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Cayea Found Guilty Trustees Defend Fossil Fuel In Jones ’15 Murder Involvement,Labor Policies Will face 15 years to life sentence

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor

Jurors found Benjamin Cayea guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder for the strangling of his girlfriend Shannon Jones ’15. He will face a sentence of 15 years to life and will be sentenced in December. The verdict, which came before 10 a.m. Wednesday and after hours of deliberation from the jury Tuesday, follows a four-day trial, in which the jury heard testimonials from 15 witnesses. Cayea had initially confessed to the murder of Jones in an interview with law enforcement hours after Jones’ death on Thanksgiving Day in 2014. However, Today’s verdict meant Cayea presented a different story when he took to the stand Tuesday, testifying that the jurors that the death was accidental and a result unanimously concluded of a sexual encounter where Jones had asked him to choke her. that there was intent While Cayea’s attorney Matthew Van behind Cayea’s actions Houten argued in his closing statement that the jury’s decision hinged on last November. Cayea’s state of mind and could not be proven beyond a reasonable double, today’s verdict meant that the jurors unanimously concluded that there was intent behind Cayea’s actions last November, according to The Ithaca Journal. Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse following the verdict, Van Houten said that he will appeal the verdict after the Dec. 7 sentencing.

By MELVIN LI

Sun Staff Writer

The Board of Trustees defended the University’s financial involvement with the fossil fuel industry and rejected calls for an independent investigation of possible labor abuses at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar at a panel with students on Wednesday evening. The discussion, hosted by the Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional

Student Assembly, was intended to be an opportunity for students to engage with trustees about their concerns with the University’s policies. Students were able to submit their questions online as well as directly address the trustees during the event. Robert Harrison ’76, chair of the Board of Trustees, responded to concerns over the University’s refusal to divest from fossil fuel companies and private prisons by stating that See TRUSTEES page 4

Facing the music | The Board of Trustees respond to student concerns at a panel hosted by the Student Assembly and GPSA Wednesday. DAVID TICZON / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.

Police Make Arrest in Risley Chemical Case Relations Committee Confronts Funding Needs By PHOEBE KELLER

Sun Assistant News Editor

Cornell Police arrested Sean Lee — a former Cornell student — on Thursday, concluding a 10-month-long investigation into the discovery of suspicious chemicals in Risley Hall in January. Lee, who is currently a New York City resident, appeared in Ithaca City Court Wednesday and was charged with secondJASON BEN NATHAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

degree reckless endangerment and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both class A misdemeanors, according to a University press release. Lee was released without any posted bail and his case was adjourned until December. The investigation began on Jan. 20 when police responded to a report of a suspicious backpack — which appeared to contain a variety of household chemicals — in the north campus residence hall. A more extensive inves-

tigation revealed that the chemicals in the backpack were commonly associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine, according to the release. Cornell Environmental Health and Safety and the New York State Police also responded, and the contents of the backpack were confiscated by the state police, the release said. Lee came forward the same day claiming ownership of the materials. The state’s investigative team determined that Lee

was manufacturing dimethyltryptamine, also known as “DMT” and a Schedule I hallucinogenic substance under NYS Public Health law. The University attributed the lengthy leg between finding the substances and Lee’s arrest to a need to test and process all the confiscated materials so that accurate charges could be filed in court. Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@ cornellsun.com.

By BRIAN ENG Sun Staff Writer

The University Relations Committee of the Board of Trustees discussed how cooperation with policy makers could increase the University’s state and federal funding in a committee meeting Thursday. Charles Kruzansky, director of state government relations, and Zoe Nelson ’04, associate director of state government relations, presented to the committee a briefing about the University’s financial goals and potential sources of funding this year. “Our capital needs are really quite serious, as you might remember [from our meeting] last year,” Kruzansky said. “The [State Universities of New York] overall got about $200 million in capital. Our share was just about $10 million of that. We need much more than that. Martha Van Rensselaer Hall is a big priority for us. [Cornell’s campus in] Geneva still needs more money.” Kruzansky also said there is a “critical need” to rebuild and modernize the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, a highenergy physics lab. Modernizing the lab through state funding could convince the federal government to invest in the lab, he added. “We really need something in the order of $10 million from the state for a big upgrade just to get the Fed’s attention,” See FUNDING page 5

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Daybook Today Winslow Briggs: “Mind the Gap — Between Guard Cells” 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building “Skawennati: Reconfiguring Reality” 11:15 a.m. - 1:10 p.m., 400 Caldwell Hall Cognitive Science at Cornell Colloquium Series 3:15 p.m., 202 Uris Hall Racial Justice, Revival and the Refounding of America 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Alice Statler Auditorium C.U. Music: Organist Thiemo Janssen 8 - 9:45 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel

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Quotes of the Week News, “Students Vape in Face of Uncertain Health Effects,” Monday Speaking about using vaporizers in place of smoking cigarettes “It’s kind of fun and super cheap, especially if you’re in a pack-a-day smoker in a state like New York.”

