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Day Hall Burglary Among Recent String of Robberies Police seek link between recent crime reports

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

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New zoning, new housing | A rendering shows the planned housing development to be built at 114 Catherine St. The space is currently occupied by a five-car parking lot.

Police say they are investigating reports of weekend burglaries at Day Hall and at an apartment near West Campus, the latest in a string of recent robberies reported on and near Cornell’s campus.

Between 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.

Monday, one or more suspects

“forced entry” into a Day Hall office through a window, according to Cornell Police, who say they received the report at 8:44 a.m. Monday.

An additional burglary reportedly occurred after 5 a.m. Sunday at 109 Llenroc Ct., where a burglar or burglars “forced open” a secured basement door, according to police.

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Catherine Street Project To Await City Approval

By JONATHAN DAWSON Sun Staff Writer

A new housing project at 114 Catherine St. could join the first few residential housing developments to be built under Ithaca’s new zoning laws — passed by the Common Council in March — if the city’s Planning and Development Board approves the proposal.

The plan for the three-story building includes three apartments and a total of 17 bedrooms, which will be built on what is currently a five-car parking lot, according to Nick Lambrou, the developer of the project.

“Each apartment will have large windows, [air conditioner] units, two refrigera-

tors and washer and dryer for laundry in each unit,” Lambrou said.

According to Lambrou, the apartments will be ready for fall 2015, if construction starts by February or March at the latest.

“I felt it was the right time to do it after I saw these other larger projects, one on Eddy Street, one on Dryden Road and one on College Avenue get approved,” he said.

“I feel that if I wait another year, labor costs [for new construction] will be too high to be able to offer these nice new units at Catherine at reasonable rents.”

The building is under a new zoning disSee DEVELOPMENT page 5

Lock your doors | A series of burglaries have taken place on and near-campus since late August, including at Day Hall, which was burglarized over the weekend.

Students Voice Support for Extended Drop Deadline

By ASHLEY COLLIS-BURGESS Sun Staff Writer

In response to the University’s decision to extend the deadline to drop courses or change a grade option, several Cornellians say they are relieved to have the additional week.

The deadline was extended to Oct. 17 to accommodate changes to the academic calendar — which went into effect last semester — that no longer give sufficient time for students to receive their first prelim grades and gauge their academic performance, according to the University.

“The new academic calendar creates a situation in which some course prelims are scheduled late

enough that grading will not be completed by the [original deadline] — with the result that students may lack information about their performance in time to drop,” according to an email sent to all College of Agriculture and Life Sciences students.

Though the new drop deadline is University-wide, each college has their own guidelines for the process of dropping after the original deadline, according to the Arts and Sciences Advising Office.

“Because of systems issues, the University cannot extend this deadline electronically in Student Center,” the Arts College said in See DEADLINE page 5

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New Book Celebrates Sesquicentennial

By BENEDETTA CARNAGHI Sun Contributor

Last month, Prof. Glenn Altschuler Ph.D. ’76, dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. and Prof. Isaac Kramnick, government, published Cornell, A History, 1940–2015 — the first full-scale account of the University to appear since 1962.

Published by Cornell University Press, the book’s text and its 60 photographs cover the second 75 years of Cornell’s history, when Cornell emerged as an important global research center.

Altschuler and Kramnick said they felt that their experiences in both the faculty and University administration allowed them to be in a “somewhat unique capacity to write about Cornell’s history.”

“Both of us have through“If this sesquicentennial is out the years become wellsuccessful, it will combine known as close serious self-reflection with to undergraduates, having a celebration.” feel for undergraduate life,” Glenn Altschuler Kramnick said.

“One of the things that brought us to writing this was that we have perspectives both from the institution and the administration of the institution.”

According to Kramnick, the book was not originally intended to celebrate Cornell’s sesquicentennial.

“The idea emerged around 2003 [or] 2004, but was put on the back burner of both of us because we were involved with writing other books of our own scholarship areas,” Kramnick said. “Only around 2007 [or] 2008 did it get on the front burner, at which point in terms of its natural evolution it was going to be published the year of the sesquicentennial.”

Altschuler said that he thought this coincidence was a positive one, however, and added that the book serves as a good way to reflect on the University after 150 years.

“I’m strongly in favor of celebrations like the sesquicentennial because I think institutions should have appropriate occasions for celebration but also for self-reflection,”

Altschuler said. “If this Sesquicentennial is successful, it will combine serious self-reflection with celebration, and that’s good for institutions as well as individuals.”

Altschuler and Kramnick added that their book — as well as their one-time course currently offered about Cornell’s history, American Studies 2003: Creating Contemporary Cornell — are “unique among institutional histories” due to emphasizing the University’s development in a “national and international political context.”

“We devoted a considerable amount of space to the Cold War and how it affected faculty promotion and hiring but also to divestment from South Africa and the institution’s role in the nation’s outreach to China,” Altschuler said.

While researching for the book, Kramnick and Altschuler said they used sources including the The Sun, articles from the Rare and Manuscript Collection and presidential papers, which were used to gain an understanding of the relationship between the presidents and the trustees.

The book also deals with domestic social issues, exemplifying that universities, such as Cornell, are not “ivory tower institutions,” but are “connected with the country’s “history and politics,” according to Altschuler.

One major example of this — the occupation of Willard Straight Hall in 1969 — was “probably the most traumatic event in the history of Cornell,” according to Kramnick, in the way it placing it in the larger context of a civil rights revolution that was moving from Martin Luther King’s ideals of Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X. “What we wanted to show was that that movement of the Cornell students from integrationist ideals to the separatist ideals which culminated in the takeover of the Straight was exactly mirroring what was happening in the civil rights movement in the United States,” Kramnick said.

Altschuler and Kramnick also said they wanted to portray Cornell’s struggles with gender issues.

“In the book, we deal extensively with women’s issues, from a discussion of the implications of what was called ‘gracious living’ in the 1950s ... to the invention of the term ‘sexual harassment’ and the establishment of a women studies program at Cornell,” Altschuler said.

Today, they point out, although women are the majority of the undergraduates and there is a flourishing of women’s studies, women only account for 28 percent of the faculty.

By explaining Cornell’s past and “it’s DNA,” the authors

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Members of the Cornell Running Club return to Goldwin Smith Hall from their daily run to Tompkins County Airport Monday evening.

suggest, their book may shed light on Cornell’s current challenges, including those posed by the construction of an applied science campus on land donated by New York City, now Cornell Tech.

“We believe that Cornell can only get it right by achieving a balance between pure and applied research, corporate support and corporate influence, philanthropy for the New York City and the Ithaca campus, a focus on educating undergraduates and preparing graduate students for roles in entrepreneurship and global leadership,” Altschuler said.

Benedetta Carnaghi can be reached at bc552@cornell.edu.

Prof:Israeli Archaelogical Dig Brings Ancient World ‘to Life’

By MELVIN LI Sun Contributor

This summer, Prof. Lauren Monroe, Near Eastern Studies, led six student volunteers at an archaeological dig at the Israeli Biblical excavation site Tel Abel Beth Maacah.

The volunteers were drawn from two classes Monroe taught last semester: Archaeology 4800: Archaeology of Gender in Syria-Palestine and Archaeology 2550: Origins of Monotheism. According to Monroe, the trip helped serve as a field component for both classes, giving students a chance to apply what they had learned about ancient Israelite culture to the real world.

“[The trip was about] bringing to life aspects of the world in which the Bible and the Book of Monotheism emerged,” Monroe said. “For the students in the gender course, there was a more direct connection because those students were actually studying archaeological methods and then implementing those methods on the field.”

The excavation, held from June 24 to July 22, offered learning opportunities for non-archeology students — mainly those in Archaeology 2550 — as well, according to Monroe.

