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“Cornell is really very fortunate to have the resources in the health center to monitor not just Ebola but all kinds of emerging threats.”

Dr. Kent Bullis

Univ.: Ebola Poses ‘NoThreat’to C.U. No study abroad programs affected

By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer

Beyond the call of duty | Burial team members walk to a Doctors Without Borders Ebola treatment facility after collecting several patients suspected of having Ebola is Monrovia, Liberia, earlier this month.

Though the Ebola virus continues to spread throughout West Africa, University officials say the illness poses no threat to student safety at Cornell.

Dr. Kent Bullis, medical director at Gannett Health Services, said the quality of health care facilities and training in the United States, in addition to the characteristics of the Ebola virus, make the possibility of an epidemic “extraordinarily unlikely.”

“As frightening as Ebola is, one of the convenient things about it for healthcare purposes is that people are not contagious See EBOLA page 4

CongressVotes for Military toTrain Rebels Against Islamic State WASHINGTON (AP) — In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic State militants Thursday night, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago.

The 78-22 Senate vote sent Obama legislation that also provides funding for the government after the end of the budget year on Sept. 30, eliminating any threat of a shutdown. The House approved the bill on Wednesday.

In an appearance at the White House soon after the vote, Obama said he was pleased that a majority of both

Republicans and Democrats had supported the legislation.

“I believe we’re strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together.”

President Barack Obama “I believe we’re strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together,” he said. Noting the

killing of two Americans by the Islamic State group, he said that “as Americans we do not give in to fear” and would not be put off by such brutal tactics.

In the Senate, 44 Democrats, 33 Republicans and one independent voted for the bill, while nine Democrats, 12 Republicans and one independent opposed it.

The issue created new fault lines for this fall’s elections for control of the Senate as well as the 2016 race for the White House.

“Intervention that destabilizes the Middle East is a See ISLAMIC STATE page 5

S.A. Candidates Talk Waffle Frolic Will Expand Next Month Platforms at Debate

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE

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By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Twenty candidates vying for seats on the Student Assembly gathered for a candidate debate Thursday where they discussed their stances on topics including Greek life, hazing policies, past S.A. resolutions and TCAT bus passes.

Ouf of the 20 candidates, 14 were running for four freshman representative positions; four for one transfer representative position; and one each for the LGBTQ and Arts and Sciences representative positions.

The candidates went around the table, introducing themselves and explaining why they were running

for the S.A. Many, like Leor Ginzburg ’18, said that they want to serve as a voice for the student body.

“I would like to run for freshman rep because I would like to make sure that no student is left behind and no weekend is left unenjoyed,” Ginzburg said. “I would like to increase student input and feedback and increase support programs through Gannett and Tatkon Center for freshmen.”

After the round of introductions, the candidates answered a different question asked by the facilitators, Jennifer Kim ’16 and Nick Rasch ’15, president and external vice president of the Cornell Forensics Society, See DEBATE page 5

Downtown eatery Waffle Frolic will expand its space into the adjacent building, which will provide the restaurant with more seating and a venue for local artists.

Once construction is complete, the eatery will be better equipped to handle increasing foot-traffic, according to Alexis Randall, owner of Waffle Frolic. Randall added that she hopes construction will be completed by the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival on Oct. 3.

“My hope is that everyone likes it,” Randall said. “My whole drive was creating a space that I wish I had when I was in college.”

The new space for Waffle Frolic will not be one solely for eating waffles, but also as a venue for local artists, according to Randall.

“I just sort of want to go back to what my initial vision was, having small performances and open mic night,” Randall said. “The space will really make it enjoyable for the performer and audience.”

Tyler Pearson, an employee at Waffle Frolic, said he hopes the coffeehouse-like atmosphere of the addition will attract more customers as both a leisure space and work environment.

“I hope the people will be a lot more receptive in staying to eat

and hanging out and using this environment as work instead of just a busy waffle house,” Pearson said.

Built-in countertops — with cutouts for laptop cords — side See EXPANSION page 4

CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Wonder waffles | Waffle Frolic will expand into the adjacent space when construction is completed by Oct. 3.

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Quotes of the Week News, “Forty-Six-Foot Tall Needle Sculpture Rises Over Arts Quad,” Monday Speaking about the structure that is part of Cornell’s Council for the Arts biennial celebration “It was bizarre. I just walked out of class and saw this huge pointy tower that hadn’t been there an hour ago.”

Richard Wu ’18

Opinion, “In the Towers’ Shadow: 9/11, ISIS and Our Generations’ Identity,” Tuesday Speaking about the effect of September 11, 2011 on our generational psyche “No one would gain anything from a column recounting my experiences as a third grader from the New York area — our collective memory is already saturated with tales of frantic phones and smoke rising at the edge of the horizon. What I find much more interesting, however, is how much our generational psyche has shifted ... since that single, terrifying, elementary school morning of unity.”

Jacob Glick ’15 News, “Public Health Major Now Offered at Cornell,” Wednesday Speaking about the need to address rising student interest in the fields of public and global health “We have a lot of students that are interested in health but the programs that were available in terms of formalized majors weren’t really focused in the areas of public health or global health.”

Prof. Robert Parker, nutritional sciences

News, “Alumni: Murphy ‘Genuinely Cares’ for Cornell Student Body,” Thursday Speaking about his gratefulness for what Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94 has brought to Cornell “Some of my most valuable life lessons came from shadowing her. She will prioritize the needs of every single student if she has to. That level of selflessness is something I’ve rarely seen and it’s why I respect her so much.”

Ihsan Kabir ’14

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Faculty Present Academic Technologies at Symposium for giving indoor tours at a distance and can allow students who cannot physically get to class attend their classes,” said Cornell faculty members gathered for Patrice Prusko, instructional support an academic technology fair Thursday specialist for Academic Technologies.

The purpose of Thursday’s fair was to afternoon, where they presented on new technologies they have used for instruc- showcase the variety of different classroom technologies available to Cornell’s tion and research.

At the event, faculty presented professors and faculty, according to ePortfolios, a digital collection of infor- Marina Tokman, instructional support mation used to demonstrate develop- specialist for Academic Technologies, ment or evidences in learning outcomes, who helped to organize the event.

“We are here to make sure that faculty skills or competencies; Panopto, a program that synchronizes lecture video have whatever they need in terms of technology for their with its slideshow teaching,” Tokman presentation; “We are here to make said.

Blackboard’s updated sure that faculty have Rick Evans, the quizzing feature; and first to present at the Webex, a webinar whatever they need in event and senior lecapplication for online director of class collaboration. terms of technology for Cturero and r n e l l ’ s The event — their teaching.”

Engineering which was hosted by Communications Academic the Marina Tokman Program, spoke Technologies group of about how he uses IT@Cornell — also showcased “Rosie the Robot,” a remotely ePortfolios to help students effectively controlled, mobile teleconferencing sys- communicate the skillsets they acquire tem that looks like a Segway with an from coursework, rather than solely emphasizing what they have studied. iPad mounted on top.

“It is hard for [students] to stop talk“The robot can potentially be used

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High tech | Bernie Randles of Cornell Academic Technologies and Kathryn Dimiduk ’79 discuss the presentations faculty members gave at the Academic Technology Fair Thursday.

ing about what they have learned and start talking about what they can do,” he said. “I have set up [my] course to allow for that — [ePortfolios] becomes a physical manifestation of that.”

Prof. Mark Sarvary, neurobiology and behavior, presented on how he uses Panopto to capture video and the slideshows of his Biology 1500: Investigative Biology Laboratory course.

“There has been a lot of positive feedback from our students about Panopto,” he said.

Sarvary added that his students use Panopto to review difficult concepts that they did not initially understand in lec-

ture.

Around 75 professors attended the academic technology fair throughout the course of the afternoon, according to Prusko.

The event also featured a “Technology Test Kitchen,” a room where instructional technologists were on hand to answer questions about existing services or to explore new classroom or instructional technologies available to the Cornell community.

Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun.com.

Percentage of Princeton Pell Grant Recipients Gradually Increasing

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Margo Motulsky ’16 donates blood at the blood drive sponsored by Phi Psi, Pi Beta Phi, Delta Sigma Pi and the Golden Key Society Thursday.

