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New Development Will Rise Above the Commons

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

A major $30-million building will soon join an ongoing redesign of the Commons in transforming the City of Ithaca’s downtown space.

On Tuesday, the city’s Planning and COURTESY OF CITY OF ITHACA

Shiny | The Green Street-side view of Harold’s Square will rise 11 stories high. The development was approved by the city on Tuesday.

Development Board unanimously approved plans for Harold’s Square, a multi-use building that will add retail, office and residential space to the Commons. Plans for Harold’s Square have been met with praise from both the community and local politicians, who say it will help revitalize the downtown area and attract businesses to Ithaca.

The building, which will be 11 stories high on its back side, will be located between the Commons and Green Street and sandwiched between Maté Factor and Trader K’s. The former Benchwarmers building will be renovated as part of the project.

Harold’s Square will have a four-story facade that faces the Commons, with the rest of the tower set back 62 feet and facing Green Street. An atrium will connect the Green Street and Commons entrances, according to the project’s plan.

The development process of Harold’s Square was aided by a recent zoning code change made by the Common Council in early June allowing buildings that would previously violate maximum building height to move forward in the development process.

Prior to that change, the project would have required a height zoning variance — an

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I like big buildings, I cannot lie | Harold’s Square viewed from the Commons will be four stories tall and connect on its east side to the Sage Block, the former Benchwarmers building, which was built by the same early Cornell benefactor after whom Sage Chapel is named.

exception from the City’s zoning code — in order for the project to come to fruition.

John Schroeder ’74, a member of the Planning and Development Board and the production manager for The Sun, said the board was very pleased with the work done

by David Lubin, president and co-owner of L

Enterprises, LLC — the firm responsible for Harold’s Square.

Schroeder said the proposed building plan had an “exceptional design,” which he credited to the collaboration of L See HAROLD’S page 4

Admissions Official Leaves Cornell New Chicken Eatery

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

The admissions official who helped the University reach a record high number of undergraduate applications has left Cornell for the University of Buffalo.

Lee Melvin, who served as associate vice provost for enrollment for Cornell from September 2011, officially left the University in July. Over the course of his tenure, Melvin helped make university-wide undergraduate admissions more competitive and increase the enrollment of minority students, according to Barbara

Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School.

“During [Melvin’s] time at Cornell,

the prior years,” Knuth said.

In his last year overseeing undergraduate admission to the Class of 2 0 1 7 , “I wish Cornell continued Melvin success in attracting and helped the University enrolling academically see a 10talented and diverse students.” percent increase in Lee Melvin undergraduate undergraduate applications continued applications, according to a to increase while admissions selectivity University press release. He also and student diversity also continued to reviewed Cornell’s admissions increase, maintaining the positive traSee MELVIN page 4 jectories that had been established over

Cornellians Reflect on 50th Anniversary Of March on Washington for Jobs, Freedom

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun Staff Writer

Members across the Cornell community reflected on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Wednesday, considering its impact on American society, race

relations and the enduring legacy of the civil rights movement.

On Aug. 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people marched through D.C. calling for civil rights for African Americans. Looking back on the day, Prof. Travis Gosa, Africana studies,

said the march was a significant force in spurring activism among young people.

“In the face of injustice, young people — not much older than the typical Cornell student — of the civil rights generation demonstrated courage against insurmountable

odds,” Gosa said.

Gosa and other Cornellians said the March on Washington, as well as the broader civil rights movement, eventually allowed America to institute widespread desegregation, advocate See MARCH page 5

Graces Collegetown

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

“When we serve customers good chicken, I feel like I’m doing the tango.”

That is the philosophy Ken Lee, the manager of the newlyopened Tango Chicken in Collegetown, offered up for his eatery’s name. Nestled on 104 Dryden Rd., Tango Chicken serves fried, organic chicken dishes — including wings, chicken salads and even Asianstyle bento boxes on its menu.

The eatery opened on Aug. 19, replacing former Korean barbeque restaurant Dasan-J. Its opening is just part of a larger shakeup among businesses in Collegetown, with Mexican eatery Mexeo moving down Dryden Road and health food bar CC’s shutting its doors over the summer.

When he developed the concept of Tango Chicken, Lee said he was inspired by a simple thing: passion. Serving chicken See CHICKEN page 4

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Tastes like chicken | Tango Chicken, a new Collegetown eatery, opened during the summer on Dryden Road.

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The Rise and Fall of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner ’63 From member of the Freedom Riders to alleged perpetrator of sexual harassment and assault

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

This article was originally published online on Aug. 14.

San Diego wants Mayor Bob Filner (D) ’63 Ph.D. ’73 out.

Nineteen women have accused Filner of making unwanted sexual advances, including groping and derogatory comments, toward them. His city council gladly accepted his resignation. Democratic and Republican San Diegans united to chant, “Bob must go!” outside City Hall throughout the month.

It is a steep fall for a man who, decades earlier, served two months in jail because he joined the Freedom Riders advocating civil rights for African Americans.

“I feel embarrassed when [people] thank me for what I’ve done,” Filner, then a 19year-old chemistry major and a member of The Cornell Daily Sun’s business board, said to The Sun in October 1961.

Filner had just come out of a 6’ by 9’, two-man jail cell in Mississippi State

David Petraeus, the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency — who resigned after being exposed for having an extramarital affair — will speak at his alma mater, Princeton University, in October, the Daily Princetonian reported Wednesday.

Petraeus will also speak at Duke University this fall, according to the Princetonian.

University of Pennsylvania students will exercise caution if attending Made in America — a music festival in Philadelphia — this weekend, as it will be patrolled by undercover police officers looking for those violating liquor laws, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported Wednesday. Dan Steele, the district commander of the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, told the Daily Pennsylvanian, “If you are under 21 years old, do not consume alcoholic beverages. It’s just not worth it.”

After the leader of a foundation at Dartmouth College was fired following his declaration of support for LGBT rights, the foundation — charged with “supporting and furthering the moral and spiritual work

Penitentiary’s maximum-security unit for who have been out of school for years, protesting the segregation of black and shouldn’t get the same benefits.” white Americans on buses. He was given Could this be the same man who stands the chance to enter a no contest plea and accused of sexually harassing more than a avoid having a guilty verdict tarnish his dozen women? record. He rejected it.

Advocate. Protector. They are the last Filner felt that backing away from the terms most San Diego residents would freedom rides “would ascribe to Filner today. be violating [his] own “San Diegans want a mayor With a sexual principles,” Sun reporharassment lawsuit who doesn’t grope and ter Rita M. Kissen '64 pending and claims wrote in 1961. Going rising that Filner fredemean women.” to trial and facing the quently took women Jackson, Miss. police to a downtown hotel, Michael Pallamary who arrested him was a prominent Democrats matter of “moral have added their voices responsibility,” Filner told Kissen. to the growing mass of organizers demandA similar sentiment drove Filner to ing Filner step down. establish a remedial school for Ithacans “Bob, you must resign because you have while pursuing his Ph.D. at Cornell betrayed the trust of the women you have University. victimized, the San Diegans you represent Lamenting the “typical white, middle and the people you have worked with class” status quo of education in a throughout your decades in public life,” September 1967 article, Filner told a Sun Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.) said in a pubreporter “there’s no reason why high school lic letter Aug. 9. “Let me be clear: The latdrop-outs and graduates, as well as people est revelations regarding your behavior

toward women recovering from sexual assault — women who desperately need our help — have shaken me to my core.”

