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Santorum, Dean Spar at C.U. Debate By DAVID MARTEN Sun Senior Editor
The 2012 presidential election has been described as not just as a battle between Republicans and Democrats, but also as a decision about the fundamental role the government plays in American society. In a substantive debate in Bailey Hall Thursday night, fomer Governor Howard Dean (D-Vt.) and former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) exemplified the stark political divide in the nation, advocating very different proMATT MUNSEY / posals for how the nation SUN STAFF should be govPHOTOGRAPHER erned.
The ideological gulf between the two veteran politicians was apparent from the beginning. In his opening statement, Santorum said he believes in limited government. “I stand by the traditional American principles that made this country successful,” he said.“The Constitution is a limiting document, not an empowering document.” Dean, however, said that the United States’ founding fathers meant for the Constitution to be a “living document” and that it must evolve. “I don’t believe the Constitution was ever written as a document that was never meant to be changed,” Dean said. Citing federal laws that forbid same-sex marriage, Dean said that politicians too often support a government that is restrictive in some policy areas but permissive of other aspects of American life. “Let us embrace small government in its entirety ... or let us have big government, and big government means regulation,” he said. Throughout the night, the sold-out audience in Bailey
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President David Skoton reasserts his commitment to working with students, faculty and staff on matters of campus safety and open dialouge on campus.
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Arts Stranger Than Fiction
Cornell Will Not Renew Masters Prog. in Teaching
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After being decimated by University budget cuts, Cornell’s teacher education program will no longer pursue re-accreditation — a move that will end its Masters of Art in Teaching program, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced Thursday. Once the accreditation for the education program expires, aspiring teachers will no longer be able to pursue an M.A.T. through Cornell, according to a letter Dean Kathryn Boor ’80 and Prof. Travis Park, horticulture, director of Cornell Teacher Education, sent to education students. The University’s M.A.T. program — which prepares aspiring teachers to become certified to teach K-12 grade science — is “one of the few in the nation that focuses solely upon the preparation of science teachers,” according to the letter. Boor and Park said the decision to not pursue reaccreditation was, in large part, predated by budget cuts, which forced CALS to close the Department of Education in 2012. Although the University continued to offer its M.A.T. through CALS after the department was shut down, most of the extinct department’s professors have since either relocated to other departments or left Cornell altogether, according to the letter. “Given the departure of core teacher education professors, and the intention of no replacement hires, reaccreditation will not be pursued,” the letter said. Emphasizing their pride in Cornell’s teacher education program, Boor and Park said that the college will continue striving to provide “excellent learning and See EDUCATION page 4
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Hip-Hop Legend Nas Will Take Barton Hall Stage in November By LIANNE BORNFELD Sun Staff Writer
More than 20 years after his first album Illmatic catapulted him to eternal hip-hop glory, Nas will perform at Cornell on Nov. 10 in Barton Hall, according to an upcoming announcement by the Cornell Concert Commission. CCC confirmed the event on Thursday. Nas — whose full name is Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones — is one of the undisputed legends of the early 1990s New York City hip-hop scene that also produced The Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z and the Wu Tang Clan. Cornell will be one stop of many for Nas
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on his joint tour with Lauryn Hill: The Life is Good/ Black Rage Tour. Following Nas’ latest studio album Life is Good, released July 13, and Hill’s unreleased single “Black Rage,” the tour began Oct. 29 in Dallas, according to billboard.com. Nas, entering his third decade in the music industry, will offer Cornell a performance distinct from previous hip-hop concerts, including Lupe Fiasco in April 2011 and Kid Cudi See NAS page 4
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English Department Adds Three New Minors By KAITLYN KWAN
that they’re putting this in the realm of possibilities for people outside of Arts and Sciences.” Another possible outcome of There are now three new minors in the Department of the new minors is that students English — English, Creative who would have otherwise double Writing, and Minority, majored with English and another Indigenous and Third World discipline could decide to pursue Studies. The minors are available a single major with an English to all current and incoming stu- minor instead, according to Davis. dents at Cornell. “What this change means is According to Prof. Andrew Galloway, English, the three dis- that many people will be able to tinct minors allow students in think more clearly about their priother majors to explore the variety orities and maybe not complete offered by the English depart- two majors, but rather one major and one minor,” Davis said. ment. “We’re addressing the kinds of “There are those in the [Arts and things that we’ve done in the Sciences] administration who major in a way that allows them to don’t think that double majoring be discrete and identified,” is a good idea and are therefore Galloway said. “This gives people promoting the creation of minors who aren’t majoring in English a as an alternative.” With the new minors, there is chance to see the ways they can focus their course pursuits in also more flexibility in choosing English … We want to expose stu- coursework, according to Gallodents in other majors to what we way. “I think that double majoring have. I think that’s a mission that has its costs on people’s flexibility is important on our side.” According to senior lecturer in what they take,” he said. Stuart Davis, English, the minors “Minors are just kind of a middle also give students who have taken ground focus to address the interEnglish electives in the past the ests of people who won’t have opportunity to achieve official time to actually major or double major in English.” recognition on their transcripts. Prof. J. Robert Lennon, “We think it’s important to recognize students’ efforts when English, said that the minors will they take courses in chunks small- hopefully “generate more interest, across all of er than the C o r n e l l ’s major,” Davis “We want to expose said. “We students in other majors to schools, in the excellent [also] think it’s classes we important to what we have.” have [in the help them Prof. Andrew Galloway department] plan so that if … We hope they’re doing a series of creative writing courses, they will keep our classes filled, they aren’t just going all over the provide our students with eviplace … It’s good to help students dence on their transcripts of their structure their programs by giving hard work and allow us to teach them more choices and then by new and interesting subjects.” In addition, Prof. Eric indicating patterns.” Prof. Satya Mohanty, English, Cheyfitz, English, said he hopes said the structure of the new that the MITW minor in particuminors allows students to “start to lar will allow students to learn think about how each course is more about Cornell’s history, parrelated to the others [they] are ticularly through the minor’s taking … The idea is basically to required indigenous studies enrich the educational experience course. “I think everyone at Cornell of undergraduates. I think this is a should have to take at least one great development.” Some upperclassmen, however, course in indigenous studies so said they found the curriculums that they know where they are and for the Creative Writing and the history of it,” Cheyfitz said. Minority, Indigenous and Third “Nine-tenths of the students here, World Studies minors limiting, unless they’ve taken an American compared to that of the broader Indian studies course, are probably not going to know about English minor. Jen Werbitsky ’13, an applied [things like] the traditional homeeconomics and management land of the Cayuga people, which major, said that she has taken one is where Cornell sits … Taking or two English electives each year any of these courses will help and would have liked to graduate broaden their perspective.” Mohanty said increasing the with a Creative Writing minor. However, due to the minor’s more enrollment of non-majors in stringent requirements — which English courses will also have an require students to choose from a impact on the department. “I enjoy teaching classes in list of specific courses — she will only be able to complete the which there are students from different academic backgrounds,” English minor. Still, Werbitsky said she thinks Mohanty said. “I just think that’s the introduction of the new good. Literature courses aren’t just minors is good for the depart- for people who are majoring in English, French or Comparative ment. “I’m really glad they’re doing Literature. The idea of having a it, because the feeling I got when minor simply increases the kind of I realized I’m actually going to diversity of the students we will be minor in English was a very pow- [teaching].” erful moment for me,” she said. “That was when the saying ‘any person ... any study’ became reali- Kaitlyn Kwan can be reached at ty for me. I think it’s wonderful kkwan@cornellsun.com. Sun Staff Writer
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Pupil participation | At People’s School on the Arts Quad: A Call to Community on Thursday, professors, students and community members gathered to discuss issues of equality and justice on campus.
