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Int’l Students Worry About Finding Visas
The sprint football team is trying to bounce back after dropping six of its last seven games. | Page 16
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By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Editor
As employers all over the U.S. begin interviewing job applicants at Cornell, international students face an additional concern beyond producing a perfect cover letter: getting a work visa. “I’d like to see the U.S. The U.S. caps the number of Hbe a place where more 1B visas — permits that allow individuals are accepted employers to temporarily employ workers — it can issue at and the process is easier foreign 65,000 a year. In Fiscal Year 2014, to navigate through.” so many recent graduates and foreign workers applied for work visas Gizem Sakalli ’15 that the U.S. hit the cap in just five days, according to the Brookings Institution, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. Of the applicants, 39,000 were denied, according to the Brookings Institution. See VISAS page 4
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Bill Nye ’77, or “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” lectures on fluid dynamics Friday — shooting smoke rings at the students attending his class on campus.
IPD Adopts Off-Duty Protocol Policy: Officers to only intervene in ‘critical’ situations By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor
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Taking a stance | Students gather in front of Willard Straight Hall in February to demand that Cornell divest from fossil fuel companies.
Students, Profs Continue Fight to Make C.U. Divest By RACHEL WEBER Sun Staff Writer
Kyoto NOW!, a campus climate justice organization, has no intentions of backing down from convincing Cornell to divest its endowment from fossil fuels — even though the University said in April that it would not divest in the “immediate foreseeable future.” This time, the student group also has faculty members on board, according to Kyoto NOW! presidents Aubree Keurajian ’15 and Dennis Fox ’15. Kyoto NOW!’s objectives for climate justice have not changed, Fox said, adding that the organization’s past advocacy has helped it gain momentum.
“The goal of the organization has always remained the same, and even through this specific divestment campaign … the end of the goal was not to see the legislation get passed necessarily. It was to see the University commit to divestment,” Fox said. Members of Kyoto NOW! spearheaded efforts last year to promote divestment, assisting the Student Assembly in passing a resolution in February asking the University to divest by the end of 2020. Kyoto Now! also collaborated with more than 20 student organizations asking the University to pursue divestment, The Sun previously reported. See DIVESTMENT page 4
Off-duty Ithaca police officers who witness people breaking the law should only intervene in a situation if their actions will save a life, prevent serious injury or stop significant property loss from happening, City of Ithaca officials said. The policy, which the Ithaca Police Department shared with the public Thursday, is designed to maximize officers’ safety while minimizing the risk of off-duty officers acting for reasons related to personal conflicts of interest, IPD said. “Off-duty officers are often faced with situations involving criminal conduct that they are neither equipped nor prepared to handle in the same manner as if they were on duty,” IPD Chief John Barber said in a general order. “This may lead to unnecessary injuries to offduty officers, bystanders or suspects and confusion for those on duty officers arriving at the scene trying to correctly assess the facts.” Most civilians do not understand that police officers possess the authority to enforce
the law even when they are off duty, Barber said in an IPD press release. In some cases, they even have a duty to act, he added. “This policy will clearly define expectations for our officers and make it easier for them to make decisions as it relates to their conduct when confronted with off-duty situations,” Barber said. “The officers have a tough job, and I think this policy will protect both our officers and the public from the wrong sorts of off-duty interactions.” Off-duty conduct includes any contact with another person that would lead to an investigation, arrest or detainment “under color of authority,” including issuing verbal commands to someone while displaying a police badge, Barber said in the order.Because off-duty police officers face the risk of being injured when responding to a situation, Barber said he encourages officers to contact on-duty personnel if they witness “minor violations” like harassment or disorderly conduct. Off-duty officers should also refrain from See IPD page 5
Cornellian Set to Visit North Korea By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer
While fellow Cornellians prepared for prelims and attended the Ke$ha concert, Owen Lee-Park ’15 did something quite unusual: prepared to leave for North Korea.
Lee-Park left Sunday for a five-day trip to the country, where he will be the only undergraduate student in a team of physicians and medical students who will teach surgery skills to North Korean doctors and students. He is traveling to North Korea with the Korean
American Medical Association, a U.S. nonprofit organization that offered him the opportunity to accompany it on the trip after he got involved with the group. North Korea — which has been isolationist since the See NORTH KOREA page 5
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Dennis ’13. Dennis worked alongside Erickson on KyotoNOW! and other environmental initiatives on campus, according A couple of years ago, Kelsey Erickson to Erickson. He died last semester at the age ’13 was arrested for civil disobedience and of 22. escorted away in front of the White House “What I think the Great March will in handcuffs while protesting the Keystone accomplish is a symbolic platform for XL, an oil pipeline. She has continued to change that begins with people [of ] all diffight the pipeline ever since. ferent ages, races and backgrounds banding Although Erickson graduated from together under a common cause,” she said. Cornell in May, she is staying on campus “I’m sure if Chris were still alive, he would this year to work in the Department of be overjoyed to see it happen and would be Natural Resources. While a student at marching by my side with his video camera Cornell, Erickson was president of C.U. in hand.” Compost and heavily involved in According to those who were close with KyotoNOW!, a climate action club on cam- Dennis, he was a phenomenal videographer, pus that is working on a fossil fuel divest- humanitarian and activist. He used his film ment campaign. skills to produce countless docuJust last year, Erickson said she mentaries to educate the public helped organize several buses to on the perils of hydraulic fracturtransport Cornell and Ithaca ing and the Keystone XL College students to Washington pipeline, Erickson said. She D.C. for the Forward on Climate added that he also spent time volRally, where approximately unteering in Haiti, reforesting the 40,000 individuals surrounded land and working with local peothe White House to protest ple on cultivating bamboo for Keystone XL Pipeline. sustainable building materials. ERICKSON ’13 Though Erickson said she has Erickson said that she will be been an avid proponent of environmental documenting the march through film and action for some years now, she said she has dedicating the documentary in Dennis’ plans to partake in an even bigger move- memory. ment. “I feel that by doing this march, I will be Erickson said she will soon take part in carrying on his legacy while also taking necthe Great March for Climate Action, a essary action to convince Americans that climarch in which participants will leave Los mate change is here and needs to be curAngeles on March 1, 2014 and arrive in tailed immediately,” she said. Washington, D.C. on November 1, travelThe primary platform of the Great ing approximately 3,000 miles on foot. March for Climate Action is opposition to So far, 60 people have signed up — rang- the Keystone XL Pipeline, according to the ing in age from nine to 74. The march aims march’s website. TransCanada, an oil comto recruit 1,000 participants, according to pany based in Canada, has proposed the its website. construction of the Keystone XL, a new Erickson said she will be embarking on pipeline that, according to the TransCanada the journey without knowing any of the website, is a “1,179 mile, 36-inch-diameter other participants, but said she is not ner- crude oil pipeline beginning in Hardisty, vous. Alberta, and extending south to Steele City, “I feel like it’s exactly what I should be Nebraska.” doing now,” she said. Erickson said she hopes the Great March Ever since she was young, Erickson said on Climate Change will convince political she has loved nature and the environment. A leaders to oppose the Keystone XL and take native of Carlisle, Mass., Erickson spent a necessary action against the fossil fuel induslot of time exploring the outdoors as she try. grew up. “This march is an urgently needed callShe credited her father with helping her to-action,” Erickson said. “If 1,000 people develop her devotion to the environment. are willing to march across America to “Ever since I was young, [my dad] took protest lack of political action against the me to global warming symposiums and real- fossil fuel industry, then I am hopeful that ly got me interested in environmental the rest of our nation’s citizens will feel action,” she said. inspired to demand climate action for the Erickson said that although she is pas- sake of our future.” sionate about climate change, the march is emotionally significant to her because she is Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at participating in honor of her friend Chris sig32@cornell.edu. Sun Contributor
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A new look | Mann Library is relocating stacks to make space for the communication department, which will eventually move to the fourth floor.
