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Fall Sports Schedule CROSS COUNTRY Sept. 13 Sept. 27 Oct. 5 Oct. 19 Oct. 19 Oct. 25 Nov. 02 Nov. 15 Nov. 23
at Army-Binghamton at Boston College at Paul Short at Wisconsin at Princeton John Reif Memorial vs. Heps Championships vs. NCAA Northeast Regional vs. NCAA Championship
FIELD HOCKEY (7-7) Sept. 06 Sept. 08 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 05 Oct. 06 Oct. 08 Oct. 13 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 9
L 2-3 L 0-3 W 4-1 W 3-1 L 3-4 L 1-2 L 0-3 W 4-3 4 p.m. 1:30 p.m 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
at Lock Haven at Albany vs. St. Francis vs. Georgetown Penn vs. Drexel Yale at Holy Cross at Colgate at Saint Joseph’s Harvard Lehigh at Brown Syracuse Princeton Dartmouth
SPRINT FOOTBALL (3-2) Sept. 07 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 27 Oct. 04 Oct. 11 Oct. 19 Oct. 26
COLLAGE SOURCE PHOTOS BY MATT HINTSA AND DAN SALISBURY / SUN FILE PHOTOS
What’s Inside 3 FOOTBALL
6 SPRINT FOOTBALL
Reign of Archer Begins
Searching for a Win Player Profile: Brendan Miller
4 MEN’S SOCCER Defending an Ivy Title Player Profile: Jake Rinow
7 FIELD HOCKEY & VOLLEYBALL Field Hockey Program Heads in Positive Direction V-Ballers Start Season Strong
5 WOMEN’S SOCCER & CROSS COUNTRY
8 CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS
Women’s Soccer Turns Luck Around XC Looks to Continue Dominance
Under New Managament, Football Squad Hovers Around .500
Credits DESIGN
CONTRIBUTORS
Supplement & Covers Design: John Schroeder ’74 Cover Photos: Connor Archard ’15 (front) Chris Phare grad (back)
Haley Velasco ’15, Scott Chiusano ’15, Ariel Cooper ’15, Emily Berman ’16, Quintin Schwab ’14, Tucker Maggio-Hucek ’14, Anna Fasman ’16, Gina Cargas ’14, Chris Mills ’16
PHOTOGRAPHY Oliver Kliewe ’14, Connor Archard ’15, Michelle Feldman ’15, Haley Velasco ’15, Michelle Fraling ’16
EDITORS Haley Velasco ’15, Scott Chiusano ’15, Ariel Cooper’15, Emily Berman ’16
SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Cornell Athletic Communications and Cornell Football
1 p.m. L 10-21 L 6-13 L 14-28 L 0-22 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m.
Alumni Game at Post University at Franklin Pierce Penn at Army Princeton Naval Academy Mansfield
WOMEN’S SOCCER (1-12-1) Sept. 9 Sept. 8 Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 27 Nov. 9
W 1-0 L 0-3 T -0 W 2-1 W 5-4 W 2-0 L 0-1 W 4-0 W 2-0 L 0-1 W 1-0 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m.
at Sacred Heart at Colgate at Buffalo at Marist at Albany at Binghamton at Cincinatti at New Jersey Columbia Penn Delaware at Harvard Yale at Brown Princeton Dartmouth
MEN’S SOCCER (12-1) Aug. 31 Sept. 2 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 12
T 1-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 1-0 W 2-1 T 0-0 W 2-1 W 1-0 L 0-1 L 0-1 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
at Detroit Mercy at Hartwick at Fullerton Loyola Marymount at Binghamton Saint Joseph’s vs. Lafayette at Buffalo Niagara Penn at Harvard at Colgate Yale at Brown Princeton Dartmouth at Columbia
VOLLEYBALL (6-13) Sept. 6 Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 14 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 04 Oct. 05 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 15 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 15 Nov. 16
Buffalo, 3-1 W 3-1 Buffalo, 3-0 L 2-3 W 3-0 L 0-3 W 3-2 L 2-3 W 3-2 W 3-1 L 2-3 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m.
vs. Buffalo vs. Iona at Iona vs. Bucknell vs. Buffalo vs. Bucknell vs. Fairfield vs. Colgate at Pittsburgh vs. Rutgers at Columbia at Princeton Penn Harvard Dartmouth at Binghamton Yale Brown Columbia Penn at Brown at Yale at Dartmouth at Harvard
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Football Looks to Secure Rare Winning Season By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Staff Writer
“I’ve
really just been enjoying the challenges that are presented each day,” said Cornell first-year head coach David Archer ’05, the youngest in the country at 30-years old. The challenges that the Cornell football program presents are plentiful, as Archer claws to turn around a program that has recorded just one winning season this century. The Red finished 6-4 in 2005, the fall after Archer graduated as a three-year starter on the offensive line, but the team is a combined 43-76 in the other 12 seasons s i n c e 2000.
thing to do with Jeff, is Jeff,” Archer said about Mathews, who has thrown for over 8,000 yards and 50 touchdowns at Cornell. “He chose Cornell because of what a great institution it is [and] because of all the people that were surrounding the program. I’ve been lucky enough to be around him and I’ve learned a lot from him.” The biggest offensive question mark entering Archer’s first season at the helm was
at least eight of them instead of two or three.” Perhaps the more daunting task for Archer and staff even after Mathews graduates, however, is to improve a historically soft defense. The Red ranked last in the Ivy League in scoring and total defense in 2011 and 2012, but Archer has switched to a 3-4 formation to try to get more speed on the field. “We’re flying around and trying to get after it,” said senior line- b a c k e r
said. “Coach has been saying, ‘Don’t get too excited about how we played in the first game and don’t get too down about how we played in the second game.’ When you watch film, it’s never as bad as you think it is and it’s never as good as you think it is. We’re just trying to make sure we get better every week and play our best football at the end of the season.” The Red hosts Harvard on Saturday at 12:30 p.m., before its last non-conference game of the year next weekend at Monmouth. The squad then welcomes Brown to Schoellkopf on Oct. 26 before finishing the schedule w i t h
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Archer not only is a former Cornell player, but also spent the past six seasons as a Red assistant coach, two qualifications that worked in his favor when the program hired him as the head man on Jan. 3, 2013. His passion for Cornell football has bred optimism for the future after former skipper Kent Austin jumped town to coach the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats following three up-and-down seasons in Ithaca. Archer will benefit for only one more season squeezing production out of record-setting senior quarterback Jeff Mathews — the biggest name associated with Cornell football. Although he originally helped recruit Mathews out of Camarillo, Calif., Archer doesn’t extract any personal gratification out of the 2011 Ivy League Player of the Year’s success. “Honestly, the guy that’s had every-
how well the inexperienced wide receivers would step up to catch Mathews’ passes. The execution has been dubious through two games so the jury is still out, but junior Lucas Shapiro, sophomore Chris Lenz and sophomore running back Luke Hagy each have two receiving touchdowns so far in 2013, while senior Grant Gellatly leads the team with 13 grabs. “We did a lot of work over the summer, came up here early and worked with Jeff a lot so we could be ready to step up at this point,” said Lenz, who did not catch a pass as a freshman. “We just need to get completely in synch, go back to what has worked for us in the past and then just execute — if we get 10 shots to make a big play, we’ve got to make
Tre’ Minor, who tallied 98 tackles in his first three seasons under Austin as a defensive lineman. “Now we have people in a little bit different positions and we’re trying to [help] the offense this year. We were eighth in the Ivy League last year, so we’ve got that little chip on our shoulder but we’re just working hard.” Cornell opened the 2013 campaign with an impressive Homecoming blow-
three out of four on the road — at Princeton on Nov. 2, at Dartmouth on Nov. 9, Columbia on Nov. 16 and at Penn on Nov. 23. While the young athletes gain playing experience and Archer gains head coaching experience, it is unclear how many victories to expect from the Red. But the club is confident that supreme effort,
“I’ve really just been enjoying the challenges that are presented each day.” — David Archer ’05 out over Bucknell, 45-13, before falling at Yale in its first Ivy contest, 38-23. However, the Red knows the season is long and that it cannot afford to get caught up in the emotional roller coaster. “One loss is just one loss, and there’s nothing we can do about it now,” Minor
focus and talent will produce a winning culture sooner rather than later, and the program is certain that Archer is the right man to call the shots. “Each time you go out there, you lay it all out, you do your absolute best and let the chips fall where they may,” Archer said.
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JAKE RINOW: Pumping Up the Energy
Captain Takes Charge
Red pushes ahead | After winning the Ivy League championship last season, the Red returned this season to defend its title.
By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer
In the midst of returning as the defending Ivy League champs and losing some of the top players to graduation, senior captain and defenseman Jake Rinow has taken the field for the Red with the hopes of securing another Ivy title. As one of the leading goal-scorers on the team, and captain, alongside seniors Patrick Slogic and Ben Williams, Rinow has been making the most out of his last season for the Red. But this year is different from the past three. This 17-game season will be the last season that the four-year player will sport the Cornell uniform. In terms of leadership responsibilities and what Rinow sees as important characteristics of being a team captain, he is mainly concerned about being an advocate. Additionally, according to Rinow, he is responsible for “getting the energy flowing” and “pumping up my team before each game.” This season, the captain has contributed two goals to the Red’s offense — one in a game against Cal State Fullerton, in which he was able to tie up the game and send it into overtime. This equalizer also helped lead to the Red’s second win of the season. Although the losses against Niagara on Sept. 29 and Penn on Oct. 5 were frustrating for Rinow as both a player and captain, he acknowledged that the team is still developing. “Overall we’re doing okay, but need to take it to next level [for Ivy] League play.” Rinow and his fellow captains — Slogic and Williams — have taken the field together since their freshman year, but also have been friends throughout their time at Cornell. This friendship and chemistry between the co-captains has been immensely valuable for the team so far this season as inexperience plagues the roster. While Rinow is more of a disciplinary figure, holding his teammates accountable for their actions and making sure they stay on top of their game, Williams and Slogic balance out the dynamic with soft-spokenness and charisma off the field. In terms of advice for the underclassmen on the team, Rinow encourages them to take every opportunity while at Cornell. “Don’t set any limits for yourself. Play 100 percent in practice and in games and keep an optimistic view in every situation you find yourself in. Believe you can always do better,” he said.
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Big man on campus | Senior captain Jake Rinow leads the Red this season — along with Ben Williams and Patrick Slogic — in pursuit of another Ivy Championship.
