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Ken Bolton discusses changing from his previous role as an air traffic controller to a research librarian. | Page 3

Jack Jones ’18 writes about the time his parents confiscated his IPod.

Cornell men’s hockey is starting this season right where they left off last spring.

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Housing Search Hampers Study Abroad E.A.Supports Students call financial risk of not finding subletters a stressor, deterrant

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

While losing a friend in the stressful process of finding a Collegetown apartment is on the list of 161 things every Cornellian should do, students studying abroad often have even more trouble securing housing.

Kevin Rodin ’19, is in a much better place than many of his peers in procuring housing. Planning to go abroad next spring, Rodin said he will live in his fraternity house for the fall 2017 semester.

“Since you don't have to deal with a landlord, and you know that you can have a room for a semester and then just leave, it is certainly easier to figure out living situations,” Rodin said.

Although living in a Greek house is an option for a limited number of students who go abroad, many Cornellians venturing away

from campus struggle to find housing for just one on-campus semester. Over 388 students went abroad last spring, according to Cornell Abroad, and many of these individuals struggled to solidify a plan for their time at the University.

Director of Cornell Abroad Marina Markott said that Cornell Abroad has started highlighting the need to plan ahead for housing at their information sessions for first year students, because so many found the process challenging.

“The important thing is for students to start thinking about housing choices before they finalize plans for study abroad since leases may be signed long before abroad applications are due,” she said.

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C-Town struggle | Students complain that finding subletters makes studying abroad difficult.

Transition to Carbon Neutrality

By ANNA KOOK Sun Staff Writer

The Employee Assembly discussed the University’s plan to make Cornell a carbon neutral campus by 2035 with members of the Senior Leadership Climate Action Group at its Wednesday meeting.

Sarah Brylinsky, the Sustainability Communications and Integration Manager of SLAG, summarized and shared with the assembly the newly released report “Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus.”

The easiest part of achieving this ambitious goal has already been executed, as the University has introduced campus engagement programs and over 40 student clubs have started work on attaining sustainability, according to Brylinsky.

“The hardest part that remains is the financial accounting on moving a large research campus like Cornell to a 100 percent renewable energy campus that’s in a really cold place without putting Cornell out of business,” Brylinsky said.

The report explores 10 different potential means to reach carbon neutrality, factoring in the social costs of each alternative. However Brylinsky highlighted an important change in the report — a fourth “bottom line” aim to achieve, in addition to the first three, which represent prosperity, people and planet.

“The additional fourth bottom line added is purpose. Purpose ensures that the project will advance Cornell’s academic purpose,” See ASSEMBLY page 4

C.U. Repubs,Dems:Trump’s Rigged Election Rhetoric‘Disgraceful’

By JEANNETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

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Trumped up | Students described the candidate’s comments as dangerous.

Before presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled at the final debate, Cornellians debated the efficacy of casting a ballot for a third party candidate at a forum designed to promote civil participation.

After the debate, both Cornell Democrats and Republicans reacted with alarm to Donald Trump’s refusal to confirm that he will concede the presidency if Hillary Clinton emerges from Nov. 8 victorious — many accusing the candidate of undermining the democratic system their organizations champion.

Pre-Debate

Before the debate, the Cornell chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority hosted “Own Your Vote” — an event dedicated to educating students about the policy positions of each candidate — in tandem with Cornell Democrats and Cornell

Republicans.

The event covered the political stances of candidates Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Gary Johnson. Jill Stein was excluded from the discussion because the Green Party candidate is currently polling below two percent, according to coor-

dinator Carlee Moses ’18, the chief education officer of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Members of Cornell Republicans and Democrats addressed concerns many students raise about the utility of voting for a third party candidate.

“Voting for a third party candidate is voting for your principles,” said Austin McLaughlin ’18 the executive director of Cornell Republicans and one of the night’s presenters.

“If [neither] Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump embody the ideals that I embody, then in that sense I don’t think it’s a wasted vote to truly vote for who you believe in.”

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Clinton initiative | Cornell Democrats praised their nominee’s performance.

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Bolton Recounts Path From Air Traffic Controller to Librarian

By ANNE DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

After years of directing airplanes down a runway, Ken Bolton now leads Cornellians to research resources. A self-described “human search engine,” Bolton says his work as a librarian has been revolutionized by the internet age.

Bolton said the dynamic work he conducts every day as a librarian is very different from the regimented and repetitive job he performed before arriving at Cornell.

“A lot of people envision [being an air traffic controller] as being stressful, and sometimes it was,” he said. “But 90 percent of the time, it was very regimented. You had to do everything following a certain protocol, certain standards. Until a big electrical problem or a big thunderstorm rolls in, then it gets crazy.”

Other than those few moments of variation, Bolton said that “most of the day was sitting at a radar screen directing airplanes. It just didn’t feel like something I wanted to do forever.”

After those five years, Bolton made a monumental move from California to upstate New York, completely changing the direction of his career. While his wife attended Cornell, Bolton said he worked on obtaining his Master’s degree in library and information science

from Syracuse University.

Now in his current role, Bolton said he does “a little bit of everything,” including working as a librarian, teacher, negotiator with publishers and a marketing team for the library.

As he moved from air traffic controller to a librarian, Bolton said he was able to translate his skills of multitasking and accuracy to new challenges — although of course there were different risks involved.

Bolton calls changes in technology the primary factor driving the dynamic nature of his job in the library, where, he says, “everyday is different” and multitasking is essential.

While many students see librarians as someone “sitting at a reference desk waiting for someone to come ask them a question,” today librarians have to be be far more proactive, a quality Bolton considers imperative to the profession.

PHOTOS BY Fewer and fewer CAMERON POLLACK / students are seeking SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR assistance from the library in this traditional format because they “don’t think they need help or maybe, they don’t realize they need help,” Bolton said.

“If you just leave it up to students to do [it] on their own, they’ll just do what they can,” he said.

"Anybody with a phone can find information.

Librarians can help with the next steps — evaluating,

applying, and protecting the integrity of that information."

Bolton said students often struggle to find enough credible sources for their papers and projects, using only the information they find in the first page of a Google search. This makes it Bolton’s job to become what he refers to as a “human search engine.”

“Only about five percent of the information on the Internet is actually available through a free tool like Google,” Bolton said. “Most of the information out there is somehow protected behind a firewall or some kind of registration process. This usually comes as a surprise to students.”

To combat this problem, Bolton said he designed an entire course to help students find that other 95 percent of sources. This decision was additionally a response faculty members’ disappointment with the caliber of students’ research skills.

Bolton pointed out that 15 years ago, everyone was a consumer of information that was created by some other authority. Therefore, in a world where students are both information-consumers and informationproducers, sifting through research to find credible sources can be a cumbersome task.

“Mostly through social media, all of us are now producing information — with blogs, websites, Facebook posts, tweets, those kind of things,” Bolton said.

The proliferation of information available on the internet has made it increasingly difficult to determine the credibility of authoritative sources, the librarian said.

Bolton said his course was “an effort to help the students get through all the junk that’s out there in the information landscape and get to the good stuff that they need to help with their assignments to help with their career research as well.”

From his various roles and unexpected career path, Bolton says his openness to change — both in his career and his life — led him to take on the dynamic role he has today.

“Looking back at it now, it worked out great,” he said of this unconventional path.

Anne Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun.com.

Comparing Candidates:Reed, Plumb Vie for New York Congressional Seat

By DREW MUSTO Sun Staff Writer

Although it is one of the country’s most liberal cities, Ithaca resides in the second most Republican-dominated district in New York, according to the Cook partisan voting index. Since 2010, Republican Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) has represented Ithaca in the House of Representatives, but this year, he faces a promising challenger in John Plumb (DJamestown), who has garnered endorsements from Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.).

Early in his Congressional tenure, Reed gained a prestigious seat on the Committee on Ways and Means, which oversees all fed-

eral tax bills. Currently, Reed also participates in the manufacturing, natural gas, private property and diabetes caucuses. Before he joined Congress, Reed was the mayor of Corning, where his family has lived since the early 1920s. Last spring, he was one of the first congressman to publicly endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump for president.

Commander Plumb, who holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, spent six years on active duty in the U.S. Navy and served as director of defense policy and strategy at the National Security Council during the Obama administration. Before his work under President Obama, Plumb also worked as an aide to former Senator Ken Salazar (D-

Col.), served as the Pentagon’s principal director for nuclear and missile defense policy and was acting deputy assistant secretary for defense and space policy, according to The Buffalo News.

The Sun has broken down the two candidate’s views on six issues that are at the forefront of this year’s election cycle: the economy, education, gun policy, healthcare, immigration and national security.