Mann Library Makes Space For Communication Dept. By KATE MONSON
Although print materials are added to Mann Library's collection every year, many of which still expeChanges are coming to Mann rience high circulation, Ochs said she has noticed an overall decline in the Library. The Department of Commun- use of print material in favor of the ication is moving into the library’s libraries’ e-resources. fourth floor, and to make space for “Faculty, students and staff can the department, Mann Library con- access online journal articles from solidated its stacks onto its second anywhere, anytime, using their net and third floors this summer. IDs. Whether they are in a The library based its plans to Collegetown apartment, an office on move around stacks on a study that the Ag Quad or in London on study assessed factors like the reduced need abroad, this ease of access is a huge for stacks space and the need for convenience for Cornell researchers,” more functional office space, accord- Ochs said in an e-mail. ing to Peter Schrempf, program manHowever, she said she does not ager of Capital Projects and Facilities foresee any plans to further reduce Services. The study was conducted in the stacks collection in the near conjunction with Mann Library, the future. College of Agriculture and Life The space reallocation effort will Sciences and the College of Human also open up the entire fourth floor Ecology and the Central Library of Mann Library to the Department Administration in order to make sure of Communication, which is now the spatial needs of the colleges were located in Kennedy Hall. The fourth being met, he floor is currentsaid. ly closed to the “The plan will address the public and conAc c o rd i n g to Ezra Destruction is needs of both Mann Library scheduled laney, assistant to dean of Capital begin in sumand the communication Projects and mer 2014, idedepartment.” Facilities ally reaching Services, the completion in Ezra Delaney plan will fall 2015, address the according to needs of both Schrempf. Mann Library and the communicaDelaney said the plan addresses tion department. the department’s lack of appropriate “This [project] is done in con- space. “The offices are a hundred square junction with the plan to consolidate the library onto three floors and real- foot offices, [faculty] can’t meet with ly provide them with what they need students in their offices. The configuto make improvements there on col- ration of [Kennedy] is very difficult,” laborative space and student study he said. “So as we did analysis of their space. And so this project is going needs, it became clear that this buildhand in hand with the needs of ing would need to be fully renovated and then that's when we started lookMann Library,” Delaney said. This summer marked the first ing at other possible options.” Schrempf echoed Delaney, adding phase of this plan, and more changes will occur on the second floor this that there were ways to utilize the fall. For example, the modular offices library’s space more effectively. “We’re actually able to build in a currently located on the east side of the second floor will be removed to lot more flexible space, a lot more make room for more book stacks and collaborative space for the faculty to for the expansion of the floor’s study interact with the students and for students to interact among themand collaborative work area. One third of Mann Library’s print selves,” Schrempf said. Additionally, because construccollection was also relocated to the Library Annex to accommodate the tion will be confined to one floor and space constraints this summer. Mann can be scheduled during breaks and librarians chose the books and jour- off-hours, disruption caused by the nals that were not browsed or construction will be minimal, checked out in the past 10 years for Delaney said. “I think we’re getting a better relocation. space and a more efficient use of According to Mary Ochs, director of Mann Library, students may space, and at a reasonable cost,” he request to have any of the annex added. items delivered to a campus library, with an average wait time of 24 Kate Monson can be reached at hours or less. kgm54@cornell.edu.
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Profs Join Divestment Effort Student:Visa Limits Go voices carry weight” and have “different voices to contribute” for campus issues. “For students, your voice is of the ones who are After extensive campaigns last semester, inheriting the planet,” Shalloway said. “As faculty, KyotoNow! has gotten support from faculty, Fox we can dig into some of the quantitative, concrete said. issues that are involved with a little bit more experProf. David Shalloway, molecular biology and tise.” genetics, approached Kyoto NOW! in the spring to In addition to gaining faculty support, Fox said discuss the possibility of collaborating with a Faculty the campaign helped the organization develop a Senate committee to support divestment. “pretty good relationship” with the Board of Trustees “By the time we met, myself and a few faculty and Skorton. members had already started putting together our “We’re still in contact with the Board of Trustees, resolution,” Shalloway said. Shalloway said he and still looking for more information as it comes reached out to Kyoto NOW! to see if the students out, because [divestment] is a pretty current movecould offer his committee any support because they ment as far as campus divestment across the nation were successful convincing the S.A. to pass a resolu- is going,” Fox said. tion advocating divestment. Future discussions are not Shalloway said he felt that off the table, according to Fox. the fact that the students had “For students, your voice is of “No doors have been closed, taken action meant the faculty and that’s how that’s been comthe ones who are inheriting also had to make a push. municated to us,” Fox said. the planet. As faculty, we can “They’re very interested in “It was shameful that the faculty did not step up to supmaintaining healthy conversadig into some of the port the students,” Shalloway quantiative, concrete issues.” tion.” said. While Kyoto NOW!’s prior According to Shalloway, the leadership focused on passing Prof. David Shalloway committee worked on the resothe S.A. resolution, the organilution over the summer and zation will move forward this put the resolution to the Faculty Senate Organizing semester with their goals and continue asking the Committee at the beginning of the term, which University to divest while bringing publicity to requested that his committee meet with the divestment across campus, according to Keurajian. Univeristy’s Finance Policy Committee. “We’re at a different point in the campaign,” Although Shalloway said divestment is “worth Keurajian said. “We’re operating under the same the cost,” the committee needed to make a quanti- framework. It’s the same campaign, it’s the same tative argument in order to convince faculty that the goals, it’s the same operating principles.” University should divest, he said. According to Keurajian, Kyoto NOW! also “The Finance Committee asked for some very intends to continue to collaborate with Ithaca specific information about how we would imple- College and other Cornell student activist groups. ment the resolution if it were passed, and we’re “We have had a longstanding partnership with working on that right now,” Shalloway said. a lot of the other activist groups on campus,” After meeting with the committee and A.J. Keurajian said, citing the Cornell Organization Edwards, the University’s Chief Investment Officer, for Labor Action as one of their partners. “We’re the committee now has a resolution and appendix to continuing the collaboration with all the other bring to the floor at an upcoming meeting of the groups.” Senate. Members of Kyoto NOW! will be attending The committee consists of faculty from “all over Power Shift 2013, a “nationwide convergence of campus” — Shalloway, Prof. Stephen Ellner, ecolo- youth environmental justice activists” featuring gy and evolutionary biology, Prof. Brian Chabot, “famous keynote speakers,” as a way to expand and ecology and evolutionary biology, Prof. Robert improve their climate justice efforts, according to Oswald, molecular medicine, Prof. Linda Fox. Nicholson, molecular biology and genetics, Prof. “[We’re] training to get steeped in that kind of Anthony Ingraffea, civil and environemental engi- campaign-work, grassroots organizing, networking neering, Prof. Charles Greene, earth and atmospher- opportunity for people around the country,” Fox ic sciences and Prof. Robert Strichartz, mathematics said. — who believe the University should divest, according to Shalloway. Rachel Weber can be reached at Shalloway said he felt “both [student and faculty] rweber@cornellsun.com. DIVESTMENT
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Against Cornell Motto VISAS
