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Over 50 Cornellians gathered in a rally in support of divestment from fossil fuels on Friday. | Page 3

Danni Shen ’15 talks with artist Xu Bing about contemporary art in China and beyond. | Page 10

C.U.Faces Setbacks In Efforts to Sterilize Local Deer Population

The men’s cross country team beat nationallyranked North Carolina State this weekend. | Page 16

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By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

The University’s efforts to control the local deer population since 2009 have brought about unintended and unforeseen consequences, garnering some national news coverage over the past few weeks.

The white-tailed deer population present in the community had left fields excessively grazed and the wild habitat of certain songbird species altered prior to intervention by the University, The Washington Post reported on Sept. 29. Collisions with cars and the destruction of agricultural plots used for research were also consequences of the skyrocketing deer population at the time, according to an August 2009 University press release.

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In Response to Skorton Column,GPSA Comedian to Perform Discusses University’s Effect on Free Speech At Cornell Next Month

By TALIA JUBAS

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In response to a recent op-ed written by President David Skorton, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly held an open discussion Monday evening to talk about issues of civility and free speech on campus.

Skorton’s column — published in The Sun on Sept. 29 — focused on the importance of reconciling expressive freedom and civility. GPSA President Richard Walroth grad asked assembly members to react to Skorton’s appeal to shared governance bodies “to talk about these issues and help us live collec-

tively in ways that promote constructive dialogue and foster greater understanding.”

Replying to questions about what prompted Skorton to issue this statement, Christine Yao grad cited a recent nationally reported controversy that she said pitted civility against freedom of speech.

According to Yao, trustees and donors at the University of Illinois pressured the university to rescind an offer to English professor Steven Salaita before he even arrived on campus this semester, after “some of his tweets that were critical of the Israeli Palestinian conflict … were unearthed.”

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Buress wrote for Saturday Night Live

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Hannibal Buress — a comedian known for his standup as well as writing for shows including Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock — will perform at Statler Hall on Nov. 19, the Cornell University Program Board announced Monday.

Zach Zahos ’15, president of CUPB, said that Buress has shown himself to be an “up-and-comer” in the world of comedy for some time.

“Lately he seems to have made a See BURESS page 4

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With Fulbright Fellowships, Students Continue Research

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

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Freedom of speech | Katherine Herleman grad explains her experiences regarding free speech at an open forum during a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting Monday evening.

Two Cornell graduate students who received the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship earlier this month say the award will help them continue their field studies in South American countries — namely, research on the political party system in Latin American countries and the way gender

issues present themselves in presidencies.

The fellowships — which are granted by the United States Department of Education — are awarded to individual doctoral students conducting research in modern foreign language and area studies for periods of six to 12 months, according to the Cornell Mario Einaudi Center for See FULBRIGHT page 4

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At Friday Rally, Cornellians Urge Trustees to Divest

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Over 50 Cornellians gathered in front of Day Hall Friday demanding that the University’s Board of Trustees — who were in Ithaca for the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting and Homecoming — divest from the fossil fuel industry.

The University’s divestment from fossil fuels is important in order to send the message that it disapproves of the negative effects the fossil fuel industry has on the environment, according to Cole Norgaarden ’17, copresident and treasurer of KyotoNOW! — the student group that organized the rally.

“The trustees say they do not want to politicize the endowment,” Norgaarden said. “We say the endowment is inherently politicized with every last penny invested in the fossil fuel industry and in the climate chaos that it results in every single day.”

Cornell has stated in the past that divesting would negatively affect the University; at a University Assembly meeting in April, Cornell’s Chief Investment Officer A.J. Edwards said it would also likely have a minimal impact on the companies it would potentially be divesting from, The Sun previously reported.

Prof. Bob Howarth, said that while the University should be proud of the success it has achieved so far in divesting from coal, it should continue to push towards divesting from all fossil fuels.

“On the issue of divestment, divesting from coal simply is not enough,” Howarth said. “We need to move quickly away from all fossil fuels.”

Howarth went on to explain the environmental impact the fossil fuel industry has on the environment.

“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that each of the last three decades has successively been

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Divest now | Over 50 Cornellians gathered outside of Day Hall Friday, urging the University’s Board of Trustees to divest the fossil fuel industry from Cornell’s endowment.

the warmest on earth ever observed in the time that our species has been on this planet,” Howarth said. “Climate change is real — it’s growing, and it’s growing steadily.”

Norgaarden said the rally was deliberately planned to coincide with Homecoming as well as the gathering of the University’s trustees on campus.

“Cornell has done a lot of outstanding work for sustainability and we’re very proud of how far our University has come,” Norgaarden said. “But now it’s time to push for full divestment from fossil fuels to bring our endowment in line with this mission. Issuing a publicly disclosed, independent feasibility study on divestment impact by the end of the calendar year would be a great step towards this goal.”

According to Aubree Keurajian ’15, a member of KyotoNOW!, the rally aimed to demonstrate student and faculty support for divestment.

“Over 130 Cornell students went down to the People’s Climate Rally in [New York City] earlier this semester and we wanted to harness this excitement and energy to show the administration, and the rest of the Cornell community,

that students really care about environmental justice and climate change,” said Keurajian, who helped to plan the rally.

According to Norgaarden, the rally was planned in collaboration with students and professors as a result of last year’s U.A. decision to “take divestment of the table” from administrative consideration.

“Faculty who had invested time in fighting the proposal reached out to us to begin planning an event to demonstrate support on campus for both divestment from fossil fuels and climate issues at large,” Norgaarden said.

Though Norgaarden said the organization has “yet to hear anything from the administration or trustees,” the rally was a success in that it was well attended.

“We definitely believe that this rally was a success,” Norgaarden said. “Turnout among students, faculty and even alumni surpassed our expectations, and the entire event ran smoothly without interruption.”

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com.

Three Cornell Deans Reappointed to Five-Year Terms

By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

Three University deans — Kathryn Boor ’80 of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Lance Collins of the College of Engineering and Barbara Knuth of the Cornell Graduate School — have been reappointed for their second and final five-year terms, Provost

Kent Fuchs announced Friday.

The new terms will begin on July 1.

During her first term as dean of the agriculture college, Boor fundraised to support “faculty hiring and increased resources to support research at the local, state and national levels,” according to a University press release. The number of applicants to the college’s undergrad-

uate programs also reached a record high during her first term.

According to the release, new “experiential” learning opportunities have been introduced for students and “multiple curricula” have been overhauled — among them the new interdisciplinary environmental science and sustainability major.

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the agriculture college was also ment and improvement processreleased earlier this month, The es for all graduate fields at the Sun previously reported. The University, according to the plan is designed to achieve 10 release. As vice provost, Knuth overarching goals within four was responsible for establishing broad areas of interest: the acad- partnerships that have “resulted emic stature of the college’s pro- in the most socioeconomically grams, engaged learning and and racially diverse undergraduresearch, a “broadly inclusive” ate population in Cornell’s histoscholarly community and con- ry.”

During her next term, Knuth trol of the college’s resources.

Collins — who joined said she plans to increase fellowCornell’s faculty in 2002 — has ship funding, expand programs to “cultivate played a transferable major role skills for over the last “I have found [Knuth] to be graduate five years in the ultimate leader model and profescreating and sional stuimplementin providing supportive dents” and ing Cornell’s attention ... to her staff.” diversify the winning bid university’s for Cornell Jan Allen student Tech, accordpopulation. ing to a press Jan Allen, release. He also helped to launch several new associate dean for academic and programs in the engineering col- student affairs at the graduate lege which focus on leadership school, said that Knuth has brought forth “responsible leadand entrepreneurship.