RED PLAYS FOUR O.T. GAMES IN EIGHT OUTINGS
Booters Look to Grab Ivy Title Again
By HALEY VELASCO
disappointing 1-0 loss and Rinow explained that it was a wake-up call, especially for the younger players. On the heels of an Ivy League champi“Losing to Niagara was a wake up call. onship and a short but dynamic NCAA It matured us as a team. It told us ... that run, the men’s soccer team returned to wins just don’t come,” he said. “You have Berman this season with a target on its got to work for them. We have got to go back. full steam ahead and raise the intensity “I think having a successful season level to new heights.” makes other teams aware of you more. Williams added that a defensive breakYou can’t go into any game unnoticed and down caused the first loss for Cornell. you are not going to surprise any teams,” “It was a tough loss for us. We had senior captain Patrick Slogic said. “In things moving well ... and we were trying terms of our own expectations, we defito put together a lot of pieces,” he said. nitely made it a point to focus on this sea“We just had a defensive breakdown. It son ... We have to go out and just win kind of exposed a weakness.” Ivies again.” As for the start of Ivy League play, the With junior Daniel Haber leaving Red fell in another 1-0 loss. Cornell to play professional soccer and the “It kind of brought to light, the imporgraduation of three dynamic seniors — tance of closing games that we deserve to goalkeeper Rick win and being effiPflasterer, midcient,” Slogic said. fielder Nico Despite the pair Nissl and for- “In terms of our own expectations, we definitely made it a point to focus of losses, the Red ward Tyler on this season [not last] ... We have to go out and just win Ivies again.” still has a fair Regan — the amount of game— Patrick Slogic play left, including notion that the Red could the bulk of its Ivy defend its Ivy League schedule. League title looked bleak. “We’ve got to go one game at a time Rinow said. “You just have to go in with Enter 12 new freshmen and put the mindset that no matter when the but that’s our end goal. To win [another] seniors Jake Rinow, Ben Williams and game ends, you just have to fight until the Ivy League Championship, and hopefully Slogic as captains, and head coach Jaro end.” we do,” Rinow said. Zawislan has turned things around nicely. The Red will return home to Berman Williams added that letting other “We have a couple of guys who have teams stay in those games for extended on Oct. 12 to take on the Crimson and stepped in really nicely. Jack Ferguson periods of time also leads to a lot of the then Colgate on Oct. 15. The team will came in at right back and mid. A couple extra play that the Red faced early on. then take to the road again for Yale on forwards: Sebastian Scales, Cameron “I think it’s a combination of mistakes Oct. 19 and then return to the Hill on [Taylor],” Rinow said. “They are going to defensively. Allowing other teams to stick Oct. 26 for a showdown with the Bears. grow into some really talented soccer play- with us and not pulling ahead. Not That leaves matchups against Princeton, ers.” putting away chances and putting away Dartmouth and Columbia in November Slogic added that the rookies have teams when we should. … I think that and then possibly another Ivy final. done a good job adjusting to the level and causes a lot of those overtime games.” “I think [another Ivy championship is] speed of Division I play. Following the initial eight, the Red possible. It’s going to come down to how “[The freshmen] have done well suffered two close losses against Niagara we perform in games. It’s about close adjusting to the speed of play. Sebastian on Sept. 29 and then Penn on Oct. 5. games and putting away chances,” Slogic [Scales] has done very well up top. J.J. The game against Niagara ended in a said. Sun Sports Editor
Black has done well,” he said. “They need to help us produce in some of the positions that we need and lost players last year.” In the first eight games of the season, the Red grabbed six wins and two ties against the University of Detroit Mercy on Sept. 6 and Lafayette on Sept. 24. “Those are both games that we felt that we dominated,” Slogic said. “Definitely, the stats will show that we outshot the opponents, but that doesn’t get us a win.” In addition, four of those eight early games ended up in overtime. “It’s what happens in Division I soccer. Every game is a challenge. When you go into a game with a better record than the other team, all of a sudden, you are battling them until the second overtime,”
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Ranging from work authorization issues to adverse effects on foreign currencies, the U.S. government shutdown could significantly affect the international community at Cornell, according to students and University administrators. Following Congress’ failure to pass a spending bill by Oct. 1 that would fund government functions for the upcoming fiscal year, all government agencies deemed “nonessential” have been closed. Additionally, many employees have been furloughed, or forced to take temporary unpaid leave. The international community at Cornell will feel ripple effects of the shutdown, with the “most profound impact” on visiting faculty members at Cornell, accord-
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Associate Dean of Students Says He’s ‘Advocate’ for Greek System that I’m really here as the advocate.” Apgar said any changes to He is the administrator policies regarding Greek life students criticize for shorten- are aimed at keeping chaping new member periods ters’ actions in line with their and the man they blame if national philosophies. “I don’t their fraternity is even really like placed on probato look at it as tion — but we’re reformAssociate Dean of ing so much as Students Travis we’ve identiApgar, a fraternity fied where man himself, says there could be his role is to supsome work port the Greek sysdone around tem while keeping APGAR some activities fraternity and sorority members’ best inter- that are inconsistent with what groups say they’re ests in mind. “I have a general sense about,” Apgar said. Apgar, who was hazed that those students who don’t know me have a per- both as a fraternity pledge spective that I’m the guy and a member of a college who punishes fraternities football team, said although and sororities. … For the his experiences did not lead most part, they see me as a him into his profession, they disciplinarian,” Apgar said. do shape his decisions when “But those who know me see dealing with reports of hazBy DARA LEVY
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ing. “It certainly plays a role in how I face challenges because I have a real life appreciation for the harm hazing can cause, physically or mentally,” he said. Although some people thought stricter rules would “ruin the Greek system,” Apgar said a higher percentage of freshmen have been pledging fraternities and sororities in recent years. “None of it is meant to be a crackdown — what we’re trying to do is create an environment where people can become members through mutual respect in ways that are hazing free and not alcohol-fueled,” Apgar said. Apgar also said hazing prevention is necessary not just within the Greek community, but also in all campus activities. On Sept. 19, the men’s lacrosse team was placed on suspension for the
remainder of the season for hazing allegations. “The next step is to take what we’ve done in Greek life and make sure we address this issue across cam-
pus, making sure we have a consistent manner in which we hold organizations to a standard,” Apgar said. If an organization is suspected to be hazing any of its
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Member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity participate in a bike-a-thon for Push America — a nonprofit serving people with disabilities on the Arts Quad Tuesday.
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Yale Searches for Stinker Adding Feces to Dryers
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University hopes to solve a case of whodungit by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students’ laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers. The culprit has been dubbed the “poopetrator” and is being blamed for at least four incidents in the past month in the laundry room at Saybrook College. “We have asked our students not to leave their laundry unattended, the affected machines have been thoroughly disinfected and we are actively seeking information about who the perpetrator might be,” Saybrook Master Paul Hudak told the Yale Daily News. “That’s about all we can do.” Hudak said Yale police are investigating. Officials at the Ivy League school also are considering changes to laundry room access.
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Common Council Candidates Pitch Their Platforms By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer
Candidates for the City of Ithaca’s Third and Fourth Ward discussed their campaign platforms and addressed community concerns at a Collegetown Neighborhood Council meeting Tuesday. All four candidates are incumbents and are running unopposed. “Tonight was a chance just for members of the Third and Fourth Ward to meet the candidates, ask them questions and have some conversations with them to see where they stand on issues so that they can walk into the voting booth with an idea of who they are or are not supporting,” said Alderperson Steven Smith (D-4th Ward), who also serves as the assistant director of Alumni Affairs & Development for the University.
Candidates addressed various issues, including sidewalk and road reconstruction, noise levels and affordable housing. The most discussed topic, however, was the new Collegetown Plan, which would eliminate the minimum numbers of parking spots developers have to build per number of tenants, according to Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward). “[The plan] won’t require a minimum, but if the developers want to put in some parking, they can –– it’s up to them,” Kerslick said. “Or they can show us how they will manage the demand for parking or for transportation, either by providing bus passes or by convincing people that ‘Everyone’s going to walk to Cornell.’” Kerslick said he thinks the plan will allow developers to create better alternatives.
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Reelection pitches | Alderperson Ellen McCollister ’78 (D-3rd Ward) addresses the public Tuessday evening at St. Luke’s Church.
“[With the new plan], it’s not up to the city to specify that number [of required parking spaces],” Kerslick said. “There will no longer be a requirement for new and existing buildings to have a minimum number of parking spaces off-street. It’s up to the developers to come up and present a proposal [for parking] that will work in that environment.” Kerslick said he is hopeful about the plan’s effect on the Third and Fourth Ward communities. “It really gives more scope for the developers to come up with better projects,” Kerslick said. He added that he hopes the plan will allow existing space to be used more effectively. “The hope is that the Dryden Road garage will be used more efficiently — right now, it’s only at 40 percent capacity,” Kerslick said. “There’s plenty of parking in there — it’s just not priced correctly. There’s also a lot of free parking on the street.” Kerslick also said he believes the plan will effectively address this discrepancy between parking space available and actual number of cars parked. “The idea is to use the existing parking that we have much more efficiently, and only then would we think about building any more parking,” Kerslick said. Alderperson Ellen McCollister ’78 (D3rd Ward) echoed Kerslick’s sentiments, saying that the city’s existing parking facilities should be used more effectively. “No one’s talking about building another parking garage in our city, at least in our lifetime,” McCollister said. “The city is not going to be putting more money into garages — the first task is to look at our on- and off-street management and get to 85 percent capacity.” Anne Sullivan, one of the community members present at the meeting, voiced
her support for the plan while also addressing concerns she felt about it. “We have just gone through a tremendous neighborhood change with the Collegetown Terrace parking, and I must say that the zoning regulations were critical for that,” Sullivan said. “I’m concerned if the Collegetown Plan goes through — which I hope it does — we’re going to go through another massive construction area.” Sullivan also noted the difficulties that the Collegetown Terrace parking construction has recently imposed on the Third and Fourth Wards. “I think one thing that everyone in this neighborhood felt was that the construction took place without a plan for the workers,” said Sullivan. “I really would urge you that as part of the zoning and the approval of the projects, you arrange for the workers to be bussed in. I don’t think that the neighborhood should be forced to go through that again just because we didn’t think about it. [Otherwise,] the quality of life for the period of that construction is going to be terrible.” Carol Chock, a candidate running for re-election to the Tompkins County Legislature who was also present at the Community Council, also noted the issue of parking that comes with construction. She also said she was concerned about sharing the costs of these city changes. “[Calls about parking] are probably the single most frequent call that I get — ‘I can no longer park in front of my house, and I can't have people for dinner because of the parking pressures,’” Chock said. “In more urbanized areas, people have been paying a lot for parking garages. How do you share the costs?” Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.
‘High Noon’: Running Since 1982 Police Report By JONATHAN LOBEL Sun Contributor
While many are still eating lunch, the High Noon Athletic club meets every weekday at noon at Teagle Hall for regular lunchtime runs and other workouts. Founded in 1982 by Cornell librarian John Saylor and friend John Walsh ’82, the club’s purpose is “to foster health and endurance performance in all forms of athletic endeavors,” according to its website. Although people have run from Teagle Hall at Cornell for years before the club’s formation, founders Saylor and Walsh “decided they wanted to have a group identity and a team to run for,” according to the group’s website. Initially consisting of just six members 30 years ago, the group now attracts as many as 30 to 35 runners on any given day. Members include Cornell faculty, staff members, graduate students, undergraduates and local New York residents. Unlike most running groups that have formal bylaws and require fees for membership, High Noon is known for its informality and casualness, Saylor said. The single requirement to gain membership is showing up at Teagle Hall for a run. Adam Engst ’89, a longtime club member, said he likes the club’s informality. “My favorite thing about High Noon is how it just exists. There are no meetings, no organizations, no officers,” Engst said. As the group includes runners of all skill levels, runs typically range from four miles to 13 miles. Usually, they divide into two parts, one consisting of slower runners and the other consisting of more advanced fast pace runners. The more advanced runners often coach and help train newcomers and beginning runners. “[The group] has definitely been an inspiration for a lot of people,” Saylor said. The group runs all over the Ithaca area, including through the Plantations, golf courses and game farms. Harsh weather does not stop them from running, as they meet year-round through rain, snow, and sleet. On particularly inclement days, they uti-
lize the track in Barton Hall, according to Saylor. High Noon runs as a team in several competitions, including the Upstate New York Cross Country series in the fall and the Mountain Goat Ten Mile in Syracuse in the spring. Additionally, the club annually sponsors the Hartshorne Masters Mile in late January, as well as the Skunk Cabbage Classic 10K and half marathon in April, according to the club’s website. Aside from being an athletic club, High Noon is also a close-knit social network, according to Saylor. Saylor also said members who leave Ithaca stay connected with the group through a group email chain, enabling them to keep in touch, discuss running news and share workouts. As a result, former High Noon runners living in various different states — including Georgia, Washington and Massachusetts — are able to maintain lifelong friendships. Charlie Fey, senior manager of the Department of Performing and Media Arts and a member of High Noon since 1997, said he appreciates the diversity represented in the club. “It’s a fascinating group because, Ithaca being Ithaca, people come and go regularly," he said in an email. "I can find myself going step for step with a Nobel laureate and a 20-something undergraduate from some place I’ve never heard of. And everyone has an interesting story.” For Saylor, the genuine camaraderie of the group is what makes the club especially enjoyable. “By far it’s the people [that I enjoy most.] Because Cornell is constantly refreshing with new people, new faculty, new students and new staff, there’s always somebody new coming. It’s been a really great experience for me,” Saylor said. Aside from the people he has met, Saylor said that one graduate student even met his future wife through High Noon. “I’ve met a lot of my best friends through High Noon,” Saylor said. “I think a lot of other people would say the same thing.”
Grand Larceny A student living in Jameson Hall reported the theft of items worth a total of $146 including a wallet, cash, bank cards, keys and Cornell ID on Saturday. The wallet and contents were recovered intact, according to Cornell Police. Intoxicated Driving An individual was caught driving while under the intoxicated on Saturday on Cradit Farm Drive. The individual has been referred to the Ithaca City Court, according to Cornell Police. Verbal Harassment A Barton Hall staff member reported being verbally harassed by a known individual Sunday, according to Cornell Police. Public Urination A public urination was reported last week. An individual had urinated in a trash can at Uris Hall, according to Cornell Police. — Compiled by Dara Levy
Cookies with a cause
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Jonathan Lobel can be reached at jjl278@cornell.edu.
Students from Asian American InterVarsity, a Christian student organization, sell baked goods on Ho Plaza Tuesday to support a campaign against human trafficking.
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“There is a very wide misunderstanding that I am attached to the difficult decisions around consequences, but in reality, I am thankfully never the person who makes a decision on his own,” Apgar said. Since 2011, 21 organizations representing the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Letter Council and Cornell Athletics have been found guilty of hazing, with penalties ranging from temporary probationary status to fiveyear suspension, according to hazing.cornell.edu. The hazing punishments are intended to help each chapter operate in a more “healthy and productive manner,” Apgar said. “I think the system’s philosophy is to be educational, not punitive, in nature … the goal is to reform their behavior and rectify any issues,” he said. Apgar said it was “remarkable” how much positive change has occurred with the number of alcohol-related incidents involving first-year Greeks. Apgar also said there are several potential valuable aspects of Greek life — including self-governance, a family away from family and a feeling of brotherhood or sisterhood. “It was the positive experiences I had in between the bad experiences that make me a believer in Greek life,” he said. Apgar said he tries to help fraternities and sororities revamp the
pledge process to a program more similar to an orientation. “There are lots of proven effective methods for creating bonding opportunities for members of organizations that are much less risk [than hazing], much more positive in nature and are in alignment with the values of the community and the organization,” Apgar said. Apgar said some of the changes to Greek life were in response to the death of George Desdunes ’13, a former Sigma Alpha Epsilon brother who died in February 2011 after a night of hazing and alcohol consumption. “We’d like to think that it shouldn’t have taken that to wake up the community ... but since then, we have done a great deal within the community of student leaders and organizations promoting an idea of what an orientation process should look like — free from things that would harm you mentally and physically,” Apgar said. Apgar said his attempts to preserve the Greek system are to make the experience continue “for the next 150 years or even longer.” “I think that I’m a pretty honest guy and that I have very positive thoughts and viewpoints of the student experience overall — particularly the fraternity and sorority experience,” Apgar said. “But at same time, to be able to keep that experience and all that’s good about it, we have some challenges we need to work on.” Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun.com.