PRINCETON, N.J. (UWire) — The percentage of Pell Grant recipients on campus is steadily rising, according to Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Robin Moscato.

The percentage of Pell Grant recipients in the Class of 2018 is 18 percent.

In 2008, nine percent of the student body was a Pell Grant recipient; in 2012 the number had increased to 13 percent.

This announcement comes after a ranking in The New York Times’ “The Upshot,” in which the University was named the 34th most economically diverse top college.

The list ranked colleges whose four-year graduation rate is higher than 75 percent by their commitment to lower-income students.

According to the Times article, the level of commitment is numerically expressed through a College Access Index, which is based on the percentage of freshmen in the past three academic years who are Pell Grant recipients, and on the average net cost of attendance in the past academic year for students whose families’ yearly income is between $30,000 and $48,000.

The Pell Grant is one of the

largest federal financial aid programs, and its recipients are from households in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution.

Student loans and work-study jobs are included in the average net cost of attendance.

On average, the University costs $5,400 per year for low and middle-income families after financial aid. The University was the first in the nation in 2001 to establish a no-loan policy, in which loans are replaced by grant aid that students do not pay back.

“In general, it’s very hard to get low-income students to apply to prestigious colleges for various reasons,” Pell Grant recipient Brittney Watkins ’16 said.

“People aren’t aware that it could be cheaper than going to other schools in their area.”

Ana Maldonado ’16, another Pell Grant Recipient, also noted that some students from lowerincome families are not aware of the financial aid program.

Moscato, who spoke on behalf of other University administrators contacted, said that the University has been making efforts to publicize the financial aid program by working with organizations such as QuestBridge, which helps link low-income students with univer-

sities and other opportunities.

“Part of that process is helping [students from lower-income families] understand the way our financial aid program works, and how it would make Princeton one of their most affordable options,” Moscato stated.

She also noted that using the Pell Grant as a measure for economic diversity is restrictive. For example, international students from lower-income families are not Pell-eligible and therefore not counted in the measure. A third of the Class of 2018 comes from families with incomes under $100,000, she said.

“I believe that, by most measures, people would not consider that to be wealthy,” she said. “But they’re not qualified for a Pell Grant.”

“The Upshot” admits that the “biggest downside of using the Pell grant as a measure is that it treats students just above the threshold as no different from affluent students.” The blog also states, however, that in general, a large percentage of Pell Grant recipients is an indicator of an economically diverse campus.

This story originally appeared in The Daily Princetonian Thursday.

Burning Question If you could put a piece of art on campus, what would it look like?

“It would be in the form of a giant trampoline 100 feet in diameter. People should be allowed to relieve their stress, ya know.”

— Bounce ’16

“Like God himself.”

— More Than Lifesize ’17 “Nap pods — what every college student needs.”

— Forever Sleepy ’15 “Anything from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.”

— Intergalactic ’16

“More 40-foot-tall needle structures.

I want more of them.”

— Okay Then ’15

“A large Tyrannosaurus Rex. Does that count as art?”

— Rawr ’16 — Compiled by Annie Bui

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Univ.:Ebola Has Not Affected Study Abroad EBOLA

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until after they’ve developed symptoms,” Bullis said.

Bullis said Gannett made contact with students they were able to identify as having been in West Africa over the summer or as arriving from West Africa for the school year to offer information and resources regarding the virus, which is only transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.

According to The Washington Post, some American colleges have chosen to medically evaluate students arriving from countries affected by Ebola, a move that Cornell officials said they considered but decided against.

“We got such a positive and helpful response from the students that we reached out to,” Bullis said. “Based on that entire experience, we did not end up insisting that anyone come in for evaluation.”

Bullis said that in the event a person comes into Gannett with a fever, they are asked whether they have travelled to countries with CDC travel warnings and, if they have, are further evaluated in a safe room.

“Cornell is really very fortunate to have the resources in the health center to monitor not just Ebola but all kinds of emerging threats,” Bullis said.

Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations for Gannett, said she praised the efforts of Gannett as well as the Cornell Abroad office and the registrar’s office for their roles in the effort to reach out to students with ties to the affected areas.

“We were on this early. We’ve had a history of experience with emerging public health situations,” she said. “It was a proactive outreach that predated [the students’] arrival on campus.”

Alexis Santi, coordinator of travel safety for Cornell Study Abroad, said the ongoing crisis has not had an effect on the University’s study abroad offerings.

“The countries that are affected are Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone,” Santi said. “In all of those areas we have no standing programs, study abroad ventures, semester long programs or short term programs.”

Though there are no official Cornell study abroad programs in the affected areas, Santi said there were three Cornell researchers working in West Africa over the summer.

“Their trips were approved in May and once the outbreak happened we were in constant communication with them about what they wanted to do and what they were hearing on the ground,” Santi said.

Dave Janeczek can be reached at djaneczek@cornellsun.com.

Waffle Frolic Eatery Expansion Began in May EXPANSION

initially was just having had this idea for something I wanted to do in the future at some point,” she the newly renovated space, creat- said. “But then for different reaing the ideal workspace for cus- sons, it was kinda like, why wait ... tomers, accordwhen I will have ing to Randall. so much more to “It was a great The new addiworry about?” tion will be qui- opportunity to ... really Between the eter as it is closed know what our market Waffle Frolic off from the rest expansion and is going to be.” of the eatery. the impending Construction completion of Alexis Randall on this project the construction began in early of the Commons May, Randall said. From then next spring, Randall said she is until August, workers and employ- optimistic for the future of Waffle ees worked continuously through- Frolic, saying that foot traffic will out the summer to complete the be at an all-time high. renovation.

She also said she plans on capiRandall added that there were a talizing on the increased traffic by lot of obstacles along the way, but using the new space for large events that she was able to accomplish and by creating more Waffle Frolic everything with the help of her merchandise such as t-shirts, employees, neighbors and parents. reusable coffee mugs and some of “It was a really great opportuni- their trademark food items. ty to start from scratch and really For now, however, Randall said know what our market is going to she wants to focus on finishing the be,” Randall said. expansion so she can work on When Randall opened Waffle other projects she has in mind for Frolic four years ago, she said she the eatery. never could have imagined its future success.

Samantha Acriche can be reached “A lot opening Waffle Frolic at spa39@cornell.edu.

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Obama Praises Support of Legislation Austin-Bound ISLAMIC STATE Continued from page 1

mistake. And yet, here we are again, wading into a civil war,” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. laying down a marker for Republican presidential primaries still more than a year distant.

Sen. Mark Begich, in a difficult reelection campaign, said, “I disagree with my president” on the wisdom of having the U.S. military become involved. “It is time for the Arab countries to step up and get over their regional differences” and be more aggressive in the fight against terrorists, the Alaska Democrat said, drawing a quick rebuttal from Republican rival Dan Sullivan.

Combining approval for aid to the rebels with funds to prevent a government shutdown into a single vote made it difficult to measure support for Obama’s new military mission.

For a second straight day, the administration dispatched top-ranking officials to reassure lawmakers — and the public — that no U.S. ground combat operation was in the offing.

Obama made the same promise in an Pentagon deploy airstrikes against address to the nation eight days ago lay- Islamic fighters in Syria as well as in ing out his new policy — and repeated Iraq. it Thursday night. His new strategy From halfway around the world includes increased airstrikes in Iraq and came a chilling reminder from militants the possibility of strikes in Syria. who already have overrun parts of Syria Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told and Iraq and beheaded three one House committee that Obama “is Westerners. This time, the Islamic State not going to order group released a American combat “Iraq was a mistake. I video showing a ground forces into that British journalist was mislead and I area.” who said he was their prisoner.

Appearing before a voted wrong.”

In Washington, different panel, Harry Reid leaders in both politSecretary of State John ical parties supported Kerry said the adminthe Senate legislation, istration understands the danger of a “slippery slope.” The draining the debate of all suspense.

Asked about approving Obama’s term was widely used a half-century ago as the United States slid ever deeper plan in the wake of the war in Iraq, into a Vietnam war that eventually left Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “Iraq was a mistake. I was misled more than 50,000 U.S. troops dead.