Maëlle Piepenburg ’18 News, “Garrett: College Endowment Bill ‘Misconceived,’” Tuesday Explaining the reason for drafting an affordable college education bill “I care about ensuring [that] anyone with the desire to educate themselves can receive a fair chance at making that happen without being prevented because of the cost.” Tom Reed, N.Y. 23rd district representative

Tomorrow Celebrating Society at 50: “Time, on the Critical Edge” 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House C.U. Music: Scriabin Centenary Master Class 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., Barnes Hall Auditorium Professor Arthur Groos: Mapping the Medieval in German Culture and Beyond 2:15 - 7 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences Building Nightmare at Edgemoor Lane 7 - 9:30 p.m., 112 Edgemoor Lane

Opinion, “Black Bruins Matter,” Wednesday Speaking about a ‘racist’ thematic party hosted by Greek organizations at UCLA “We can try to pretend that this is an isolated incident, and that just because these chapters of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi are racist does not mean every chapter or the entirety of the Greek system is racist; but that would take a lot of imagination.” Sarah Zumba ’18 News, “Admins Seek to Balance Need for Diversity With Faculty Salaries,” Thursday Speaking about the financial difference between estimated need and actual need “Need is not an objective issue, it is a subjective issue. People make decisions based on their alternatives.” Barton Winokur ’61, emeritus trustee

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Boies Speaks on Law’s Ability to Create Social Change

Cites public opinion, constitutionality as causes for victory in landmark California marriage equality case By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

David Boies, a lawyer who helped achieve a Supreme Court victory for same-sex marriage in California in 2013, lectured on law’s potential to shape societal change

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Law and society | David Boies speaks about the importance of celebrating the law’s ability to end injustices in Statler Auditorium Thursday.

Thursday. The lecture was this year’s keynote address for Finally, Boies urged the audience to celebrate what the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting. people can do with law and to celebrate its ability to President Elizabeth Garrett introduced Boies, who is change society. the chairman of his own law firm, Boies, Schiller & “Celebrate our ability to make our society a better, Flexner LLP, with clients including American Express, more inclusive place by changing the rules and regulaApple and Nascar. He was also named one of the 100 tions and use the law to bring the kinds of cases that Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine changes people’s hearts and minds,” Boies said. in 2010. In an interview with The Sun, Boies said as a young Boies spoke about his involvement in the famous mar- boy he was inspired by his favorite childhood TV characriage equality case, where he teamed up with Ted Olsen ter, criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason. Later in his life, to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage in he said he realized how law greatly influences society, 2013. determining everything from wages and working condiHe said the decision was justified tions to who can run for public by both the constitution and public office. opinion. “To use law as an element of “To use law as an element “It happened because it was the social change was something I of social change was right thing under the constitution,” thought was really important and a something I thought was he said. “It also happened because great opportunity,” Boies said. people’s hearts and minds changed really important and a great Boies identified patience and about this issue over a very brief pericivility as two of the most important opportunity.” od of time. The court cases focused qualities in an effective lawyer. people’s attention on this issue and “Sometimes patience means David Boies made people stop and think about waiting to give your opponent the what discrimination in this area chance to make a mistake,” Boies meant.” said. “Civility is an important Boies and Olsen were opponents in Bush vs. Gore, the weapon … most people react better when you treat them Supreme Court case that decided the presidential election decently.” in 2000, but the two became good friends during that Boies added that he believes education is currently the case, according to Boies. most pressing civil right in the United States. “The only one who’s as interested in the case as you are “Education is a basic civil right that many people in is the person on the other side,” Boies said. “We respected our society do not enjoy today,” Boies said. “The people the commitment each of us had to the justice system as a who most need access to primary and secondary school way of resolving issues.” education get the worst education. we’re giving our best While reflecting on the challenges of the legal system, education to those who already have a headstart in life, Boies cited the strikingly low salary allocations for judges and depriving people just some help to get to the starting as detrimental to the quality of our judicial system. gate.” “If we are not prepared to spend the money we need to have the very best people as judges, we are not going to Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun.com. have the kind of legal system we want,” Boies said.

Students Share Research at SPARK Event

Series of ‘jargon free’ talks cover topics from food security to climate change By ANNE SNABES Sun Contributor

Cornell graduate students and postdoctoral fellows delivered five-minute speeches about their research during the University’s inaugural SPARK — or “students presenting about research and knowledge” — Talks in Olin Library Thursday. The talks featured eight presenters, who spoke on topics that ranged from food security to climate change, according to Kelly LaVoice, a business

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Spark your interest | At the inaugural SPARK Talks event Thursday, Vikram Gadagkar discusses the clues given by songbirds in the environment.

research librarian for the School of Hotel Administration. The SPARK Talks were inspired by a University of Washington event series called Scholars’ Studio, in which graduate students spoke in the library about their research, according to LaVoice. At the University of Washington, the talks had a different theme each time they occurred. For Cornell’s inaugural event, the theme was “intersections,” according to LaVoice. “They’re broad themes to hopefully attract people in humanities and sciences, who are doing really different types of research, but can come together to find commonalities,” LaVoice said. The SPARK Talks are also a way for graduate students to participate in a conference without the travel and expenses normally associated with academic conferences, said Marsha Taichman, a visual resources librarian. To participate in the talks, interested presenters wrote 150-word proposals laying out the thesis of their research and what they aimed to talk about in their five minutes. In determining the presenters, a committee of six Cornell librarians looked for people who did not use overly complicated language and who would be able to summarize their research in a short amount of time. In addition, the committee also aimed to put together a diverse range of speakers. “We wanted a topically-diverse program,” LaVoice said. Following the end of the presentations, students and audience members had the opportunity to network with each other. “Hopefully all of these different topics will inspire people to talk about them,” LaVoice said. “Since they’re jargon-free, you don’t need to be in that department to understand and ask questions.” Following the completion of Thursday’s talks, LaVoice said the committee would like to host a SPARK Talks event each semester in a different library. Anne Snabes can be reached at acs328@cornell.edu.

