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Hundreds of students participate in the most successful day in the history of ‘Greeks Give Back.” | Page 3

Catherine Hwang ‘18 reviews Ithaca College Theatre Arts’ Production of Blood Wedding. | Page 11

Sprint Football overcame an early 16-point deficit but fell victim to a late touchdown. | Page 16

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North campus nomads | Ten transfer students are still living in student lounges due to high demand for housing this year.

Transfers Forced to Live in Lounges

Students complain of crowded conditions,poor communication

The Sun, had been instructed not to speak to the press about the housing shortage.

When these transfer students were notified about their livAt the beginning of this semester, nearly all of the student ing arrangements, they were also told they would be moved lounges in Jameson and High Rise 5 were converted into out as soon as possible, according to Tigran Mehrabyan ’19.

He was not relocated to temporary housing for the Just About Music 30 transfer students.

“We were told on move-in day that we would be program house until the Due to an exceptionally high demand for moved out ASAP, so I ... just lived out of a suitcase.” second week of classes, and some students have housing among incomTigran Mehrabyan ’19 yet to move. ing residents, the trans“We were told on fer students were told to move into seven of the 10 lounges in the two buildings — move-in day that we would be moved out ASAP,” some crowding with four of their peers to live in a single Mehrabyan said. “So I didn’t even unpack my clothes and lounge — according to Mark H. Anbinder, web communi- just lived out of a suitcase.” cations manager for Cornell Housing.

These students’ residential advisors, when contacted by See HOUSING page 5

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

Ithaca toWelcome Dozens Of Refugees From Syria

By BLAIR LEGERE Sun Contributor

This month, Ithaca will become home to roughly 50 Syrian refugees — the most immigrants the city has received since 2007, according to Ashley Meeder, an Ithaca Welcomes Refugees spokesperson. Individuals are expected to hail from Syria, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

IWR consists of individuals who are passionate about creating the smoothest possible transition for the refugees, according to Meeder. She explained that Ithacans have been planning several events to welcome the newcomers.

“This summer, IWR hosted a community dinner as both a fundraiser and an opportunity to bring people together for the

purpose of building a welcoming community,” she said. “[IWR has] also had a presence in classrooms and at community events, such as Ithaca Fest and a wide variety of panels and community speaking events.”

Coordinating with Catholic Charities — a local Ithaca group dedicated to assisting vulnerable members of the community — IWR has created a system to provide refugees with basic amenities, according to Salma Shitia ’18, president of the Arab Student Association.

“If someone needed hearing aids, they would be able to access it through the organization,” she said. “Basic needs, such as transportation to and from work or job interviews, is where the funding goes.”

See REFUGEES page 5

Mayor Proposes Lower Property Tax Rate Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 proposed a budget to the Ithaca Common Council Monday that includes a 6.6 percent decrease in the Ithaca property tax rate, according to the mayor’s Facebook post.

If his proposal passes, more than half of the homeowners in Ithaca will pay less in taxes in 2017, even the ones that saw their assessments increase, according to Myrick.

He explained that homes that saw “huge jumps in their assessments” will only experience “modest tax increases.”

“My budget will increase Fire Department staffing by five people, increase our investment in street paving and still lower the tax rate in the City of Ithaca next year by 6.6 percent,” he said.

Myrick added that, if the proposal passes, the city’s tax rate will be the lowest it has been since 2003, “essentially rolling tax bills back by 13 years.”

For the last five years, Myrick said he has been “aggressively” seeking federal and state funds, controlling city costs to operate “more efficiently” and expanding the city’s tax base through smart growth “in the core of the city.”

“New growth means the value of land in the city increased by 10 percent last year,” he said. “Some of that is in assessment increases on existing property but most is in the growth from new apartments in Collegetown and Downtown.”

Ithaca Common Council meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at City Hall. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5.

— Compiled by Josephine Chu

BRYAN DENTON / THE NEW YORK TIMES

About 50 Syrian refugees plan to immigrate to Ithaca this month from Syria, Iraz and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Above, Syrian Kurdish refugees prepare to be moved to shelters in Yumurtalik, Turkey, on Sept. 29, 2014.

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A LISTING OF FREE CAMPUS EVENTS Today Women’s Access to Justice In Southeast Asia 12:20 - 1:20 p.m., 277 Myron Taylor Hall

Carbon Offsetting to Sustainably Finance the System Of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Nepal 12:20 - 1:10 p.m., 102 Mann Library Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Colloquium Series 4 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall University Assembly Meeting 4:30 - 6 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences Building Radical Reform and New Age Racism in America: A Conversation, Featuring Elaine Brown And Noliwe Rooks 4:30 p.m., Africana Studies and Research Center Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series: Andrew Evans 4 - 5 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute

Tomorrow CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Policy Options for Wildlife, Livelihoods And Transboundary Animal Disease Management In South Africa 12:20 - 1:10 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall Spherical Cows of Dark Matter: Morphology of Indirect Detection Signals 2 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences Building VICTORIA GAO / SUN FILE PHOTO

Shots in the dark | MIT researcher Lina Necib (inset) will detail new methods for detecting dark matter in the Physical Sciences Building Wednesday.

The Future of Contraception: Meeting the Needs of the Global Community 4 - 5 p.m., 348 Morrison Hall

Architectural aspirations | Norwegian architect Siv Helene Stangeland (inset) will discuss spatial design Wednesday in Milstein Hall.

Women’s Identity and the Reformation of Muslim Societies 4:30 p.m., 107 Olin Library Siv Helene Stangeland: A Relational Design Approach 5:15 p.m., Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

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Greeks‘Give Back’ in Biggest Service Day of Event’s History Hundreds of students volunteer in Tompkins County

By CATHERINE GOLDSMITH

pate in service projects in the Ithaca community.

“Philanthropy is a fundamental pillar With over 400 Greek students volun- of Greek life at Cornell,” he explained. teering at various Ithaca and Tompkins “Greeks Give back merely allows Greek County community organizations, students the avenue to carry out this com“Greeks Give Back” had its most success- mitment on a semesterly basis.” ful day of service in Cornell history on Lord added that this event serves as a Saturday. unifying force for the Greek community.

In one day, students devoted a com“[Greeks Give Back] allows Greeks to bined total of 639 hours of service, unify as one Greek community as memaccording to Drew Lord ’18, vice presi- bers are able to socialize with people outdent of University and side their respective Community Relations “It’s not often that such a council or chapter,” he for the Cornell said. “Our Greek comInterfraternity Council. large group of volunteers munity is full of memThis biannual day of bers who boast incrediare able to come service is hosted by the bly diverse backgrounds together.”

Cornell’s Greek Triand perspectives — this Council, according to event encourages these Drew Lord ’18 Participating Lord. experiences to be organizations included shared.” the YMCA, Ithaca Children’s Garden, Alyssa Friedman ’19x and Valerie Tompkins County Public Library and Beech ’19, members of Delta Gamma Ithaca Welcomes Refugees. sorority, said they spent their morning Lord said volunteers from the picking up garbage in Collegetown.

Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic “It felt really rewarding to represent Council and Multicultural Greek Letter my sorority while doing something good Council register each semester to partici- for the community and giving back,”

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COURTESY OF DREW LORD ’18

Lending a hand | Students put in over 600 hours of service Saturday at Cornell’s biannual ‘Greeks Give Back’ event.

Friedman said. “The most rewarding part of my experience was meeting new people in the Greek community and working together to clean up Collegetown.”

“It felt good to give back to a place that gives so much to its students,” Beech added.

Lord called this day of service “tangible,” because it is “truly realized at several

levels of our community.”

“Greeks are making a difference — it’s not often that such a large group of volunteers are able to come together and commit hundreds of hours of service in a single day,” he said.

Catherine Goldsmith can be reached at ceg228@cornell.edu.

Justice Advocate Criticizes‘Cruel and Unusual’ U.S.Prison System

By BENJAMIN FINEGAN Sun Contributor

released, and those who find employment are typically paid 40 percent less annually, according to The Sentencing Project.

“We’ve created a country where 70 million Americans are like the new underclass,” Martin said. “I believe that if we are really going to come out from under mass incarceration, there needs to be an across the board reinstatement of peoples’ rights, particularly the right to vote.”

Martin stressed that marginalizing people who have been involved in the criminal justice system is “so alienating” that “we shouldn’t be surprised [by] what we get as a result.”

“The worst message that you could send to people who have been involved in the criminal justice system, who have been marginalized, is that ‘Guess what? You’re going to be further marginalized, you’re not going to be one of us. We’re going to make you pay taxes but not give you a chance to decide who is going to make the decision about where those taxes are

Glenn E. Martin was sent to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility when he was 16. In the first 48 hours, he was stabbed four times by a group of fellow inmates.

“They call it ‘Gladiator School’ for a reason,” Martin said. “As soon as you walk in you have to make a decision: predator or prey. And a guy walked up to me and said, ‘Give me your leather jacket,’ and I swung on him because there’s nothing else to do.”

Martin said the corrections officers on duty were little help, laughing in the background and telling him he would be “labeled as a snitch” by the other prisoners if he tried to visit the hospital LINBO FAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER and file a complaint.