Economy

REED: Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy, according to Reed. In order to protect them, the congressman wants to remove “burdensome and unnecessary” federal regulations and taxes that increase the costs of See CONGRESS page 5

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Housing Complicates Study Abroad HOUSING

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Financial Challenges

to sublet for a super reduced price due to the amount of apartments that will be available in the spring from other students going abroad,” Dubose said.

Most students go abroad in the spring, making more apartments available at that time of year and giving an advantage in subletting to students who go abroad in the fall, according to Markott.

Facing financial pressure, Nora Rabah ’18, who is going to Copenhagen this spring, said she knew that she had to find someone to take over her lease in order to go abroad.

“If I had not found a subletter, I honestly might University Resources not have been able to go abroad,” Rabah said. “It’s a For students who are interested in seeking lot of money to lose, and I don’t think I would be able Cornell’s help in the sometimes challenging process of to do it.” finding a subletter, the University offers an OffRabah said it can be difficult to sublet apartments Campus Housing database for students to find subletin advance, because students will not have access to ters or to find apartments to sublet. the apartment they want to sublet for an entire year, “The Off-Campus Living Office offers a variety of which can make interested parties unwilling to show resources for students looking for someone to sublet interest or commit to a lease. their apartment, including reference materials, an offWhile Rabah said she campus housing listing was able to successfully database, and an opt-in sublet her apartment, the “Essentially, I have no set plan and it’s email discussion list for financial concerns she Cornellians to discuss really stressful. My backup plan is faced to cover her costs and share housing expericouchsurfing.” while abroad is common ences and opportuniamong students. ties,” said Diane Jeff Mary Louise Dubose ’19 “Although we never Kubarek, senior director know all the reasons why of communications for students may cancel their plans to study abroad, we student and campus life. occasionally do have students drop out when they Dubose is currently unsure where she will be living find they cannot get someone to sublet their apart- in the fall 2017 semester, and said she is wary of using ment in Collegetown,” Markott said.

University resources or housing.

Markott added that the University does not know “I don't see Cornell as the best resource for finding how many families continue to pay rent for a vacant an off-campus apartment,” she said. “I feel like all the Collegetown apartment while students study abroad. University ever wants me to do is spend more money “Paying two rents is an untenable situation, and it than necessary. I just don't trust them to help me find is clearly not an option for most families,” she said. affordable housing options.”

“The stress of finding subletters clearly adds an extra Even with these resources available, many students burden for students. Luckily, students who live on choose tol leave their housing to chance. campus do not face these issues.”

“Essentially, I have no set plan and it's really stressWhile some students sign leases even while they ful,” Dubose said. “My backup plan is couchsurfing know they are going abroad, others, like Mary Louise ... Hopefully it all works out.”

Dubose ’19, are too afraid of the financial commitment.

“What makes [figuring out housing] even harder is Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at that if I do get an apartment and try to sublet, I'll have jrudolfsky@cornellsun.com.

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Cornellians React to Third Debate Congressional Candidates Reed, DEBATE

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In his response to the same question, Kevin Kowalewski ’17, the president of the Cornell Democrats, said that he believes Trump and Johnson are both unqualified candidates, calling Johnson’s policies “extreme” and adding that they will have “negative effects on the economy.”

This comment sparked a response from Cornell Republicans Chair Olivia Corn ’19, who replied that though Trump was “unfit for president,” this election had a “criminal on the Democrat side.” “[Hillary Clinton] literally has no idea what the hell she’s doing,” Corn shot back. “She did a horrible job as secretary of state. I don’t think she is the proper choice for president.”

Presenters also discussed how Clinton has garnered a reputation for being an “untrustworthy” politician.

“I believe there are certain components to that narrative of being untrustworthy,” said Gunjan Hooja ‘17, vice president of the Cornell Democrats. “One is the fact that she’s been in the public eye for decades, so there’s been all these trials, these scandals — but there’s also a component of misogyny and sexism.”

Corn characterized Clinton’s narrative more critically, pointing to several inconsistencies within the former secretary of state’s political career, including the Benghazi terror attacks.

“She had actually revealed to the

families the day after it happened that it was a terror attack; the next day, the [news] reports it and says it’s just a video,” Corn said.

Post Debate

Although hailing from opposites sides of the aisle, Kowalewski and McLaughlin agreed that Trump’s refusal to confirm that he will concede if Clinton wins the election represents a dangerous threat to American democracy.

“Trump’s divisive rhetoric incites violence, and his unwillingness to concede defeat if he loses demonstrates utter disrespect for the American democratic process,” McLaughlin said.

“The most important story from this debate is that Donald Trump refused to say whether he would accept the outcome of the election,” McLaughlin said. “With this absolutely disgraceful answer, Trump launched an attack on the basic legitimacy of our democracy.”

Kowalewski praised Clinton’s performance, saying that in each of the three presidential debates, “time and time again, in [these] high pressure situations, she has shined.”

“Hillary Clinton delivered another commanding performance. Much like the previous two debates, she offered a comprehensive explanation of her policy agenda,” he said. It's nearly impossible to compare her detailed, nuanced answers to Trump's rambling nonsense.”

McLaughlin said he believes that Trump’s performance at the debate reveals that “Trump has no foreign policy brief.”

“He argued with Clinton as if we are sending U.S. troops into Mosul,” he said. “In reality, the United States is only providing logistical support to Iraqi and Kurdish forces, not ground troops.”

Richard Ulbricht ’18, who intends to vote for Trump on Nov. 8, said neither candidate presented comprehensive military or foreign policy strategies.

“This debate was disappointingly unsubstantiated, and neither candidate proved their case for how the United States should conduct its foreign and military doctrine,” he said. “While Russia is running war drills with 40 million of its citizens and recalling its diplomatic officers, we talk about tax returns and immigration.”

Highlighting his belief that foreign policy in the next presidency, Ulbricht said he was disappointment by the lack of foreign policy discussion.

“The U.S. foreign policy doctrine is the most crucial to this election; I am dissatisfied that it was largely ignored, and when it was spoken of, used as a springboard for senseless namecalling from both Clinton and Trump equally,” he said.

Corn said she believes Americans need to reconsider who they nominate for president after this election cycle, concluding “both parties need to do some major restructuring after this election fiasco.”

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

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and taxes that increase the costs of business. He also warned against the potentially inflationary effects of hiked minimum wages that, in his view, would strain the middle class.

On trade, Reed opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a free trade agreement among 12 Pacific Rim countries, saying that he “care[s] about protecting American jobs and workers.” Yet, Reed’s stance on trade is not a hard-line one; he has voted in favor of all three international trade agreements that have come before Congress since 2011, according to Politifact New York.

P LUMB: Plumb’s economic

priorities are somewhat similar to Reed’s. Promising to fight bad trade deals for workers, Plumb said he would stand with unions in their opposition to the TPP. Plumb voiced his desire to attract business to the district by upgrading infrastructure, cutting unnecessary regulations and promoting high-speed internet and cell phone coverage, according to the his campaign website. Plumb also commented on the excesses of the federal government, saying it needs to “get its spending under control” and must stop passing the buck of fiscal responsibility to future generations.

Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell refuses to light clock tower green, citing ‘tradition’ To the Editor: America’s Veterans are some of our nation’s bravest, hardest-working ladies and gentlemen. However, it can be difficult to show them the appreciation they deserve after they hang up their uniform. Greenlight A Vet is a campaign established to create a visible national support for our Veterans by changing one light to green. Green is the color of hope, renewal and well-being. “Greenlight” is also a term commonly used to activate forward movement. The simple action of changing one light to green will spark a national conversation regarding the treatment and recognition of Veterans and “green light” them forward as valued members of our communities.

Recently, as president and co-founder of the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association, I requested to have the clock tower lit green for Veterans Day. The Cornell Chimes refused this request. Marisa LaFalce, the program coordinator for the Cornell Chimes, responded to Outlaw stating, “McGraw Tower is not lit for different occasions throughout the year, save for a handful of very long-standing university traditions.” This is the second year in a row that LaFalce has refused to support Veterans by participating in the “Greenlight a Vet program.”

Since LaFalce broached the topic of tradition, I would like to discuss it further. As New York State’s Land Grant University, Cornell has a “long-standing tradition” of supporting our Armed Forces that dates back to our founding in 1865. During WWI, Cornell commissioned almost 5,000 officers, more than any other institution in the United States, including the military academies. An additional 4,000 Cornellians, including faculty, alumni, students, and staff, also served. During World War II, Cornellians had more than 20,000 serving in the armed forces and in every theater of war. As the only Ivy League University to host Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine ROTC programs, Cornell is one of three that offered continuous ROTC studies throughout the Vietnam era to today.

While serving their country, Veterans wear camouflaged uniforms, but ironically, once they return home from service, these men and women are even more camouflaged. Of the 14,000 undergraduate students at Cornell, only 22 are undergraduate Veterans. Nationally, Veterans make up five percent of students on college campuses; and Cornell has less than one percent. Because of our small percentage, Cornell Veterans arguably need a light of support, now more than ever.

