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Push Begins to Transform NYC Into Tech Center C.U.: CornellNYC Tech will collaborate with other new NYC tech schools By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer
As other universities and institutions — namely, New York University and Columbia University — develop plans to launch New York City tech campuses of their own, CornellNYC Tech officials have already began looking forward to opportunities for cross-tech campus collaboration. CornellNYC Tech Dean Daniel Huttenlocher and Provost Kent Fuchs said they saw the creation of the NYU Center of Urban Science and Progress and the Columbia University Institute for Data Science and Engineering as an opportunity to transform the city into a center of technology pre-
eminence. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the creation of the NYU and Columbia tech schools in the spring and summer of this year, respectively. Huttenlocher and Fuchs emphasized that the various programs would complement CornellNYC Tech, rather than serve as competition. “[These programs] are all really good for all of us. They’re not in any way undercutting what Cornell wants to achieve,” Fuchs said. “It will attract more companies to the city [and] those students that want to start companies will benefit because there will be more of an environment — See CROSS-TECH page 5
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Liz Humphrey ’13 serves a variety of different cuisines made with mushrooms at Cornell Dining’s Mushroom Mania event at Appel Commons on Wednesday.
Cornell among universities on roster for ‘NYC Tech Talent Draft’ initiative By JACOB GLICK Sun Staff Writer
In a continued attempt to bolster the future of New York’s technology sector, the New York City Economic Development Corporation will host a “NYC Tech Talent Draft” at several universities, including Cornell later this month, according to a press release issued Monday by NYC EDC spokesperson, Patrick Muncie. The initiative — billed by CornellNYC Tech Dean Daniel Huttenlocher as “part of the larger focus in the Bloomberg administration on growing the tech center” in the city — brings career information sessions to “leading universities in the region” and aims to provide New York City start-up companies with the opportunity to recruit top computer science and The Tech Talent Draft is “part engineering talent, according to the press of the larger focus in the release. Bloomberg administration Leaders of NYC’s tech start-up compaon growing the [NYC] nies will participate in tech center.” tours of universities from late September Daniel Huttenlocher until the end of October, according to the press release, visiting “world-class institutions” such as Cornell, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University. While Huttenlocher said that he is “very happy” that Cornell is among the universities on the NYC Tech Talent Draft roster, the program is not an exclusive collaboration between Cornell and the Bloomberg administration, he said in an interview with The Sun. “While we work on a regular basis with the EDC, Cornell is not specifically involved in the Tech Talent Draft program,” Huttenlocher said. The dean said that the EDC was instrumental in creating CornellNYC Tech. The council’s Applied Sciences Initiative comSee TECH DRAFT page 4
IPD Officer Ensnared in Claims of Racism, Sexism By JEFF STEIN Sun Managing Editor
This is part three and four of Friendly Fire, a series chronicling allegations of racism and corruption in the Ithaca Police Department. Read part one and two at cornellsun.com. Part III – “I don’t call them ‘D Black Man’ or anything’” – Rivalries Began at Police Academy There are many people in the Ithaca Police Department who Officer Chris Miller — the officer whose $17 million discrimination lawsuit against the City of Ithaca began Wednesday — appears not to like or trust. One of them is Scott Garin. It is not just the black fuzzy dice that Garin, a black officer, reportedly hangs from his car’s rear view mirror — a garnishing Miller calls a “direct and blatant” violation of state law. It is, Miller contends, the depravity of a man far more concerned with his own advancement than the welfare of the city’s inhabitants. One night on the Commons, for instance, Garin allegedly left his police car — filled with rifles and police jackets — unattended so he could follow two women into a bar. After Garin went inside, a man allegedly asked several people how to steal the fully automatic weapons in the car. After
three attempts to break in, the man reportedly stole two of Garin’s police jackets before passersby called 911, court documents said. It took someone telling Garin, who was still inside the club, that the man was trying to break into his car to end the “threat of
weapons being loose on the Commons,” Miller says. While The Sun could not independently verify the story, another officer in the police department, speaking with The Sun on the condition of anonymity due to See IPD page 4
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Katerina Athanasiou ’13 proposes student-driven solutions to reversing the deteriorating condition of Collegetown. | Page 7
Arts Pop! Goes the Warhol
Alice Wang ’15 warns of an imminent, massive devaluation of the work of iconic pop artist Andy Warhol. | Page 9
Arts Too Much, the Magic Bus
Liz Camuti ’14 goes Gonzo in a delirious retelling of the events of her bus trip to Monday night’s Bon Iver concert. | Page 10
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Women’s field hockey player, Paige Mollireaux ’12 discusses her diva attitude | Page 20 LAUREN RITTER / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
On the job | In his $17 million lawsuit, Officer Chris Miller claims several of his fellow officers engaged in irresponsible, reckless and racist behavior.
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New Dean of Faculty: Profs ‘Are the University’ By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor
The Sun sat down with new Dean of Faculty Prof. Joseph Burns Ph.D. ’66, astronomy, on Wednesday to talk about his goals and outlook for his term. Burns, who began serving as dean on July 1, has been a student, professor, parent of a student and, now, an administrator at the University. THE SUN: What do you hope to accomplish as dean of faculty? PROF. JOSEPH BURNS: I hope to get the faculty a little more proactive … to get them out ahead of issues rather than being reactive. I think that, too often, the administration has come to us and we’ve complained, and I don’t think that’s really a good use of our time. But by the same token, I think the faculty have an enormous understanding of how the University works; they’ve got more history than the current provost and the current president. SUN: Do you think that the general atmosphere has changed at Cornell since you first came here in the 60s? J.B.: There’s just the general view that all universities are becoming much more corporate and top-down. Certainly, when I came to join the [University’s] faculty, I viewed it as a smoking-[a]-pipe and leaning back type of place. This was, of course, the late 60s, with all of its upheaval and faculty meetings filling Bailey Hall ... SUN: What about the faculty’s role in the University? Were professors much more active back then too? J.B.: There was a lot more involvement when I first arrived at Cornell. As
a junior faculty member, it seemed like a lot of faculty would go into the administration and then come back to [work as] faculty, and now you see administrators making [administration] their life work. SUN: In the spring, when you were elected, you said that you were disappointed at the lack of dialogue between the administration and faculty on the [NYC] tech campus. Do you still feel that way? J.B.: It’s certainly better now. Faculty are certainly very heavily involved in choosing what courses will be involved [and] getting a curriculum together, and that’s what we ought to be doing. I still feel that the whole NYC tech campus will be another topic for one of those faculty forums because, last year, everyone in the administration was saying, “We can’t tell you [about it] … It’s all confidential.” S UN : The recession forced the University to make several budget cuts that merged some departments and closed others altogether. Looking back, what are your thoughts on the cuts today? J.B.: The University has been facing enormous cuts and they’ve been handling them pretty well. The staff has maybe suffered more than they’ve needed to and that hurts many of the faculty … I’ve had many excellent administrative staff who’ve made me really efficient and more productive and they’ve vanished. But on the other hand, the budget is largely people here, and faculty are mostly tenured. So who is going to take the hit? Some people were cut who shouldn’t have been. SUN: In the spring, President David
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Skorton announced that he wants no less than 50 percent of undergraduates to have some experience abroad — whether it is through volunteerism, work or classes. How do you feel about the initiative? J.B.: I think it’s terrific. I’ve been away on maybe 12 leaves of absences, three or four of which were overseas. I traveled extensively as a student, even worked on a cargo ship for a few months … and you learn so much. I think it’s something that every person should have an experience of — leaving Ithaca. SUN: You have a long history here. Can you tell me a little bit about your ties to Cornell? J.B.: I probably came here as a graduate student 50 years ago to the week. I also had two brothers who went here … [and] my wife graduated from here – we actually met here. My son got his degree here three years ago and now works for the University. SUN: What do you see as the role of the faculty in the University? J.B.: They are the University. I know
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you're paying our salaries … but nonetheless, I think they define what the University is about. I [also] think Cornell has been remarkable about the people they attract. [Carl] Sagan was important to me in my career; he was just terrific, a good lecturer and what he did [is] sort of what I do today. Having somebody like Sagan lecturing when he was alive in undergrad courses … I think it’s fantastic. SUN: And what about your thoughts on Cornell as a whole? J.B.: The breadth of fields you see here … incredible. I would hate to see us try to turn into Harvard or Yale. Harvard and Yale would probably accept that, but we have so much more variety than them, so much more breadth in the global community, local economy and things like that. We are unique and we ought to trumpet it around that we are unique. Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun.com.
