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Looking out | University officials say there have been an increased number of medical transports over Orientation Week, though the number of open container violations has decreased.

Univ. Sees Increase in Medical Transports Over OrientationWeek

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer

With an increase in high-risk drinking among students — particularly in off-campus locations such as Collegetown — University officials say they are concerned about student alcohol consumption during Orientation Week and the weeks that follow.

Rulloff’s Restaurant and Bar — a space that has served Cornell students and Ithaca residents since 1977 — is now listed for sale as of Monday evening.

The 3,000 square-foot space has since been advertised on the website of the Pyramid Brokerage Company.

The property’s asking price is $395,000 — which includes a furnished kitchen, dining and bar areas as well as a full liquor license — according to the online listing. The bar is advertised as having “consistently strong annual sales.”

The bar’s current owner did not renew the lease for the building, which sits at 411 College Ave., by its Aug. 31 deadline, according to The Ithaca Voice. Several students and alumni expressed concerns after the publication released an article Monday saying the Collegetown bar “is closing up shop.”

The owners of Rulloff’s could not be reached for comment as of Monday evening regarding the future of the restaurant.

Students Agencies, Inc., a student-run corporation that owns and manages properties from 409 to 415 College Ave., declined to comment as of Monday evening.

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun.com.

Despite the increase in transports, Cornell Police recorded approximately 30 alcohol-related incidents within the comparable 36-hour weekend time period — Friday 7 a.m. to Monday 7 a.m. — for both this year’s and last year’s orientation weeks, according to the University.

This year, about one-third of the alcohol-related See O-WEEK page 5

SJP Protests Israeli Actions in Gaza Pro-Palestine student group issues three demands to University

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tion registry, currency and electrical and water supplies,” said Abu Yusif Habib ’15 in a speech criticizing Israel’s occupation of Gaza since 1967.

Abu Yusif Habib added that he believes Israel has had a negative impact on Gaza’s economic climate.

“Israel has been imposing a brutal economic siege for the past nine years, which has been strangling the economy of Gaza and pushing the residents of the territory deeper and deeper into poverty,” he said.

In 2005, the resistance group Hamas took control of part of Gaza — an area that both Israel and Palestine want to control — and refused to recognize Israel, the world’s only Jewish state, as a country, according to BBC News.

Plaza protest | Emad Masroor ’17, who is also a designer for The Sun, holds a sign at Students for Justice in Palestine’s protest on Ho Plaza Friday.

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By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

A group of about 30 demonstrators — led by Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine

— took to Ho Plaza Friday afternoon to protest Israeli actions in Gaza and issue a call to action for the University.

“Israel control[s] Gaza’s borders, airspace, waterways, popula-

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Collegetown hub | This rendering depicts the new development — known as Dryden South — which will house 40 bedrooms.

Multi-Use Building Will Be Constructed at Kraftees Site

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

When the redevelopment of the Kraftees building is completed, the new multi-use building will become the “hub of

Collegetown,” according to Pat Kraft, owner of the Kraftees book store.

The plan for the new development was approved by the See KRAFTEES page 5

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Cornell Alumna Charged in Girl’s Death May Get Trust Fund WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A special education teacher and Cornell graduate accused of killing her severely disabled 8year-old daughter by withholding food and medical care could inherit nearly $1 million from the girl’s trust fund — even if she’s convicted.

Nicole Diggs and her husband have pleaded not guilty to charges of negligent homicide and child endangerment in the 2012 death of Alayah Savarese, who was the beneficiary of a trust fund created from the settlement of a malpractice suit that stemmed from complications during her birth.

The indictment doesn’t allege that the trust fund was a motive, but Diggs’ attorney says prosecutors are nevertheless implying that her client “somehow disposed of her daughter in order to obtain the money.” She wants any mention of the trust fund barred from trial and says her client didn’t neglect Alayah.

Prosecutors in Westchester County say Alayah “was not provided required daily food,” did not receive necessary medical treatment, was often left unattended and was frequently kept home from school, depriving her of physical and occupational therapy.

Authorities say Alayah suffered lacerations, bruises and welts

from the neglect. According to court papers, Diggs and her husband, Oscar Thomas — who isn’t Alayah’s father — also “failed to maintain the child’s hygiene which caused her to have smelly and dirty hair and clothing, a foul odor about her body and bleeding gums.”

On the day Alayah died in a Yonkers apartment, she was left in the care of one of Thomas’ friends, who wasn’t equipped to deal with her medical issues, court

“The facts of this case are very unsettling.”

John Riordan papers allege.

If convicted, the 32-year-old Diggs wouldn’t be automatically disqualified from inheriting her daughter’s fortune because she isn’t charged with intending to kill the girl. Many states have socalled slayer statutes to prevent profiting from a crime, but New York courts have generally held that without intent, a homicide doesn’t disqualify someone from inheriting from a victim, said St. John’s Law School professor Margaret Turano, a trust and estate expert.

John Riordan, an attorney and former Surrogate’s Court Judge in Nassau County, said, “If it’s unintentional, then the person can still inherit. ... But the facts of this case are very unsettling, and under the circumstances, it doesn’t seem correct that that would happen.”

Any challenges to Diggs’ inheritance would be heard in a separate court, Westchester County Surrogate’s Court, where a bank has been named administrator of the girl’s estate.

Alayah’s biological father, Anthony Savarese, who lived elsewhere in Yonkers when Alayah died and isn’t charged, is in line to get half the trust fund. His lawyer declined to say whether his client would challenge Diggs’ inheritance.

A report on Alayah’s death from the state Office of Children and Family Services chronicles a long list of complaints — some of which were determined to be unfounded — and several visits from caseworkers.

The complaints include that Alayah was so dirty the school staff took it on themselves to wash her, and after one shampoo, “the water was black from the dirt.”

Caseworkers reported that although Diggs received some Medicaid assistance, she passed

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up opportunities to get more help.

The local and state offices of OCFS declined to comment on how social services handled the case.

Court papers indicate some

of the settlement money was used to buy a $35,000 van to transport Alayah and to make modifications for her at a home in Dutchess County that Diggs and Thomas were planning to buy.

‘Pillow Talk’ Event Promotes Discussion About Sexual Consent

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Students walking across the Arts Quad Friday may have been surprised to find various pieces of bedroom furniture on the lawn alongside Olin Library.

The set-up, called “Pillow Talk,” was part of the Every1 Campaign’s initiative to promote discussion about sexual consent on college campuses, according to Emma Court ’15, president of the campaign. “[The Every1 Campaign] aims to start the conversation about consent to prevent sexual assault and encourage

healthy, consensual sexual relationships,” Court said.

According to Court — who is also a columnist for The Sun — the students put a full bedroom set on the Arts Quad, including a desk, rugs, lamp, chair, laundry hamper and a bed, in order to “tak[e] the conversation out of the bedroom and put it out in the open.”

“The event was motivated by the idea that too often, we as a society are not talking about what consent means, and when we do, it’s not a conversation that’s being held out in the open,” she said.

Jevan Hutson ’16, creative director of the

Every1 Campaign, said the space they created proved conducive to open dialogue.

“The bed [as well as the] bedroom itself was an

“We took the conversation out of the bedroom and put it out in the open.”

Emma Court ’15 interactive space; we invited students, staff and faculty walking by to join us in [or] on the bed ... so we could have a conversation about what consent requires and what people deserve when it comes to

consent in a positive relationship,” Hutson said.

According to Hutson, the event was successful in that they were able to “actively engage” with over 100 students. “[The students came] from a wide range of ethnic [and] cultural backgrounds and sexual identities,” he said.

At least one in five college women will be the victim of sexual assault over the course of their time in school, according to the Center for Disease

Control and Prevention.

Moreover, over 70 percent of rape victims know their attackers, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Participants were asked questions such as, “What does having consent require,” “What does everyone deserve when it comes to consent,” and “What does it mean to consent,” according to Gavin Zhang ’15, a creative associate and photographer for the campaign.

Zhang said he believes the open dialogue he wit-

nessed Friday proves that students are able and willing to engage in meaningful discussion about consent.

“The answers we heard were fabulous,” he said.

“The subsequent conversations we had were candid, honest and reaffirmed to us that the student body is willing to have these important conversations.”

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com.

