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N.Y. Police Search for Missing C.U.Student
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On Saturday afternoon, police said that divers retrieved a body from the Hudson in the Village of New York State police are Dobbs Ferry. Although some news searching for a Cornell student outlets have reported that it was whose car was found abandoned Lukashkov, Jones said to The Sun on the Tappan Zee Bridge early Sunday afternoon that no positive Wednesday morning. identification has been made on Police say the body yet. D e n i s Lukashkov’s Police are using radar mother Lukashkov ’15, told The 20, may have and sonar technologies Journal News jumped into and searching through that she last the Hudson heard from her the Hudson River. River after son when he leaving his car. called her TuesTrooper Jason Jones A Honda Acday evening. He cord was found then played vidon the Tappan Zee with its car eo games with friends at keys and Lukashkov's identifica- Cornell before driving from tion in it at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday. Ithaca, N.Y. to Westchester Police are using radar and County, turning around and sonar technologies and searching stopping his car on the Tappan through the Hudson River for Zee early Wednesday morning, signs of Lukashkov, according to LoHud.com reported. Trooper Jason Jones of the New York State Police. There were no Akane Otani can be reached at witnesses who saw anyone jump managing-editor@cornellsun.com or at twitter.com/akaneotani. from the bridge.
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Colleen Barrett ’14, a member of the Cornell Raptor Program, shows off a turkey vulture at Cornell’s Family Field Day at the Thompson Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y.
Students Study Business,Real Estate Professors say enrollment in two new minors is rising By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Staff Writer
Since the University created university-wide minors in real estate and business in 2009 and 2012 respectively, professors say they have seen demand surge for enrollment in the two minors. The business minor was founded so that students majoring in subject areas other than business could receive exposure to business concepts, frameworks and methods, according to University officials. The real estate minor was created for similar reasons — aiming to provide credentials and meaningful connections to the real-estate industry for students who are applying to jobs in the realestate sector. Both minors have experienced steady growth, attracting a diverse population of students, and professors in both minors say they expect these
numbers will continue to rise during the 2013-14 school year. According to Prof. Jan de Roos ’78 M.S. ’80 Ph.D. ’94, hotel, there are currently 247 students in the real estate minor. He said he anticipates that number will increase. “I would expect [the minor] to grow marginally but not hugely. Our big growth was from 2009 to 2011, where we went from 25 graduates to 75 to 100, and now we graduate about 125 per year. Then, total enrollment in the minor was in the three-hundred numbers,” de Roos said. “We’ve reached a steady state.” In its first year, the business minor exceeded enrollment expectations with 660 students, surpassing demand for the real estate minor, according to Prof. Deborah Streeter, applied economics and
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More Changes for Univ.Greek Life: New Member Period Shortened By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer
Two years ago, President David Skorton announced his pledge to end hazing in Cornell’s Greek community. One of the major changes he proposed has culminated this academic year: requiring all Greek organizations to shorten their new member orientation period from eight weeks to four weeks. The change was gradually enacted, with the new member
period shortened to six weeks in 2012 and, this year, from six weeks to four. It affects the pledging process for Cornell’s 37 Interfraternity Council fraternities, 12 Panhellenic Council sororities and 14 Multicultural Greek Letter Council chapters. The shortening of the new member orientation period is intended to “focus [the] organization on delivering necessary information” and to “allow new members to continue focus on academic work,” according to a
University press release. “We call it Skorton’s campaign against hazing,” said Ashtyn Ka ’15, president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. “The longer the new member period, the more there is a status difference between an active member and a new member, and hopefully by decreasing the new member period, we can decrease the amount of hazing that goes on.” Although she said she underSee GREEK page 4
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Lord Scrummage, a band, played music at the Watermargin Cooperative House during the weekend.
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Fine Arts Library Set To Expand With $6M Gift From AAP Alumna
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Archiving visual resources a priority By CHRISTOPHER YATES Sun Staff Writer
The Fine Arts Library at Cornell will be expanded thanks to a $6million gift from architect Mui Ho ’62, B. Arch ’66. Though sketches of the planned expansion have not yet been drawn, the gift will transform the Fine Arts Library into a “state-ofthe-art” research center, study space and archive of visual resources, according to Kent Kleinman, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. “We have a vision of a modern and important arts library that will be a place for students to congregate. It’s an ambitious plan, but we are determined to do it right and make it a wonderful place to study,” Kleinman said. Ho and the College of Architecture, Art and “We have a vision of a mod- Planning are united by a ern and important arts library common mission: to preserve the Fine Arts Library that will be a place for as an archive of visual students to congregate.” resources and physical books and materials, Dean Kent Kleinman according to Kleinman. “We believe that having physical books [is important] in many disciplines, including art, classics [and] anthropology, and we are dedicated to keeping physical books available to browse. Many people feel a deeper connection to physical materials, and the way things are presented can make a big difference,” Kleinman said. While many libraries on campus are focusing on digitizing their collections, the Fine Arts Library will be maintained as an archive for physical books, according to Kleinman. “We’re going against the norm of libraries giving up their books and being converted into sitting-spaces. We want our physical books right there, circulating to readers, and [Ho] recognizes the value of that,” Kleinman said. The preservation of materials in the Fine Arts Library is particularly important because many of them are not yet available digitally, according to Ho. “Most images found within this collection are not readily available on the Internet, and students, researchers and teachers need to use these books intensely,” Ho said in a University press The preservation of materials release. Although the Fine Arts in the Fine Arts Library is Library primarily serves indiparticularly important viduals doing research in AAP, because many of them are it is also an academic resource for those in other disciplines, not yet available digitally, according to Prof. Bonna according to Ho. Boettcher, music, director of both the Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance and the Fine Arts Library. “The Fine Arts Library primarily serves AAP but also provides strong support for history of art in Arts and Sciences, as well as design and environmental analysis in the College of Human Ecology, landscape architecture in [the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences] and other disciplines that rely on visual and related materials,” Boettcher said. Ho’s donation is indicative of increased alumni support of the arts at Cornell, according to Boettcher. “This gift reflects the respect that alumni have for the institution and programs that launched their careers,” she said. “This gift reflects the respect that alumni have for the institution and programs that launched their careers,” she said. Christopher Yates can be reached at cyates@cornellsun.com.
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On a sunny but chilly day, students talk about volunteering at Plantationsfest — an event that hosted sustainability oriented organizations — on the Ag Quad Sunday.
Eng.Prof Was an ‘Innovator’ By RACHEL WEBER
before retiring in 1989, according to a University press release. As a professor, McGuire gained wide respect Cornellians remembered Prof. Emeritus from his students and colleagues in the structurWilliam McGuire, civil and environmental engi- al engineering profession from his teaching, menneering, as an innovator, a gentleman and a won- toring, research and consulting, according to derful conversationalist at a memorial service Abel’s biography. Saturday. An expert in steel structures, McGuire’s conMcGuire died at his Ithaca home Jan. 31 at sulting work included structure design in addithe age of 92. tion to investigation of structural failures, Hailed by his peers as an expert in according to the American Society of structural engineering, McGuire was Civil Engineers. remembered for his innovations in the McGuire also co-designed the Fall application of computer-aided analysis Creek Suspension Bridge with Dean and graphic techniques to structural S.C. Hollister, engineering, The Sun engineering, as well as his consulting previously reported. and research in steel structure design, In addition to his 40 years of according to the press release. teaching, researching, consulting and McGuire was born in 1920 on Staten international lecturing, McGuire PROF. EMERITUS Island, N.Y. and received his undergradauthored two textbooks, Steel MCGUIRE uate degree in civil engineering at Structures and Matrix Structural Bucknell University in 1942 before Analysis. According to Modern Steel serving for the United States Navy as an aircraft Construction, a publication by the American maintenance officer aboard the U.S.S. Franklin, Institute of Steel Production, Steel Structures is according Mcguire’s biography written by Prof. considered one of the most widely respected textJ.F. Abel, civil and environmental engineering books on steel design. and Prof. R.D. Ziemian, civil and environmental In 1994 McGuire received the highest profesengineering, Bucknell University. sional honor for structural engineering: he was After World War II, McGuire earned his elected into the National Academy of Master of Engineering degree in structural engi- Engineering and into the American Society of neering from Cornell. Before joining the Civil Engineers as an honorary member, accordUniversity’s faculty, McGuire worked in Boston ing to a University press release. as a structural designer of power plants and atomColleagues remember McGuire’s avid love for ic energy projects for Jackson & Moreland nonfiction, history, travel and current news, as Engineers, according to the American Society of well as his “sea stories,” according to Abel’s biogCivil Engineers. raphy. McGuire joined the Cornell faculty in 1949, was promoted to professor in 1960 and later served as the director of the School of Civil & Rachel Weber can be reached at Environmental Engineering from 1966 to 1968 rweber@cornellsun.com.