As an institution that encourages research and innovation, I am shocked and disappointed that the Cornell Chimes would use “tradition” as a blanket to cover up their discrimination. Tradition has long been used as reasoning for not changing human behavior. If we maintained “tradition,” my mother and sister wouldn’t be able to vote, my uncle and his partner would not be able to get married, and Barack Obama would not be our president. Change can be difficult, but change is necessary. Without change, we breed stagnation and complacency. In this case, change is easy; it’s a light bulb. But this is so more than a light bulb; it’s a symbolic measure that Cornell cares about our Veterans, honors their service, and is committed to their future.

David Outlaw, president of the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association

Serendipitous Musings

“‘B

eing here is a kind of spiritual surrender. We see only what the others see. The thousands who were here in the past, those who will come in the future. We’ve agreed to be part of a collective perception. This literally colors our vision.’” Although this observation comes from a fictional character in Don Delillo’s novel White Noise on how people react to a famous tourist attraction, it also supports my recent — and admittedly strange — obsession with how life may be a series of illusions created by society that hinders our ability to see things for what they really are. People have the power to shape what we see; the very reason behind the unseeing that occurs today.

And what do I mean by that? In Delillo’s novel, two friends, Jack and Murray, make a journey to see what is called “The Most Photographed Barn in America.” As soon as the men arrive at the site, they see dozens of tourists attempting to capture the famous attraction with their cameras. But Murray comments that no one really sees the barn.

After they have read the signs indicating the the barn is the most photographed in America and observe the tourists taking pictures, they cannot see the barn for what it is anymore — they never have the chance to see it. They don’t know what the barn was like before it was photographed, what distinguishes it from other barns or how it became famous. They don’t know why they want to see it in the first place, yet continue to take pictures because everyone else who visits the site does so. They are merely capturing something that has been captured thousands of times before, creating an image that is detached from personal human experience. The photograph reinforces and maintains the image of what the most photographed barn is supposed to look like. But when people look at the barn, they don’t see it; they see what society and expectations have shaped them to see.

White Noise is a fictional piece, but its commentaries on the disillusionment of life are scarily relevant in today’s age. These commentaries followed me over fall break when I went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. MoMA is one of my favorite museums: it holds some of the most beautiful contemporary artworks by renowned artists as well as lesser known exhibitions by today’s artists. After seeing some new exhibits such as Teiji Furuhashi’s Lovers and Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, I went back to the rooms that hold the Picasso’s, Matisse’s and Van Gogh’s; works of artists who make me feel comfortable and at ease. After the discomfort and unfamiliarity I felt with the new exhibitions I had viewed — the topics were heavy, and had evoked emotions I was not expecting — it was a breath of relief to find the same Gold Marilyn Monroe and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in their place. They were artworks rooted in history — expected, unchanged, familiar. But as I made my way

through the rooms, I saw people I assumed were there for the first time taking pictures of the most “famous” paintings, most notably Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Matisse’s Dance.

These artworks are magnificent — without a doubt. But so are many of the other artworks in the museum that don’t get even half as much attention as the swirly whites, blues and yellows of the famous night sky. What are people really capturing when they take pictures of the artwork? Are they appreciating the colors, the textures, the composition? Do they know why they want to take the picture?

Is the notion that something is popular the only reason behind the hundreds of clicks of cameras? Are they able to see the painting as it really is, removed from how society views it and devoid of expectations?

After walking the museum for a few hours, I found myself sitting in front of Chagall’s I and the Village, another “famous” painting. I sat there, taking in the magnitude of the artwork and allowing my eyes to roam.

My exhausted legs kept me rooted to the bench, an unusual circumstance for someone who enjoys slowly passing through collections as opposed to sitting. But it gave me the time to observe and appreciate the painting I had studied in art history classes before. I had learned about it and heard about it so much.

I had been to MoMA before and seen this very painting. But after seeing so many people take photos of other works of art without even first looking at the painting — their phones and cameras were whipped out before they had the chance to take in the masterpieces — I was conscious of how I viewed the bright colors in front of me. I knew that the painting was famous and taught frequently. I knew I had seen this very painting as an image printed in textbooks as well as here, hanging, already. But I didn’t allow any of that to distract me from what and how I saw in that moment. I viewed it as an artwork that was important, for a reason, in the history of art, taking in all the details and reveling in its beauty. I had the strangest sensation that I wasn’t just looking; I was seeing.

Do so many of us go through life unseeing, blinded by expectations and unable to capture the real meaning of what it is in front of us? Have we grown so accustomed to technology, media, society, consumer culture and the rest telling us what is important and what we must see that we lose connections to objects and experiences? It scares me how easily we think we see things when in fact we are looking at them through what Delillo’s character Murray calls “a collective perception.”

I want to know why the barn is so famous. I want to know why I even care that the barn is famous. I want to see the barn.

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

Basic Integrity I

f Donald Trump wins, I’ll be beyond upset. But I will accept the judgment of the American people, and so will his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Further, despite his vehement disagreements with Trump, President Obama would quickly move to continue our nation’s long tradition of peaceful transfer of power. Of course, there would be widespread outrage and protest after Trump’s victory. However, the core players of our political system would respect the outcome and uphold our constitutional structure.

The American political system depends on this respect for political norms. For the government to work, it must be viewed as legitimate. And since the American government is selected by democratic means, it necessarily follows that our elections must also be viewed as legitimate. The United States has built a robust democracy, but it should not be taken for granted. When the existing norms of society are rejected, rapid and often unexpected changes can occur.

That’s precisely why Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric is so dangerous. Facing a large deficit in the polls, Trump has resorted to an assault on the basic integrity of the election process. To be certain, it’s not the first time he has raised the idea. Trump’s persistent flirtation with “rigged election” conspiracies forced Lester Holt to ask an unprecedented question: would Trump respect the outcome of the election? While Trump declared that he would support Hillary — if she wins — he’s now asserting that any such “win” would be illegitimate.

He has experimented with this idea in the past, causing an unprecedented question from Lester Holt about whether Trump

would accept the outcome. it is now a core theme of his campaign. His accusations are many, and they are ridiculous.

This is now a core theme of the Trump campaign. His accusations are as frequent as they are ridiculous. Through her vast design of machinations, Hillary Clinton is attempting to “rig” the election. Trump has actually put forth a threefold argument for why he can only lose through unsavory conduct.

First, there is apparently a “metaphorical” rigging of the election by virtue of the media’s overwhelming bias against Trump.

His evidence for this supposed favoritism is that the media has had the appalling nerve to ask him questions, fact check his speeches, and report on his own words. Even more, Trump claims that the sexual assault allegations made against him are a coordinated effort by the media to bring down his campaign. Trump’s attempt to defend himself may be pathetic, but it’s causing real damage.

By urging his supporters to disregard this coverage, Trump encourages people to find refuge in their own informational bubbles.

Nonetheless, Trump’s theory of a rigged election goes deeper. He has been absolutely clear that he believes the voting process itself will be manipulated. His supporters, therefore, should not trust the official election results. This charge is not only extremely harmful, but also simply bizarre. The administrative work of American democracy is decentralized, with each state tabulating its own results and the actual counting done by average citizens. Voting equipment has been tested over and over again to ensure manipulation is not possible. Moreover, the ballots are tallied in public, with observers and lawyers from both parties there to make

sure everything is done in accordance with law. Even if a presidential candidate genuinely wanted to rig the results, it would be simply impossible to do so.

Finally, the third aspect of his conspiracy is a supposed belief in widespread voter fraud. This is entirely false; in the past 15 years, only 31 voter fraud cases have been reported out of billions of votes. Regardless, Trump has repeatedly stated that in-person voter fraud is extremely common and going as far to warn that the votes of 1.8 million dead people would be counted toward Hillary Clinton. To combat the risk of people — or zombies, I guess — casting illegal ballots, Trump has launched an “election monitors” program. More transparently, however, these volunteers are an attempt at voter intimidation.

The glaring historical blight of our democracy has been the denial of the franchise, and arbitrary, oppressive restrictions on the right to vote should not be considered relics of the distant past. In fact, Trump’s rhetoric on voter fraud is not new. These exaggerated claims have been used by the Republican Party to pass voter identification laws across the country. Voter ID laws that are attempting to alleviate a non-existent problem end up having disproportionate effects on the poor, elderly and yes, AfricanAmericans and Latinos. Ironically, this is the closest thing to a “rigged election” that’ll you find. Voter fraud may be non-existent, but voter suppression — through unfair laws and a cadre of Trump supporters positioned at polling locations — is very real.

But let’s return back to the main point.

Trump’s claims of an unfair election process are both absurd and harmful. Consequently,

every responsible elected official should strongly condemn them. A few Republicans, such as Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), have done so. They should be commended for rejecting Trump and stressing that the outcome can be trusted. In equal measure, however, we should castigate those who stand by Trump as he attempts to bring our democracy down with him.

