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Alumni Seek Answers About 1967 Fire
Over 20 survivors request University, government to reinvestigate blaze that killed nine Cornellians By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor
It was arson, they argue. A group of alumni consisting of former six-year-Ph.D. students — participants of an accelerated program at Cornell in the 1960s — and curious Cornellians claim that a fire at “All I know the Cornell is that he is Heights Residential Club in April out there 1967 that killed and that he eight students wants to kill and one professor me. I don’t was started by a student arsonist. know his Official name and he accounts of the doesn’t blaze say that the cause of the fire is know me.” unknown, From a June 8, although some speculation over 1967 Sun column by Marvin what caused the fire followed L. Marshak ’67 immediately after the death of the nine individuals; The New York Times reported on May 31, 1967, that both the district attorney and the Ithaca fire chief at the time thought arson was a possibility.
Yet despite suspicions of arson, no one was charged for the April 5, 1967 fire. Within the next two months, two additional fires would break out at residences containing the six-year-Ph.D. students, known at the time as “Fuds” — a fire broke out at the Watermargin Cooperative on May 23 and another at the 211 Eddy St. on May 30 or 31. Following the fires, Cornell would reevaluate its fire safety measures, with the Board of Trustees allocating $750,000 in June 1967 for an “accelerated life safety program,” The Sun reported a year after the “Res Club” fire. Looking for Answers
More than 40 years later, a group of over 20 survivors — who believe they have found some of the answers to one of the biggest life-taking tragedies at the University — are now asking Cornell to investigate the incident, according to documents sent to
The Sun. In a series of documents and letters — signed by H. William Fogle, Jr. ’70 — sent to The Sun, the To m p k i n s
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‘Tragic debacle’ | Above: The Sun published an extra County District Attorney and the Phoenix Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fogle argues that based on discussions with survivors of the See RES CLUB page 4
edition on the day of the Residential Club fire, which occurred in the pre-dawn hours of April 5, 1967, and claimed the lives of eight students and one professor. Left: A Sun photograph depicts broken windows and debris in the aftermath of the fire; this original 1967 physical print of the photo shows placement and sizing instructions for use by the printing press work crew.
Citing Ebola,Cornell Rawlings: Cornell Is‘Complicated’ Mandates Restrictions By ANNIE BUI
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Students, faculty, staff prohibited from traveling to certain West African nations By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer
In light of the recent global Ebola outbreak, the University has placed restrictions on travel to West Africa, the University said in an email sent to Cornellians Thursday evening. The University guidelines prevent students, faculty and staff from traveling for study abroad, research, internships, service, conferences, presentations, teaching, performances, recruiting or athletic competitions in the West African
nations under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention travel warnings. Currently, those nations include Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the University. The message to all students was authored by Fredrik Logevall, vice provost for international affairs, Janet CorsonRikert, associate vice president for campus health- and director of Gannett Health Services, and Craig McAllister, director See EBOLA page 4
President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III described Cornell as a “complicated” university, citing challenges he faced as an administrator dealing with student life and research at the University, during a lecture Thursday. Rawlings, who spoke to students in American Studies 2003: Creating Contemporary Cornell, said when he first arrived at Cornell in 1995, he noticed that Cornell was “really complicated.” “Cornell was a school with private colleges, but was also New York State’s land-grant university,” he said. “Many universities don’t have this duality of [being] private, but also [being] the state’s land-grant school.” Yet before becoming the
10th president of Cornell, Rawlings said he never intended to become an administrator, adding that he “without any doubt” thought he was going to be a professor for the rest of his life. “It’s a strange thing that I ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
got into university administration,” he said. “I never intended to; [it was not] my career path.” However, Rawlings said that after serving on committees See RAWLINGS page 5
Presidential | President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III speaks to students in American Studies 2003: Creating Contemporary Cornell.
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Quotes of the Week News, “Cornell Payments to TCAT Will Increase by $1.125 Million,” Tuesday Speaking about the payment increase to the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit “We applaud both President Skorton as well as a delegation of our board members ... for all sitting down together to figure out ways to help us maintain what has been a highly successful transit operation.” . TCAT General Manager Joe Turcotte
Opinion, “Finding a Fair Formula,” Tuesday Speaking about her thoughts on writing essays during the college admissions process “Having a younger sibling means that you will eventually be confronted with the task to proofread his or her essays for college admission. And with this task comes the inevitable introspection process that ensues from revisiting your own Common App essays.” Teresa Kim ’15 News, “Provost Kent Fuchs Named President of University of Florida,” Wednesday Speaking about how Fuchs’ experience will contribute to his position as University of Florida president “Kent will bring to his new position a deep understanding of the issues, constituencies and avenues for collaborative action that are central to the life of a university.” President David Skorton
News, “‘Disorientation Guide’ Slams University With List of Grievances,” Wednesday Speaking about how she believes that Cornell has been ‘antagonistic’ to students’ interests “It’s interesting to see that campus administrations nationwide have been so unresponsive to student concerns that students are now having to develop and disseminate guides for one another to simply keep each other informed about how universities are actually functioning today.” Tatiana Sverjensky grad
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at Cornell, said planning the first Splash! event at Cornell was a learning process. “Joining Splash! early on was like Cornell student coordinators will host working at a startup,” she said. a one-day educational program on cam- “Everything had to be built from the pus Saturday for students from local ground up. As treasurer, [I handled] middle and high schools to take classes in everything from setting up a bank subjects that they may not have the account, to managing sponsorships, to opportunity to learn about in school. budgeting with no prior budget.” The program, called “Splash! at Splash! — which began in 2007 — is Cornell,” already has over 75 students a national program run by Learning from local schools who have enrolled to Unlimited, a non-profit organization participate, according that sponsors events to Joseph Fridman at college campuses ’17, the program’s “We as college students across the country, president and co- get a chance to reach out according to the profounder. The program gram’s website. will offer a variety of to the community and Cornell will be joinclasses in topics ranging over 20 universiing from “Confusion share what we are pasties in 10 states parwith Cards: Funda - sionate about.” ticipating in mentals of Card Learning Unlimited Magic and Manipu - Allie St. Laurent ’17 programs, including lation” to “Blitzkrieg: Yale, the University Analyzing the Myth.” of Chicago and the Massachusetts Twenty teachers, who are all Cornell Institute of Technology. undergraduate and graduate students, Chan added that she has been able to will run 30 sections of classes, Fridman learn about diverse academic subjects said. He added that students will attend through her involvement with the orgafour 50-minute-long class periods during nization. the day on Saturday. “I’ve definitely learned a lot more Eveline Chan ’17, treasurer of Splash! than if I had joined an already well-estabSun Senior Writer
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Writer Kwame Dawes reads excerpts of his poems to an audience of students in Goldwin Smith Hall Thursday.
lished organization,” Chan said. Allie St. Laurent ’17, a teacher for the event, said she thinks the new program is a great opportunity. “Splash! at Cornell is an amazing opportunity for all those involved,” St. Laurent said. “We as college students get a chance to reach out into the community and share what we are passionate about, and the kids get an opportunity to come to our beautiful campus and take classes for a day. “ St. Laurent also said Splash! at Cornell has broader implications that reach
beyond the span of the event. The program has the potential to help high school students find their “hidden passion,” she said. “The knowledge being shared is just one of the many takeaways from this event,” St. Laurent said. “I believe if we can spark some sort of hidden passion in just one of these kids, then we have done our job right.” Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.
