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Ben Kessler ’15 (left) attaches an appendage to the frame of the dragon built by first-year students in the College ofArt, Architecture and Planning in preparation for today’s Dragon Day celebrations.

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Old Goat Gear Exchange, a store that sells outdoor clothingand gear, had its grand opening on E. Green Street Thursday.

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Drive My CarNick Kaasik grad stressesthe need for laws forautonomous cars.

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SportsFinal Four The third-ranked women’shockey team heads to theFrozen Four.

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WeatherThunderstormsHIGH: 72 LOW: 48

ArtsPuppet MasterThe Sun reviews anIndonesian puppet showin Bailey Hall.

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Stepping DownThe president and CEO ofCayuga Medical Center willresign at the end of the year,the hospital announced.

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In an effort to addresshigh-risk drinking on cam-pus, on Feb. 6 GannettHealth Services implement-ed a policy of screeningevery student patient forsigns of alcohol dependencyor abuse –– a decision that

some students say they con-sider an invasion of privacy.

According to DeborahLewis, Gannett’s alcoholprojects coordinator, boththe World HealthOrganization and the U.S.Department of Health andHuman Services recom-mend screening for high-risk drinking and alcoholproblems as a routine partof health care.

“When students come infor their appointment theyare asked — if they arefemale — have they had

four or more drinks in a sit-ting in the past two weeksand — if they’re male — ifthey’ve had five or more,”Lewis said.

According to Lewis, nostudent, no matter his or herreason for scheduling anappointment at Gannett, isexempt from being askedthis preliminary question

about alcohol be -havior.

“I think that inso many cases,alcohol use can beconnected to issuesthat bring studentsto the health cen-ter,” she said.

If a studentanswers yes to the first ques-tion, he or she is then askedto fill out a 10-part ques-tionnaire called the AlcoholUse Disorders IdentificationTest, according to Lewis.

The AUDIT containsquestions such as “Howoften during the last yearhave you failed to do whatwas normally expectedfrom you because of drink-ing?” and “Has a relativeor friend or doctor oranother health worker been

U.S. News and WorldReport released its 2013rankings for graduateschools on Tuesday.Cornell was ranked 10thoverall in engineering,14th in law and 16th inboth the business andmedical fields.

Although the majorityof Cornell’s rankings didnot change since U.S.News’ report last year, theUniversity’s fine arts fieldjumped from 50th placeto 36th. Unlike most offields included in theassessment, the Univer -sity’s arts program hadnot been evaluated since2008.

“We are very pleasedthat our visual arts pro-gram has been recognizedfor excellence by its

peers,” said BarbaraKnuth, vice provost anddean of the Graduateschool. “Peer institutionsmay have become moreaware of the strength andquality of our programand the accomplishmentsof the faculty, includingsome relatively new facul-ty.”

In the field of engi-neering, Cornell rankedthird among biologicaland agricultural engineer-ing programs andjumped five spots to 15thin biomedical engineer-ing. Additionally, theUniversity’s mechanical,industrial, civil and com-puter engineering pro-grams were each rankedamong the top 10 in theirrespective categories.

Outlining theirmethodology for assess-ing rankings, U.S. News

lists factors includingadmissions selectivity,research activity, facultyresources and evaluationsfrom corporate recruiters.

Cornell currentlyholds the 15th spot in theoverall nationalUniversity category,according to U.S. NewsReport’s 2012 rankings.However, Knuth said thatsince U.S. News does notassign the University anoverall score at the gradu-ate level, methods ofassessment may differfrom year to year withineach field.

“Generalizing aboutwhy an individual fieldmay have gone up ordown is challenging,”Knuth said.

Gannett Screens forHigh Risk Drinking,Drawing Student Ire

Electronic music phenom Avicii isone of three musicians who has reject-ed an offer to perform at Slope Day,according to a member of the SlopeDay Programming Board who spokeon the condition of anonymity.

Despite percolating rumors oncampus, Slope Day had not secureda headliner as of Thursday night, thesource said. A fourth invitation toplay is pending, according to thesource.

This is the first year since 2009 inwhich Cornellians will go home forSpring Break without knowing theartist slated for Slope Day, the annu-al celebration fueled by drunken rev-elry, a sudden liberation from classesand a big name musical performer.

Confirming that an artist had notyet been found, Sam Breslin ’12,selections director of the SDPB, saidthat many colleges, includingCornell, have struggled to securepopular performers this semester.

“A bunch of other schools areannouncing but, on average, schools

are announcing late,” Breslin said.“A lot of people aren’t touring … it’sa tough semester.”

Slope Day will be held on May 4.Recent headliners have includedNelly in 2011 and Drake in 2010.

“We are working very, very hardto get the best artist we [can] have inthe current situation,” Breslin said.“As soon as we know for sure, we’llannounce it. Right now, we’re justwaiting.”

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Jeff Stein can be reached at jstein@cornellsun.com.

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As Search Proceeds, Avicii Rejects Slope Day Gig

U.S. News Releases Grad RankingsAssessment of majority of C.U. programs unchanged

“I think that in so many cases,alcohol use can be connectedto issues that bring studentsto the health center.”Debra Lewis

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Elizabeth Kussman can bereached at ekussman@cornellsun.com.

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Science, “Prof. Ling Qi Examines Fat Cell Responses to Obesity and Diabetes,” WednesdaySpeaking about his research on the relationship between obesity and diabetes“I get up every morning, and I get so excited about what we do. And sometimes I can’t sleep becausereally what we’re doing is actually opening up a new area that may have significant implications for ourunderstanding of the development of obesity associated with type II diabetes.”

Prof. Ling Qi, nutritional sciences

News, “IPD Officer: 1994 Charges Taken Out of Context,” ThursdaySpeaking about the accusations that he aided drug dealers leveled against him“I regret not contesting the language of ‘incompetency’ because my actions at the time had nothing todo with competency.”

IPD Lieutenant Marlon Byrd

Opinion, “What Else Can We Do?”, ThursdaySpeaking about the Kony 2012 campaignIt would be easy to ask in response, are the supporters of the Kony 2012 program doing anything morethan sitting in comfy little chairs and typing away on laptops?

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News, “C.U. Cites Outreach as Cause of Surge in Sexual Assault Cases,” SundaySpeaking about the record-high number of sexual assault cases reported on campus this year“I don’t think that there are necessarily more sexual assaults, but victims are reporting them more often.Education leads to more referrals.”

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On March 9, CayugaMedical Center announcedthat its CEO and president,Dr. Rob Mackenzie, willretire at the end of 2012.CMC’s Board of Directorsvoted unanimously toreplace Mackenzie with JohnRudd, CMC’s current seniorvice president and chieffinancial officer.

Mackenzie — who cameto Ithaca in 1984 to accept ajob as a general and vascularsurgeon at Surgical Associatesof Ithaca — was hired asCMC’s medical director in1994. In 2003, he was pro-moted to CEO and president.

Mackenzie said that dur-ing his tenure he focused on“improving clinical quality,improving our customer ser-vice, expanding the servicesprovided and building astronger partnership withour medical staff.”

He said he is pleased withhow the hospital has pro-gressed during his tenure andthat he “thought it was timeto turn the reins over to Mr.John Rudd.”