We have to question whether, if he loses, Trump will even concede on election day.

Or the following day, or even the following weeks. What damage will it do if Trump, driven by his own ego, refuses to ever acknowledge that a President Clinton was legitimately chosen by the public? How can she attempt to govern if tens of millions of Americans have been told by her opponent that she orchestrated a rigged election? It is a sobering, and disturbing thought. In an era that is already dominated by polarization and dysfunction in Washington, it could still become exponentially worse.

In the end, I’ll quote a recent statement

by President Obama. When asked about Trump’s voter fraud comments, Obama responded, “I’d advise Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes” Sadly, Trump is willing to damage our democracy merely to protect his own fragile ego from the prospect of having been legitimately defeated: he’s a sore loser before he’s even lost. Our election process is strong, robust and can be trusted. What lacks basic integrity is Donald Trump himself.

Kevin Kowalewski is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

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THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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Paul Ryan Is Right

peaker Paul Ryan (R–Wisc.) has not had a good couple of weeks. Because of his rejection of Donald Trump, it seems as if most of the Republican Party is in an all-out rebellion against its highest-ranking figure in the federal government. Furthermore, Mr. Trump seems bent on destroying the Speaker’s reputation, as the Republican nominee has launched a massive attack on Mr. Ryan’s character, ability to govern and competence.

Personally, I find these attacks to be disgusting — and I think it would be helpful to address each of the attacks on the Speaker.

First, the pure hatred that Mr. Ryan has received in the wake of his rebuke of Trump is, quite frankly, unbelievable.

Donald Trump literally stated that because he was a celebrity, he had the right to grope women — which, by all normal standards of basic human decency, is otherwise known as sexual assault. For those who wish to stand up and defend Trump’s comments as “locker room talk,” please stop. You sound ridiculous — and if that is how you talk in a locker room, then I would suggest that you simply stop talking.

Donald Trump’s comments are beyond disturbing. There is no question that we face a growing plague of sexual assault within this nation — and any candidate that is willing to brag about his perceived prerogative to engage in the degradation of women deserves to be publically rebuked. For this reason, Paul Ryan was right to denounce Donald Trump.

Yet I would like those who decry Paul Ryan to ask themselves a simple question: What if Donald Trump was referring to your daughter, sister or mother in that video? How could you possibly defend that? I am more than confident that Speaker Ryan would be unable to look his daughter in the face while defending a man that thinks it would be socially acceptable to grope her.

Some have made the claim that Speaker Ryan’s comments are helping to elect Hillary Clinton. Well, I have some bad

news for you: Hillary Clinton won this election the day Donald Trump won the Republican Nomination. Today, Mrs. Clinton holds a seven point lead in the polls, in August she maintained a seven point lead, and in April she held an eight point lead. There is no way that Mr. Trump — the same man that denigrated Megyn Kelly, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Carly Fiorina, Rosy O’Donnell, Mexicans, immigrants, Muslims, Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) and a Latino judge — is going to defeat Mrs. Clinton. Paul Ryan will not elect Hillary Clinton — Donald Trump will.

Furthermore, in the wake of Ryan’s conflict with Trump, many have resorted to declaring that Paul Ryan is not a “true Republican,” that he is a RINO (Republican In Name Only). First, and foremost, the American Conservative Union has ranked Mr. Ryan as one of the most consistently

Paul Ryan, and not the lunacy of Donald Trump, will be the future of the Republican Party — and it will be Mr. Ryan’s job to pick up the pieces of our party in the wake of what will be a historic loss. conservative Representatives in the history of the United States Congress. So, quite frankly, that argument makes no sense. Furthermore, I’d like these critics to take a look at the record of Donald Trump — a man that has supported singlepayer health care, called for some of the strictest gun control measures in American history, supported protectionist trade policies, argued for higher taxes and demanded more industrial and financial regulations. When looking at that record, I find Paul Ryan’s RINO label to be the height of deranged,

foolish hypocrisy.

Yet what is perhaps most disturbing about Mr. Ryan’s public rebuke is the fact that he is truly the future of the Republican Party. Mr. Trump’s isolationist, anti-immigrant, anti-women, pro-Russia, protectionist policies are absurd and unelectable. No Republican will ever carry the White House with Donald Trump’s ridiculous platform. However, Paul Ryan presents a new and logical path forward for the Republican Party.

In an attempt to directly heal the scars of poverty on this nation, the Speaker has put forward a comprehensive plan to tackle the issue. By reducing regulations, expanding access to quality education, and increasing work programs, Paul Ryan has provided a platform on poverty that will make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans and is politically feasible.

Furthermore, Mr. Ryan has proposed a set of well-reasoned economic policies that will help to gear our nation towards the 21st century. By restricting the tax code, reducing illogical and burdensome regulations, and curbing federal spending, Mr. Ryan has put forward a plan that will help to build the American economy. This proposal is grounded in solid conservative principles and considers the complications America will face in the 21st century.

Put simply, Paul Ryan is right. He is right to denounce Donald Trump (though I would like for him to finally renounce his endorsement), he is right to stop defending Trump and he is right on matters of policy. Paul Ryan, and not the lunacy of Donald Trump, will be the future of the Republican Party — and it will be Mr. Ryan’s job to pick up the pieces of our party in the wake of what will be a historic loss.

Michael Glanzel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Akshay Jain | College Stuff

On Myspace I

had a pretty normal childhood. I never learned to swim or ride a bike or throw a curveball (okay maybe I didn’t have a totally normal childhood), but I did pretty much everything else and remember almost always having a good time. I had my close circle of friends from school and around the neighborhood, my family was supportive and I was too young to realize I was ugly. Life was good. Among the many fun parts of my childhood, such as racing Razor scooters playing and driveway basketball, very few compare to staying inside on my family computer messaging friends I lived next door to.

Just to elaborate, I’m not talking about AOL instant messenger. AIM wasn’t cool in my little Texas town because the little AOL running man mascot went against the inherently sedentary values of instant messaging, and Texas is all about upholding values. I’m talking about Myspace, as you probably already knew if you read the title of this column.

Myspace, for those of you who actually had normal childhoods, was a social media site created by some guy named Tom in 2003. Tom was automatically friends with every new user on the site, unless you had no soul and immediately deleted him upon joining. Tom was my first friend on the Internet and was unsurprisingly a white guy in his mid-30s, both of my parent’s worst fear.

In all seriousness, Myspace was a bizarre, sweeping craze in my middle school. Everyone heard of it through their older siblings and it quickly became a must have component of every Victory Lakes Intermediate School student’s social life. As I’ve already mentioned, Myspace allowed kids to have a simple instant messaging medium to talk their friends over. At first everyone used the feature to talk to their friends, something they could probably already do.

Unsurprisingly, most kids also began to use Myspace instant messages to slide into other people’s D.M.s before sliding into your D.M.s was a thing.

Another interesting feature of Myspace was the top

Among the many fun parts of my childhood, such as racing Razor scooters playing and driveway basketball, very few compare to staying inside on my family computer messaging friends I lived next door to. friends part of everyone’s profile. Essentially you chose a number, anywhere from four to 64, of top friends to display on your profile. This list was in order from first to last, so your hierarchy of friendship was uncomfortably clear. Everyone had at least one conversation with a disgruntled friend about his or her exclusion from your top friends. Also if you succeeded in sliding into someone’s D.M.s via Myspace instant messenger, you had no choice but to have that person as your top friend. This got tricky for people with best friends of the opposite gender, but all things considered, no one’s middle school romantic life mattered.

While writing this, I wondered what had ever become of Myspace. Everyone at my school transitioned to Facebook in high school and never really looked back. After doing a little research, I learned Tom and his buddies sold Myspace to News Corp for $580 million in 2005 before Facebook began to completely dominate every other social media website. Newscorp ended up selling Myspace to Justin Timberlake and his friends for $35 million in 2012, who re-launched the site in 2013 to bridge the gap between musicians and their fans, whatever the hell that means.

Time went on to buy Myspace this past February, seemingly by accident while acquiring ad-tech company Viant.

While Myspace is kind of a joke now, it really was a huge part of my childhood. The strange instant message conversations and top friend arguments I had because of Myspace will always exist and stuff. And in all honesty, Myspace was a cool introduction to HTML for a lot of kids. If anything, I can definitely say Myspace had a weird impact on my life.

Akshay Jain is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at aj265@cornell.edu. College Stuff appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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he final scene in the movie Gravity has always stuck with me. It’s beautiful: after 90 minutes of nail-biting space hullabaloo, viewers watch Sandra Bullock’s character swim out from the underwater wreckage of a spacecraft and gratifyingly tread up to the surface. It’s a long-awaited denouement, the moment when she finally reaches home. When her head rises from the water, you can hear mosquitoes and see the outlines of mountains in the distance.