Cornell Professor Emeritus Wins National Medal of Science Jerrold Meinwald named recipient of reward for research in the field of chemical ecology By SOPHIA HO Sun Contributor
Jerrold Meinwald, the Goldwin Smith professor of chemistry, Emeritus, won a 2014 Presidential National Medal of Science this month for his lifelong work in the field of chemistry. The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States and recognizes individuals of “extraordinary knowledge” and who have made “extraordinary contributions” to America, according to The White House
website. Meinwald received the national award from The White House Oct. 3rd, according to a University press release. Meinwald said he and his colleague of 50 years, Thomas Eisner, the Jacob Gould Schurman professor of chemical ecology, Emeritus collaborated to pioneer the field of chemical ecology, which focuses on chemical communication. Eisner, who died in 2011, was also awarded the same honor for their work in 1994. “It became an interesting field just about when I started my work at Cornell,” Meinwald said.
“What got me interested in particular was [Eisner], who knew a huge amount of natural history. Many of the things that he would be interested in involved chemistry.” According to Prof. David Collum, chemistry and chemical biology, Meinwald’s scientific work helped increase interest in the field of chemical ecology within the scientific community. “[Meinwald’s] scientific prominence in helping define and develop what has become the extremely visible discipline of chemical communication has brought positive attention to the
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Meinwald also said he specudepartment from both the scientific community and the public at lates that the future of chemical ecology is becoming increasingly large,” Collum said. Meinwald also said he and important in the medical field, Eisner were the first to discover specifically in the area of bacteria that pheromone signaling in quorum sensing — the ability to detect the insects was density of given off by bacteria both male “You don’t have to be that around and female smart or inventive. Nature is itself. insects. “We are “It took there, it’s just waiting for about 10 us five to 10 you to come along and percent years to human cells piece togeth- understand these things.” and 90 perer this little cent bacteristory [of Prof. Jerrold Meinwald al cells,” he m a l e said. “You pheromone communication],” he said. can invent different antibiotics by “Pheromone signals given off by having bacteria cells send differmales — by taking poisons ent signals to each other.There are extracted from plants — signaled a lot of complicated diseases that protective attributes that passed rely on chemical communicaoff through sperm into the next tion.” Meinwald said he encourages generation.” Meinwald said he and Eisner future generations to do work in also isolated steroids, which fire- the field of chemical ecology. “[Eisner and I] were never flies use to make themselves taste studying the useful unappealing and to things — we were just prevent birds from trying to understand eating them. Some the principles of how common examples of these things work,” he steroids are cholesterol said. “You don’t have to and testosterone, he be that smart or invensaid. tive. Nature is there, it’s He added that their just waiting for you to discoveries have also come along and underbeen utilized in the PROF. MEINWALD stand these things.” field of agricultural Meinwald currently works on science. “[Farmers] would spray the editorial board of the pheromones in traps and [many Proceedings of the National types of ] bugs would come to Academy of Science, is secretary them,” Meinwald said. “You can of the American Academy of Arts confuse a population of males by and Science, and does work as of the American spraying female pheromones part everywhere, so they [cannot] find Philosophical Society. where the females [are] and the population would go down Sophia Ho can be reached at [because they cannot reproduce.]” hh377@cornell.edu.
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Cornell: Global Ebola Outbreak Is‘Devastating’ EBOLA
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of risk management and insurance and chair of the Student Insurance Advisory Committee. Ebola is a highly infectious, incurable viral disease that is currently thought to only be spread through direct contact with body fluids, according to the message. According to the University, travel to those countries for personal reasons — as well as hosting visitors from those countries — is “strongly discouraged.” Students who have traveled to affected countries or had contact with individuals who have been exposed to Ebola are required to contact Gannett by phone to “establish plans for monitoring [their] health and protecting others” before returning to campus, according to the University. Cornell medical, safety and administrative staff and faculty have been “engaged since mid-summer in imple-
menting best practices to protect individual health and the safety of our community,” the email stated. Some of the preparations have included collaboration with public health officials, targeted outreach to potentially affected individuals and provision of information. “In spite of the ubiquitous news coverage and very serious nature of this disease, Ebola is rare outside of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone,” the email said. The University described the current Ebola outbreak — which has taken more than 4,500 lives so far, according to NBC news — as “devastating,” the University said. “We have been following with concern the emergence of what has been called the ‘largest and most complex Ebola outbreak in history,’”the University said. Thursday afternoon, initial test results for a Yale graduate student suspected of having Ebola came back negative, according to The Yale Daily News. The student had recently returned from researching Ebola in Liberia and was admitted to the Yale-New Haven Hospital
Wednesday night with Ebola-like symptoms. “The patient came in direct contact with NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, who was diagnosed with Ebola on Oct. 1. The patient indicated that contact came the day before Mukpo developed symptoms,” the article stated. The Yale patient will be quarantined for 21 days, according to The Yale Daily News. The hospital is currently waiting for the results of more laboratory tests. If the Ebola virus were to spread to New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) said the state of New York is prepared to handle the virus. “I'm announcing a thorough effort involving multiple state agencies and authorities that will ensure we are prepared to address even the slightest possibility of this disease,” Cuomo said at a press conference Thursday. Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.
Alumni Ask Cornell,Gov’t.to Reinvestigate 1967 Campus Fire Residential Club blaze killed eight students and one professor, prompting C.U. to invest in fire safety RES CLUB
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fire along with other research, the group of alumni has determined the identity of the alleged arsonist and says that the three fires in April and May 1967 were connected. In addition, he argues that Cornell was purposefully silent during the investigation. “The extraordinary silence that the Cornell University administration imposed on a
cascade of disasters beginning with the six-year Ph.D. program’s deficient admission process, the spring 1967 arson attacks, the botched criminal investigations and the program’s shutdown directed by the Ford Foundation in 1969,” were among the claims made by Fogle, who is the alumni historian of Cornell’s chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Fogle, however, was not a resident at the Res Club. Administrators, however, were
aware of the consequences of being silent; in a letter to President James Perkins filed in Cornell’s Rare and Manuscript Collections, Steven Muller Ph.D. ’58, vice president for public affairs from 1966 to 1971, warned Perkins about silence from the University. “Continued silence by the University is more likely than not to be interpreted as an implicit admission of guilt and negligence,” wrote Muller in the letter dated April 17, 1967. “There will be no shortage of students and
others who will make it their business to pursue this matter with vengeance as long as it seems they can draw more blood.” Following the fires, some students continuing to live with the Fuds and the Fuds themselves said they were stuck with fear over rumors of a potential arsonist. “All I know is that he is out there and that he wants to kill me. I don’t know his name and he doesn’t know me,” Marvin L. Marshak ’67 wrote in a June 8, 1967 Sun column.
In addition, media coverage of the fires and the investigation in local newspapers, including The Sun, fizzled during the following summer due to the “flood of extraordinary news,” including the continuation of the Vietnam War, race riots across the United states and the explosion on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin that killed 134 in July 1967, according to Fogle. Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.