Collins said in the release that ership” and “cutting-edge ideas” he plans to focus on engagement to the school.

“As someone who has worked with the Ithaca community, New York City and the engineering at several graduate schools, I industry. This coincides with the have found her to be a model University’s recent announce- leader in providing supportive ment of a $150 million, 10-year attention, genuine trust, and initiative called Engaged Cornell careful mentoring to her staff,” that aims to have every under- Allen said. “At the same time, graduate student participating in she advocates for the highest public service-related course- quality graduate programs and resources for graduate students work by 2025.

Knuth — who was also pro- and faculty.” moted from vice provost to senior vice provost of the gradu- Aimee Cho can be reached at ate school — established assess- acho@cornellsun.com.

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breakthrough,” saud Zahos, who is also an arts and entertainment writer for The Sun. “While he’s not as big as Louis C.K. or Aziz Ansari, he just opened for Aziz at Madison Square Garden last week and it’s only a matter of time before he’s headlining venues like that, too.”

According to Zahos, requests for Buress to appear at Cornell came from not only the general body of CUPB, but from various students as well who approached board members. Philippa Boyes ’15, selections chair for CUPB, said Buress accepted quickly once CUPB made him the offer.

“All of a sudden there become a date where he was available and Statler was available. It was a perfect match,” Boyes said. “We’re really excited to be able to bring him.”

Zahos noted that Buress has a unique style of comedy that frequently draws on race and other sensitive subjects for society.

“He brings in a lot of touchy issues and talks about them sort of flippantly, but it’s never outright ugly,” Zahos said. “He’s making points but more than anything, he’s making you laugh.”

Boyes agreed, saying that Buress’s societal commentary helps make his comedy especially entertaining.

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Hannibal’s standup is that he’s very much himself, and sort of calls it as he sees it, whether it is racial issues or any other aspect of his life,” Boyes said. “He’s just really honest, and from that honesty comes the comedy.”

Zahos said he is confident the show will be well-attended by Cornellians. “[Buress] is immensely respected among his peers and fans of comedy in general, so I think word of mouth will spread before he gets here and lead to a very well-attended and entertaining show.”

Tickets will go on sale on Oct. 28.

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun.com.

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This year’s Cornell recipients are Mariana Giusti grad, Kasia Paprocki grad, Catherine ReyesHousholder grad and Brian Rutledge grad.

Reyes-Housholder said she was “stunned and overjoyed” when she found out she had won the fellowship, as well as “very thankful” for the support and help she received from the University, her dissertation committee and other graduate students.

“The Fulbright-Hays fellowship is crucial for completing my dissertation,” Reyes-Householder said. “[The fellowship] will allow me to do fieldwork in Brazil and Chile,” where she will continue her research on Latin American presidentas — female presidents — and why some of them use their presidential powers to promote feminist change while others do not.

“My project starts with a regional study of female ministerial appointments since 1999,” she said. “It also involves two in-depth case studies of Michelle Bachelet’s presidency in Chile and Dilma Rousseff’s presidency in Brazil.”

Reyes-Housholder said she first became interested in presidentas as an undergraduate in 2005, when she first traveled to Chile for the first time to intern at a local newspaper.

“I knew nothing about Chile, but that happened to be right when Bachelet was campaigning for president,” Reyes-Housholder said. “My editor was aware of my general interest in politics, so he sent me to report on the presidential campaigns.”

Giusti — like ReyesHousholder — is also studying political science and said her goal is to understand the relationship between varying social network structures and successful or failed attempts at political party building in Peru and Bolivia.

“Both of these counties experienced systemic collapse over the last two decades and are currently in the process of rebuilding their party systems with varying levels of success,” Giusti said.

Having already spent a year collecting data in Bolivia, Giusti said she will spend most of her time as a Fulbright-Hays fellow in Peru, where she will be interviewing politicians and leaders of social movements, business networks and community associations to gather the necessary data to complete her dissertation research.

“I’m incredibly honored to have been awarded a FulbrightHays DDRA fellowship,” Giusti said. “I applied to this fellowship with very limited expectations and a lot of hope and was pleasantly surprised when I was notified of the exciting news.”

Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun.com.

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Prof:Efforts to Sterilize GSPA Discusses Free Speech,Civility on Campus C.U. Deer Were Unsuccessful CIVILITY

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DEER

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By 2009, Cornell “needed to find a solution” to control the deer population that would satisfy everyone, The Post said.

That summer, a group of Cornell researchers began a five-year pilot program that aimed to reduce “deer abundance and associated impacts” by 75 percent on central campus and by half in less-developed areas outside campus, according to the University. The program, which combined doe sterilization with controlled hunting, used different methods to control deer populations in a range of environments.

The researchers chose to surgically sterilize dozens of does on the University’s central campus, where hunting is “not feasible or legal,” according to the release. Additionally, a majority of these does were equipped with radio collars that would monitor factors such as movement patterns and fawning rates.

In addition, controlled hunting was allowed in peripheral areas of campus as a means of preventing outside deer from entering the main campus.

However, the sterilization method employed by the University — tubal ligation, “in which a doe’s fallopian tubes are either blocked or severed” — would lead to an unexpected result, according to The Post.

Though the birth rate decreased, the overall number of deer remained steady over five years.

Prof. Paul Curtis, natural resources, attributed this unusual observation to an increasing number of bucks, despite a reduction in fawn and doe numbers.

“There were about 100 deer on campus when we started, and there were still about 100 deer [five years later],” Curtis, who is also an extension wildlife specialist in the department of natural “There were about 100 resources, told the The Post. deer on campus when we It turned out the does were started, and there were still in heat more often. Since the ligated deer were unable to about 100 deer [five years become pregnant, they “conlater].” tinued to produce chemical signals of readiness to reproProf. Paul Curtis duce,” which attracted the bucks, according to The Post.

The lack of success the University faced in controlling the deer population led administrators to reevaluate its approach, turning to a nuisance deer removal program which used a combination of volunteer bowhunters and a “trap and bolt” method to kill deer, according to an August article by The Syracuse Post-Standard. These herd culling efforts began the previous year in the summer.

These methods elicited criticism from members in the local organization Cayuga Deer, who have called the practices “inhumane,” The Sun previously reported. According to Curtis, this particular method has been effective in reducing the deer population on campus.

“In winter 2013, our camera survey indicated there were 100 to 105 deer on campus. After the nuisance deer removal in 2014, the camera estimate was about 58 deer remaining on campus,” Curtis told The Washington Post.

Though Curtis and his team have begun new experiments involving ovary removal to control the deer population, they are still facing issues sterilizing deer: out of three deer that were given ovariectomies, one became pregnant again.

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun.com.

Despite his teaching evaluations and credentials, Salaita’s comments — which purportedly relate to his area of expertise, Yao said — were used as basis for dismissal.

But even beyond this one instance, “there has been a history of people silencing those with controversial opinions based on issues of tone,” she said.

Local events were also referenced as possible motivators for Skorton’s column, specifically an incident in November 2012 when Cornell Police asked Students for Justice in Palestine to evacuate Ho Plaza because another group — the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee — had already secured a Use of University Property permit for use of the premises.

