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Mayor Slams C.U.Over Contributions to Ithaca

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Senior Writer

In the first of a series of public meetings to present his proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 came down hard on Cornell Tuesday for what he called its failure to sufficiently contribute to Ithaca’s budget.

Since Cornell does not pay property tax, the University “is giving much less” to its surrounding community than similar institutions, Myrick said. While Cornell’s contribution in 2014 is expected to increase by

just over one percent to $1.25 million, Harvard pays a yearly contribution of $2.1 million, and Yale pays over $8 million.

If the land Cornell occupied were taxable, it would pay $30 million annually, but Ithaca has little leverage in negotiations with President David Skorton, according to Myrick. He also said he has been meeting with Skorton over the last eight months and is “working hard” to convince the University that an increased contribution is in its best interests, he said.

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“I think it’s shameful that Cornell University contributes so little to the municipalities that host it.”

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09

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In for a penny, in for a pound | Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 proposes a City of Ithaca budget to Common Council in City Hall Tuesday.

Mental Health Organization Lauds C.U.for Services

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Cornell is among 30 U.S. colleges that have shown comprehensive mental health promotion, suicide prevention programming and a commitment to the emo-

tional well-being of students, a national mental health advocacy organization announced Tuesday.

The schools were recognized by the Jed Foundation, which awarded them a “Campus Seal of Approval.” Schools voluntarily take an online self-assessment sur-

vey that the Jed Foundation reviews before the organization decides whether or not a college or university’s mental health approach compares favorably to practices recommended by leading mental health experts.

In addition to Cornell,

Columbia University, Yale University, New York University and Boston University were among other colleges given a Campus Seal of Approval by the Jed Foundation.

University health officials said they were pleased with the Jed

Foundation’s recognition of Cornell’s mental health services.

“This designation reflects the hard work of the staff, faculty and students across the University who collectively form a network See HEALTH page 5

Cornell Tech to Offer New Masters Program

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

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I do declare | President David Skorton gives his Annual Address to staff in Bailey Hall Tuesday.

Skorton Addresses Faculty, Staff

By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Senior Writer

President David Skorton thanked employees for their hard work and responded to staff concerns during the President’s Annual Address to Staff in Bailey Hall Tuesday.

Throughout the address,

Skorton continuously noted the theme “one Cornell,” or the idea that all constituents at Cornell should “think about our commonalities more than our differences.” Skorton said amenities offered to faculty and staff — like child care, wellness programs and educational programs — are concrete examples of the

University appreciating its staff.

Skorton also announced that the President’s Office and Human Resources will collectively donate $25,000 to Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees, an organization that assists those in See SKORTON page 4

Cornell NYC Tech will offer a new, two-year masters of science degree in information systems with a concentration in connective media, University and city officials announced Tuesday.

The connective media program is “designed to train the entrepreneurial engineers and technologists desperately needed in the media sector,” according to a University press release. As part of the degree program, Cornell Tech is collaborating with companies including The New York Times, Tumblr, Facebook and Hearst Corporation, who will help refine the curriculum and provide real-world projects and mentorship for students.

Applicants to the program should hold a bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering discipline, though those with an academic background in science and engineering will also be considered, according to the tech campus’ website.

Graduates will receive a Masters of Science degree in

Information Systems from both Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Cornell’s partner for the tech campus.

The degree will be the first offered by the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell Tech.

Classes are set to begin in the fall of 2014, according to a University press release.

This is the third program to be offered at Cornell Tech. The University’s Masters of Engineering in Computer Science program began in January with a “beta class” in temporary space donated by Google in Manhattan, The Sun previously reported. In July, the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management announced it would offer an MBA at Cornell Tech.

Cornell Tech plans to move to its permanent location on Roosevelt Island in 2017 and complete construction on all campus buildings in 2037.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.

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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel treated themselves to some of the amenities at the Presidents Cup when a barber came to their team room to give haircuts to half the team.

The barber won 2-up.

“Louis and myself, we were guinea pigs,” Schwartzel said. “He went first and basically lost all his hair. And then I figured I just needed a little touch-up on the sides, and I ended up losing all my hair. None of the other guys volunteered to go.”

Oosthuizen sheepishly removed his cap to show what the USGA might term a “closely mown area” over the ears.

“I didn’t work out as well as we thought,” Oosthuizen said. “We ended up shaving everything off.

Walking into the team room last night, the two of us, we looked like we came straight out of the Army. This morning, waking up and looking at each other, we just laughed.”

Schwartzel’s hair was even shorter.

“I didn’t even recognize Charl when I walked in the room,” Ernie Els said. “It was like, ‘What the hell happened to you?’ They don’t even cut out hair like that in the Army back in the day.”

Oosthuizen figured it would at least count toward team spirit. If it’s any consolation, most of the U.S. team got crew cuts on the Saturday night of the 1999 Ryder Cup, and then they produced the greatest come-

Wave of Jellyfish Shuts Down Swedish Nuke Reactor It wasn’t a tsunami but it had the same effect: A huge cluster of jellyfish forced one of the world’s largest nuclear reactors to shut down — a phenomenon that marine biologists say could become more common.

Operators of the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in southeastern Sweden had to scramble reactor number three on Sunday after tons of jellyfish clogged the pipes that bring in cool water to the plant’s turbines.

By Tuesday, the pipes had been cleaned of the jellyfish and engineers were preparing to restart the reactor, which at 1,400 megawatts of output is the largest boiling-water reactor in the world, said Anders Osterberg, a spokesman for OKG, the plant operator.

All three Oskharshamn reactors are boiling-water types, the same technology at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant that suffered a catastrophic failure in 2011 after a tsunami breached the facility’s walls and flooded its equipment.

Jellyfish are not a new problem for nuclear power plants. Last year the California-based Diablo Canyon facility had to shut its reactor two after gobs of sea salp — a gelatinous, jellyfish-like organism — clogged intake pipes. In 2005, the first unit at Oskarshamn was temporarily turned off due to a sudden jellyfish influx.

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Big Red Bikes to Return With New Bikes,Better Software

By LINDSAY CAYNE Sun Contributor

Fans of Big Red Bikes were dismayed to learn last week that the organization’s on-campus bike share service has been suspended. The organization’s president, however, said the Big Red Bikes will return soon with improved bikes and extended service.

According to Muj Powell ’15, co-president of Big Red Bikes, the service was shut down because of potential liability issues.

“We specifically shut down service because we weren't able to complete the daily safety checks on bikes which are required by Cornell Risk Management,” Powell said in an email. “The new system will still be executed primarily by students. However, they will be paid for their work and supervised by a trained university staff member.”

Big Red Bikes said in a press release that it would work with

its partner organizations — Cornell Transportation and Mail Services and Cornell Outdoor Education — to “hire a staff member who will monitor bike maintenance activities and minimize any physical or legal risks.”

Since Big Red Bikes issued the press release, Powell said the organization has resolved some of the issues. He said he hopes Big Red Bikes will be back in service within the next few weeks.

“A maintenance supervisor has been found, and as soon as we have met with him to nail down the details and put our student maintenance technicians on payroll, we will relaunch,” Powell said.

With the re-launch will come many new improvements to the bike share system, Powell said.

For instance, Big Red Bikes plans to replace the remaining pilot bikes in its fleet with a newer standard model, the Jamis Commuters. Jamis Commuters are a type of street

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bike.

The organization will be able to bring up the average number of bikes in circulation to about 35 out of 40, compared to the current 15 to 20 out of 40, Powell said. In total, the organization should be able to accommodate up to 140 rides a day.

The organization is also working to develop new software and hardware for the bike share system, according to a press release.

Powell said, however, that many students who actively used the service were made aware of its future developments — such as the expansion of up to 10 new locations on campus.

“So far, there haven’t been any complaints from students.

We tried the best we could to give notice to students with an email to all registered users and signage at all of our stations,” Powell said.

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Stalled bikes | Big Red Bikes are parked outside of Uris Libary while the

Lindsay Cayne can be reached at lnc36@cornell.edu.

organization makes changes to fix liability issues and improve service.

Hotelie Douglas Keane’93 Wins Season Five of Top Chef Masters

By DAVID JANECZEK Sun Contributor

As a teenager growing up in Michigan, Douglas Keane ’93 had little interest in the football games that drew the attention of some adolescent boys. Instead, Keane was pulled to his mother’s kitchen, something he says sparked a lifelong passion for cooking.

That passion was on display Sept. 25, when Top Chef Masters fans were able to watch Keane winning the show’s fifth season.

It is not the first honor Keane received throughout his culinary career: he’s received two stars in The Michelin Guide for seven straight years, as well as a four star review from the San Francisco Chronicle, both for his restaurant “Cyrus” in Sonoma County, Calif., according to Bravo’s website.

Keane says that ever since he took a baking and cooking class in

high school, the thought of becoming a chef appealed to him.

“I went to Catholic high school, and there was a nun there, Sister Josephina, who taught baking and cooking,” he said.

Through the combination of cooking for his family and this high school course, Keane came to Cornell with a deep interest in cooking.

“I loved it. I loved the intrinsic reward and also the immediate gratification of making something and seeing people enjoy it.” Keane said.

In fact, his freshman year, Keane almost left Cornell for culinary school because he felt the School of Hotel Administration’s curriculum did not allow for enough time in the kitchen.