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and becoming involved in administrative work parttime as a faculty member at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he became further involved with the university. “I think what I liked the most was the chance to represent the university to the State of Colorado and to represent it in meetings with the legislature,” he said. “That sort of work led me to become the president of the University of Iowa, and after seven years of doing that, I accepted the job as the president of Cornell in 1995.” One salient issue during his presidency that sparked controversy among the student body, according to Rawlings, was the geographic “segregation” of students, particularly freshmen, on campus. When he arrived, he said students who were interested in becoming involved in Greek life lived on West Campus while minority students tended to live on North Campus where the pro-
gram houses were located. “At the end of my first year as president, I announced that from this point forward, no freshmen could live in program housing because it was setting the wrong tone,” he said. “The idea that you would go off and live with people like you meant that you weren’t going to experience the whole breadth and diversity of Cornell.” However, after protests, Rawlings said he pored over the decision during the summer and decided to introduce a variation on the original idea that fall, which turned out to be “a bigger idea than the original.” “We’re going to build the new residence halls on North Campus so that from now on, every freshman is going to live on North Campus,” he said. “It wasn’t that this solved all the issues on campus, but it helped. It very clearly helped.” Rawlings also spoke on the challenges he and the University faced while trying to fully implement the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, among them giving students an education that was of equal caliber to that which Cornell students in the United States
received. “A lot of faculty here were concerned about the students and how we [were] supposed to manage the project,” he said. “That campus in Doha is a real medical college, and when you graduate from there you graduate with a degree from Cornell. It has to be equally good with the medical college in Manhattan, and you have to provide a lot of things to make that possible.” Rawlings — who is the president of the Association of American Universities, a position he has held since 2011 — stressed the crucial role that research universities play in the U.S. economy today. “Any smartphone [or technologies used today] could not exist without the research done by scientists and engineers at American research universities and government laboratories,” he said. “Research universities and laboratories are doing the basic research that leads to innovation, which leads to economic growth.” Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun.com.
Ebola Patient Sent to Md. Approximately 75 Percent of NYC DALLAS (AP) — The first Dallas nurse to have contracted Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man is scheduled to be moved Thursday to a specialized medical facility in Maryland. The National Institutes of Health said in a statement that Nina Pham, 26, will be taken from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas to the NIH center in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH facility has one of four biocontainment units in the United States. Texas Health Presbyterian officials said Wednesday that Pham was in good condition. Hospital spokesman Wendell Watson said Thursday the move is necessary because numerous employees are being monitored for symptoms of the virus and aren't available to work. “With so many of the medical professionals who normally staff our intensive care unit sidelined for the continuous monitoring, we felt it was in the best interest of the hospital's employees, the nurses, the physicians, the community, to give the hospital an opportunity to prepare for tomorrow ... for whatever comes next,” Watson said. Pham will receive care from an NIH staff that specializes in infectious disease and critical care, according to the NIH statement. A second nurse who tested positive, 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson, has been transferred to a biohazard infectious disease center at Emory University
Hospital in Atlanta. Pham and Vinson were involved in providing care to Thomas Duncan, who died of Ebola last week at Texas Health Presbyterian. They wore protective gear including face shields, hazardous materials suits and protective footwear as they inserted catheters, drew blood and dealt with his body fluids. Still, the two somehow contracted Ebola. Federal health officials said Thursday they still don’t know how the nurses caught the virus from Duncan. Pham will be flown to Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Maryland, a small airport about 35 miles northwest of the NIH. State police, the city and the county are coordinating to ensure she has a quick trip to the hospital, Frederick City Police Lt. Clark Pennington said Thursday.
Airbnb Listings Violate City Code NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three-quarters of the New York City listings offered by the shortterm rental service Airbnb violate city or state laws, New York state’s attorney general charged Thursday. A report released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman also charged that many of the listings are placed by commercial operators running illegal hotels, not by New Yorkers renting out a spare room. In one instance, Schneiderman said, a single commercial user made $6.8 million. The report is based on data obtained by Schneiderman's office as a result of a May 2014 subpoena. It examined New York City Airbnb bookings between Jan. 1, 2010 and June 2, 2014.
During that time, the report said, 25,532 of 35,354 private short-term listings — 72 percent — violated state or city laws. It is generally legal to rent out a room while the homeowner or tenant is present, but many listings violated city zoning laws because the legal resident of the unit was away when the Airbnb client stayed there, a spokesman for Schneiderman said. Additionally, he said, some listings violated state tax laws. The report charged that large operators controlled a disproportionate number of listings. According to the report, just 6 percent of hosts ran large-scale operations, but that group generated 36 percent of all rental transactions and collected 37 percent of total revenue, or $168
million. Schneiderman announced the formation of a joint city-state enforcement unit that will investigate illegal hotels. “We must ensure that, as online marketplaces revolutionize the way we live, laws designed to promote safety and quality-oflife are not forsaken under the pretext of innovation,” he said. Airbnb said in a statement that it has helped “countless” families pay their bills and stay in their homes. “We need to work together on some sensible rules that stop bad actors and protect regular people who simply want to share the home in which they live,” the company said. “We look forward to working with everyone in New York in the weeks ahead.”
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reedom from domestic violence is a human right that all people are entitled to. Although domestic violence is typically viewed as a private matter, international standards reevaluate domestic violence as a violation of fundamental human rights that governments and the public at large have a responsibility to address. The United States and communities across the country need to follow suit. Watching the NFL try to address domestic violence has been nothing short of a train wreck. Earlier this year, running back Ray Rice was suspended for two games for knocking out his fiancé in an elevator. There was no public outcry. After all, this was only domestic violence, not something serious like marijuana or steroid use. It was only after the video was released of Rice punching his fiancé in the face so hard that she fell to the floor unconscious that the media and public became outraged. While it became brutally clear that the NFL didn’t take domestic violence seriously, what also became clear is that the public failed equally in this regard. The video of Ray Rice showed the brutal ugliness of domestic violence that was so easy to sweep away before. Neither the NFL nor the public should have needed to see that video to be outraged. Were we expecting a video of a women getting knocked out by an NFL player to look differently? Less violent? By disconnecting domestic violence from the cruel reality, we are doing a disservice to survivors. In Tompkins County alone, approximately 150 domestic violence cases are reported per year, yet many survivors often don’t report the abuse to the police for fear that their claims won’t be taken seriously or that they will be harmed further. According to the Department of Justice, only about half of all domestic violence crimes are prosecuted to conviction, and less than one fifth of those result in a felony conviction. And survivors of domestic abuse are not the only ones harm: The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that children who grow up in homes with domestic abuse are more likely to abuse or be abused in the future. The importance of a human rights approach to the issue of domestic violence is illustrated by the case of Jessica Lenahan. On June 22, 1999, in Castle Rock, Colorado, Lenahan’s abusive ex-husband took their three daughters without permission, in