Rudd, who will assumethe position on Jan. 1, 2013,said that he will continue tofocus on improving thepatient experience at CMC,as well as strengthening rela-tionships between physiciansand medical administrators.

Mackenzie said thatRudd has been his “righthand person” since he cameto CMC from Sisters ofCharity Hospital in Buffalo,N.Y.

“Rudd has overseen andsupervised virtually everypart of our hospital over thelast 10 years,” he said.

Since he has worked withMackenzie in the past, Ruddsaid he expects a smoothtransition into the position.

“The vision of the med-ical center has really been ashared vision between thetwo of us,” Rudd said. “It hasbeen an honor to work for[Mackenzie] over the years… so it’s a real honor to beable to step into the CEOrole.”

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Andy Stawasz ’15, Patrick Land ’15 and Brian Meagher ’15 jam on the Arts Quad Thursday, enjoying the unseasonablywarm weather.

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concerned about your drinking and suggested you cut down?”Participants’ responses are scored on a 40-point scale to

determine the level of risk their alcohol use poses to theirhealth, according to Lewis. If a student scores above 16 — indi-cating a significant risk level — the health care provider sitsdown with the student during their appointment and discuss-es options for further treatment, Lewis said.

She added, however, that every student who takes theAUDIT — regardless of their score — receives a follow-upmessage from Gannett. Patients who score less than a 7 receiveinformation on alcohol abuse, while those who fall between 7and 15 are referred to Gannet programs such as Counselingand Psychological Services.

Though Lewis stressed that the AUDIT is not mandatory,Wendy Schubert ’12 said the nurse who administered herAUDIT did not make her aware that she had a choice.

“My nurse handed it to me and made me think it was some-thing that was required for me to fill out,” Schubert said.

Schubert also said that she was not told of the purpose ofthe AUDIT. She said she did not know that her score hadbecome a part of her medical record until she received a mes-sage through Gannett’s online messaging system.

“I didn’t even think they could correlate my answers withmy name,” Schubert said. “I was under the impression that itwould be anonymous, like I was submitting my scores to a gen-eral research project.”

Another student who was administered the questionnaire,and who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he felt thatthe questions were a violation of his privacy.

“I came into Gannett because I had a sinus infection, so Ican’t see how they assume they have the right to ask me aboutmy drinking,” he said.

According to Lewis, the death of George Desdunes ’13 lastyear influenced Gannett’s decision to begin issuing AUDITs tostudents who come in for appointments.

“In part [Desdunes’ death] was the force [that] led us towarda push for screening for high-risk alcohol use in primary care,”she said.

While Schubert said she understands the motivationsbehind the questionnaire, she added that she believes there isroom for improvement in the way that Gannett administers thesurvey.

“I can see the need [for the AUDIT] because Cornell is acollege campus and drinking is a huge issue,” she said. “But Ithink [Gannett] needs to absolutely provide people with morecontext.”

Muslims at Yale React to NYPD Pro!lingThis past Tuesday, standing on

Cross Campus, Mostafa Al-Alusiheld up a sign that read “I’m aMuslim” while another studentsnapped a photo that would soonbe posted to Facebook as part ofan online campaign.

Al-Alusi was one of 116 partic-ipants in the “Call the NYPDCampaign,” a student-organized response tonews released Feb. 18 thatthe New York PoliceDepartment had moni-tored the activities ofYale’s Muslim StudentAssociation. A student hadpitched the idea for the photocampaign at a Muslim StudentsAssociation meeting the weekbefore and recruited a group ofboth Muslim and non-Muslimstudents to execute the campaignin protest of racial and religiousprofiling.

“Given the news fromthe NYPD, I feel targetedand vulnerable,” FaisalHamid, vice president ofYale’s Muslim StudentAssociation and a partici-pant in the campaign,told the News on Tuesday evening.

In a Feb. 20 email to the Yalecommunity, University PresidentRichard Levin had asserted Yale’sopposition to the NYPD’s actions,and Hamid said he and otherMSA leaders hope to “capitalize”on the administration’s support.Levin’s announcement providedan opportunity for the MSA to re-open what they now view as neces-sary dialogue on campus aboutbeing Muslim at Yale, Hamid said.

The week before the newsbroke, the MSA and theChaplain’s Office hosted theirannual Muslim Awareness Week,designed to help Non-MuslimYalies better understand theIslamic faith. While Muslim Yaliessaid they felt shaken when theylearned about the NYPD’s actions,seven interviewed said they stillfeel welcome in Yale’s environ-ment.

Yale’s Muslim community ismade up of between 200 and 300students from both domestic andinternational backgrounds, said

Omer Bajwa, Yale’s coordinatorfor Muslim Life. Bajwa said thatthe chaplain’s office, in conjunc-tion with Yale’s Muslim StudentsAssociation, hosts Friday prayersessions, weekly religious dinnerseducational programming andpastoral counseling.

“Being a Muslim at Yale hasn’tmade my experiences any differentfrom any other student’s,” Sana

Samnani said. “In many ways, Ihave felt empowered and supportedby the Yale Muslim community.”

Samnani said she was attractedto Yale’s Muslim communitybecause she knew she shared acommon background with other

members. Participatinghas helped her betterunderstand her reli-gion, she added.

When news brokethat the New YorkPolice Department hadconducted surveillance

on the Yale Muslim StudentAssociation, all seven studentsinterviewed said they were caughtoff guard by the revelation.

“My gut reaction was to won-der, to myself and to others, whythe NYPD felt a need to investi-gate Muslim students,” Samnanisaid. “Obviously, we found outvery soon that there was no realreason, other than the fact that weare Muslims.”

Bajwa said many students toldhim the news confirmed their sus-picions about dubious lawenforcement practices regardingsurveillance of Muslims nation-wide. Still, he said, they wereshocked by the “infiltration oncollege campuses.”

Students said Levin’s swift andfirm response, condemning theNYPD’s monitoring of the MSA,affirmed their confidence in theUniversity.

Al-Alusi, MSA president, saidadministrators were in contactwith the MSA immediately, andstudents met with University Vice

President and Secretary LindaLorimer, whose office oversees theChaplain’s Office and security oncampus, on Monday night.

Al-Alusi said the news shookhis faith that academic institutionsare places where students canfreely express their ideas, but headded that the administration’sresponse cleared that fear for him.

“When the administrationcame to our defense, itwas a lot better,” hesaid. “We realized thatYale had nothing to dowith it, that Yale wastaking a stance againstit.”

But Hamid said hebelieves there is still misinforma-tion concerning Islam on campusand he thinks Muslim students oncampus should be more vocalabout their identity so that otherstudents can approach them withquestions.

“We’re being targeted by thislarge group,” Hamid said. “I feelvulnerable because although wespoke with Yale administration andthey’ve been very supportive, there’sonly so much that they can do.”

Bajwa said that increased discus-sion about Islam both on campusand nationwide has prompted somestudents to approach him aboutIslamophobic comments they haveheard on campus. While Bajwa saidhe does not think these commentsare characteristic of all Yalies, hesaid he believes heightened conver-sation has revealed latent attitudesof Islamophobia as well as a degreeof cultural ignorance.

