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at Army at Boston College at Harry F. Anderson Invite at Paul Short Invite vs. Pre-National Invite at Princeton Invite John Reif Memorial Run vs. Ivy League Heps Champs vs. NCAA Northeast Regional

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What’s Inside 3 VOLLEYBALL

6 MEN’S SOCCER

Developing Young Talent

Getting Back to the Top Player Profile: Devin Morgan

4 FOOTBALL Year Two for Archer ’05 Features Some New Looks on Both Sides of the Ball

7 WOMEN’S SOCCER Quest for Above .500 Season Player Profile: Claire MacManus

5 FIELD HOCKEY & CROSS COUNTRY

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Field Hockey Off to Strong Start XC Looks to Senior Leadership

Red Features Mix Of Youth and Experience

Credits DESIGN Supplement & Cover Design: John Schroeder ’74 Cover Photo: Connor Archard ’15

PHOTOGRAPHY Connor Archard ’15, Michelle Feldman ’15, Katherine Chen ’16, K.K. Yu grad, Chris Phare grad Michelle Fraling ’16, Jason Ben Nathan’18

EDITORS Scott Chiusano ’15,

Emily Berman ’16, Sydney Altschuler ’16, Anna Fasman ’16

CONTRIBUTORS Scott Chiusano ’15, Sydney Altschuler ’16, Anna Fasman ’16, Emily Berman ’16, Hamdan Al Yousefi ’16, Tucker Maggio-Hucek ’15, Olivia Mattyasovszky ’16, Lisa Awaitey ’16, Joel Cooper ’16

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Game, set, match | With a young group of talent, the Red is taking time to develop as the team heads into its Ivy League schedule.

SEVEN FRESHMEN MAKE UP 2014 ROSTER

Red Won’t Use Youth As ‘Excuse’

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor ceived notions — I’m hoping that we can just enter [Ivies] Maddy Sroufe ranked Top-five in the Ivies in both kills per like any other match because going into my third season, I set and service aces per set. Sroufe was named the Ivy League think that’s been the hard thing the last two seasons that the Rookie of the Week three weeks ago after a strong perforteam here already had these preconceived notions of what mance in the Red’s first tournament.

“The freshmen have done a great job of stepping up so was going to happen of good, bad or indifferent.”

Phelps echoed her coach, noting that the Red doesn’t use far. They know that they play a huge role on this team and I think they’ve embraced the challenge,” Phelps said. its youth to explain Batie-Smoose, who said the team’s area of greatest growth away a poor perforwas on the offensive end, noted that the team has been promance. gressing at the speed she had expected.

“Right now I “I think you have to adapt, knowing they’re think one of young and they’re going to make a ton of misour biggest takes. You have to still have the expectations, strengths is that but in a different way — giving the confiwe’re not intimdence to go for it,” she said. “Volleyball is a idated by any game of errors, so it’s just minimizing those opponent,” she errors but not dwelling on them. Just said. “Yes, we know being more patient and understanding we’re young, but we don’t want to use that as an that it’s just going to take time, and excuse. We don’t mind being the underdogs and I trying to instill that confidence in think we’ll take several of our Ivy opponents by them.” surprise.”

“We don’t mind being the underdogs and I think Last season, the Red had On defense, senior libero Natasha 11 five-set games, but has Rowland leads the team—after starting the we’ll take several of our Ivy opponents by had only one five-set season No. 15 in program history for surprise.” game so far this season, a total digs, she has moved up to eighth 3-2 win against Siena. place. Among other returning — Alyssa Phelps players, Phelps currently sits “In our season goals, if we were to at No. 11 place in program CONNOR make it to a fifth history for career assists, ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS set, we’re going while classmate middle this season’s outing the Red lost in four sets.

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR to finish, According to third-year head coach Melissa Batie- hitter Macey Wilson is we’re going Smoose, the Red is at a disadvantage in the Ivy League third in the conference to win the because of its youth. Unlike Cornell, which has only four in blocks per set. fifth set,” she returning players and seven freshmen — which means that Sophomore middle hitsaid.

“We at points the Red has as many as five freshmen on the court ter Jasmine Robinson, the team’s only wanted to leave at one time — many teams in the Ivies have experienced other returner, has seen time with each tournasquads filled with veteran players. That many of the Red’s Wilson at the net and trades off with ment at least .500 players are so new does have its benefits, however, Batie- freshman Gabrielle Ennis.

— we had one tournament The freshmen, who make up a Smoose said. [where] we were 1-1.

“I think everybody in the Ivies is better [than they were majority of the roster, have made significant There’[ve] been great things last year] because they’re returning players and age helps impacts so far in the season. Entering the game to show, and we know we have you,” she said. “I think the good thing that will play in our against Columbia, Emily Wemhoff ranked No. a lot to work on, so those are favor is [the new Red players] don’t really have any precon- 30 in the nation with 11.27 attacks per set, while the things that we know we need to do and get better Got to bump it up | Libero Natasha Rowland is the only senior on the volleyball team’s roster this year, and has been tasked each week.” with leading the Red in a difficult conference.

Eleven games into its season, the women’s volleyball team is only just hitting the meat of its schedule. With 10 nonleague games down but only one Ivy game completed, the Red has a full slate of conference matches ahead to look forward to in the second half of the season.

It’s been a bumpy path so far for the Red (3-8, 0-1 Ivy League), which has had to overcome its considerable youth in tournaments against more experienced opponents.

“At this point in the season we’ve got some of the nerves out and we’ve got a better understanding of how each other works on the court, but we still have room to grow,” said sophomore setter Alyssa Phelps. “We’ve had highs and low, but that’s what the preseason is about, finding out what works and what doesn’t and what we need to do to be successful.”

The Red has had only one Ivy match so far, a Sept. 27 competition against Columbia (5-5-,1-0). The Lions were the only Ivy squad the Red defeated twice last season, but in

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ARCHER ’05 TAKES ON YEAR TWO

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

Act two for head coach David Archer ’05 is underway, and though his cast has a new look and some fresh faces, the plot remains the same. With the curtain now up on the 2014 season, the football team takes center stage in the quest for its first above .500 campaign since 2005.

“Each year is different because the kids are different and molding our team together this year is different … but for me personally, the excitement hasn’t worn off,” Archer said. “The second time around is definitely easier. … The systems are laid down.”

Archer has the full support of his players as he continues to intricately weave his own coaching styles into the fabric of the team.

“Coach Archer came in last year instilling his team principles and his team rules,” said fifth-year senior captain and defensive lineman Justin Harris. “It being a year deep now, they’re definitely becoming more instilled in the way we practice and the way we act as a team.”

With the first year jitters now behind him, and with the hype surrounding quarterback Jeff Mathews ’14 slowly trickling away, Archer has the opportunity to rebuild a team around a new quarterback, a new offensive coordinator and a revamped offense that will rely more on the run game than it ever has in the past four years.

“We’re definitely going to run the ball more,” said junior quarterback James Few. “[Sophomore running back] Luke [Hagy] is one of the best players on the field at all times and we’ve got to get him the ball amongst other playmakers … we’re going to try to spread the ball out a little bit more, then try to force it.”

Hagy ran for 63 yards on 13 attempts in the Red’s opener against Colgate, a 27-12 loss that Hagy attributed to some early season hiccups that should be fixed as the season chugs along.

“I think we played well but there are a lot of little things that we need to improve,” Hagy said.

“We made a lot of little mistakes and slight technique flaws on offense, defense and special teams that really hurt us at times in the game. We did a lot of good things in the game, but still have a lot of

REVAMPED OFFENSE, NEW QB HEADLINE RED’S 2014 SEASON

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Between the lines | Off to an 02 start, the football team looks forward to homecoming and Ivy League play.

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On the run | Junior running back Luke Hagy is one of the leaders of the offensive attack for the Red this season. He was the team’s top rusher in 2013.

things to learn from and fix up in order to get where we want to be.”

Hagy is one of several leaders on the field, but Archer said that leadership off the field — provided by senior captains Rush Imhotep, Lucas Shapiro and Harris — is equally important to the team this year.

“What we talk about is to be a positive influence in your way.

Each of us has different strengths and unique talents that we can contribute and that’s true of Justin, Rush and Lucas,” Archer said.

“Each of them affects certain areas

of the team more than others, because with 103 guys, there are going to be different position groups and units. [They] all have

their own way about them and their own way in the locker room and on the practice field.”

The three captains made their

presence known in the Colgate game. Shapiro provided the Red with its only touchdown of the day, Imhotep had one pass breakup and Harris had three tackles, one for loss.

What hurt the Red in its debut against Colgate and subsequent loss to Bucknell was susceptibility to the run, as the Raiders’ quarterback torched the defense for 113 yards on the ground. Without Tre’ Minor ’14 and Brett Buehler ’14, the defensive line has also taken some hits and will need development throughout the season.

According to Hagy, that comes down to stopping the big run plays first.

“I thought the defense did a great job [against Colgate] and they did hurt us most in the run game, but it was mostly from two big runs,” he said. “We just had a couple small mistakes on two plays that were a big chunk of their rushing game.”

While Few is the leader of the offense to date, the Red have options waiting in the wings for the future, who proved their worth in the season opener. Freshmen quarterbacks Jake Jatis and Kyle Gallagher both saw time under center, with Jatis throwing for 50 yards on three attempts and running for 30 on four tries.

The questions that lingered at the beginning of this season are slowly becoming answerable as the Red gains experience playing together in a different offensive and defensive scheme.

With the start of Ivy League play and homecoming on the horizon, Archer’s preachings remain the same.

“I think we have to concentrate on what we do,” he said.

“We have so many players playing for the first time and playing in different positions for the first time.

We just need to make sure that we always hit the poise button instead of the panic … make sure we go out there and concentrate on the things we want to … get done and play hard.”

FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH LUCAS SHAPIRO One of three co-captains of the 2014 squad, Shapiro will be a go-to receiver for junior quarterback James Few. Shapiro scored the team’s only touchdown in the loss to Colgate, and caught six touchdown passes last season.

LUKE HAGY A dual threat player, Hagy will shoulder much of the offensive burden this season. Against Bucknell he became the first Cornell player to surpass 1,000 yards both rushing and receiving in the football program’s history.

MILES NORRIS A high energy defensive player, Norris proved his worth in the season opener against Colgate, leading the team in tackles with 13. He also had a team-high two sacks in the game.

CHRIS FRASER Coming off an Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, Fraser will anchor the special teams and give the offense the important field position it needs.

He averaged 45.2 yards on four punts against Bucknell.

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Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, dedicated the Bill and Melinda Gates Hall at a ceremony Wednesday morning. With University officials also in attendance, the ceremony was followed by an open house for the computer science department’s 50th anniversary.

Gates said he was “thrilled” to have the opportunity to see the results of the “phenomenal project” and the “amazing” student work that happens at Cornell throughout his tour.

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Education, a decision that desegregated public schools in the United States.

Decades before she would Garrett said that as a fourth-genbecome an administrator at the eration Oklahoman, she grew up University of Southern California hearing stories about Marshall, parand Cornell’s 13th president, ticularly when he came to the state Elizabeth Garrett, worked as a clerk to defend W. D. Lyons in 1941. for Supreme Court Justice Lyons — who was accused of murThurgood Marshall — dering a couple and who she said was the their young son — was “greatest litigator of the “clearly coerced” into last century.” giving a confession Garrett, provost and and subsequently was senior vice president for given the verdict of life academic affairs at the in prison.

University of Southern “What Justice California, said this Marshall writes about experience “was one of is not just the work he the most special experidid with W. D. Lyons ences of [her] life,” outand defending this GARRETT lining her thoughts man, but what it about her time working for meant for the people of Oklahoma Marshall during a lecture she deliv- to see somebody like [him] litigate ered at USC on Sept. 7, 2011. She in one of our courtrooms,” she said. clerked for Marshall from 1989 to “So that’s the Thurgood Marshall I 1990. grew up hearing about.”

Marshall, who served as a Garrett, who said that her “work Supreme Court justice from 1967 could have been characterized as relto 1991 and was the first black jus- atively conservative politically,” had tice on the court, is best known for interviewed to work for other jushis role as a lawyer in the landmark victory of Brown v. Board of See GARRETT page 5

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Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and the richest man in America, according to Forbes Magazine, addressed a packed Bailey Hall on topics such as higher education, technology and philanthropy Wednesday afternoon.