He said people like Stan Bromley, a family friend and renowned hotelier, Prof. Robert White, a chef-instructor who still

teaches at the hotel school, and Brian Halloran, the then-head chef of the Statler Hotel, were instrumental in his evolution as a chef during his time at Cornell.

While at the Hotel School, Keane was able to work in top kitchens in New York, San Francisco and Washington D.C., according to a Cornell profile of the chef.

KEANE ’93 Keane said he is glad he decided not to leave Cornell, and that he values the experience he gained at the hotel school — particularly through the school’s focus on both business knowledge and cooking instruction.

“A lot of chefs make the mis-

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take of thinking of [cooking] as an art. There are definitely artistic sides to cooking and to restaurants, but make no mistake, it’s actual business,” he said.

While the hotel school readied Keane for many of the challenges of owning and running a restaurant, a reality television cooking competition was very different territory.

On this season of Top Chef Masters, Keane was one of 13 award-winning chefs who competed to be named “Top Chef Master” and win $100,000 for their charity of choice.

For Keane, that charity was Green Dog Rescue. Throughout the course of his time on Top Chef Masters, Keane raised $120,000 for the organization, which provides dogs from a shelter environment with a more humane home as they wait to be adopted, according to the Green Dog Rescue website. A

certified dog trainer, Keane owns four dogs — ranging in age from four months to 19 years — with his wife, Lael.

Keane remembers one moment in his competition-winning campaign with particular fondness.

During the ninth episode of the season, the chefs were challenged to cook for a group of teachers from the Los Angeles School District.

“They were really special people, especially the teacher that I got,” Keane said.

“What happens when you are actually challenged to cook for someone as I was in that show, you start to cook to make people happy, to honor people. That’s actually what cooking is about. It was really great to get back to that.”

David Janeczek can be reached at dmj59@cornell.edu.

Police Report Public Urinations Four public urinations were reported over the weekend in locations ranging from Dryden Road to Hughes Hall.

Offensive Patron An officer was dispatched Saturday to take a report regarding an unknown individual offending students while in Olin Library. The individual was issued a persona-non-grata.

Stolen Posters Officers were dispatched to take a report from an individual regarding several posters that were removed from a wall on the first floor of Sibley Hall. The posters were recovered intact.

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Students talked to a law school representative during Cornell’s Law School Day in Barton Hall on Tuesday.

Small Thefts, Large Thefts Five cases of larceny were reported last weekend, with the stolen items ranging from a mail package to an iPhone to laptops.

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City Faces $1.9M Deficit BUDGET

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“I think it’s shameful that Cornell University contributes so little to the municipalities that host it,” Myrick said during the conference. “In terms of dollars spent per endowment and per resident, Cornell comes in dead last to all the schools that it compares itself to and competes with.”

The disparity between Cornell’s budget of $2 billion and the City of Ithaca’s $65-million budget breeds resentment among Ithaca residents, especially given the fire, police and other services the City provides for the many students living in Collegetown, Myrick said.

Residents “can see the campus on the hill, shiny and bright. Every year, taxes increase and services decrease [in Ithaca], and a shiny new building is built at Cornell,” he said. Cornell “is thriving and booming, and we’re struggling,” Myrick added.

As of Tuesday night, the University was unavailable to provide a response to Myrick’s claims.

Myrick’s proposed budget includes total spending of just under $65 million, with increases in property taxes for the average home in Ithaca.

City residents will also see increases in water, trash tag and yard waste rates, while sewer rates will stay constant.

The Common Council has six weeks to discuss and make changes to the proposed budget. According to the proposal, Ithaca will continue to fund the TCAT at the same rate as last year. Though its debt remains high, the City has maintained its AA credit rating and plans to pay off $4.8 million in debt this year while issuing $3.9 million in new debt.

The total proposed budget for 2014 is $65.5 million, according to the proposal. Ithaca faces a $1.9-million deficit driven largely by rising salary and healthcare costs, according to Myrick, who said he anticipates increases in revenue from sales tax, parking and about $200,000 in potential revenue from the sale of surplus City property will help close that gap.

Myrick also proposed merging the City’s IT and City Clerk departments into an Office of Public Information and Technology, a cut that he said would save the City more than $100,000 and increase efficiency by “breaking down departmental barriers.”

Myrick credited last year’s budget with closing a $3-million deficit with the smallest tax increase in 15 years — though he said the success did not come without “large whacks” to several City departments.

In response to the City’s police department’s “tumultuous” last few years due to internal investigations, lawsuits and slashed positions due to budget cuts, Myrick introduced at the meeting the new position of Deputy Chief of Police Standards, who will report to the Chief of Police and to the Mayor on issues related to audits and investigations.

With one lieutenant and two sergeants under his authority, the DCPS will also serve as a liaison to the Community Police Board, which receives complaints from the public about the police department.

“We want a mechanism to hold our officers accountable,” Myrick said. “This position is a large part of the solution.”

Aimee Cho contributed reporting to this story.

Sarah Cutler can be reached at scutler@cornellsun.com.

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the Cornell community who suffer sudden dislocation from weather or disaster-related events.

The remainder of Skorton’s address, which he delivered to an audience of about 400 people, focused on four issues that emerged as top concerns after the administration collected survey results from full-time employees at Cornell’s Ithaca and Geneva campuses. These four issues included “career development and individual growth, workload, feedback to supervisors and recognition of excellent work,” Skorton said.

Skorton said he would address the top concerns by partnering with managers to create more opportunities for employees to expand their skill sets and also resolve workload imbalances. Additionally, he announced a new series of awards that “create additional opportunities for employees to be recognized,” such as Statler’s monthly prize drawing that rewards exceptional staff members who are nominated by their peers.

At the end of his speech, Skorton encouraged employees to maintain open lines of communication with supervisors and management to ensure a high quality work environment.

“It’s an ongoing process to make Cornell an even better employer,” Skorton said. “It will be ongoing everyday that this University is in session — hopefully for another 150 years — and that means we need to take a deep breath, talk honestly to each other, admit areas where we can be doing better, celebrate areas where we are doing well and continue to push, push, push to make them better.”

After his speech, Skorton answered audience questions from University employees and others who submitted comments via email.

When Skorton opened the floor for questions and answers, the discussion touched upon a wider breadth of issues, ranging from the Affordable Care Act to Cornell’s smoking policy.

One staff question touched on Cornell’s campus climate and whether community members feel comfortable.

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C.U.Continues to Foster ‘Caring Community’ HEALTH

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of support for students and who work to make Cornell a caring community,” said Tim Marchell ’82, director of mental health initiatives for Gannett Health Services. “We recognize that supporting student mental health is an ongoing process.”

The Jed Foundation’s award is a significant one for Cornell, whose mental health services have come under public scrutiny after three student suicides occurred in Spring 2010. The deaths prompted Cornell to erect fences around bridges over gorges on and off campus and sparked debate between city and University officials over how best to approach mental health, The Sun previously reported.

Weeks before their graduation, some members of the Class of 2013 were excited over the removal of the first of the fences. In their place, the University has built mesh nets — structures that are just one part of Cornell’s approach to mental health on campus, administrators say.

Rather than treat stresses and anxieties as problems individuals should cope with alone, community members should watch out for one another, President David Skorton said to the community in March 2010.

“Your well-being is the foundation on which your success is built. ...

If you learn anything at Cornell, please learn to ask for help. It is a sign of wisdom and strength,” Skorton said.

That message is one Marchell noted Tuesday. It is not enough to have clinicians available to meet with distressed individuals. The community must also be involved in fostering mental health on campus, he said.

“For several years, we’ve been taking a comprehensive, public health approach to mental health,” Marchell said. “Our clinical services are a vital part of that, but it really involves the whole community. It includes President [David] Skorton’s repeated encouragement to seek help when you need it and to look out for others who may be struggling.”

One of the new approaches the University is taking is to “promote resilience so that students can learn how to respond to the inherent challenges in college life, and bounce back from setbacks or disappointments,” Marchell said.

“Promoting wellness and prevention is a vital part of our comprehensive approach to mental health,” he added.

The University is also continuing to examine students’ needs and opportunities to create a healthy, supportive educational environment through its Council on Mental Health and Welfare, Marchell said. This fall, the council will focus on discussing how it can promote mental health among graduate and professional students.

Additionally, the University encourages students to seek help through its “Let’s Talk” program, which stations professional counseling staff at discrete locations around campus so students can receive walk-in consultations, Marchell said.

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com and twitter.com/akaneotani.

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Skorton responded, saying that this is a very important issue for employees and students, especially since the Class of 2017 is the most diverse in Cornell’s history and the entire undergraduate student body is the eighth most economically diverse out of research universities in the United States.

“Do we have the mood, climate and support services to facilitate success for employees, faculty, staff and for students? I have to say the answer is not yet.” Skorton said.

He also told audience members that campus climate is an issue that the administration is aware of and is addressing in “Toward New Destinations”, a university-wide diversity planning project.

Prior to the President's Annual Address to Staff, Brigitt Schaffner, chair of the Employee Assembly, rewarded the Workday implementation team with the Employee Assembly Appreciation Award.

Workday is a recently-implemented system that records student and staff employment data. According to Schaffner, the Workday team is a collaboration between members of Human Resources, Cornell Information Technologies, payroll and many other departments.

The event was coordinated and sponsored by the Employee Assembly.

Alexa Davis can be reached at adavis@cornellsun.com.