Referring to this and other such circumstances — where opposing groups want to protest in the same place at the same time — Walrtoh said “the University should be prepared to handle any kind of escalation of violence in that kind of situation.”

Throughout the meeting, the people said that the concept of civil language was very subjective. “[Regarding] civility, just in the abstract — I don’t know [if it] will mean anything,” Jeffrey Bergfalk grad said. “We can say civility is valued, but how different people define that value

concretely I think is very unclear.”

The assembly also raised questions about what role, if any, the University should play in defining and enforcing the values of civility and free speech.

According to GPSA counsel Nicole Baran grad, it is a concern discussed on campuses across the country, with schools and external organizations evaluating how institutional codes of conduct affect free speech present on campus.

“There is a broadening across the nation to sort of think about … what free speech mean[s] on a university campus,” Baran said.

The subjectivity also extends beyond campus borders, with University policies subjected to the influence of people who are not present, such as trustees and alumni donors, according to Todd Snider grad.

“It’s sort of a point of frustration for me that we should be talking about this when people whose opinions matter aren’t all here,” he said.

However, according to Gina Giambattista, assistant director of Cornell Assemblies, the procedure for amending policies allows for community input.

She said this process was a significant factor in shaping U.A. Resolution 9, which passed last March, and seeks to clarify the meaning of free speech as it pertains to campus demonstrations.

After the Codes and Judicial Committee of the U.A. articu-

lated a resolution over the course of a year, it was ultimately changed to reflect the broader opinion — expressed during a period of community feedback — that no permit be required for outdoor activities and that, although protesters must respect the rights of others, “everyone has the right to be heard and to listen to others,” as stated in the adopted resolution.

“The voices of the people prevailed,” Giambattista said.

“There’s an opportunity for everybody in the community to participate and make these changes.”

Giambattista added that Skorton’s message to the community was not primarily focused on effecting policy level changes. “[It is rather about] how can we as a community make sure that the voices that want to be heard are heard,” she said.

The recent publication of a “Disorientation Guide” to Cornell, which questions the legitimacy of the shared governance system and calls on community members to protest University decisions, is one indicator that this is an issue the campus will increasingly be grappling with, according to Baran.

“This is going to become, if it hasn’t already been, a pretty big issue within our community,” she said.

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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Balancing a Safe and Conscious Ebola Response ON OCT. 16, THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED by email that a ban was being placed on University-related travel to three Ebola-stricken West African nations — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged Americans to avoid. Students, faculty and staff seeking to travel to these countries for study abroad, research, internships, service, conferences, presentations, teaching, performances, recruiting or athletic competitions may file an appeal for an exemption from the travel prohibition. Further, Gannett Health Services’ resources for potential travelers to affected nations and its preparedness for a potential local outbreak of the disease were highlighted. The email, while acknowledging the complexity and devastating nature of the epidemic, informed students of the disease’s rarity outside of West Africa, and noted that the United States’ health infrastructures’ ability to limit its spread. We at The Sun commend the University for its efforts to promote an informed sense of calm while not understating the severity of the Ebola crisis. The proactive measures being taken to both avert and prepare for the contraction of Ebola by members of the University community are to be applauded. However, we have concerns about the nature of the travel ban and its implications for research and service.

We at The Sun believe that as the Ebola crisis progresses, Cornell must not abdicate its responsibilities as a leading international research institution. Those in charge of the appeals process should be generous in granting exemptions to students and faculty seeking to partake in the international response to the virus in the three countries where it has reached epidemic proportions. This can be done without endangering the health of others; a nationwide prohibition on travel to crisis areas in West Africa is currently not in place because the Obama administration has been informed by experts that a travel ban would be less effective than measures currently in place, such as the screening of travelers. So long as they adhere to the national protocols prescribed by public health experts and the federal government, members of the University community should not be arbitrarily and unnecessarily barred from participating in meaningful aid and research-related travel to West Africa. As a leading research institution, the University should not shy away from facilitating and devoting resources to these philanthropic and humanitarian efforts.

Perhaps the greatest challenge that the University faces in addressing the latest developments in the Ebola outbreak is maintaining a balanced response to the crisis.

While we caution against frivolous and counterproductive limitations on certain types of travel to crisis-stricken areas, we also urge transparency regarding any unpreparedness that the University may face in the event of a local outbreak. This past January, The Sun reported that Gannett is currently unable to “accommodate current campus health needs.” Although its planned expansion will not be completed for several years, Gannett must be promptly equipped with additional resources to ensure that its facilities and staff are adequately prepared for a local public health crisis.

With the World Health Organization designating two previously affected African nations “Ebola-free” and the international community intensifying its efforts to curb the disease’s spread, we believe that there is reason to be prudently optimistic about the future of the crisis. A balanced, thorough and responsible University response has the potential to both further these international efforts and secure the confidence and health of its students, faculty and staff.

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t’s not just the engineers — I can deal ing about (note: Urban poetry is literally with feeling significantly less smart in rap); rather, they were interested in somea room full of engineers. In fact, after thing I had little interest in discussing. my recent calculus prelim (more com- People tend to talk about topics they have monly known as the point in this semester observed or have had personal experience I realized I’m going nowhere in life), I’ve with — things they know and understand. even given into bowing down to certain Yet, rarely do we all share an interest or an pre-med majors (aka half my floor). understanding of the same topics. We Spending this past weekend at a Model mask what we don’t understand by pubUnited Nations conference interacting licly discussing what we do, and in doing with students from all over the country, so, we unintentionally (sometimes intenhowever, has left me a little more than tionally) give off the impression that we uneasy with the idea that quite literally know more than others, not that we know different from others. everyone I meet is a genius.

There are, of course, several ways to It’s not as if I’m unprepared to meet approach situapeople that are tions like these. smarter than I am You could try to every day on camPeople tend to talk about the prove yourself to pus and otherwise; I look forward to it topics they have observed or be smarter than the people you’re actually. There is, have had personal experience surrounded by. however, a differthat’s exhaustence between with — things they know and But, ing — and frankly, being aware of the fact that there will understand. Yet, rarely do we pretty annoying.

Your time and always be people all share an interest or energy is better smarter than you spent taking in the and being faced an understanding of the different pieces of with a situation in information peowhich you have to same topics. ple have to offer. work with (and Rather than focussometimes against) those people. Why do they know these ing on what knowledge you could pull out things, I wonder. Why don’t I know these to prove your intelligence, you can build things? Why did I spend four hours off of the strengths of others. If there’s one watching Netflix when I could have read thing I’ve learned from this weekend, it’s half a dictionary and kept up with this that the people worth knowing are the conversation instead? The sense of insecu- ones willing to share — knowledge, experity that ensues when you find you have riences and advice. If all they want is to little substance to contribute is fairly use their information against you, their intimidating — and it’s completely information is probably not that impressive anyway. unnecessary.

Most times, we believe people to know far more than they actually do. Like those people at my Model UN conference dis- Hebani Duggal is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hdugcussing “urban poetry.” It’s not that they gal@cornellsun.com. Teach Me How to Duggal knew more about everything I knew noth- appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Deon Thomas |

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e are getting to a time where it is getting more and more difficult to separate entertainment from news. With an increasing amount of sensationalism in journalism and Buzzfeed articles that continue to defy all expectations in simplifying the English language we must be more vigilant about what we are reading.

