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Tuition Crowdfunding Prompts Call for Solutions Following second GoFundMe campaign,student leaders brainstorm more flexible financial aid systems thing like this on the Internet.”

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

‘So Dodgy’

Recent student-run crowdfunding campaigns to finance University tuition have attracted the attention of many in the Cornell community and raised questions about the necessity of change in the school’s financial aid system.

Most recently, following the success of Jonah Hephzibah ’16, Nikolai Lumpkins ’18 took to the online crowdfunding platform GoFundMe in hopes of raising $25,000 for tuition in order to remain enrolled at Cornell. As of Tuesday night, Lumpkins’ campaign has raised nearly $6,000.

Originally anticipating “average” reactions, Lumpkins said he was surprised at the strength of the responses he received, both positive and negative, when he made his online page.

“There’s so much animosity and so much support,” he said. “I guess both extremes happen when you put some-

Cayea Faces Trial For Jones’15 Murder Friday

school, however I do believe the financial aid system needs to be revised.”

Lumpkins said his father and mother divorced when he was one year old, and that his father did not respond to him when he requested his father’s tax information for his financial aid application.

Lumpkins said he reached out to the Office of Financial Aid prior to the start of the semester to discuss the removal of a noncustodial parent from his financial records at school.

“Financial Aid was so dodgy,” he said about the response he received at the time.

Later, after the start of the semester, he learned about a noncustodial waiver petition form of which his counselors over the summer did not mention, he said. By that time, the deadline for the waiver’s approval had since passed. “[This] is definitely an issue within the system,” Lumpkins said. “I don’t feel any animosity towards the

Movement for Change

Juliana Batista ’16, president of the Student Assembly, described recent crowdfunding efforts as the result of “an issue that needs to be taken up at the University level.”

“Not that it’s the job of the financial aid to ‘hand-hold,’ but [the University] needs to be cognizant about the mental pressures on students and to have an understanding of what students need in order to help them with their situations,” Batista said.

Batista said this issue is also occurring at the national level in colleges across the country, adding that she and John Lowry ’16, the president of the Class of 2016, are working on initiatives to tackle this problem.

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By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

Jury selection for the trial of Benjamin Cayea — a 32-year old accused of murdering his girlfriend Shannon Jones ’15 in her home last Thanksgiving — began

If convicted of seconddegree murder, Cayea faces a minimum sentence of 15 years.

Tuesday in Tompkins County Court. His trial is expected to begin Friday.

Benjamin Cayea allegedly strangled Jones, an independent major in the College of Engineering, in her Cayuga Heights home on Nov. 27. He was indicted with one count of second-degree murder on Dec. 23 and pled not guilty on Jan. 2. Since his arrest, he has been kept in Tompkins County Jail without bail.

Jury selection is expected to last two days until Wednesday. If convicted of second-degree murder, Cayea faces a minimum sentence of 15 years.

Jones was involved in the Violet student satellite project team of Prof. Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace engineering. She was also part of the Teszia Belly Dance Troupe on campus, and her friends and mentor described her as an independent and creative thinker.

In an interview with law enforcement See CAYEA page 4

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Consecutive Trespasses Reported Thursday

By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

Cornell Police issued two consecutive crime alerts on Thursday regarding two incidents of criminal trespass — one in the Young Israel House at 106 West Ave. and another on the 700 block of Stewart Avenue.

Two female victims living on West Avenue reported that an unknown male entered their room at approximately 5:15 a.m. Thursday. The male allegedly stood at the foot of their beds until they woke up and when confronted, said “sorry,” and left the room, according to CUPD.

The students described the trespasser as a “white male, approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with shorter light colored hair and a clean shaven face.” He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with “CORNELL” written across the front.

In a separate incident, another Cornell student woke up at 7:30 a.m.

Thursday to find an unknown male in her room.

The trespasser also said “sorry” and abruptly left the room, according to CUPD. The victim described the trespasser as a “white male, See TRESPASS page 4

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Student Apologizes For Mac and Cheese Meltdown HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A University of Connecticut student who went on an obscenity-laced tirade against food service workers when they refused to sell him jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese has apologized.

Luke Gatti acknowledged in a 2 1/2-minute video posted online that he was drunk and said he was ashamed of his behavior.

Gatti, a 19-year-old freshman from Bayville, New York, was due in court Tuesday on charges of breach of peace and criminal trespass stemming from his Oct. 4 outburst at the university’s student union food court in Storrs, where the university is based. His mac and cheese meltdown was captured on video and has been widely viewed online.

Police and food service supervisor Dave Robinson said Gatti was refused service because he was carrying an open alcohol container. Gatti was shown on video arguing with and shoving Robinson.

“Nobody deserves to be treated that way, ever,” Gatti says of Robinson in his apology video. “At the time I was, to say the least, very intoxicated.”

He says he was shocked when he first saw the video of his tantrum.

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what the hell is wrong with me?’” he says.

He says he has personal problems he’s addressing and what happened at the student union was a “wakeup call.”

Gatti shot the apology video, titled “Drunk UConn Student Apology Mac and Cheese,” and uploaded it to YouTube on Sunday, his father, Vincent Gatti, told the Hartford Courant.

“He’s a kid that made a bad mistake,” Vincent Gatti said. “My son was wrong and feels terrible about this.”

Woman Sues Nephew, Says His Exuberant Greeting Led to Fall BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A woman is suing her 12-year-old nephew in Connecticut for $127,000 for injuries she says she suffered from his exuberant greeting at his birthday party four years ago.

The Connecticut Post reports that New York City resident Jennifer Connell says the Westport boy acted unreasonably when he leaped into her arms at his eighthbirthday party.

She says he caused her to fall to the ground and break her wrist. She is asking a six-member Superior Court jury to find the boy liable.

A listed phone number couldn’t be found for the youngster’s father.

The 54-year-old Connell testified she loves her nephew but thinks he should be held accountable.

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Prof.August Explores Societal Impact of Immunology Research

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

“As scientists, we need to think about how our work impacts society. We need to be able to engage with society more,” said Prof. Avery August, immunology, chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Sciences.

A Belizean-born scientist, August immigrated to the United States and obtained a B.S. in medical technology from the California State University at Los Angeles. He then acquired his Ph.D. in immunology from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Outside of Cornell, August has also been a department director at Pennsylvania State University and a postdoctoral research fellow at Rockefeller University.

August’s research deals primarily with the immune system in vertebrates and the various biochemical compounds present in the immune system cells. He and his team have managed to halt the allergic response in mice using a small molecule called BTP, which was an abandoned project of a pharmaceutical company.

“The work that we’re doing in allergies — we started with a small molecule that a company had made that they weren’t interested in, and we tried to figure out how this small molecule works,” August said. “We discovered that this small molecule can block allergies and we discovered the target of the small molecule.”

The results that his lab has achieved with BTP in

mice may also be applicable to humans, according to August.

“The research that we do is mostly on mice, [but] the thing about the immune system is that [it] works the same way in all vertebrates, in essence,” he said. “So now we’re trying to see if we can get more information about how [BTP’s] target works, and also if we can use derivatives of [BTP] to block allergies [in humans and other animals].”

Another major facet of August’s research is his work with Interleukin-2 Inducible T-cell Kinases, called ITKs, which he has devoted most of his professional life to.

“Each time we look in the immune system we look at a different cell,” August said.

“The immune system is made up of all these cell types.