C.U. grad student raises $34,000 for orphans on 3,475 mile walk across the United States By NOAH TULSKY Sun Contributor
Waking up in a teepee after crossing the border into Jensen, Utah, Barrett Keene’s grad body ached. “Everyday, my body hurts … literally, everyday,” Keene said. A Cornell graduate student, Keene has been walking across America for more than seven months to raise money for and awareness about the world’s orphans and abandoned children. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, there are between 143 and 210 million orphans worldwide. Partnered with the Global Orphan Fund, a non-profit that provides school uniforms to orphans in Haiti and Uganda, Keene said he is attempting to help those who cannot help themselves. “I was fortunate to serve in orphanages in Central and South America, and in my experience, when it comes down to it, we tend to as a society act like [the plight of orphans] isn’t happening,” Keene said. Keene’s “Go Walk America” trek began on Jan. 28th and
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The salt lake state | Keene grad poses under a billboard after entering Utah. Keene has 1,000 miles to go in his walk across the U.S. will take him 3,475 miles from Miami to San Francisco. The walk, however, is more than just a fundraising drive: It also operates as an opportunity for Keene to speak with communities across the country about how to foster community service. “We’ve been able to raise awareness to connect with over 800,000 people so far, and I’ve been able to talk to 33,000 people face-to-face speaking at churches, rotary clubs, schools and universities,” Keene said. Last week,
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Keene talked to a football team about “leading, caring and giving,” and after crossing into Utah, he was scheduled to speak at a regional track meet. “It’s beautiful, and it’s transforming my life,” Keene said. Kent Esslinger ’15 walked the 315 miles from central Kansas to Lyman, Colo., with Keene for three and half weeks this summer. “I think each place we stayed at was more blessed by the story behind [Keene]. He helped them catch a vision of something that
they’re passionate about,” Esslinger said. “It was more than about just getting as much money as possible between Miami and San Francisco.” Students who walked with Keene said his enthusiasm and passion were addictive. Michael Sugihara ’13, who accompanied Keene for six and half weeks this summer, recalled that children age 10 to 12 would walk with them for between 12 and 16 miles — and then donate some of their own money to the cause. “To see their hearts turn toward service in that way, it was neat for me to see,” Sugihara said. Keene said his passion for helping orphans began when he was still an undergraduate at the University of Florida. “I was able to go down to Panama …. [It was the] first time I was around complete and total abject poverty, folks living in homes I could not even imagine,” Keene said. He said he also brought supplies to and worked with orphans in Guatemala. In addition to engaging in community service, Keene said his walk across America has allowed him to lead a nationwide study for his Cornell dissertation on leader-
ship. He said he is studying how middle school and high school teachers “can affect leaders in their classroom.” “A lot of research has been done on leaders in the business and corporate world; not a lot of research has been done with studying teachers as leaders,” said Kristen Steves ’13, who leads Keene’s research team. So far, after walking 2,400 miles, Keene has raised $34,000 for 1,700 uniforms and said he hopes to eventually raise $55,000. Now, with 1,000 miles left to go, Keene is asking for a two-pennyper-mile donation. Keene said he hopes to devote much of his life to helping orphans both by raising awareness and donating a substantial portion of his income to the cause. For now, though, Keene is still focused on the journey at hand. “I have to walk through the deserts of Utah and Nevada — and don’t think that’s not intimidating for me,” he said. Reflecting on the sheer magnitude of the journey, Keene added, “It’s kind of crazy, right?” Noah Tulsky can be reached at nst32@cornell.edu.
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the sensitivity of the allegations, said Miller’s report was accurate. In his lawsuit, Miller has alleged the prevalence of stupidity, negligence and corruption throughout the police department. The most high-profile of these accusations — that Lt. Marlon Byrd aided drug dealers — is just the tip of the iceberg, Miller says in his lawsuit. But Miller’s frustrations with IPD officers can be traced back to before he was even hired by the department. After working as an officer in Vinton, Va., Miller enrolled in the Broome County Law Enforcement Academy, proving an adept student and scoring high marks on his civil service exams en route to his job with Ithaca Police. But even if his history in Vinton remained mostly hidden from view, he remained plagued by essentially the same obstacles: difficulty with authority and an apparent unwillingness to let the perceived inequities of the world go unchallenged. Miller sat in the car one morning in the early 2000s with Mike Nelson and Scott Garin, who would later join him at IPD. Nelson and Garin, who are black, liked to listen to FM 106.9 on their way to the academy, according to Miller’s testimony. “It’s a predominantly black radio station with some kind of comedi[an] — D White Man, it’s called — that comes on and makes jokes, which I didn’t appreciate but they thought it was funny, and even though I asked to change it, it never got changed,” Miller said. “I didn’t like D White Man being played. I thought it was derogatory … I don’t call them ‘D Black Man’ or anything.” As Miller seethed, the three drove through Candor, N.Y. Then the car got a flat tire, and the group went to see Keith Fields, Miller’s “best friend” and a black mechanic, to have it fixed. When Garin, according to Miller, expressed his surprise that Miller had a black friend, Miller was outraged. About a decade later, Garin was named a defendant in Miller’s lawsuit. Garin was not the only officer who met Miller at the police academy and later ended up a defendant in Miller’s $17 million lawsuit. Another early recipient of Miller’s contempt was a black officer named Pete Tyler, now deputy chief of the IPD, whom he met at the police academy. But if Miller quickly made black enemies within the police department, he also forged friendships with white officers. Officer Scott Salino, for instance, testified on Miller’s behalf in the trial. “[Miller’s] still a friend of mine. He was a good cop on the street — always backed me up, always covered us. He was there for us as a working cop,” Salino said. “What the
city is trying to do to him, I thought, was absolutely horrendous … I thought that was disgusting, actually.” Officer Stephen Moracco, who said he quit the IPD to join the Tompkins County Sheriff ’s Office despite its lower pay, said he shared Salino’s — and Miller’s — abhorrence of the way IPD brass treats its rank-and-file. “I’d had it with the specialty treatments and I couldn’t stomach going there anymore. There’s corrupt people that work there that aren’t held to the standard that they go after other people for and I got sick of it,” Moracco said in his testimony. “People do egregious things and the administration is well aware of [it], and have done nothing and do nothing, but they will nitpick for other things.” High-ranking officers in the Ithaca Police Department, however, might disagree with Moracco’s definition of nitpicking. Part IV – ‘Vindictive Towards Disadvantaged and/or Minority Citizens’ – Lt. Marlon Byrd’s Fight Officer Marlon Byrd’s patience had worn out. What began as a one-off incident had mushroomed into a worrisome trend, and Byrd decided that he needed to take action. On June 23, 2009, he called for a meeting with Sgt. Navarro and the officer with whom his struggles were, in reality, just beginning: Chris Miller. Byrd’s suspicions of Miller reportedly began about a year earlier, on Aug. 27, 2008, when Miller conducted a “highly confrontational traffic stop” with an AfricanAmerican male without following protocol, Byrd said. “Miller wrestled the driver to the ground for driving without a license,” Byrd said, noting that “the arrestee claimed he was physically attacked by Miller without any reason or provocation.” Then, on June 24, 2009, an African-American woman claimed that Miller was “very disrespectful, rude and dismissive of her concerns” when he went to her house to take a report. After the incident, Byrd instructed Navarro to speak with Miller. But less than a month later, Byrd received another complaint from a member of Ithaca’s black community. Miller, allegedly falsely claiming that a black man was under investigation, had the man’s car towed at the man’s “considerable expense” to a lot outside the city, Byrd said. Meanwhile, Miller was reportedly “very disrespectful and rude” to the man’s daughter, according to Byrd. “At this point, I was concerned that Officer Miller’s conduct was becoming increasingly unprofessional and vindictive towards disadvantaged and/or minority citizens in the community,” Byrd said in his written statement. Byrd is far from the only member inside or outside the IPD — white or black — to highlight incidents in which, they say, Miller shows his deep-seated racism. Miller’s lawsuit, “which is tantamount to a rambling
and bitter diatribe, clearly expresses his anger and dislike of virtually every person of color in his department,” the city states in the court documents. “If this is his attitude, how can he reasonably be expected to work with a diverse community? His apparent prejudices are only underscored by an apparent disregard for women.” The city claims that Miller “was the subject of complaints from female civilians where he displayed conduct that was sexist, inappropriate and intimidating.” In one incident, he “berated” a woman who worked at a nearby store, threatening to “cite her for various infractions although she was not committing any violations of the law,” the city says. On one occasion, Miller allegedly “made disparaging remarks about a neighbor’s residence, spat several times in the neighbor’s garden, made the motion of unzipping his pants and [informed her] that he would urinate in [her] garden,” the city claims. Racism and sexism provide essential frameworks for understanding both Miller’s accusations against the IPD and the IPD’s accusations against Miller, both sides in the lawsuit say. But what broke officer Byrd’s patience — what triggered the meeting with Navarro and perhaps accelerated Miller’s alienation from the department — appeared to have nothing to do with either. According to Byrd’s sworn statement to the court, Miller had left his post on the Commons without permission, thereby making it impossible for the IPD to respond to a call for help during an in-progress armed robbery. “A violent felony in progress was not responded to in a timely manner because Chris Miller was not on his beat when he was supposed to be,” Sgt. Navarro states in his testimony. As a result, Byrd says, Miller was assigned to patrol Collegetown and the Commons — widely regarded as one of the worst assignments for IPD officers, according to court documents. Byrd’s decision was soon followed by Miller’s Human Rights Complaint against the IPD and, soon thereafter, Miller’s lawsuit against the city. Throughout the lawsuit, accusations of racism obfuscate the motivations of the feuding officers. Each side ascribes the other’s motives to some degree of racial prejudice, and each side has varying degrees of support for its defamatory claims. Puncturing this limiting dichotomy is one attack advanced by Miller’s foes. The city and its allies attack not just Miller’s alleged racism, nor his reported sexism, nor his apparent disregard for poor members of the community. They attack his sanity. The Sun will publish parts V and VI of the Friendly Fire series about the Ithaca Police Department next week. Jeff Stein can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.