Currently a criminal justice Criminal questions | Glenn E. Martin, who spent six years in New York State prisons, critiqued the system of reform advocate, Martin spoke mass incarceration in a lecture Tuesday. about mass incarceration, racism and America’s “cruel and unusu- other organizations committed “We have 2.2 million people ment.

Over 60 percent of formerly al” criminal justice system at a to criminal justice reform and ex- in cages … We have 3.9 million lecture Tuesday. people on probation,” Martin incarcerated individuals are offender advocacy.

See INCARCERATION page 4 Martin said he spent six years In 2014, Martin founded said. “On any given day we have unemployed one year after being of his life in New York State pris- JustLeadershipUSA, a non-profit 737,000 people on parole. That ons after he was arrested for organization dedicated to cutting helps to feed the system. Many armed robbery. Before leaving, the correctional population in people who recidivate — the he earned a two-year liberal arts half by 2030. He has been invit- word that means people going degree after a corrections coun- ed to the White House twice to back into the system — go back INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880 selor suggested he enroll in a col- speak about criminal justice in because of technical violations lege program for of their parole.”

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Martin argued that Sofia Hu ’17 Louis Liu ’18 “There were so many everyone who has been “They call it ‘Gladiator School’ for a moments in [the college through the criminal ALL DEPARTMENTS (607) 273-3606 program] that helped to reason. As soon as you walk in you have justice system is negaBusiness: For questions regarding advertising, classifieds, subscriptions or delivery to make a decision, predator or prey.” tively affected by mass reshape who I am,” he problems, please call from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

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Glenn E. Martin Thursday. exception for people in “Seventy million the system. We don’t Americans have a crimiSEND A FAX (607) 273-0746 have a criminal justice nal record on file,” he VISIT THE OFFICE 139 W. State Street, Ithaca, N.Y. system that creates a tremendous reform and meet with President said. “And everyone gets senTHE SUN ONLINE www.cornellsun.com amount of opportunities for peo- Obama. tenced to life. I don’t care if you MAIL sunmailbox@cornellsun.com Eple to find themselves.”

Despite his position of influ- get sentenced to a day in jail or Martin has been a freed man ence, Martin acknowledged that 40 years in prison. It’s all life.

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Lecturer Calls for Alternatives to‘Oppressive’ Prison System Continued from page 3

spent,’” he said.

People of color are most affected by the stigma of the criminal justice system, Martin stressed. According to the NAACP and The Sentencing Project, Hispanic Americans are incarcerated at twice the rate of White Americans, and African Americans are incarcerated at six times the rate.

Martin said he believes racism and mass incarceration are tightly interwoven, calling the criminal justice system the “newest iteration of a system of

oppression that has existed in tion for abysmal conditions and would not be satisfied. this country for hundreds of brutal treatment of inmates. He “I would call just about years.” cited the physical abuse of pris- everything we do that includes “The reason we lock up so oners, solitary confinement and incarceration cruel and unusual many black men is punishment,” he said. because Americans have “I actually think that been taught that black “I would call just about everything we do we can incarcerate peomen are animals, that ple without putting that includes incarceration cruel and they're violent, that them in a cell all day, unusual punishment.” they're not trustworthy, or without even and that they’re not putting them in a cell Glenn E. Martin human,” he said. the majority of the day.

“That’s why we hung I think there are other them from trees, that’s ways to isolate people why we had Jim Crow, and now the withholding of food and from society and connect them that’s why we have prisons.” medication. to opportunity until they’re Martin discussed his experiHowever, even if conditions ready to come back.” ences in Rikers Island, a New in correctional facilities were Martin emphasized the York jail complex with a reputa- more humane, Martin said he importance of humanizing peo-

ple in the criminal justice system in order to enact change.

He shared a story about a man named Ronald, who was sentenced to 50 years for the attempted murder of a police officer before the court finally discovered his innocence. While Ronald was in prison, his son was murdered by a 14 year old, and despite everything, Ronald is “the biggest advocate for that 14 year old not to go to adult prison.”

“Everyone has a chance to turn around and change their lives,” Martin said. “Not just young people, not just non-violent drug offenders, not just people who need mental health treatment. Everyone.”

Martin called on people in “positions of privilege” to “invest in people.”

“Own [your privilege] and wield it in the name of justice, and stand alongside people that have less privilege to help get rid of a system that is so oppressive, that is so racist, that is so classist, that is so homophobic, that is so xenophobic,” he said.

Benjamin Finegan can be reached at bpf45@cornell.edu.

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Criticize inconvenience of sharing personal space, say setup harms social interaction HOUSING

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Anbinder said there are currently 10 transfer students still living in freshman lounges, and that the University intends to move all of them out by December. However, the process of moving out has also sparked student complaints. Students are obligated to accept their new housing arrangements, even if they do not want to live in the new dormitory they have been assigned to, according to Mehrabyan.

“Moving to JAM is pretty pricey, and I actually don’t play any music or sing, so I spend a lot of extra money that I’m paying out of pocket for resources I don’t use,” he said. “I will probably move somewhere else after this semester or send an email to the housing program after ... all of the transfer students are moved somewhere and there are empty dorms for students.”

Kelaiah George ’19, who has not yet been moved out of a lounge yet, added that communication from the housing office throughout the semester has been noticeably poor.

“It was annoying because we didn’t get any updates from anybody, which is the least [the housing office] could do,” George said. “The only information we have is what we’re hearing from the people living in the other lounge.”

Meanwhile, many residents of Jameson and High Rise 5 — in both temporary and normal housing — have been living with the inconveniences of hosting several additional people on each floor, all sharing bathrooms.

Anne Kim ’19, a student currently staying on the second floor of Jameson, explained that she and her roommates need to share bathrooms with another suite.

“We have to share with other suites, and there are two girls’ bathrooms on the floor so it’s not that bad, but it’s definitely not normal,” Kim said.

George also complained that the lounge is too small to accommodate five people.

“We were supposed to have five girls in our suite, but one of them got moved to West before we moved in,” George said. “When we found that out, we asked maintenance to at least move the fifth set of furniture out, and they said they couldn’t do anything. There’s no room. We are literally on top of each other and if they had moved it, we would’ve had more space.”

However, the biggest complaint from both transfer students and other freshmen in the dormitories concerned the impact the arrangement has had on their social lives.

“One drawback is that North Campus is all freshmen, so it’s hard to meet people in your grade,” Kim said.

“Especially as a transfer, you don’t know a ton of people

“There’s no room. We are literally on top of each other.”

Kelaiah George ’19 coming in. All the other transfers are living on West Campus and we can’t really meet them.”

Scott Semaya ’20, who lives in Jameson, explained that the lack of a usable lounge also makes it more difficult for freshmen in regular housing to socialize.

“Not having the lounge prevents us from meeting other people on the floor,” Semaya said. “I’ve met people

Ithacans Plan to Make City ‘Welcoming’ to Refugees REFUGEES

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Not only does IWR supply the necessary resources for refugees to build a life and career in Ithaca, but the nonprofit organization also works to offer internships and educational opportunities so that they can acquire a career relevant to their skillset.

“There is a refugee I [met] last year … an Iraqi farmer … [who] got an internship to learn American farming, so he can be a farmer here,” Shitia said.

Shitia also helped organize the “Cornell for Syrian Refugees” fundraiser after being contacted by IWR last year, which raised $4,000 for the cause. She said she was inspired to take on this project after visiting Egypt this past summer and witnessing the area’s communal embrace of Syrian refugees. “[The Egyptians were] so happy Syrians were coming to Egypt, starting their own businesses and restaurants, contributing to the economy, exploring entrepreneurship and creating essentially another culture,” she said. “I was hoping I could try to bring that perception of refugees here to Ithaca, New York State and the United States by showing that these refugees aren’t just here to escape. They’re here to start a new life.”

The Ithaca Common Council voted unanimously in June to make the city a “welcoming community for all refugees,” regardless of their country of origin, according to

The Ithaca Voice. Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 also voiced support for welcoming refugees.

“There are 10 million or more people in harm’s way, and they’re fleeing … and they're looking for a place that will accept them,” Myrick told The Voice. “Ithaca should be that place.”

Ithaca has historically welcomed a large number of refugees, according to Meeder.

“In the last 10 years or so, many [Burmese] refugees came to Ithaca — the year 2007 alone saw about 50 Karen refugees,” she said. “Ithaca welcomed large groups of people from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, Ithaca helped resettle people fleeing violence in Armenia, Bosnia and Russia.”

Ithaca is unique in its efforts to create opportunities for its newcomers. According to the White House website, the U.S. immigration system only allows “strong candidates for resettlement” to proceed in the immigration process, a group that makes up “less than one percent of the global refugee population.”

“My opinion is that Ithaca will never be their home because their true home is where their family, language, culture and memories were,” Shitia said. “It shouldn’t be forgotten that at one point Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan were not always a war zone … Ithaca could be their safe haven.”

Blair Legere can be reached at bel74@cornell.edu.

on the Skylounge but not a lot of people go there.”

The University has frequently used temporary living arrangements like these throughout the past nine years, according to Anbinder.

“Eight out of the last nine years, we’ve used some amount of lounge space as temporary housing at the beginning of the fall semester,” he said. “We always know there are more students interested in living on campus than we have available space for, and this is one of the ways that we’ve managed that imbalance as best we can.”