violation of a restraining order. Throughout the night, Lenahan called the police multiple times, provided them a copy of the order, gave them information about where her husband and children were, and even went to the police station to beg for help, but the police did nothing to find her children. That night, Lenahan’s ex-husband went to the police station and opened fire on police officers. After the gunfight ended, the officers discovered that Lenahan’s ex-husband had killed their three children. Even though Lenahan had done everything possible to persuade the police to enforce the restraining order, the police made no effort to find her children and bring them home. Lenahan’s situation is indicative of a systemic problem across the country. Local authorities need to understand the gravity of domestic violence and be prepared to effectively prevent and respond to it. If the police had the proper training, knowledge, and experience, the situation could have ended much differently. Perhaps the police would have responded immediately to Lenahan’s first call and those three little girls would still be alive today. Lenahan sued the town of Castle Rock for failing to enforce the restraining order against her ex-husband, arguing that their inaction violated her due process rights. Although the actions of the police were clearly inadequate and led to the deaths of her three children, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no violation of Lenahan’s constitutional rights. Following this ruling, Jessica Lenahan brought her case to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, a regional human rights tribunal. Unlike the Supreme Court, the IACHR found that the United States’ failure to protect Lenahan and her daughters from domestic violence violated their human rights. Framing freedom from domestic violence as a human rights issue shows how important it is for governments to protect individuals from so-called “private” acts of violence. It also recognizes that domestic violence is a societal problem that requires a societal solution, the first important step in moving this issue from the private sphere. The human rights framework empowers survivors, as it recognizes that they are not only victims with needs but also individuals with rights to which they are entitled. Twelve communities across the country, including Boston and Albany, have passed resolutions declaring freedom from domestic violence a fundamental human right. Cornell Law School’s Global Gender Justice Clinic, together with the Advocacy Center, is seeking the passage of a similar resolution for in Tompkins County. The purpose is simple: increase public understanding of domestic violence, provide better services to survivors, give law enforcement new tools to support their efforts and ensure that the County’s response to domestic violence takes into account survivors’ voices and needs. Tompkins County has the opportunity to become a regional leader in a national movement by recognizing freedom from domestic violence as a human right. Joanne Joseph and Josh Baldwin are J.D. candidates at Cornell Law School. Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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The Impending Legalization of Marijuana
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his past Wednesday, the dollars each month in addiWashington Post tional revenue. An article from reported that President the New York Times estimates Barack Obama plans to nomi- that from January to May, nate Vanita Gupta, the director Colorado collected $23.6 milof the Center for Justice within lion in taxes, licenses and fees the American Civil Liberties from the legalization of mariUnion, to the lead the civil juana. FiveThirtyEight’s Nate rights division of the Justice Silver calculated that Colorado Department. As the division underestimated the demand has been without a permanent for recreational marijuana by leader for over a year, Attorney 31 percent, a figure that disGeneral Eric Holder will plays just how profitable mariappoint Gupta as the acting juana sales can be for state govhead of the division, before the ernments. White House officially nomiDespite the potential for nates her as the permanent savings and revenue, current Assistant Attorney General for marijuana policies are objecCivil Rights in the coming tively inequitable. The ACLU months. Marijuana advocates revealed that black people are will likely welcome this nomi- 3.7 times more likely to be nation, as Gupta is notable for arrested for marijuana possesher position on the War on sion than white people. Drugs, calling for not only the According to the Washington decriminalization of marijuana Post, white people aged 18-25 possession, but also the out- consistently used marijuana at right legalization of the drug, a higher rate than black people following the steps of Colorado from 2001-2010. a n d Wa s h i n g t o n State. A s While association is not causation, Attorney G e n e r a l it is abundantly clear that access Holder has to marijuana isn’t a doomsday already reco m m e n d e d sentences. that the White House reclassify marijuana — and as Furthermore, the racial disparpublic sentiment continues to ity in marijuana arrests s u p p o r t increased by over 32 percent decriminalization/legalization during the same nine-year peri— it seems that with the nom- od. Clearly marijuana policies ination of Gupta, the legaliza- disproportionately affect black tion of marijuana is not a mat- youth in a negative manner, ter of if, but merely of when. further perpetuating racial With this in mind, it is time inequality in our society. for the federal government to Perhaps most convincing in terminate these discriminatory the argument for legalization, a drug policies that cost taxpay- report from the Center on ers billions each year, all in the Juvenile and Criminal Justice sake of protecting citizens from examined the effect of a drug far less dangerous than California’s decriminalization alcohol or tobacco. policies on the youth and disAccording to a report from covered no adverse concluthe ACLU, taxpayers spend sions. The paper studied the $3.6 billion each year enforc- overall change in various risk ing marijuana laws. indexes, such as drug overdose Legalization would allow these deaths and DWI rates, of enforcement dollars to aid teenagers aged 15-19 one year other budgetary expenses on a before and after 2011, when national level, not to mention full decriminalization went provide states with millions of into effect in California.
In California, the risk for drug overdose deaths fell 20 percent, as compared to a four percent rise across the rest of the country. DWI’s for marijuana decreased three percent in California, while that rate for the rest of the nation increased by nine percent. Additionally, the school dropout rate tumbled by 22 percent in California – the study notes that comparable statistics for this risk index was not available for the rest of the United States. While association is not causation, it is abundantly clear that access to marijuana isn’t a doomsday sentence – California’s teenagers are still just fine. As the reports’ authors state, “Marijuana decriminalization in California has not resulted in harmful consequences for teenagers, such as increased crime, drug overdose, driving under the influence, or s c h o o l dropout. In f a c t , California teenagers showed improvements in all risk areas a f t e r reform.” Certainly marijuana use shouldn’t be heralded as a positive and a legitimate scientific debate exists regarding the health effects of marijuana. However, when juxtaposed with alcohol and tobacco, the risk for addiction and dependence are comparatively low. Legalizing marijuana will lead to users substituting alcohol and tobacco for the drug — a replacement society should be welcoming. Enforcing marijuana laws meekly serves to drain taxes, prolong racial inequality and place more hazardous drugs on the forefront of usage. Jake Forken is a junior in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Hader and Wiig: A Match Made in Studio 8H KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor
As far as grim opening scenes for a movie I thought was advertised as a comedy go, it doesn’t get much grimmer than The Skeleton Twins. The film’s first shots of Milo (Bill Hader) show him penning an impressively impersonal suicide note (there’s a sad face emoji) and cutting his wrists in a claw-foot bathtub. On the other side of the country (Upstate New York!), his twin sister, Maggie (Kristen Wiig), is about to swallow a fistful of pills when she receives a phone call from a hospital in Los Angeles, informing her that her brother has just attempted suicide. The twins haven’t spoken in 10 years. The rest of the film follows the pair’s relationship as Milo moves to New York to live with Maggie and her well-meaning but emotionally-stunted husband Lance (Luke Wilson) in the town that the siblings grew up in. While the rest of the plot takes place on fairly well-tread ground for family dramas — someone having an affair, a hippie flake of a mother, old scores that get settled decades after the fact — it’s the details, in the acting and in the dialogue, that make this movie a knock-out. Hader and Wiig are a perfect team, at least partially due to the seven years that they spent as the heaviesthitters on the occasionally relevant, sometimes funny, but constant star-producing factory of Saturday Night Live. It is thanks to their easy chemistry that a scene in which the pair get high on laughing gas in Maggie’s office (she’s a dental hygienist) feels like some of the best improv, rather than a trite joke about adults doing drugs in inappropriate places. Craig Johnson’s screenplay indulges in tropes that it could not have pulled off engagingly with any other pair of actors — including a quality-time-bonding-love-fest which occurs while lip-syncing to Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” which is only non-stupid because of Wiig’s effervescent propensity for physical comedy under any circumstance. Similarly, the “put on something beautiful, we’re going out,” montage is only fun because of Hader’s total ease in full drag and his remarkable ability to create a character that is not only depressed and neurotic in the dime-a-dozen fashion that independent dramas have become known for, but also overflowing with humanity, highs-and-lows, the multiple personalities that are the reality of all genuinely interesting people. The tone of the film is much more somber than the trailers let on — presumably because you sell more tickets when you sell “funny guys” Bill and Kristen, rather than “brand-new dramatic” actors Hader and Wiig. Citing Saturday Night Live as your acting whelping pen, however, says more than just “I have an understanding of comedic timing and the elasticity of my own facial muscles” — it’s also some damn fine