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Ease Visa Restrictions MOST INTERNATIONAL CORNELL GRADUATES who wish to stay in the U.S. post-graduation are ultimately able to secure some type of temporary work visa, Brendan O’Brien, director of the International Students and Scholars Office, recently told The Sun. This is hopefully somewhat of a relief to the population of international students who hope to remain in the U.S. for work, among whom we find our classmates, friends and even fellow Sun editors. However, given the persistent difficulty of obtaining work visas for certain kinds of employment, many international students with unique skills and interests still find themselves being unfairly corralled into jobs they might not otherwise pursue.

Because it is quicker than securing a green card, most international college students choose to apply for an H1-B non-immigrant visa, a temporary work visa that allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in “specialty occupations.” To secure an H1-B visa, employers must make the case to the government that the candidates they endorse possess skills that cannot be readily found among U.S.-born students. These requirements, and the expenses associated with helping internationals navigate the complex visa application process, means that foreign students are often restricted to jobs in tech, finance, engineering-related fields and the like. A quick search on CCNet, the online job database operated by Cornell Career Services, reveals that these are indeed limitations international students face in the job market.

Because primarily larger companies in high-volume, profit-driven industries can afford to sponsor H1-B visas, the additional competition international students face in their chosen fields is fierce. For many internationals, it’s go big or go home — literally.

For students who are interested in non-technical or alternative career paths altogether — social entrepreneurship, nonprofit work, the arts, etc. — the going is much tougher. The pressure to accept a job, any job, well before graduation is immense due to the need to secure a temporary work visa. Coming out of a prestigious university that promotes the pursuit of any study by any person, it is disheartening to know that our international peers are, in fact, often severely limited in their academic choices, should they intend to pursue a post-graduate career in the states.

It is understandable that the U.S. imposes certain restrictions on permanent immigration; the government has an obligation to American citizens to ensure there are jobs available in all fields of study. But there also seems to be little to gain from sending foreign students — after receiving a top-notch American education — back to their countries of origin to use their acquired advanced skills there rather than here. If the idea is to encourage the kind of immigration that confers the most overall benefit to our country, that ought to include recruiting talent in all industries that are valued by the U.S. Although there is particularly high demand in the STEM fields, surely those disciplines are not the only ones in which foreign students could make a valuable contribution.

Talented internationals graduating from Cornell and other comparable universities can add a wide range of skills to the American job market. We should strive to make it as easy possible for them to do so.

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o most Cornellians, the daily views of the gorges are a reminder of the beauty of the Hill. Yet before this May, these views were obstructed by cold, metal fences — a stark reminder of something much more sinister.

The fences at Cornell were representative of the difficulties that come with going to a school where in everything that we do, we tend to evaluate our individual performance and compare that to others’. This environment can be elating — we have the power to determine our future, and push ourselves to be better.

But it also tends to make us feel like if we didn’t do it ourselves, we cheated.

Yet, we will all fail at Cornell, at least in the general sense. All of us will do poorly on a prelim, struggle with our relationships and fail to achieve all of the goals we set. Understandably, many seem to equate an inability to achieve their goals with failure.

However, out of all of our “failures,” there is one way in which we have all genuinely failed; we have hesitated to reach out to others in times of emotional distress. Frankly, it can be very difficult to admit that we feel stressed when we are constantly surrounded by peers who seem so successful, and so put together. There is unfortunately a stigma surrounding the discussion of mental health, one that sometimes discourages us from being honest with our friends about how we are really doing.

If there is anything we should learn at Cornell, it is that seeking assistance is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of maturity. According to the American Psychological Association, 73 percent of individuals regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by stress. The message of this is simple: you are not alone. Most of us will, at some point, feel overburdened by the variety of stresses in our life. And the entire Cornell Community will benefit if we acknowledge that regardless of our Ivy League pedigree, we are not infallible; we face disappointment much like everyone else.

In the Cornell bubble, we tend to

equate personal success with indicators that have no real merit outside Cornell.

What fraternity you are drinking at on Friday night, or the number of student organizations you’re involved in pale in comparison to the friendships and personal growth that will impact you for the rest of your life. When you ask others for help, it is not an admittance of a personal failure, but an investment in the most important thing you can gain on the Hill: personal relationships with the people around us.

As a corollary, each of us should seek to support our friends and classmates whenever they are faced with setbacks.

Sometimes, we may feel uncomfortable asking for the very help we need and want our friends to initiate a conversation. Perhaps, the next time each of us asks “How are you doing?” let’s genuinely ask the question. And if you think that someone you’re talking to needs help, provide it. The small investment we make in our friends and acquaintances may pay huge dividends for their wellbeing.

The Cornell family is strong not for the buildings we build or the competitions we beat Stanford in but, for the collective support we provide one another. None of us will go through our time on the Hill without experiencing some disappointment. But if together, we learn to cope with momentary setbacks, and truly seek to support one another, it will provide a source of strength for all.

In the spring of 2010, President Skorton emailed all Cornellians with a simple message: “If you learn anything at Cornell, please learn to ask for help. It is a sign of wisdom and strength.” It is about time for us to follow this advice, and truly support one another. We may be a diverse university, but we all face many of the same circumstances. As soon as we recognize this, we will become a more unified and supportive community.

Geoffrey Block is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at gjb68@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

CORRECTION A news brief that ran Oct. 1, “Cornell Professor’s Daughter and Athletic Director’s Son Marry in Ithaca,” incorrectly named Betsy Mead Noel ’86 the groom’s mother. In fact, Laurie A. Robinson ’77 is the groom’s mother.

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OPINION

David Fischer | Fischy Business

On Gannett’s Medical Excuse Policy S

everal weeks ago, a news article in The Sun section discussed the administration’s plan to begin fundraising for a $55 million renovation of Gannett Health Services. The Administration has set a $25 million fundraising goal, with the rest of the money for the renovation coming from the University itself, according to the article. The expansion hopes to add “more spacious waiting rooms, larger exam rooms to ‘increase comfort, safety and efficiency,’ as well as an expanded pharmacy,” the article said.

These are all admirable directives aimed at increasing student comfort in the inevitably uncomfortable healthcare process.

However, with flu season on the horizon (and much more imminent than these proposed renovations), I would like to draw attention to an often overlooked policy that has the potential to give sickly Cornellians more than their illness-induced share of headaches. The Cornell University Health Excuse Policy reads, “Gannett Health Services does not provide excuses for routine illnesses, injuries, and mental health problems that may lead to missed classes, labs, studios, exams or deadlines.”

Gannett’s policy of not giving health excuses to those with “routine illnesses, injuries, and mental health problems” is based on the rationale that students will be able to communicate effectively with their professors about their need to miss these “classes, labs, studios, exams or deadlines.” However, as someone who

In addition to making the physical space more comfortable for students, consider making the medical excuse process a bit easier for students as well. has been adversely affected by this policy, I can say with confidence that professors are not always accommodating.

Last fall semester, I contracted Coxsackie virus and effectively had to miss a week of classes during prime Prelim season. I’ll spare the gory details of the virus, but I essentially couldn’t stand.

Although two out of four of my professors believed that I was bed-ridden with a high fever, the two others demanded a doctor’s note. Unfortunately, I was unable to give them a doctor’s note since Gannett refuses to give health excuses. It was only after contacting my academic dean that I was able to reschedule a prelim and problem set that were both due during that week.

Now, although Gannett’s policy suggests that entire process that I’ve outlined above (involving my academic dean), I believe that it is a bit absurd to require a physically or mentally ill student to jump through hoops to remedy a situation that could be easily solved by a slip of paper.

Granted, Gannett’s policy goes on to justify, “This longstanding policy resembles those of most other major universities and is consistent with the recommendations of the American College Health Association.” With a simple Google search, I was able to gauge the ubiquity of such a policy among American colleges and universities. Although I was unable to find the ACHA’s specific recommendation against issuing health excuses due to their poorly-organized website, I was able to find the reason for the policy on the website of the University Health Services of The University of Wisconsin-Madison. The webpage about their health excuse policy reads, “This policy helps UHS to direct its finite resources toward providing health care access for as many students as possible, rather than toward verification of short-term absences.”

The justification presented above is actually a great one. It makes sense to maximize the amount of time spent on actual care rather than on administrative needs. However, if universities are concerned about students abusing the system for health excuses, then it seems unbelievable that they think professors will allow carte blanche for students who simply report that they are sick without documentation. Therefore, I would like to issue a request for Gannett’s new renovations. In addition to making the physical space more comfortable for students, consider making the medical excuse process a bit easier for students as well.

This can come in the form of an automated system that tells professors of potential absences or just a simple policy change.

From personal experience, I can say that this simple change would make the unfortunate eventuality of sickness on the Hill much easier to deal with.

David Fischer is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at dfischer@cornellsun.com. Fischy Business appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Comment of the day “It seems pretty silly that he couldn’t pay these on-time, but it is really not a CAMPAIGN issue. How about he and the other fools that have been wasting our Congress’ time focus on trying to continuously re-vote on an issue that Congress already approved: the Affordable Care Act. We should have withheld the allowances from these immature people while they continue their tantrums. Since it was signed into law, Congress has voted against Obamacare 42 times. Foolish Tom Reed. What a waste — as if Congress has nothing else to work on.”

