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Despite New Law, Housing Rush Persists in C-Town

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By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

Touchdown the Bear makes an apperance as the Class of 2016 is treated to cupcakes by the Class of 2016 Class Council in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall on Thursday.

Despite a law passed in April that aims to relieve the off-campus housing rush, many say the pressure to sign a lease has simply intensified this fall.

The amendment to the city code that went into effect June 15 requires landlords provide a minimum of 60 days written notice to current tenants of a residential unit before renewing the agreement, showing the unit to other prospective tenants or entering into an agreement with new tenants.

“There is increasing concern that conditions in the rental housing market are placing unreasonable pressures on renters and landlords,” the ordinance reads.

For many of Collegetown residents and landlords, this has in fact been the case. Several landlords sent out emails over the summer or right when classes See C-TOWN page 4

C.U.Offers New C-Town Housing Caters to‘Mature’Tenants Support for Developer says Terrace not Students typical off-campus housing With Autism ENOCH NEWKIRK / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

By TYLER ALICEA

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By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor

For students on the autism spectrum, college may pose challenges to which other students may be oblivious — a flickering light in the classroom could be disruptively intense, writing an exam by hand might pose a time burden and a sarcastic smile from a peer might elicit confusion.

Each year, there are about 10 to 50 Cornell students — on average — that identify on the autism spectrum, according to Katherine Fahey, director of Student Disability Services. However, since the numbers only include those that sought accommodation from SDS, that number might actually be higher, Fahey said.

Partnering with Gannett, Fahey brought together a group of staff and faculty members last year to begin a neurodiversity working See ASD page 4

Although his Collegetown Terrace project is only one-third of the way to completion, John Novarr said he believes his new apartments will not only be “better attuned to today’s market,” but also quieter than the rest of Collegetown.

When completed, Novarr’s Collegetown Terrace project — which began construction two years ago — will add 1,050 new bedrooms to the Collegetown market. The apartments will include a variety of amenities including a bathroom for every bedroom, inexpensive parking and a health club available for residents, Novarr said.

“We are trying to cater to a group of students who want a great place to live and have a bit quieter of a lifestyle,” Novarr said about Collegetown Terrace, located near the intersection of E. State Street and Mitchell Street.

Alderperson Ellen McCollister ’78 (D-3rd Ward) said that the additional supply of housing will be beneficial for the surrounding community. Some landlords called last fall the fastest renting season in recent history, during which some students went to extreme measures — including camping outside overnight to sign leases for the next academic year — in order to claim housing in Collegetown, The Sun previously reported.

Peace and quiet | A new Collegetown Terrace building (right) rises behind a renovated house and its addition (left) near the intersection of E. State Street and Mitchell Street.

Collegetown Terrace currently has approximately 350 bedrooms that are operational and almost fully occupied by tenants, according to Novarr. Three nearby existing buildings with 161 bedrooms will be preserved because they are located in a historic district. Novarr projects that the second third of the development will be completed in June 2014, with remainder of the project seeing completion in August 2016.

Executive Director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance Gary Ferguson said Collegetown Terrace will provide “really high-quality housing opportunities for the student COURTESY OF CITY OF ITHACA community,” adding that its proximity to downtown Ithaca will allow stu- Building it up | A rendering of 901 E. State St., See TERRACE page 5

which was renovated as part of the Collegetown Terrace development.

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News, “Rates for Cornell Student Health Insurance Plan Jump Up 10 Percent,” Thursday Speaking about the Affordable Care Act’s effect on Cornell Student Health Insurance Plan “The Affordable Care Act eliminated these high-end caps on plans, so if someone has a very serious illness or injury, their insurance isn’t going to run out. But on the other side, some of the benefits that some of these smaller plans had with low cost-sharing and low out-of-pocket are going away. The Cornell SHIP has always tried to balance that.”

Chair of the Student Insurance Advisory Committee Craig McAllister Opinion, “A Disturbing Trend Toward Campus Censorship,” Thursday Speaking about recent campaigns at universites that he thinks compromises free speech “In my view, it is fundamentally about what role a university ought to play in the ideological development of its student body. Should universities be places that encourage the free exchange of ideas — places that allow students to pursue truth, wherever it might lead them? Or should universities seek to inculcate their student bodies with a predetermined truth and defend, on behalf of students, a ‘right not to be offended’ by speech that contradicts those prepackaged ideas?”

Julius Kairey ’15 Opinion, “Duffield Disco Inferno,” Wednesday Speaking about possible reasons why no one responded to a fire alarm in Duffield atrium “Maybe they think that it is just a drill and they can handle some background buzzing as they work on their Algorithms homework. Maybe they think the building is made of stone and glass, and for some reason, it will hold up to a violent gas explosion. Maybe they really do have as much work as they complain about (they do) and they can’t afford to spare a few minutes to step outside for the first and maybe only time that day.”

Christo Eliot ’15

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H.K. Univ. Plans Vet School David Weil ’83 Nominated In Partnership With C.U. For U.S. Dept. of Labor Post

By ANNIE BUI Sun Staff Writer

In 2010, the City University of Hong Kong’s initial application to establish Hong Kong’s first veterinary school of medicine — in partnership was Cornell — was rejected in 2010.

Last month, the school’s president, Way Kuo, announced that establishing the school would remain the top priority for the university, the South China Morning Post reported.

The planned school, which would offer a joint degree in veterinary medicine with Cornell, has been in the works since late 2009 to early 2010, according to Michael Kotlikoff, Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell.

When City University’s application was rejected by Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee — which advises the government on funding for higher education institutions — Cornell and the City University formed an agreement that Cornell would assist the university in establishing a new proposal, according to Kotlikoff.

“The process has been advising them about what they need,” Kotlikoff said. “We’ve been helping them [articulate] to the government and the UGC why Hong Kong needs a vet school, how we will go about it [and] what kind of vet school we will create.”

According to Kotlikoff, it is important for City University’s proposal to have government support in order to keep the price of tuition within a reasonable range.

“It’s important because if it’s a selffunded endeavor, then the costs for students will be very high relative to other educational programs,” Kotlikoff said. “[It will] probably be something on the order of five or six times more than going to medical school, and we want to make sure that this is on an equivalent basis as going to law school, medical school or other professional schools.”

Kotlikoff said that under the vision of the dual degree program that is

being discussed by City University and Cornell, students in the program will study in Ithaca for two or three semesters as part of the curriculum.

“The fact that [students] would come to [Cornell] for some period of time, plus the fact that we would oversee the educational system in Hong Kong with City University, would enable us to give a six-year bachelor’s of veterinary medicine degree to graduates of City University,” Kotlikoff said.

He said that the plan between City University and Cornell is to create a “center of excellence in animal health” in the region, which in turn would affect all of China, where concerns about food regulation are widespread.

“One of the reasons we’re so interested in this program is that Hong Kong is the perfect bridge to China,” Kotlikoff said. “Hong Kong gets most of its food from China, a country with enormous problems concerning food security and safety, [which] relates to agricultural practices and the state of veterinary education and professionalism [there]. [It is also] academically very much western and all of the education is in English, [meaning] that it’s much easier to create a high-caliber program.”

Kotlikoff said he was pleased with the City University’s decision to prioritize the formation of the veterinary school.

“This is a proposal that really requires the university to place a lot of value in having a veterinary college,” Kotlikoff said. “The [other] top universities in [Hong Kong] have medical schools, [but] they don’t really seem to have a desire for a veterinary college.

[But], City University does.”

Kotlikoff said he anticipates that City University will report back to the government of Hong Kong by the end of this calendar year. If the report is favorably received, the veterinary school could start enrolling its first class in 2015, he added.

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun.com.

Burning Question

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he intended to nominate Weil as administrator

for the post. The first, be an outstanding public Lorelei Boylan — who was servant.”

Liebman noted, however, director of Strategic President Barack Obama Enforcement at the New that the position has not had announced Tuesday his York State Department of a confirmed director in sevLabor eral years. She said there is Labor, intent to nomStandards Division no way to predict whether inate David — was nominated Weil will be confirmed or Weil ’83 to be in April 2009. After how long it will take to go administrator Republicans blocked through the requisite of the Wage Boylan’s confirma- processes, which include Hour and tion, she withdrew Senate confirmation.