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International students at Cornell said they are worried about their ability to not only find a job but also secure a work visa so they can stay in the U.S. after graduation. “I was informed by an employer that because of the high demand of H-1B visas, the government is making the application process for the firms more difficult,” said Gizem Sakalli ’15, a student from Turkey who will be graduating a year early. Sakalli said that, even if an employer is interested in offering a potential employee a visa, she thinks that “the government has placed a lot of hurdles for them to go over.” The limited number of H-1B visas might restrict potential work fields for international students, said Ratnika Prasad ’14, a student from India. “Visas are so restricted, especially in particular organizations where many students want to work — like international development, startup ventures and non-profits,” she said. “This pushes people into big firms providing consulting and banking services, as these firms offer work visas to international students.” Still, Cornell officials said they believe that most international students at Cornell are wellequipped to secure the visas they need to work in the U.S. Despite the high demand for H-1B visas this year, most international students at Cornell were able to obtain the permit, according to Brendan O’Brien, director of the International Students and Scholars Office. “Given that the H-1B quota can be quickly reached, we advise international graduates to have
their company apply for the H1B visa on their behalf by April 1,” he said. “I think that most graduates from Cornell who are working in their field were able to get one of the 65,000 H-1B visas that were issued.” O’Brien said that most employers recruiting from Cornell recognize the potential that international students have to offer and extend sponsorship for the visas. “Cornell students have so much to offer. They have a Cornell education, strong technical skills, great language skills, and they have shown that they can adjust to a new culture,” he said. “Most employers recognize the great contribution international students can make to their company and are happy to offer them sponsorship.” However, some employers are “less interested in sponsoring international students because of company policy or uncertainty about immigration regulations,” O’Brien said. Such limitations work against Cornell’s motto of “any person, any study,” according to Sakalli. “Coming out of school like Cornell with a motto of ‘any person, any study,’ I would like to see the U.S. be a place where more individuals are accepted and work application process is easier to navigate through for everyone,” she said. The scramble for H-1B visas also works against President David Skorton’s viewpoint on immigration, Prasad said. Skorton has called for the U.S. to offer green cards “to talented advanced graduates … who want to stay in the U.S., while encouraging others to return home with the best education we can offer,” The Sun reported in November. “President Skorton has been writing a lot on immigration issues and how he wants to encourage international students to go back to their resident countries with the best education,” Prasad said. “The best way to do that is that to open more employment opportunities for the international students and provide them with the valuable experience that they can take back home.” But for most international students, there is another option to gain work experience in the U.S. “Most international students here [at Cornell] are on an F-1 student visa. They can apply for 12 months of practical training, which is an extension of the student visa and allows them to work in the U.S in their field of study,” O’Brien said. “Those in the science and technology fields can apply for an additional 17-month extension. O’Brien said international students will add value to the workforce if they decide to work in the U.S. “I think that international students make a great contribution to Cornell,” he said. “They can also make a great contribution to the U.S. workforce if they decide to pursue employment opportunities here in the United States.” Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun.com.
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Student to Visit N.Korean School Policy Will Reduce NORTH KOREA
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1950s — has not maintained diplomatic relations with the U.S., Japan and South Korea because of allegations that it has a record of human rights abuses and is accelerating its nuclear weapons programs. Lee-Park said that, since there is no way to get to North Korea directly from the U.S., he will have to go through Beijing to get to North Korea, which might be problematic. “Apparently, in the past, there have been situations where members of this group weren’t allowed to enter North Korea due to some minor issues and had to return from China back to the U.S.,” LeePark said. “I honestly don’t know exactly how the trip is going to turn out.” If the group arrives in North Korea without mishap, Lee-Park said members of the group will mainly be spending time at Pyongyang Medical College. “I think that [PYMC] is the main area that we’re going to be teaching, talking and meeting new people,” he said. “There’s a few other hospitals we plan to tour like the one run by the Red Cross.” Still, Lee-Park said he is disappointed that he will not be able to visit and give aid to more rural, poorer parts of North Korea. “Unfortunately, we won’t be going to many other places in North Korea,” he said. “It’s a bummer because it would have been an even more special and meaningful learning experience for me to go witness other parts of the country besides [the hospital]. I feel like the countryside regions will probably be very different from Pyongyang, in a bad way.” Lee-Park said that since there is a lot of controversy surrounding North Korea, he hopes he can find out more about the country. “I am very curious myself, and I feel like many students would also be interested in learning more about what the country is really like on the inside,” he said. “My hope is that some students will benefit from my experience and learn new things about
the country that aren’t just about the missiles and the aggression that are portrayed in media all the time.” After he returns, Lee-Park plans to write a report about his trip to share his experience with the Cornell community. “I’m confident that this experience will be a very special one, so I don’t want it to go to waste. I want to share [my story] with as many people as possible,” Lee-Park said. Lee-Park first got involved with Korean American Medical Association — the organization through which most of the members are taking the trip — after reading a book a Korean doctor wrote about his trips to North Korea. “He came to my hometown to advertise his book … and I bought his book and read [it], and was like, ‘Hey, this sounds pretty interesting,’” he said. “I contacted the author and said … ‘I want to get involved and learn more about [North Korea]. Are there any opportunities for me?’” Soon afterwards, he got involved with KAMA, and this year, the group presented him with the opportunity to visit North Korea. Lee-Park said that although it may be difficult to conduct an official survey, he hopes to assess North Korea’s hospital organizational structure while on his trip. “I took an anthropology class last semester about organizational structures, so I thought it’d be interesting to learn about [North Korea’s] health care system and hospital organizational structure medical school process, and the structure of the medical field there,” Lee-Park said. He hopes that his findings would one day be useful if there is an eventual reunification of the two Korean countries. “Personally, I am one of the people who support reunification of the countries, so if that ever happens, knowing what’s going on over there can be tremendously valuable information,” he said. Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.
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using their police powers to resolve personal grievances, Barber said in the order. When asked what led to the establishment of the protocol, Barber said in an email that the IPD lacked “a specific protocol governing off-duty law enforcement conduct.” “Other agencies do have similar policies,” he added. Barber did not say if a specific incident led to the protocol’s establishment. Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said the new off-duty conduct protocol will help improve
police officers’ ability to respond to calls for help. “The Ithaca Police Department does great work on behalf of the community each and every day,” Myrick said. “This is another example of how hard the department works behind the scenes to improve their responses to calls for assistance by setting clear expectations that will reduce on-scene confusion, increase efficiency in the handling of cases and promote community and officer safety.” Akane Otani can be reached at managingeditor@cornellsun.com.