Daniel Re: “Protesters Picket Rep. Tom Reed’s Office, Call Him ‘Fat Cat’,” News, published Sept.25, 2013

Rebecca John |

Mushroom Rage

For a Messier Classroom and A More Personal Pedagogy I

n one of my classes, I am reading the personal testimonies of third world revolutionaries. I’m reading these texts and trying to figure out what it means to be reading a story about anti-capitalist and antiimperialist struggle while sitting on this hill, in this classroom, underneath this gothic architecture, my feet on stolen land. I’m struggling to make myself feel connected to this campus because I feel like I need to feel connected to it, but all I feel is numbness.

Where is the anger in the classroom? I’ve been sitting in on way too many classes where the texts we read are erased of their revolutionary potential, and read as though they were as bland as an assembly guide. What does it mean to be reading Marx at a neoliberal university, to be reading about colonialism on occupied land and to be reading about third world revolutionaries in a racially stratified country? When I read about oppression, it makes me angry, and rightfully so. It is important to have spaces to read and discuss radical texts at a place which, as an elite institution of higher education, is directly culpable in systems of oppression. In this context, it is even more crucial to be able to engage with these texts in an personal and urgent way.

I don’t want the classroom to be a dead space.

I want it to be a space teeming with life, because the purpose of an education should be to affirm life. In a lifeaffirming classroom, it is crucial that we bring our entire beings to the table.

This means all of our histories, all of our traumas, all of the ways we relate to each other.

I don’t want the classroom to be a sanitized space. I want it to reflect the messiness of the world that we are

parts of us belong in the classroom, and which parts don’t. Compart mentalization of our experiences is a kind of violence the institution commits against bodies of color, a kind of violence we internalize and enact on ourselves. It means that I must be a student in space, and a woman, a sister, and a daughter in other places; it means that I must be a critical thinker in one space and an emotional being in another; it means that I must be

Within these four walls, students are being given scholarly ammunition to dismantle systems of oppresion, yet all sense of urgency seems lost in the Ivory Tower on top of a hill. inheriting.

This includes the messy ways we respond to material that we learn that implicates us. Sometimes that means anger, sometimes that means tears, sometimes it means numbness. I don’t want to redundantly assert “the personal is political” as much as I want to affirm that what is political is already profoundly personal.

I refuse to sit in any classrooms that force us to make distinctions between what is here, and what is there, what is global and what is local, what is emotional and what is objective, and most of all, which

present in the classroom, and keep my historical memories and traumas elsewhere.

Where is the anger in the classroom? Within these four walls, students are being given scholarly ammunition to dismantle systems of oppression, yet all sense of urgency seems lost in the Ivory Tower on the top of a hill. I’m trying to hold onto that sense of urgency, and I’m disturbed by the idea of reading texts that should compel me to action, but that leave me not feeling anything. I am thinking about how to affirm life.

All around me I see death. There is death

laced into the clothing on my body and death imbued into the ground I am walking on and death at an institution that funds death. There is death settling in the classroom where we talk about death like it is something distant from us.

In a Poem About My Rights, June Jordan eloquently articulates how she is “very familiar with the problems of the CIA and the problems of South Africa and the problems of Exxon Corporiation and the problems of white America in general,” because these problems turn out to be her. I am looking for that sort of seamless personal pedagogy that does not commit the violence of disconnection because it recognizes that we are already connected in a million ways. Apathy is not an involuntary ignorance but a deliberate move we make to reject the ways in which we are linked. If we allow ourselves to experience and feel those connections in the classroom, allow rage and sadness to color our knowledge, we could be creating catalysts for change, creating huge dents in the marble walls of this Ivory Tower.

Rebecca John is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at rj224@cornell.edu. Mushroom Rage appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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SCIENCE

Astronomy

Medicine and Health

Physics

Prof Discovers New Galaxy

By RYAN O’HERN Sun Contributor

Eight hundred and eighty million years after the Big Bang, when the young universe was mostly populated by small galaxies, one galaxy – HFLS3 – achieved a size 10 to 30 times larger than any other galaxy known. This mass of gas and dust was forming new stars 2000 times faster than the Milky Way is currently.

This massive and highly active galaxy, discovered by Prof. Dominik Riechers, astronomy, will enable scientists to better understand the processes that gave the universe the structure it has today.

The model for the evolution of the universe currently used by astronomers suggests that just after the Big Bang, matter was nearly evenly distributed throughout space. Over time, gravitational forces gathered this matter into a net-like structure, according to Riechers. At points where the threads of the net intersected, greater quantities of mass collected. Once a critical quantity of mass was collected at such a point, the process of star formation would begin and a galaxy would be born.

In the context of this model, the galaxy HFLS3 is an oddity, according to Riechers. This is because, at only 880 million years old, the universe would not have had enough time to produce many objects of such great size through the process of gravity gathering together mass. It is probable that some astronomical event occurred to bring this quantity of mass together. One possibility is that HFLS3 was formed through the collision of two smaller galaxies, according to Riechers.

The other unique feature of HFLS3, besides its age and size, is its rapid rate of star formation. According to Riechers, the amount of gas present in a region and the rate at which it is brought together by gravity determines the rate at which stars form. Small galaxies with the same structure as HFLS3 have lower star formation rates, Riechers said. It is HFLS3’s large size that allows it to create stars so quickly in relation to other galaxies.

“A galaxy like this doesn’t exist today,” Riechers said.

To find HFLS3, Riechers and his team analyzed data collected by the Herschel Space Observatory, an orbital telescope launched into space in 2009. The obser-

COURTESY OF PROF. DOMINIK RIECHERS

Giant galaxy | Prof. Dominik Riechers, astronomy, discovered an ancient, enormous galaxy that will give researchers a better understanding of how galaxies were formed shortly after the Big Bang. The new galaxy is called HFLS3. vatory collected 800 hours of data on infrared radiation emitted by distant objects. From this data, Riechers identified around 100 candidates that might be distant, and thus potentially ancient galaxies, by examining the characteristics of the light they emit. Infrared radiation and red light can be an indicator of great age in extragalactic objects, according to Riechers.

Astronomers can evaluate the distance from a distant object by determining the redshift of the light that the object emits.

Redshift is the reddening of light due to increase in its wavelength. This is an example of the Doppler effect, a physical process in which the wavelength of waves

COURTESY OF PROF. DOMINIK RIECHERS

Telescope technology | The Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope is expected to be completed in 2018. It will help scientists study objects present in the early universe.

emitted by an object are stretched if the object is moving away from an observer or compressed if it is moving towards an observer, according to Riechers.

In the case of extragalactic objects, redshift is not due to the type of motion humans experience in daily life, but to the expansion of space-time itself. For a distant object, the redder the light it appears to emit, the further it is from the Earth. Objects appear to be moving away from the Earth because the universe itself is expanding, increasing the distance between the Earth and other objects, according to Riechers.

Astronomers can translate the amount of redshift into an approximate distance and then estimate a distant object’s age.

Because light travels at a fixed speed, the time taken for light to reach Earth from a specified distance can be calculated. From such calculations, Riechers and his colleagues determined the age of HFLS3, Riechers said.

One difficulty in determining if distant objects are galaxies is that distant objects can appear red from either redshift, or simply by being cold objects, according to Riechers. An example of a cold object is a red star, which is at a relatively lower temperature in comparison to blue or white stars. Yellow stars, such as the Sun, have a temperature in between those two extremes.

Riechers determined the rate of star formation in galaxy HFLS3 by analyzing the radiation emitted by the gas and dust clouds in which the stars form. “[HFLS3] has so much gas and dust that almost all the light directly from the stars is blocked,” Riechers said.

The radiation emitted by these gas clouds allows Riechers to determine the

types of elements present in the gas cloud and the types of processes that occur within them.

The rate of star formation detected in HFLS3 is so large that it is considered to be a starburst galaxy, a type of astronomical object with unusually active star formation.

In most galaxies, the rate of star formation steadily rises over time, reaches a stable level and plateaus until star formation dies off. Galaxies in a starburst region, such as HFLS3, experience an exponential increase in the rate of star formation that rapidly rises, reaches a peak and just as rapidly dies off once the gas fueling star formation is used up, according to Riechers.

To continue his study of objects present in the early universe, Riechers requires a larger infrared telescope that can resolve dimmer, and thus smaller, objects. To enable this research, Cornell is leading a group of universities from the US, Canada and Germany in building the Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope in the desert mountains of Northern Chile. Construction on CCAT will begin later this year and is expected to be completed in 2018.

Until then, Riechers will continue to examine the data from the Herschel Observatory for other potential extragalactic objects. If more objects with similar characteristics to HFLS3 are discovered, the current model of the universe's development will need to be adjusted to account for the presence of more massive and highly active galaxies in the early universe, according to Riechers.

Ryan O’Hern can be reached at rmo26@cornell.edu.

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SCIENCE

Physicists Cool Solids to Get Liquids

By SOMRITA BANERJEE Sun Contributor

Everyone knows that if you cool water, you get its solid, crystalline form: ice. When Prof. Itai Cohen, physics, and other researchers at the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics took the same concept down to the nanoparticle level, however, they got surprisingly different results.

Cohen found that crystals of micron-sized particles, once formed, actually melt back into a liquid state when they are cooled further. This is contrary to the notion that solid substances melt when heated, not cooled.

When Cohen and his team of researchers set out to study the cooling of crystals, they took colloidal silica particles about a micron in diameter, 1/50th the diameter of a single human hair, and sedimented them on top of a surface. A colloid solution is made up of microscopic particles dispersed in a solution.

According to Cohen, the colloidal particles settle down on the mesh-like surface.