Anbinder said that this year, the transfer students who were placed in these lounge-converted rooms were selected based on when they applied for housing.

“Some were those who applied after the July 1 deadline,” he said. “Of course, some students apply after the deadline because they’ve been taken off a waitlist and [have] been told they were accepted after that deadline, so it’s not necessarily anyone’s ‘fault’ that they applied late.”

Andrew Shao ’19, who currently lives in a lounge in Jameson, said he is still uncertain about “the exact system” through which housing in lounges is assigned.

“Some of us submitted our housing applications late,” he said. “We were told that all traditional housing spots had filled up.”

George added that he “definitely got [the housing application] done in late May or early June.”

“In most cases, rooms or beds become available when students take a leave of absence from the University for personal, academic or health reasons,” he said. “We have moved students as space has become available.”

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun.com.

Take a knee NICK COTE / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Aurora (Colorado) Central High School students kneel during the national anthem on Saturday to protest racial injustice.

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Letter to the Editor

1967 redux: The murder of Anthony Nazaire To the Editor: The fatal attack on Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire and the futile police hunt for his killer bring to mind the still unsolved murders of nine Cornellians ― eight students and one faculty member ― who perished in the April 1967 fire at the Cornell Heights Residential Club (now Hurlburt or Ecology House). Survivors were relocated to other campus and Collegetown lodging; two of these residences suffered fires, Watermargin on May 23 and 211 Eddy Street on May 31. All three fires were confirmed to be arson attacks when evidence of fluid accelerants was found.

Classes ended, the summer break came and when the fall 1967 term began the incendiary attacks were all but forgotten. The Cornell Board of Trustees had imposed a policy of official silence. Neither The Cornell Daily Sun nor The Ithaca Journal made any effort to question officials or report on progress of the criminal investigation: nine cruel homicides, the second greatest loss of life incident in the history of the University.

Now a month has passed since Nazaire was stabbed to death on the Cornell campus. Are we seeing a repeat of the 1967 dereliction by the press? Has any Sun reporter asked the police to produce a timeline? Has the medical examiner’s report been released? Has a weapon been identified? Are there any signs of witness non-cooperation or evasion? What questions have been asked of the authorities? What answers have been rendered? Where is The Cornell Daily Sun? H. William Fogle, Jr. ’70

Yom Kaepernick T

oday marks the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah is a time of celebration for my people; we eat sweet foods, drink sweet wine and try with all our might to get some sort of sound out of the shofar but never manage to do so (okay, maybe the last one is just me).

Rosh Hashanah is a joyous holiday, a time for us to enjoy family, friends and life.

Seven days from now, however, there will be no celebration. In seven days, there is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year. On Yom Kippur there is no eating or drinking of anything, sweet or otherwise. Yom Kippur is a time for reflection and repentance, a day where we abstain from earthly pleasures in order to remind ourselves of the more important things in life, the value of virtue and of sin. On Yom Kippur, God cashes all of the checks we’ve written against our souls throughout the previous year. We can only hope that we don’t end the day with a negative balance.

The adjacency of the two holidays is not coincidental. Celebration and reflection should always go hand in hand. If we spend too much time celebrating, and not enough time reflecting, we can lose valuable perspective about who we are, regarding both our strengths and our faults. This applies to a lot more than just Judaism and individual introspection. There is a lot out there for which we as a country could use a little perspective.

Consider San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the football player who, according to Google, makes up three quarters of all NFL-player related searches. Kaepernick isn’t garnering headlines for his playing — in fact, he hasn’t played all season. Instead, he has attracted nationwide attention because of his refusal to stand during the playing of the national anthem in protest of the treatment of African Americans by police officers.

The backlash from Kaepernick’s actions has been swift, intense and in some cases frightening. Kaepernick says he has received death threats. The right wing media machine has mobilized in full force against him. The Santa Clara police officers’ union even threatened to stop protecting football games at Levi’s Stadium until Kaepernick’s protest ended, though they quickly backed down under intense pressure from the public.

We do have a problem with our criminal justice system, and anyone who denies that is deluding themselves. On a macroscopic level, there is America’s incredible level of incarceration, particularly among black and Hispanic men.

There is the massive sentencing disparity between whites and minorities for similar crimes, including the egregious 18:1 sentencing ratio between crack and powder cocaine (which was 100:1 only six years ago) and the disproportionate number of black men sent to death row.

There is also the war on marijuana that is prejudicially waged on young black men.

And then there are the stories that seem to emerge on a weekly basis. They follow the same pattern: an initial interaction, a sudden escalation, and then the pop of a firearm, usually all within a few minutes or in some cases, seconds.

Terrence Crutcher was shot and killed after his car broke down on the highway.

Philando Castile was shot and killed while in his car with his girlfriend and her four-year-old daughter. Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old, was shot while on a neighborhood playground. Trayvon Martin died with a bag of Skittles and iced tea in his hands. Until every American is truly equal in the eyes of the law and law enforcement, we most definitely have a problem. This is an issue that should be uniting us, not dividing us.

But wait! There is no problem, exclaims Tomi Lahren, of TheBlaze and Facebook fame. And if you disagree with that, as Mr. Kaepernick does, then Tomi Lahren would be more than happy to show you the door. To America. Because she wants you to leave. This “news anchor,” who made her name calling Beyonce’s Super Bowl 50 halftime show racist and likening the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ku Klux Klan, would like very much for Kaepernick to just scoot on out if he’s too upset with the way they do things in “her” country.

As if Colin Kaepernick is not just as much an American as Tomi Lahren is.

No, he might not be blond haired and blue eyed like she is, or from the wide, flat plains of so-called “real America” like she is, but what gives her the right to decide who gets to stay and who gets to go? Moreover, why is it Kaepernick who has to leave, and not Tomi Lahren? The right wing is acting as if living here is some sort of gift they’ve bestowed upon Kaepernick and others, a gift that they can revoke if things get too uncomfortable. That’s not the version of America I know. My great-grandparents left their home countries because they did not accept or respect Jews; they came here because America, unlike so many other nations, offered a safe space for being and thinking different. The American ideal I know respects and encourages differences of opinion and uncomfortable conversations. The American ideal I know assures each and every citizen the same rights and opportunities, regardless of who they are or what their background is.

Colin Kaepernick has found himself at the forefront of an incredibly important movement in American history, a movement which will inevitably lead to a day of reckoning for America — America’s next Yom Kippur. We’ve been enjoying Rosh Hashanah for too long.

We’ve gotten too high off an ultranationalistic, jingoistic, racially tinged version of America and now it’s time to sober up. Just like you can’t have Rosh Hashanah without Yom Kippur, you can’t live like we do in today’s America without also taking the time to address our faults like Kaepernick is doing.

We’ve been writing checks against our Americanness for a long time, and now Kaepernick is here letting us know that those checks are about to be cashed. In seven days I will face a day of introspection, repentance, and renewal — it’s time for America to do the same.

Jacob Rubashkin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jrubashkin@cornellsun.com. The Jacobin appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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y first instinct in tackling this column today was to quote the Tove Lo song that shares the same name as today’s column and call it a day.

Maybe add a couple paragraphs dissecting some of her lyrics, maybe leave it up to you guys to analyze what she means (if you haven’t already), maybe add a link to a recent interview of hers I came across — keep it minimalist (and turn it in on time for once), you know?

I changed my mind late last night. Sitting on the couch, absentmindedly scrolling through readings for class the day after (read: make-up tutorials on Youtube), I could hear the throngs of brave students out on a Sunday spilling across the streets of Collegetown, laughing and talking. It wasn’t much different than any other Sunday, but it had been a while since I’d taken the time to observe the personalities that flit by College Avenue on a given night.

There’s a trait that lives within the college aged girl that manifests itself across campuses, and if you look close enough, you can define it. It’s the trait that pushes us to want to be the “cool girl” — you know the one that I’m talking about. She’s the girl that hangs out on the porch of a party, casually drinking or casually smoking, she’s the one in ripped jeans and a casual top, she’s the one that lives behind the meme of Audrey Hepburn casually turning away a guy that tells her he loves her; she’s the one in Tove Lo’s song that casually rolls her eyes and keeps it platonic.

Somewhere along the way, it got cool for us to not care. That girl, the one that every guy finds himself attracted to when he least expects it, could care less — about him, about his opinion, about anything really.

She’s the one that keeps everything light, everything simple. She makes you feel wanted enough to stay, unwanted enough to keep coming back. You don’t matter to her, but you want to, and that’s enough to keep you around.

It’s cool to not care because it’s so very uncool to get hurt. No one wants to admit they tried their hardest and lost. No one wants to admit they gave something, someone, everything they had, and ended up hurt. It’s much easier to pretend like you never cared in the first place.

It’s much easier to reason with yourself, to shrug off when you’re talking to a friend how little you tried and how little you expected. It’s a much easier conversation to have than the one that forces you to say you tried your best, and it wasn’t good enough.