“The focus of the [origins of Monotheism] class was on the evolution of the idea of one god out of this ancient poly-

Bleed for a cause

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Students donate blood at the University’s first annual Red Cross undergraduate blood drive competition Monday in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.

theistic background,” Monroe said.

“Certainly the people who occupied the site where [the students] were digging would’ve been part of that polytheistic world that was kind of moving towards something more monotheistic,” Monroe said.

Because of its location between ancient Israeli, Phoenician and Syrian settlements 1.2 miles south of the border of present-day Lebanon, Abel Beth Maacah is a hotbed for Middle Bronze Age artifacts, many of which date back to about 1800 BCE, according to Profs. Robert A. Mullins, Biblical studies, Azusa Pacific University, and Nava Panitz-Cohen, Biblical archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who both directed the trip.

“The excavation at this cultural crossroads will expose more than the Biblical past,” Mullins and Panitz-Cohen said.

“Scholars hope to examine cultural exchange and urban interaction during the second and first millennia BCE.” The student volunteers included Kirsten Smith grad, Ezra Newman ’16, Ellie Reppy ’17, Xinyi Chen ’17, Magdalene Murphy ’17 and Fredrika Loew grad. They were also accompanied by Monroe’s husband, Prof.

Chris Monroe, archeology and assistant director of the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies, as well as Alex Chertok ’12.

Housed at the guesthouse of Kibbutz Kfar Szold, a small agricultural collective community in the Upper Galilee, volunteers would wake up each morning at 4 a.m. before being transported to the site to begin digging for the whole morning, according to Chen.

The volunteers were divided into teams called “squares” and used trowels and pickaxes to clear away large amounts of earth, which then had to be carted away in wheelbarrows, according to Chen. Each square was watched over by an Israeli Ph.D. stu-

dent, many of whom previously served in the Israeli Defense Force.

After a brief tea break and breakfast, the students would continue excavating until 1:00 p.m., when temperatures were too high to continue working, Chen said. They would then return to the the guesthouse for lunch and relax for a few hours before returning to the dig site to wash the shards of pottery they found that day.

Students discovered a wide variety of

“[The trip was about] bringing to life aspects of the world in which the Bible and Book of Monotheism emerged.”

Prof. Lauren Monroe objects, including preserved olive pits, ancient cups, parts of human skeletons and buried stone buildings, during the course of their four-week-long excavation, according to Chen.

“I think the main discovery in my square was part of a silo,” Chen said. “It was probably used for storage or something.”

Reppy said she learned a broad variety of things during the trip.

“I really enjoyed my month at Abel Beth Maacah,” Reppy said. “I learned a lot — from what a Middle Bronze age cooking pot rim looks like to the challenge of assigning stratigraphy.”

The students were assisted by additional volunteers from Azusa Pacific University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Trinity International University.

Melvin Li can be reached at mzl7@cornell.edu.

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Prof: C-Town Projects Drop Deadline Extended by One Week Are Now More Viable DEADLINE

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trict called CR-4, which includes a maximum building height that “aim[s] to ensure a consistent transition between the higher-density and lower-density zoning districts,” according to the Collegetown Area Form Districts code.

Prof. Garrick Blalock, applied economics and management and chair of the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board, said that the preliminary design looks likely to gain approval.

“Based on what they’ve proposed to do as currently discussed, I’d be surprised if there couldn’t be an arrangement for the project to move ahead,” Blalock said. “There’s nothing out of the ordinary in the project.”

Blalock added that the new project could be “What we’re short of is approved by the Planning Board whenever the housing ... This project right developers have submitnow is a deal that the city ted all of the necessary should take.” documentation, which might take the developers Prof. Michael Manville a couple of months.

Prof.

Michael Manville, city and regional planning, said he thinks it is good that the city is encouraging more housing at the expense of a decreased number of parking spaces because of a surplus of parking and a shortage of housing in Ithaca.

“What we’re short of is housing, as seen by the one percent vacancy rate,” he said. “That doesn’t mean you get rid of all parking and put in housing, but this project right now is a deal that the city should take.”

Additionally, Manville said the problem of finding Collegetown parking spaces during peak times on weekends and evenings will not be solved unless “the city meters the spaces on a more regular basis.”

“There’s a very high demand for parking when it is free and it’s no surprise that there’s a shortage of it,” Manville said.

The Catherine Street project is only one example of how new zoning requirements have allowed developers to work on new projects in Collegetown, which include four approved mixed-use projects, according to Blalock.

“The [previous] minimum parking requirement was akin to saying you can’t build at a reasonable cost,” Blalock said. “Now a lot of projects that weren’t economically viable are now able to be built.”

The new zoning law might also cause a decrease in demand for apartments further away from campus due to the increase in supply of Collegetown apartments, according to Blalock.

“You might see a small decrease in price [of collegetown apartments], but you never know,” Blalock said.

According to Blalock, now Collegetown developers [and residents] must deal with unoccupied storefronts, a lack of services for bicyclists and limited pedestrian traffic amenities in the area.

“It’s just not what we want an entrance to a major Ivy League university to look like,” Blalock said.

Jonathan Dawson can be reached at jdawson@cornellsun.com.

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an email to students. “Each college has put in place procedures for allowing students to drop a course or change the grade option.”

Aaron Bhole ’16 said he thinks the new deadline will help alleviate some of the stress students face in trying to select the best courses from a range of “interesting” options.

“I think that the drop deadline extension will be extremely helpful to a number of students, myself included, who like to enroll in several courses and end up dropping towards the end of the deadline,” he said. “Now I will be able to have a better feel of which classes I should keep as well as reduced stress in missing a deadline.”

Emily Teall ’16 also said the later drop deadline will allow her to make more careful decisions as she tries to complete courses to graduate on time with her dual degree.

“The later drop deadline gives me enough time to meet with advisors and make a more informed

decision rather than the rushed one I thought I would be forced to make,” she said. “I am trying to see if I can do dual degree, which affects my schedule and affects which classes I need for requirements.”

The new deadline will be instrumental in providing opportunities for students to properly evaluate course experience, rather than feeling rushed, according to Alexandra Saint Laurent ’16.

“I think it gives students a better opportunity to judge how they are doing in their classes before making that decision to drop,” she said. “The original deadline made the process feel rushed, and I personally never took part in it because so.”

Marcus Hill ’16 also said that he appreciates the University’s efforts to accommodate students in their process of selecting the best courses for their academic needs.

“The extra time will definitely help people pick the most relevant courses,” Hill said.

Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at acollisburgess@cornellsun.com.

Police Continue to Investigate Burglaries CRIME

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Police say they have no description of the suspect or suspects of either incident and that the incident is under investigation.

The two reported burglaries mark the latest in a string of burglaries over the past month. A Catherine Street apartment was robbed on Aug. 31 and resulted in a chase between one of the house’s residents and the bur-

glars.

Weeks later, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity on West Campus was robbed, with the suspect entering the rooms of fraternity members and taking money out of three wallets early on Sept. 17.

Last Wednesday, two additional West Campus burglaries were reported — one at the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, also known as “Rockledge,” and another at Von Cramm Cooperative Hall.

According to CUPD Deputy

Chief Dave Honan, police are investigating to see if the burglaries are related.

In an email to the Cornell community Friday, Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner reminded Cornellians to lock their doors and windows at home and at offices and work spaces.

“Don’t offer thieves the path of least resistance,” Zoner said.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Hazing Prevention Should Expand to All IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL HAZING PREVENTION WEEK last week, University officials and student leaders outlined efforts to broaden hazing reduction efforts and involve more student organizations in the conversation surrounding hazing. The University brought together faculty, staff and students — creating The Council on Hazing Prevention, which included members from Reserve Officers Training Corps, a capella groups and the Student Assembly — to expand anti-hazing efforts. We at The Sun agree that hazing prevention should not be limited to organizations such as the Greek system and athletic teams, and support the University in bringing students from different organizations together. However, we are skeptical that these steps will reach all students and call upon the University to be more clear about these efforts to educate all students about hazing.