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Last Week in Review Justice Ruth Ginsburg ’54 Officiates at Same-Sex Wedding Two months after voting to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 took another historic step on August 31 when she became the first justice to officiate at a same-sex wedding. Sen. Schumer to Forge Cornell, Government Ties During a tour September 3 of Cornell’s Stocking Hall, the new home to a food science facility and the reopened Dairy Bar, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) pledged to help Cornell become the site of the nation’s first dairy food safety center.
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Fine Arts library | The library, situated in Rand Hall, will undergo an expansion with a $6 million gift from an AAP alumna.
C.U. Warns International Students About Inadequate Insurance Cornell officials are warning international students about purchasing health insurance plans from misleading companies that have previously left some students unable to pay for their health care expenses. — Compiled by Annie Bui ’16
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New Member Period Shortened; Students Express Mixed Emotions GREEK
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stood the good intentions of the shortening the length of the new member period, Ka added that there are some drawbacks to the change. “It’s harsh because the Panhellenic community definitely does not haze — 100 percent, we do not haze,” she said. “It’s hard because we do genuinely use the new member period to get the girls accommodated into the community and bonding with the old girls and the newer girls, but now we only have four weeks to do that.” Ka said she would favor a return to the eight-week new member period. “[Eight weeks is] a very traditional number across the nation,” Ka said. “It’s going to be hard to tailor everything and decide what events and workshops to have in the four weeks compared to the
eight to 10 weeks that other sororities [across the nation] have.” Ka said she feels that shortening the new member period to four weeks may be counterproductive with regard to attracting girls to sororities for the right reasons. “I understand [the University’s] sentiment and support the campaign against hazing and what Skorton is trying to do, but I do think that asking us to do what they want us to do — to have people join for the bonding in just matter of four weeks and convincing them to stay for the rest of their lives — is a lot to ask.” Other members of the Greek community echoed Ka’s sentiment, saying they worry how much new members will be able to get to know their houses in four weeks. “I disagree with the decision [to shorten the new member period] because the four-week period significantly reduces the opportu-
nity for the new members of the fraternity to familiarize themselves with house history and the brotherhood,” Yining Lu ’14, former philanthropy chair for the Phi
“[The change] is definitely damaging to the integrity and values of the Greek system.” Yining Lu ’14 Gamma Delta fraternity, said in an email. Lu said he feels that this change may actually negatively affect his fraternity. “This will only contribute to a disconnect among members of a house and contribute to the ‘paying for your friends’ stigma associated with the Greek system, one that has proven to be untrue so far in my personal experience,” he
said. Still, Lu said the Greek community is choosing to accept the administration's change in the new member period. “[The change] is definitely damaging to the integrity and values of the Greek system, which, while important to us is understandably less of a concern for the University compared to potential liabilities they may have to deal with,” Lu said. “Despite it, like all fraternities, we will absolutely abide by the new rules because at the end of the day, nothing is worth getting your house kicked off campus.” Although some members of the Greek community disagreed with the shortening of the new member period, some members felt that the change did not make a significant difference. “It didn’t change anything about our rush process since rush week remained the same in terms of length and what we do,” said
Jinseon Kim ‘15, a member of the Kappa Phi Lambda sorority, which is currently hosting its Rush Week. “But I disagree with the change because I think the eightweek process is essential to prepare new members to become good sisters and familiarize themselves with each other as well as the older sisters.” Still, she said she feels that there is a possibility that the change will be positive. “I mean, we haven’t tried it yet, and the six-week process last semester worked for us, so maybe it’ll work,” she added. “But I’m still a bit doubtful.” Christina Kim ’15, a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority agreed. “I think it’s annoying that my year had the longest time period, but I don’t think it really changed anything,” she said. Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.
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Business,Real Estate Minors Attract Students Around C.U. is unclear what, if any, additional resources will be needed, she added. De Roos said he does not believe new courses or new faculty members will be required to support the real estate minor. The deans of the College of Hotel Administration have been
“I didn’t expect it to trickle down as fast as it has to incoming freshmen.” Prof. Deborah Streeter supportive of additional faculty resources to expand the real estate minor and has put resources where resources are needed, he said. Undergraduate students pursuing the real estate minor — such as David Weinstein ’15, president of the Cornell Real Estate Club — said they are
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management. De Roos said the business minor may have affected enrollment numbers for the real estate minor by attracting some students who would have otherwise declared a minor in real estate rather than business, de Roos said. Both university-wide minors have attracted a diverse array of students from many different majors. However, professors said they noticed that the business and real estate minors have attracted students from certain colleges more than others. For example, the College of Engineering is the least represented college in both minors, with five engineering students studying real estate and nine studying business. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the most rep-
resented school in the real estate minor, while most of the students in the business minor hail from the College of Arts and Sciences. Streeter said the heightened demand for the business minor has created some tension between students majoring in applied economics and management and students with a business minor. “There can be a feeling among [AEM majors] about the minor. It’s not competing with the major, but there can be that sort of anxiety. The most important thing for the Dyson students to know is that their program is deeply enriched and involves many things besides just the courses,” Streeter said. If the business minor continues on its expected growth trajectory, additional support for core courses may be required, according to Streeter. A senior lecturer position in accounting has already been created in CALS to alleviate overcrowding in classes. However, it
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pleased with the current resources offered to real estate minors. “The class offerings are much more significant. There is a class you can take just exclusively about the retail side of real estate, which I would love to take,” Weinstein said. Weinstein added that the real estate minor has also fostered networking with potential employers. “Connections, in terms of networking, have grown through the roof. We had a real estate minor meet-and-greet last week, and Prof. Dan Quan [hotel administration] mentioned that the real estate minor will be adding another dimension to the recruitment process, beyond the transition from college to the working world,” he said. “Employers looking to hire students with a few years of experience and a particular skill set will be able to contact professors who can look in their database
and recommend former students of the minor who would be a great fit for that position,” he added. According to Weinstein and Streeter, in addition to excitement about the new minors from the Cornell community, prospective freshmen and their families have expressed enthusiasm concerning the minors. “I didn’t expect it to trickle down as fast as it has to incoming freshmen. ...The minor adds one more positive aspect to Cornell. If students want to major in history or anything else in Arts and Sciences, ILR or Human Ecology, the knowledge that they have access to the basics of business is reassuring to parents,” Streeter said. “I wonder if maybe it’s attracting the parents more than the kids.”