“It’s a much more subtlething,” Al-Alusi said. “People whowouldn’t consider themselvesIslamophobes, who have a veryacademic and sterilized way oftalking about it, hold underlyingassumptions without knowinganything that reveal the mindsetwith which they are approachingIslam.”

William Redden, chair of Yale’sChapter of the American CivilLiberties Union, said he feels stu-dents on campus had grown tooaccustomed to infringements oncivil liberties, adding that there isroom for further action.

By THE YALE DAILY NEWS

“Given the news from the NYPD, Ifeel targeted and vulnerable.”Faisal Hamid

This story was originally published inThe Yale Daily News on March 2.

Students Fear InvasionOf Privacy by Gannett

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Shane Dunau can be reached at sdunau@cornellsun.com.

OPINION

There has been much debate and dis-cussion recently about the Cornell-Technion partnership and Israel’s con-

tinued oppression of the Palestinian people.As I mentioned in a different letter (TheWest’s Lack of Understanding on April 18,2011), I am a proud Israeli and soldier. If youtake away one point from this column,understand that I believe that Israel’s occupa-tion must end in order to end this conflict.The current situation cannot continue forev-er. As humans, we are hard-wired to seek free-dom — and the sooner freedom comes to thePalestinian people the better.

But the way is long and full of distrac-tions.

The proponents of the “Israeli ApartheidWeek” are merely trying to draw focus to theplight of the Palestinians in the West Bankand Gaza Strip because of Israeli “securitymeasures.” In the recent Letter to the Editor,“Debating the Technion,” Feb. 23, Studentsfor Justice in Palestine claimed that Israel iscommitting war crimes. Mr. H. WilliamFogle, Jr. ’70, in his letter “The Loss ofActivism in Academia,” March 6, calls Israelan “egregious human rights offender” andthinks that Cornell should seek a “Europeanuniversity from a nation without such repre-hensible baggage.” I hope to shed some lighton both claims.

SJP fails to recognize that Hamas andother terrorist groups in Israel are competentand active — they try to attack every day.Surveillance cameras on the borders can attestto it. Security measures prevent murderersand suicide bombers from successfully attack-ing — hourly.

The notorious separation wall — thatTechnion got involved in — was not alwaysthere. The numerous checkpoints betweenPalestinian territories were not always inplace. The strict frisks — the ones that candelay a Palestinian for several hours each day— were not always enacted.

Understand that the wall was first con-structed in 2003 after Israel had paid for anopen border with the lives of innocentwomen and children. The wall has caused anextreme reduction in terror attacks — down80 percent between 2003 and 2006, accord-ing to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This past August, taking advantage of thelack of a barrier on the Egyptian-Israeli bor-der, 12 terrorists coordinated an attack nearthe southern Israeli city of Eilat. Eight peoplewere murdered, and some 30 injured.

The checkpoints were not always so intru-sive. Terrorists have used ambulances to cover

weapons and suicide bombers. In the 2002Jaffo Road bombing, the suicide bomberworked for the Red Crescent and is thoughtto have used her credentials and ambulanceto clear checkpoints. She injured 156 people— “only” because her charge didn’t go offproperly. One-hundred percent of suicidebombers in Israel have been Palestinians,some aided by Israeli-Palestinians.

Then Israel built the wall. Then thecheckpoints were implemented. Then theintrusive checks were designed.

As opposed to SJP, Mr. Fogle doesn’t seemto focus solely on Israel (SJP’s commitment

and target is completely legitimate andunderstandable) — but he fails to write any-thing about China or Russia or even Syria. Sofar, 7,500 people have been killed in Syria,according to The Economist. That is fivetimes the casualties from the 2008 Israelioperation Cast Lead. I suppose Mr. Fogleonly has time to write about Israeli transgres-sions, but I hope he does what he preachesand excludes doing business with companiesaffiliated with China and Russia — and notonly Israel. Raising opposition against Israelipolicy is far from being Anti-Semitic; treatingIsraeli policy and actions differently than oth-ers because it is Israel is.

SJP and Mr. Fogle, what is your solution?Should Israel take down the wall completelyor move it back? Should Israel get rid of all ofthe checkpoints or just reduce them? Theseare questions Israelis debate every day — weknow this occupation needs to end. We wantthis occupation to end. But we will not do soat the cost of our citizens’ lives.

Calling out problems is easy. Hangingsigns is effortless. Writing opinions — fromthe warmth of your dorm or office — is apiece of cake. What value do you bring to thisdiscussion if all you do is raise your voice?Start doing something; offer a solution. Youchallenge Technion because you do not sup-port “Zionist America.” So solve the underly-ing issue — providing insight into the vari-ables you have taken into account — andthen you’ll be qualified to challenge Cornell’sand Israel’s decisions.

My email is surely listed accompanyingthis article. Feel free — if you wish to have anactual discussion — to email me. I would behappy to converse — it is the only way thisconflict will end.

Defending IsraeliSecurity Measures

Omer Ben-Zur is a senior in the School of HotelAdministration. He may be reached at ob46@cor-nell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically thissemester.

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This week, the Collegetown Neighborhood Council solicited feedback from students and localresidents on a potential grocery store in Collegetown. Students seem pretty jazzed about thethought of being able to stock up on some tasty grub without the trek all. the way. to Wegmans.Does TCAT even go there? But The Sun thought it best to sit down with the spirits of EzraCornell and A.D. White and find out what the founders of it all think about this proposal.Unfortunately, it seems Collegetown wasn’t quite a thing yet back in 1865.

THE SUN: Hey, it’s good to see you guys. How have you been?EZRA CORNELL: What kind of question is that? Haven’t you learned the first thing

about reporting at that “extra-curricular” institution you call a newspaper?A.D. WHITE: Cool your beans. He’s just being friendly. Say, my reporter friend, why

don’t you run and get me something to eat. I’m hungry. EZRA: You can’t be hungry. You’re dead. SUN: Simmer down, now. There’s no way that I’m going all the way to Wegmans to

get you food. By the way, have you heard about the proposal to add a GreenStar grocerystore to Collegetown?

A.D.: Grocery store? What is that? You mean like a general store? Back in my day, wehad these things called farms.

EZRA: Yeah, we walked five miles every morning just to get our eggs for breakfast, andanother five miles to get our bacon. In Ithaca weather, mind you. And we didn’t have anyof this “mild winter” or synthetic fabric business back in the day. It was 50 degrees belowzero, and we walked barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways, just to get our darn eggs andbacon. Don’t even get me started on what it took to get some milk. And coffee? you canjust forget about it.

A.D.: We didn’t even have automobiles or public transportation!SUN: Oh, speaking of public transportation, what do you think of the new contract

for TCAT workers?A.D.: You mean the buses?EZRA: Clearly A.D. Don’t be such an old fart. And what is this about contracts?SUN: TCAT drivers went on strike in order to negotiate their contracts. A.D.: What is this? Communism?EZRA: Oh A.D., that’s so 1917 of you. This is a good thing. A.D.: What’s that smell? Ezra . . . SUN: I think that’s the titan arum plant. It’s blooming now on campus, and its bloom

has only ever been recorded 140 times! It has a bit of an odor, but then again, so do youguys.