In the weeks leading up to Filner’s resignation, a recall committee began collecting signatures in August to force an early election. In the meantime, restaurant chain Hooters posted signs declaring it would refuse to serve the embattled mayor, and Michael Pallamary, one of the recall organizers, told The Associated Press, “San Diegans want a mayor who doesn’t grope and demean women.”

Faced with the city's uproar, Filner apologized to victims Friday — but insisted he, too, was a victim in the scandal.

“I faced lynch mobs many times when I was younger,” Filner said. The probing of journalists and politicians alike in the last several weeks have made him a victim of the “hysteria of the lynch mob,” he said to the council Friday.

Akane Otani can be reached at managingeditor@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/akaneotani.

of the College” — has come under criticism from students and professors, The Dartmouth reported Tuesday.

Hilary Clinton has been invited to work at Harvard College’s Kennedy School, The Harvard Crimson reported August 16. Clinton’s alma mater Yale University, as well as Baruch College and New York University have also looked to have Clinton join them, according to Politico. The Kennedy School’s spokesperson Doug Gavel did not indicate to the Crimson what capacity Clinton would serve in at Harvard.

Columbia University’s first chief digital officer, Sree Sreenivasan, will be leaving to take the same position at the Metropolian Museum of Art, the Columbia Spectator reported June 30. Sreenivasan said in a press release, “Until now, I’ve had a one-way, threedecade-long love affair with the Met. So I am absolutely delighted to have this opportunity to contribute as part of the staff and as the leader of the digital media team there.”

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Let’s get down to business | Ithaca Common Council members discuss the future of the Ithaca Community Garden at City Hall Wednesday.

One Year Later,Community Garden’s Future Still Uncertain

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Writer

A year after the City of Ithaca considered selling a two-acre parcel of land the Ithaca Community Garden calls home, the garden’s fate is still up in the air.

The Ithaca Community Garden, whose lease expires at the end of 2013, sits alongside Route 13 near the Ithaca Farmer’s Market. Community members can rent plots of land for a fee to grow their own gardens.

At a City Administration Committee meeting Wednesday, there was debate over whether the city should renew the lease of non-profit Project Growing Hope — which has managed the gardens for the last 20 years — at the expense of additional city tax revenue.

If Project Growing Hope’s lease is not renewed, the developer Building Links, Inc. — which owns the eight acres of land in Carpenter Business Park where the gardens are located — will have the option to purchase the parcel of land that the garden currently occupies.

A representative of Building Links said at the meeting that the company intends to do so.

In September 2012, Common Council asked the mayor and city attorney to negotiate a new lease with Project Growing Hope, but at this time, no new lease has yet been agreed upon.

Much of the uncertainty over the future of the city land stems from a lack of a clear plan from Building Links for the waterfront property, as well as there being no alternative location for the gardens to move to, according to City

Administration committee members.

In several straw polls conducted at the meeting, the council resolved to continue lease negotiations with a possible early termination clause and for Project Growing Hope to have more accountability to the government.

Ald. Seph Murtagh Ph.D. ’09 (D-2nd Ward) suggested that a win-win situation would involve “some kind of mixed use waterfront development [where the] gardens were allowed to stay.”

It would take longer than the four months until the lease expires, however, to figure out what to do with the land, he said.

Gardeners and other community members present at the meeting made statements in favor of extending the community gardens’ lease, saying they improve public health, allow for food donations to non-profit organizations and help with community building.

Others also argued that not enough time had been allotted for finding an alternative plot of land for the garden, and that the cost of setting up a new site had not been properly accounted for in the decision-making process.

However, Ald. Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward) argued that in financially harsh times, the government “needed to make some hard choices as to what it is [that] they are supporting.” Brock argued that Ithaca needs to build its economic base and address existing infrastructure issues in the city. And as a result, the best use for the property is development, she said.

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.

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Enterprises with city officials.

“The designers worked very closely with the Design Review Committee of the Planning Board to increase the compatibility of the new construction with the rhythm and texture of the historic buildings on the Commons, which are part of a National Register historic district,” Schroeder said.

Many members of the community gave their support for the Harold’s Square project at the board meeting Tuesday. Doug Levine, executive director of the State Theatre of Ithaca, said he gave his full support for the project.

“I think it’s a well thought out plan,” he said,

lauding the amount of traffic and new business he said it will bring to downtown Ithaca.

Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, also gave his support for the project at Tuesday’s meeting. He said the project will add “badly needed office space” and “modern retail space” to downtown Ithaca.

Levine also said the timing of the Harold’s Square project could not be better.

“With the Commons currently under construction, I think the timing is excellent to begin a project like this,” Levine said.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com and twitter.com/tyleralicea.

New Eatery Inspired by Tango CHICKEN

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mirrors the “very exciting, red, happy” character of the tango, Lee said.

That explains why there is little but chicken on the eatery’s menu, Lee said — adding that he created the menu with quality, not quantity, in mind.

Lee has worked in the restaurant industry for 15 years. He said he was drawn to Ithaca’s Collegetown neighborhood partly because of his own tastes and partly because of the existing restaurants he saw in the area.

“When I checked out the Collegetown area, I saw there’s a Japanese restaurant, Korean, Chinese, Mexican, Subway, burgers and pizza ... but not really a good place for chicken,” Lee

said.

Was he disappointed?

“Well, personally, I love chicken,” Lee said.

So Lee opened up Tango Chicken. Although meat-eating Cornell students already have a handful of eateries scattered throughout Ithaca to order from, like Wings Over Ithaca, Razorback BBQ and Buffalo Wild Wings, Lee said Tango Chicken is unique because of its focus on organic ingredients.

“It’s absolutely healthier than traditionally prepared chicken,” Lee said. “We don’t use a normal deep fryer; we use a Chinesestyle wok and try to serve a balanced meal.”

All the chickens that source Tango Chicken’s menu items are raised cage-free without antibiotics or growth hormones in their feed or water, according to

Lee. Farmers use “natural” pesticides, not synthetic ones, to keep pests and disease under control.

Whether or not organic chickens are healthier than their non-organic counterparts is a matter of debate. Food scientists have debated the health benefits of organic food, with some critics calling the organic movement little more than an expensive fad.

But Lee, like other organic advocates, said he believes “organic chicken provides the best taste.”

The eatery has already drawn in dozens of students since its opening, Lee added.

“People keep coming back.

They love it,” he said.

Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun.com and twitter.com/akaneotani.

Some Great Classes’ MELVIN

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and financial aid policies and practices so they would comply with Toward New Destinations, a University policy focused on improving diversity and inclusion on campus.

Melvin said he enjoyed working with his colleagues in admissions at Cornell, and that he hopes the University will be able to maintain momentum in reaching its enrollment goals.

“My colleagues at Cornell are outstanding professionals, and it was a pleasure working with them to accomplish our University enrollment goals," Melvin said in a University press release. “I wish Cornell continued success in attracting and enrolling academically talented and diverse students.”