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students to show off their engineering talent to New York’s growing tech industry. It will also give the leaders of the industry petition led to the inception of the campus. “access to young Cornellians who may be The Tech Talent Draft’s stop at Cornell the future of the NYC tech start-up scene,” will dovetail with other events held by the he said. student entrepreneurial community, “We have such a wealth of skill, and a lot including a “special NYC Tech Talent Draft of it has gone into the corporate world,” Career Fair” and a “kickoff for Cornell’s Hamed said. “But with NYC’s tech scene startup weekend,” according to the EDC’s becoming pretty robust, it makes sense that demand for engineers is as high as ever.” “With NYC’s tech scene becoming pretty As for the Tech Talent Draft itself, Huttenlocher said that the robust, it makes sense that demand for project is one of the many aspects engineers is as high as ever.” of New York City’s technology innovation push “that can help the Ali Hamed ’14 rapidly growing tech center in New York City continue to grow press release. and thrive.” At Cornell’s Startup Weekend, which He said that CornellNYC Tech and “the will take place later this month, participat- other NYC schools that are making ing students invent companies in three days increased investments in tech-related fields” while networking with other students, local are also initiatives that will help bolster the entrepreneurs, various mentors and compe- tech sector in New York City. tition judges, according to Ali Hamed ’14, “All of these together are important and one of the event’s organizers. are mutually supportive of the goal of creThis will not be the first NYC Tech ating a world-leading tech center in the Talent Draft at Cornell. NYC EDC hosted city,” Huttenlocher said. the event on campus in February. Hamed said that Startup Weekend, while not directly linked to the Tech Draft, Jacob Glick can be reached at will provide a great opportunity for Cornell jglick@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1
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but [at] ours, the big focus is on the masters students … We believe that the real secret to making a difference and helping the future as a result of these other programs — that economy in New York City is the alumni.” will support it. It’s all really, really good Huttenlocher added that, based on his news.” understanding of the other projects, Fuchs added that although all of the tech CornellNYC Tech’s mission seems to be the campuses will launch in NYC, each will most focused on Internet technology. focus on different applications of technology “Our view is that almost every industry is innovation. While NYU’s program will pri- being transformed by this new information age,” Huttenlocher said. “This “The other two programs are more focused than campus is focused ours is. Ours is ... a whole new campus.” on all of those uses of broad Provost Kent Fuchs information technology to transform industries. In marily teach urban science, Columbia’s some sense, the 20th Century was the indusemphasis will be on data science, he said. trial age and the 21st century is the inforThe academic structure of CornellNYC mation age.” Tech, meanwhile, is organized into three Huttenlocher said that having multiple hubs — connective media, healthier life and tech schools could contribute to New York the built environment — that are broad in City’s economic growth, making the city a scope, but will evolve over time, Fuchs said. hub of entrepreneurial activity. “The other two programs are more “The big thing is providing an environfocused than ours is. Ours is broader, inten- ment where great tech companies are locattionally, it’s just bigger — it’s a whole new ed here in New York — either because campus,” Fuchs said. “The second differ- they’re homegrown companies that get startence is ours has a larger focus on students. ed by graduates of these programs, or All three campuses have a research focus … because they’re big companies, like Google Continued from page 1
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and Facebook, and want to build up their operations here,” Huttenlocher said. “It’s really about broadening the economy of New York City to have a much bigger tech component in terms of job opportunities for New Yorkers.” Higher education expert and computer scientist Richard DeMillo, who served as the Hewlett-Packard Company’s first chief technology officer and was an executive at the National Science Foundation, said that if NYC is going to create a burgeoning “tech ecosystem,” the presence of multiple tech schools is crucial. “I’ve been happy to see Cornell, but also the other New York schools, move in and start to talk about other initiatives, too,” DeMillo said. “Clearly, campuses are competing for resources, but the whole idea of these ventures in New York, as I understand it, is to build up the entire base … Let’s hope that the end result is a larger investment … in building a tech base in [NYC].” DeMillo pointed to previous attempts to build up a tech base in the city, citing tech ventures in the mid-1990s that he said had largely failed due to a lack of “openness.” The ability for people to move freely within the tech community and to engage in mentorship “simply didn’t exist in New York City in the mid-90s,” DeMillo said. “So you
hope with these new ventures you can somehow recreate the entrepreneurial spirit that’s going to make all of this stuff succeed.” In addition to coordinating with the other two tech schools, CornellNYC Tech is committed to collaborating with tech companies, Fuchs said. “We’re not there yet, because we’re focusing on launching our new programs this year and designing buildings and the new campus,” Fuchs said. “But we’re really committed to collaboration … in writing proposals to agencies … and to companies to sponsor new programs. We do that already with other universities around the world.” Fuchs predicted that this collaborative spirit could extend as far as allowing students to take classes at the peer campuses. “There might be students from those other programs that want to take programs on our campus, and possibly the other way around, too,” Fuchs said. “I do predict students will be doing this and getting transfer credit, because we want to offer truly different courses from the ones that are being offered. And the nice thing about New York City is there’s a lot of connectivity, transportation-wise.” Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.
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ornell has afforded me many opportunities so far. I got here just last fall, and my cornell.edu email address has already made me completely reevaluate what I consider a “good” GPA, taught me how to function at almost full capacity running on only three hours of sleep, allowed me to meet some kid from New Zealand who really likes sheep and landed me a prestigious internship as a busboy this past summer. Another thing that Cornell has given me is Internet speed I didn’t even know was possible. Initially that seemed really good. I would be able to get research done for my project team much faster. I would be able to
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with that much inconspicuously.” Now it is 3:00 a.m., and I am no closer to finishing any of my work. That was a full hour filled with Nicki Minaj and syrup thieves. I know I’m not the only one. Take a stroll through Mann Library sometime and you will see countless people doing exactly what I did. Granted they are probably staying on or around Facebook, YouTube or Twitter, but the idea is still the same: The Internet is wasting our time. It wouldn’t be a huge problem if it weren’t for the fact that I will never get the time I spend on the web back. The 38 seconds I sink into watching the “Best Cry Ever” are gone forever, and I can’t imagine looking back 30
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Cornell Stands Up For Workers’ Rights
THIS WEEK CORNELL DECIDED to terminate its contract with Adidas over the company's treatment of nearly 3,000 Indonesian workers. Adidas is refusing to pay any of the $3.3 million legally owed to the workers after their factory, PT Kizone, closed in January 2011. The Sun commends Cornell and President David Skorton for terminating the contract and standing up for the workers’ rights. Of particular note is the fact that Cornell is the first college to terminate a contract with Adidas over this incident. If this was an instance where the employees might still benefit from Cornell maintaining its contract with Adidas, than we might argue that Cornell ought to find more creative ways of pressuring the company and its subcontractors. However, considering that the issue at hand involves workers who have already lost their jobs, we are happy to see that the administration took blunt action. Cornell and other universities have a great deal of power when it comes to pressuring companies to change their behavior. We hope that the ultimate result of the Adidas decision will be similar to Cornell’s severance of its contract with Nike in 2010 in an attempt to resolve a similar labor dispute in Honduras. That case was successfully resolved and ended with Nike accepting responsibility for the actions of its subcontractors and establishing a $1.5 million relief fund for laid off employees. In the case with Nike, Cornell was one of several universities that severed its contract. In order for the University’s actions to be ultimately successful and to ensure that the former employees of PT Kizone get justice, other universities need to follow suit. Administrators should communicate their decision and its rationale to other universities and encourage them to sever their contracts as well. The Sun is also pleased with the continued success of the Cornell Licensing Oversight Committee who made the initial recommendation to President Skorton to cancel the contract. The Committee, which is made up of faculty, administrators, students and staff now has a handful of successful actions under its belt and is establishing itself as an impressively prudent advocate for labor rights on campus. Along with the announcement of Cornell’s break with Adidas, the University joined the Workers’ Rights Consortium’s Designated Suppliers Program. Members of the DSP are required to have their licensees buy apparel from supplier factories that are “in compliance with their obligation to respect the rights of their employees” and pay a “living wage.” This is a step forward in Cornell’s progression as an organization that works to ensure all the stakeholders in its supply chain are treated ethically. While it is still of the utmost importance that the administration and students continue to be leaders in advocating for workers’ rights, the successes of the past few years — and the previous week in particular — are particularly heartening.
look up interesting articles to reference for any essays that I had to write in the blink of an eye. And I would be able to broaden the scope of my knowledge in basically any direction I wanted. Realistically though, with all of the resources available to me on the web, it seems like I spend most of my time on the computer watching videos of cats putting themselves into boxes or looking at other absolutely useless garbage. For example, it is 2:00 a.m., and I have three problem sets to finish, a prelim to study for and a column due in a few hours (Engineering students are supposed to complain about their workloads, right?), and motivation is not exactly at an all-time high to complete any of those things right now. What is actually happening is I am thinking to myself, “Hey, I wonder how Nicki Minaj got so famous …” From there, it is just a productivity disaster. I find out from MTV News (an extremely reputable news source) that Nicki Minaj has a bit of a feud with fellow female rapper, Lil’ Kim. “Didn’t Lil’ Kim and Biggie Smalls doink a while back?” Yes. They did. And after consulting Biggie Smalls’ Wikipedia page, I see that his Greatest Hits album peaked at only 183 in Canada. “That seems pretty low. Canadians are probably a little too polite to really get excited about the sometimes misogynistic lyrics of the Notorious B.I.G. I wonder if they ever caught that syrup thief in Quebec.” As it turns out, authorities are still investigating the theft of 30.4 million dollars worth of maple syrup from a massive maple syrup storage facility in rural Quebec. That is over 10 million pounds of syrup. “How could someone possibly transport that much syrup? It seems like there is no real way to make off
years down the road and thinking to myself, “Thank goodness I decided to watch all of those cat videos on the Internet when I was in college.” I will clearly have made a few wrong turns in the course of my life if that thought ever occurs to me. I am not suggesting that Cornell take away our Internet access. It is extremely useful when used correctly, but there is something to be said about “unplugging” from the world for an hour or two once a day. Think about life without cell phones or laptops. It would be just like the ’80’s — and the ’80’s were definitely the best decade (or at least a close second to the 1340s). Think about all the good things that happened two decades before the new millennium (and try to ignore the advent of drug violence, most of the music and the constant nuclear paranoia). It isn’t necessary to chuck your phone or computer off the suspension bridge. Just make sure next time that you are doing homework, you are focused on your problem set, essay or prelim, and not how Nicki Minaj relates to the syrup version of The Italian Job or sometimes just called The Canadian Job. Leave your laptop in your backpack or your room when you go to the library. Turn off your cell phone until you finish the work you need to do. I think you’ll find that you are able to finish all of your work a lot faster and retain more of the information you use that way. It is time to unplug, Cornell. Plus, that video of the bulldog jumping on the trampoline will still be there in an hour or two. And it will still be just as brilliant as ever.