Division of the “You just never know her nomination.

U . S .

Obama subse- how quickly these things Department of quently nominated move. Sometimes they Labor, accordWEIL ’83 Leon Rodriguez, a drag,” Liebman said. “In ing to a White Department of Justice offi- terms of his confirmation, House press relaease.

Weil is a professor of cial, for the post in you never know what to premarkets, public policy and December 2010, but the dict in labor-related posilaw at Boston University, a White House ultimately tions.”

Weil has authored five senior fellow at the John F. withdrew that nomination books on various labor Kennedy School of as well.

Wilma Liebman, former issues and has also written Government at Harvard University and co-director chair of the National Labor numerous journal articles. of Harvard’s Transparency Relations Board and senior He was a Fulbright Senior Policy Project, which aims lecturer at Cornell Law Scholar from 2008 to 2013 to improve public disclosure School and the School of and has Boston University’s and Labor “Best MBA Instructor of the systems to advance policy Industrial priorities, according to the Relations, praised White House press state- Weil both profes“[Weil] is exceptionally sionally and perment.

The Wage and Hour sonally, saying he well-qualified for this Division is a federal agency is experienced position. He really undertasked with enforcing labor and knowledgestandards and worker pro- able. stands the nature of “[Weil] is tections such as the federal employment today and the minimum wage, overtime e x c e p t i o n a l l y pay, recordkeeping and child well-qualified for issues that creates for many labor requirements estab- this position,” in terms of wage and hour lished by the Fair Labor Liebman said. written Standards Act, according to “He’s compliance problems.” extensively, he’s the division’s website. this So far, Wage and Hour studied Wilma Leibman, senior lecturer Division Administrator has extensively. He undernot been confirmed during really Obama’s presidency. Nancy stands the nature J. Leppink has served as of employment today and Year” in 2011 and 2012.

Acting Wage and Hour the issues that creates for Administrator since January many in terms of wage and hour compliance problems.

2011.

Obama has previously But besides that he’s really a Emma Court can be reached nominated two candidates decent person; I think he’d at ecourt@cornellsun.com.

By EMMA COURT

Sun City Editor

Food for thought

If you could live anywhere in Collegetown, where would it be?

“Where Chips on a Stick used to be. I am going to camp out there until he comes back.”

— Depressed w/o Chips ’15 “I would be nowhere in Collegetown, thank you very much.”

— Peaceful Co-Op Resident ’14 “Not on a porch.”

— Victim of #PorchCollapse2012 ’16 “Dunbars … Enough said.”

— I Just Need a Drink ’15 “Somewhere with tiny rooms, an out-of-the-way garage, garish decoration and jacked-up prices.”

— Lambrou Resident ’16 –– Compiled by Tyler Alicea

KELLY YANG / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Science journalists, Cornell World Food Prize laureates and Cornell researchers participated in a symposium entitled “Food Security in a Vulnerable World” in the Biotechnology Building Thursday.

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NEWS

Alderperson: Housing Rush ‘Getting Worse And Worse’ C-TOWN

about their rights as tenants are crucial to changing the culture of housing at Cornell.

“This is the normal situation right now; it’s that peobegan notifying their current tenants about upcoming ple, as soon as they get back, they start looking for apartshowings. ments for next year,” Kerslick said. “And that’s because Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward) said that the new that’s the culture right now, and that’s not going to rental legislation was not intended as a cure-all for the change overnight with one piece of legislation.” troubles caused by the Collegetown housing rush.

The law instead attempts to give current tenants some For instance, the ordinance allows the 60 days notice time to live in their new housing before they have to to begin the day a lease begins. If a lease begins in the make a decision about re-signing, Kerslick said. early summer — many leases begin June 1 or June 15 — “Again, the encouragement there was to get the landthen by the time a student moves in in late August, the lord to tell you that he either gives you the option to landlord can have already begun showing the property. renew the lease for next year or for you to say ‘I’m not Additionally, because a landlord and tenant can mutual- interested,’ and so he could then show it to other peoly decide to waive the 60 days notice requirement, a ple,” Kerslick said, noting that many landlords already landlord could potentially write the waiver directly into follow this policy. “Landlords say it’s the students that the lease. are rushing; students say the landlords are forcing us to Kerslick acknowledged some of the shortcomings of sign these leases early … You can say just let the market the law, but said that the legislation was not intended to decide, but the market’s going in a direction, I think, — and could not, on its own — eliminate housing pres- that’s very unhelpful.” sures.

Kerslick noted that because the legislation went into “When [the Common Council] considered the legis- effect over the summer, the new notice period would not lation, when we discussed it during the process, it was prevent people from coming back this semester and askcertainly recognized that by itself, this was not going to ing to see apartments right off the bat. However, he said, change the situation,” Kerslick said. He said both a long “landlords are … really being encouraged to say ‘I can’t term increase in rental housing and educating students show this for 60 days from the start of the lease period.’”

For many Collegetown tenants, the 60-day waiting period has not protected them in the way the legislation was intended to. Avramis Rentals sent out a notice Aug. 22 notifying tenants their apartments would be shown starting Sept. 3.

Pam Johnston Apartments sent out an email June 27 telling their tenants that they would give 24 hours’ notice before allowing an outside party to lease a resident’s current unit. At the beginning of September, however, PJ Apartments revoked that policy.

“With it now being September, the ‘mad rush’ of renting season is full force, and therefore we cannot offer a 24-hour notice and we must proceed with a first come, first served approach,” a Sept. 5 email from Grant Wilder, PJ Apartments’ assistant director of operations, read.

George Avramis of Student Rentals Ithaca echoed that sentiment in an LAUREN BIGALOW / SUN FILE PHOTO Aug. 30 email to his tenants.

Problem-solving | Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward) and the Ithaca Common “I have had an unusually high and Council continue to search for solutions to the Collegetown housing rush crisis. early demand for apartments for next Continued from page 1

year,” the email read.

Ithaca Renting Company — the same company that, last fall, saw students camping out overnight outside its offices to claim housing — sent a Sept. 6 email to tenants that began, “although the school year has just begun and you have barely had time to adjust to your new schedules, at the Rental Office we have started our 201415 Rental Season.”

“We have received over 300 inquiries for apartment rentals for next year, and even though classes have just begun we have to join the rental market as early as possible in order to stay competitive and secure the best tenants for our buildings,” the email continued.

The penalty for violating the new ordinance is a civil penalty of up to $500, which would be assessed at the discretion of the city prosecutor’s office, according to Kerslick.

“Factors to be considered when assessing the fine would include the number of tenants, number of units on the property, etc.,” the ordinance reads.

Although many students may consider the current housing search to be the norm, Kerslick, as well as Julie Paige, assistant dean of students, said that the rush has not always occurred this early in the fall. “[Some] people used to look for housing ... in the spring — and now its just escalating, and getting worse and worse,” Kerslick said.

Paige said that since she started working at the University in 1987, she has seen the big lease-signing period shift from January to around late October or November. Paige said that it is only over the last four to six years that she started hearing about the August and September push.

“We are working to shift the culture, which will take some time. We begin our work with first-year students, its not just students already in apartments — students come here hearing from upperclass students saying ‘you’d better find your housing for your sophomore year or you’re not going to have a place to live,” Paige said. “So it’s not just about the landlords, it’s about the culture that has been set, and it’s not unique to Ithaca. I’ve talked to colleagues at other college towns where this has been a culture where the early lease signing is also an issue.”

Echoing Paige’s sentiments, Kerslick said that the new laws were intended not to fuel the housing rush, but rather to give students the time to think.

“There’s always going to be a rush,” Kerslick said.

“But the idea was to try and have people get a little bit more information before they make these decisions.”

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com or at twitter.com/dilemmaincourt.

Neurodiversity Working Group Aims to Raise Awareness of ASD ASD

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group which seeks to provide resources for faculty and staff working with students on the autism spectrum, ensure an inclusive atmosphere for those students, raise awareness about autism spectrum disorder and empower those affected to talk about their needs.

According to Fahey, neurodiversity is “a concept and a movement started by individuals with autism spectrum disorders to re-frame the conversation about atypical neurological wiring” — moving away from seeing autism spectrum disorder as a deficit and moving toward an understanding that brain differences exist and that different brain types come with different strengths.