President David Skorton hosted the question-and-answer style presentation, asking Gates a series of questions before turning the microphone over

for students to ask questions.

Skorton asked Gates to talk about college affordability, an area he said he believes Cornell needs to work on. According to Skorton, that lack of action was “biggest regret” of his presidency.

“We did a lot about financial aid here but not the underlying cost matrix,” Skorton said.

“You’ve thought a lot about education from a different perspective, do you have a call to action for us related to access and affordability, how to help

us get there? Because we haven’t done a very good job.”

Gates said it was especially important to help state schools — which include three of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges — “control their cost structure.”

“If we look at the bulk of low-income students, where they are getting educated and what the cost pressure is against them, a lot of that is the public institutions,” he said. “Those See DISCUSSION page 4

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Power point | President David Skorton moderates a question-and-answer presentation with Bill Gates at Bailey Hall Wednesday afternoon.

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Seated behind a table covered with a Cornell banner in City Hall’s Common Council chambers, Ithaca Mayor Ben Nichols ’46 and University President Hunter R. Rawlings III initialled yesterday a “memorandum of understanding” which specifies increases in University contributions to the City.

The six-page agreement calls for increased University payments to the City over a 13-year period. This year, the payments will increase by over $100,000 from 1994 levels to $250,000 and payments will reach $1 million in the year 2007. The agreement does not adjust for inflation.

While Common Council and the University’s board of trustees still have to formally approve the agreement, such approval seems virtually assured. Nichols has called a special Monday night council meeting to discuss the agreement and said during the conference that he had already discussed it with Common Council members.

Rawlings said he had talked about the agreement with several members of the Board of Trustees and that he expected the board would discuss and approve it when they meet next week on the day after his inauguration.

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municipal services.” Over the course of the agreement, fire protection support will increase from $225,000 to $600,000 and funding for other services will increase from $25,000 to $400,000.

According to Nichols, the City will inform the University of how it is spending the money earmarked for “other services.” He added the City has not yet decided how those funds will be allocated.

The Town of Ithaca, which pays a portion of the fire services budget, will also benefit from the agreement.

“Obviously we’re pleased. It’s in both entities’ best interest,” said outgoing Town Supervisor John Whitecomb ’67.

While both Nichols and Rawlings said the decision to reach an agreement now “avoided the political calendar,” the timing for Nichols — almost exactly a month before the elections — is very good.

For Rawlings, the agreement is his first major action related to the City and serves to establish a record of community leadership.

Both Nichols and Rawlings were eager to put aside past disputes, particularly the City’s decision to withhold building permits from University projects.

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Big Red Barn Open For Business After Summer Repairs

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Contributor

The nearly 150-year-old Big Red Barn building is open again after a summer of intensive renovations, according to manager Kris Corda.

A beam fell from the structure in 2007, requiring engineers to inspect the building, according to Corda.

Upon their assessment, the engineers found a variety of structural problems.

“They reinforced it and said, ‘This will hold, but in the future you need to do a full structural [renovation],’” Corda said.

This summer, approximately 20 workers spent 67 days repairing the roof, restructuring the chimney, applying fresh siding, redoing the cupola — the small dome-like structure on the roof of the building — and reinforcing the walls, according to project manager Brian Watson.

The project was originally intended to span across two summers, but Watson said the Barn is heavily used to the extent that the community “couldn’t live with the Big Red Barn being closed for two summers in a row.”

In addition to being a student center for graduate and professional students and housing a café, the Big Red Barn hosts more than 200 events each year, according to Corda. Along with events for students such as TGIF — “Tell Grads It’s Friday” — and Trivia Night, the Barn also serves the greater Ithaca community.

Corda said the renovations that were made were more structural than aesthetic.

“We didn’t want it to fall down, even if it was beautiful,” she said. “It wasn’t really a choice.”

According to Corda, the Barn had had a temperature control problem since its original construction, which the staff of the Big Red Barn said they hoped to elimi-

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The Barn bounces back | The Big Red Barn, which has undergone various renovations since a beam fell from the structure in 2007 — including 67 days of intensive reconstruction this summer — is open for business once again.

nate with the renovations. Last fall, digitally-regulated valves were installed so that the heat switches on and off automatically depending on the temperature. Other changes include new energy-efficient insulation as well as plans to put in storm windows and an exhaust fan.

The Big Red Barn was built in the 1870s as a carriage house for the University president, according to Corda.

“It’s not on the town or the county’s Historic Registry, but Cornell considers it sacred,” she said.

With this in mind, Corda said great care was taken throughout the renovations to retain the original structure. Workers made sure that the ceiling and floor boards were in the original order when reinstalled.

Watson said there were difficulties when working with an old structure such as the Barn.

“We didn’t have any good, original construction drawings to work with. We only had drawings available to us from the various iterations of work that was done

when it was turned from a barn into a gathering place,” he said.

Still, Watson said he was committed to keeping the original integrity of the building.

“Very seldom do we work on a building where we hope that the outcome is that people walk by and know that work was done there, but they wonder what we really did,” he said.

Corda said that students and community members should not worry that the renovations will bring a change in the Barn’s atmosphere.

“When the first beam fell in 2007 … we got so many calls from [alumni] to the President’s office saying ‘You’re not tearing down the Barn are you?’” she said.

“That was very explicit. We’re not changing the Barn.

Olivia Lutwak can be reached at ocl2@cornell.edu.

Speaker Talks Anti-Israel Bias in Reporting on Middle East

By JOSHUA POLL0CK Sun Contributor

Yishai Goldflam — a member of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America — discussed media bias, specifically regarding events in the Middle East at a lecture in Anabel Taylor Hall Tuesday.

The public’s perception of political events in the Middle East and Israel is often distorted by media bias, according to Goldflam, who spoke during a lecture hosted by the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Goldflam said he believes that Israel received a large share of negative bias during last summer’s conflict.

“Israel [and the Middle East] is one of the

most reported on topics, and I think it’s important to get the right picture or else it distorts the public’s opinion,” he said. “We don’t want to turn people into Israel-supporters, we’re just trying to correct the wrong facts in the news.”

Throughout his presentation, Goldflam showed the audience various news headlines about events in the Middle East. Sources for the headlines included The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, American Broadcasting Company and the British Broadcasting Company.

Goldflam said he believes that only the headline from the Los Angeles Times — which read “Hamas keeps up rocket attacks after Israel agrees to cease-fire” — did not show an “inherent anti-Israel bias.” He com-

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pared this to ABC’s “Israel resumes Gaza “Survey: Most Israeli Jews wouldn’t give bombing campaign,” which he said is slant- Palestinians vote if West Bank was annexed,” ed against Israel in a way that creates “a [neg- after complaints that the title did not reflect ative] chain reaction” on public opinion of the actual findings of the poll, he said.

Israel.

Reut Baer ’17, the CAMERA fellow for “Most people don’t read the entire article Cornell, organized Goldflam’s lecture at the and get their information from the head- University. lines,” he said.

Baer said she hoped Goldflam’s lecture Goldflam also said he believes that would help reveal biases news organizations Western journalists were intimidated by the can have, in light of recent conflict in Israel Palestinian militant group Hamas over the and the Middle East. summer, reducing the quality of reporting “Especially after the events of this sumon Gaza and accounting for some misinfor- mer, students and faculty on campus need to mation presented by news outlets. be informed of the facts,” she said. “Just “The world did not because it was in the get all of the informa“The world did not get all news, doesn’t mean that tion until the [conflict] is actually fact.” of the information until the was over,” Goldflam Baer added she that said. had previously heard [conflict] was over.”

To support his claim, Goldflam give a talk in Yishai Goldflam Goldflam showed the Boston. audience a video of a “[I thought] he’d be reporter working for the a great addition to New Delhi Television Limited outlet report- Cornell and [CIPAC],” she said. ing on Hamas firing missiles out of a densely Brandon Gold ’18 said he attended the populated civilian zone in the Gaza Strip. event to learn about potential inaccuracies in “This report is being aired on [New the media.

Delhi Television Limited] and [is] published “[I want] to see an organization that deals on ndtv.com after our team left the Gaza with bias in the media and to hear from Strip,” the article states. “Hamas has not someone who dedicated [his] time to locate taken very kindly to any reporting of its inaccurate sources and to present and fix rockets being fired.” these inaccuracies,” he said. “One must be Goldflam added that Israel-related bias careful when reading the news.” also comes from areas outside of Palestinian According to Goldflam, CAMERA proterritories. motes “accuracy and accountability” in the “A lot of the misinformation is com[ing] news about Israel and the Middle East by from Israel itself,” he said. “Some of it is due contacting news outlets that publish inaccuto translation issues, some of it is due to slop- rate information. CAMERA claims it does py reporting and some of it [due to not have an official stance on the Arab-Israeli reporters] with agendas.” conflict, or the United States’ foreign policy Goldflam also gave the example from in the Middle East, according to the organiHaaretz, an Israeli newspaper. zation.

The original title of an article in Haaretz — “Most Israelis support an apartheid Joshua Pollack can be reached at regime in Israel” — was later changed it to jpp266@cornellsun.com.

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Haym Hirsh, dean of the faculty for computing and information science, said that he was “honored” to be a part of a dedication to a building that transformed Cornell.

“Gates Hall is a transformational event for Cornell,” Hirsh said. “It brings to fruition a vision started over 20 years ago with Cornell creating CIS at the close of the 20th century to respond to the scholarly and academic opportunities offered by the information age in the 21st century.”

The new Bill and Melinda Gates building has provided the CIS department with a modernized home that will “help foster collaboration and strengthen students educational experiences,” according to Hirsh.

Robert Harrison, ’76, chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, also said he felt “privileged” to attend the dedication of a building that represents Cornell’s vision as a pioneering university that fosters collaborative work “Gates Hall is a to affect the transformational event for world.

“I have Cornell. It brings to had the fruition a vision started opportunity over twenty years ago.” of seeing this building Haym Hirsh go from a proposal to a reality during my time as a trustee and it is a privilege to be here today for this dedication,” he said. “The work that takes place here will be of critical importance in realizing Cornell’s vision of becoming the landing university to the 21st century world.”

Through his interactions with Bill and Melinda Gates along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Harrison said that the building represents how the Gates’ “generosity and passion” for improving world issues coincides with Cornell’s

mission to educate for public service.

“I have interacted with Bill and Melinda Gates and the Gates foundation in my day job working for the Clinton Global Initiative and the issues we focused on there were issues like food security, global health and empowering girls and women,” he said. “It is very clear to me that [their] very generous and passionate commitment to improve the world, on so many fronts and across so many disciplines is the perfect expression of Cornell’s own mission to develop and disseminate knowledge with a public purpose.”

President David Skorton said he is thankful for all of those who contributed to the existence of a building that serves as a “visual icon for the university and community.”

“It beautifully fulfills the vision of a structure that will facilitate collaboration and the free exchange of ideas,” Skorton said. “It will inspire the students, faculty and staff through elegant design and state of the art sustainability.”

In reference to Cornell’s computer science department’s 50-year existence, Bill Gates said he feels a “little old” because his involvement with computers began just a few years after Cornell’s.

“I was about nine years old when Cornell got into computer science and four years later, I got into computer science,” he said. “My computer science department is 46 years old [back] when computers were expensive.”

Additionally, Bill Gates said it is an “amazing time” to be in the field of computer science because of the opportunities for finding solutions to old problems in a way that is different from other fields.

“This is an absolutely amazing time and even makes some of us wonder if this will go so fast that society will have to adapt and change to take advantage of it,” he said. “I think it creates opportunities, we just have to be smart about how we take advantage of that, for all the work that we’ve done here,” he said.

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tuitions have crept up fairly dramatically for two reasons: cost increases and state subsidization of their universities has gone down.”

Gates said he feels it is important to be “conservative” about making radical changes to private institutions.

“The super high-quality, private institutions have a very very high cost but they’re mixing in two missions: giving the world’s best education to undergraduates and graduates and giving back to the world in terms of research,” Gates said. “My general view is that those schools are going to be under the least pressure to change.

They provide so much to the world in terms of leadership and science.”

Gates said another area of focus in improving higher education should be be raising the graduation rate.

“America has the most drop-outs in universities [and] huge drop-out levels, so we’re not serving these students,” he said.