We ardently oppose hazing in all forms. Under Cornell’s Code of Conduct, “Hazing means an act that, as an explicit or implicit condition for initiation to, admission into, affiliation with, or continued membership in a group or organization, (1) could be seen by a reasonable person as endangering the physical health of an individual or as causing mental distress to an individual through, for example, humiliating, intimidating, or demeaning treatment, (2) destroys or removes public or private property, (3) involves the consumption of alcohol or drugs, or the consumption of other substances to excess or (4) violates any University policy.” In particular, hazing can have debilitating and life-threatening consequences, like the hazing-related death of George Desdunes ’13, a brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, in 2011. It is because of these physical and emotional dangers that we support the University as it expands its anti-hazing efforts and works to educate all students about hazing.

The council represents another concrete step in fostering the dialogue around hazing. But we encourage the University to take further steps in reducing hazing by creating additional educational programming, seminars and awareness campaigns. By educating organizations across the University on better practices for integrating new members into groups, the University can better reduce hazing incidents and provide a more positive group environment. Overall, we cannot stress enough the dangers of hazing, and our support for the University as it continues its efforts to eliminate hazing, but we hope that the initiatives are clearly enumerated and effectively implemented.

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Am I Safe At Cornell?

n a late night last February, I had This information is available online and just finished my reading and was has been disseminated by email, through unwinding with a game of Candy the recent Bear Walk community event, Crush in my bedroom. I hadn’t turned and other means. However, I think it’s the lights off yet when I heard a rattling worthwhile to continue to share this at the back door, which exited to the out- important information through as many side from my bedroom. I assumed that I avenues as possible, including this colhad once again forgotten to latch the umn. screen, so I reluctantly got out of bed to First, it is important for students to secure it. When I opened the back door, conduct research before renting an apartinstead of seeing a swinging screen door, I ment off-campus: saw the body of a large man trying to get • The Cornell off-campus living into my bedroom. I screamed, slammed office has a variety of resources for selectand locked the door, and ran into my liv- ing an apartment. ing room to call 911. Ithaca Police came • The Cornell off-campus living within 15 minutes, but they did not catch office’s Security Checklist — and the the intruder. A few weeks later, after a Landlord Screening Checklist — are parstressful search, I finally moved into a ticularly helpful. new apartment where I felt safer.

• An independent landlord review I wish I could say that my situation website provides local tenants’ reviews. was unique and that break-ins hardly ever Next, as the Cornell Police and the happen around Cornell. However, after Ithaca Police indicate in their Safety Tips, my experience, I heard from many of my once you have moved into your apartpeers who had gone through similar ment or dorm: frightening encounters. We all see more • LOCK your doors and windows. crime alert emails than we would like, but • Don’t leave valuables in plain sight. many off-cam• D o n’t pus incidents are keep large sums There are no easy solutions to not even capof money in tured in those your wallet or improve the economy of emails.

The apartment.

Collegetown, to stop the break-in issue of safety is • W h e n a more pressing walking attempts and to create affordable at night, home one than many walk and habitable off-campus housing with a friend. students think.

Don’t get me options. But I think we should start don’t• Ifhaveyoua wrong, we are by shining the spotlight on these lucky to live in friend to walk an idyllic and with, don’t be issues. quiet town afraid to call where few bad the Blue Light things happen.

Escort service However, Ithaca is still a city, and we as (or pick up a Blue Light Phone) for a safe students are targets for crime. Because of two-person escort team that will walk you my scary experience, and because I anywhere on or near campus. believe the safety of Cornell students • View more tips from the Cornell should be among the University’s highest Police and the Ithaca Police online. priorities, I have been vocal about Lastly, know who to call if you are the improving student safety in my role as victim of a crime or otherwise need help. student trustee.

In an emergency, don’t hesitate to call In my opinion, improved student safe- 911. For other important numbers, please ty requires, among other measures, taking visit the caring community website. a hard look at Collegetown and considerHaving lived in three different college ing the various roles the University could towns, I know how easy it is to assume play in improving our neighborhood. that you are safe and that nothing can There are no easy solutions to improve harm you. But, unfortunately, I have now the economy of Collegetown, to stop the experienced firsthand that students are break-in attempts, and to create afford- often lured into a false sense of security. able and habitable off-campus housing While improving the overall safety of our options. But I think we should start by community may eventually require some shining the spotlight on these issues and major changes, you can also do your part discouraging the tendency to simply to keep yourself safe by being aware of the throw our hands up in the air because the risks and taking appropriate steps to deter issues seem too big to tackle. I hope this someone from harming you or your propwill allow for big ideas relating to erty.

Collegetown to be heard and considered.

In the meantime, it is important for O’Toole is a second year law student at students to have the information they Annie Cornell Law School and the graduate studentneed to find safe housing options and the elected trustee. She can be reached at ado29@corknowledge they need to keep themselves nell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate and their homes safe once they move in. Tuesdays this semester.

Guest submissions may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.

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David Zha | The Angry Spirit Bear

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Fratman Returns

here once was a nerd-bro hipster named Ignatius Tipster.

But before he became a nerd-bro hipster, he was just a nerdy hipster.

In high school, he played bass and eroded his vocal cords in a punk band named “Don’t Go.” He dabbled in the Edgecore scene and unabashedly rode the Kinsella-inspired band wagon of the twinkle rock movement. He enjoyed Star Wars graphic tees, Settlers of Catan, discussing cannabis science, old kung-fu movies and spending hours on Wikipedia researching the lives of obscure hip-hop artists.

Iggy loved his band. He loved those long drives to shady venues where he sang about positivity, Dungeons and Dragons and emo girls to vacant rooms populated only by other bands and bitter sound engineers.

But he couldn’t lie to himself. It was all just a way of dealing with his secret, cliché and curious insecurity over being undesirable to certain women — chiefly those of the eight, nine and 10 variety. No slough of gauged girls with sparrow tattoos on their hips could ever fill the black hole Hot Hannah (that dazzling beaut) had left gaping in his chest after she read the love poem he slipped into her locker to the entire sixth grade class.

Eventually, being blue and singing about it just wasn’t enough for Ignatius. Graduating from high school with three kisses, half a dry handjob and two blue balls had left him insecure, worried and dissatisfied.

But if there’s one thing about Iggy, it’s that his inner nerd loves a quest. He understands the consequences of so shallow a goal, but nevertheless makes a solemn vow to enter that fiery Crack of Doom and slip the fateful Ring of Power onto his member — he vows solemnly to bang at least one hot betch before he dies.

His strategy is to exhibit signs of orthodox frattitude, couple it with an alternative style, while suppressing the fact that he’s really just a very confused Nice Guy. College is Iggy’s chance to reinvent himself. He puts down his guitar, cuts his WoW subscription, joins a gym and decides to pledge a fraternity. He joins the Zeta house at a peculiar time in its history: After a heinous hazing incident involving a mock stage, crossdressed pledges, public urination and playing R. Kelly music far too loudly on the house lawn, much of the Zeta old guard were either suspended or expelled. This left the brotherhood undermanned, demoralized and in ill repute. Iggy easily infiltrates a house desperate for new members. After an expedited pledging period our geeky punk rocker emerges as the label-transcendentbeing we know as Ignatius Tipster, Nerd Bro Hipster.

Now it’s O-Week of the new semester, and the party rages.