Cornell Employees Vote For Union Representation Seventeen employees of Cornell’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety voted to be represented by Teamster Local 317 — a union based in Syracuse — Thursday. Starting next week, the union will officially represent all of the University’s emergency service and fire protection specialists. Teamster is a union that negotiates labor contracts on behalf of employees that it represents, said Mark May, secretary treasurer and principal executive officer of Teamster Local 317. “Once a labor contract is negotiated and approved by the affected members, the Union enforces its terms and conditions,” May said. “Labor contracts set forth the pay, benefits, hours of work, vacation and many other conditions associated with a member’s employment with the employer.” Teamster Local 317 has collective bargaining relationship with other educational entities, May said. However, the union currently does not represent any other Cornell employees, according to Politico New York. The University declined to comment on the vote. — Compiled by Stephany Kim

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University has no direct ownership interests in such companies and institutions. Harrison acknowledged that the University did rely on such organizations to finance its goals of education, research, affordability and access. “We don’t directly select any stocks. That’s not what the Investment Committee of the Board or the Investment Office of the University does,” Harrison said. “What they do is try to maximize risk adjustment returns for the long term and try to generate as much income and return as possible in order to accomplish the objectives of the University.” Harrison said important parts of the University’s budget such as faculty salaries, laboratories and financial aid require feasible paths from the endowment in order to be realized. He said that the University must maximize its investment opportunities by selecting some of the best investment managers in the United States and the world. “So far what we have chosen to do is open up the opportunities as widely as possible and not restrict the managers on what they can invest in, and as a result of that, try to outperform our peers and try to generate returns which will have the goal of providing faculty salaries, financial aid and teaching and research facilities,” Harrison said.

“We have values to protect. We have missions to accomplish that are consistent with those values.” Robert Harrison ’76 Cole Norgaarden ’17, an officer of the student-run sustainability organization KyotoNOW, asked the panel if Cornell’s investments in fossil fuels represent a conflict with the University’s Climate Action Plan of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035. President Emeritus David Skorton accelerated the University’s previous deadline from 2050 to 2035 in January 2015. Harrison said the University has successfully and substantially reduced its carbon footprint over the last decade and is currently doing, independently of its investment portfolio, exactly what Norgaarden and KyotoNOW want it to do. He said the University is currently caught between maintaining its current course or symbolically divesting from the fossil fuel industry without actually addressing carbon neutrality. “There are about $4 trillion in market capitalizations in the [200 largest fossil fuel companies by size of reserves]. The entire Ivy League endowment portfolio is about $100 billion. By divesting from all 200 of those companies, if we got out of every single one of those managers, there would be zero impact on those companies,” Harrison said. “Do we do something which is symbolic? Or do we try to maximize our returns to generate financial aid, fund faculty salaries and build new research buildings?” The panel also addressed concerns that the University is refusing to acknowledge alleged labor abuses at WCM Qatar. Harrison said the University takes seriously the health, safety and well-being of its employees and contracted employees on all its campuses. He also said President Elizabeth Garrett would be traveling to Qatar to address these issues at its May 2016 commencement. “We treat our staff in Doha, Qatar exactly the same way we treat our staff in New York City and in Ithaca, New York,” Harrison said. “We have values to protect. We have missions to accomplish that are consistent with those values. We believe that the very best way of doing that — non-discrimination, academic freedom and improving healthcare in the Middle East — is to be there.” Allison Considine ’17, a member of Cornell Organization for Labor Action, pointed out that although Harrison’s response addressed contracted employees of the University, the support staff at WCM Qatar are not directly employed by the University. “Cornell must hire these [WCM Qatar] workers through a subcontracting company because most of them are migrant laborers,” Considine said. “Although I commend you for taking care of the contracted staff, what is Cornell doing to ensure the safety of the subcontracted workers at the campus at Doha, Qatar?” Harrison said that if that is not the case in Qatar then it is something that ought to be addressed, rejecting Considine’s suggestion that the University allocate funds for a third-party labor investigation into conditions at WCM Qatar. “What [the Board] can do, because I have not observed this personally, is set the overall policy direction and then leave it to the administration and the University to execute that policy,” Harrison said. “My understanding, having looked into this issue with our administration, is that we are confident that we apply the exact same standards at Qatar that we apply at New York City and at Ithaca, New York.” When asked about her thoughts on the panel, Considine told The Sun that she while thought it was “a step in the right direction” for trustees to take audience with students she did not think that the panelists adequately answered her questions or addressed COLA’s concerns. Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun.com.