“Attractions are induced between these colloidal particles by using nanoparticles as micelles,” Cohen said. “The way it works is that each of these [colloidal] particles is surrounded by a lot of really tiny nanoparticles and these tiny particles bombard them from all different directions. So if they’re far enough apart, then that bombardment is distributed equally in all directions. But if the colloidal particles are very close, then the nanoparticles can’t get in between [the colloidal particles], and we end up with an excess of force pushing the colloidal particles together.”

Similar to how micelles are small particles in a solution which help collect similar molecules together, the nanoparticles help colloidal particles aggregate.

This gives rise to a model where the nanoparticles themselves are ignored and are considered a system of colloidal particles with a set of short-range attractive forces acting between them when they get close enough to each other.

Conventionally, while forming colloidal crystals, a process known as homoepitaxial growth is used. In this process, the underlying mesh on which the colloidal particles rest has a lattice spacing, distance between each unit particle in a crystal, equal to the spacing between the colloidal particles in the crystal to be formed, according to Cohen. Since every particle is at just the right distance to establish short-range attractive forces, a colloidal crystal is formed, often of macroscopic dimensions.

Cohen’s research takes this process a step further. His research investigates the effects of using heteroepitaxial growth to form crystals by having the lattice spacing of the underlying surface unequal to the natural spacing between colloidal particles. Using a nano-lith-

ography facility, the researchers fabricated patterns for the underlying surface to observe how changing the lattice constant, or “stretching” the surface, affects the growth of crystals.

However, according to Cohen, one of the problems faced with using colloidal solutions is that one can’t literally change the temperature of the solution because the solvent tends to freeze or evaporate off. Instead, computer simulations were used to replicate the cooling process. These mathematical simulations also measure how often the colloidal molecules are bonded – whether they display any kind of crystal symmetry or if they are in liquid state.

According to Cohen, it was surprising that even under these conditions, where the colloidal particles were not touching, crystals were still being formed. Cohen also observed re-entrant transition, where crystals formed from a liquid solution melt into a liquid phase upon cooling. These two results caused researchers to realize the role of thermal energy in crystal formation at the scale of nanoparticles is different from that in the formation of atomic crystals.

“Normally, you think about melting as a competition where atomic particles essentially have bonds and then if you increase their thermal energy more, they start jiggling and then they fall apart,” Cohen said.

At the micron or nanoparticle level, the

process is more complicated. When a colloidal solution is initially cooled, the randomly moving particles settle down in mesh but don't completely fall down into their respective wells, or holes, in the mesh. Instead, they hover over their places with just enough kinetic energy to sometimes jiggle around and form bonds with their nearest neighbors, according to Cohen. When the system is cooled further, the colloidal particles lose this bit of kinetic energy and “they get locked into their underlying state, and the crystal eventually melts,” Cohen said.

“For this type of particle and this range of interactions, thermal energy is actually vital to the formation of crystals,” he added.

Cohen then looked into if these kinds of crystals can be formed in macroscopic dimensions. The answer he found is that it depends on the lattice spacing, according to Cohen.

In cases where the mismatch between the colloidal crystals’ natural bond length and the underlying surface’s lattice spacing is large, the particles form little crystalline islands that are scattered but cannot grow. The reason these crystals cannot grow further, according to Cohen, is called frustration.

Frustration is when a few particles are placed on a mismatched lattice and they move around to accommodate themselves in order to form bonds. As the number of parti-

cles increases, the amount of stress builds up in each particle and the crystal gets frustrated and larger crystal sizes cannot be sustained.

“As the mismatch gets smaller, the crystals get bigger. So when the mismatch is zero, or in other words, when you have exactly the same lattice spacing, these things will grow macroscopic crystals,” Cohen said.

According to Cohen, there are several possible applications of this research because the principles that apply to the formation of colloidal particles also apply to the formation of other non-atomic crystal structures.

For example, one can apply the same process to form supercrystals of semiconductor materials, which are often used to create electronics.

“There’s a whole class of materials that are important, that we’re making supercrystals out of,” Cohen said. “This idea of having reentrant transition where first everything is really hot and they’re all moving and then you cool it enough for them to crystallize and then you cool it more and it melts again, in other words, going from liquid to crystal and back to liquid again, is important to understand if you’re going to grow crystals of these materials.”

Somrita Banerjee can be reached at sb892@cornell.edu.

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Cooling crystals | Prof. Itai Cohen discovered that when small crystals are cooled under the right conditions, they melt back into a liquid instead of staying a solid. This is contrary to the notion that solid substances melt when heated, not cooled.

Immune System Research Linked to Obesity

By AISLYN DIRISIO Sun Contributor

According to the Center for Disease Control, more than one in every three American adults is obese. Obese individuals are at a greater risk for cancer and other diseases, but the reason for this association has never been determined.

Prof. Scott Coonrod, reproductive biology, and Sunish Mohanan grad are studying the reason for this increased risk.

“Genetics and pathways in cancer cells have been studied for several decades, and we are still not close to understanding the complex factors in determining malignancy,” Mohanan said.

With this in mind, Coonrod’s lab has been looking at cancer from a new angle, focusing on the microenvironment that the cancer cells are living in rather than the inner workings of the cells

themselves.

According to Monahan, the lab is focusing on how the inflammatory environment around dying fat tissue in obese individuals is modified when the fat tissue is infiltrated with clusters of macrophages.

Macrophages are immune system cells that, under normal conditions, fight against disease by engulfing bacteria and other pathogens as well as infected cells.

Other immune cells fight diseases and injury by forming traps outside the cell. When the body is wounded, such immune cells arrive at the site of injury and expel their DNA to form this extracellular structure, according to Coonrod.

The DNA is sticky, allowing it to clean up bacteria and keep the site free of infection.

In obese individuals, pockets of inflammation and dying fat tissue are more prevalent due to

an insufficient amount of blood supply to some areas of the body.

Coonrod and Mohanan discovered that macrophages also release extracellular traps around these areas of inflammation.

Three meters of cellular DNA is kept inside the nucleus of each macrophage. This negatively charged DNA is wound around positively charged protein balls called histones. A group of enzymes called peptidylarginine deiminases are able to remove the positive charge from the histone proteins and break the attraction between DNA and the histone, according to Coonrod. When there is no longer an attraction to keep the DNA on the histone, the DNA is released into the space outside the cell.

This process of neutralizing the histone, known as citrullination, is only seen in diseased tissue. The environment in healthy tissue prevents citrullination

while the environment in diseased tissue facilitates this process.

Although PAD enzymes are present in all macrophages, it is only when problems occur that the histone proteins are altered and the DNA is released. DNA expulsion is one of the last steps before the macrophage dies.

According to Coonrod, upon death, the macrophage releases factors to attract more macrophages to the area. This process allows macrophages to accumulate quickly in diseased tissue.

“What we really want to know is what is in the environment of the diseased tissue that’s signaling to the PAD enzymes in the macrophage, causing them to be activated,” Coonrod said.

According to Coonrod, the next step for the lab’s research is to learn exactly what factors are released by the dying

macrophages which attract more immune cells to diseased sites.

In the future, Coonrod will also look into how these discoveries may translate into medical or pharmaceutical solutions to various diseases.

Prof. Paul Thompson, Scripps Research Institute, one of Coonrod’s collaborators, has already developed a set of drugs that attaches to the PAD enzymes and stops their activity. These drugs have been used by the Coonrod Lab to block cancer growth and suppress trap production.

“There is a huge area of medicine that has yet to be tapped,” Coonrod said. “If you could somehow prevent these [macrophage] traps from occurring, you might be able to resolve different diseases.”

Aislyn DiRisio can be reached at acd85@cornell.edu.

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LaYla Ali’s GrEEnhEads sEriEs: TurninG HEads at thE JohnsoN PHOTOS BY CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Lorde “Ribs”

By Kaitlyn Tiffany New Zealand singer-songwriter Ella YelichO’Connor, stage-named Lorde, appeared out of nowhere. That’s not a metaphor— New Zealand has more sheep than people. Her debut single “Royals,” debuted on YouTube to instant viral success, her EP The Love Club hit number one on New Zealand and Australian charts and the sixteen year-old who prompts the question “What the fuck was I doing in high school” has rapidly picked up a major fan base in the United States. While her sound has been compared to the electro-rock of Lana del Rey and bedroom pop of Sky Ferreira, her lyricism is something pretty much unprecedented in either of these familiar brackets. “Royals” is a manifesto for a different kind of celebrity, or maybe a throwback to an antiquated one. Is it just me, or do you see visions of Billy Crudup and Kate Hudson in Lorde’s sketch of her personal musical scene? “IT’S ALL HAPPENING.” Her latest single “Ribs,” off of her debut album Pure Heroine, strikes a similar note. The song’s mantra, “it drives you crazy, getting old,” paired with lyrics mourning the fading of childhood (“You’re the only friend I need, sharing beds like little kids”) are lined up with a dance track and a grittier harmony than we heard in “Royals” to create something truly, hauntingly original. That’s partly because there aren’t that many articulate and technically-proficient sixteen year-old artists singing about this particular phase of life, but it’s also largely due to Lorde’s impeccable ability to balance accessibility and artistry — the cadence that is core to the song makes it instantly radio-worthy while not being, you know, radio fare. She didn’t even have to get remixed like Lana to end up on the Top 40!

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun.com.