“There’s a strong correlation between low income and drop-out rate, even independent of your SAT score.”

Gates said that one improvement colleges should make is to cut down on the number of lecturers and focus on the select few who are the best at talking about their fields.

“Some [lectures] are good, some aren’t,” he said. “No university has the best lectures in all subjects, particularly as you move down the tuition level.”

Gates said he feels that the way colleges and universities are measured — such as by the average SAT scores of their students — also needs to be reformed.

“If you have a high SAT score going in, [the university] is not going to make you dumber. I’d like to see an output measure. I’d like to see a university and say, ‘We took kids with a 400 SAT score and they were super smart when they left our university,’ not, ‘We were sure they were smart when they came in, and we didn’t damage them.”

Gates added that when students are considering potential colleges to apply to, they “don’t know how much value that university really has.”

“We have these weird proxy measures,” he said. “One of the columns in the U.S. News and World Report is efficiency — they rank you higher if you spend more money. It’s a perverse incentive that doesn’t really [represent] the quality of that product.”

He also provided advice for anybody who wants to be as successful as he has been, saying that it is important for people to pick something they love doing.

“It’s very good if the skill of learning new things is something you retain as you get older,” Gates said. “Something I have that some people have lost as they get older is the willingness to learn a new subject. And having smart friends who rescue your dead ends is a pretty good thing.”

The Bailey Hall event — which had over 1,000 students in attendance — took place after intense anticipation by students.

Though the tickets — which ran out in minutes — were originally free, students began selling them for prices upwards of $200, The Sun previously reported.

Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.

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tices who were more affiliated with the more conservative perspective.

“And I can’t tell you how amazing it was to get the call from [Marshall] to ask me to be his clerk, particularly because at least at the time I applied to be a clerk, we were told you should apply to all the justices,” she said. “I mean after all, who are we — some 20-year-old kid — to decide you’ll clerk for one, but not another justice? Any one of them would have been fine.”

She added that she was nervous about getting the job with Marshall since she had never met him during the interview process.

“But I got the call to work with Justice Marshall as one of his clerks for a year,” Garrett said. “And it was an amazing opportunity to work for somebody who made such a difference in the world.”

Marshall’s vision of equality for all also made a difference for Garrett while she worked for him, she said.

“It’s important to understand that Justice Marshall’s “It’s important to understand vision for America for that Justice Marshall’s vision equality was not one limited to the realm of racial [and] for America for equality was ethnic equality. It was a not limited to the realm of capacious view of equality for all Americans to particiracial [and] ethnic inequality.” pate,” Garrett said.

“I try to always talk Elizabeth Garrett about Justice Marshall because I think it’s important for all of us to remember what he did for the country,” she added.

When Marshall died in January 1993, Garrett said she stood vigil for more than an hour and a half and “watched as families snaked through Washington, D.C. in … bitterly cold weather.”

“I feel that part of my obligation as someone who knew him was to ensure that we do always remember,” she said. “But I also think that we have obligations to try to instantiate his vision of America, to work [and] to expand equality and the opportunity to participate.”

The Sun’s news department can be reached at news@cornellsun.com.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking public rebuke, the Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans for a controversial new housing project in east Jerusalem would distance Israel from “even its closest allies” and raise questions about its commitment to seeking peace with Palestinians.

The harsh criticism came just hours after President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House. Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said the president privately raised his concerns with Netanyahu though the two leaders made no mention of the matter in their public comments to reporters.

“This development will only draw condemnation from the international community,” Earnest said. “It also would call into question Israel’s ultimate commitment to a peaceful negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.”

Netanyahu pushed back against the criticism, according to reporters traveling with him Wednesday, saying that people should have all of the information before making such statements. He also said that while Obama did raise the issue of settlements in their meeting, the discussion did not focus on specific cases.

An Israeli official confirmed the accuracy of Netanyahu’s comments to his traveling press

corps. The official would discuss the matter only on condition of anonymity.

The new 2,500 unit project that stoked U.S. anger is contentious because it would complete a band of Jewish areas that separate Jerusalem from nearby Bethlehem. The U.S. has repeatedly criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, casting it as damaging to efforts to secure an elusive peace accord with the Palestinians.

The White House also condemned what it called the recent occupation of residential buildings in Silwan, an Arab neigh-

“This development will only draw condemnation from the international community.”

Josh Earnest borhood in east Jerusalem where several hundred hard-line Israeli settlers have moved in recent years. Earnest called the move was “provocative” and said it would “escalate tensions at a moment when those tensions have already been high.”

Appearing before reporters earlier, Obama and Netanyahu betrayed little of the U.S. displeasure projected by the White House spokesman, as well as officials at the State Department.

While the two leaders have long had a tense relationship, each took a polite and cordial tone in

their brief public remarks.

Still, areas of discord were evident, most notably Obama's frustration with Palestinian civilian deaths in during the summer war in Gaza and Israel’s wariness of U.S.-led nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Sitting alongside Netanyahu, Obama said leaders must “find ways to change the status quo so that both Israel citizens are safe in their own homes, and schoolchildren in their schools, from the possibility of rocket fire but also that we don’t have the tragedy of Palestinian children being killed as well.”

More than 2,100 Palestinians — the vast majority of them civilians, according to the United Nations — and more than 70 Israelis were killed during the 50-day war in Gaza.

Officials said much of Obama and Netanyahu's private discussions centered on Iran.

The U.S. and its negotiating partners — Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — have until Nov. 24 to reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear program, and all sides say significant gaps remain.

The West suspects that Iran is secretly trying to build a nuclear weapon alongside its civilian atomic program, something that Israel sees as an existential threat.

Netanyahu reiterated his skepticism that the diplomatic process will allow Tehran to keep aspects of its program intact.

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Propelling the Discussion Around Mental Health Forward LAST WEEK, THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY PASSED Resolution 8: Resources in Syllabi for Mental Health, which calls upon professors to include standardized information about mental health and where to find appropriate resources within course syllabi. While we at The Sun believe that spreading information about mental health resources is a step in the right direction, we challenge the S.A. to continue the discussion with mental health professionals to find the best and most effective ways to help students.

The resolution, if passed by the Faculty Senate, would result in a pre-written note in all syllabi informing students about where they can seek help for stress. The note, with the addition of a list of resources such as EARS, CAPS, Let’s Talk and the Learning Strategies Center, would say the following: “It is normal to experience stress at a school like Cornell; it is important to realize when this stress is no longer healthy and instead becomes debilitating. Professors, administrators and students recognize the importance of accommodating this stress and there are a number of resources on campus meant to assist you in times of need.

If you are feeling this way at any point throughout the semester, reach out to your professor, or teaching assistant for academic advice and support. Additionally, the following resources are available to offer stress relief, and promote your mental and emotional wellbeing.”

We support students and seek to help them when they are overwhelmed by stress.

We further encourage students and faculty to be empathetic about the stresses that exist and provide any help they can.

In regards to the resolution, Ross Glitin ’15, undergraduate student trustee, said, “It is best to wait [to vote on the resolution] … until we have reached out to the director of mental health because he is in the know and as a professional he knows what’s best.” We agree that the S.A. should consult mental health professionals when dealing with resolutions of this nature. However, we still stand by Resolution 8. We believe that the inclusion of this statement in every syllabus is a positive addition and will serve as a constant reminder to students that help is available.

Given our support for this resolution, we also call on the Faculty Senate to also show its support for the increased access to information regarding mental health resources on every syllabus and pass S.A. Resolution 8 when it reaches a vote.

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ast week, I was navigating through because you know, that’s what happens the Facebook page Humans of New when you listen.

York. Currently, Brandon Stanton is When we truly listen, naturally we in Mexico. One picture that really struck learn. Listening is not nodding and me from his visit to Mexico City is of a repeating phrases verbatim: that’s merely father carrying a broom, working dili- your brain and ears functioning properly. gently. The father told Brandon, “I gave Listening is much more organic than that my three-year-old daughter some worth- — much less systematic. It’s about digestless coins, and jokingly told her that she ing a rich wealth of information, the stowas rich. She went and hid the coins ries and identities inherent within us all. away, and I forgot all about them. Stop yourself every once in a while and Around the same time, my oldest daugh- really listen to what you just said, the ter got a bunch of money from her aunts words coming out of your mouth. They and uncles for her birthday. A few probably don’t sound as eloquent as they months later, we needed money for food, did in the void of space that is your brain, and I asked my oldest daughter if we five seconds ago. could use some of her birthday money.

At the beginning training of EARS, we She refused. I almost started crying, are taught not to give advice. Ironic, no? because I thought then that I had com- More important than giving people your pletely failed as a parent. But suddenly, two cents is offering people your two ears. my youngest daughter appeared, and gave You can’t tell someone how to live their me back the handful of coins that I had life, but you can guide them into finding given her.” People are truly fascinated by their own answers. We’re so busy listening the kind of people Brandon meets regu- to ourselves talk, we are unaware of the larly, almost as if he’s cherry picking the voices we have perpetually silenced. best of the best. I was too, until one comWe are inherently threatened by what ment struck me: we fear we can lose: “I read these stoour opinions. We More important than giving ries and think, feel absolutely enti‘Brandon meets such tled to them. people your two cents is extraordinary people’ Consequently, we then I catch myself end up trivializing offering people your two and realize that I'm anyone who is difmeeting them every- ears. You can’t tell someone ferent — anyone who thinks conday, too. He just LISTENS to them how to live their life, but you trary to you. and I haven't been.”

Criticism is meant can guide them into finding to deconstruct your What do HONY fans, Emma Watson current destructive their own answers.

TIME articles, mindset, in order racism and Cornell to reconstruct an EARS beginning improved and more trainers all have in common? Listening — just one. It is your duty to be humbled or rather, the lack thereof (in varying by what is true; to evolve accordingly degrees, of course). Brandon Stanton lis- with the truth. Growth doesn’t come tens for a living, but not all of his fans do. through sustaining our train of thoughts We implicitly harm the people we intend long enough to grace a crowd with our to help, because sometimes, we like to eloquent argument. A truly strong point hear ourselves talk. If you have ever ques- will address the contrary, not verbatim, tioned, “does rape culture really exist” or rather analytically and respectively. A “does racism really still exist.” Spoiler truly strong person will be humbled by alert: uh, yeah. You just haven’t been lis- being wrong. They are the ones who tening — really. grow.

Cathy Young’s TIME article “Sorry, I am guilty of this, but I’m working on Emma Watson, but HeForShe Is Rotten it. I’m not afraid to lose my train of for Men” invalidated the movement thought anymore if it means listening to because, according to her, Watson did not people will build a new, more improved extensively cover issues regarding the track. injustices perpetrated towards men.

More than anything, everyone’s narraExcept, Watson kind of actually did. She tive demands to be told. We should listen. didn’t, however, list all issues with regards to the injustices acted upon women or Paola Muñoz is a sophomore in the College of men. If she had, the speech would have Human Ecology. She can be reached at gone on for days. She assumed that her pmm245@cornell.edu. Midas’ Crumbs appears audience would hopefully get the point, alternate Thursdays this semester.

CORRECTIONS An Oct. 1 news supplement photo caption incorrectly identified Cornell President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes.

Due to an editing error, an Oct. 1 news photo caption incorrectly stated that a student protest against rape culture occurred Wednesday, when in fact it was held Tuesday.

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It’s Okay If You’re a Republican

he unfortunate truth about our political process is that the American people often elect unsavory people to high office. Generally, this is result of a lack of knowledge about their true characters, and, when people find out about what they’ve done, they’ll be swept out of office at their next election, but sometimes the people just don’t care. And they’re more likely to get away unscathed if they’re Republicans.

Starting with the fairly benign, two sitting Senators have faced accusations of plagiarism.

John Walsh (D-Mont.) was appointed to the Senate earlier this year to fill the vacancy created when Max Baucus was named Ambassador to China. Locked in a tight race for election to the full term in November, Walsh encountered a major hurdle when his master’s thesis was revealed to have been mostly plagiarized. He faced an immediate backlash which destroyed his campaign and eventually led him to drop out of the race entirely, all but securing a pickup of the seat for the Republicans.