People have heard of T-cells, and B-cells that make antibodies. But in each type of cell we look at, [ITK] has a different function. That’s really fascinating for us.”

According to August, gaining a better understanding of ITK can allow people to create drugs to target certain immune cell functions during certain diseases.

“In different types of … cells this protein has a different function. So that tells us something about how the immune system works, and it also tells us that we can balance out those functions if we want to target [those cells] pharmaceutically in the form of a drug,” he said. “And a lot of companies are actually very interested in this protein and they’re making compounds to try and manipulate those [cell] functions in certain types of diseases.”

As an undergraduate studying at CSULA, August said he developed an enthusiasm for research and scientific investigation.

“I started doing research as an undergrad, and for me, the first time I did the experiment, it worked. But

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the other ten times [I had to do it], it didn’t. But I kept coming back to that first time because that first time gave you that rush,” August said. “And that rush is that perhaps, you’re the first person in the world to see this thing, to discover this thing. And then from there, you can [share] it with other people.”

Though he acknowledges that sometimes his experiments do not go according to plan, August said failures are simply a byproduct of innovation.

“If you do experiments and they’re always working, then you’re not being innovative enough. You’re not challenging the dogma enough. I would say that most experiments don’t work, and then we have a few that work. Those are the ones that keep us going,” he said.

Outside of his research, August also puts a lot of effort into mentoring his students and recruiting students into the science field, especially students of minority heritage. He often attends many recruitment events and likes to work with students one-on-one.

“One of the things that I do … is training graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and undergraduates, and also trying to recruit students from a diverse population to go into science,” August said. “I talk with students, I serve on panels … I spend a lot of time thinking about this issue, the pipeline — how do we keep our pipeline going in [and make sure] that people are getting scientific training and going on to make the sort of discoveries they want to make?”

August said he believes that scientists should look for ways to use their knowledge to make a tangible impact on the world.

“A goal I’d like to [accomplish] is to try and take the expertise that I have and use it for broader societal issues,” he said. “One of the things I just finished is the ‘Op-Ed Project,’ [a series of] workshops that [allowed me] to use [my] expertise to step out of [my] academic role and affect the world.”

August also said a scientist’s success should not be measured by the success of his research alone. “[Writing op-eds] has been a satisfying experience, because it allows you to get feedback — not from other scientists, but from the community who reads your pieces,” August said. “And [this] is the type of thing I’d like to do more of.”

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun.com.

Cuomo Announces $6.9M Grant to C.U. Food Venture Program In15 years, food center has served over 2,700 entrepreneurs in commercializing products

By SUZY PARK

University of Vermont to cover the Northeast, under the title Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) according to Padilla-Zakour. The announced last Wednesday that NECFE strives “to provide comthe state is awarding $6.9 million prehensive assistance to beginto the New York State Food “The additional funds just announced ning and established food entreVenture Center, a Cornell-run preneurs, thus promoting susprogram based in Geneva, New will help us extend knowledge about tainable economic development York. of rural communities,” according economic development.”

The nearly $7 million fund to its website. aims to help FVC “experiment During its 15 years of operaProf. Olga Padilla-Zakour M.S. ’88 Ph.D. ’91 on new techniques for wineries tion, the Northeast Center for and beer labs,” Cuomo said at Food Entrepreneurship has the third annual Beer, Wine, served 2,700 entrepreneurs in Spirits and Cider Summit held in Experiment Station in Geneva, according their efforts to commercialize 10,380 Albany, New York, where he announced to Prof. Olga Padilla-Zakour M.S. ’88 food products, according to a 2014 the grant. He added that the state will Ph.D. ’91, who serves as the director of report on the NECFE. set aside an additional $10 million to FVC and chair of the Department of According to Padilla-Zakour, FVC promote the state’s craft-beverage Food Science. currently receives funding from the industry and to fund start-up wineries In 2000, the center received five years College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and breweries through $50,000 inter- of federal funding and worked together and fees from a variety of services, est-free loans. with the Center for Food Science at the including direct counseling and educaSun Contributor

Founded in 1988, FVC is a food science extension and research program under the College of Agriculture and Life Science’s New York State Agricultural

tional programs for food entrepreneurs in the Northeast. In the past, the center also received grants from federal and state institutions such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the NY Farm Viability Institute.

The center currently includes a pilot plant, laboratory, office space and training rooms, according to Padilla-Zakour.

The $6.9 million, in combination with funding from State University Construction Fund, will be used to fully renovate the FVC. “Right now, classes are regularly ‘sold out’ and so the additional funds just announced will help us extend knowledge about economic development to the fast growing craft beverage sector and entrepreneurial food ventures,” PadillaZakour said.

Suzy Park can be reached at jp779@cornell.edu.

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“We’re looking for solutions to alleviate the cost of financial aid and also to make going through financial aid less emotionally tolling on students,” Batista said.

Lowry described his impression of the crowdfunding pages as “a final cry for help.”

“GoFundMe only helps people who sign up for it,” Lowry said. “It is not a long-term solution, and it is not equitable in the sense that people who also may need it may not feel comfortable reaching out for it.”

Toward a More Flexible System

Lowry said there needs to be more sustainable solutions designed to alleviate the stress placed on students.

“I think there is a logic behind the way financial aid works, but what we’re finding is that it is not adjusting to specific issues,” he said. “It could be more flexible.”

The initiatives underway will attempt to adjust the financial aid system to cater more directly to students, according to Lowry.

“It is not a matter of payment, but more a matter of how smooth the process is,” he said. “A large portion of that is helping students understand how they can pay in a more simplified manner in layman’s terms, outside of a counselor’s office.”

He also emphasized the emotional components of the financial aid process, describing money as just one of the items of baggage that handicaps students.

“There needs to be a more organized and structured manner [so] people who need it can get it,” he said. “Within the larger context, these students [require]

emotional support, so there [has] to be more understanding within the system itself for specific cases.”

Lowry suggested making more digestible resources available to students, so they know what to expect before going into the financial aid office.

“There are three simultaneous projects we are working on,” Lowry said about the initiatives.

“Out of respect for the administrators with whom we wish to discuss these plans, we will release more information about [the initiatives] after administrators have received a first courtesy notice, as they will be instrumental in this process.”

Grants From the University

In response to the growing debate about the school’s financial aid system, Gretchen Ryan ’97, associate director of financial aid, said, “Cornell University makes admissions decisions without regard to the ability of students or parents to pay educational costs.”

In her statement, she said the University prioritizes need-based financial aid to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and provides a limited amount of aid for international and undocumented students.

“Cornell spends about $235 million each year on Cornell grant aid for undergraduates that directly benefits students and provides access to a Cornell education,” Ryan said.

Ryan’s response was the only statement the University will provide on the issue, according to University spokesperson John Carberry.

Kimberly Lee can be reached at kimberlylee@cornellsun.com..

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between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall, with a medium build, darker colored hair and a clean shaven face.”

In both incidents, no property was missing from the room and nothing appeared out of place, according to CUPD. On Tuesday afternoon, the Ithaca Police Department reported that it is attempting to identify a subject in a photograph “regarding suspicious activity in the Collegetown area,” though police

did not release information as to whether the subject was directly involved or related to the trespasses.

The photo, which appears to have been taken from a security camera, has a time-stamp of 6:49 a.m. on Thursday morning.

“No other details are being released. People can remain anonymous if they so desire,” said Public Information Officer Jamie Williamson, regarding IPD’s attempt to identify the subject.