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According to The Ithaca Journal, an area man was rescued from Ithaca Falls after nearly drowning Monday. The man, who is in his late 20s, was pulled to shore by bystanders before emergency personnel arrived on the scene.

Ithaca Police Department Investigating South Hill Stabbing

A stabbing occurred on South Hill, near Ithaca College, according to The Ithaca Voice. The victim was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen and was brought to a trauma center. According to police, the victim did not know his assailant. Ithaca Police Department is currently investigating the assault.

Common Council to Deliberate Acceptance of Federal Grant

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Let’s talk about sex | Jevan Hutson ’16 photographs Samuel Naimi ’16 and Elana Loeb ’16 on a bed in the Arts Quad during a conversation about consent Friday afternoon.

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C.U.: One-Third of Incidents Involved Medical Transports University continues to see a shift in incidents toward off-campus locations, deputy chief says O-WEEK

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cases involved medical transports for alcohol overdose, and about two-thirds resulted in a referral to the local criminal court or Judicial Administrator, according to Deputy Chief Dave Honan.

“We saw the number of alcohol related medical emergencies rise slightly while we saw the number of individuals associated with violations of local ordinances — typically, the open carrying of an alcoholic beverage — fall,” Honan said. “We did not see a significant change in the total number of cases compared to last year, [but] the composition of cases … changed somewhat.”

He added that the University continues to see a shift in incidents “towards off-campus locations.”

However, Tim Marchell ’82, director of mental health initiatives at Gannett Health Services, said it is difficult to draw a single conclusion from the data.

“We continually review the data from CUPD to see if they suggest any trends in drinking behavior or opportunities for changes in strategy,” Marchell said.

“Changes in the number of reports [do not] necessarily reflect changes in students’ behavior.”

Marchell also said that the number of violations may be attributed to other sources.

“When the police are able to devote more officers to patrols, the number of violations typically rises,” Marchell said. “Furthermore, wider awareness of New York State’s Good Samaritan law and Cornell’s policy may have resulted in more students being willing to call for help.”

According to Marchell, Gannett and CUPD will continue to review data to see if new patterns emerge over time.

“The first few weeks of school [are] always a time

period that we’re concerned about in terms of alcohol problems,” Marchell said.

To minimize alcohol-related incidents, all first-year students are expected to complete Alcohol-Wise –– the mandatory online education program –– before arriving on campus, according to Marchell.

“While some involve first-year students who may have little experience with alcohol, many of the inci-

“The first few weeks of school are always a time period that we’re concerned about in terms of alcohol problems.”

Tim Marchell ’82

dents involve upper class students who live off-campus where there are a lot of parties this time of year,” he said.

Additionally, Marchell said CUPD and Ithaca Police have also teamed up to increase patrols on party nights.

The new three-day Labor Day weekend at the end of the first week of classes is another factor to consider when analyzing alcohol-related incidents, according to Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations for Gannett Health Services.

“That long weekend is another time we are watching in terms of alcohol-related incidents,” she said. “These changes definitely make it challenging to identify ‘trends’ or draw conclusions about the impact of the new academic calendar.”

Dittman also said the possibility of unreported alcohol-related incidents may factor into the comparing of

such trends.

“There may also have been incidents within the residence halls or West Campus houses for which the police were not called, [such as] vandalism, disruption to the community [and] harassment,” she said.

Some students said they believe the shorter length of this year’s Orientation Week did not make much difference in students’ drinking habits.

“I think that shortening O-Week probably didn’t change anything about student behaviors,” Cassidy Molina ’15 said. “People still came to campus early to drink for O-Week and still got equally as drunk as they would have any other year. It might have been successful in shortening the time span that the students could have been drinking, though.”

Both Daniel Sussman ’15 and David Ko ’15 also said they believed the length of Orientation week did not significantly change alcohol consumption among students.

“I think that it won’t affect it much since people probably don’t drink a ton every day during O-Week,” Sussman said. “They probably use some days to rest.”

“I think the shortened O-Week had no effect on student drinking because students also drink because it’s the first week of school and many people don’t have work [yet],” Ko added.

However, Maan Aldaiel ’15 said he believed the change in the length of Orientation Week affected students’ drinking habits.

“I think a shortened O-Week would have an adverse effect actually,” he said. “Freshmen are alone on campus and feel this freedom that they express through drinking, so they’ll just feel as though they need to fit more drinking.”

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.

Protesters Call for Univ.to Kraftees Will Move to Temporary Space Six-story building will add 40 bedrooms to Collegetown ReviewTechnion Partnership KRAFTEES

his building is not very “intuitive” in how it was designed, arguing that the city outlined how buildings should look and be conCity of Ithaca Planning and Development structed as part of the new zoning legislaBoard last Tuesday evening and is the sec- tion.

“I’d almost say I’m not developing anyond development proposal approved for Collegetown since the city approved its new thing,” Kraft said. “All I think I’m doing is building a building that is very specifically form-based zoning districts in March.

Kraft said he would like for Kraftees to laid out by our parents.”

Kraft said he has paid attention to city play a “substantial” role in the redevelopment of Collegetown — which has seen six initiatives since Kraftees opened in 2002, proposed re-developments since the spring. adding that the current city code incen“The project as a whole will be a balance tivizes improved housing. In addition, he said Cornell helped of providing clean and push landlords in the safe housing for “Adding any new bedrooms direction of providing Cornell students,” “clean and safe” housKraft said. in Collegetown will help ing for students.

Once demolished alleviate the great demand it “The code is very and replaced with the has. It’s a step forward in specific about how new development — [developments] will fit which will be known trying to meet the demand Collegetown,” he said. as Dryden South — of students who want While the new space 40 bedrooms and a is being constructed, new space for the to live [there.]”

Kraftees will move to a book retailer will be Ashley Popp ’16 temporary space at 315added to Collegetown, 317 College Ave. someaccording to the subtime in October or mitted proposal.

In addition, the new Kraftees will help November, according to Kraft. He said he to provide “a lot more technology-based hopes the new building will be able to open services” to the Collegetown market, in August 2016 but admitted the construcincluding selling cell phones, according to tion timeline would have to be adjusted to meet that goal.

Kraft.

Ashley Popp ’16, president of the “We will continue to rework the business just as The Cornell Store has,” Kraft Collegetown Student Council, said she said. “The Cornell Store has continued to lauds Kraft’s decision to add additional remake itself to the needs of students, and bedrooms to Collegetown. According to Popp, the vacancy rate in Collegetown is we will continue to do so.”

Furthermore, the new six-story building, “incredibly low” and “below the healthy located at the same location of the current limit.”

“Adding any new bedrooms in Kraftees building on 205 Dryden Ave. and designed by architect Jagat Sharma, will be Collegetown will help alleviate the great set back further than the current building demand it has,” she said. “It’s a step forfrom the road, which will allow for a larger ward in trying to meet the demand of stusidewalk in front as per the new zoning dents who want to live in Collegetown.” requirements, according to the approved Tyler Alicea can be reached at proposal.

Despite the changes, Kraft said he thinks managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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In another speech at the rally, Abram Coetsee grad listed SJP’s three demands for Cornell — that the University divest from companies profiting from Israeli occupation, that it reconsider Cornell Tech’s partnership with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and that President David Skorton issue a condemnation of Israeli destruction of academic institutions in the Middle East.

According to Coetsee, Cornell “stands firmly on the side of injustice and oppression” because it invests in several companies, such as Hewlett Packard and Raytheon, that profit from Israeli occupation.

“How can we as students and

“How can we as students ... help fight injustice in another part of the world?”

Abram Coetsee grad teachers help fight injustice in another part of the world? We can start by opposing the policies of our own institutions that act as pillars of support for the Israeli regime,” he said.

This is not the first time that Cornell students have called for divestment. Last spring, Student Assembly Resolution 72 — which asked the University to divest from a list of companies benefiting from Israel’s presence in Gaza — was tabled by the S.A. before discussion, The Sun previously reported.

Daniel Sinykin grad said his experience on a 2009 Birthright trip to

Israel was one of the reasons he is against the Israeli occupation of Gaza.

“I watched fighter jets fly over my head and drop bombs on Gaza,” he said. “It was strange and upsetting to be on a free trip while hundreds of people were being killed in the openair prison that is Gaza.”

Lylla Younes ’18 added that people in Gaza are “living in very close and hazardous quarters and in fear.”

