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For First Time,O-Week Features Consent Ed Prog. By RACHEL WEBER Sun Staff Writer

In between attending ice-breaker activities, information sessions and evening fairs, freshmen at Orientation Week this year did something recent classes did not their first week at Cornell: attend a mandatory event about consent and healthy relationships. “Speak About It,” a troupe of actors who travel raising awareness of sexual violence, performed skits for first-year and transfer students. “Probably most of the students there might not have been taking it as seriously as they should because they haven’t been in [a consent-related] situation like that before,” said Grant Mulitz ’17, one student who attended Speak About It’s presentation. “But there were definitely some See ORIENTATION page 5

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This place’s about to blow | Students line up to get free Cornell gear, play games and meet new people during the Big Red Blowout in Barton Hall Monday.

Ke$ha to Perform at Cornell Patients at Tech Campus Site Pop artist will sing in Barton on Sept. 29

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Pop artist Ke$ha will be performing at Barton Hall on Sept. 29, the Cornell Concert Commission confirmed Tuesday. Currently on tour promoting her 2012 album Warrior, Ke$ha is best known for her chart-topping singles, which include “Tik Tok,” “We R Who We R,” and most recently “Crazy Kids.”

Ke$ha, in collaboration with rock band The Flaming Lips, is also expected to be releasing a rock album entitled Lip$ha later this year. Peter Schwartz ’14, executive director of the CCC, said he expects students will be very excited for the concert because Ke$ha is known for her “engaging and energetic live shows.” “I think it would be hard to find a student on this campus that hasn’t danced to a Ke$ha song at least once,” Schwartz said. “Love her or hate her, which is sometimes just as fun, there’s no denying that she is a force to be reckoned with in the pop world.” Tickets will be on sale to students for $25 beginning Sept. 4 and to the general public for $33 beginning Sept. 5. If available, tickets on the day of the show will be $30 for students and $40 for the general public.

By EMMA COURT

This story was originally published online on Aug. 15. Armand Xama, a 31-year-old paraplegic resident of Roosevelt Island’s Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility, recalled a time months ago when he was crossing a street and a car approached. When Xama apologized to the car’s driver, Xama said the driver responded, “No, don’t be sorry. It’s your island; we’re just visiting.” “People know this place has a lot of people like us — that we need our space to move,” Xama said. “I felt so good [hearing] that woman say that.” Roosevelt Island, with its regulated number of cars and easy access to Manhattan, is a haven for wheelchairbound patients like Xama, and they were able to find a community at Goldwater. But that community is being dismantled: Goldwater is sched-

uled to to be demolished by the end of the year so Cornell NYC Tech can build its $2-billion applied sciences school on the site in 2014, and the hospital’s residents are being relocated to various centers, including one on Roosevelt Island and two in Manhattan. Goldwater Hospital ‘like a palace’ Both Xama and fellow hospital resident Bryan Dugan — who is 51years-old and quadriplegic — have lived in other long-term care facilities in New York City as well as New York State. They said Goldwater Hospital is the ideal home for people confined to wheelchairs. “When it comes to the facilities for our problems, this is the best place that you could be,” Xama said. Xama said Goldwater is extremely accessible, a sharp contrast to other facilities he has lived in. He can leave the hospital without anyone’s help and See GOLDWATER page 5

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New Law May Bring Startups to Cornell, NYS By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Editor

As classes start, students will not be the only thing returning to upstate New York college campuses this fall. The region could also see

new businesses thanks to Start-Up NY, a bill that will create tax-free zones on and near college campuses in the state, according to Charlie Kruzansky, assistant vice president of the Office of State Government Relations. Under the bill, certain

types of businesses — start ups, businesses expanding within New York and businesses relocating to New York from another state — will be able to locate in areas across New York where they would See STARTUP page 4

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In residence | Coler-Goldwater Hospital sits on the site of the future Cornell Tech campus. Current residents have expressed concern about its demolition.

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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — If the key to a long marriage is laughter, these clowns are set. Billy Tedeski and Patty Kulwicki tied the knot Friday at an annual clown festival in central Pennsylvania. The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News reports Kulwicki literally reeled Tedeski in to start the ceremony — a bit the Pittsburgh couple had performed at Clownfest two years ago. Tedeski wore a fake nose, black lipstick and full clown regalia as he exchanged vows with Kulwicki at the festival in Lancaster. The bride wore the same dress she'd used in the skit two years ago, plus a lace headband to go along with her flame-red wig. Guests got in on the act and so did the officiant, a fellow clown. Tedeski says his fellow clowns are more than friends, they're family.

Ex-Convict Sentenced For Sneaking Into NYC Jails

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NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted sex offender who repeatedly used phony correction department credentials to gain entry into New York City jails has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Matthew Matagrano was sentenced Thursday. The 36year-old Yonkers resident pleaded guilty last month to posing as a correction officer and sneaking into the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours.

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FBI: Ithaca Police Officers Did Not Aid Drug Dealers By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor

This story was originally published online on Aug. 8. Eighteen months after they launched an investigation into allegations that Ithaca police officers aided drug dealers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York Attorney General’s Office announced August 6 that they did not find any evidence corroborating the accusations. The investigations included “dozens of interviews and extensive review of police records and other materials” concerning Ithaca Police Department Lt. Marlon Byrd and Officer Derrick Moore, the FBI and Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. Tompkins County District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson, who was briefed throughout the investigation, said in a statement that she had reached an “unequivocal conclusion that [Byrd and Moore] did not engage in the acts alleged, and that they are now exonerated.” Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 applauded the findings Wednesday, saying “the results of the investigation make it clear that Lt. Byrd and Officer Derrick Moore were the victims of baseless allegations and bald-faced lies.” “Now that we’ve also cleared the air of lies that unfairly tarnished these loyal officers, we can continue the work of building a better Ithaca Police Department. Those who would hinder IPD’s progress with rumors and lies are its past, not its future,” Myrick said in a statement. The officials’ statements mark the latest and perhaps concluding event in an extended saga that has raised questions of racial discrimination and dissension in the IPD. Below is a timeline of events leading to Byrd’s exoneration. 2008

Byrd is accused of giving local narcotics dealers information about pending drug investigations. Testimony from IPD Officer Bob Brotherton suggests that high-ranking IPD officers began working around Byrd for fear he would tip off drug dealers, according to documents first obtained by The Ithaca Journal. After the IPD reviewed these claims, Byrd is cleared of wrongdoing. 2010 - 2011

Allegations against Byrd re-emerge during the arbitration of IPD officer Chris Miller. Miller sues the IPD for $17 million, claiming he suffered racial discrimination when Byrd, rather than Miller, was promoted. Miller, who is white, said Byrd should not have defeated him for the lieutenant promotion, in part because Byrd is a “poor police officer.” Miller and several other white officers testified that they had reason to believe Byrd had assisted drug dealers.

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Men in blue | Ithaca Police officers investigate the scene of an accident between a pedestrian and a car on North Meadow Street on August 30, 2011. Two Ithaca Police Department officers were cleared of charges of illegally giving tips to drug dealers.

Several witnesses also testify under oath that Byrd gave information to local narcotics dealers about pending drug investigations — including the times and locations of drug raids — and held substances for them, according to documents originally obtained by The Ithaca Journal. However, some city officials, community leaders and members of the city’s black community called Byrd an exemplary officer. They said Byrd was susceptible to the allegations because he was willing to forge ties with the community. For instance, when the fatal shooting of a black man by a white officer in 2010 threatened to bring racial tensions in the City of Ithaca to a boil, Byrd spearheaded an effort to reconcile the IPD with the city’s black community, Audrey Cooper, director of the Multicultural Resource Center, said to The Sun. January 20, 2012

With Miller’s lawsuit ongoing, Myrick says he welcomes the District Attorney’s office to conduct further investigation into the “very serious allegations” concerning Byrd. February 2012

Byrd is placed on administrative leave. On Feb. 2, 2012, Myrick announces that Byrd is “fit to continue in his responsibilities” pending further investigation. A second white officer files a $10.5-million lawsuit alleging that the IPD committed racial discrimination. The case, once again, involves Byrd. Sgt. Douglas Wright alleges he was unfairly passed for promotions twice because of his race. Wright alleges that in 2009, Byrd was promoted instead of himself even though the chief and deputy chief of IPD allegedly had information relating to drug allegations against Byrd. March 9, 2012

The Ithaca Journal releases excerpts of a document that show Byrd was charged with incompetency and repri-

manded for misconduct in 1994 for failing to turn in several empty small plastic bags and a small plastic bag with a white powder thought to be an illegal substance. At the time, Byrd waived his right to an arbitration hearing on the charges and accepted the reprimanding. March 10, 2012

Byrd reacts to The Journal’s story in an email to fellow officers, saying that the story missed important context and gave a false impression of the situation. “In my opinion, the items they turned over to me were garbage and not worth tagging or testing, so I discarded them into the trash,” he wrote, adding that there were no suspects associated with the items. He said that it was not common practice in 1994 to tag every potential piece of evidence — which is the standard today — and that his actions were consistent with those of other officers. He adds that, “since that 1994 incident, I have had an unblemished career.” October 2012

A federal jury awards Miller a $2 million settlement in his discrimination lawsuit, a move that the city expresses disappointment over. December 21, 2012

The city announces that a federal judge has thrown out the damages in Miller’s case and ordered a new trial to proceed. The district court said Miller’s $2-million settlement was “patently excessive, shocks the conscience” and “was far outside the range of reasonableness.” August 6, 2013

The FBI and NY Attorney General’s Office say they have found no evidence that Byrd or Moore assisted drug dealers. Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/jinjlee.