So, we’re left holding on to our cool girl persona. I could sit here and list to you all the ways in which this persona creeps up in pop culture references, the ways in which this ideal perpetuates itself through stereotypes and memes and Buzzfeed quizzes. In preparing to write this column, I wrote out a few I could think of, but if I’m being entirely honest, I ended up too frustrated to turn it into anything remotely sensical enough for a public, college newspaper. The fact of the matter is, this “cool girl” doesn’t exist. She never has, and no matter how close she might get to faking it, she never will exist.

People care. People try — people try really hard (especially on our campus, come on). People hurt. People love, people hate. People are supposed to. When society shames people for being “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” “too attached,” “too needy,” it degrades who we can be as a community. To shy away from empathy, understanding and respect is not to be above the people around you; it is to be too immature to look past only yourself.

I spent a while on this column. I actually started it before the day it was due, I had a friend read it over, I had another friend read it over and then I sat there in impatience while I watched my editor read it over through the colored lines of a Google doc. Someone called me out on how subpar my last one was, and it stung — a lot more than I would care to admit out loud. My go-to reaction was to insist I couldn’t care less about that particular column. “Rough week, it happens,” I laughed. It was a rough week, it does happen, but it didn’t make it mean any less to me. I could’ve quoted a Tove Lo song as a column this week. I could’ve insisted that what I write every other week doesn’t mean that much to me, and believe me, I considered it strongly. At the core of it all, though, the person I’d be lying to most would be myself.

Admitting we care doesn’t change the fact that we did to begin with, and it doesn’t make criticism sting any less — it simply makes a stronger case for us to try harder next time.

Hebani Duggal is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at hduggal@cornellsun.com. Teach Me How to Duggal appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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“Semantics and political correctness is all well and good. However, what is going to make a real difference in the world at large is to finish your education, get a job, volunteer, donate and be the same person to other people that you want them to be to you. It is as simple as that and has nothing to do with he, she or they pronouns.”

Making a difference Re: “HAGOPIAN | They are the World: What Pronouns Can Teach Us About Political Correctness,” Opinion September 30, 2016

Alex Davies | Have I Got News for You?

Trumped Up and Let Down D

espite a week passing, Donald in many of his endeavors, Trump failed. so is clearly highly beneficial to him.

Trump’s debate style (if one can term Previously his wild assertions could have Trump’s performance at the presidential debate remains seared it a ‘style’) comprised interrupting, shout- been construed as a strategy to position into my mind. That he consistently failed ing and the use of the word ‘wrong.’ He him outside normal politics. However to meet the absurdly low expectations interrupted Clinton 51 times (Clinton now, in the face of near universal consenfacing him was astounding. In contrast, interrupted Trump 17 times). What’s sus that Trump’s only path to the presiHillary Clinton did what she needed to, more, these interruptions were never in dency was to present himself as more staworking like an assembly line robot to order to make a substantive point or pre- ble and sensible in the debate, it becomes slot pre-rolled phrases together. They sent a factual argument disputing clear that this was never a strategy — it is were so catchy (“trumped up, trickle Clinton’s claims. Rather, they were integral to Trump’s personality and candown”) that even her stilted, android- invariably a snide comment (the best, not be overlooked.

I am convinced that something is esque delivery, with its slightly-too-long “but you have no plan”) or “wrong.” pauses and forced smile-grimace couldn’t Most of his interruptions were accompa- wrong with Donald Trump’s mind. The nied by The Donald’s signature raised average person can recognise the rising of sink her chances.

However, most eyes were on Trump index finger hand movement (one which an urge to react, to hurt and can control (they certainly stayed glued in his direc- is eerily similar to that used by ISIS fight- that urge. After months of mounting evidence, the debate has proved that Trump tion thanks to his odd, shifting facial ers).

The substance of what he said was lacks this faculty. His performance also expressions and constant sniffing). The seasoned politician and her predictably even stranger than how he conducted undercuts his claims to follow the advice polished patter was much less exciting than the buffoon who might objecti- The debate was Donald Trump’s opportunity to fy his own daughter or try to declare demonstrate his temperament (one of the best) himself king. I and restraint ... It was his chance to directly admit, I was excited beyond any normal contradict Clinton’s argument that he is unfit to degree to see Trump in a one-on-one be president. In this, as in many of his debate. Thankfully endeavors, Trump failed. for Clinton, the buffoon did most of the talking (an assertion that would surely elicit another himself. When came Donald’s turn to of knowledgeable people — his lack of of his foghorn “wrong!” declamations. speak, he sounded positively deranged. practice was obvious, despite aides trying “I’m the best at being quiet, believe He declared that Clinton had been to convince him to prepare. His inability “fighting ISIS [her] entire adult life.” Like to stay on topic and follow strategies preme.”).

Political types forget that most of an ugly, orange salmon he managed to sented by experts looks less and less like a America does not follow the election as return to his political spawning pool, rav- consciously pursued plan and more like rabidly as we do. Usually the opening ing against Rosie O’Donnell, after swal- an underlying pathological defect.

On the rare occasion that Trump can debate is the first chance for a candidate lowing Clinton’s Alicia Machado bait control himself he seems overcome with to make a direct extended appeal to those hook, line and sinker.

So what? The man speaks his mind a childlike need to inform anyone who just tuning in, though the acrimony and idiocy of the 2016 campaign may have — that’s why so many Americans sup- will listen of how he bested his own ragcaused many Americans to take an inter- port him. The problem with that justifi- ing mind. After the debate Trump touted est in the election earlier than they did in cation of Trump’s debate performance is his will power saying, “I was going to say other years. However given the still high that it passes over the important implica- something extremely rough to Hillary, to number of undecided voters, last week’s tion of how unable he is to follow a plan. her family, and I said to myself, I can’t do debate was likely Trump’s first opportuni- It was in his interest to appear a plausible, it. It’s inappropriate. It’s not nice.” ty to make a direct pitch to voters in a set- reasonable candidate in this first debate. Instead he left it up to the viewers at ting distinct from televised rallies and And he tried, for the first 15 minutes or home, those with the bumper stickers so, when it looked like we might actually reading “Trump That Bitch,” to imagine cable news controversies.

The debate was Donald Trump’s enjoy a semi-sensible debate. However, the depths of his depravity for themopportunity to demonstrate his tempera- his impulses soon bested him, as he slid selves. ment (one of the best) and restraint (evi- back into ego inflation and name-calling.

Such difficulty restraining himself dent in his desire to keep his anti-ISIS plan safe from the prying eyes of jihadists and following a prescribed strategy, even Alex Davies is a senior in the College of Arts and American voters). It was his chance when it was in his own interest, has and Sciences. He can be reached at to directly contradict Clinton’s argument exposed the fact that Trump is incapable ajd253@cornell.edu. Have I Got News For appears alternate Tuesdays this semesthat he is unfit to be president. In this, as of controlling his urges even when doing You? ter.

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Left or Right? Researchers Study How Zebrafish Make Decisions

By JACK NOVAK Sun Contributor

Imagine you are a larval zebrafish. You hear something: the sound of a predator racing towards you. You turn hard to your left. How did you decide to turn left instead of right?

Prof. Joseph R. Fetcho, neurobiology and behavior, and colleagues followed how this decision is made by mapping the circuit of neurons from the sensory input of the sound of a potential predator to the behavioral output of the actual muscle movement in their study: ‘A circuit motif in the zebrafish hindbrain for a two alternative behavioral choice to turn left or right’.

Zebrafish turn rapidly to the left or right as an escape behavior when they perceive signs of predators.

Fetcho said, “This escape behavior shows a circuit that collects sensory information from opposite sides of the body; sensory information comes in from the left and in from the right and what happens during an escape is that an animal has to weigh how strong is the information coming in from the right,” Fetcho said.

During an escape, the animal has to weigh how strong the information coming from both sides is and then move, depending on which side has the strongest signal. The side with the strongest signal is the side where the attacking predator is present.

The circuit described in the study may be the general way in which different types of neurons are connected in the hindbrain. The escape behavior of larval zebrafish is a simple behavior. The circuit determining the behavioral choice of turning left or right involves fewer neurons than more complicated behavior, for which information is also collected over a longer period of time. The study showed how two alternative behavioral choices are competed against each other to make the appropriate decision. The competition occurs via inhibitory cells so that evidence for one

alternative is also evidence against the other alternative.

Larval zebrafish are transparent and, according to Fetcho, this transparency comes in handy.

“We could use the transparency of the fish to visualize nerve cells, to record their activity with microelectrodes and map out a circuit,” Fetcho said.

From this map, models were constructed of the circuit responsible for the physical reaction of turning to the left or the right or not turning at all. These models could predict the effect of eliminating certain cells, assuming the cell held a specific function. To test if these were, in fact, the functions of particular cell types, the predicted effect of the cells’ absence on escape behavior was compared to the observed effect of destroying these cells. Destroying a specific type of cells in the brain of a model organism, whose behavior needs to be observed afterward, demands incredibly sensitive technique. Laser ablations — irradiating materials through lasers — were performed to test models of cell function.

Although the circuit appears to explain a highly specialized escape behavior, it may be a pattern. The circuit is located in the hindbrain, which, as Fetcho explained, controls movements.

“It’s a region that controls all sorts of movements in animals [and] in us too, like eye movements, jaw movements, limb movements and body movements,” Fetcho said.

Also columns of morphologically similar cells are found in this brain region across vertebrates. There is evidence that behavior is repeated laterally throughout these columns, with the activity of neurons at the relative bottom of the columns associated with faster behavior.