“I have problems with the way the [mainstream] media — CNN, BBC [and] Fox — have reported on [the conflict],” she said. “I encourage people to seek out independent news sources to find out more information.”

Daniel Marshall ’15 said he believes Israel and Cornell Hillel are being “hypocritical” because they do not represent the views of the entire Jewish community.

“As a Jew, Israel does not stand for me. I challenge any other Jew to reconcile their commitment to social justice with the occupation of Gaza,” Marshall said. “Organizations like Hillel don’t represent me and the Jewish community; they often ignore issues like this because it shows the hypocrisy of their position.”

Marshall said he feels that Students for Justice in Palestine respects him enough to demand him that he act morally.

“I know a community does not respect me as a full person when they don’t ask me to do what is right when it comes to the oppression of others,” he said.

Cornell Hillel declined to respond to Marshall’s comments.

Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.

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uring the spring Student Trustee the overall structure of Cornell University election, you may have wondered, — a private, not-for-profit institution. The “what is a Student Trustee?” I have orientation provided me with a better sense been asked that question a lot recently, so I of the many component parts of Cornell, wanted to take a minute to explain what from Ithaca to New York City to Qatar to I’ve learned so far about the position and Geneva, and how they work together. the Board.

Cornell is a complicated place to underMy name is Annie O’Toole, I am a sec- stand, that no one person probably even ond-year law student, and I am the newly- fully understands, but let me take a stab at elected graduate/professional student giving you a brief overview of what I’ve trustee. 2,619 of you — undergraduate, learned about our structure. graduate and professional students — voted Cornell University is both private and in the recent trustee election, and a majority public, given Cornell’s status as the land of you elected me to serve as a full voting grant institution of New York State. The member of the 64-member Cornell privately funded schools and colleges in University Board of Trustees for a two-year Ithaca are: the College of Architecture, Art term. and Planning; the College of Arts and Cornell’s Board of Trustees is large com- Sciences; the College of Engineering; the pared to its peers, which is a combination of School of Hotel Administration; Cornell the University’s structural complexity, Law School and the Samuel Curtis Johnson breadth of fields of study and simply what Graduate School of Management. works best for us. The Board includes In New York City, we also have Cornell Cornell students, alumni, faculty and staff, Tech, and the endowed units of the Medical the Governor of New York, the President College: the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Pro Tem of the New York State Senate and Medical College and the Weill Graduate the Speaker of the New York State School of Medical Sciences of Cornell Assembly.

University. The Emeritus memMedical College bers of the Board serves While attending the Board meetings demic as the acaare also encourand and committee meetings, I was aged to attend teaching compomeetings and surprised and encouraged by how Ynent oof ther Newk often remain very warmly I was welcomed, how my P r e s b y t e r i a n involved with the Board and the Weill opinion was not just respected, but Hospital.

University after Cornell, with also solicited and how devloted the funding from they retire as active, voting Qatar trustees are to learning about and the trustees.

Foundation, improving Cornell.

Immediately established the after the election, Weill Cornell I was thrown Medical College into my responsibilities as a new trustee by in Qatar, and in 2008 graduated its first joining the Presidential Search Committee class of physicians. to find Cornell’s next President. Joining the In Ithaca, there are also four Contract search committee has been an excellent Colleges, which are supported by New York introduction to the Board. Those working State: the College of Agriculture and Life on this important task are incredibly devot- Sciences; the College of Human Ecology; ed to Cornell and I have had the privilege of the School of Industrial and Labor closely working with and learning from Relations; and the College of Veterinary them about the University. As the Medicine. Within the College of Presidential Search statement indicates, Agriculture and Life Sciences, we also have Cornell is a “remarkable community of the New York State Agricultural scholars, educators, students and staff with Experiment Station at Geneva and the deep roots in tradition and a set of cher- Charles H. Dyson School of Applied ished founding principles; a world-class Economics and Management. research institution known for the breadth Throughout the remainder of our terms and rigor of its curricula; and an academy as student trustees, Ross Gitlin ’15 and I dedicated to shaping young people into will be writing this bi-weekly column to be well-educated, thoughtful citizens of the your liaisons to the Board of Trustees. I will world.” Choosing the next person to lead use this column to better inform you about this incredible institution is the most the Board, to speak on the issues facing important role I will play throughout my Cornell, to introduce you to interesting time on the Board. opportunities at Cornell and in Ithaca, and Over Commencement weekend this to celebrate the accomplishments of this spring, I attended my first Board meeting as extraordinary University. the graduate student trustee-elect. The I will also hold office hours every Board of Trustees meets four times a year, Wednesday during this semester, from during which there are meetings for the 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Libe Café in Olin entire Board, committee meetings and Library. Please feel free to stop by my office other events for trustees to attend. hours, or email me at ado29@cornell.edu, if University administrators, student leaders, you have any issues you would like to disfaculty and staff often participate in some of cuss or questions about the University, the these meetings and events as well in order to Board, the Law School, or anything else. educate Board members about the issues Cornell elects students to the Board of facing Cornell. While attending the Board Trustees because the Board values the input meetings and committee meetings, I was of students and also believes that students surprised and encouraged by how warmly I should have access to the Board. Please be was welcomed, how my opinion was not in touch so that I can best represent you to just respected, but also solicited and how the Board and best represent the Board to devoted the trustees are to learning about you. and improving Cornell.

New Trustee Orientation in New York City was the next major opportunity for me Annie O’Toole is a second year law student at Cornell Law School and the graduate studentto learn about my role. The other new elected trustee. She can be reached at ado29@cortrustees and I were given an extensive look nell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate at the Medical College, Cornell Tech and Tuesdays this semester.

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OPINION

David Zha | The Angry Spirit Bear

White Collared Beast

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’m sick of people judging criminals to be lesser than themselves.

What drives a crook to rob a liquor store? What makes a gangbanger start a turf war?

Common answers range from insincere heart-bleeding cries of “socioeconomic injustice” to uncompassionate soulless accusations of “moral depravity.” It’s simpler than that.

People are animals. Even you. We did not get to our current comfortably complacent position on Earth by playing nice. We had to out-claw and outsmart our way there. We had to put survival first and all the frivolous B.S. second.

The wealth disparity that covers this country like a smallpox blanket is what forces people to set aside that curiously inherent human morality for darker methods of survival. But circumstances only exacerbate a root motivation; the drive was there to begin with.

It is this drive that all living creatures in this world share. The drive to survive. The voice that says “Me, Me, Me.” The desire to look after our own. The will to take from everybody else.

Grim, killer animal instinct.

I see it manifest itself in every corner of our society. I see people listen to it every day.

When you talk shit about Becky’s absurd new haircut to your mutual girlfriends at lunch and passionately discuss the subtle nuances of her ugliness.

When you shoot the scrawny guy at the gym a contemptuous glare right before crushing another set on the bench and letting out a grunt perfectly balanced between “actual strain” and “raw manliness.”

This negative will ... it’s in all of us.

Some humans live in corners of the Earth where daily survival involves brutality.

When you compliment Becky on her outrageous outfit the next day in front of everybody with just enough sincerity to make it convincing and just enough edge to get a few snickers.

When you boast to a crowd of strangers about how adventurous your life is and feel like king of the bar for those glorious 10 minutes.

When you are jealous of that king of the bar and sulk quietly, plotting his doom, watching the girls flock to him.

When you rat on your coworker after discovering he’s been masturbating into the coffee pot because he was next in line for that promotion you wanted. And because he just gives you the creeps.

This negative will … it’s in all of us. Some humans live in corners of the Earth where daily survival involves brutality. I’m sure you’ve heard of some of these not-so-nice places where people die every day, where boys kill men with AK-47s and little girls are butchered by maniacs.

Just because there are men and women out there willing to commit such atrocities doesn’t make them any worse than you or me. It doesn’t disqualify them from the right to love and be loved.

Whether they chose to or were forced into it, they have attuned themselves to the darker side of human nature, the primal bestial side where we stow away the ugly truth.

When you see a criminal on TV gunning people down for monetary gain, or just because he is some sick-o who enjoys the suffering of others, pause before you separate yourself from him.

You are, in fact, of the same genus. You do, in fact, have that same violent capacity within you.