Alexa Davis can be reached at adavis@cornellsun.com.
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Yellowstone Officials Investigate Girl’s Death
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after an Idaho woman reported her 3-year-old daughter shot herself with a handgun in a campground. Park rangers responded Saturday morning to Grant Village Campground, but resuscitation efforts failed, resulting in what officials said was the first shooting death in the park since 1978. Park spokesman Al Nash said Sunday that part of the campground remained cordoned off while park rangers and special park MAX WHITTAKER / THE NEW YORK TIMES
An area damaged by the Rim Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California’s history, is shown near the Lillaskog Lodge in Groveland, Calif., on Aug. 27. Closing Highway 120, an entrance to Yosemite National Park, because of the massive fire raging just miles away, impacted businesses, tourism and livelihoods for some 200 miles in areas including Groveland.
12 Children Hurt When Connecticut Fair Ride Loses Power NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — A dozen children were injured when an amusement ride at a Connecticut fair broke down on Sunday, sending the swinging riders careening into each when the ride came to a sudden halt, authorities said. One adult was also among the 13 people transported to hospitals after the mishap at Norwalk’s Oyster Festival.
Norwalk police Lt. Paul Resnick said an 8-year-old boy was admitted to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The rest were treated and released. Five other people refused treatment at the scene, police said. The rotating, swing-type “Zumur” ride lifts riders up and away as it spins, authorities
said. State police said a mechanical failure caused the ride to suddenly stop and those on board collided with each other. Police initially said some of the ride’s occupants had fallen to the ground but a preliminary investigation by state police indicates no riders were ejected from the ride or fell from it.
agents conduct the investigation. He said he didn’t know where the girl’s body was taken. “We don’t have all of the information, and we haven’t drawn any conclusions,” Nash said. He said he didn’t know how many family members were camping or where they are from in Idaho. Names haven’t been released. A federal law went into effect Feb. 22, 2010, allowing visitors to possess firearms in the park. Nash said records show two shooting deaths occurred in the park in 1978, but he didn’t have details.
Arkansas SWAT Officers Kill Man, 107, in Standoff PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A 107-year-old man was killed after SWAT officers shot back at him during a standoff at a home, police in the southeastern Arkansas city of Pine Bluff said Sunday. Police were called to the home Saturday afternoon about a disturbance and say officers arrived to find Monroe Isadore had threatened two people by pointing a weapon at them. Officers had the pair leave the home for their own safety and approached a bedroom looking for Isadore. When the officers announced who they were, Isadore shot through the door at them but missed hitting them, said Pine
Bluff Lt. David Price in a news release. The officers retreated to a safer area, and supervisors and additional help were called, Price said. Supervisors started negotiating with Isadore and continued after SWAT officers arrived at the home about 45 miles southeast of Little Rock. The SWAT team inserted a camera into the room and confirmed Isadore was armed with a handgun, Price said. When it was clear the negotiations weren't working, SWAT officers released gas into the room from outside a bedroom window, Price said.
Scientists Assess Damage From Yosemite Fire SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Scientists are assessing the damage from a massive wildfire burning around Yosemite National Park, laying plans to protect habitat and waterways as the fall rainy season approaches. Members of the federal Burned Area Emergency Response team were hiking the rugged Sierra Nevada terrain Saturday even as thousands of firefighters still were battling the four-week-old blaze, now the third-largest wildfire in modern California history. Federal officials have amassed a
team of 50 scientists, more than twice what is usually deployed to assess wildfire damage. With so many people assigned to the job, they hope to have a preliminary report ready in two weeks so remediation can start before the first storms, Alex Janicki, the Stanislaus National Forest BAER response coordinator, said. Team members are working to identify areas at the highest risk for erosion into streams, the Tuolumne River and the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, San Francisco’s famously pure water supply.
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Rochester, N.Y., Cited For Lowest Medicare Spending
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new study finds that the Rochester area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps a lid on unneeded hospital expansions and technology upgrades that insurers ultimately pay for. The Institute of Medicine report found that Rochester’s Medicare spending rate per beneficiary was $174 lower than the national monthly mean among 306 U.S. regions. Rochester’s success at holding down costs provides a model that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration wants to take statewide. Essentially, a standing regional advisory committee made up of various health care stakeholders reviews the need for new depart-
ments, new staffing and expensive pieces of equipment and recommends against those that aren’t needed in the community. For example, if an orthopedic practice wanted to buy its own MRI machine and the hospital two blocks away had one that could accommodate those patients, the committee would recommend against it. Insurers can use its recommendations to set reimbursement policies. Experts say the approach tackles the two biggest drivers of rising medical expenses: new technology and salaries. The idea is that those expensive items have to be paid for somehow and they create a need for health care providers to order up more tests and treatments, the cost of which are ultimately passed on to patients and insurers.
NYC Street Named for Boy Killed in Conn. Massacre NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City street has been renamed in honor of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut elementary school massacre last year. Family and friends of Benjamin Wheeler gathered Saturday for a ceremony in Queens. A sign saying Benjamin Wheeler Place was added to the sign post at 41st Street and Queens Boulevard.
Benjamin was one of 20 firstgraders shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. Six educators were also killed. The gunman, Adam Lanza, killed himself and had also murdered his mother at their home. Benjamin's family lived in the neighborhood where the street was renamed before moving to Newtown.
9/11 Responders Far From NYC Seek Compensation NEW YORK (AP) — They weren’t exposed to anywhere near the same level of ash, grit and fumes, but emergency workers who rushed to the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania countryside on 9/11 are signing up for the same compensation and health benefits being given to New Yorkers who got sick after toiling for months in the toxic ruins of the World Trade Center. Federal officials say at least 91 people who were at those two crash sites have applied so far for payment from a multibillion-dollar fund for people with an illness
related to the attacks. That includes 66 people who fought fires and cleaned up rubble at the Pentagon and 25 who responded to the wreckage of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Those numbers are minuscule compared with the more than 24,000 firefighters, police, construction workers and others who applied for compensation in New York after developing illnesses possibly linked to long hours spent in ground zero’s constant fires and drifts of pulverized concrete and glass.
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Grocery store magnate John Catsimatidis, a top Republican candidate for New York City mayor, speaks at a mayoral candidate forum in New York, New York on May 6.
Republican NYC Mayor Hopefuls Spar In Their Final Debate NEW YORK (AP) — The top two Republican candidates for New York City mayor debated Sunday for the last time before the party primary on topics including the New York Police Department’s policies and the city’s handling of the emergency response on 9/11. In often testy exchanges, former public transit chairman Joe Lhota accused grocery store magnate John Catsimatidis of being a billionaire businessman with no government experience while Catsimatidis countered that Lhota was a bureaucrat out of touch with New Yorkers. “I’ve served in government in different ways that I choose not to talk about,” said Catsimatidis. “I’ve also served in the (Greek Orthodox) church, and if you talk about church politics, that’s much worse than New York City politics.”
Catsimatidis described Lhota as “more of a technical person,” contrasting that quality with what he called his own visionary capability. “I’ve been a CEO for 44 years, and I am used to hiring people to perform technical tasks. I’ve hired hundreds of people with the qualifications of Joe,” he said. He added, “But you need a visionary, you need somebody that creates.” Lhota said he does have new ideas for the city that will benefit everyone from the homeless needing shelter to children whose schools are failing. “A school that’s failing our children, it is immoral to keep it open,” he said, adding that he wants to involve more parents in education. Lhota has had a consistent lead in polls over Catsimatidis, who blanketed the airwaves with ads in recent weeks.