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training in generating original characters and acting plex pairings of their lives.” It’s really too bad that she didn’t take this prime them convincingly with little provided backstory or time to explore. And Hader and Wiig did their time as opportunity to coin the portmanteau for this new rom-com-inspired but sans-heter-lust genre of relacharacter actors in the films of bigger stars. Ty Burrell plays, I suppose, the film’s biggest antag- tionship film. Her apt observation adds The Skeleton onist, which is unfortunate because the character is a Twins to a host of recent films that have taken our one-dimensional trope of closeted sexuality and pro- most beloved and derided format and made it fresh jected emotional abuse. Not only is the character piv- again with the exploration of a different kind of relaotal to Milo and Maggie’s central conflict, but Burrell tionship — an umbrella which includes the recent is a better actor than what this script lets him do. The ensemble family dramedy This is Where I Leave You, same goes for Luke Wilson as Maggie’s lunkish hus- Joe Swanburg’s sweet, independent, improvised tales band — every scene he’s in serves the direct purpose of in-law bonding and platonic bestie-ships, Happy of exposing Maggie’s dysfunction or deception and Christmas and Drinking Buddies, 2012’s exploration of female friendship and discovery of self, Frances Ha he’s never given a beat to develop in his own right. The most rewarding thing about seeing The and, sure, the passable magnification of one kid’s life Skeleton Twins (sometime before it ends its current and all of the relationships that shape it in this sumrun at Cinemapolis!) is noting the evolution of the mer’s Boyhood (Guys, I hate Richard Linklater so romantic comedy’s divergence from it’s heteronorma- illogically and instinctively). In what was originally an anonymous advice coltive and strictly-defined-terms-of-romance origins. As I’ve cited before, Dana Stevens for Slate noted about umn for The Rumpus called “Dear Sugar,” Cheryl The Skeleton Twins that its “structure and rhythms … Strayed out-and-out lambasted a gentleman who often gesture at the conventions (and some of the wrote in about his refusal to tell the people in his life clichés) of romantic comedy” and that “the arc of two that he loved them: “It is not so incomprehensible as people who start out at odds and eventually come to you pretend, sweet pea. Love is the feeling we have for recognize one another as soul mates is as well suited to those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be romantic, plathe story of grown siblings as it is to tonic, familial, that of lovers. After all, for many fleeting, everlastpeople, their sibling relationships The Skeleton Twins ing, conditional, are the most lasting, intense, comDirected by Craig Johnson unconditional, imbued with sorStarring Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, row, stoked by sex, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell sullied by abuse, amplified by kindness, twisted by betrayal, deepened by time, darkened by difficulty, leavened by generosity, nourished by humor and ‘loaded with promises and commitments’ that we may or may not want or keep.” What works best about this new genre, is that it takes into account that fact that relationships do not only go forward or stop — they make progress and they dash it, they start over and they have nasty lapses, they are forced into continuation by resented obligation or selfless love, and often both (more on this when Reese Witherspoon portrays the woman who saved my life in December’s Wild). And cheers to the age of Hader and Wiig: the happiest coupling of 21st century cinema. Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Genuine History, Genuine Heroism BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer
There is no such thing as a good war, but good people fight in the worst of them. The Vietnam War has never been mistaken for one of the good ones — not then and not now. Yet it is easy to conflate the war’s negative legacies, which include My Lai, Agent Orange and, of course, our country’s defeat, with the worth, or lack thereof, of those who served. Last Days in Vietnam, a clear-eyed and unusually gripping documentary opening at Cinemapolis today, makes the case for the American forces who risked tribunals, not to mention their own lives, in order to evacuate as many South Vietnamese civilians as possible on those last two chaotic days of April 1975. The film, directed and produced by Rory Kennedy, is a rather straightforward talking heads affair, where you don’t even have time to fumble with a stopwatch before, blah, there’s Kissinger grumbling before his millionth camera. Good thing the film gets him out of the way early on so it can spend the rest of the time with the boots who were on the ground of Saigon when it fell. These men, like Army Colonel Stuart Herrington and Republic of Vietnam Navy Captain Kiem Do, recount the events of the evacuation and little more, which is all it takes for an enlightening narrative of morality during those most liminal hours between war and peace. Over 16mm footage of the frantic city and maps animating the North Vietnamese Army’s push through Da Nang and toward Saigon, voices of the veterans interviewed frame their “terrible moral dilemma” in stark terms. Would Nixon boost U.S. air power to save them? Could Americans save anyone other than their own? Could they even do that? A target of derision for the first third of this 98-minute film is Graham Martin, the last U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, who was seen as “skittish” and aloof of the imminent defeat, and very real physical peril, his people would soon suffer. As a sign of Last Days in Vietnam’s disinterest in demonizing, with-us-or-against-us rhetoric, especially against those dead and not present to defend themselves, Ambassador Martin develops a dimension or two. We
learn that he lost his COURTESY OF AMERICAN EXPERIENCE FILMS only son in the war, which is cause for one acquaintance to observe, “One becomes pretty invested in the country.” Right before Operation Frequent Wind — the airlift of 7700 Americans and South Vietnamese the U.S. from embassy and other points in Saigon, and the specific focus of this film — commenced, Last Days in Vietnam M a r t i n pointed to an Directed by Rory Kennedy old tamarind tree in the e m b a s s y ’s parking lot civilians at the embassy without so much as a and said it goodbye. Like Oskar’s final words in Schindler’s was “as steadList, Herrington’s remorse for “so serious and fast as America’s deep a betrayal” cuts deep and contrasts the film’s commitment to Vietnam.” The irony that the tree had to narrative of success against all the loss and failure surbe razed to allow helicopters to land and Americans to flee rounding. was not lost on him, since he at first stubbornly refused. Last Days in Vietnam demands little from the viewer But obviously he changed his mind, and not just about aside from a willingness to learn. If that sounds in the least one tree: One colleague says, “The evacuation of bit like eating your vegetables, consider the entertainment Vietnamese [as opposed to only Americans] happened value of Argo, apply almost all of that to this film, and then because Graham Martin wanted it to happen.” remember that this one is a documentary produced for Ambassador Martin bucked orders from the White PBS. So, basically: It’s better than you might think. It House in order to see that those who aided America would unfolds a complicated story in chronological order withescape persecution, and he did so with a valiant and order- out much effort figuring out what it all ‘meant,’ and so ly cache of soldiers, pilots and sailors committed to this makes it simple. But that simplicity suits these events well, humanitarian cause. The film tells the oral history with since unthinking heroism is the only genuine kind. more punch than words here might, but it is imperative to mention the wound Colonel Herrington reopens when Zachary Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can arriving at the part of the story where they left behind 420 be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com.