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

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in December, Cayea admitted to strangling Jones following an argument, according to police records.

“During a digitally recorded interview the defendant admitted that he killed Shannon S. Jones by squeezing her neck with his

hands,” court records state.

At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 27, Cayea allegedly strangled to death Jones following a “domestic dispute.” Police arrived at Jones’ residence at 400 Triphammer Rd. where they found her dead.

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

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Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton face off during the Democratic presidential debate hosted by CNN in Las Vegas yesterday.

Republicans Urge Rep. Paul Ryan To Consider House Speaker Job WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe Rep. Paul Ryan doesn’t feel like a character in the classic film The Godfather, weighing an offer he can’t refuse. But with Republican Party elders practically begging him to become the next House speaker, the pressure on him to seek the post is immense.

Yet with the House tumbling through a chaotic period as hardright conservatives make the chamber nearly unmanageable, there are plenty of compelling reasons to decline the job, too.

Here are pros and cons facing the Wisconsin Republican and potential future presidential hopeful: Facing conservative opposition, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has resigned and hopes to leave Congress by October’s end. In a second, equally startling blow, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the favorite to succeed him, dropped his bid last week.

Officials Propose Plan to Include Violent Prisoners in Firefighter Unit SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — California corrections officials on Tuesday dropped a plan to include prisoners with violent backgrounds in the nation’s largest and oldest inmate firefighting unit, a day after the proposal was first reported by The Associated Press.

The state still plans to expand the program to include inmates who have up to seven years left to serve on their sentences, instead of the current five years, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Jeffrey Callison told the AP. But as for considering inmates who have been convicted of violent crimes, “We will

not be changing that,” he said.

“We’re not looking to expand the list of crimes that inmates have committed when considering who is eligible for fire camp service.”

The story drew nationwide attention as California endures four years of drought and a deadly fire season. Public safety concerns were raised by critics including the union representing state firefighters who oversee the inmates while they are fighting fires.

However, Callison denied that the publicity killed the proposal.

“Nothing was finalized, and even without the stories who knows what might have emerged?” he said.

Jeb Bush Says He Will Repeal, Replace Obama’s Health Care Law MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush touted on Tuesday his plan to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with one that would increase tax credits for individuals, allowing them to buy coverage protection against “high-cost medical events.”

“I won’t accept the straw man argument that the opposite of Obamacare is no care,” Bush said during a speech in New Hampshire.

Bush’s proposal would give more power to the states to regulate health insurance and repeal insurance mandates contained in the law. He told reporters his proposal would result in roughly the

same number of insured Americans as the Affordable Care Act. He said he expects more people will drop their plans under the president’s health care law as premiums increase.

His plan does guarantee coverage for people with pre-existing health conditions, which is a key component of Obama’s landmark overhaul of the nation's health care system.

Bush said his plan, in broad terms, would accomplish three goals: promote innovation, lower costs and return power to states.

And he slammed Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton for supporting the Affordable Care Act.

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Don’t Betray The Cinema,Again

LAST WEEK, CORNELL CINEMA WAS UNABLE to secure the number of votes needed from the Student Assembly to raise the amount of byline funding the organizations receives each year. The vote follows a recommendation from the Student Assembly Appropriations Committee that urged the S.A. not increase the Cinema’s funding. While the committee suggested that Cornell Cinema further reduce its costs, additional cuts adversely affect the programming and benefits the organization provides for the campus community. We urge the members of the S.A. to reconsider their decisions to ensure the vitality of Cornell Cinema for future Cornellians.

In its recommendation, the Appropriations Committee argued that Cornell Cinema should not be granted an additional $1.40 per student increase, raising its byline funding amount from its current $10.60 to $12 per student. Yet while Cornell Cinema has continuously reduced its costs since having its budget cut in 2009, the costs of running a A&E theater have increased. As movie studios across the country also face higher costs and lower revenues, they are seeking new ways to increase revenue through film rental costs, as outlined in Cornell Cinema’s funding proposal. Additionally, the minimum wage in New York State will rise to $9.00 per hour in 2016, which will provide an extra cost for the already cash-strapped theater. These increased costs, in addition to fewer grants and reduced contributions from the College of Arts and Sciences, will force Cornell Cinema to make additional cuts that would prove detrimental to its programming and the cultural benefit the theater brings to Cornellians and Ithacans alike.

Cornell Cinema, which is experiencing increased undergraduate attendance, also LONG LIVE provides additional late-night opportunities for students seeking alcohol-free alternatives. Keeping the current level of funding will likely result in fewer showtimes A full page of The Sun’s Arts & Entertainment throughout the academic year (Cornell Cinema already reduced its Summer section in 2009 bemoans the S.A.’s decision Sessions showings), providing Cornellians to cut Cornell Cinema’s funding. with fewer options for inexpensive stress relief. With the S.A.-sponsored Mental Health Awareness Week beginning later this week, we find it hypocritical for representatives to vote against supporting an entertainment venue that can help to reduce stress among Cornellians across campus.

After the Student Assembly voted to slash Cornell Cinema’s budget in 2009, a full page of The Sun’s Arts and Entertainment section read “S.A. BETRAYS CULTURE. LONG LIVE CORNELL CINEMA!” We continue to stand behind the Cinema for all it provides the Cornell community. To maintain the diversity of programming and the benefits that additional late night programming provides for students’ well-being, the S.A. must vote on Thursday to support Cornell Cinema through increased byline funding.

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n the summer 2015, graduate summer T.A. and R.A. pay levels. And research assistants in my department, why would they? What organization in Development Sociology, received today’s economy pays its workers more only $225 per week. If paid out over the just because it wants to? Graduate T.A.’s entire year, after taxes, this amount and R.A.’s do not currently have the would total just $90 above the federal type of representation or collective barpoverty line of $11,670. Graduate stu- gaining power that might give us meandents in other departments share similar ingful leverage to negotiate fair summer experiences. In another department, compensation packages. And as a consewhich chose to remain anonymous, quence, we find ourselves in the ridicuskilled and productive graduate research lous scenario described here: We are assistants have been asked to work for highly skilled workers with poverty less and less each year: since 2013, sum- wages and undervalued work. mer T.A. and R.A. wages in that departThe Grad School is at fault for not ment have declined by more than $500 implementing a simple policy that each year. If this trend continues, con- would quickly level the playing field: servative estimates project their summer The Grad School should implement, T.A. and R.A. salaries will drop to $0 immediately, a University-wide miniwithin four years. mum summer T.A. and R.A. pay rate of This dilemma is $2,739 per month, both embarrassing adjusted annually for This dilemma is both and unacceptable. We inflation. This is don’t work for poverexactly the same pay embarrassing and ty wages and we don’t rate as mandated durwork for free. ing the academic year. unacceptable ...

Graduate research This is the fair soluassistants are highly tion — there is no Graduate research skilled professionals. justifiable reason for assistants are highly A substantial proporgraduate T.A.’s and tion of us already R.A.’s to be paid less skilled professionals ... in have completed a the summer for the master’s degree and We clearly perform highly same work we perare continuing work form during the acadtoward a doctorate skilled labor, and ought emic year. This policy (making us more would create the necto be compensated educated than most essary incentives to of the administrapush individual accordingly. tors). In the summer, departments to either exactly like during seek more grant fundthe academic year, graduate research ing or otherwise raise the money for fair assistants actively assist faculty in the wages. In addition, it would protect research process and make substantive graduate T.A. and R.A.’s from questiondecisions related to research methods able compensation policies such as those and publication. Graduate students rou- mentioned in this article. tinely present at professional conferThe Cornell Graduate School beneences, and the University benefits from fits from this policy also. In the recently the exposure. In practice, we also play a released “Doctoral Student Experience central role in training and mentoring Survey,” Cornell claims with wellundergraduate researchers. We clearly deserved pride that our overall time-toperform highly skilled labor, and ought degree duration is shorter than the to be compensated accordingly. national average across all PhD proDuring the academic year, the grams in the Humanities (6.8 years vs.