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Re: “Community Members Debate Plastic Bag Ban,” News, Sept. 26 The Sun’s Sept. 26 article, “Community Members Debate Plastic Bag Ban,” is ironic almost to the point of being humorous, if it wasn’t so depressing. I can see why so many people would want to drop the banhammer on plastic bags. After all, there are some lazy, ignorant people somewhere in Ithaca that are still throwing the bags away, and they’re difficult to recycle. Why not close our gates against them? Let’s first consider who the consumers are in the local stores. Ithaca is a town of 30,000 permanent residents. That number doubles during the academic year as another 30,000 students, undergraduate and graduate students come flocking in to Cornell and Ithaca College. For the stores, that’s another 30,000 costumers buying bags and bags of produce and household necessities. Most of these students are taking the bus to the store or are walking. I have been “that guy” who took a 40-minute trip to P&C Fresh only to remember that I left my bags in my dorm, hanging neatly in wait of the anticipated milk-bread-cereal trip. Curses! Foiled again! Luckily, P&C Fresh has plastic bags, and I didn’t have to juggle four awkward paper bags on my knees while climbing around the TCAT bus. The members of the Tompkins County Environmental Management Center seem to have neglected the value in plastic bags once they leave the store counters. Most people do not ball them up and use the garbage pale as a basketball hoop. In fact, many students use plastic bags as garbage bags. The thin store bags are better for landfills than those thick, hot, black bags which cook toxins to belch into the air. Some use plastic bags for their lunches. I use my plastic bags to protect my books during those sudden storms. My point is that plastic bags have a place in our life as reusable resources. The irony in the article comes from the quote included from Brian Eden, stating that most people are remembering their reusable bags by leaving them in their cars. How funny that he should mention cars. Many of the people who will be affected by the ban will be the people who must lug their milk and eggs in paper bags when they forget their store-brand cloth bags. These are the people that can’t afford those gas-guzzling, oil-dripping death machines that everyone else is leaving their save-the-earth cloth transports in. Ithaca has yet to ban these earth-killing metal buckets. Cars are terrible for the environment. We have bus and taxi alternatives. Why not drop the banhammer on cars along with our plastic bags? Ithaca has taken a different approach by making parking those cars both expensive and terribly inconvenient. To park a truck on top of a muddy hill in Collegetown, uncovered, will cost a person $1000 a year. To park that same care uncovered four blocks down from the person’s apartment will cost $2000 a year. Ithaca champions these prices for environmental sustainability to get people to walk, bike, and take the bus to their destinations, and it seems to be working. Why, then, must the little plastic bag, who’s made its home in so many backpacks, sock puppets, and purses be exiled while the cars can continue to clog the air and mow down the earth-friendly pedestrians? Many stores have taken this approach with plastic bags. The Cornell Store is already charging for plastic bags. Some Target and K-Mart stores have receptacles for plastic bags to be recycled later. Some grocery stores in Downstate New York offer discounts for every plastic bag a shopper doesn’t use. Banning everything that harms the earth is not the solution. Appealing to a person’s greed by nickel-and-diming every crime against the environment is more effective and consumer-friendly. Barbara Force ’14
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Ariel Smilowitz | Why You Should Care
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s I was trying to come up with a topic for my column this week, I spent a lot of time mulling over which current event I should highlight. My column is called “Why You Should Care” and my goal ever since I’ve started writing for The Sun has been to call attention to a particular issue and try to convince people at Cornell why it’s an important, relevant and immediate issue. With regard to possible content, these past couple of weeks have been quite exciting. With the Washington Navy Yard shooting, an impending government shutdown, Senator Ted Cruz’s “filibuster,” the close of the United Nations General Assembly, the siege on Kenya’s Westgate Mall and the first spoken conversation between the leaders of the United States and Iran since 1979, the world stage has come alive and diplomacy, terrorism and tension are all in the air. So, after much deliberation I decided to take a departure from my typical formula (I never write in the firstperson narrative, ever) and make this column a little more personal. There are simply just too many options to choose from. It’s possible that these recent events have been particularly exciting to me because I’m spending the semester in
If I were in Ithaca right now, I don’t think an impeding government shutdown would be looming over my head quite as seriously as it is right now. Washington, D.C. It’s so easy to detach yourself from the rest of the world, especially at Cornell. We all live on top of a hill that’s isolated from the rest of Ithaca — a city that, at times, makes you feel like you’re isolated from the rest of civilization. I’m not trying to bad-mouth Ithaca (because for a small town it actually has quite a bit of culture), or Cornell, (because it is an amazing institution), but for some reason Cornellians seem to live their lives within a bubble. And yes, I know that people have said these exact words before — including me — but they become even more apparent when you actually leave the bubble, and especially when you decide to leave the bubble in favor of a place like Washington, D.C. Two weeks ago, a lone gunman fatally shot 12 people at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command inside the Washington Navy Yard in Southeast Washington, D.C. The Navy Yard is about five miles away from Cornell’s Wolpe Center. In all of my time as an undergraduate at Cornell, I don’t think I’ve ever had to worry about what steps I would need to take in order to avoid a mass shooting. It made me realize that I really take my safety for granted while I’m on campus. On a similar note, this semester I’m interning for the U.S. Agency for International Development. With the impending government shutdown, I’ve witnessed firsthand the effect that this potential shutdown has had on government employees, on the residents of Washington, D.C. and on interns like me. Everyone in the city is worried about their jobs, their paychecks and their livelihoods, not to mention the state of the country if a shutdown actually does occur. If I were in Ithaca right now, I don’t think an impending government shutdown would be looming over my head quite as seriously as it is right now. I would probably just brush it off and start worrying about my next prelim, without even considering its impact on people’s lives. Again, I’ve come to realize that I not only take my safety for granted, but my livelihood as well. Why am I writing about all of this? After everything that’s happened these past couple of weeks, it truly is an eye-opening experience to go from living in Ithaca and writing about something that’s happening in another city, state or country, to living in Washington, D.C. and experiencing it firsthand. My point is, even if these things are occurring on the other side of the world, students at Cornell are affected. Don’t let classes, homework, stress and Ithaca’s remote location keep you from being immersed in some of the most compelling events, debates and occurrences of our time.
Ariel Smilowitz is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at asmilowitz@cornellsun.com Why You Should Care appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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Comment of the day “Obamacare was supposed to bring down the cost of health care. It will not do that as evidenced by the recently published premiums for the exchanges ... It is a redistribution of income, financed by raising taxes on the wealthy. Just like ‘immigration reform,’ the goal is to increase the number of people collecting government benefits in order to increase the number of Democratic voters.” Luke Re: “THROWDOWN THURSDAY: Four Things Cornellians Should Know About Obamacare” Opinion, published September 26, 2013
Liam Henrie | Out of the Mouths of Goats
Food Security: Starting With the Geese