But it’s been smothered, stifled, suffocated by a prim, straightlaced veneer of civility. Flight equates to diving into your smartphone. Fight equates to talking shit under your breath.

If you are reading this, you are probably lucky enough to live in a relatively stable part of the world where our animal negativity is held in check. Our aggression is cowed into submission by the law and our fear is tempered by H.R.’s annual “Acceptance in the Workplace” office meeting (FREE DONUTS).

There’s a beast inside you. It’s just chained by a white collar.

Remember to take it out for a walk every once in a while.

And try not to kill anybody.

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

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Jacob Glick |

Glickin’ It

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t’s been only a few detailing how President the dark fantasies of ISIS days since our arrival Skorton’s pledge to main- has added an almost on the Hill, and all tain free first-year bus unbelievable sense of desour worlds have once passes may not be so eas- peration to the nation again been squeezed back ily maintained was met whose fate will be forever into the comfortable with neither mass student tied to the limits of 21st bubble between mobilization nor even century American power.

Collegetown and RPCC. with a flurry of grievances The relative order of the For those of us older and in the online comments post-9/11 era — in more nostalgic, there is section. Cornell’s hyper- which terrorists cower in nothing cozier than the engagement with internal isolated mountains while reassertion of collegiate and external affairs seems all reasonable nations set order in our lives; we to have waned for the aside old rivalries to root cherish equally each fleet- moment. While this may them out — looks as if it ing interaction at Olin give our bruised body is coming undone. So and at Dunbars, because politic a much needed perhaps we are afraid. we have come to the bit- chance to heal, the lull is We have returned to tersweet realization that almost more frightening — or have first arrived at we are now making than the drama of last — Cornell with aspiramemories that will have spring. tions that undoubtedly to last us a lifetime. For Perhaps this momen- intersect with the outside new students — blissfully tary aversion to re-politi- world. But the stubbornunbothered by fears of cizing our campus dis- ly tumultuous nature of impending adulthood — course is something that this summer’s news briefs the rush of Cornell life runs deeper than a lin- perhaps tempts us to corhas created a universe all gering O-Week hang- don off our own relativeits own, fueled by each new addition to an iOS Photo album and unfurl- But the stubbornly tumultuous nature of this ing into an endless future. But as stu- summer’s news briefs perhaps tempts us to dents old and new cordon off our own relatively untroubled are swept up in youths from the Ebola-ridden, rocketthis fever dream scarred wasteland of “elsewhere.” that is Cornell, the outside world looms even more threateningly on the over. The world outside ly untroubled youths horizon than does my our Cornell bubble has from the Ebola-ridden, graduation. never seemed more rocket-scarred wasteland As we packed up our frightening. Everywhere, of “elsewhere.” Cornell, bags in May, we left things seem to be slip- with its picturesque towbehind a campus in the ping backward. Russia ers and spine-tingling throes of conflict. — led by a megalomani- alma mater, can easily fall Student activism had ac “Vladimir the Great” prey to this type of mensparked a politicized con- — has refused to back tal insularity. It’s much flagration, which dragged down in its confronta- easier to bemoan the a half-unwilling student tion with Ukraine, mak- crackdown on body into the thick of ing NATO tremble as 20 Collegetown parties than important and often ran- years of post-Cold War to debate the Middle corous debates. There has bliss is threatened. In East. But that is not been — and will be — Israel and in Gaza, the Cornell’s mission. much more said about conflict that so many The first lecture of the the implications of last Cornellians (myself (highly, highly recomspring’s activism, but included) debated last mended) course meant to there is scarcely now a spring in a lofty, almost celebrate the second half trace of it. A rally held by theoretical tenor resur- of Cornell’s 150 years Students for Justice in faced once more to closed with Prof. Isaac Palestine Friday was extract its bloody price. Kramnick, government, tamer and less eventful As rockets flew and civil- reciting the quotation than one would have ians fell, the hopes for found on the oddly expected, given that the progress faded away into ornate gateway that towIsraeli-Palestinian conflict the realities of a struggle ers over the rather squalid has been so severely that looks more termi- environs of Collegetown’s aggravated since SJP’s nally tragic with each Eddy Street. The quotacalls to action last semes- passing flare-up. And in tion — which we’ve all ter. An article in The Sun the ancient cities of Iraq, walked past countless

times, though not usually in the mood to be reading it — states: “So enter, that daily thou mayest become more learned and thoughtful. So depart, that daily thou mayest become more useful to thy country and to mankind.”

Even at the moments in which we are perhaps least likely to thinking about the wider world — either hurrying from Collegetown to class, or from a party on Buffalo Street to one on Oak — the spirit of Cornell, manifested in the carved stone of the Eddy Street Gate, reminds us that the vision of our University has always been grander than the four-year dream it grants us. The legacy of Cornell is not simply one of amassed wisdom, but of heightened utility as well. However uninviting the globe might seem at this moment, our campus cannot afford to lock the door to our ivory tower and wait until ISIS falls, Putin blinks and a seaside resort opens in Gaza. We, like generations of Cornellians before us, are here because those problems exist, not in spite of them. So as we embark on another year of living and loving and learning on the Hill, we must remember that our University has only become what it is today because of its ability to combine our lust for knowledge and for a “college experience” with a measure of insight that we are all here not only for ourselves, but for our “nation and [for] mankind.”

Jacob Glick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He may be reached at jglick@cornellsun.com.

Glickin’ It appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Knocks & Modern Baseball on the Arts Quad KATIE O’BRIEN Sun Contributor

Even though the band was only founded in 2011, there was a definite element of nostalgia in watching Modern Baseball play at the Arts Quad on Saturday night. Reminiscent of a band I could have listened to in middle school during the golden age of pop punk, their music was characterized by strong and biting, if somewhat nasal, vocals and structured guitar melodies in the verses that flipped to rapid chugging in the chorus. The influence of bands like Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack and Brand New was apparent both musically and lyrically.

Modern Baseball sang about “trying hard not to look like I’m trying that hard” and “failing miserably at everything, including that.” They sang about how they “should have been home an hour ago but I’m still outside.” They sang about sad movies and late night drinks and despair and empty streets. They sang about hoodies and a girl with a smile that could light the town.

While I heard a girl describe the band as “angsty,” a term commonly applied to the genre, to me it just sounds like a bunch of kids, or recent adults, singing truths about how much it can suck to be a kid or adult.

I also heard some people saying they were

bad, but if they were bad, they were bad in an endearing and familiar way that is not necessarily trying to be good, but real.

The band members certainly didn’t take themselves too seriously, joking that “we live in a place that smells like pee” where “there was some grass last year but they got rid of it,” and asking the crowd, “you guys ever fuck up like I just did?” when they unashamedly stopped and restarted a song.

Many students listened to the concert while sitting or laying back on the Arts Quad’s grass, while others stood bobbing their heads or dancing close to the stage.

I even witnessed a short-lived mosh pit. It felt like summer. The band played for about 45 minutes before saying their thank yous and goodbyes.

As the sun set and the temperature dropped, the crew prepared the stage for EDM duo The Knocks, and when they took the stage, the change in atmosphere was immediately tangible. The students who had been sitting on the grass got up and stood in the crowd as more students streamed in across the Arts Quad, and the crowd quickly became large and dense. The Knocks began their set by declaring: “We’re going to have a dance party.”

True to their word, the pulsing beat and infectious melodies of their songs made it hard not to become entranced and want to dance, and soon enough the whole crowd was bouncing up and down. Watching them made for an intense sensory experience, as the bass thudded in your chest and rainbow lights flashed against billowing white curtains backdropping the stage.

The performance was more enjoyable to watch than most EDM artists I’ve encountered live. As someone who’s been guilty of scoffing that EDM concerts are just watching a guy pressing buttons on a Macbook and pumping his fist, I was impressed at the duo’s integration of live instrumentals

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and vocals into their show. They played keyboards and an electric guitar and sang with varying levels of voice effects.

Some of their songs were pretty funky: Their new single, “Classic,” had a riff that sounded like it could be from a Red Hot Chili Peppers song. Other notable songs included “Dreams,” “Brightside” and “Dancing with the DJ.” The crowd became more packed as the show went on and the stage became increasingly difficult to see as more hands went up in the air and more girls went up on shoulders. It must have looked like the students in the crowd were enjoying themselves, because The Knocks announced, “We’ve played at a lot of Ivy League schools and you guys are one of the best.” (Flattery will get you nowhere!)