Controversial Website Ranks C.U.Sorority Members By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

This article was originally published online on Aug. 14. A website asking visitors to rank Cornell sorority sisters has received more than a million hits and triggered a maelstrom of

criticism from community members in the few days it has been live. The website, Cornellfetch.com, shows visitors the Facebook pictures of two female Cornell students, listing both their names and the sorority they are affiliated with. Although the website does not

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explicitly tell users what to do, it makes them either click on one of the two women’s pictures or “skip” before progressing to the next pair of pictures — and even ranks the “Top 10” women on the website. A University official said Cornell “would never condone such a site” and said he hopes whoever made it will take it down. “Thankfully, in the past we’ve found that responsible members of the online community, at Cornell and beyond, are most effective at self-regulating these kinds of sites,” John Carberry, director of press relations, said in an email. “Let’s hope history repeats itself in this case.” Students who found their names and pictures appeared online expressed a mixture of concern and anger over what they considered to be a distasteful website. Haillie Crockett ’15, who saw her picture on the website, said in an email that she found the site to be “childish, objectifying and completely unnecessary.” “Anyone who logs on to it is going to think it’s about rating

people by their looks and chapter affiliation. While a Cornell student will know a few of these people, which will influence their decision, they won’t know the majority of them, so the ‘winner’ most times will come down to looks,” Crockett said. “I thought we left ranking popularity in high school.” Crockett said she immediately emailed the website to get her picture taken down. “The existence of this site makes me feel pretty disappointed in the people that felt the need to create it and all the people that have contributed to its growing popularity,” Crockett said. “It sets girls up to feel badly about themselves, and it divides the Panhellenic community when it should be coming together. I don’t think its existence benefits anyone, and I hope the creators do the right thing and take it down.” Cindy Zhou ’15, another sorority sister who found herself on Cornell Fetch, called the website an “invasion of privacy.” She was not asked for consent before

her name and picture were published, and she said “it would not have ever interested me if they had asked.” Zhou expressed hope that the website would be shut down or fade in popularity soon. The website is “almost worse” than college gossip forums like the former CollegeACB.com because “it’s pitting these sororities against each other in a community where the [Panhellenic Council] and Cornell would like to believe we are all friends,” she said. Carli Van Holmes ’14, president of the Panhellenic Council, said in an email to sorority presidents that she had heard “a lot of concern” about the website from Panhellenic women. She encouraged sorority members to avoid talking about the website, change their Facebook privacy settings and flag anything they do not want to be on the site for removal. Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/dilemmaincourt.

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be exempt from paying property tax, sales tax and business or corporate taxes. The bill, previously known as Tax-Free N.Y., was introduced in May by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), and passed by the New York Legislature before the end of the session this year, according to The Associated Press. Cuomo signed the bill into law on June 28 in Purchase, N.Y. According to Cuomo, StartUp NY is a “game changer” that will use colleges and universities in the state to help boost the New York economy. “Start-Up New York … utilizes private partnerships with New York’s higher education system to create jobs and spur economic development in areas of the state that have been depressed for decades,” Cuomo said in a letter June 26. According to Kruzansky, Cornell can apply to create a tax-free zone on or near campus where student-owned businesses would be eligible to settle. The student-owned businesses do not have to work directly with the University, but have to “benefit from the research [or] teaching,” he added. “To receive these tax breaks, the company has to be in a business that is related to a field of study or research at the university,” he said. “It has to have some relationship.” Zachary Shulman ’87 J.D. ’90, senior lecturer of management and acting director of Entreprenuership@Cornell, which helps promote entrepreunership on campus, said Cuomo’s plan could affect Cornell and Ithaca “very positively.” “It’s a huge advantage for businesses to locate in and around the University. … [It] creates more income and revenue and generates wages for employees to spend on the local economy,” Shulman said. “The more small businesses in Ithaca, the better the economy is.” Shulman said that student businesses could also benefit by not having to pay the sales, property or corporate income taxes that businesses normally pay. Furthermore, student businesses could hire students and maintain a strong connection between the University and recent alumni, he said. “In my ideal world, students would start a business while they’re here and then keep it here when they graduate,” he said. Kruzansky echoed Shulman’s sentiments, saying the bill could create new employment opportunities that could keep entrepreneurial faculty at Cornell. Furthermore, these opportunities could attract students interested in start-ups to the University, he said. For current Ithaca residents, however, there might be a cost to the additional new the bill could bring. People who do not

support the bill say the migration of new people moving into upstate New York communities will create an additional tax burden on current residents paying for public services. According to Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, Ithaca could lose revenue from tax-free zones. He added, however, that this burden could be ameliorated somewhat by placing these businesses throughout the community. “When you look at this holistically, there’s an opportunity for projects to be located on campus, near campus or in the community, wherever it makes sense,” Fergeson said. “That way, not only the tax burden, but also the job and investment benefits, can be spread in a way that makes sense for all.” In addition to granting tax immunity to new businesses in these areas, the bill also includes a provision that would exempt employees of new businesses from paying income tax for five years and from paying income tax the following five years up to a certain wage, according to the bill. According to Kathryn Boor ’80, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, another concern with implementing the bill is “to ensure that we carefully avoid competing with exisiting businesses in our region.” Boor added, however, that by making areas near college campuses tax free, the bill creates a “true incentive” for new businesses to move to New York and for existing businesses to expand their operations. For CALS, she said, there is an “enhanced opportunity for our entreprenurial faculty members to develop start-up companies, either on their own or with external partners.” Kruzansky added that certain CALS programs could benefit from the bill. “The Geneva Experiment Station (part of Cornell Cooperative Extention in CALS) could be a hub of new agricultural businesses and make Geneva a more desirable place to work and live,” Kruzansky said. Overall, according to Shulman, Cornell could benefit greatly from Cuomo’s bill. “I cannot think of any downside for the University at all,” Shulman said. Ferguson, however, said that there must be careful planning for these benefits to reach everyone, even beyond the Cornell community. “I think there is a great opportunity for this program to provide benefits for everyone, including the broader community, but it’s going to take some time. It’s going to take some careful thinking to make it all happen,” he said. Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/csflax.

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crime. Xama can even make his way to Manhattan — the subway and tram are just blocks from Goldwater. Being able to leave the hospital makes all the difference for residents, Xama said, describing a previous center he stayed in as being “like a prison.” “When I was in Staten Island, as soon as I left the building, there was a hill. I couldn’t go out of the building,” Xama said. The facility also features a gym, which helps reinforce the spinal cord injury rehabilitation that Xama and Dugan are both undergoing. Goldwater’s sizeable number of wheelchair-bound disabled persons allowed for a community to blossom unlike at most facilities, where those with spinal cord injuries often find themselves grouped in homes with senior citizens or people on ventilators, decreasing the likelihood of a communal feeling or forms of recreation being offered that meet their interests, Xama said. Goldwater offers various forms of recreation for its residents, such as movies and acapella performances. Hospital patients to relocate Evelyn Hernandez, the director of media relations for New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation — a city agency that runs the public hospital system, including Goldwater Hospital — named several facilities that are being made available for the relocation of Goldwater residents and patients. The Henry “Hank” J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility — which will have 365 total beds — is slated to finish construction this fall, according to the HHC website. In addition, some Goldwater residents — like Sandra Stevens, who has been living in the hospital for two years — will be transferred to an affordable housing development at 99th Street and Second Avenue, which will have 176 apartments when it is finished being constructed. Hernandez said HHC expects the 99th Street apartments to be available for move-in during early fall 2014, and that patients head-

ed to the facility will, in the meantime, stay at Coler Hospital. “Goldwater patients who have been identified as potential 99th Street tenants will remain at Coler Hospital on Roosevelt Island where they will continue to receive skilled-nursing-facilitylevel care and be prepared for community living,” Hernandez said in an email. Hernandez said that Coler will also be an option for the relocation of Goldwater patients. Xama is one of those patients: he moved to the Coler facility in May, but said that if he has his way, his time on Roosevelt Island is limited. He ultimately hopes to be able to live independently and says that although he “would love to stay on the island,” he doubts his ability to find an apartment there. Meanwhile, although Hernandez said HHC has been working with patients and residents to secure appropriate placement, Dugan — who has been trying to relocate to Coler — has been told the hospital doesn’t have room for him and he must instead move to the Carter facility, where he says he does not want to go. Dugan is critical of HHC’s plan for the evacuation of Goldwater. “People are being told the day before they move that they have to move. It’s terrible that they wait until the last minute to tell people they’re leaving when they know in advance where people are going,” Dugan said. He charges the hospital with witholding information to avoid getting Goldwater patients and staff upset. Dugan fears that some disabled patients — perhaps even him — will be relocated to worse rehabilitation centers in the city. Both he and Xama stressed that Coler and Goldwater Hospitals were the best facilities for people with injuries like theirs. “It’s impossible living there [in other facilities]. They’re bad places to live in,” Xama said. “That’s why people regret this place going down, because this place is a good place for people like us.” The rest of this article can be read online at cornellsun.com. Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/dilemmaincourt.