Students Revive Ho Plaza Stump By JINJOO LEE Sun Senior Writer
Despite the notion that political activism has died out on campus, political theater surfaced on Cornell’s campus Thursday in the form of a daylong event that included a series of open forums on the Arts Quad and the placement of a man-made tree stump on Ho Plaza. The tree stump Thursday echoed back to the one that occupied Ho Plaza in the 1960s, serving as a meeting place for the campus to debate politics and current affairs. Organizers of the event Thursday said they wanted to bring back the spirit of the era, in which the stump served as a soapbox. “We want [the stump] to be a community institution and a community space. We would like this to last and we would like the administration and the entire Cornell community to know that [the stump] is here now, political theater is here now, political activism is here now [and] political community is here now,” August Williams-Eynon ’14, one of the organizers of the event, said. Proposing plans to ensure that the stump remains on Ho Plaza, participants agreed that they would write a letter to the administration explaining why they placed the stump there. Eliciting support from participants, Ashley Harrington ’13 proposed that the letter should articulate the message that removing the stump would send: “We should send a letter to the administration saying that if you move [the stump], you would be silencing us, and I’m sure you don’t want to do that. But if you do move it, we will be forced to act.” Just before moving the stump to Ho Plaza, students, faculty and staff gathered on the Arts Quad for what organizers called the “People’s School” — an open forum for Cornellians to discuss a range of issues that concern them. Topics ranged from loneliness, language and privilege to rape culture. Though they started with 22 participants in the morning, the discussions brought in more than a
100 participants during its peak, according to Christian Leavitt ’14, one of the organizers. Theadora Walsh ’15, a transfer student from University of California Davis, said that the People’s School was a valuable experience. “Cornell is very different from UC Davis. There’s a kind of pervasive sense of community at Davis where you feel free to reach out to people, whether you know them or not,” Walsh said. “Cornell has that, but it’s not as strong. I don’t know why. I love Cornell but it’s definitely a concern.” Furthermore, Ashley Harrington ’13, one of the organizers of the People’s School, said the event addressed the concern some have expressed that there is not enough visible political activity on campus. Reacting to the violent string of sexual assaults and hate crimes as well as an article in The Sun last month that printed professors’ concerns that there was not enough political theater on campus, Harrington said that the event was a venue for students to have conversations that will inspire them to become involved in both campus and political activism. “One of the points of [the People’s School] is to reclaim ownership of our education, to say that activism is present on this campus and takes many forms, that there is power in student voice and that we are standing in opposition to a culture that allows sexual assaults and hate crimes, both reported and unreported, to be perpetuated,” Harrington said. Williams-Eynon also expressed concern about the lack of political participation on campus, saying that “right now, student participation in political events is very, very low.” “We want to empower people who don’t normally speak about issues to feel like they have a voice, and that they will be listened to if they do [speak out].” See PEOPLE’S SCHOOL page 5
IPD Officer Shot in Line of Duty Released From Hospital in Syracuse transported by helicopter to a trauma center for emergency surgery after police arrived on Ithaca Police Officer the scene. Augustine underwent a secAnthony Augustine, who was ond surgery early Oct. 12 and shot last week while was expected to pursuing a suspect in make a full recovWest Hill, was released ery. He was in Thursday from Upstate Syracuse recoverUniversity Hospital in ing from his Syracuse, according to injuries until an IPD statement. Thursday. Augustine was shot “Officer in the upper left area of AUGUSTINE Augustine’s surhis chest on Oct. 11, vival would not allegedly by Jamel Booker, who has a long crimi- have been possible without the treatment he nal history. Augustine was lifesaving
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received in the field by his fellow Ithaca Police Officers and Bangs Ambulance Paramedics who were on scene within minutes of the shooting,” the IPD press release stated. The statement also thanked Augustine’s surgeons and Upstate University medical staff for “saving his life” and members of the Ithaca community for their continued “support and prayers for Officer Augustine and his family.” Jonathan Dawson can be reached at jdawson@cornellsun.com.
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encouragement for Cornell students who wish to find challenging and rewarding careers in all fields of education.” While aspiring teachers will not be able to pursue an M.A.T. at Cornell once the program’s accreditation expires, students interested in teacher education will still be able to take “challenging and relevant courses” across many fields of study, they said. For instance, Park said in an interview Thursday, CALS will continue to offer a University-wide undergraduate education minor taught by professors in different colleges to students interested in the subject. Additionally, students who are currently enrolled in the M.A.T. program or are planning to apply to it soon will be able to become certified as teachers in New York State if they graduate by December 2013, according to the letter. Cornell has also requested that its current accreditation for the program be extended to July 31, 2014, to allow elligible students to also receive certification in teaching. “We are committed to ensuring that our current students have every opportunity to certify as teachers,” the letter said. In light of the cuts, CALS will also use a $300,000 grant it received from the National Science Foundation to further develop the education minor, recruit science teachers and form partnerships with other education programs, according to the letter. As the expiration of the education program’s accreditation looms, Boor and Park also pledged to support students and maintain the program’s record of finding jobs for nearly 100 percent of M.A.T. graduates. “We recognize that our faculty have a strong commitment to consistently and successfully serving our students,” they added. Once the program’s accreditation expires, students may turn to Ithaca College to advance their education in teaching.
Under an agreement sealed with the college in January, all Cornell students graduating with at least a 3.0 grade point average, an education minor and a major in the field in which they want to teach will receive automatic admission to I.C.’s M.A.T. program in adolescence education. In the years since the University announced it would close the Department of Education, students and professors have reiterated one concern: that the University’s education program, like the department it was formerly housed in, would disappear. With Thursday’s announcement, John Armstrong grad, a student in the education program, said that fear came to fruition. “It doesn’t surprise me whatsoever,” said John Armstrong grad, a student in the education program. “They’ve been slowly taking the education program away — they took away the undergraduate major, and now you don’t have University’s support of courses. I might be one of the very last people to get a Ph.D. in education from Cornell.” The University’s decision not to pursue reaccreditation seems to spell out a disheartening end to what was once a thriving education program, Armstrong said. “The founding mission of this University is ‘any person … any study’ … but it seems like ‘any person, any study — as long as it pays the bill,’” Armstrong said. “There are some really important things out there that the University should [support] that don’t make bucketloads of money.” Tom Archibald grad, another student in the education program, echoed Armstrong’s disappointment, pointing to the pressing demand for science and math teachers in the U.S. “I think it’s a shame,” Archibald said. “If you listen to what President Obama says about the future needs of this country, he often cites the need for high quality science and math teachers, so I find it, at the very least a paradox — if not upsetting — that Cornell is retreating from the President’s call.” Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun.com.
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“Nas is like my idol. His rap has so much substance to it. He just writes as if you’re put in that situaApril 2011 and Kid Cudi in Nov. tion,” Cohanpour said. “His first album, Illmatic, was 2010, according to Dave Rodriguez ‘13, executive director one of the best albums of all time,” Cohanpour added. of CCC. Released in 1994, Nas’ Illmatic “Nas is at a very different point his career than Lupe [Fiasco] was has been hailed as a tour de force when he came [to Cornell in April that exposes the brutal cycles of 2011]. Nas has been around since poverty and crime in inner-city the early 90s; we got Lupe when he America. A native of the was at the height of his career … Queensbridge Houses in Long I’m hoping it’s going to be a little Island City, Queens, Nas dropped more laid back than maybe Lupe out of school in the ninth grade, and his rap mentor and neighbor or Kid Cudi,” Rodriguez said. was murdered When the posby a gunman sibility arose for “Nas is like my idol. when he was Nas to perform at young. Cornell surfaced His rap has so much Still, Nas’ in CCC discussongs have been sion, they “went substance to it.” praised as widefor it,” according Michael Cohanpour ’15 ly accessible, to Rodriguez. and some may Although Nas is touring with Lauryn Hill — an even directly relate to Cornell stuacclaimed rapper, singer and song- dents. “I never sleep, because sleep is writer — CCC may not currently have sufficient funds to secure her the cousin of death,” goes the performance as well, according to refrain in Nas’ “N.Y. State of Mind.” Rodriguez. “The way he can appeal to both “I can’t confirm or deny anything at this point,” Rodriguez the mainstream audience and people like my English teacher is so said. Students expressed excitement cool,” Cohanpour said. Nas’ acclaim in part stems from Thursday about Nas’ performance. Some called the rapper a more sub- his formidable lyrics. “Overall, Nas is a poet. You stantive artist than recent D.J. and can’t even just call him a rapper,” mashup acts. “A lot of the [music CCC Cohanpour said. Unlike Homecoming’s Avicii brings] is just noise or dance music. This is going to be fun: People like concert, ticketing for Nas’ show the music and he has something to will operate under CCC’s standard say. His lyrics are meaningful,” policy: four tickets maximum per Ariel Smilowitz ’15 said. “He’s a person and no requirement of legend. You’re going to be telling photo identification upon entry, according to Rodriguez. your grandkids you saw Nas.” But several students said they Michael Cohanpour ’15 echoed expected Cornellians to be equally these sentiments. if not more excited by Nas’ appearance than they were by Avicii’s. Scott Abrams ’15 said he expects that Nas will be “as big or bigger than Avicii.” “People freak out because Avicii came to Cornell, and he really only has a few hit songs. Nas has a few hit albums. You really can’t even compare,” Smilowitz said. Jeff Stein and Liz Camuti contributed reporting to this article. Continued from page 1
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Leavitt added that the event was in part held to create an open space where the Cornell community can be forged across differences. “We wanted a space that is permeable regardless of how radical you see yourself … or what background you identify with,” he said. As part of creating what they called an open, democratic space, organizers said the format of the People’s School allowed anyone who joined to be able to facilitate a discussion with the topic of their choice. Participants said the event was informative, noting that it exposed them to discussions on topics about which they would otherwise not know about. For instance, Walsh said she “learned a lot about the legality of Cornell University’s land grant, about how Cornell University is on Native American land. I really didn’t know the historical narrative.” Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky ’14 echoed Walsh’s sentiments, saying that she appreciated the variety of discussions that took place. “There was … some critical discussion about the power dynamics and issues arising from the nature of the event itself, which I really appreciated,” Jeffrey-Wilensky said. “Those who spoke, spoke beautifully — there are some extraordinary minds on this campus.”