Graduate School demonstrates a com- 9.2 years), Life Sciences (5.6 years vs. mitment to compensating its graduate 6.9 years), Physical Sciences (5.6 years students for our work by maintaining a vs. 6.5 years) and Social Sciences (6.0 University-wide minimum base salary years vs. 7.7 years). Summer funding is level for all graduate research and teach- crucial to maintaining this strength ing assistants, adjusted annually for because our fiscal peace-of-mind is a inflation. However, no such policy critical component of our success. exists covering the summer months. As a Current cuts and inequalities within the consequence, large inequalities exist in program make it likely that Cornell will levels of summer T.A. and R.A. support lose ground on this important indicator. between departments and strong incen- This scenario does not benefit anyone. tives exist for individual departments to I hope this discussion continues in underpay their graduate students during the GPSA and elsewhere, with graduate the summer. The situation, moreover, T.A.’s and R.A.’s included. We’re the seems to be getting worse: The Graduate ones who do the work, and we should be School actually cut the funding it did fairly compensated. The most appropriprovide to my department (DSOC), ate course of action would be for the making it uncertain whether we will get Graduate School to establish a minipaid at all in the summer of 2016. mum summer T.A. and R.A. pay rate of Several other departments have reported $2,739 per month, identical to the polisimilar cuts. cy during the academic year. There’s no The Graduate School maintains that reason not to. We’re not going to work it is the responsibility of individual for free. departments or faculty advisers to find funding for graduate students during the Paul Berry is a graduate student at Cornell. Comments summer. However, individual depart- may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Guest ments have very little incentive to raise Room appears periodically this semester.

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The Future Of Hackathons

The Pursuit Of True Nobility

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his weekend, the New York Economic Development Corporation and Cornell Tech launched the 2015 I Heart FinTech Conference at the NYU Skirball Center. Although we generally think about hackathons as events for hardcore computer science majors who never see the light of day, according to I Heart FinTech’s Participation Stats, aggregating data from the past three hackathons in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015, computer science majors only made up 34 percent of the participants. I contend that the remaining 66 percent are individuals who have skillsets applicable to solving everyday problems, people who are looking for the space to bring their talents to life.

Last April, I attended Cornell Tech’s Health Hack, I was surprised to see a large number of medical, graduate and business school students at a hackathon. Based on I Heart FinTech’s Participation Stats, the 66 percent non-computer science majors range from liberal arts majors to engineers and everything in between. The goal for every group is the same: to address a company’s problem that needs solving, providing a business model that the company can use to solve a particular issue. Despite academically diverse teams joining together, the fact of the matter is that victory for one team means the demise of another. If a team does not measure up to the judge’s standards, at the end of the hacking weekend, that team is sent home without a prize, which can range from investor funding to office space to work on their idea and develop it further.

Here lies a problem for spurring innovation: If twelve teams compete for three prizes, nine are destined to go home empty handed. For serious project teams, after a hackathon, a team will need physical space to incubate and

I was surprised to see a large number of medical, graduate and business school students at a hackathon. become the next big startup, which will promote innovation and job creation longer than the limited period of two day hackathon. For this reason, having access to space helps hackers — and this problem has been taken on by Lars Hinrich, Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Founder of Apartimentum, Europe’s leading smart-tech ecosystem.

A colleague of Mr. Hinrichs, Manouchehr Shamsrizi, puts it: “Lars is helping IoT-startups a lot by bringing them into his Apartimentum project,” by specifically designating space by cubic meters in his new apartment complex Apartimentum for innovators like these hackers. Today, Cornell innovators are thankful that places such as the POPSHOP in Collegetown exist. For Cornell Tech students, it’s important to have access to workspaces that are cheap and easily accessible. Perhaps Ithaca’s own real estate leader John Novarr will set his sights on providing innovators with more spaces like POPSHOP in his apartments in Collegetown. Or maybe Mr. Hinrichs, a regular attendant of TED in California, will visit the new Cornell campus the next time he is in the United States.

Furthermore, hackers who want to encourage greater innovation in the future should work to foster collaborations across a number of disciplines — perhaps even solving their own space problems by working with designers and architects to create spaces that incubate creativity.

Jeremiah Grant is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jg856@cornell.edu. Gates & Ladders appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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“And my whole crew is lounging Celebrating every day, no more public housing Thinking back to my one-room shack Now my moms pimps a Ac with minks on her back” - The Notorious B.I.G.

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hristopher George Latore Wallace, who most of us know by the moniker The Notorious B.I.G., grew up in a single bedroom, subsidized housing project in the Brooklyn neighborhood, BedfordStuyvesant. Today the tree-lined streets of Bed-Stuy are wearing the after effects of gentrification, with renovated brownstones purchased largely by outsiders attracted by the affordability of houses in the area and a crime rate that has declined substantially since the days of of the late 20th century.

In the 1980s, Bed-Stuy was struck with the same crack cocaine epidemic that plagued so many major American cities.

Born in 1972, Biggie was 12 years old when he was swept into the trade and began to pedal the drug. Future undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world Mike Tyson grew up in the same streets and frequently fought with classmates and contemporaries who made fun of his lisp growing up. Jay-Z too is a product of Bedford-Stuyvesant and found himself caught up in the game before rocketing to stardom and becoming a hip-hop icon and business mogul.

Gentrification may be helping to wash away the scars left by the drug epidemic, but it is also creating a problem of housing insecurity for many of the neighborhood’s poorer residents who helped create such a rich history for the neighborhood.

Many of the displaced residents have become part of New York City’s enormous homeless population. In 2013, an average of 60,000 people slept in the New York City shelter system each night, a figure that does not include the additional people who spent the night curled up in a subway station or on a bench somewhere in the city. I remember being struck by this upon returning to Cornell — a place where housing is essentially guaranteed for everybody — from my first visit to New York City in the fall of 2011. I had obviously seen

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homeless people before, but I remember thinking about how small the overlapping sliver of the ‘Homeless population-Cornell student’ Venn Diagram was. This percolating thought combined with another case of the Sunday scaries late in Donlon Hall one night that semester, causing a friend and I to ask, “Would be possible to be a Cornell student without paying for housing?”

The easy and obvious answer to this question is no. Without housing, how would a student find a place to get enough sleep and store the sufficient number of layers to

within 100 feet of you is sleeping right now. We slept in the cocktail lounge in Uris, the couches on the top floor of Duffield, in class and wherever else our eyelids started drooping. If anything, the challenge of finding somewhere to sleep was that so many of the spots would already be taken by someone snoozing between problem sets or thesis statements. We saw two real options for showering. Shower in Teagle Hall, or don’t shower at all. We opted for the former, even though so many Cornell students decide upon the latter. Either option though

The epigraph I wanted to use this week is a quote from Ernest Hemingway: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.”... The lyrics of the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy” echo Hemingway’s words. survive the meteorological roller coaster that is life in Ithaca?