EZRA: I don’t smell!A.D.: No, you can’t smell. There’s a difference. This is rather impressive. I always envi-

sioned Cornell as an institution on the cutting edge of academic progress. When I thought,“any person, any study,” I meant just this. We’re making history! Wow, all this talk of decay-ing flesh odor is making me even hungrier.

EZRA: Come to think of it, so am I. Let’s catch the bus down to Wegmans and get somegrub.

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What happens if you get into a collision with anautonomous car? Who is legally responsible?The driver? The GPS? The carmaker? Google?

And whose fault should it be? The answer is that legally,we don’t know. The development of autonomous cars isaccompanied by numerous legal uncertainties that, ifleft unresolved, may discourage companies from invest-ing in the development of such technologies, despitetheir great promise for reducing the number of deathsand injuries on our highways. State legislatures shouldbe encouraged to develop a clear legal framework thatencourages investment in the development ofautonomous vehicles.

Currently, carmakers are releasing and developingdriver assistance technologies which include semi-autonomous systems. How will the law treat thesethreshold technologies? Existing driver assistance fea-tures (like radar systems that automatically brake priorto an accident) involve countless owner’s manual dis-claimers that the driver is at all times responsible, butwhat about the next level of automation? What if youcould make your car follow the car in front of it per-fectly … would the driver be responsible then? A legalregime should encourage the prudent development ofthese threshold technologies in order to advance towardsmore perfect safety systems. Fear of exposure to liabilitycould discourage innovation regarding imperfect driverassistance technologies, but these partial measures mustbe developed in order to advance toward safer and moreautonomous systems. A legal liability scheme demand-ing crash-free perfection would be an enemy of progress.

What for the fully autonomous vehicle? Do werequire there be a licensed driver? Could a Cornell stu-dent from New York City who has never driven a carrent an autonomous Ithaca Carshare? It’s hard to imag-ine why anyone would need to prove they can parallelpark if their car can do so automatically. Nevada hasupdated their laws to allow texting while “driving” alicensed autonomous car, but Nevada has prohibitedbeing intoxicated in the same autonomous vehicle.

In present day software use, users frequently click“accept” on a license agreement that disclaims any harmthat results from using the software. It is understood

that any software product will have some type of latentglitch. What does this mean when the software is dri-ving a family down the highway? Would you get in anautonomous car that made you click “accept” to alicense agreement that disclaimed any harm that resultsfrom the autonomous car driving off a bridge? Would acourt enforce such a contract?

What should the law be regarding speeding andautonomous cars? Is the car company negligent indesigning a car with a feature that allows the car toknowingly break the law? A current car is capable ofbreaking the speed limit; an autonomous car wouldknow it is breaking the speed limit. One radical sugges-tion (whichwould certainlyrequire clearlegal rules) is tohave the cardecide for itselfwhat the opti-mal safe speedis. After all, anautonomous carwould have abetter grasp ofits handling, current driving conditions, obstacles onthe road and visibility than a speed limit which hasremained static on that stretch of road for 50 or moreyears. Also, an autonomous car may not compete wellwith the constant bending of traffic laws you see on anybusy highway or at any busy intersection. Would a carthat followed the traffic laws perfectly seriously disruptthe flow of traffic and is that unsafe and counterproduc-tive?

The invention of autonomous cars requires new lawsto resolve these questions. I do not propose to have theanswers to what the best laws should be. To some degree,the exact laws that are adopted (so long as they’re rea-sonable and do not deter innovation) are less importantthan the existence of a clear legal regime within whichthe developers of autonomous vehicles can innovate andintegrate their products onto our roads. Legal uncer-tainty inhibits innovation by risk-averse companies and

people afraid of potentially ruinous liability. One ishopeful that the law be updated early on, both toencourage the development of autonomous vehicles aswell as to contemplate the law soberly and impartiallybefore major and vested interest groups can hijack thelawmaking process.

The great hope for autonomous cars is that fatal caraccidents will cease to be regular news. Studies find thatup to 90% of car accidents are due to human error. Torealize this hope, our motor vehicle laws must be updat-ed. It would be counterproductive and tragic if themotor vehicle laws, laws created to provide for safe andorderly public roads, stymied our progress by lagging so

far behind the development of such revolutionary safetytechnologies as semi-autonomous and autonomousvehicles.

Twenty years ago, a discussion of changing our lawsfor autonomous vehicles would have been delegated to ascience fiction conference. Today, the Nevada MotorVehicle Laws allow texting while “driving” anautonomous vehicle. Other states are considering fol-lowing suit. Twenty years from now, our legal debatemay be whether to allow society to face the risk of let-ting human drivers behind the wheel at all. That is, solong as the fear of legal liability doesn’t keep us from get-ting there.

The Need for Autonomous Vehicle Law

NickKaasik

Barely Legal

Nick Kaasik is a first-year law student at Cornell Law School. He may bereached at jpc58@cornell.edu. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays thissemester.

Ruby was old. To my childhoodself she seemed ancient, a relic ofanother era. I remember the deep

creases on her face, the ankle-lengthdenim skirts that she always wore. Shesmelled like laundry, that wonderfulscent of freshly-cleaned clothes. Iremember how she slowly plodded upthe hill on her way to take care of mysister and me, on days when my parents

were busy and the little children could-n’t be left alone at home. I rememberher almost caricature-like, comic turnsof phrase, the stuff of old storybooksabout the South. She called me “chile,”instead of “child” and said “lawdy,”instead of “oh my god.”

But most of all, I remember the sto-ries about Ruby. She was born in 1922to Louisiana sharecroppers, not manygenerations removed from slaves. Hermother was Cherokee Indian, the storywent, and had hair down to her waist.It’s funny how small details like thatstick in a child’s mind. When Ruby waslittle, my mother told me in hushedtones, her mean stepmother made her

scrub the floors of wealthy people’shomes and kept the pay. At six years old— my age at the time I heard the story— Ruby had been treated like a slave.She didn’t even own shoes.

That image stuck in my mind also,for some reason. No shoes, I shuddered.That, and the floor of her childhoodhome was earthen. Dirt. I couldn’t wrapmy head around that. How could the

floor be dirt? To this day I’m not surewhether all these details of her life werefact or legend. Maybe some of those sto-ries were supposed to make me thankfulfor what I had — thankful that it wasn’tmy six-year-old self scrubbing the floorsof some stranger’s house at the behest ofa cruel overseer. I’m not sure.

What I do know is that my sister andI loved Ruby, and she loved us. I knowthat it was real love, the sort of love thatinevitably develops between childrenand a woman who raised them, who sawthem take their first steps and say theirfirst words. I know that yes, she was anemployee of my parents, paid to watchthe children and do the laundry. But my

sister and I didn’t feel that way and nei-ther, I think, did Ruby — for I remem-ber how she laughed at our antics andheld us when we cried.

She had her own family, too. All ofher children had gone to college andhad their own children. They had greatjobs and lived in comfortable homes,and Ruby was the proud matriarch ofthem all — the sort that had everyThanksgiving and Christmas at herhouse and still did the cooking. Shenever gave up; she didn’t believe inslowing down, not when there was stillwork to be done.