people who had been in that situation, and it probably meant a lot to actually know that Cornell is looking out for and educating people with respect to those issues.” “Speak About It” was announced in May, and according to E.E. Hou ’14, creative director of the Every1 Campaign — a student organization that addresses issues of sexual assault and consensual sex — the workshop conveyed the imporatance of consent in relationships, The Sun previously reported. Aside from Speak About It, the Orientation Steering Committee welcomed the Class of 2017 and transfer students to Cornell with five days of academic and social events. These events will continue through the start of classes into Welcome Weekend, which consists of events such as picnics, movies and ClubFest, which will be held Sept. 7. This year’s orientation centered on international and travel themes, titled “Where will Cornell take you?”, according to Sarah Jones, assistant dean for new student programs. According to David Rosenwasser ’18, the orientation groups provided a good environment for meeting other new students. Like previous years, “the way the orientation groups were set

up with everyone in my group being from my college was a great opportunity to meet more students in a smaller setting,” Rosenwasser said. The orientation groups also provided students with an orientation leader, who students say were helpful easing the transition to Cornell. “My Orientation Leader led icebreaker activities that were a lot of fun and also made us a food map of places to eat around campus, which is really useful,” Samir Sherali ’17 said. In addition to orientation group activities, both required and non-mandatory events had high rates of attendance, Jones said. According to Cornell University Police estimates, Convocation had approximately 9,500 people in attendance, while 3,400 attended Cornell Essentials — where students could hear from upper-class students and alumni about transitioning to Cornell. Two thousand eight hundred of the 3,282 students in the Class of 2017 attended First Night activities on the Court-KayBauer quad. OSC members also focused on improving the experience for transfer students, according to Jones. These programs included paintball, trivia night, ice skating and a casino night, among other events. In addition to activities with his orientation group, Sherali said he enjoyed magician Tim

Gabrielson’s Saturday performance after the Great Migration — an annual tradition where new students walk from North Campus to Barton Hall for a performance. “He got the crowd involved, and the entire performance was fun. He called people up and would do tricks with them while making jokes,” Sherali said. The performance had a large turnout and provided freshman with an option other than going to parties, according to Sherali. “Barton Hall was pretty full. It seemed like everyone who didn’t go to Collegetown was there,” Sherali said. According to Jones, both the performance by Black Violins and the Silent Disco on the Arts Quad were well-attended and well-received. Another goal of Orientation Week programming is to introduce students to Cornell’s academic community and community in general. Rosenwasser said the programming was “much better executed” than expected. “It was nicely done, not obnoxious, and less cliché than could have been,” it Rosenwasser said. “No one seemed to mind spending an hour there, even though it was mandatory.” Dara Levy contributed reporting. Rachel Weber can be reached at rweber@cornellsun.com.

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ilitant atheists are like the outspoken vegans of spirituality — so eager to let you know how tame your mind has become thanks to its steady mental diet of processed sheep food, so ready to inform you why you’re completely misguided. You know the kind of atheist I’m talking about. The kind often stretching his intellectual superiority complex. The kind that pickets. The kind that should probably just join a debate team. “Oh, if only you were a freethinker, maybe you’d be open and uncluttered enough to see the self-evident fact that there is no God! But hey, it’s not your fault you’re so hopelessly chained in Abraham’s Cave. You’ve just been held hostage since youth by the most evil, maniacal and organized crime syndicate known to man — religion. Thankfully for you, your friendly neighborhood atheist is here with your red pill out of the Matrix. Just follow these two easy steps, and soon you, too, will be assuring yourself you’re enlightened and rubbing out a quick one to Richard Dawkins!” “First, shut up and listen to why science is the answer to all the big questions and why religious texts make the best fuel for campfires. Second, accept it.” Included free of charge in this package is a feeling of self-righteousness and a desperate hunger to prove how brainwashed everyone is. Resistance to these two steps may result in being labeled a fundamentalist with no regard for the scientific method. But I’m not religious. Far from it. The only thing I hate more than a militant atheist is a Jesus freak giving himself a good asswipe with The Origin of Species before leveling his twelve-gauge at the local abortion clinic. Atheism is becoming a holier-than-thou philosophy, but I don’t endorse kneeling five times a day to bow to a supernatural dictator. No, I am very against organized religion. Any group that markets its philosophy as the exclusive answer to the enigma of life should just disband and go home. Religion is particularly bad considering its long history of meaningless bloodshed and prostitution to the state as a control mechanism, but that does not excuse the preachy trend that has gripped atheism. Aggressive atheists need to realize their crusading approach makes them look like hypocrites. Just because orthodox religions have spent millennia barking their competing dogmas aloud doesn’t mean howling your own credo will solve the problem. Screaming your input into an ongoing din doesn’t help you get heard. It just associates you with the rest of the shrieking fanatics. Why do you

think so many people consider atheism to be a religion when that is exactly the last thing atheists want? Big antitheist gatherings where Christopher Hitchens rips on Christianity in front of a large audience may result in an entertaining Saturday for Joe the Atheist, but to believers it makes him look cultish. Atheists readily argue that large-scale organization is necessary to combat wellestablished theistic institution, but this leads to eerily similar behavior between the self-christened “brights” and the religious masses. I can understand how getting together with like-minded folks and freely bashing the Church satisfies the emotional heart, but you know who else is famous for convening en masse to discuss the grave danger of those who don’t think like them? Fundamentalists! Adamant members of the atheist movement profess a strong desire to educate the brainwashed about the truth. All that fine rhetoric about wanting to free people’s minds and show them real happiness isn’t new. You know who else shared that sentiment? Crusaders, missionaries, Mao Zedong, Jesuits, Stalin, the burdened White Man, conquistadors and the Moors are all world-class members of the Self Righteous Hall of Fame. Through great effort, militant atheists have added themselves to that list. Perhaps converting others is just part of the human condition to assure ourselves of our grasp on the truth. Indignant rebuttals from outraged atheists insisting their way is different because science is factual only serves to make the Big Bang Theory look even more like just another credo. I understand how frustrating it is to see powerful and established superstitious forces loudly discouraging condom use and building Creationist museums. But the militant atheist needs to let go of the notion that his is the only path that leads to enlightenment. Yes, science is founded on empirical evidence. Just because we haven’t measured greater, mysterious, “spiritual” forces yet doesn’t mean they must not exist. It is easy to sneer at religious faith, and easier to faithfully assert how correct you are. I don’t care whether you believe in no God or model your life after the Virgin Mary, but if you try to recruit me into your movement, godless or not, I’ll slam the door on you as hard as I would any Jehovah’s Witness.