According to the “Cost to Attend” page on Cornell’s website, housing for a year at Cornell costs about $8,100 dollars. Even if this figure seems a bit low (it definitely does), that amount of money is insignificant only for the smallest tax brackets. We felt like this question needed to be tested before we could confirm it is indeed impossible. Late the next Sunday we set out from Mary Donlon Hall, our book bags packed to the brim with all of our items for class, changes of underwear, toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The experiment was meant to last for just one academic week.

We would be able to return to our rooms after class ended on Friday. Until then, however, we would not allow ourselves to go back to North Campus, surviving exclusively on on-campus amenities. When I tell this story to potential employers during job interviews or as the focal point of my Personal ads in various newspapers around the country, the question I am most frequently asked is “Did you make it?” Well, a week is a long time to stay away from the comforts of the fourth floor of Donlon, but when you are living almost 2,000 miles from home for the first time, you kind of feel homeless anyway. So does it really matter if we made it? Of course we did — if there is one thing I have in spades, it is commitment … ladies.

Sleeping and showering at Cornell without housing is easier than one might expect. It might not be the greatest night of sleep you have in your entire life, but there are plenty of dimly lit buildings open 24 hours a day around campus. Sleeping on campus is nothing out of the ordinary. If you are in a public place on campus reading this, odds are someone somewhere

would still fly under the radar of most of our classmates. People are expected to shower in the gym, and plenty of people here are convinced showering is an unnecessary social convention. Other than our friends, nobody knew we were “homeless.” We survived because our friends who knew about the experiment were willing to help us with clean t-shirts and new socks from our drawers up north.

Not everyone is so upfront with what they are dealing with all the time and as a result may not get the support they need and deserve. The epigraph I wanted to use this week is a quote from Ernest Hemingway: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.” I couldn’t use it because Ernest Hemingway is not a rapper, but that doesn’t necessarily make its message less valuable.

The lyrics of the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy” echo Hemingway’s words. Biggie worked hard to elevate himself to superstar level from destitution. He brought himself and his friends to the point where his “whole crew is lounging.” Look around at Cornell and there are thousands of people all coping with issues big and small of their own.

There is nothing to be proud of by not having those same problems — instead, one should be proud of the way he or she helps others overcome their problems and become better himself or herself. Biggie liked the life he lived because he and everyone around him “went from negative to positive. And it's all good.” So for those who didn't know, now you know.

Christo Eliot is a graduate student in the College of Engineering. He can be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. Christo’s Largely Unmoderated Creative Space appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Cornell Synchrotron Begins Two-Month X-Ray Run, Receives Mechanical Upgrades PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ERNEST FONTES

CHESSMaster | Naigeng Chen grad (joined below by Prof. Meredith Silberstein, mechanical and aerospace engineering) works on one of 11 instruments that operate within the Cornell High Energy Synchotron Source Facility. The x-ray source for the facility, the 768-meter Cornell Electron Storage Ring, is located 40 feet beneath Alumni Field.

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From last Wednesday to Dec. 8, the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), also known affectionately as the “world’s coolest microscope” by CHESS Director Prof. Joel Brock, applied and engineering physics, will be holding a scheduled x-ray run for users around the nation. CHESS is a high-intensity x-ray source funded by the National Science Foundation that is operated and managed by the University, driving research in fields spanning from electron behavior in a superconductor to arsenic poisoning in shrimp.

“[CHESS is] a facility that’s led to a lot of important discoveries. It’s a crown jewel of science at Cornell.”

Prof. Kyle Lancaster These brief, high-power runs occur only three to four times a year, and a limited amount of time is available to accommodate all the research groups that would like to use the synchrotron for their projects, according to Prof. Kyle Lancaster, chemistry. Once scientists receive beam time, they often stay overnight to get the most out of their allotted time.

“Because the photons are so precious, you don’t leave a beam-line idle,” Lancaster said. “Somebody is always there [with a pot of coffee and lounge chair] to make sure the experiment is proceeding as planned.”

Scientists submitted proposals in July to request for time on the synchrotron to be ranked by a review board. During upcoming beam times, research groups can submit a beam time request, and the amount of time given is dictated by how good their proposal ranking was, according to Lancaster.

In anticipation of the 2015 fall run, the CHESS See CHESS page 9

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staff has recently completed a series of upgrades — specifically, undulators were added to power five of the 11 experimental stations, thus significantly increasing flux and brightness.

X-ray optics and other equipment were modified to accommodate the more intense beams.

“It’s going to be really exciting in the fall to see what the users do,” Brock said.

While CHESS is a unique entity, other powerful synchrotrons around the world exist and have specialized into different subdivisions of imaging. Cornell focuses largely on high energy x-rays, which can penetrate inside a structure and study rapidly changing dynamics, according to Fontes.

Others, such as CERN located in Switzerland or Diamond Light Source in the United Kingdom, specialize in particle accelerators and exploitation of synchrotron light, respectively.

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Smile for science | Katie Silberstein grad works in an office within the CHESS facility.

CHESS is unique in that its staff scientists not only develop equipment, but train the scientists who use it, according to Dr. Ernest Fontes, associate director of CHESS. About 1,000 scientists from around the world come to the synchrotron every year, and the staff of 150 to 160 Cornell scientists and engineers provides support such as customizing sample holders, fixing malfunctioning equipment and training users. One scientist is assigned to each of the machine’s 11 instruments;due to the nature of the work one may be called in the middle of the night to fix machinery.

“That’s a real strength, because … if you have the people in your lab who designed it and built it — they understand it better, they can train people better and they can explain it better,” Fontes said.

Prof. Meredith Silberstein, mechanical and aerospace engineering, also commented on the utility of CHESS. “[The synchrotron has] a lot of personnel and physical resources in one place. It’s well managed and it’s designed to help people create new experiments,” Silberstein said.

“They’ll work with you for a long time before and after your run. That’s what I love.”

According to Silberstein, her research group will be spending six days in the upcoming run, aiming to understand bond strength of nonwoven fabrics through controlled deformation and careful monitoring.

With higher-powered beams, scientists can take data at over a million frames per second which provides greater accuracy in imaging molecular dynamics as a video, instead of merely a snapshot, according to Brock. At the same time, with technological success come new limitations: how to effectively analyze the millions of images taken, how to transport a terabyte of information, and so on. “[CHESS is] a facility that’s led to a lot of important discoveries, and it’s a crown jewel of science at Cornell. I can’t speak highly enough of how great it’s been…and I’m looking to do more photon science,” Lancaster said.

Camille Wang can be reached at cwang@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT iGenius: Steve Jobs Biopic at Cornell Cinema

BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

In his book Creativity Inc., which details the founding of Pixar, Ed Catmull likens the presence of fellow co-founder Steve Jobs to the famous 1980s Maxwell tape commercial, with the dude in the suit being blown back full force — tie, cocktail, lampshade and all— by the sheer power of his stereo system. According to Catmull, everyone else was always the dude in the suit, and the stereo system was always Jobs. Steve Jobs does nothing to disprove Catmull’s analogy of Jobs as an intense, driven, borderline psychotic individual whose life had controversy, ambivalence and intrigue to spare. Written by Aaron Sorkin, one of the few auteurist screenwriters of today, the film invites much comparison to his masterful script for The Social Network five years back, which likewise focused on an ambivalent, controversial, intensely driven individual who ended up forever changing the world as we know it. Social Network was helmed by David Fincher, a director of notoriously misanthropic and exquisitely dark films, who was originally slated to do Jobs before Danny Boyle stepped in.