Iggy is eager to use his new-found title of “Brother” to finally slay the elusive pussycat. His strategy is to exhibit signs of orthodox frattitude, couple it with an alternative style, while suppressing the fact that he’s really just a very confused Nice Guy. There’s a target in vision. Iggy cools down his angst and prepares to initiate. Brunette. Level 7. Drinking. Probably willing to give verbal consent. Written contract at the ready just in case, he analyzes.

Suddenly, the house door swings open with a bang. A man wearing a Vineyard Vines shirt, lobster shorts, Sperry’s, a backwards Patriots cap and a smug smile struts inside. He throws the two overstuffed duffle bags he’s carrying on the ground and then raises his hands above his head.

“Y’all forgot about Dre!” he shouts victoriously.

The eights, nines and 10s are in hysterics and rush the man.

Looks of awe, relief and admiration appear on the faces of the older brothers. Realizing his target is too distracted to notice him, Iggy angrily strides up to the new-comer.

“Hey!” he screams.

The man holds up a finger, telling him to wait. He then proceeds to do a hefty line of cocaine off the breast of his nearest female admirer at a speed Iggy was unaware the human nose possessed. He cracks a beer that is tossed to him and lights a cigarette.

“Yes?” “You can’t just bust our door in like this, man! Wait outside like everyone else. Who the hell do you think you are?”

The stranger takes a long drag on his smoke before flashing Iggy a grin.

“I’m Fratman.”

David Zha is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at dzha@cornellsun.com. The Angry Spirit Bear appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ust as Fantasy ing after years of under- Adrian Peterson’s and Football hysteria has funding and overuse. Greg Hardy’s — should hypnotized a good This is to say nothing of be a triumph or travesty percentage of my friends our jails, which — attributable solely to the departing courts that tried them.

(I don’t think I’m ready despite for the level of emotional Attorney General Eric But their place within the commitment required to Holder’s successes in the NFL has nothing to do join their league), the far realm of sentencing with those courts, and less amusing realities of reform — remain one of everything to do with the the National Football the most daunting chal- organization that is, in so League have not yet aban- lenges of 21st century many ways, the beating doned our unusually clut- America. I spent the sum- heart of American entertered newsbriefs. It mer interning with the tainment. Yes, the NFL began, of course, with the Queens County Public “eventually” got it right mishandling of the Defenders, and saw first- with Ray Rice, and the Vikings Baltimore Ravens’ Ray hand the utter impossi- Minnesota Rice, when video sur- bility of prosecuting every scrambled to suspend domestic Adrian Peterson after his faced showing him first-time assaulting his then-fiancé. assailant. There simply paltry, one-game timeout But the public relations are not enough judges, provoked outrage — but fiasco has continued prosecutors or public that is not enough.

At a time when the nearly unabated in the defenders. So while judiweeks since, and NFL cial systems around the NFL commanded more Commissioner Roger country require a major of the national spotlight Goodell has proven him- infusion of resources than usual, it failed to self woefully unequal to (alongside a healthy dose take a morally unequivothe task of cleaning up of restructured priorities, cal stance on perhaps the the biggest business in wherein petty pot dealers most morally unequivoAmerican sports. While are deemed a lesser threat cal issue with which it Goodell made cringe- than abusive boyfriends), could be faced: domestic worthy apologies for interviewing Janay Rice alongside her abuser, the dominoes Goodell and his owners cannot rely on the of scandal continued justice system, which is already run to fall: Adrian ragged by the myriad crimes of the general Peterson, Greg Hardy and Bill populace, to keep the NFL worthy of its Simmons’ silenced place in American life. dissent. Even so, the business of the NFL chugs onward, with all its we cannot pretend that violence. Goodell did not cheerfully machismo Ray Rice is our problem run to a podium as soon bombast and Americana- because our overbur- as he first saw that infalaced fanfare. The money dened courts did not mous TMZ video — still rolls in, and my serve him justice. If that whenever he saw it — and friends are still transfixed were the case, millions announce that no players on their fantasy rosters. would attend daily rallies accused of domestic “Don’t blame the NFL,” for domestic abuse vic- assault would be allowed is the common refrain tims. Unfortunately, that on a football field until I’ve heard, as articulated is not the case. Ray Rice they had been cleared of

by Jake Forken ’16 in his matters not just because charges. He should have. recent column. But don’t of what he did, but As athletic celebrities, NFL players are at the because of who he is. we have to?

The NFL is not only a center of our pantheon of The crux of Forken’s well-written column was giant in American sports; heroes; their jerseys dot that it is the judicial sys- it is an economic jugger- school hallways, their tem — which allowed naut, a media empire and weekly conquests are Ray Rice to conclude his a cultural icon. Thus, just trumpeted through fradomestic abuse case with- as no one would dare say ternity houses and dormiout serious legal conse- Major League Baseball tories across the country. quence — should be the was blameless throughout The NFL thus has a socirightful subject of our its decades of racial segre- etal responsibility to culsocietal ire, and not the gation, the NFL’s bungled tivate players that are to these paragons of civic virtue, belatedly well-meaning response NFL. I could not disagree instances of domestic or as near to it as is realismore. Our courthouses, abuse cannot be dis- tically possible. This canespecially those in densely missed as part and parcel not be achieved by dealpopulated urban areas, of a flawed judicial sys- ing with these shameful, have been stretched near- tem. Ray Rice’s criminal chauvinistic outbursts on ly to the point of break- record — as well as a timid, case-by-case

basis. Goodell and his owners cannot rely on the justice system, which is already run ragged by the myriad crimes of the general populace, to keep the NFL worthy of its place in American life.

The damage control of Goodell and his cronies is reactive and profit-driven, as they have been spooked by the specter of sponsorship withdrawal. There was no whiff of courage in Goodell’s press conference, and even less so in those of the Panthers’, Vikings’ and 49ers’ owners. Fans should not allow the NFL to discipline its employees as if it were any other company, unversed in the intricacies of law and removed from the political realities of justice. How much cognitive dissonance is required for ESPN to silence rebukes of Roger Goodell, while its other commentators continue to parrot statistics and predictions that are, in and of themselves, meaningless? Yet today’s front page of ESPN.com can hardly be bothered to take a break from its blind worship of athletic entertainment.

Roger Goodell — and his enablers in the NFL and ESPN — need to remember that the timeless preoccupation with sports has never been an end in and of itself, but rather a means of weaving society together in an instinctual celebration of human strength and fortitude.

That is why the NFL ought to be scrutinized, and if it continues to fail in fulfilling its noble mission, it will have only itself to blame.

Jacob Glick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He may be reached at jglick@cornellsun.com.

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ahead of them some 60 years later.

She clarifies her instinct to refuse her mother’s cooking lessons most wisely: “Once you learn to do it, A young, notoriously clumsy neighbor assures seven you’ll be expected to do it.” Amen, year-old Marie, “Someone always helps me up,” after sister. recounting to Marie how a man had rescued her from a More embracing of her strong fall on the subway. She tells Marie that if she sees him personality is Marie’s husband. An again, she will “pretend to fall, see? Right next to him. unexpectedly timid and chattering And he’ll catch me and say, ‘Is it you again?’” The first man, he more than atones for funeral that Marie attends in her life is that of this young Marie’s first and less gallant love. lady, who takes a nasty fall not too long after that converTheir marriage is as humble and sation, without someone there to catch her. In Someone, beautifully believable as Marie Alice McDermott’s first novel since 2006, there are many proves to be, though they end up someones falling; sometimes there is someone to catch not only being someone to lean on them, and sometimes there is not. for each other, but for Marie’s fallen In Marie’s immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn, the older brother, as well, for whom the infallible umpire of the boys’ street baseball games is world seems to be too heavy. After blind. The girls sit on the stoops to watch the action and both their parents die, and Marie gossip about how Dora Ryan’s groom revealed herself to works many years at the local funerbe a woman on the wedding night — a mystery even to al home as a kind face for the their parents, it seems. Through the fuzzily innocent narmourning relatives, she’s seen death ration of this self-described homely more than most, but there is still so girl with thick glasses, we see a little of life that she understands — Someone community and its characters especially her brother’s battles. She decaying in parallel, some changing has learned to reassure even when

By Alice McDermott and maturing in small ways around she doesn’t understand, however.