Referring to three-dimensional reconstructions of such a column, Prof. Joseph R. Fetcho said, “We can show that [in] these cells that are involved in swim-

ming, when the fish swims fast, the cells that are active are down here [in the column], and as [the larval zebrafish] swims more slowly the active cells are higher and higher up [in the column].”

The circuit for escape behavior outlined in this study lies at the bottom of one such column. Thus, the general pattern of connectivity may be repeated along the column so that laterally higher circuits determine behaviors over a longer period of time.

Moreover, the study suggests a circuit motif. The pattern that is implicated is the competing of two alternatives via inhibitory cells; the basic framework of competing two alternative behaviors to come to an optimal decision may be repeated laterally. Although, the cells are not exactly the same in circuits higher up in the column, the pattern of sensory input acting as evidence for one response and also triggering inhibitory cells for the alternative response may exist as the basic framework for how decisions are made in this column and even across the hindbrain of other vertebrates.

Fetcho explained the potential of this circuit motif, saying, “Basically you’re building a circuit over and over again, but you’re changing the actual electrical properties of the cells in ways that cause it to collect information over longer periods of time.

“So you can build [circuits with] neurons with different properties that allow them to operate over different time domains,” he said.

Fetcho and his lab are continuing this work and working on whole brain imaging: imaging every neuron in the brain of larval zebrafish. As Prof. Joseph R. Fetcho said, “if [the circuit motif ] is repeated we should see predictable changes in the position and pattern of activity of cells at different places in the column as we vary the sensory stimulation.”

Jack Novak can be reached at jpn56@cornell.edu.

Vibrant Victoria Lily Blooms on Campus

By CHENAB KHAKH Sun Contributor

With packed schedules consisting of back to back lectures, studying for prelims, clubs, sports and part-time jobs, Cornell students are always on the move. Among this hustle and bustle of campus life, a moment of serenity is immensely valuable. Sometimes considered a zoo of plants, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium is a special oasis to escape the busy life on campus and appreciate the biodiversity of the world.

Maintained by the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, the hortorium consists of several conservatory houses in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science.

This past summer, a plant in the Nymphaeaceae family, commonly known as the Victoria lily, was moved the Palm House and is now a waterfall feature. Grown from seed by horticulture student Miles Schwartz Sax grad, in spring of 2015, the Victoria lily is a very large and strong plant. The cultivar being grown in the conservatory is a cross between South American natives V. cruziana and V. amazonica.

On Sept. 2, the Victoria lily began its dramatic blossoming, which lasts two days as the petals move from white to purple. The plant is housed in the southwest corner of the Palm House and flowers approximately every week. On Sept. 29, another bud blossomed before nightfall at 7:30 p.m. The bloom time for the lily is quite short lasting only about 48 hours but is pivotal to its lifespan.

The blossoming involves a complicated pollination system in which a distinct pineapple-like odor is released to attract pollinators to reproduce the plant. As the flower opens, its female parts are ready to receive the pollen of another lily through beetles which become trapped inside. Once the anthers, or male parts, mature and release pollen the beetles are freed. The change of color from white to purple is a signal to beetles that pollination is no longer needed.

The conservatory is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to the public for viewing of the lily and other plants. Additionally, time lapse videos of the blossoming are available online.

Chenab Khakh can be reached at ckk47@cornell.edu.

Lively lily | A Victoria Lily blooms in Cornell's Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.

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SCIENCE

Project Team Constructs Concrete Canoe

Floating concrete | The 2016 canoe Thraknos makes its debut at the competition.

By YENNIFFER MARTINEZ Sun Contributor

We’ve all seen wood float and rocks sink in water.

This is why boats are usually made of wood and other light materials. But could a boat made out of concrete float?

A group of Cornell undergraduates attempt to accomplish that feat every year. Cornell's concrete canoe — an engineering project team associated with Cornell’s civil and environmental engineering school — strives to create a canoe from concrete for the American Society for Civil Engineers’ annual Upstate New York regional competition. The team works throughout the year on designing, building and finishing a new concrete canoe, one that is used to compete regionally with other schools.

Carolyn Schwartz ’18, team lead, pointed out that building the boat is not an easy task due to the unconventional nature of the idea.

“Creating a canoe out of concrete is an engineering challenge where the main objective is to build a boat out a material that is not typically use to build these type of objects and it is considered to do the opposite of floating,” Schwartz said.

The team is divided into six sub-teams each of which works on different aspects of the project throughout the building and design process. The sub teams — aesthetic, mix, mold, analysis, logistics, and the paddling team — all work to make this project a success.

Among the sub-teams is the aesthetics team, which is in charge of the appearance and presentation of the canoe. The mix, mold and analysis teams work together to decide the material they want to use, the mold design they want to work with and using this information, the analysis sub team designs computer programs and performs software analysis to improve

the efficiency of the boat. Budget management and scheduling is taken care of by the logistics team.

Finally, the paddling team competes by racing the canoe against the other universities of the region in the competition.

Even though building a floating concrete canoe and succeeding in future competitions are the most important parts of this project, the team does not consider prior experience a fundamental requirement for those who want to join.

According to Daniella Blyakhman ’18, team lead, the interest in hands-on work is the quality that matters the most for those working on the project.

“On this team you learn from experience [and] you learn from other members,” Blyakhman said. “We don’t expect people to know [anything] about concrete or any other material used in this process, but we like students who are committed and dedicated.”

Schwartz stressed that being an engineering major is also not a prerequisite for joining the team, however, interest in the project is paramount.

“The applicants that become part of our team are those who are interested and feel that they can contribute new things while they are learning.” Schwartz said. “We pick members who are motivated and have an interest in the team, because we are not looking for experience, we are looking for interest.”

It is the huge the potential of the project that attracted Blyakhman to the team.

“For me, the project in itself is amazing. When I came to Cornell, I was looking for a project that I can see happen in the real life and is also very unique.”

As the saying goes, there is no substitute for experience.

“Even though it’s an engineering project, it's not like doing research in a lab where there is a clear cut experiment,” Schwartz said. “Here you can experiment with whatever you want, year to year. It is a very open ended

Boat and builders | The team stands with their canoe at the competition venue.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLYN SCHWARTZ ’18

COURTESY OF CAROLYN SCHWARTZ ’18

project, and that is how the real world is like and how engineers get experience.”

The intellectual and cultural diversity of Cornell is also a major attraction for the members, a quality visible in the composition of the project team.

“What we like the most about this team is that [you] can see engineering out the text books and we get surrounded by different people, from different majors and interest who come together to work in different areas of

“On this team, you learn from experience [and] you learn from other members.”

Daniella Blyakhman ’18

this project,” Blyakhman said.

The practical skills gained by working on the canoe are unparalleled according to Schwartz.

“Being an engineering student is a demanding task, but finding a place where you can combine what you learn and put it into practice is a fun and unforgettable experience,” Schwartz said, “Looking at a problem from a unique point of view helps us gain understanding of our professional fields.”

While working on a project of this magnitude brings satisfaction and fulfilment, the leads acknowledge that being a part of the team requires time and commitment from all of it’s members.

“Working on this project has been worthy because it is something I love,” Schwartz said, “but the only thing negative about it, is that we have to add it our schedule like any other class.”

For these leaders, the ideal team-building project is something where everybody on the team have something different to contribute and feels comfortable participating.

“As leaders that’s the environment we try to create for our team, we want people in our team to come to the lab and learn something new every year independently of the age, major or experience they have,” Schwartz said.

Being together for years brings a sense of confidence and frankness to the members when communicating with one another.

“Because we know all the members so well, we try to remind each other that at the end of the day we all are working to accomplish the same objectives,” Blyakhman said.

With the effort, talent and attitude the students are put in this project, Cornell concrete canoe team is prepared to sail to victory.

Yenniffer Martinez can be reached at ynm6@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Timeless Conquerers:

American Sojourns and the Collecting of Japanese Art der if the collection truly told a story of Japanese art and lifestyle or an account of Western cultural representation and the ruthless devotion to exploration, cultivation and collection.

Beautifully painted and visually compelling, many of the History continuously shows that Western influences have works depict Japanese men and women performing everyday played a dominant role in the shaping of many regions of the tasks such as standing on a stone bridge, walking along a path world. From hemisphere to hemisphere, nation to nation, and receiving lessons in the English language. In one framed Western forces have consistently proved their acquisitive work entitled “Dressing,” three Japanese women are depicted nature in conquests of land, people, and with two of the three sitresources. Japanese art and culture are no ting on a wooden floor. exception to this rule.