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ne of the joys of attending an acad- you did show up to one of those networkemically diverse institution like ing events and remember how much you Cornell is that you can firsthand hated trying to impress people with a witness your fellow classmates embarking hyped-up version of yourself. You rememon academic and professional paths that ber how those fake, superficial smiles made diverge from your own. During your fresh- you sick to your stomach. You’ve seen your man year, everyone, deceptively enough, pre-med, engineering friends agonize over may appear to be on the same boat in the their unreasonably curved prelims and sea of uncertainty. Once you reach your impossible problem sets. In the best case junior or senior year, however, your friends scenario, you may have survived through will begin telling you about how that quiet that brutal weeding out process and made it guy who lived next door to you Freshman out of Cornell as a pre-med or an engineer, year got published in some prestigious sci- but the lingering void you feel from not ence journal, or how that super nice girl on exploring new territories in those cool humanities courses will remains, well after your floor became a White House fellow. Others’ notable achievements may make graduation. Looking back, surprisingly enough, I am you uncomfortable, as you inevitably selfquestion what you have or haven’t done, proud to say I stayed true to myself in every while others were accomplishing all these semester. I selected classes that sounded wonderful things. You may become even interesting and constructive rather than the more self-conscious if it takes you longer ones I was “supposed” to take. I went to the than four years to graduate. Your reasons for first class and if it didn’t strike me, I mercidelaying graduation may be perfectly valid: lessly switched to another class, even if it You may take a medical leave; you may was a major requirement (in which case, I develop an existential crisis and feel the gave it another shot the next year when it need to travel to Africa in search of the true was taught by a different professor). At one point, I felt meaning of like my life was life; you have nowhere an epiphany in How could this have happened? going and I was the middle of your junior We all started from the exact same unsure of who I was. So I left year and place four years ago; how did we Cornell, travdecide to elled to switch to end up in such different places? Australia and another major, China, and did costing you some cool, few extra funky stuff like feeding wild dolphins and semesters. Your reason for delaying graduation is cleaning up pelican poop. I learned that legitimate and justified, yet you still have to true happiness is absolutely possible even face a certain unexpected consequence: outside of this Ivy League ivory tower and I Your classmates move on to the real world, came back with a restored appetite for life while you are still in college. Chances are and learning. Cornell claims to provide its students your friends and acquaintances will find employment in almost every major Wall with endless opportunities, but the truth is Street bank, Silicon Valley tech firm and that its campus culture reinforces and branch of the U.S. government. In addition approves of only certain ideals of success. to those corporate government folks, there You have to either earn a scholarly distincwill always be eye-popping outliers who tion or generate worldly fame or financial becomes a published author, makes satel- gain to be considered a success. We all lites for NASA, or gets a tenure offer while came to Cornell in hopes of achieving some “breakthrough,” but we must remind ourstill in grad school, etc. As you scroll through all of these selves that these breakthroughs come in painfully impressive achievements on your many shapes and forms. We may find value friends’ Facebook walls, you are at loss for within ourselves from getting published or how to bring back up your dropped, locked landing a flashy internship, but inner jaw while drool imminently falls on the growth through exploration and strife can keyboard. How could this have happened? be an equally valuable accomplishment that We all started from the exact same place calls for celebration. People say that attending four years of four years ago; how did we end up in such college is one of the most crucial phases in different places? You bring up your transcript on Student one’s life. But if you learn to stay true to Center and examine your semesters one by yourself and commit yourself to the lifelong one. Did I slack off and not do enough journey of self-discovery, despite the conwork in any particular semester? Did I not stant noise of societal success, you may have take the right set of courses? All those busi- already found what you’re looking for. ness people were so well-connected — maybe I should have joined a fraternity, Oh is a senior in the College of Architecture, worn suits more often and attended all Don Art and Planning. He may be reached at doh@corthose networking events. nellsun.com. Bi the Way appears alternate Mondays Yet, sooner or later you recall that time this semester.
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Aditi Bhowmick | Abtruse Musings
The After Libe Life M
y column, Abstruse Musings, has always essentially fleeted between real-life rhetoric and quirky opinions about life on the Hill. Last year, I wrote about Freshman year, Libe Café, Rush Week and being chronically depressed in the winter (among other things) but this semester, I find myself at quite a different threshold. To begin with, it is Sophomore year already and Libe is now too small to contain the ever-expanding clique that is Cornell. It is difficult to describe the histrionic difference that exists between being a pre-frosh and having one year at college under your belt. So much manages to stuff itself into a year that it only convinces me further that college is indeed a lifetime. Nevertheless, seniors who have just graduated will disagree because despite the multitude of bizarre memories, it is never really enough time. But, to my mind, college does not follow the tenets of time at all. It is impossible to discern whether the world is standing still or whether it is solely life at Cornell that is frozen in time. In any case, Cornell is most definitely a parallel universe. If any of us had to make an “Only at Cornell” list, I am certain we would all run out of space to fit things. Where else would you consider crawling up an arduous slope in an inebriated state a brilliant idea? It is only here that alcohol and aca-
It is impossible to discern whether the world is standing still or whether it is solely life at Cornell that is frozen in time. demics produce the same effect on people: This strange sort of stress-induced excellence. It is only here that constantly instagramming pictures of the sky is not strange, because every moment is breathtakingly beautiful. Cornell is a place that one enters with reservations about the outlandish location, academic stress and stories of suicide. However, it only takes a week of being here to dispel all of those outrageous reputations. It is a place that can be appreciated only from within. The best part about Big Red Life is that it’s constantly changing you and those around you. You will be surprising yourself literally every semester. Your physical and personal endurance goes through staggering proliferation and at the beginning of each year, you will find yourself shaking your head in disbelief at how much has changed in a year. For instance, until last semester, Collegetown used to intimidate me on weekends and RPCC brunches would bring me back to normal life every Sunday morning. Now, Collegetown is a part of my existence at Cornell and Nasties has been replaced by Jack’s. You will still occasionally find me wasting my life at Libe Café, but CTB has essentially taken over my business. Here at Cornell, we grow not only in terms of personhood but also in terms of places. It’s almost as if you look at certain parts and corners of campus and associate them with a certain phase of your life. I used to be a terribly homesick international child on the Slope and now when I cross it I smile realizing how far I’ve come. Libraries change, friends change, favorite dining halls change, but be not afraid to embrace these changes because all of these places and people have already touched your life in a way that is irrevocable. It is only in college that such free flowing growth is conceivable. We’re fortunate to be in a democratic institution like Cornell, so there is no point being that Ivy League kid who plays it safe just yet. Do not hesitate to take that one course diabolically unrelated to your major, lie about being a freshman at parties, convince people you’re British even if you are not, take the swim test even you’re the worst swimmer alive (I am!) and essentially step out of your comfort zone. It is kind of like the Henry David Thoreou principle the boys swore by in the excellent movie, Dead Poet’s Society: “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Follow this principle as a cult while you’re at college and there should be no doubt that you are doing it absolutely right.