Jason Locke, who has served as director of undergraduate admissions since 2003, will act as the interim associate vice provost for enrollment until Melvin’s replacement is found. Locke said he hopes to help Cornell continue a trend of seeing a record number of applications, increasing enrollment and significant gains in diversity.

“As a member of Cornell admissions leadership team for the past decade, we’ve produced some great classes,” Locke said. “There is always pressure to improve upon the previous year’s successes.”

Locke said that, in his capacity as director of undergraduate admissions, he worked closely with

Melvin to ensure they met the University’s recruitment and enrollment goal: to attract a diverse and qualified student population and provide access to students regardless of their economic circumstances.

He wished Melvin well on his new position at the University of Buffalo.

“I enjoyed my interactions with [Melvin] and congratulate him on what sounds like a fantastic opportunity at [the University of Buffalo],” Locke said.

According to Knuth, with his previous experience working in admissions, Locke already understands Cornell’s more complex admissions and enrollment processes. Knuth also said that unlike most universities, where undergraduate admissions decisions are made at the university level, Cornell has a decentralized admissions approach lending a great deal of autonomy to the undergraduate colleges and schools. “[Locke] brings a keen understanding of the complex nature of undergraduate enrollment at Cornell, and an ability to work collaboratively across the University,” Knuth said.

“After little more than a month in the position, Jason is already working on improving communications and enrollment management processes.”

According to Knuth, the University currently has not initiated a search process for a permanent associate vice provost for enrollment.

Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun.com and twitter.com/jb_swartz.

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Struggle for Civil Rights Continues, Prof Says MARCH

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equal opportunities and pass a ban on discrimination based on race, gender or ethnicity.

“If [Martin Luther King Jr.] were alive today, he would be amazed at the progress we have made in society since 1963,” said Cameron Pritchett ’15, vice president of diversity and inclusion for the Student Assembly.

Pritchett added that he “[has] friends of all races, religions and nationalities, and [that he is] the first AfricanAmerican president in [his] fraternity’s 120-year existence.”

Although Pritchett said he has experienced diversity and inclusion at Cornell, he added that his experience is not necessarily representative of all others.

“There are still many people who do not have this comprehensive Cornell experience,” Pritchett said.

Speaking at the Lincoln Memorial, the site of the King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, President Barack Obama highlighted the protest’s impact in enacting social change.

“Because they marched, America became more free and more fair — not just for African-Americans but for women

and Latinos, Asians and Native Americans, for Catholics, Jews and Muslims, for gays, for Americans with disabilities,” Obama said.

Echoing Obama’s sentiments, Prof. Oneka LaBennett, Africana studies, said she thinks the implications behind King’s speech transcend beyond the black community.

“While discourse around the March on Washington has often focused on its impact on the African American community, we must remember that the March’s speakers — especially Dr. King — were appealing to all Americans,” LaBennett said.

Despite the progress made toward achieving racial equality, Prof. Riche Richardson, Africana studies, questioned whether the civil rights movement has finished serving its purpose, or if King’s dream has been fulfilled.

“So many issues in recent times, from the recent retrenchments against black voting rights to the outcome of the George Zimmerman verdict for the murder of the Florida teen Trayvon Martin, serve as a sobering reminder that the struggle for civil rights continues,” Richardson said.

LaBennett said the march — occurring amid police brutal-

ity— also sparked racial tension, and that the negative events following the demonstration are often overlooked.

“Only 18 days later, four black girls were killed in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. As much as hearts were lifted by the success of the march, hearts sunk after the KKK bombing of the Sixteenth Street Church,” she said.

Gosa insisted there is still much to be done to truly attain racial equality.

“In many ways, we’ve taken two steps forward and two steps back on ensuring that all citizens have equal access to the American Dream,” he said.

Recent events show that there is a need for further dialogue and increased awareness of racial bias, Richardson added.

“This is a moment that challenges us to reflect on where we are right now in the struggles for freedom and democracy and to think about where we are going,” she said.

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun.com.

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Being More Than the ‘Other’ Party A

few days prior to last November’s general election, a friend of mine told me that he wasn’t going to vote, but that I shouldn’t worry because “everyone he knew was supporting President Obama.” After all, as he put it, to support the Republican Party you’d have to be “crazy.” I found this conversation extremely concerning. I gave my friend the spiel I had been regurgitating ten times a day imploring him to vote. Yet, months later this conversation has stayed with me. Not just because of his apathy, but because this smart Cornell student clearly believed that the Democratic Party was just the reasonable alternative to the “crazy” Republican Party.

Democrats cannot thrive in the long run if we are just the alternative to a Republican Party that veers farther and farther from mainstream. Being the sane alternative has won us elections, but for Democrats to succeed as more than just the party of “not Republicans” we must ensure that people — particularly young people who are forming their political identities — understand what the Democratic Party stands for. So, for my first column I thought I’d address this problem by outlining a few of the many reasons I’m a Democrat.

The first reason I’m a Dem is because I know government can genuinely do good.

I’m not naïve; government can be a blunder-

ing bureaucratic nightmare at times and govThe second reason I’m a Democrat is ernment solutions cannot solve every prob- because of our party’s genuine commitment lem. That said, government can work to keep to seeking diverse perspectives. There is a us safe, build infrastructure, ensure justice stereotype that the Republican Party is the before the law and promote equity in oppor- political home of old, white men. This is tunity. And, beyond these most basic func- unfairly simplistic, but the perception makes tions, our government — at the local, state sense when the Republicans are contrasted and national level — should be a place where with the Democrats. We truly are a party of bright minds inclusion come togethwhere issues er to craft that affect Democrats need to make sure underrepresmart public policy. The comthat, as a party, we give voters sented narrative munities are from the something to vote for, not just seen through other side is lens of define whom they should the that governthat comment can vote against. munity. I only get in remember the way, but the pride I time and again we’ve seen good government felt when the statistics about delegates to the policies actually solve problems. I wouldn’t Democratic National Committee came out. be where I am today if the G.I. Bill hadn’t The DNC had almost 500 delegates who given my grandfather a chance to continue were members of the LGBTQ community his education and create a better life for his including 13 openly transgender delegates. children and grandchildren. When govern- Almost a quarter of our convention delegates ment is done right, those are the sorts of were black. The Republican National things that can happen. A democratically- Convention had a total of 13 percent minorelected government will always be flawed, ity representation among their delegates — a because all people are flawed, but I’m a percentage that has been shrinking since Democrat because I think government can 2004. This illustrates the diversity and includo good. sion that makes me proud to be a Democrat.

When I think about the collection of people who wrote and voted on each party’s platform, I am proud to put myself in the camp that opts for inclusiveness and diversity.

I could go on and on about what makes me a Democrat. From the environment, to the courts, to education, to social justice, my reasons for being a die-hard Dem are numerous. Furthermore, not one of those reasons is based on the feeling that the other side is unintelligent or “crazy.” Yet, that is the message voters often hear. Our battle cry should not be, “Republicans are crazy,” but rather: “Listen to how great Democratic ideas are.”

(Not quite as catchy, I know).

Recently, Democrats have been able to win elections based on the extreme and outof-touch positions of the Republican Party.

However, if we do not make our values clear to people like my non-voting friend, we’ll never foster the kind of support and loyalty we need in young voters. We can’t raise the next generation of Democratic voters on pure anti-Republican rhetoric. Democrats need to makes sure that, as a party, we give voters something to vote for, not just define whom they should vote against.