The women are dressed Walking down the steps leading to in traditional Japanese American Sojourns and the Collecting of kimonos while a folding Japanese Art, I was met with a silence only screen decorated with broken by the occasional footsteps of securicherry blossom trees is ty guards lightly pacing the interconnected centered behind them. rooms of the museum halls. The exhibit’s Other paintings are more pieces, displayed in a comfortably small personal, with portraits space, radiated an air of tranquility and of women adorning the sophistication. Mounted in wooden frames, enclosed space. The the people and lifestyle of Japan during the painting entitled “Girl” Meiji ruling come to life.

by Austrian artist Baron The entrance of the exhibit displays a Raimund von Stillfried is large sign detailing the account of the colleca simple headshot portions, in which Americans were finally granttrait of a young Japanese ed access to Japan after it had remained closed girl pictured in a robe and blocked off to foreigners during the reign and pinned up hair. The COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON MUSEUM of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Permission to description for the work enter in 1853 was quickly followed by a wave On Display | A 19th Century Korin School Tray. details the artist of the of tourism, in which American citizens travpainting receiving traineled to the country for leisure and increased exploration, dot- ing by Felice Beato, the first European to open a photography ing on Japanese art and design. Rather than simply seeing a cul- business in Yokohama. ture depicted through elaborate paintings and artwork, the Of this description, I questioned the exhibit’s portrayal of question of Western imperialism dawned upon me. From the Japanese art, as many of the works depict European works portraits of Japanese women created by European artists to the rather than Japanese artists, thus portraying a primarily books written by American authors, I could not help but won- Western viewpoint of Japanese life and culture. These foreignBY ISABELLE PHILIPPE Sun Contributor

ers seemed to have formed their own depictions and representations of Japanese people and its society rather than actual accounts from Japanese individuals themselves.

Paintings are not the only pieces featured in the exhibition.

A number of crafts such as pots, trays and trinkets lie for viewing, allowing a greater cultural depiction of tangible Japanese art. Surprisingly enough, American authors are also featured in the exhibition, with their featured books detailing a number of accounts ranging from Japanese arts to discussions by scholar Okakura Kakuzo. Irish-born Francis Brinley, also contributed to American publications of Japanese works, as he created a number of works that featured photographs and texts describing the culture that appealed to many.

Leaving the museum, a number of questions took hold in my mind, most prominently the question of Western prominence and the timelessness its actions presents. In depicting Japanese life and culture through primarily European and American viewpoints, a dominant cultural misrepresentative is established. Rather than observing the true form of the Japanese culture, viewers are involuntarily idealizing the images and works before them, works that do not necessarily portray an accurate depiction of nineteenth century Japanese life. In this way, what is seen versus the underlying truth of a culture’s representation run parallel to each other. Yet it is this depiction that ultimately shapes or knowledge of the culture we associate these images with.

If not attending for the paintings and artifacts from a beautifully complex and enriching culture, I highly recommend checking out the exhibit and judging for yourself whether this collection tells the story of Japanese art and history or the story of another successful Western feat that has helped contribute the way we look at not just Japanese culture, but our own and others today.

Isabelle Philippe is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at ip93@cornellsun.com.

A New Look: Eva Hesse at Cornell Cinema Watching Eva Hesse, I felt almost certain that I had seen artist Eva Hesse’s work somewhere. The latex and fiberglass sculptures, the thrown-about ropes and the arrangement of her shapes seemed to me incredibly modern, given that Hesse had worked primarily during the sixties. Perhaps it’s just that by now, Hesse is well-known in context of the modern art movement, with several posthumous exhibitions. For example, following her death in 1970, Hesse’s work was displayed in a grand exhibition at the famous Guggenheim Museum — weird, absurd sculptures that had never been quite been seen before Hesse were gathered together and in the exhibit, five years’ worth of her work completely filled the floors of the Guggenheim, a remarkable feat given the size of the museum and Hesse’s deteriorating health prior to her death as her friends note in the new 2016 art documentary Eva Hesse.

Eva Hesse does more than simply recounting the life of an artist, or discussing an art movement — it explores and examines the complex interconnections between Hesse’s art and her life, detailing the development and fluidity of her times. Mainly following Hesse starting from her college years, the documentary is automatically set to discuss the art of the ’50s and ’60s, a particularly volatile and shattering time of art norms as modernist movements really came into swing with postmodernism, pop art, minimalism, and so on. At the forefront of one of these radical shifts was Eva Hesse, a young and talented German-Jewish woman whose family had managed to escape the horrors of Nazi Germany to the United States during the late ’30s.

Divided into clear delineations of stages of Hesse’s life, the art documentary at first unconsciously tricks viewers (those who don’t know much about Hesse) into thinking Hesse’s life is tidy and that her art was simply a part of a greater movement; we start

with her going to art school, eventually going to Yale and becoming a quick favorite. However, as the sections of the documentary progress, we delve deeper both into Hesse’s future and her extremely traumatizing and scarred past, both in Germany and sometime afterwards, which deeply affects her mindset, art and ability to live as she wishes until the end of her life.

To this end, in general Hesse’s trauma and pain is often seen as inextricably tied to her art and her search for art—as the documentary implies, the common rhetoric today is that Hesse’s constant need to develop a definitive and revolutionary style was reflective of her need to create an identity for herself, to assuage her painful feelings of isolation and trauma through recognition as a great artist and to express her emotions and memories through ideas. While that may certainly be true, we also find part of Hesse’s mindset is also attributed to the artists’ spirit of the era, a time when art was done for art’s sake in the spirit of some sort of artistic revolution that demanded to break down any existing rule possible.

The art documentary paints a fuller picture. While the audio is most arguably the most important part of the documentary, as Cornell the documentary could actually be completeCinema ly understood with the visuals, the collage of images and depictions of Hesse’s experiences give insight into the world of Eva Hesse — we have pictures of her throughout her life, her writing, her art and the people who worked with and loved her. It becomes easy to see Hesse’s evolution of breaking free from solely painting into the realm of sculpture that made her famous, from her early modernist drawings and schoolwork paintings to unconventional organic twists of ropes and wires, and shapes of resin and fiberglass molded personally arranged in neat displays.

Catherine Hwang

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Through the combination of a compelling and well-arranged narrative and these such visuals, Eva Hesse tackles the notion that Hesse’s art was solely an expression of her trauma and fear. It tackles the notion that her art was the expression of Hesse at all. Rather, as the documentary shows through a careful examination Hesse’s evolution, development, and relations, Hesse’s art were mere results of her art process of creation, which was really how Hesse faced and tackled the issues she saw in her life, going beyond just her fears into how she engaged the world and the way the world was changing.

Through her art, she sought to explore the new, to make art that was meaningful for her — subsequently, her individuality and strong stances in the ’60s COURTESY OF ZEITGEIST FILMS tied to her post-minimalist art movements in her unique style, the sexual revolution in the unidentifiably intimate character of her work, and the feminist movement in her rare position of a successful female artist in the art world. Hesse’s art followed her doggedly until her death, jumping medium to medium and constantly absorbing everything about the world around her. As an art documentary Eva Hesse gives a compelling and fascinating story — it doesn’t give us a bland narrative or overview, but digs deeply into the life of a woman whose art was a means of life and survival, and who, through exploring her own self in art, met the end of her tragically early end having overcome her past demons.

Eva Hesse will be screened at Cornell Cinema this Thursday, October 6, and Saturday, October 8.

Catherine Hwang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at shwang@cornellsun.com.

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Contemporary Sensibilities and Progression: Blood Wedding at Ithaca College

BY CATHERINE HWANG Sun staff Writer

Even before the show begins, the set at the Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center of Ithaca College is striking — clean lines, neat delineations of space with blues and whites and solid colors immediately give a modern tone to Blood Wedding, the famous tragedy of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. Set in twentieth century rural Spain, Blood Wedding tells the story of an on-going curse of a family feud and deception as it explores the story and aftermath of a young woman who abandons her own wedding for her former lover. Though such a story could easily slip into the realm of cliché, the clean aesthetic and direction of Ithaca College Theatre Arts’ Blood Wedding keeps the narrative fresh and enthralling.

Director Norm Johnson’s Blood Wedding remains contemporary in great part due to the set and costumes. A nod to Lorca’s surrealist links, the look is simple but timeless. The clean lines of the set’s stairs and main components are clearly modern, but also simple such that the set’s backdrop remains incredibly versatile for the play’s purposes. A blue line of tiles runs down the middle of the stage, reminding the viewers of both Spanish tiles and of the rivers that thematically run through the play.

The orange-dipped clothing of the cast is both stunning and meaningfully designed. Overall, the Blood Wedding of Ithaca College is incredibly visually appealing in a menagerie of light tones that belie that tragic nature of the play.

But the play is especially remarkable in its detailed nature. It is not the props — rather, the props of the stage seem fewer and simpler, though beautifully put together and complete.

Rather, the details are in facial expressions of the characters, the minute movements of the

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Longing and Loss | Veronica Ortiz as the Bride and Jose Useche as Leonardo Felix cast and the positioning of the sounds which all add layers to the play. If you’re lucky enough to be in just the right spot to see the faces of the characters, the effect is incredible.

Especially notable are the emotionally torn face of Leonardo Felix (played by Jose Useche), the former lover of the Bride (played by Veronica Ortiz), in his very first scene; the Mother’s (played by Caroline Maloney) wary and fearful expressions when only she seems to notice Death (played by Niamh O’Connor) at the apparently joyous wedding; and Death’s twitching and flickering eyes as she twists and turns on stage. Every movement of each chorus member also looks deliberate and carefully done, giving the stage a sense of fullness.

The progression of the play is fantastically reflected in the play through recurring themes and strong impressions left by the characters.