For the final song, the Knocks invited students to come on stage and dance, and what looked like about 50 students climbed up. Unfortunately, the song abruptly stopped in the middle, perhaps owing to the large quantity of people stomping on wires onstage, leaving the audience confused and causing the band to leave anticlimactically. Students lingered on the Arts Quad after, wondering if the duo would come back, but alas, it seemed the dance party was over.

Katie O’Brien a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kro22@cornell.edu.

‘Surprising, Atomic, Unhinged’: Spoon at State Theatre ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

Is there a better live band than Spoon? If you attend concerts often, you likely have seen shows as great as theirs; for me, TV on the Radio at this year’s Governors Ball and The National at State Theatre last May come to mind. These bands, and very few others, are the best of the best, having hit a peak of skill, presence and professionalism in their performances that defies even the most hairsplitting criticism. If you were one of the many buzzing students, locals or out-of-towners packed into the State Friday night, you’d agree that Spoon, brought here by Dan Smalls Presents, treated Ithaca to a couple of perfect hours of spirited music that permitted only one response, and that is love.

This warm, communal feeling settled over the crowd once the opener, Eric Harvey, walked on stage. Harvey, Spoon’s keyboard player and a multi-instrumentalist in his own right, hails from the region and recruited some of Ithaca’s most talented musicians to join him for a varied, though consistently beautiful 45-minute performance. “Varnishing Day” — a shimmering acoustic ballad with the refrain, “Better hold your head up high” — showcased Ithaca cellist Hank Roberts, who dialed the song down to a hushed whisper and then crescendoed for a stirring finish.

During a cover of Jackson Browne’s “These Days,” which featured Mary Lorson on harmonies, Harvey forgot to retune his guitar and said of the slip, “[This is] just a coffee shop gig, for a forgiving audience.” His low-key, forthright music fosters that kind of intimate atmosphere, and indeed the whoops and applause from the crowd assured him this was a night for building up, not breaking down. Rock-oriented instrumentalists closed Harvey’s set with a few basic, effective numbers, one of which ended with a ridiculous keyboard solo by Mike Stark. The local revue spirit of Eric Harvey’s group made it the rare opener that was impossible to ignore, and even rarer, one of which to feel proud.

A short 30 minutes and drastic stage redressing later, guitarist Alex Fischel, drummer Jim Eno, bassist Rob Pope, Harvey

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and Spoon mastermind Britt Daniel sent the orchestra audience out of their seats and rushing toward the stage as they launched into “They Want My Soul,” the title track off their excellent new album.

Daniel, Fischel and Eno wore all black, while the rest beamed in all white, a simple color dichotomy that complemented the simplicity of the stage arrangement (just a few tall, white fabric walls) and the dazzling array of lighting set-ups. Some songs rolled by in near darkness, like the second, “Rent I Pay,” where blue spotlights threw Daniel’s spindly shadow onto the surrounding walls. Others went all out with strobes or a spinning disco pyramid (like the ball, but a pyramid), while a few songs illuminated a specific mood, such as “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” with its fitting blood red colors.

Daniel announced early on that this was the first show of their tour, which is an honor that sometimes comes with taxing handicaps, especially in an insular town like ours. There was no dress rehearsal throat-clearing Friday night — just a spectacular, undeniably complicated production fastened to the ground by Spoon’s confidence and likability. “Confident” and “likable” could also be used to describe the most naïve of mainstream rock bands, but Spoon brings too much carnal energy to the stage to be written off as some fleeting confection. The locked-in rhythm guitar of “Who Makes Your Money” or foot-tapping bass of “I Turn My Camera On” belies Fischel’s spontaneous guitar freak-outs and Daniel’s ronin wanderings about the stage. The band fields nothing but pleasure through its individual elements, but taken together, it swerves through a show that is surprising, atomic, unhinged.

If there is a simple way to explain this quality of Spoon’s art, it is this: Britt Daniel is cooler than you. His sandpaper voice must be one of the most indestructible instruments in the business. He sounds like John Lennon did in “Twist and Shout,” except Lennon could only log one (amazing) take before going hoarse and somehow Daniel just stands firm at that precipice, unchanged, throughout a two-hour set.

He also harbors a more punkish, experimental sensibility than his band’s popularity may imply. At the end of “Inside Out,” a recent cut, he milked a minute of Flaming Lips-esque ambience

through spacey keyboards, and at the close of “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” he did something similar with raw guitar feedback, manipulating it while on his knees. This was not one of those play, finish, “1-2-3-4!” play again concerts, for Spoon engineered a most entrancing flow.

A brickish thud and a sound engineer’s muffled cries were heard (OK: probably, regarding the second item) when Daniel dropped his mic so that he could fetch a beer during the overplayed “The Way We Get By,” the third song of the encore. Suddenly, those much-copied piano chords did not sound so twee; Daniel somehow found an edge to that one. He pulled a Bob Dylan when it came time for the band’s biggest hit, “The Underdog,” by improvising new rhythms and lagging behind the audience’s enthusiastic downbeat claps. Old becomes new yet again.

These antics were all playful, for Daniel was — and I imagine thoroughly is — not the least bit contemptuous. He thanked his crew, of all moves. The most charming moments of the evening came whenever Daniel acknowledged the demonstrably excited man flailing about just below his microphone stand. Instead of ignoring or avoiding him, Daniel, in his typically inclusive way, sang to him on his knees, let him snap a picture and, after the man briefly disappeared at the start of the encore, heralded his return to the front row. He turned what could have been a visible distraction (the guy enjoyed shaking his fist like it was a maraca, which is, like, mesmerizing) into part of the show, part of the Spoon family.

Near the end, Pope announced, “This is the only time we’ve seen a theater crowd standing the whole time.” Who knows if that is actually true, but the unceasing gratitude, heard not only through whistles and applause but actually seen through an absence of smartphone screens, camera flashes and crowd disturbances, grew out of the preternatural brilliance of Spoon’s performance. It was a concert good enough to bring the audience, like Daniel, to its knees; but then again, we didn’t because we’d be missing the show.

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

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Arts Around Ithaca Howard the Duck

Blaxploitation, Baby

8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Movie Poster Store

Starts 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday at Cornell Cinema

Hot on the heels of a surprise cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy, Howard the Duck will be shown on the Ithaca Commons this weekend, complete with MST3K-style live commentary! Four Ithaca comedians will roast the film, commonly referred to as one of the worst ever made, as it screens on Saturday night. Come dressed as your favorite duck character for a chance to win some cool door prizes!

Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door.

— Sean Doolittle

Fall 2014 Auditions 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Schwartz Center

Auditions for the Schwartz Center’s fall productions will take place today at 7:00 p.m. Auditions will be held for The Mineola Twins, Womens of Lockerbie , Still Life: A New Play by Anna Alison Brenner ’16 and the second annual Ten-Minute Playfest.

Auditions will also be held for the Performing and Media Arts Department’s new biannual Late Night Series, a variety program that welcomes poetry, music, dance, stand-up, magic and more! Call backs will be held September 3 through 5.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany

Supplementing the History of Art course, “Blaxploitation Film and Photography,” taught by Professor Cheryl Finley, history of art, Cornell Cinema will kick off their semester-long film series on the genre with a double-header of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Story of a 3-Day Pass. Evolving out of the infamous exploitation films of the 1960s and 1970s, blaxploitation films were known as much for their copious amounts of sex and violence as they were for their funky soundtracks. Fans of Jackie Brown should check it out — this is where it all began.

The series includes showings of a dozen classic Blaxploitation flicks, including Foxy Brown, Car Wash and Cleo patra Jones.

— Sean Doolittle

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What Makes a Movie? The Filmmaker’s Toolbox

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lfred Hitchcock once said that a filmmaker’s technique — the way a filmmaker chooses to tell his story — is the most important thing to analyze when looking at a film, far more important than the content of the story.

Hitchcock’s analogy was that of a painter using brush strokes to create an emotional response. Less attention should be paid to the bowl of fruit Cezanne paints, rather than to the way he seeks to create that reaction. Hitchcock said most viewers latch on to a film’s story, without any regard to how the story is told, and this element is the most critical factor in analyzing any piece of art.