Farrar, Staruss and Giroux Marie, who only comprehends the Their home, which has likewise COURTESY OF MACMILLAN events in hindsight. She herself, seen so much loss, seems to be reashowever, maintains much of the suring in and of itself. same spunk and stubbornness we “You’re here Momma … where see in her seven year-old self Irish-Catholic family. It is a we’ve always lived,” Marie tells her mother over and over throughout her adult life and old title she takes to without com- in her last days; her fear that somehow she is back age. “home” in Ireland is palpable in the crumbling apartment.

Marie grows up watching her Marie’s mother, whose ment. “Not Home, Mama, Brooklyn.” older brother recite Shakespeare and classic poetry at the brogue only comes out when she’s angry, endeavors perkitchen table each night after supper. In an exquisite petually to quell Marie’s forceful independence-for-its- Madeline C. Jones is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. scene that perfectly captures her effortless rebellion, she own-sake, but Marie’s own children have that same battle She can be reached at mjc37@cornell.edu.

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mumbles a curse word in Irish over her tea, shaking her head as if she didn’t know what to do with her brother, meanwhile not understanding the word at all. Her parents begin calling her “our little pagan,” to the neighbors, in order to humbly offset their pride about her brother’s inclination toward the priesthood — the highest honor for a mid-20th century,

Music’s Purest: Iron & Wine at Bailey Hall HADIYAH CHOWDHURY Sun Contributor

Years ago, I can remember listening to Samuel Beam’s deliciously husky voice and humming along to his lyrics, thinking that they were beautiful enough but nothing special. But Iron and Wine’s performance at Barton Hall on Saturday changed everything — Beam is not only beautiful to listen to, he is beautiful to watch; he coaxed his melodies out of his twangy guitar with so much grace and poise that it was difficult for me to believe that he could speak without singing. Beam’s comfortable stage presence made the audience feel a sense of intimacy with him as soon as he stepped on stage.

But really, I should start from the beginning, shouldn’t I? An Australian duo who call themselves The Falls opened for Iron and Wine and while a lot of their pieces sounded similar, I loved their sound. In addition, The Falls’ female half, Melinda Kirwin, entered the stage barefoot and in a flowy white dress — she was so adorable and sweet-spoken that I instantly fell in love with both of them. Kirwin’s sweet, pure vocals combined with Simon Rudston-Brown’s soulful voice to harmonize beautifully and leave me feeling a little haunted. The duo is about to record their debut album in the next few months, so if you are into folksy guitar-picking doused with some gorgeous harmonies, keep an eye out.

Beam opened his set by asking the audience what they wanted to hear,

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which set the tone for his COURTESY OF SUB POP entire performance. He alternated between his old and new work which suited a casual listener like me perfectly. Beam made a joke about almost every suggestion that was offered up to him, making the concert venue feel 10 times smaller and more intimate. The fact that it was an entirely acoustic show added to the comfortably casual ambience and left me with a warm feeling at the end of the night. Iron & Wine serenaded his audience with minimal voice distortions, and in a musical world full of synthesizers and auto-tune, I found his acoustic show to be a breath of fresh air. It is difficult to pin- place enough, but everyone’s idea is point what exactly is so haunting about slightly different. After he sang his last Beam’s voice, but is has certainly song, an absolutely beautiful a Capella matured since his earlier work into a version of “Flightless Bird,” the crowd crooning, viscous sound which contrasts burst into well-deserved applause for a perfectly with his clean guitar playing. good three minutes before Beam He sings about love, as most indie and returned to grace us with one final song: alternative artists do, but also about “Such Great Heights.” This song left me childhood, friendship and loss. His utterly unwilling to move because I haunting voice adds to the sincerity of wanted it to last forever, but alas, all his words — I must admit, I was near good things must come to an end.

Not only is Iron & Wine incredibly tears when he sang “Tree By the River.”

Somehow, Beam finds images that talented and but Beam is also so utterly almost everyone has a version of in his or unselfconscious that I felt like I had disher head: Trees by rivers are common- covered some great inner truth after hav-

ing listened to an hour and a half of his soft, layered voice. That being said, some of the songs did meld together to a certain extent. I had absolutely no qualms about this, but one could certainly say that Iron & Wine’s repertoire is not particularly varied. Still, I left the concert with some new favorite tunes by Iron & Wine, having discovered a new up and coming Australian folk duo and having fed my soul utterly and completely to the brim with music in its purest form.

Hadiyah Chowdhury is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hrc39@cornell.edu.

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n our day, we knew good music.” I struggle to imagine myself saying these words to my children or grandchildren with a straight face. Music has deteriorated over the past few years. It has morphed from a diverse art form to compressed, commercialized crap, ridden with trembling bass and sparkly synthesized vocals. The focus has shifted from promoting artists to creating wealth and our generation has been suckered into the scheme.

In listening to the Billboard Top 100 playlist, I noticed a few common trends.

Much of modern music no longer uses real instruments. What comprised music for

tunes lack intricacy and instead are overwhelmingly loud. The industry attempts to appeal to the lowest common denominator, and producers are more set on selling their artists than creating good music.

The rise of auto-tune has discouraged talent in the industry. In this new era, any celebrity can become a “Top-20 star,” provided that they have access to pitch-correcting technology. This has created a major divide between truly talented musicians and those who depend on technology to achieve success. Auto-tune further discourages distinctive voices. It celebrates sameness, rendering technologically-enhanced and previously unique voices as minorities in the industry.

The industry has been transformed into selling sex rather than art. It hand picks men and women for their sex appeal and physical charisma rather than their level of skill or talent. Whether they can uniquely create music is deemed secondary to their ability to attract the masses.

People like Katy Perry and Adam Levine have become icons for the modern audience. While they may possess some abilities, their overproduced and underwhelming songs have minimized their talent. I remember listening to the classic Maroon 5 song, “Sunday Morning,” and thinking how intriguing the chords and the melody were. Today, I listened to “One More Night” and could not bear Levine’s piercing voice. The song is filled with repetitive musical loops and annoying

Guest Room Anita Alur centuries has been nearly eliminated and instead replaced by manufactured rhythms and melodic lines. While some musicians struggle to maintain the tradition of fourpiece bands, many are forced to include modern technology simply to survive in the industry. Rather than including the array of frequencies given by normal instruments, producers often choose to merely highlight the treble and bass. Songs are built to be audible on low-end speakers and modern

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background synth sounds. Unfortunately, even talented artists are converted into money-making machines. We fall for these overproduced songs, only because they follow a formulated pattern of conventionally pleasing chords and upbeat rhythms.

Lyrically, music has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. As a child, my father introduced me to Bob Dylan. He brought my attention to the narratives strung through Dylan’s various tunes, citing him as a poet as well as a musician. I began writing lyrics, hoping to similarly tell stories through my songs and give meaning to the melodies that I created. Modern lyrics often fail to delve into any topic deeper than a short-lived romance. They touch upon the tinge of heartbreak but rarely

scratch the surface of true love and pain.

Meaningless tales about missed phone calls and drunken nights has replaced the stories I once heard in Dylan’s lyrics.