Though the group is still in its “infancy stages,” Fahey said the group brought Prof. Lauren Kenworthy, George Washington University, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, to campus last year to train Gannett staff and the Cornell Council on Mental Health and Welfare — a group of staff that aims to bring “broad-based and sustained attention to the mental health of Cornell students.”

The group plans to bring other speakers — such as Ari Ne’eman, president of Autism Self Advocacy Network — to raise awareness of autism spectrum disorder on campus.

Andrea Dietrich, a staff member at SDS who identifies as a person on the

autism spectrum, said she joined the neurodiversity working group to increase awareness of neurodiverse populations at Cornell.

“What I really want, as far as increasing awareness, is to represent a more balanced image of what autism actually is, and make sure people know that it’s not any one monolithic thing,” Dietrich said in an email. “Because it’s a spectrum, there are

“What I really want, as far as increasing awareness, is to represent a more balanced image of what autism actually is, and make sure people know that it’s not any one monolithic thing.”

Andrea Dietrich, staff member at SDS some individuals on one end who are unable to communicate by speech, who have trouble with self-care … On the other end, you have the ‘little professor’ or the ‘awkward geek’ stereotypes of socially clueless but brilliant people.”

The diversity of those on the autism spectrum — as Dietrich described — is what led the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to coin the term autism spectrum disorder this year.

According to the manual, autism spectrum disorder encompasses what was previously known as autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder and other developmental disorders not otherwise specified.

One of the biggest challenges of college for students on the autism spectrum, Dietrich said, is the social experience.

Although Dietrich said she eventually found a small but close group of friends after joining a club, she said the first semester was difficult socially.

“I went through my entire first semester of college without really getting to know anyone on campus … For the most part I was happy to go back to my dorm and use my computer,” she said. “Because autism is, in part, a disorder of socialization, the usual college experiences involving fraternities or sororities or parties or clubs, etc., are more difficult.”

Recognizing these difficulties, Gannett launched a social skills group this fall that, while not specific to students on the autism spectrum, would help those on the spectrum.

According to Greg Eells, director of Gannett’s Counseling and Psychological Services, Gannett saw 30 to 40 students on the spectrum last year — some of whom may not be registered with SDS. “Some students do consult Gannett and choose not to go to SDS because they are not seeking any level of accommodation,” he said.

Students that do seek assistance from

SDS often require different types of accommodation, Fahey added.

“You can have two students with the same condition but with very different access needs,” she said.

One student on the autism spectrum may prefer to live in a single dorm room with less noise because of sensory problems, while another might benefit from using a computer to take an exam instead of writing due to fine motor problems, according to Fahey. Some students may simply ask for guidance on social rules.

“Sometimes the student is interested in having a mentor or someone they can check in with sort of on basic social rules and fitting in,” Fahey said. “[Cornell] is a challenging social environment — there are many people coming in from all over the world.”

Dietrich said she hopes the neurodiversity working group will “increase awareness of the positive things the population can bring to the campus community.”

“Just the fact that it’s working from the perspective of ‘neurodiversity’ and the idea that different doesn’t necessarily mean bad is a step in the right direction, and I hope we manage to create a lot of awareness among the Cornell community, and the Ithaca community in general,” she said.

Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/jinjlee.

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TerraceWill Be‘Quieter’ Than Central Collegetown TERRACE

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dents to have easier access to the resources of the community.

Novarr said he hopes the new units will provide students with housing options that could be more conducive to studying, since the project is further away from central Collegetown. “[Collegetown Terrace] is clearly set up for students who are a little more mature and are going seriously into their studies,” Novarr said.

Additionally, the majority of the buildings will be below street level, unlike Collegetown, which would limit the amount of noise coming out of the development, according to Novarr.

“Its topography really isn’t like Collegetown. It doesn’t have the visibility that Collegetown does,” Novarr said.

McCollister agreed that the complex’s location could mitigate any noise that could potentially come from Collegetown, adding that graduate students — who are the intended tenants for the apartments — also tend to be “quieter and more respectful neighbors.”

Recently, city residents have expressed their concerns regarding excessive partying, noise violations and trash in Collegetown. As a part of the response, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 — along with nearly two dozen other residents — picked up more than 30 bags of trash in Collegetown to help deal with the issue, The Sun reported Sept. 3.

Despite concerns, McCollister said partying this year was more controlled than in previous years due to Myrick’s use of social media, as well as increased cooperation between the Cornell and Ithaca Police Departments.

Another way Novarr said the design of Collegetown Terrace encourgaes a quieter environement is that the buildings at Collegetown Terrace will not have “operable front porches,” which according to Novarr “are a collection point for late night parties.”

During Orientation Week last year, one party was interrupted after a porch collapsed during a party, The Sun previously reported.

Novarr noted, however, that parties would not be outlawed at Collegetown Terrace. Still, he said he would prefer if tenants “didn’t have 60 people at [a] party.”

Although the apartment complex is catered more towards graduate students, Novarr said the apartments are open to anyone, including undergraduates who are looking for a more subdued living environment. “[Younger students] like their housing to be more independent and more like a dorm, and as they get older, they want to live more like an adult. In those situations, what we’re trying to offer here at Collegetown Terrace is exactly what they’re looking for,” he said.

Some are skeptical, however, as to whether Novarr’s new complex will be able to create a sense of community within Collegetown, according to McCollister, who said some residents are concerned about the increase of density in the area.

“The jury is still out to whether you can concentrate 1,250 students in one place and have it function like a real community,” she said.

Novarr, however, said that the set up of Collegetown Terrace allows for students to create a community, and looking at the progress of the project so far, he said he believes he can achieve that.

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

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THE PERFECT ROOM So I have to say it: My room is perfect. It is perfectly located be tween two wireless routers and directly across the hall from the elevator. Because it’s so perfectly split between the two routers, my computer doesn’t know which router to connect to. And thanks to the elevator being so conveniently close to my room (did I mention I live on the first floor and never use the elevator?), any time someone goes up or down on it my computer disconnects from the wifi.

Perfect, just perfect.

— A.R. INSERT IMAGE HERE Two candid opportunities thwarted in a single day. TWO. Do you know how it feels to miss a candid opportunity? You can just see that gaping black rectangle in the paper where a photo should be ...

— S.S. SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER I’m pissed about the moody weather. Or, moreso, getting duped into wearing layers by last weekend’s flirtation with frost, then suffocating in the soupy midday malaise. All while trying to generate some early semester momentum. Bullshit.

— S.K.

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BINARY BOOTY CALL Dear Facebook Chat Booty Call, Lets be real. It is almost insulting that you can’t even bother to text me and instead result to Facebook chatting me at 1 a.m. two days in a row. Especially, when i am not even interested. Kthanksbye.

Love, Me — C.F. MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER I know we like to tell prospective students that Ithaca is great because we get all 4 seasons ... but to get them all in a 24 hour season is a little excessive. Just saying.

— H.V. DIGIMON MELTDOWN I’m going through Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series), and I get irrationally mad at least twice per day due to: 1) Ham-handed puns oozing out the show’s Americanized asshole 2) Worse acting than a Tommy Wiseau film 3) The continuing realization that my childhood was actually a culture-less nightmare 4) THE HAIR PHYSICS. — M.H.

AND EVEN MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER

I know I’ll be kvetching about how cold Ithaca gets in a few weeks, but right now I’m sick of being the sweaty kid in class. Can’t the weather here get it together?

— M.S. OH, SO YOU’RE MAD ABOUT THE WEATHER? I’ve lived my whole life in Western New York and I’ve still never gotten used to the ridiculous weather in Ithaca.

— L.H. TECHIE STATUS We spent 3 nights at the Pop Shop for ...

Well, God knows why.

All we do know is that by the end of the week, we had purchased bean bags for The Sun’s office and were contemplating careers in web design.

— R.L.H., A.O and L.C. I KNOW I AM I asked for Kvetches.

I got 13 responses from Columnists and Editors.

75 percent of them complained about the weather. On one hand, I’m sorry to bore you.

On the other, come on — you know you want to, too.

— L.C.