Hall cheered, hissed and booed as Santorum and Dean debated, despite a plea for civility at the start of the event from the moderator, Prof. Samuel Nelson, industrial and labor relations. The most enthusiastic responses came when the two discussed the upcoming presidential election. During the two recent presidential debates, President Barack Obama has come across as “disinterested and annoyed,” while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has appeared to be a strong leader, Santorum said. However, Santorum also indicated his dislike for the man he once called the “worst Republican” to face Obama. “One of the great attributes this president has had for four years is that people like him; they thought he was a really good guy … Now, Romney didn’t come across that much better in my opinion,” he said to thunderous applause and laughter from the audience, before walking back his remarks. “I know he’s a good guy, but the perception of Romney was he was a CEO that didn’t care about people,” Santorum
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explained. Dean predicted a “narrow” victory for Obama, noting that the math of the Electoral College is in the President’s favor. Perhaps to no surprise, Santorum said that Romney would win because the country “couldn't afford” another four years of an Obama administration. One of the more tense exchanges came during a discussion on voter I.D. laws, which in some states mandate that voters present valid identification at the polls. Santorum said that in his home state of Pennsylvania, such laws are an effective deterrent to voter fraud. He said that in his state, the law only affected one percent of the population, and said that I.D.’s are needed for many daily activities, such as buying medicine at a pharmacy. In his most fiery moment of the night, Dean countered that the laws were intended to suppress the Democratic vote, noting that the Pennsylvania voter I.D. law was thrown out by a state judge on Oct. 2 because the judge said it was discriminatory. “I am damned if I’m going to let a bunch of Republican political operatives take away the right to vote from students or anybody else. If you’re a Republican
that depends on taking away people's’ right to vote, and that is how you’re going to win the election, then you aren’t allowed to be competing in the election,” Dean bellowed to wild applause. The two also discussed about some of the most potent political issues that are in the forefront of Americans’ minds, including the role of government in higher education and the health care system. On the prospect of nuclear Iran, Dean said the nation was “the most dangerous country on the face of the Earth” but said it was not in America’s best interest to start another war in the Middle East. Rather, he advocated tougher sanctions on Iran. Santorum, meanwhile, charged that the Obama administration has not pushed for tougher sanctions because it does not want to anger the Russian government. He said that a “line in the sand” must be drawn and that the Iranians must know that the U.S. will take military action if it is crossed. “A re-elected Obama, in my opinion, will mean a nuclear Iran,” Santorum warned. David Marten can be reached at dmarten@cornellsun.com.
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‘Perversion Files’ Show Locals Helped Cover Up Scandal PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities — police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them — quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children, a newly opened trove of confidential papers shows. At the time, those authorities justified their actions as necessary to protect the good name and good works of Scouting, a pillar of 20th century America. But as detailed in 14,500 pages of secret “perversion files” released Thursday by order of the Oregon Supreme Court, their maneuvers allowed sexual predators to go free while victims suffered in silence. The files are a window on a much larger collection of documents the Boy Scouts of America began collecting soon after their founding in 1910. The files, kept at Boy Scout headquarters in Texas, consist of memos from local and national Scout executives, handwritten letters from victims and their parents and newspaper clippings about legal cases. The files contain details about proven molesters, but also unsubstantiated allegations. The allegations stretch across the country and to military bases overseas, from a small town in the Adirondacks to downtown Los Angeles. At the news conference Thursday, Portland attorney Kelly Clark blasted the Boy Scouts for their continuing legal battles to try to keep the full trove of files secret. “You do not keep secrets hidden about dangers to children,” said Clark, who in 2010 won a landmark lawsuit against the Boy Scouts on behalf of a plaintiff who was molested by an assistant scoutmaster in the 1980s. The Associated Press obtained copies of the files weeks ahead of Thursday’s release and conducted an extensive review of them, but agreed not to publish the stories until the files were released. Clark was releasing the documents to the public online at www.kellyclarkattorney.com; he said the website was operating slowly Thursday because so many people were trying to access it. The files were shown to a jury in a 2010 Oregon civil suit that the Scouts lost, and the Oregon Supreme Court ruled the files should be made public. After months of objections and redactions, the Scouts and Clark released them. In many instances — more than a third, according to the Scouts’ own count — police weren’t told about the reports of abuse. And even when they were, sometimes local law enforcement still did nothing, seeking to protect the name of Scouting over their victims.
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Newsweek Faced Unique Troubles In Tough Print Industry LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newsweek’s decision to stop publishing a print edition after 80 years and bet its life entirely on a digital future may be more a commentary on its own problems than a definitive statement on the health of the magazine industry. Magazine ad revenue in the U.S. is seen rising 2.6 percent this year to $18.3 billion, according to research firm eMarketer. That would be the third increase in three years, driven mainly by gains in digital ad sales, though print ads are expected to be flat. Paid magazine subscriptions were 1.1 percent in the first half of the year, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. And while single-copy sales at newsstands are down 9.6 percent, overall circulation — the bulk of which is in print — is steady compared to a year ago. The water is so warm for the magazine industry that in the first nine months of the year, 181 new magazines were launched while only about a third as many, or 61, closed, according to publication database MediaFinder.com. By several measures, the magazine business has stabilized, albeit at a lower level, since the Great Recession ended three years ago. For some, that casts a harsher light on Newsweek’s decision to abandon print — affecting the nearly 1.4 million Newsweek subscribers who get their copy each week in the mail. They say it speaks to the magazine’s trouble connecting with and keeping its readers. That brings to mind some questionable covers, like the July 2011 what-if image depicting what Princess Diana would have looked like at age 50, or last month’s “Muslim Rage” cover depicting angry protesters, which was roundly mocked on social networks like Twitter. Newsweek’s is using a difficult print ad environment as an “excuse” for its decision to end print runs, said Samir Husni, director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi School of Journalism. He lays the blame at the feet of Tina Brown, the editor who took control of
Newsweek when it merged with the news website she ran, The Daily Beast, two years ago. “Tina Brown took Newsweek in the wrong direction,” Husni said. “Newsweek did not die, Newsweek committed suicide.” To be sure, the problems were acute by the time Brown took control. Newsweek’s circulation had plummeted from about 3.1 million in 2007 to 1.8 million in 2010, when The Washington Post Co. sold the magazine to stereo equipment magnate Sidney Harman for $1. Harman later placed Newsweek into a joint venture with IAC/InterActiveCorp’s The Daily Beast website in an effort to trim the magazine's losses and widen its online audience. This year, total circulation is down to about 1.5 million, less than half of what it was five years earlier, even including about 29,000 digital copies. Meanwhile, circulation of rival Time magazine is down from about 4 million in 2006 to 3.3 million this year, a decline of just 19 percent. General news format magazines have been challenged with the rise of news reading on the Internet, much of which is free. And Newsweek isn’t the first to drop its print product. US News & World Report dropped its weekly print edition years ago and now focuses on the Web and special print editions, such as a guide to best graduate schools. SmartMoney announced in June that it was going all-digital. Yet others are succeeding. The Economist has nearly doubled its circulation to 1.6 million from 844,000 a year ago. The Week is up to 541,000 from 525,000. And unlike the bold move by Newsweek, many publications are taking steps to add digital formats while maintaining the print product, which is still the mainstay of their business. This year, total circulation is down to about 1.5 million, less than half of what it was five years earlier, even including about 29,000 digital copies. Meanwhile, circulation of rival Time magazine is down from about 4 million in 2006 to 3.3 million this year, a decline of just 19 percent.