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ave you ever ed banks covered in rocks ly serious. Initially, the taken a stroll rather than grass. In addi- scheme struck me as silly, through the green tion, dogs were stationed at but quite quickly I became grass, only to have your various public parks and convinced that it was a reverie spoiled by stepping the community college to great idea. The goose probin a heap of goose feces? I harass the geese and further lem had always annoyed know I have. Throughout discourage them. People me; not necessarily the upstate New York (I grew would even try to regulate geese, but people’s reaction up here), there is many a the goose population by to them. What did they rolling lawn that is covered smearing oil on the eggs of expect? The modern subin the defecations of Branta some nesting couples; this urb seems to have been canadensis, more com- last “solution” was some- designed for the convemonly known as Canada what mysterious, but can nience of Canada geese. geese. Because this species be explained by the fact Nice public ponds built to is one of the most wide- that geese are birds that, accept runoff from parking spread in North America, somewhat like chickens, lots surrounded by grassy Geese poop is a complaint will simply lay a new egg if open spaces conveniently heard in every mown space near a body of water in I appied my moderate much of the U.S. I spent my first intellect to coming up with a year of higher edusolution, and the situation soon cation at a community college two offered one: We ought to eat hours away from the geese. Ithaca. I often walked outside near the large man made ponds on campus, and as I they notice one has been mown so that the few tread on the little gifts from stolen. Instead of taking predators can be easily the local goose population, the eggs away from the spotted. It’s goose paradise. I often thought of a highly geese, the oiled eggs remain The only effective measure amusing video that I had in the nest, fooling the mentioned in the video watched in my A.P. mother into thinking was the rocky bank one. Environmental class dur- nothing is wrong, while The other ones were ing my senior year at the oil suffocates the absurd. They were pursued Brighton High School. embryo inside. These because outright killing the In this video, a number methods (there may have geese seemed unethical. of concerned citizens and been others, I don’t recol- And indeed, I would agree, officials from Brighton, lect), tried and true, are if they were just being who shall remain unnamed what Brighton had to killed and left to rot. But, and who took themselves throw at the geese. what if we ate them? entirely too seriously, dis- Walking on the grass at In the inner city of cussed the “goose prob- Monroe Community Rochester there were peolem;” the aggressiveness of College, however, I was ple going hungry while the the geese, occasions of peo- forced to conclude that suburbanites of Brighton ple hitting them with cars they were not enough. So, hired people to smear oil and, of course, the poop. I applied my moderate on perfectly edible goose What to do, what to do? intellect to coming up with eggs. Eating the geese A comprehensive pro- my own solution, and the solves the problem, not gram was created. The situation soon offered one: only by regulating their geese were discouraged We ought to eat the geese. population, but because from nesting by constructI am, by the way, entire- the geese would then
become a resource, rather than a nuisance. Geese can be gathered by nets spread beside bodies of water, which would entangle migrating populations as they took off in the morning light (this is a method common among marsh dwelling peoples for catching water fowl). If this method of entrapment were too gruesome for the local populace, at least the goose eggs could be collected. All food could be given to soup kitchens. Even the poop could be useful; it would be easy to rake it up and sell it as fertilizer, using the revenue used to support the town’s parks. Again, I’m not joking. As climate change bears down, and as the end of cheap oil looms, we’ll have to get much more creative about acquiring food. Community gardens and urban farms are just the beginning. The more radical sorts of public gardens (fruit trees growing between the sidewalk and the road, open to all; herbs growing in the cracks of brick walls) will become more attractive to cities with poor food security (that is to say, all cities). We can start by eating the geese. Liam Henrie is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He may be reached at lorliam8@gmail.com. Out of the Mouths of Goats appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT BY MARTHA WYDYSH Sun Staff Writer
Opening the Cornell Concert Series for the 20132014 season, the Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio came to Ithaca to host a masterclass for Cornell jazz students and to deliver a performance at Bailey Hall. CubanAmerican drummer, composer and MacArthur Fellow Dafnis Prieto presented important questions at Lincoln Hall Thursday afternoon: “If you don’t care about what you’re playing, who will?” There were aspects to improvised music the Proverb Trio made certain that our jazz players learned. After the quintet of Cornell players finished their first set, Prieto did not begin with critique. He instead asked the players, “How did you feel about it?” After hearing from the players themselves, he finally relayed some weighty wisdom. What the group lacked upon first play was energy and spirit. He went on to say that the players must find music from inside themselves and express what is there. Singer and rapper Kokayi chimed in with the ever-instructive maxim, “Come in strong and wrong.” It is confidence and purpose that truly matters in organically created music. Significantly, this trio holds it is giving something to its listeners, as well as to itself, in every performance. Keyboard player Jason Lindner, after stepping in to PHOTOS BY SONYA RYU / play with the Cornell musiSUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER cians themselves, explained, “It is not about playing the instrument. It is about bringing respect to it.” He went on to argue that a musician should play each note as if it is his or her last — else the audience may as well be listening to a recording. This idea of rehearsal versus performance is consequential in their group dynamic. The improvisational aspect of a jazz performance is, to the group’s members, an act of individual expression. “Do you know where the word ‘improvise’ comes from?” posed Prieto. “It comes from improving.” With each solo in a set, the soloist has the responsibility to improve the tune, to embellish upon it or make something new of it. Indeed, the concert that night showed each soloist producing something groundbreaking and exotic — and undoubtedly original. Though the solos were impressive, when the group played together, it generated something else entirely. After Prieto’s eye-opening masterclass, I was ready for a meaningful performance from his trio. Indeed, their treatment of performance as a special, almost spiritual process was visible onstage in what was perhaps the most progressive jazz Bailey Hall has seen yet. That is, if one could call this jazz. While the program took the structure of a typical jazz concert, one struggles to tack a genre on what the band put together. The Proverb Trio opened with a slow, soulful tune, accom-
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Come in Strong and Wrong: Dafnis Prieto Trio at Bailey Hall
panied by synthesized keyboards. The audience was waiting in anticipation for the name of the first song,
before Prieto announced that there were no song titles for these productions, as their entire program that night would be improvised. Prieto’s second set picked up the pace. Grammy-nominated Kokayi came in with clipped, percussive rapping over Prieto’s smooth drum rolls. There was no melody in sight, although Lindner was playing two of his three keyboards simultaneously. At first look, Prieto does not appear to have the brawn of a powerful drummer. However, his first solo drum interlude proved my ability to size up utterly futile. His skill was so well-honed and practiced that one got lost in his rhythm, completely forgetting that he was playing e n t i r e l y impromptu material. Once he closed this recklessly controlled ad lib, Prieto asked out loud if anyone had tape for his drums. Kokayi found it necessary to comically narrate this technical difficulty, a manifestation of just how live this concert was. Once Dafnis was all taped up, the group persevered. The performance took a highly amusing turn when Kokayi lunged into a piece dedicated to the inanity of texting and social media. I think it safe to say most
people in the audience could relate to this satire of modern communication. The hilarity was a product of the randomly inserted scats of hashtags, emojis and instagram jargon within the rap-polemic. I had to catch myself from LOL-ing the entire song, all the way until it ended with the broken syllabic acapella, “I just want to have some actual human interaction.” Whatever the inspiration, Kokayi took his anger and altered it into verses we could process almost as if reading a metered stream of consciousness. The evening then progressed into even more obscure, uncharted musical territory. While the entire performance was decidedly short, concert-goers were never bored. Once a piece started to get repetitive, it morphed style and genre almost immediately. I found myself feeling as if I was at a hip-hop, techno, jazz and new age concert all at once. At the end of the short-lived storm of music, the audience came to their feet. An encore, of course not in typical form, was delivered.
Opening with an amazing, dark drum solo, the group closed with a spacey, funky tune delivered by an eerily resonant vocal line. While this experimental, shape-shifting music doubtless left a ring of uncertainty with some audience memberso, one thing is certain: the band took a leap and performed at the highest level. They cared about the fresh, multifarious music they were playing, and in turn, so did those at Bailey Hall. Martha Wydysh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mwydysh@cornellsun.com.
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Arts Around Town COURTESY OF JOHN FREEMAN
John Freeman
Awkwafina
9 p.m. on Friday at JAM
4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Goldwin Smith Hall
An opposer of Michael Bloomberg’s large beverage billand fake NYC B*tche$ — and a self-proclaimed Yellow Ranger — NYC rapper Awkwafina is coming up to the hill to Cornell’s Just About Music residence hall. With openers Johnny Li and Ithacabased Sammus, her show on Friday night should be a fun, giant margarita-filled time. Check out her music videos for “NYC Bitche$,” “Mayor Bloomberg” and “My Vag” are must watches before the show. Prepare to feel both uncomfortable, and incredibly entertained.
Do you like the Arts — or Arts criticism? Do you respect publications like the Guardian, the New York Times, or the Sydney Morning Herald? Meet John Freeman. The internationally renowned critic, and president of the National Book Critics Circle, is coming to Cornell this Wednesday.