Her gargantuan breaths feel like a chorus of voices proclaiming the magnificence of earth and everything in it.

I remember watching the movie on my couch in high school, glued to the screen as this 40 something in a pixie cut reminded me to appreciate where I live. But these final moments were only meaningful because of the hour and a half that preceded them — without a space adventure, it would just be Sandra Bullock swimming with her clothes on.

Maybe this is an odd analogy to introduce a political topic, but the truth stands regardless: in both scifi screenplays and electoral campaigns, the outcomes are made far more interesting when one knows the trials and difficulties that enabled them to happen.

So, in preparation for the upcoming end to this election journey, I’ve spent a lot of time this week looking at the inner-workings of the two major campaigns.

It’s no secret the candidates have busy schedules — flying out to unexciting towns, talking about the same policy ideas and then flying back home to New York every single day. But the more meaningful moments in their story are the unexpected ones: when the tapes are leaked and the investigations are waged. These are the twists and turns that make our American story so intriguing, the did-you-

hear-abouts and the can-youbelieves we all discuss around our proverbial water coolers.

Most importantly, however, these instances force campaigns to dramatically shift their talking points and strategies.

As we approach election day and look back at the unexpected moments that have been thrust upon each campaign in this whirlwind of a general election season, one thing is clear: If Obama won his campaign because of the internet, this cycle’s runner-up will undoubtedly lose because of the internet.

Whether it’s Clinton’s emails or Trump’s regrettable tweets, both candidates reveal their flaws most clearly online. It’s a race to make the public forget the past, and the person with the smallest pre-election digital footprint wins.

Clinton and Trump aren’t the only people who have seen the world-wide-web turn on them: even the beloved Ken Bone was served a steaming slice of humble pie last week when his online comments about pornographic images and controversial topics were found and scrutinized.

This is the major pitfall of the information age: because of our connectedness, if you aren’t squeaky clean, the public will soon find out. Even the content that isn’t generated online can be posted and consumed by an incredible percentage of the population in minutes. Nowadays, unflattering videos and sound-bites leak more often than my frat house bathroom sink and make waves with every drop.

As a result, the Clinton and Trump campaigns often spend their time fighting not against each other’s tricks and tactics, but against the facts and rumors of the past and the tenacity with which they spread. We’ve come to a point in our political system where the

hardest blow to any candidate doesn’t come from their opponent at all. It comes from everyone else.

This is a fundamental change to the way things work in elections.

Don’t believe me? Take a quick Google search of the decisive moments in the presidential campaigns before the last decade.

Chances are, you’ll see lists of policy points and quotes from debates and stump speeches. Investigative journalism about the candidates was around, but it was far more difficult and most stories about the past couldn’t be discovered, circulated and thoroughly analyzed by the populous quickly enough to ruin a candidacy.

When scandals like Watergate occurred, only top newspaper journalists had access to the information and contacts necessary to get to the truth. If and when they overlooked or neglected key facts, even the most informed voters didn’t know better.

Now, anyone can find or release devastating news on a whim. To be the next president, you don’t just need to pay careful attention to your choices after your candidacy is announced; you need to pay careful attention to your entire life.

So, later this year, when presumably Hillary Clinton is elected president of the United States and takes a gargantuan astronaut-at-the-endof-a-long-journey-home breath, it won’t be a reflection of a wellplayed election season. It’ll be the culmination of a lifelong struggle, proof that she lived a life that was a bit more acceptable to the public than the competition’s and that the internet spared her just enough blows for her to squeeze out on top.

And I guess that’s something to be proud of.

Paul Russell is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at prussell@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Netflix’s Luke Cage Is Good...

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BY NICHOLAS SMITH Sun Contributor

Luke Cage is a good show… for a bit. The first seven of thirteen episodes are a delight. Marvel’s new entry into its online-exclusive Defenders series (comprised of Daredevil, Jessica Jones and the upcoming Iron Fist) will get its fans all the more hyped up for when the four eventually convene. Creator Cheo Hodari Coker and lead actor Mike Colter do brilliant jobs in what is another solid entry to the already-great Netflix universe. Luke Cage provides an enthralling look into a gritty Harlem still reeling from the extraterrestrial incident of Joss Whedon’s Avengers (2012). Bolstered by the strength of the setting, the show’s characters are well developed and cast (with the exception of one — discussed later). Preemptive TL:DR: Odds are if you’re a fan of Marvel’s other Netflix series, Luke Cage is already on your radar. If you haven’t seen Daredevil or Jessica Jones, Colter’s depiction of Power Man might just suck you into the universe. In my opinion, season one remains a worthwhile watch despite its late flaws.

The first thing about Luke Cage that merits discussion is its characters. As supported by quotes from Colter’s character strewn throughout the season, this show is about the people — not the setting, not the action. And that’s not to say the setting and action aren’t great, but we’ll discuss those later. Our main character isn’t like the Iron Mans and Thors of Marvel’s Olympus. Much of the show’s early conflict is internal on Luke’s part. Cage got his powers in a sabotaged medical experiment during his time at Seagate Prison. Not only were his powers unwanted but before a dramatic event early in the show, Luke wants nothing to do with the man he could be if he used his powers. He seeks only an honest, normal life. But as Pop, Luke’s pseudo-father figure and employer, says, “that would be a waste.” Luke’s reluctance to step up is much of what makes his character so intriguing. As he develops throughout the season, we get brief glimpses into the hero’s muddled past. Despite his seemingly dark background, Luke is likeable to the viewer from the start, largely thanks to Pop’s guidance. Everything from Luke’s aversion to cursing to his embracing of the old man’s motto — “forward always” — endear Luke to the audience. Pop, in his brief appearances on the show, is a highlight as well. Pop has been around the block — the barber has a past rooted in childhood crime — but in the present tries to make a positive difference for the kids of his neighborhood. Pop’s barbershop is an asylum from the dangerous streets for any who want it. It’s also reasonable to view Pop’s character itself as an asylum from the craziness of the rest of the show. Pop is a solid rock of wisdom for Luke, and is a surefire audience

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favorite. Misty Knight is Luke’s Detective Gordon. She struggles to choose between the merits of a vigilante unbound by police bureaucracy and strictly adhering to the letter of the law. Misty develops a tendency to come unhinged and lose control of her usually regimented self as the events of the plot thicken. Her weakness entices a viewer to relate with her, as it seems only right that someone having their world turned upside down would react as Knight does. Rafael Scarfe, Knight’s cynical partner, adds another surprise (no spoilers yet) element to the dualistic view of the police department on the streets of Harlem. Cottonmouth (played by Mahershala Ali), Luke’s first adversary, is a spectacularly developed villain. A talented piano player as a child, he was forced into crime at an early age by his mobster parents. Cottonmouth blossoms into an empire-building crime lord while still keeping contact with his fragmented roots. He and Luke’s “War for Harlem” is an enthralling tale only amplified by Cottonmouth’s political involvement with his cousin councilwoman Mariah Dillard. Mariah, played by Alfre Woodard, has a brilliant character arc — starting the show as an only-slightly corrupt politician fighting for what she thinks is good for Harlem and spiraling into her cousin’s world of crime. Woodard does a fantastic job of portraying the emotional decay of her character as the season progresses. Shades, played by Theo Rossi, is another villainous triumph. Shades is the smart money in this show, constantly switching his allegiance and actions to back whoever he thinks will come out on top. Both the writing and casting of all of these characters are what makes Luke Cage such a fun watch. As a viewer, you’ll find it hard to not relate to, like and hate the characters as the showrunner’s intended.

The show also has some central themes that will intrigue its audience. The first of these is Luke’s internal conflict, as mentioned earlier. The biggest theme that will be immediately recognized by any viewer is the city of Harlem itself. Luke Cage’s Harlem is a setting that does more than look pretty in the background — the city permeates every part of the show.

The characters are molded by it, their actions are affected by it and at times it feels as if the city is more influential on the plot than any one character.

The attention to detail given to the setting is a refreshing change of pace from the locales of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where settings are often afraid to take away even an ounce of a viewer’s attention from the action. The showrunners try to encapsulate every part of the city: its history, its music and most poignantly its issues with crime and police relations. Somewhat surprisingly, Marvel’s newest work doesn’t shy away from the current issues with race relations and police action that are so prevalent in our soci-

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ety. In fact, for a while Luke becomes a sort of antipolice symbol to the people of Harlem. This conflict, by itself, is an interesting fictional look into a very real problem.