That’s why, nearing her 80s, Rubywould still walk up that hill to myhouse every week. It is one of theingrained memories of my childhood,watching her approach slowly, with herlong denim skirt and bandanna. For allher working life, she had walked. Shecould have afforded a car but neverbought one. Instead, Ruby saved themoney to educate her children —though she herself had never even fin-ished elementary school. Even after herkids were grown up, Ruby worked —not because she didn’t have savings,which she did, or Social Security, whichshe did. She worked because, havingprovided for her children, she nowwanted to provide for her grandchildrenas well.

So she kept climbing that hill, as shehad climbed countless others through-out her life. And in one generation,Ruby went from an impoverished, shoe-less little girl, who scrubbed floors for

no wages, to a self-taught woman whosechildren went to college. As a child, Ididn’t understand all that, I didn’t seethe incredible struggle that put thosedeep lines on her face. Still, I sensedthat there was something mystical aboutthis ancient old lady who smelled likelaundry.

Wasn’t there? I can’t help but thinkthat Ruby hearkened back to anotherera. In a way, she was a poignantreminder of a darker time in our histo-ry, a time of sharecroppers and JimCrow. She was born to a generation forwhom slavery was a not just a memory,because for them its legacy of discrimi-nation lived on. They lived on dirtfloors because they had no choice, nochances in a society that systematicallyrestricted them.

Yes, Ruby was a reminder of that ter-rible history. But there was more to herstory than that. She wasn’t so much aproduct of darker times, but a tribute tobetter ones. She was a spirit of a differ-ent past, an American past, when peo-ple threw off the bonds of circumstanceand didn’t expect others to do it forthem. A time when people liberatedthemselves.

It was a time, if such a time everexisted, when Americans wereAmericans — and Ruby, I think, themost American of them all.

A Tribute to the Past

JonathanPanter

The Storyteller

Jonathan Panter is a senior in the College ofArts and Sciences. He may be reached at jpan-ter@cornellsun.com. The Storyteller appearsalternate Fridays this semester.

6 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Friday, March 16, 2012 NEWS

For some reason, humans have long chosen Mars as theideal setting for science fiction tales. Something about theangry red planet has long been a source of fascination, per-haps due to early scientific speculation on the possibility ofMartian life or simply as a result of its bright, alien appear-ance. From C.S. Lewis to Cowboy Bebop, we’ve seen everypossible Martian tale. But before all this was John Carter ofMars. A run of 11 novels originally written by Edgar RiceBurroughs nearly 100 years ago, the John Carter seriesforms the foundation for much of modern sci-fi. After all,both George Lucas and James Cameron have cited JohnCarter as an inspiration for their work. It’s a wonderHollywood took this long to make a film adaptation.

And therein lies the source of John Carter’s problems.When Burroughsfirst penned thenovels, sciencefiction was still inits infancy.Today’s clichésand tired arche-types were not yetin place — infact, Burroughsinvented a fair number of them. So Disney’s big-budgetadaptation — complete with gold-encrusted armor and aCG lizard-dog — seems a little, well, archaic. Don’t get mewrong; adapting older fiction for cinema is not always a badidea. But letting Disney force a weak script and wooden act-ing on a genre classic definitely is.

John Carter opens on Mars, in the middle of an airbornebattle between two groups of humanoid Martians, dressedbizarrely like blue versions of the ancient Greeks. From

there, we suddenly leap to 1881 New York and then to CivilWar-era Arizona before we finally meet our protagonist.And even at that point, we’re still not clear how these thingsconnect. It is not until Carter is suddenly transported toMars that the film shows any semblanceof a plot. In all, it takes nearly an hourfor John Carter to establish all the char-acters and the overarching plot line. It’s ascreenplay that breaks nearly every ruleof screenwriting — and not in an avant-garde, experimental sort of way. Instead,shallow characters and incomprehensiblestory arcs leave the audience wonderingwhat the hell is going on.

The one-dimensional and clichédcharacters are certainly not salvaged bytheir actors. You know that legendary

scene in Revenge of the Sith,where Natalie Portman andHayden Christensen seem morelike wooden planks than peo-ple? John Carter is like 137 min-utes of that. As Carter, Taylor Kitsch presents uswith a protagonist apparently devoid of a person-ality. All Kitsch can bring to Carter, it seems, is ashadow of heroic Western stoicism and a set ofdecent pecs — which are inexplicably forced intoa sexy leather harness as soon as he sets foot on

Mars. Similarly, Lynn Collins adds little more to Martianprincess Dejah than a pretty face and a painful couple ofstock one-liners.

John Carter does, however, hit a few high notes. Carter’sfirst steps on Mars are particularly gratifying for we geeks inthe audience; watching him leap dozens of feet in the airacross the surface of an unknown planet is an envy-induc-ing delight. And then there’s Woola, the aforementioned

lizard-dog, who arguably offers the most sympathetic per-formance in the film. Loyal to Carter and corny to the pointof genuine charm, Woola serves as both Carter’s and theaudience’s emotional crutch. But Woola is not the only suc-

cessful special effect.At times, the Martianlandscape is bothcomfortingly familiar— thanks, Utah! —and astoundinglyalien.

The film addition-ally triumphs whenthe characters finallystop, you know, talk-ing and get back tothe fighting. The bat-tles manage to beboth impressive andengaging, while stillavoiding the exhaust-ing length of some of

Hollywood’s more epic scenes (I’m looking at you, PeterJackson). In these, and in many of the other classic-fantasymoments, John Carter succeeds, but it’s not enough to savethe film. In the hands of a more nuanced writer, even theacting might have been forgivable. What truly dooms JohnCarter is its failure to adapt Burroughs’ novels for the mod-ern day. Many of its plot points worked well in turn-of thecentury fiction, but director Andrew Stanton failed totranslate them for a 21st century audience. Uneven pacing,stock characters, convoluted plot lines — these are thingswe simply cannot overlook.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ARTS& ENTERTAINMENT

John CarterDirected by Andrew StantonFeaturingTaylor Kitsch, WillemDafoe, Lynn Collins

GINA CARGASSun Staff Writer

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Friday, March 16, 2012 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | 7A & E

Gina Cargas is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. Shecan be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY PICTURES

John Carter Botches the

Landing

Life on Mars?A Mediocre Oddity

Life on Mars?A Mediocre Oddity

“I’m just happy to create,” says PurboAsmoro, a living treasure of Indonesianshadow puppetry. Born in East Java in1961, Purbo embodies not only the legacybehind his immense skill — the perfor-mances of which are called wayang — buthe is also one of the art’s most creative prac-titioners. As a dhalang, or “master of shad-ows,” his duty is threefold: directing thegamelan ensemble that accompanies hissinging and the action it describes; recitingdialogue and story; and manipulating thepuppets themselves. Not surprisingly,Purbo comes from a long line of pup-peteers whose traditions he has expanded.His innovations run the gamut from thepractical (he designs some of the sets usedduring performance, composes, and chore-ographs) to the political (introducing lead-ing female characters in an attempt toequalize gender relations in this otherwisemale-dominated tradition).