In particular is the portrayal of the Mother of the Bridegroom (the Bridegroom played by

Nicholas Byron). Although the play revolves around the wedding of the scandal created by the Bride, the Mother remains the pivotal character for the conflict of the piece in her remembrance of the deaths that resulted from the family feud with the Felix family, her skepticism of the Bride’s sincerity and her hatred of the violence that runs rampant in the tale.

Incredibly vocal, stern and staunch in her opinions, the Mother is by no means likeable (rather, none of the characters are). But she remains human and understandable, and the strong emotions that drive her forward in a life marked by death are amazingly expressed. As the story goes on, the Mother’s anxiety becomes even more palpable in her nervous questions and fury.

The Mother’s anxiety is justified and mirrored by the Beggar Woman who represents Death in the play. Again, the details are at work: Death is especially chilling and frighten-

ing when she is not speaking, but simply present on the stage, watching the characters in tight anticipation of what’s next to come.

Chills run down backs as she twists and writhes, in sharp contrast to the dancing wedding guests. As the play goes on, she becomes increasingly decrepit, Death’s face seemingly rots more and more. By the end of the play, blood looks to be splattered on her face.

This change sweeps through the stage itself. While generally full of oranges and whites and blues, the stage is occasionally and increasingly washed in dark greys and crimsons as the tragedy unfolds. We see the blue tiles that turn into a red river; the background wash of light that turns redder and redder; and the resonance of the chorus echoing all around. The stage’s changes become an unstoppable force of nature that indicates a sort of inevitable fate in the tragedy that must unfold. The set’s evolving nature combined with energy and effort of the cast produces an incredibly lively and enthralling play. Building off of an already-acclaimed play, the crew at Ithaca College clearly makes the script of Blood Wedding completely their own — as their shows very often do — through a careful attention to detail, modern sensibilities, and emotionally charged acting that charms and captivates the audience.

Blood Wedding will play five more times at the Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center from October 5 to 8.

Catherine Hwang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at shwang@cornellsun.com.

Trying to Be Relevant

was at a party one time and I was introduced to someone through a mutual friend. “This is Nick,” my friend said. “He’s really into music and he plays the piano.”

“Cool, that’s sort of interesting! What do you like to play on the piano?”

“Well, I’m classically trained, and my favorite composers are Bach and Chopin.”

“Wow, you must be really sensitive and have an exquisite taste for the nuances of creating art, like Bach’s subtle suspensions and dissonances in ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’ and other works!”

Or, some derivative of that story occurred, sans the closing remark. Being introduced as a musician of the western classical tradition often garners a vague, uninspired response of awe and not much further dialogue. The reason for this is not hard to ascertain, as the antiquity of classical music as a whole polarizes many unfamiliar individuals.

Those who study and play it are equated to contentious historians and scholars, blindly devoted to an art form that is slowly withering away. For many years, I was able to find a certain degree of romance in this undying faith to the elder musical gods and their respective bodies of work.

And, like many classical enthusiasts, I believed my preferred art to be vastly superior to the relatively simple properties and aesthetics of popular music. Yet, after a fair share of existential dread and awakening, I’ve begun to lose appreciation for this isolated mode of making music. Too often does classical performance feel like an anxious shout of blaring chords and lightning chromatic runs into a vast, empty void. And nobody likes shouting into the void.

Would classical composers themselves be pleased with how their music has been relegated to such a tiny intellectual class of players? I think not. Hundreds of years ago, during the time of our beloved composers like Beethoven or Mozart, the process of musicking was entirely different from current practices of classical interpretation. Chiefly, it was much more for-

mulaic than what current enthusiasts wish to believe.

Composers would build upon schemas, or patterns of notes and chord progressions that were popular among contemporary audiences and norms. (Try to imagine the chord progression of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major.” This is one schema that has remained popular for so many generations of musical creation.) Often times these composers would actually improvise melodies and harmonies over these schemata, only loosely obeying the written progressions and directions. This is nearly the polar opposite of modern classical playing, which as previously mentioned, is fixed in its own tradition. When considering the fact that many composers worked in such a way, the current practice of playing classical music seems odd and completely academic in nature rather than inherently musical. By attempting to faithfully recreate the recorded ideas of past composers, current musicians lose sight of the true artistic spirit in which these figures originated.

Furthermore, an exclusive fixation on classical music is contrary to the intentions of these composers. As previously mentioned, composers would often write in the Swan’s most popular styles of their times, seeking origiSong nality through subtle modifications of these progressions and harmonies. In this sense, perhaps a true honoring of the spirit of classical composers would be to seriously consider and work within the popular schemas

Nick Swan

and practices of our time. Music in its most basic form is merely a method of communication, and so when this social aspect of making music is removed, it ceases to exist on a human scale and is thus only aesthetically pleasant.

Many of us have seen Amadeus in high school or at some point, and despite the film’s comic undertone, it does accurately capture the communal nature of musical appreciation at the time. As we rage to electronic MacBook creations, musical patrons of the 1790s raged to the fortepiano. Making music that can be enjoyed and identified with by the masses of contemporary listeners is indeed truer to the origins of classical works and to music in general.

This is not to criticize COURTESY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES the efficacy of a quality classical training on a particular instrument. Indeed, such a background in music awards one with a supreme technical demand and a comprehensive understanding of theory that will foreseeably always be relevant. Neither am I doubting the merits of the current study of western classical music as it occurs in classrooms and concert halls around the world.

Yet, I do question whether this academic tradition is music in its truest form. Perhaps emulating the spirit of classical composers is the finest way of honoring their achievements. Not everyone derives pleasure from EDM-driven pop music, but it is important to consider these current trends and even seek to improve upon them where they may fall short. This indeed is a more faithful representation of the epic visionaries of classical music.

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun.com.

Swan’s Song runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Looking Back at the 2009 Jake Peavy Trade Padres’decision analyzed in hindsight ELDEN

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framework to a deal with the White Sox that would have sent Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda, Daniel Hudson, and a fourth player to San Diego.

Peavy exercised his no-trade clause and rejected the trade.

He strained a tendon in his ankle and was placed on the disabled list just weeks after deciding to stay in San Diego. At the trade deadline, the Padres and White Sox agreed to the same deal with reliever Adam Russell and pitcher Dexter Carter headed in place of Hudson and the fourth player (who may have very well been Carter or Russell). The deal was surprising because of Peavy’s injury and its similarities to the trade that he had previously rejected.

This time, Peavy accepted the move to Chicago.

The Padres missed out on Daniel Hudson, who went on to have great success in 2010 and 2011, before succumbing to an injury that forced him to have Tommy John surgery. In 2013, he re-tore his ulnar collateral ligament, forcing him to undergo the surgery a second time.

This derailed his career and took him from being a strong starting pitching option to a middle relief arm.

Peavy turned out to be a solid arm for the White Sox, but did not return to the ace status that he consistently flashed in San Diego. Over parts of five seasons with the White Sox, he started 83 games and posted a 4.00 ERA and an 8.0 K/9 during that span. He was later moved to the Red Sox in a trade that netted outfielder Avisail

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Garcia, young pitcher Frankie Montas (who later helped to acquire Todd Frazier), and two prospects who have since faded out of the picture. Montas and Garcia both represent valuable assets that Peavy returned.

The Padres saw a somewhat limited return on what they got back for Peavy. Carter never made it to the majors. Poreda threw 2.1 innings for the team.

Russell was a mediocre middle relief arm for parts of two seasons. The only piece acquired that contributed anything significant was left-handed pitcher Clayton Richard. Over six seasons in San Diego, his production was almost identical to that of Jake Peavy. He started 119 games for the Padres, posting a 4.03 ERA. He was often a key cog in the rotation, eating innings in seasons where the team often had many injuries to their starting staffs. He left via free agency after the 2013 season, so the Padres did not get a return on him. He was recently resigned to a minor league deal after bouncing around several organizations over the past three seasons, and performed quite well in the second half. There is mutual interest in a return.

Seven years later, it can be said that Richard and Peavy provided similar value to their respective teams after the trade, but Peavy had a much higher salary at the time. Peavy brought back a strong package via trade, but was also considerably more expensive than Richard. The deal ended up being pretty even.

Noah Elden can be reached at nelden@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Cornell,Dominated by Penn,Drops to 0-2 in Ivy A 5-0 loss against the Quakers leaves women’s soccer with ground to make up in the Ivy League

By MARY BARGER Sun Contributor

The Red suffered a demoralizing 5-0 loss to its Ivy League rival, the University of Pennsylvania, at home on Berman Field this Friday. The loss leaves Cornell 0-2 in Ivy League competition thus far, having come up short against Columbia earlier in the season.

Penn’s dominant performance stemmed from a quick string of goals early on in the game. Within the first 23 minutes, the Quakers put three goals in the net, and rounded out the first half with a fourth goal by junior midfielder Erica Higa.

Such a dramatic deficit early on is difficult to overcome mentally, but the Cornell women were determined not to let Penn’s strong start negatively affect their level of play.

“I thought they did a good job maintaining a proper competitive attitude in the second half, even when the result of the match was beyond their ability to change,” said head coach Patrick Farmer.

While the Cornell women remained level-headed and stepped up their performance in the second half, they were unable to make up for the deficiencies in their defensive line which enabled Penn to move to the goal so frequently early on.