David Zha is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at dzha@cornellsun.com. The Angry Spirit Bear appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Christo Eliot |

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Your Parents Have Quirks A

letter: Dear Reader, For those of you who are new on campus and don’t yet know me, let me be the first to congratulate you — you are reading “The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight” Cornell’s Pulitzer Prize winning opinion column. If you do know me, try not to tell anyone that the Pulitzer Prize business is pure creation. These columns will be appearing alternate Wednesdays this semester and will touch on some pretty hot-button issues (examples from last year: Art Garfunkel, ice cream, backyard wrestling leagues, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and IKEA). Feel free to read them at your leisure, but please don’t spit your gum out onto my face. Best, Christo Now for the real column: If you’re reading this, then you probably already know: Today was the first day of class. If you didn’t know that, then don’t worry — you have 16 more weeks to look forward to. There are a lot of ways to go about writing a column for the first day of school. I could offer snarky advice to freshman with cutting one-liners about how your keys will still work even when they aren’t around your neck. I could also offer honest advice like “Don’t wear your keys around your neck,” or “Make an effort to get to know people.” There is also the ever popular introduction column, but I figure that my letter above should give you pretty much all the information you’ll

It makes sense; all of those years of watching Your Parents be independent must have rubbed off on you at least a little bit. ever care to know about me. So that’s out too. Rather, I am going to talk about some pretty topical stuff for both freshman and upperclassmen alike: Your Parents. Note that the “Y” and “P” are both capitalized because I don’t actually know your parents, dear reader. It is just the idea. Your Parents don’t necessarily have to be your biological mother and father; they can be your grandparents, an aunt and uncle, your friend’s parents, your curling coach, whoever. If you’re a bright, shining, new face on the Hill then you probably just moved out from under the roof of your parents or other guardians. Now that Your Parents are gone there are a lot more options for your food choices and recreational activities. So, what I’m saying is: Yes, you should cover your RPCC soft serve ice cream in frosted flakes but, maybe hold off on playing “Kill the Handle” until the next party. This newfound independence can be daunting. If you were lucky enough to have Your Parents do your laundry throughout high school, that first load might be a challenge. Paying for it on North Campus with the ridiculous laundry prices might be an even bigger challenge. Having clothes that are dry? Completely impossible. But I know that if you work hard, by the end of freshman year you will have nicely creased clean pants and a perfectly folded fitted sheet (crumpled up in a ball in the corner of my closet is perfectly folded, right?). If you are a sophomore or older, you have at least one year away from home under your belt, and you may have had the terrifying revelation that you may slowly be turning into one or both of Your Parents. It makes sense; all of those years of watching Your Parents be independent must have rubbed off on you at least a little bit. I had no idea what I was doing when I got to college. Yeah, I knew how to do laundry and pour cereal into a bowl with milk, but truly taking care of myself was pretty foreign to this 18-year-old from Denver who just got to college. (Note: I am now a 20-year-old from Denver who still grapples with actually taking care of myself.) Becoming Your Parents (at least to some extent) isn’t the worst thing in the world. Your Parents raised a child that was successful enough to get into Cornell. Evolutionarily speaking, raising successful offspring is kind of paramount, so Your Parents are clearly doing something right. Your Parents are also a little bit weird and potentially embarrassing. I’ve said it before in this column, and it will certainly come up again: There is no intrigue to being normal. To be a compelling individual, you have to have some quirks. Your Parents have quirks. If they are slightly contagious, just embrace it. It’s time to give Your Parents the credit they deserve. Christo Eliot is a junior in the College of Engineering. He may be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

Sarah Byrne | Let it Byrne

Five Things You Should be More Outraged About O

ver the summer, I was incorrect grammar in your native forced to encounter thou- language. Look it up. Do it right. sands of people per day Please. 3. THAT JENNIFER L AWRENCE who were unable to function normally in society, a.k.a. I lived in HASN ’ T WON EVERY AWARD FOR New York City. Most of the time, I WHICH SHE ’ S BEEN NOMINATED : tried to be patient with the barrage Most of the people I know, male of pop culture and stupidity I faced and female, have an insane crush on each morning, but some things I Jennifer Lawrence. How many just can't get over. Therefore, you times have you watched that clip of should be just as outraged as I am. her tripping up the stairs at the Oscars? Or her telling the American Prepare yourself. 1. BRANDY MELVILLE: If you public that her nickname on the set haven’t heard of this lovely estab- of The Hunger Games was Katpiss lishment, it is a clothing chain that Neverclean? She seems like one of recently opened in the U.S. and your super weird and awkward sells a lot of hipster-y clothes (crop friends who just accidentally got tops, oversized sweaters, maxi famous. And the entire skirts), but for girls who have too much money to be actual hipsters. The brand’s Most of the time, I tried defining characteristic, to be patient with the though, is that all of its barrage of pop culture clothing is offered in only and stupidity I faced one size. Yes, one-size-fits-all apparently exists beyond the each morning, but world of hats and socks. some things I just However, in the case of can’t get over. Brandy Melville, this one size does not really fit all, as the one size is closest to what may country loves her for it! I mean, I be described as a 0 or 2 in any other know grown men who saw Silver store. I’ve heard a lot of people Linings Playbook and will admit in express anger toward Abercrombie public to liking it. One small step and Fitch’s CEO for not wanting for Jennifer Lawrence, one giant uncool, fat or ugly people to wear leap for the rom-com genre. 4. GIRLS USING SNAPCHAT AT his company’s clothes. I’d just like to say at least Abercrombie manu- THE GYM: I really enjoy going to the gym for a sort of cruel reason: factures clothing in XL sizes. 2. BAD GRAMMAR: I know peo- Everyone looks pretty awful. Most ple who care about grammar get girls don’t wear makeup (at least not this bad reputation for being nerds, as much as usual), guys are usually and I’ve definitely heard the phrase trying to lift things that are too “grammar Nazi” bandied about, but heavy for them, so they are making seriously, native English speakers awkward faces at the world and should, well, speak English. everybody is relatively red-faced Nothing bothers me more than and sweaty. At least, this used to be people who don’t know the differ- the way of the world … until ence between fewer and less. I will Snapchat. This app is destroying not even bother explaining the dif- the sanctity of the gym space. Girls ference to you — you should know. somehow feel the need to “snap” all In general, you should be embar- of their friends to tell them they’re rassed and/or shamed for using at the gym, because girls are in con-

stant battle with each other over who can burn more calories on any given day. Because of this, not only do girls dress up to go to the gym, they literally stop exercising and put on a pouty duck face multiple times over the course of their workouts to notify all 50 of their closest friends that they are, indeed, at the gym. I am not pleased to say that my sweaty face is probably in the background of many of said snapchats. 5. T HE EXISTENCE OF THE MOVIE CARS : With the production of the high class film Cars 2, Pixar has sunk to an all time low. I can see their train of thought: Toy Story is one of the greatest film franchises of all time, with three fantastic movies that are beloved by virtually all human beings with souls; why not make another movie about the lives of inanimate objects? How ever, this line of thinking is just wrong. Toy Story succeeded because it fulfilled the dream everyone has had about their toys coming alive when they’re not around. No one has ever had, or will ever have, such a fantasy about his or her car. Further, the eponymous cars seem to exist in an alternate reality, where they live in car towns in car houses and yet their occupation is driving around a racetrack where the audience is still comprised of humans! A little bit disjointed, if you ask me, but I’ll let it go as long as there is no Cars 3. Please, go out into the world and be properly outraged about these things. Let the insanity stop now. Help me, Sun readers. You’re my only hope.

Sarah Byrne is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at sbyrne@cornellsun.com. Let it Byrne appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Student organization educates community about sustainable seafood By JACQUELINE CAROZZA Sun Staff Writer

Who likes sushi? How about ice cream or cookies? Who uses shampoo? According to Kat Leigh ’15, “all of these products come from the ocean. Whether you eat seafood or not, this affects you.” Concerned with the way the world’s oceans are being harvested for seafood, Leigh founded Green Catch: Sustaining Blue by Catching Green. Green Catch is a program designed to educate middle schoolers about sustainable seafood, and is now also a Cornell club. The educational materials Leigh compiled for Green Catch are approved by Seafood Watch, one of the leading organizations promoting sustainable seafood. Leigh emphasizes education because sustainable seafood is not something with which many people are familiar. “I say that sustainable seafood is seafood that’s caught in an environmentally and economically friendly way – we’re sourcing the oceans in a way that can be sustained for years to come,” she said. What Is Sustainable? When it comes down to which fish are considered sustainable and which fillets do not make the cut, Leigh said the first distinction is whether the seafood comes from wild fisheries or if it comes from fish farms, also known as aquaculture. Overfishing wild populations is a huge problem, according to Leigh. The demographics of seafood stock, including gender ratio, age ratio and life history cycle, must be carefully considered in order to determine the appropriate catch. Wild fishing practices also range in their levels of sustainability. One of the most destructive fishing methods includes bottom trawling, which involves dragging a huge weighted net across the seafloor that picks up anything and everything, even if it cannot be used by the fishermen. “Bottom trawling is about the same as if your teacher assigned you to collect leaves for your science project, and instead of picking up a few leaves, you cut down a bunch of trees, picked off the leaves you needed and then threw the rest back,” she said.