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— Sam Bromer
The Last Five Years
Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Risley Theatre Directed by Cornell’s own Danny Bernstein ’14, The Last Five Years, a play by Jason Robert Brown (Songs of a New World, Thirteen), is coming to Risley this week. The play, about a tumultuous relationship, based on one of Brown’s own relationships, is getting a revival after it premiered in 2001. Earlier this year the show was brought back in an off-broadway performance at the Second Stage Theater and is currently being turned into a feature film starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan. Catch Cornell’s version this week at Risley Theatre. With an all-star Cornell Theatre cast, this is not one to miss. — Arielle Cruz
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reaking Bad ended last night. The U.S. Government could be shutting down soon. The two might be related. Perhaps you’ve heard of this Breaking Bad thing. Last night’s conclusion to what many deem the greatest show in the history of man was the most anticipated finale of my lifetime. While I’m writing this the day before, Sunday night’s episode is expecting an audience of some eight million Americans. Eight million viewers, or as your average rerun of The Big Bang Theory calls it, an off-night. Still in this day and age, 8 million is impressive. Historically however, 8 million viewers (from a population of 300 million plus) is peanuts. In 1983, 106 million people watched the final M*A*S*H episode, which at the time was roughly 45 percent of all Americans. Two years earlier, 37 percent of the population found out who shot J.R. on the Dallas series finale. So whether you worked with a hardhat in an Appalachian coal mine or in a tailored suit on Madison Ave, chances were good you came home and watched those finales. And the next night you probably saw Johnny Carson crack wise with Ed McMahon for an hour or so, because what else was there to watch? Before the advent of cable, channels numbered in the three digits and Netflix, TV options for television watchers were slim. With a smaller supply of content, more people watched each show. If the 30th highest rated show in 1983, Trapper John, M.D., got the same ratings today as it did back then, it would be the hottest show of the summer, and by a healthy margin. John Trapper memes would be taking over Reddit right now while Fallon and Conan would wrestled over who could get breakout star Madge Sinclair on his comfy chairs first. There is of course a good deal positive about the stratifying of television. No longer needing to appease a wider audience, shows can address
more personal and provocative subject matters. If you like your dramas accompanied by nudity, HBO and Showtime have it. If the seasonal shipping routes of Alaskan truckers is your one true passion, the History Channel has you covered. If you like hunting ghosts, and really who doesn’t, then the Syfy channel is your cup of tea. BET caters to Blacks. CMT caters to Whites. Univision is for Spanish speakers. The major networks still churn out your run-of-the-mill procedurals and single-cam comedies. If you enjoy falling asleep with the television on, there’s always PBS. In 2013, there is a show out there seemingly made just for you and with the internet, you can likely watch it whenever and wherever you like. Yet there is a downside. With the medium no longer being experienced commonly by 80 million Americans, television is further alien-
Walter Cronkite as he somberly removed his glasses. Back then, we were more united in our source of news, from which our politics opinions formed. But beyond the obvious divisive nature of O’Reily and Maddow, television keeps America divided through its nonpolitical shows as well. Take HBO’s Girls and A&E’s hit Duck Dynasty for example. The current gridlock in Congress might not be caused by half of the Senators watching Duck Dynasty after hours in the Senate chambers while the other half goes home to watch Girls, but not having a common media experience in television cannot help. There is nothing explicitly political about these shows, not in the way say The Daily Show is political, but both shows are very cultural, profiling a trumped up version of daily life in Park Slope, Brooklyn and West Monroe, Louisiana respectively. An abortion is a prominent plotline in the first episode of Girls. A main character in the show is gay. Race and politics are addressed when the protagonist, Hannah, starts dating a black Republican. These are all real issues of urban liberal life. Yet the show’s viewers, numbering about a million per episode, are likely people who already think about these issues. Many likely already live in one of the Brooklyn brownstones featured in the backdrop of each episode. Faith and family are the pillars of both Duck Dynasty and the Republican Party. I recently got acquainted with the show about a corky family in the duck hunting game, and while I don’t necessarily love it (apart from
Brian Gordon Run It Back ating an American populace that’s already divided culturally and politically. Many like to say the American people have never been so divided politically. These people forget the Civil War, but their point still has legs. Our country is really, really divided. In some parts of the country, President Obama is a saint. In others, people believe he’s literally Satan. Beliefs held as obvious to urbanites are considered dubious by those in rural areas, and vice-versa. The rise of political shows on Fox News and MSNBC often get blamed for further widening this schism. In simpler times, a vast proportion of the country got their news from
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Uncle Si whose aphorisms are better than scripture), the show has given me a greater appreciation of daily life in small-town Louisiana. Guns are a common staple of their days. The featured family on the show praises Jesus through grace before every meal. Minorities are few. Life is full of various seemingly frivolous issues, but all together they certainly don’t lack significance. As a liberal, experiencing this quintessential, conservative, rural lifestyle has had a political impact on me. Now I feel like I have a better sense of the world that many conservatives come from. So while getting a few Republicans to experience Lena Dunham’s breasts for the umpteenth time probably won’t get the budget bill passed by winter recess, watching shows about a lifestyle foreign to one’s own could help ease tensions in Washington. If more conservatives and liberals had more shared television watching experiences, a greater cultural understanding would exist. From this understanding, more political compromises could be reached. Brian Gordon is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at bgordon@cornellsun.com. Run It Back runs alternate Mondays this semester.
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and they did not play [senior wide receiver] Chris Smith,” said Cornell first-year head coach David Archer ’05 of last year’s injured Bulldogs. “With all due respect, they were playing with guys who are backups now. Those two guys in particular are electric on the outside.” Randall finished with 11 catches for 148 yards and three straight touchdowns of eight, 23 and 44 yards to break a 10-10 halftime tie. He added a 10-yard rushing score in the fourth quarter to build a 38-10 Yale lead and put the game out of reach. Smith chipped in with seven receptions for 79 yards, as senior quarterback Henry Furman completed 29-of-36 throws for 353 yards and three touchdowns to Randall. Thanks to his receivers' playmaking abilities, most of Furman’s passes didn’t have to travel very far beyond the line of scrimmage. Bulldogs All-American junior running back Tyler Varga ran for 105 yards on 21 carries. The team as a whole gained 213 yards on the ground and 566 total. “We weren’t able to take the run away at all, and that’s really a credit to Yale’s execution,” Archer said. Archer pointed to one play in particular, fourth-and-1 on Yale’s first possession of the third quarter, when the Cornell defense failed to come up with a big stop. The Red initially stuffed Varga at the line of scrimmage, but the powerful tailback broke away for a 19-yard gain into Red territory. That led to Randall’s first touchdown catch from Furman, and the rout was on as Yale went ahead, 17-10. “That was a key play for them,” Archer said. “It was a key point in the game and a play we needed to make but didn’t.” Cornell’s offense was out of synch for most of the day as well. Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews completed 25-of-43 passes for 336 yards and three touchdowns, but most of that production came after the outcome was decided. The 2011 Ivy League Player of the Year threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, his fourth-career three-turnover game. The Red’s best drive of the game also gave the visitors their only lead, 10-7, in the final minute of the opening half. Cornell marched 70 yards on nine plays, ending with a nine-yard strike from Mathews to wide receiver Lucas Shapiro in the back of the end zone. It was the junior’s second score of the season following a season-long shoulder injury in 2012. Mathews kept the possession alive with a nifty play on third-and-8 from the Yale 37-yard line, Cornell’s highlight of the day along with a first-quarter field goal block by senior linebacker Tre' Minor. Mathews escaped a near sack and twirled around to find senior running back Dustin Dillard for a short pitch and catch. Dillard then ran 33 yards down the far sideline to the Yale 4. “Originally I was just supposed to protect and get out in my route, but the play broke down,” Dillard said. “Jeff did his thing and scrambled, I flashed my numbers to him and he figured out a way to get the ball to me. My main concern was just getting the first down, and anything after that was a bonus.” But the Red converted just 3-of-12 third downs. Despite taking a rough beating, Mathews became Cornell’s all-time leader in passing touchdowns with 56, surpassing Ricky Rahne ’02. He set the record with a 22-yard score to sophomore wide receiver Chris Lenz on fourth-and-8 with 6:20 remaining. Mathews was drilled shortly after delivering Lenz’s second touchdown of the year, prompting Archer to walk onto the field and talk with the officials. “Jeff does a good job of standing in there and delivering the ball, and their pass rush was really good,” Archer said about the gunslinger who sits 342 yards shy of the Ivy career record and carried 10 times, was sacked twice and hit on numerous throws on Saturday. "Not just in this game but in multiple games with Jeff it just seems like he has to take one or two hits a little after the ball is out. It’s something I try to address with the officials," Archer said. "He’s very tough and he definitely takes some shots that he shouldn’t have to take.” Mathews and the Red will try to regroup before a home matchup versus Patriot League rival Colgate on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Cornell will work hard this week to fix some its schematic woes, particularly defending screen passes. “Usually when an opponent is successful with something, then other teams are going to come right back with it,” Marani said. “Teams in the future, especially Colgate, might try to run some bubbles to test our block destruction skill.” Archer agreed, calling the Ivy and Patriot conferences “copycat leagues.” “It wasn’t like we were surprised by [bubble screens],” Archer said. “It was poor execution on our part in terms of shedding blocks3 and good execution by them staying with their blocks. We have to watch the film and dissect exactly where it went wrong.” Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.