Consider a director like Federico Fellini, a master at merging surrealism and absurdism, funny and dreamlike, together with more traditional elements.

One of the best examples is his film Amarcord, in which a dinner table scene is exploded and reinvented by the exaggerated personalities of the demonstrative Italian family in question. Fellini uses his camera to hone in on certain details that couldn’t be underlined in theater. Countless plays have featured fighting families around a dinner table, but when Fellini cuts to the grandfather quietly leaving the room to pass wind, or zooms in on the mother’s eyes going crossed as she threatens to put strychnine in the soup, the scene becomes unforgettable. It uses the form to achieve greatness.

If a film starts out like a play, it turns me off: Traditional compositions, actors talking to each other in snappy exchanges that establish a traditional three act structure; these things tend to bore me. Don’t get me wrong — dialogue is important, but it is just one tool in the filmmaker’s toolkit.

What is the sense in making a film if you

aren’t going to use them all, or at least attempt to use them all?

Pure cinema can be thought of as a way of using the combination of all forces at the disposal of a filmmaker to create a unique experience which can only be achieved through the use of images and sound put together.

To prompt an immediate response from an audience, the images must be arresting and the snatches of sound must be provocative. Film directors such as Terrence Malick, Stanley Kubrick and Paul Thomas Anderson are among my very favorite filmmakers because they seek to use all parts of the form. These three are all visual storytellers; the relationship between the image and the content of the film is inseparable in all three cases. It isn’t a case where the story is told through the image, it is a case where the story is the image, and thus an achievement only cinema is capable of.

Malick’s work, for example, consists

Guest Room Mark DiStefano not of traditionally told stories, but of little, impressionistic actions, edited together to mimic the way the mind recalls things in a dream or in memory.

They include voice-overs — rambling

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thoughts of one’s inner-conscience — which emulate the way we narrate our lives on a daily basis. While it can be easy to lampoon such a strange technique, I find it unfathomable that certain critics fail to recognize the audacity in what Malick is doing, simply by choosing to make films this way.

His work also is founded in poetry.

Malick is not a film storyteller, he is a film poet, meaning he tries to elicit the same responses cinematically that a poet would try to elicit without using prose. A technique like that alone is worth honors of the highest kind.

Cinema is so special because it is perhaps the most all-encompassing art form yet invented. It contains photography, music, sound design, narrative, writing, theater, journalism, poetry, and its own wholly unique art, editing. Or more properly, it can contain all these elements, if the filmmaker is inter-

ested in using them. In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Christopher Nolan expressed his feeling that cinema is going to revert to being more of a specialty experience with the explosion of Internet streaming and television’s newfound second golden age and that this will be a good thing. While it will mean huge wall-to-wall blockbusters, it will also demand of filmmakers that they produce the most interesting and challenging cinematic experiences possible, in order to draw people out of their homes and root them to their seats in the theater for two hours.

To create such an effect, movies may have to rely heavily on pure cinema in the years to come, and that is cause for celebration.

Mark DiStefano is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears on Tuesdays this semester.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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Phillies Pitchers Throw Combined No-Hitter in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — On Labor Day, Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia bullpen spread the workload on a no-hitter.

Hamels and three Phillies relievers combined on the season’s fourth no-hitter, blanking the Atlanta Braves 7-0 Monday and giving a last-place team a rare reason to celebrate.

It was all the more unusual in that Hamels left the game with his bid intact after six innings. He was fine with the decision, too, having already thrown 108 pitches at a hot afternoon at Turner Field.

“Just understanding the situation, every time I went out there I was battling control issues,” Hamels said. “I wasn’t getting ahead of guys. Walking the leadoff hitter will put you in a lot of trouble, and it does. It builds up your pitch count.”

Hamels (8-6) struck out seven, matched a season high with five walks and hit a batter.

Relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a perfect inning to close out the 11th combined no-hitter in big league history. A smiling Hamels watched from the bench as they finished off what he started.

“I think having a combined no-hitter is very difficult because guys have to come right in and get the guys out, no matter what the situation is,” Hamels said. “It’s a little more dramatic to be able to see that you’re trying to play the cards as best you can against the lineup.”

Manager Ryne Sandberg knew Hamels was tired and ready to come out of the game. Their discussion was a quick one.

“It didn’t take long,” Sandberg said. “He was pretty well spent there. The early innings had something to do with it. The stressful innings, stranding the runners at second and third a couple of times, but he wasn’t going to go nine. And he ran the bases the inning before.”

“I think it’s a cool experience,” Papelbon said. “It’s definitely been a rough go at it this year for our ballclub. Something to kind of hang our hat on for the year. Cole has been our bona fide ace for the entire the season, and it’s good to preserve those wins for our starters. Today it was preserving a no-hitter.”

Clayton Kershaw and Josh Beckett of the Dodgers and Tim Lincecum of the Giants threw no-hitters earlier this year.

Right fielder Marlon Byrd foiled the Braves’ best bid for a hit.

With runners on second and third in the third inning, Byrd raced in and toward the line to make a diving catch on Chris Johnson’s slicing liner to end the inning.

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Moving on | No. 8 seed Andy Murray defeated No. 9 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a fourth-round men’s single match.

Murray next faces No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

Andy Murray Outlasts Ninth Seed to Advance in U.S.Open NEW YORK (AP) — An hour-and-a-half into his stay at the U.S. Open, Andy Murray had to wonder whether it would end quickly.

A week later, the same guy who hobbled through head-to-toe cramps in his first-round match looked strong on a day that was even more hot and humid — and now he’s in the quarterfinals. The eighth-seeded Murray beat No. 9 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours, 35 minutes on Monday.

“I don’t feel like I’m that far away from playing my best tennis,” Murray said.

He hasn't reached a tournament final since back surgery late last year. Coming into the U.S. Open, Murray felt he was playing well but lamented that he was struggling to close out matches.

In a tight one against a tough opponent Monday, Murray won enough crucial points to pull out the victory in straight sets.

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to go up 3-0 in the third, but Murray fought them off to swing the momentum. He promptly broke in the next game to get the set back on serve, and then closed out the match with another break.

It was a tough draw for both players — and gets even tougher for Murray, who next faces No. 1 Novak Djokovic. That matchup feels much more like a Grand Slam title match than a quarterfinal, and for good reason. Murray and Djokovic have met five times in major tournaments, with four coming in the finals; the other was a semi.

Tsonga rolled into the U.S. Open full of confidence after beating Djokovic, Murray and Roger Federer in Toronto to win the title.

In Tsonga's 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 victory over Murray in early August, he was the one winning the key points in a close match.

“Tennis, it’s never a straight line. It’s always like this,” Tsonga said, tracing peaks and valleys with his hand. “So today it was like this maybe at the wrong moment.”

Murray hasn’t been back to a final since becoming the first British man in 77 years to win Wimbledon in July 2013. He beat Djokovic to clinch that title and also defeated him at the 2012 U.S. Open for the first Grand Slam championship by a British man in 76 years.

“Great memories from that match,” Murray said in an oncourt interview. “Hope we can play another top-level match.”

After beating 22nd-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 7-5, 64 earlier Monday, Djokovic called the prospect of facing Murray or Tsonga a “very tough, tough draw.”

Murray, he said, “knows how to play center court U.S. Open where he played some great tennis and we had some great matches.”

They went to five sets twice in 2012, in Djokovic’s win in the Australian Open semis and Murray’s breakthrough victory in the U.S. Open.

"Long games, long rallies, long points, because we do a lot of the same things well," Murray said.

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Ten NFL Players Poised for Breakout Seasons in 2014

From Zac Stacy to Lavonte David, these players have the potential to lead the league this season SHATZMAN

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2012 rookie campaign, rushing for more than 1400 yards, including a 251-yard, four-touchdown game vs. Oakland.

The former first round pick out of Boise State was having somewhat of a disappointing season last year when he was placed on injured reserve after injuring his shoulder in the seventh game of the season. Now fully recovered from surgery, Martin is set to be the Bucs every-down back — the “bellcow”, according to new coach Lovie Smith — and is prepared to equal his rookie season performance both running and catching the football. The Bucs just acquired All-Pro guard Logan Mankins in a trade with the Patriots. Mankins is a huge addition for what was an average offensive line. Doug Martin will be a major beneficiary of the deal.

