will face RPI (10-18-4, 8-10-2) on Friday night and Union (7-21-4, 0-16-4) onSaturday afternoon. The Red is tied atop the ECACstandings with Harvard at 33 points. The Crimson hasthree remaining games against St. Lawrence, Clarksonand Yale.

“Last weekend was huge for us,” said senior captainand defenseman Laura Fortino. “But right now, we arejust looking forward to keeping the momentum. Weknow that anything can happen on any given night.”

Despite the tie at the top of the ECAC standings, theRed’s 0-0 tie against Dartmouth last Saturday clinchedthe squad at least a share of the Ivy LeagueChampionship. It is Cornell’s fourth championship in arow. The Red is the only Ivy League school to accomplishthis feat, also doing so from 1976-1980. This weekend,Cornell will play for seeding in the ECAC tournament.

“It is natural to [want to] know how [Harvard] does,”Fortino said. “But right now we are just focused on howwe do. We really just want to get the two wins and thensee how we match up against the other teams.”

Historically, Cornell owns RPI and Union with a

combined 30-5-0 record against the two teams. At LynahRink on Feb. 1, Cornell routed Union, 8-1, with four ofthe goals coming off the stick of junior forward BrianneJenner. On Feb. 2, the Red beat RPI, 3-1, after gettingoff to a quick start with two scores in the first period.Cornell has also won its last four regular season finales bya combined score of 21-6.

The Red has been on a hot streak this month, as wellas last month. The Red was 7-1 in January and is 4-1-1in February. Jenner won ECAC Hockey Player of theMonth for January as she recorded a team-high 23

points. Junior goaltender Lauren Slebodnick was theleague’s Goaltender of the Month, as she had seven vic-tories while giving up just three goals in four conferencegames.

After facing off against Union and RPI, the Red willhave to wait for the results of Harvard’s games this week-end to see how it will be seeded in the ECAC tourna-ment.

Lying in wait | After taking care of business this weekend against RPI and Union, senior Lauren Fortino said her teammateswill have to wait and see how Harvard fared in order to find out where the Red will be seeded in the ECAC tournament.

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In denial | Sophomore forward Shonn Miller will be one of the Red’s big men who will havethe difficult task of keeping the ball out of the hands of Princeton’s leading scorer Ian Hummer.

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Senior Nick Sachvie and the men’s squash team will compete for its first National title atthe Potter Cup this weekend. The Red is seeded fifth and will open up against Yale onFriday.

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“Their offense is so unique, if theylook where they want to go, they

can hit cutters [in the paint].”Johnathan Gray

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Shut down defense | Coming off a career-high 23 points last weekend againstYale, junior guard Allyson DiMagno said the Red needs to play team defense.

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Climbing out of a rut | After snapping a seven game losing streak last weekend, seniordefenseman Nick D’Agostino said the Red is more confident in its ability to put pucks in the net.

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Red Visits Top-Ranked Penn, PrincetonThe Red looks to bring home two wins when the

women’s basketball team faces off against Penn andPrinceton this weekend.

Coming off of a loss to Yale and a win againstBrown, the Red takes on the top two seeded teams inthe Ivy League Conference.

Cornell (11-10, 3-4 Ivy League) will travel toPhiladelphia, Pa. to take on No. 2 Penn (12-9, 5-2)on Friday at 7 p.m and then face off against No. 1Princeton (16-5, 7-0) on Saturday at 6 p.m.

“We are hungry for wins,” said senior captain andforward Clare Fitzpatrick. “We are looking to comeout here and prove that we’re experienced and winclose games. We have confidence going in, so I thinkthat is something that will influence the games thisweekend.”

The Red experienced a tough loss to Yale lastweekend with a final score of 67-58, but thenbounced back with a nail-biting victory over Brownon Saturday, 60-58. The squad will have anotheropportunity to battle both these teams again in thesecond half of conference play.

According to Fitzpatrick, the team has been work-ing hard individually and collectively to prepare forthese two tough games.

“We definitely need a win against Penn, we letthem take one away from us here at home,”Fitzpatrick said. “And Princeton is just a hard team,very talented, but we know that we can play withthem and we just need to go out there and prove it toourselves.”