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s I presently find myself in a relationship, my acuteness to the female psyche has been somewhat enhanced. Therefore, it has come to my attention that even though many women will not admit, or even dare, to watch pornography, they feel that it is okay to read it instead. Somehow, the taboo has failed to reach the best-seller racks at Barnes & Nobles and the e-books catalogue on Amazon.com. Here comes the embarrassing revelation: I found myself trying to read this
on various occasions. As a writer who has been faced with criticism in the past, I want to address in advance that if this many women are caught up in the fad that is this novel, then — leaving aside the domestic violence — is there something wrong with a little consentual S&M? Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, and though the book does not exactly make it into my list of top reads, who am I to discriminate? According to a recent article in the New York Times, James’ novel has
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interesting piece of writing entitled Fifty Shades of Grey. I mean, I have heard a lot about it. Plus, it is also about sex, so why not? But I guess what they say about men tending to be more visual still holds true. Still, we owe some applause to E.L. James for being able to write a hefty trilogy where essentially nothing happens but S&M. For those out there who do not know what the book is about, the novels center on the lives — and affection for whips, chains and handcuffs — of Christian Grey, a wealthy and handsome magnate and Anastasia Steele, a doe-eyed college student, and their twisted, sexual and sadistic relationship. Rumor has it James wrote the book in response to the Twilight series and her utter discontent with the PG-13 relationship. Fifty Shades of Grey is basically Twilight re-vamped, with even less of a story line and a lot more sex. The narrative is built on purple prose, common in pulp novels with lines such as, “my inner goddess is doing the dance of the seven veils.” I can now understand how incredibly hard it is to attempt reading a novel of this genre. You can call me old fashioned if you wish, but I think that this should be left to the Lord Byrons and John Keats of the world, who I am sure have come up with better metaphors for an orgasm and descriptions of sex in general. Fifty Shades of Grey has also been met with a lot of criticism from feminist crusaders who find the content of the book derogatory towards women due to its aggressive treatment of them. Anastasia consents to being stalked, slapped and whipped
been credited with “introducing women who usually read run-of-themill literary or commercial fiction to graphic, heavy-breathing erotica.” American suburbs across the nation are apparently now filled with happy women with a newfound pastime — this I will leave open to interpretation. However, aside from a potential expanding of sexual horizons, this book does not do much else. It suffers from poor pacing, a lacking storyline and an excruciating amount of detail. Perhaps if they were Vampires … My dilemma is the following: Though I know that this is not true of all girls, I have a feeling it takes a lot for one to admit to watching pornography. I decided to write this article when I found myself sitting at Terrace the other day amongst a group of girls who would not shut up about the novel. In an attempt to argue that the book is essentially the same as a porno, I got a couple of disapproving looks. But think about it, is it any different to read about S&M and to imagine it inside you head as opposed to watching a video with the same content? Perhaps I should not be complaining because, at the end of the day, this means that talking about erotica has become significantly less of a big deal. However, let us not forget that what Anastasia Steele did was more extreme than the girl who decided to put on a show at the Cornell libraries. Abdiel Ortiz-Carrasquillo is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at aortiz@cornellsun.com. I Respectfully Dissent appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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OPINION
Working Together A
mid the concerns about personal safety and the climate of our campus that have been on our minds this semester, there is a fundamental question of how we come together across our differences to address difficult issues. We are facing such issues now, and I need your help and partnership. There is no doubt that the reported incidents of sexual violence and bias on and near the Ithaca campus have left many of us feeling angry, anxious and vulnerable. Investigations are continuing, and the Cornell Police are following up on every lead. But, beyond the incidents under investi-
am implementing some of the ideas suggested. First, issues of safety. We have identified improvements to lighting in areas where previous incidents have occurred, and many students will participate in our upcoming annual lighting survey. We have learned that many members of our community, especially students, were not aware of some of the safety services available — such as Blue Light buses, phones and escorts — so we are sending out regular reminders about these services and urging everyone, and especially students, to utilize them. In a meeting earlier this week, the Employee Assembly reminded Vice
David J. Skorton From David gation are concerns about what can be done not only to increase safety, but also to change values and practices on our campus that allow violence and bias to persist. I believe that we can make progress toward preventing violence and bias by taking personal responsibility for how our behavior affects others and for our own safety, affirming individually and collectively that no individual has the right to harm another person; by listening to each other respectfully, even when we disagree; and by working together to find common ground. The conversations other University leaders and I are having with individual students, faculty and staff, as well as meetings with standing and ad hoc groups and at open forums, are proving to be very useful. I have learned much from these conversations and I
President Opperman and me that safety measures on campus should include advice for staff and faculty as well as students. We are reviewing the specific suggestions we have received and will take further steps to improve safety on our campus. We are listening as well to those who emphasize the need to address the broader issue of rape — both acquaintance rape and stranger rape — through education, training, law enforcement and outreach. The American College Health Association endorses a public health approach that is population-based and proactive — an approach which has been echoed by on-campus groups at Cornell. Nationally and at Cornell, faculty, staff and students must play key roles in creating a campus culture that, to quote the ACHA, adopts “healthy and caring
sexual attitudes and practices” and that reflects “civility, honor, respect and nonviolence.” This year, many of us on the faculty and staff are taking the training course, Respect@Cornell, to learn our responsibilities for dealing with reports of sexual violence and other climate issues under Title IX. I learned much from this training and believe it is well worth your time. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the very significant role of high-risk drinking in incidents of bias and violence. Whatever the general cultural milieu, whatever challenges we face, it is more difficult to face them when impaired by alcohol or other drugs. I can’t stress enough how important it is to take responsibility for our own actions — for our personal safety and because it affects others. For example, when someone who is significantly impaired because of alcohol or other drugs does not or cannot consent to sexual activity, it is never acceptable to assume or act as though consent was given. Second, issues of bias. Building on earlier efforts and the goals outlined in our strategic plan, we have re-energized programs in diversity and inclusion throughout the University through the “Toward New Destinations” initiative announced last spring and being implemented this academic year. The program involves an annual process of goal setting and assessment in four broad areas: composition, engagement, inclusion and achievement. In this first year the deans and vice presidents have committed to 142 specific initiatives that support diversity across our entire community — including faculty, staff, students at all levels, alumni, parents and the external constituencies with whom the University interacts. The Respect@Cornell program also provides guidance on dealing with bias, harassment and discrimination, and some units are using it as a component of their diversity initiatives. We know that the use of alcohol or other drugs can also lead to instances of ugly and unacceptable mani-
festations of racial, ethnic and gender prejudice, but impairment due to alcohol or other drugs is no excuse for bias, intolerance or discrimination. I am far from having all the answers to the challenges we have faced this semester. At the Faculty Senate meeting last week, I conveyed these sentiments to the faculty and asked for their comments and suggestions. We also are examining programs offered at other institutions to determine which ones might fit our campus. I invite input from the entire Cornell community. As our discussions continue, we can learn a great deal from how our campus has faced other difficulties over the past few years. In response to the suicides and accidents in our gorges two years ago, faculty, students and staff worked together to make our campus safer and to improve mental health. As part of our “caring community” initiative, we are getting out the message that it is important for each of us and all of us to take care of ourselves — to ask for help when we need it — and to look out for others. Conversation can seem too passive when there are difficult problems to be solved. Dialogue can seem pointless when action is sought. Yet honest conversation pursued with openness, rigor, civility and a commitment to work together toward resolution, imperfect though it may be, is an essential step in building a more safe and caring community. I am committed to working with students, faculty and staff, as well as our colleagues in Ithaca on all matters that affect our safety and the climate of our campus — openly and transparently — because by doing so we can make progress toward being the kind of community we aspire to be. Please help me achieve these aspirations. David J. Skorton is president of Cornell University. He may be reached at david.skorton@cornell.edu. From David appears bi-monthly this semester.
Sexual Violence Against Girls in Schools: When Cornell Sent Me to Zambia W
hen I was chosen to be a member of what would later be affectionately called the ZTeam, I was ecstatic. My law school is going to send me to Zambia? I’m in. Our fact-finding mission was to learn as much as we could about sexual violence against girls in schools in Zambia, in order to issue a human rights report with recommendations for the Zambian government. So, in addition to using desk research, we planned a trip to Lusaka to interview school administrators, government officials and other stakeholders. Later, another research team made the trip to interview schoolgirls as well. When I was first handed the task of fact-finding to issue an advocacy report, I expected to find the answers to the problem and then write about it. I am learning that such things are not so black and white. In one interview, I sat listening to a guidance counselor say that sometimes the girl deserves to be blamed and that girls should avoid enticing teachers by the way they dress or speak or by visiting a teacher’s home after school. I then began to phrase my questions in a way that would extract the answer I wanted him to give me. I asked if the authority teachers held suggests placing more blame on the teacher rather than on the young child. I all but handed him the answer until I heard what I wanted to and later convinced myself that I had merely taken advantage of a teaching moment. But that is not the purpose of an interviewer. Though doing a clinic project in Africa sounds like the best kind of human rights work, it is important to recognize that we are not heroic advocates going abroad to admonish, educate and set things right. Such views are harmful and untrue, and most situations are much more complex than they first appear. If a researcher goes into a country with pre-conceived notions of what the solution will be, it will be quite difficult for her to hear what the people are actually saying.