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Kruzansky said. The committee also reviewed a list of policymakers who visited campus this year. Kruzansky emphasized that it was important to convince policymakers that the University’s initiatives help stimulate economic development in the state and that this could lead to more financial support. “That’s why some of these visitors we’ve been getting to campus — we’re showing them some of our critical needs,” Kruzansky said. “Our capital needs are New York Senate Majority really quite serious, as Leader John Flanagan (R-2nd), New York Assembly Speaker you might remember Carl Heastie (D) and Assembly [from] last year.” member Barbara Lifton (D125th) are a few of the legislators Charles Kruzansky who have shown support for higher education and the board’s initiatives, according to Kruzansky. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), a member of the House of Representatives, also visited and was impressed by Weill Cornell Medicine, trustee Martin Scheinman ’75 MS ’76 added. Kruzansky said this year’s legislative climate is “an opportunity, frankly, for Cornell to get the legislature more engaged in helping us than it has been in the past five or 10 years.” Trustee Bruce Raynor ’72 agreed and said that it is time for Cornell to capitalize on the current political climate and begin taking new initiatives. “It’s an election year, let’s not forget,” Kruzansky said. “The governor isn’t up for reelection, but every legislator is. New leadership, election year — we think it’s a recipe for more action than we have had recently.” Brian Eng can be reached at beng@cornellsun.com.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan formally declared his candidacy for speaker of the U.S. House Thursday evening, pledging in a letter to GOP colleagues, “We have an opportunity to turn the page.” “Instead of rising to the occasion, Washington is falling short — including the House of Representatives. We are not solving the country’s problems; we are only adding to them,” he wrote. It is time, he said, “to start with a clean slate, and to rebuild what has been lost.” Ryan will face elections next week in a closeddoor House GOP meeting on Wednesday and then on the House floor Thursday. His success is assured. Awaiting him will be a mess of trouble: a Nov. 3 deadline to raise the federal borrowing limit or face unprecedented default, and a Dec. 11 deadline to act on must-pass spending legislation or court a government shutdown. Despite initial reluctance, Ryan told colleagues he was excited for the opportunity at hand. “I know you’re willing to work hard and get it done, and I think this moment is ripe for real reform,” he wrote. “I believe we are ready to move forward as a one, united team. And I am ready and eager to be our speaker.” Ryan, 45, the Republicans’ 2012 vice presidential nominee, was an unwilling candidate for speaker, dragged into the contest under pressure from GOP leaders who saw him as their only hope of bringing order to a House GOP careening out of control. Speaker John Boehner announced his surprise resignation last month under pressure from conservatives, and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly dropped his bid to replace him. Ryan, the only House Republican with national stature and broad appeal, finally agreed to seek the post, with conditions. He wanted to emerge as House Republicans’ unity candidate, endorsed by the three major factions of House Republicans, to guarantee he could lead with a mandate — not risk becoming the latest victim of the intraparty unrest

roiling Capitol Hill and the presidential campaign. If such support was not forthcoming, Ryan said, he would return happily to his chairmanship of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, his dream job. The speaker’s job is second in line to the presidency, but the rigors of the job would be unlikely to help Ryan if he harbors future ambitions to run for president. But Ryan succeeded over the past 48 hours in wringing pledges of support from every major faction of the divided House GOP, including the hardline Freedom Caucus, whose support was far from assured given its rebellious members were responsible for forcing Boehner to the exits and cowing McCarthy, his most likely successor. Ryan’s announcement offers the fratricidal House GOP a chance to chart a new course after years of chaos, and may allow Republicans to refocus away from fighting each other and onto the race for the White House. It was immediately welcomed fellow Republicans. Ryan “is a man of action and a conservative that can unite our caucus,” said Rep. Ed Royce of California, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I also admire Paul’s passion for advancing pro-growth policies to create economic opportunity for all Americans, especially at a time when the Republican Party needs to expand its appeal to a broader audience.” In addition to seeking united support from the caucus as a condition for his candidacy, Ryan made clear he wanted to cut back on the fundraising that traditionally comes with the job so he could have enough flexibility to spend time with his wife and kids in Wisconsin. Younger than most past speakers and rare in having young kids — Boehner is a grandfather — Ryan will bring generational change to the speaker’s chair. And coming votes on the debt limit and budget might be cases where Republican leaders would have to rely largely on Democratic votes to achieve their goals, a practice the Freedom Caucus strongly opposes and wants to see Ryan avoid.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation BY LEV AKABAS Sun Staff Writer

Sometimes, in an art museum, you’ll come to a beautiful but conventional painting, perhaps a portrait or a still life. You’ll stand in front of it for a minute, marveling at the brushstrokes that bring it to life, but by the time you leave the museum, you won’t remember much about the piece. A work like Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, for example, which depicts the destruction caused by war in a unique and thought-provoking way, will stick with you much more than paintings that simply portray their subjects accurately. Netflix original Beasts of No Nation based on a novel of the same name, is a devastating portrayal of child warfare. The film follows a young boy, Agu (Abraham Attah), who escapes into the jungle when a violent civil war reaches his home village in an unnamed African country. Agu is found by a group of rebel guerrillas, whose fierce commandant (Idris Elba) trains him to be a soldier for his army. It is a harrowing depiction of the atrocities that human beings are capable of committing against one another, and a well-done realistic portrait of war. Director Cary Fukunaga doesn’t shy away from brutal, disturbing scenes that give the movie a gritty, authentic feeling. He forces us to watch people die on screen, and there are plenty of moments that made me cringe. When the commander orders Agu to kill an innocent man with a machete, I wanted to look away, but I had to keep watching in order to see what Agu would do. The movie’s realism, however, is solidified by the acting. Whenever characters are at risk of dying, they look flat out terrified. The cast is mostly composed of unknowns, and this helps us feel as if we’re not watching actors at all. Attah is strong in his debut performance, A modern-day protest anthem and a musical tour-de-force, Usher’s latest release refuses simple description. The track opens with a child’s voice wondering, “Justice for all?” Thereafter, potent, painful lines about police brutality, murders of Black Americans and the prison-industrial complex fill every verse and chorus. “I am no prison commodity, not just a body you throw in a cell,” Nas raps, “Just for your quota, so it’s rest in peace to Sean Bell/Sleep in peace Eric G a r n e r (Sandra).” Earlier, Usher and Bibi Bourelly sing, “Moment of silence / American school and we in church too (Don’t shoot).” It feels vastly uncomfortable and inappropriate to take any line out of context, to listen to “Chains” with a passive ear. Usher makes active engagement with “Chains” a further necessity with the song’s interactive music video, available on Tidal.com. “While racial injustice keeps killing, society keeps looking away,” the web-