Aditi Bhowmick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at abhowmick@cornellsun.com. Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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Comment of the day “As I get older, I ... no longer second guess myself nor give benefit to the doubt ... on my "first impression" because it’s always right on ... If you’re looking for a particular character trait in someone, trust your instincts [be]cause it could be something they are projecting in their persona to make themselves more appealing and not truly who they are ... especially at such a young age ...” tanner Re: “KUSSMAN: The Boyfriend Search,” Opinion, published September 5, 2013
Zach Pierce | Fear and Loathing
Demography Is Destiny I
come to bury Malthus, not to shortly thereafter, albeit for difpraise him. Despite making ferent reasons. This meteoric important foundational con- growth peaked in the year 2000, tributions to the fields of eco- after which the rate, while still nomics and demography, the positive, began decreasing. By the English cleric and scholar’s pre- U.N.’s calculations, the growth dictions of misery in the face of rate could become negative at unchecked overpopulation have some point between 2050 and proven to be false thus far. It 2100, as the Earth’s population could be said that one of the sin- goes into pronounced decline. A rapid decrease in the fertility gular defining qualities of modernity is the capacity to stave off the of a given country generally indiMalthusian trap through social cates a future imbalance of older, and technological ingenuity. Yet dependent citizens to younger, in burying Malthus, I am not working citizens who support the attempting to reassure you, dear elderly by paying into social secureader, that everything is going to rity systems. How a country deals be okay — far from it. This is with this imbalance depends on a Fear and Loathing after all, and I number of different variables. can only imagine that you have arrived here for your fortnightly A society without a dose of dread and dominant, traditionalist despair. This will religion stressing the only hurt a bit. It is of little importance of family is not a surprise to the reader, I am sure, utopia, but a graveyard. that I took great pleasure in David P. Goldman’s book, How Germany’s population, for Civilizations Die, this past sum- instance, is rapidly shrinking, mer. Goldman argues that the with an average of 1.36 births per demographic threat the world woman, which is far below the faces in the coming years is not population replacement level of from overpopulation, but rather around 2.1 births per woman. from rapid depopulation. The However, Germany is a wealthy threat of a graying populace is country with a high level of workhardly news to many European er productivity, and as a member countries as well as Japan, the lat- of the European Union can ter of which can expect three potentially truck in a few loads of Greeks and quarters of its people to be pen- unemployed sioners by 2050. Yet, what is most Spaniards to make up the differshocking about Goldman’s analy- ence. Iran’s prospects are far grimsis is the near free-fall of fertility rates in most developed Islamic mer. The fertility rate in the nations, and the looming horror Islamic Republic has fallen from 6.94 births per woman in 1960 to it entails. Population growth on our 1.64 births per woman today, a planet has screamed along since staggering drop that is as a world the onset of the 20th century, record in the field of demography. with the latter 50 years or so Goldman projects that Iran’s popexperiencing 140 percent growth. ulation could be grayer than Infant mortality fell rapidly with Europe’s by 2070, with over forty advances in medicine and percent of its population over 65. hygiene, and fertility declined Similar trends can be found in
the other developing countries of the Ummah, such as Turkey, Algeria and Tunisia. The threat that this presents to Iran, with its GDP per capita scarcely a tenth of Germany’s and a comparatively skeletal social safety net, is existential, and could throw the region into new harrowing depths of turmoil. Goldman claims that the cause of these precipitous drops in fertility can be attributed to growing levels of irreligiousness among the younger generations. It may seem odd that the youth of a mullahtocracy, such as Iran, could be irreligious, but Goldman’s data bears it out: As the literacy and education of young Iranians has increased, rates of mosque attendance have plummeted with fertility levels. The religiosity argument also explains why the United States and Israel, with relatively high levels of religious fervor, manage to maintain fertility levels above replacement rate, in marked contrast to the aging atheists of the Old World. Pushed to its conclusion, a society without a dominant, traditionalist religion stressing the importance of the family is not a utopia, but a graveyard. Although the “enlightened” intelligentsia of our day may fault patriarchal societies for being oppressive and unhip, there is no disputing the fact that at the level of preserving a civilization, they work. Modern individualism is playing a losing game. The arc of the secular ethos is rather short, and it bends toward suicide. Zach Pierce is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at zpierce@cornellsun.com. Fear and Loathing appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Spectacular Now: Spectacularly Real Teen Romance
BY MEREDITH JOYCE Sun Staff Writer
There might be no cultural mystery more difficult to figure out than why we’re so obsessed with teenage romances. We’re an old, stressed out and constantly changing society but we can’t seem get enough of perpetually young vampires and star-crossed lovers. Playing now at Cinemapolis, The Spectacular Now may be the (non-embarrassing) answer to our teen romance cravings. Playing now at Cinemapolis, this film gives us a teen romance fix without the sappy aftertaste. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the writers of (500) Days of Summer, and based on the young adult novel of the same name, The Spectacular Now is told from the perspective of Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), the self-proclaimed “life of the party.” After his girlfriend Cassidy (Brie Larson) breaks up with him after catching him in his car with another girl, Sutter goes on a bender to avail the indignation of his “innocent” circumstance, and wakes up the next morning, sprawled on a random lawn, to the face of Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley). She’s shy, smart and doesn’t go to parties; she’s basically his high school opposite. From these unlikely circumstances, Keely and Finicky begin to build an awkward, undefined romance in the midst of prom, high school graduation and a lot of PHOTOS COURTESY OF A24 STUDIOS
put on our collective relationship expectations. alcohol. Unlike a lot of big-hit teen romantic films, Aimee “Something I thought a lot about in this film was the and Sutter don’t have magical powers, fangs or Ferraris, difference between sentimentality and nostalgia. And Aimee doesn’t have an alter ego as a famous pop star; the dictionary might contradict what I’m going to say, and they don’t meet at a Saturday morning detention. but what I’ve come to believe is that a lot of bad movies Director James Ponsoldt said, “What’s important is [that] deal with young romance kind of trade in the sentimental. They that these weren’t kids growdon’t deal with the real ing up in Manhattan, L.A. or “...What I’ve come to believe is that a lot of pain and anxiety of Chicago and yet they weren’t growing up in middle of bad movies [that] deal with young romance feeling like you’re going to have your nowhere.” kind of trade in the sentimental. They don’t heart broken ... or the It’s true. The film has a fear of not knowing realistic style: Clothing is deal with the real pain and anxiety...” what you’re going to plain, maybe colorful but Director James Ponsoldt do with your life or absolutely backseat and ordithe future,” said nary, homes and families are Ponsoldt. regular in their tolerated disPonsoldt emphasizes that while this is a film about function and characters are three-dimensional. “The goal was to never judge the characters because in real teenagers, it is still “a mature film.” Sutter and Aimee life nobody sees themself as the bad guy or as someone are seen so soberly — even when they are filled with that’s doing bad things,” said Ponsoldt. “I really root alcohol — and portrayed so complexly, that it’s hard to for all the characters and I try not to judge them. I just begin characterizing their relationship. Even if you can try to be a really great advocate for them.” He added, say at the end of the film that they’re “together” or “I think the goal for me is to create a film when the “broken up,” those words will have become virtually audience identifies with the characters, and finds surro- meaningless. Teller and Woodley have difficult roles — not gates with the people.” The film has been most admired for being devoid of because they have to push themselves to be someone the kinds of stereotypes that bad romantic films have incredibly different from themselves, but because their roles require them to step backward and try to seem 18 years old again. How can someone like Sutter deal with the issues of having an alcoholic, absent father in a movie that only spans a couple months? How can Aimee create her own life for herself away from her domineering mother in the same amount of time? These are the kinds of struggles that face the characters we want to have a happily ever after (and I don’t think the point of the film is to suggest that this is a wishful idea). The film wants there to be a happily ever after too, but unlike a lot of other movies, The Spectacular Now respects that happily ever afters require a lot more time and growth than a 90-minute movie can provide. In that way, The Spectacular Now is a film that goes against other teen romances — it is one of few in its genre that manages to provide a sober balance between love and realism. Aimee and Sutter’s story is so deep and interesting to watch that it doesn’t feel like it ends when the movie does. If you haven’t already seen The Spectacular Now, you should go see it. This “unconventional” coming of age romance is bound to teach you something about being in relationships, or watching other people’s. Meredith Joyce is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mjoyce@cornellsun.com.