Max Schechter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the President of the Cornell Democrats.

He may be reached at mschechter@cornellsun.com.

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fter George Zimmerman was found not guilty of is not one shred of concrete evidence thus far discovered — second-degree murder and manslaughter in the fatal not one — that supports the notion that Zimmerman’s shooting of Trayvon Martin, it did not take long for decision-making that night was motivated by race. Chris numerous commentators to spin the story into a racial Serino, the Sanford Police Department detective who lead issue. This should come as no surprise. In an electronic the shooting investigation, told the FBI: “Zimmerman’s age where information can travel across the globe in sec- actions were not based on Martin’s skin color” as part of a onds, the first to editorialize an event can provide the lens federal investigation that did not turn up any evidence of through which the public also views it. For those who wish to shape the national discourse, getting there first is more important than getting it right.

Those who wish to inject race into this The truth often gets lost in the cacophony.

What does come as a surprise, however, is the case are so quick to analogize reckless disregard for the truth displayed by those looking to use the death of a teenager as a soap- the killing precisely because they box for expounding their racial views. Professor know that a close examination of Paul Campos of the University of Colorado what actually happened does not wrote that the case was “all about race” and that anyone who disagrees is “a liar or an idiot, or pos- support their theory. sibly both.” One commentator on MSNBC, whose parent company is being sued for editing 9-1-1 tapes to make it seem as if George Zimmerman had racial animus on the part of George Zimmerman. Those used the n-word, went so far as to say that the defense who wish to inject race into this case are so quick to analosought to portray George Zimmerman as a defender of gize the killing precisely because they know that a close “white womanhood.” Seemingly in line with this mode of examination of what actually happened does not support thinking, Professor Peniel E. Joseph of Tufts University their theory. compared the slaying of Trayvon Martin with that of For those who seem to always see issues through the Emmett Till, who was the victim of a racially motivated prism of race, however, facts are mere obstacles to be dismurder in the Jim Crow South for interacting with a white torted as necessary in order to reach a predetermined conwoman. clusion: America is a fundamentally racist society whose So how are the actions of George Zimmerman, a institutions perpetuate white supremacy. For proponents of Hispanic resident of a multi-ethnic gated community and this worldview, an analysis of almost any interaction a registered member of a political party led by the first between members of different races must occur through African-American President, related to the issue of white- the framework of the oppressive nature of American socion-black racism? ety. For them, the killing of a black person by a non-black Do not bother looking to the facts for an answer. There person must be racial, and thus deserving of more atten-

tion than the cases of the 54 people, mostly black men, who were shot dead in Chicago while the Zimmerman trial was ongoing, whose names most of us will never know.

Of course, some facts are easier to distort than others.

To support his conclusion that this case was “all about race,” Professor Campos had to describe Zimmerman — the child of a white father and Hispanic mother — as “more or less white.” I guess that makes Barack Obama just another “more or less white” President of the United States.

For others, smaller distortions are not enough. After the jury’s verdict was made public, Jesse Jackson raised the possibility of boycotting Florida as an “apartheid state” for having a “stand your ground” law. Not only are such laws not unique to Florida, but “stand your ground” was not even the basis of the jury’s decision to acquit George Zimmerman. To compare this case with the evils of apartheid demeans those who put their safety and livelihoods on the line to fight actual apartheid.

A man who grew up in a South that was segregated by law, Jesse Jackson must know that the analogy is fallacious.

No decent human being could possibly conclude that the death of Trayvon Martin was anything less than a horrendous tragedy. George Zimmerman is certainly no hero, having ignored the 9-1-1 dispatcher’s request that he not follow Trayvon Martin. Some feel that despite the jury’s verdict, justice was not done. Still, it would be an injustice to everyone involved in the case to turn this shooting into something it never was and is not now — proof that racism is alive and well in 21st century America.

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Associate Managing Editor

Everybody’s talking about Breaking Bad these days. Whether you’re speculating as to what these final five episodes have in store or just smiling to yourself at the continued significance of Saul Goodman’s bodyguard Huell, you are also looking back on five seasons of unpredictable and unprecedented change: in tones, cinematography, wardrobes and, above all, character. The evolution of Walter White, from impotent schlub to the all-powerful Heisenberg, separates Breaking Bad from everything else on television today, and it can actually teach us something about ourselves.

Provided you are caught up with last Sunday’s episode, “Confessions” (for obvious reasons, the uninitiated should find themselves to the door), let us think back for a moment. What really turned you onto Breaking Bad? For the young male viewer — speaking from my own experience, here — a likely response would be one of the many badass Heisenberg moments that populate seasons one and two, like when Walt blows up Tuco’s lair with fulminated mercury or grumbles, “Stay out of my territory,” in the faces of two amateur meth cooks. In the latter scene, the TV on the Radio song “DLZ” blasts as the camera crawls in on a triumphant Walt, who just PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMC scared away the weak, scuttling doppelgangers of himself and Jesse Pinkman. Vince Gilligan and co. definitely want us to relish this cathartic moment, the moment when Walt locks his meek pre-Heisenberg persona into the past. And, come on, how cool is that song?

While seasons three, four and five have also supplied some blunt, gratifying moments — “I am the one who knocks!”, “Say my name,” “I won.”

— the darkness of Heisenberg has devoured the conscience of a onceconflicted and careful family man. What started with allowing Jane, Jesse’s girlfriend, to die at the end of season two escalated with the murder of our beloved Mike, the poisoning of a child and, most recently, his game-changing “confession” tape that shifts the blame for all his criminal activity onto his brother-in-law, Hank. Worse yet, he has turned his wife, Skyler, into a professional criminal and a mortal enemy of her sister, though that look on her face in “Confessions,” as she sits in her carwash office and stares into space, processing what she has become, suggests she will make a move of her own very soon. As actress Anna Gunn addressed in a thoughtful New York Times oped, there is a lot of hostility out there for her character, most of it unjust, but I think even that loud contingency of haters should have softened with this lat-

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est round of episodes. No longer is she aloof and impeding every move Walt makes, and she seems worse off for it.

But how do you feel about Walt right now? I’m

pretty sure Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston intend for you to feel pretty disgusted with his actions, particularly as he continues to alienate and strong-arm Jesse, the show’s corrupted moral center. Even if that confession tape hit you out of left field as brilliant, you are admiring Walt’s intricate plotting more than the consequences of said plotting, no? Walt continues to surprise us in novel, cerebral ways, which is a welcome contrast to surprising us with his shameless disregard for human life. Labeling Walt as an “antihero” is giving him too much credit, or the wrong kind of it. He is a bad guy with reasons, many of them human and easy to sympathize with, and many more selfish and unforgivable.

Walter White may be the most fleshed-out villain in television history, in part because of the show’s intricate writing and Cranston’s indomitable performance, but most of all because he still is, extraordinarily, the protagonist.

Hank, Skyler and Jesse make for much more sympathetic characters and human beings, and since they are

all at odds with Walt, it is only natural to side with them and not the badass father who pulled us into Albuquerque ages ago.

Of course, Breaking Bad is still a work of fiction.