Christo Eliot is a sophomore in the College of Engineering. He may be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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Taking Back Collegetown
n route to a local social entrepreneurship conference earlier this weekend, I found myself knee deep in ideas. The three day affair featured inspiring speakers and people, all doing fascinating and exciting things with their lives. In stark contrast with the career fair earlier that week, I felt stimulated and as though, perhaps, I could even picture my future. While driving to Saturday morning’s session with my friend Audrey, the excitement of the last two days’ discussions plus a bit of sleep deprivation had us rambling and brainstorming. We were right by Dewitt Mall, at an intersection, when it came to me. As mentioned in a recent editorial, Collegetown looks meager. The empty storefronts lining our main streets are depressing. They do not adequately represent the vibrant community in which we live, but instead give the illusion of a ghost town. With the spirit of entrepreneurship in mind, I had an idea. What if students, the main inhabitants of this space, reclaimed Collegetown? Let me first say that this is fundamentally far-fetched. I don’t intend to come up with a solution in this one column, nor do I think that it can come from just one person. My purpose is to begin a conversation. There could be a business proposal competition, similar to the Big Idea Competition, but geared locally. Students can create their business plans and decide whether they would want to have a profit or nonprofit entity. This could be a way to promote interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration, to have students work together on ideas and make them a reality. But most importantly, this could be the means through which students take ownership of a problem and help to find a solution. So, how will it work? This is, of course, just an idea, but maybe alums that are entrepreneurs or that believe in experiential learning could be tapped to donate. It is
important to note, though, that Cornell itself would not be expanding its reach into Collegetown, but that the money donated would be from people who feel that this is a worthwhile endeavor. The goal would be to create a grant that could cover (or heavily subsidize) rent at a storefront for one year. Similar efforts have been put forth in Downtown Ithaca this spring with the “Race for Space.” According to a Sun article from the spring, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance intended to “pick the contestants with the best business proposals and reward them with, along with other incentives, one year of free rent in space in downtown Ithaca, including on the Commons.” Once securing its grant, the winning team would create a carefully crafted business proposal, budget and other plans. Of course, this could be under the tutelage of local business owners who have been successful for several years, as well as professors with relevant academic perspectives. It would be important, though, that students also speak with business owners who did not fare as well, to learn about what they might have done better in retrospect. On many levels, this is about students investing in their neighborhood and community. Instead of whining about all the vacancies, we can do something about it. We can try to reinvent this area. As a senior beginning to think about next year and beyond, I have heard many conversations about “doing something real.” But why wait? Rarely will we be in the position where we are surrounded by thousands of people brought together with the sole purpose of education. The
amount of human capital that exists here could fuel a number of great ideas. And those thoughts can be transformed into actions and in turn, create a movement. Student-entrepreneurial projects are already happening all the time. For instance, a group of juniors and seniors have been collaborating to start a Collegetown gym. They are working with a landlord, looking for investors and moving forward to take action. Likewise, the Popshop on Dryden Road serves as an incubator where students can meet and discuss their ideas and inspirations together. Perhaps those ideas can be funneled
Katerina Athanasiou Kat’s Cradle towards developing the Collegetown landscape. So, what’s missing from this place? How can we make Collegetown a vibrant neighborhood — a nicer place to live? Imagine a book store on Dryden or a supermarket on College? What about a community center where Green Café once was? I wouldn’t mind seeing a Salvation Army or a re-use store. The possibilities are endless. The time is now.
Katerina Athanasiou is a senior in the College of Art, Architecture, and planning. She may be reacched at kathanasiou@cornellsun.com. Kat’s Cradle runs alternate Thursdays this semester.
Answering the Dreaded Question I
don’t deal well with change. Growing up, my teachers always told my parents that I had a hard time “transitioning” from one activity to the next. I am a creature of habit and I like to know what’s next on my agenda, where I’m going and why. So, for me, arriving on campus in August after a semester abroad and a summer away was startling: Johnny Fro’s had officially opened, the Hotel School got a new sleek student lounge, CTP up and moved across the street and Wegmans instituted new traf-
I want to do. I know I want to do something I enjoy, something that does good for others and hopefully something that will allow me to pay my rent. I do not know what career I am best suited for, nor do I know what career best suits me. I’m sure there’s some perfect “doing” out there, I just haven’t yet found it. Given that, I am forced to answer my peers with, “I don’t know.” Enter: judgment and / or pity from the opposite party. For those who have spent the last three years preparing to “do” some-
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fic control rules in its parking lot. While all of these “transitions” (as my loving preschool teachers might call them) were hard for me to process all at once, nothing was as upsetting as the first time I was asked by a peer the oh-so-dreaded question: “So, do you know what you want to do after graduation?” The kindhearted yet meaningless small talk we are all guilty of engaging in has, by senior year, changed in tone. The painless but dependable conversation starter “what’s your major?” has become an intimidating “what do you want to do for the next forty years?” This “transition” had me floored (even more so than Stella’s new menu) because here’s the truth: I don’t know what
thing, my indecision is both pathetic and scary. They then return with “Aw, well, good for you. You have time,” secretly thinking “thank God that’s not me!” Even though I feel like a loser every time I have to tell them I have no direction, I don’t blame my peers for trying to start a conversation with thatquestion-that-I-dread; it’s appropriate, especially at this school where plenty of seniors know exactly what they want to do, next year and for the next forty years. As a senior at Cornell University, there exists an implicit assumption that a) I am getting a job after graduation and b) it will be well-suited for who I am and what I want to “do.” With pre-professional programs of study in CALS, ILR, engineering and hotel schools, hundreds of students in my class
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are — lucky for them — on a path towards a career that, presumably, interests them. They aren’t just on a path for a first job, they are trained to look at their field as a career — a lifetime commitment. Because of this culture that assumes education leads to a job, and a job leads to a career, the question is not “are you getting a job?” but rather, “what job are you getting, and is it something that will turn into a career? And, oh, is it impressive that you got it?” We live in a distorted, self-inflated bubble within a nation that is struggling to find jobs — let alone careers. I remember as a senior in high school realizing halfway through my college admissions process that I became so used to asking “where do you want to go to college?” instead of “are you going to college?” In the same way that college was the assumed next step after graduating from my private high school, a high-paying job (or prestigious graduate school) is the assumed next step after graduating from Cornell. And God bless the souls of the students who are interested in the fields Cornell harvests careers in — they are the lucky ones! I wish I had a passion for finance or hotel management, but I can’t help feeling that students like me, the liberal arts kid wandering through CCNet, worried about not only getting my first job, but also nervous about committing to something even remotely resembling a “career” get left in the dust of this fast track to success. We are forced to take the roads less traveled and apply for jobs that don’t have formal recruitment processes, mass waves of on-campus interviews or job postings on CCNet. And, more than that, we are constantly reminded of our choice when forced to reply to THE question with “I don’t know.”
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Last week when what felt like half of the population walked through Barton Hall in suits, pulling resumes from notefolios shopping for careers, I cursed myself for feeling zero interest in corporate finance. I want a job, but I am not yet ready to commit to a career. I imagine I will have many jobs, all of which will somehow help me make an informed decision about what I want “to do.” As a senior, I am ready for a job fair, not yet prepared for a career fair. And I’m okay with that. And, I stand by my choice to pursue a liberal arts education, even if it’s inconvenient right now. Certainly it would have been opportune to have an innate interest in hotel operations or chemical engineering, but I don’t. My liberal arts education is not intended to land me my first job (or my first career). Instead, it is intended to help me compose some kind of a life. So, you heard it here first: This weekend, when alumni return and ask that dreaded question, instead of hesitating before sputtering out a defeated “I don’t know,” I promise myself I will stand strong on my road less traveled and respond with a triumphant and proud “I have no fucking idea.” And I rest assured knowing that next year when what I am “doing” is sleeping on the streets of New York City, my friends will pass me on their way home from big-name investment banks and drop a quarter in my change cup. Until then, I’ll keep struggling to compose a life. Hannah Deixler is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at hdeixler@cornellsun.com. Shades of Grey appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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on a joy ride. The crescendo of space-age riffs and fantastical synth strains (angels give way to aliens in the ethereal realms) convince you that there really is a “mystery underneath those neon lights.” That line is not the only moment that appears to borrow from Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” and The Killers prove that they can take on and even improve the rock legend’s kind of music. The joys and uncertainties of young, wild love are finally tackled with success on “The Way It Was.” The echoes of doo-wop and old school rock-and-roll guitar make the upbeat track stand out, and Flowers packs in a heart-wrenching vocal performance. Some stellar lyrics color the space with emotion: “Somewhere along the lonely Esmerelda county line, the question of my heart came to my mind.” On “Miss Atomic Bomb” (title courtesy of Elton John), the boy with the “eager eyes” looks back on the neon nights that drove the wretched desperation of “Mr Brightside,” the powerhouse track off Hot Fuss that validated the band’s rock star aspirations. The theatrical “Mr Brightside” recalls thrashed, glorious hotel rooms and epitomizes the band’s eyeliner phase — Flowers snarls like a young, Definitely Maybe-era Liam Gallagher, and Keuning struts through the track with a memorably bright guitar riff. Possibly inspired by Nevada’s nuclear-testing (the mentions of “mushroom clouds” and flying dust are telling), “Miss Atomic Bomb” evokes cars and pulses racing along a dark, desolate highway — just like nearly all the songs on Battle Born. Though spacious and pleasant, the placid “Miss Atomic Bomb” disappoints next to its heady predecessor. For the most part, Flowers’ lively brand of religious
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imagery accentuates the romance of the American highway that pervades the album. “Heart of a Girl” contains lines that are as awkward as its title. Dire Straits meets Lou Reed in the tender rock ballad, with a melody that sounds suspiciously like a truncated version of Dire Straits’ “Romeo and Juliet” (which, despite his protests, Flowers covered brilliantly during the The Killers’ first Abbey Road outing). Nevertheless, Flowers is so sweetly earnest that he can get away with anything, and the gospel flourish legitimizes the track’s unwieldy metaphors and honeyed sentiments. As the song closes, Flowers is joined by a gospel choir (a throwback to the band’s early masterpiece “All These Things That I Have Done”), in a burst of strength that is probably symbolic. Battle Born is one very long road trip. It is mostly a thrilling, pleasant ride; the band performs as confidently and astoundingly as ever, and they will go on to conquer sold-out stadiums. But there are few particularly striking sights. “Be Still” is a beautifully sonorous track, which sketches vistas as wide and hazy as those conjured by U2’s The Joshua Tree. The tenderly-delivered lines (“Is this real or just a dream,” “Rise up like the sun / labor till you’re done”) are oddly familiar plays on cliches that recall the cool and exuberant “Read My Mind” from Sam’s Town. Like most of Battle Born, we have heard it all before, and far more eloquently, from none other than Flowers, et al.