Farewell Old Friend: An Obit for Saturday Mornings
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ometimes, it’s hard for me to believe that there was a long period in my life during which I would get up around 7:45 a.m., every Saturday morning and believe that it was the best part of the week. The routine was always the same: Jump out of bed. Stay in my PJs. Scamper to the kitchen. Grab the important stuff — bowl, spoon, milk, Lucky Charms. Race to the basement. Turn on the television. Enjoy the next six hours of bliss. Like many of you, my golden period of Saturday morning cartoons ranged from around 2000 to 2004. Over those years, my weekly diet chronologically ranged from shows like Little Bear and Franklin (drenched in simple morality lessons to mold the young mind), to CBS’ classic trio of Hey Arnold!, Doug and Rugrats (in the same morality variety, but for the more mature and sophisticated six year-old mind), and finally to the big boy stuff – Pokémon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Tranformers, X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (who needs moral lessons, this shit was cool). Just writing this is bringing out some nearly overwhelming feelings of nostalgia. As is the case for many of you, I’m sure, I really cannot imagine my childhood without these cartoons. I am not even sure I would be friends with my brothers if it were not for Saturday morning cartoons. Even today, these programs of old are hugely relevant. Nostalgia introduces some sense of commonality, of camaraderie. And these cartoons are a perfect way to get there. I could not tell you how many people in my life have evolved from “acquaintance” to “friend” after a long conversation about Pokémon (not even a little embarrassed — you people know who you are). In a way, which Saturday morning cartoons you watched when you were young pro-
vide some form of social equity today. However, none of what I described above will apply to America’s most recent batch of children. Saturday, October 4 marked the first time in over 50 years that not a single block of broadcast network television aired an animated program. And it seems like nobody even batted an eye. Perhaps it is because of how slowly the Saturday morning cartoon faded away. Maybe it is because we are adults now, and most of us have not been keeping track for 10-plus years. I don’t know. But I find it odd that such a staple in American society — a seemingly promised cultural presence for generations — could die out without so much as a whimper. For those of you who have not been attune
Evan Needell Needell in a Crapstack to the decline of Saturday morning cartoons, there are many factors that are believed to have contributed to its fall. Unfortunately, I only have so much space in this column, so I will only be able to highlight a few. While we may not have noticed, the decline actually began right when many of us were coming of cartoon-watching age. While I was mostly a cartoon guy myself, ours was the first generation of children to be widly targeted by live-action sitcom programming. Shows like
Saved By the Bell and Boy Meets World were largely popular, and a first for children’s programming. These shows blazed the trail for Lizzie McGuire, Drake and Josh, Hannah Montana, iCarly and other similar programs that slowly pushed cartoons out of focus. Another factor was the sheer abundance and availability of cartoons throughout the week. With the rise of cable networks such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel, which offered a variety of cartoons all throughout the week, kids no longer had to starve until Saturday mornings to satisfy their hunger for cartoons. And while these cable networks provided some of the classics (even some that were aired through broadcast networks on Saturday mornings), they undeniably watered down the field on Saturday mornings. Video games have also played a big role in the fall of Saturday morning cartoons. When I was young, I remember a lot of the video games I played being related to the shows I watched, via licensing. This was a big plus for networks and gamemakers alike. However, as video-game consoles have gotten more advanced, so have the games — both in quality and variety. Now, kids have virtually infinite gaming options to entertain them on Saturday mornings, and they are largely opting for those over cartoons. Perhaps the most intriguing cultural factor in the death of Saturday morning cartoons is the stigma it has assumed. Over the years, there has been an increased focus on child health and obesity. Whether intentional or not, this movement has brought with it some degree of disdain for the concept of the Saturday morning cartoon, through its association with a lethargic lifestyle. The weekly routine of my childhood has been widely targeted by child-health advo-
cates as one of the primary contributors to the problem of childhood obesity. I am not saying that any of these cultural shifts or the death of the Saturday morning cartoon is a good or a bad thing. Sure, I look back at the times I had and the lessons I learned fondly. But maybe kids will be better off without them. I don’t know. But it is undeniably weird. Like I’ve said, I cannot imagine my childhood without pajamadressed Saturday mornings in front of the television with my brothers. Generations of young Americans have been doing the same for over five decades. Saturday morning cartoons were a constant that I may have taken for granted. And just like that, it’s over. My kids won’t have that. And that is just so strange to me. It’s not quite as dramatic as the loss of an old friend or caretaker, but the feeling is similar to me. It’s an empty feeling. One that I maybe could have filled had I just known to say goodbye one last time, before it was too late. So this column is my farewell to Saturday morning cartoons — an important part of my childhood, and an important contributor to the man I am today. To say goodbye to Saturday morning cartoons, I would like to dedicate this verse, followed by a moment of silence. “I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment’s gone All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.” Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at eneedell@cornellsun.com. Needell in a Crapstack runs alternate Fridays this semester.
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Giants Face Tough Challenge in Dallas
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants are very aware of one thing. They are facing one of the best teams in the NFC in the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, posing an enormous challenge to a struggling defense. The Cowboys enter the game clicking on all cylinders. They have the fourth best offense in the entire league and the top rushing attack, keyed by the NFL’s leading rusher, DeMarco Murray. Quarterback Tony Romo is enjoying one of his better seasons, completing 68.6 percent of his passes for 1,510 yards and 11 touchdowns. Needless to say, the 5-1 Cowboys, winners of five straight, pose a gigantic challenge for the Giants defense which did nothing to stop Philadelphia running back LeSean McCoy last week. McCoy collected a season-best 149 yards against the Giants in the Eagles’ dominating 27-0 shutout. “The way they run the ball with Murray and the way Romo is making plays. They have threats all over the place,” Giants defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins said. “They have a really balanced offense. They’re a pretty good team and present a very big challenge to us.” Jenkins believes that this year’s Cowboy team could be the most balanced — running and passing — that he’s seen. “They were really good in ‘07, but this team is as good, if not better,” Jenkins said. “They keep moving the chains (getting first downs).” Head coach Tom Coughlin hopes that his team can recover from the tough loss to the Eagles. “They spread the ball around well. They have good football players,” Coughlin said. “We have to go out and play the best we can with the players we have.” The Giants will have middle linebacker Jon Beason, who has seemed to recover enough from his foot and toe issues to be able to play Sunday. They might not have top cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, who is bat-
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Gunslinging cowboy | Dallas quarterback Tony Romo has been playing with a purpose so far this season, leading the Cowboys to five straight wins. Next up will be the Giants, a perennial NFC foe.
tling a back and hamstring issue. Beason, who hurt his foot during the organized team activities during the summer, requiring surgery, returned to action last week in a limited fashion after missing three straight games. Beason practiced Thursday and plans on playing Sunday. “I’m still limited, but it’s on the backburner,” said Beason, who has collected 11 tackles in four games this season. “I’m ready to go on Sunday. I’m going to do my job and do it hard.” Coughlin said that the Giants need Beason’s presence on the field. “He feels better and the coaches feel better about him being out there,” Coughlin said. “He just has to get back and be the player we know he can be. His energy and
enthusiasm is the same as it always was.” Beason knows that the Cowboys will represent the best team the Giants have faced this year. “We can’t give up 200 yards rushing like we did (against the Eagles),” Beason said. “We have to have a short memory and come back this week.” Rodgers-Cromartie said that he was “about 60 percent” healthy after Thursday’s practice, which isn’t a good sign for the Giants. Rodgers-Cromartie did not practice at all due to the injury. “I think I can just show up Sunday and play,” Rodgers-Cromartie said. If he plays, he will get the assignment of trying to stop the explosive Dez Bryant. “This injury is totally new to me, so I don’t know what to expect.”