Zac Stacy (RB, St. Louis Rams)

The Rams were dealt a serious blow with the seasonending injury to quarterback Sam Bradford. With career backup Shaun Hill now leading the offense, the already rush-heavy attack will lean on second-year back Zac Stacy to carry the load in the toughest division in football. Stacy rushed for nearly 1,000 yards last season after landing the starting gig in October. Just 5’9”, the Vanderbilt product is tough to bring down and often carries defenders for far more yards than appear possible to gain. He should get 20-plus touches per game, and will rely on a solid Rams O-line, bolstered by second overall draft selection Greg Robinson to create gap for him to run through.

Golden Tate (WR, Detroit Lions)

The leading receiver on the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, Golden Tate picked up a deal from the Detroit Lions this offseason and is now ready to build on his nearly 900 yard, five TD 2013 season. Of course, when you think of Lions’ receivers, Calvin Johnson comes to mind. And while Tate will be the obvious #2 in a pass-first offense, he will draw plenty of targets while defenses focus their game plans around containing Megatron. Tate, speedy and fearless, will benefit a lot from a new home, and will look to top 1,000 yards for the first time in his career.

Emmanuel Sanders (WR, Denver Broncos)

Another wideout for whom a new environment will be especially beneficial is former Pittsburgh Steeler Emmanuel Sanders. Sanders was picked up by the Broncos this offseason in hopes of replacing Eric Decker, who caught 87 balls for 1,288 yards this past season. Sanders put up solid numbers over the last two seasons in Pittsburgh, playing in an offense in which he was not a go-to option, and was lower on the depth chart than his talent suggested. With Peyton Manning

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under center, and Sanders starting opposite Demaryius Thomas, expect a huge season from the 27-year-old out of SMU. Greg Olsen (TE, Carolina Panthers)

Every year I wonder if this will finally be the season Greg Olsen breaks through with a Gronkowski-like season. The Panthers tight end, now entering his eighth season, has had back-to-back 800-plus yard seasons, and has been among the top tight ends in the league in recent seasons. This season,

tle at the trenches, Spikes will be leaned on to wrap up tackles and force turnovers. For the Bills to compete in the AFC East, Brandon Spikes will need to play to the best of his ability and make around 10 tackles per game. It’s not out of the question.

T.J. Ward (SS, Denver Broncos)

T.J. Ward made his first Pro Bowl last season and has been a top safety in the league for the Browns since he came out of Oregon in 2010. So a big year for Ward in 2014 is expected, and not exactly a breakout season, but he is on the list due to his impact he will have on his new team, the Denver Broncos. The Broncos were slim at safety last season, and teams exposed their defensive backs to be a weakness of the defense. Acquiring a hard-hitting, consistent tackler in T.J. Ward will solidify the defensive back core, and provide a safety valve for a defense that, last season, was only a defensive player or two away from winning a title. Ward has already topped 100 tackled twice in his career. Expect him to do so again in Denver this season.

Star Lotulelei (DT, Carolina Panthers)

Star Lotulelei was a steal for the Panthers in the 2013 NFL draft. A projected top-five pick by draft pundits, Lotulelei was unable to work out at the NFL combine after a heart issue was revealed — not a heart condition, as many people were worried it to be — but a problem caused by an infection. But even after being cleared by doctors, teams still shied away from the Utah standout defensive lineman. So the Panthers grabbed him with the 14th overall selection, and he did not disappoint.

He was an efficient run-stopper and helped a Panthers defense record a league-leading 60 sacks, and Star Lotulelei finished fourth in Defensive Rookie of the MATTHEW J. LEE / THE NEW YORK TIMES Year voting. Alongside fellow defensive stars Greg Hardy however, has the potential to be the best year of Olsen’s career. and Luke Kuelchy, Loutulelei is poised to be a top defensive With Cam Newton under center, Steve Smith in Baltimore tackle in just his second year in the league. and Brandon LaFell with the Patriots, the Panthers simply Lavonte David (LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) have minimal weapons besides Olsen. Carolina drafted wide Like T.J. Ward, Lavonte David has already put together a receiver Kelvin Benjamin in the first round of this years’ draft, and he shined in the preseason. If Benjamin can spread the nice two-year NFL résumé that includes a first-team All Pro field and create space for Greg Olsen, Cam Newton should be selection. But David has the potential to be among the top able to find his tight end often. If the Panthers offense is going few linebackers in the league this season. Only 24 years old, to score points, Greg Olsen will need to have a career-season. he has racked up 139 and 145 tackles in his first two seasons respectively. He added seven sacks and five interceptions last season, hence the All Pro selection and Pro Bowl snub.

Brandon Spikes (LB, Buffalo Bills) The Bills defense took a major hit when stud linebacker Playing behind young star defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, Kiki Alonso tore his ACL in July. With Alonso out for the sea- David is likely to top his career high in tackles, and will conson, someone will need to fill the void and make lots of tack- tinue to cause havoc and force turnovers. Lovie Smith speaks les. That man is offseason acquisition Brandon Spikes, the for- highly of David and even brought up Hall of Fame Bucs’ mer Patriot who the Bills signed in hopes of creating a dynam- linebacker Derrick Brooks as someone David has the potenic linebacker duo. But with no Kiki Alonso, Spikes will be tial to become. After his first two seasons, the idea seems realasked to anchor the linebacking core. Spikes will benefit from istic. playing behind two phenomenal defensive linemen in Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus. If the linemen can win the bat- Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

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programs that have consistent approaches, they have consistent quality depth on both sides of the line of scrimmage … so that’s going to be a focus for us to try to develop as quickly

as we can the younger players,” said head coach David Archer ’05.

The defense as it stands has no shortage of talent. Despite some key losses, the unit returns junior outside linebacker Debo Sodeke (two sacks), sophomore inside linebacker Jackson Weber (40 tackles, 1.5 sacks), junior safety Twan

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Looking past losses | Although the defensive unit lost important members such as Tre’ Minor ’14, it returns key players such as junior outside linebacker Debo Sodeke and junior safety Twan Terrell.

Terrell (one interception, one blocked kick) and senior corner Michael Turner (three interceptions). With a focus always placed on putting the ball back in the hands of the offense, Harris said the defensive line specifically has begun to make strides.

“As a defensive “We have the line our focus is to players to be a fire off the ball, destroy blocks and top defense.” make plays,” he said.

“Getting pressure on Justin Harris the quarterback and getting sacks is always a high priority and we have been working hard to make sure we improve in this category. It all starts up front on both sides of the ball.”

With the prospect of a high octane defense heading into the season that will follow in the footprints that Minor and Buehler left behind, Harris said the team is confident it can size up against the league’s best from last year — Princeton and Penn.

“The Ivy League is a very competitive league and each week is going to be a battle,” he said. “We have the players to be a top defense and as long as we play together and fast and free, we will be great.”

With a drought of seniors on the defensive unit, Harris — who finished the season with 40 tackles and a sack last season — has taken on a new leadership role as the oldest and most experienced player on the team.

“There are 106 players on the football team and we are all brothers. I view myself as the big brother,” he said. “I’ve been around the block. … On and off the field I want the team to be able to depend on me to lead them in the right direction.”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sportseditor@cornellsun.com.

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hype around the team with new players and the team’s potential to get revenge on Ghana and advance past the group stage,” said senior defender Peter Chodas.

Sentiments of this nature are generally brought to the forefront after every World Cup, as the country’s interest inevitably shifts to point at which the rest of the world is focusing — an ongoing major event and one of the biggest sporting tournaments to ever be held. But what typically happens is that this interest wavers as the warm summer months come to an end and attention shifts back to the regular seasons of other sports. It is then four years before this passion for soccer is revived for a brief one-month period.

This time it felt a little different, however. The United States received widespread international praise for its gutsy performances, including its loss to eventual quarter-finalists Belgium.

Head coach Jürgen Klinsmann’s men took the Belgians to the wire, with 19year-old substitute Julian Green scoring his first goal for the United States in his third appearance. Green’s goal came at the start of the second period of extra time, bringing the score to 2-1 to lead to a nail-biting end to the game. The ending of the game, for this writer, was the highlight of the tournament (except for maybe James Rodriguez’s screamer for Colombia against Uruguay).

For many, it was hard not to support the underdogs, with their never-say-die attitude.