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“I think that’s a great way to look at the rest of the season and remain focused,” she said. “The beginning of the season was a great way to get to know each other’s play and to gain confidence ... now it comes down to who wants it more.” “We’re off to a good start but can’t take anything for granted,” Tierney added. “There’s no such thing as an easy game and we need to keep that in mind.” The Red will face UPenn in Philadelphia Friday before travelling to Dover for a non-conference match against Delaware State University on Sunday. Gina Cargas can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com.
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the game, and that’s because they were able to capitalize on it.” Perez was able to capitalize on one of his own opportunities late in the contest. Trailing 28-0 late in the fourth quarter, the Red found itself a far cry from last season’s thrilling six-overtime victory over the Quakers. With the team in need of a spark, Perez fielded a Penn kickoff at his own five yard line and race 79 yards to the Penn 16 with a few broken tackles along the way. The speedy halfback was quick to praise his teammates for setting up the return. “Any kick return, any run, any big play is pretty dependant on the blocking space that’s create,” Perez said. “And at the end of that run — I mean, you can see it — there are six guys down field with me which means they did their job and pretty much steamrolled the defense.” “It only takes a couple of big plays here or there to change a drive,” Miller said. “And Nick’s big kickoff return got the team pretty motivated.” Immediately following the return, Miller hit freshman quarterback-turned wide receiver Robert Pannullo for a 16-yard score, marking Pannullo’s first career touchdown for the Red and Miller’s second passing touchdown this season. Following an onside kick from senior kicker John Rodriguez, the Red retook possession and drove down the field in seven plays capped by a plunge into the endzone from Miller. The score was one of several physical runs by the captain on the night. “Toward the end of the third quarter, we were about to start a drive. We knew which play we were going to run -— we were going to run an isolation up the middle,” Perez said. “And Brendan just said ‘I’m going to pick someone and run him over’ ... and that just kind of lit a spark ... He definitely [took the game into his hands].” Miller added that he felt that the team needed an additional push in the second half of the game to get the ball rolling. “I just figured it was getting to the point where it
felt like we needed some life,” Miller said about his second half physicality. “To be honest we kind of just went out there, ‘What the hell, I’m a senior.’ [Co-head coach Bart Guccia] is always telling me to slide but I figured we needed to something. So I expected them to let me run at somebody [only] one play, but the blocking up front was incredible and it turned out that those couple plays were good and helping sustain drives.” With the Penn defense on-edge, the Red had cut the deficit to 28-14 with 2:51 remaining. A second onside kick attempt was recovered by Penn, however, and the Quakers ran out the clock to seal the game. “It’s tough because I know we have the talent,” Miller said. “We have a lot of guys with a lot of bigplay capability. And it’s just very frustrating that we haven’t been able to get it done. But from an offensive perspective to go out there and be able to punch a couple of touchdowns in after some good drives it was very satisfying and gave everybody some confidence and kind of took the edge off a little bit moving forward.” Miller said Guccia has been patient with a young squad with high potential, which could lead to fruitful results in the coming weeks for the Red. “Obviously [coach was] not the happiest,” Miller said. “But with a young team the key is being positive. There were a lot of good things that came out of the game yesterday, and at the end coach harped on that more so than the mistakes we made. And I think that’s important, especially with a young team. Positive reinforcement and so on.” With the team’s senior leaders beginning to notch up the intensity and several unsung heroes — particularly sophomore running back Ben Herrera and freshman running back Kevin Nathanson — stepping up, the Red feel ready to create chaos next week for Army (3-0) and in the games beyond. “Number one, [our goal is to] have fun, and having fun comes from kicking people’s asses and winning,” Perez said. “So hopefully we can do that. Number two, really just developing guys for the years to come and build more leaders.” Chris Mills can be reached at cmills@cornellsun.com.
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Cornell Takes Home Five-Set Win in Ivy League Opener By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor
After two straight seasons of losses to Columbia, the Red finally flipped the outcome on the Lions to take home a five-set win against its rival in the team’s Ivy League opener. With
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Starting off on the right foot | The Red started off Ivy play with a 1-0 record.
the win, the Red increased its record to 4-6, while the Lions, who tied for second place in the Ivy League last season, dropped to 2-8. The Red and the Lions traded victories throughout the match, with the Lions decisively taking the first set, 25-12, after posting a 5-0 run midway through the game. The Red battled back to take the second game in a closely contested set, eventually outpacing the Lions, 25-22. Despite falling to an early 4-1 deficit, the Red tied up the game at 66 and 9-9 before embarking on a 6-0 run. The Lions came back with a run of their own, however, claiming a 21-17 lead before a kill by freshman middle blocker Macey Wilson turned the game back to the Red’s favor. After tying up the game again at 22-22, the Red embarked on its second 6-0 run of the game to close out the set with the win. Junior libero Natasha Rowland, whose career-high 36-dig performance tied her for seventh-best in Red volleyball history, said the team did not start off the day against Columbia the way the team had hoped but that there was improvement in the second set. “We got off to a really slow start in game one and weren’t doing the things that we had practiced,” she said. “In game two, we upped our energy level and started to execute our game plan.” The freshman class continued to assert its presence in the third set, with Wilson, middle
blocker Jasmine Robinson and outside hitter Sarah Kramer all recording kills. Back-to-back kills from Kramer put the Red within two at 22-20, but Columbia held on to claim the match, 25-22. The Lions’ sophomore outside hitter Atlanta Moye-McLaren, who finished the day leading her team with 17 kills, chipped in four of Columbia’s final five points in the game. The fourth match ties the Red’s record for longest game of the season so far as the team’s second game to extended to 28 points. Unlike the team’s last 28-point game, a 26-28 loss to Bucknell, the Red held on until the end to claim the 28-16 victory. Cornell opened the fourth game with a 106 lead but, mirroring the second game, the Lions clawed their way back to a late 21-21 tie. Several points by the Lions put the Red down, 22-24, but sophomore outside hitter Breanna Wong put the Red back within one on the next point. The game continued back-and-forth until 26-26, when the freshmen duo of Wilson and setter Alyssa Phelps blocked an attempt by Moye-McLaren, followed by a kill from Wilson to earn the two-point advantage necessary for the win. Rowland said that the team focuses on digging the ball during such back-and-forth battles for final points and that strong play at the net gives the team energy. “In the back row, we are thinking to get
every ball up and not let anything hit the floor,” she said. “The team keeps their energy up when we make big plays like a block or a kill.” The fifth set featured the Red’s most dominant performance in the day, as the Red broke open a close 7-6 game with another 6-0 run to lead, 13-6. Despite Columbia’s attempt to come back, two more Red points sealed the 158 victory. The five-set win marked the Red’s second such victory in five attempts this season. In last weekend’s Pittsburgh tournament, the Red opened with a five-set victory over the University of Pittsburgh before closing the tournament on a five-set loss to Rutgers. "That was a huge step for us because we are working on coming together in clutch moments and finishing matches, which was a common theme from last years season as well,” senior outside hitter Kelly Marble said. “Columbia is our rival and we haven't beaten them in five since I was a freshman. So if there was one opponent we really hoped to beat in our house it was Columbia" The final time Cornell and Columbia played last season, it was the Lions who took home the five-set win. “It’s great to start out Ivies 1-0 and finally beat them in five,” Rowland said. Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.