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OPINION

Max Martinez |

Guest Room

How to Enjoy Cornell Y

ou have no idea how fast time flies. Four years ago, I was in your shoes, freshmen. One year ago, I was in your shoes, seniors. Classes are stressful and the weather can really suck, but the weather and classes aren’t what makes Cornell University such an amazing place. It’s the people.

I will never ever forget my time at Cornell because I met so many interesting and talented people. Everyone is so different. Even if they are from the same part of Westchester and went to the same high school, the common bond of hard classes and crappy weather is what brought us all together. It’s us, the Cornellians, and the people of Ithaca and the surrounding communities that make this place such a special one to so many people.

The people who enjoy Cornell are the ones who are open, accepting and get immersed in the culture. My advice to you is to try new things, meet new friends, and do what makes you happy. Your relationship with all of the people you meet on the Hill is your Cornell experience. Once you leave Cornell, you will really miss it.

Don’t hold grudges — you never know what could have been. My freshman year, I managed to irritate Caroline Kelter ’13 to the point where she hated me. Of course, I had been a prick at some point and somewhat deserved it, but I saw she was upset one night, tried to make her feel better and asked if she’d forgive me for being a douche. After that it was all good, she became one of the best friends I have ever had and now works in San Francisco with me. What if I had never done that? Maybe I wouldn’t be friends with one of the people I appreciate the most in my life.

If you are Greek, branch out. Fraternities and sororities are awesome and you meet so many great people, but they aren’t your only brothers and sisters on campus. All of Cornell is your family once you leave. The first

Your relationship with all of the people you meet on the Hill is your Cornell experience. Once you leave Cornell, you will really miss it. question you will get asked is, “Where did you go to school?” They don’t ask what house you were a part of when you leave, they ask you about the school. When you are a senior, you’ll realize that you have somewhat outgrown it. You’ll be over 21 and going to the bars with people from different houses and asking yourself why you didn’t hang out with these people sooner. Get to know everyone early and enjoy as much of your Cornell career as you can with them.

Get to know the “townies.” I personally hate when they are referred to as townies because it makes them sound like some sort of disease. These people are some of the most unique, hard-working, and amazing people I met while at Cornell. From Tammy Snyder and Chris Johnson, who made the most delicious wraps at Trillium, to David Peck from the Cornell Store, whose son, Sean, was my biggest football fan and has a sweet Instagram, to Caitlin and Lynn, who literally knew about every detail of my life because I was at Tompkins Trust everyday, to Kaleb Hunkele, the owner of Standard Art Supply and my go-to-guy for everything from T-shirts to Stabillo pens, to Missy Miller, owner of Annie’s Place and the perfecter of the fauxhawk. These are the people you will never forget. Get to know them. They work hard and have kids. These are people in the real world, not just Ithaca and the surrounding communities. There is no need to ever disrespect them. You will learn so much just from hearing their stories.

Seniors, don’t spend senior year worried about where you are going to be next year. Obviously, don’t ignore it, but don’t let it overtake you. I had so many friends change because they were stressed about jobs and it really ruined some of our last moments together. You didn’t get the job? So what?

Life goes on. Your resumé is what you make of it. You can be your resumé if you want to be or you can be more than that. People in the real world care about what you actually do, not what you write or say. Our generation is the future, so make an impact that people hear about and everything will take care of itself job-wise.

Lastly, be proud that you went to Cornell. If you have time to join the Senior Class Campaign and raise money for Cornell, do it. I had an amazing time fundraising and got close to people like Corey Earle ’07, as well as Jon Weinberg ’13 and Fiona Ismail ’13, two other seniors that I would have never met had I not joined. Talk to alumni when you get the chance.

They were in your shoes at one point and love to hear about absolutely everything. Get to know them, even if it’s just a brief conversation.

That’s how you enjoy Cornell. I graduated with a government degree, but what I really majored in was the study of different types of people (which is different from sociology if you are wondering). It has already taken me further than my 2.4 GPA ever will. I tried everything and got to know everyone. I messed up, triumphed, apologized and forgave. To be happy and successful at Cornell, you need to immerse yourself in the community and the culture. Be sure to appreciate absolutely everything and everyone because your time at Cornell doesn’t last forever. Yet, wherever you may go in the rest of your life, Cornell will follow you somewhere, some way and remind you of all the great people that you got to spend time with.

Max Martinez graduated in 2013 from the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at mmm333@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

Comment of the day Web

“There is such an unfortunate lack of respect for surroundings and other people on this campus.

It just becomes a self-absorbed horde where one thing leads to another, and there’s no standard that makes a student regret something idiotic; his or her peers won’t judge him or her for it, so go ahead, barf on the sidewalk every weekend, walk mindlessly (and SLOWLY) in front of cars, scream profanity at the top of your drunken lungs in a neighborhood with little kids trying to sleep.”

je m'appelle conton Re: “Ithaca Officials, Residents Criticize Excess Partying in Collegetown” News published September 11, 2013

Rudy Gerson |

Rooting Around

Demanding Better Renting Conditions A

s we many of us dents scramble. signed a lease for next know, this Decisions have to be year. I was the epitome spring, the City made too fast for even of a fearful, tense and of Ithaca approved an the most stable stu- rushed student scramamendment to the city dents. It’s quite appar- bling for housing. code that changed the ent that this new After the second year way students lease amendment needs of engaging in this Collegetown housing. improvement.

The nonsensical pressure The new law requires mental health and san- cooker, it’s time to landlords to give ten- ity of all students change this shit. ants 60 days from the would Imagine this fantasonly be start of their lease until improved if the City tic scenario: Students they need to decide enforced a 60 day have two months to whether they will waiting period begin- gather a group, estabrenew or not. On the ning with the start of lish everyone’s price surface, this reform classes. range, collect leases for should have alleviated As I stated earlier, all the properties withthe pressure of leasing the amendment stipu- in their established season. In practice, lates that landlords bedroom number and however, what was need to give tenants 60 price range, then finalintended to be a step days from the start of ly compare the respecin the right direction is their lease until they tive leases. Seems simnothing more than a need to decide whether ple enough. baby’s crawl. A couple they will renew or not.

As students, we weeks into school, Most leases begin June deserve a right to make those of us looking to 1, so by the time class- informed decisions rent for next year have es start, this 60-day about housing in already experienced buffer is all but a Collegetown. We are the futility of this memory. not some reform. As M o n d a y ’s Sun editori- We are not some transient al stated, disenfranchised population that this year was no better can be expolited year after year by than last a club of heavy-handed year for eas- businessmen and women. ing the mad rush for housing.

Some of the more transient disenfranWith the pressure to honest and ethical chised population that sign leases in landlords have held can be exploited year September ever pre- true to the intention of after year by a club of sent, prospective ten- the law and given stu- heavy-handed busiants and current ten- dents the breathing nessmen and women. ants alike are being room that the reform We need to demand rushed more than ever. m a n d a t e s . the right for We need to reclaim Unfortunately, this Collegetown tenants to our rights as renters behavior is disincen- have 60 days from the and our dignity as tivized in a housing start of the academic active members of the market that awards a year before landlords Ithaca community by “first come, first serve” can show units, enter demanding more. The mindset. Other land- rental agreements with current housing para- lords have exploited prospective tenants or digm leaves students the amendment’s obvi- demand a decision rushed, uninformed ous loophole, lining up regarding lease renewal and pitted against one prospective tenants by from current tenants. another in a situation the handful before the This will allow stuthat makes both land- second week of classes dents: lords and renters worse even begins.

1. Reasonable time off. Pressure to sign Being the honest to inform ourselves of once school begins and straightforward our housing priorities turns friends into ene- journalist that I strive 2. Gather informamies. When landlords to be, I will level with tion on the housing hold the power, stu- you: I have already market

3. Peace-of-mind, knowing that units will not be signed away immediately when school begins These are not unheard of or unreasonable requests. Of course, there will still be a rush come the day leasing opens, but the rush will consist of groups of informed students, rather than the current stampede of tense, fearful and fed-up hoards.

Granted, I understand that having a lease in hand, but not being able to tour properties, will make it difficult to decipher which properties are “better” than others, but perhaps the City can compile a housing map that gives bedroom count and landlord contact information for all Col legetown housing units.

This will be an easy and simple way to find information compiled in a user and studentfriendly format. Or we can just knock on some doors the old fashion way.