Daveen Koh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Dina Khatib It’s difficult to produce a follow-up to an album like Veckatimest. The Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear released this album in 2008 to much critical acclaim, ridding the band of its underground status. The superb record was filled with beautiful melodies and rich with various instruments. The album exhibited Grizzly Bear’s keen attention to every single meticulous sound, as well as the band’s undeniable talent. It’s four years later and the band, which formed in 2002, returned on Tuesday with the release of its latest LP, Shields. While this fourth album does not evoke the same sort of deep emotional and spiritual journey for listeners as Veckatimest may have upon first listen, it’s still nothing short of stellar. The band takes a completely different turn with this album. The sound has less of a pop-influence, without any “Ready, Able” or “Two Weeks” equivalents, and as a result, the sound is less accessible. Shields is refined. It’s darker and heavier. With Veckatimest’s success on its resume, Grizzly Bear has no reason to have to reproduce a similar work. The quartet already proved that they are talented, so now they have greater flexibility to take risks. This new approach doesn’t redefine the band; it simply makes it more complex. Shields is exciting in that it is a different application of Grizzly Bear’s intelligent lyricism and play with sounds. The songs exhibit a clearer sound and richer instrumentals, thanks to producer and bassist Chris Taylor, and the lyrics are even more intricate, which can perhaps be accredited to
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the band’s more collaborative approach this time around. These 10 tracks were clearly chosen with care. In fact, vocalist and guitarist Daniel Rossen released a five-track EP, Silent Hour/Golden Mile, last March featuring songs written by Rossen that were originally deliberated for the band’s upcoming album. The songs that did make the cut for Shields, however, provide for a seamless listen from start to end. The album starts off strong with the opening track, “Sleeping Ute.” The track is filled with upbeat vigor and sounds similar to tracks from Veckatimest. It’s a bit more rock-inspired though, with robust but catchy guitar and percussion sounds. The energy slowly dies down around the last minute as a more relaxing calm takes over, drawing more focus to the vocals. “Speak in Rounds” also emulates this energy with its entrancing beat. The vocals are soothing and the rhythm starts off slow, but the sounds of the acoustic guitar and the drums allow the song to pick up momentum, leading into the chorus. “Gun-Shy” features a vibrant mix of synths, drums and guitars, with intertwining vocals in the foreground and background, adding many dimensions to the song. “A Simple Answer” has a more pop sound with loud, vigorous piano throughout, but the soothing harmonies and the prevalent synth sounds fuse to give the song a psychedelic dimension. Lead single “Yet Again” is an upbeat, rock-androll track where frontman Ed Droste’s soothing voice particularly stands out as he sings about the progression of a rela-
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tionship: “Take it all in stride / Speak, don’t confide / We barely have a case.” It is the final song “Sun In Your Eyes” that pulls listeners into another world, closing the already-dynamic album in epic fashion. The seven-minute track is composed of two distinct sections. It begins with mellow singing and a slow piano, with lyrics equally despondent: “And every stone and every step / I won't recall / Emptied out of every thought / Just soft ground.” As the song dies down around four minutes in, teasing us with an ending, the piano gradually continues and picks up speed, delving into a dreamy, psychedelic state. The sound segues into an edgier, louder plane, dramatically ending with: “I’m never coming back,” trailed by a fading piano chord. Those unfamiliar with Grizzly Bear probably won’t get drawn into the band with this album, but for fans of Veckatimest or the band’s 2006 album Yellow House, this album is certainly worth listening to. When listened to sequentially, each track provides a smooth transition into the next, and the refined production allows listeners to better rejoice in Grizzly Bear’s appreciation for sound. The multi-layered vocals and fascinating combination of various instruments provide for a beautifully dense album. Shields is no doubt a well-crafted piece of work, and Grizzly Bear yet again proves its immense, unique talent. Dina Khatib is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at dkhatib@cornellsun.com.
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ndy Warhol is everywhere these days. Just yesterday, on the 50th anniversary of his first show, the Met unveiled the “Regarding Warhol” retrospective, which includes 50 of his works and 100 more from 59 of his contemporaries. This coincides, not unintentionally, with Target’s launch of 1.2 million special collector editions of Campbell’s tomato soup, mimicking the $10 million dollar print of Warhol’s Four Campbell’s Soup Cans — so the everyday shopper can buy their own piece of pop art for just 75 cents a can (or rather the $50+ enterprising shoppers have been hawking on eBay). Then, of course, there’s the on-going legal battle between The Velvet Underground founders, Lou Reed and John Cale, over the proliferation of their debut album’s cover graphic, the iconic, 45-year-old pop art banana designed by Warhol (who used to hobnob with The Velvet Underground and Nico as they conducted band practices in his infamous Factory). Even without all this press, you’ve still probably seen a Marilyn Monroe triptych decal pasted on the back of a Macbook belonging to some wannabe Warholic (read: tryhard trendygirl in Libe). And just when you think you can’t stand to see another brillo pad sculpture replica as an iPhone case, or one of those truly grotesque instant pop-art applications that people use to transforms pictures of, like, their dog or whatever, get this: You will only see more of Warhol in the coming years. In fact, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced earlier last week that it intends to release 20,000 pieces of Warhol’s remaining estate. That’s TWENTY THOUSAND. While Warhol was one of the most prolific artists of all time and a general poster boy for meaningless excess, 20,000 pieces of work (silk-screens, archival materials, drawings and photographs) is unreasonable, and the implications of such an aggressive marketplace move might rock the art world. Only Christie’s has obtained the privilege of auctioning off all 20,000 pieces in intervals within the next five or so years. While this may sound like a rather unhurried pace in other industries, in the art world this is definitely express shopping. What’s more, this fire sale will be held primarily on the Internet. Because nothing says priceless art like “add to cart.” Only 350 pieces will be sold under the gavel in a New York show-
room this November 12 to ascertain the best price for more valuable pieces, such as a 19-foot silk screen entitled Three Targets and a paper collage of Jacqueline Kennedy called Jackie. The rest will be moved in online-only sales, which Christie’s believes will garner top price for the pieces by reaching a larger global audience where the clout of Warhol’s name alone will carry the sale. However, wasn’t it rival auction-house Sotheby’s who tried to revive the online-only sale in 2003, only to flop on its face in a lucrative deal with eBay that failed to sell much of anything? And wouldn’t flooding the market with 20,000 Warhols serve to devalue all of his works thereafter? Since 200 Warhols are transacted in the art world a year, there seems to be little room for growth in this already saturated market. Of course, this news has been fatal to anyone who actually owns a Warhol, such as Alberto Mugrabi, a New York dealer with 800 pieces himself. He and his colleagues have already offered to buy out the $100 million dollar estate collection for fear that the Foundation will dilute the Warhol brand with their current decision, but the Foundation declined. Michael Strauss, chairman of the Foundation, is ada mant — he no longer wants the liability of Profanity insuring and protectPrayers ing 20,000 pieces of art. By liquidating the Foundation’s assets, he says, “We’re converting art into money.” Ostensibly, this $100 million in sales will be used to give more art-related grants, but with a $225 million endowment in the bank already and only a microscopic fraction of that used in the past years for grants, there is a bit of confusion. Is he converting art into money to rest on top of his enormous mountain of existing, unused money? Meanwhile,
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will his plan to turn Warhol’s art into money actually turn Warhol’s art into trash? Soon, you’ll find Warhol’s once-priceless prints in yard sales. We’ll wrap Campbell’s soup cans in Warhol’s print of Campbell’s because it’ll be more cost-effective than printing the labels themselves. We’ll shred up those pesky Elvis Presleys and Marilyn Monroes and Queen Elizabeths to making bedding in our hamster cages because trees need to be conserved more than Warhol’s works do. Fish markets will start wrapping their fish in Warhols because the newspaper industry is dying but, hey, we still have approximately sixty billion of these ugly screen-prints to recycle. Next week, you’ll walk through the Met to see the “Regarding Warhol” exhibit and get to place little pink sticky notes on all the pieces you want to take home like you’re choosing accent furniture at a Raymour & Flanigan. Tomorrow, I’ll walk into Libe and see tryhard trendygirl’s MacBook slapped with a Banksy decal because Warhol is, like, so over. And you know what? She’ll be right. Alice Wang is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at awang@cornellsun.com. Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
All Aflutter With the Ragbirds BY SALLY GAO Sun Contributor
Led by the ever-enthusiastic and musically versatile Erin Zindle, the folk-rock fusion band The Ragbirds has enchanted audiences all over the country. The Sun talked to Zindle about the story behind the mythical Ragbird, her songwriting and eco-touring. The Ragbirds will play at The Haunt at 10 p.m. tonight. THE SUN: What inspired your band name? ERIN ZINDLE: Well, I used a lot of bird imagery, in my poetry, my music and my art, so I started with the bird as my theme. And since my inspiration comes from all over the world, I was imagining all these cultural tapestries and taking little bits and pieces, kind of like the rags, all patched together to create this creature, the Ragbird. This creature is cuddly, homemade and patched together, but still has the ability to fly. SUN: You play the violin, the piano, the accordion and the banjo. How did you master so many musical instruments? E.Z.: I learned from great teachers how to play the piano and the violin growing up; these are my main instruments. The accordion is similar to the piano and the banjo is similar to the violin, I haven’t seriously studied playing the accordion or the banjo. Mostly I play the accordion through transferring my skills from piano playing, and the
banjo I pick up and play it my own way. SUN: One would expect a song titled “Silence Is Everywhere” to have a gloomy or dark tone to it, but you threw in happy, optimistic beats and drumming. What inspired you to push the song in this direction? E.Z.: Everybody has got a bully, and sometimes it’s a voice in our heads. For me the song is about fighting off the voice in my head. For other people the song might be applied to real life bullies or other situations. I do write a lot of songs with darker themes; it’s more of a hard-earned hope after being through a lot and still having this positive outlook on life. More difficult subjects I’ve sung about, such as losing a loved one ... I always try to sing positively and in a helpful approach. SUN: How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together? E.Z.: I started off pretty shy. I worked really hard and really developed my voice, and I think my voice is the number one thing that has grown the most. With the rest of the band, it is hard to compare the changes. Songwriting is always improving — the more we do it, the better we get. I wonder what I’ll produce when I am 60. Some people think age is a terrifying thing to think about, but I get excited thinking about what I’ll come up with after a few decades of experience. SUN: The Ragbirds are really into eco-
touring, something not that many bands are into these days. What made you guys go in this direction? E.Z.: For such a wide tour that we are having, it is hard to estimate how much environmental damage it would do if we used traditional fuel. The cost would also be heavy. We did a lot of research on sustainable fuels, and we discovered that waste vegetable oil was a good option because it wasn’t made through a harmful chemical process. It was something that was straight out of the dumpster, and 99 percent of the time it was free. We the band would go collect it ourselves. We would ask the restaurant manager if it would okay to collect the waste oil and explain the environmental concept to them. SUN: What would you say to aspiring musicians or artists? E.Z.: It is really important to know yourself through your music or your art. You need to let it simmer. The key is to focus on your skills, because that is the foundation of everything. Get to know your true self
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through your art — constantly look at it to envision yourself. There is a lot of music and art out there right now, you have to have something unique in order to stand out. SUN: Anything else we should know about you? E.Z.: Well, I grew up in Buffalo and Ithaca College was my dream school. Ithaca is a beautiful and exciting place, and I can't believe that this is the first time I'm going to play my own music in Ithaca. Check out The Ragbirds at The Haunt tonight at 10 p.m. Sally Gao is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ry387@cornell.edu.