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BY MADELINE SALINAS Sun Staff Writer

The Greenheads Series, by artist Laylah Ali, is a collection of gouache depictions of green-headed creatures in aggressively charged situations. Through the mystical greenheads Ali challenges viewers to reflect on conflict and violence in society and, through the ambiguity of the images, its cyclical nature. Using the greenheads, Ali takes the political charge out of what are inherently politicized issues, making them extremely approachable.

Visually, The Greenheads Series is very cohesive. Each painting arranges several flattened greenhead figures on a light blue background. Given the uniformity of the figures, Ali does an excellent job communicating emotional tension almost entirely through expression in the eyes and mouth and placement of the greenheads — often at irregular angles — within each work. Considering the emotional tension of most works in the series, Ali’s color scheme, consisting of a calming blue background and cool dark green figures, is an aesthetically appealing but unexpected choice. Ali’s paintings are simple, but with a closer look display a greater deal of visual interest through meticulous detailing on the dress of the greenheads.

The messages conveyed by Ali’s paintings are vague or, rather, versatile depictions of societal motifs. I think that the impact of the paintings could have been enhanced with stimulating titles for each painting, but Ali’s choice to leave the works untitled is in itself a statement about the parallel to be drawn among many scenarios of conflict. Moreover, the greenheads’ vague identities, which show no sign of race or class, make the work easier to consider in relation to a wide range of scenarios, from war to exchanges with those that we are close to.

However, some representations more directly allude to specific interactions. In one painting, three greenheads queue for a greenhead in uniform. One has removed his belt while the other two have removed an arm and a leg. In the witty way that Ali comments on the degrading intrusion of TSA checks, the artist uses greenheads as an impersonal approach in

broaching controversial topics.

At other points, Ali makes several rather direct references to groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. In one piece, two Klansmen, armed with a dodgeball, fearfully and apologetically face off two leotard-clad greenheads threateningly holding decapitated heads. Ali paints a sobering reminder of the devastation of racism and, pitting two essentially identical pairs of greenheads against each other, comments on the unfounded basis for such violence.

This painting was perhaps one of the most aggressive in the series, due in large part to the fact that the identities of the players were most explicitly depicted. In that way, the painting also reveals the impact of the greenheads’ anonymity in making the subjects of her paintings more approachable.

Ali uses overt violence in her imagery, with amputated limbs liberally strewn throughout the exhibit. Since the images are stylized as cartoons, the exhibit easily carries what would be perceived as more gruesome in any other style. Yet, even in this context, the grotesque imagery adds emotional weight to the exhibit’s surreal imagery.

Early works in the exhibit are styled in the form of a narrative, depicting aggressive interactions among the creatures. As the exhibit progresses, several works take the style of a comic strip with several sequential frames of image. The progression of these works, from violence and destruction to its consequential devastation, seem to encapsulate the progression of the exhibit as a whole. Ali’s later works deconstruct the greenhead from active figures to a collage of limbs, costume, eyes and hair falling onto remaining greenheads. These final paintings are apocalyptic in feeling, and the overwhelming fragmentation creatively portrays the overall loss to society from the conflict in early

work.

Another interesting development in Ali’s later works is a series of greenhead portraits. For the first time singling out characters in these portraits, the power of Ali’s androgynous figures is emphasized and, painted on a larger scale, the portraits highlight the importance of facial expression in defining the greenheads. In one portrait, a greenhead’s eyes peek through ornately detailed head covering and, as a viewer, one impulsively genders the fictive character. Ali’s exhibit reveals to viewers our desire to link the scenarios in the series to specific current events or figures in society. The Greenheads Series, more than it comments on any particular current crisis in the world, in its ambiguity, strikes on the sharing of similar issues across generations and regions of the world.

The Greenheads Series will be on display in the Bartels Gallery of the Johnson Museum through December 22, 2013.

Madeline Salinas is a sophomore in the College ofArt, Architecture nd Planning. She can be reached at msalinas@cornellsun.com.

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Body Against Body: A Triumph of Movement

BY KATIE WONG Sun Contributor

People often wonder what those abstract movements in modern and postmodern dance mean. Before I started dancing, I used to ask the same question. As a dancer, though, I’ve come to realize that sometimes this analytical approach works — but most of the time, it doesn’t. Thankfully, renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones confirmed these thoughts in Body Against Body, a re-staging of his early avant-garde works featured last Saturday at the Schwartz Theatre.

Along with his on-stage and off-stage partner Arnie Zane, Jones co-founded Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982. The company has always sought to employ a wide diversity of races, body types and styles. This is exemplified by the partnership of the founders themselves: Jones is African American and the significantly shorter Zane is of Italian-Jewish heritage. Jones, interested in texts and the aesthetic of athleticism, offers a more classical dance sensibility with elegance and vigor; his artistic collaborator, Zane, fond of photography and design, charges the choreography with alternative visual power.

Over the years, the juxtaposition of these elements has led to endless inspiration and controversy. Today, the company is recognized as one of the most prominent and innovative forces in the modern dance world. In addition to more than 140 works for his own company, Jones received commissions to create dances for modern- and ballet-oriented dance companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Boston Ballet and the Berlin Opera Ballet, among others.

Body Against Body revisits Jones’ “body” of work — reviving three rigorous duets in the early phase of his choreographic history. Jones and Zane are very involved in contact improvisation in their artistic production. Contact improvisation often deals with interaction between dancers of different heights, weights and strengths, who can either lead or follow; it is a physical manifestation of diversity in action and reaction, and it is impressively utilized throughout Body Against Body. For example, at the onset of the first piece, Duet x 2, a loud shocking drum sound echoes through the theatre as an ethereal light descends over the

stage. A dancer then emerges from the dark and enters the framed boundary on the stage through a red-framed door. After a few minutes of solo, the same sound drifts into the room as second dancer joins in. The whole duet remains in silence.

Despite the absence of music, rhythms still play an integral role in Body Against Body. The actions and reactions of dancers create infinite propelling momentum to generate rhythms. A smooth, powerful flow of rhythm forms as the dancers create, follow, mimic and change the moves in response to each other.

The consistency builds a sense of harmony, one that is generated from the movement of human bodies in the absence of music.

The choreographer’s experiment of body interaction culminates in the last duet, Blauvelt Mountain, originally performed by Jones and Zane themselves in 1980. The light, airy music and dancers’ shouts do not distract the audience from the body dynamics. The postures and unfamiliar forms of the two bodies recall the unspoken language we abandon after childhood, as we gradually turn to verbal and written communications. The isolated words going exchanged between the two dancers is an audible parallel to the spontaneous, fluid exchange of duo’s movements, but it is the visual and kinetic language here that allows

us to sense the unsettling relationship between the dancers.

The interplay of balance and weight and of aggression and dependency in the duets synthesizes a series of captivating moving images on stage — the title Body Against Body serves as a selfexplanatory caption to the visuals. On deciphering the code the dancing body communicates, Jones dropped some hints in his remark on Blauvelt Mountain: “[Viewers] read all sorts of things into [the dancers’ movements]. They thought we were making statements about their society, about blacks and whites in America — we were not. We were making, for us, an abstract dance.” This is not to suggest that there is no association to society in Jones’ choreography at all; in fact, many of his works are inspired by political and social issues. Nevertheless, at least in the context of Body Against Body, one should not overlook the tension and emotion within the body itself. Just like when we look at Jackson Pollock’s One: Number 31, 1950, we don’t study every single line dripping paint. It’s about action, freedom and instinct.

Katie Wong is a junior in the College of Art, Architecture and Planning. She can be reached at kw385@cornell.edu.

Spongebob Hits Rock Bottom

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pongebob deserves better. In this Age of Taking Television Seriously, no one has a problem writing thesis-length encomiums on The Wire, Mad Men, Deadwood, etc., etc. I’m one of those — just yesterday I threw 1100-plus words at Breaking Bad’s finale, like everyone else. But where’s the love for Spongebob Squarepants? I know it’s a show you probably watched before your brain, like, worked, but creator Stephen Hillenburg is due for a retrospective or two. Worthy of the singular, self-contained TV episode pantheon that includes Bad’s “Fly,” The Sopranos’ “College” and Lost’s “The Constant” is the Nickelodeon cartoon’s finest 12 minutes: “Rock Bottom.”

Here is a cartoon that explores existentialism, race, quantum theory and linguistics — seriously.

For a show so rife with irreverent joy, I recall the dread that befell me watching this episode as a kid.

When Patrick sees the sign, “You Are Now Leaving Bikini Bottom” he asks, as more than a few of us would, “Spongebob, where is ‘Leaving Bikini Bottom?’” For me, drifting away from home, without a plan or supervision, was a terrifying prospect. Patrick does not even register what the sign means, instead thinking it’s another part of his hometown. When they do hit Rock Bottom, a benthic community populated by anglerfish and eels with funny accents, they remark how different everything seems. Even the sand is different — it says so itself! I don’t think I’m stretching things when I say that, in “Rock Bottom,” Spongebob and Patrick leave the suburbs and find themselves in the ghetto.

And for a little sponge and a clueless

starfish, the ghetto is a scary place. With their dinky, prophylactic-looking glove hats (what you discover watching cartoons when you’re older ...), Spongebob and Patrick stay close to the bus stop where they arrived yet still fall victim to crippling disorientation, culture shock and fear. Spongebob, at least, tries to keep things together as Patrick’s mental state rapidly deteriorates. You should credit the episode’s disciplined writers Paul Tibbitt, Ennio Torresan and David Fain, then, for throwing in a deus ex machina and getting Patrick out of there, on a bus that materializes the second Spongebob leaves his side.