Luke Cage also does its viewers some serious fanservice without feeling like it’s pandering. The series repeatedly references both Daredevil, Jessica Jones and its comic book basis, Power Man. Claire Temple, played by Rosario Dawson, is a solid crossover character from both of Marvel’s other Netflix series and her continued involvement in Luke Cage only serves to strengthen the eventual transition to The Defenders. Small nods to the original comic are sure to give its readers a little extra enjoyment. A particularly humorous instance of this tackles the comic book character’s wardrobe. After his escape from Seagate, Luke finds himself without proper clothes and steals some from a clothesline. Looking at himself in a car window, it’s revealed he is wearing almost exactly Power Man’s outfit. Instead of embracing the look, he utters “you look like a damn fool” and settles on the hoodie look he’ll rock for the remainder of the season. This is just one example of a throwback with a twist that makes this new show both reminiscent and strong in its own right.

All of this sounds great right? It is! If you’re on the fence about watching the show, please watch it! And if you’re going to watch the show, STOP READING HERE. There is no way to discuss the shows flaws without getting into MAJOR SPOILERS. You were warned. After Luke puts Cottonmouth in prison, the season’s first act comes to a close. Here begins the issue — Diamondback. Luke’s second adversary, and the show’s main second-half antagonist, is a major weak link in an otherwise strong showing from Marvel. Cliche-filled and driven by eye-rolling motivation, Diamondback serves almost solely to prolong the plot after Cottonmouth’s curtain call.

Additionally, the casting of Erik LaRay Harvey seemed all wrong. Whenever he was shown, I just had a weird taste in mouth about the character. His repeated Biblical allusions also make his character reveal (which could have been a real strength) nauseatingly obvious. Not only that, but to put him on an equal footing with Luke in a fight, the showrunners had to seemingly conjure weapons out of thin air, such as Diamondback’s “magic” bullets and power suit (which, by the way, looks like an off-brand Iron Man costume from a dollar store). In my opinion, had the show stuck with Cottonmouth, or even Shades, for the long haul it could have eased its only flaw.

But honestly that’s it. Other than what I consider to be a serious misstep in Diamondback’s character arc, this show is seriously fun. A bold look into Luke Cage’s Harlem provides a welcome change from what we as viewers have come to expect from Marvel. The new show will please fans of the comics, fans of the new-age Netflix universe and could serve as a jumping-on point for new viewers.

Nicholas Smith is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at nks53@cornell.edu.

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Julia Curley For the most part, I feel that the recent clown scares across multiple states are harmless but creepy. The motivation for dressing up as a clown and, in most cases, simply loitering, confuses me. What interests me most about the whole trend is not the faux-clown’s compulsion but the “real” clown’s indignant reaction. Both characters merely dress a part. But, the “real” clown feels a right to their act and a justification in accusing their counterpart of cheapening their jolly role. Leonard Cohen’s new album, You Want it Darker, reminds me of this spooky identity issue. Leonard Cohen plays the fake clown. He’s strictly human, he’s benign and mild. Yet, his voice, his chords and his lyrics combine to eerily alarm listeners.

Despite his scary movie-like sounds’ fictitious quality, Cohen’s album means something.

His album asks the question: who is the “real” clown?

Who’s acting a part and who’s acting out their own emotions? In current news stories, it seems that neither party genuinely feels clown-like. The professional clown’s resentment roots in financial concerns. The imitative clown’s actions stem from, I believe, boredom and irrationality. Leonard Cohen, as a performer, truly lives what he sings. You Want it Darker convinces me that Cohen feels his haunting music for no other reason but that it matches his emotions. Every spooky note serves a purpose. The album isn’t just a track-list for October; it’s more than Halloween music.

Cohen’s singing can barely be called that. He hones into his voice’s deep raspy register and symphonically speaks. The resulting sound booms like an underground sermon. “You Want it Darker,” the record’s first track,

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draws the listener down to a lightless church. Like a starless night, his first track sends the listener to a slimy, stone cold mass. Cohen’s voice emerges like a priest’s at confession, but the artist already knows your sins. He relays the message upward: “I’m ready, my lord,” and speaks on behalf of his audience as each chord carries away the listeners’ thoughts. Cohen both calls out and responds to an endless emotional chamber. Managing every spectrum of feeling, he plays an all-knowing narrator. His lyrics echo his complexities and only a continuous understanding links each variant concept. No specific tone or emotion monopolizes his music. The eeriness in his sound stems not only from the sort of “Monster Mash” undertone but the impression of familiarity. His commercial-worthy tone elicits an intimacy between speaker and listener — like that between two friends who thought they’d never meet again. Cohen sees through you. And as he sings, “I’m ready, my lord,” I’m unsure if we’re “ready” for death or rebirth. Regardless, the track list continues and I’m still listening.

Contradiction characterizes Cohen’s album. The music spooks while the lyrics sadden. Lively melodies carry sincere words. Cohen, at times, sounds like a Halloween recording; at others, he intonates like Frosty the Snowman, and at another his violin plays a processional melody. Irony invades his music when this strangely familiar voice utters strong and incongruent words.

The inconsistency between Frosty-like tone and serious sentiment sends a message to listeners. Cohen’s sincerity lends itself to this paradox. He’s human. His sounds capture genuine feelings, never entirely one emotion or the

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other. He appears untainted by public pressure to sell albums. Standing firmly in his identity, he poses as someone else and acts unpredictably. The idea reminds me of Sara Bareilles’ 2007 hit, “Love Song.” Cohen won’t write you a love song “’cause you asked for it / ‘cause you need one.” Cohen, like Bareilles, pretends to do so, only to write what really matters. He sings to this deception in “Treaty”: “Only one of us was real and that was me.” He’s like an eighty degree day during Ithaca’s Fall. Surprising.

Despite the spooky undertones in his music, his unmasking isn’t scary, it’s honest. The album progresses from his first haunting track to less threatening melodies.

His lyrics mirror this progression. Cohen lures you down into a dark conscious space and then turns the lights on.

And, “there’s nobody missing.” After its first track, You Want it Darker, reflects Cohen’s true identity: “He shed[s] his scales to find the snake within.”

Cohen poses as the fake clown but too many of his tracks blow his cover. Cohen might sympathize with these irrational actors but he isn’t one himself. His emotions and his tone allow him to take on many faces in his music. He haunts, he comforts, he surprises and he reveals his complicatedness. Above all, he persuades.

Of course, Cohen, too, may just play a part. Regardless, he convinces me. He moves me with every impassioned lyric and powerful melody. You Want it Darker resonates with familiar sounds and unprecedented combinations.

Julia Curley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at jcurley@cornellsun.com.

Music and Ownership

Or, the time my parents confiscated my iPod in 8th grade

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n the summer of 2010, my dad and I took a road trip from my hometown of Petaluma, California to Bend, Oregon.

I was fresh off of a harrowing 8th-grade breakup, and was at the peak of my addiction to the acquisition of music. I simply had to have a constant inflow of new music or I started to crave a fix. A few weeks before our trip, my parents had confiscated my 160GB iPod Classic after they caught me downloading music illegally, which explained the rash of viruses the family computer had been experiencing. Sans iPod on this trip (a living nightmare for me at this developmental stage), I sat in the shotgun seat of the car with a duffel bag under my legs stuffed to bursting with the family C.D. collection. We had the highlights of my dad’s and my shared favorites — R.E.M., Van Morrison, Los Lobos — but I still had the itch to acquire. As a side note, this led to one of the cruelest trolls I’ve ever experienced: passing through the one-street town of La Pine, Ore. (population 1,653 in 2010) my dad exclaimed, “La Pine — famous for its enormous music store!” and my young, lithe neck swiveled expectantly in all four directions before I realized I’d been had.

When we finally got to Bend, we stopped at a Best Buy and I headed for the C.D. section the way an ice-cream-and-pickles junkie heads for the pickle-flavored ice cream. I remember exactly what I bought: the Black Keys’s Brothers, Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Kings of Leon’s Aha Shake

Heartbreak, and Wilco’s Being There. We played these for the rest of the trip.

I don’t care much for some of those selections today, but all of those albums — particularly the Wilco, which only got better as I grew up — are inextricably connected in my mind with that trip, that time with my dad, with who I was at the time and who I wanted to be. I’d guess this has a lot to do with the fact that I bought them to alleviate the loss of my iPod. Instead of having the thousands of songs I normally had on hand, I had these four new albums, and because of the relatively small selection size I valued the music on them all the more. If I’d had my iPod on the trip, I probably wouldn’t remember today a single thing that we listened to during the four teen hours we d r o v e Despite all the there and Amputations back.

In this comparison, C.D.-ownership represents a more personal, physical relationship with music, while mp3-ownership represents an impersonal, immaterial relationship. It says something about how quickly music-service technology evolves that today, six years later, I see an mp3 collection as the personal-collection alternative to the impersonal experience of streaming. Even though my Spotify premium account makes my mp3 collection basically superfluous, I still want to feel like I have a collection, not just a history of songs I chose to stream. Since that 2010 road trip, an mp3 collection has

Jack Jones

actually become the old-school approach, for people who want the real, “physical” experience of actually owning music rather than the quick, easy and comparatively cheap option.