Obama’s general plan is to have U.S. and I voted wrong. But this is not Iraq, troops train Syrian rebels at camps in this is a totally different thing.”

Senate Republican Leader Mitch Saudi Arabia, a process that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. McConnell also favored the legislation, Martin Dempsey, said could take a year. yet said it must be followed by a top-toThe president already has said he bottom review of the administration’s will use existing authority to have the global military strategy.

Flight Evacuated

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A JetBlue airliner that experienced engine problems soon after takeoff returned to the Long Beach Airport on Thursday after smoke filled the cabin and passengers evacuated onto the runway using the plane’s emergency slides.

None of the 142 passengers and five crew members was injured during the evacuation, though medical personnel tended to three passengers at the scene and one other was taken to a hospital for observation, airport spokeswoman Cassie PerezHarmison said.

Flight 1416 was bound for Austin, Texas, when the crew declared an emergency after an “overheat warning” for one of its two engines, she said.

One of the passengers, Dean Delbaugh, said that about 10 minutes into the flight, he heard a pop, felt a weird vibration and then smelled an odd stench. Delbaugh was flying to Austin to visit inlaws with his new wife.

“Smoke came billowing out of the air vents and filled up the cabin in about 10 to 15 seconds,” Delbaugh said by telephone from his home in Dana Point. “The fumes were ridiculous. I can still kind of taste them in my mouth.”

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respectively.

Many of the candidates expressed support for increased communication, unity and transparency on campus in their answers.

Peter Biedenweg ’17, a candidate for the transfer representative position, said he wanted to promote campus communication.

“The two main things I would like to promote as a transfer representative is more communication amongst students ... and promoting information to new transfers so that they can better understand what they can get out of their experience here,” Biedenweg said.

Rasch asked David Vakili ’16, a candidate for the Arts and Sciences representative, for his opinion on whether the S.A.’s decision in April to table Resolution 72 — which urged Cornell to to divest from companies that “profit from the

Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories” — was the right decision.

“The student body as diverse as Cornell will inevitably have conflict of opinions and interest,” Vakili said. “We have to take up the challenge and create a climate where students of all backgrounds can espouse our values and there is communication between all groups. The tabling of the resolution is not in the interest of communication.”

When asked what the biggest issue facing the LGBT community at Cornell was, Philip Titcomb ’17 said “discrimination and bias.”

Titcomb — who is running for LGBTQ representative —

suggested reforming policy 6.4, a University policy titled “Prohibited Discrimination, Protected-Status Harassment, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault and Violence.”

Titcomb said the policy is “not accurate in defining bias and it is not helpful for queer people.”

After each candidate answered one or two questions, the audience members were given the chance to ask a few questions.

Addressing the freshman and transfer student candidates, Yamini Bhandari ’17, S.A. vice president of outreach and women’s representative, brought up the issue of the University administration’s decision to

increase its subsidies to TCAT to reflect a $1 per ride.

The candidates supported continuing the bus passes and offered suggestions to address the financial issue.

“We pay $60,000 to go here.

I think we should have bus passes,” said Mitchell McBride ’17, a candidate for the transfer representative position.

Gabe Kaufman ’18 also said he supported the bus passes and proposed offering the bus passes only for certain months.

“You can’t uncontrollably spend your money. But it could make the most sense to offer the bus passes during winter months,” Kaufman said.

The candidates also proposed holding office hours, actively

meeting with their constituents, and creating an online platform for students to discuss S.A.’s resolutions.

Kushagra Aniket ’15, S.A. director of elections, said he was encouraged by the high turnout for the candidate debate, which was attended by at least 50 students.

“It not only shows that student interest in shared government has increased but also that better strategy and management practices can prove to be successful in generating interest in campus elections,” he said.

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

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C O R N E L L’ S T O P CAREER FAIR BOOTHS This week, Cornell Career Services hosted its annual University Career Fair Days, where almost 300 companies came to campus over two days to allow hopeful, jobless students to at least pretend they can get a job by running around Barton Hall in a suit. We at The Sun were among those students, so we had to send our hard-working Berry Patch reporters — who only went to the Career Fair to get the free swag — to see which booths were ultimately the most popular.

Anything Banking Related: Being the pre-professional students that we are, it is not unbelievable that banking and financial services companies were a popular spot. With the work hard, play hard mentality, students flock to this lucrative path post-graduation. The release of The Wolf of Wall Street probably didn’t hurt either. See: Consulting.

Consulting: See: Anything Banking Related.

Snapchat: One of the most popular social media apps of our generation, Snapchat would be one of our personal favorites at The Sun. The only problem is that we do not have any applicable technical skills to work there. So we are still looking for the job where we can name Instagram filters.

Anything Food Related: With Chipotle giving out free chips and guacamole, they knew their audience and they worked it. Students flocked to the booth, resumes flying everywhere, even after they heard that they were recruiting for cashiers (at least, that’s what we heard, but we don’t hate it). Other popular programs included the Domino’s Leadership Development Program — hello, free pizza — and Burger King Corporate Headquarters in Miami, Florida. Food and sun, what else could you want?

While there were many great companies at the career fair — only a few of which we could highlight here — we would also like to throw in a shameless plug for our seniors: Hire us please?

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s someone who spent four years in the authors and argue that ‘homosexuality is the Cornell Democrats and found immoral’ (Leviticus 20:13) or that ‘women myself positioned contrary to Julius should be submissive to their husbands’ Kairey on multiple occasions for debates, I (Colossians 13:8) because The Bible says so, am quite astounded to find myself feeling that they would treat such a person with the compelled to come to his defense. In the exact same contempt and derisiveness with recent article “Rejecting Islamophobia, which they regard Kairey. I have no doubt Rejecting Racism,” Kairey was subjected to that they would say to that person, “homoa critique of his article “Islamophobia and sexuality is not wrong, and if The Bible says Racism” which clearly made little if any that, The Bible is wrong.” I have no doubt attempt to engage with the actual content of that they would not feel compelled to temhis article. Instead, the authors seemed con- per their criticism of such a view for fear of tent to exaggerate and mischaracterize his persecuting female Christians, Christians of work, accusing him of holding racist and color or for fear of making young Christian bigoted views that he clearly repudiates, and students feel that they are pressured to make moreover accusing him of being a bigot clear that they are “Good Christians.” himself.

Clearly the authors would reject a cultural In his work, Kairey gives multiple defin- relativist framework which said “it may itions of Islamophobia, and argues that one seem that these white males are homophobic such definition, “well-grounded criticism of and misogynist because their religion Islam as a religious ideology” is unreason- enjoins them to be so, but there are also a able. That is it. Kairey does not argue that variety of other factors which contribute Islamophobia, understood to mean “preju- heavily to their homophobia and misogyny. dice, hatred and fear of not only Muslims, As such, and it would be bigoted and racist, but those who are radicalized as ‘Muslim’ in or to treat Christians as a Monolith, or to be a post 9/11 world” is reasonable or desirable. a cultural supremacist, to tell them otherHe does not argue wise.” that “Islam itself is the There is room to root cause of terrordisagree with Kairey.