Scrolling through my Facebook timeline produces far more videos, Buzzfeed articles and Upworthy links than any investigative articles from respectable publications. Even when approaching the reporting of news channels, the amount of actually reporting of national and especially international news seems to be at an all time low. As of late, I have learned more from hashtag activism on Twitter than I have from news reporting.

I only want to seek the source of this shift in the reporting of news. Publications, for some reason, have decided to spice things up by making their work less factual and investigative and have sought to add sensationalism and “fun” instead. Websites that have chosen to profit from this method seemingly altogether appear to be getting more shares and reads than those that refuse to make such a monumental shift. Has the American public truly lost its interest in information and replaced it with a drive to read for fun and humor? Has the American public finally lost its drive to learn and educate itself? Growing up, I always read from blogs and other sources that foreign countries see America as ignorant, prideful and self-absorbed. However, I refused to believe in that stigma. Recently, it is hard not see these foreign beliefs as factual. Now that I go to a school with such a plethora of international students I am

I truly fear that the attention span of Americans has shrunken far too small. It seems that if an article lacks pictures and bullet points, no more than the first paragraph can be read. always surprised with their wide knowledge of the world that my other peers seem to lack.

The source of this lack of knowledge must still be determined. Is there a lack of American publications sharing with us worthwhile knowledge or simply doing a bad job of attracting us to read it? Or is the American public simply not reading worthwhile information and therefore forcing American publications to retaliate by giving us what we seek? I believe that the later option is the correct reason.

We must, at the end of the day, realize that newspapers, television news and other sources are merely businesses and as such must appeal to the masses of readers. In that realization, I must implore you to read The New York Times before you check Buzzfeed and find out “Weird Things Couples Do When They’re Sick.”

However, I truly fear that the attention span of Americans has shrunken far too small. It seems that if an article lacks pictures and bullet points, no more than the first paragraph can be read. I honestly do not know how to attack this issue. Should The Washington Post drop everything and give in to increasing demand to simplify everything, and rather make everything more aesthetically pleasing to readers? Or should they continue the crusade to educate the American public? Should I and likeminded people start protesting the simplification of education because we believe it is dumbing down for its readers? Or rather, should we attempt to reconcile the simplification with investigative and informational journalism? I honestly do not know which methods are better. Am I holding on to a pastime that is all but lost or am I fighting the noble battle? However, if you continue indulging yourself with nonsense articles and you have nothing to talk about except the “22 Photos Every Sorority Girl Will Recognize” please comprehend that it’s not me, it’s you.

Deon Thomas is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com. It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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f everything that media outlets cases diagnosed in the United States. no more healthcare workers become and popular culture said about These three cases originated with a infected during the treatment and infectious diseases were true, we Liberian man, Thomas Eric containment of isolated incidents. would all either be flesh-eating zom- Duncan, now deceased, and includAdapting these procedures (and bies or steely-eyed Rick Grimes (of ed two of the nurses who cared for navigating the inherent potential for AMC series The Walking Dead him while he was in the most critical bureaucratic red tape) to ensure that fame) fighting desperately to keep a stage of the virus. In fact, on any isolated incident is thoroughly ragged band of post-Zombie- Monday, the 21-day observation contained is the perfect job for the Apocalypse-era misfits together in period for 48 people believed to be new Ebola czar Ron Klain. Decried the face of zombie insurgency and at risk for contamination from Mr. by critics like Senator John McCain petty intra-human land squabbles Duncan came to an end, meaning (R-Ariz.) as a “democratic appathat eventually escalate into a full- that these people, including ratchik” (a Russian colloquial term scale battle in a prison yard in the Duncan’s fiance who cared for him for Communist Party bureaucrat), mid-season finale of season four. while he was sick, are not infected it’s true that Ron Klain is a highlyAnyway, the point is that con- with the disease. The potential for a skilled political operative who has temporary popular culture loves a United States outbreak centered served as the chief of staff for two good crisis. A quick survey of TV, around Duncan seems to have been United States Vice Presidents film and the oft-forgotten art form thwarted by the country’s contain- (Biden and Gore). Klain’s job is to called “books” shows titles that ment protocols and the diligence of coordinate across government agenexplore dystopias (The Hunger the Centers for Disease Control and cies responsible for overseeing Ebola Games, Divergent, The Giver), viral Prevention. preparedness and containment, a outbreaks (The Last Ship, 28 Days Granted, there were a few snafus job certainly better suited for a man Later) and Rapture-esque events with the treatment of this specific of political talents than for a public (The Leftovers). The recent Ebola Ebola case, both on a local and fed- health official. Instead of writing outbreak in West Africa is certainly eral level. First of all, two nurses policies or caring for patients himan extremely serious crisis in the contracting Ebola while treating a self, Klain is responsible for managcountries affected. However, the patient is two too many. Both Nina ing the message of Ebola and health insistent emphasis that many Pham and Amber Joy Vinson were safety, an issue that, with highAmerican media outlets and politi- with Thomas Duncan while he was stakes mid-term elections right cians have placed on attempting to in the worst throes of the disease (a around the corner, has been made portray the virus as a direct risk to stage involving intense vomiting into a political one instead of a Homeland Security seems to be seri- and diarrhea), but were wearing health one. ously misguided. protective gear. The nurses at the The simple fact is that there have Before I continue to talk about Dallas hospital where Mr. Duncan been three cases of Ebola diagnosed this deadly disease, I would like to was treated said in a statement that in the U.S. There are eight known briefly talk about the situcases of Ebola ation in West Africa. At in the U.S. if this point, it may seem you count the like I’ve made light of the It seems like many Americans are afraid one aid worker, virus. To many in highly that if Ebola could affect a nation of four one missionary, affected regions of Sierra million people like Liberia, it could easily two doctors Leone, Guinea and and one NBC Liberia, an extremely over- affect a nation of 300 million like cameraman worked medical infra- the United States. who are all U.S. structure has meant that citizens who life has, in fact, taken on a caught the disdystopian feel. Indeed, a total of the protective gear the nurses were ease in West Africa and were over 8,900 people in those three given did not cover their necks, returned to specialized hospitals in countries as well as Senegal and something that needs to be immedi- the United States for treatment.

Nigeria have contracted the disease ately rectified in hospitals around Ebola is not the barbarians at the while approximately half of those the country. Furthermore, Vinson gate. Although a disease that causes people have died, according to The was allowed to fly from Dallas to severe hemorrhaging and organ failNew York Times. Although it was Cleveland while under observation ure is inherently scary, it can only be announced on Monday that Senegal and experiencing an elevated fever transmitted if you come into contact and Nigeria are now free of the dis- of 99.5 degrees. Since I’m not an with an infected person’s bodily fluease, we should do everything that epidemiologist, I don’t know at ids. I strongly encourage media outwe can to beat this deadly disease what body temperature Ebola lets, politicians and average citizens back from the other three West becomes contagious, but Vinson to educate themselves on the African nations. Given that this spe- was in constant communication specifics of how the Ebola virus cific Ebola outbreak is the worst in with the CDC in regards to her affects people. Although it’s obviousthe history of the disease, it’s easy to travel plans and she did not exceed ly news when someone becomes worry that the United States is in the CDC imposed temperature infected, there’s no reason for nationdanger of experiencing the same sort threshold of 100.4 degrees. Because wide hysteria. Anyone in a place farof calamity. of these additional facts, it seems flung from Dallas who has decided It seems like many Americans are pretty clear that Vinson’s airline to quarantine themselves (as some afraid that if Ebola could affect a travel has been sensationalized by people have done) is really just creatnation of four million people like media outlets looking to capitalize ing much ado about next to nothing.