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residence,” he said. “This will cause great difficulty for the University, and our research and teaching programs will be impacted.” However, applications for practical training — authorization that enables international students to work off-campus — will mostly stay unaffected, according to O’Brien. “Whenever students apply for [optional] practical training, they have to pay a fee for $380,” he said. “Those operations should continue, and students should receive their work authorization.” However, the shutdown might affect work authorization process for students without a Social Security number due to limited functioning of the U.S. Social Security Administration, according to O’Brien. “The application process requires students to apply for a Social Security Number,” he said. “As of now, the Social Security office is not accepting new applications. If a student doesn’t already have a [Social Security Number], they may have difficulties with their employers.” Most student visa applications, which are revenue-driven operations, will not be affected by the shutdown, according to O’Brien. “Most of the operations related to student visa applications and extensions, and student work authorization are supported by the application fees, which are paid by international students,” he said. O’Brien added that international students could experience travel disruptions due to the shutdown. “With all the disruptions of the government shutdown, processing times for visa applications may increase, and international students could experience travel disruptions or delays,” he said. Inaccessible government websites is the primary concern for many international students involved in research, according to Kushagra Aniket ’15, a student from India. “[The] number one concern for many international students, especially graduate students, is
that those involved in research are not able to access a lot of data [since] government websites like U.S. Census and the [Environment Protection Agency] are down,” he said. “The latter has also hindered my research.” The shutdown affecting the U.S. debt ceiling debate is also a major concern for many international students paying tuition in foreign currencies that might be adversely affected, according to Aniket. “Some people might be apprehensive about the upcoming debt ceiling debate due to its effect on currencies and exchange rates,” he said. “Many say that if the debt ceiling is not raised, then other currencies might be adversely affected.” Jadey Kartikawati Huray ’14, a student from Singapore, said that her day-to-day life has not been impacted by the shutdown. However, she said she was surprised by the lack of discussion on campus regarding the event. “I actually haven’t felt that affected in terms of my day-to-day operations,” Huray said. “I am surprised that there hasn’t been much discussion or engagement about the issue on campus or a recognition of the impact on government workers and their families.” O’Brien said that there is some uncertainty surrounding the effects of the shutdown on international students. “We can’t be absolutely certain how the shutdown will impact our international population at Cornell. But, we will do our best to assist anyone who is experiencing difficulty during these times,” he said. The shutdown’s interference with contributions made by the University’s international community is unfortunate, according to O’Brien. “We are hopeful that government operations will return to normal soon,” he said. “International students and scholars make a great contribution to Cornell, and it would be extremely unfortunate if the government shutdown interferes with those contributions.” Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun.com.
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described as paradoxical. “There’s a risk in this formulation from the start,” Butler said. “Freedom of assembly has to precede and exceed any form of government. … [This] may be a precondition of politics itself.” Butler also discussed the relationship between democracy and the public exercising its will. Though the consent of the people is necessary to establish a democratic government, Butler said that the power of the populace cannot be fully transferred to the electorate, saying that there is “something in popular sovereignty that is untransferrable.” Butler said that, ultimately, it is impossible for both social
movements and democratic governments to fully represent the public. She questioned the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of the public, saying that no group of people would show up and say “hey, we’re the people.” Eliciting laughter from the audience, she added that such an occurrence would be “odd, if not terrifying.” “People don’t need to be united on every issue,” Butler said. Nevertheless, she added, “the name of the people is always at risk of being expropriated.” She said political representation is a method by which the people are “abbreviated and nearly lost.” Read the rest of this story on cornellsun.com. Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.
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David Zha | The Angry Spirit Bear
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Fratman vs. the Treblemakers
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Refraining from offensive marketing To the Editor:
Re: “Cornell Athletics Apologizes for ‘Culturally Insensitive’ Marketing Campaign, “ News, Oct.8 Cornell Athletics' effort to promote last weekend’s football game using sombreros, ponchos and nachos was “insensitive” at best. What was most troubling about this was not the use of gimmicks turning Mexicans into caricatures and grossly trivializing Mexican culture. More concerning to me is the continued practice of such behavior — in a supposed effort to celebrate Latino culture — during a period of widespread hostility toward Mexican-origin people, particularly immigrants, in the United States. Beginning in the late 1920s and continuing through much of the 1930s, towns across the American Southwest celebrated “Fiesta Days” or “Charro Days” to “honor” their Spanish and Mexican heritage and foster a sense of community. During these celebrations, Anglo-American businessmen, growers and ranchers dressed up in blinged out vaquero and charro [Mexican cowboy] attire, while women wore bright dresses and flowers in their hair to resemble respectable señoritas. Out of context, the donning of such “costumes” may seem like harmless fun. However, these celebrations occurred during a historical period of intense discrimination toward and oppression of Mexican-origin people. Such “fiestas” did nothing to acknowledge the continued displacement of Mexicans from their ancestral lands, the increased relegation of Mexicans to cheap, migrant labor or the mass deportation of Mexicans in the early 1930s (60 percent of whom were U.S. citizens by birth). In other words, it was fun to “play Mexican,” but not so much fun to consider the real racism, xenophobia and disenfranchisement affecting this population and, more importantly, the role that these same costumed individuals played in that reality. As an institution committed to education, Cornell has a greater responsibility than does a retail business or chain of restaurants to refrain from offensive marketing tactics. The next time the University decides to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (if that was the intention), I encourage administrators to consider what they can do to support Latino students on campus, or the Latino workers experiencing hate crimes in the surrounding campus community. Prof. Veronica Martinez-Matsuda ILR department of labor relations, law and history
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:00PM Saturday is to Fratman what the full moon is to Remus Lupin — time for the party animal to come out. The clock strikes midnight, and the transformation begins. We rejoin our well-dressed capped crusader for a night on the town, a night for blunts, blazers and liver-bleeding; a night for proving points about one’s masculinity; a night for primal misogyny! Fratman departs the Zeta mansion at around 10:15PM. Most fraternity parties at Fratman’s school have been happening at off-campus houses lately, a recent trend caused by giant sticks lodged in multiple administrative bungholes. He takes a moment and chuckles to himself, already seeing in his mind’s eye the horde of inebriated freshman stumbling through the streets, lost and far from home. Luckily for the frosh, the local and school authorities are well-known for securing misplaced drunken underclassmen. It’s a colder night than usual and the walk is long, but Fratman is not a baby. What are cigarettes and whiskey for, if not warming the soul on an evening stroll? He lights up a 27, takes a deep swig of Jim Beam from his flask and pushes on. But, just as our hero is about to turn left onto Dyde Street, preparing to heat impassioned loins with his roguish charm, he is blocked completely by a throng of people. Many are sitting. A quick glance through the audience reveals a band of normal looking folks, but something is amiss in such an oddly-placed gathering. Then he hears it. “Shoo bop! Shoobee doobee doo wop! Shoo wop, doobee doobee doo!” “Bum, bum! Buuuuuuuuuuum! Ooooooh, ooooh, ooooooooooooh!” “La la la la la, brown eyed girl!” He is horrified. Confused and disturbed as to why such a concert is unfolding only inches away from the annex lawn and killing all of the vibes, Fratman fearlessly approaches for a closer look. Standing before the mass are six men of extremely variant heights and widths, bobbing to and fro and snapping their fingers dressed in matching khaki pants, blazers, and bow ties. They are unperturbed by the loud electronic beats blasting from the nearby residences. At first, these six seem intent on belting out as many cover songs as possible before their congregation disbands for fear of boredom-induced heart failure. But on closer inspection, he sees the crowd is very into the act. Especially the girls. Hell, all of them are girls. Fratman notices they have no instruments and finally understands. It’s one of them A Cappella groups. He must act. “Hey! Get off our lawn you buncha sticks!” The shortest of the band turns toward Fratman with unexpected speed. “This isn’t your lawn. We are on the sidewalk. This is public property.” A disapproving murmur roils through
the audience. Fratman hasn’t seen so many hateful female faces since he stumbled into his three ex-girlfriends’ sorority reeking of pot last week. “Ew, is that second hand cigarette smoke?!” a girl pipes up. “Ehmahgaw! Is that an open container?!” another squeals, pointing at Fratman’s flask, “I’m pretty sure that’s illegal to hold around us ’cause not all of us are 21!” Before Fratman can respond, all six guys are suddenly before him with arms crossed. “We are The Treblemakers,” the short one sniffs with an upturned nose, “And I am Ganno Meedy.” “You the head of this posse?” “Yes, I am.” “Man, I didn’t know Glee had a BTeam. How you guys enjoying second string?” “Look, asshole, we’re trying to sing some songs and sell some CDs, so why don’t you just clear out?” “Uh, how about you’re on my lawn, bro, and we’re trying to throw down. The ladies can stay.” “You know,” Ganno lashed out, “go be a pig elsewhere ’cause we’re not moving! The whole message of The Treblemakers is that we don’t have to be chauvinist douches like you to have a good time!” “Well somebody’s gotta do the job. Might as well be me. Are you guys the best thing Beta Male Corp. could put out or … ?” Laughing as rudely as possible, Fratman turns his back on the ardent singers and strolls onto the annex porch. As he’s high-fiving his brothers and lighting another cigarette, a sudden haunting wave of sound carries towards them. “We shall overcome … we shall overcome … we shall overcome some day…” The entire throng, led by The Treblemakers, chants the eerie tune. Fratman’s sure he’s heard this song before but he can’t place it ... Might be from an inspirational Nike commercial or something. As the choir grows more vexing, he can think of only one appropriate response: a U-S-A chant. Like a sergeant, he races through the house and rallies the entire brotherhood. They pour out from the porch upon the misfit crowd, and blast them with some true-blue American patriotism, pumping their fists and chugging their beers. “U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!” And as the sulking Treblemakers lead their loyal following away from Dyde Street, Fratman rushes up to Ganno and spins him around. “What, dickwad?!” “Just one thing,” Fratman says, “Do you even lift, bro?” David Zha is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at dzha@cornellsun.com. The Angry Spirit Bear appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Sarah Byrne | Let It Byrne
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Five Misconceptions About Being Pre-Med
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ast week, in one of my classes that has a lot of pre-med students, we were discussing illness, and the risks we feel when we are sick. My goal when I’m sick is usually to get well; apparently that’s weird. Instead, most students said that their biggest fear about sickness was that they would miss their classes. Guys, that is pretty messed up. It made me really re-evaluate my own priorities. You would think pre-meds would care more about their health but, as it turns out, this is just one of the many misconceptions about the pre-med breed. In case you’re curious, here are some more: 1. There is a strong sense of community: Have you heard the law school myth of people ripping pages out of library books to sabotage their classmates? I wouldn’t go that far, but that’s definitely the atmosphere I feel among pre-meds, especially in light of the curves. You literally only need to do better than the majority of the class to get a good grade, which leads to nothing but trouble, in my opinion. A few weeks ago, I had a professor tell us not to worry about how hard the test was, because as long as we could out-perform at least some of our classmates, we wouldn’t fail. I have an idea: if we all just agree to study a little less, we would all get the same grades we do right now. Think about it. Let me know if you’re interested. 2. I am employable: False. This is probably one of the biggest, most arrogant mistakes pre-meds make. Yeah, sure, we’re more employable than, say, an English major? All we have to do is
There is a world out there full of many people who are successful and who are not doctors. Calm down, I know it’s hard to digest. compete against thousands of students nation- and world-wide to get into relatively few medical schools. Then, after another four years of school, we have to compete against the best of those thousands once again to get an internship, then again to get a residency. The competition never ends. So I’d love not to hear premeds telling everyone how much better off they’ll be after they graduate. Employable? There are no guarantees. 3. I have the ability to provide medical care: I think this is something uniquely believed by non-pre-meds. Every time one of my friends or family members gets a cut, every time they feel nauseous, I hear about it. True story, this past weekend, one of my friends asked me what to do because he got cactus spines stuck in his hand. Public service announcement: I am not a doctor, yet. In fact, I’ve mostly only taken chemistry classes at this point. So, while I can tell you all about an SN1 reaction, I’m not so great with the surgical treatments. Patience, young grasshoppers. 4. I’m getting a well-rounded education: Actually, personally, I do like to think I’m taking a well-rounded course load, fitting in liberal arts classes and languages. However, I must say that many of my fellow pre-meds don’t even try. I don’t even know how people take five out of five classes in the biology department. I’m hyperventilating just thinking about all of those prelims. More power to you, I guess, but I enjoy taking classes in other departments, maybe even when they don’t (gasp) have ties to my future career. Sometimes it’s fun to hang out with people who don’t constantly ask me about my prelim grades. 5. The future is full of possibilities: Is it though? Is it really? By choosing the pre-med track — despite the University’s insistence that it’s not really a “track” — we’re really limiting our future career choices. This is not at all to say that pre-med students must become doctors. But it does make it more difficult to change your mind later, in the same way that it’s hard to decide to be pre-med if you don’t come to college knowing in your heart that you will be the next Meredith Grey. Premeds, you are not smarter than other people, and your future is not brighter than other people’s. Actually, you know what? Who am I to say? Maybe you are smarter than everyone else. Good job. As for me, I’ll be the one pre-med sitting in an English class. As a pre-med, I fully recognize the weird pride we have in behaviors such as not sleeping, spending a whole night doing a lab report, taking 35 credits in one semester, staying home on a Friday to do work, etc. But I am trying to say that being pre-med is not as all-consumingly important as it sometimes seems. Get ready for a big shock: There is a world out there full of many people who are successful and who are not doctors. Calm down, I know it’s hard to digest. Sarah Byrne is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at sbyrne@cornellsun.com. Let it Byrne appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