On the other hand, Sen. Rand Paul (RKy.) has repeatedly plagiarized others in his speeches and book, lifting paragraphs from sources like Wikipedia. When called out on this, Paul didn’t apologize like Walsh had, but instead he denied it ever happened — despite there being video evidence — and blamed the allegations on liberal “haters.” While his copying wasn’t nearly as serious as Walsh’s, this hasn’t dimmed this rising star’s presidential aspirations one bit. In fact, he’ll now be able to call himself the victim of media attacks, enflaming his conservative supporters and potentially

increasing his chances to become the only reason Tierney’s ethics are being questioned is because his wife committed tax fraud Presidential nominee.

Turning to a more serious sin, Gov. Eliot while helping her brothers operate an illegal Spitzer (D-N.Y.) was forced to resign in dis- business. He paid for the crimes of his family.

On the other hand, Rep. Scott DesJarlais grace after soliciting a high-end prostitute.

Cheating on your spouse and breaking the law (R-Tenn.) won his primary this year by the are generally not looked upon favorably, even skin of his teeth – topping his nearest chalin New York, so he resigned, and was defeated lenger by a paltry 38 votes. He will almost cerin his comeback bid for New York City tainly be back in D.C. next year, championing family values and fighting for pro-life policies.

Comptroller in 2013.

However, adultery and law breaking don’t So what did this doctor-turned-congressman always lead to repudiation at the polls. Sen. do to deserve two more years in Washington?

David Vitter (R-La.) solicited prostitutes Nothing too bad. He only had six affairs — two of while also w h i c h claiming to be a defender But the conclusion I’m forced to draw were with — of the “sancis that Republicans have found a way patients prescribed tity of marto convince their voters that the drugs to riage.” But, not only did characters of their representatives one of his Vitter not don’t actually matter. mistresses, and preshave to sured his resign, he was given a standing ovation by his fellow wife and one mistress into getting abortions.

Republican Senators for his “contrition” and But at least his wife’s not a criminal.

I could go on for a long time about all of he was re-elected in a landslide in 2010. He’s also favored to win the election for governor these scandals, talking about how Rep. next year. If that’s what sleeping with a prosti- Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) sending dirty pictute did for his career, it’s amazing that more tures over Twitter ends in him resigning and reviled, while Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) visRepublicans don’t try it.

During this year’s primaries, only four iting his mistress in Argentina without telling members of Congress lost re-nomination. The anyone he’s leaving the state he’s supposed to only Democrat among the bunch was Rep. be running ends in him getting a seat in John Tierney (D-Mass.) who’s been under a Congress. But the conclusion that I’m forced cloud of ethics troubles since 2010. So what to draw is that Republicans have found a way horrible thing did Tierney do to find himself to convince their voters that the characters of in such hot water? Absolutely nothing. The their representatives don’t actually matter. As

long as a candidates policy positions are sufficiently far right, it doesn’t matter what they’ve ever done.

This mindset of “what can this person do for me” is a central part of politics, but it seems to have been taken to an extreme with the Republicans. Sure, Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) may be under indictment and may have threatened to kill a reporter, but he’s a Staten Island Republican, so Staten Islands Republicans will back him anyway. And that’s not to say that the Democrats are perfect either — Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) keeps getting re-elected despite his ethics issues — but that’s the exception and not the rule.

When the electorate and the media constantly complain about the politicians in Washington — how they’re terrible extremists causing all of this gridlock — yet they don’t care about the personal shortcomings of those same politicians, the outcome seems obvious.

People vote for their personal interests, and the negative consequences don’t factor in. But all this does is erode public confidence in political leaders even further when the bad inevitably comes out. The only way for this to change is for the American people — especially Republican voters — to stop voting for bad people, even ones with whom they agree.

Until that happens, politicians are going to be held in contempt by the people that elected them.

Eric Pesner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at erp55@cornell.edu.

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THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Julius Kairey |

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Who Owns Culture?

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can’t stand white belly dancers.”So says Randa Jarrar in an article in Slate magazine. Her justification?

Opposition to a concept often called “cultural appropriation.”

You might expect calls for the exclusion of people from participation in certain forms of art to be rare, drawing nearuniversal condemnation when made. Instead, many others seem all too eager eager to jump on the same bandwagon.

Charges of “cultural appropriation” are frequently leveled against popular cultural figures like Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea. We are constantly exhorted to fear the “theft” of culture — as if culture was a finite resource — particularly when it occurs at the hands of those with “privilege.” At the heart of this lies a pernicious mentality: “My culture is for me, and your culture is for you; any exchange between the two must occur on my terms.”

Indeed, the term “appropriation” implies the loss of an initial ownership. It rests on the assumption that every group of people has the collective right to control an independent culture. After all, something cannot be appropriated if it was not owned to begin with. But therein lies the fundamental problem with all claims of “cultural appropriation”: People do not actually own the cultures with which they identify. Culture belongs to everyone. Therefore, borrowing the art, literature, music or dance that may be associated with a certain group of people cannot reasonably be deemed a form of theft.

Why is this true? Think about what it means to say that you belong to a particular culture. It means that you identify with a certain set of practices and norms that manifest themselves in ways ranging from what you wear, to how you look, to what you believe. Your culture makes you feel distinct from the rest of society by anchoring you to a particular heritage.

But here’s the thing that is often forgotten about culture: It is fluid, not static. Culture does not develop in a vacuum, sealed off from any potential altering influence. It advances and changes through interactions with a myriad of cultural practices, and the resulting amalgamated culture, in turn,

serves as an influence on other cultures. What you call your culture, therefore, is really just a mix of parts of the different cultures of a variety of peoples. Those who accuse others of stealing their culture fail to acknowledge that the culture they claim to own was actually “stolen” from someone else.

By viewing culture as something to be hoarded rather than shared, those who decry “cultural appropriation” threaten to destroy the dynamic that drives cultural change. The consequences of this shift in mentality would be severe. Treating culture as the common ownership of humanity, not the prerogative of a particular group, has led to magnificent cultural developments. To take just one example, Yo-Yo Ma has become a world-renowned cellist using a musical instrument

Think about what it means to say that you belong to a particular culture. It means that you identify with a certain set of practices and norms. of European cultural extraction despite not being of European ancestry. These sorts of developments should not be feared based on the idea that Yo-Yo Ma is some sort of cultural thief who steals the fruits of traditional European culture during every performance.

The basic rationale behind claims of “appropriation” is that others should not be allowed to benefit from a culture’s artistic, intellectual or other development without some sort of authorization. But is this standard really tenable? If white women are not permitted to belly dance because of the dance’s Middle Eastern origins, should non-Italians similarly be barred from “stealing” Italian culture by selling pizza? Would the same exclusive “cultural ownership” rule apply with regard to other peoples who created things in a particular cultural context, such as the Chinese and fireworks, the British and the

plays of Shakespeare or Americans and blue jeans?

In any event, the question of “cultural appropriation” seems purely academic. In a world marked by frequent interactions between diverse groups of people — where globalization is continuously tearing down barriers — it is not really realistic for us to try to prevent cultures from being altered, or to otherwise demand to dictate the terms on which cultures are engaged. The days of monolithic cultures are long gone.

But that is no reason to despair. Cultural exchange serves to foster comity between groups. A white woman who spends years perfecting her belly dancing technique is not spitting on Middle Eastern culture, but acknowledging its value as a form of expression. Similarly, an Asian-American man who wants to use hip-hop to express his thoughts is necessarily acknowledging the utility of a traditionally African-American music genre in communicating ideas. It takes a particularly acute paranoia — manifesting itself in the belief that one’s culture is under a constant existential threat — to feel threatened by these developments. In truth, cultural exchange promotes empathy and understanding.

Of course, some forms of cultural exchange are better than others. People should not mock others through the use of their cultural symbols, and we should critique those who seek to cast certain cultures into disrepute for their own amusement. But that is more a matter of common courtesy than a statement about cultural ownership. As a general proposition, we should appreciate when others seek to share in our culture, not demand that they receive our permission to do so. Telling people what art forms they may or may not engage in based on their skin color or ancestry is an unjustifiable attack on their right to form an identity for themselves. People should be able to use any art form they see fit.

Julius Kairey is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Cornell’s Newest ‘Glow Truck’ Diversifies the Dining Options Rocio Guerro’15 praises Franny’s creative and flavor-filled Pan-Asian cuisine designed by Statler students and staff

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In contrast to the food truck’s minimalist design, Cornell’s newest eatery showcases the difpon arriving at Franny’s, ferent talents of students and located behind Sibley staff. Its Pan-Asian menu, creatHall, I was struck by its ed by staff and students at the design, which I later learned was Statler, offers a selection of flathe result of a College of vorful Vietnamese, Korean and Architecture, Indian cuiArt and I t w a s w r a p p e d sine options Planning stua dash i n a t h i n c r e p e with dent-led proof Mexican m a d e f r o m r i c e flavor. The ject. Built in a sleek rectan- b a t t e r a n d c a m e m e n u gular fashion stands out with two side with a window as a result sauces — for customers of its to order and unique c i l a n t r o m i n t pick up food v a r i e t y, chutney and a from, the w h i c h white outer t a r t a n d s l i g h t l y i n c l u d e s shell is lit by such s w e e t t a m a r i n d items dimmable as Kale chutney.

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Salad, Pork The “glow Bánh Mì truck” concept behind this and the Dosa-Dilla. A Dosadesign is meant to attract the Dilla is a cross between a Dosa attention of bystanders. It defi- and Quesadilla, a hybrid that nitely caught mine. allows customers to step outside of their comfort zones without being completely overwhelmed.

Feeling adventurous, I ordered a full-fledged meal that consisted of a Vietnamese Iced Coffee, the Dosa Wrap with chicken, and for dessert, the Tropical Coconut Tapioca.

Up until this point I had been enthralled with the cool design and original menu. The experience was, however, slightly dampened when I tried to find a Sun Staff Contributor

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This marked the beginning of a scavenger hunt to find a place where we could all sit, see one another and avoid the discomfort of the blinding sun. I realized the seating consisted of several rectangular blocks clustered in front of the truck. After several trial and error attempts to find the perfect spot, we decided on one of the larger seating

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After a very short wait, our order number was called. Since the blocks had no tables to accompany them, the eating experience was a bit uncomfortable. That being said, I was too occupied with my Dosa Wrap to care much. The Dosa I ordered was stuffed with chicken, flavorful curry potatoes and a tomato and jalapeno relish. It was wrapped in a thin crepe made from rice batter and came with two side sauces — cilantro-mint chutney and a tart, and slightly sweet, tamarind chutney. With a deep appreciation for cilantro, I enjoyed the chutney’s lightness

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While the Dosa Wrap was good, my favorite part of my meal was the Vietnamese iced coffee and the Tropical Coconut Tapioca dessert. The coffee taste in the icy beverage was subtle and the drink was deliciously sweet. Most of my classes are held on the Ag quad, but I’d gladly make the trip back to Franny’s for the Vietnamese iced coffee. The delightful Tropical Coconut Tapioca comes in a cup for one. It tastes similar to a piña colada (hold the rum and ice!) with its pineapple and coconut mix-ins and creamy flavor, perfect for a warm Cornell day.

Ultimately, I think Franny’s has a few logistical kinks to work out. Ordering and picking up food from the same window may cause some confusion during the truck’s busy hours, and with Ithaca’s infamous harsh winters, waiting outside for food and eating in the cold may be a drawback for customers. The creative menu and flavor-filled food, however, may make it well worth it.

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ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

To put to bed the recurring complaint that all Real Estate songs sound the same (and the New Jersey quintet naming one of their best “All the Same” surely didn’t help), just look at the crowd that filled The Haunt Tuesday night to see them. Or, rather, look how it moved.

There was a lot of the head- and waist-swaying you could expect for a band whose signature guitar sound is shimmery, entrancing and quintessentially “chill.” Tellingly, however, the movements of the college students and townies in attendance varied throughout the night: Some songs called for eyes to the floor as fists air drummed along, and others sparked a no-contact variant of moshing that, while respectful, still fueled a most entropic display. During the slowed-down breakdown at the end of “The Bend,” a key track off this year’s Atlas, almost everyone bobbed their heads back a foot and forward a few more, like loyal pumpjacks on an oil field.