Audience members were treated to anoverture as they walked into the venue —calls and responses over a drone providedby the Gamelan Mayangkara, an ensembleof gongs, percussion and voices under themasterful direction of Wakidi Dwidjo -martono. The sounds were as lulling asthey were exciting, putting us in a frame ofmind unlike anything experienced inBailey Hall this season. Some were perhapssurprised to notice that we were behind thescreen where the shadows work theirmagic. This practice has come about due toaudience preferences in Indonesia, whereviewers like to admire the beauty of thepuppets themselves. To compensate, theshadows were provided by a clever projec-tion on the left half of a large screen abovethe stage. The screen’s right half revealedanother surprise in the form of a simulta-

neous translation by Cornell alumnaKathryn Emerson ’83, who typed in realtime as Purbo worked his vocal stylings.Every performance has variations and thismethod is the only way they can be sharedabroad. The fact that Emerson is the soleperson in the world qualified to do thisonly underscored the privilege of beingthere.

A rousing hit of gamelan and drumsintroduced us to the story proper. Our sor-rowful protagonist was Arjuna, one of five

brothers featured in the Indian Sanskritepic, the Mahabharata. Banished to a forestfor his immoral behaviors, Arjuna findssolace in meditation and reflects on theerror of his ways. He rejects his past anddesires instead to become of use to theworld.

Meanwhile, Niwatakawaca, a maliciousogre king possessed of arrogance asunwieldy as his name, professes his love forthe goddess Supraba. As he repulses us withhis dreams of attaining her, he engages in a“generic macho dance that ogres do.” His

advisors warn him against this infatuation.“A horse can’t marry a duck,” informs one.“The poor duck. Think about it.” Addsanother, in a juxtaposition of bawdy humorand insight characteristic of Purbo’s deliv-ery, “Do you really love her, or do you justwant to control her?” Yet Niwatakawacawill not heed them and vows to accomplishthe impossible by conquering the heavensand taking Supraba for himself, but hearstell of a mortal, none other than Arjuna,who stands in his way. Niwatakawaca

demands that the mortal be brought to himand sends his troops heavenward.

The ensuing battle scenes brought out awonder in all and were infinitely morethrilling than any clash on screen or stage.To this end, Purbo kept the action sonical-ly rich with the clanging of the keprak,metal plates played by the feet for the sakeof emotional punch and as a means of sig-naling the gamelan players to match histiming.

Facing certain death amid this clamor,the gods call upon Arjuna, but first test

him with three temptations, all of which hepasses. Arjuna is promised great rewards forhis dedication and battles withNiwatakawaca, using Supraba to bring outhis weakness: an amulet in the roof of hismouth that becomes exposed when helaughs with pleasure at the seeming successof his conquest, only to fall prey to Arjuna’sarrow.

In between all of this was a comic inter-lude. Utilizing only a fraction of the usual60-plus minutes, Purbo showed off hisimprovisational flair with a few good-natured jabs at Cornell (“founded on alonely hill in the middle of nowhere”) andits gorges (“which now have fences”).These, along with a surprise appearance byan Obama puppet (“Look at his shoes,”says a groveler. “Made in Indonesia?”), hadus laughing at every turn before Purbowaxed thankful on the efforts of thosewithout whom wayang would never havebeen “something for the world to own.”

In context Purbo’s performances can lastfor hours, sometimes through the night,and I doubt anyone in attendance wouldhave complained had he done so. In thisregard he is clearly a holistic thinker whotakes his audience into consideration:everything from the sounds to the visualsmust fit like wing to bird and beyond likebird to sky. And although between perfor-mances at home and abroad Purbo teachesat the Indonesian Institute of Arts, I wouldventure to say that his performances areequally instructive in what they say aboutlife. In his own words: “The mission ofwayang is to present moral messages. Theentertainment aspect adds spice to themoral aspect, the main values in life: loyal-ty, heroism, messages for good.”

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Since today is Dragon Day, I figure there’s no betterday to write about architecture. If you’re still on cam-pus, you will undoubtedly see countless architects

and wanna-be architects following something that lookssort-of like a dragon if you’re squinting and drunkenough. It’s also a good allegory for the state of architec-ture today.

“Chasing the dragon” is a loaded term, but today’sarchitects want that ultimate high of being the mosttrendy and sought after. That starts by convincing clientsthat their design will be architecturally significant andworth their investment, an easy task when architects havesome theory to prove it. They hold a few conventions,write many papers on “form” nobody can understand anddecide a glass box is the ideal. For everyone.

Today’s “dragon” might be Rem Koolhaas, who lec-tured to a packed Bailey Hall last fall, and remarked in a2010 talk in CallAuditorium that“the box is thefinal form ofa r c h i t e c t u r e . ”Really? If Mr.Koolhaas is right,then the world’sabout to get a lotmore boring.Most architectsseem to thinkthey’re on a first-name basis with Mr. Koolhaas, as if he isa prophet, taking architecture to the promised land ofhomogeneity and sterility.

As Tom Wolfe lamented in his 1981 book FromBauhaus to Our House, most buildings built today don’twork for the people who commission them, presumablybecause they are built with the architect, and not theclient, in mind. I’ll never forget the week after the new

Physical Sciences Building opened and I heard an oldphysics professor loudly complaining to his colleague,“They didn’t do anything we asked for!”

When the dragon makes its way to the Arts Quad, takea look at McGraw Hall and the steel cladding that preventsits collapse. It would cost much more than Milstein Hall tobuild a new McGraw today, and that should be reasonenough for Cornell to protect its old architectural treasures.It’s easy to hire any architect to build a shiny new glass boxfrom theory. Resurrecting William Henry Miller 1872(Cornell’s first architecture student) and Boardman Hall(now the site of the offensive Olin Library) from the graveis a much, much more difficult task.

For the time being, though, it seems like the glass boxcampus is what we’re stuck with. Sun columnists DavidMurdter ’12 in “Building a Better Campus” and MunierSalem ’10 in “Campus of Boxes” have reflected on this

unfortunate reality.Cornell is not about tobecome like Princeton,where new buildings arebuilt to look exactly likethe old, but they couldfocus their architecturalefforts where it really mat-ters.

Collegetown. You see,Collegetown is a slum.East Hill is littered with

former family homes in various states of disrepair, ques-tionably converted to rental houses. Most students areunaware that they are even represented in Ithaca’s CityCouncil, and would’nt have the first idea who their coun-cilmember is.

So year after year, Collegetown continues to decay, andeveryone continues to have the same questions. Landlordsask why their residents don’t respect their houses. Students

wonder why their floors feel like they’re about to cave in.Full-time Collegetown residents complain about thedownfall of their neighborhood and the incessant (mean-ing Thursday, Friday, Saturday and sometimesWednesday) “party culture” that keeps them up at nightlistening to “Call Me Maybe” and the clip-clopping of fiveinch stilettos down Eddy St. The administration comes upwith 30 plans to change Collegetown for the better, has 10meetings about them with local residents, implements twoand zero ultimately work.

With the recent and proposed construction inCollegetown, Cornell needs to increase its role in shapingthe way students live and interact. As it stands, Cornell’spresence is largely limited to the Schwartz Center, SheldonCourt and Cascadilla Hall. With huge proposed develop-ments — namely Novarr-Mackesey’s “Dry-Lin” andCollegetown Terrace, the 309 Eddy St. apartments and aGreenStar supermarket on College Ave. — this next stepof Collegetown development is leaving Cornell behind.