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capturing the beast that war turns Agu into, while reminding us of his humanity. Elba is especially fantastic in his role as the unnamed, muscular, sunglasses-wearing commandant. Most of the time we’re terrified of him, but during some moments we respect him as a father figure, and at others we’re sickened by his depravity. Elba goes above and beyond a script that would reduce him to a caricature, creating a believable, multi-dimensional character that demands

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attention. Despite its firm grounding in realism, the movie has a mythical quality. This is in part because the country in which the events takes place and the ideologies of the fighting groups are never specified. This ambiguity allows the film to tell a universal story, but leaves us with little to latch onto and draw meaning from. This puts pressure on the dialogue to give the movie a unifying direction. However, the film is unable to break away from many war movie cliches, and fails to rise to the occasion. The film squanders the opportunity to explore the

site states. The listener must allow the website to access their webcam, prompting the site to locate their face with recognition software, to watch the video. In that moment, “Chains” evolves from being an eloquent, impassioned commentary to being truly groundbreaking. The “Chains” video displays the faces and stories of Black Americans whose murderers have not been held accountable. If the software detects that the listener is not looking at the screen, the video shuts off until they look back into the subjects’ faces. Usher, Nas, Bibi COURTESY OF BILLBOARD Bourelly and the video producers have turned the camera on the viewer, held them accountable for what they choose to consume or not. It is impossible to describe the process of watching the “Chains” video; the viewer him or herself must choose to watch, or to look away. Shay Collins is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornell.edu.

complex psychological journey that Agu undergoes by focusing more on what’s going on around him, than what’s going on in his mind. Given that much of the film is narrated by Agu, it’s surprisingly hard for us to understand how Agu feels about committing immoral actions and his relationship with the commander. Agu is more a vehicle for the audience to see what war is like than a fully fleshed-out character, and, as a result, the less gorily tragic scenes don’t hold much weight. The movie’s lack of thematic focus also makes it difficult for it to conclude in a satisfying way. Towards the end, I hoped I’d be left to ponder questions of war and trauma, Agu’s innocence or what drives people to engage in war in the first place. The movie shows you the horrors of war, but it doesn’t have anything new to say about them. It forces you to feel, but doesn’t force you to consider how you feel. That being said, Beasts of No Nation is in impressive technical accomplishment, and it's a shame that most audiences will be watching it on laptops due to its release on Netflix. The cinematography makes effective use of light and shadow, tracking shots that show you what the characters are seeing, and beautiful establishing shots of landscapes. A still at just about any moment during the movie would render a beautiful image worthy of being in a photography exhibition. It’s an important film that forces us to face the terrifying chaos that is taking place in our world. Beasts of No Nation has the potential to be a masterpiece due to its engrossing style and talented cast, it just doesn’t present its subject in a way that resonates. Like that beautiful painting in an art museum, the technique catches my attention; I look at it in amazement, and feel emotion, but ultimately, it’s no Guernica. Lev Akabas is a freshman in the college of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at la26@cornell.edu.

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Arts Around Ithaca Fanclub Collective Presents: Juliana Huxtable

Waxahatchee, Izzy True, Misses Bitches And Modern Hut

If you didn’t attend Juliana Huxtable’s artist talk hosted by Fanclub Collective last night, you're probably kicking yourself for missing such a unique event. If you did, you probably want nothing more than to have another chance to experience Huxtable in person. Either way, you’re in luck: tonight, Huxtable is following up her talk with one of her famous DJ sets. If you feel like having your conceptions of identity, race, gender, music or art massaged out at the edges, stop by the Big Red Barn tonight at 8:30. Music starts at 9:00, and if you were thinking of using your slim wallet as an excuse to skip out, you’re out of luck; this sure-tobe mind-blowing event is free of charge. — Troy Sherman

A powerhouse indie line-up takes The Haunt this Monday night; diverse in notoriety and genre alike. Beloved local, DIY cartoonist and singer-songwriter, Izzy True will take the stage at 7:00, followed by a generous dose of folk punk psychedelia delivered to us by the women of Finger Lakes-based sextet, Misses Bitches. In case their tones are a bit energetic for you, happy-sad loner folk punker, Modern Hut will calm things down. Finally, headlining will be Waxahatchee, the solo bedroom punk project of indie darling, Katie Crutchfield. Heavily influenced by Sleater-Kinney and their peers, Waxahatchee makes melancholy, vulnerable music that is in no way fragile. If you’ve ever even dabbled in the indie rock tradition, Monday night offers a virtual buffet of indie rock; there’ll be something for you. — Jael Goldfine

Tonight at 8:30 p.m. at The Big Red Barn

7:00 p.m. at The Haunt

Nels Cline and Julian Lage Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Dock

That Wilco is one of the better bands of the last 10 years is a pretty hard statement to dispute. That their concert at the State last month was a great time is, for those who were there, surely even harder. This was in large part due to their painfully talented and captivating guitarist, Nels Cline, who if nothing else, knows how to fill a room with some really interesting sounds. Which is why his show tomorrow night with jazz guitarist Julian Lage is a must-attend event. The music will go down at the Dock for only $20; doors open at 6:30, music starts at 7:30, and there’s no doubt that you’ll be entertained for every second of it. —Troy Sherman COURTESY OF NPR

What Are We Fighting (Renoir) For?