Clearly we ought to be ism, the oppression of Perhaps it might women, or irreconcilactually be the case careful in the criticism we able cultural differthat the content of ences.” He does not the Quran or the fact lay towards foreign cultures that argue that Muslims many people are “inherently antibelieve the content of and ideologies; it is far too woman.” He does not the Quran is the litenjoin young Muslims eral word of God easy to fall into the trap of to “prove themselves actually has absoluteto be ‘good Muslims.’” ly nothing to do with “inherent cultural And he does not in the misogyny, homosuperiority”and bigotry. any way argue or even phobia, etc. that can imply that “students be found in the of color should feel Muslim world. It silenced when a white man tailors the defin- could very well be the case that most of these ition of racism to suite his own hateful ide- problems are not the result of what people ology.” All of these critiques are leveled at believe and why they believe it, but rather Kairey, and yet it should be clear to anyone mostly the fault of ‘the west’ or ‘the white who actually read his article that none of man.’ However, I think it is reasonable, or at these critiques are appropriate responses to the very least not bigoted or racist, to conwhat he said. clude otherwise. As homophobia and In his article, Kairey argues that tradi- misogyny at home can be explained in part tional notions of Islamophobia ought not to by the homophobic and misogynistic conapply to instances of “well-grounded criti- tent of the Christian religion, among others, cism of Islam as a religious ideology.” It is I think it is reasonable to conclude that true that in his article he could have done homophobia and misogyny abroad in more to make clear that there are other con- Muslim countries can be explained in part tributing factors to the systematic violence by the homophobic (7:80-81) and misogyand oppression that characterizes life in nistic (2:222) content of the Quran. Clearly many Muslim countries, much of which the we ought to be careful in the criticism we lay U.S. bears a great deal of responsibility for. towards foreign cultures and ideologies; it is However, to recognize that religious ideolo- far too easy to fall into the trap of “inherent gy is a significant contributing factor to the cultural superiority” and bigotry. The behavior of the people who follow that ide- authors of “Rejecting Racism, Rejecting ology, and to reject cultural relativism, is a Islamophobia” are certainly motivated by a far cry from endorsing bigotry as a valid and genuine desire to protect others from such viable worldview. bigotry. Their hearts are in the right place, There is little doubt in my mind that the but this does not excuse blatant intellectual authors of “Rejecting Islamophobia, dishonesty, nor is it compassion to ignore Rejecting Racism” would agree with much the plight of oppressed people abroad out of of what Kairey has argued had he argued the guilt for the actions of one’s home country. same views and applied them against the religious ideologies present among many Dalton Vieira graduated in 2014 from the “white males” such as the authors so deri- College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at sively refer to. That is, I have no doubt that dvieira1992@yahoo.com. Guest Room appears should any white Christian male come up to periodically this semester.

CORRECTIONS The caption of a Sept. 18 photo candid incorrectly identified the Congressional candidate Martha Robertson ’75.

CLARIFICATION In a Sept. 17 Science story, “The Scientist: Lisa Kaltenegger,” it was misstated that every star in the universe has at least one planet. In fact, every second star — a type of star — in the universe has at least one planet.

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Amrapalli Satpathy |

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A Socio-Religious Understanding of the Politics of Female Education in Iran

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ast month, an Iranian professor of mathematics at Stanford University, Maryam Mirzakhani, became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal. In doing so, she has not only earned laurels from various sources all over the world but also earned applause from Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s President. President Rouhani has heaped praise upon Mirzakhani, who, the President said, has made “us Iranians very proud.”

Mirzakhani was born and raised in Iran and came to the United States in 1999 to study at Harvard. Being a highly educated Iranian woman is actually quite the norm. According to UNESCO, Iran has the highest ratio of female to male undergraduates in the world.

But it hasn’t been easy for women pursuing higher education in Iran for some time now. In 2012, 36 universities banned women from 77 majors, including nuclear physics, oil engineering and counseling. One of the explanations for the ban was that Iranian women holding those degrees have trouble finding employment. The policy has found criticism worldwide, fueling debates that Iranian officials actually want to bring the share of women in universities below 50 percent. Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi condemned this policy as a measure “which tries to return women to the private domain inside the home as it cannot tolerate their passionate presence in the public arena.”

Gender-based discrimination is a devastating reality that affects countless women in the Middle East, and, more often than not, the perpetrators take refuge by proclaiming religious sanction behind such discrimination.

Indeed, gender inequality is a common accusation made against Islam, and a disparity in educational opportunities between men and women in many Muslim countries is often cited as a primary example of this. A study of the Holy Qur’an, however, brings to light the very fact that the first revelation upon the Holy Prophet contained the commandment “to read,” which speaks volumes of the emphasis Islam lays on education. The importance and excellence of knowledge has been highlighted both directly and indirectly in over five hundred places in the Holy Qur’an. Indeed one of the essential duties and responsibilities of the Holy Prophet was the dissemination of knowledge and wisdom to all.

“Likewise, We have sent you (Our) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) from amongst yourselves who recites to you Our Revelations and purifies and sanctifies (your hearts and ill-commanding selves) and teaches you the Book and inculcates in you logic and wisdom and enlightens you (on the mysteries of spiritual gnosis and divine truth) which you did not know. [al-Baqara, 2:151.]”

The Holy Prophet said: “Acquisition of knowledge is binding on all Muslims (both men and women without any discrimination).” [Narrated

by Ibn Maja in al-Sunan, 1:81 §224.]

These and other verses inform the readers that receiving knowledge is a moral obligation on both men and women. The study of the life of the Holy Prophet also shows that he himself made special arrangements for the education and training of women. Islamic history is rife with highly educated women making important contributions to the then medieval society.

Khadijah Binte Khuwaylid, the first wife of Prophet Muhammad, was a wealthy tradeswoman and the richest woman in Mecca of that time.

Managing her large business necessitated having knowledge and wisdom.

Aishah Binte Abu Bakr, the youngest wife of Prophet Muhammad, was a Muslim scholar, who had a great love for learning and became known for her intelligence and sharp sense of judgment. Empress Scheherazade, the legendary Persian Queen and storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights, was widely credited as being the most learned woman of her time.

Thus, it is never religion that prohibits or limits knowledge for a specific gender. Rather it is patriarchy and the power play of gender politics, which governs such conduct. The significance of women’s access to higher education could mean that they could become more financially independent and empowered in a traditionally male-dominated society, which may very well scare political and religious leaders in Iran. Iranian women have worked hard to claim their rightful success in society, but in this traditionally sexist arena, it’s a tremendous task to keep up with that success.

The bonds of patriarchy are always hard to break, and highly educated women have been leaving Iran in search of academic freedom, better economic opportunity and improved quality of life. The country has suffered from a national “brain drain” because of this. Ultimately, the power to enact educational reforms to follow lines of gender equality lies within the state.

There was a time when Iran took steps to have an equally educated society and stood out as a nation committed to women’s education. Again the time has come for Iran to take important measures to keep educated people in Iran. People such as Mirzakhani, who, as President Rouhani said, made “us Iranians very proud.”

Amrapalli Satpathy is an LLM student at Cornell Law School. She may be reached at ats222@cornell.edu. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

Jake Forken |

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Don’t Blame the NFL

n July 24, the Rice rejected a plea ment for Rice sugN a t i o n a l deal that would have gests two possible F o o t b a l l spared him jail time, societal issues: Either League suspended pending participa- the running back Baltimore Ravens tion in probation and received special treatrunning back Ray anger management ment and an expeditRice for two games in courses. Instead, Rice ed process because he response to a video applied for and was was a superstar NFL leaked to the public granted access to a player or, and perby TMZ, which pretrial intervention haps more troubling, shows Rice dragging program that will the courts systematihis wife’s uncon- expunge the incident cally belittle the scious body from an from Rice’s record effects of domestic elevator at Revel upon completion. violence by failing to Casino in Atlantic Typically, the pro- adequately address City. While the gen- gram is used for non- these cases. eral public swiftly violent crimes as well The Center for condemned the as “victimless” Court Innovation actions of the NFL as crimes; a report from studied the effects of too lenient and Outside The Lines intervention prodemanded Rice be discovered that this grams for offenders further punished for program was in the Bronx and his transgressions, approved for less concluded that the much debate still than one percent of method is ineffective revolved around all domestic abuse in lowering recidiwhether the NFL had cases in New Jersey in vism rates. After sucseen the full video of the past three years. cessfully lobbying for the incident inside Despite Rice’s wife a bill to toughen the elevator and what not wishing to pro- penalties for domesthat tape would show ceed with the case, tic abusers, if it did in fact exist. prosecutor Diane Manhattan district That discussion ended on September 8, as TMZ Don’t blame the NFL. Blame the uncovered judicial system entrusted with the f u r t h e r responsibility of upholding justice and v i d e o s h o w i n g protecting the public. that Rice threw an explosive punch, Ruberton maintained attorney Cyrus Vance knocking his wife off that she was confi- Jr. claimed, her feet and into the dent in the prosecu- “Conviction seems to railing, rendering her tion’s ability to secure be one of the big unconscious. At this a conviction at trial deterrents.