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: A Bleary, Bon Iver Bus Odyssey BY LIZ CAMUTI Sun City Editor
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — There weren’t enough seats. Throw down 10 bucks and hop on Dan Small’s Bon Iver Bus. But run a little late and school bus #1216 is guaranteed to be running low on seats. The bus to Bon Iver’s concert at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y. was the brainchild of Dan Smalls Presents and the Cornell Concert Commission. Show up at the Schwartz Center at 5 p.m. Bring some cash. Bring some friends. Bring some booze. This reporter was set to drive six friends to the concert Monday night, but, not wanting them to die at the hands of a notoriously awful driver, signed up for the bus. Winded from a walk from North Campus, the group showed up to find a school bus full of plaid — a strange assortment of overgrown elementary school kids. The head count was 45 and these heads were squashed in every crevice of the bus. Depending on size and stature, three to a seat was not impossible. But an unlucky few were destined to spend the three-hour journey precariously balancing a quarter of their buttocks on the vinyl benches. The lowliest of passengers — including this reporter — were banished to the floor of the aisle. The bus ride would not have been complete without the diverse array of picnic cuisine. The classier attendees munched on Manchego cheese and sipped riesling; the rest relied on Pabst Blue Ribbon in Nalgene bottles and peanut butter and jelly on hamburger buns. The bus never broke 40 m.p.h. It creeped to Cooperstown, prompting tired haikus from the weary passengers. “This looks like a town There are no lines in the roads We must be in hell,” several passengers recited. During one of the two emergency bathroom stops, the bus driver Pat began grumbling under his breath to a few students who were complaining about their 8:40 a.m. classes the next morning. Pat grew up in Groton, N.Y., and has been driving what can best be described as “super-size vehicles” since 1972. He gets up at 4:50 a.m. every morning, and rather than crane his neck to catch Justin Vernon sweetly swaying on stage, was hoping the setlist was long enough to allow him to take a reasonable nap. For someone who had every right to despise his mildly inebriated cargo, he was patient and kind. About an hour and a half into the trip, the truth came out about the bus’ maximum capacity. “It’s about 66 people,” he said. “Well … 66 first graders.” Then, finally, release: Brewery Ommegang, a clearing in the woods with a stage, a brewery and the hipster masses snuggling with one another under blankets. It was altogether a wholesome affair; one winces at the differences between this crowd and the one that will descend upon Barton Hall come Saturday’s Avicii extravaganza. Once Bon Iver hit the stage, it was all adoring silence, hushed singing and awkward couple dancing. James Rainis ’14 gave you all of the details. Depending on one’s state of mind, the journey back to Ithaca was peaceful or infuriating. Sleep on a friend’s shoulder and the time flew by; get stuck behind freshmen listing all of the concerts they have ever seen and you might as well bang your head against the window for three hours. At one point many passengers were woken from their crunched, half-asleep states to a plea for the second emergency bathroom stop. “It’s 10 minutes to the nearest gas station,” Pat told a girl who was nearly in tears. This, however, would not do. “Can’t you just pull over here?” she wailed. Turning to the girl behind her she continued, “I know I don’t know you, but will you please come with me?” Pat willingly obliged and a few passengers descended into the woods, along a vacant backcountry road, in Middle-of-Nowhere, New York. Having formed new friendships, sustained potential kidney damage and blissfully swayed to Vernon’s croon, the passengers finally arrived outside the Schwartz Center at a quarter past 2 a.m. It is difficult to say what the rest of the night had in store for the Bon Iver Bus passengers; this bleary-eyed reporter headed home to catch a few Z’s before her 8:40 a.m. class. Liz Camuti is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at news-editor@cornellsun.com.
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While growing up in Phoenix, I would only romanticize about fall while flipping through my October editions of Bon Appetit Magazine whilst sitting by the pool, catching some sun and sipping on horchata. My first fall here in Ithaca exhibited just what I longed for in those shiny editorials. I remember sampling my first Concord grape at the Ithaca Farmers Market, biting into my first Cortland apple fresh off the tree and realizing that you could, in fact, cook with maple syrup. Needless to say, these things weren’t so common in the tundra of Arizona. As much as my favorite fall things may be cliché to most native northeasterners, the southwestern boy in me still gets excited around this time of year. I invite you to share in my excitement, check out these five foodie things to do, and to have the finest of food and beverage experiences this fall. THE 30TH ANNUAL ITHACA APPLEFEST An autumn necessity, this free annual event is held in the Commons and branches out (pun intended) into the surrounding streets downtown. Wait in (or cut) the mile-long line at this year’s fest, taking place September 28 to September 30 for apple cider donuts, caramel apples and delicious cider. Don’t forget to take home your five-pound bag of assorted apples: I recommend Cortland for its crisp, tart flesh and Mutsu if you get that sudden urge to bake a pie. Besides apples, Applefest features over a dozen unique food vendors offering cuisines from Indian to Thai,
Italian to Laotian. The fest will take place noon to 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. EAT MAPLE COTTON CANDY AT THE ITHACA FARMERS’ MARKET It’s true, I have a new love: maple cotton candy. Imagine all the deliciousness of New York maple spun into thin little melt-inyour-mouth threads. Maple vendor Schoolyard Sugarbush has mastered its creation and also offers a variety of bottled syrup, maple cream (which you can spread like butter) as well as candies. While you’re at the market be sure to check out what the other vendors have to offer. I recommend heading in early to grab all of the most beautiful produce before the hungover college kids and stroller-toting moms flood the place. HAVE A PICNIC AT BUTTERMILK FALLS While the Grand Canyon back home may be a bit more breathtaking, Buttermilk Falls is the perfect spot for that quintessential fall picnic, thanks to its hiking possibilities and its abundance of changing leaves. Pack some cider, some crusty bread and cheese (from the Farmers Market, of course) and head out to the park between dusk and dawn with some dear friends or that special someone. For a picnic, I like to keep it local with some fall snacks from the Farmers Market: I personally recommend Autumn’s Gold Cider from Eve’s Cidery, paired with Across the Pond Raw Cow’s Milk Cheese from Keeley’s Cheese. EAT OUT DURING FINGER LAKES RESTAURANT WEEK For the second time this year, from October 22 to October 29,
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Finger Lakes chefs will be challenged to create two-course a la carte lunch menus as well as threecourse prix fixe dinner menus inspired by the bounty of fall in late October. The menus comprise of 100 percent local food from over 50 farms and wine from three sponsoring wineries (with more in the works). Each menu for lunch will cost in the $15-$50 range with a good amount of the participating restaurants also including beverage service. Local wineries will also be getting in on the action, holding tastings and tours throughout the
week. For more information check out www.restaurantweekfingerlakes.com. GO APPLE (AND PUMPKIN) PICKING Although the most cliché of my suggestions, apple picking is a fall must. Nothing compares to walking throughout an orchard on a brisk morning with warm (possibly spiked?) cider in hand while taking in the spice aromas. My favorite local place for picking is Littletree Orchards in Newfield, NY, which is about a 15-minute scenic drive from Collegetown.