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Arts Around Town El Ten Eleven
8 p.m. on Wednesday The Haunt If you are in need of some chill Cali vibes, then stop by The Haunt this Wednesday and catch the Los Angeles-based post-rock duo that is El Ten Eleven. Best known for their heavy use of foot pedals, looping and catchy hooks, El Ten Eleven is a must see for anyone needing a dose of some great rock. Be ready to catch some of their new material at the show; they have been debuting new singles at festivals throughout the summer.
Yo La Tengo
8 p.m. on Friday The State Theatre ¡Tienes que ir a este concierto, amigo! We may need to refine our Spanish skills, but you need only watch as these indie-darlings — often called the “quintessential critic’s band” — work their laid-back magic over Ithaca’s masses. In case you’re not convinced, their latest album, Fade, a playful, patient and confident collection, received reviews as strong as ever. Do yourself a favor and hop on this bandwagon on Friday night.
First Friday Art Docs: Shut Up and Look 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday Cornell Cinema
The late Robert Artschwager ’48, famous for his signature “BLPs,” monochromatic ovals seen not only in art installations but also in street art, has now been idealized into a documentary that captures his mischievous personality and immense artistic talent. An artist of many movements, but mainly minimalism and pop art, Artschwager manipulated industrial materials into interesting sculptural installations that are the epitome of the odd juxtaposition of industrialization and modern art. Even if you are not a fan of art, this documentary is sure to amaze as you as you observe the real life character that is Artschwager. COURTESY OF YO LA TENGO
The Movie ( Theater) Industry W
hile some of you were off this summer having adventures and getting coffee for the important people whose jobs you will one day have, I was living at home and making minimum wage at a movie theater. It was located in Hollywood, so I got a fair amount of amusement out of bragging about my “job in Hollywood” and telling people I worked in the movie industry. The majority of the world spends a maximum of two hours in a movie theater, so it was a weird adjustment to spend eight or nine hours watching the same people enter and leave a theater, clean it up and then watch the next group of movie-goers take their seats. Prior to having this job, I thought I knew everything there was to possibly know about going to a movie: junior mints are obviously the best movie theater candy, and the best seats are the ones in the second row of the top section (because then you can put your feet up on the row in front of you if no one is there). But after three months of making popcorn for snobby L.A. film junkies and cleaning up spilled Coke Zero, I have a whole new perspective on the movie theater experience. For all of you who frequent the cinema as often as I do, I have five pieces of wisdom/advice to pass on to you from the other side of the concessions counter. 1. I know you want fresh popcorn because that’s the only acceptable type of popcorn there is, but you can wait until it’s actually done popping so that the movie theater employee who is being paid $8 an hour
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does not have to stick their arms into a box with burning oil flying around. Literally, wait like two minutes. I have way too many burn scars on my forearms for someone who doesn’t live in a war torn country. 2. On a related note, popcorn is freshest when the theater is busy because we keep making it continuously. If you’re there at 2:30 to see Despicable Me alone, I can guarantee you that that popcorn has been sitting there since the theater opened at 10 a.m. Same goes for pretzels and hotdogs (I got really good at doing the ketchup and mustard squiggles on hotdogs). Basically stick with candy and soda if you don’t want to be grossed out. Also, the theater I worked at didn’t serve nachos because $8 an hour is not enough to get paid to clean up cheese-soaked carpet. Don’t get so angry when I tell you we don’t serve nachos because we don’t serve nachos because you can’t handle your nachos. I’m sorry, but is there some alternate universe where being entertained by a film causes you to involuntarily throw whatever food you are holding in the air or all around you? Because that’s Carrot Top pretty much Confessions the only explanation I have for what looks like a caramel corn explosion that covers five rows. 3. Also, take your goddamn trash with you when the movie is over! Like seriously, you brought it in there, you bring it out. Especially if you sneak in outside food. We’ve all done it, that’s fine, whatever. But don’t make the theater employees clean up your Chipotle burrito. That’s not cool. 4. For the celebrities, or future celebrities
Julia Moser
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among you, here’s a hot tip: don’t wear your sunglasses inside. A) so cliché and B) I wouldn’t have noticed you at all if you were just being a normal human person interacting in the world, but when you put on sunglasses inside a dimly lit movie theater, I’m like, “who is that weirdo?” and then I’m like, “ohhh it’s that dude from that TV show and his girlfriend who’s on that other TV show,” and then I’m going to act odd around you because I know way more about your personal life than you do about mine. I mean, I’d be happy to share (and if you read my column you probably know more than you want to anyway), but I have a feeling they’d prefer the status quo. 5. One of the perks of working at a movie theater is getting to see all the movies. At the theater I worked at, we got four free movies a day, which meant I basically saw every summer movie. I saw This is the End three times because it was an immensely entertaining, quality film. So unless you like your day being ruined, don’t ask the person selling you
Goobers if they liked the movie you’re about to see. You’ve already purchased your tickets, so if we tell you it’s not good, there’s nothing you can do about it. If we liked it, then we run the risk of inadvertently raising your expectations which will soon be shattered in a pile on the floor (which we’ll then have to go clean up.) It was a great job for people-watching and because it was LA. All my coworkers were aspiring actors, writers, directors and weirdly enough, dancers (most had been extras on Glee and took Cory Monteith’s death really hard.) But, all things considered, this job made me lose faith in humanity a little bit. So be nice and be clean when you go to the movies, and just remember that movie theater employees, like trees falling in the forest, will exist whether or not you are there to buy popcorn from them. Julia Moser is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun.com. Carrot Top Confessions runs alternate Mondays this semester.
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Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once. Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name. (Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki /Sudoku)
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Riquna Williams Breaks WNBA Record SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Riquna Williams has always been able to score points in bunches, never though at the rate she did Sunday to set the WNBA record. Williams broke the league’s scoring mark with 51 points to help the Tulsa Shock rout the San Antonio Silver Stars 98-65 on Sunday. The second-year guard out of Miami surpassed the previous record of 47 points set by Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi against Houston on Aug. 10, 2006 and matched by Seattle’s Lauren Jackson against Washington on July 24, 2007. “It’s amazing, I’m still speechless,” Williams said. “It feels great. This is only my second year in the league, so to capture that at such a young age and such a young player, it’s amazing. And I shot it pretty well; it wasn’t a bad shooting night.” Williams, who came into the game averaging 14.4 points, was 17 for 28 from the field and hit eight 3-pointers for Tulsa (11-21). The 23-year-old had 20 points in the third quarter after scoring 16 in the first half. “She can flat out shoot the ball,” said San Antonio’s Shenise Johnson, Williams’ teammate at Miami. “She had that LeBron (James) look, that Kobe (Bryant) look in her eye. Everybody moved out of the way and was out there getting it done.” With Williams approaching the record, fans were cheering for her to get the ball in the final minutes of the game on every possession. She tied the mark with a layup with 1:22 left in the game and then broke it with jumper 24 seconds later. Williams added two emotional free throws with 5 seconds left for her final points after colliding knee-to-knee with Chelsea Poppins. The fans’ reaction was almost too much for Williams, a native of Pahokee, Fla., whose population of less than 6,000 was surpassed by the 6,650 in attendance. “I kind of got a little teary (due to the fans’ cheering) even after taking the hit, so it was a combination,” she said. “I was able to hide it a little. But it’s great. I’m a small-town kid; this is my dream come true. I never thought I would be at this point.” The 5-foot-5 Williams had 16 points in the first half, continually rising high above taller defenders for 3s and long jumpers. She hit a 21-foot jumper over Jia Perkins before draining a 3 to pull Tulsa within 33-25 with 6 minutes remaining in the second quarter.