Sexual violence against girls is far from being a Zambian issue. It is a global issue. And our interviewees reminded us of this fact when our questioning unintentionally came off as patronizing. What determines the prevalence of abuse is not a country’s inherent culture or the moral integrity of its citizenry, but the laws and policies it takes to prevent such abuse from occurring and to provide redress to its victims. We quickly turned our interview focus to the response mechanisms available to address such abuse. Though this issue is a global one, the prevalence of sexual violence against girls in schools in Zambia is quite high. Our study found that of the 105 schoolgirls interviewed, 57 students (54 percent) had personally experienced sexual violence or harassment in the school context, by teachers, students or men they encountered on their travel to and from school. 88 students (84 percent) had personally experienced or knew of classmates who had experienced such abuse. This high prevalence of sexual violence occurring in schools in Zambia is quite likely due to the fact that the reporting mechanisms for such abuse are ineffective, if not nonexistent, leading to a lack of deterrence for perpetrators and a reluctance among girls to report. School administrators are hesitant to fire teachers because of what some interviewees called “humanitarian concerns;” concerns that the teacher will be unable to feed his family once fired in a country with limited employment. Even if schools do transfer, or in very rare cases fire, a
teacher, they are not required to report to the police. Inadequate resources to support police investigations and evidentiary issues prevent the few reported cases from obtaining favorable judgments in court. Additionally, gender norms that cast men as sexually aggressive and indicate to girls that they are the only ones responsible for avoiding or deterring abuse perpetuate sexual violence and discourage girls from reporting it to anyone at all. So our report suggests some of the ways in which the
Genevieve Nan Ballinger Barely Legal government, school administrators, teachers and members of the judiciary could strengthen the reporting mechanisms through every step of the process, as part of the solution. I learned more about humanity than I could in my undergrad major in Psychology. When it comes to understanding a complex issue like sexual violence in schools, though there is a lot of desk research you can do to try to grasp the situation on the ground, nothing compares to talking and listening to people who are in the midst of it. Genevieve Nan Ballinger is a third-year law student at Cornell Law School. She may be reached at gnb4@cornell.edu. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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I have advice for potential viewers of Argo, Ben Affleck’s new political thriller and third directing project: Come early, stay late. The first five minutes of the movie are a crash course in Iranian history — a visually stunning combination of comic strip animation and authentic newsreel footage assembled by Kyle Cooper of Prologue Pictures. The sequence takes us through the 1953 CIA-backed coup, the rise of the Ayatollah and up to the relevant moment: November 4, 1979 — the storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in protest of the U.S.-granted asylum of the deposed Shah. The film is followed by a shot-by-shot comparison of the movie to real-life hostages and 1980’s Iran, an homage to just how fully emerging director Affleck has dedicated himself to authenticity. The story is a true one, declassified by President Clinton in 1997. During the November 4 raid, six Americans escaped from the embassy and found refuge in the home of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor (Victor Garber). Inspired by watching Planet of the Apes with his young son, CIA operations officer Tony Mendez (Affleck) proposes the CIA’s “best bad idea” for rescuing them — pretend that they are the film crew of a fake sci-fi movie. They’ll need a script, a big-name producer, promotions, fake identities: everything. It’s a story almost too Hollywood to believe that it’s real and Affleck cashes in on this, contrasting scenes of characterisArgo tic schmoozing and Directed by Ben Affleck hypocrisy in 1970’s Starring Ben Affleck, Hollywood with the increasing tension in Bryan Cranston Tehran. Mendez’s production team for the project consists of real-life make-up artist John Chambers (a never-better John Goodman) and the composite character of Lester Siegel, a has-been sci-fi producer (the bitingly funny Alan Arkin). This duo provides much of the film’s levity; Arkin wins most of the movie’s best comedic lines. When tailed around a schmaltzy Hollywood party by a reporter wondering about the origins of the script’s title, he responds: “It doesn’t mean anything. It means Argo-fuck yourself.” The humor in this movie is far from tasteful, but as the authentic Nightline footage and dramatized arguments of the hostages remind us, these people are hardly in a position that prioritizes decorum. Subplots are handled deftly. Affleck successfully coordinates the movie’s 120 speaking parts and half-dozen settings. Though the cast is saturated with stars, the six American diplomats collectively known as “the Houseguests,” are played
by talented actors with unfamiliar faces (Clea Duvall, Tate Donovan, COURTESY OF Scoot McNairy, Rory WARNER BROTHERS Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé.) The casting choice seems deliberate and Affleck takes a step back, leaving much of the spotlight to the story. The tension within the ambassador’s house and between the Houseguests is created with visual precision — tight space, shallow depth of field and a permanent haze of cigarette smoke. Exhibiting sensitivity to time-period aesthetics, Affleck and editor William Goldenberg imitate the fast-paced shots and frequent crosscutting of 1970’s political dramas, specifically citing Alan Paluka’s All the President’s Men for scenes inside CIA headquarters. Argo is created with painstaking historical detail — from the costuming, to the office electronics, to the grainy images used by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. This movie is something out of the past: a smart, complicated narrative that doesn’t lean on high production-value action sequences and leaves the meaningful glances, ticking clocks and visible perspiration for another day, a different drama. Affleck’s understanding of exactly what is required to make a historical drama work is clear: He knows the story must have humor and suspense to sell tickets, but he never loses his grasp on the fact that what we are looking at is history. The stark mixture cuts to the quick with scenes of an execution in the basement of the U.S. embassy and an American sympathizer hung from a construction crane, angry Americans burning a Iranian flag and a mob-beating of an Iranian-American man. These aren’t pretty pictures. Argo isn’t interested in being a pretty picture — it won’t create heroes that don’t exist. Siegel declares history a “farce that turns into tragedy,” but as Chambers accurately points out, the quote is actually the other way around. Argo is neither, though it points out the truth in both. Where Hollywood gets involved, reality is often glossed over for fiction, resulting in farce and where two nations fail to communicate, loss of human life can be the tragic cost. Arkin’s wise-cracking aphorisms and Affleck’s deliberate symbolism can be a bit heavy-handed at times, as
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are the carefully-calculated interior conflicts personified by the loyalty-divided Iranian maid Sahar (Vrand), the perpetuallyskeptical hostage Joe Stafford (Scoot McNairy) and the responsibility-burdened CIA officer Jack O’Donnell (Bryan Cranston) and Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan (Kyle Chandler). But in a film that could have so easily collapsed under the weight of its context and gravity, Affleck handles his task with surprising skill. Movies about failed diplomacy and misguided patriotism under the not-always-snowy-white banner of “protecting American lives” are becoming standard fare in a post-9/11 world. Watching the trailer of Zero Dark Thirty, what seems to be a similarly-intended thriller billed as “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man,” I am nervous. Argo handled the issues of U.S. involvement in the Middle East by attributing blame to failures on the part of both countries, and by giving credit where credit was due — to the bravery and intelligence of individuals, rather than the superiority of a government or nation. It is smart story-telling that makes this historical narrative worth-watching, and I hope that director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) is prepared to handle the subject matter with care. Argo has proven that when it comes to moments in a controversial history, the truth can be stranger than fiction, and as is all-too-clear looking at the past half-century of Middle East-U.S. relations, it’s our misunderstandings that destroy us — it’s fiction that can be more damaging than the truth. Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at krt38@cornell.edu.
Not Your Average Hipsters They wear horn-rimmed glasses, smoke cigarettes, listen to vinyl and develop their xrays in a dark room, but they are not your average hipsters. These colorful rebels in postwar Russia refuse to conform to strict societal rules. So if you go into Hipsters thinking you’re about to watch a montage of edgy teenagers with pretentious attitudes and unusually hip attire, you will be very pleasantly surprised. This film is the definition of living off the beaten track as it celebrates teenagers who refuse to accept the culture that the Soviets are trying to force upon them. In this fictional portrayal of Cold War Russia, hipster youth are illegal because their hairstyles, clothing and musical tastes are drawn from American culture. In fact, “Kowtowing to Western Ideology” is a crime punishable by up to 10 years. Yet this group of 20-year-old misfits is obsessed with American culture. They become consumed by the fantastical idea that the U.S. is an eccentric society rife with free artistic expression. Cinematically, this film is striking. The
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bold colors of the hipsters’ clothing and makeup are beautifully exaggerated against the grayness of acceptable Russian attire, and the use of different camera angles adds attractive perspectives. The experimental cinematography is most apparent during the musical scenes. Did I mention that the film is a musical? Well, it is. Most songs are at least partially relevant to the current scene and all are extremely bizarre. The tunes are catchy and the full, throaty sounds of the Russian accent creates comical yet enjoyable scenarios. I will admit that a few songs were too odd even for my taste, with strangely mechanical choreography or confusing gestures. So what is the plot? I’ve Cornell watched this movie all the way through and I am still Cinema wondering the same thing. There is no question that the main character is Mels, a heartbreakingly handsome young man who abandons his duties as a communist youth officer for a life of excitement. He gels his hair, throws on a checkered green suit, Americanizes his name and takes up the sax in order to get in with the hipsters, whose lives are enticingly bizarre. He is drawn to the beautiful and complicated Polly, and much of the film is then centered on their relationship. However, this relation-
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ship emerges from nothing, as little interaction between the two subjects is shown before Mels thinks he is in love. To further convolute the plot, the film goes off on tangents centered around other hipsters, with no influence on the storyline and no clear reason for being shown at all. These random interjections merely make you forget about Mels and Polly until they are reintroduced at the rapidly progressing stages in their romance. Though the plot is convoluted, just enjoy the catchy tunes and touching romance, and don’t try too hard to understand what’s going on. Forget the movie’s attempts to confuse you. The hipsters’ clothing will make you want a makeover, their jazz-fueled nightlife will make you want to get out and do something crazy and the police raids will make you want to do something rebellious. So embrace the weirdness, because feeling uncomfortable sometimes is good and the romance and friendships are comical and touching. Beneath the film’s eccentric facade lies an unexpected message that the hipsters eventu-
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ally learn for themselves and that audiences will appreciate. They are attempting to embody a culture that they have only ever heard stories about by freely expressing themselves and intentionally rebelling against society’s rules. These characters embody adolescent desires in a society that does its best to suppress such wants and will, in the end, make you want to laugh along and join them on their impulse-driven mission to be who they want. Hipsters is playing at Cornell Cinema today and Sunday. Kimberly Scarsella is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kls277@cornell.edu.