The University should understand that Collegetown isjust as much a part of the Cornell experience as North orWest campus, and if the goal is truly to provide for stu-dents, then building up a positive presence in Collegetownshould be top priority. The entire block of Dryden wasbought by Novarr-Mackesey for $3.75 million, and eventhough this was three times above the market price, thisisn’t much of a sum for Cornell. A student communitythat has lived amongst vacant bars and restaurants foryears would welcome a Cornell community center inCollegetown. Better yet, College Ave. is a place where aglass box might actually fit. But for now, the University’sattitude is reflective of one of my favorite films: “Forget it... it’s Collegetown.”

Patrick Cambre is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He canbe reached at pcambre@cornellsun.com. L.A. Daze appears alternateFridays this semester.

Collegetown and Its Discontents

Striving for a Perfect Soul

Los AngelesDaze

Patrick Cambre

8 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Friday, March 16, 2012 A & E

Indonesian shadow puppetry comes to Cornell

Tyran Grillo is a graduate student.in the Collegeof Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at tgril-lo@cornellsun.com.

TYRAN GRILLOSun Staff Writer

ZAC PETERSON / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Friday, March 16, 2012 9COMICS AND PUZZLES

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Over Spring Break, the women’s lacrosse team will trav-el to Florida to compete against two competitive opponents.The Red will head first to the Disney Wide World of SportsComplex in Orlando, Fla. to compete against Notre Dame(5-0) and then to Jacksonville, Fla. to compete againstJacksonville.

The Red (5-0, 2-0 Ivy League), who comes intoSaturday’s game fresh off of a record breaking 21-7 win overCanisius College (2-4, 0-0 Metro Atlantic AthleticConference), will not find an easy victory in Notre Dame.

“They’re the highest ranked team that we will have facedyet this year,” said head coach Jenny Graap ‘86. “They’re alsoundefeated.”

According to Graap, the Red has never had a better recordgoing into a game against Notre Dame. In its last gameagainst Canisius, the Red scored 21 goals, a feat the team has-n’t accomplished since its 1994 game against Rutgers. Seniorattack Jessie Steinberg scored five goals, a record high for herthis season, and senior goalkeeper Kyla Dambach, juniorgoalkeeper Courtney Gallagher and freshman goalkeeperCarly Gniewek combined to save a total of nine shots.

If Cornell were to beat the Irish on Saturday, it would bestarting the season at 6-0, something it has not accom-plished since 2003. The Red did defeat the Irish last year,but it only narrowly came away with a one goal victory.

“Depending on the results of their game and the results ofour game, I think that what we can anticipate a very competi-tive battle,” Graap said. “It’s going to be a very emotional game.”

While a win against Notre Dame would be a greatachievement for the Red, Graap continues to take it onegame at a time in anticipation for the NCAA tournament.

“We’re still working to get better and better,” Graap said.“You want to peak in May in the NCAA tournament … andwe haven’t played our best lacrosse yet.”

After Notre Dame, the Red remains in Florida to com-pete against Jacksonville University (4 – 1, 1 – 0 AtlanticSun Conference). This will be the first time the women’slacrosse team, or any Cornell sports team, has ever playedJacksonville.

“I think the challenge there is that we’re not very familiarwith Jacksonville,” Graap said . “I’ve never coached againstthat program, and no Cornell team has ever played againstthat program … We have zero experience in going upagainst them. We know that they’re a perennial powerhouse

in their conference.”One thing that Graap continues to strive for is to help the

Red constantly improve. According to Graap, spring breakoffers the team the unique chance to focus only on improv-ing all aspects of its game without the worry of extensiveschoolwork.

“We have to continue to drive our skills and improve ourstick work and our knowledge of the game, so we can exe-cute more sharply,” Graap said. “The team has to continueto change and grow.”

ended in a tie due to darkness.Delaware State’S Lineup includesjunior 1B/P Ryan Haas, who wasnamed the MEAC’s BaseballPlayer-of-the-Week.

“We’ve just got to stay as aggres-sive as we have been doing,” Peterssaid.

The Red’s aggressiveness at theplate has paid off so far, with sevenstarters batting over .300. Senioroutfielder Brian Billigen is hitting.472 and leading the team with 15RBI’s.

After the series with theHornets, the Red will head toBlacksburg, Va. to face off againstVirginia Tech. The Hokies (13-4)play in a tough ACC division thatfeatures reigning conference

champions Virginia and perennialpowerhouses like Georgia Techand Florida State. The Hokieshave already proven their ability tocontend for an ACC title bydefeating No. 27 Virginia in extrainnings, 10-8.

“We have got to take it pitchby pitch, not get too overwhelmedby the names of teams and justplay baseball,” Peters said.

On the last leg of its trip, theRed will head to Farmville, Va. forfour straight games againstLongwood. Like the Hokies, theLancers (11-6) also have somestrength in their pitching staff.Co-aces Matt Gwaltney andBrandon Vick 2.41 and 3.42ERA’s respectively.

According to Peters, the Redhas gotten some quality starts outof its own pitchers. Freshman

Brent Jones leads the team withtwo wins and a 1.5 ERA. Seniorright hander Rick Marks is not farbehind him with a 1.64 ERA.

“We’ve had a lot of fresh armsthis year,” Peters said. “Our winshave been a combination of ourdefense and pitchers comingtogether.”

Additionally, Peters noted thatthe team’s red-hot offense as of latetakes some burden off the pitch-ers.

“Our pitchers are going outwith the confidence that they cankeep us in games,” he said. “Theydon’t have to worry about makingthe perfect pitch all the timebecause we can back them up withour offense.”

of the box and work on our defen-sive play.”

So far this season, Cornell hasnot recorded any shutouts or ties,the only team in the country to doso. Also, the Red has already earnedIvy League and ECACChampionship Titles.

Qualifying for the Frozen Fouris especially incredible for theteam’s eight seniors, who have expe-rienced great success in their timeat Cornell. Their many accom-plishments include three consecu-tive runs in the NCAATournament, three Ivy Leaguetitles, three ECAC Championshiptitles and numerous other impres-sive awards.

“To be able to go as a senior andclose out my Cornell hockey careerat the Frozen Four … I can’t even

put it into words … It’s amazing,”Mazotta said.

With her Cornell hockey dayswinding down, Mazzotta also hadsome words of wisdom for heryounger team members.

“Enjoy every moment. Fouryears of athletics at Cornell go by sofast and it seems that each year goesby even quicker than the yearbefore,” she said. “Cherish thoselittle moments and those fun thingsyou do with your team. Try to getthe most out of it every time youstep on the ice.”

A win in the Frozen Four wouldonly add to the many successes ofthe Red’s winningest senior class inhistory. With everything on theline, the team will go into the gamerelaxed and determined, looking toclose out another historic season.

have a really good power play, weare going to need to be really disci-plined and not take in penalties,”Iles said. “When we do take penal-ties, we are going to be really disci-plined in our kill. They are offen-sive minded and pretty aggressive,so we may have to slow down thegame a bit.”