You can feel however you like about Walt, Hank, Skyler, Jesse, Junior, Marie and Todd (although you’re only allowed to unconditionally love Saul and Huell, according to me). They’re just characters, played by actors who have the ear of every studio and agent in Hollywood right now. But you wouldn’t be watching this show without some emotional investment, rig-ht? For those still rooting for Walt to evade justice and kill anyone in his way, hasn’t his shtick worn thin? Hasn’t the story dedicated too much time on the suffering of Hank, Marie, Skyler and Jesse caused, directly or indirectly, by Walt to let our main man off the hook? Gilligan admitted himself that he no longer likes Walt on the first episode of AMC’s companion show, Talking Bad, summing up his character’s moral status with six words: “He’s kind of a bad dude.”

So, to try and put a lid on these thoughts, I would say that Breaking Bad is good for you because it makes you question all that you have

seen, thought and felt before. A movie like The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense does those first two things, banking on a big plot twist at the end to shatter whatever story you had been building in your head thus far. But Breaking Bad pushes it one crucial step further, slowly and methodically morphing a hero with a noble cause into a monster with no cause but his own. Walt’s cool factor has almost entirely dissipated into a nauseous, toxic unease whenever he’s onscreen, quietly threatening the lives of characters we used to disregard but now find ourselves deeply invested in. As wicked awesome as “Stay out of my territory” was and still is, are we not watching a man sign a deal with the devil, sealing his fate and assuring the assured, painful destruction of everyone he once cared about? Walt may sport one sweet goatee, but that’s pretty messed up.

Zachary Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com.

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Major Arcana, the debut release from Northampton, Massachusetts outfit Speedy Ortiz, may be deemed by some to be yet-another-’90sindie-throwback worthy only of dismissive eye rolls and craftily snide remarks. With the outpouring of “Made in the 90s” t-shirts and overly pedantic Buzzfeed lists (12 Venereal Diseases You Got In The Nineties), cynics are right to fear the current nostalgia boom. We rewarded such kind of effort when The Killers borrowed from the “unremembered ’80s,” and what are we left with nearly ten years down the line? Shoddy Springsteen impressions and the timelessly idiotic question of “Are we human or are we dancer?” (Answer: you have a degenerative neural infection, sir, and need help immediately.)

However, Speedy Ortiz don’t seem like the type to devolve into self-par -ody and pomposity, likely because they’ve been in on the joke the entire time. Led by whip-smart singer-

songwriter Sadie Dupuis (whose oft-referenced participation in the Pavement tribute band “Babement” marks her as a girl after my own heart), Speedy Ortiz does gnarled, deeply personal and subtly humorous guitar rock in a manner that doesn’t merely invite games of “spot the influence.”

But since I mentioned it: you got your Pavement-like wordplay here, mangled Archers of Loaf guitars there and from time to time you’d be forgiven for thinking that Liz Phair had unveiled some kickass old demos. This, of course, sells Speedy Ortiz short: a band of late twentysomethings, they sound tighter and more tenacious than any of those bands (save Archers) in their heyday.

The inventive tunes are abetted by Dupuis’ deadpan deliveries, unconventional melodies and black sense of humor. On “Tiger Tent” she invites the abuse of her friends and lovers (“My gut absorbs the fiercest blows

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you’d n e v e r thought you had to throw”) amid cacophonous guitar crunches, while “Casper” revels in nefarious sexual longing, unraveling tales of kids “telling specter stories just to get each other horny.” While by standout middle-school loner jam “No Below” you’ll be getting wistful about sitting alone at lunch (or was that just me?), you’ll be happily pogoing and screaming “I’m getting my dick sucked on the regular!” along to the straight-ahead punk of “Fun.” Rest assured: this is a noisy guitar record with personality to spare.

Having exhibited charm on the celebrity-baiting, non-album single “Taylor Swift” and following it up with a rather memorable debut, I’d pay close attention to the mighty songwriting talents of Sadie Dupuis.

Whether her words are dripping with self-loathing (“My mouth is a factory for every toxic part of speech I spew”) or desperate longing (“Why’d you pick the virgin over me?”), they remain highly personal and distinctly hers. With a powerful trio of musicians by her side, hopefully Speedy Ortiz can sidestep those ’90s throwback descriptions and be taken as what they are: a surprising and unique guitar group.

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

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arlier this month, John Oliver ended his three-month stint as interim host of The Daily Show. With Jon Stewart off filming his directorial debut Rosewater in the Middle East, Oliver stepped in to keep the show going and take a turn at the helm of television’s funniest news show (or is it the most informative comedy show?).

In his stand-up, Oliver plays the role of a bewildered outsider. He jokes about his accent, his expertise in collapsing empires and his inability to understand certain aspects of American culture — most notably, his vehement loathing for Tim Tebow. When I saw him last Christmas, he sang the entirety of “Ignition (Remix)” for no discernible reason other than illustrating the reality that a dour English brunette in nerdy glasses is perhaps the polar opposite of R. Kelly. As a correspondent on The Daily Show, he continued this act, once claiming that Britain is a wildly unhappy place and “the only thing that gets us through the day is the comings and going of a genetically attenuated obsolescence and their collection of tremendously silly fucking hats.” As a stand-up comedian or The Daily Show’s Senior British Correspondent, Oliver implored us to laugh at him — affectionately, of course, but rarely were we asked to sympathize with his persona.

Hosting The Daily Show, however, is a different animal altogether. Jon Stewart is a comedic institution. Left-leaning fans are called to laugh, cry and explode in Santorum-hating rage with him. Sure, he’s self-deprecating, and he’ll point out the immaturity or sheer ridiculousness of his jokes, but rarely is his own confusion or ineptitude the root of the joke. Far more often, he aims to show his own humanity while still letting someone else be the laughingstock. (On another note, this is the biggest difference between Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Stewart points out the inanity of other people, while Colbert adopts their views to elicit laughter.) Throwing Oliver into this position could have been alienating to a rabidly loyal fanbase — not only because Oliver likes to play up his national and cultural background, but also because the butt of the jokes could have changed. And of course, there’s the fact that he is a human being other than Jon Stewart.

Of course, it went perfectly. And we should have known it

would. Writers at The Daily Show have screwed up little in recent memory, though a number of transphobic one-liners do spring to mind. (I’m holding out hope that these will retire when Stewart does.) At the beginning of the summer, Oliver hit a few roadblocks in the forms of floundering interviews and talking over audience laughter. But in just three months, he evolved from a host who didn’t know how to maintain a conversation with someone as easy-going as Seth Rogen to a comedian who can make Regis Philbin seem charming and relevant. He mastered the art of talk show timing and struck a balance between self-deprecation and righteous outrage. Most interestingly, however, was the extent to which he played down his Britishness. It came out at times — this was the summer of #RoyalBaby — but he primarily mimicked Stewart's position of the outraged, appalled or simply bemused insider. The obvious exceptions to this rule were his first and last episode, each of which centered around the idea Gina that Oliver was an incompetent and unqualified replacement.

Tonic Oliver certainly has no obligation to discuss his nationality or culture, but the near-eradication of it from his comedic repertoire is remarkable. While Stewart might be the sanctified host of The Daily Show, he doesn’t reach the same level of versatility as Oliver; his hilarious but sloppy set at Barton in 2011 is proof of that.