Sustainable methods of fishing wild seafood include traditional hook and line, netting, and bottom trawling’s less destructive counterpart – mid-water trawling – which does not disturb the seafloor. When it comes to evaluating the sustainability of fish from aquaculture, Leigh asks two questions. “First, is it a carnivore? If so, it can’t be sustainable,” she said. According to Leigh, the amount of food that a farmed carnivorous fish supplies is outweighed by the amount of food needed to raise the fish itself. This is only a problem in aquaculture because “nature is much better at reusing and recycling nutrients,” Leigh said. Examples of herbivorous fish that can be sustainably raised include tilapia, catfish and shellfish. Farmed salmon and tuna are carnivorous, and therefore, according to Leigh, are not sustainable. The second question is one of origin – is the seafood farmed in the U.S.? According to Leigh, the U.S. has a number of stringent regulations that act to control problems such as disease, overuse of antibiotics, and lack of water filtration in aquaculture systems, making US-farmed and non-carnivorous seafood a good bet for sustainability and health eating. Beyond the actual harvesting of seafood, the second piece of Leigh’s definition of sustainable seafood is that it must be economically viable. According to Leigh, the market system of supply and demand has not been accounting for the biological needs of the ocean. “Supply and demand is based on substitutes, but there are no substitutes for resources and ecosystems,” she said. “Those can’t be replaced, so we run into problems when we start trying to make trades with our resources.” One of the policies that has been implemented to help solve this problem is the individual fishing quota. Under this system, the government sets each fisherman an allowable catch, a share which can be traded and sold in the market system. The quota system allows for fishermen to have an investment in the fishery. The quotas increase the security and stabili-

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Cornell connection | Leigh’s ’15 organization, Green Catch, works with Cornell Dining to promote the use of sustainable seafood on campus. ty of the fishery and decrease the incentive to overfish. “It’s a perfect example of using market incentives to monitor a natural system,” Leigh said. Better Ways to Fish Part of Green Catch’s message is that sustainable seafood has broader implications than the environmental and economic nuts and bolts. “That’s one of the big reasons why I’m so passionate about sustainable seafood – this concept transcends every area of focus. Whether you’re interested in health, science, policy, economics – sustainable seafood can fit somewhere,” Leigh said. Leigh sees the future of providing sustainable seafood to the population as a challenge that will need to draw on old fishing methods while infusing new ones in order to meet current demands. “You can use hook and line fishing, combined with really accurate sonar tracking to localize fish, while also using technologically advanced methods to survey and monitor that fish,” she said. “The whole idea of sustainability is not to no longer be able to do things, it’s to make things work. It’s not

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Sustainable sushi | Green Catch hosts events such as “Make Your Own Sustainable Sushi Night” to raise awareness at Cornell.

about banning things or telling people they can’t do what they enjoy.” One example of a rebirth of old traditions coupled with new implementation mechanisms is the re-emergence of raising carp and other fish in rice paddies, a combination that is mutually beneficial to both the rice and the fish. Eating Sustainable Seafood What does this mean for the average seafood consumer? Most restaurants cannot determine the source of their seafood, and seafood is often even mislabeled as to what species it is, according to Leigh. Much of Leigh’s efforts involve bridging the huge accountability gap she sees between the production and sale of seafood. Leigh suggests that consumers shopping for weekly groceries consult the smartphone app or pocket guides printed by Seafood Watch to identify sustainable purchases. Also keep an eye out for fish stamped with the blue Marine Stewardship Council ecolabel, which guarantees that the product was sourced sustainably. Seafood at Cornell Through the Green Catch club at Cornell, Leigh trains members of the community to teach the Green Catch curriculum at local middle schools. Leigh also works with Cornell Dining and the Statler Hotel to promote sustainable seafood on campus. Currently, Cornell has received the Marine Stewardship Council custodial certification for Keeton House and Robert Purcell Community Center, which allows them to indicate seafood dishes that contain MSC-certified sustainable products. “The MSC certification means that you can trace the seafood from net to plate,” Leigh said. “We have a plan to slowly increase the percentage of sustainable seafood served on campus, but of course, student and faculty pressure can help accelerate the process.” During Orientation Week, Leigh organized a series of lectures on the multiple facets of sustainable seafood. The last event, “Inside the Glass: A Night of Sustainable Sushi,” will be held at 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 at the Museum of the Earth’s new aquaria exhibits. A shuttle will leave from Day Hall at 4:30pm. Jacqueline Carozza can be reached at jcarozza@cornellsun.com.

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Controlling Freshwater Fish Disease Researchers Create NonLethal Method To Test Fish For Infection By YVONNE HUANG Sun Staff Writer

In recent years, fish in the Great Lakes region have been affected by viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, a disease that attacks the blood vessels of certain freshwater fish. While mass die-offs have not occurred for some time, researchers at Cornell, including Emily Cornwell grad, have been closely monitoring the disease in the area to ensure it does not spread. “I was really interested in finding a way to continue our surveillance without lethally sampling a large number of fish,” Cornwell said. Whereas previous tests required samples from the internal organs of fish and therefore proved lethal to the sampled individuals, a new non-lethal method of sampling from fins or gills has allowed for a more humane approach for the surveillance of VHSV. VHSV was first prevalent in European waters, with noted effects on rainbow trout populations. While this non-lethal testing has been available in Europe for some time, the Great Lakes strain of VHSV has not been thoroughly studied until recently. VHSV causes internal bleeding in freshwater fish and, in some cases, can also affect their brains, causing abnormal behavior in swimming patterns. Some external symptoms can include bloating,

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Identifying infections | A fathead minnow infected with viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus is tested using the non-lethal gill clip method. The virus has no known effect on humans or other warm-blooded animals, even if they eat infected fish, due to the virus’ sensitivity to heat.

protruding eyes and skin lesions. The virus is generally lethal to fish, although there have been cases where fish have recovered on their own. According to Cornwell, these fish can become carriers, making it dangerous in terms of spreading the virus. Although there is a vaccine available for fish, it is neither legal in the U.S. nor is it practical to try to inoculate entire fish populations. There is currently no known cure for VHSV. According to Cornwell, this virus has no known effects on humans due to its temperature sensitivity. It cannot survive in warm temperatures, making it ineffective in both birds and mammals that ingest fish. Fish, however, if inhabiting waters between 37-54° F, are susceptible to the virus. The virus has been known to be transmitted between fish through ingestion of infected live fish and through infected water entering the gills or skin. Although the virus is not transferred through warm-blooded animals or through high-temperature regions, it has the potential to infect any fish it encounters. A strange characteristic of this disease is that it can stay dormant until the fish becomes stressed, at which time it manifests itself full-force, Cornwell said. This is especially worrisome for fish farmers. “In addition to affecting populations of fish in the wild, it’s become a concern for fisherman as well as people who are raising fish in aquaculture,” Cornwell said.

Because aquaculture fish are often enclosed and are more inclined to stress, VHSV can heavily affect these populations. U.S. hatcheries and farms have yet to find the virus within its populations. However, all five Great Lakes have reported the strain of the virus within almost 30 different fish populations. “The species that we do know are susceptible represent a wide taxonomic range. However, there are many species that we do not know if they are affected or not,” Cornwell said. Cornwell and other Cornell researchers have been concerned with keeping VHSV in the Great Lakes region under close surveillance. However, to do so, many fish would previously have to be killed in order to provide a relatively accurate assessment of the water and fish population health. The new non-lethal test for VHSV takes tissues from either the fins or gills. This makes testing more humane and easier to practice on protected species. The new test also helps preserve fish populations used for sport in the region. “It allows us to track the virus much more closely,” Cornwell said. “We can sample a much larger sample of fish because we’re only taking a small biopsy of their fin or gill and can release them as soon as we do that.” “You can never be a hundred percent sure unless you tested every individual, but a general rule of thumb is that if you want

to be 95 percent confident, then you need to test 60 individuals,” Cornwell said. Although there have not been many mass die-offs due to VHSV in the Great Lakes region since 2003, around the time when the virus was first discovered, Cornell researchers are still keeping tabs on the virus. “It is important to know what the baseline prevalence is in case there is an additional outbreak and also continue to make sure people are aware and continue to take the precautions,” Cornwell said. Farmers and fishermen have taken precautions in making sure the disease does not spread to inland waters and aquaculture. Due to its threat to fish populations, VHSV is also a reportable disease. “If the disease is found in samples of a previously unaffected region, the test must be reported to the state veterinarian,” Cornwell said. The government keeps close tabs on this virus due to its potential risk to aquaculture and the economy. According to Cornwell, however, it is through the education of the community and those who would be in contact with potentially infected fish that the disease can remain controlled and only in the wild fish populations. Yvonne Huang can be reached at yhuang@cornellsun.com.