Most point, the Ravens cut with the available evi- studies seem to sugRice from the team dence, not pending gest the more intruand the NFL issued on the victim testify- sive the sentence, the him an indefinite ing. lower the rate of suspension. The pubAfter interviewing recidivism.” lic still remains out- New Jersey defense Did the NFL raged at the initially lawyers and prosecu- address the Rice situhesitant reaction tors, New York Times ation in a timely and from the NFL — columnist David appropriate manner? their anger is mis- K o c i e n i e w s k i Certainly not. But guided. explains that the they eventually got it After prosecutors result of this domes- right. Rice is no presented Rice’s case tic abuse case wasn’t longer an NFL playto a grand jury, the exactly surprising — er. The league rightcharges were elevated jail time or other seri- fully changed their from simple assault ous legal conse- domestic violence to aggravated assault, quences are a rare policy — first time a charge that carries a penalty for domestic offenders will now five-year maximum violence cases. receive a six game prison sentence. Less The unexplainable suspension, while than a week later, lack of legal punish- anything further will

result in a lifetime ban. Albeit a sluggish and painful development, the NFL did everything they could to get it right.

Don’t blame the NFL. Blame the judicial system entrusted with the responsibility of upholding justice and protecting the public with allowing domestic violence cases to be continually swept under the rug and perpetrators to walk the streets and batter more women.

If the court system worked, Rice would have been in jail and the NFL would have had no part in deciding his punishment.

What does it say when we depend on a for-profit business to discipline offenders rather than on courts which are tasked with the sole responsibility of upholding justice and convicting criminals?

This is not an NFL problem. This is a societal problem. The punishments for violent domestic abusers are too lenient and allow far too many offenders to continue their cruelty. Yes, the NFL initially failed to properly discipline Rice, but they got it right in the end, while also ensuring future criminals will experience more stringent penalties.

It’s time the legal system does the same.

Jake Forken is a junior in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago

Over 200,000 people travel to Spain to walk El Camino de Santiago per year. What originated in the Middle Ages as a Christian pilgrimage to where the remains of St. James are said to lie is now a major tourist attraction for walkers and bikers of different beliefs from all over the world. The documentary Walking the Camino explores the significance of the pilgrimage in the 21st century by following six walkers on the 500-mile Camino Francés, the most popular route.

The documentary opens to twangy music and a scene of people walking barefoot to a backdrop of rolling plains beneath cloudy skies. Motives for walking differ: A young French mother hopes to become closer to her brother and to her Catholic faith; an elderly man walks to honor his late wife. A Brazilian woman feels like her life is falling apart and sees the walk as a new beginning. A fun-loving Portuguese man is doing it just because, saying it was either walking across a country or going to a beach and learning how to kite surf.

The pilgrims walk for 30 days through a mix of green pastures, paved roads, narrow mountain paths and small Spanish villages and cities, spending nights in hostels called albergues. A mix of scenic panoramas, candid footage and person-to-camera personal testimonies kept the documentary engaging, but integrated moments of silence allowed the viewer to experience the meditative state of walking for prolonged periods along with the pilgrims. The spiritual aspect to the journey and its religious roots cannot be ignored, but at the same time, part of the Camino seems to be about embracing the present: One of the older men contemplated, “There are moments when you think all of this is part of some big massive whole. And then other days I think it’s just a big bloody mess and I’m just happy to be walking here.”

However, the Camino is not a solitary hike in the wilderness — on the contrary, it is a social experience with a culture that fosters camaraderie and kindness between strangers — the documentary explains that you are never alone if you don’t want to be, and acts

of kindness range from carrying a tired COURTESY OF FUTURE EDUCATIONAL FILMS stranger’s bag for them to trading shoes with a friend in pain. “When you see someone that needs help in the Camino, do it,” said one man.

Physical pain seems to be the main obstacle to completing the walk: Very few people are accustomed to walking for the better part of each day while carrying a heavy pack, and, consequently, some are forced to slow down or risk injuring themselves further due to problems like tendonitis or shin splints. Blisters are a given, and walkers have to take measures to protect themselves from the blistering heat as well.

Almost all of the walkers reported experiencing some type of personal growth from the journey. The French woman realized that she had focused on telling the stories of individuals, yet could not develbeen hoping the trip would make her brother op these individuals as characters due to the nature of a into a better person, but that she instead documentary, made the personal testimony aspect fall a bit flat. became more accepting. A woman who had And while it’s a bit unfair to compare a fictional movie to a docbeen having much physical difficulty and fell umentary, I could not help but think that the movie The Way, in behind the other pilgrims who started at the which a jaded old man (Martin Sheen) walks the Camino in the Cornell same time learned not to be competitive and place of his son who died along the route, was more effective in compare herself to other people. Many of the conveying the same message through a story with more depth.

Cinema walkers shed more of their personal belong- Though for what it’s worth, Martin Sheen called Walking the ings as the walk progressed, learning that they Camino “A brilliant documentary.”

The documentary’s main strength lies in its depiction of the beaudon’t actually need nearly as much as they thought.

The stories were inspirational, but I wished there was a bit tiful scenery and kind-hearted people encountered along the path, and more to them. The cast members were all likeable, but a lot of the scenes that were most effective at inspiring were the ones that conwhat they said while on camera was rather cliché and predictable tained specific anecdotes and small moments rather than the grand and they spent too much time telling us what was already shown, statements. It left me feeling like maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea when I would have rather heard more about their backgrounds, to pack my bags one day and take such a trip myself. or have been exposed to a wider range of people instead. The documentary was largely a giant plug for how amazing and life Katie O’Brien is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can changing the Camino is, and the fact that the documentary was be reached at kobrien@cornellsun.com.

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Eating, Laughing and Griping

BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

Despite its reverence for ancient architecture, Romantic poetry and mid-century Italian cinema, The Trip to Italy is very much grounded in the here and now. It stars two funny British men, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, playing fictionalized versions of themselves eating, laughing and griping their way through the not-so-fictional travails of middle age. The effortless comedy between Coogan and Brydon concerns mortality, irrelevance and depression, of the chronic, unassailable kind.

While the film is hilarious and sunny and beautiful, the sadness beneath it all is tough to shake, especially with the deaths of Robin Williams and “adulthood,” as New York Times critic A.O. Scott recently argued, weighing on our minds.

The Trip to Italy does more or less what The Trip did in 2010, except writer-director Michael Winterbottom trades the dreary pastoral of northern England for the immaculate shores and cliff faces of western Italy. As in the last film, The Observer hires Coogan and Brydon to tour the country and eat at gourmet restaurants under the pretext of writing a

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review, which only Brydon ends up doing. Who knows why a national newspaper would hire two comedians who know nothing about food to write criticism of it, but it gives them carte blanche to trade celebrity impressions, Lord Byron and Shelley trivia and bizarre hypotheticals at the table. For instance: In the event the two of them were stranded without food after a plane crash, Coogan admits, “I’d eat your legs before Stephen Hawking’s,” but he’d savor the physicist’s brain before even digging into Brydon’s.

Like The Trip, this 108-minute film is condensed from a six-part series that aired in April and May on the BBC. That explains the loose nature of the editing, which covers gaps in conversation with cutaways to kitchens where chefs prepare

The Trip to Italy Directed by Michael Winterbottom Starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon

incredible-looking meals like pot-roasted rabbit, grilled octopus, stuffed onions and lots of pasta.

If some of the craft feels haphazard, it only complements the banter, which feels off-the-cuff and ingeniously silly. The dueling Michael Caine routine returns, with the two parodying Caine’s yodel-like crying in The Dark Knight Rises. (“I’ve buried 14 Batmans, with their little pointy ears.”) Because they are in Italy, expect a lot of Pacino and Brando from The Godfather, the latter of whom, according to Coogan, sounds like a “deaf person” when Brydon attempts it.

The hostility between the two men has waned since the first movie, and one detects a palpable ease when they are singing along to

Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill, the only CD in the car, away from failed or failing marriages back home. More often than not, Brydon and Coogan behave like little boys, which is why the introduction of their agent Emma (Claire Keelan) and other intelligent women who prefer Mary Shelley to Percy Bysshe threatens to ruin their fun. Competition also gets the best of Coogan when Brydon auditions for “a starring role” (he’s actually an accountant) in a new Michael Mann film. For his audition tape, Brydon steals a kiss from a young waitress reading with him, and Coogan almost loses it when she says she enjoyed it.