At the beginning of each of his episodes, Oliver acknowl-

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edged Stewart’s absence with a different, increasingly ludicrous excuse (from “Jon Stewart remains trapped in a Chilean mine with 18 other talk show hosts” to “Jon Stewart is currently waiting to emerge from Kate Middleton's vagina”).

Consistently funny and timely, these introductions were a brilliant way to ease Oliver into the role. Never did he attempt to replace Stewart, nor was the audience asked to forget that this was Stewart’s show. Oliver was met with open arms and ready laughter, rather than the animosity that replacement hosts often face. According to Deadline, Oliver attracted an average of 1.3 million viewers during his run. This time last year, the show was averaging 1.5 million viewers. Keeping in mind that last summer was the era of Republican primaries and pre-election hype, Oliver has certainly held his own. Now that Stewart’s returned to New York, Oliver will return to his role as a correspondent. Now, though, he’s gained our affection, trust and a brand new position as everyone’s favorite Jo(h)n-in-waiting.

Gina Cargas is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com. Gina Tonic appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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By CASEY CARR Sun Staff Writer

Dear new students, Congratulations and welcome for the umpteenth time to your next four years at Cornell, which will throw you the most wonderful and challenging curveballs you have yet to foresee.

As you try to figure out the shortest and hilly least route to class (it’s not possible, by the way), which dining hall has the best food, what frat has the best parties and where the best place to “study” is, let me, a benevolent and learned senior, give you an insider’s tip: Collegetown Bagels is where it’s at.

And if you did not already know this fact from the ubiquitous CTB stickers on water bottles, laptops and cars, I worry about

sounding like The Medusa, the next question is a bagel sandwich on their freshly made inhouse bagels, a regular sandwich on various types of wondrous bread from their parent company, Ithaca Bakery, or a simple wrap. With over 70 original sandwiches to choose from, each sounding more tantalizing than the next, m a n y Cornellians have proclaimed they will take on the challenge of trying every sandwich at CTB, including yours truly. And up to this point, I have failed m i s e r a b l y.

Despite my senior status, I have fallen into a common dilemma: After you make your first fateful choice at CTB, that sandwich is just so freakin’ good that you order it almost every time. All of the other oneof-a-kind creations sound just as seducing, but you already know

You can’t just choose one.

Take one look at that overwhelming and colorful chalkboard menu and your mind begins to spin and your mouth starts to salivate.

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sides of the bagel, adding just the right amount of sweetness.

The lettuce adds a good crunch and the tomato complements it perfectly. But what really makes this sandwich exceptional is the type of bagel: rosemary salt.

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your next four years here.

I have been given a substantial task, one I am not sure I am qualified for: to pick the ultimate sandwich from CTB. You can’t just choose one. Take one look at that overwhelming and colorful chalkboard menu and your mind begins to spin and mouth starts to salivate. With intriguing names, some after local places such as Cascadilla Crisp and others just cool

this one just hits the spot. So, what sandwich have I been happily stuck in a rut with the past three years? The Zoe. Some may call The Zoe just a chicken salad sandwich. But it’s not. It’s so much more. Though fresh chicken salad may be the basis of this bagel sandwich, because it’s a CTB creation, there is a lot more to it. The sandwich consists of cranberry sauce lightly spread on both

But please, don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it. Possibly the best thing to happen to a bagel since the advent of the Everything Bagel, the rosemary salt bagel is the perfect blend of seasoning and herbs. The sweetness of the cranberry sauce in combination with the rosemary salt bagel makes this chicken salad sandwich a step above any other.

Though it may be one of many ultimate picks of sandwiches at

CTB, it is certainly one you should venture to try before your time here flies and passes.

But it’s not just The Zoe that keeps me coming back to CTB. What is it about CTB that acts as a common thread to transcend generations of Cornellians? How is it that this little bagel shop is to Collegetown as the Clock Tower is to the architecture of campus?

Although the food is always scrumptious and original, it’s only the beginning of the CTB experience understood by Cornellians and Ithacans everywhere. CTB is that place on the corner bracing the line of campus and Collegetown, greeting wary students on their way home from a late night at the library and sending them off in the morning with coffee. CTB is that little place where there is not enough rickety, wooden seating, yet you’re always able to find a spot (eventually). CTB is that iconic meeting spot and people watching place where the eclectic music mix continually hums as seniors are on the patio drinking sangria, grad students are ordering a pitcher of beer on a Friday night, the hipster is on his laptop with a cup of love buzz coffee in hand at eleven at night and friends meet to order a breakfast sandwich to cure the morning’s hangover and exchange stories from the previous nights drunken escapades.

CTB is that place that relates to any person, any study. Yes, I did

just go there. If you haven’t heard that saying yet, I also worry for you. But I am also envious of you — envious because you have four pristine years ahead of you to take on the CTB challenge and face so many others Cornell will present you with and you will conquer.

Your Favorite Foodie, Casey Casey Carr can be reached at ccar@cornellsun.com.

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TORONTO (AP) — Star second baseman Robinson Cano was out of the New York Yankees’ lineup Wednesday night, a day after being hit by a pitch in the left hand.

Cano was struck by a pitch from J.A. Happ in the first inning.

Manager Joe Girardi said Cano was still dealing with pain and swelling.

Girardi said he hoped to have Cano in the lineup Friday night at home against Baltimore. Cano is batting .305 with 24 home runs and 85 RBIs. The Yankees also were minus infielder Eduardo Nunez. He was scratched with a sore right knee.

Nunez fell after catching his cleat in a seam on the artificial turf Tuesday. He left an inning later and Girardi dubbed the tumble a “Nuney-ism.”

The Yankees also had some fun at Nunez’s expense Wednesday before he was scratched. There were laughs when teammates replaced the chair at Nunez’s locker with a wheelchair, and used tape to make an imitation chalk outline near the spot where he’d fallen down behind second base.

A chuckling Nunez said he suspected Derek Jeter and Cano were behind the wheelchair prank, and pledged to make the culprits pay.

“For sure,” he said. “I’m going to find out and do something to them.”

Nunez acknowledged that he had developed a reputation for onfield incidents.

“Weird things happen to me all the time,” he said.

Still sore, Nunez tested his knee during batting practice, but gathered his equipment and walked off the field with trainer Steve Donohue after about 20 minutes.

Jeter made his third consecutive start at shortstop after coming off the disabled list Monday for the third time this season, alongside Alex Rodriguez at third base.

Mark Reynolds was set to make his first major league start at second base. He finished up there Tuesday night after Cano and Nunez were hurt.

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A run for his money | Sophomore running back Luke Hagy will have an increased role in the offense this year after the loss of wide receivers Grant Gellatly ’12 and Kurt Ondash ’12.

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Hagy said. “He’s very humble, which makes it easier for younger guys to approach him. We obviously lost some great wide receivers and we have a lot of young talent that could fill those big shoes. Grant is helping bring them along very well.”

As for Hagy, who put together a superb freshman season to become the Red’s first every-down back in years, the focus is to just keep improving and growing in the offense. In 2012, the two-time Pittsburgh Male Athlete of the Year had 528 rushing yards, 513 receiving yards and scored nine total touchdowns. However, Hagy believes he hasn’t come close to reaching his ceiling.