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Fish finding | Emily Cornwell, grad, works with Emily Nash ’10 and Greg Anderson to trawl for fish in the Great Lakes. The fish will then be sampled in order to monitor the virus. Although the virus has not recently caused any mass die-offs in the Great Lakes Region, researchers want to be sure it does not spread.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT KE$HA:“Put Your Hot Pants On and Up” KE$HA

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The announcement of Ke$ha’s upcoming visit to Cornell will undoubtedly be met with reactions ranging on a spectrum from elation to vitriol. But whether you view her as an unabashed and deliberately unpolished girl-next-house-party dose of fun or a shameless manipulator of America’s cheap musical sensibilities and tendency towards the obnoxious and digestible, there’s no arguing that Ke$ha is a big-name score for the Cornell Concert Commission. As it stands, Ke$ha’s single “Tik Tok” is the mostsold single in history by a female solo artist, and her first album, Animal, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in 2010, summing up a year in which the odds-defying yet-another-nutso-popstar had already shelled out two Number One and four Top Ten singles. If you aren’t compelled by Ke$ha’s commercial success, you can still have some fun trying to figure out the absolute riddle that is her musical evolution. The girl who woke up “feeling like P-Diddy,” puked in Paris Hilton’s closet and giggled endlessly at “the popo” is also inexplicably a devotee of Johnny Cash, a Beastie Boys fan-girl, a sought-after songwriter and an ordained minister. True, first-generation Ke$ha enjoyed about three sec-

onds of praise followed by endless months of backlash. Even to the drunkest of fourteen year-olds it was clear that the Princess of Trash boasted little more than some impromptu synth-yodeling, white-girl “talky” rap, and hyper-synthetic Atari-reminiscent backdrops. With more snark than Taylor Swift, less of the aloof ambiguity of Lady Gaga and none of Katy Perry’s cute, the world would soon be sick of the patron saint of alcohol-poisoning, wine-stained sofas and way-too-“tight-ass rocker pants.” But Ke$ha’s second album, Warrior, included such surprises as a deconstructed cover of the Dolly Parton hit “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You,” scarcelyauto-tuned and country-inspired ballads “Past Lives” and “Wonderland” and the 1970’s rock tune “Only Wanna Dance With U,” featuring The Strokes. This isn’t to say we’ve said goodbye forever to the good ‘ole glitter and grime Ke$ha: songs like “Crazy Kids,” “All That Matters,” “C’Mon” and “Die Young” make the same raunchy, party girl promises about “feelin’ like a high schooler, sippin’ on a warm wine cooler” and “stripping down to dirty socks.” What Warrior has proven without a doubt is that Ke$ha herself is becoming a more and more complicated production. The dramatic eye-glitter that she wears on stage is allegedly an A Clockwork Orange reference and her image-incongruous smarts are not the stuff of urban legend — she confirmed on NPR that she

received near-perfect SAT scores and often spent afterschool fun-time at a local college listening to seminars on Cold War history. Obvious intellect paired with the career we’ve seen thus far begs the question: What would all of you smarty-pants do for a few years of fame and a butt-load of money? Pretend to be a binge-drinking sex-loon and wear your hair like 1980’s Glenn Close? Brush your teeth with a bottle of Jack? Take a few “hot mess” slams and roll with it? That’s what I thought. In the age of turning our celebrities into “real people”, in which Nicki Minaj is an amiable gal pal on American Idol and James Franco mocks his own hipster nonsense in This is the End, in which Beyoncé is a mama and our president is a dude you could have a beer with, a persona that is still a mystery is a rarity. So Clockwork your glitter and find some room-temperature whiskey. Put your “hot pants on and up.” Most of all, leave your previous perceptions at the doors to Barton, because decoding Ke$ha is a challenge befitting a crowd of Cornell kiddos. Or whatever, maybe just enjoy a shiny, hazy night of booze and nonsense. I like your beard. The Sun’s arts section can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

CONCERTS WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO: FALL 2013 YO LA TENGO SEPTEMBER 13TH THE STATE THEATRE ¡Tienes que ir a este concierto, amigo! We may need to refine our Spanish skills, but you need only watch as these indie-darlings — often called the “quintessential critic’s band” — work their laid-back magic over Ithaca’s masses. In case you’re not convinced, their latest album, Fade, a playful, patient, and confident collection, received reviews as strong as ever. Do yourself a favor and hop on this bandwagon.

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AARON CARTER SEPTEMBER 23RD THE HAUNT Between the N’Sync reunion (!!!!) on Sunday’s VMAs and the endless stream of nostalgic galleries of toys and TV shows on Buzzfeed, ’90s resurgence is in full swing. On September 21, ’90s fever will likely spread to Ithaca when Aaron Carter plays the Haunt. Yes, you read that right. Aaron Carter. Ithaca. The Haunt. Known for albums like his self-titled 1997 debut and Oh, Aaron, the former tween heartthrob will attract a slew of ’90s kids looking for what’s sure to be a satisfying nostalgia fix. Long live Aaron’s party. Recommended Songs: “I Want Candy,” “Aaron’s Party,” “That’s How I Beat Shaq.”

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This Sacramento-based, experimental rock group is strange in all the right ways. Their latest album, X’ed Out, was released in May via Sargent House, and though we wouldn’t call it completely accessible, the music is never boring. Recommended Video: “Weird Circles”

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The Beets

The Julie Ruin

Death Grips

“Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes”

“Oh Come On”

By Mike Sosnick

By James Rainis

By Mike Sosnick

“Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes,” the Aside of a 7” due in October, is a cover. You’d be forgiven for not knowing the original song, however. Queens-via-Uruguay outfit The Beets’ latest track is in fact a cover of a song from radio personality Howard Stern’s sixth grade band. And in case you were wondering, the B-side will be a cover of another song from the same source material. Whether or not the band members are huge Stern fans, this track choice is very appropriate. The stripped-down garage rockers of The Beets, much like Stern himself, are known for taking almost nothing seriously. They apparently do take their jokes somewhat seriously, though, because they succeeded in making the dream of sixth grade punks everywhere not only listenable but actually enjoyable. By approaching the track with some degree of talent, The Beets kept remarkably perfect time through the driving three-chord progression, and made the whiny vocal delivery pleasing. With the exception of the faithfully recreated so-called drum solo that brings the middle of the song to a grinding halt, this single isn’t too different from anything else The Beets have released. Like the rest of the band’s discography, this track is goofy and unpretentious. Especially if you were in a band back in middle school, try to listen to “Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes” without smiling.

“Oh Come On” reintroduces us to former Bikini Kill frontwoman and generally accepted kingpin (queenpin?) of riot-grrl Kathleen Hanna’s patented sugar-rush punk: impassioned, barely coherent screams of the song’s title, Phil Spector-like backing vocals and a focused guitar chug that’ll snap your neck. The veteran musicians that make up The Julie Ruin embrace the boundless energy of Hanna’s inclusive punk cheerleading (“Say it on the street, on the lawn, on the dial / Make it super sweet, but still versatile”) with a sharpness that recalls the hardscrabble indie rock of supergroup Wild Flag. It’s Hanna’s “new girl style” all grown up, but without losing any of its bite.

I’ve always struggled deciding whether Death Grips are brilliantly insane or just plain crazy. After blowing off a bunch of their scheduled shows this summer, one of which I was scheduled to attend, I started to lean toward plain crazy, perhaps out of anger. Their latest track, “Birds,” re-convinced me of their genius. “Birds,” which may appear on the group’s upcoming LP due in 2014, is a sparse hodgepodge of messy guitar loops and desolate drums mixed with shrill, droning synth and MC Ride’s eerie, distorted delivery. From the outset, the song is a sonic attack with a jarring hook manipulated into something that sounds like a mukkuri mouth harp, followed by nearly unintelligible, battered vocals. The intentionally lazy guitar that enters next is ghostly, and it leads the track until it eventually devolves into silence broken only by apathetic vocals and shrieking echoes of the word “higher.” The lyrics are cryptically dark when intelligible with lines like, “I got power/It’s so cheap/Fuck this bird, bitch/Drink this bleach.” This brutal, obnoxious single seems to be the next step to the return of the Death Grips we knew and loved: the group that used a photo of a penis as an album cover and didn’t want to be liked.

Mike Sosnick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun.com.

James Rainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com.

Mike Sosnick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun.com.

“Birds”

Mundanely Enthralling

arlier this year a New Yorker article trendspotted the hottest thing on British TV: Scandinavia. Despite a spate of excellent shows that have seen successful crossovers into the United States like Sherlock and Downton Abbey, the British are more obsessed with Danish crime thrillers like Forbrydelsen (“The Killing”) and political dramas like Borgen ("Castle"). When Prince Charles and Camila toured Denmark last year, they demanded to tour Forbrydelsen’s set. These two shows’ foreign popularity not only extends to the British: Borgen was so good that Stephen King dubbed it the best TV show of 2012, even though it was still not legally available in the United States. When Borgen finally was available on PBS, the network aired the episodes as they appeared in Denmark with subtitles: almost unprecedented with the American subtitle-phobic audience. The popularity of these two Danish TV shows is surprising, but well deserved — they’re really good. And while crime thrillers and political dramas have been done many times before, both shows are unique in their banal, moody and hypermodern darkness. Cloudy skies and a way-toouncomfortably-stable political environments don’t fade away murder’s intrigue in Forbrydelsen and political dirtiness in Borgen, but accent them. Unlike the bravado found in American inspirations like Law & Order and The West Wing, these shows focus on how the environment slowly wears out the characters that live in quiet desperation. Forbrydelsen was lauded for giving substantial screen time to the victims’ families and the community to show how devastating murder can be. Borgen chronicles a modest politician’s struggle to

stay above parliamentary politics’ seedy fray. Somehow Scandinavia has shown that banality, paradoxically, can be exciting. And such TV has great crossover potential. AMC remade Forbrydelsen as The Killing to disappointing results, but FX’s remake of the Danish-Swedish show Broen (“The Bridge”) may be one of the few times a remake is better than the original. In The Bridge, FX has taken the original show’s premise — a murder on an international bridge that forces police forces from two countries to work together — and transplanted it on the U.S.-Mexico border. The vast swath of political material just from this one locational change made The Bridge one of the best and most exciting shows that debuted this summer. In literature, the Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgard is buzzing in the Englishspeaking world as his 4,000 page autobiography, My Struggle (Yes, like the Hitler auto-