Penn and Princeton both defeated the Red earlierin the season, which enabled them to clinch the topspots in the Ivy League. The Red was neck-and-neck

with Penn in the first half, but lost its momentum inthe second and fell to the Quakers, 65-56. The teamthen faced Princeton and was unable to stifle theTigers’ strong offense, losing by a final score of 77-46.

“Just playing together as a unit and believing ineach other will definitely help get us through thoseadverse moments,” said junior guard AllysonDiMagno. “If we can effectively execute in transitionon offense, that will be a huge boost to helping us winthe games this weekend.”

According to DiMagno, the Red will continue tostrengthen its team defensive and offensive strategygoing into the games this weekend. The squad willhave to place a large part of its focus on the defensiveend on Princeton’s leading scorer Niveen Rasheed.Rasheed is averaging 17.3 points and 9.4 reboundsper game, and she scored a game-high 21 pointsagainst the Red in their last meeting. The rest of theTigers’ starting lineup is balanced and DiMagno saidit will be important to limit all of their scoring oppor-tunities.

“You can’t just shut down one girl, you have toshut down everyone, so it is definitely going to be ateam defensive effort and it is going to be a lot ofpushing up the defense to keep them off-guard,”DiMagno said.

The Red sits in sixth place in the conference rightnow, but is only one win behind Harvard, Dartmouthand Yale.

“Two wins this weekend will be huge for us. Itwould definitely be a confidence booster,” Fitzpatricksaid. “We want to finish strong and we have a lot toprove still.”

Marissa Velasquez can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

By MARISSA VELASQUEZSun Contributor

Last weekend, theCornell men’s ice hockeyteam grabbed a 2-2 tieagainst Harvard and a 4-2win over Dartmouth, end-ing a frustrating seven gamelosing streak. The Red headsinto its home games againstRPI Friday and UnionSaturday on the prowl fortwo more victories to add tothis season’s count.

“We were coming off of aseven game losing streak … Ihonestly think that [last]weekend was about puttingsome goals in the back of thenet and getting some confi-dence as a team,” said seniordefenseman NickD’Agostino. “We had a bigsecond period against

Dartmouth where we wereable to score a couple goals.Against Dartmouth, we real-ly put the puck in the netand had a great third periodand got a win. We were ableto carry that over toSaturday.”

The Red hopes to contin-ue to reverse its luck thisweekend. Two more winswould increase its chances ofearning home ice going intothe championship tourna-ment. Head coach MikeSchafer ’86 said a lack ofoffense was part of the rea-son the Red could not capi-talize on other opportunitiesand pull out more wins thisseason so far.

“The bottom line is that Idon’t think we have beendoing anything differentlyover the past six to eight

games. We have been fault-ing the same recipe. It’s justthe fact that we were able tocapitalize on some scoringchances at Dartmouth. Ithink that at Harvard, it wasa very similar game that wehave faced,” he said. “Wegot down and then we madeit 2-2. These guys kept com-ing along. I think that wehave been playing more con-sistently for longer periodsof [time] and that has helpedus out.”

The two home gamesagainst ECAC foes will closeout the Red’s regular seasonschedule.

“Lynah is something spe-cial and we look forward toevery time that we get toplay on the ice here,” said

pick in the draft, Chicago won thatlittle ping-pong ball lottery stylething (that seems outdated, if you askme) to earn the chance at the undis-puted first overall pick. Enter again:Derrick Rose.

Immediately, Chicago explodedwith joy. Rose is a Chicago native,and after one year with the MemphisTigers — which is a situation I criti-cized because of former Memphishead coach John Calipari’s affinity forthis kind of collegiate attendance —Rose was going to be coming home.His time at Memphis became a quickvacation away from his hometown,and it truly was viewed as such uponhis return to play for the Bulls.

After this return, Rose became asymbolic Chicago athlete. At homegames, he is always the last player tobe announced, and where each Bullsplayer is announced with their num-ber and college, Rose’s introduction isalways, “From Chicago, #1, DerrickRose.”