If the Red is able to win onFriday night, it will face either top-seeded Union or fourth-seededColgate in the ECAC Hockeychampionships. Winning theleague title would also secure the

Red an automatic bid to theNCAA tournament.

“We are just focusing on Fridaynight right now,” said juniordefenseman and alternate captainNick D’Agostino. “We are lookingat Harvard and really sticking toour game plan against them …Whether it’s Union or Colgate inthe finals, it doesn’t matter. Weknow when we are playing on ourgame we can beat any team in thisleague.”

An important part of Cornellbeing on its game is having supportin the net from Iles. According tohead coach Mike Schafer ’86, Ileshas been producing even better

results lately than he has been allseason.

“Andy has been good all yearlong, [but] he’s been outstanding,”he said. “He’s been consistent, butlast week I just felt there was anextra edge to his game where hewas even sharper. I think that hehas raised his level of perfor-mance.”

Schafer went on to discuss howcrucial that is as the team continuesto play in the post season.

“He has been very very sharp,”he added. “You need that — if youlook back on all the championshipswe’ve had, the goaltenders havealways played a major part in it.

And they have to. You’re not goingto get through without those guysplaying well in each of these twogames.”

This will be the fifth consecu-tive year that Cornell is competingin the ECAC semifinals.

“I think there’s a certain com-fort level with some of our olderguys,” D’Agostino said. “Ourseniors have played in the champi-onship game three years in a row,this could be their fourth time, usjuniors [have played] twice, oursophomores were there last yeartoo. It’s new and exciting for ourfreshmen but for our older guys, weknow what to expect — we know

the routine.”Win or lose, the Red still has

many recent accomplishments tocelebrate. On Thursday, freshmanforward Brian Ferlin was honoredwith the ECAC Hockey Rookie ofthe Year award. Ferlin — also theIvy League Rookie of the Year —was also named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team. Cornell has not hadan ECAC Rookie of the Year recip-ient since Riley Nash, who won thehonor in 2008. D’Agostino andIles were placed on the All-ECACHockey Second Team as well.

D up | Senior captain Cacki Helmer earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for picking up eight ground balls in two victories.TINA CHOU / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Red Set to Take OnRival Notre DameBy ALEX GATTOSun Staff Writer

Alex Gatto can be reached at agatto@cornellsun.com.

BASEBALLContinued from page 12

Scott Chiusano can be reached atschiusano@cornellsun.com.

Mazzotta Tells UnderclassmenTo Cherish the Little Moments

W. HOCKEYContinued from page 12

McKenna Archer can be reached atmarcher@cornellsun.com.

Ferlin Honored as ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year on ThursdayM. HOCKEY

Continued from page 12

Dani Abada can be reached atdabada@cornellsun.com.

To read about the MEN’S LACROSSE AND SOFTBALL teams’spring break trips this week, visit the sports section at cornellsun.com.

Pitchers Go Into Break With Con!dence

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Hometown hero | Junior infiedler Brenton Peters says he is excited to be playing in his home state of Virginia.EMILY BURKE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

With the uncharacteristi-cally nice weather to supportit, the baseball team has got-ten off to a hot start. Alreadyeight games into the season,the Red has only lost onceand heads into spring breakwith some much-needed con-fidence.

“We’re very confidentright now,” said juniorinfielder Brenton Peters.

“[Our success] has been theresult of the hard work wehave put in, getting backfrom winter break and gettingright on the field.”

The Red (7-1) will travelto Delaware this weekend tostart its spring break trip, andwill finish the week with sixgames in Virginia. Althoughin past years the team hastraveled down south toFlorida or North Carolina, itis staying closer to home thisbreak.

“I’m pretty excited becauseI’m from Virginia,” Peterssaid. “But I don’t think it’sgoing to be a detriment not toplay down south or on theWest Coast where the weath-er is warmer.”

The Red’s first stop will bea three-game series withDelaware State (10-6-1). Intheir most recent game, theHornets played four hoursand nine minutes of baseball

A memorable season | Sophomore goalie Andy Iles is a finalist for ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year.OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

BASEBALL

Red to Continue Strong Start

Cornell takes on Harvard in ECAC showdown

By SCOTT CHIUSANOSun Assistant Sports Editor

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On Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Red willtake on the Crimson in Atlantic City,N.J. No. 2 seeded Cornell and No. 3seeded Harvard will face off atBoardwalk Hall in the ECAC Hockeychampionship semifinals. The winner ofthis match-up will move on to the leaguechampionship the following day.

“We’re excited we have an opportuni-ty to win a championship,” said sopho-more goaltender Andy Iles. “Not manyteams have that opportunity, so we arecherishing it and taking advantage of it.”

Last weekend, the Red swept its quar-terfinal series against Dartmouth atLynah Rink. Harvard had more of astruggle, losing the first game of its seriesto Yale, winning the second in doubleovertime, and finally coming away fromthe weekend with a strong 8-2 finish overthe Bulldogs on Sunday.

Cornell defeated Harvard, 4-2, backin November on the road, but when theIvy rivals met again at Lynah in January,the end result was a 2-2 tie.

“[Harvard is] a really good team.They thrive on their special teams. They

MEN’S HOCKEY

By DANI ABADASun Assistant Sports Editor

See M. HOCKEY page 11

Following a thrilling triple overtimewin against the Boston University Terriers,the No. 3 women’s ice hockey team quali-fied for the Frozen Four for the third con-secutive year. On Friday at 9 p.m. inDuluth, Minn., the No. 3 Red (30-4, 20-2ECAC Hockey) will play the No. 2Minnesota Gophers (35-5-2). The Redwill face the Gophers for the first timesince the late 1990s, and look to build offits momentum from the game against theTerriers.

The Frozen Four encompasses thesemi-finals and finals of the NCAAWomen’s Ice Hockey Tournament. A winon Friday would send the Red to the finalsand give them a chance to win a nationaltitle for the first time in program history.

“The whole team is just ecstatic rightnow, to make it to the Frozen Four and beone of the top four teams,” senior captainand forward Rebecca Johnston said.

While anticipation builds, the Red facesa challenging opponent in Minnesota,according to senior goaltender AmandaMazzotta. The Gophers are not only high-ly ranked, but also play in a very competi-tive league.

“[Minnesota gets] great competition allthe time. We’ve never played them beforebut they’re obviously an extremely fast,hardworking team with big physicaldefensemen and unbelievable goaltend-ing,” Mazzotta said. “It’s going to be achallenge for sure, but we’re excited.”

The Red may be facing a formidableopponent, but after the longest recordedgame in program history against theTerriers, the team has proven that it isready for a fight. Despite the high profile

nature of the Frozen Four, the Red says itwill treat it like the many other successfulgames it has had this season, continuing tofocus on strong defense and forechecking.

“For us, it’s just focusing on those little

things we work on in practice,” Johnstonsaid. “These teams have really great powerplays, and it is really key for us to stay out

Starting small | Senior captain and forward Rebecca Johnston say focusing on the little things is most important for the Red.

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C.U.Takes Third Straight Trip to Frozen FourBy MCKENNA ARCHERSun Staff Writer

See W. HOCKEYpage 11

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Ivy Rivals Compete in Semi!nals