The movie’s structure is an ambitious somersault off the diving board. It takes place backstage at three different launches of new Apple products in 1984, 1988 and 1998. In each segment, a different Jobs appears: hard-charging, young and cold at first, wizened, bespectacled and softer by the last. In all three incarnations, Michael Fassbender’s mastery of Sorkin’s language is sensational, and although he looks not much like the Apple co-founder, his command of the man’s psyche is never in doubt. Fassbender is backed by strong support from Katherine Waterston as the mother of Jobs’ child, Seth Rogen as his closest techie colleague, Jeff Daniels as his boss and pseudo-father figure and a curiously inconsequential Kate Winslet as his Polish-accented staffer, whose role is to basically natter at him during her every scene in the movie.

Boyle, a virtuoso director in his own right, is much more of an exuberant presence behind the camera, a foil to Fincher’s

trademark restraint and detached, clinical observation. Boyle’s credits include the Oscarsweeping Slumdog Millionaire and the British indie gems Trainspotting and Shallow Grave.

Sorkin’s screenplay is a three-act play transposed to celluloid with minimal-to-no scripted visual flourishes and a mammoth spread of back-and-forth rat-a-tat exchanges. It’s clear at once that pairing Boyle’s hyperkinetic camera with Sorkin-speak makes for a somewhat uneven marriage. Sorkin’s speedy, whip-smart dialogue does not flow seamlessly with the visual pyrotechnics Boyle conjures.

Sorkin’s version of Jobs is a fusion of the intellect-speak Sorkin has perfected on shows like The West Wing and The Newsroom.

Sorkin knows exactly what genius sounds like, and his lines thrum with cerebral vigor.

There is brain candy in every sentence, which fits the persona of one of the 20th century’s brightest, swiftest and sometimes most cunning minds like a suit. “We’re not a pit crew at Daytona,” a beleaguered engineer complains, “This can’t be fixed in seconds.” “You didn’t have seconds,” Jobs fires back, “You had three weeks — the universe was created in a third of that time!” As played

by Fassbender, Jobs is a whirlwind that sometimes threatens to suck the audience into midair, leaving them no clue what argument he’s having, or what the Cornell topic of conversation is. The film occasionally threatens to get caught up in Cinema the winds of its own tornado.

However, there is an ace in the hole in Sorkin’s plot, a heart which the humanistic Boyle underlines, and that is Jobs’ relationship with his little girl, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. While Steve Jobs may not deliver quite the emotional payload that Social Network did, the film lands its strongest punches during its scenes of the reluctant father relationship between Jobs and Lisa. “She’s not my daughter!” Jobs insists flatly in 1984, but by 1998 he says “Come on in, honey,” when he thinks it’s her knocking outside the door.

The most moving scenes come at the end and enable the film

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to finish strong, when Jobs refuses to unveil the iMac until he gets to read one of Lisa’s college newspaper articles.

Lisa first draws an abstract painting on the Macintosh when she is five years old and her father bursts her balloon, telling her the logic board in the machine being named “Lisa” is merely a coincidence. Fourteen years later, Boyle and Sorkin have turned the tables dramatically and it is Jobs who is desperate to win his daughter over. For once in his life, nothing is more important to him than letting his daughter know he loves her — perhaps the only empathetic struggle a character like him undergoes. This is ultimately the secret to the biopic’s success. Towards the end, Seth Rogen’s Steve Wozniak tells Jobs, “The difference between you and me is, you’re an asshole and I’m not.” The film makes no bones about that, but contends that there was more to Jobs as he grew humbled and older before passing away from cancer in 2011, than met the eye.

Steve Jobs plays for free at Cornell Cinema on Wednesday, October 14 at 9 p.m.

Mark Distefano is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com

Are You Real? Musical Honesty and Authenticity Pt. 2

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his column is the second of two on the subject of authenticity in popular music. Last week’s focused on rock and genres that influenced it, while this column focuses on rap.

In Jay Z’s scalding diss track “Takeover” from 2001’s seminal The Blueprint, he attacks his rival Nas, claiming that Nas embellished and fictionalized his past: “You ain’t lived it, you witnessed it from your folks’ pad / You scribbled in your notepad, and created your life.” Then in his 2010 memoir Decoded, Jay Z writes, “The rapper’s character is essentially a conceit, a first-person literary creation. The core of that character has to match the core of the rapper himself. But then that core gets amplified by the rapper’s creativity and imagination.”

In the second quote, Jay Z essentially acknowledges that he, and in fact all rappers, do precisely the thing that he accuses Nas of in the first. While this might be read as blatant hypocrisy, it may be more nuanced than that. It might help to attribute the “Takeover” lines to Jay Z, while attributing the Decoded comments to the man himself, Shawn Carter. Carter is acknowledging that the person speaking in “Takeover” is the character Jay Z, a character that he can assume but that is not himself exactly.

In this interpretation, it is not hypocritical for Jay Z to attack Nas for embell-

ishment and Carter to admit that Jay Z is an embellishment. It is simply each operating within the spheres in which they exist. Jay Z, a “literary creation,” does not have the same history as Carter, his creator, and thus his attack on Nas’s credibility is not dependent on the credibility of Carter; it’s dependent on the credibility of Jay Z, the fictional creation. Of course, the paradox is that Jay Z’s attack on Nas is based on a perceived disparity between Nas the character and Nasir Jones, the real person.

Rap is the genre where “realness” is prized most, where fidelity between the

Jack Jones Despite all the Amputations performer’s onstage and on-record persona and their real self is most demanded. Simultaneously, and perhaps because of this demand, it is also the genre with the most flagrant fictionalization and myth-making.

In my previous column, I wrote about how the rise of singer-songwriters in popular music created a greater demand for emotional authenticity; listeners wanted to believe that the singer was expressing real, personal emotions, not merely imi-

tating them for the sake of performance.

Rap’s demand for authenticity can be seen as an extension of this demand for an undivided person/performer. Rap arguably demands even more: While singer-songwriter music is expected to be emotionally real but not necessarily factually true, any claims a rapper makes about their life or past in their music are interpreted as the actual person behind the persona making a statement about their real life, rather than part of the rapper-character fiction.

Two clichés in rap rise out of this problem: first, variations on Jay Z’s own “Unless you was me, how could you judge me?” and second, variations on “I’m not a rapper, I’m a hustler.”

The first satisfies a need to establish the rapper-character’s experience as too authentic for the audience to comprehend or analyze; the second addresses the problem of the rappercharacter by denying it and defining the rapper’s identity as something else entirely. Ultimately, both attempt to excuse discrepancies between the rapper as creator and the rapper as creation by evading the issue.

All of these evasions and excuses grow from a need that rappers of a certain era had to establish themselves as more than simply artists. They wanted to be recognized larger-than-life characters, with mythic stories of backgrounds in crime and rags-to-riches rises to power.

However, today’s biggest stars do not

rely on this formula like previous rap legends did. 2pac, Biggie, Jay Z and Nas all relied, to some degree, on accounts of involvement in crime, while Kanye and Drake rely on emotional authenticity, more akin to singer/songwriters.