There is lot of film history running through The Trip to Italy, in its dialogue, title and very construction. The men idolize Bogart, Pacino, De Niro and Marcello Mastroianni, and Brydon even dreams in Godfather cosplay. The title echoes Rossellini’s Journey to Italy and sure enough, Coogan and Brydon visit Pompeii for an existential crisis rivaling Ingrid Bergman’s own. Emma refers to Godard’s Contempt when she jokes about “that Brigitte Bardot film” that plays its romantic theme over and over again as we hear Richard Strauss’s similarly majestic “Im Abendrot” on the soundtrack for the umpteenth time. She says this while they ride a motorboat along the rocky Italian coast, as in Antonioni’s L’Avventura.

This all amounts to little more than cinephile miscellany, but this awareness of and devotion to the past packs a bit of weight onto what could easily be paper-thin YouTube comedy.

The stop at Pompeii, in particular, marries the dark with the light: Gazing upon an ash-covered mummy preserved behind glass, the two men belittle his choice of sandals and guess at what he was doing before he died. Brydon asks the corpse himself in a virtuosic routine where he answers his own questions with the nasal, muffled voice of a man stuck in a glass box. For some reason, this crosses the line for Coogan, who storms out of the hall. But Brydon carries on, unloading his friend’s problems and his own onto this devoted listener, who happens to be dead. It’s funny because, well, what else could it be, but it reminds us one man’s entertainment is another’s sole channel of release.

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

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We start off with “The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)” which is right up there with “Dancing in the Streets” (the David Bowie and Mick Jagger version) and “Dirty Love,”

by Ke$ha, as a contender for the most heinous piece of musical sacrilege I’ve ever heard. Simply put, if you’re gonna release a song about Joey Ramone, make something that lives up to at least some of what he stood for: Simplicity, raucousness, angst, youthfulness, concision, pock-marks, and punk. Instead, U2’s go at an homage to the punk deity sounds like it was made by a bunch of guys whose only knowledge of the genre came from the Wikipedia page on CBGB, which they read while simultaneously listening to the Black Keys and Top 40 radio.

The lyrics (an account of Bono’s first “miraculous” experience listening to the Ramones) are almost passable in the context, but even if they were better than Patti Smith’s punk-poetic wordsmithery (which they aren’t, of course) they wouldn’t be enough to excuse the music.

My theory as to why the Punk Gods didn’t immediately smite Bono and company for releasing this record is because Sid Vicious (who, as everybody knows, is the Almighty King up there in the great Max’s Kansas City in the sky), after minute two of “The Miracle,” ordered

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every single resident of Punk Heaven to delete their iTunes accounts and smash their computers vehemently.

Sadly, Lord Vicious wasn’t kind enough to grace me with this suggestion, and so I endured the full 48 minutes of Songs of Innocence, and can tell you firsthand that these songs suck.

“Every Breaking Wave” and “California” are predictable Quasi-Post Punk Arena Pop. “Song for Someone,” with its ’90s pop folk strumming and subsequent light rock indulgences, is more boring than watching other people watch paint dry. “Volcano” starts off as if a glimmer of Public Image Limited is trying to shine, but a heavy layer of pop rock eventually pushes it back into the doldrums. Pretty much everything else on this record follows this “Arena Rock updated for 2014” template. However, there is one track that, despite its title, is less of a somnolent than the others, but only because Bono decides to make a huge fool of himself. It’s called “Sleep Like a Baby” and starts off sounding like a cheap Yaz rip-off, until that vibe is slashed by Bono’s unavoidable vocal indulgence and some subsequent fuzz guitars.

It seems to be pretty innocuous in its badness though.

That is, until the halfway mark, at which point Bono decides that channeling a mid-orgasm Florence Foster Jenkins is the best way to get his point (whatever it may be) across. The word “terrible” doesn’t even come close to encapsulating the effect of this one several second stretch of idiocy.

Musically, though, what happens on Songs of Innocence is excusable; when I heard about a new U2

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album, I personally wasn’t expecting anything other than a collection of slick pop rock snooze-inducers, so disappointment wasn’t really in the cards. What makes this record so infuriating is what it symbolizes: The widening chasm between music as art and music as product.

If you’re like me and 500 million other iTunes users, then the other day you logged on to listen to something that interested you, and were surprised by the inexplicable addition of a mysterious U2 album to your library. At this point, I’m guessing that a few people listened to the record, the majority ignored it, a few more promptly deleted it, and a small minority were so filled with anger and confusion that they engaged in a rage-fueled research session to get to the bottom of why U2 was invading my aural privacy. I belong to the last group, and, just in case you haven’t yet heard, I’ll tell you what I learned: On September 9, Apple had a product event. Rumors went around that U2 were involved, and lo, they were. In return for some undisclosed (but undoubtedly mindboggling) sum of money, U2 slopped together this collection of songs. iTunes has complete control over the record for about a month, and so they decided to jam it down the throats half a billion unsuspecting people. Sure, we got some free music, but at what cost? U2 has literally sold out. Songs of Innocence, to me, suggests the end of any hope of artistic integrity in the mainstream.

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at tfs48@cornell.edu.

Opting Out of Innocence : Apple’s First Misstep

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ou’ve probably been there before.

And if not, please, just imagine with me.

The party is just starting. It’s mostly just a bunch of your friends and the music is still pretty low-key. It’s the perfect opportunity to throw the speaker jack into your phone and show off that new album that you have been listening to on repeat for the past week.

You get a few songs in, and you’re grooving. Feeling good, feeling great.

You notice that some more people are trickling in and the party’s starting to pick up. About time for a change of pace. You go over to pick a new song, when you notice a couple of strangers scrolling through the selection. You linger to see what they choose.

And then the bomb drops.

“This music all sucks.”

You stop dead in your tracks. The ground beneath you begins to shake. Tiles COURTESY OF APPLE

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crash down from the ceiling. You take one final gasp of air, before you collapse into a pile of ash and dust.

Or maybe that’s just me. But even if the insult does not lead you to your own personal apocalypse, there is no denying that such a criticism stings.

People are invested in their music libraries.

The tunes that you choose to carry around on your person are special. They say something about you — your personality, your interests, your emotions or simply how hard you like to party. It lets somebody know what your “scene” is — whether you are the type to roll all night at E-Zoo, or if you would prefer to kick back with the townies at Grassroots.

The reason why it can be so soul-crushing to have your music preferences insulted is because, in a weird way, they speak for your soul.

Conversely, this is the same reason why you get so excited when somebody plays a song by your artist (hell, I nearly crap my pants any time somebody plays anything by Chance the Needell in a Rapper or Rhye).

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And this is part of the reason why millions of people rushed to get U2’s Songs of Innocence off their iTunes faster than a hacker steals nudes off of “the cloud” (too soon?).

As I’m sure many of you noticed, U2’s latest album was automatically uploaded to over 500 million iTunes accounts on October 10, presumably to hit consumers with a jab-uppercut combo on the same day as the iPhone 6 release.

According to Apple’s website, “At Apple, music has always been a big part of who we are and what we do. This is the biggest album release in music history and one more way we’re moving music forward.”

You hear that? Records were broken.

Who cares if Apple had to help move it forward and down our throats?

This surprise “release” was a mind-boggling blunder from a technology superpower that is traditionally spot on when it comes to marketing to their target demo of teenagers and young adults.

Between the increasing public awareness about the dangers posed by Big Data and cloud hackers and the fact that U2 has not been “hip” in practically a decade, it is not surprising that people were not very happy

about the gift.

Predictably, backlash from this surprise gift has been enormous. So huge, in fact, that Apple had to launch a website designed specifically for people to remove the album from their libraries.

And as heartbroken Bono may be to find out not everybody wants Songs of Innocence in their music libraries — even for the price of nothing — this is not really about U2 at all.

Most obviously, this is an issue of privacy.

One would think that they would know better than to access millions of people’s personal libraries after all the internet-breaking hysteria over the recently leaked private celebrity photos — lovingly dubbed as “The Fappening.” But I don’t want to focus on that.