Liberia, it could easily affect a on Ebola hysteria. Additionally, nation of 300 million like the since the U.S. is not dealing with David Fischer is a senior in the College of Arts United States. However, since this thousands of Ebola cases at a time, it and Sciences. He can be reached at current outbreak’s summer incep- has much more time to adapt con- dfischer@cornellsun.com. Fischy Business tion, there have only been three tainment protocols to ensure that appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A Dialogue with Chinese Artist Xu Bing DANNI SHEN Sun Contributor

During his most recent visit to Cornell University — on personal invitation from Prof. Tim Murray, comparative literature, who has worked extensively with the artist — contemporary artist Xu Bing gave a presentation on his most recent projects. Apart from dedicating his time to leading the forefront of art education in China, Xu Bing has worked as extensively abroad as domestically when it comes to his own practice, which engages education through creation. One of the artist’s recent works is Phoenix (feng huang): Two colossal structures constructed entirely out demolition debris and fragments from the daily lives of migrant laborers, gathered from construction sites in Beijing. At 12 tons, the male feng measures 90 feet long, while the female huang extends 100 feet in length, and both are internally illuminated with LED lights. First displayed at the Beijing Today Art Museum, then the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in 2013, the two phoenixes are now suspended inside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City through the end of the year.

Other works include Background Story, which now exists in nine editions, for which the artist and his team arranged natural materials behind a backlit screen, creating the frontal impression of traditional Chinese painting.

In Missing Utopian Village, or Traveling to Wonderland (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) viewers are caught between two dimensions and three dimensions, at what Xu Bing calls the “two and a half dimension, where people want to get in, but cannot.” The stunning waterside installation is inspired by the ancient story of taohua yuan, in English: the Peach Blossom Spring, where residents live within a non-hierarchal village in the Han Dynasty lifestyle. The miniature utopia is created from rocks and bonsai from different areas in China, which correspond to different styles of Chinese landscape painting. Inside of the landscape there are also 200 crafted ceramic figurines.

The Forest Project, a long ongoing development, is a selfsustaining system where the artwork created by students from primary schools around the world, in Sao Paolo, Kenya, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, are auctioned to fund the local planting of trees. Students engage in creating their own visual interpretations of trees using forms of writing from a variety of cultures and historical periods, from ancient Chinese pictographs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Cuneiform script, Arabic, to English, et cetera. Lastly in mention, the artist’s Book from the Ground, 2003 and ongoing, is a pictogram-only narrative, told through icons, emojis and logos collected from all over the world.

Like many of Xu Bing’s other works, it is a brilliant, thought-provoking transformation of language as imagery, imagery as language.

Before his talk at the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium earlier this month, The Sun sat down with Xu Bing to discuss his thoughts on contemporary art.

Translated from dialogue in Chinese.

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THE SUN: Some say in the next century, the world will see a kind of Asian supremacy. I disagree in that first, Asia is 48 countries and that it seems the trajectory of Chinese history and its growth socio-economically, geo-politically has largely been in reaction or resistance to an ever-dominant Western cultural imperialism and global hegemony.

You once wrote, “Our understanding of the value of our own culture has become deeper and more objective. The more we understand the West, the more we cherish our own culture. Our traditional culture, socialist culture and even Cultural Revolution and Maoism are valuable. Only if we are able to combine these traditions with the Western culture, can we create art of the future.” What exactly did you mean by this?

X U BING : The first part is correct, but I don’t agree with this last part about contemporary art [perhaps a translation error?]. Many people are saying that the next century is “Asia’s Century,” but I don’t think it should be said this way. The value of Asian traditional cultures and philosophies, in the past two hundred years, had no chance of receiving sufficient consideration ... In the past one, two hundred years, civilization was developing industrially and technologically. In order to transform the world, natural energy and resources have been obtained to serve the survival of humankind right? Thus the cultural centers at that time were in Western Europe, in the United Kingdom; industrial civilization entered the information age, and then the commercial era in the United States.

There are always stages in human development. One, two hundred years ago, human beings had to eat to survive and solve problems. Additionally, Asian culture is based on the traditional concept of tian ren he yi or unity, harmony of human society and the natural universe and respect for nature — culture in accordance with nature. So this type of thinking not only had no prominence within the morale of the past two hundred year development of advanced culture, but also existed as a kind of counter-culture. At that stage of civilization development, addressing human life, economic and wealth issues was the most critical. So at the time, to always say tian ren he yi — preserve nature — became reactionary. However, human civilization’s relationship with nature has become very tense in an urgency that has never been seen before. People are beginning to realize this is a problem and that people need to solve this problem. Then, this previously reactionary thinking just mentioned, this complacent kind of thinking today, has become avant-garde, or the most contemporary kind of thinking.

For example, when it comes to socialism and the Cultural Revolution, when it comes to reform and the opening up of China, within all of these lies enormous power. However, this power has been used towards very terrible things, such as the Cultural Revolution.

Nonetheless, this has become a part of culture and constitutes a part of our traditional morphology. Culture, socialist ideology, the Cultural Revolution, reform and opening up, Western influence ... this all our tradition. The critical question then becomes how you can utilize this tradition while seeing the internal flaws, as well as the experiences and lessons learned from the existence of its power.

On the idea of “contemporary;” this so-called “contemporary art” is a framework of Western-construct. There’s a tendency toward Western-worship in China, and Chinese people want to become a part of that framework, but we’ve never had the history, or experience to do this. So in this way, the development of “Chinese contemporary art” is very complex, more complex than in the West, but has a lot of possibility in that expansion. In China, contemporary artists have been looking into tradition in order to generate ideas, i.e. tian ren he yi. There is no opposition between the contemporary and the traditional. In their relationship, there is a transformation between the two, in that they flow into one another organically. The two merge into one; you are within me, I am within you.

This interview and Xu Bing’s visit was made possible by the generosity of Prof. Tim Murray, comparative literature, and Curator of the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Studies, and Prof. Renate Ferro, digital media.

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Danni Shen is a senior in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. She can be reached at ds928@cornell.edu.

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Kwame Dawes at English Reading Series

BY NATALIE TSAY Sun Staff Writer

Kwame Dawes has published 17 books of poetry, written fiction and non-fiction, edited nine anthologies and won an Emmy for his website, livehopelove.com, based on his experiences working with AIDS patients in Jamaica. To say that this man is a superstar would probably be an understatement. His accomplishments can’t simply be listed; he has a huge body of intellectual work, and last Thursday, students, faculty and members of the community had the opportunity to listen to him read several of his poems as part of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Reading Series.

This short introduction pales in comparison to the formal one given by Assistant Professor Ishion Hutchinson, English. Hutchinson described Dawes’ “ease of kindness,” “enchanting musicality” and “voice in accord with justice and beauty,” thoroughly wowing the audience with his own musicality in the process. When Dawes took the podium, he started off with a self-deprecating remark acknowledging the difficulty of following such a glowing introduction.

While it’s clear that he has a formidable resume, his warm, genuine presence makes it possible to forget how impressed you should be. As soon as he starts reading his work, you’re reminded of his astounding talent. Instead of starting off with his own writing, he began the reading with a poem by his friend, Kofi Awoonor, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Nairobi. He tells the audience that upon his friend’s death, he vowed to open every reading of his with one of Awoonor’s poems for a year, and that even though it’s now been a full year, he’s grown accustomed to this memorial. This touching dedication reflects what a sincere and thoughtful person Dawes is at the heart of his artistic and literary genius.