Part of securing a future is creating a present that we are proud of. I feel a bit like the old man on the porch saying, “kids these days,” and perhaps I am like him, but I truly believe that the industry will fall apart without a revolution. This current musical landscape reminds me of the 1980s — and musicians reacted to ’80s glittery pop with the ’90s grunge era. Maybe history will repeat itself and we’ll return back to the basics, but only time will tell.

Anita Alur is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.She can be reached at aa567@cornell.edu.

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GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony knows the easiest path to a title probably isn’t in New York.

Had he gone to play with Derrick Rose in Chicago, or joined Dwight Howard and James Harden in Houston, he could have gone into this season with a real chance at a championship. Yet when it came time to decide who he wanted to be with, Anthony passed on those partnerships and chose Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher.

He believes they will fix the Knicks and wants to be a part of it — even if it doesn’t happen right away.

“So that right there just goes to show you that it wasn’t all about running and jumping ship and trying to get something in the immediate future,” Anthony said Monday. “I’m willing to be patient. Now how long I’m willing to be patient? I can’t really tell you that, but I’m willing to be patient. I’m willing to take risks, I’m willing to take that chance. And for me to just get up and leave like that, now that I look back at it, leading up to my decision, I wouldn’t have felt right within myself.”

Anthony could have left as a free agent, and there were plenty of reasons to go. The Knicks went 37-45 last season, the first time Anthony had missed the playoffs in his 11 NBA seasons, and salary cap woes left little ability to upgrade the team quickly. He met with the Bulls, Rockets, Mavericks and Lakers in July, and all of them offered better cores, or at least had another superstar in place. The Knicks couldn’t offer much beyond the highest possible salary.

“From a basketball standpoint it probably would’ve been maybe the greatest thing to do, but for me personally I wouldn’t have felt right with myself,” Anthony said, “knowing that I wanted to come here, I kind of forced my way here to New York and I have some unfinished business to take care of.”

He will get started on that Tuesday at West Point, when the Knicks open their first training camp under rookie coach Fisher. Anthony, appearing confident and at ease, said he feels great physically after some offseason weight loss and ready to fill his role within the triangle offense, having spoken to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant about it.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the ball soared toward deep leftcenter, seemingly destined to end Jordan Zimmermann’s bid for the first no-hitter by a Washington Nationals pitcher, the righty threw his head back and thought, “Double. No-doubt double.”

Zimmermann was one out from history Sunday, and for what must have seemed like forever he watched little-used rookie left fielder Steven Souza Jr. — a defensive replacement in the ninth inning — give chase.

“Once I got closer,” Souza said, “I knew, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is going to be pretty close.’ So I took off.”

Souza sprinted, extended his glove and leaped for a sensational overhead grab, using his bare hand to squeeze the ball in his black mitt as he tumbled to the grass. That grab preserved Zimmermann’s gem and ended Washington’s 1-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on the last day of the regular season.

“The one thing on my mind is, no matter how I’m going to get there, I’m going to get there,” Souza said. “Getting there, I kind of blacked out.”

He held his glove aloft to show he had the ball.

Zimmermann raised both arms.

Nationals relievers in the home bullpen lifted their arms, too. So did thousands in the Nationals Park crowd of 35,085, who roared with every pitch down the stretch.

Miami’s Mike Dunn said he and other relievers in the leftfield visitors’ bullpen started cheering as the ball headed their way, certain the no-no was no

more.

“When he caught it,” Dunn said, “it was just like, ‘Really? Did that just happen?’”

Souza’s name now belongs alongside those of other players delivering superb catches to save no-hitters. The one that kept coming up in the Nationals’ clubhouse was Dewayne Wise’s juggling grab in the ninth that saved Mark Buehrle’s perfect game for the White Sox in 2009.

“I thought there was no way this would ever happen. My career numbers are something like one hit per inning, so I figure if I can make it out of the first, the hit’s coming in the second,” said the 28-year-old Zimmermann, a quiet guy who was a second-round draft pick in 2007 out of Division III University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. “But today was one of those special days.”

Quite a way to cap a regular season in which the Nationals finished with the NL’s best record, 96-66. Washington hosts San Francisco or Pittsburgh in Game 1 of a division series Friday.

“Just an epic day for an epic season,” said Denard Span, who set a Nationals single-season record with his 184th hit.

Zimmermann (14-5) threw 104 pitches, had 10 strikeouts and allowed only two baserunners. After retiring the first 14 batters, he walked Justin Bourn on a low, full-count fastball with two outs in the fifth. In the seventh, Garrett Jones reached first base on a strike-three wild pitch; moments later, catcher Wilson Ramos picked him off.

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shot from 20 yards out that beat the Lions’ keeper, but the ball hit the crossbar to keep the score locked at 0-0. Columbia put the only goal of the game in 20 minutes into the second half, converting a right-side cross into a tap-in goal.

On Sunday, Ithaca got a rare dose of sunshine and clear skies for the match against Wagner. Though the game ended in a 2-1 loss, the Red got a chance to play 23 members on the roster. The only goal for the Red came in the first two minutes when junior Caroline Growney scored on a throw-in from freshman Whitney Farber. The Red had a staggering total of 24 shots in the match, but didn’t find the back of the net again after that first point.

With the Red now 5-3, it will have another chance to prove itself in its first home game against an Ivy when Penn visits Friday.

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

Detroit Sees Echoes of Last Season in Current Play ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — For the second straight season, Detroit Lions are off to a 3-1 start.

The Lions are also in sole possession of first place in the NFC North after a 24-17 win at the New York Jets on Sunday.

“If anybody should know better than to get caught looking ahead, it’s us,” running back Reggie Bush said. “Last year is a perfect example of that.”

Detroit was alone in first place entering Week 10 last season, and squandered the division lead and failed to make the playoffs.

It’s still too early to know if Detroit has turned the corner under first-year coach Jim Caldwell in 2014.

However, the poise and savvy the Lions displayed in the fourth quarter against the Jets was a promising sign entering Sunday’s home game against Buffalo (2-2).

“I think you have a number of guys that understand what the situation is and understand the problems they’ve had maybe previously in some situations,” Caldwell said Monday.

“You have a group of guys with enough leaders that have sort of taken that cause on themselves to make certain that they don’t do it on a consistent basis.”

Caldwell was talking about seemingly minor plays or issues that have hurt Detroit in the past.

One example is Bush’s 16yard carry on second-and-5 during the Lions’ victoryclinching drive.

Bush made sure to stay inbounds after picking up a first down, forcing the Jets to take their second timeout with 2:38 remaining. “[That] was as big of a play as there was in the ballgame,” Caldwell said. “If he runs out of bounds in that situation, it saves them a timeout and it changes the whole dynamic of what we’re trying to get done.”

It wasn’t the first indication that things are changing under Caldwell, who places a heavy

emphasis on situational awareness.

One week earlier, Detroit’s offense held the ball for the final 6:54 of a 19-7 home win over Green Bay. “To see the offense seal the deal, it’s the best drive in football,” cornerback Rashean Mathis said. “It’s the best feeling in the world for a defensive guy, especially after you’ve played a hard defensive game.”

Considering the Lions’ reputation as a team that starts fast and falters down the stretch, the latest 3-1 start is less about what they’ve done and more about how they’ve done it.

Detroit’s defense has given up 267.2 yards per game, best in the NFL, and the offense had 272 yards passing against the Jets with an injured Calvin Johnson getting just two catches for 12 yards.

“Our team does have some grit,” Caldwell said. “We were able to close it out and I think that's extremely important.”

Detroit was also without tight end Joseph Fauria, who suffered an unusual ankle injury. “[My dog] did something bad and ran away from me," Fauria said Monday. “I wasn’t running down the stairs, but I was going a little faster than usual and I missed the last two steps.”