Despite Decreased Playing Time,Spiller‘Not Worried’ ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills running back C.J. Spiller still has high confidence in his abilities, even though his playing time and production are suddenly diminishing. “Nope. I’m not worried at all,” Spiller said with a defiant tone this week. “Obviously, you want to
play more. But certain things happen throughout the game where you have to go to different packages. But I’m not concerned. I’m not there at all.” The numbers, however, indicate he’s been barely there of late. And they’re raising questions over Spiller’s role in the Bills offense
and whether the 2010 first-round draft pick’s days in Buffalo are running out with his contract set to expire after this season. Spiller laughed when the topic of the NFL’s trade deadline on Oct. 28 was brought up. “I block it out, man. I honestly do,” Spiller said. “I want to be a
Bill. That’s what I said from the beginning. I want to be a Bill.” And yet, he acknowledged he has no control over what the team does. “All 32 organizations are going to do what’s best for them,” Spiller said. “I want to be part of something special that’s going to hap-
pen here. But if I’m not, I can’t have any bad feelings.” The Bills (3-3) host Minnesota (2-4) on Sunday. Concerns about Spiller’s role come on the heels of one of the player’s least productive games. He had six carries for 19 yards and no catches in a 37-22 loss to New England on Sunday. It didn’t help that he lost a fumble, which led to Stephen Gostkowski hitting a 53-yard field goal to put the Patriots up 13-7 at the end of the second quarter. What also raised eyebrows is that Spiller was on the field for only 12 of 69 offensive plays, his lowest percentage in Doug Marrone’s two seasons as coach. And it came in a game in which co-starter Fred Jackson was hampered by a sore right ankle, and had third-stringer Anthony Dixon eating into Spiller’s playing time. That’s not what was expected out of a player who earned his first Pro Bowl selection two years ago after finishing second in the NFL by averaging 6 yards a carry — a fraction of an inch behind Adrian Peterson. Last year, Spiller’s production dropped because of a series of injuries, and yet he still had a team-best 933 yards rushing in helping Buffalo finish with the NFL’s second-best run total. Marrone insists he’s not lost faith in Spiller. “I would say that I’m definitely not losing confidence,” Marrone said. That doesn’t mean Spiller can’t be better. “I think C.J. would tell you that,” Marrone said. “Yes, he has to improve on things, too, as well as everyone else.”
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Reds will surely figure things out. With Mario Balotelli, Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling, they have the potential to contend for the championship if they figure things out soon. Tottenham Hotspur (6): Spurs always seem to occupy that region below the top five or so teams and above the rest of the league. Again this year, they have at times looked really impressive, and at other times downright awful. Stability is the key, if they can find it. Swansea City (5): The only remaining Welsh team in the English top division has shocked everyone with a wonderful start to the new campaign. Icelandic attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson has been at the center of it all for the Swans. West Ham (7): The Hammers were a candidate for relegation throughout last season until a strong run in the spring. This year, they’ve wasted no time. New signing Diafra Sakho has scored four goals already. Aston Villa (10): The team from Birmingham was another predicted to possibly finish last this year. This seems unlikely, as they’ve gotten off to a strong start, even without injured star striker Christian Benteke. Everton (17): The Merseysiders are struggling to open the year, there is no question about it. However, injuries and a tough early schedule are to blame, and the Toffees have plenty of time to turn it around. Stoke City (16): It’s been a bit of an odd beginning for Stoke, losing to Leicester at home and then beating Man City on the road. The team should figure things out eventually, under the guidance of exBarcelona player and current manager Mark Hughes. Leicester City (12): Who saw this coming? The Foxes, behind the four goals of striker Leonardo Ulloa, have really impressed after just being promoted from the second division. Leicester is definitely a team to watch this season. Newcastle United (18): Everything possible that could go wrong has gone wrong. A team that should be challenging for sixth place finds itself in a relegation spot six games in. No wonder there is talk of firing the manager, because there is too much talent on this team to be playing so poorly. Hull City (11): Now that the Tigers have been eliminated from European competition, they should be able to focus on the Premier League. They can do better than they have so far. Sunderland (13): The Black Cats have been tie specialists up to this point in the season, with a draw result from most of their games. They need to win more games at this level to stay in the top division, though. West Bromwich Albion (14): West Brom has played well over the last few games. Many people, including me, wrote them off after appointing a nobody as a coach in Alan Irvine, but he might just prove the doubters wrong. Crystal Palace (15): Crystal Palace seems set for another battle to escape relegation to the second division. It’s a shame Tony Pulis, the former manager, left the club, because they played well last season with him at the helm. Burnley (19): One of two Premier League clubs yet to win a game, they’ve only scored two goals all season. The defense has been impressive, but without goals they’ll be sent immediately back down to the second division. Queens Park Rangers (20): The mercurial London club seems set to have a terrible season. The team is a mixture of overpaid loaned players, old players on their last legs and youngsters whose potential has not panned out. Don’t bet on them winning more than five games this year. This year’s Premier League campaign will surely be a thrilling one. Check back the week of every international break (every six weeks or so) for an update of these Power Rankings. Kevin Linsey can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com. The Beautiful Game appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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SPORTS
Schubert Scores Twice in Defeat By ANNA FASMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor
Senior forward/midfielder Kerry Schubert’s second goal of the night on Monday against St. Bonaventure tied the game at two with most of the second half to play. Though the two teams fought until the final whistle, the Bonnies were able to pull ahead with a devastating goal in the 88th minute, handing the Red its third straight loss. Despite the team’s efforts late in the game, the Red was unable to pull out a last-ditch equalizer. Schubert was a highlight for the squad, though, scoring both of the Cornell goals and her first two scores of the season. Cornell (6-6, 1-2 Ivy League) has struggled the past few weeks in gameplay. The team has only managed to notch one win in the last six games, with most of its trouble coming in the first offensive third of the field. The women have not been first to the net, usually struggling to respond to other teams’ goals rather than pulling ahead from the start. This was evident in Monday’s game, in which the Red went into halftime without a goal, trailing by one. While Schubert was able to tie up the game early in the second half, Cornell let through another Bonnie goal just five minutes later. Again, the Red found itself playing from behind. Schubert played hero once again with an equalizer in the 61st minute, but the tie slipped away from the team when Abby Maiello of St. Bonaventure scored off an assist by Jennifer Morris and Lauren Hill with the game on the line. This weekend could be a change of pace for the Red when it faces Yale on Saturday for the fourth Ivy game of the season, followed by the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Sunday. In last season’s faceoff between the Red and the Bulldogs, Cornell outshot Yale, 13-12, but ultimately was unable to notch any goals, while Yale scored one in the second half. Sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney explained
CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Raising the bar | Sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney said that while her team played a strong game against St. Bonaventure, the Red is always looking to “raise the level even further.”
that while the game was an overall strong one for the Red, the team comes into this weekend looking to increase the level of play. “We were very competitive with them throughout the match, but it is crucial for us to raise the level even further this time around,” she said. “This Friday we are looking to bounce back after a tough last few games and get the win at home. If we just play our game and stay focused we will be successful.” The Red will also face NJIT on Sunday, a team against whom they have historically done well. In last year’s matchup, Cornell scored four goals, whereas the Highlanders were only able to get off three unsuccessful shots on net. However, Tierney noted that the team is not complacent and plans to come into Sunday’s game with as
much drive and aggression as in any other match. “Our biggest challenge against NJIT will be playing back to back matches in one weekend. We were successful against NJIT last year, however, they are a strong team and have been doing well in recent games. Each game is a new one and we have to put our best foot forward this weekend,” she said. Hoping to snap the three-game losing skid this weekend, the Red will step onto its home field Saturday at 1 p.m. and will travel to Newark, New Jersey for its Sunday game at 4:30 p.m. Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.