With over 10,000 of us heavily invested in collegetown housing, I think we can come up with a better solution than the soft efforts of last year’s reforms. Sign this petition and let’s turn our frustrated complaints into action: http://tinyurl.com/qh uckpm.

Rudy Gerson is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached a rgerson@cornellsun.com. Rooting Around column runs alternate Fridays this semester.

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Twelve Pints of Silliness, Please.

MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Edgar Wright has one of the best track records of any filmmaker working today. Along with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, his entries in the so-called Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy — a series of films created along with cast-members (and best buddies) Simon Pegg and Nick Frost — are colorful and subversive genre films with a manic energy and a highly intelligent sense of humor. This third outing manages to match the other Cornetto installments for thrills and laughs. Like the pint-consuming, revelrous characters it chronicles, The World’s End is drunken, uproarious, thoroughly ridiculous entertainment. While Shaun of the Dead mixed rom-com with the zombie genre and Hot Fuzz burnt through every cop movie cliche with its quaint English village setting, in World’s End, boyish exuberance headlines.

As a whole, this film is an epic pub crawl, ingeniously spun into a nostalgic rethinking of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers vein. It was most fun I had at the movies this summer, and probably one of the most enjoyable films of the year. The plot concerns five over-the-hill Brits who reattempt

a pub crawl requiring them to down twelve pints in a single evening. As the characters drink their way to oblivion, the movie slowly takes on a nonsensical state that is downright irresistible. I stumbled out of The World’s End with a giddy sense of euphoria — a high much like that experienced by these characters as they flounder out of the pub.

Yet again, director Wright teams up with his go-to team of sad-sack forty-somethings. Pegg is in the lead as Gary, playing an overgrown teenager who refuses to let go of the good old days when he and his friends had their youth. Frost is Andy, his teetotaling former best friend, who begrudgingly goes along for the ride (a scene where he falls off the wagon is one of the best). Paddy Considine is Steven, whom Gary has an old rivalry with over wooing girls, and their friends are rounded out by Martin Freeman as Oliver, and Eddie Marsan as Peter. Rosamund Pike features as Sam, something of an old flame for both Gary and Steven, and a woman who can really hold her own in a girl-on-girl fight.

Pierce Brosnan has a very amusing cameo as the five mates’ professor from high school, and Bill Nighy has a great cameo too, but I won’t spoil that one.

When Gary first commences to get the ole gang back together and give the pub crawl another try, the movie

The World’s End Directed by Edgar Wright Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost

remains fixed in a state of sobriety. The chums’ reunion some 20 years after their high school graduation is realistically awkward, a cheeky yet slow slide into the madness that is to come. But this is a Wright film, and soon the characters begin firing off snappy one-liners at such a speed that a second viewing is warranted to fully catch all the jokes. As they begin their bender, the drinking buddies begin to realize the pubs have all turned insipid — they all look like a Starbucks. Not only that, but the townspeople seem to have changed too — there’s something a little off-putting and zombie-like about them.

From then on, the movie blends social satire with alien invasion genre staples and Wright’s trademark hyper-kinetic comedy. The central theme of returning to one’s hometown and finding it desaturated from the way one remembers it is credibly earnest. I won’t say more than the film’s trailer gives away, so let it suffice that the movie makes an enticing prospect out of turning the listless townsfolk into possessed robots. Many staggeringly silly fights also ensue — the best of which has Nick Frost ripping off his shirt in a manner that had the whole theater applauding at the screening I attended.

Fans will recognize running slapstick gags the film shares with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, which mostly involve Pegg and Frost jumping over fences, putting fists through windows, and spewing out lager when hit in the stomach.

The best part of Wright’s work is the sheer amount of energetic, genuinely clever visual comedy. His enthusiasm is always on display in World’s End, as he works his camera like a gleeful madman and edits his footage so every glass of amber beer pops off the screen. Tons of effort went into every choreographed fight, every whip pan, every snap zoom, and it’s clearly visible on screen. Some will find the distinctly British humor and manic energy not their cup of tea, or rather, brand of beer. For my money, it’s a wild roller coaster ride which, true to its title, ends with an apocalyptic, thoroughly entertaining bang.

Mark DiStefano is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences.

He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com.

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Helping to Topple Jim Crow, as a Family ceeds as drama and art (yes, I used that word) because Cecil’s eldest son, Louis (David Oyelowo), takes notice. Louis grows up For a review of a movie like this, it is best ashamed of his father and what he sees as a to get right to the point: Lee Daniels’ The demeaning line of work, even as Cecil puts Butler is excellent. Typing those words, pairing more than enough bread on the table, includthis kind of perennial, distractingly star-stud- ing starched polo shirts for his sons. At Fisk ded Oscar bait with a word like “excellent” sur- University, Louis finds his calling in the prises me still. But if a review is anything, it Freedom Riders and perseveres through the must be honest, so I will be just that. The beatings, obscenities and, most harrowingly, Butler not only moved me more than any firebombs hurled his way. other film this year (save for, perhaps, Fruitvale Louis’ militancy should inspire any conStation); it brought to life one of the most tur- scious viewer, yet Strong and director Lee bulent and inspiring periods in our country’s Daniels coax some crucial moral ambiguity, not history while psychologically, socially and to mention over two hours of narrative tension, politically picking it apart. by pitting Louis and Cecil against one another That period is, of course, the civil rights and allowing things to get, well, ugly. While hismovement, as seen from the vantage point of tory has deemed Louis’ sit-ins across the South Cecil Gaines (Forest Whittaker), a black White as a watershed moment in non-violent activism, House butler who served Presthe jury is still idents Eisenhower to Reagan, out on the Lee Daniels’ The Butler and who screenwriter Danny Black Panther Strong based loosely on the littleparty, which Directed by Lee Daniels known Eugene Allen. Cecil Louis dives Starring Forrest learns early in his career that the into with an room should feel empty when Whittaker, Oprah Winfrey anarchic zeal, he’s in it, and that the white men much to the (and the occasional women) who dismay of his fill these spaces of privilege expect father. Cecil faultless service and Uncle Tommay have ism. “We have no tolerance for stood against politics at the White House,” says progress by disthe building’s black maître d’, with a mild smile. couraging Louis from getting involved in any of Cecil Gaines must wear two different faces: one the political affairs that he himself carefully stoic yet grateful, in front of the white man; avoided all his life, but he valued the cogency another entirely before his wife (Oprah Winfrey, and safety of his family more than anything else, of all people) and two sons. which no father could blame him for. They scufThis clash of personas tears Cecil apart fle and bare their teeth at one another, each over the span of 34 years and makes for some believing with all their might in a code of conincisive social commentary, but The Butler suc- duct that the assimilation of their era soon ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Associate Managing Editor

enough deems irrelevant.

Whereas most civil rights films make time for the suffering of their black characters only to bestow the ultimate agency onto sympathetic white characters (see The Help), The Butler keeps the struggle within the black family unit, where the oppositions were often more trenchant and deepseated than most of us, at least I, could ever believe.

Let us not forget that this a movie about a butler serving the Oval Office, where Daniels unleashes a drove of character actors and former A-list talent to fill the President’s seat. James Marsden may sound more like Mayor Quimby than JFK, but he brings smooth style to spare.

John Cusack plays Nixon straight, with little makeup and surprising generosity, while Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber and Alan Rickman throw on bald caps, witch noses and a greasy toupee as Ike, LBJ and the Gipper, respectively.

Those last three performances veer into camp, which Daniels, as the director of The Paperboy, can handle, tonal inconsistencies be damned.

There are about a million other actors to mention, including Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan (there seems to be no ulterior motive in her firm yet warm portrayal) and Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lenny Kravitz as Cecil’s genial co-workers. Many of these roles are paper thin, although none is as troubling as the plantation owner played by Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike). In one of the earliest scenes, this brute of a man rapes Cecil’s mother (Mariah Carey, actually) and blows out her husband’s brains, all in front of a (understandably) traumatized young Cecil. Now, I don’t doubt events like these occurred, but as one of the

gateways into this film’s world, it proves especially jarring. Such plantation killings bring to mind the 19th century and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; 1920s hate crime is more often associated with lynching, a motif Daniels also employs. This is a nitpick, in a way, but it simplifies Cecil’s conflict into some binary of white versus black, whereas the rest of the film opts for more internalized and relatable struggles.