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Beyond Words
BY NICOLE HAMILTON Sun Contributor
You may not have a penchant for sacred books, but you might change your mind after seeing Illuminated: The Art of Sacred Books, on display at the Johnson Museum till December 23. The exhibit goes beyond the literal text and shows the impressive culture of creating books. The exhibit, organized by the Rubin Museum of Art, was co-curated by Elena Pakhoutova, associate curator at the Rubin Museum, and Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, a former visiting scholar at Cornell. The exhibition includes works owned by and loaned to the Johnson Museum and the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Kroch Library. Ellen Avril, Chief Curator and Curator of Asian Art, took me on a tour of the exhibit. Illuminated is about the material culture of constructing and decorating sacred, religious books. There are covers of texts that are painted with gold, adorned with signet rings, earrings and necklaces, and inlaid with glass and stone. The intricate ornamentation and craftsmanship are seen as signs of devotion in many religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Christianity and Islam, which is why these books are also valued as objects of art. “By featuring the material splendor of books, the exhibition calls attention to the materials, formats, techniques and people who commissioned, made, and treasured these books,” Avril explained. One of the most interesting pieces is mysteriously shrouded by a black cloth. Underneath the cloth and beneath the glass is a page from the chapter on Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in The Lotus Sutra. When the cloth is pulled away, one can get a quick glimpse at the readily fading text, which was written in human blood. The use of blood may seem odd as Avalokiteshvara is supposed to embody the compassion of all Buddhas. “It could be an extreme form of devotion; in fact, in Buddhist traditions, human blood, especially that of a revered master, was sometimes added to ink as an extra expression of devotion and to increase the effectiveness of the sacred text,”Avril said. But writing with human blood isn’t as bizarre as it sounds. Many people get Bible verses tattooed on their lower back, for example.
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Another notable piece, and one of Avril’s favorites, is a folio from the mid-9th to mid-10th century that uses gold and silver on indigo-dyed vellum (paper hadn’t gone mainstream in Tunisia yet). It is a luxury manuscript, which is probably why it is in such great condition, in addition to the use of parchment made from a whole animal skin. Most of the colors are still bright and rich and the parchment has held together quite well for 1,000 years of wear. When you walk in the exhibit
lavish materials and the extraordinary efforts it took to make the most exquisite sacred books, no matter what their level of background knowledge might be,” Avril said. “The cross-cultural perspective also makes it more likely that visitors will find some familiar aspect of the exhibition, whether they see books that relate to their own religious or cultural backgrounds, or whether they simply find connections to their own appreciation of books and beautiful objects.” Even if you are not interested in Asian art or sacred texts, I recommend checking out the exhibit. Many of the pieces are extremely rare and honestly, they are really cool looking. My personal favorite is a gold ink painting of Guanyin Bodhisattva, made by Miss Qiu, daughter of the famous Chinese painter, Qiu Ying. You’d never guess it’s 500 years old.
in Bartels Gallery at the Johnson Museum, you will be in awe. The show leaves viewers with tremendous respect for the works by demystifiying the production of sacred books. An extremely intricate Tibetan woodblock relief on display was used to print a single page of text in The White Beril. “Visitors will find a visual feast in the exhibition’s focus on
Illuminated: The Art of Sacred Books will be on display till December 23. This Saturday, there will be an afternoon of performances and gallery tours at the Johnson Museum in celebration of the exhibit. Nicole Hamilton is a freshman in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be contacted at nmh57@cornell.edu.
Modern Sonic Rebellion
n Tuesday evening, I attended a panel held in Kroch Library entitled Punk: An Aesthetic, which included esteemed panelists such as Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin (a professor of evolutionary biology here at Cornell) and the awesomely named author Jon Savage (the man behind England’s Dreaming, a book Sun columnist Peter Jacobs ’13 called “the definitive history of British punk”). Johan Kugelberg, an author and archivist, summed up punk’s allure in a beautifully succinct manner, stating that he is drawn to art made by people on the margins of society, uninfluenced by commercialism. It’s what lends the Sex Pistols’ music its fuckall abandon, gives credence to the sloganeering of 80s hardcore and has allowed Odd Future (and, I’ll fight you on this, they are punk rock) to become a voice to be reckoned with. Punk and other marginalized arts — including hiphop and metal, among scores of other genres — are about democratizing and un-commoditizing art. What irks me about most of these conversations surrounding punk, though, is that they seemingly ignore or deemphasize the exciting possibilities created by the computer age (the above panel, being concerned with archivists and historical memorabilia, is granted forgiveness in this regard). Old codgers scoff at the MP3 medium and praise luddites like Jack White for their stubborn allegiances to tape recordings and vinyl pressings. While these efforts are all well and good for the preservation of rock’s original spirit and culture, what is even
more amazing about today is that almost anyone with a computer can create music. Talk about democratizing art; with the (admittedly illegal) help of torrents and the seedy underbelly of the internet, the tools for artistic expression are as freely available as anything. MP3s created with programs like Garageband, Ableton and Pro Tools are introduced for free. From a business perspective this is all rather unfortunate, but for music fans willing to dig through the depths of the net are rewarded with the discovery of music that is as unchained as ever. Modern DIY music is as varied as you get: some recall the punk rock and hip-hop of yesterday garnished with some little known spices while others defy categorization all together. Here, I provide you with some highlights of modern sonic rebellion to remind you that, while punk might have shifted its form significantly, it not only lives but thrives in the MP3 format.
James Rainis Getting Heinous ARDOUR BY TEEBS Teebs, who I discovered by — and I’m not shitting you — googling a local slang term my friends had coined for Taco Bell, may be an associate of critical darling and expert beatwizard Flying Lotus, but his style is less jarring
and more abstract. Taking cues from the organic-meets-electronic experimentations of Boards of Canada’s Music Has The Right To Children while remaining firmly rooted in trippy alternative hip-hop, Teebs creates the kind of beats that build slowly towards almost nothing, but this shouldn’t discourage the listener. What really matters is the mood of the music and the hazy, warm sounds that create as complete a sonic world as anything those geographically confused Scots ever constructed. AESTHETICA BY LITURGY Sun contributor Paul Blank ’14, in a Test Spin of the latest record from black metal legends Enslaved, lamented that American critics were prone to shunning metal artists. Well, Liturgy is the exception that proves the rule. While nominally a black metal band, Liturgy is sort of an outcast from the traditional scene. Whether that’s because of frontman Hunter Hunt-Hendrix’s prickly persona — the Columbia grad once published a much-criticized creed pretentiously entitled Transcendental Black Metal — or because of the band’s profligacy for extreme repetition or simply because Pitchfork likes them is moot, because, as far as I’m concerned, this shit melts faces. “Generation” is absolutely relentless in its pummeling, chugging rhythms and “High Gold” exhibits the band’s ability to build something out of nothing. This is the type of band, like Sleigh Bells, for whom overly compressed MP3 is something of a godsend. Otherwise, all their fans would go deaf, albeit happily. REPLICA BY ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER A favorite in the ambient electronic crowd, producer Daniel Lopatin’s project is about as
meditative as you get. Loping piano loops, fridge buzzings and incidental noise flourish in recordings that are largely devoid of percussion. In another time, Oneohtrix Point Never might have been a high-minded concept only deemed fit for release by academic composers backed by grants from prestigious institutions. Instead, we get the enveloping work of a kid who majored in Library and Information Science. Undeniably influenced by the slowly evolving work of Phillip Glass, the largely repetitious collection of pieces on Replica — because music this obtuse and challenging can only be referred to as “pieces” — are a compelling and provocative listen. NEW BRIGADE BY ICEAGE Anyone who has become familiar with my musical tastes knows one thing above all: scrappy punk rock tugs on my heartstrings more than any Arcade Fire anthem or Adele ballad (though I still occasionally tear up during “Someone Like You”). New Brigade is a definitive mission statement, for sure: pounding drums, flailing guitar strums and vocalizations that sacrifice comprehensibility for energy. The Copenhagen teens in iceage bring a vitality and immediacy to their music that is absolutely infectious. Most of all, though, I hope that they remind listeners that they too can participate in the ongoing musical dialogue. So go ahead and grab a guitar, acquire a copy of Logic Pro or invest in an old-school drum machine: these bands could be your life.