And he’s funny, too! After beginning to read a

poem called “Flight,” Dawes stopped to say that the poem was written in the voice of an old black woman, and to tell the audience not to be shocked when he started talking about breasts, saying, “it’s not me!” He then went on to interrupt himself again and say, “Although it’s kind of me, too.” Later on, when asked to describe his writing process, he gave a disclaimer by saying that when answering such questions, he feels as if he’s making things up.

Instead of having a prescribed process, he says “you get a funny feeling like you want to take a dump.” Once the audience had finished laughing and sat quietly awaiting an actual answer, he said that was it — that really was his writing process (which prompted even more laughter). Before moving on, he said that he usually writes a quick first draft and “returns to the dump,” or first draft, if he knows what the poem is supposed to be about by the time he’s finished with it. In talking about this revision process, he closed by saying that “the dump can reveal a great deal.”

But that’s enough talk about the digestive system’s relation to the writing process. Dawes read seven of his own poems, and while I must admit that I don’t really “get” poetry, and I didn’t always follow his, I was really impressed by the powerful yet lilting voice in which he read his poems. Even if you couldn’t quite keep up with the words he was saying, you could feel the raw emotion in his speech. At one point, during a poem called “African Postman,” he begins this kind of

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chant that I would’ve read completely differently in my head.

I was blown away by the last three poems he read — dubbed “sort of love poems” to avoid any extreme, contestable labels. “If You Know Her,” “The Egg and the Teacup” and “In This Saying” are all moving, poignant pieces. And to hear a poem read aloud by its author is just an experience of its own — you catch subtle nuances that might have otherwise been overlooked or underemphasized, and while he admitted that not every poem is meant to be “performed,” I found that I received it better aloud.

Natalie Tsay is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at nyt5@cornell.edu.

When the World Is a Beautiful Place at the Haunt

BY KATIE O’BRIEN Sun Staff Writer

On Friday at the Haunt, Ithaca Underground presented what it called on the event page “one of the best single-show line-ups we’ve ever hosted.” The line-up consisted of the bands Posture & The Grizzly, Rozwell Kid, The Hotelier and the main attraction, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. These four bands are currently on a U.S. tour together, and Ithaca was the first show.

As I stepped out of the car into The Haunt parking lot, I could immediately hear the music from outside.

After buying my ticket and getting each hand sharpied with an “m” for minor, one of the first things I noticed about the crowd was its youth — I’d say most people were between 16 and 22 — and for that reason the show had a different feel than a lot of the shows I’ve been to. People were chattering excitedly between songs, people were dancing and jumping up and down

and the whole middle section of the crowd became a mosh pit fast once TWIABP started playing (I immediately fled to the side).

The show opened with Posture & The Grizzly, a pop-punk band with fast riffs and an edge of screamo, and was followed by Rozwell Kid, which had a more traditional ’90s alternative rock sound with elements of punk and indie.

The Hotelier were emotional and intense sounding: they coupled melodic riffs with strained and wailing vocals. Some of their songs were immediately fast; others started off slowly, built in intensity, let up, then culminated to a bellowing finish with everyone plugging away at their instruments.

When The World Is A Beautiful Place took the stage, the first thing I noticed is that there were nine people in the band. There were four guitarists (one of whom played the trumpet as well), a bassist, a drummer, a synthesizer-keyboardist, a vocalist and a poet (identified by his shirt, which said “A relatively smalltime poet”) who they said was their collaborator on a recent EP. All the KATIE O’BRIEN / SUN STAFF WRITER instr umentalists had masses of pedals.

T h e re were many layers to the b a n d ’ s sound: In addition to chugging guitar riffs a n d basslines, there were also liquid, melodic guitar bits that

sounded almost like notes on a keyboard — it made me think of math rock. And on top of that, the actual keyboard sometimes played additional melody that sounded outer-space-like. There was one main vocalist (who, a few times, screamed not into the mic and, impressively, could still be heard) but three other band members sang with him sometimes, adding to the loud and layered effect. When everyone in the band was playing and singing at the same time, it was uproarious, and I had fun trying to figure out which sounds were coming from which instruments.

In contrast to some of the noise-heaviness, there were refreshing moments in songs that were without drums, vocals, or bass, where one or two guitars were just playing slow and soft notes that melted together, and all the members of the band paused and closed their eyes, and the audience stopped going crazy and just listened. Then, the music would pick up speed again and everyone would start jumping up and down.

There were also elements of drone to these subdued stretches — sometimes there’d just be a whoop from the keyboard, or ear-splitting noises from the guitarists manipulating their strings.

In a few songs, the vocalist would step back and the poet would instead shout his poetry rhythmically over the instrumentals. The experimental nature of the spoken-word thing was cool, it was delivered in a passionate and raw way, but I could only pick out a couple words here and there when the music was loud.

TWIABP was overall a complex and atmospheric take on emo and punk music. The show was high energy throughout and the four bands had good stage presences and complemented each other well — a lot of the songs blended together for me, but that surely wasn’t the case for more seasoned listeners. The Haunt is a cool venue and Ithaca Underground shows present a great opportunity get off campus and hear some bands that are more off-the-radar and experimental.

Katie O’Brien is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun.com.

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Super Bowl rematch, edging the Broncos in overtime. Following their bye, the Seahawks defeated the Redskins on Monday night, albeit in a lackluster performance all-around. Since the Monday night game in Washington, Seattle has not looked like the team of old greatness. They have dropped two consecutive games: at home against the Cowboys, where they have been nearly unstoppable over the past two seasons, and on Sunday, in a shocking loss to the 1-4 division-rival Rams. And while neither the Cowboys, nor Rams, are easy victories by any means, not many people predicted losses in either matchup. So then, what is Seattle’s problem?

First and foremost, the Seahawks are not perfect. They are not unbeatable. So while they are currently 3-3, it is far too early in the season to declare disaster. Remember, Seattle has defeated two of the best teams in the league. They handed Denver their only loss. They dropped a game on the road in San Diego, but San Diego’s offense always keeps them in games, even against a tough Seattle defense, and Seattle’s offense didn’t match San Diego’s. Then they ran into a scorching hot Dallas team that has proven itself amongst the best teams in the league with as potent offense as any, and a Rod Marinelli-coached defense that has far exceeded expectations. Dallas is a Super Bowl contender. Those are two of the three losses. And then Sunday, at St. Louis. This is one nobody expected St. Louis to win. But the Rams have been one play away from beating the Cowboys, Eagles, and 49ers, and frankly, they were due for a win like this. Seattle’s furious comeback fell short in the fourth quarter, evening their record to 3-3 heading into a week eight matchup against Carolina that should serve as a “get right” game for the Seahawks. There you have it. Three losses: all close games versus tough teams, and all games which, minus a few plays, could have easily gone Seattle’s way. While we all expected better than 3-3 for Seattle, remember that they defeated two great teams, and have not been close to full strength for the majority of the first six games of the season.