A Real Estate concert demands more energy than you might think. For an hour and a half set of spritely indie rock to not just stay interesting, but engage every soul in the room says more about a band’s intimacy with its fans than any technical skill. It’s not even a matter of sobriety, or lack thereof, for the parking lots were packed and plenty of friends before the show spoke in hushed tones about how much work they had to do when they got home. But once the show, which was organized by Dan Smalls Presents, got going, it was as if all that baggage fell to the floor and a mid-week respite took on a more powerful, albeit different meaning for each person there. I heard friends and total strangers gush, after the show or mid-song, how isn’t this just the greatest?

Like the night’s headliner, opener Regal Degal exercised surprising control over the audience with their loud, loose and very ’80s post-punk. Frontman Josh da Costa, sporting a possibly ironic mullet, did the typical opener thing where he introduced his band’s name and place of origin (“New York City!”) between every song, which became a running joke that worked because he kept a straight face. He also dropped the vivid titles of their songs, such as “Eaten Alive in Front of Stained Glass,” “I Sit Like a Chair” and “Ruining My Life.” If these guys lack the sincerity of Real Estate, they also boast a crazy sound that shifts with each song, where you get drum machines on one track and Peter Buck-

esque guitars on another, with macabre confessionals as the only throughline. My friend Ana Niño ’15 summed them up: “They’re like The Smiths plus The Cure ... but adolescent.”

Fading in their performance with “Green River,” a breezy song off their 2009 debut, Real Estate started small in order to build to something big, like the hypnotic “Kinder Blumen” or an energized update of “Beach Comber.” About a third through, bassist Alex Bleeker said as such, “I feel like we can go farther, and push this show into legendary territory.” And they sure came close. That is not to shortchange some of the great songs early on, like “Had to Hear,” “Crime” and “Green Aisles,” which I scrawled in all caps in my notes upon recognizing that opening arpeggio. But once the band got a feel for the audience and their many microphone levels in order, the songs flowed blissfully from one to the next and raised us with them higher and higher, to the point that when it was all over, the band looked sad to go.

The individual members of Real Estate do not appear to carbon copies of one another, in look or temperament, which made watching them live that much easier. Though I could not see Matt Kallman at the keyboard, drummer Jackson Pollis held the rear of the stage with an intensity that matched the deliberate, slightly slower tempo he set and stuck to for the night. Lead singer and guitarist Martin Courtney carried a similar introverted presence, opting to stare into the middle distance as he sang halcyon or else mournful lyrics rather than goof off or move about the stage.

Bleeker fulfilled those duties, being the gregarious one who saw fit to poll the audience for Grateful Dead fans and schmooze about the beauty of Ithaca. Guitarist Matt Mondanile, meanwhile, looked lost in thought during the verses of “Talking Backwards,” where he does not play, and considering he helms a separate band, Ducktails, one can imagine that thought was fruitful. But most of the time he was on the verge of stealing the show, like when he closed his eyes and tore into the simple but lush chords of “It’s Real.”

I’d be remiss not to mention an unexpected star of the night, who happens to not even be a member of the band, though maybe an honorary one at this point. The name “Josh Kay” was shouted right before “Horizon” and popped up every so often to the very end, even serving as the chant that summoned the band’s

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O Often, the best move for an artist on their sophomore album is to refine their sound, rather than attempt to take bold steps forward. This can yield music that is stylistically similar to their debut effort, but that deepens and improves their talents. What is lost in risk is made up for in establishing the artist’s consistency and developing maturity.

While Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is Thom Yorke’s second album, this does not necessarily apply to him.

As the most prominent member of Radiohead, one of the most creative and critically acclaimed bands of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, Yorke already has an extensive back catalogue that any new efforts must be compared to. Unfortunately, with a past as impressive and accomplished as his, the comparably minimal aspirations and risk of Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes sound too safe and familiar.

One problem is that Yorke’s lyrics have become much less enchanting. Yorke once sounded like he had tapped into truths about bleak and meaningless life in a new age of technology that could not be expressed in explicit language, and thus were rendered in elliptical fragments (“After years of waiting / Nothing came” from “Packt Like Sardines in a

encore. Like Real Estate and, it so happens, myself, Josh Kay hails from Bergen County, New Jersey, and in an interesting twist of journalistic disclosure, I must admit I’ve known him since high school. He is a senior at Ithaca College with many friends, and while we are not close, we’ve exchanged too many niceties at too many parties, in too many states, for me to not say it was pretty surreal seeing him invited on-stage for the encore.

The band knows and clearly likes Josh, for this was his tenth Real Estate show. I caught up with him briefly after the show and he counted this as one of the best because “they resonated with the crowd.” I’d say that’s accurate, for it is the main reason why a sold-out audience familiar with Atlas and Days ended up, still, so surprised and pleased this great band could be so much better in the flesh.

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

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Yorke sounds stuck in a way he never has before: While Radiohead can sound like entirely different bands on different songs from the same album, most of the songs on Modern Boxes are midtempo, driven by clattering drum beats with distorted, plunking piano and quietly bubbling synths. The music is often quietly moving, but there never seems to be enough substance to give the sense that you are listening to something fully realized. There are few hints of the landmark accomplishments of Radiohead: the disarmingly beautiful, fractured melodies (“Let Down”), the ambitious, multipart guitar freakouts (“Paranoid Android”), the bizarre time-signature experiments that manage to succeed on their own terms (“Myxomatosis”).

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recreate their past accomplishments. What made Radiohead great is that they never tried to do that, and that they hardly ever sounded like the same band from one album to the next with almost perfectly consistent artistic success. Modern Boxes, in comparison, sounds very similar to Yorke’s 2006 debut solo album, The Eraser; except The Eraser’s songs boasted more variation, more appealing melodies and more interesting instrumentation than anything on Modern Boxes.

The songs are fairly enjoyable on their own terms, and Yorke’s unique voice still has its moments of naked beauty despite the effects on it in most songs.

However, even the Radiohead album that Modern Boxes sounds most like (Kid A, with its spaces of ambient music and warbling, robotized vocals) demanded full attention. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, on the other hand, seems like background music; there’s not really enough here to hold one’s attention for long.

Daniel Jones is a freshman in the College of Arts and Science. He can be reached at dwj37@cornell.edu.

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What makes We Are Miracles innovative is that it takes this comedic strategy and employs it for topics that reach beyond the scope of a Harini Kannan typical comedy show.

The first bit on stage begins with Silverman “Stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they’re growing up … I think it’s a mistake! Not because they confidently broadcasting her porn-watching habits. I can just can’t but because it would have never occurred to them that imagine you Silverman non-believers cringing at this, but your judgment is frankly unwarranted. She details her one experithey couldn’t … you’re planting the seed in their brains”.

Who said this? No, it’s not Hillary Clinton or Michelle ence watching a gang-bang porno, of which she says hilariousObama. These are Sarah Silverman’s words, spoken not in ly that she always watches ‘till the way end. This is where she some pretentious talk show or interview but in her newest saw at the end of the video the one man tell the girl (probably comedy show, We Are Miracles. Through her usual artistic and presuming the cameras stopped rolling) “Good work, I know intelligent crudity and highly caustic jokes, Sarah Silverman you were sick today!” What makes this bit rather heart-warmweaves together incredible social and political commentary, ing is that Silverman takes such a considerate comment from highlighting the absurdity, stupidity, beauty and complexity of such a jarring piece of work and talks about how one can find us silly humans. In 54 minutes and with an audience of thir- humanity in the oddest of places. Silverman could have pointty-nine people, Sarah Silverman defined a new standard of ed to so many trite situations in which we can witness humancomedy: vulgarity with a brilliant purpose. This is We Are ity, but she specifically chose the context of porno because societally we predispose pornographers and porn stars to be Miracles.

Some of you might be saying: “Wait … Sarah Silverman?! sub-human in a way (unfairly, but that’s a different story). So The raunchy vulgar woman who goes too far with her come- to draw an example from porn emphasizes that in the most dy?” Yes, we’re thinking of the same comedian and I strongly bizarre situations, one can find humanity, which more than dislike your tone of voice. Silverman is one of the only come- anything gives us not only hope but also perspective to avoid dians who can successfully and intelligently use crudity, far pre-judgment of one’s character.

Silverman similarly discusses aspects of human nature that better than her male counterparts. Yet she has garnered an adverse reputation from it, many thinking she “goes too far” we often times deny or purposefully avoid looking into, such with her comedy (no, of course it has nothing to do with a bla- as absurdity of criticizing novel stupidity while accepting and tant double standard for men and women in comedy!). practicing arcane stupidity as well as deflection of blame and However, those who are quick to judge Silverman for her insecurity. However, We Are Miracles is particularly groundaudacious attempts to stray from lady-like language fail to see breaking for its semi-satirical bit on rape. We’ve seen “comedi-

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ans” attempt to and rightfully fail at making people laugh by exploiting the real and brutal nature of rape — I’m looking at you, Daniel Tosh. So, it seems at first that Silverman is probing a delicate subject too hastily and nonchalantly, but the power of her argument is in the subtle lines of her bit, which is often the case with satire. She begins the bit by ironically saying that rape is an easy topic for comedians because, as she says, rape victims are traditionally non-complainers. The audience at first was hesitant to react to this; in fact, she elicited a couple appalled reactions. She again reinforces stereotype by saying the worst that could happen is a rape victim from the audience approaches the comedian saying rape jokes are insensitive.

While this is where people would naturally say, “She has gone too far,” it is easy to overlook what Silverman is actually doing.

The comedian in the bit assumes the liberty to say these blatantly offensive jokes and suffers no consequences, while the audience member affected by these jokes is in no power to voice her suffering. The power of this comedic bit is that it simulates a genuinely horrifying experience in a way that is manageable for us to understand. Through this metaphorically, water-downed version, we can clearly see the unjustifiable power of the rapist and the diminutive power of the rape victim.

There is no denying that there have been many comedians who have delved into the world of social and political commentary — most intelligent comedians have in at least one of their many works. So what makes We Are Miracles special? No, it’s not simply because Sarah Silverman is my idol and this article is therefore incredibly biased. It’s because this HBO special strikes an original balance between what we societally consider vulgar and concomitantly what we consider brilliant. We frown upon people saying “Stop being a cunt!” but laud the psychoanalytic conclusion that depression, self-loathing and obsession are products of insecurity and a natural tendency of humans to deflect blame on others. Sarah Silverman, instead, decided to morph this dichotomy into an Emmy-winning special: We Are Miracles.

Harini Kannan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at hk473@cornell.edu.

Three Days of Nobodies and Has-Beens

n late August, I found myself sunburned and sweaty, sitting outside on a plastic tarp watching has-been, one-hit-wonder folk star Janis Ian (not to be confused with the the lesbian from Mean Girls) croon her sole megahit “At Seventeen,” which topped the pop charts in 1975 (an era distant but remarkably like ours, in that folk music had crept its way into the mainstream). It was not the performance of a lifetime. It wasn’t even the performance of the evening. In fact, it was kind of depressing, watching this washed-up, nowrotund-but-once-radical queen of folk milk her fossil of a hit for all it was worth.

Nonetheless, I watched feeling absurdly content, totally satisfied to watch the appeased hordes of ecstatic middle-aged ex-hippies, singing along with gusto to their decrepit anthem.

The scene of this cringe-worthy yet heartwarming performance was the Philadelphia Folk Festival, which I attended for my 19th consecutive year this summer. You haven’t heard of the Philadelphia Folk Festival (if you have, you’re from Philly). It’s a festival of approximately 15,000, plunked in some wooded farmland about an hour outside of Philadelphia in the cultural metropolis that is Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. This summer, it celebrated it’s 53rd anniversary, making it the largest and oldest continually running festival of it’s kind in the country. Suck it, Woodstock.

These days, it’s attended by a diverse but generally local base of beatnik-baby-boomersturned-aging-professionals in khaki bucket hats and $50 REI tempurpedic camping chairs who started going in the ‘60s and never stopped (i.e. my parents), their tie-dye adorned children (i.e. me) and a colorful array of eccentrics: dreadlocked stoners, flowercrowned party girls, hillbillies, drag queens, earth mamas, yoga gurus and the like. Not a rare festival crowd, but unique in that a good portion of these people are long-time patrons, people who’ve been coming to Folk Fest either since they were born, or since the before the sexual revolution. This is my family.