Beyond privacy, Apple crossed a more personal line. By putting Songs of Innocence into my music library, Apple decided that it could speak on their customers’ behalf.

“Evan Needell? That’s a guy who likes stage names and big, colored sunglasses.”

Okay, that was a cheap shot. But you get my point.

In today’s society, where people and their music are virtually inseparable, access to music is essentially infinite, and the presence of music is practically constant, the unwanted inclusion of any artist or album to one’s playlist or listen history is akin to slander.

If somebody is going to break my heart and insult my music library, I do not want it to be an album I never even wanted prompting the complaint.

No, if my music “sucks,” it is going to be the fault of my own crappy taste in music.

Not Apple’s.

Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at ejn38@cornell.edu. Needell in a Crapstack runs alternate Fridays this semester.

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SCOTT EMILY SYDNEY ANNA HALEY CHIUSANO BERMAN ALTSCHULER FASMAN VELASCO

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CORNELL V. COLGATE

CORNELL

COLGATE

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

COLGATE

HARVARD V. HOLY CROSS

HARVARD

HARVARD

HOLY CROSS

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

COLUMBIA V. FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FORDHAM

FLORIDA ST. V. CLEMSON

FLORIDA ST.

FLORIDA ST.

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CLEMSON

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INDIANA V. MISSOURI

MISSOURI

MISSOURI

MISSOURI

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INDIANA

MISSOURI

MISSOURI

MISSOURI

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SO. CAROLINA V. VANDERBILT

SO. CAROLINA

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VANDERBILT

SO. CAROLINA

SO. CAROLINA

SO. CAROLINA

SO. CAROLINA

VANDERBILT

SO.CAROLINA

COWBOYS V. RAMS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

RAMS

COWBOYS

TEXANS V. GIANTS

GIANTS

TEXANS

GIANTS

GIANTS

TEXANS

TEXANS

GIANTS

TEXANS

GIANTS

TEXANS

CHARGERS V. BILLS

BILLS

CHARGERS

CHARGERS

BILLS

CHARGERS

CHARGERS

CHARGERS

CHARGERS

BILLS

CHARGERS

WASHINGTON V. EAGLES

EAGLES

WASHINGTON

EAGLES

WASHINGTON

EAGLES

EAGLES

EAGLES

EAGLES

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SPORTS

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Red Searches for 200th Win Against In-State Rivals

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

With 199 wins under their belts, the women of the Cornell soccer team are preparing for this weekend of games, hoping to notch a 200th victory for the program. The Red will take on Buffalo Friday afternoon, followed by a Sunday game against Binghamton.

So far this season, the Red’s (3-1) only loss came last weekend during the Big Red Shootout when Cornell fell to temple, 2-1. Buffalo has an impressive record of 4-1-1 and has historically posed a threat on the field. In its overall gameplay with the Bulls, the Red holds a losing record of 3-1-2. However, Cornell has seen more success in the past against the Bearcats, who are 4-4-0 so far this season.

Coming off last weekend’s loss, the Red has been focusing on fast paced, high intensity gameplay in practice, working on two-touch passes and finding gaps within the other team’s defensive line. It has been also working on connecting on the field, especially between the midfielders and offense.

Sophomore midfielder Elizabeth Crowell explained that while the team fought hard for the win, it ultimately lost because of lack of aggression on the field.

Moving forward, Crowell and her teammates hope to learn from that mistake.

“We hadn't played a team like Temple yet, and we were losing a lot of individual

battles because we were being pushed off the ball. There isn't room to be timid when going into a tackle, and we need to change that mindset,” she said.

While a win this weekend would mean a significant milestone for the women’s soccer program, Crowell noted that the team looks to play and improve from game to game and tries not to put too much pressure on each individual match.

“It is our philosophy as a team that staying in the present is essential to achieving our longer term goals. If we don't give 100 percent in each practice and then in each game because we're preoccupied with something other than the here-and-now, we won't be able to get where we need to be,” she said. “In the context of [the] ‘big picture,’ it would be really cool for this team to hit the landmark of win 200, but it would just be another stop along the way.”

Senior captain and defenseman Sydney Cetrullo, along with Crowell, also noted that the games this weekend are just the beginning of the overall season goal of having a winning season for the first time in twelve years.

The team has started off strong and progresses towards this goal in part due to the strong group of underclassmen, both on the field and on the bench.

“The underclassmen have done a really great job competing and playing wise.

They bring a lot of good depth to the team and pushing everyone to raise their

game,” said Cetrullo.

Crowell echoed this sentiment and added that, “This year our bench is deeper because we have so much new talent, which means that we can sub players in and out without fear that the level of play on the field will drop. They will have a huge influence on our success this year.”

With a strong desire for the win and a chemistry that continues to grow on the field, the team hopes to come out of this weekend accomplishing what they couldn’t at the Shootout. Last weekend was a

learning experience all around, especially the game against Temple, according to Cetrullo.

“We realized we needed to play faster, something we've been focusing on this week at practice,” Cetrullo said. “Against Temple we also recognized the need to be more physical, which will need to improve for this weekend against two physical teams.”

Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.

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Scoring burst | The Red defeated Binghamton last season, 2-0, and junior forward Caroline Growney scored both goals in the win.

Winters Puts Focus on Stepping Away From the Game Run Game This Season For Sake of Health and Safety

Pannullo, Nathanson, Herrera make up core group in Red’s attack on the ground SPRINT FOOTBALL

ever, Cornell had yet to make the switch to the upbeat offense.

Senior Captain Bennett Winters season always comes with questions. said he believes the increased empha“There’s always that doubt and a sis on the rushing game will also be little bit of mystery as to what to critical for the team’s success. expect,” he said. “It’s a tough situa“If we get [sophomore quartertion, playing an opener, where they back Rob] Pannullo, [sophomore have a lot of new players that we running back Kevin] Nathanson, and don’t know about.” [junior running back Benjamin] Amidst the relative uncertainty Herrera running pretty consistently, I surrounding the makeup of the think we have a pretty good shot,” he opponent, Guccia has been empha- said. sizing consistency on defense Led by head coach Peter Ewald, throughout preseason practices. the Ravens are in their second year as Despite the game’s final outcome, a varsity program. Last year’s victory one of last season’s best defensive per- over Cornell was just the second win formances came against Franklin in program history and the team Pierce, in which went on to win four the Red limited more games, includthe Ravens to just ing two in overtime “This is like the 13 points, less and a season high 66 playoffs for us.” than half of the points against season average.

Princeton. The team’s Bennett Winters Cornell plans two losses were to to continue its up perennial favorites tempo, no-huddle Army and Navy. Last offense that it debuted midway year, the Ravens’ rushing attack was through last season. The team has one of their strongest assets, as they been running offensive plays every averaged 161 yards per game on the 20-25 seconds during practice and ground.

Coach Gruccia said he believes this It is game one of the season, and speed will be key to winning the the Red will be playing as if it’s all or game. nothing, according to Winters.

The Red goes up against a “Every game is important,” Franklin Pierce defense that ranked Winters said. “We’re trying to win a No.4 in the CSFL in yards per game championship. We can only do that last season. A year ago, Franklin if we go undefeated. This is like the Pierce kept Cornell from the end playoffs for us.” zone and held the Red to 190 yards of offense, well below its season aver- Adam Bronfin can be reached at age of 240 yards. In that game, how- sports@cornellsun.com.

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tle” guys have no place and if they do, they are quickly swallowed up by larger, more “masculine” personalities.

This isn’t to say that David Ash was one of the little guys, or even to say that the game of football overwhelmed him. Ash made a decision that could have a direct effect on his mental health in the future, a decision that many other college and NFL players are foregoing because the stigma of the game tells them they can tough it out.

Something Mark Waller, the NFL’s chief marketing officer, said this week in the aftermath of these domestic abuse charges really resonated with me, probably not for the reasons Waller intended “The matriarch of the family predetermines an awful lot that goes on, from what sport you play to what media you watch to what products get bought,” Waller said. “The role of the female in the household is huge. On the emotional side, the role that the female builds that a family can gather around is fundamental. That sort of communal aspect, which is such a part of the game in America.”