It’s almost as if the world conspires to screw over poor Spongebob, altering the very fabric of time and space to do so. One of the episode’s classic set pieces illustrates an absurdist, catch-22 scenario where Spongebob, hungry after waiting what seems like hours for the bus, discovers, across the road, a “Kandy” machine. Just a

Zachary Zahos A Lover’s Quarrel With the World single vending machine, hovering there like a mirage or a tempting Siren. After looking down both stretches of the desolate, farreaching road, he bolts over, checking the road every step, to buy a “kelp nougat crunch” bar. The second he reaches the machine, however, the bus pulls up, stops for a millisecond and leaves. Spongebob discovers the impossibility of boarding when he reaches into the machine’s tray for a candy bar the moment a new bus arrives, only to pull his hand back out of the tray and watch the bus go backwards. In, out, in, out, for-

ward, backward, forward, backward, like a DJ scratching a record.

Spongebob reaches in to tap the candy bar and the bus’s engine purrs. It’s either the candy bar or the bus — or, in actuality, neither. What other children’s cartoon bases its sight gags on the paradoxes of the observer effect and Schrödinger’s cat?

Fed up with his nowin situation, Spongebob thinks a trip to the bus SANTI SLADE / station will somehow SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR solve his problems. He comes in huffing and puffing, yelling, “I’m first in line, and no ends up giving Spongebob his ticket out, one’s going to tell me otherwise!” Except the tying the balloon to his wrist, blowing some fish he cuts is a giant, moaning pufferfish. air into it and sending the confused sponge Naturally, he limps his way to spot 329. He attached to it floating back to Bikini can’t even hold on to that number for long Bottom. Spongebob thanks the good once the fish in front of him lays an egg Samaritan, “Thank *pbbt* you!” “You’re from which three clothed babies pop out, welcome,” a remarkably boring, accent-less also apparently in need of assistance. When voice replies. After all that uncertainty with he finally reaches the counter, he modifies language and fear of the dark (make of that his accent, adding the requisite “pbbt” word what you wish), Spongebob relies on sound in between syllables when asking for the kindness of strangers to find his way the next bus. “The next bus leaves in *pbbt* back. The episode ends on a note of optifive seconds,” the attendant deadpans. Tired mism and integration, not irrational terror and emasculated, Spongebob cannot find at “the others” of the world.

Well, sort of. Spongebob does make his his way home even when conforming to this way back home, but the moment he arrives, strange language.

Spongebob’s display of bravado does not his glove balloon pops. Speeding by in a bus, hold up when the lights go out, plunging unable to see him, Patrick hollers, “Don’t him into what he calls “advanced darkness.” worry, Spongebob, I’m coming back for ya!”

His plan to stick out the night in the bus sta- The unbroken cycle of the Absurd commences tion is obliterated when that colloquial once again, and this time without a balloon. sound (it sounds like farting) echoes through the hall. He walks, runs and finally Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the Colleges of sprints away before crashing into a wall, Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at when the anglerfish he met earlier greets him zzahos@cornellsun.com. A Lover’s Quarrel With with the glove balloon he lost. The angler the World appears alternate Wednesdays.

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As Season Ends, Yankees Start Talks With Joe Girardi

NEW YORK (AP) — If anything, the Yankees like Joe Girardi even more now than when they hired him to manage the team six years ago.

General manager Brian Cashman praised Girardi’s handling of the team during a disappointing season and is about to offer him a new contract.

“He knows we’d like to have him stay and continue as manager of the New York Yankees as we move forward,” Cashman said Tuesday.

“I feel we hired a good one. He’s been a world champion player for us.

He’s been a coach, a broadcaster and obviously a world champion manager. So we’ve benefited from having him and we’d like to do that going forward, but we’ll have to speak with him and see how it plays out.”

Girardi has led the Yankees to a 564-408 record and a World Series title. Crippled by injuries, New York had its poorest season since 1992, missing the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and finishing tied for third in the AL East at 85-77.

Cashman met Girardi for coffee on Monday, a day after New York’s season ended, and plans to have lunch Wednesday in New York with Girardi’s agent, Steve Mandell.

“We’re entering the sensitive conversations that will either lead to a deal or lead us to the understanding that there won’t be a deal,” Cashman said.

Girardi won out over Don Mattingly to replace Joe Torre after the 2007 season and was given a $7.8 million, three-year contract. He is completing a $9 million, three-year deal.

The Chicago Cubs may be interested in Girardi after firing manager Dale Sveum. Girardi grew up in Illinois, went to Northwestern and played for the Cubs. But Girardi is under contract through October, and Cashman wouldn’t say whether he would give the Cubs permission to speak with the manager.

“I think he likes it here,” Cashman said. “We’re going to give him a real good reason to stay, and he’s earned that through his six years with us so far.”

Heading into the offseason, the Yankees face numerous questions, especially about their pitching staff and infield. Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte are retiring. Second baseman Robinson Cano is a free agent, as are pitcher Hiroki Kuroda and outfielder Curtis Granderson.

Shortstop Derek Jeter played just 17 games this year after breaking an ankle last October and third baseman Alex Rodriguez didn’t return from offseason hip surgery until August, and he may have to serve a lengthy drug suspension next season.

Cano, a five-time All-Star who turns 31 on Oct, 22, can become a free agent after the World Series and may be seeking a 10-year deal worth $305 million or more.

Cashman will meet with the Yankees’ professional scouts starting Monday to formulate his offseason plan.

“We’d love to have Robby back,” Cashman said. “He’s been a great Yankee. I think if he stays he has a legitimate chance to experience what you just saw for instance a little bit from Mariano, where maybe he has a chance to be the first Dominican-born player to be in Monument Park.”

Cashman also said it’s unclear whether the Yankees will be able to get under next year’s $189 million luxury tax threshold, which includes about $177 million for player salaries.

“It’s not a mandate. It’s a goal that we have if it’s possible,” Cashman said. “There’s a lot of benefits to staying under that, but it’s not a mandate if it’s at the expense of a championship run. It just depends on what the opportunities are before us, and the costs associated with it.”

He also plans to address the Yankees’ lack of power this season.

Injuries and the departures of Raul Ibanez, Nick Swisher, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez as free agents caused home runs to dropped from a team-record 245 last year to 144, the Yankees’ fewest in a nonshortened season since they hit 130 in 1989. Not counting strike years, it was the largest falloff in baseball history, topping a decrease of 96 for the 1988 Chicago Cubs.

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Golfers Head to Ivy League Play

Red hopes to improve on 13th place finish at Yale last season that this year’s team is stronger than previous years’ due to added competition from incoming freshmen. “[The freshmen have] created more inter-team The Cornell golf team will look to carry on its strong start to the season at the Yale Macdonald Cup competition for the top spots, competition that has this weekend. The competition will take place on been absent for the past few years,” he said. “I Oct. 5 and 6 and will be held at the course at Yale in believe this has already lead to more commitment and motivation throughout the New Haven, Conn. team because we are all fighting The Red opened its season at “It will be good measure to travel. This competition is the Cornell Invitational, held in every successful team; two weeks ago on the Robert to see how we stack up itpresent leaves no room for complacenTrent Jones Golf Course. against [the other cy because if you do get complaCornell placed highly both as a cent you won’t be playing.” team and as individuals. Despite Ivies].”

With other Ivy League schools this, senior co-captain Carl also participating, Cornell will Schimenti believes the Red did Maxwell Koehler use this competition as an oppornot perform to its full ability. tunity to see how the squad “As a team, we played okay.

Certainly not our best, but we placed third, and I matches up against it main rivals in the Ivy League think that’s definitely a positive sign to start the championships in April.

“There are some big name schools who are going year,” he said. “Individually, I finished fifth. I was happy with the way I hit the ball. In every tourna- to be there, including multiple Ivies. It will be a good ment you can say there were lost shots, but I felt like measure to see how we stack up against against I didn’t capitalize on a lot of easy opportunities I gave them,” Koehler said. “I think our goal is to have five solid and consistent performances this weekend to myself.”

The Red will be looking to use its most recent build off of for the following tournaments this seaperformance on Yale’s course, the Yale Spring Opener son ... If we are all having an ‘on’ week at the same last season where Cornell finished 13th, as motiva- time, we can really compete.”

Still, Schimenti expects strong competition — tion going into the Macdonald Cup. “We did not perform well the last time we played particularly from the home team, Yale.

“I expect to see Yale play very well. Obviously this there, so we will go in hoping to get some revenge on that course,” Schimenti said. “The Yale course has a is their home course, but they have already won a lot of blind shots, so you really have to commit to a tournament this year and they have played some lot of shots where you can’t see the target. If we can highly ranked tournaments,” Schimenti said. do that this week, we will play well.”

Senior co-captain Maxwell Koehler believes Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun.com.

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New blood | Senior co-captain Maxwell Koehler is confident that the added competition the freshmen brought will be good for the team.

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Cornell Wins First Ivy League Game of the Season Team will move on to face the Yale Bulldogs and Holy Cross Crusaders on the road this weekend

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

Coming off a successful weekend that saw Cornell (3-4, 1-1 Ivy) even up its Ivy League record and take nationally ranked Drexel to double over time, the Red will hit the road this weekend and look to continue its recent form of play.