or readers who have not yet received their daily reminder of the intense strangeness of our modern world: a gang of protesters recently traveled to three museums to protest Renoir’s paintings. No, as Sebastian Smee notes in The Boston Globe, they’re not decrying Renoir’s antiSemitism or any other related political issue. The “protests” focus purely on Renoir’s aesthetic, and the group’s name says it all: “Renoir Sucks At Painting.” However, I struggle to call Renoir Sucks At Painting (R.S.A.P.) an activist group. It is, most simply, the material of an activist group, the elements of protesting deployed simply for the sake of deploying them. R.S.A.P.’s most impressive quality is the group’s ability to access every enraging, sophomoric, God-they’re-so-smug archetype that you would expect from aestheticfocused protesters. Describing Renoir Sucks At Painting lends itself to what I’ll call “the fact that” statements. There’s the fact that the group refers to Renoir’s work as “treacle” with such consistency that word shows up in nearly every article about the protests. There’s R.S.A.P.’s primary online social media platform: @renoir_sucks_at_paiting on Instagram. Their feed primarily features smarmy hipsters flipping off Renoirs in museums. There’s the fact that their protest signs are usually far too meme-based to be unironic (“Renoir was an Inside Job”) or outright stupid (“Renbarf ”). There’s R.S.A.P. organizer Max Geller’s response to a counter-protester’s criticism, as recorded

by Brian Boucher for Artnet News: “As soon as they try to engage with me they’ve already lost.” There’s this Huffington Post headline alone: “Leader of ‘Renoir Sucks’ Movement Challenges Critic To a Duel To The Death.” Despite R.S.A.P.’s coverage in publications from The New Yorker to Hyperallergic, commentators have attempted to remain restrained in criticizing the movement. The presiding tone of responses can be summarized as: We get what you’re doing, everyone gets what you’re doing, it’s just not that cool. As Geller noted, if you damn R.S.A.P. for being sophomoric, you have to admit that you’re now wasting time criticizing them. If nothing else, R.S.A.P. has allowed a number of commentators to flex their “I’m going to call you an idiot without acting like I care at all” muscles. Here’s Sebastian Smee concluding his piece for The Boston Globe: “If you want to stage a protest about Renoir, you clearly have other motives. Or no meaningful motives at a l l . ” Be n j a m i n Genocchio similarly wondered Morning Bowl in Artnet N e w s , of Surreal “Even if an artwork itself is the direct subject of the protest, what is the expected outcome of the protest? Removal? Censorship?” Even The New Yorker’s art critic, Peter Schjeldahl weighed in with the witheringly titled “Hating Renoir Is Just a Phase.” “If you must hate yourself a little for loving Renoir, do so,” Schjeldahl concludes, “You’ll get over it. And, when you think about it, who’s

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k e e p i n g score?” Schjeldahl is commenting directly on the act of loving or hating Renoir, but his comment applies easily to protesting over aesthetics as well. Even now, I have a hard time chastising R.S.A.P. To damn R.S.A.P. for caring enough to protest Renoir, I have to admit that I am someone who cares enough about people holding self-serving, posturing protests against Renoir. But there’s that backhanded rebuke showing up again. I also have to question how much of my dislike for R.S.A.P. grows out of the sad realization that protesting Renoir as “aesthetic terrorism” is something that I would find hilarious if I had thought of it. R.S.A.P. has accessed the weird, polarizing act of taking a recognizable framework and just beating the hell out of it. @renoir_sucks_at_painting on Instagram’s description still includes a link to a now-defunct WhiteHouse.org petition: “Remove all of the literally awful Renoir paintings in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.” Of course, the petition calls not for the removal of Renoir’s paintings, but for their “de-hanging.” The petition condemns the detrimental effect that the “treacly [there’s that word again], puerile paintings have had on our nation.” And I get that, if my friends and I had written that

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petition, I would still be boasting to people about how hilarious my idea was, and how ridiculous and cool and uncaring of a person I am. The most optimistic commentators have mustered a weak defense that perhaps we can all appreciate that people are still discussing art in the public sphere, even if they’re doing so in a very attention-seeking and simplistic manner. But in the end, R.S.A.P. is obviously not a protest about art, and it is certainly not a protest about Renoir if it’s even a protest at all. In the most generous treatment, R.S.A.P. expertly exposes the potential for absurdity in the way some form opinions about art. At least, that treatment would make sense if the art-world insiders and people-on-thestreet alike did not so resoundingly respond: Like what you like, and don’t protest over aesthetics. Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com. Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate fridays this semester.