So it came as no surprise to mewhen Bill Simmons — the editor-in-chief of Grantland — said the follow-ing with respect to Rose: “This is aweird comment that can’t be backedup, but I’m making it anyway: I don’tthink any NBA fan base loves a play-er more than Bulls fans love DerrickRose. If you went into a Chicagosports bar and started trashing Roseduring a Bulls game, you’d get beatenup and left for dead in an alley.”

Despite this strange sentiment, Ithink every Bulls fan would echo thatloyalty. Rose is becoming more andmore unique in a league that is seem-ingly being overrun by divas and the

unending quest for a better contract.In a press conference when asked

about his drive and determination,Rose responded, “There’s no point inplaying this game if you aren’t tryingto be the best, and if I’m not trying tobe the best, then I might as wellretire.” No other commentary need-ed.

So, despite Michael Jordan’s 50thbirthday last week, the focus remainson Rose. It was still a front-page storythis past week that Rose started par-ticipating in 5-on-5 practices, andtoday even just an update on his sta-tus continued to make front pagenews. Yes, we are talking about prac-tice, and we are talking about it as ifit were the be-all, end-all of practices.

Rose was the youngest player toever win the MVP award at the age of22 in 2011 and you can only imaginehow badly he’ll repeat this feat afterthe past nine months of hard recov-ery. Here’s to hoping he makes his2013 return tomorrow, and if nottomorrow, the next day.

My point is that if you’re stuckarguing about the power players onthe East Coast or if you think LobCity is unbeatable on the West Coast,I recommend you meet in the middlein Chicago. Take a hard look at howincredible Derrick Rose is, and willbe for years to come.

Finally, a quick shout-out toStacey King, the lead color commen-tator for the Bulls, who is responsiblefor the title of this article. For thoseof you unfamiliar with his work,YouTube search “Stacey King Bulls”as soon as you possibly can. You willnot be disappointed.

Rose’s Comeback ContinuesTo Excite Devoted Bulls Fans

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Sports 16FRIDAYFEBRUARY 22, 2013The Corne¬ Daily Sun

As a departure from mynormal commentaryrelating to college foot-

ball, football in general, or myfamily’s insanity as it relates tofootball, I’m moved this weekto talk about a person who —as a Chicagoan — is near anddear to my heart: DerrickRose.

I grew up during the Bullschampionship years, and I canremember watching the Bullsbeat seemingly whoever theyplayed at will throughout mychildhood. One of my earliestmemories is asking my dadwho had won the Bulls gamethe previous night. His

response of, “Who did youwant to win?” undoubtedlymeant that the Bulls had beenvictorious (since my wishfulthinking as a three-year-oldwas extremely powerful).

So in a city that honors,worships and otherwise glori-fies Michael Jordan in everyway possible, it would haveseemed unlikely that withinmy short adult life, anotherbasketball star would capturethe attention of Chicago andthe nation at large. EnterDerrick Rose.

There is a lot of coastal biaswhen it comes to nationalsports coverage. If you are an

East Coast basketball fan, youare holding your breath untilthe Knicks start floundering,or otherwise Lebron James’MVP season is blowing yourmind.

If you are from the WestCoast, you cannot stop talkingabout how high on a scale ofone to 10 the panic metershould be for the Lakers (butactually, this is a segment onSportsCenter almost everyday) and whether or not Kobeis too old or too selfish or toowhatever.

In the beginning of lastyear’s playoffs, Rose tore hisACL and has been rehabbingfor the past nine months.Adidas has even documented

his road to recovery in shortvideo segments called “TheReturn” on their website.

So in between the coasts,Derrick Rose’s injury has beendominating the Chicago bas-ketball scene, and it’s not justbecause of his playing ability;it is about the love and respectthat Rose’s reckless and selflessplay has earned him.

Rose came to the Bulls inthe 2008 NBA Draft due towhat can only be called theultimate miracle of miracles.With only a 1.7 percentchance of winning the first

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Do You Know Who This Kid Is?

Keep up communication | Senior guard Johnathan Gray said a key point for theRed this weekend will be talking on defense and getting out to the shooters.

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Surging Red Battles Ivy Foes Coming off a sweep of its conference road

games last weekend, the Red (13-12, 5-3 IvyLeague) finds itself at a cru-cial crossroads with twohome games against Pennand Princeton on Fridayand Saturday. With theTigers losing their secondIvy game on Saturday, theRed has a chance to pullcloser to the top of theAncient Eight if it can comeaway with another sweep.