Not only does Littletree offer apples in every desirable form (cider, donuts, butter and plenty you can pick), they also offer fresh cut flowers (mums are back!), Asian pears (which have the flavor somewhere between an apple and a pear), and pickable pumpkins. Littletree is open weekends only from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the season will run until about November 15. Austin Buben can be reached at ajb356@cornell.edu.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants will be without NFC offensive player of the week Hakeem Nicks for Thursday's game against the Carolina Panthers (1-1). Nicks, a wide receiver, has a foot injury, adding to the list of absentees when the Super Bowl-champion Giants (1-1) play their first road game of the season. New York made the announcement late Wednesday afternoon after already labeling running back Ahmad Bradshaw, offensive tackle David Diehl and another receiver, Domenik Hixon, out as well. Nicks did not practice this week after aggravating a foot injury late in the 41-34 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a game in which he had 10 catches for 199 yards and a touchdown. There didn't seem to be much concern over his lack of practice because he hasn't practiced much since sitting out almost all of training camp while recovering from a broken foot suffered in May. The Giants even listed him as questionable for the game in their initial injury report Wednesday. However, Nicks did not participate in the final walkthrough, and he did not accompany the team to North Carolina, his home state. With Nicks and Hixon out, the Giants will look to veteran Ramses Barden, second-year pro Jerrel Jernigan and rookie Rueben Randle to fill in. Bradshaw (neck), Diehl (knee) and Hixon (concussion) were hurt in Sunday's win over Tampa Bay and did not practice this week. Andre Brown, who rushed for a career-best 71 yards Sunday, probably will start for Bradshaw, while Will Beatty and Sean Locklear will be the offensive tackles. Diehl, who sprained his right medial collateral ligament, has only missed four games in his first nine seasons. Rookie defensive end Adewale Ojomo, who has been bothered by a hamstring injury for weeks, also is listed as out. As far as Nicks is concerned, it indeed is deflating for the receiver. Just one day before the news, he was excited about his anticipated return home. "It's really big for me," he said. "I'm really looking forward to it. I have a lot of family and friends that are going to be there." When asked how many tickets he had to purchase, Nicks' reply was simple. "A lot." The injury report also has cornerback Michael Coe (hamstring) as questionable, while cornerback Prince Amukamara (ankle) and linebacker Keith Rivers (hamstring) are probable. Both did not play in the 41-34 win over the Buccaneers. Amukamara missed the first two games of the season after being hurt in a preseason game against the Chicago Bears.
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Trent Jones offers a fair test for golfers. “[It has] different types of shots throughout the round,” he said. For the Cornell Invitational, the team needs to select its Top-5 performers — a task that has brought the best golf to the green.
“We have great guys on the team this year and it is essential to have great team camraderie.” Craig Esposito “The competitiveness can only help us in the long run,” Esposito said. “I look forward to competing with … [the] new team.” According to Esposito, the Red has a talented group of golfers, despite losing a strong senior class. "We have great guys on the team this year and it is essential to have great team camaraderie to be successful," he said. In addition to the Cornell Invitational, the team has the opportunity to compete in the Binghamton, Big 5, Princeton and Yale invitationals, in addition to a new tournament of Ivy League play in late October. The team is excited to begin playing golf and experiencing “the thrill of competition," according to Koehler. “Let’s play some golf and see what happens," he said. Skyler Dale can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.
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what would I be seeking in a team to sign with? I would definitely want a good backfield. I would want a running game that would allow me to throw off of it. I would also want tight ends and receivers who can and will run good routes, and catch the ball. I was somewhat dumbfounded at the fact that Peyton passed up on a team that had just added Randy Moss, Mario Manningham and Brandon Jacobs to a roster of skilled players that already included Vernon Davis, Michael Crabtree and Frank Gore in favor of a team whose receiving corps is a veritable who’s who of players you wouldn’t be able to name off the top of your head. Let’s face it; with the group of receivers Peyton has, Happy Dave from Oakies and I might as well suit up and run routes for him. Of course, the second Patrick Willis takes my head off I might be forced into early retirement. Also, let’s face it, would you rather play for Jim Harbaugh or John Fox? His decision doesn’t seem logical. Then I moved from the tangible things to the intangibles because sometimes the difference isn’t how far you can throw the ball, but how badly you want to throw that ball successfully. If you were a player who just sat out an entire season, would you rather step into a situation in which it’s Super Bowl or bust, or a situation in which you’re not expected to immediately enjoy tremendous success? If you’re Peyton Manning, and you’re making your NFL comeback, you know you’d want to do so under less pressure if possible. I mean let’s face it; this is Peyton’s rehab season and no one is expecting him to win a Super Bowl. If you are, take a shot of pessimism and think logically. Entering this season, if there was one place in the entire 49ers organization in which you could place a question mark, it would have to be at the quarterback position. Alex Smith was efficient last season, but efficient doesn’t win you Super Bowls. If Peyton signed with San Francisco, the team would seemingly be complete and it honestly would be Super Bowl or bust. The Denver Broncos, on the other hand, have too many questions marks to count. From their head coach down to their skill players and even their offensive line, not to mention some of their defensive positions, expectations realistically aren’t high for Denver. Playing in Denver is probably a less stressful environment for a player who is merely trying to get back in the swing of playing week after week. Peyton Manning is a Denver Bronco for the opposite reason of why LeBron James is on the Miami Heat. LeBron wanted to go to a place where winning would be easier. Peyton is in a place where winning is going to be harder, because he’s not sure how effective he can be yet. In the end though, if he had signed with San Francisco, he would have been in the position to both win and have teammates he could count on and depend on, as well as a coach who is a football genius. The question remains: did Peyton Manning choose not to sign with the 49ers because he didn’t want to make it easier for himself, or because the pressure of having to win immediately was too great for him? I’m a bit of a cynic, so I’m looking at this glass like it’s half-empty. Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun.com. Showtime at the Forum appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Red Set to Visit Columbia This Weekend for Start of Ivy Play By EMILY BERMAN Sun Contributor
The women’s volleyball team kicks off Ivy League play when it travels to New York City to take on rival Columbia Saturday at 2 p.m. The Red (2-7) is coming off a split at last weekend’s Temple Tournament, where it handily defeated Central Connecticut State before falling to Temple in straight sets. The Lions (5-4) are riding a three-game home win-
The team is looking to reverse its fortunes this season under first-year head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, who emphasized that each season is a clean slate. “Hopefully our mentality is no preconceived notions of anything in the past,” she said. “It’s a new experience and we’re going to go in with the mindset that this is a new year.” During the preseason, the Red suffered several straight-set losses and secured only two hard-fought wins. The difficult
“Hopefully our mentality is no preconceived notions of anything in the past.” Melissa Batie-Smoose ning streak after securing victories in each of their matches at the Columbia Invitational last weekend. Despite holding a 46-8 alltime advantage over the Lions, the Red dropped both games to Columbia last season. The league-opening match-up between the two squads ended in a heartbreaker for the Red, who took the first two sets by the same score, 25-21, before dropping the final three sets in front of a home crowd.
schedule was beneficial for the team though, according to junior middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier “We’ve played more highlevel teams this year during preseason than we ever had,” she said. “That has really prepared us for what we’ll face in the Ivies. Even though we didn’t win all those games, it showed us that we can play with these teams at high levels.” This weekend marks the first time during the season that the
Red is playing only one team on the weekend. According to D’Epagnier, this break allows the team to concentrate on exploiting Columbia’s weaknesses and putting its full effort into the game. “We only have to think about one team, one system,” she said. “We can just go out and leave everything on the court because after that game we’re done.” Playing an Ivy League opponent adds extra motivation, according to junior libero Sierra Young. In preparation for the Lions, Young added that the team has spent the week practicing keeping the ball alive. “We’ve been working really hard on defense and out-of-system game play — if you don’t get a perfect pass or perfect defense you have people come in and move the ball to offense and still score,” she said. “We’re keeping an aggressive mentality.” Batie-Smoose said she is looking to Young, outside hitter Kelly Marble and setter Kelly Reinke to set the tone for the team. Young had previously played outside hitter but will start as a libero against Columbia. The Lions’ young squad is anchored by senior captain Megan Gaughn, who averages
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Can you dig it? | After recording five digs in the tournament at Temple last weekend, junior outside hitter Katie Marble looks to lead the Red to a win over Columbia.
two-and-a-half kills per set. Batie-Smoose added that consistent play makes the Lions a dangerous opponent. “I think the one thing they do very well is they don’t make a lot of errors,” she said. “The ball
will continue to keep coming back to us and we have to win the long rallies. They’re not going to give us anything.” Emily Berman can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.