“We needed to improve our defensive performance as a

whole; Penn outran us in most areas of the field, so that was what caused us to give up the goals that ultimately led to the loss,” said junior defender Whitney Farber.

Cornell senior goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney, who was named to the All-Ivy First Team in 2015, has long been a key strength of the Red’s defensive line. However, Tierney faced a daunting offensive lineup in Penn, and sophomore forward Cameo Hazlewood was able to score a fifth and final goal for the Quakers in the 77th minute of play, off an assist from senior forward Olivia Blaber. Blaber was also responsible for Penn’s first goal, seven minutes into the first half.

Jessica Ritchie, sophomore midfielder for Cornell, said that Penn’s greatest strength was their organization and movement off the ball, while Farber cited the Quakers’ speed and willingness to win the ball.

While Penn’s offense was its most obvious strong suit, the Quakers performed impressively on the defensive end as well. Senior goalie Carrie Crook was able to deflect each of the Red’s attempts at goal, despite the fact that Cornell topped Penn in scoring attempts in the second half 7 to 6.

Crook had a .806 save percentage in the 2015 season, inferior to Tierney’s .868, which placed her at the top of the league.

When Cornell and Penn met during the 2015 season, the result was a scoreless draw, while in 2014, Cornell defeated the Penn 3-2 at home on Berman Field.

The Red will look for redemption as they face off against Ivy League leader Harvard this weekend in Cambridge.

“It will be a true test of the team’s mental and psychological abilities and competitive spirit going into one of the toughest venues in the Ivy League to face the conference leaders a week after a stunning result against us,” Farmer said. I am very interested to see how the team, the team leadership, and the young players we have, respond.”

The Red will compete against Harvard on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass.

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“We had chances to score but couldn’t finish the job especially at the end of the game when we didn’t successfully complete our two minute drill,” Pannullo said. “We fought hard all game though and I’m encouraged going into next week with the guys we have on our side.”

Cornell came up short too often, and ultimately failed to close the gap.

“Offensively, having to settle for field goal attempts instead of punching in touchdowns proved to be the difference in the end,” Ball said.

Another issue the Red faced on offense was maintaining momentum, converting only four of 18 third downs.

“We did not convert on third downs very well … and that hurt us,” Guccia said.

The Red must learn from their mistakes and move on, as a much tougher opponents is on tap next time.

“We’re looking to learn from this game, but put it behind us and come together as a team as we prepare to play Army on Friday at West Point,” Ball said.

Jack Kantor can be reached jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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to keep working,” Hornibrook said. “We have a week of training to unfold in front of us.”

When asked about any changes potentially being made to the lineup, Hornibrook said it was too early to forecast what type of changes might be made in the upcoming weekend.

“We have to put our best lineup that we have out there every week,” Hornibrook said.

“There are a lot of variables that

come up throughout the week so we have to see who is available.”

The Red will have an opportunity to gather its first Ivy League win on Saturday, which the team desperately needs. But as is the case with Ivy League field hockey, no win is a given, and the Red will have to be sharper in all phases of the game if they want to come out with a victory.

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

Mary Barger can be reached at mrb255@cornell.edu.

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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2016

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SPRINT FOOTBALL

Cornell Falls to Chestnut Hill,Despite Comeback

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The game did not start out pretty, with the Red trailing by 16 points in the second quarter. And despite clawing back to take a late one-point lead, Cornell could not hold on.

In the end, Cornell sprint football (12) lost to Chestnut Hill (1-2), 25-29 on a touchdown pass in the final minutes of the contest.

Chestnut Hill grabbed an early lead with a rushing touchdown and a field goal to lead, 10-0, at the end of the first quarter. The Red’s struggles continued with the Griffins scoring another touchdown, this time through the air. Cornell faced a 16-point deficit midway through the second quarter.

“I think we came out flat on Friday and we were fighting an uphill battle the rest of the game from there,” said senior quarterback Rob Pannullo.

ALEX HERNANDEZ / SUN FILE PHOTO

Down but not out | Cornell found itself down by 16 points early into the contest, but mounted a comeback to gain a lead late in the fouth quarter.

“We started off the game game flat on down to go up, 23-14.

Just a few minutes later, Cornell both sides of the ball and this hurt us as it allowed Chestnut Hill to grab an early marched 99 yards down the field to close lead and momentum,” added senior run- the gap back to two points.

Then the Red finally grabbed the lead, ning back Evan Ball.

But from that low point, the two with a 27 yard field goal from freshman would turn the game around with a huge Ben Finkelstein with just five minutes 73-yard screen pass from Pannullo to remaining in the fourth.

“Despite being down Ball for a touchdown. by two scores to start “The touchdown to “We kept our poise, the game, we kept our Evan definitely was a fought back strong and poise, fought back turning point in the game and gave us some played ... down to the last strong and played a competitive game down new life when we were whistle.” to the last whistle,” Ball down,” Pannullo said, said.

“Coach Amato made a Senior Evan Ball “We showed a lot of great decision to call a resiliency and fought screen and we made some great blocks down field to open up back enough to take the lead late in the game,” Pannullo added. a running lane for Evan.”

But Chestnut Hill would not go down Ball agreed that the play would not have been possible without stellar block- without a fight. Taking only 33 seconds to find the end zone, the Griffins estabing from his teammates.

“What really made the play though lished a five point lead which they would were the great blocks I had to work with keep until the clock struck zero.

Cornell had their chances to regain from my linemen and receivers, particularly blocks on the edge by receivers the lead, but could not seal the deal.

“We got the ball back twice [at the Xander Furman and Rob Hendricks and end] but couldn’t score,” said co-head lineman Caleb Minsky,” Ball said.

The revitalized Red continued to chip coach Bart Guccia. “The kids played away at Chestnut Hill’s lead. About a hard, came back, but just didn’t have minute before the half expired, Pannullo enough at the end.”

The Red found itself failing to protook one into the end zone on his own to duce points on many of the opportuniput Cornell within two points.

After a scoreless third quarter, ties it was given.

Chestnut Hill answered 30 seconds into the fourth with a 26-yard passing touchSee SPRINT FOOTBALL page 15

Revisiting the Red Comes Up a Goal Short Vs. Lions Peavy Trade T FIELD HOCKEY

By TROY BRIDSON

Sun Staff Writer

he Padres’ 2009 trade deadline saw the exit of one of San Diego’s stalwarts.

The decade before was defined by closer Trevor Hoffman, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and staff ace Jake Peavy. In 2005 and 2006, the team barely made the playoffs by winning a very weak division. In the following years, the Padres declined rapidly. The 2008 Padres reached their lowest point since

Noah Elden If I Were G.M. 1993, a season in which they won 61 games.

Jake Peavy was coming off one of his strongest seasons of his career, but entering the most expensive years of his contract.

The low-budget team had just lost future Hall-of-Famer Trevor Hoffman to free agency, and were still looking to move Peavy.

They shopped him heavily, reportedly declining offers from the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves. Interestingly enough, both packages were rumored to mostly include players that later flamed out or underperformed, such as Gorkys Hernandez and Josh Vitters. The team held onto Peavy into the season, and then in May worked out the See ELDEN page 14

Cornell field hockey (55, 0-2 Ivy) suffered two close defeats over the weekend in what amounted to a disappointing road trip.

The team will now have to fight its way out of a tough start to the Ivy League season, with only five games remaining against Ivy opponents.

“We are definitely very disappointed,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook.

“The girls have worked very hard and they’re used to having success.”

On Friday against Columbia (6-4, 1-1 Ivy), the Red conceded an early goal and could never dig out of the deficit, ultimately losing a tightly contested game three to two.

Junior back Sam McIlwrick scored a goal and added an assist, while Katy Weeks scored her second goal on the season off a penalty corner assisted by McIlwrick and junior forward Katie Carlson.

Junior goalkeeper Kelly Johnson added five saves to for the Red. “The team fought back against Columbia,” Hornibrook said. “We gave

up an early goal which has been a problem for us all season.”

Cornell’s defensive unit is arguably the strongest part of the team. Yet, first half goals were conceded in every defeat this season for the Red. Chasing goals has forced the team to change its style of play at times.

Cornell is best suited to get out to an early lead and tighten up defensively and control play. The team went 5-0 when it scored first this season.

Nonetheless, the trend of conceding early goals continued on Sunday when the team took on Monmouth (9-2, 0-0 MAAC). The Red battled back to tie the game off of two goals from Carlson, who leads the team in scoring with seven goals. But the Red could not stop a talented Monmouth attack and were overmatched at times in the midfield.

“Monmouth has had a great season,” Hornibrook said. “They really have a lot of athleticism and speed.”

There were some positives for the Red over the weekend, as the team showed again it had the resiliency and determination to battle back.

“Monmouth really came at us early,” Hornibrook said. “We could’ve let the game get out of hand, but instead we battled back and tied the game up.”

The Red will not let back-to-back road defeats ruin their season. Instead,

the team will gather itself and look for more consistency in the next week of practice before taking on Yale (4-5, 2-2 Ivy) at home on Saturday.

“The team will continue See FIELD HOCKEY page 15

JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Slow to start | Cornell is 5-0 when scoring the first goal, but has failed to do so in its last two games.