The Red squeaked bywith a two-point win overPenn (6-18, 3-4) earlier inthe month after getting offto a slow offensive start inthe first half. Sophomoreguard Galal Cancer’s lastsecond bank shot in thepaint eventually allowed Cornell to escape thePalestra with a 71-69 victory.

“Any time you get a win on the road you’lltake it, but we realize that we could have playeda lot better,” said senior guard Johnathan Gray.

The Red allowed the Quakers to shoot 50percent from beyond the arc, with guard

Patrick Lucas-Perry leading the way with 14points and four triples. Though the Reddefense held Penn’s top scorer Miles Cartwrightto just eight points, Gray acknowledged that histeam will need to pay more attention to the

Quakers’ role players thistime around.

“We understand we haveto improve on getting out totheir shooters,” he said.“Some people hurt us whowe weren’t thinking weregoing to score, so we have topay more attention tothem.”

Coming out of the lockerroom down by three in thatgame, the Red was able toturn up the pressure on thedefensive end, forcing 10turnovers in the second half.

“If we come out with theintensity we played towardsthe end of that game, we’ll

be in good shape,” said senior forward EitanChemerinski. “I think what we did best waspick up the tempo defensively and frustrate thepassers and that helped to jump-start ouroffense.”

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After defeating Hofstra andNebraska this past weekend, No.9 Cornell will take on No. 2 Iowaon Friday in the National Dualsquarterfinals in what will be anopportunity to advance to thesemifinals and pick up the pro-gram’s 750th all-time win.

According to senior JoeStanzione, Iowa is a formidableopponent, but the Red is capableof performing well against theHawkeyes.

“[Iowa] has a traditionallytough line up — but not impen-etrable,” he said.

At 125 pounds, No. 5Nahshon Garrett will take onNo. 1 Matt McDonough.Though McDonough has theadvantage in the match, Garretthas won 33 matches this season— the most of any other wrestleron the Red.

Bricker Dixon will take onNo. 2 Tony Ramos, who is 4-0against ranked opponents this

season. Dixon and Ramos wrestleat the 133-pound weight class.

Though Cornell’s No. 10Mike Nevinger is ranked twospots below No. 8 Mark Ballwegin the 141-pound class, Nevingeris no underdog. He is 30-9 dur-ing the 2013 campaign.

At the 149-pound class, ChrisVillalonga will take on BrodyGrothus. Villalonga is favored towin in this match-up; Grothus isjust 1-7 against ranked oppo-nents this season.

At 157 pounds, JesseShanaman will take on No. 1Derek St. John. Shanaman is stilllooking to prove that he is wor-thy of an NCAA spot and a winagainst St. John would improvehis resume.

At 165 pounds, No. 1 KyleDake will wrestle No. 3 MikeEvans. Winner of an NCAAchampionship at three differentweight classes since his freshmanyear, Dake is highly favored todefeat Evans. Dake also recordedhis 16th fall of the season lastweekend and is one fall shy of the

school record, which he will nowhave the opportunity to break.

“He trains harder than anyoneand with great training comesgreat confidence,” said assistantcoach Mike Grey.

According to Stanzione, Dakewill need to pick up bonus pointsif the Red is to win against Iowa.

The Red rounds off its lineupwith Duke Pickett taking onGrant Gambrall or No.14 EthenLofthouse at 184 pounds, No. 4Steve Bosak taking on No. 19Nathan Burak, and Jacob Aiken-Phillips taking on No. 6 BobbyTelford.

Despite a challenge ahead, theRed remains confident going intothe weekend as the underdog.

“I think Iowa will also be a bitoff guard with what we bring tothe table,” Stanzione said. “Theyare going to be expecting to ham-mer us, but I think they are soongoing to find out that we are fair-ly capable of beating them.”

Skyler Dale can be reached atsdale@cornellsun.com.

By SKYLER DALESun Staff Writer

WRESTLING

Free falling |Senior captainKyle Dake recorded his 16thfall of the seasonlast weekend andnow has theopportunity tobreak theschool’s recordof 17.

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