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Law, policy, and security issues with information technology and the Internet at Cornell Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:30-9pm 251 Malott Hall This open discussion forum will invite comments and questions about privacy, cybersecurity, security espionage, national security, government electronic surveillance, the NSA, and issues surrounding the Aaron Swartz and Edward Snowden cases. Associate CIO Steve Schuster will moderate. Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, and Wyman Miles, Director of the IT Security Office, will offer their insights and answer questions.
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Serena Williams Takes Home Fifth U.S. Open Crown
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fussing with her skirt and flubbing her shots, Serena Williams was troubled in the U.S. Open final by the swirling breeze and the strong play of Victoria Azarenka. After one early miss, Williams declared, “I can’t play in this wind.” After blowing a big lead and dropping the second set, Williams chucked her racket toward the sideline, and it bounced back onto the court. In the end, Williams pulled herself together, as she usually does when it matters the most. Facing her only test of the past two weeks, the No. 1-seeded Williams overcame No. 2 Azarenka 7-5, 6-7 (6), 61 on Sunday for a fifth championship at Flushing Meadows and second in a row. Williams raised her Grand Slam singles title count to 17, the sixth-most in history and one shy of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Williams collected a $3.6 million prize, including a $1 million bonus for producing the best results during the North American summer hard-court circuit leading up to the U.S. Open. “She’s a champion, and she knows how to repeat that. She knows what it takes to get there. I know that feeling, too. And when two people who want that feeling so bad meet, it’s like a clash,” Azarenka said, pounding her fists together. Helped by nine aces, one at 126 mph, Williams improved to 674 with a career-high nine titles in 2013. Since a first-round exit at the 2012 French Open, she is 98-5 with 14 titles, winning four of the past six Grand Slam tournaments. “Vika’s such a great opponent, such a great fighter,” said Williams, who turns 32 on Sept. 26, “and that’s why she’s been able to win multiple Grand Slams. That’s why it was never over until match point.” Yes, this one did not come easily, even though it appeared to be nearly over when Williams went ahead by two breaks at 4-1 in the second set. Williams served for the match at 5-4 and 6-5 — only to have the gutsy Azarenka break each time. Still, Williams regrouped and regained control. “In the third set, Serena really found a way to calm down and restart from zero and quickly erase what happened,” said Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. This was a rematch of last year’s final, also won by Williams in three sets, and two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka provided another challenge with her big swings off both wings. “It is a tough loss, but to be in the final and play against the best player — who deserves to win today — it’s incredible,” said Azarenka, who is from Belarus. “I gave it all today. We showed our hearts. We fought hard.” Four times, Azarenka was only two points from taking the opening set. At one such moment, with Williams serving at deuce after a double-fault, she was called for a foot fault, erasing what would have been a 121 mph ace. There was another foot-fault call in the second set, too. They brought back memories of the American’s loss to Kim Clijsters in the 2009 semifinals, when Williams was docked a point, and later fined, for a tirade against a line judge over a foot-fault call. There was no such outburst directed at officials this time, although there was that racket toss. After the call in the match’s 10th game, Williams simply put a hand to her face, composed herself, and won the point with a down-the-line backhand she celebrated with a fist pump, some foot stomping and a yell of “Come on!” Williams wound up holding there with a 104 mph ace, part of what seemed to be a match-altering stretch. She won five consecutive games and 16 of 18 points to take the first set and go up a break in the second. “You could see she clicked,” Mouratoglou said. “She realized she was not aggressive enough. She was letting Vika dictate too much, and all of a sudden, things completely changed.” Well, at least for a while. Williams’ lead grew to 4-1 in the second set, before Azarenka made things competitive again, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. Azarenka is responsible for two of Williams’ four losses this season. Entering Sunday, Azarenka was 31-1 on hard courts this season, and showed why for portions of the final, playing far better than she had in her preceding six matches in New York. “From the first point,” Azarenka said, “the tension, the battle, the determination — it was ... kind of like boiling the water or something.” But she simply could not keep pace with Williams, who eventually adjusted to her opponent and the wind that topped 15 mph. Williams put aside her issues to finish with a 36-17 edge in winners. At the outset, though, the wind clearly bothered her as much as Azarenka did. “It wasn’t pleasant,” Azarenka said, referring to the gusts. Williams caught service tosses. She grabbed at her skirt to keep it from flying up. And, most importantly, she was thrown off by balls that danced oddly. Six of the first 16 points ended with unforced errors by Williams, which allowed Azarenka to go ahead 2-1. Looking hesitant at times, Williams did not show the same dominance she had while dropping only 16 games during six straight-set victories through the semifinals. And after Williams did go ahead, Azarenka made things interesting with a hard-hitting comeback.
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VOLLEYBALL
Cornell Wins One, Loses Two at Cornell Invitational Cornell prepares for upcoming Long Island Tournament By ZACH GAYNER Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell women’s volleyball team finished the weekend, 1-2, beating Iona College but losing to Buffalo and Bucknell at the Cornell Invitational. The Red began the tournament facing the University of Buffalo and fell to the Bulls, 30. The Red lost in straight sets, losing 22-25, 14-25 and 14-25. The team was led by senior Rachel D’Epagnier, who hit .235 with seven kills and three errors on 17 attempts. Senior Kelly Marble also finished with eight kills, while freshman setter Alyssa Phelps had four kills and one error on nine attempts (.333) to go along with 22 assists. Junior libero Natasha Rowland posted eight digs, while senior Sierra Young and junior Kelly Reinke added seven digs apiece. The Red then faced Iona College with the opening match of the second day. The Red defeated Iona 3-1, winning the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23, losing the third set, 26-24, and then coming back to win in the fourth set 25-20. Iona led the second set most of the way, but the Red was able to rally from behind after being down by as many as three points on two
occasions. The second rally was sparked by another D’Epagnier kill with the Red down, 17-20, and followed by two more successful attacks by Kelly Marble and Sarah Hunt. The teams continued to trade points and would pull even at points 20, 21, 22 and 23 before Cornell utilized a Macey Wilson kill to take the lead and earn the two-point victory for a 2-0 lead. In the final match, the Red faced Bucknell University, and while the team made a valiant attempt to come back and steal the victory, it fell short in the final set. After winning the first set, 25-19, the Red dropped the next two, 28-26, 25-22. The Red dominated the Bison in set four earning a 25-16 win and forcing a fifth set, but was unable to maintain that momentum and was upended 15-13. While the Red came out of the tournament, 1-2, sophomore Breanna Wong and D’Epagnier both made the Cornell Invitational All-Tournament Team. The next match will be on Sept. 13, at the Long Island Tournament, where Cornell will face Colgate University, Long-Island University of Brooklyn and Fairfield University. CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Zach Gayner can be reached at zgayner@cornellsun.com.