Christo Eliot | The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight
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The Ultimate Social Network: Linkedin
n one of the first days at Ask the Career Services office; they Cornell, I was herded into a will know better than me. large lecture hall with about Now, I am speaking (typing) to 200 other engineering freshman those of you who are not “weirdos” or who were similarly oblivious to most “people with interviews.” More than things Cornell — like how your keys just a professional network, LinkedIn will still work even if they aren’t on a is also the world’s best social network. Tatkon Center lanyard around your A lot of people may disagree with neck. At this meeting, I was given that statement, but they don’t have a advice from the some engineering soapbox to preach from like I do. advising representatives. They told They will just have to deal with it. me two things (read: I remember two LinkedIn is basically a beautiful comthings) at this talk: 1. Yes, you can go bination of Monster.com, (pick one: abroad. You’ll need to fill out some eHarmony.com, PlentyOfFish.com, paperwork though, so it really isn’t ChristianMingle.com, Glutenfreeeven worth it, and 2. Get a LinkedIn singles.com, Meet-an-Inmate.com, profile and start connecting. etc.) and Facebook. We have already My fellow esteemed Daily Sun gone through how LinkedIn can bencolumnist, Jacob Glick, recently efit you professionally like Monster, addressed the topic of whether or but frankly that is probably the most not to study abroad wad I highly boring part of the website. recommend reading his piece if you are considering going abroad or like to practice reading. Because More than just a of this, I will focus on the professional network, second word of advice given to me early freshman LinkedIn is also the year: Get a LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world’s world’s best social largest professional net- network. work. That’s what it calls itself. This probably sounds awesome to that large part of the stuLet’s look at the online dating dent body that is absolutely obsessed aspect of LinkedIn. On LinkedIn with getting a nice job offer at some you don’t have to worry about being professional workplace. I call these tagged in unflattering photos — you people “weirdos” and/or “ people just have one photo, and you’re likewho got interviews when I didn’t.” ly looking extremely sharp (all my Here is something cool for those peo- readers are beautiful) in professional ple: If you click on “Cornell attire. And what is the best way to University” under the education sec- get to know someone? Becoming tion of your profile, you can see all of friends and having conversation? No. Cornell’s alumni on LinkedIn It’s by looking at their résumé. So (although I still have yet to find a when you look at that allegedly eligilegitimate enough looking Bill Nye ble bachelor or bachelorette in your profile to connect with). From there, recitation, you can check out his or you can sort all of those profiles based her LinkedIn profile, see that there is on where they are located, the indus- no research experience and move on. try they work in, the specific compaAnd lastly, how is LinkedIn like ny they work for, their favorite sea Facebook? Well — it isn’t. It is a lot mammal — basically whatever you better. Statuses are gone and it is can think of — and then send them tremendous. Rather than that weird “InMail” asking to set up an infor- kid from your OL group posting stamational interview … or whatever. tuses about his or her new hamster,
hamster wheel or terrarium for said hamster, you get absolute gold like a CNBC article simply titled, “The Business of Wedding Crashers” showing up on your newsfeed. But what really sets LinkedIn in a league of its own is the creeping. Yeah, you could mindlessly click through pictures of a person or even see what bands or movies they like, but to really cut to the core of someone, you need LinkedIn. Additionally, friendship on Facebook is way too intimate for the number of people I am trying to keep tabs on, and I feel no shame connecting with all of those elementary school teachers that I felt victimized by on Linkedin. My old music teacher for example, is the type of guy who will both name his child after a tree and kick of a seven year-old student out of class for sneezing. I know this because his son is named “Cedar” and because he once kicked a seven yearold me out of class for sneezing. So, I knew he was a hippie who hated kids with pollen allergies without the help of any social network. LinkedIn, however, gave me a URL to his personal website. There I found downloadable mp3 files of hit, original songs like “Columbus Rap” as well as an events calendar that would theoretically allow me to follow him to all of his shows at various Denver Public Libraries. That, my lovely reader, is an effective creep. While Facebook would have given me some photos to maybe mess around with in photoshop or some suspect favorite movies, nothing will compare to the revenge I get every time I hear the intro marimba riff to “Shake the Papaya Down” and chuckle to myself walking down Ho Plaza. Christo Eliot is a junior in the College of Engineering. He may be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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SCIENCE
Seismology
Heart Disease
Horticulture
Prof. Katie Keranen Explores Motion Behind Earthquakes By JACQUELINE CAROZZA Sun Staff Writer
When the earth moves, Prof. Katie Keranen, earth and atmospheric systems, watches. Keranen images the Earth’s crust by studying the propagation of energy waves through rock, a field known as seismology. The sources of these waves are subdivided into two categories: natural or passive sources, such as movement caused by earthquakes, and active sources, which are manmade. Seismologists are interested in the ground motion that results from both types To generate an active source, Keranen drills a shallow hole in the Earth’s surface, loads it with explosives and detonates them, causing ground motion. The shaking is picked up by the web of sensors, or seismometers, deployed around the origin point of the explosives. The data from the wave pattern yields high resolution images of the geological features of Earth’s interior several kilometers deep, Keranen said. Using waves to image the interior a solid object by breaking it into multiple slices is known as tomography. This technique has a variety of applications, including medical Xray imaging. “Just like we can get a medical tomogram to look inside the human body, we can look inside the earth using seismology,” Keranen said. Seismometers pick up on a variety of wave-generating events – explosions or nuclear blasts; implosions such as collapsing underground caves; earthquakes; and volcanoes. Seismologists distinguish these events by analyzing each unique wave behavior, according to Keranen. The patterns yield valuable information about the source, magnitude and other particulars of an event. A typical earthquake pattern consists of three wave fronts, Keranen said. The P wave is the fastest, has the lowest amplitude and is the least dangerous. It often triggers earthquake early warning systems, alerting people that the next two (and more destructive) waves are on their way. The S wave causes sideways shearing movement. Surface waves are responsible for general motion close to Earth’s surface. Earthquakes are measured on the
moment magnitude scale, which is logarithmic. This means that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake is 10 times more powerful than a magnitude 4.0. The largest recorded earthquake was in Chile in 1960, and measured 9.5. However, earthquake magnitude cannot be used as the single determinant of the damage it will cause, according to Keranen. The waves from a deeper earthquake are diminished in intensity by the time they reach the Earth’s surface and are therefore less likely to cause serious damage. An earthquake occurs at a site where one piece of Earth’s crust slips past another, known as a fault – this slip can be side-toside, up-and-down, or even when one piece moves on top of another. The movement releases the energy that causes earthquakes. Faults range in size from the San Andreas, which spans almost the entire length of California, to the small faults that are present almost everywhere around the globe. Keranen studies active Earth processes using data collected from field sensors that monitor ground motion. In Alaska, she looks at a particular area where one piece of the Earth’s crust slides under another, causing large magnitude 9.0 earthquakes. At another site in Ethiopia, she studies the actively-forming northern end of the Great Rift Valley. “It’s actually really hard to break the Earth and pull pieces of it apart, and that’s sort of what’s happening there,” she said. Earthquakes normally occur in brittle basement rock beneath sedimentary layers of the Earth’s crust. A more porous layer of sandstone and other sedimentary rock typically lies on top of the basement rock. Sometimes, as a result of wastewater injection related to unconventional energy resource development, shallow earthquakes can occur in this layer or in basement rock immediately below it. Keranen has previously demonstrated that a recent earthquake in Oklahoma was potentially humaninduced in this manner. Processes that flush out the Earth’s hydrocarbons often use a lot of water, which then must be discarded. “In the Northeast, this is often done at the surface after being treated,” Keranen said. “In the South and elsewhere, it’s put back into the earth in large volume wells.” The water is pumped slowly into layers near the transition between the basement
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Ethiopian earthquakes | Prof. Katie Keranen, earth and atmospheric systems, studies earthquakes around the world including in Ethiopia, Alaska, Oklahoma and other places.
rock and the sedimentary rock, deep enough to avoid contaminating potable water and also deep enough to seep into the Earth’s cracks and crevices. The effect is that the water lubricates the faults, making it easier for them to slip and release pent up stress, Keranen said. The U.S. Midwest, which is typically not host to many large earthquakes, has seen increased seismicity in the past few years, concurrent with the increase in wastewater injection. In November 2011, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Oklahoma, causing damage to buildings and roads. Keranen immediately deployed sensors in the area in order to record the aftershocks and study the earthquake and its possible linkage to a nearby wastewater injection site. Keranen found that the fault that had ruptured was within 200 meters of the injection site. The depth of the earthquakes also provided a clue for Keranen. “A large percentage of the slip happened in sediment where the injection was occurring, which is a strong indicator that it might have been linked to the wells,” she said. In a follow-up paper published July
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Studying seismology | Keranen is studying the possibility of linking human activity to earthquakes and other seismological events.
2013 in Science, she and coauthors Nicholas van der Elst, postdoctoral researcher, Columbia, Prof. Heather Savage, Columbia University, and Prof. Geoffrey Abers, Columbia University, provided additional evidence for the link by determining what the water content of the Oklahoma site had been before the earthquake, measured as fluid pressure. Waterlogged or overpressured sites are more sensitive to waves caused by other earthquakes. Keranen and her colleagues demonstrated that the Oklahoma site responded to remote earthquakes, as far away as Chile, with its own set of miniature earthquakes. “Normally, the waves wouldn’t cause extra motion, but then they did cause this extra motion,” she said. “It would be like if I pushed on this table and a bowl of Jell-O started wiggling over there.” Keranen suggests several ways to mitigate the possibility for damaging earthquakes near injection wells. First, better characterization – including where and what size the faults are – could inform decisions about where to place the wells. In addition, installing a more comprehensive sensor network would allow companies to detect the first hints of seismicity and alter their injection techniques as necessary. Finally, keeping tabs on the pressure would yield valuable information about water buildup on a long-term time scale. Water can drain from some sites more effectively than others, and some are especially prone to water pooling and seeping into faults. “It’s just a matter of figuring out how to [inject wastewater] carefully and safely,” Keranen said. Human activity could be responsible for other earthquakes as well. For example, in 1994, there was an earthquake thought to be caused by a collapse of a salt mining cave in western New York. On Sept. 10 of this year, local seismometers picked up the signal of a magnitude 2.0 earthquake under Seneca Lake, which is not a common occurrence. Keranen said that she wonders if this small earthquake is natural, or if it also related to salt mining. Jacqueline Carozza can be reached at jcarozza@cornellsun.com.
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Researcher Investigates Nuclear Mutations By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Staff Writer
Integrating techniques from both engineering and biology, Prof. Jan Lammerding, cell and molecular biology, biomedical engineering, is investigating how mutations in cell nuclear proteins cause conditions ranging from inherited heart disease to premature aging. Lamins are the major components of the nuclear lamina, a network of proteins inside the nuclear membrane involved in structural support, chromatin organization, and gene regulation. Diseases that arise from mutations in lamin proteins are known as laminopathies, according to Lammerding. The gene encoding the primary lamin proteins, which structurally support the nuclear envelope is called Lamin A/C, or LMNA. Mutations in the LMNA gene have been found to cause multiple diseases, including Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, lipodystrophy, heart disease and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria. According to Lammerding, 10 percent of inherited heart
diseases are caused by LMNA mutations. These are some of the most aggressive heart diseases, usually necessitating a heart transplant. More than 400 mutations in the gene have been linked to 10 different diseases. “We know the gene that is affected, we know the mutations and we know the diseases, but we do not know how different mutations in the same gene that are often very similar give rise to completely different diseases,” Lammerding said. The cell nucleus houses the genome, the complete set of genetic information present in every cell. If a cell’s nucleus is weak and ruptures, the cell will most likely die. “One of the initial hypotheses we investigated was whether these mutations cause diseases by making the nucleus mechanically weaker and more fragile,” Lammerding said. According to Lammerding, even the nucleus’ position in the cell can affect the cell’s function. “Whereas in normal muscle fiber, the nucleus has very specific positions, if we look at some muscular diseases, we see that
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Scrutinizing cells | Prof. Jan Lammerding, cell and molecular biology, biomedical engineering, examines mutations in cell nuclear proteins which cause diseases.