Movies like The Butler — the sentimental, decades-spanning Academy-Award-for-BestMakeup-Oscar-hopefuls “inspired by true events” — are flawed creatures. As much as you cried throughout Forrest Gump, doesn’t that one look funny the more you inspect it?

What was its theme, its purpose? The Butler holds up to scrutiny because Strong and Daniels had the clear mind to keep the family dynamic at its core, where history bleeds into their lives and not the other way around. Cecil may win over the hearts of the world’s most powerful men, and Louis may help topple Jim Crow, but they only got there because of the other, whether they like it or not.

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

Uncool, but Sincere H

eroes, more than anything, tell us a great deal about the people who make them heroes — the people that see their movies, buy their posters, imitate them and retell their stories. Advertisers, psychoanalysts and mythology studies majors can all agree: heroes, like gods, are outward projections of people’s inner values. They, by popular appeal, represent a culture’s ideal.

So who are the heroes of today? I can list many who would be singing at big award ceremonies, speaking from podiums, making news via goodwill and appearing in the boxoffice hits, but I’d rather discuss a new development in the history of cultural heroes: the sincere hero.

The sincere hero has both male and female flag-bearers. Because of the attention she’s recently garnered from her leading role in Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig is the best female example (Zooey Deschanel comes a close second). Gerwig is the salient model of a new sort of hero because she inverts the traits of the traditional female idol. She’s not idolized by her generation because of outrageous sex appeal like Marilyn Monroe or Jane Fonda, nor by ideology or outstanding talent like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick (although she is very talented). Rather, she’s representing a certain culture today because of her embracement of human shortcomings and non-normative behavior.

Unlike yesterday’s sex symbol, she has square shoulders and misfit clothing. In Frances Ha, she even comments on her acne.

Her on-screen persona has many non-desirable traits: she is awkward and makes a buzzing sound when a guy tries to make a move on her, she can be self-absorbed and tells people about things they don’t care for, she’s directionless and unmotivated. She is not perfect but seems to be saying that that that’s okay. It’s triumphant to not be ‘great’ and okay to reject the confine-

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ments of traditional femininity.

Our most popular male sincere hero is somewhat less revolutionary. In fact, he’s defined by his lack of boldness. It’s that skinny, turtle-faced post-teen wearing a cardigan and a hiked-up backpack from Arrested Development: Michael Cera. He didn’t just earn this status because he’s funny; his popularity has larger implications. Unlike female icons, male, nonconforming anti-heroes have been a part of our cinematic and cultural lexicon for decades. The heroes of Hemingway, Hammett and cowboy stories were often socially unpopular loners.

The fifties and sixties gave rise to many iconic ‘non-conforming’ leads: Paul Newman, James Dean, Marlon Brando and Dennis Hopper.

Yet, however rebellious, they all stood out in a traditionally masculine fashion. In Sweet Bird of Youth, Paul Newman rebels against southern conservatism by sleeping with the governor’s daughter. In Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper rebels by taking drugs and riding a motorcycle. In The Wild One, Brando rebels by bravado and sporting tough-guy leather jackets. Cera, on the

Henry Staley Politicizing Art other hand, is an anti-anti hero via his inability to fill his masculine role. He struggles with girls and fumbles his words. In Superbad, he creates awkward situations and tries to mitigate them by a girlish giggle. In his most recent movie, Crystal Fairy, he alienates a car of stoic Chileans by his insecurities and garrulousness. We feel for him because he’s an underdog. His awkwardness and imperfections prevent him from becoming successful and enacting the archetyp-

al, heroic male role. In his quirkiness, he has championed a different brand of hero.

W h a t’s unique about these actor’s on-screen personas is that, unlike former subculture icons, they are rebelling by accident. They can’t help the fact that, to most people, they’re abnormal. They’re not out to make a plea for rejecting normality either and, for this reason, they are the perfect heroes for the BoBo generation.

David Brooks, in his book Bobos in Paradise, argues that, after the progressive, bohemian ebb of the sixties and the reactionary, bourgeois flow of the eighties, bohemian and bourgeois values have merged to create a new ideology: the BoBo lifestyle.

Cera and Gerwig resolve the gap between Bourgeois and Bohemian because they satisfy bohemians with their hip and misfit demeanor while not upsetting the bourgeois through unintended (and thereby not too radical) transgressions. If they were to deliberately act strange, bourgeois-minded people would think the two defy their predestined economic and social roles. Further, they confirm the bourgeois suspicion that people nonconform because they’re unable to be traditionally successful. Embracing compromise, Greta and Gerwig represent the ‘somewhat socially misunderstood power’ of today, rather than the ‘freak-power’ of yesterday.

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So, Cera and Gerwig tell us that today’s subculture is more agreeable but somewhat timid.

The mot juste of previous generations’ progressives — liberation — has been qualified by the specter of terrorism and post-recession economic insecurity. Further, bold self-expression can get a bit self-conscious in our digital hall of mirrors. The music tastes and fashions of this culture are largely retrospective (listen to Superbad or Frances Ha’s soundtrack) and thereby defensive to judgment. Making bold, forward statements in either music or fashion seems like a move against established countercultural norms. Regardless, Cera, Gerwig and similarly offbeat leading actors’ popularity marks a move towards a more inclusive, democratic pop culture that doesn’t generate unattainable platonic types and confining gender roles. They’re telling us that we’re not as cool as we think we are and that’s just fine.

Henry Staley is a freshman in the College of Art and Sciences. He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun.com. Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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

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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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Big Brother Peyton Loves U.S.Veterans Join Together Little Brother Eli’s Game With Boston Marathon Victims ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning loves Eli’s game, and not just because he’s his little brother.

As a fellow NFL quarterback, he appreciates the way Eli has improved every year despite an ever-changing supporting cast, all while working under the bright glare of Broadway.

Oh, and those two Super Bowl rings are pretty sweet, too.

Big brother has just one of those.

The siblings square off Sunday at MetLife Stadium, the third — and quite possibly last — time they’ll face each other in the pros. Peyton came out on top in the first two, with his old team, the Indianapolis Colts, beating the New York Giants in 2006 and ‘10.

Peyton, 37, sees Eli, 32, through the dual prism of blood and quarterback brotherhood, and he’s thoroughly impressed by the view.

“Eli is a great player,” Peyton said. “He’s a consistent player. I think he’s gotten better every year. I’ve always thought that’s the goal for a brand new player is to try to be a better player each year than the year you were before. He’s made things happen with different players, different receivers and different running backs. He’s been very flexible to adjust to the different players that he’s played with. But his consistency as a player has been awfully impressive.”

The Mannings talk twice a week on average — last season they played the same divisions in the NFC and AFC, so they shared notes on those common opponents.

“Usually we’ll talk on Sunday or Monday after the previous game and then we’ll kind of talk maybe Thursday or Friday kind of about the upcoming game,” Peyton said. “We’ve always done that. We’ll share.”

Not this week.

They both said there was no football dialogue leading up to Manning Bowl III, just the typical bantering among brothers.

There’s been enough chatter from everyone else. Aside from the “first family of football” angle, this is the first game in NFL history pitting quarterbacks who threw for 400-plus yards the previous week.

Peyton threw for 462 yards and tied an NFL record with seven touchdown passes against Baltimore. Like Peyton, Eli also completed 27 of 42 throws, and he accumulated 450 yards at Dallas but had three interceptions to go with four TDs. “The past two times we have, for whatever reason, lined up across from each other during the National Anthem,” Peyton said. “So, you do take a moment to realize that it is your brother over there that is a quarterback for the New York Giants in the NFL and it is the same person that you grew up with. So it is unique and I think you do take a moment to realize that it is special.

“But once the game gets started ... you go out there and just play.”

The lead-up is another story altogether.

Peyton noted that he didn’t field a single question about the Giants defense on his conference call with New York media until he raised the issue himself.

“I think that not many people, other players on either team, care a lot about it,” Peyton said. “I do take a little personal time for reflection. Playing against your brother in an NFL game, it’s a little bit different than playing against him in Little League baseball.”