Everyone has that absurdly nostalgic annual

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family vacation — a tiny beach town in bumfuck North Carolina, a lake in Montauk or a campsite in Cape Cod. Some place that’s not particularly fabulous, but has become a part of your family culture and mythology. This festival is mine and I attend it with embarrassing, fanatical devotion. Sometime in the early 2000s, my family invested in a massive, industrial-grade canopy for our campsite which is decorated each year with fake flowers, pinwheels and wind chimes, surrounded by tiki torches, plastic flamingos, garden gnomes and other kitschy Goodwill paraphernalia. We observe our Fest customs dogmatically: dinners on the tarp by the main stage, reading in the hammocks in Dulcimer Grove (use your imagination), swimming in Perkiomen creek, the pancake breakfast that the local fire station shuttles families and hungover festival-goers to in hay wagons, complaining about the perennially disappointing line-up, the bad jokes of

come to appreciate it, not merely as an ultrafun respite from real life in which I get to dress up and play hippie in a tent city but as an authentic and meaningful cultural experience as well.

I happen to really love folk music, but this has very little to do with my enjoyment of Fest, and I think a musical phenomenon occurs there every summer that I think is universally valuable. A significant portion of Folk Fest’s four day line-up is ceded to total nobodies.

Not just any nobodies, but the nobodies of folk and blue-grass: South Philly garage bands and nameless talent show singer-songwriters.

In the age of pay-to-play clubs, Soundcloud and reliance on D.J.s, and when it seems like YouTube and American Idol are the curators of aspirant musicians, it’s rare venues like the Folk Fest that have become more organic and open spaces for local voices that foster authentic musical appreciation.

Tangentially, if you’re interested, aside from the nobodies, an interesting generational divide occurs between life-long folk groupies — disciples of Joan Baez, Carole King, Merle Haggard, John Prine, Townes Objectivity Van Zandt, Hank Williams and Bites Pete Seeger — and the newest generation of fans of the genre Gene Shay — who’s emceed the festival for the who worship groups like The Tallest Man On last 53 years (also known as the Dean of Earth, Deer Tick, the Fleet Foxes, Josh Ritter, American folk D.J.s, and the first person to Dawes, The Avett Brothers, First Aid Kit and bring Bob Dylan to Philadelphia in 1963, Phosphorescent. Folk Fest (and the genre where he played for $150 in a concert hall of itself) struggles to negotiate this gap and 40 people) — and a million more. accommodate intergenerational taste, to I digress — I think you get the point. If you appeal both to the casual fans and hipsters, and haven’t, I’ll recap: I cannot critique this festival please the old-fogey folk essentialists. They with a single shred of credibility or objectivity, usually land more on the old fogey side, largely as I love it with such absurd and religious nos- because they don’t have the festival-cred or talgia that this column may in fact just be a money to pull bigger acts. David Bromberg weakly disguised and shameless plug for the comes cheaper than Mumford & Sons these festival. If it’s not too late, I’ll try to spare you days. the bulk of my excessive nostalgia. For most of In this vein, Folk Fest is niche festival for a my life, the Folk Festival has just been my niche audience. A truly beautiful consequence favorite week of the year, a muddy Eden that I of this is that the vast majority of people there, return to each summer. More recently, I’ve even aforementioned flower-crowned biddies,

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actually care deeply about the music. Its narrow audience allows it to avoid the demographic of tank-topped bros, mollied-out girls in their festival best high-waisted denim and general rave-seeking frat party types that bankroll fests like Bonnaroo and Coachella, while maintaining the festival aesthetic and experience.

This totally localized and particular character what prevents it from appealing to wider audiences, and becoming generally more profitable and successful festival. However, it’s also what has made it mine. There’s an exceptional intimacy to watching a show surrounded by people that all share a respect and enthusiasm specific to the band you’re watching, an investment in that moment and place. I am not trying to claim any sort of indie cred or deride bigger, more popular festivals. These events have a totally different appeal and market than folk fest, and I am as seduced as anyone by their fetishized glamour and the opportunity to worship Ezra Koenig from a mile away in writhing mass of 10,000.

Take it from me, a musical space that feels like it belongs to you is pretty fucking cool. I realize that my experiences at the Folk Festival couldn’t be indicative of anyone elses, and that the takeaway of this column sounds a lot like “have post-hippie parents, go back in time 18plus years and attend a conveniently-located local music festival of your favorite genre every year, until you too have a bizarre attachment a festival so you can appreciate it’s mediocre music.” Which ideally would be my suggestion, but since that’s unproductive, I guess I’ll settle for: engage with the culture in the communities you belong to. Which sounds nauseatingly banal and preachy, but I’m saying it anyway. The ways that we create and consume music have changed, but if spaces like the Folk Festival are proof of anything, it’s that there’s both intrinsic value and peculiar joy in music to which we can claim association and history.

Jael Goldfine is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jgoldfine@cornellsun.com. Objectivity Bites runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Goodell Is Struggling Royals Win Against A’s in Wild Card To Handle Controversy With His Footballers ZAKOUR

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It’s clear teams can’t sustain playing on just three full days of rest, although the commissioner keeps churning out Thursday games.

And yes ratings are good, but that only speaks to the overwhelming popularity of the NFL and the fact that America is so addicted that we tune in every week. Football is football. Complaining about TNF is a little like complaining to your drug dealer. You’re an addict, you’ll buy no matter what. And Goodell is banking on this.

As fans, we all tune into football no matter what.

But there is no law in America that says the NFL has to be popular. At the end of the day, it’s the most violent major sport in America, and players being paralyzed and maimed are too common for comfort (as in it happens with any regularity at all). The NFL could be marginalized, just like boxing and horse racing.

You might say it’s all about the bottom line. That’s all that matters to to the NFL and it’s how Goodell can justify his salary that exceeds any NFL player. The NFL is profitable as ever, and certainly the most popular sports league in America. But as Nate Silver and his website pointed out, all Goodell is doing is holding serve. Paul Tagliabue, his predecessor, did most of the growth. Like a lucky coach, Goodell inherited a good system and kept it going. If anything, Goodell may have hurt the NFL’s growth. Since his commissionership, the NFL has actually shown the slowest percent growth in franchise value of the four major sports. Yes, even below hockey.

So it seems Goodell is staring down an all out blitz to resign. But it won’t matter. Every credible report said the owners won’t replace him. Goodell’s job is safe. This is not surprising, or at least it shouldn’t be, despite my grievances. The only people that matter to Goodell’s employment status is the fraternity of NFL owners. The same NFL owners who only care about the bottom line. Yes, they can see what we see — that Goodell has mismanaged mostly everything he has been entrusted with. But he’s been a human shield for his owners. They love the job he’s doing keeping heat away from them. The more Goodell acts as a lightning rod, the less pressure the owners face.

Many owners are equally as culpable as Goodell. The Ravens owner, Steve Bisciotti, was in no hurry to release Rice. The Wilfs and the Vikings dragged their feet in responding to Adrian Peterson’s child abuse allegations and actually were briefly intending on playing Peterson during the investigation. Yet the owners have received disproportionately less heat than the ever visible commissioner.

The NFL is inexorably linked to the culture of America. Goodell isn’t going away, and even if he does, he will just be replaced with another one of the owners’ hand puppets.

It would be nice if, however improbably and naively, we had a commissioner who displayed leadership and rhetoric befitting of America’s favorite sport, and not one who can’t give Rachel Nichols a straight answer. The sport of football deserves better.

John Zakour is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be contacted at jzakour@cornellsun.com. Point Blank appears every Thursday this semester.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rain had started to fall at Kauffman Stadium as the echoing roars finally faded into the night. Eric Hosmer popped out of the dugout one last time, looked to the sky and let it soak in.

It had been 29 years since the Royals played a postseason game — nearly three decades spent mostly as a laughingstock. But on Tuesday night, already drenched in victory champagne, the young first baseman felt as if the whole world had watched their coming-out party.

“This team showed a lot of character tonight,” Hosmer said.

“We weren’t going to quit.”

Salvador Perez singled home the winning run with two outs in the 12th inning, capping two late comebacks that gave Kansas City a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the American League wild-card game.

Quite a start to October baseball — even if this one appeared to be over with plenty of time to spare in September. But in a back-and-forth epic that lasted 4 hours, 45 minutes, the A’s lost their seventh straight winnertake-all playoff game since 2000.

It was the final collapse in a season that looked so promising this summer.

“This will go down as the craziest game I’ve ever played,” said Hosmer, who sparked the final Royals rally with a one-out triple. “This team showed a lot

of character. No one believed in us before the game. No one believed in us before the season.”

Making their first postseason appearance since winning the 1985 World Series, the Royals are sticking around. They’ll open their best-of-five Division Series on the road Thursday night against the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels.

After falling behind by four runs, the Royals raced back with their speed on the bases — they led the majors with 153 steals this season. Kansas City swiped seven in this one to tie a postseason record previously shared by the 1907 Chicago Cubs and 1975 Cincinnati Reds, according to STATS. The biggest one came in the 12th.

Hosmer scored the tying run on a high chopper to third by rookie Christian Colon, who reached safely on the infield single and then stole second with two outs.

Perez, who was 0 for 5 after squandering two late chances to drive in key runs, reached out and pulled a hard one-hopper past diving third baseman Josh Donaldson. Colon scored easily, and the Royals rushed out of the dugout for a mad celebration.

Sitting upstairs in a suite, Royals Hall of Famer George Brett put his hands on his head in near disbelief at the frenzied

and jubilant scene that was unfolding below.

“It was unbelievable,” Perez said.

The A’s raced out to a 7-3 lead by the sixth inning, but the Royals countered with three runs in the eighth. Nori Aoki’s sacrifice fly off Sean Doolittle in the ninth forced extra innings.

Kansas City squandered chances in the next couple of innings, as midnight came and went on the East Coast and the tension continued to build.

“This will go down as the craziest game I’ve ever played. This team showed a lot of character.”

Eric Hosmer Rookie left-hander Brandon Finnegan, just drafted in June, pitched two scoreless innings but walked Josh Reddick to start the 12th.

Pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo delivered an RBI single off winning pitcher Jason Frasor to put the A’s ahead 8-7, but Hosmer hit a drive high off the left-center wall against loser Dan Otero for a triple in the bottom half.

Colon drove in Hosmer with a bouncer that barely traveled 50 feet. That set the stage for Perez, who lined a pitch from Jason Hammel down the third-base line.

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than before,” Joyce said.

If the Red comes out with more intensity, it can exploit the attacking talent upfront to dominate the Quakers. Sophomore midfielder Elizabeth Crowell already has four goals this season, while junior forward Caroline Growney has three goals and four assists under her belt.

In the back, Cornell’s strong defense, led by sophomore keeper Kelsey Tiernay, has only let in seven goals this season, compared to the 13 the Red have scored.

According to Joyce, if the team can pick itself back up and link together, it will be tought to beat.

“Penn [is] a good team, but I think this past weekend has been a learning experience,” Joyce said. “I think we will pump up the team and we will be more aggressive. If we put it together we should have a really good weekend.”

Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun.com.

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Princeton to Take On Green in Ivy Opener T

he Princeton women’s soccer team will have its Ivy League home opener this weekend, taking on Dartmouth College Saturday night. The Tigers stand at 2-3-2, having won its game against Yale, the only other Ivy that it has played so far this season. The last home game that the squad played resulted in an exciting win over Villanova.

Historically, the Tigers and the Green have been evenly matched in game play. While the Tigers hold the home-field advantage for this week, Dartmouth has one more win under its belt for the season, standing at 3-32 going into Saturday’s game.

While the home team has taken the win the last six times that the two teams have met, perhaps putting Princeton in a more favorable position, the Green came out on top last season when they faced each other just about one year ago. Additionally, the Green CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR has remained tight on defense Kicking Green? | Princeton, pictured this season, letting in six goals in above in a game against the Red, hopes it eight games of the season so to take down Dartmouth this weekend far. after losing to them last year.

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The Green and Tigers to Start League Play D

artmouth men’s soccer will travel Saturday afternoon to take on Princeton at home.

The Green stands at 4-2-1 so far this season while Princeton stands at 3-2-2.

While Dartmouth has a better

record so far this season, historically, Princeton has won more games in the two teams’ all-time series.

Additionally, one of the Tigers’ players, junior midfielder Thomas Sanner, was named Ivy League player of the week last week after scoring

two critical goals in Princeton’s games against Binghamton and Drexel.