the nucleus is often out of place,” Lammerding said. “We suspect [that] has to do with the fact that the connections between nucleus and the cytoskeleton are damaged.” According to Lammerding, the nucleus also plays an important role in mechanotransductional signaling. This type of signaling is how a cell turns on signals in response to mechanical stimulation. Nearly all cells in the body respond to physical stimulation. For example, muscle cells grow larger and bone cells become denser after exercise. One device the Lammerding lab uses to study cell response to mechanical stimulation is a cell-stretching device. As the name suggests, once the cells have been plated on silicone membranes and stretched, their gene responses are observed. The lab found that, unlike healthy cells, which respond to stretching by turning on protective signals to make the cell stronger, grow larger and prevent programmed cell death, mutant cells have either very weak protective signals or none at all. “These cells are not only more physically vulnerable, but they also do not turn on protective and adaptive signals that normal cells turn on when subjected to mechanical stress,” Lammerding said. Lammerding is currently conducting an ongoing investigation on whether laminopathies are due to mechanical damage to the nucleus or to altered cell signaling. “If it is mechanical damage to the nucleus, then I am not that optimistic that we can find a very quick fix,” Lammerding said. “We could use gene therapy, but that is probably still many years down the road.” Most of the lab’s findings have indicated that the major issue behind laminopathies is lack of cell signaling responses to mechanical stimulation rather than mechanical damage itself. Developing drugs to restore such signaling pathways is
more likely in the short term than gene therapy. In fact, some drugs that can do this already exist, according to Lammerding. While the Lammerding lab is not directly involved in clinical drug trials, the lab studies some of these drugs in cell culture or animal models, as the mechanism behind how the drugs work to fix signaling pathways is often unknown. The Lammerding lab is also investigating changes in lamin expression on cancer. It has found that reduced expression of lamins A and C, which have been reported in breast cancer and some other cancers, can increase nuclear deformability and improve the ability of cells to migrate through areas in the body that healthy cells would normally not be able to migrate through, according to Lammerding. “Cancer researchers and pathologists have known for a long time that cancer cells had abnormal looking nuclei, but the effects of the abnormal nuclei remained unclear,” Lammerding said. “It is possible that the nucleus normally restricts the cells moving through tight areas of the body, or between other cells.” Using microfluidic devices to observe the transit of cells through narrow constrictions, researchers have found that cells with reduced levels of lamins A and C lack directionality and exhibit more plasticity in their movements than normal cells. According to Lammerding, nuclear rigidity may play a large role in metastatic cancer cell migration. It is likely, however, that reduced directionality and nuclear rigidity are independent functions. “If we understand the mechanism by which these diseases occur, we can interfere with it, slow down or stop it. Ideally, we can cure it completely,” Lammerding said. Reem Khondakar can be reached at rkhondakar@cornellsun.com.
Bryan Sobel Ph.D.’13 Facilitates Mushroom Farming in Rwanda By SHAILEE SHAH Sun Photography Editor
Nearly two decades after the Rwandan genocide, “the scars are still visible in the landscape and the people,” Bryan Sobel Ph.D. ’13 said. The solution, or at least part of it – mushrooms. Sobel spent two weeks in the country helping rural women set up a cultivation project growing mushrooms to consume in their own households and to sell. The mushrooms, in particular oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, that Sobel was working with, are healthy. With protein values comparable to meat and none of the saturated fat, a high concentration of vitamin D, iron and zinc and immune-stimulating properties, they are the perfect addition to the diet of women with children suffering from malnutrition, according to Sobel. Additionally, mushrooms are a highly valued crop in the culinary culture of Rwanda, enabling women to earn a good profit by selling them. Sobel’s graduate thesis focused on the concentration of phenolics and flavonoids – compounds associated with prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases – as a marker of quality in gourmet mushrooms. According to Sobel, mushrooms are traditionally grown in large, cli-
mate-controlled facilities with lots of money. Sobel instead studied an alternative strategy of growing mushrooms in woodlands that could help owners of the 14 million acres of non-industrial forestland in the State of New York diversify their income and maintain small farm viability. A similar approach was applied to mushroom cultivation in Rwanda. In addition to the lingering effects of genocide, Rwanda also faces rampant deforestation leading to loss of soil fertility, according to Sobel. Mushroom cultivation can help reverse this process by adding organic matter to the soil that can be used to cultivate fruit trees. With support from the United States Agency for International Development’s Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program’s Trellis Fund, Sobel partnered with a local non-governmental organization called Sustaining Rwanda Youth Organization on a nine-month project. He worked mainly via email and other communication methods punctuated by a two-week visit. “I spent most of the time sort of trying to understand how people grow mushrooms in Rwanda – going to farms and talking to farmers and traveling around the country just to see how people were doing things,” Sobel said. “We grow mushrooms here, but the way
we do it might not be appropriate for the conditions and resources that people in Rwanda have available. It was really important to have [the Rwandan farmers] teach me.” With his newly-acquired local knowledge, Sobel spent some time in a village near Bhutari, teaching women about mushrooms and how best to cultivate them. “I’m not a big fan of just standing up and lecturing … but there is a certain amount of information that you just need to tell them,” Sobel said. “What is a mushroom? It’s not a plant, it’s not an animal, it is its own sort of thing. The conditions that are important, some of the major pests of the mushroom and what they can do to prevent them.” Alongside formal instruction, Sobel also worked directly with the women to prepare plots, build shade houses, and plant the mushrooms. The women he was working with had been “informally employed in the agriculture sector,” Sobel said. They had been initially recruited to a health clinic because they had children suffering from malnutrition. After 10 weeks of training, they were invited to join a formally recognized cooperative where they could learn to cultivate mushrooms to supplement their diet as well as generate income to deposit in a savings account given
by the government. “A lot of times, it’s hard, because they want to eat rather than sell the mushrooms, and then they don’t have enough money to buy more input. So every once in awhile, I will get an email asking for money. But it’s important for them to figure out their business model and not be dependent on handouts,” Sobel said. “There were challenges in the beginning, but I think it turned around and became very successful.” Not the least of the challenges was the language barrier. Volunteer translators from SRYO were help-
ful, and Sobel emphasized how this project would have been impossible without the NGO’s initiative and assistance. “The most powerful part was when, at the culmination of the training, we all sat down and had a lunch of mushrooms,” Sobel said. “Sharing food has these transcultural properties that can combat language barriers and was also a great way for the women to see what the result of their work could be.” Shailee Shah can be reached at photo-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Farming fungi | Bryan Sobel Ph.D. ’13 uses his knowledge of horticulture to help women in Rwanda sustainably grow mushrooms.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra: A Welcome Invitation TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer
Swinging Singles
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra knows how to fill a hall both with people and with sound. Although it boasts a long history, during Monday night’s performance all one could think about were the precious moments at hand. Guest conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn held the podium like a controlled tempest, injecting just the sort of energy expected of the all-Russian program. The palette at his disposal was accordingly rich with contrast. Smooth yet sometimes-rustic strings meshed with a superb wind section (the true litmus test of any such orchestra), while clarion brass mediated between the two with equal shares of rough and smooth. Indeed, brass was foremost on the menu in the appetizer: Night on Bald Mountain. Modest Mussorgsky’s 1867 symphonic poem, the first of two in the concert’s first half, was originally titled St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain and intended to evoke a gathering of witches on that same pagan holiday. Performed in full only posthumously, it was a relative outlier on the concert stage until it famously appeared in Disney’s Fantasia during the penultimate scene of unrequited souls. Such associations remain glued to the piece’s architecture and only served to heighten the opportunity to experience it in person, allowing concertgoers to indulge in their own associations. Its spiraling brilliance and instantly recognizable theme blasted shook Bailey Hall to its core with all the threat of the tornado watch that had been hovering over Ithaca that same afternoon. It was tempting to hold fast to the piece’s backstory, but as the music went on, its motifs growing more distorted with every iteration, it begged to be taken on its own terms. The same could be said about the rendition of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Penned in 1909, it was inspired by an engraved reproduction of Arnold Böcklin’s eponymous 1886 painting. The result was a dreamlike concert experience. What became obvious hearing it live, and in such capable hands, was that Rachmaninoff had successfully added a Z-axis of time to the painting’s X and Y of image and atmosphere. The end
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effect was, despite the dynamic curve, quiet resignation. One must know unrest, it seemed to say, in order to seek rest eternal. The concert’s pre-intermission programming could not have been accidental, for Rachmaninoff himself conducted the 1909 world premiere of Isle of the Dead in Moscow alongside his Second Symphony and Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. More novel, perhaps, was pairing these with the Fifth Symphony (1937) of Dmitri Shostakovich. One can hardly walk through writings about Shostakovich without stepping in the oppressive regime under which he lived. To be sure, he completed his Fifth at the peak of Stalinist Terror, thereby marking his return to the concert hall after a period of creative lockdown (Stalin had denounced the composer as a kink in the machine of Soviet spirit). Musicologists continue to hone from these details a dualedged sword: Was Shostakovich being patriotic or snide? Does the piece leave us with hope or cynicism? Yet hearing it “cold,” as it were, one begins to appreciate the variety of signatures in the opening Moderato alone. From the call-and-response of its awakening to its massive punctuation marks toward closure, there was much to admire in being face to face with this symphony. The MTO heightened the Mahlerian qualities of the second movement, a caricature of waltzes boasting many thematic handoffs. The third movement — forever
one of the deepest statements in all of 20th century music — was all the more a requiem. It spun a false security by means of stringheavy, cornucopian pathos and haunting tremolos before the concluding Allegro burst onto the scene like a frantic mother in search of a lost child. With sweeping panache and urgency, it brought about triumph with sarcastic grandeur. Whatever anyone might think about the politics surrounding and embedded in Shostakovich’s score, the MTO reminded listeners that such music is ultimately about the tension of extremes. One must therefore take caution in folding so much moroseness into the batter of Russian music. Such a proposition, of course, softens when we learn that even Igor Stravinsky called Rachmaninoff “six feet two inches of Russian gloom,” but anecdotal and circumstantial evidence do not a lasting message make. Lost in all of this is the music itself, sitting like Rodin’s thinker on an unwavering question: How long before a piece of music can be divorced from the context of its creation and take on a life of its own? Regardless of the answer, this performance was further proof that the power of orchestral music lies not in the strength of its ideological underpinnings, but in the immediacy of its invitation. Tyran Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University. He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun.com.
Fiona Apple
Quilt
“Avocado, Baby”
“I Want You to Love Me”
“You’re Not the One”
By James Rainis
By Kaitlyn Tiffany
By Lucas Colbert
Los Campesinos! are, at the moment, the flag-bearers for grandiosely upsetting, hearton-your-sleeve indie rock. Initially lumped in with the twee pop scene following the success of debut L.P. Hold On Now, Youngster… , the band has been delving into darker territory ever since 2008’s We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed. Much of this is due to lead singer Gareth David’s death-obsessed lyrical screeds. Riddled with self-deprecation and desperation, he’s unafraid to approach uncomfortable and ugly subjects. Vomit, blood and his eventual demise are recurring themes. “Avocado, Baby” is the second single from Los Campesinos!’s forthcoming No Blues, and it reminds us why Gareth is able to get away with his fixatedly bleak imagery: The band’s shout-along choruses are killer, with beautifully cacophonic guitars and whirring synthesizers that suggest something a lot cuddlier than, say, lines like, “May she who casts the first fist of dirt across the casket have mourners lick the mud from her fingernails.” The song’s charm lies in its matter-of-fact depressiveness. In the world of Los Campesinos!, shared misery is all we got, so we might as well tackle it all with the help of cheerleader chants and outrageous avocado/heart metaphors.
Last weekend in Portland, Fiona Apple debuted a new song which is allegedly titled “I Want You to Love Me.” The recording available online is the liveversion with piano and vocals only, and on it Apple’s signature jazz-inspired phrasing and melodies hit as hard as ever. The lyrics are simple and sweet, with the refrain of “I want you to love me,” but Apple’s one-of-a-kind vocal richness and frankly, her ability to sound lovedesperate enough as to be borderline bonkers (in the loveliest way possible), make it undeniably powerful. Even among most of the music scene’s most talented recent contributors, (e.g. CHVRCHES, Lorde, Janelle Monaé, Haim) a big part of the game has become about style and flare, regardless of whatever alternative or anti-establishment form that may take. Even when an artist is said to “let their guard down” or “show vulnerability,” it’s a conscious choice. But Apple has maintained her spot in the foreground of American music since 1996 because no such distinction exists for her. Every single track is no-holds-barred, no boundaries, obsessive, messy and gorgeous. As noted in Pitchfork’s review of her 2012 L.P.: “Unguarded honesty doesn’t go out of style.”
Quilt, a three-person indie folk-rock outfit that started out in 2009, has garnered an increasing amount of buzz and acclaim. After a busy tour, the up-and-coming group has announced the release of their sophomore album, Held in Splendor, and with it, the first single, “Arctic Shark.” The track is a subtle yet noticeable departure from the group’s previous work, which, to some extent, blended into the indie music landscape at the time of the band’s inception. With “Arctic Shark,” the band is able to further define its particular musical brand, moving progressively away from the generic indie-rock era. While it certainly showcases the light, hypnotic guitar strums that listeners have come to expect in from Quilt’s earlier work, the song also builds upon this — adding a moody bass-line and almost sitar-like riffs. This, coupled with the song’s more upbeat percussion, gives “Arctic Shark” a greater sense of momentum and musical drive that is nicely balanced by singer Anna Fox Rochinsk’s dreamy, cooing vocals. In fact, apart from a somewhat lackluster piano trail-off ending and a few confusing, albeit aesthetically beautiful lyrics, the track truly does display a leaner, more concentrated effort. So, if “Arctic Shark” is any indication, fans should look forward to a musical growth spurt in Quilt’s upcoming album.
James Rainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com.
Kaityln Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun.com.
Lucas Colbert is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at lcolbert@cornellsun.com.
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The Vices of Old Media
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ice, the media company whose primary demographic is drug-addled, male college-educated, East Coast fauxtellectuals, was recently bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for $1.4 billion. Congratulations to Vice! It’s been a long trek from beginnings as a scrappy, free magazine in mid-90s Toronto — I remember the creepy magazine covers — to freaking out the mainstream media establishment 18 years later by sending Dennis Rodman to North Korea. But at this point, should Vice still be thought of as an alternative publication, outside the “mainstream media establishment”? Vice has always bordered on apocalyptic journalism, erratically switching between reckless tastelessness and serious coverage on overlooked disastrous areas. Drugs have always held a special place in the magazine heart, and Vice’s aesthetic makes it possible to use drugs as a prop of “not giving a fuck” and to promote the ideal, “with the world’s problems, how could you not drug yourself?” This is something that every ostensible counterculture has done: Intentionally ignore mainstream cultural benefits, while being hyperaware of its problems. That’s how high-quality journalism on heroin-addicted deportees in Tijuana, an interview with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek and a report on “The Westminster Dog Show… On Acid!” can all coexist coherently on a single website. Whether its signature adolescent editorial voice makes the publication sound like it is written by a high schooler with some choice opinions, is up for debate, but the fact that these topics are covered at all is valuable. So yes, Vice at one point was “counterculture.” But now that it’s worth $1.4 billion, has a content deal with HBO and has corporate sponsors scrambling after it, Vice has lost rights to the title “counterculture.” Now Vice sells “counterculture” as a demographic that brings in advertising dollars. Lots of people have already written about how Vice has “sold and You’ve Got to Be out,” there is not Kitsching Me much more to add to that conversation. De-bates over ideological purity have a short lifespan. What is more interesting is that a company with such a narrow demographic is worth more than a billion dollars. In spite of its sell-out status, Vice is riding the wave of change in media production. Media content was once expensive and needed broad audiences to harness economies of scale. Its subject matter was formulaic, and the talent behind it was skilled and non-replaceable. It followed the principles of Fordism. We don’t live in that era anymore. Content production is now cheap and narrowly tailored, because audience loyalty is more valuable than mass appeal. Audiences are segmented and sub-segmented again to find the most consistent revenue line: Vice itself has seven different web brands on specific, niche subjects. Content is produced in small batches and it’s flexible: Vice offers an entire web series around the monetary contribution of a single sponsor. The talent behind the site can be called NILS AXEN / SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR semi-skilled replaceable: Vice’s correspondents are paid pittances, and, let’s face it, you don’t really need skills to attend dog shows on LSD. Vice, and similar media properties like Gawker and Xojane, are more like lean content manufacturing. Vice’s success is proof that the medium in which content is delivered is not the source of hard times at traditional or old media companies — the source of the industry’s woes is how content is produced. It is true that the Internet plays a big role in how the industry is shifting, but it only plays the role of accelerating and prioritizing that shift by making content easier to narrow and target. The relative disappointment of this summer’s big blockbuster movies like Pacific Rim and Elysium because they failed to follow the trend of “bigger budget, bigger returns” illustrates this. The CGI battles might be the most realistic yet, but there was little else that could captivate an audience. In contrast, the low-budget Sharknado was so campy that it was considered a runaway success, even though its audience was tiny. Adbusters, another pseudosamizdat magazine from Canada that sells counterculture to the fauxtellectual sort, still has huge success as a magazine. Cable networks like AMC and HBO pour huge amounts of money into high-quality movie-like television for relatively small audiences because they recognize that tailored notability is much more important than broad amusement. Everybody has a little something for themselves. Everybody is different. The way forward for traditional media companies left in the dust is not to imitate, but synthesize new media practices: Sub-segmented audiences are not the sole future. Vice can’t just stay static forever and keep to one audience — they need a growth strategy too. Old media companies should copy new media’s means but create different ends. Above all, this means embracing new ideas and understanding that audiences will eventually wise up to your boring formula. Vice, in its constant bending of taste and subject as a startup and now as big media continues to understand this.
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Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at kng@cornellsun.com. You’ve Got to be Kitsching Me runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Short Term 12, Long Term Impact BY LUCY GOSS Sun Staff Writer
Winner of the 2013 Grand Jury Narrative Feature award at the SXSW film festival, Short Term 12 is a commanding look into a group home of troubled teens and their equally damaged 20-something caretakers. Directed by Destin Cretton and starring Brie Larson (21 Jump Street) and John Gallagher Jr. (The Newsroom), this indie film tells the simultaneously heart wrenching and gratifying story about the lives of foster kids, most prominently Marcus (Keith Stanfield) and Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever), as well as their strict but caring leader, Grace (Larson) and her partner and boyfriend Mason (Gallagher). It is unsurprising that this extremely intimate film is based on Cretton’s own experiences working in foster care. Cretton’s style is hyperrealist. He uses hand-held cinematography and extreme close-ups on faces during conversation that force the audience to develop intimate relationships with the characters. This direction combined with the emotional strength and rugged appearance of the people in this story make it hard to believe that there are even actors involved. Larson, makeup-less and perfectly average looking, captures Grace’s passion and distress with impressive aptitude. It’s hard to believe the actress is only twenty-three. Grace helps her often-distraught kids by relating to them with her own stories of a broken home, but remains distant from everyone outside of work, including her boyfriend Mason, as they wrestle with the question of starting their own family. The young, unknown actors in this
film, particularly COURTESY OF CINEDIGM Stanfield, are brilliant in their total vulnerability and unjadedness, and manage to tell their stories of abuse and trauma, not through explanation, but through expression. My favorite scene is when Marcus, goaded by tains her complexity, even through this Mason’s attempt at connection, raps single unnecessary scene. his own lyrics about his past while This film might be the best indeMason plays a drum. Suddenly, we pendent drama of the year. The cineunderstand exactly why Marcus is the matography, acting, music and diaway he is. He raps skillfully about an logue are all graced with a unique proaddictive and abusive mother and life fessionalism, but somehow maintain a on the street. realism and closeness that is not accesThe heaviness of the film is broken sible in most Hollywood films. up nicely by the inevitable humor Cretton has built characters and situafound when dealing with children and tions that engage interest and, more by the sweet love that exists between importantly, the heart. Grace and Mason. The arrival of Nate, The beauty of Short Term 12, which a new caretaker, proves a good makes you tear up ultimately with hope entrance point for the audience, who rather than despair, is that even with all faces similar adjustment issues, and the evil of the characters’ past experihighlights the humor of the film. ences, this is a film about human decenNate’s appearance helps us to realize cy. Cretton sums it up best when he that this job takes a unique kind of says, “The interesting thing about all toughness and demeanor, thus high- these characters is that they are good lighting Grace’s specialness as a caretak- people trying to be good people.” er. Fittingly, the film comes full circle at the I only had one problem with Short end with a bonding moment between Term 12 — how we learn about Grace’s the employees of Short Term 12 as they troubling past. We know through care- take a break outside the building. It is in fully dropped details and cryptic con- this scene, however, that we delightfully versations what happened to Grace as a learn — almost as an afterthought — child. It does not need to be spelled out that one of our favorite characters has for us. Her experiences are as subtly moved on to a better life. For us, this portrayed as Marcus and Jayden’s. means hope in a desperate world. For However, even after we already under- Grace, Mason and Nate, this is just stand Grace’s life, she reveals explicit another day at the office. details that border on cliché and don’t aid the involvement of the audience or Lucy Goss is a senior in the College of the emotional profundity of the story. Arts and Sciences. She can be reached Nevertheless, Larson’s character main- at lgoss@cornellsun.com.
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A Precinct Grows in Brooklyn BY JASON GOLDBERG Sun Staff Writer
From showrunner Michael Schur, responsible for The Office and Parks and Recreation, the new Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a show reminiscent of its predecessors. Mock-umentary-style? Check. Energetic employee desperate to satisfy boss? Check. Office romances? Check. Basically, the formula for Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been done before, and unsurprisingly, the show feels a bit derivative of Schur’s previous work. But in a pretty poor fall season for comedies and strong lead performances by Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine sticks out from the bunch as the show with the most potential for growth. The pilot episode throws us into the crazy world of New York Police Department Precinct 99, where those enforcing the law barely play by any rules. The chaos of the workplace is led by Detective Jake Peralta (Samberg), a laid-back detective whose main goal of the year is to crack more cases than his female-counterpart Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero). However, Peralta’s easy-going lifestyle is shaken up by the arrival of a new captain, the stern Captain Ray Holt (Braugher). Holt’s no-nonsense rules puts him head-tohead with the juvenile Peralta, who realizes he will have to be more mature if he wants to keep his job. Samberg carries the show quite well. His absurd comedy-style com-
bined with his boyish charm makes him one of the most likeable leads this season. It’ll be interesting to see if Samberg can handle the more dramatic moments of the show that are inevitable before season’s end. Andre Braugher is wonderfully dry and sardonic as Captain Ray Holt. He and Samberg play off each other excellently and their relationship is one of the strongest elements of the show so far. The reveal of Holt’s homosexuality plays as a punchline in the first episode, but Braugher gives Holt the necessary depth to allow his sexuality to be a compelling plot-point (plus having an LGBT person-of-color as a lead on a network show is pretty impressive). When watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, it’s hard not to think of recent mentor boss/crazy employee pairs like Ron Swanson and Leslie Knope and Jack Donaghy and Liz Lemon. Still, it seems like Captain Ray Holt and Jake Peralta could one day join the ranks. The supporting players are mostly top-notch. Chelsea Peretti is a standout as sex-crazed civilian administrator Gina Linetti, who seems to do nothing all day but torture her coworkers. Terry Crews continues his great work in television comedy as the adorably gigantic Terry Jiffords, who has a shining moment in the third episode building and destroying a dollhouse for his cleverly-named daughters, Cagney and Lacey. My only complaint about the cast is that Melissa Fumero is a little too icy as Santiago, and her chemistry with
Samberg isn’t quite believable yet. Hopefully, in future episodes Fumero and the writers will loosen Santiago up to allow her to mesh better with the kooky cast. So far, however, the storylines have been hit or miss. For every wonderful plot-line with a kid spray-painting dicks on every police car in Brooklyn, we get a pretty dull story about Peralta’s recent slump in solving crimes. Though the show has some very funny gags (anything involving the old captain ignoring everyone is aces), it needs to do a better job in coming up with interesting 23-minute arcs. The episodes will have to be more consistent if they expect viewers to stay on board. However, like Peralta, Brooklyn Nine-Nine deserves a chance to mature. The beginnings of most network comedies are very shaky and the pilot of a series could be quite different from where the show will go in the future. If you look back on the first seasons of Parks and Recreation and The Office, you’ll find very strange and almost unfunny sitcoms. Comedies need a little while to find their footing and build characters that audiences actually like. Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn’t quite great yet, but it absolutely has the makings of a great show. Jason Goldberg is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jgoldberg@cornellsun.com.
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However, the Red will be focusing more on its own game than on the opposition, according to senior co-captain Alyssa Gagliardi. “Our focus is on ourselves right now. We’re focusing on our game plan and on how we play. That’s our [goal] for the whole season ... to focus on our game in order to be successful,” she said. “I’m sure there will be lots of excitement since we haven’t played games since March, and the freshmen might have some nerves, but overall we’re really excited to start playing games.” The Red is confident that this year’s team will be able to match the successes of the past. “It’s hard to predict how a season is going to go because there's always adversity along the way, but we have the same goals we have every year, and that’s to win the Ivy League, ECAC league and tournament, and win a National Championship,” Gagliardi said. “We are confident in the group we have in the room, and we’ll take it one game at a time.” Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun.com.
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which helped the squad place 10th amongst 14 teams. Freshman Luke Graboyes also contributed to the Red’s finish by breaking par during the tournament and carding a second-round 69. Graboyes came out of the event as the Red’s second-best finisher, tied for 39th with a threeday total of 221. Sophomore Brandon Eng tied for 63rd (230) and senior Max Koehler finished 72nd (249). The efforts of senior Craig Esposito were notable as well. Esposito tied for 41st (222), which helped the squad final round of even-par 70. Although he did not capitalize in the first two rounds, Esposito ended with a solid performance posting 70. “The last round, [Esposito] was able to make a couple more putts,” Schimenti said. “I think he will be crucial if we are going to be successful this week at Temple.” Cornell finished behind five of the six other Ivy League schools at the MacDonald Cup, beating only Brown — who placed 11th. This weekend at The Temple Invitational in Huntingdon Valley, Penn. will be a challenge for the Red. Temple’s golf team has finished within the Top-5 in two of the past three invitationals, and within the Top-10 of the third invitational. Temple, along with an array of other talented universities, will be strong competition for the Red. The team has been practicing different aspects of its game in order to give the squad a shot at a better placement in the standings. “The Temple Invitational is a unique course,” Schimenti said. “It’s especially difficult around the greens. A lot of this week will be spent practicing [our] short game.” The Temple Invitational will take place all day on Saturday at the Huntingdon Valley, Penn. fields.