Tim Howard’s record-breaking 16 saves in the game only added to the feeling of perseverance from the United States.

Howard’s heroics even inspired one Internet prankster to name him ‘Secretary of Defense’ on Wikipedia, a show of enthusiasm that would have seemed

“It would take a string of incredible team performances to actually win a World Cup in the next few years.”

Peter Chodas unlikely to occur four years ago.

The passion regarding the game was evident.

“One moment that sticks with me pretty clearly is the time DeAndre Yedlin was called upon to replace Fabian Johnson against Belgium,” Morgan said.

“He had to mark arguably the best player in the Premier League, Eden Hazard. The kid held his own and the people around me had absolutely no idea who this 20-year-old kid was.”

Yedlin has recently transferred to English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur after his performances.

Despite the swell of support for soccer during June and July, questions remain as to whether the surge in popularity will lead to any long-term benefits at the grassroots level.

One explanation for increased viewership this World

Cup seems to stem more from the geographic proximity of Brazil to the United States. The time-difference was much more convenient than the much-farther South Africa. Yes, it fell right in the middle of the workday, but that did not stop many from setting up the games in their offices (and sharing it on their various social media).

One potential beneficial effect from the tournament would be to increase support for the MLS. With more children interested in the game and more enrolled in the country’s elite soccer development academies — in a manner similar to that seen in European and South American countries — the United States could emerge onto the forefront of the global game, an idea Morgan echoed in his assessment of the MLS. “Sadly, there’s always a heavy drop-off after the World Cup,” Morgan said. “The MLS is renowned as not being a breeding ground for the best of the best: That distinction is reserved for European leagues.”

The MLS is perhaps the most sustainable model of a domestic soccer league that can be found in the world today.

But the English Premier League is a more developed product that attracts more international consumers — and, simply, more money. The EPL is currently the one most followed by most Americans due to the lack of any language barriers, but this also has the effect of draining support for the domestic teams.

Without more funding pumped into the game, local athletes will continue to gravi-

tate toward the better paying, more glamorous sports. For soccer to see organic growth at the domestic level, the MLS would need to be big — the European leagues are simply too far away for most children to follow, particularly on the West Coast.

“The culture of soccer here is different than other countries, where they live and breathe soccer from a very young age,” Chodas said.

And small improvements are not enough — the MLS needs to compete on an international level for the United States to ever have a realistic chance of winning the World Cup. Some will argue that the domestic leagues of Brazil and Argentina cannot compete with the major European ones, but those leagues are still of a sufficient quality that they can produce international-level players.

“Maybe if we can get a bunch of kids enrolled into La Masia [the elite development academy of FC Barcelona] we’ll be able to compete one day [in the World Cup],” Morgan said.

Chodas was a little more optimistic about the national team’s chances.

“I would give the U.S. a shot at beating any team on any day, but it would take a string of incredible team performances to actually win a World Cup in the next few years,” Chodas said. “However, I do believe that the U.S. will strongly compete because our team has and is becoming much stronger, especially with the youth and college soccer programs becoming much more serious.”

Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at hyousefi@cornellsun.com.

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Training day | The U.S. men’s national team prepares for a World Cup qualifying match during a January practice.

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With Aggressive Play on the Mind, Defense Resets

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

When outside linebacker Tre’ Minor ’14 broke through Penn’s offensive line and blocked an extra point attempt that would have tied the final game of the Red’s 2013 season, Minor proved the timeless adage that defense wins championships. It may be cliché, and it may not have been a championship, but at the very least Minor was able to take the defensive preachings of his coaches, tie them up neatly with a bow and pass them along for the next generation of Big Red defenders. And it was the very last thing he did in a Cornell uniform.

The six blocked kick attempts the defense recorded last season, while an impressive stat on its own, was not enough to right the ship. Cornell was second to last in the Ivy League in total defense, second to last in interceptions with six (10 fewer than the first team in the conference) and dead last in pass defense. However, that statistic remains a reflection of a defensive mentality that is gradually becoming commonplace.

“This entire offseason, our defensive coordinator coach Backus has emphasized the importance of swarming to the ball every play and having the mentality that the ball is ours,” said senior captain and wide receiver Lucas Shapiro.

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Taking action | As the team’s aggressive defensive play continues to evolve, senior captain Lucas Shapiro says that the Red has “emphasized the importance of ... having the mentality that the ball is ours,” this offseason.

While Minor has moved on, along with fellow outside linebacker Brett Buehler ’14 and defensive lineman Kevin Marchand ’14, the defense is hoping to carry on the legacy those players left behind. Buehler surpassed 100 tackles last season and Minor recorded 46 while blocking two kicks, intercepting one pass and forcing a fumble. Marchand led the team in sacks with three for a loss of 25 yards.

“As a defensive unit we have the same principles as last year and through training camp those principles have

begun to become instilled in the defense,” said fifth-year senior defensive lineman Justin Harris. “For all four quarters we want to constantly impose our will against opposing offenses.”

It is a mentality of fierce, physical play, but it will take development from the ground up in order to stick.

“I think that is something where you see established

Measuring the Effect of the World Cup

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer

If Ann Coulter is to believed, then soccer is the shrine of hawkish immigrants, hell-bent on invading and contorting great, pre-existing American culture.

“I promise you,” said the conservative columnist, “no American whose greatgrandfather was born here is watching soccer.”

Soccer has always been a background sport in the U.S., playing fifth fiddle behind the more traditional sports of football, basketball, baseball and hockey.

But this summer, soccer was thrust to the forefront as the World Cup captured a massive American audience — 25 million people tuned in this summer to watch the United States play out a thrilling 2-2 stalemate against Cristiano

Ronaldo’s Portugal. To put this figure into perspective, 15 million people watched the Boston Red Sox win the 2013 baseball world series, according to The Independent.

Anecdotal evidence for this nationwide growth of soccer appreciation is widespread. CTB was packed for every game, and it was not uncommon to hear people excitedly talking about the game or sporting their red, white and blue jerseys.

“In 2010, after Landon Donovan’s goal vs. Algeria, I thought we peaked as a soccer-appreciating nation,” said senior defender Devin Morgan of the Red men’s soccer team. “But after walking around New York City this summer seeing at least one person on every block in a USA jersey, I believe that soccer is firmly on the rise in terms of popularity in the U.S.”

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Fan fever | American fans cheer on the U.S. men’s team during a friendly match against Nigeria in June, as the team prepared for the 2014 World Cup.

Average viewing figures increased by 1.5 million viewers from the 2010 World Cup, held in South Africa, and American supporters trailed only Brazilians in

“I believe that soccer is firmly on the rise in terms of popularity in the U.S.” Devin Morgan numbers of tickets bought. The performance of the team captured the hearts and minds of the people, and the hype was so widespread that captain and forward Clint Dempsey earned a congratulatory call from President Barack Obama.

Overall, not a bad tournament.

“The energy that comes from the United States, with their thousands and thousands of fans actually in Brazil, you see where the game is going in the United States,” Dempsey said of the support from home. He went as far as to describe it as unstoppable.

“You can’t stop it anymore; it’s breaking through. The league is doing a great job. Millions of kids playing soccer throughout the country, you know, it’s growing on every level,” Dempsey said.

“And a large motive of this development is always the national team.”

Many are saying that the 2014 World Cup could prove to be the turning point in American sports, the point which could see the sport emerge as a contender to the four core American sports.

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Potential NFL Breakout Players E

ach NFL season features players who elevate their games to the next tier.

Below are 10 players who have the potential and talent to be breakout stars in 2014.

Andrew Luck (QB, Indianapolis Colts)

The 24-year-old 2012 first overall pick out

Ben Shatzman Guest Column of Stanford has led the Colts to the postseason back-to-back years. In January, Luck torched a stellar Chiefs defense for 443 yards and four TDs en route to a comeback win for the ages.

He did so with few weapons around him and a lackluster running attack. The Colts added free agent wide Hakeem Nicks to pair alongside veteran Reggie Wayne (who missed most of last season with torn ACL), and with speedster T.Y. Hilton manning to slot, Luck is surrounded by talent and playmakers. The mobile, big-arm, do-it-all quarterback is ready to make the jump into the elite, top tier of QBs in the National Football League.

Doug Martin (RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Martin made a name for himself in his See SHATZMAN page 13