Kai Sam Ng You’ve Got to Be Kitsching Me bography), slowly leaks out volume-by-volume in translated form. The original Norwegian editions have already sold half a million copies around Scandinavia, and the first two English volumes have bought enthusiastic reviews. The New York Times called the first book “arrestingly beautiful,” and The New Yorker enthused over the “morbidly compelling” writing. The scale and scope of My Struggle has required any discussion of the book with a comparison to Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. Both lack conventional plots and meander into broader topics on love and death in

excruciating detail. But their treatment towards details is astronomically different. For Proust, every small action is a burden of romantic longing. An old man’s heart “has already been wounded more than once by the darts of love; it no longer evolves by itself, obeying its own incomprehensible and fatal laws, before his passive and astonished heart.” For Knausgaard, every action chronicles the sheer burden of life itself. With “the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops. Sooner or later, one day, this pounding action will cease of its own accord, and the blood will begin to run towards the body’s lowest point, where it will collect in a small pool, visible from outside as a dark, soft patch on ever whitening skin, as the temperature sinks, the limbs stiffen and the intestines drain.” Knausgaard’s evocation towards ordinariness is brittle but clear, making his meanderings much more readable than Proust. While Proust’s exceedingly-lush prose often forces readers to resist eye-rolling, My Struggle is too brooding and real to put down. Proust tries a little too hard to reassert an artisanal (and decidedly masculine) individuality that, for Knausgaard, disappeared a long time ago. All of these works are undoubtedly miserable, but there’s something about their stark contrast to their American counterparts that makes them so refreshingly enthralling, realizing an existential dread that you couldn’t put a name to. Anglo-American literature in recent times, when miserable, tends to be garishly individualistic — Salman Rushdie’s Joseph Anton, with its eye-rolling martyrized third-person prose, comes to mind. And when it wants to tackle the mundane, it tends to feel more like conceptual performance art than an actual book — think of Tao Lin. And both qualities are absent from TV altogether. Even the American remake of Fobrydelsen, called The Killing on AMC, has been mediocre at best and annoyingly hubristic. The most significant contribution such

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Scandinavian media brings is that misery and mundaneness not only can be captivating, but feel more primal, real, and applicable to our lives. It really does prove that everybody can be unhappy in their own way. Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at kng@cornellsun.com. You’ve Got to be Kitsching Me runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Derek Jeter Tiger Woods Suffers Back Pain at Liberty National Will Make Comeback TORONTO (AP) — Derek Jeter was dealing with plenty of emotions as he prepared for his latest return to the New York Yankees’ lineup. “Excited, looking forward to it, anxious, happy,” Jeter said. “What else could you have?” Jeter was activated off the disabled list before New York’s game Monday at Toronto, starting at shortstop and batting second against the Blue Jays. Jeter broke his left ankle in the AL championship series last October and missed the first 91 games this year. Since then, the 13-time All-Star has twice been forced back on the DL, first with a strained right quadriceps and more recently with a strained right calf. “Hopefully we can keep him this time,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “We haven’t been so fortunate the last two times.” Indeed, neither of Jeter’s previous comebacks have lasted very long. He was healthy for just three at-bats as a designated hitter before suffering his quadriceps strain, then made it through a mere four games before being shelved by the calf injury. “I’m hoping I have no other problems, I really am,” Jeter said, adding that he hasn’t been able to condition his legs as much as he’d like ever since October’s initial injury. “Really, when you think about it, it’s not that surprising that something happened to them because it’s the first time I’m playing without working them out,” Jeter said. “I’ll try to do as much as I can to keep them strong for this last month but all I can do is go out and play and hope everything is fine.” Monday’s game marked the first time this season that both Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were in New York’s starting lineup. “It's probably as whole as we’ve been all year long,” Girardi said. Girardi said he’ll monitor Jeter’s status on a daily basis, particularly over three games on Toronto’s artificial turf, and conceded that the 39-year-old may need the occasional day off over the final few weeks of the season. “I’m just going to watch each day and make a decision,” Girardi said. “Depending on how he feels and how we think he feels, we’ll make a decision.” Jeter is batting .211 (4 for 19) with one home run and two RBIs in five games. He has been absent for 125 games this season, more than the 82 total games he missed in five previous career trips to the DL. The Yankees have gone 12-5 since Aug. 9, vaulting them back into the AL wild-card race. New York entered play Monday 3½ games behind wild-card leaders Tampa Bay and Oakland, with Cleveland and Baltimore both ahead of them. “I’m happy that the team is playing well, but we have to continue that,” Jeter said.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Of all the players who missed putts on the 18th hole at Liberty National, Adam Scott might have been the only one who felt like it didn’t matter. His 15-foot putt grazed the right edge of the cup, and Scott walked away with a 5-under 66 that he considered little more than a good final round. More than an hour later, it turned out to be a winner at The Barclays. “I can’t believe it, to be honest," Scott said after opening the FedEx Cup playoffs with a one-shot win. “I just played a good round today and I came in and really didn’t think it had a chance. But obviously, things went my way a lot out there. “I feel like I’ve been given a bit of a gift,” he said, “but I’ll take it.” Even if Scott had made his birdie putt on the 18th, he figured he would be lucky to get into a playoff. What followed was a parade of missed putts, ugly shots and Tiger Woods dropping to his

knees just before he started dropping birdies. “It was a good charge, but obviously I got a lot of luck, the guys struggled coming in,” Scott said. “I’ve been in their position, too. It’s hard getting it done and I was playing from a position of nothing to lose today.” Justin Rose had a 25-foot birdie putt to take the outright lead, gunned it 5 feet by the hole, and missed the par putt to fall one shot behind. Kevin Chappell, whose birdie on the 10th hole gave him a two-shot lead, played the next seven holes in 7-over par, starting with a three-putt from 8 feet for double bogey. Woods had been battling lower back issues all week, which he attributed to a soft bed in his hotel room. In a snapshot of the collapses that unfolded over the last two hours, Woods said he had a back spasm on the par-5 13th hole, and after his second shot with a fairway metal was so far left that it went into a water

hazard on the other side of the 15th fairway, he dropped to all fours in pain and took his time getting back on his feet. Woods at least made it interesting, as he often does. He birdied the 16th. He birdied the 17th to get within one shot. He had a 25-foot putt off the back of the 18th green to catch Scott, and it looked good all the way until stopping one turn short. Woods turned away in disbelief, the second time he has come up one shot short at Liberty National. That last hope came from Gary Woodland, who chose driver off the 13th tee and hit it through the fairway and into the water, leading to bogey. Woodland never caught up, missing birdie putts inside 10 feet on his last three holes. Rose, unlike Scott, knew exactly what his putt meant and wanted to be sure he gave it a good run. “I got too aggressive,” said Rose, who closed with a 68. “I thought it was a putt to win the tournament. It's tough to take.”

Woods put up a good fight despite looking to be uncomfortable over the final hour. He was one shot behind going to the 12th hole when he felt a twinge in his lower back, which turned into a spasm on the 13th. “I felt great until that tee shot at 12,” Woods told CBS Sports, later declining all over interview requests. “I was perfectly fine. I was playing pretty good, and I was hanging right there ... and I was only one back. So I figured I was in the perfect spot, and unfortunately just couldn’t finish off the rest of the day.” Woods closed with a 69, the first time in a year on the PGA Tour that he posted all four rounds in the 60s. He left some doubt whether he would compete at the next playoff event, the Deutsche Bank Championship, which starts Friday on the TPC Boston. “That’s all hypothetical right now,” Woods said. “I just got off and I’m not feeling my best right now.”