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The Cornell field hockey team will travel to Philadelphia, Penn. Sunday to take on the St. Joseph’s Hawks at 1:30 p.m. The two squads have not faced each other since 2012, when the Red edged the Hawks in a close 3-2 victory. In this game, the Red came out strong and scored two goals in the first half and then connected one more in the second to bring home the win. Fast starts have become a staple of the Red’s strategic game in recent years and accounts for much of the squad’s success, the squad said. Since Donna Hornibrook became head coach of the program, Cornell has maintained a 70-13 record in games in which the Red was first to score. On the other hand, the squad has won only ten games that required comebacks from early deficits. The Red’s latest victory over Holy Cross continued this pattern, as the Red came in strong and took a 2-0 lead entering halftime. The Red has also been experiencing many
THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Wednesday, October 9, 2013 15 tight, one-goal difference games. In the Holy Cross game, the opponents came back from halftime with three consecutive goals within 14 minutes to take the lead. The Red was forced to make a quick recovery and freshman Katy Weeks pulled through with a goal 65 minutes into regulation to force overtime. The Red entered overtime with the same fast-paced scoring mentality that had earned the team the early lead at the start of the game and sophomore Marisa Siergiej scored just under a minute-anda-half into play to take the win. The Red has definitely established strong momentum going into the St. Joseph’s game. With a win against the Colgate Raiders yesterday, the squad enters play against St. Joseph’s on a two-game winning streak. The win against Holy Cross marked 250 career wins for the Red under Hornibrook. The squad hopes to take advantage of the strong momentum and come out with a win against St. Joseph’s. “After a successful overtime this Sunday against Holy Cross, we really need to keep up the same intensity going into tomorrow's game against Colgate,” junior midfielder Elly Plappert said. “It will be very important to keep the winning momentum going from here.” The Red hopes to continue the trend of scoring early but hold the lead throughout the duration of the game instead of letting the opposing squad tie up the game to force a tight one-goal deal-breaker at the end of regulation or overtime. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Red has lost 53 games, with 32 of those coming by a
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single goal, including 15 in overtime. During that same time frame, Cornell has won 65 games, with 33 coming in one-goal games, including 10 in overtime. “At this point, we are half way through our season. Winning would create tremendous momentum and really boost our confidence as we enter into a part of our season where there is a definite opportunity to get on a winning streak,” senior captain Carolyn Horner said. Hopefully Cornell will capitalize on this positive momentum and mimic the toughness and perseverance the squad displayed in the Holy Cross game Sunday against St. Josephs. Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun.com.
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WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY
Cornell Ready to Hit Ice By JOEL COOPER Sun Contributor
The Cornell women’s ice hockey team is ready to get its season underway with a game against Brock University on Friday. Having won three ECAC Championships in four years, the team will look to build on its success this season. This will be difficult due to the loss of a strong senior class, which included three players currently training with the Canadian national team. However this year’s squad is shaping up nicely, according to senior co-captain Jessica Campbell. “We had an amazing senior class last year, but the girls are willing and eager to step up to fill the shoes we lost. We have focused on establishing an identity this preseason of being the hardest working and toughest team to play against,” she said. “We are committed to being a gritty team and are going to do whatever it takes to be successful this season.” Campbell hopes that the team’s preseason preparations will make a difference in the season’s outcome. “Our preseason has been great; it has challenged us physically and mentally as a group,” she said. “We have come together and grown close to one another, and I got a great
feeling about this team. We have begun something special this preseason for sure.” The new freshman class has also been able to come in and make an immediate impact on the team, she added. “The freshman class has jumped on board without failure and quickly proved that they are capable of playing at this level,” Campbell said. “They are an easy class to have on board because they came in prepared and are already committed to doing what we have asked by following the team’s goals and expectations so well.” Despite this, the team is expecting stiff competition from Brock University. “Traveling down from Canada, I am sure [Brock is] going to give us a run for our money and make their trip worthwhile,” Campbell said. “It is a great opportunity for both teams, and the level of competition should be similar to what we are going to see this season.” See HOCKEY page 14
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Ice, ice, baby | Senior co-captain Alyssa Gigliardi said the team is focusing on its own game and is looking forward to getting back on the ice.
CROSS COUNTRY
Runners Battle Heat at Paul Short By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer
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Off course | Cornell finished in tenth place at the MacDonald Cup on the Yale course last weekend.
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C.U. Golfers Take Tenth Place at Yale By MARISSA VELAZQUEZ Sun Staff Writer
Despite kicking off the season with a third place finish at the Cornell Invitational, the Cornell golf team recently took a disappointing tenth place finish at the MacDonald Cup on the Yale course this past weekend. With the Temple Invitational right around the corner, the team is looking to be successful at the upcoming match this weekend. Senior captain Carl Schimenti said that although the Red did not get the finish it wanted, the level of play was immensely competitive. “We got a chance to compete against last year’s NCAA runner-up Illinois,” he said. “In my four years, we have not competed against a team that highly ranked.” Schimenti shot an even-par 210 over three rounds, See GOLF page 15
This Saturday, the Cornell men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Bethlehem, Penn. in order to compete in the Paul Short Invitational. Both teams showed impressive resilience and fought through high heat in their races. Although the afternoon high school races were eventually cancelled due to high temperatures and an overwhelming amount of visits to the Emergency Room by college athletes, the Red was able to push through and be successful. The women’s team, ranked No.10 nationally, raced and had an impressive finish on an extremely competitive course. In a field that consisted of a great deal of nationally ranked teams, the Red captured fourth place with 182 points behind No. 6 Georgetown (112), Dartmouth (125) and No. 12 Villanova (168). The Red was also able to beat out Columbia (203), No. 28 West Virginia (257), and No. 13 Penn State (326). However, the team was not entirely satisfied with its performance, according to assistant coach Artie Smith. “We raced six nationally ranked teams and finished fourth overall. It was a good race, and a lot of great things happened,” he said. “Several of our athletes had their own personal best. It was a great finish given how bad the conditions are at the Paul Short Invitational. However, no one on the team was satisfied with how we did. Everyone has higher expectations.” Top-20 finishes from senior co-captains Rachel Sorna and Emily Shearer lead the Red to its fourth place finish. With Sorna’s personal best run (20:26 for 6K) and a fifth place overall finish, she had the second best time at the Paul Short run by a Cornell athlete. Sorna and Shearer were not the only Cornell athletes to have strong performances, however. Senior Elizabeth Simpson finished third overall and had a personal best of 75 seconds. Junior Bori Tozser, who had a personal best of 32 seconds, also ran well and helped the Red have a strong finish. “Our senior captains did a great job in an extremely competitive race. Rachel finished fifth overall [and] Emily had an impressive finish. They did a great job setting a tone for the team. [Senior] Liz Simpson also had a terrific race and was our third finisher,” Smith said. In order to be more successful, the team needs to work on getting everyone up to speed with the top runners, according to Smith. “We need to continue closing the gap between our top runners [and] rest of the group. We do this well in practice, but need to begin to do it more in races,” he said. On the men’s side, the Red was pleased with its performance. “We were fairly satisfied,” assistant coach Zeb Lang
said. “We held out Top-8 runners from Boston. This is a meet where we give other guys a top stage to perform on. [Junior] David Melly and [sophomore] Tyler Kawalec came through and ran very well for us in the heat.” The weather did pose a challenge, but the men paced themselves and took it in stride, Lang said. “The first mile of this course is normally very fast, big fields, warm air it all made for a dry, hard course and fast conditions,” Lang said. “We needed to find a balance. There is a fine line between getting out assertively in good condition and what they are able to handle as an optimal take out pace.” Finding balance is especially important for the younger members of the team, according to Lang. “Moving forward for some of the younger guys, in order to have the most success, we need to figure out how See CROSS COUNTRY page 14
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Beating the heat | The Red battled extreme temperatures at Saturday’s Paul Short Invitational.
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ROSTER DEPTH HELPS BOOST RED EXPONENTIALLY IN 2013 By GINA CARGAS Sun Staff Writer
After struggling through two years of disappointment in Ivy League and nonconference play, the women’s soccer team (6-3-1, 1-1 Ivy) has already achieved its best record in several years, handily matching opponents that had previously dominated the Red. Cornell finished 2012 last in the Ivy League with a disappointing record of 1-14-1, notching just one victory over Lafayette College. 2013, however, has looked far more promising. Now just two games into Ivy League play, the Red put on an impressive display throughout nonconference play, beating teams like Sacred Heart, Binghamton and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Cornell has repeatedly shown a persistence and capacity to come from behind, which it did not have in previous years. The Red’s 2-0 win on Sept. 27 over Columbia was its
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first Ivy League victory since 2010. to According senior captain Tori Christ, the Red’s focus this season has improved the team’s confidence. “We came into preseason working hard and bringing a strong level of focus to each practice,” Christ said. “We’ve been winning games
and executing and having a bunch of people contribute ... it’s been great to see as the program moves forward.” Christ earned her first career shutout on Sept. 6 against Sacred Heart in the 1-0 show-
down. The Red’s nine new players have been making
Shooting for the stars | Senior midfielder Rachel Nichols is third in points scored this season.
Red Powers Through Season By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The Cornell men’s and women’s cross country teams have hit the ground running this season. Coming off of a 13th place finish in the NCAA championships for the women and a seventh place finish in the NCAA Northeast regionals for the men, both teams are working hard to keep up that momentum. “Last year we finished the season 13th in the country, and even after graduating some really great seniors, I can honestly say I think we are even better this year,” senior co-captain Rachel Sorna said. Last season’s highlight for the men’s team was its fourth place finish in the Heptagonal Championships. The Red earned 42 more points than it had in the 2011 season, placing it just six points behind Dartmouth. Taking down the other Ivies will continue to be a focus for both teams this season. “We have yet to race the other Ivy League teams — our main competition. This will come at our conference meet in early November,” said senior tri-captain Gabriel Heck.
The women, however, have come up against Yale and successfully outperformed the Bulldogs, according to senior co-captain Emily Shearer. “In the Ivy League, our biggest rival this year is probably Princeton, but we haven’t raced against them yet,” she said. “The only Ivy team we've seen so far is Yale, and we beat them handily. In our region, Providence is definitely our biggest rival. We lost to them in Boston last weekend, but they are ranked the No.1 team in the country right now.” The men and women both kicked off the season with dual meets against Army. The men won, 40-19, and the women took the victory, 50-15. Both teams then moved on to the Boston College Invitational. The men placed sixth out of 13 teams, while the women came in third out of 14 teams. “Our team has been performing very well,” Shearer said. “I am especially proud of how well our team has been able to perform under the pressure of being a Top-10 NCAA ranked team and how individuals have been willing to step up in ways they never have before. I think our biggest achievements, though, are yet to come.” The men are equally pleased with how
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the season has been progressing, according to Heck. “We’re off to a promising start so far,” he said. “Despite a few injuries and setbacks among our top guys, training has gone well and we are excited to prove that going into the important races later this month.” Only two races into the season, the Red has a long road ahead. Up next for the women is the Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 19. The teams will then reunite at the Princeton Invitational to face their Ivy League rival on the same day. The Red is looking to really challenge its competition this season. The women hope to both match last season’s achievements and come out even stronger. “We definitely want to win Heps — the Ivy League Championships — for the third time in a row this year. We also want to return to the NCAA’s and snag a spot in the Top-10,” Shearer said. The squad’s most important goal, however, is to have a great time, according to Sorna. “Having fun and enjoying the season is just as important, if not more important, of a goal than all the others,” she said. “If we don't make sure we're having fun with it, achieving those other goals is going to be infinitely more difficult. It's great to win and be nationally ranked and what not, but at the end of the day, running and being a part of this team is supposed to be an enjoyable experience.” Heck hopes that he will be able to guide the men to success. “Personally, I want to help leverage this team to achieve our goals,” he said. “To do this, I need to focus on staying healthy — an issue that has plagued my running career in college. If I can do this, I know I can make a great impact on the team and in the Ivy League.” Overall, both cross country teams are ready to show what the Red is made of. “I’d say any big athletic powerhouse school is on our list of teams to try and take down. We like to show other schools that we are both smart and fast,” Sorna said.
major contributions to the team. 36 of Cornell’s 48 points this season were produced by freshmen or sophomores and many of the new players have become regular starters. Freshmen forwards Ellie Crowell and Dempsey Banks have started in every recent game, while freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney has been making waves with a high save average and regular starts. Both Crowell and Tierney have also been named Ivy League Rookies of the week, while Crowell is the first Cornell player to record three assists in a single game since 1991. While the freshmen have had a massive impact this season, Christ says the Red’s success has been a group effort. “We have strong team chemistry and I think we’re believing in ourselves more than before,” Christ said. “We aren’t settling for mistakes and are striving to improve each and every time we get on the field.” After beating Columbia at home last week, the Red traveled to Philadelphia
“Our expectations have changed. We have come to expect to score goals and close out games.” — Tori Christ for a close game against Penn, losing, 1-0, on a penalty kick in the 44th minute. According to Christ, the Red now enters games with an optimistic outlook. “Our expectations have changed,” she said. “We have come to expect to score goals and close out games.” The Red looks at every game as equally important, especially as there is no conference tournament in the Ivy League, said Christ. “As far as goals go, first I would say a winning record, but because every Ivy game is so important, our goals don’t stop there,” Christ said. “We hope to compete to win the Ivy League.” The Red will face Harvard (6-3-1, 20 Ivy) next in Ithaca on Oct. 12. Last year, the Crimson — the 2011 Ivy League champion — was the only conference team that did not beat Cornell as the game ended in a 1-1 tie at Cambridge.