Rookie tight end Eric Ebron, a first-round draft pick, had four catches and a 16-yard touchdown reception against the Jets in Fauria’s absence.

Now the focus shifts to a Bills team that announced Monday it will bench starting quarterback EJ Manuel in favor of veteran backup Kyle Orton, who is 4-0 against Detroit.

With Chicago, Green Bay and Minnesota all at 2-2, the Lions understand better than most that a one-game division lead doesn’t mean much in September.

“We know it’s a long season,” Mathis said. “We know we have a long ways to go. We also know if we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot, we’ll be smiling at the end of the day.”

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Shatzman:Taking a Look at October Baseball

The 2014 postseason match-ups are as great as a fan could possibly want. Below,a preview of the four match-ups already set.

American League Wild Card: A’s vs. Royals The MLB Wild Card format is somewhat questionable.

Teams play 162 game seasons and, come postseason time, two teams from each league face off in a one-game, do-or-die playoff to determine which team moves on to the divisional series.

The season comes down to just one game. But hey, it sure is damn exciting. This season’s AL Wild Card matchup is a battle between two of the scrappiest teams in the league, the Athletics and Royals in what is Kansas City’s first trip to the postseason in 29 years. Both Oakland and KC finished topfive in the AL in team ERA, and both are set to start their aces Tuesday night. For the Athletics, a team that acquired three solid starting arms at midseason, that man is the left-hander Jon Lester, the three-time All-Star and two-time World Champion with the Red Sox. Lester has pitched well since coming to Oakland, and finished the regular season with a 2.46 ERA. Despite the Athletics’ superior pitching rotation, Lester is the clear choice for this win-or-go-home playoff. The Royals will send out their ace, right-hander James Shields, who finished the regular season with a 3.21 ERA and 180 strikeouts. With two great starters on the mound, this should be a low scoring affair. Offensively, neither squad has a star-

studded lineup, and neither team hits for big-time power. The Athletics finished third in the AL in runs despite hitting just .244 as a team. They are scrappy. They find ways to win ball games behind good pitching. They acquired power hitter Adam Dunn from the White Sox towards the end of the season, and although he has yet to produce in the way that A’s fans had hoped, he adds a major threat to Oakland’s lineup.

With not one player batting over .300, the A’s will need to string together hits or take James Shields out of the park in order to win the game. Like the A’s, the Royals lack power.

Alex Gordon leads the team in homeruns with 19. But they, too, are a scrappy bunch, and they have a lot of speed (three players with 28+ steals). Leadoff man Nori Aoki hit a whopping .363 off lefties this season, and several other players strived against LHP as well. This game, and every one-game playoff, really, is a toss up. The A’s have the edge with Lester on the mound and postseason experience, but expect a pitchers duel decided in the late innings of the ballgame. The winner will face the Angels in L.A. on Thursday.

Pick: Athletics, 3-1.

American League Division Series: Tigers vs.Orioles

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What a match-up this is. The MLB postseason is often won by the hottest team heading into October, not necessarily the most talented. Any team can win on any given night.

The Orioles caught fire in the second half of the season and finished the year with 96 wins. Camden Yards was a madhouse every night, as the Orioles captured the AL East title — the team’s first since 1997, when Cal Ripken Jr. and Rafael Palmeiro were the faces of the city. Now the names are Nelson Cruz and Adam Jones. Cruz led the MLB with 40 home runs, one year after his teammate Chris David led the league with 53. The O’s will be without Davis this series, though, as he is in the midst of a 25-game suspension — including eight playoff games — for amphetamine use. Despite lacking the ace pitchers that the Tigers offer, the Orioles finished third in the AL in ERA behind solid seasons from the likes of Wei-Yin Chen, Chris Tillman, Bud Norris and 23-year-old Kevin Gausm a n .

Their bullpen finished the year with the Calling the Shatz sixth best ERA in baseball.

The O’s pitchers will have their hands full against arguably the most potent offense in the league, led by former Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. They have big names all over the field: Ian Kinsler, Victor Martinez, Tori Hunter, JD Martinez and so on. They were second in the MLB in runs scored and first in batting average. They do it all using power, speed and consistency. They also have, you know, the last three Cy Young award winners on their roster (2011 – Justin Verlander, 2012 – David Price, 2013 – Max Scherzer), and all

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are healthy for the playoffs.

R i c k Por cello’s 3.43 ERA isn’t so bad either. Detroit has it all. Well, besides relief pitching. Their bullpen was 27th of 30 in ERA, and the importance of bullpen pitching in the playoffs cannot be understated. Teams do not win the World Series with subpar relief pitching. Could the Tigers be an exception? They have the starting pitching to take them deep into ball games, and if the arms live up to the hype, the Tigers should be a World Series favorite. This is a battle of allaround, do-it-all baseball teams.

Whichever teams’ pitching can contain the opponents offense – if either can – will come out on top.

Otherwise, expect a slugfest.

Pick: Tigers win series 3-2.

National League Wild Card: Giants vs. Pirates The Pirates were in this situation last year and defeated the Reds behind a strong pitching effort by Francisco Liriano. This Wild Card game, however, may be more challenging than last season’s. The Giants’ lineup is dangerous. Led by former MVP Buster Posey, hitmachine Hunter Pence and the powerful Pablo

Sandoval, San Fran boats among the league’s most threatening offenses. The Pirates are no slouches on offense either, though, led by last year’s MVP Andrew McCutchen. Both teams score runs with ease. The Giants lost their ace Matt Cain to a season-ending injury, and with former Cy Young winner Tim

Lincecum seemingly past his prime, the Giants turn to Madison Bumgarner, who finished the year with a 2.98 ERA. The 25-year-old lefty has been the Giants’ most consistent arm. In his only outing versus the Pirates, however, he allowed five earned runs in just four innings. The Pirates will send veteran righty Edinson

Volquez to the mound. He finished the year with a 3.04 ERA. Both teams have postseason experience. The Giants have won the World Series in two of the last four seasons, and the Pirates won in this spot last year. I expect a back-and-forth game decided by a late home run.

Pick: Giants, 7-4.

N.L. Division Series: Dodgers Vs. Cardinals Gosh, postseason baseball is great. The regular drags on — maybe more than just a tad – but the playoffs are incredible. One hundred sixty twogame seasons, and four teams from each league make the postseason. The season structure ensures that only the deserving squads qualify for the playoffs. This Dodgers-Cards matchup — like the Tigers-O’s series — is as good as it gets.

It’s a rematch of last year’s NLCS, a series in which the Cardinals defeated the Dodgers in six games. The Cardinals never seem to go away, season-by-season, and game-by-game. They almost always make the postseason, and, as shown by their 2011 World Series title highlighted by comeback after comeback, the team refuses to quit. But in 2011 they had Albert Pujols batting third and David Freese working postseason magic. Their lineup isn’t what it was a few years ago, or even last year (lost Carlos Beltrain), but it is very, very good. Led by Matt Holliday, Yadier Molina, Jhonny Peralta, Matt Carptenter and rising stars in Matt Adams and Kolten Wong, the Redbirds manage to score plenty of runs without loads of power. Like the Athletics, the Cardinals do what they need to do to win games behind great pitching. Teams like these can falter in the playoffs if they go cold for a series, and it is certainly a concern for St. Louis. The pitching is there though. Adam Wainwright is an ace who is as consistent as they come. He won 20 games and posted a 2.38 ERA this season. If it were not for a guy by the name of Kershaw on the opposing team, Wainwright would be a Cy Young favorite. The Cards’ other starters include Lance Lynn (2.74 ERA) and the young stud Michael Wacha who gained necessary postseason experience in 2013. Their bullpen is so-so. The Dodgers again enter the playoffs as a favorite to win the World Series. It would be their first since 1988 when Tommy Lasorda was managing the club.