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BOSTON (AP) — Wounded veterans from across the U.S. and survivors who lost limbs in the Boston Marathon bombing drew inspiration from one another Thursday as they swapped stories and worked to raise public awareness of the challenges they face.

Marc Fucarile, who had one leg amputated and severe injuries to the other after bombs exploded near the marathon finish line on April 15, said he was honored to meet the veterans.

“It’s reassuring to talk to a wounded warrior that has the same injuries that I have and see their success and see their progress, it’s reassuring to me that I can get there and life will be better,” said the 34-year-old from Stoneham.

A dozen veterans and 11 marathon amputees gathered at a Boston hotel, brought together by a Chicago-area nonprofit called Operation Warrior Wishes. Later, they planned to attend the New England Patriots’ home opener against the New York Jets.

Wounded veteran B.J. Ganem, part of a group that met with survivors days after the bombings, said Thursday he was impressed by how far they have come and how well they have adjusted to prosthetic legs and feet.

“They’re doing wonderful. A lot of them are walking perfect,” said Ganem, who lives in Reedsburg, Wis., and lost his left leg he lost below his knee after an improvised explosive device blast in Iraq in 2004. “It took a lot of us a long time to get our gaits right again and everything like that, and they’ve really picked up the challenge.”

Veteran Michael Fox of San Diego, a 28-year-old who lost both legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in November 2011, said the veterans and marathon victims are like-minded people in similar situations.

“You have to keep a sense of humor,” he said. “It keeps your morale up and helps keep you going. If we can give them any inspiration, it’s a bonus.”

The meeting was also a chance for marathon survivors to catch up with one another. Celeste Corcoran of Lowell, who lost both of her legs in the bombing, came with her daughter Sydney, who had a severed femoral artery, to meet what she called her “new family.”

“Under the terrible circumstances that we all met, there is a common bond that means something to all of us, to see each other and to know that we’re continuing to do well,” Celeste Corcoran said.

The founders of Operation Warrior Wishes, Craig Steichen, 55, and his son Matt, 29, went on a quest last year to bring wounded vets to football games at 32 NFL stadiums in 17 weeks.

In New England this year, the nonprofit was interested in not only bringing wounded vets, but getting them together with marathon amputees.

Mery Daniel, a 31-year-old medical school graduate who lost part of her left leg in the marathon bombings, said that while marathon amputees didn’t enlist to fight a war, they were exposed to the same kind of violence.

“We share now a common bond,” said Daniel, who lives in Boston. “We share similar stories and similar injuries.”

Mystery Fan Death at 49ers Game Still Remains Unsolved SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The parents of a football fan who died after falling from a pedestrian overpass outside Candlestick Park before a 49ers game acknowledge that their 32-year-old son was drinking but said Thursday until toxicology reports are done it’s not known whether he was so impaired that it caused the accident.

Kevin Hayes had been drinking beer while tailgating before walking up a ramp and turning onto a staircase where the rail was lower, said his mother Janet Hayes. He slipped and went over the rail, she said, citing an account provided by her son, Jeffrey, who was with his older brother when he fell.

Dennis Hayes, the man’s father, said he and his wife have no idea if he was so intoxicated that he was having trouble walking, as some witnesses have reported.

“We are not denying that he may have been drunk,” Hayes said. “We just really need to see the toxicology report from the coroner’s office, and until we do, we don’t know anything and neither does anyone else.”

It could take weeks for the report to be completed, the medical examiner said.

The Hayes family went to the overpass earlier this week, trying to piece together what happened.

Jeffrey Hayes said he was less than 2 feet from his brother when the accident occurred. Racing down to the sidewalk, he called his parents as rescuers were loading his brother into the ambulance.

His brother was already dead when they arrived at San Francisco General Hospital.

Police Chief Greg Suhr has described the death as a sad, tragic accident and said it was not clear if alcohol played a role.

The family said they have not heard directly from the city or the 49ers, but they were contacted by medical examiners on Sunday night.

Janet Hayes said the family has no plans to contact an attorney or pursue litigation.

“I refuse to think about that part right now,” she said. “That is way too negative and my son would be ashamed of that.”

Kevin was supposed to be the best man at his brother’s wedding this weekend, a celebration the family decided to go ahead with.

“If he were here, he’d be kicking our butts and telling us to stop crying and move on, we’ve got a wedding to celebrate,” Janet Hayes said. “He’d be overwhelmed by the love and support pouring in.”

The family has been 49ers season ticket holders since 1946, when the team was part of the All-America Football Conference. Kevin and Jeffrey Hayes had been going to games since they were babies. Last Sunday, as always, Kevin was wearing his 49ers cap and T-shirt, his parents said.

Kevin Hayes lived in Hayward, across San Francisco Bay from Candlestick Park, and worked as a welder and machinist. He grew up in San Mateo, attending Hillsdale and Aragon high schools and Chabot College.

Dennis Hayes stressed that responders did all they could to help his son, and the family was thankful for their efforts.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Cross Country Starts With Army Both Cornell teams will open the season competing against Army has been training hard and even though it’s the first meet we are excited to see what the outcome This Friday, the Cornell men will be.”

The Red looks to continue to and women’s Cross Country team look to kick off the 2013-2014 sea- develop as a team and build on son with a home race against Army. momentum from last year. Cornell The Red will compete at the does understand, however, that Moakley Course in Ithaca (its Army is a tough squad to face first home course) for the first time this and it must be taken very seriously in order to have success. year.

This past offseason the Red has Both teams looks to emphasize this season that the Red is a threat made tremendous strides throughout the sumon the namer in order to tional level “The team feels pretty themplace and can sucselves in an cessfully comgood going into Army. We extremely compete with the think that our team has petitive situabest teams. tion this seaThe Red been training hard.” son. looks to start “The off the season out Max Groves season preparawith a tion has been t re m e n d o u s first race. When asked how the one of the best in recent years, the team felt going into the first race of team as a whole was very dedicated the year, senior Max Groves said, to running and working out this “The team feels pretty good going summer. We think [and] hope that into Army. We think that our team will show up this season in the

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results” Groves said.

Though the Red looks to have a strong season from day one, it has a long season ahead. The teams will train throughout the fall and hopes it will only continue to get stronger and faster as the season moves forward.

“We see the season playing out differently from past seasons, we are looking to get a strong start to the season but we are also looking to develop and make progress throughout the season. We are trying to get better as the season moves along,” Groves said. “We have a different schedule than recent years [featuring] more top of the line national talent and we intend to prove that we can hang with these teams.”

With the fact that the runners are in tip-top shape, the Red is ready to start the season off in a positive manner with a win.

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Get it done | Senior captain Max Groves, along with both John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun.com.

Cornell cross country squads, prepare to face off against Army in the first race of the fall season.

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“We certainly expect all of them to be able to contribute right away in a lot of different areas, both in singles and doubles, as well as push[ing] the team in practice every day for everyone else on the team to get better,” Stevens said. “They’re very good players and we definitely expect a lot of each of them to contribute to [our] success.”

Young expects the new blood to make a large impact on the team from the get go.

“I think they’re going to make a big impact in the lineup right away,” Young said. “They have a lot of experience in junior tennis, which will definitely play a huge part in our dual matches.”

In terms of what the Red gained from its results last year, Coach Stevens says a newfound confidence will surely impact the women both this weekend at the Fall Invitational and throughout the rest of the season.

“I think the lesson that the team has learned is that we can compete and beat any other team in the conference. Our goal is to move up in the conference even more this year.

I think the girls are definitely heading into the season with more confidence,” Stevens said.

“We know we have a lot of work to do, but based on last year’s season … we can pick up hopefully where we left off and keep moving forward.”

Young added that keeping up with the little things will ensure that the Red has a successful season.

“Our biggest thing is doing all the little things right, whether its getting, you know, the extra lift in or just jogging in between points in doubles,” she said. “I think just doing all the little things right is what made the difference in our season last year and I think it will make the difference even more this year.”

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teams as they stood with their hands over their chests. When it reached Mets’ manager Bobby Valentine, every New Yorker watching in their living rooms saw his signature smile light up their television screen. “My thoughts at the time, now that I think about it, were that if anybody was going to see me they were going to see me being joyful and being proud,” Valentine said later. Valentine’s iconic smile set the tone for a game that has been ingrained in the memory of every New Yorker.