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AT START OF 2013, A STRUGGLE FOR WINS
Sprint Squad Tackles Early Mistakes, Politics By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer
Trailing 21-0 in the third quarter against rival Penn (2-1 CSFL), senior captain and quarterback Brendan Miller knew he needed to get his team back in the game. Gathered in the huddle, the Red prepared a change-up — a quarterback isolation scramble up the middle of the formation. That was when Miller took charge, told his teammates he was going to run over a Penn defender, and came through on his guarantee once the ball was snapped. “That just kind of lit a spark,” senior running back Nick Perez said. “He definitely [took the game into his hands].” Although the comeback rally was too little, too late — the Quakers handed the Red a 28-14 defeat to knock Cornell (0-3) out of title contention — Miller may have struck a chord with a team that is continuing to develop on the field. “We’ve got a fairly young team, especially defensively. ... It’s growing pains,” co-head coach Bart Guccia said. “We lost 23 seniors last year, so our freshman are being forced to play. And in any intercollegiate athletic sport, experience is worth a million years, believe me.” In 2012, the Red began the season in hot pursuit of a championship, besting Penn, 42-34, in a wild six-overtime home opener and starting a perfect 3-0 before dropping a handful of close contests to finish at 4-3. But 2013 couldn’t have been more different thus far. Despite retaining some key leaders on offense, the Red has struggled to put points on the board. Post University (2-1) took the season’s opening kickoff back for a score and stifled the Red, 21-10. Then came a disappointing 13-6 loss to 12 Franklin Pierce on a windy afternoon in Saratoga Springs, followed by the team’s most recent defeat in its home opener against Penn. Battling penalties, a handful of big plays surrendered by Guccia’s otherwise-stout defensive unit, and trouble sustaining drives on the offensive end, the Red’s theme this season has been youth — and growth. “At the end [of the Penn game] we really started to click and string a lot together,” Perez said. “I think it’s looking good for what we can put together for Army, Princeton and beyond.” Following the squad’s first multi-touchdown game of the
season against Penn, the players are eager to get back on the field at Schoellkopf against Princeton this Friday. Preparation begins with the coaches. Just take one step into Bart Guccia’s office in Schoellkopf Hall and you can tell that sprint football still has a special spot among Cornell athletics. Framed photographs of past contenders and CSFL champions line the walls and Terry Cullen, who’s served as a sort “emeritus head coach” since of 2008 and has remained a fixture with the Cornell sprint
program, sits on t h e opposite end of the room. The only thing missing is a g a m e plan, or rather an opponent for which to game plan. “All the service academies are on hold for intercollegiate athletics,” Guccia said, describing how the recent government shutdown has leaked into the sports world. “They would have to forfeit the game [if something isn’t resolved].” For several minutes, the conversation in the room diverges from sprint to Washington D.C., and back. “I’d
hope they could stop acting like little kids,” Guccia laughs while coach Cullen playfully chimes in, “This is pretty important, whether we play or not, you know what I mean?” A first victory coming on a forfeit against perhaps the CSFL’s top squad — and all because of Washington lawmakers — would have been a fitting next chapter in the Red’s chaotic season. Given a recent athletics resolution, though, the Black Knights were in fact able to take the field last Friday, and shut the Red out for the first time in eight years. “Army is a really good team,” Guccia said. “We were looking forward to playing with them because we think we are improving and we’re looking to cut down on mistakes.” Since the Red was not able to take down Army, the team’s best chance for a win this year might come against reeling Princeton (0-3) in the team’s final home game. From there, Cornell will try to play spoiler against Navy (3-0) and Mansfield (1-2) on the road. “I’m sure we’ll do well against Princeton,” Guccia said. “Navy’s another story. Navy’s just like Army. And by that point in the season, hopefully we’ll be competitive with them. And Mansfield’s just like we are.” Although the coaching staff’s attempt to weather the storm early with several freshman starters hasn’t gone as planned, the team has seen its share of bright spots, including freshman running back Kevin Nathanson, who leads the team with 115 rushing yards this season. For the Red’s senior leaders, a challenging closing stretch offers an opportunity to set a tone for younger teammates, run over a few more opponents and one last chance to play the game that they love. “It’s not great losing, but how many kids that are too slow and too small to play college football can somehow wind up on a team where they can still play and go out and hit people?” Miller emphasized. “It’s a unique opportunity to play in this league and it’s something that I’m very fortunate to have the opportunity to go out and do.” MICHELLE FRALING / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Keep moving on | Senior kicker John Rodriguez and the sprint team have been making moves this season to come out with a winning record.
BRENDAN MILLER: From All-Purpose to Quarterback OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Miller Makes Magic for Four Seasons By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor
Taking charge of the team | In his final season with Cornell, senior quarterback Brendan Miller leads the quest for an elusive first win.
Senior quarterback Brendan Miller has been a four-year starter for the sprint football team. However, he wasn’t always on the signal calling side of the ball. In fact, Miller started out his freshman year doing a little bit of everything, grabbing 11 catches for 89 yards, as well as rushing 38 times for eight yards. According to Miller, the transition from an allpurpose offensive player to the Red’s steadfast starting quarterback for three straight years was seamless. “In high school, sophomore and junior year, I played wide receiver and occasionally came in as quarterback, so it was something I was familiar with and I knew what
challenges were ahead,” Miller said. “As quarterback, you’ve got to know what other people are doing, when you play wide receiver you’ve got to know what you’re doing.” Miller got the starting job as quarterback during his sophomore year, playing all but one game in which he was sidelined with a concussion. He averaged 234.8 passing yards per game and threw 13 touchdowns and just three interceptions. However, it was in his junior year that Miller became a standout in the league. He completed 50 percent of his passes for 1,446 yards and ten touchdowns, helping the Red to a 4-3 record. Miller was named to the All-CSFL first team for his impressive numbers. According to Miller, though, the
honor came as a bit of a shock. “I was a little surprised. Personally, I wasn’t too happy with my year, but I was very honored because the voting is done by opposing coaches,” Miller said. For Miller, an important part of playing sprint football at Cornell has been the relationships that he has built with his teammates. “It was nice going to practice and seeing all these guys that still enjoy playing football,” he said. “There are a lot of relationships you build through sprint. ... It’s nice to be able to play football here when you’re too small to play anywhere else.” With just three games left in his senior campaign, the Red is still searching for its first win of the sea-
son. With such a short schedule, each game brings Miller closer to the end of his time with the sprint football program. “It’s going to be bittersweet for sure,” Miller said. “It’ll be tough not being able to go out and hit some people on Saturday, but it’ll be nice in the fall not waking up with a stiff neck and creaky shoulder.” Though Miller has certainly left his mark as a player on the sprint football program, he hopes he can leave his legacy behind as a good teammate. “I just hope that if anybody remembers me as a player, it’s that I came out and worked hard and was a good teammate,” he said. “In 20 years, no one will remember what the record was, but [they will remember] how you acted as a teammate.”
FIELD HOCKEY &VOLLEYBALL W E D N E S D A Y, O C T O B E R
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Sisters sitting at second | The Cornell volleyball team has come out of the gate with power, posting a 2-1 record currently in Ivy League play.
V-BALLERS PREP FOR STRONG IVY RUN By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor
It’s a Thursday afternoon, and the atmosphere is focused, but light emits from inside Newman Arena as athletes in gray shirts and knee pads prepare for upcoming games. Over the next two days, the volleyball team would face its rivals Princeton and Penn for the first time since a weekend sweep of both teams to close out last season, and at the moment the team is working out its final kinks in what head coach Melissa Bate-Smoose describes as “a good practice.” The Red would eventually defeat Princeton, before falling in five sets to Penn, but even with the loss Cornell moved to a tie for second place in the Ivy League standings. For second-year head coach Batie-Smoose, the Red’s current play is miles ahead of last season. Along with the win against Princeton, the Red beat Columbia in five sets the weekend before in its Ivy opener. Last season, it took the Red eight league games to record two Ivy wins — a win total this year’s team matched in as many league games. “We are definitely at a further point than last year,” Batie-Smoose said. “[It] was a big breakthrough for these returners to beat Columbia at home to start off a good note on the Ivies. This team had not beaten Columbia at all since 2010 so that’s huge — it’s a big confidence builder for us, and I just think that each week we keep getting better.” The Red maintains a 5-7 overall record to go along with its 2-1 Ivy League record. In addition to the contributions of major returning players — sophomore outside hitter Breanna Wong leads the team with 157 kills, while junior libero Natasha Rowland sits atop the Ivy leader boards with 5.06 digs per set — several freshmen have seen significant playing time, including starting setter Alyssa Phelps and middle blocker Macey Wilson. “I think our team chemistry just keeps building,” Batie-Smoose said. “We have a lot of new players — we have six freshman, sometimes four of them are on the court at one time, so it just takes some time to gel as a team. The team chemistry just keeps getting stronger and that helps us.” In addition to other injuries, the Red has been playing its Ivy League matches largely without the help of senior outside hitter Kelly Marble, whose back injury sidelined her for the Columbia game and limited her
action against Princeton and Penn. Batie-Smoose said that the team’s victory against Columbia in the absence of one of the Red’s leading players was a significant achievement for the team. “It’s great that people step up and are able to come together and be able to experience that win without their key player,” she said. “With everyone starting to get back healthy, it gives us more depth [and] allows us to be better in practices.” According to Batie-Smoose, one of the most important aspects to achieving success in the Ivy League is to be a strong team on the defensive side of the ball. “Our league is a big league on defense and so defensively we know that that was our focus this year — to increase our defense and knowing that teams are going to get a lot of balls up, they’re going to come back and just play the long rallies,” she said. “I think that’s a huge thing in the Ivies that’s pretty consistent.” Batie-Smoose added that in addition to defensive improvement, balancing the rigors of Cornell’s academics alongside practices and games is another part of Ivy success. “I think the other aspect is long-term keeping your bodies healthy and managing between the academics. I know we’re facing everybody has that in the Ivies, but we’re the opponent that’s the farthest away so our travel is the hardest—we’re always on a bus ride. … So I think managing the season long-term and keeping your body healthy is another key factor for us.”
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Red Looks to Build On Tough 2012 By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer
A combination of senior leadership on the field and a slew of underclassmen who are at the caliber to perform at the collegiate level, has set the stage for the Cornell field hockey team heading into 2013. Looking to improve upon a sub-par conference and overall record last season, the Red has already made steps to become a stronger contender against the other members of the Ancient Eight this season. Last season, the games that the Red played could be considered spotty. Beginning the season with four straight losses, the team went on to finish its first seven games with one win and six losses. However the Red would eventually find a rhythm and despite starting the season off slowly, Cornell would go on to win six consecutive games. With an overall record of 8-9, which included a 3-4 record in Ivy League play, the Red would end the season searching for more. Returning from the 2012 season are a few of the core players from last season who will hopefully lead the team to a better outcome in 2013. At the helm, senior captain Hannah Balleza returns to the Red for her final season. Balleza led the 2012 team offensively with 14 goals and 35 points. Balleza’s 14 goals in 2012 set a new school record and her point total was the second highest in program history. Returning to goal for the Red, senior Carolyn Horner returned to the Hill. Horner had a strong season in goal last year — her .796 save percentage was top in the Ancient Eight and fifth nationally. Earning Second Team All Ivy honors last season as a freshman was Marisa Siergiej, whose defensive play as a back was key to the Red’s defensive success. Not only did Siergiej dominate on defense, she added five goals during her freshman campaign to the Red’s overall point total. Junior Ann DiPastina also returns to the 2013 squad having received honors from the Ivy League; her play in the midfield as a sophomore last season earned her Honorable Mention All-Ivy. As far as the fresh meat that has traveled to the Hill, freshmen forwards Katy Weeks and Georgia Lord each have scored two goals and have been big contributors to the Reds’ attack early on. Sophomore midfielder Taylor Standiford also has made some important contributions to the Red and ranks third on the team in points with five on her team leading three assists and a goal. With seven games played already, the Red (3-4, 1-1 Ivy) has received diverse contributions from expected sources and some emerging talents. Through seven games Balleza leads the Red in points with eight — her three goals is tied for the most on the team with fellow senior attacker Elly Plappert. Plappert kicked off the Red’s Ivy League play with a two goal game against Penn. Recently, the Red beat Ivy League opponent Columbia, 3-2, on Sept. 28, but fell to fellow Ancient Eight member Yale in a 0-3 shutout on Oct. 5. The Red also faced nationally ranked Drexel on Sept. 29 in a game that dragged into double overtime, but Cornell eventually lost the matchup, 2-1. With ten games left to play this season, the Red will compete in four more Ivy League games against Harvard, Brown, Princeton and Dartmouth, before closing out its fall season.
Bigger and better | After a tough 2012 season, the Red returned this fall beating Ancient Eight foe Columbia, but losing to nationally ranked Drexel in a drawn out showdown that ended up in double overtime.
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