That is Seattle’s second problem: the injury bug. While every team deals with their fair share of injuries, Seattle has been plagued by several key injuries that have hampered their performance on the field. Major injuries can derail seasons. Two-time Pro Bowl center Max Unger has been battling a foot injury and is expected to return in the next few weeks. Tight end Zach Miller has missed the last three games after ankle surgery, and he too, is expected back in upcoming weeks. Seattle’s second tight end Luke Willson missed Sunday’s game in St. Louis, leaving them with only two healthy tight ends, one of which was promoted from the practice squad just days ago. There have been rumors circulating speculating that Seattle may be looking to trade for a tight end. Legion of Boom member Byron Maxwell, the teams’ second cornerback, missed Sunday’s game with a calf strain, and then his replacement Tharold Simon injured his ankle against St. Louis. Seattle’s full back Derrick Coleman, a key member of Seattle’s rushing attack, was scratched with an injury before Sunday’s game. Seattle is banged up. There is no questioning that. Until key players on both sides of the ball return from injury, we cannot expect their performance to be as fluid as it was last season.

Finally, Seattle traded explosive receiver and special teams whiz Percy Harvin to the Jets for a fourth round pick last week. And while some believe the move to be a major loss for Seattle, the fact of the matter is, it isn’t. Save for an epic kick return in the Super Bowl, Harvin, who the Seahawks signed to a six-year, 67 million dollar contract, was a huge disappointment in Seattle. He missed nearly all of last season with a hip injury. His best receiving performance as a Seahawk was a seven-catchfor-59-yard effort against Green Bay. Yes, he is explosive, but he was not living up to expectations. Reports last week revealed that Harvin was involved in an altercation during Super Bowl week that left teammate and fellow receiver Golden Tate with a black eye. Harvin clearly had internal issues in Seattle that the public was never made aware of, and that led to the Seahawks ridding themselves of their big-play threat and his huge contract. The move was certainly a distraction on Sunday versus the Rams, and receiver Doug Baldwin confirmed that to be true. While Percy Harvin was a threat on every play, he didn’t put up big numbers at all. Remember, the Seahawks went 13-3 last season without Percy Harvin. They will be as good or a better team without him.

The Seattle Seahawks are still one of the top teams in the NFL. They still have 10 games left to play, and several of their toughest opponents are out of the way. If they can get healthy and avoid other major injuries, the Seahawks have as good of a shot to repeat as champions as we expected heading into the season. They still have Russell Wilson. They still have the Legion of Boom, Marshawn Lynch, and the 12th man. It’s only week eight. The Seahawks will be just fine.

Ben Schatzman can be reached at bschatzman@cornellsun.com.

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NFL Puts Emphasis Back On Tough Defensive Play As Seen in Colts’Shutout

Calling it a resurgence would be an exaggeration. Dubbing it a trend would be hyperbole.

Still, the way some NFL teams are ramping up their defenses, maybe the NFL isn’t all about offense after all.

If balance is going to be the key to contending for a championship once the temperature dips, the winds begin to blow and the wet stuff starts to fall, several teams have gotten a head start on such symmetry.

Nowhere is that more apparent than in Indianapolis. The Colts, even without their best defender - end Robert Mathis is out for the season — come off a 27-0 blanking of Cincinnati. It was the Colts’ first shutout since 2008, and there are signs that the unit coach Chuck Pagano has waited for is rounding into fearsome shape.

“I can’t remember off the top of my head, but they’re hard to come by when you have a defensive performance like that,” Pagano said when asked the last time he was associated with such a showing. It probably came when he was an assistant with the Ravens.

“Again, we’re just starting to get a glimpse of what we envisioned when we got together a couple years ago, what we wanted to build when we first got here. Looks like that monster is starting to rear its head a little bit.”

The Colts already ranked atop the NFL in offense heading into Week 7, led by the marksmanship of Andrew Luck, the receiving of T.Y. Hilton and Reggie Wayne, the running of Ahmad Bradshaw, and an offensive line that affords Luck enough protection.

Throw in a dangerous defense and ...

“I know Indy is known for their offense all the time,” linebacker Jerrell Freeman said. “We have a great offense here and I’m blessed to be at a place like this with the offense. But we definitely want everybody to know that we do have a defense and we’re going to be up for any challenge.”

The challenges for defenses are many in the current NFL. For years, the rules makers have made changes to benefit the other side of the ball. Many of them have been in the name of safety and are warranted.

But the effect remains: scoring keeps rising.

Yet, as the Seahawks displayed last season against the mighty Broncos attack, defense usually still rules when a title is on the line.

They have rapidly realized just that in Green Bay, Baltimore and Arizona, too.

All three of those teams, plus the Colts, will be well-positioned come January if their defenses stay healthy and as stingy as is possible in the high-octane NFL. No, none of those clubs has a wrecking crew along the lines of the 1985 Bears, 2000 Ravens or any versions of the Steel Curtain.

But the Packers are a threat if they come up with just enough defense to complement an Aaron Rodgers-led offense. Ditto the Ravens, who have an experienced and clutch bunch led by Joe Flacco.

So are the Cardinals, who have the best-coached units thus far in 2014 under Bruce Arians and his coordinators.

“I think we’ve just been building,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “I think we have been putting one brick on top of the other and going through a process and trying to get better every single day.

“When you can do that, you can move down the road and improve, and our guys take it seriously. They come to work every day. They bring their lunch box, they bring their blue shirts and they go to work, and that’s how you become a good football team.”

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Career high | Junior back Siergiej earned her 11th goal of the season in the Harvard game, making her No. 8 in Cornell history for career goals.

FIELD HOCKEY

Red Drops Third Straight In Weekend Ivy Contest

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell field hockey team lost its third straight game on Saturday, falling to Harvard in a tight match. The 2-1 loss takes Cornell to 8-4 in regular play, and 3-1 in the Ivy League. Cornell is tied with Dartmouth and Princeton for first place in the conference.

With two first half goals, Harvard forged ahead and managed to fight off the Cornell offense. Junior back Marisa Siergiej and freshmen Isabel Josephs and Krysten Mayers all had shots on the day. A strike from Siergiej, off of a penalty corner taken by junior Taylor Standiford, in the 51st minute made it past the Harvard goalie and into the net.

“Our second half against Harvard was a much stronger performance than the first because we were able to remove their options down the middle,” said senior assistant captain senior Ann DiPastina. “[W]e lacked cohesion in our play during the first half and that really hurt us.”

Siergiej now has 11 goals for the season, a career high for the junior back. She is No. 8 in Cornell history for career goals, with a total of 26 scored. Standiford also tallied her ninth assist of the season.

The Red led Harvard in shots taken, 10-8, and penalties, 7-1.

Freshman Kelly Johnson made four saves on the day, tying the Harvard goalie.

Josephs commended the Red for its ability to keep its composure and bounce back from a slow start.

“One of [the] Red's strengths during the Harvard game was our ability to unite as a team and pick up the energy after going down by two goals,” Josephs said. “The coaches called a time out after the goals and we came back out on the field on fire, and proceeded to dominate the rest of the game despite only getting one goal back.”

After losing its third straight, the Red sets its sight on moving forward.

“To get the momentum back from the first half of the season, the team has decided to only look forward,” Josephs said. “...[W]e have only taken the specific mistakes we made in those games and will work hard in practice this week to improve from them. The games serve as reminders that nothing comes easy, and we have a lot of hard work to do to finish our Ivy League matches strong.”

The Red hopes to swing the momentum in its next match on Saturday versus Brown.

“We are disappointed with the outcome at Harvard, and it’s really important that we come out of the Brown game with a win to get back on track,” DiPastina said.

After Ivy League play, Cornell will face No. 20 Maine on Sunday, October 26 for the final non-conference game of the season.