Kendrick Lamar, whose music mixes social commentary with gritty recollections of his youth that make no attempt to build himself up as a mythic character, is not necessarily pioneering this style, but he is certainly the first “King of Rap” contestant whose intricate rhymes don’t hinge on accounts of his own violent actions.

Of course, with Drake, authenticity is dubious because of the recent revelation that he employs ghostwriters.

Ghostwriting doesn’t mean much for artists like Dr. Dre, whose laurels don’t rest on authentic rapping, but for Drake, who claims to present lyrical and emotional authenticity, it very much does.

More important, however, is that Kanye’s, Drake’s and Kendrick’s credibilities rest solely on their status as artists rather than characters. There is no “I’m not a rapper, I’m a hustler” or story outside of the music with them; there is only their music. It seems that rap is beginning to believe again that the music is enough.

Jack Jones is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jjones@cornellsun.com.

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Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

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Harvard Trails for First Time in Season at Cornell

Crimson contains star running back Hagy, who fails to run for 100 yards for first time in six games FOOTBALL

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knocked back the team’s chances at a comeback. Mental errors, including junior quarterback Robert Somborn’s three interceptions, eventually caved the ceiling in on Cornell’s chances at the ending Harvard’s now 18-game win streak, the second-longest in Division I football behind Ohio State’s 19-game streak.

Several penalties killed the team’s chances at putting together a momentum-shifting drive on offense and cleaning up those mistakes will, ultimately, change the fortune of the team according to Archer.

“When you add up this error by that guy here or this error by that guy here, that’s what’s been killing our drives. There’s nothing where I’m saying, ‘We really need

this, X, Y and Z.’ We need to make sure we clean up to depend on his rushing game to balance out the team’s everything,” Archer said. “We need to make sure we’re receiving corps, which is now without top junior receivfocused enough that each play could be that pivotal er Collin Shaw, who is out for the season with a broken play, whether it’s how we call it, how we line up, the ankle, allowed Crimson defenders to ignore the playexecution of it, check some action for most of the game things, make sure the checks and played a role in the gun“[Harvard program]’s the one to are sound. I wish I could say slinger’s three interceptions. that it’s just this, but there’s “They made a few good emulate ... They’ve built a great certainly fault in all parts of plays and we had a few little football program and have it rolling.” things here and there that our game.”

Ultimately, Harvard’s slowed us down and got us David Archer ’05 game plan to stop Cornell off of our track,” Somborn senior running back Luke said. “I need to be better with Hagy, who was unable to collect 100 yards on the decision making in some of those situations, but they ground for the first time in six games, exposed the adjusted well and gave us some tough looks that made team’s currently thin passing attack. Somborn’s inability things cloudy.”

On the defensive end, the team struggled to get pressure against the Crimson offensive line, whom a New York Jets scout called the best in the country on Saturday, and failed to register a sack of Harvard quarterback Scott Hosch. Hosch, who ran for all of 102 yards in 2014, gained 79 yards on the ground against the Red. For the third straight week, Archer’s team struggled to contain the oppositions in the pocket. Yale quarterback Morgan Roberts ran for 48 yards against the Red while Colgate gunslinger Jake Melville collected 99 yards on the ground. “[Hosch] surprised us [with his rushing],” Archer said. “You’ve got to keep mixing it up and I didn’t think he was going to be as mobile as the other quarterback we played, but he made some nice plays with his legs.”

While Cornell has certainly improved significantly this year, the team’s loss against Harvard certainly represented a wake-up call to Archer and company, that despite the team’s long strides this season, there’s still a long climb to the top of the Ivy League, where Murphy’s squad currently resides. “[Harvard program]’s the one to emulate,” Archer said. “[Murphy] always tells me pre-game how bad they were his first couple of years. You put your systems down and your recruiting down and what you do on each side of the ball and you get things working the way you want them to work. My hat’s off to them. They’ve built a great football program and have it rolling.”

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A rough day | Sophomore wide receiver James Hubbard picked up 28 receiving yards and lost a fumble against Harvard on Saturday. The Red will expect more from Hubbard after junior wide receiver Collin Shaw broke his ankle against Colgate.

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun.com.

Baron Davis Abducted by Aliens? Red Completes11th DENSON

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Davis tiredly gazed at cactus after cactus, tumbleweeds on end, and the never-ending sunburnt American West. What if I didn’t break my knee? Surely the Knicks would re-sign me, I mean, Jeremy Lin is just a fad.

The “Linstigator” can’t go on forever.

Two lights screeched out a baritone honk in the distance.

“The next thing you know, dude, like, I was in this f------ steel thing,” Davis told The New York Post. Davis was kindly dropped off at an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles after the experience.

Terrified, he ordered double his usual. But even five double cheeseburgers and three orders of French fries weren’t enough to calm the startled Davis.

I tend to mistrust all frank and uncomplicated people. I think its only natural to question Baron Davis’s alien abduction story, but why would the man lie? Once a highly touted player, a young Ben remembers him

being the cornerstone of the preChris Paul New Orleans Hornets.

Under the Mike D’Antoni coached Knicks, Davis was an afterthought. He was the 13th man on a twelve-man roster. He was that last slice of pepperoni Dominos pizza that you swear you put in the fridge, but we all know has been on living room coffee table for three days.

“I come back and like, I’m sharper and s---. You know what I mean?...I’m retaining information,” Davis said.

The two-time all-star is ready for an NBA comeback. After some tongue-in-cheek training with Steve Nash, Davis and Nash shared some elderly wisdom.

“You’re a lot closer to my level than I expected,” Davis told Nash. Davis insists that his beer belly will be to his advantage, and the self-described “fattyboy” embraces the chub.

“The Continuing Saga of Baron Davis” needs to get more attention. He’s training with NBA legends, gambling away his CBA bargained salary, growing

the meanest beard since Rick Ross doned his and getting abducted by aliens in the Las Vegas desert.

“You have a meeting with the Warriors, they’re interested in signing you,” Davis’ agent exclaimed over the phone. “So what are you doing today … you wanna hang out?”

“Naw I don’t want to hang out with you man, we got nothing in common” Davis stated ever so bluntly according to The Post.

Even two years after the abduction, Baron Davis has not graced us with an NBA appearance. Hopefully, the aliens gave him enough powers to be overweight, mildly productive NBA player. I hear Knicks are trying to fill out their roster. Oh, and two weeks later, Davis told the New York Daily News that he had been on Percocet at the time of the abduction.

Ben Denson is a ssenior columnist. He can be contacted at bdenson@cornellsun.com.

The B.D. Report appears every week this semester.

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we had done enough to win the match, but not dominate the match.”

On Monday, the Red did not allow a goal for the 11th time in 13 games.

They were also shut out for the third game in a row and fifth time overall. Farmer discussed his team’s defense and offense in turn.

“We did an excellent job of containing their several speedy forwards and picking up runners coming through,” he said.

“We also did an excellent job of getting in to block potential shots and crosses— our goalkeeper did not register a save for the game.”

“We again had chances but not clear shooting opportunities,” Farmer

said. “Most of our quality chances are coming on crosses and penetrating passes and were cut out by defenders and their goalkeeper who played a good match.”

After an up and down weekend, Tate said playing well against Colgate is a testament to the Red’s resolve.

“We ... knew how we responded to our first loss would be important for the rest of the season,” Tate said.

“Fortunately, we were able to move past it and put up a shutout against Colgate. A win [against Harvard] would have been ideal, but we kept a strong competitive mentality.”

Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun.com.