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ou are what you eat. You’ve heard it are paying for our cheap food in lives, natbefore, but you might not realize ural resources and viable years left on this how literally we mean it. The cells planet for the human race. Even if you are in denial or selfish and substances in your body are genuinely reconstituted from the carbohydrates, enough not to care about how any of your amino acids, lipids, vitamins and minerals food choices affect other people, animals that you absorb from the food you con- or the environment, you as an individual sume. So if you think you don’t have a cannot avoid the consequences of a food stake in how food is produced, you’re sim- system only concerned with corporate ply wrong. None of us can avoid partici- profit. You pay with your tax dollars to pating in the food system; therefore, if we treat the preventable cases of heart disease have a food system that conflicts directly and diabetes that result from the default with our values, we have a responsibility as diet with which America has presented us. consumers and citizens to seek reform. You pay when you contract a foodborne And whether you realize it or not, our illness after consuming contaminated world food system in its current form is ground beef as a result of industry neglect. undeniably exploitative and unsustainable. You pay a few decades down the road when you can no longer buy that beef to Don’t believe us? Keep reading. Did you know that the amount of water which you feel so attached because we simit takes to produce one hamburger is ply do not have the resources on earth to equivalent to two months of showers? sustain the growing rate of meat consumpWhile the drought rages on in California, tion. Real Food Cornell is a new student the government encourages its citizens to group that has take shorter showers, but formed to combat never to eat fewer hamNone of us can avoid these intersectional burgers. issues of food affectDid you know that pregnant farmworkers participating in the food ing us all. We exist in picking your fruits and system; therefore, if we part to demonstrate to you that food vegetables are often exposed to poisonous have a food system that choices are inherently inescapably pesticides that cause horconflicts directly with and politicized; we cannot rendous birth defects? decisions Even worse, these farmour values, we have a make regarding food withworkers are often undocresponsibility as con- out broader conseumented migrants with Thus, we little legal recourse. sumers and citizens to quence. support a food system Did you know that 40 that is truly fair and percent of the world’s seek reform. sustainable, here on grain is fed to livestock campus and beyond. that feeds the relatively To that end, our first official project has wealthy, while 795 million people in the world do not have access to enough food to been to bring you Food Day 2015, which live a healthy active life? Did you know is a celebration of and an opportunity to that if all the grain fed to livestock in just advocate for better food policies within the U.S. were diverted to human consump- and beyond Cornell. If this message has affected you, we urge you to reach out to tion, we could feed 800 million people? Did you know that Hispanic children various student groups across campus that see 49 percent more ads for sugary drinks are working towards a more sustainable than their white counterparts, and that food system. In the meantime you can Black children see 80 to 90 percent more start by attending the Food Day festivities of such ads than white children? Not sur- on campus. Grab a bite at Okenshields prisingly, obesity and nutrition-related this coming Tuesday and learn about the chronic diseases are substantially more best diet for your health and for the planet. prevalent among these minority groups Get your hands dirty at Dilmun Hill Student Farm on Wednesday while learnthan their white counterparts. Did you know that most of the chicken ing how to waste less in the kitchen. Learn that ends up on your plate came from a how to eat better on a budget with farm where the birds spend their miserable Anabel’s Grocery on Thursday. Just by days indoors, so crowded that they can’t showing up, you can affirm the identity of turn around, standing in their own excre- our generation as one that cares where our ment, often pecking each other half to food comes from. We are calling on you to start the dialogue and start turning the death? We could go on and on, but we hope tide towards a healthy, affordable, sustainyou would agree that any single one of able and just food system. those injustices would be reason enough to Silverman and Sarah Paez are juniors at Cornell. demand reform. While we as U.S. citizens Jessi Comments may be sent to associatespend the lowest percentage of our income editor@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodion food of any country in the world, we cally this semester.

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Space Debris My Beautiful Dark Mitigation and Twisted Fantasy Potential Difficulties D

n 1978, the Russian Cosmos 954 fell from the outer space and entered into Canadian territory. Its nuclear-powered engine fell apart and caused great potential environmental danger to Canada. Although damages arising from space activities had been stressed by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and at the 1972 Liability Convention, the Russian Cosmos incident was the first time that people realized how residual debris from space activities may actually influence the environment on earth. The threats of space debris are not restricted to Earth’s environment, but also pose great danger to the exploration of outer space itself. This is important because outer space provides us with a unique environment for collecting scientific data and unrivalled possibilities for research and exploitation, both scientifically and commercially. Thousands of satellites operating in orbit around Earth are contributing to essential services including telecommunications, weather forecasting, banking, navigation, mapping, earth resources monitoring, search-and-rescue, Global Positioning System

All the international guidelines on space debris are recommendations, instead of international conventions, and therefore have no binding force on governments. (GPS) satellites, space science, meteorology and human space exploration. The space industry has changed the way we live. Far more attention is paid to space debris than you might have thought. Space-faring countries and the United Nations have developed a set of guidelines to deal with the space debris problem. Efforts to address them fall into three categories: debris tracking, growth mitigation and removal. For example, the U.S. realized the debris problem and brought the discussion up onto a policy level in 1981, when it proposed a ten-year plan to deal with the problem. In 1995, NASA was the first space agency in the world to issue a comprehensive set of orbital debris mitigation guidelines. Two years later, the U.S. Government developed a set of Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices based on the NASA guidelines. Currently, NASA has set up an Orbital Debris Program Office to be the lead NASA center for orbital debris research. The research is divided into five aspects, including modeling, measurements, protection, mitigation and reentry. When it comes to the UN, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) published its Technical Report on Space Debris in 1999, recognizing that space debris has become a commonly realized environmental problem. UNCOPUOS, at its fiftieth session, adopted Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. These Guidelines are based on the IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines adopted in October 2002, which were presented to the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee of the UNCOPUOS in February 2003. Several inter-governmental organizations have also been set up to do both technical and policy research concerning space debris. The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) is one of the most influential organizations joined by 13 national and regional space agencies. The work of IADC has been a good basis for the adoption of the UN debris guideline and other national guidelines on debris mitigation. The UN, in turn, may make requests to IADC about issues politically or technically related to space debris. Despite the efforts made by national space agencies and international organizations, the solutions to the problem remain temporary. Firstly, one of the difficulties faced by nations is technical problem. Although space-faring countries are exchanging information on space debris management, due to the sensitive characteristic of the space industry, totally transparent sharing of the technical database and debris monitoring, shielding, and mitigation is impractical, if not impossible. Secondly, legal regulations in this area remain insufficient. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty and 1972 Liability Convention have never been amended so as to adjust to the development of the space industry, rendering them “unenforceable.” All the international guidelines on space debris are recommendations, instead of international conventions, and therefore have no binding force on governments. In the UN’s February 2008 resolution, the General Assembly discussed the need for the Legal Subcommittee to “reconvene its working group designed to ascertain whether the UN treaties on outer space apply to space debris, or whether a new agreement on space debris is necessary.” Also, since the space environment is different from that on Earth, existing environmental law cannot be directly transferred to outer space. Thirdly, although there are many technical analyses of space debris, the liability regime is not established. One of the reasons might be that compared to other accidents, accidents happening in outer space are relatively fewer than the accidents happening on Earth. Many space debris-related accidents happened under the circumstance that the debris was unidentifiable. Therefore, nations tend to use intergovernmental negotiation to deal with the liability problem. Even with the Cosmos 954 case, the Russian government never admitted its “liability” under any conventions except for extending certain compensations to the Canadian government. Finally, the lack of attention paid in the academic field also contributes to the insufficiency of solutions, but that can be fixed. Liyuan Xiao is a student at Cornell Law School. Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