If we cut most of the bull shit away, what Waller was trying to do with that statement (in a typical marketing officer move) was to get women to rally around an NFL that hasn’t taken a firm stance on domestic abuse, rather than spurn it (which they most certainly should be doing).

But I’m more focused on the first part of that quote, because I do agree that the mother of the family is the one who shapes the household. When I was growing up, my mom refused to sign me up for football. Instead I played soccer, and when my youth baseball coach (who was also the football coach) told me I was too big to be playing soccer, that soccer was a “girly” sport, that I looked like a damn good offensive lineman, my mom didn’t cave.

Instead, she became my soccer coach, keeping

me at arm’s length from the game that consumed so many of my friends growing up. But because of her guidance (although I didn’t turn into much of a soccer player), I stayed away from football.

Sure, I could be an anomaly — a kid who did nothing but play sports growing up and never got into football. But how long is it going to take before more mothers across the country take the same kind of stand my mom did? How many more times does a mother have to watch her son get brutally tackled with head to head contact before she realizes it’s time to find another sport? The soccer league I played for when I was growing up usually boomed with signups. On Saturday and Sunday mornings in the local park, the fields were full of soccer games, sometimes six or seven games going on at a time. When I go home to visit now, attendance is down, there are at most two games happening, and the crowds now congregate around youth football games instead. Pop Warner football has taken over youth sports culture, and the negative effects are gradually becoming apparent.

The problem with football is that it has infiltrated not just American culture in general, but also the culture of individual households across the country. In an article in the New York Times about the recent events in the league, a woman from Chicago ruminated on what it would take for her to stop watching the NFL: “Something would have to happen with the Bears,” she said. “If Jay Cutler did what Ray Rice did, I would stop watching.”

Professional sports should not be taken personally. We are outsiders looking in on a world that is exceedingly fraternal and closed off. If there’s an issue, we need to take a stand. What should be taken personally is the way the game is hurting young men, and if anyone has the ability to stand in the way, it’s their mothers.

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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FOOTBALL

Red Opens 2014 Against Colgate Archer ’05 debuts second season with new,balanced offensive attack

By JOON LEE

there on offense, our personnel.”

The new offense will feature a more balanced attack, with more zone-read option plays and more prominent Junior quarterback James Few has been tasked with a roles for junior running back Luke Hagy and senior runnear impossible job: filling the shoes of arguably the great- ning back Ahmad Avery. Archer said the offense will look est quarterback in the history of Cornell University. completely different without Mathews.

The first step in that task begins this weekend, when “We’re not going to throw it nearly as much as we did the football team travels to Colgate (0-2). The Red will with Jeff. Last year, I really put the game in his hands every take the wrapping paper off their new offense, one that will game,” Archer said. “I felt he gave us a great chance and we no longer feature Jeff Mathews ‘14. Archer said he is anx- revolved everything around him. Now, it’s a much more ious to see how the attack will look in game action. systems approach. It’s a much more balanced attack, run“I got a great quote from one of our alumni. He sent ning the ball and throwing the ball and the play-action me a quote that said that the best laid plans never survive game. It’s year one of the offense. It’s totally a new instalthe battle with the enemy. That’s kind of how I’m feeling lation.” right now [about the offense],” Archer The new running-focused attack will said. “We’ve had a great plan and we’ve require the offensive line to improve at “So far in the teaching executed it throughout the camp. When run blocking, an area that Archer admits the live game hits, things happens that progression, I’ve been really was not a focus last season. doesn’t happen in practice. So far in the “It’s hard to preach having a sound, happy with the progress teaching progression, I’ve been really fundamental offensive line play when happy with the progress that we’ve you really don’t run the ball,” Archer that we’ve made.” made.” said. “With Jeff, everything around the David Archer ’05 Mathews’ graduation to the NFL left program centered on his development the team with big shoes to fill. Head and because of that, our run blocking coach David Archer ’05 is not looking wasn’t something that we were focused to replace Mathews simply by throwing a new quarterback on and stopping the run wasn’t something we were focused into the fire. Instead, the second-year head coach intends on because we were practicing other things.” to implement a new offense, and Few will jump right into Few said that he is ready to take the lead of the offense. the middle of it.

While sitting behind Mathews the last two years, Few said According to Archer, Few has all the tools to lead the he absorbed every conversation he had with his predecesoffense into a new era of Cornell football. sor. “[Few]’s a headsy, gutsy, moxie type of player,” Archer “I’ve been watching Jeff [Matthews] a lot, sitting in said. “I think you’ll see a little bit of everything with him.” meetings and listening to him go through film and look at Mathews left Cornell among the most prolific gun- what he’s looking at,” Few said. “[I’d] talk to him after slingers in Ivy League history. Few said he is not intimidat- plays in practice and pick his brain between series and dured by the accomplishments of his predecessor, though. ing games. Just trying to find out what’s going on in his “I don’t think anyone can replace a guy like that and head and now I’ve got it all in my head.” that’s what I’m not here to do. I’m here to be myself and Senior captain and wide receiver Lucas Shapiro said be the best James I can be,” Few said. “As far as the offense that it’s hard to compare Mathews and Few because the goes, we’re really gearing it towards what we’ve got out two have completely different skillsets.

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SPRINT FOOTBALL

Sprint Welcomes Ravens

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Contributor

The Cornell sprint football team will kick off its 2014 season this Saturday, welcoming the Franklin Pierce Ravens to Schoellkopf Field. The game, a rematch of last year’s 13-6 loss in the Adirondack Trust Allegiance Bowl held in Saratoga Springs, will take place at 12 p.m.

The Red, after a disappointing 2-5 season last year, is looking to start this season strong against the Ravens. Franklin Pierce, who finished last season on a four-game

win streak, finished third in the Collegiate Sprint Football League in 2013. The two teams squared off last year in a game categorized by sharp defenses and mistake-prone offenses. The Red threw four interceptions in that game, including one that led to the touchdown that gave Franklin Pierce the lead for good.

Co-Head coach Bart Guccia said that he expects the Ravens to run a traditional offense, similar to what the team utilized last year, but admits that the first game of the

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On the run | Junior running back Luke Hagy headlines a different look on offense, which will feature the run game much more prominently than in the past.

“They’re really two different quarterbacks. James is a little bit quicker than Jeff was,” Shapiro said. “[Mathews] wasn’t really much of an out-of-pocket kind of guy. Jeff had a cannon for an arm. Everybody knew that. There is a little bit of a drop there, but James gets the ball there on time. The way he can move out of the pocket, with the way we run our offense, it’s utilizing his capabilities as well.”

Joon Lee can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

A Dog Eat Dog World: The Brutal Nature of the NFL O

bviously, it’s been a rough week for the NFL. Whatever way you spin the stories that have been circulating, domestic abuse is atrocious and it has no place in any home, no matter the perpetrator.

But I don’t really want to get into that, because I don’t feel well enough equipped to do it, and

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The center holds | Senior captain Bennett Winters said the Red is treating its first game of the season as though it were the playoffs.

too late?

I’ve written about concussions in the NFL before, and I want to return to the topic because I believe it relates to everything that has happened this week, and I think all of these events are pointing to an NFL future that is cloudy, uncertain, and in my opinion, altogether

Who’s on First because I think the NFL has greater problems to deal with on a macrocosmic level, problems that they are sweeping under the rug.

In the midst of all the Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy, Ray Rice hullabaloo, a far down ESPN headline yesterday afternoon read “Longhorns’ David Ash won’t return.” Ash, the quarterback for Texas, decided to end his football career after struggling with concussion-related symptoms for the past year. Ash is 22 years old; he is giving up the game that has likely consumed most of his adolescent and young adult life, which is certainly no easy task for someone his age. But the real question here, I think, remains is Ash

doomed. The league has always been a perpetuator of a kind of Darwinian, survival of the fittest nature that has been accepted because, on a micro level, it’s fun to watch people get hit.

But somehow it’s more than that. Take Richard Sherman’s comment on Wednesday about not being worried about something “two little Chargers” said to him. It was a relatively harmless comment that made ESPN headlines because anything Sherman said is now considered gospel, but it also speaks to the nature of the NFL. It’s a cruel food chain where the “litSee CHIUSANO page 15