Lisa Awaitey can be reached at lawaitey@cornellsun.com.

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Heps.

“It’s really obvious as a coach when you have a group that trains as hard and cares as [much] as this group does, that you can hit a bump in the road and know that they’re going to be completely fine when it matters most,” he said.

While the men are coming off of a very solid weekend, Melly hopes that the men’s team will avoid getting too comfortable. The season is still far from over.

“You still have to deliver the best performance on the days when it really counts,” he said.

Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.

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Red Successful in Homecoming Meets Men dominate in Pre-Nationals,beat nationally ranked N.C. State

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

Freshman Mackenzie Lemieux did not expect her shoelace to untie during the first two kilometers of the open race at Saturday’s Princeton Invitational. She also did not expect to finish third in her very first race for the Red. “I wasn’t expecting it,” she said. “I was kind of planning on getting out hard because I thought everyone would be super fast so I was kind of expecting to be further back in the pack. [But] I got a really good start and I led for the first mile.”

The women had a strong showing at Princeton, placing first as a team in the open race and 10th in the championship race. The men’s team also sent some runners to Princeton, finishing eighth as a team. But the men truly shined in Saturday’s Pre-National meet, where the Red gave an outstanding performance and finished 10th out of 46 teams.

“We beat a bunch of teams that were [ranked] higher than us in our region and we even beat a nationally ranked team,” said senior tri-captain David Melly.

Cornell triumphed over No. 28 North Carolina State, who took 13th place, and Ivy League rival Yale, who finished 15th. The results reflect a big improvement for the Red, who has previously found the Pre-National meet particularly challenging.

“I think hard would be an understatement,” men’s head coach Zeb Lang said. Last year we went out to that same meet … and we only finished in 34th place.”

Lang feels that it is the strength of the team and its positive response to recent changes in its training program that contributed to the Red’s success this weekend.

“The team morale is very high and they have a lot of confidence in the training they’ve been doing,” he said.

“Part of it is we have a lot of the same guys on the team … we have a very strong group of veterans, a lot of guys who have done this before. On top of that the freshmen who

have come in raced some very high level competitions in high school so this sort of stage isn’t as foreign to them.”

Junior Brian Eimstad, the Red’s top finisher at PreNationals with a time of 24:54.4, said that the track’s sloppy conditions actually helped rather than deterred the squad’s performance.

“Honestly, I think the mud really helped us,” he said. “I love the mud personally and it doesn’t really seem to affect our team the way it affects other teams so I think that’s definitely to our advantage.”

While the men competed at Pre-Nationals, the women, who did not travel to Princeton, took a trip to a highly competitive meet in Wisconsin, on Friday. The Red struggled to find a groove during the meet and finished 31st out of 38 teams. Women’s head coach Artie Smith said that the Wisconsin meet is the most competitive women’s cross country meet of the regular season but was not disappointed in his team despite the results.

“It’s such a competitive meet that the margin for error is [really] small, so when things are a little bit off it can kind of snowball pretty quickly,” he said. “I wasn’t in any way unhappy or frustrated. I think sometimes when you have those kind of off days you learn what you can from it and don’t let it … mess with your confidence because those days don’t come along very often.”

Senior tri-captain Marianne Collard said that the Red is still optimistic about future performances and that this experience will serve as motivation for the squad’s upcoming meets.

“We’re really confident in where we stand physically and athletically right now. We know [that] all the talent is there,” she said. “We have that fire to redeem ourselves for the next meet and show people what we’re capable of.”

With only a small home meet, the John Reif Memorial Run, on the schedule this weekend, the Red has plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming Ivy League Heptagonal Championships on Nov. 1. Both the men’s and women’s teams plan to train hard and see room for improvement

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Lightning speed | Junior Brian Eimstad, the Red’s top finisher at Pre-Nationals, finished with a time of 24:54.4.

before the Heps. The runners who traveled to Princeton this weekend will have the advantage of returning to the same course for this meet.

“Even though things went fairly well this weekend I think that there are still some things we can further improve to help us for even bigger meets going forward,” Lang said of the men.

Smith is confident that the women will learn from the experience in Wisconsin and come back strong for the See CROSS COUNTRY page 15

Seahawks Can Cornell Falls to Bulldogs in Weekend Matchup Still Take Title T WOMEN’S SOCCER

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

Sun Staff Writer

he Seattle Seahawks lost to the St. Louis Rams, 28-26, on Sunday. The defending champs currently sit third in the NFC West with a record of 3-3. They have lost as many games thus far as they did in the entire 2013 regular season, and fans are now wondering whether the 2014 Seahawks are even com-

This Homecoming weekend, the women’s soccer team had a tough Ivy League matchup against Yale on Saturday. Though the final score was a loss of 1-0, the Red out shot the Yale bulldogs.

Going into the game, the Red

Ben Schatzman Calling The Schatz parable to the squad that beat the Broncos 438 in Super Bowl XLVIII. And while NFL pundits are attempting to point blame in every possible direction, the answer is quite simple.

The Seahawks are still a great football team.

They dominated Green Bay in the first game of the season, embarrassing one of the top teams in the NFC — the same way they embarrassed Peyton Manning and the Broncos in February.

Seattle followed its week one victory with a tight road loss to San Diego. Seattle’s defense had no answer for Phillip Rivers, and he carved them apart for three touchdowns. But the Seahawks responded in a Super Bowl rematch, See SCHATZMAN page 13

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Freshman first | Freshman Erin Fitzgerald assisted sophomore Meera Marhoefer against NJIT on Sunday, the first of her career.

emphasized the importance of keeping the ball in their possession, according to freshman midfielder Meera Dheer.

“The forwards focused on possession in the midfield and the defenders worked on defending within the box,” she said.

Yale pulled away within the first five minutes, however, with a goal by freshman forward Melissa Gavin.

Though the Red did maintain control over the ball for the majority of the game, it was not enough as the squad could not get past Yale goalie Elise Wilcox.

After that first goal, the home team stepped up its offensive game. The Red had three shots on goal before the half and one missed corner kick by Ellie Crowell. There were more close calls in the second half; sophomore Dempsey Banks hit one shot off the crossbar, and freshman Whitney Farber had the crowd on the edge of their seats with a shot that had Wilcox diving to save in the corner.

“We had a lot of good chances, we kept the ball like we had been doing in practice, and we had a lot of opportunities, but we just weren’t finishing on them” said freshman midfielder Tess Pullano.

The next day the Red played against the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Despite losing to Yale the day before, Pullano said that the

squad went into the matchup with a positive attitude.

“We had to move on but keep in mind that we played really competitively and that our emotional input into the Yale game was really good so we had to carry that over but at the same time not have the Ivy league game hang over our heads,” she said.

The results were the same on Sunday at 1-0, but this time it was the Red who walked away with the win.

This was the last non-league game on the schedule for Cornell, and the team used it as an opportunity to play the full depth of the roster. Only one starter from Saturday played in the win on Sunday.

“It was great seeing players who haven’t been playing as much out there on the field,” Pullano said.

The lone goal of the game belonged to sophomore Meera Marhoefer, with the assist coming from freshman Erin Fitzgerald, the first of her career. The win against NJIT snapped a four game losing skid for the Red and comes at the perfect time to set up the squad for three tough Ivy League games to close out the regular season. Cornell will take on Brown after a full week of practice followed by Princeton and then Dartmouth.

Olivia Mattyasovsky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.