James Rainis is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com. Getting Heinous appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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year and we didn’t come out with the Ivy League title, but this year is a completely different story,” said junior midfielder Stephen Reisert. “We have totally different focuses and we aren’t going to settle for anything less than coming out with the title. This weekend is a huge game and everybody knows it. We’ve been preparing for it like every other game this season and we are looking forward to hopefully coming out with a result.” Despite Brown leading the overall series, 35-19-5, Cornell is prepared to match the Bears’ level of competition and intensity on game day. With both teams being nationally ranked and separated by just two points in the Ivy standings, the Red will have its work cut out for it. “Every game that we play is going to be a huge challenge,” Haber said. “Historically, especially in the past few years, Brown has been doing well … as a nationally ranked team, they are probably the best opponent on our schedule and we know they are going to give us a run for our money. At the end of the season we might be looking back and saying that this is the game that decided the Ivy Championship.” With their sights set on the conference title, the players have been “keeping their heads down,” according to Haber, as the team focuses on the task ahead. “We know that we will have to execute the game plan on both ends of the field — we have to be sharp,” said head coach Jaro Zawislan. “As we go through the season, the margin for error gets smaller and smaller and so our team has to be sharper and shaper on both ends of the field. … We are striving in our training sessions to fine tune a few things and striving for perfection.” On the other end of the field, the Bears have been working equally hard to achieve a winning season record. Last weekend, Brown edged Harvard out, 2-1, in an overtime victory, before shutting Boston College out 1-0 on Tuesday. The team’s offense has recorded 19 goals this season — much less than the Red’s 35, while the defense has held 13 previous opponents to just seven goals this season. In net, Sam Kernan-Schloss has a 0.56 goals against average — the lowest of any goalie in the Ivy League. After Saturday’s game at Brown, Cornell will return to Berman Field for two games before closing out the regular season at Columbia. Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.
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assist Amrhein, shattering the program record and placing second all-time in the Ivies for a single game with 280 receiving yards. Brown offers both a feisty defensive line that leads the League in tackles for loss and a stingy pass defense that ranks second in interceptions, but Tasker said the Red cannot change its approach. “It’d be wrong for us to start trying to hurry through routes,” said Tasker, who in 2012 has accumulated 348 more yards than the next highest Ivy receiver (junior teammate Grant Gellatly). “Our goal is actually to do the exact opposite — to make sure we play our game. Our guys up front are going to have to do their job and we’re going to have to do our job.” The offense’s job as a whole is to turn its long drives into points, which the team often failed to do when Brown defeated Cornell last season in Ithaca, 35-24, the Bears’ ninth victory in the last 11 meet-
ings in the series. The Red has also struggled to finish drives for much of 2012, though the offensive execution started to click last week against the Hawks. “We started out strong last year [against Brown] and kind of sputtered in the second and third quarters,” said senior wide receiver Kurt Ondash. “It’s just about being consistent and executing all game — doing all of our assignments every play and avoiding those mental mistakes.” “We did a great job on Saturday of finishing off drives,” Tasker added. “We need to do a little bit more, too, but things have started to settle down.” An athletic Cornell offensive line was on top of its game against Monmouth to ease Amrhein’s first career start, a performance the Red must duplicate against an active Brown defensive line. “[Brown] plays as hard or harder than anybody in the League, especially on defense,” Austin said. “They are really, really good up front. They collapse the pocket
[and] they really get after you. We’re going to have to really protect the quarterback and control the line of scrimmage.” While Brown’s defense has surrendered just seven total secondhalf points in its last three games, the offense has struggled since senior running back and leading rusher Spiro Theodhosi went down with an ankle injury two weeks ago in a win at Rhode Island. Brown returns home after three straight road games, the latest of which was a 19-0 defeat at up-and-coming Princeton on Saturday, the first time the Bears didn’t score in an Ivy-record 162 outings. Solid senior quarterback Patrick Donnelly and the Brown attack, which gained only 242 yards and turned the ball over three times versus the Tigers, will try to recapture their early-season rhythm against a maturing but inconsistent Cornell defense. After two outstanding weeks, the Red earned a poor grade when put to the ultimate test against prolific offenses from Harvard and Monmouth,
but the unit intends to prove it is still ahead of last year’s curve. “The last couple weeks have been, in my opinion, a C-minus or D-plus,” said sophomore linebacker Taylor Betros, who ranks fourth on the team with 29 tackles. “We should be playing how we played against Yale and Bucknell every week. [Giving up] that many points is just not acceptable.” Six of the Red’s top seven tacklers, including Betros, are freshmen or sophomores. The young defense has struggled to pressure opposing quarterbacks in 2012, ranking dead last in the conference with only six sacks, and at times has blown coverages in pass defense. To spark defensive intensity and prepare for Brown’s bruising offense, the Red has practiced in live speed all week. “Brown is always really physical,” Betros said. “They’re kind of a punch-you-in-the-throat type of offense and that’s how we’re preparing this week on defense. It’s going to be a street fight — Coach has said that all week. We’re going
to try to come out and be more physical than them … Most teams during the season do not go live because it’ll prevent injures, but we’re going all out this week.” The Red will need a high-energy effort to earn a victory against a frustrated Brown team in the 60th matchup between the two schools. The Bears, who have won three Ivy titles and four runner-up finishes in head coach Phil Estes’ 15 years, sit at 0-2 in League play. A team hasn’t lost two Ivy games and won at least a share of the title since 1982, a proposition that Brown faces and one Cornell does not want to entertain. “We know they’re going to come out fired up,” Betros said. “They’re for sure extremely disappointed after that Princeton loss, [so] they’re going to come out extremely tough. We’re just going to try to shut them down — that’s what our mentality is.” Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.
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record in the process. Senior forward Tyler Regan, sophomore midfielder/defenseman Atticus DeProspo and junior striker Daniel Haber put Cornell on the score-
board, as Pflasterer recorded his third shutout of the season. According to the senior netminder, the pressure to keep the opposing offense scoreless is always present, regardless of which team the Red is competing against, as a shutout cannot result in a loss.
“I’m not fully satisfied unless our defense comes out with a shutout because ultimately I am responsible for our defensive result,” Pflasterer said. “If we don’t let in any goals, we can’t lose, so we’re striving for that clean sheet.” After last week’s decisive victory,
the Red finds itself at the top of the Ivy ranks with nine points for the second straight year. With four of the toughest matches of the season —Brown, No. 3-ranked teams Princeton and Dartmouth and No. 5 Columbia — still ahead on the schedule, Cornell will need to work
hard to finish off the season on a stronger note than last year, where the team went 0-1-3 through the final four matches. “It is definitely in the back of our minds that we went 3-0 last See M. SOCCER page 13
THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Friday, October 19, 2012 15
SPORTS
MEN’S HOCKEY
Icers Begin Competitive Play With Exhibition Games By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Editor
On Friday night, the No. 5/6 Red takes to the ice for its first game of the season, hosting the U.S. National Team Development Program’s Under-18 Team in an exhibition game. This year marks a special matchup, as sophomore forward John McCarron will U.S. National Team be facing his younger Dev. Program’s U-18 brother Mike McCarron, a forward for the U.S. National Development team. vs. “Coming to this program as an athlete, we came to Cornell to win, so I think it’s definitely an expectaCornell tion to come away Tonight, 7 p.m. this weekend with Lynah Rink two wins,” said senior defenseman and tricaptain Braden Birch. “Also [for the] younger guys learning the systems, [for the] older guys continuing to play the systems, I think it’s just important that we start gelling … so that when the regular season comes along, we’ll be ready to play.” The following night, at 7 p.m. the Red will host Brock University in Cornell’s second exhibition game of the weekend. After the Red/White game last Saturday, the team is ready for some competition. “[This is our] first real game action, so we’re obviously looking to win both games, but we’re just looking forward to getting out there and being able to compete against other teams ... and practice,” said sophomore defenseman Joakim Ryan. “So we are just looking to get ready for next weekend here where we play against Colorado College.” There has been an increasing amount of hype surrounding Cornell’s hockey program during the past off-season. The Red was picked to finish second in the league this
upcoming season by both the ECAC coaches and the media. Cornell is fresh off five consecutive appearances in the ECAC Hockey Championship weekend, which is currently the longest active streak in the league. As Cornell only graduated four seniors last year, most of the Red squad is back and ready to for action. “I’m really excited Brock Universiy for the season,” Ryan said. “I definitely know the ropes here now and I’m definitely more comfortable vs. compared to how I was at the beginning of last year. ... I’m really looking forward to the season — our Cornell team has high expectations and I just Tomorrow, 7 p.m. hope I can help us Lynah Rink win some games.” Ryan is one of three Red icers that was selected during the 2012 NHL Draft. He was chosen by the San Jose Sharks. McCarron and freshman defenseman Renee Wilcox were also drafted. “Obviously it’s an honor to get drafted, so that was very exciting, but I wouldn’t say it effects me at all,” Ryan said. “I gotta still play my best, so I’m just focusing on playing my best and hoping the team has success.” The current Cornell squad boasts eight NHL draft picks, the highest the program has seen since the 2006-07 season. The Red has added five new faces to its lineup this season — three forwards and two defensemen. “[The freshmen] are all adjusting pretty well and they seem like they are up to par with all our systems and what not,” Ryan said. “I think practice has been going really well especially now that the coaches are back on the ice. We still have a long way to go but we are definitely headed in the right direction.”