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A-Rod Lacks Role Red Looks Forward to New Season Model in Absent Father TOP TEN

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from an interview Rodriguez gave about his father, back when he was a young phenom in Seattle. “Dad left us when I was nine,” Rodriguez said in the interview. “What did I know back then? I thought he was coming back. I thought he had gone to the store or something. But he never came back … It still hurts.” In the article, Vecsey suggests a correlation between Rodriguez’s misguided decisions throughout his career and his father’s disappearance. “Rodriguez missed the voice in his childhood saying, ‘Alex, cut that out,’” Vecsey writes. Though Vecsey’s angle here is poignant and unique, it is nevertheless hard to fully accept. Overcoming the loss of a father without succumbing to the additional pressures this poses takes strong character, something Rodriguez, so far, has yet to prove. I worked at a baseball camp in New Jersey this summer, with kids ranging from eight to 18. In the last week, a foster mother dropped off two boys — Dante and Anthony — that she had just taken into her home. “Watch out for them,” she told me. “They’re going to be off the wall.” Dante wore an orange Cal Ripken jersey and a navy blue hat that was too small for his head, spattered with illegible signatures across the brim. When he started to get a little wild, I pulled him to the side and asked him where he got that jersey. “My dad bought it for me when he took me to the game.” He couldn’t look me in the eye and wanted to turn away. “Who signed the hat?” I asked, trying to hold his attention a few more seconds. “Man, how am I supposed to know? My dad got them for me.“ Then he ran back to his game of wiffle ball. Anthony, the older of the two, was much calmer, but needed more attention. He was constantly asking to have a catch with me and always wanted to talk. “Have you ever been up near Paterson?” he asked. I didn’t know Jersey very well, but I told him yes. “For real,” his face lit up, and he put the ball he was about to throw to me back into his glove. “You know my dad works over there? He builds patios, all them big patios you see on the houses, that’s my dad.” Alex Rodriguez’s father, Victor, owned a successful shoe store in Miami before he cut out on his family. “He had been so good to me, actually spoiled me because I was the baby of the family. I couldn’t understand what he had done,” Rodriguez said in the same interview. At what point does the heroic father who took his son to ball games become just the father who left his children behind? For Dante and Anthony, that threshold has not been crossed yet. Like Rodriguez, they may some day resent their fathers beyond repair. But that feeling of resentment might be less painful for these boys than putting their faith in an idol who will only disappoint them. On the last day of camp, Anthony did not show up. The day before, he had gotten into a small fight with one of the other campers. I took him aside and tried to calm him down, but he was fuming. I put my hand on his shoulder but he pushed me away. “Don’t touch me, you’re not my dad!” he yelled. When his foster mother came to pick up Dante, I asked where Anthony was. She told me he had been increasingly disrespectful and violent at home, so she had sent him back to the boys home. Maybe the pain of losing his father, the very same pain Rodriguez has carried for 30 years now, is starting to become real for Anthony. In the same week of camp, interestingly enough, I coached a young relative of Yankee great, Joe Dimaggio. Nine-year-old Ryan DiMaggio was a quiet, shy, little leftie first baseman with the drive and passion of a young boy with baseball in his blood. This is not to say that Ryan’s family had a history of role model fathers. DiMaggio was divorced twice — once from actress Marilyn Monroe — and was allegedly involved with seven other women. Sometimes the chips fall where they may. It takes true personal character to not follow in the footsteps of a lousy father. For Rodriguez — whether he has his father, or more likely, himself to blame — the damage is essentially done. We can judge him for a professional life that has been mired in scandals — both personal and on the field — we can even turn our noses up at using a bad father as a scapegoat for terrible decisions. But no reporter or fan of the game can understand what it felt like for Rodriguez, or Dante, or Anthony, to watch their own fathers walk away. All Rodriguez can really do now is grin and bear it. If he continues to hit the gap in right center field while he still can, and eventually accepts — with dignity — the punishment the MLB will inevitably dole out, then maybe the unforgiving fans of this game can learn to forgive. Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

conference championship as a team, since it won seven straight from 2002-2008. 9. It’s Monday Night Football Time - J.C. Tretter ’13 was drafted to the Packers in the fourth round to join Green Bay. Luke Tasker ’13 agreed to terms on a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers and became one of 23 undrafted players to join the team. 10. Welcome Home - David Archer ’05 was named The Roger J. Weiss ’61 Coach of Cornell Football by Athletic Director Andy Noel on Jan. 3.

Archer was a former captain for the Cornell football team in his time with the Red and also helped recruit extensively in the past.

With the start of a fresh semester and the beginning of the season for eight Cornell teams — cross-country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, field hockey, football, sprint, volleyball and men’s tennis — Red fans should get excited, get their tickets and get ready for some great games. Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Athletics’ Top 10 Moments From 2012-2013 By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

Most students return to the Hill this semester after spending a few months filled with jobs, vacations and hopefully a bit of rest, but we at The Sun return to anything and everything related to Cornell athletics. With the start of a new semester comes a host of different sports. Just like the Class of 2017, Cornell’s teams enter the second half of 2013 with clean slates and a chance to prove what the Red is really made of. But, as the saying goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it’s always important to look back at the past year and the accomplishments of our 34 athletic teams as we move into the future. Here are our picks for the Top 10 moments of the 2012-2013 season so far. 1. He Made History! – Kyle Dake ’13 was the first wrestler to win his fourth national title in four separate weight classes in collegiate wrestling on March 24th, 2013. He is one of only three wrestlers to win four national titles total in NCAA history. 2. Making Magic – The men’s soccer team won its first outright Ivy League title since 1977 by defeating Columbia, 1-0, on November 10th, 2012. 3. It’s a Hat Trick – Cornell's women’s ice hockey team took home its third ECAC Championship thanks to a 2-1 win over Harvard on March 10th. 4. Twin Wins – The men’s tennis team also made Cornell proud as it won the Indoor ECAC Tennis Championships for the second season in the last three

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Fighting for the win | Kyle Dake ’13 was the first wrestler to win a fourth national title in four separate weight classes. He is one of only three wrestlers to win four national titles in NCAA history.

years. 5. Fighting Season - The Cornell men’s lacrosse team advanced to the NCAA tournament but were defeated in the semi-final round by Duke. Throughout the 2013 spring, the Red went 14-4 and Rob Pannell ’13 graduated as the DI leading scorer. 6. He’s Going Pro – Rob Pannell ’13 became Cornell’s second two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist on May 9th and was signed to the New York Lizards to eventually become the MLL Rookie of the Year on August 14th. He currently holds the longest points-scoring streak in the nation — notching at least one point in each of his 69 career games with the Red. He also has the lead for the

Cornell Athletics Tops the Ivy League In Capital One Cup Competition Cornell athletics continued to rack up titles as the entire program ranked highly in the Capital One Cup standings this year. The women’s program was No. 51 on the list, while the men’s finished at No. 18. The Capital One Cup is given out annually to the best men’s and women’s Division I programs in the country. The points are earned throughout the year based on final standings in the NCAA Championships plus coaches’ polls. On the men’s side, Cornell was the highest ranked Ivy League program this year. The women came in second for the Ancient Eight

— sitting behind Princeton at No. 18 overall. The Cornell men sports that were considered for the honor were baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field (indoor/outdoor) and wrestling. The women’s sports were basketball, cross country, field hockey, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field (indoor/outdoor) and volleyball. — Compiled by Haley Velasco

most career assists of any active player in Division I men’s lacrosse at this time. 7. Take Back The Turf - Men’s track and field won the IC4A Outdoor Championship on Ivy League-rival Princeton’s home turf, claiming the turf for the Red for the first time since 1951. 8. The Women Win, Too – The women’s track and field team placed eighth at the ECAC outdoors with 31 points on May 12th. Victoria Imbesi ’12 broke her own school record with a throw of 158’ 10” to take the ECAC title. The Red also claimed its first back-to-back Ivy League See TOP TEN page 23

A-Rod Struggles Beyond the Field

hen Alex Rodriguez made his turn around first base in Fenway Park on Aug. 18, his aggressive clap and fist pump were reminiscent of the A-rod Yankee fans had learned to love and despise in 2009. Though this homerun only put the Yankees within two in an almost meaningless mid-

Home run | The baseball team was one of the men’s sports teams considered in determining the rankings for the Capital One Cup. The men’s program was ranked highest in the Ivy League.

Rodriguez on the elbow and allowing most of Boston to erupt. But as Rodriguez took his jog around the bases in the sixth, it was his turn to speak, giving Dempster some choice words that were kindly blurred out by ESPN. In the weeks since the MLB suspended Rodriguez for 211 games and then

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Guest Column season game, Rodriguez got his message across to the Boston fans, who were silent for the first time. Just three innings before, the Boston faithful had created a frenzy in the stadium when Ryan Dempster threw behind Rodriguez in the first pitch of his at-bat. After two more inside fastballs, each one causing more fans to rise to their feet, Dempster seemed to finally find his target, drilling

allowed him to play during his appeal process, the media has blurred many of his words, portraying the Yankees star as everything from liar to victim, cheat to martyr. The only time I saw Rodriguez truly able to speak was in an article in the New York Times by George Vecsey called “Thrown by Life’s Curveballs, a Star Missed the Signals.” Vecsey borrowed See CHIUSANO page 23