Down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Mets’ catcher Mike Piazza came to the plate against Braves reliever Steve Karsay. He took the first fastball for a strike. The Met great then took Karsay’s next pitch to the deepest part of the ballpark, giving the home team a one-run lead. Shea Stadium erupted, a sea of American flags and waving hands shimmering in the reflection of the floodlights that set Queens on fire that night. “People

wanted to find refuge in baseball, in a Crowther saved that day will always crowd, in being around other people,” remember his face, will always Piazza said. “It has a tendency to kind remember the red bandanna he kept of ease the pain a little bit when you in his pocket. Some of us will remember a baseball landing over the left have that support group.” center field fence, I have seen that some the smile of homerun replayed We can choose to a proud manager. hundreds of times.

Some will rememIt is easy to watch remember the simple ber the feeling of that video and say impact of a baseball watching their son Mike Piazza was the hero of the game or the impact of the walk through the front door, others night. It is even heroes who lost will remember easier to say that their lives. that door never baseball provided opening.

I’ll an escape for New always remember Yorkers when they needed it most. It is much more diffi- the flags at half-mast, the slowly burncult, though, to watch the parents of ing candles on every corner, the Welles Crowther tell the story of their charred office paper that fell like black 24 year old son’s death. “I still weep snow and covered the dusty sidewalks. every day for my son. He was my best We can choose to remember the simfriend,” Crowther’s father says in the ple impact of a baseball game, or the impact of the heroes who lost their video. There is no escape for them.

I guess the way we treat September lives. Either way, these memories are 11 every year depends on how we what give us strength. remember and what we want to remember, because I don’t think it is Scott Chiusano can be reached at wonderpossible to forget. The twelve people boy@cornellsun.com.

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these games as we would any other game knowing that we'll have to perform our best to come out on top.”

The tournament starts on Friday with Cornell taking on Cal State Fullerton at 8 p.m. before heading into a matchup against Loyola Marymount on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

“Playing on Berman gives us a little more of an advantage compared to

playing on the road. We games of the Classic. don't have to deal with The C.U. Inaria Classic playing after traveling and has historically been pretty we are used to the surface,” successful for Cornell. In Slogic said. “It will also its first go around, Cornell help havtook home ing the “It’s my favorite time of the win h o m e the year with the first da e ff e at t ien gr c r o w d game.” there to Hofstra cheer us and Long Jake Rinow on.”

Island Colgate University. will also join the fun and is The Red also won last set to play Loyola year's tournament, which Marymount on Friday and was cut short because of Cal State Fullerton on weather, based on its headSunday in the two other to-head result against

Wofford, where Cornell came out on top, 2-1, thanks to clutch goals from Slogic.

“Being at home is great.

It’s always the best feeling playing under the lights.

It’s every college player’s dream to play Friday nights under the lights in front of thousands of fans. I am super excited. It’s my favorite time of the year with the first game,” Rinow said.

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C.U. Looks Ahead to Two Games

With first games at home, kickers prepare to win both

— jack of all trades player, [and] he’s kind of everywhere,” senior captain Jake Rinow said.

The victory was the only one for the weekend The men’s soccer team came out of last weekend and gave the Red some extra bling to add to its trowith a win plus a tie and as the victors of the 37th phy case.

“Going into the Hartwick game, we knew we annual Mayor’s Cup. Not only did Cornell take home the title in the longest-running Division I needed a win. It was a really intense game and men’s soccer tournament, but it also opened up its Hartwick has a very good team this year. Obviously, it came down to double overfall season on a positive note. time and we came out with a “I'm proud of how our “I’m proud of how our win,” Rinow said. “We all squad performed last weeksquad performed last talked about how important end,” said senior captain weekend.” that type of win is early in the Patrick Slogic. “Those were season to go on with the rest also our first games of the seaPatrick Slogic of the season in a positive son, so being able to develop light. We were just ecstatic chemistry quickly and play against teams who already played multiple games about that win.”

Heading off of a dramatic O.T. win, the Red will was great to see.”

The win over Hartwick on Sunday was more come home this weekend for the third annual C.U. than just a nail biter; it was also a chance for junior Inaria Classic.

“We aren’t looking at any past results coming Connor Goepel to show off his stuff. The midfielder snuck a goal in double overtime as the opposing into the weekend. We are a slightly different team, goalie was caught out of position and Goepel scored. and we don’t know how those teams have changed “Connor got hurt midway through the season over the past year,” Slogic said. “We are looking at last year, [but] he had a pretty standout season last See MEN’S SOCCER page 15 year. He got six goals. Connor is a dangerous player

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Sun Sports Editor

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Women’s Tennis Prepares to Open Season at Fall Invitational

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s tennis team opens its 2013-2014 season with newfound confidence after finishing last year with a program record of 14 victories. The annual Cornell Fall Invitational will begin on Friday at the Reis Tennis Center, and the Red’s positive results from last season will likely be a factor in its performance both this weekend and in its upcoming season.

Head coach Mike Stevens emphasized that despite the success the women had last year, there is still plenty of room for improvement

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Stepping up and taking charge | Senior captain Ryann Young looks to this weekend as the women’s tennis team starts play.

before the Ivy League season begins.

“We just want to see how everyone comes out the first weekend and evaluate each player on their matches, see what each of the nine different players need to work on individually in their games, so we can work on those things in practices,” Stevens said. “It’ll be good to have five other teams coming in and get some matches against other teams besides just playing each other in practice every day. Our goal every week is to evaluate how the players are doing, based on their matches and pick out the things they need to work on, and improve upon, during the following week of practice.”

Although the team is a young one this year — there are only four upperclassmen compared to the combined six freshmen and sophomores — Stevens’ expectations for the Red have not changed despite his less-seasoned squad.

“Our expectations are the same as last year: to improve in the conference standing and hopefully win the Ivy League. That’s certainly our goal every year,” he said. “We should be able to pick it up right where we left off … and our goal is to focus on getting better every day this time of year, [so we can] really peak in the month of April in our conference matches.”

Senior captain Ryann Young reiterated that she does not think the age of her teammates will impact the Red’s chances this year.

“I think our freshmen are really strong and our sophomores are too — we saw that last year,” Young said. “Everyone is stepping up and trying to set a good example for the freshmen.

The returning players know what to expect and they know how to balance their time and everything, and [are] just helping the freshmen out.”

Stevens believes the Red’s newest recruits, freshmen Marika Cusick, Alexandra D’Ascenzo and Mia Jovanov, will benefit the team in match play as well as in less formally competitive settings.

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Home sweet home | The men’s soccer team will return to Berman Field this weekend for the C.U. Inaria Classic.

In an Empire State of Mind

n Wednesday night, my friend sent me an ESPN video called “Man in the Red Bandana.” It was a story about a former Boston College lacrosse player named Welles Crowther, who saved the lives of 12 people on September 11 before the South tower came down, taking his life with it.

My friend from Boston, told me he watches the video every year on 9/11. For some reason, I have always tried to shelter myself from these stories. Coming from a neigh-

live among people who were so willing to risk their lives. Proud to live in a city that could pick itself up the way it did. I watched that happen.

Every day in high school, we walked to baseball practice with the foundation of the Freedom Tower at our backs. And then when we came home from college for the first time, there it was, the towering frame of a building that had grown as we had grown, and it was as though we had missed that transformation because we had never thought to just turn and face it.

Scott Chiusano Who’ s on First? borhood in Brooklyn where most families had either a fireman or a cop in their house, I was afraid of hearing any more stories. My nursery school teacher who lost her son, my baseball teammate who lost his father, my neighbor who was never able to return to the fire department after that day. The street signs in remembrance of family members that had not made it out started to pop up on every other corner. All of that was real to me.

Still, I’m not sure why I was hesitant to watch the video. Shouldn’t stories like this make me proud?

Proud to be a New Yorker. Proud to

It wasn’t easy for the city to make that transformation, but I remember it starting with baseball. On Sept. 21, 2001, the New York Mets played the city’s first professional sports game since the attacks. A crowd of more than 41,000 came to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets take on their bitter division rivals — the Atlanta Braves — in the midst of a race to the top of the NL East.

But there was no sign of this animosity when the players lined up for the national anthem. The camera panned the solemn faces of both See CHIUSANO page 15