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played it right back to the slashing Black, who buried it past Colgate goalkeeper Ricky Brown. “It was a great combination play on the wing and a solid finish. We knew an early goal would be huge and JJ stepped up for us,” said senior co-captain and goalkeeper Zach Zagorski. Thanks to great keeping from Zagorski and a team effort to pressure the opposing attack, the Red secured its eighth clean sheet of the season, tying a program record. Colgate took
more shots then the Red — 10 to Cornell’s eight, but the Cornell defense was not to be bested on Tuesday. “Defending has always been a key for us and our whole team does a great job of closing space and pressuring all over the field,” Chodas said. On Saturday the Red will play host to the Yale Bulldogs (1-8-2). The two Ivy League opponents will kick off at 4 p.m. at Charles F. Berman Field. Yale enters the game having just won their first game of the 2014 campaign in dramatic fashion. They defeated the Temple Owls in double overtime thanks to a penalty kick
from Conner Lachenbruch. The goal was Yale’s fifth of the season, placing them in the worst five scoring offenses in all of Division One Collegiate Soccer. Despite the struggling foes, Chodas noted that the team’s focus is solely internal. “We always focus on the next game. … So hopefully we can continue to build on the positive aspects of our game against Colgate and minimize the mistakes as a team,” he said. Tucker Maggio Hucek can be reached at thucek@cornellsun.com.
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Forcing turnovers | Senior safety Rush Imhotep had an interception last week against Harvard.
Jatis,Offense Hope For Breakout Game FOOTBALL
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Blank slate | Senior goalkeeper and co-captain Zach Zagorski and the Red’s strong back line helped to put up the team’s eighth clean sheet of the season, tying a program record.
more snaps and have the opportunity for a breakout game, one that could help to establish a consistent offensive approach as the season chugs along. “Our team has had a great week of preparation and we’re definitely ready for this Saturday,” Jatis said. “I am confident that the offense will come out fast and ready to play.”
Cornell’s focus will be on maintaining the defensive mentality from the Harvard game last weekend. Lehigh’s porous defense should be a good springboard for the Red offense to start clicking, and with all eyes on the team this weekend, there is no better time for that to happen. Shane Lewis can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.
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KANSAS ST V. OKLAHOMA
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VIKINGS V. BILLS
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FOOTBALL
On Homecoming, Red Searches for First Win Forcing turnovers is key focus against a struggling Lehigh squad five drives that started in Harvard territory. The Red gained a mere 175 yards of total offense, the team’s lowest output of the season. Through four games, Cornell ranks near the botThis year’s Cornell Homecoming game features two teams fighting to earn their first victories of the tom of FCS teams in almost every major offensive season. The Red (0-4, 0-2 Ivy League), coming off statistic. The offense’s average of 9.8 points and 217 a tough 24-7 loss to Harvard, will be facing the yards per game are both ranked 119th out of 121 teams. The Red will need to increase this Lehigh Mountain Hawks (0-5, 0-1 production if it hopes to be successful this Patriot League). The teams will take the Football weekend against Lehigh, especially if the field at 3 p.m. this Saturday on defense continues to put the squad in Schoellkopf Field in a game that will cap favorable situations. off a weekend of festivities on the Hill. Cornell “The offense has shown glimpses of Repeating the defensive performance what we want it to be,” said junior runshown this past weekend in Cambridge ning back Luke Hagy. “We just need to do will be important for Cornell on a better job of being consistent and finishSaturday. The Red defense forced five ing drives.” turnovers and held the Crimson — one vs. The Red will have the perfect opportuof the top-ranked offenses in the Ancient nity against Lehigh to finally get its eight — scoreless until halftime. The offense going. Lehigh ranks last in the defense was also able to keep the FCS in terms of total yards given up and Crimson to under 400 yards of total allows more than 200 rushing yards a offense, a feat no other team has manLehigh game. Hagy and freshmen running backs aged this season. Demetrius Daltirus and Josh Sweet Lehigh comes in averaging 28 points Saturday, 3 p.m. should be able to find plenty of running per game and more than 400 yards of Schoellkopf Field lanes to maneuver through. total offense, so another solid defensive Lehigh’s passing defense has been effort from the Red will be required. equally poor this season, allowing more “On defense I think we need to continue to build off the momentum we created at than 350 yards per game. Freshman quarterback Harvard,” said head coach David Archer ’05. “If we Jake Jatis, who started last week in place of junior continue to run to the football and take the football James Few due to shoulder soreness, has been steadily improving over the course of the year and away at a high level, we’ll be fine.” On the other side of the ball, the Red’s offense produced his best game this past weekend, throwstruggled to find the end zone again last weekend, ing for 140 yards and a touchdown. In his first scoring only one touchdown on a reception by Cornell Homecoming, Jatis will likely see some sophomore wide receiver Collin Shaw. Cornell managed to score only seven points despite having See FOOTBALL page 14
By SHANE LEWIS Sun Contributor
MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN SENIOR EDITOR
Homeward bound | Junior running back Luke Hagy and the Red are out for their first win in front of a promising crowd on Saturday.
Premier League Rankings C.U. Blanks Colgate, Snaps Skid T MEN’S SOCCER
his past week, most European soccer leagues had no games scheduled, as players joined up with their international teams for friendlies to prepare for the next world tournament. This allows a chance to reflect on the season so far, with a focus on the world’s most popular soccer league, the English Premier League. Six games in, I’ve seen enough from each team to know what to expect from them in
Arsenal (8): The Gunners are starting to look more and more like a team that could place in the Top-four by the end of the season. Danny Welbeck, the striker signed from Manchester United, will be a very important player. Manchester United (4): Speak of the Devil! The Red Devils will be looking for their world-class offense to carry their injury-depleted defense all season. With Angel Di Maria,
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Sun Staff Writer
The Red (7-4-1) made no mistakes early against Colgate (4-7-1) and closed out its nonconference schedule with a 10 win on the road. The crowd at a windy Beyer-Small Field in Hamilton, NY saw the Red play a great defensive game as a team with some opportunistic finishing from sophomore midfielder J.J. Black. Focusing on early game pressure was key to the Red’s success, according to senior captain Peter Chodas.
“Collegiate games are always hectic at the beginning as players settle into the game, but against Colgate we came out very energized and outmatched their intensity and were able to put in an early goal. Focusing from the start of the game is crucial,” he said. While the Red has struggled at times to capitalize on its chances early on in the
match, the sophomore duo of Black and midfielder Jack Ferguson made no mistakes in the seventh minute. After a quick midfield dispossession, the pair made a run at the Raiders defense. Black fed Ferguson down the left hand side of the box, and after receiving the pass he coolly See M. SOCCER page 14
The Beautiful Game 2014-2015. My current power rankings are as follows (current league position in parentheses): Chelsea (1): The Blues have been far and away the best team so far. Unbeaten and only held to a draw once, Chelsea will be looking to remain at the top all season long. Manchester City (2): The champions of England last season are showing signs of returning to form. Sergio Aguero’s four goals in four games has been the catalyst.
Falcao, Wayne Rooney, and Robin van Persie, defenses facing the Reds will be running for their lives. Southampton (3): Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic, two new signings from the Eredivisie, have impressed. Although many pundits predicted a poor year for Southampton, these two have led the team to a solid record so far. Liverpool (9): They haven’t quite hit their stride yet, but the See LINSEY page 13
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One’s enough | Sophomore midfielder J.J. Black’s strike in the sixth minute proved to be the difference as the Red back line kept Colgate off the board for 90 minutes.