“It’s going to be a lot easier for me because I know the offense a lot better — my second year I’ll be more comfortable with everything,” he said. “I’ve put on some weight to match up better with linebackers in pass protection, I’ve been working on my speed and everything else looking to help out the team any way I can.”

Giants’ Starters Won’t Get Rest After Early Preseason Struggles With Offense FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The final exhibition game is usually the time for first stringers to rest.

Not this time for the New York Giants and New England Patriots.

The teams with two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL need to solve their offensive problems Thursday night as the regular season looms.

“We have to play better,” Giants quarterback Eli Manning said.

“We have to be better in the red zone and convert on third downs, so there’s some room for improvement.”

New York has scored just two offensive touchdowns in three exhibition games and has converted only six of 33 first-down opportunities in its last two. That may be part of the reason coach Tom Coughlin plans to use his regulars for up to 15 plays.

He also needs some stability in the offensive line following injuries to center David Baas and left guard David Diehl. Kevin Boothe is expected to move from left guard to center with James Brewer taking over at left guard. A fourth-round draft pick in 2011, Brewer has played only six games for the Giants with no starts and didn’t play the left side at all this preseason.

“I’m very excited to be playing left guard,” Brewer said.

“Honestly, just the chance to start is big for me and whether I’m on the left side or right side, as long as I’m on the field.”

Victor Cruz won’t be, although the wide receiver expects to be ready for the season opener against the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 8.

He hurt his heel in the second exhibition game and took off his protective boot on Monday.

“A lot of the swelling has gone down,” he said. “Looking forward to better days coming.”

The Patriots (2-1) will face the Giants (1-2) for the ninth straight time in an exhibition finale. Tom Brady expects to play even though he’s played in only two of the Patriots’ last nine final preseason games.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Red Welcomes Freshman Class

By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Staff Writer

The women’s field hockey team enters the 2013 season with six incoming freshmen joining the squad. The Red is coming off a 2012 season of ups and downs, containing a four game losing streak alongside a six game winning streak. However, the team finished the 2012 season with one more win than the previous year, so the Red remains positive, according to head coach Donna Hornibrook..

“We are very optimistic about this season, especially looking at the progress we made the second half of last season. The team has the right mentality and will take advantage of the positive momentum,” Hornibrook said.

The Red will also be entering the 2013 season OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER with strong leadership as seven experienced seniors Getting off the ground | After finishing the season one game under .500 last season, senior forward and leading scorer take the field, including forward Hannah Balezza, Hannah Balleza (above) looks to help keep the Red moving in the right direction. who ranks third all-time at Cornell in goals scored.

Senior goalkeeper Carolyn Horner also returns at gious clubs in London, the Teddington Hockey all-star team and was a first-team all-state selection, the helm of the Red’s defense. She ranks fourth in Club, propelling the U18 team to a league champi- a first-team Washington Post All-Met selection and Cornell history in career shutouts with six. a Baltimore Sun All-Met second-team selection. onship and a trip to the 2013 national club finals.

“We have a strong, balanced team. In terms of Katy Weeks, joining the Red from Kenilworth, Madeleine Parish, hailing from Hershey, Pa., was defense, we were second in the conference last year,” a four-year letter winner at Hershey high school and Ill., was a three-year letter winner at New Trier high Hornibrook said.”We hope to take steps forward to served as team captain as a senior. Parish was also a school, where she helped the team earn back-tocreate a more balanced attack this season. The com- first-team Patriot News Big 11 selection as a senior back state championships in 2010 and 2011. She bination of the two will allow us to achieve the high and was a two-time first-team All-Mid Penn selec- was named the 2012 Illinois State Player of the Year goals we’ve set this year.” tion. She played for the and was a two-time all-state selection in 2011 and The class of 2017 brings “We hope to take steps forward to Pa. Mavericks field 2012. experience and talent to the create a more balanced attack.”

“We're so excited and ready for this season to hockey club and helped group. The players hail from the team to a Top-10 begin,” said sophomore goalkeeper Elizabeth all over the United States, Donna Hornibrook Schaeffler. “We are all confident in each other and national ranking. and two have travelled from Luisa Schulte- the hard work we've put in over the summer. It's overseas to play for the Red. Bockum joins Lord going to be an awesome year.”

Elizabeth Horak, from St. Louis, MO, played from England. She helped her Berkshire County Head coach Donna Hornibrook has announced field hockey for four seasons at Cor Jesu Academy team to a second place finish in South England after the team’s game schedule for the upcoming season, prior to this season. She served as team captain her winning the County and Regional championships which features nine home games and four battles senior year and led her squad to a state champi- in 2010. Her natural athleticism and drive helped against 2012 NCAA tournament participants. onship. She was a two-time first-team all-conference her to qualify for the Triathlon world champi- These include contests against Princeton, the reignplayer and was awarded the Metro Women’s onships, held in New Zealand in 2012, as a member ing national champions, and Syracuse, 2012 final Athletics Association Conference Player of the Year of the Great Britain team. four participants. as a senior.

The season begins on Friday, Sept. 6, with a conKat Varga, from Highland, Md., earned three Georgia Lord joins the Red all the way from varsity letters at River Hill high school, serving as test against Lock Haven at 5 pm at home on Martha Cranleigh, England. She is an experienced player as team captain during her senior season. She was Dodson Field. she competed for five years with the Surrey county named the 2012 Howard County field hockey playteam, serving as team captain during her final four er of the year. After Varga completed her senior sea- Sydney Altschuler can be reached at seasons. Lord also played for one of the most presti- son, she was named to the Maryland field hockey saltschuler@cornellsun.com.

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Santana's brilliance. Halladay would win a Cy Young in Philadelphia and would become only the second pitcher in history to throw a no hitter in the postseason. Halladay was the picture of consistency, making at least 31 starts for five straight years and boasting an ERA of 2.86 over that span of over 1400 innings. Santana would not win a Cy Young — although he certainly was deserving in 2008 — but would cement his legacy in New York with a gritty complete game shutout in game 161 out of 162 to save New York’s season.

As recently as last year, these two men were still brilliant. Or at least occasionally brilliant.

Santana threw the Met's first nohitter ever last June, starting the year off on a high note.

Although he led the National League in complete games for five straight years, Halladay had several strong outings without completing any of them in 2012. By the season's end, both

pitcher's ERA was over 4.40, up, but it didn't matter when he 8th, when his counterpart on the and neither made more than 25 was younger; it was unhittable mound, Harvey, was 12 years his junior. Harvey's fastball can starts. Injuries began to pile up. nevertheless.

Satchel Paige once said, reach triple digits on the radar Most pitching careers don't end with dignity. Relatively "Don't look back. Something gun and blew away the Phillies young men break down physi- might be gaining on you." And that day. For once, Halladay was cally and often these injuries by now Halladay and Santana not the main attraction on the that plague them are not acute. have been lapped and left in the mound. Halladay had always They manifest as a few chronic dust by their contemporaries. been able to handle the Mets problems, or scores of smaller Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee are easily since landing in injuries. Vague phrases like the best pitchers on the Phillies Philadelphia. And the Mets did"shoulder stiffness," "back prob- staff, while Matt Harvey — who n't exactly throw murders row at lems" and "elbow pain" begin to himself may have to undergo them. But that day, Halladay got hit hard. He only lasted punctuate every outfour innings, getting bating. Santana missed tered for seven runs. So the entirety of the Retirement acts as sport’s metaphor for he must be hurt right? It 2011 season. He will death. It is a natural part of an athlete’s can't possibly be that his miss all of 2013 and skill has deteriorated or possibly 2014 if he career that is unavoidable. that Halladay simply hopes to ever pitch can't be as consistent as again. Halladay has only made seven starts this year. Tommy John surgery — has he once was. Many times manSantana has made none. And in been anchoring the Mets rota- agement doesn't exactly know both cases it was hard to say tion and electrifying the nation- what is wrong with their pitcher, what exactly was wrong with al league. Not to mention bur- but they know he just does not them. But they are hurting. geoning star Jose Fernandez of look right.