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Ten Questions Columnist Katie Schubauer caught up with women’s field hockey back Paige Mollineaux and discussed her close relationship with her sister, her diva attitude and her inevitable fate as a lonely maid with 15 cats. 1. Paige, you are a senior on the women’s field hockey team. What has field hockey meant to you over the course of your college career? Field hockey has meant a lot to me. I love my team and I love Cornell. When I came to campus, I fell in love with it immediately — It was also the summer, so that could have played a role. But it has been a great four years and I’ve met some of my closest friends playing field hockey. What role has your family played in your athletic career? My family has been a huge influence. I think I was in fifth grade when they tried to make me play soccer and I refused to play so they had the choice of signing me up for field hockey or cheerleading, so I went with field hockey. And my younger sister, Shelby, does whatever I do—still to this day. And now she is on the Cornell team with me. Who is your favorite teammate? I’m going to go with… Wow this is hard … I’m going to say my favorite teammate is my sister. On the field during practice, she knows when I’m upset or frustrated and she always knows what to say to make me refocus and feel better. Why do you sit with the freshmen every bus ride? I like it up there. It’s not near the toilet. 2. Can you tell us about the time sophomore year when you and former teammate Catie DeStio ’10 couldn’t stop laughing during a team huddle? (Laughing) Ok, so one day during practice, Coach had us in a huddle and we were listening to her explain something and DeStio and I were in the back of the huddle and I accidentally made a … noise … And we started laughing and couldn’t stop. Coach got a little mad and she asked us what was so funny. DeStio, who was the older, more respected person at the time, said, “Coach, don’t worry about it. You really don’t want to know.” And so Coach demanded that we tell her what was so funny. So I had to tell her and it was a little embarrassing. And then after, when everyone went off to do the drill, she pulled me aside and apologized. 3. You have been known to have a “diva” attitude. Can you describe this? I just have a lot of confidence and I like to flaunt it
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because it’s one of my best attributes. But underneath that, I think I have a motherly quality about myself. Underneath that diva layer, there is definitely a motherly layer. Do you think you’re really pretty? I mean…isn’t it obvious? What did you program Siri to call you? Well my favorite show is HBO’s Game of Thrones. It’s an excellent show. I love it. And one of my favorite characters marries the king of a tribe and their language is called Dothracki. Since she marries a king, she becomes the Queen and in Dothracki the word for queen is “Khaleesi.” So some of my friends call me “Khaleesi”. SO I thought it was only appropriate for Siri to call me that, too, because I own Siri … I am her master. 4. How would you describe your relationship with your sister Shelby? She’s my best friend. When she decided that she was going to transfer, she basically had no option but to transfer here because of me. When she got her acceptance letter to Cornell, she hadn’t decided yet. And she was taking a while to decide and I was getting kind of annoyed, so I put on her Facebook wall, “Congratulations Cornell Class of 2015.” And then a million people liked it so she had no choice but to come here. Is it true you used to torture her as a child? I wouldn’t use the word “torture” — We were just playing with each other. What sort of things did you used to do when you were “playing with each other?” When we would play with our toys, it would go something like this: we would take all of them out, I would put her in the toy box, and then I would sit on it. (Laughing) I don’t know why she let me do these things to her, but she did it without a fight and just let me do it. I think that’s why she’s very obedient to this day. 5. Would you say that your default face is angry? Yeah. I don’t mean to do it and I actually feel bad because people think that I’m mean sometimes. I’m really not. It’s just my natural face when I’m not trying. My sister tries to show me what the face looks like and apparently it looks like I’m frowning and kind of lowering my eyebrows. I don’t know. It’s probably attractive, whatever it looks like. 6. I understand you worked at ESPN this summer. Is
it true you are replacing Erin Andrews? Yes, that’s absolutely true … Ok, fine. I’ll be honest. It’s not true. I just thought it was funny to joke about, and I thought that people would know right away that I was joking. But people actually believed me. So I started telling other people and they believed me. I basically started a really good rumor about myself. 7. What happened the time you and former teammate Molly Casey were sitting on the bench at the Dartmouth Tailgate? Everyone always makes fun of me for this! We were having a nice tailgate after the Dartmouth game. Everyone was happy, we were all eating food, and it was just a joyous time. Someone asked me to slide down the bench, so I did, not realizing that we were on an old, wooden bench. I got splinters everywhere. Everywhere. Splinters all over my legs, in my butt. Everywhere. I was angry. You know that angry face? It was on. And … Ugh there are pictures of it — and my teammates haunt me with them to this day — of our trainer Sarah squatting on the ground and me with my pants down while she picks splinters out of my butt. 8. Can you tell us about the time you and two friends drove home in the Wings Over Ithaca delivery car? (Laughing) I think it has to do with my diva attitude. I don’t like to walk places. We couldn’t get a taxi. We couldn’t get anyone to come pick us up. So our only option was to flag down the Wings Over Ithaca guy and make him take us home. 9. Have you ever been worried about your future as a lonely maid with 15 cats? You know, I’m starting to worry about it. Everyone keeps telling me that 1) I’m never going to find anyone and 2) that I’m going to wind up with a million cats. And I hate cats. I’m a dog person. I’m really getting worried. How are you going to avoid that? Hmm … I don’t know. I’ll probably make my sister live with me. 10. Which other Cornell team do you like to hang out with the most? Well that’s easy. I’m going to go with the football team. But I’m also going to give a shout out to the men’s heavyweight crew team. Come hang out with us. Katie Schubauer can be reached at kschubauer@cornellsun.com. Ten Questions appears every Wednesday.
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Sister, sister | Senior back Paige Mollineaux has both mentored her sister and convinced her to play field hockey at Cornell — and also frequently locked her in a toy box when they were young.
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Building Off First Ivy Win, Red Set to Battle Columbia By SHAYAN SALAM Sun Staff Writer
Coming off of a big win in its first game of Ivy League play, the Cornell Field Hockey team will travel to New York City and Piscataway, N.J. to face Columbia and Rutgers. The Red (1-4, 1-0 Ivy League) will face the Lions (4-2,1-0) on Friday at 4 p.m. at Columbia's Field Hockey Stadium and then will face the Scarlet Knights (4-4) on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Bauer Track and Field Complex. The Red will be heading into this game after coming off of a huge win against Penn in the first conference matchup of the season. Cornell was able to net four goals against the Quakers, three of which were scored by junior forward Hannah Balleza, with the other coming from fellow junior midfielder Elly Plappert. The Quakers were shut out by a stalwart Red defense anchored by junior goalkeeper Carolyn Horner, who had eight saves in the strong team performance. The solid play by the entire squad has added momentum for the team as it continues to move into the middle of the season. "We’ve been even more focused in practices this week than before, just because it is the first Ivy game,” said senior Paige Mollineaux last week, before the squad’s first Ivy game. Clearly, this recharged Red mentality paid off and the Red will be looking to carry this positive energy through the week and against its opponents this weekend.
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Net results | Junior goalkeeper Carolyn Horner preserved a shutout last weekend to give the Red its first Ivy win, and will be holding down the net against Columbia this weekend.
Columbia has started the season off strong, recording four wins against Bucknell, Lasalle, Hofstra, and Brown, after losing its opening two games to Richmond and VCU. The tough Lions team is spearheaded on the attack by Senior Gabby Kozlowski and Molly Andrews, while goalie Christie O'Hara minds the net for the Lions. However, if history repeats itself, the odds are in the Red’s favor to emerge victorious as Cornell has won 14 of the last 16 games in recent history. After the Columbia matchup, the Red will have another test when it faces the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers has gone .500
on the season so far, and leads the series with Cornell 4-3. Cornelia Duffin and Lisa Patrone lead the Scarlet Knights' offense with four goals and three goals respectively. Sarah Stuby holds down the net for the team and has not missed a minute of playing time throughout the entire season so far. After Columbia, the Red’s next Ivy opponent will be Yale in the squad’s second home game against an Ancient Eight foe this season. Shayan Salam can be reached at ssalam@cornellsun.com.
Squad Hosts Cornell Invitational Manning and the Broncos: The Glass Is Half-Empty J
GOLF
By SKYLER DALE Sun Contributor
The golf team has been hard at work preparing for the upcoming fall season. Early morning runs for conditioning have con-
tributed to what junior Carl Schimenti calls “a real dedication to improvement.” Schimenti joins juniors Max Koehler and Craig Esposito as the Red’s trio of captains on a roster devoid of seniors.
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Home course | The Red welcomes a variety of teams to Robert Trent Jones Golf Course this weekend.
Cornell will begin its fall campaign this weekend, as it welcomes Binghamton, Bucknell, Canissius and Lafayette — among a number of other opponents — to the Cornell Invitational. The two-day event will be played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course. When asked their opinions of the course, all three captains unanimously agreed that Robert Trent Jones is a great course. “I love [Robert Trent Jones,]” Schimenti said, “Of course my opinion is a little biased since I've played there since I was in 8th grade.” The course, which was designed by Cornellians, offers golfers a unique challenge. "There is a distinction between both nines because Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed them a couple years apart,” Schimenti said. “The back nine is shorter and a little easier to score on, but the green complexes are a little smaller and more challenging.” Esposito has a longer past with the course, saying it “has been [his] home since high school." However, despite being accustomed to the course, Esposito admitted that it still can be quite challenging. “When the wind is blowing, it can make some holes seem really hard," he said. According to Koehler, Robert See GOLF page 15
ust moments after Monday Night’s exhilarating-ish football game between the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons wrapped up, I couldn’t help but snicker at Peyton Manning’s dismal performance against a defense that last season was definitely not elite against the passing game. After Manning threw three interceptions before his first touchdown, I couldn’t help but ponder to myself, “Has the NFL’s poster child for the immobile pocket-passing precision quarterback finally met his maker?”
epiphany; a Jay-Z-esque “Moment of Clarity” (check out The Black Album). The reason why Peyton Manning didn’t play very well at all was right under my nose the whole time; it’s because he plays for the Denverfreakin-Broncos. I then started to try and figure out why Peyton signed with Denver, especially when he had Jim Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers eagerly courting him for a chance at being the next big name to migrate to the Bay Area. Manning, a quarterback heralded for his intelli-
Juan Carlos Toledo Showtime at the Forum I didn’t want to jump to such a conclusion, and instead took a step back to reflect on why such a traditionally elite football player performed so terribly. Is he still rusty? Did he just have an off night? Did the Falcons cheat? Is this another Bill Belichick-esque Spygate scandal waiting to happen? I was totally stumped, and refused to accept that Peyton Manning could no longer be elite (in the regular season at least). I then reached an
gence, chose to play for a team that got crushed in the AFC Divisional round over a team that, still almost totally intact, was barely edged out of a trip to the Super Bowl. After careful analysis, my findings will leave you questioning Peyton’s gut instincts. My initial thoughts were statistical, almost objective in nature. If I were a quarterback, See TOLEDO page 15