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FOOTBALL

Fraser Builds NFL-Worthy Resume Against Harvard Cornell punter eyes opportunity at next level

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

There’s a certain feeling for junior punter Chris Fraser that comes over him when he is backed up in his own end zone and the Red are forced to punt. The fate of Cornell defensive success oftentimes falls heavily on his right foot and how far back he is able to pin down the opposing team’s offense.

“When you’re backed up, they’re going to want to try and get a block on you,” Fraser said. “It’s a mix of adrenaline and knowing that I really have to flip the field is the mentality that I have when I approach that.”

Despite the Red’s blowout 40-3 loss against Harvard on Saturday at Schoellkopf, Fraser shined on national television as one of the players to look out for at the next level. Twice backed into his own end zone, Fraser managed to get off kicks of 67 and 65 yards, distances that would place him among the top-10 punters in the NFL and top-20 among all NCAA punters in the FBS. “He’s clearly the best punter in the league,” said head coach David Archer ’05.

“One of the tops in the country.”

Fraser, who plays a position that any football team hopes to see on the field as infrequently as possible, manages to draw a reaction from Archer that only one player has brought out before.

“There’s sometimes where that ball jumps off his football and I’m like, ‘Wow,’” Archer said. “It reminds me watching [Jeff Mathews ‘13] throw it.”

On a team full of players that will likely finish their football careers after their final snap as a senior, Fraser stands out in more

ways than one. Fraser often practices his punts by himself on the sidelines during practice, plays a position that is often overlooked by the average spectator at Schoellkopf and, yet, represents the player who holds the highest chance of playing at the next level.

What sticks out most about Fraser — the first Cornellian to earn first-team AllIvy honors in consecutive seasons since Kevin Boothe ‘05 and the first to do so as freshman and sophomore — to Archer is the punter’s continued commitment to improvement.

“He’s got aspirations beyond Saturday, so it’ll be fun to work with him the next year and a half,” Archer said.

Against Harvard, Fraser averaged 52.4 yards per punt, a number that would place him atop all punters in college football and 0.3 yards shy of Andy Lee, who is the top net-average punter in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. Fraser, who plans to graduate a semester early during his senior year in order to move to California to train for a potential shot at the NFL, spreads around credit for the success he brings to the Red special teams unit.

“It’s obviously a testament to the coaching and the blocking,” Fraser said. “I know they don’t talk about the linebacker much, but [sophomore long snapper] Mac Pope has been really solid this year and has been really helping me out. I tried to help the team as best as I can and put us in a situation to win and make stops and that’s what I try to do my best.”

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun.com.

“[Fraser]’s the best punter in the [Ivy League]. One of the tops in the country.”

David Archer ’05

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A booming leg | Cornell junior punter Chris Fraser averaged 52.4 yards per punt against Harvard, a total that would place him atop all punters in college football.

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Crimson Kills Cornell in Battle of Reds

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Harvard head coach Tim Murphy’s program has been an institution in the Ivy League for 22 years while Cornell head coach David Archer ‘05 has been leading the Red’s program into its third season. Archer and his program, coming “Harvard played a better into this season, figured to be the game that we did today and underdogs of the showed whey they are they conference given the team’s preseapreseason pick to win son ranking and the league.” the program’s futility over the David Archer ’05 last decade.

Like many of its matches so far this season, the Red kept it a game against Harvard, who for the first time this season, were not blowing out their opponent by halftime and trailed its opponent, if only for a mere 17 seconds. It looked, even for just an instance, that the Red had a chance, even if it was rather minuscule, of upsetting the school’s main rival in hockey during the team’s 40-3 loss at the hands of the Crimson.

And then Harvard (4-0, 2-0 Ivy League) turned it up, and up, and up, on both sides of the football, took Cornell (0-4, 0-2 Ivy League) and threw the Red out of the club.

“Harvard played a better game than we did today and showed why they are the preseason pick to win the league,” Archer said. “It’s just unfortunate that we didn’t

play our best game. I love playing these guys because they set the standard for many years running for Ivy League football and you always want the best to bring out the best and today, we didn’t play our best.”

The inexperience of Archer’s young squad began to reveal itself, once again, as the team took penalties that See FOOTBALL page 14 COURTESY OF CORNELL ATHLETICS

Stopped | The Harvard defense was able to keep senior running back Luke Hagy under wraps on Saturday.

What in the Lady Red Last Team to Lose in Country World Is Up Cornell splits games between Harvard, Colgate over weekend With Baron?

T WOMEN’S SOCCER

By KEITH BOLLT

Sun Staff Writer

he grey gooey creature stared at his eyes. He glanced left, looked down and gave the okay. With heavy beads of sweat melting down his forehead, he gripped the suspense. The specimen

Ben Denson

They were the last team in the country to lose.

Cornell women’s soccer (8-1-4, 11-1 Ivy) suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, falling 2-0 to the Harvard Crimson (6-6-1, 3-0-0 Ivy) at Berman Field. In nonconference action on Monday, the Red played the Colgate Raiders (4-7-2, 2-2-1 Patriot) to a 0-0 draw at home.

According to senior co-captain defender Charlotte Tate, the Red played apprehensively in the first half

against the defending Ivy League champion Crimson.

“Against Harvard, we did not come out as strong as we wanted to in the beginning,” Tate said. “We lacked the aggressive attitude that we needed to win the game and we let up two goals.”

Head coach Patrick Farmer agreed with Tate, saying that tentative soccer was the difference in the final score.

He also praised Harvard play.

“I thought we played more tentatively in the first half than we have so far this season,” Farmer said. “We allowed Harvard to establish them-

The B.D. Report squirmed, reaching out his hand just for the sake of reaching. Rotting corpses stunk up the room. He could feel his gut pulsing and pushing. The creature’s sweat mixed with his tears, puddling on the arctic cold slate.

Is this the way it ends? Death by the hands of this … thing … this Chris Bosh/James Carville alien-like being? Does it talk? Does it even breathe? I thought Linsanity was out of this world but this?

Maybe it was a Knicks fan?

Yes, your wildest dreams have come true.

Baron Davis was abducted by aliens in 2013.

With his best days behind him, the 2012 New York Knicks backup point guard Baron Davis was on his way to Vegas.

Driving through the Mojave Desert, See DENSON page 14

MICHAELA BREW / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Last to drop | After losing to the Crimson, the Cornell women’s soccer team became the first team in the country to lose a game.

selves and have confidence in their possession. ... Overall I do think that Harvard was better on the day than we were and deserving of the victory.”

Despite being down by two goals, the Red had a much stronger second half, according to Tate.

“The second half we were able to shift our focus and control more of the game, but weren’t able to make a comeback,” she said.

The Red had 48 hours to reset and prepare for regional rival Colgate. For Farmer, it was important to focus on both soccer technique and the mental aspect of losing for the first time all year.

“We talked about our mindset and what was needed to build on the stronger second half that we had against Harvard,” Farmer said. “[We] also [talked about] the necessity to possess the ball in the attacking half of the field, and the need to shoot at earlier opportunities.”

Cornell was ready for the Raiders.

The Red was not able to score in 110 minutes of soccer, but Farmer pointed out that the Red had more shots and more scoring opportunities than their opponent.

“We had a couple of excellent chances, and one goal that was called back from a very close/arguable offside call,” Farmer said. “Colgate had a good sequence from a corner kick that we saved off the line and then they hit the rebound against the crossbar. I felt See W. SOCCER page 14