While both teams have yet to start league play, the Tigers faired much better in Ivy competition last season than did the Green. While

Dartmouth was only able to notch one win out seven league games, the Tigers were able to win four of seven. Additionally, the men of Princeton defeated the Green, 2-1, in last season’s meeting.

— Compiled by Anna Fasman

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Red toTake on Penn at Home Booters will face the Quakers in their home opener Friday

By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Kicking off | Junior forward Caroline Growney has had strong performances on the field this season, scoring three goals and notching four assists.

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The women’s soccer team is looking to even its Ivy League record this weekend when it hosts Penn on Friday. With the season off to a great start after five victories from six games, Cornell had a tough weekend last week losing both games by just one goal. After a 1-0 loss to Columbia in the Ivy League, the Red fell against Wagner College, 2-1. However, the team is looking to bounce back and try to break Penn’s impressive 15-game winning streak over Cornell.

Despite the scoreboard, the Red produced good moments in both encounters last weekend, building on the possession game that has been a focus in recent training sessions. However, according to sophomore defender Kailey Joyce, Columbia had a physical edge that proved to be the difference.

“We started off really well and we connected a lot of passes, which is what we had not done so well in the past,” Joyce said. “We did not make the most of our possession game, and they came out just more physical. I think we need to be more aggressive, they went harder to balls” The Red hopes to learn from last week’s mistakes and aims to work on blending its possession game with a bit more aggression in practice, while

We Should All Say Goodbye to Goodell

oger Goodell should be relieved of his duty as commissioner of the NFL. It’s clear that his leadership skills are lacking and he is just not fir for the job as the most visible office worker in sports. He has mishandled essentially every major disciplinary action that’s been taken in the last few years. First there was the Saints’ bounty scandal, which evidently is a common practice that Goodell decided to make an example of. Before that, there was Plaxico Burress and Donte Stallworth.

fans like high scoring games, the insistence on putting a game in London every year (and taking away a home game from some unlucky team) and his obsession with a foreign NFL team.

Then there’s the draconian blackout laws the NFL continues to enforce, although maybe not for much longer.

There’s Goodell’s insistence on standing

by Dan Synder and his team’s name despite it being a racial slur and lately, it seems like the NFL leaned on ESPN to change its opinion on Simmons calling Goodell a liar.

John Zakour

also trying to produces more goal scoring opportunities, which limited them against Columbia.

“We had very few opportunities and they just happened to score,” Joyce said. “This week at practice we will keep working on our possession game, while trying to create chances on the offensive side. But at the same time we need to pick up our [aggression].”

According to Joyce, Cornell will also use this

“We started off really well and we connected a lot of passes, which is what we had not done so well in the past. ” Kailey Joyce past weekend’s losses to motivate them coming into the Penn game.

“At first we were obviously a little disappointed, but you can’t get discouraged. I think this week we are going to use practise to come together. We are going to regroup and unify the classes together and pick everyone up and go at it harder See W. SOCCER page 14

MEN’S HOCKEY

Red Hockey Team of 1969-70 Falls To Boston in Social Media Competition The Cornell men’s undefeated hockey team of 1969-70 fought it out in the semi-finals of the Frozen Four’s Finest contest last night, facing the Boston University hockey team of 2008-09.

While the contest involves no actual hockey playing, the purpose of the social media-driven competition is to find “which team is the greatest in the history of the Frozen Four,” according to the NCAA’s website. Unfortunately, the historic Red team fell to the Terriers, unable to bolster as much social media support.

The bracket style contest urges NCAA hockey fans to either tweet or post on Facebook using designated hashtags to show their support for a historic NCAA hockey team. In the first round, the Red took down the 1994 Lake Superior State hockey team and then 10

days later, defeated Bowling Green’s 1984 team.

Tweets on both sides showed true fan allegiance, ranging in sentiments from “Far above Lake Cayuga there is an awful smell. Some say it’s the waters, I say it’s Cornell. #BU09 @NCAAIceHockey,” from “Sasquatch” (@busasquatch), BU’s self proclaimed unofficial hockey mascot, to “Which @NCAAIceHockey Frozen Four team is the best in history?

Vote for #Cornell70, obviously,” from Corey Earle ’07 (@CREarle).

B.U. will move forward in the competition finals, either taking on either North Dakota’s 1986-87 team or Maine’s 1992-93 team, depending on who wins the vote after 9 p.m. Thursday.

— Compiled by Anna Fassman

Point Blank Now it has all come to the forefront with the total bumbling and fumbling of the Ray Rice scandal. First he suspended him for two games and then indefinitely barred him for the same offense once the video was discovered.

Putting aside the sheer asininity of changing the suspension after none of the facts changed except public outrage, Goodell had a chance to redeem himself with Adrian Peterson. And his response was again, to delay before he finally decided to put Peterson on the exempt list and let the Vikings sort out their own mess.

There’s also the small stuff that happened on Goodell’s watch. There’s the obsession with defensive penalties for no reason other than a general belief

Finally, there’s the matter of player health. Goodell downplays concerns on player health, despite all the evidence for the contrary. ESPN reneged on showing the League of Denial, and it seems like Goodell had a hand in it.

Players are publically retiring before their supposed expiration date, like Rashard Mendenhall.

Not to mention Thursday Night football, which has yet to produce a quality game aside from a few minutes of the Packers-Seahawks match, the first game of the season. The Thursday night game taxes players with less times to rest and has produced three pretty surprising and crappy blowouts.

See ZAKOUR page 13

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Slipping through | The undefeated Cornell hockey team of 1969-70 — seen above in a 1970 game with Clarkson — “lost” for the first time last night, when it did not bolster as much fan support as Boston University’s 2008-2009 team.

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By ANNA FASMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

So far this season, the Cornell men’s and women’s cross country teams have seen success after the first three meets.

On the men’s side, Cornell was able to finish the opening meet against Army with a solid mix of underclassmen and upperclassmen placing in the top ten.

Freshman Dominic DeLuca, running his first collegiate race, was able to snag the top spot a full seven seconds ahead of second place finisher, senior David Melly.

The men’s coach, Zeb Lang, attributed much of the Red’s success to strong and consistent training during the summer.

“Cross country is a summer sport played out in the fall. To do well in the fall, [the team] needs to do all of the training I assigned over the summer,” he said.

Junior Brian Eimstad also explained that the senior leadership on the team has improved since last year.

“The leadership has been much better and more productive this year, which has really made the team a more cohesive and fun group. I think all the returners have noticed a change in the positive direction,” he said.

Looking forward, the men are preparing for next week’s meet in Pennsylvania, where they will face Lehigh. However, the season will really pick up during November as the Red competes in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships and the NCAA Regionals and Championships.

In the meantime, the Red is focused on building up strength and endurance, as well as keeping everyone healthy and uninjured.

“In our sport, our guys run 100, sometimes 120 miles a week. In any repetitive-use sport, we’re going CHRIS PHARE / SUN FILE PHOTO

Starting strong | The Red is off to its best start since 2009 with a 7-1 record.

to have some injuries. We will try our best to mitigate those injury factors, and also look to our deep bench of talent so we can weather injury and sickness.”

For the women of the cross country team, the season started out strong with two first place finishes under their belts and noticeable progress from training session to training session.

According to national polls, the Red has been ranked within the Top-10 in the country for the last two years. Smith has been working to maintain the high standards that have been set for his team through tough training and solid leadership.

“A team is only good as its upperclassmen and senior leadership. I have been thrilled with the

efforts of our three captains,” he said. “I have been thrilled with the work they've done in welcoming newcomers, but also with keeping everyone on the same page. The seniors as a whole are energized and confident, and it really rubs off on the rest of the team.”

As the season progresses, Smith said he hopes to see similar

success as in previous years by creating a culture of respect and support.

“One of the things that really defines our team is that it is a real team. They push each other in a really positive way,” he said. “It’s a team of young women that really is in this together, even though they, of course, have their own individual goals.”

Red Off to Hot Start With Seven Wins

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell field hockey team has started out the season with several impressive showings, and is currently on a six-game win streak. With a 7-1 record, the Red is off to its best start since the 2010 season.

2014 started out strong with a convincing win over Colgate.

In the 9-0 victory, seven different players scored, showing the team’s versatility and ability from both returners and new talent. The shutout tied the team’s existi n g record

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goals scored in a match.

“The best part of our season so far has been the amount of goals we have scored,” said junior back Marisa Siergiej. “We have seen contribution from a lot of girls around the field, showing our depth.”

Following the electrifying opener was a close match against Albany, the team’s only loss of the season so far. The game was knotted, but a last ditch effort by Albany’s offense ended the game with a slim 2-1 victory.

The Red then thrashed Lehigh in a 6-0 rout before matching up against Delware. Delaware proved to be more of a challenge, scoring twice against the Red, but Cornell still came out on top in a 4-2 victory.

This past weekend, the field hockey squad faced off against Penn in the Ivy League opener and Holy Cross in regular season play. Cornell’s record was extended to 5-1. Freshman forward Krysten Mayers and freshman midfielder Gabby DePetro both played well, and contributed to the Red’s success.

On the way to its now 7-1 record, the Red picked up some awards as well.

Siergiej was named Ivy League Player of the week for the second time in her collegiate career. She is currently ranked third in the country in goals per game (1.33) and in the Top-10 for points per game (2.67).

“I am honored to have received the player of the week award, but I think the award truly reflects the progress of the team,” Siergiej said. “Without the team playing cohesively, we wouldn't be able to have shown such success offensively and defensively.”

Freshman Kelly Johnson was also named Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Johnson earned her first collegiate shutout this past weekend in the Ivy League Opener versus Penn.

“It's been encouraging to see the really strong contributions we have been getting from our freshmen,” said senior and assistant captain Ann DiPastina.

Next up for the Red is another conference match against Yale on Saturday, Oct. 4.

Offensive bursts have been important early on.

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Red Rides Win Streak Into Ivy Play

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Senior Writer

Men’s soccer head coach Jaro Zawislan is a perfectionist, with one basic philosophy that drives his coaching style — always play to win.

“We always strive for perfection,” Zawislan said. “We always go into every game with the purpose of winning the game; anything short of that won’t be to our full satisfaction.”

Enjoying a four-game win streak right now, the Red is on the upswing heading into Ivy play.

Cornell started the season with a tough Midwest tour, playing No. 2 Louisville and Xavier.

The Red pulled off a hard fought, 0-0, draw against Louisville and conceded a late overtime goal against Xavier to lose a difficult 1-0 match.

Cornell’s only other defeat of the season came mid-September, with a comprehensive, 3-0, loss to Syracuse.

“We came out with a positive result after going to nationally ranked Louisville, against Xavier we gave up an overtime goal and then we moved on,” Zawislan said.

“The Syracuse game, not to make excuses, but the score did not reflect the performance of the group. It was an away game and our team did very well executing the game plan. … In the game of soccer, one goal can dramatically shape the outcome of the game.”

The Red’s wins have also come by narrow margins, defeating Lafayette and Binghamton on the road, both with 1-0 final scores.

The squad also won the first leg of the annual C.U. Inaria Classic against Siena College at Charles F. Berman Field.

“I’d say we have had a

paced team. We’re not trying to keep the result low scoring,” Zawislan said. “If anyone saw us play, I’d hope they would see a very entertaining style of soccer — playing fast and not sitting back.”

In addition to the low-scoring

regain possession as soon as possible.”

Zawislan was keen to contextualize the team’s results within the scope of the Ivy League — one of the tougher leagues in men’s collegiate soccer.

“The margin of the result reflects the level of the competition

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Clean sheets | The Red has recorded six shutouts so far this season, sporting an 11-4 goal differential in nine games. promising season so far,” said senior co-captain and defender Peter Chodas.

“We haven’t won every game, but we’ve continued to get better as a team and have had mostly positive results.”

Cornell has won four of its games this season by a 1-0 margin, with the recent win against Buffalo being just the first game where the team scored more than two goals.

“We’re a high-pressing, high

margins, the Red has also managed to record five shutouts this season, with a goal against ratio of 0.57.

“We are such a good defensive team because we defend as a team and it starts with the forwards,” Zawislan said. “I wouldn’t say the low-scoring games are a result of any type of tactics to keep the game low-scoring — actually we press to

a n d how tough it is to win a game,” Zawislan said. “That’s more of a compliment to the Ivy League.”