Getting its first Ivy League win this season will bolster the Red’s confidence

going into this weekend.

“We are a lot more confident going into this weekend’s game. We had two tough games last week. … Those two games have really lifted our level of play, so we are really excited going into this weekend’s games,” senior back Keelin Bannon said.

On Saturday, the Red will head to New Haven, Conn. hoping to move up the standings in the Ivy League as the

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We’re taking over | The Red hopes to continue playing strong and be the first to get on the scorebord in this weekend’s games against Yale and Holy Cross.

squad takes on the Yale Bulldogs (2-5, 0- has scored twice. The Crusaders have 2 Ivy). The Bulldogs will enter Saturday’s struggled offensively, being out shot by contest without a win in the Ivy League opponents and outscored on the season after losing to No.10 Princeton last by a total of 27-7. Finding goals in the weekend. While Yale has struggled this second half has proved to be difficult for season playing on the road, the Bulldogs the Crusaders as they have only been able have had some success at home, with to find the net once this season. both of its wins this season occurring in The Red has continued to have a balNew Haven. anced attack this seaThe catalyst for son and will look to the Bulldogs this seaget contributions “[Last weekend’s] son has been returnfrom all over the field games have really ing First Team All-Ivy this weekend. With senior forward Erica eight players having lifted our level Borgo. In seven four or more points games this season, on the season, the of play.”

Borgo has tallied 14 Red has plenty of Keelin Bannon points on four goals players contributing and six assists, placto what has been a ing her in the Top-25 successful offense this nationally in points per game. Senior season. Senior forwards Hannah Balleza captain Georgia Holland returns for the and Elly Plappert lead the team with Bulldogs this season after missing last three goals each. Junior midfielder Ann year with an injury. First Team All Ivy DiPastina and sophomore midfielder midfielder in 2011, she leads the team in Taylor Standiford have played major goals this season with five and has also roles in the offense, providing the fornotched two assists. In the goal, the wards with scoring chances. Standiford Bulldogs have benefitted from having leads the team with three assists while senior goalie Emily Cain in the net, as DiPastina has also added two assists this her .761 save percentage is in the Top-25 season. nationally.

While the Red has had some recent When the Red travels to Worcester, success, the team has yet to win a game Mass. the next day, the squad will face a on the road this season. The squad has Holy Cross team that has had similar conceded goals within the first five minresults to Yale. Holy Cross (2-6, 0-1 utes in both road losses this season. The Patriot) has won two games at home this key to winning this weekend’s contests season and is winless on the road. will be getting on the scoreboard early, Coming into its contest against the Red, according to Bannon.

Holy Cross will look to snap a four game “We really have put a focus on coming losing streak that has seen them out strong in the first five minutes of the outscored 17-3. In two contests against game. Hopefully, this weekend, we can Ivy League teams this season, Holy Cross be the one to get on the scoreboard first has been outscored 10-1. Junior forward and really come out strong,” she said.

Molly Felt leads the team in goals with three, holding a narrow lead over fresh- Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at man midfielder Lauren Sutherland who thucek@cornellsun.com.

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TENNIS

C.U.Prepares to Face Midwest at Akron Invite

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s tennis team heads to Akron, Ohio this weekend to play in the Akron Invitational.

The tournament begins on Oct. 4, and Cornell is set to face the University of Akron as well as Ohio State and West Virginia.

The Red has had a week off since its last tournament, the Cissie Leary Invitational, where the doubles team of sophomore Dena Tanenbaum and freshman Alexandra D’Ascenzo earned the runner up title in the final against Columbia. The team has definitely taken advantage of the break, however.

Head coach Mike Stevens said he has been using practice to work on individual skills and solidify some match-play strategies, as well as helping the team adjust to the mindset of genuine intercollegiate

In it to win it | The Red has been focusing on improving its mindset under pressure by practicing in competitionlike settings.

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competition.

“Over the past week, we’ve been … making [our practice time] more realistic. [We’ve been] dividing ourselves into teams and playing against each other, so it can be like a real-life match,” senior captain Ryann Young said. “We feel a little bit of pressure, like we’d experience in a match. I think our coach is just stressing a lot of feeling like it’s a real-life situation in practice.”

Junior Sara Perelman added that the team has focused on making practice sessions into more competitive settings, as well as improving the physical aspects of its game.

“For the past week, we’ve focused a lot more on strength and conditioning,” she said. “Since we had the week off, we felt like it was okay to push ourselves more this week.

We’ve been doing a lot more point play because we felt like at Penn we were a little rusty on the actual mental toughness aspect. So we’ve been doing a lot more set play and doing a lot of splitting up into smaller teams in practices to make it more realistic.”

Perelman said that, this week, the coaches have also emphasized the importance of maintaining upbeat body language on court.

“The coaches are really stressing positive attitudes.

[They said it is important to] never be able to tell if you’re winning or losing while you’re playing,” she said.

While the Red has a smaller roster this year with only ten women on the squad, this is not something Young believes will influence the team’s chances in Akron or in the overall season.

“I don’t think it’s going to impact us at all negatively. Only six people play anyways, so in fact, it will give most of us the opportunity to be able

to play in the lineup,” she said.

Perelman noted that despite being a smaller squad, the roster is filled with both strong returning players and skilled newcomers.

“I think the small team is actually in the long run better because we get closer as a “It’s a new tournament team, and everyone who’s there ... so we’re looking wants to be there. forward to making Everyone actually cares a lot and our mark there.” wants to work really hard,” she Sara Perelman said. “We have a fairly young team again, so we have a lot of talent. The freshman really have been contributing a lot thus far, so we’re really excited to see what they’re going to do in the match play.”

Despite facing some tough competition this weekend, Young said that the Red is excited to prove itself in Akron.

“We’re playing some really good teams that have been nationally ranked the past couple of years, so just being able to compete with them, [and hopefully] winning are our goals this weekend,” Young said.

If the women implement what they have been working on in practice, Perelman said she believes the Red will perform well in Ohio. “[Our expectations are that] everyone competes really hard [and to] just work on that positive attitude. [Our] conditioning, hopefully, will be good, and we’ll be one of the more conditioned teams out there,” she said. “I think all three teams that we’re playing are really beatable for us. It’s a new tournament that we’ve never played before, so we’re looking forward to making our mark there.”

Olivia Wittels can be reached at owittels@cornellsun.com.

CROSS COUNTRY

Runners Travel to Lehigh for Paul Short

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men and women’s cross country teams will travel to Bethlehem, Pa. Saturday in order to compete in the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University.

Both teams have had very successful opening campaigns to their seasons and hope to build on that success this weekend.

The teams look to take risks early on in the season in order to help facilitate speed that will carry into the championship portion of their season. The Paul Short Invitational gives both the men’s and women’s teams the opportunity to take these risks in order to gain early season speed and help their top runners gain experience.

After a successful race last weekend at the Boston College Invitational for the women’s team, head coach coach Artie Smith said he is pleased with the improvements his team has made.

“We feel very good about the progress we are making – not simply in our ability to run faster from our first meet against Army through our second meets this weekend but in learning how to race well in high level and competitive situations,” he said. “Against the top two teams from last year’s NCAA Championships, we finished a close third to the defending national champions, [Oregon], and despite a very fast early pace were able to compete extremely well over the second half of the course.”

The ability to compete and excel in these

extremely competitive races will help the Red later on in the season.

“Our meets continue to get larger and [more] competitive and having had a very recent opportunity to compete against top teams, our runners will have some great experiences to draw on to continue to improve and race and compete well this Saturday,” Smith said.

Going forward, the Red aims to use each race as an opportunity to continue to develop both individually and as a unit. The women’s team is extremely deep and has a great deal of potential on a national level this season.

“We want to continue to focus on our own improvement and running and racing to our strength even as we work on strategies and racing techniques that need improving,” Smith said. “I’m very happy with the efforts and training so far and our progress in just two races is terrific for this time of the year.

We want to continue to give a great effort in representing Cornell and appreciating the wonderful opportunities we have to race against some of the best in the country.”

On the men’s side, the Red looks to utilize its ability to run together as a pack in order to foster success.

“The biggest take away from the Boston College Invitational is our ability to run well as a pack. Only 17 seconds separated our top runner and our 7th runner,” men’s assistant coach Zebulong Lang said.

Going into the Paul Short Invitational, the men’s team is excited and confident.

“Our moral is high,” Lang said. “We are able to bring a bigger roster and a different section of our team that did not race in Boston will be racing. We will be throwing some others in the mix.”

Senior captain and top Cornell finisher last week, Gabriel Heck, said the team was not thrilled with its performance at the Boston Invitational.

“Overall we are pleased, but far from satisfied,” he said. Despite some of our top guys not racing up to their standards, we had a tight pack and were excited to see how close we all finished to each other.

Individually, it was a confidence booster having sat out the past year.”

Going into the Paul Short Invitational and the championship portion of the season Heck emphasized the team’s need for endurance.

“The results from Boston showed we need to work on hanging tough in the middle and end of the race. A lot of us faded back, and we cannot have this happen at conference and regionals if we want to achieve our goals,” he said. “Running together and drawing strength from one another during the race — focusing on synergy and moving up in the final two to three miles of the race. If we can capitalize on these objectives, I think there is a very good chance we can upset a lot of the competition when it matters.”

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Top of the pack | Senior captain Gabriel John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun.com.

Heck was a top Cornell finisher at the Boston Invitational last weekend.