It’s incredible that at twenty years old I’m already a generation ahead of today’s teenagers, in terms of how I grew up on music.

I doubt almost anyone in junior high buys music anyPHOTO COURTESY OF JACK JONES more, when everyDaddy’s Boy | Columnist Jack Jones ’18 makin’ faces with his music thing is available on Spotify and loving, iPod-confiscating dad, Casey Jones, circa 2010.

YouTube for free.

Even the full-album nerds, like I was and pressed and sold.

I guess what I’m saying boils down to: still am, can get a Spotify Premium subscription and have access to almost every sometimes less really is more. Sometimes album ever recorded for $10 a month. As music becomes special and memorable convenient as these services are for music because it’s just what you had, not because aficionados, I feel that a certain relation- it’s the perfect selection out of a nearly infiship with the music you listen to is being nite realm of possible choices. Sometimes, sacrificed. I fear that music is becoming it turns out that your parents did you a something we sample rather than some- favor when they took away that iPod thing we experience. This is undoubtedly Classic. Still doesn’t make that La Pine joke similar to what people said when tapes funny, though. usurped vinyl, and then when C.D.s ousted tapes, and certainly when mp3s replaced Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and physical copies of albums entirely. Jack Sciences. He can be reached at jjones@cornellConcertgoers might even have sneered sun.com. Despite All the Amputations runs when vinyl records first began being alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Brylinsky said.

Adding “purpose” assures the transition to carbon neutrality will provide research opportunities for faculty and students. The experiment could also allow Cornell to model a new model of sustainability to the world as living laboratory, according to Brylinsky.

E.A. Executive Vice Chair BJ Siasoco agreed that the addition of the “purpose” bottom line is integral to the greater Cornell community.

“Adding the purpose piece is huge. I know that people struggle with the culture shift, and this purpose helps tie in how people can latch onto something,” he said. “It makes people feel like they’re a part of the bigger university, which I think speaks to a lot of staff members who often feel sidelined on a lot of the projects here.”

Siasoco also suggested improvements for how to further engage faculty in advancing sustainability goals.

“We need to spell out very clearly for how this transition will occur and how it will affect staff members,” he said. “It’ll engage faculty members who could be interested to contribute some of their good ideas.”

Brylinsky stressed that campus engagement is key to successfully achieving a bold carbon neutrality goal.

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“[Gillam] suffered a little bit of a concussion — in one of those things where the athlete didn’t let us know,” Schafer said.

So where does a team turn in order to fill some of its biggest voids due to injury?

Gillam's healthy return is a welcome sign for any Cornell fan. While he is expected to start this season, junior netminder Hayden Stewart has impressed this offseason and Schafer alluded that he may contend for the starting job. “[Gillam] had a great year, now we just want to talk about taking that one extra step to take us from a good team to a great team,” Schafer said. “It’s just not turning over the reins to him automatically. The two of them have got to battle, but Mitch has obviously got a hold on that position right now and he’s gotta show that he can keep it going forward.”

Schafer also said he hopes that a freshman class of five, along with an emerging group of sophomores, can pick up the slack left by injuries.

Last year’s most effective line — coined the “JAM line” — consisted of Kubiak, along with sophomores Mitch Vanderlaan and Anthony Angello. All three of whom led the way in points last season.

But Schafer is not looking only for players like Angello, Vanderlaan and McCrea to step up again. In the sophomore class of eight skaters, only the three aforementioned and Beau Starrett appeared on a somewhat consistent basis their first year.

He said he would love for that number to increase this season.

“One thing we definitely want to do is increase our speed up front offensively.”

Head Coach Mike Schafer ’89 “It’s more about the four guys who are sophomores that played last year sparingly and their development,” Schafer said.

“They have a year of experience of knowing what it means to play Division I hockey and we are looking for them to raise their level this year.”

Taking the place of last year’s now-graduated seniors is a freshman class of five skaters, who Schafer lauded for their speed and skill with the puck.

“One thing we definitely want to do is increase our speed up front offensively and we think we accomplish that,” he said of the freshman class back in August.

Perhaps no freshman is poised to more of a direct impact on the team than Quebec-native Yanni Kaldis — the lone defender in the new class.

Given the injuries and uncertainty with Bliss and Wedman, only seven healthy defensemen remain on the roster. With six dressing every night, Kaldis is

bound to receive ample playing time and Schafer is confident in his recruit who “comes from a great pedigree being one of the first-team all-stars in his league.”

On campus for just a couple months, Kaldis already seems to have become acquainted with campus and the Cornell hockey mantra. He said he knows he has to play at his best day-in and day-out.

“Our expectations are not to be middle of the pack.

Our expectations are...for a championship.”

Head Coach Mike Schafer ’86 “It’s faster,” Kaldis said of his experience so playing far.

“Everyone here is elite, there’s no weak links, that’s for sure. The puck moves a lot quicker and you just have to do things a lot quicker.”

Kaldis also mentioned that having a team packed with leaders has made his transition to Ithaca much smoother and has instilled a “team before yourself ” mentality.

“I’ve had great captains but [Weidner’s] been really great so far leading the way for the freshmen and even some of the older guys,” Kaldis added. “He’s putting everyone in their place and going through the team guidelines and team rules so everything is clear so far.”

Going into the 2016-17 season, Weidner said he has last year on his mind and knows that while change is necessary for success, it is just as much about putting the pieces together from last year.

“I think we have a lot of character in the room, a lot of experience,” he said. “We’re returning a lot of guys who have played a lot of games and I think the freshman group is ready to jump in and contribute right away so I think just a lot of guys who are ready to take the next step and win a lot of games and hopefully win a championship too.”

Schafer agreed that this year will prove to be much more worthwhile for the boys in Red, citing high expectations within the team as a major driving force.

The team was ranked No. 5/6 in the ECAC media and coaches polls, respectively, but players say they do not like to define themselves by that ranking.

“Our expectations are not to be middle of the pack,” Schafer said. “Our expectations are to challenge for a championship.

Sitting here looking around at all the banners all our expectations are a lot greater than what we were picked. There have been plenty of years where we have been picked to finish seventh or eighth and won the league.

These guys came here wanting to be a team that carries on that Cornell tradition of excellence of winning and playing in front of the best fans in college hockey.”

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fter closing two years ago due to a tragic accident that left the restaurant in disarray, Simeon’s is back and open for business as of this Fall. A lot of excitement has built around the opening of the restaurant. As soon as I stepped onto campus, I heard about how Simeon’s was set to open. Though I wasn’t here when the original Simeon’s was around, I too was excited. I began to imagine the meal I would have at this American bistro.

Fast forwarding to the night I was able to dine in, I was in a great mood since I had just finished taking a prelim. As I’m sure many locals understand, I was concerned about having to park in the garage, but my friends and I luckily found street parking. As I rounded the corner of East State Street and walked through the doors, I was amazed at how well the interior is put together. While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it felt like a bistro in New York City, I didn’t feel like I was in Ithaca. The soft, light brown leather; marble counter tops and wooden decor definitely fit the bistro theme and was a nice change from the typical stuffy

Ithaca restaurant many most often end up in. What caught my eye next was the focal point of the room, the bar. Five towering shelves of an expansive liquor inventory surrounded the bar’s mirrored backdrop. Moving through the main dining room, we entered the “oyster room” where we were seated at a high four top.

Since Simeon’s is categorized as an American bistro, I assumed there would be an extensive menu filled with many options, aiming to have almost something for everyone. While I understand that’s hard to do, with this expectation I was sadly disappointed.

The menu was divided into three main sections: sandwiches, small plates and large plates. The fact that there was a sandwich section on the dinner menu took me by surprise. This section included a Simeon’s burger and ahi tuna burger, both items I would’ve placed in the large plates section.

The small plates were definitely small and purely appetizer-sized, not ideal if you’re the kind of person who can often rely on an appetizer to serve as an entrée.

The small plate options included soups, seafood, vegetables and beef.

I ordered the roasted brussel sprouts and heirloom carrots to

share with a friend. I was hesitant about the order because those plates do seem like items that are typically considered sides, but I tried them anyway and that is exactly how one would describe them. The heirloom carrots with green coriander sheep’s milk yogurt, local honey and granola had a strong flavor profile, between the tanginess of the yogurt and sweetness of the carrot with the honey, and it came in a “side like” layout as opposed to a “salad like” one. The brussel sprouts and the carrots were among three vegetable-centered small plate options, the third being a grilled cabbage salad. None of the above though featured any raw or fresh vegetables, which was slightly disappointing. While I shared the vegetables with one friend, another enjoyed the the grilled octopus, but was put off by the lack of support the octopus had on the plate. It was accompanied only by a small allocation of sauce consisting of puttanesca, grapes and tarragon. The texture and flavor mix were not complementary of each other, but the octopus on its own was seasoned and prepared well.