The coach emphasized a philosophy of hard work and collective leadership within his squad.

“The whole group of seven seniors stepped up and there’s always something to be said about the players who are going through this cycle for the last time, who have a little more of an edge,”

Zawislan said. “But every player, whether they are a freshman, sophomore, junior or a senior is expected to be a leader in his own way. We emphasize this right from the beginning.”

Zawislan also stressed that playing time is always reflective of performance on the field.

“It doesn’t matter how many years you’ve spent with the program, it doesn’t matter what your class standing is, the best players are going to get the major minutes,” he said. “To see the mixture, the balance of the group of upperclassmen underclassmen and come together so quickly … the process itself has been a joy to watch.”

Chodas echoed his coach’s thoughts, highlighting the unity within the squad.

“The newcomers are settling in very well.

Everybody has contributed on the field,” Chodas said. “But more importantly, [everyone has] been an integral part of our positive team dynamic.”

Cornell’ next opponent will be Penn on Saturday at home, kicking off the key stretch of Ivy League games. The Red will follow up the Penn game with matches against Harvard, Yale and Brown coming up in October.

“The most important game is the next one. We don’t circle opponents in the calendar,” Zawislan said. “At the moment we’re just trying to find out more about ourselves and what works.”

DEVIN MORGAN: Earning the Armband

From the Stands to the Big Stage CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Donning the armband | Senior co-captain Devin Morgan walked on to the team and is now a leader on the field.

By TUCKER MAGGIO HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

Four years ago, Devin Morgan was just another face at Berman Field, cheering the Red on from the stands. The fans that sit in the seats he once inhabited now watch the six-foot-two defender from Brooklyn pull on the captain’s armband when Cornell takes the field.

During his freshman spring semester, Morgan reached out to the coaching staff to see if he could walk on to the team. After passing a few tests and proving his worth to the assembled coaches, the one time supporter was finally a member of the squad.

“It was an incredible experience watching the team from the bleachers freshman year and now I

get to play on the field,” he said.

Making the conversion from walk on to team captain is no easy feat, but a few words of advice from his cousin, NFL wide receiver Josh Morgan, helped facilitate that transformation. Josh Morgan has struggled with injuries his whole career, but his hard work and recovery efforts have inspired Devin’s attitude toward success.

“He just told me keep working your butt off and eventually you will make it,” Morgan said.

For Morgan, being one of the four captains is an honor and a source of immense confidence.

“It means everything to me to be in this position and it is a lot of responsibility on my shoulders, but I am glad I can accept it,”

he said.

As a sophomore, Morgan’s career got off to a slow start, but his role in the team increased the next season. Playing as a forward, he scored the first goal of the 2013 season and assisted another during his 17 appearances that year.

With only one regular starter returning to the Red’s backline this season, the coaching staff called upon Morgan to fill the void.

“I got a lot of help from Patrick Slogic [’14]…I had one of the best tutors moving into the center back position,” he said.

Morgan has since adjusted to the new role as a goal scorer.

“I have a feeling for how strikers want to move…that I wouldn’t have if I wasn’t a striker for

most of my life,” Morgan said.

As a sophomore, Morgan’s first taste of Cornell Soccer was hoisting the Ivy League trophy at Columbia in 2012, a moment that he said he would like to recreate at the end of this season. For someone who has always wanted to win, he’s in a prime position to lead the squad to triumph.

“I’m not where I want to be yet. I want to be holding up the trophy at the end of the year.

Hopefully, I can help us get there,” he said.

In the meantime, the senior captain will take it one day at a time and cherish his time wearing the armband for the Red. “It’s just an honor every time I get to put the armband on and walk the team out,” Morgan said.

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Huddling up | The Red won five of its first six matches before falling to Columbia and Wagner in close contests.

FRESHMEN ADD TO DEPTH OF SQUAD

Red Puts ‘Main Focus’ On Moving Up Ivy Ranks

By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s soccer team has gotten its season off to a strong start, winning both of its opening games, and following that up with a second place finish at the inaugural Big Red Shoot Out. The Red is looking for its first winning season in 12 years and as things stand, Cornell is in a good place right now.

The Red had a mixed season last year, missing out on an above .500 record by one game, ending the season 7-81. However, this season head coach Patrick Farmer’s squad has looked more competitive, already recording victories over University of Massachusetts, Marist College, Virginia Military Institute, Buffalo and Binghamton. The Red’s losses have come against Temple, Columbia and Wagner,

connect all the passes together and connecting in the final third,” Cetrullo said. “We do a really good job keeping possession in the defensive and midfield thirds, it’s just really that final piece. We have some really good target forwards this season.”

The recent focus on attack truly showed against VMI where, in a seven-minute flurry, Cornell scored four goals to end the game at 5-0. The most impressive of those goals came from freshman defender Kaylee Fitzgerald, who sent the ball flying into the net from 40 yards out. Overall, the Red’s freshmen have been particularly impressive, and according to Cetrullo, they have really molded into the team quickly.

“They have done a really good job, coming into preseason pretty fit and immediately adding depth to the team,” Cetrullo said. “They always work really hard on and off the field and [are] really pushing everyone to get better. They fit in with the team really well, and we are really happy to have them around. Coach Farmer did a great job recruiting them.”

With a large amount of returners to assist with the development of the freshmen, it appears that the Red has the foundation for a strong season, especially with Ivy League competition, the main team goal for the year, kicking off soon.

“Our big goal for the season is to get into the top half of the Ivy League,” Cetrullo said. “We have more statistical goals, but that is our main focus for the year.”

Cetrullo sets getting back to top half of Ivy League as season goal for squad. all in tightly contested affairs.

A big part of Cornell’s current success and the key to more wins in the future is the team’s defense. Sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney has had a solid start to the season, recording four clean sheets to date. She has a strong defensive line in front of her featuring junior defender Charlotte Tate, who was recently included on the all-tournament team for the Big Red Shoot Out. According to senior captain Claire MacManus, the Red opened its training focusing heavily on defense to lay a foundation off of which to build.

“We always start preseason with our defensive principles just so we have a good foundation before we even touch on any attacking stuff,” MacManus said. “I think we just worked hard to defend together as a unit, and I think that’s what’s been strong throughout the first few games.”

Having now set up an impressive defensive structure, the Red has spent the last couple of weeks focusing on attack according to senior captain Sydney Cetrullo, in particular in the final third of the pitch.

“So far we have really been focusing on our outside wingers staying really wide and making penetrating passes on angles into the attack and for the middle field to really

For most athletes, playing four seasons on a competitive Division I team is hard enough.

Senior midfielder Claire MacManus, when she graduates in May, will have played eight. She is a two-year captain on the women’s soccer team, as well as a senior starter on the women's lacrosse team.

Since her freshman year, MacManus has been a driving force on the soccer team. She has started in every game for the last three years, and she served as a captain in both her junior and senior seasons. In her sophomore and junior year, Claire was named to the All-Ivy League second team. Though a defensive midfielder, she became more of an offensive force last year, and she scored the game winning goal against Delaware State.

This year, Macmanus has one season of captainship under her belt and is ready to lead the team in what she predicts will be a standout season for the Big Red. “Last year there were a lot of younger people contributing, which was great. I think I learned how I impacted them,” she said. “Usually when you play, you’re thinking about your own reactions, but what I learned last year as a captain that was valuable is how to respond to other people making mistakes or refs making bad calls.

People look to the older players, and I think [senior co-captain and defender] Sydney [Cetrullo] and I work well together.”

MacManus has been playing soccer since she was five. She has stalwart supporters in her parents, who MacManus said will brave any weather to come cheer on the Red. “My dad wears the exact same outfit to every game. A Cornell sweatshirt and khaki shorts. He wears layers under the sweatshirt, but never pants,” she said.

When asked about her preferred sport, MacManus laughed and answered the question tactfully.

“I like both for different reasons, they’re different teams, and I like both sports individually,”she said.

She was recruited for both soccer and lacrosse, though she committed to lacrosse coach Jenny Graap a week before she committed to soccer. “[Playing both] was something I always wanted to do, I just wasn’t sure if it was going to be possible,” MacManus said.

“I’m really lucky that it worked out and that I can do both — at other schools I wouldn’t have had that opportunity.”

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Double threat | Senior Claire MacManus plays for both the women’s soccer and lacrosse teams.

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YOUNG OFFENSIVE UNIT SPEARHEADS SPRINT TEAM

RED ‘ALL BUSINESS’ IN 2014

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Under center | The sprint football team boasts a young, talented offense that has meshed well together.

By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Although the Cornell Sprint Football team had a rocky 2013 campaign, the squad finished off the season with a thrilling 26-24 win against Mansfield for a 2-5 final season record. The win put the squad at sixth place in the conference, ahead of both Mansfield and Princeton in the ranks.

Spenser Gruenenfelder and Chris Sitko earned first team All-CSFL honors at wide receiver and defensive back, respectively, while 13 others received either second team or honorable mention recognition for the 2013 season. Gruenenfelder was the team’s leading receiver, tallying 32 catches for 388 yards to earn his second first team honor in his Cornell career.

Sitko, one of five captains leading the Red in 2013, put up strong numbers on the board as well, including making 37 stops to earn his first career All-CSFL honor. Additionally, of the other 13 who earned second team honors, four were seniors Brendan Miller, John Kelder, Kyle Higgins and John Rodriguez.

Despite losing key players such as Miller and Higgins, the Red boasts a roster brimming with talent this season.

According to junior wide receiver Trevor Marrero, the team saw players all across the board take initiative over the summer, as well as in preseason, to come back ready to put up some wins for the squad.

“Quarterback Rob Pannullo worked really hard over the summer throwing balls and preparing for this season and it shows,” Marrero said. “Running backs Kevin Nathanson and Ben Herrera have looked great this preseason. … The defense, led by senior captains Eric Stazi and Chris Sitko, looks very sharp as well.”

Moreover, while Cornell did indeed lose some stars in the 2013 graduating class, the squad’s many returning

players will provide stability to the Red. Senior wide receiver Jonathan Roth said the team expects the offense to step up and take the team to new heights, and he believes that some of the Red’s hardest-working returners will bring this plan to fruition.

“We are expecting a lot out of the offense as a whole,” he said. “We have many returning players from last season who look to have really improved. … Kevin Nathanson and Ben Herrera will lead the charge in the rushing game behind quarterback Rob Pannullo.”

Head coach Terry Cullen also noted that injuries presented a barrier to the Red’s success last season, sidelining some of the squad’s top players. Provided the team can stay healthy this season, he said the future is bright for the Cornell sprint football program.

“The biggest challenge we face is injuries. … A couple of guys got hurt last year and it really affects the wins and losses,” Cullen said. “If we stay healthy, we should be — Tyler Marrero tough. We’re expecting a great season.”

Cornell has worked hard to lay the foundation for success with a rigorous preseason training schedule, according to Marrero, in which the Red has learned new strategies to make an impact on both sides of the ball.

“Preseason training began with a lot of learning. With many new members on the team, we spent some time going over our offensive and defensive schemes,” he said.

To achieve the ultimate goal of taking home the CSFL championship title, the Red needs to execute. Plain and simple. Along these lines, Marrero said that the team has adopted the mentality that there is no margin for error in this competitive league.

“At this point in the season we are focused on execution, playing fast, and eliminating mistakes,” he said.

Senior wideout Michael Moon shared Marrero’s senti-

“At this point in the season we are focused on execution.”

ments regarding how preseason has benefited the team, and added that the squad aims to develop both individually and as a collective unit.

“Preseason has been great. We’ve been working hard to get better every day and prepare for the season,” he said.

“This requires individual progress, but also constant effort as a team to be more cohesive.”

According to Roth, the players have found a positive balance of taking what they do seriously during game time while loosening up and lightening the mood off the field, “You may hear all the players joking and having a good time off the field, but right when we step on the gridiron, it’s all business,” he said.

SPRINT FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH ROB PANNULLO Pannullo did a little bit of everything his freshman year, playing all seven games at wide receiver and quarterback. In the first game of his sophomore campaign he threw for 128 yards and three touchdowns, also rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown on 14 attempts.

KEVIN NATHANSON After finishing his freshman season as the team’s second leading rusher, Nathanson is poised for another strong offensive season. He caught one touchdown in the win over Franklin Pierce. He averaged 32.9 all-purpose yards in his debut season.