They have the best pitcher in baseball in Clayton Kershaw (1.77 ERA, 239 strikeouts, 21-3), and have surrounded their ace with accomplished starters in Zach Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Dan Haren. Josh Beckett was pitching a brilliant comeback season for LA until landing on the 60day DL. The Dodgers bring it offensively, too.

They finished third in the MLB in batting average, sixth in runs and first in on-base percentage.

They have consistent players all-around the diamond: Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Juan Uribe and more. They have arguably the most loaded lineup in the game, and they lead off the league’s leader in steals, Dee Gordon. But the Dodgers have had similar lineups for the past couple seasons, and have disappointed in the playoffs. Will this be the year they break through? The Dodgers are the Tigers of the NL, and this could be the season the two teams meet in the Fall Classic. LA faces a tough, “never-die” Cardinals team which it lost to last season, and while it surely out-talents St. Louis, you can never count the Cardinals out.

And hey, the Cardinals defeated Kershaw twice – and shelled him for seven ER in the clinching game – in the 2013 NLCS. This series should be a battle for the ages, decided in game five.

Pick: Dodgers win series 3-2.

Ben Shatman is a sports columnist for The Sun. He can be contacted at bshatzman@cornell.edu. Calling the Shatz appears Tuesdays this semester.

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Red Tops Columbia, Monmouth Lions Pounce as VOLLEYBALL

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer

The field hockey team took to the road this weekend, facing off against Columbia and Monmouth. The Red continued its winning streak, now up to six, as it triumphed over its opponents in regular season play.

The weekend started in New York with Ivy League competitor Columbia.

The play was relatively even, with the Red (7-1, 2-0) slightly edging the Lions (5-3, 1-1) in penalties and shots.

Freshman Krysten Mayers put Cornell on the board with a strong effort in the first half. However, Columbia equalized in the 65th minute.

Junior Elizabeth Schaeffer earned her first start of the season, recording three saves and securing the Red the chance to play in overtime.

The game extended into overtime as both sides were unable to score again.

With 57 seconds lefts in the first overtime, Mayers saw another opportunity off a pass from senior Katherine Stone, scoring for the Red. “When I received that pass from Katherine Stone in overtime during the game versus Columbia, all I remember thinking is if I do this right, the game will be over and we would have won this challenging Ivy game,” Mayers said. “[W]hen I saw the open goal, I placed it appropriately and had achieved my plan after all. I felt exhilarated and relieved.”

Cornell extended its winning streak, improving the team to its best start in five years. The Red is now 2-0 in league play and sits atop the Ivy League.

“I think the cause of the team’s success this year has to do with our fitness levels rising and everybody working really hard at practice,” Mayers said.

“The game always begins at practice because what you perform then is a sneak peak of what you will perform later. This year, everybody has the heart to play and the winning mentality. We always fight because we have become strong together and our bond makes us a killer team.”

The field hockey squad then traveled to New Jersey to take on Monmouth for its second game of the weekend.

The Hawks took control, jumping to an early lead, but the Red retaliated, finishing with a 3-1 advantage at the halftime. Mayers recorded a goal and an

assist; juniors Katie Garrity and Marisa Siergiej scored for the Red. Freshman Sm McILwrick, junior Taylor Standiford and senior Ann DiPastina also recorded assists for the Red. Cornell maintained an edge, outshooting Monmouth, 15-7, with 11-4 shots on goal. The Red also held the advantage in corners, 9-4.

A second half goal by the Hawks put the Red’s streak in jeopardy, but the team’s defense and goalie Schaeffler held off any extra opportunities.

Next up is Ivy League play versus Yale on Oct. 4 on Marsha Dodson Field. After the Red will face-off against American University on Oct 5.

Lisa Awaitey can be reached at lawaitey@cornellsun.com.

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Sticks and streaks | With the two weekend wins, the Red has now won six straight games. The team has not lost since a Sept. 7 defeat to Albany.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Booters SufferTwo Close Defeats Over Weekend

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Contributor

The women’s soccer team faced two tough tests this weekend in its Ivy League opener as well as non-league matchup against Wagner. Despite strong play, the team failed to secure a win in either game.

On Friday, the Red (53) traveled to New York City to play Columbia (51-3) in its first league game. Last season, the Red opened Ivy play with a 2-0 win over the Lions, although the team couldn’t repeat the result this time around, dropping the game, 1-0.

“It is really important

for us to continue our momentum from non-conference games into the Ivy League,” sophomore goalie Kelsey Tierney said. “Our first game is crucial in that it will set the pace for the rest of the season. … We are focusing on keeping a competitive mentality and increasing our speed of play.”

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Fighting the Quakers | Now 0-1 in conference play, the Red has a chance to even its Ivy League record when Penn travels to Ithaca next weekend.

Speed was certainly a factor against the Lions.

The game was the first time this season the Red played on an artificial turf surface, and the change in speed played a huge role in the tough matchup. Going into the matchup, sophomore Ellie Crowell said that the team had been preparing for the new surface.

“We’ve been practicing all week on the turf to get used to how the ball rolls and bounces on that surface… we need to be able to move the ball quickly and accurately around the field so that we can keep possession and build our attack,” she said. “It’s all about thinking quicker and playing quicker, while continuing to be precise.”

The two Ivy squads fought to a draw at the close of the first half, with Cornell managing just a single shot on goal, courtesy of Crowell. With under 10 minutes to go in the half, the Red booted a See W. SOCCER page 14

C.U.Loses Grip On Ivy League Opening Match

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Despite a strong start, the volleyball team fell to Columbia, 3-1, in its Ivy League opener. With the loss, the team drops to 3-8 on the season.

Cornell opened the first game leading 8-5, but Columbia tied it up at 10 after a strong spurt. The Red rebounded with four straight points, prompting a timeout by the Lions, but the Red continued strong play after the break to go up, 20-12. Although the Lions clawed their way back to 22-18, the Red pulled away to win the opener, 25-20.

“We have to work on playing at a consistent level,” sophomore setter Alyssa Phelps said a few days before the game, as the Red were recovering from a 3-0 loss to Binghamton in the team’s home opener. “We have highs and lows and we have to find a way to balance that out.”

The Red showed its inconsistency by dropping the next three games. The Red began the second game with energy, leading 4-1, but a 7-0 run by the Lions put Columbia up, 10-7. Another run, this time for three straight points, put the Lions up 16-11, and despite back-to-back kills from freshman Emily Wemhoff and sophomore Macey Wilson, the Lions kept control for a 25-21 victory.

Columbia blew past the Red in the third match, swinging an 11-2 run into a 20-9 lead.

The Lions eventually roared their way to a 25-12 win.

“I think a lot of our opponents were at a level that is at the top of our Ivies or a little better, so that was planned so that hopefully there were no surprises,” head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose said of preseason preparation for Ivy League play.

In the fourth game of its opening Ivy match, the Red rebounded from the disappointing third game to lead, 7-2, at the start. The Lions climbed back to within two, at 11-9, then evened the score at 13-13. The Red managed to go back up, 18-14,

“We have highs and lows and we have to find a way to balance that out.”

Alyssa Phelps but an 11-2 run from the Lions handed Columbia the 25-20 win.

The Red continued to produce strong play from its large squad of freshman. Maddy Sroufe and Wemhoff each had 10 kills, while Chelsea Sincox posted 16 digs for a career high. Key kills

by Gabrielle Ennis and a service ace from Kiley McPeek helped the Red at points during the games as well.

“We’re pretty on par for our expectations for a young team,” Batie-Smoose said. “We do some really great things, but we give up too many points right now and that’s just age.”

The Red is set for its first full Ivy weekend when it travels to Princeton and Penn next Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.