When the entrées came out I was ready to see what else was in store, hoping that this part of the meal would make my evening.

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The chicken parmesan with linguini came out in a heaping portion, true to its description as a “large plate.” The linguini was cooked al dente and was well seasoned, while the chicken parmesan was the breaded and cheesy standard one would typically find at any Italian restaurant. The burger was a hearty blend of short rib, brisket and chuck meat, layered with house herb boursin (soft, creamy cheese) lettuce, tomato and crispy onions, served (of course) with your classic french fries.

The entrées definitely did the trick in satisfying our appetites, so we didn’t indulge in any desserts.

This didn’t stop us, though, from looking. The options consisted of five individually portioned glasses

of cake, some of which included a variation of pumpkin, tiramisu and a cannoli. Nothing stood out or made us reconsider our already full stomachs, but maybe next time.

All in all, the meal was quite pleasant. I wouldn’t place it in my top five places for dinner in Ithaca, but when you need a place for dinner and don’t want to end up on a wait list, Simeon’s is available for reservations, which aren’t offered at most restaurants downtown.

Note that Simeon’s has recently begun offering a lunch menu during the week and brunch on the weekends.

Chelsea Leeds is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at cl768@cornell.edu.

Açaí Bowls

By MIKAYLA KUYKENDALL Sun Contributor

F

irst things first: açaí is pronounced ah-sigh-EE, for all of us who have been confused ever since Garnier Fructis started putting it in their haircare products.

Açaí is a berry native to South America that has a texture similar to grapes. According to the Global Healing Center, it is packed with antioxidants that protect the body against free radicals, help lower cholesterol, reduce respiratory irritation and promote healthy skin. It also has a lot of fiber for efficient digestion and enough vitamin C to keep our immune systems ready to combat the approaching Ithaca winter.

Attracted by the high nutrient content, Americans have latched onto the idea of açaí berries. They have turned them into aesthetically pleasing, Instagram-worthy smoothie bowls that just look as if they holds all of the secrets to good health. And,

honestly, it just might. Typical recipes call for açaí berries blended with ice and some form of milk, poured it into a bowl with whatever toppings you want. Other recipes include various fruits and vegetables, amping the nutrient content and providing other flavors.

Although the health benefits asso-

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ciated with açaí berries are solid, be sure to use an açaí powder or frozen purée that is pure or

organic. Normally I would say that organic produce just means paying a lot more not to scrub your fruits and vegetables of pesticides. However, inorganic açaí products, like those from Jamba Juice, tend to have enough sugar to make anyone from below the Mason Dixon Line cringe if it were added to their sweet tea. The organic versions don’t include any added sugar, making the sugar content basically zero — music to the ears of all nutrition majors.

The possibilities are virtually endless when it comes to these bowls — the smoothie portion itself can include a variety of different components, ranging from fruits to vegetables to nut butters.

The toppings can be as conservative or offthe-wall as you desire.

Granola, nuts, seeds, coconut, fresh or dried fruit and lots of nut butter, for those of us who can eat a whole jar of Jif peanut butter with a spoon, are a few options. The Food Network has a recipe in which the frozen açaí purée, half of a

banana and frozen blueberries are blended together and then topped with banana slices, honey, granola and unsweetened coconut flakes. I imagine that the meat eaters out there could add some pepperoni slices or chunks of ham, but the flavor combination may not favor those additions as much. This bowl is all about flavor, texture and health served up in a convenient bowl.

It’s the costs of getting the açaí to the bowl that may not be so convenient. Because there is a lot of processing involved with puréeing or freeze-drying the fruit, these products are usually more expensive. They are also a little harder to find, as they are typically sold in health food stores such as Whole Foods. If you’re from a small rural town like I am, then these stores can be a whole tank of gas away, making the value of açaí berries somewhat questionable. But if you have a pretty fuel-efficient car and a decent amount of time on your hands, giving açaí bowls a try could definitely be worth it.

Despite the potential issues of expense and availability, açaí bowls are easy to make, since the ingredients can be thrown into a blender (unless you’re not a morning person and anything louder than a door closing sounds like an explosion). They

can be made with a variety of different ingredients, depending on your taste. And, with proper lighting and the right filter, they can get you enough likes on Instagram to actually show up as a number instead of as the usernames of the three people who like everything you post.

Mikayla Kuykendall is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at mpk77@cornell.edu.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 2016

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Icers Seek to Continue Tradition of Excellence

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For three straight years, the Cornell men’s hockey team has met Union in the ECAC playoffs. For two of the three post-season matchups, the Dutchmen have gotten the better of the Red, but last year, Cornell finally edged its interstate rival.

However, a loss to then-No.1 Quinnipiac in the ECAC quarterfinals would pause the the men’s celebrations that were eventually halted when they learned they just missed out on an NCAA tournament bid.

Despite this, team believes last year’s series win over Union and skating well with the nation’s top team — going so far as to steal a game away from the Bobcats — is emblematic of the progress they have made, especially heading into the 2016-17 season.

“We were knocking on that doorstep with the last team to get knocked out out of the NCAAs last year [in Quinnipiac],” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “We don’t want to be that team this year. That means getting one extra win or one extra tie, but these guys all understand that importance because they are an experienced group and understand it takes one time to knock you out.”

The 2015-16 campaign was a roller coaster of a season for Cornell. The men started off remarkably well, losing only twice in 13 games — once to its eventually doombringer in Quinnipiac and once in a uncharacteristic loss to an unranked Ohio State, 8-0, in the Florida College Classic.

Within those 13 games, the team knocked off the undefeated and No.1 ranked team at the time, Providence, and was an overtime goal away from beating Quinnipiac after going up 4-1 early.

Yet, as the season progressed, the team went on to finish its last 14 games with only two wins, a stretch Schafer characterized as “falling off pace.”

“We may have gotten ahead of ourselves last year after we went on that hot start,” said senior captain and forward Jake Weidner. “I think we’re going to need to hold each other more accountable in practice and be ready for every

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Traveling gang | The Red will have to play four of its first 16 games on the road, making a quick start like last year — 11 wins in 13 games — more elusive.

single opponent each night to be more consistent each night.”

Replicating last year’s fast start will undoubtedly be much more difficult this season, as the team plays only four of its first 16 games at home. Not being able to play in front of the “best home ice advantage in college hockey,” according to senior alternate captain and defenseman Patrick McCarron, who will be a noticeable absence on the team to begin the season.

Injuries, too, have plagued the club already although no games have been played. Senior alternate captain and forward Jeff Kubiak, along with junior defenseman Dan Wedman will be out four weeks maximum, according to

Schafer. Junior defenseman Ryan Bliss will also be out “indefinitely.”

Sophomore defenseman Alec McCrea — who shined in his first season with the Red — also broke his arm during a development camp this summer, and while Schafer said it stunted his progression throughout the summer, he’s “full go now.”

Senior goaltender Mitch Gillam caught the injury bug at the end of last year, suffering a concussion in the first game of the ECAC quarterfinals against the Bobcats, but still went on to start the entire series.

See MEN’S HOCKEY page 18

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CORNELL V. BROWN

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

BROWN

BROWN

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

BROWN

CORNELL

PENN V. YALE

PENN

PENN

PENN

PENN

PENN

PENN

PENN

YALE

PENN

PENN

PENN

PRINCETON V. HARVARD

HARVARD

PRINCETON

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH

COLUMBIA

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH V. COLUMBIA

DARTMOUTH DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH DARTMOUTH

TEXAS A&M V. ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

MEMPHIS V. NAVY

MEMPHIS

MEMPHIS

NAVY

MEMPHIS

NAVY

NAVY

MEMPHIS

NAVY

MEMPHIS

NAVY

NAVY

BUFFALO V. N. ILLINOIS

BUFFALO

N. ILLINOIS

N. ILLINOIS

N. ILLINOIS

BUFFALO

BUFFALO

N. ILLINOIS

BUFFALO

N. ILLINOIS

N. ILLINOIS

N. ILLINOIS

BUCCANEERS V. 49ERS

BUCCANEERS

49ERS

BUCCANEERS

49ERS

49ERS

49ERS

BUCCANEERS

49ERS

49ERS

BUCCANEERS

BUCCANEERS

PATRIOTS V. STEELERS

STEELERS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

STEELERS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

REDSKINS V. LIONS

LIONS

REDSKINS

LIONS

LIONS

LIONS

LIONS

LIONS

REDSKINS

LIONS

REDSKINS

REDSKINS

LAST WEEK

4-6

5-5

6-4

4-6

4-6

6-4

5-5

6-4

5-5

6-4

6-4

TOTAL

14-16

16-14

20-10

15-15

16-14

19-11

14-16

16-14

18-12

14-16

16-14