C.U. Looks to Mid-Week Game Against University of Buffalo WOMEN’S SOCCER Continued from page 20
for several weeks. “The only way to get into game shape is by playing games,” Schubert said. “We’re still realizing where players are fitting and what each other’s strengths are.” Against Colgate, the Red’s offense struggled to convert through balls into shots. Cornell’s midfield has been working to improve this shortcoming in practice, Nichols said. “We’ve been working alot on combination plays, as well as turning and changing the direction of play without just going forward,” she said. “We need to put forward through balls and quick passes and connect better with the offense and the defense.” Another issue against Colgate was the lack of time between games to rethink the Red’s approach. According to
Nichols, the team had focused on Sacred Heart in practice leading up to this weekend. “We didn’t have a whole lot of time to practice anything new or improve on things we’d noticed at Sacred Heart,” she said. Schubert’s goal on Friday was her second ever for Cornell. She last scored as a freshman against Brown as in the 2011 home finale. Her goal, scored off a flicked assist by newcomer freshman Dempsey Banks, is a sign that the Red’s offense is hopefully coming together. “The more Dempsey, Caroline [Growney] and I play together at the top, the better we can read each other,” Schubert said. “Dempsey Banks is a really good player and she makes it easy to play with her.” Cornell’s win over Sacred Heart was not only its first season opener victory since 2008, but also its first shutout since 2011 and first clean sheet on the road since 2010. The Red
lost 1-2 to Sacred Heart in their first meeting last fall. Cornell faces Colgate every year and holds an all-time record of 1517-3. Despite the weekend’s mixed results, the team is optimistic about this season, Nichols said. “We had some really good parts of both of our games where the team was playing really well together,” she said. “We’re going to keep on getting better against Buffalo and Marist so we can capitalize on our chances in front of goal.” Cornell will play at the University of Buffalo (2-1) on Wednesday before returning to Ithaca for weekend games against Marist College (2-2-1) and University of Albany (1-4). Ivy League play will begin on Sept. 27, when the Red will play Columbia (1-1) at Berman Field. Gina Cargas can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com.
Good going, girls | Senior Rachel D’Epagnier led the team with a .235 hitting percentage and seven kills during the Cornell Invitational this weekend.
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Red Takes Home First Opening Victory Since 2008 By GINA CARGAS Sun Staff Writer
The women’s soccer team earned its first season opener victory since 2008 this weekend, defeating Sacred Heart University (1-4), 1-0, on Friday in Fairfield, C.T. Sophomore midfielder Kerry Schubert scored on a header in the fifth minute, while senior goalkeeper Tori Christ achieved her first collegiate shutout. The Red’s opening weekend ended on a low note when the team fell after conceding three goals in eight minutes to rival Colgate (4-1) at Berman Field on Sunday. Although Cornell dominated the field during the opening minutes, Colgate midfielder Emily Manoogian scored on a header against the run of play in the 16th minute. The Red allowed two more goals in the 21st and 23rd minutes. Cornell faltered for the remainder of the first half but picked up the tempo after halftime, outplaying their opponent but failing to capitalize on their chances. According to senior captain Rachel Nichols, this weekend provided the team with a confidence boost and revealed which areas could use some improvement.
“Having a win in our first game will really set the tone for the rest of the season,” Nichols said. “But in the Colgate game, we were able to see what we need to work on. Communication will be key, as well as stepping to the ball and pressuring quicker, both offensively and defensively.” The win for the Red was a good start but according to Schubert, the team is looking at what it needs to do to keep improving. “We played a team that we know we can beat and a team that is a good contender for us,” Schubert said. “We need to realize that teams have been playing longer than us and we’ll need to meet those physical strengths and exceed them. According to Schubert, the Red’s main goal going into this season is to change its mindset and come out with a winning record. “We’ve focused on that attitude a lot in preseason and it showed at Sacred Heart,” she said. “We had a lot of drive and even the last five minutes we fought really hard to keep that win.” For both Sacred Heart and Colgate, Cornell is the sixth team they’d played this season. The Red’s comparative inexperience was a disadvantage, Nichols said.
“If we played Colgate again in a couple weeks, the game would be different,” she said. “We dominated them in the second half but the score was not reflective of that … but both Colgate and Sacred Heart have had the opportunity to bring their fitness up.” Colgate’s right wingers repeatedly
streaked past Cornell’s defense on Sunday, and the Red could not often match in terms of speed. The Red has been working on conditioning in practice, but Schubert says that is not enough to match teams who have played competitively together See WOMEN’S SOCCER page 19
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One for the books | Senior captain Rachel Nichols, along with the rest of the Cornell team, won Cornell women’s soccer’s first season opener for the first time since 2008.
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VOLLEYBALL
Sophomore Breanna Wong Wrestling Voted to Suits Up for C.U.’ s Fall Season Return to Olympics
By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor
It is one thing to finish the season ranked third on the Red volleyball team in points per set, third in hitting percentage and second in kills per set. It is another to set those marks as a freshman. For right side hitter Breanna Wong, those statistics were good enough to earn an
Jumping for joy | Sophomore Breanna Wong returns to Cornell for her second season after earning an All-Ivy honorable mention last season. CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Ivy League honorable mention for the 2012 season, making her the first Red rookie since 2006 to earn an Ivy League post-season honor. Wong, whose mother played college volleyball at the University of California at San Diego, started playing volleyball at age 10 and moved to competitive play a year later. She said the Ivy honor was a nice cap on the years of effort she has put into practicing the game. “It was just really good to see the work that I’ve been putting in the last nine years of my life paying off,” she said. A multi-sport athlete as a kid, Wong played both high school volleyball and club volleyball as well as lettering in track and field all four years, winning the 2012 conference title in discus her senior year. With her club volleyball team, she placed third in the 17 Open Pacific Northwest tournament and fourth a year later. Like many Red athletes, Wong said she chose Cornell for the balance it strikes. “It’s a good mix between the athletics and the academics,” the sophomore biology major said, adding that she manages her time by planning ahead and writing down her schedule in order to hold herself accountable. After a tough 2011 season, the Red posted improved numbers
last season under new coach Melissa Batie-Smoose. The team concluded its season sixth in the Ivy League, a statistic Wong said the team hopes to improve upon. She added that although all the Ivy teams are strong rivals, she would like the Red to take down the only Ivy with a perfect conference record last season. “I want to be top-three in the Ivy League as a team,” Wong said. “It would be cool to beat Yale because they’ve been significantly better than everyone else in the Ivy League the last couple of years.” Wong ended up switching positions over the course of last season, changing from the position she played throughout most of her childhood to a relatively new position. “They started me on the outside, and then over the season we kind of figured out I was better on the right side,” she said. In her first three games back this semester, Wong recorded 34 kills, 18 in the final game alone to tie her game-high from last year. While she was one of the team leaders in offense during the tournament, she said she would like to work on her defensive play this season. “I’m trying [to] improve my off blocker defense and blocking,” she said. Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.
I.O.C.brings sport back for 2020 games
By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor
The International Olympic Committee announced on Sunday that wrestling will be reinstated and will stay through the 2020 summer games in Tokyo and the 2024 games in an unannounced location. “I am still bewildered that wrestling was ever put in this position. Thankfully common sense prevailed and we are back on the docket,” said Rob Koll, the Cornell wrestling head coach. “Now our leadership needs to be more vigilant and politically involved to make sure this never happens again.” In an attempt to modernize the traditional and elemental sports, wrestling has changed its rules and created more weight classes for women by adding two and dropping two from the men’s side. At the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, there will be six classes for men and six for women in freestyle wrestling and six for men in Greco-Roman wrestling. The rules change was to make matches more dynamic, thanks to two three-minute rounds instead of three two-minute rounds. Takedowns will also count
for two points instead of one and matches will be decided on accumulated points. “Today is the most important day in the 2,000year history of our sport," FILA president Nenad Lalovic said to ESPN. “We feel the weight of that history. Remaining on the Olympic program is crucial to wrestling’s survival.” Wrestling was up against squash and a joint effort by baseball and softball for the bid to stay a part of the historic games. But in the I.O.C. voting, wrestling received 49 votes, compared to 24 for the baseball and softball combination and 22 for squash and thus is here to stay. Countries such as the United States, Russia and Iran have stood behind the ancient sport in its plight to gain Olympic recognition again. “We cannot imagine the Games without wrestling,” Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad AlSabah, the head of the Association of National Olympic Committees said to ESPN. “Wrestling is a founder. Today was a great result.” Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.