Ancient Eight Teams Start Ivy League Play Crimson,Bulldogs Lead League With Two Wins
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fter a strong start with a 45-13 win over Bucknell during Homecoming weekend, the Red was off to a solid start this fall season. However, this past weekend, Cornell threw down against its Ivy League buddy Yale in a Saturday matchup and things did not work out as well as they had the past weekend. Despite a talented squad, Yale stole the win from the Red in a tough game that ended up with a 38-23 final score. Another interesting matchup from this past weekend was that of Monmouth University versus Columbia. In the Lions’ home opener, the Hawks stole the show and took down its opponent in a 37-14 win. Starting from the beginning of the showdown, the Hawks had the for-
ward momentum and the touchdowns just followed. The Crimson was in a much better place than the Lions as it competed against the Brown Bears and took home a 41-23 win. Not only did Harvard snatch this win, but now the team improved its season starting record to 2-0, which ties Yale for the top of the Ivy League record wise. Heading into next weekend, all teams will have competed in at least one competition against another member of the Ancient Eight so fans will have an adequate vision of who are the top teams to beat this Ivy League season. — Compiled by Haley Velasco
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On to the next | Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews tried to make a turn around for the Red, but Cornell fell to Yale, 38-23.
Looking Back Saturday, September 28
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Red Grabs First Ivy Win Since’10 By GINA CARGAS
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Sun Staff Writer
Getting it done | Sophomore Shanay Fischer scored one of the two winning goals in her first Ivy League game.
The women’s soccer team cruised to victory, 2-0, over Columbia (4-3-1, 0-1 Ivy) on Friday night for its first Ivy League win since 2010. The Red, now enjoying an overall record of 6-2-1, is off to its best start since 2005. In the 20th minute, sophomore Shanay Fischer knocked senior midfielder Rachel Nichols’ cross high inside the left post. Twelve minutes later, Nichols earned her second assist when freshman forward Dempsey Banks scored a bouncing header off Nichols’ cross. The Red maintained the pressure throughout the second half and freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney — the current Ivy League Rookie of the Week — had to make just three simple saves. According to goalscorer Dempsey Banks, the Red knew they had to apply pressure immediately. “In practice, we worked a lot on speed of play and possession play,” she said. “We knew that Columbia would come out hard because they’re a turf team, and we play on grass.” Columbia, who beat the Red by one goal in the first ten minutes in 2012, had very few scoring chances on Friday night. According to Tierney, the Red’s dominance stemmed from maintaining excellent possession in the midfield. “We played a really solid game offensively and defensively,” Tierney said. “We’ve been working on set pieces for the offense and how to defend corners and crosses in the defense.”
Tierney has started the last four games and entered this weekend in the top 20 in the country in both save percentage and goals-against average. Before this game, her save percentage ranked 11th nationally with goalsagainst clocking in at 20th. Tierney is one of several Cornell freshmen who have excelled this season. The other goalkeepers and coaching staff make Tierney’s job easy, she said. “I’m so thankful that [head] coach [Patrick] Farmer has been giving me an opportunity to play,” she said. “I’ve been learning so much from the other goalkeepers.” The Red’s offense aimed to irritate the Lions’ defense as much as possible, said Banks. However, their highpressure play tired the Red out quickly, she said. “We were pressuring really hard all the time so we got tired really quickly,” she said. “I think we did well offensively, though. Every game, our offense improves, and Caroline [Growney] and I get used to playing with each other.” The Red has switched up its offensive formation for each recent game. Against the Lions, Banks and sophomore Caroline Growney were the only two forwards, while Farmer has previously favored a three-player offensive line. “It was nice to be able to switch positions with each other,” Banks said. “With me and Caroline on top we just try and overlap each other as much as we can.” Farmer has been encouraging the squad to see the rest of the season as a seven-game tournament, Banks added. See WOMEN’S SOCCER page 14
FOOTBALL
Gridders Fall to Yale in First Ivy League Game By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Senior Writer
The Yale football team scored 31 unanswered points to cruise to a 38-23 victory over Cornell in the first Ivy League matchup of the season on Saturday afternoon. Behind four touchdowns on consecutive possessions by senior wide receiver Deon Randall, Yale (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) blew out the Red (1-1, 0-1) after a tight first half in front of a New Haven, Conn. crowd of 18,600. The most successful Yale offensive scheme was the bubble screen, which largely explains the tale of two halves. As the Bulldogs evolved the short pass-
es from a wrinkle to an unstoppable weapon, Cornell’s chances withered away in a contest that looked nothing like the Red’s 45-6 Homecoming destruction of Yale a season ago. “In the first half we played them really tough — the defense bent, but didn’t break,” said sophomore safety Bobby Marani, who led the Red with 10 tackles and a forced fumble. “I thought we were playing decent against their bubbles, but in the second half, we just couldn’t get off the field, and it became a problem.” “The Yale offense that played us in Ithaca last year did not play Randall, See FOOTBALL page 13
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Third times the charm ... or not | The sprint football lost another game this season to UPenn in a 28-14 game that brought the team’s record to 0-3.
SPRINT FOOTBALL
Another One Bites the Dust for Sprint By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer
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A Bulldog beating | The Cornell football team fell to Ivy League opponent Yale Saturday in a 38-23 grudge match.
0-3 is a mark no team wants to encounter. But for the sprint football squad — which has dropped six of its last seven games dating back to last season — the record is a tough reality. The Red (0-3 CSFL) strung together a series of fourth quarter scores but were defeated, 28-14, by arch nemesis Penn (2-1) at Cornell’s home opener at Schoellkopf. “A little disappointed about last night’s game, but
still some positives to take away,” said senior captain and quarterback Brendan Miller. “Obviously, three losses in the Sprint League takes you out of contention for any type of championship, so we got to go out and be spoilers. I think it will be good for our team, because now we really have nothing to lose. So I think people will play more relaxed and if we keep this intensity, we should be able to pull out a couple of wins as the season closes down.” Penn drove nine plays and 50 yards on its first possession of the game to notch a 7-0
lead. From there, the Red defense held firm until the end of the first half, when Penn scored an improbable touchdown with no time remaining on a hail mary lob. “They just made plays and had breaks,” said senior running back Nick Perez when asked how Penn was able to build an early lead. “Part of football is capitalizing on opportunities, especially one at the end of the half. I’d say they got lucky on that catch, and that definitely shifted some of the momentum in See SPRINT FOOTBALL page 14