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Leading the way | According to senior defenseman and tri-captain Braden Birch, the captains conducted the first practices of the season for the Red, where they worked with underclassmen.
Birch, along with classmates forward Erik Axell and defenseman Nick D’Agostino were named this year’s captains. Due to Ivy League rules, Cornell starts practicing later than other teams do, including practicing without its coaching staff until a later date. According to Birch, this creates a different environment for the captains and the rest of the upperclassmen at the beginning of the year. “[Being a captain is] definitely a change,” he said. “We start off the beginning of the years with no coaches, so a lot of the older guys were basically [running] practice. So that was definitely a [different] responsibility — teaching the younger guys the systems and different things.” That being said, he echoed Ryan’s sentiment that practice has been going well so far, and expressed optimism for the upcoming season. “We always have pretty competitive practices,” Birch said. “The younger guys
really gelled into the system really quickly. [They’re] great guys, really talented players; they’re good additions to the team … Pretty much practices are the same every year, [we have] pretty intense practices. That’s what gets us going at the beginning of the year because we’re kind of behind the rest of the league, being an Ivy League team because we always [have] a late start.” Next weekend marks the beginning of the official 2012-13 season for the Red, but league play will not start until the week after. Cornell will host 19th-ranked Colorado College on Friday Oct. 26 and Saturday Oct. 27 at Lynah, before heading off to Hamilton, N.Y. to face Colgate on Friday Nov. 2. The Red will be returning to Ithaca the next day for another match up against the Raiders, to complete the annual home-and-home series. Dani Abada can be reached at dabada@cornellsun.com.
ROUND
6
DANI ABADA
SCOTT ESTHER ANNIE RUBY CHIUSANO HOFFMAN NEWCOMB PERLMUTTER
LAUREN RITTER
UINTIN SCHROEDER Q SCHWAB
JEFF STEIN
HALEY VELASCO
CORNELL AT BROWN
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
PENN AT YALE
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
YALE
HARVARD AT PRINCETON
HARVARD
HARVARD
PRINCETON
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
DARTMOUTH AT COLUMBIA
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
COLUMBIA
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA
LSU AT TEXAS A&M
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
SOUTH CAROLINA AT FLORIDA
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORIDA
PURDUE AT OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO
OHIO SATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
N.Y. JETS AT PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
N.Y. JETS
PATRIOTS
SAINTS AT BUCCANEERS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
TAMPA BAY
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
JAGUARS AT RAIDERS
RAIDERS
JAGUARS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
JAGUARS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
JAGUARS
RAIDERS
LAST WEEK
8-2
7-3
8-2
6-4
2-8
8-2
5-5
6-4
9-1
8-2
TOTAL
39-11
37-13
32-18
33-17
19-31
32-18
35-15
36-14
36-14
31-19
The Corne¬ Daily Sun
Sports
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2012
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FOOTBALL
C.U.Prepares to Continue Ivy Play Away at Brown By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Senior Writer
The Cornell football team travels to Providence, R.I., to play Brown on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for the team’s fourth road game in the first six weeks of the season. Fresh off an exciting and record-setting home victory in its final non-conference matchup of 2012, the Red (3-2, 1-1 Ivy League) looks to snap a four-game losing streak to the Bears (3-2, 02) and keep its Ivy League title hopes alive. Cornell junior quarterback and offensive co-captain Jeff Mathews, who practiced on Tuesday and Wednesday, will likely make his return at Brown Stadium after missing the first game of his career with a neck injury. The Ivy single-season yardage record holder has not yet shown a concerted effort to slide when scrambling, which caught up with him two weeks ago in a loss at Harvard when he
put his head down and tried to bull over a Cornell Crimson defender. “It’s a nice lesson to learn because I have not been able to break vs. him of that habit yet,” said third-year head coach Kent Austin. “[Aggression] is kind of in his DNA, but Brown we’ve got to reprogram him a little bit and make sure he pro- Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. tects himself and stays Providence, R.I. healthy for us — he’s such a great player.” Fortunately for the Red, senior backup quarterback Chris Amrhein stole the show in last week’s 41-38 win over Monmouth, Cornell’s first victory in
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Cornell’s comeback kids | The Red looks to carry the momentum from last week’s 41-38 win over Monmouth, where the team secured the victory despite trailing after the third quarter.
25 games under Austin when trailing after the third quarter. Amrhein threw for 523 yards — the third-highest total in Ancient Eight history — and a touchdown without a turnover, leaving the Red’s confidence unshaken should Mathews again be unable to
play. Senior wide receiver and special teams cocaptain Luke Tasker did more than his part to See FOOTBALL page 14
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Cornell Looks to Rebound On Rhode Island Road Trip By HALEY VELASCO
this team which makes it a For the season thus far, little more personal. ... Once senior forward Maneesha the game starts, you don’t Chitanvis is tied with senior After a loss against Yale think about who the partic- forward Xandra Hompe, this past weekend, the Red ular player is,” Farmer said. both with four goals and will head on the road for the Historically, the Bears two assists for 10 points to last time this seahave had the lead the team in points. son to play against advantage in the Senior defender Jayann Ivy foe Brown. The all-time series, Gabrio has two goals on free Cornell team heads into but the Red has kicks for four points. Junior the competition had a win and a goalkeeper Tori Christ has ready to try and tie in its last two played in all 13 games to take home a Ivy matchups at date. win. The matchup Brown. The game “I think that the Ivy vs. against the Bears between the two League ties the season should be interestteams ended up together. I think that it is ing, as Brown is in a tie on Oct. easy to keep your focus now riding a five-game 24, 2010 in since there is only one game losing streak. P r o v i d e n c e , a week. We want to improve Brown “I think that where neither our position over the last [Brown has] been could capitalize couple of years, but it’s sort Sunday, 2 p.m. frustrated. They and score for the of up to us. We have had the Providence, R.I. haven’t taken any win. However, ability to do that these past in the Ivy League. the Red won few weeks, I think it should They had one of against the Bears, be pretty easy to keep people their really good defenders 2-0, in a previous visit to focused,” Farmer said. injured, but she is back now. Ocean State on Oct. 21, They have had a couple of 2008. Also Cornell’s first really tough games over the victory against Brown came Haley Velasco can be reached last couple weeks,” said head in 1987 when it won a share at hvelasco@cornellsun.com. coach Patrick Farmer. “I of the Ivy League title. think meeting them at their field, which is a little different — their field is a brand new turf field — I think that will make it a little bit of their advantage.” Interestingly enough, Sunday’s matchup is one between the two Barrett sisters. Cornell freshman defender/midfielder Joanna Barrett is sisters with Brown’s junior goalkeeper M.C. Barrett. “I think that it is always interesting when there is MICHELLE FRALING / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER someone from town and was in the recruiting process Senior citizens | Xandra Hompe is leading the team with four here. ... She has her sister on goals and two assists, along with fellow senior Maneesha Chitanvis.
Sun Assistant Sports Editor
OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Red on fire | Junior striker Daniel Haber leads the nation in both points per game (3.25) and goals per game (1.33), as the Red ties No. 1 Maryland with 2.92 goals per game.
MEN’S SOCCER
No.10 Red Travels to Face Off Against No.18 Brown By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor
As the saying goes, it’s lonely at the top. Cornell is the sole remaining team in the country without a loss or tie in the Cornell season. Ranked No.10 nationally, the Red is in for one of the most challenging games vs. of the season, travelling to Providence, R.I., to square off against No. 18 Brown on Brown Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. The matchup Providence, R.I. between the two conference contenders is predictive of a battle on the pitch. Sitting at first and second place, respectively, in the Ivy
League, Cornell (12-0-0, 3-0-0 Ivy League) and Brown (10-1-2, 2-0-1) have had very competitive, challenging schedules leading up to this weekend. Preparing for the weekend, the Red has focused on both the mental and physical aspects that the team will need to succeed against Brown, according to senior goalkeeper Rick Pflasterer. “We know [Brown is] a tough team and this will be a battle,” he said. “We believe in what we do and it will be a matter of who has more desire throughout the whole game. Our goal is to minimize their chances and maximize ours. If we can execute early on, it will boost us through the game.” Reflecting on the past few weeks, Cornell has been consistently gaining momentum as the season has progressed. Last Saturday against Yale, the Red picked up its 12th consecutive win, shutting out the Bulldogs, 3-0, and breaking a school See M. SOCCER page 14