A month later Halladay They are not the same. the Marlins who is another posSomething or someone has to sible candidate for Rookie of the would land on the Disabled List. carry the blame for their decline. Year, but will likely be overshad- Halladay and Santana's injury Both of them have lost velocity owed by the Dodgers’ Yasiel report is a concerning read.

Injuries are indiscriminate like on their fastballs and drop on Puig.

Perhaps the best evidence of that. Santana has torn his anteritheir breaking pitches. Santana once said that he tips his change- Halladay’s decline was on April or capsule twice now, and one of

the tears is serious enough to jeopardize the rest of his career.

Halladay has a partially torn rotator cuff. It has been repaired, but reports say that his fastball has been topping out at 88 — right around where Santana's was in 2012 — in rehab while its average velocity just a year ago was 92 miles per hour (per FanGraphs).

Retirement acts as sport's metaphor for death. It is a natural part of an athlete’s career that is unavoidable. And like death, retirement is sad and often imminent. Death can also serve as an anesthetic, like retirement, putting one out of their misery. Maybe either or both men can come back, but it seems unlikely. Halladay will surely pitch again, but expectations will be different. He might have a few great starts left in him, but he's going to be just like any pitcher. Santana's future is entirely up in the air. In sports, like life, everything has to come to an end.

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun.com.

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Modest Mathews Continues Piling Preseason Awards

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Staff Writer

Red senior quarterback Jeff Mathews’ name continues to appear on pre-season award watch lists. But Mathews himself would be the first to say he would rather have his team’s name appear on postseason awards, specifically the Ivy League Championship trophy.

In terms of individual accomplishments, Mathews has done just about all there is to do on the collegiate level.

He is Cornell’s all-time leading passer with 8,331 career yards and will almost surely become the Ivy’s all-time leader sometime mid-season. He was the first-ever sophomore to win the Bushnell Cup as Ivy League Player of the Year in 2011, and he earned runner-up honors last season.

In 2012, Mathews completed 62 percent of his passes for 3,196 yards and 18 touchdowns in nine starts.

As such, Mathews is one of 20 players on the Walter Payton Award watch list for national player of the year.

JBScouting.com named Mathews a preseason first-team All-American for the Football Championship Subdivision level. Most recently, the record-setting quarterback was the only FCS player put on the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list, a prestigious award previously won by Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997), Eli Manning (Ole Miss, 2003), Matt Ryan (Boston College, 2007) and Andrew Luck (Stanford, 2011).

Nonetheless, the number ’10’ — Mathews’ win total in three years with the Red — bothers the focused gunslinger. Whispers that the NFL could come knocking are turning into real speculation, but Mathews is preoccupied with trying to win before graduating — ideally doubling his Cornell victories to 20 with an undefeated senior sea-

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In the pocket | Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews has earned numerous individual accomplishments this preseason, including being put on the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list, but he remains solely focused on the success of his team.

son.

“To be honest, I don’t really worry about [the NFL],” he said. “That’s not what’s important to me right now, it’s just to play with this team and try to win as much as we can. Hopefully at the end of the season that opportunity presents itself, but that's not really something I worry about now."

Mathews noted that his good friend and former teammate J.C. Tretter ’12, an offensive lineman drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round in April, set an example of how to ignore NFL distractions and keep them out of the locker room during the last campaign on campus.

“I’ve been very fortunate to be behind a guy like J.C. who did it the right way,” Mathews said. “As long as you focus on the right things it's not hard to delay that [NFL] stuff. This could be my last time playing football, that's

FOOTBALL

Hagy, Gellatly Named to CFPA List

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Staff Writer

The College Football Performance Awards watch list includes two Red players who will assume central roles in the 2013 offense — senior wide receiver Grant Gellatly and sophomore running back

Luke Hagy. Both on the heels of productive seasons, Gellatly and Hagy are the only pair of teammates on the 32-player list.

In his first season after converting from tailback, Gellatly showed that former head coach Kent Austin and his staff ’s decision was a wise one.

The 5-10 crafty playmaker caught 61 passes for 940 yards and five touchdowns, though he still trailed teammates Luke Tasker ’12 and Kurt Ondash ’12 to finish third on the club in receptions.

Because Tasker — the Red’s second consecutive triple crown receiver — and

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Breaking through | After scoring five touchdowns for the Red last season, senior wide receiver Grant Gellatly will remain a focal point of the offense.

Ondash both graduated, however, the receiving corps is now Gellatly’s to lead.

“Grant has been unbelievable in helping out the receiving corps,” said senior quarterback and Cornell’s all-time leading passer Jeff Mathews. “He’s the veteran guy, everyone comes and asks questions of him and he keeps everyone on the same page.”

Mathews will throw to a mostly unfamiliar set of targets for the first time in his career, as no returning player besides Gellatly and Hagy caught more than 10 balls in 2012. Therefore, Gellatly is crucial not only for providing Mathews a security blanket in games, but also for guiding the inexperienced receivers in practice.

“Grant is the focal point of our offense,” See FOOTBALL page 17

how I've got to look at it. I'm excited to play for Cornell and thankful to have this opportunity."

Plus, Mathews’ game, though spectacular, is not flawless. Subpar footwork played a role in many of his 29 career interceptions — on average one per game — so that is an area the signal caller has been working hard to improve in the offseason. Mobile quarterbacks are now the rule in the NFL, not the exception.

“You always try to break yourself down in the offseason and look where you can improve your game, and for me it all has to do with footwork — that’s the most important thing,” Mathews said. “I’ve spent a lot of time refining my footwork, getting help from the strength and conditioning program and doing a lot to help me get quicker. I’m trying to continue to get better.”

Quintin Scwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.

Over the Hill: A Pitcher’s Struggle P

itching is tough. Every fifth day you are expected to give maximum effort for around 100 pitches or more. Such bursts of intensity and strain eventually get to you. They get to

were the imported aces of the NL East. After their historic collapse in 2007, Santana was filched from the Twins and was supposed to be the piece of the puzzle that put the Mets over the top.

John Zakour Point Blank every pitcher eventually.

It’s a cliché, but Father Time is undefeated. Guys like Satchel Paige, Nolan Ryan and Jamie Moyer have put up the best fight, but the end result is always the same. Age eats away at everyone. And Roy Halladay and Johan Santana are on the ropes.

Halladay and Santana

Halladay was brilliant for years in Toronto, but became a Phillie in exchange for Cliff Lee in order to reload for another title run. Neither move ended up garnering a ring, although the Phillies came much closer than the Mets, who would again collapse in 2008 despite See ZAKOUR page 18