ear Ethan, With all this talk about our next President, I feel compelled to write to you to share my dissatisfaction with the lack of coverage for the strongest candidate who’s announced his intention to run. This candidate has generated considerable buzz since announcing his candidacy, yet nobody is taking him seriously. And it’s ridiculous! Yes, he’s not running until 2020, but I don’t understand why people think Kanye West can’t be President. After considering his background, success and views, I don’t think you or anyone else will be able to deny his legitimacy. To prove my point, I think it’s only suitable to compare Mr. West to one of the frontrunners for the 2016 election, Donald Trump. You might ask, ‘what makes Mr. West qualified to be president’? Well first, I invite you to look at what makes Mr. Trump qualified. His strongest argument is his successful career as a real estate developer and television personality, which has made him a multi-billionaire. Conse quently, Mr. Trump believes he can translate this business success into politics, declaring, “ [The American people] will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning.” Well, why isn’t Mr. West qualified? Like Mr. Trump, Mr. West believes he is the best at what he does. And those aren’t empty words either. Having collaborated with the likes of Eminem, Rihanna, Jay Z, Jamie Foxx and Paul McCartney, Mr. West has put forth 7 charttopping, Platinum albums, collecting 21 Grammy Awards along the way. Suffice to say, Mr. West has found massive success in his trade, and has become a household name across America. Why couldn’t Mr. West take America back to platinumlevel status? In case you thought Mr. West was only known for his music, fear not, for his success goes beyond music. For almost the past 8 years, Mr. West has been working towards creating something tangible for the masses: fashion. This has culminated in a series of high profile releases including his much-talkedabout showing at the New York Fashion Week last month. Do you know which other candidate has flexed his fashion muscle? Mr. Trump,

who until recently, had his own line with Macy’s. Between his music and fashion, it’s no wonder that Mr. West landed at the top of the list of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2015. I don’t understand why journalists aren’t reporting on Mr. West’s opinions and views like they are on Trump’s. While to be fair, he hasn’t yet taken a stance on recent hot-button issues, he has spoken up on several domestic issues. Speaking on behalf of all parents in America, we recently learned that Mr. West is adamantly against the proliferation of in-app purchases. When not pressed for comment, he said, “If a game is made for a two-year-old, just allow them to have fun and give the parents a break for Christ’s sake.” Additionally, like Mr. Trump, Mr. West has been an outspoken critic of former president George W. Bush (to say the least). Speaking of controversy, it seems as though scandalous comments or actions are

acteristics a president needs; you have to believe in yourself, don’t you? Well, it takes a certain strong-willed personality to name an album “Yeezus,” named after his “Godself-proclaimed name.” Many wonder where Mr. West gets the courage to think so highly of himself, but Mr. West has already answered this: “Me found bravery in my bravado.” With alliteration like that, how are people taking him any less seriously than Mr. Trump? At least if he was getting the attention he deserved, the people would finally get to start asking the important questions. Here’s one: Who should be his running-mate? It has to be someone who can support the West administration, someone we can trust to carry on Mr. West’s leadership, someone who can galvanize congressional support, that’s who we need. I know the perfect candidate — she has a strong presence on television and online, she’s become a household name and having already broken

Suffice to say, Mr. West has found massive success in his trade, and has become a household name across America. Why couldn’t Mr. West take America back to platinum-level status? essential for preserving poll numbers. Hillary Clinton has her e-mail conundrum; Donald Trump has almost everything he says. But Mr. West definitely does not disappoint his constituents on this matter either. Mr. West almost caused an international crisis when he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMA’s, generating more water cooler discussions than Clinton’s emails and Trump’s remarks combined. One of his detractors was President Obama, who called him a jackass. Yet even Mr. Obama has come around to the idea of a West presidency, even going so far as giving him public political advice (I anticipate a formal endorsement is forthcoming). But never mind what people think of Mr. West — what does Mr. West think of Mr. West? Confidence is one of the most important char-

the internet once, I don’t think anyone can question her power: Her name is Kimberly Kardashian. West/Kardashian 2020, has a nice ring to it. Americans are fed up with politicians and hungry for an outsider, yet they are looking for a familiar face, someone they can trust. Clearly, the people want someone who speaks their mind. The people want someone who believes they’re the best for the job, let alone the best in the world. Am I the only one who thinks the answer is obvious? As I said, please start giving Mr. West the coverage he deserves; he can — and should — be the next President of the United States. Regards, Some Guy Ethan Berkowitz is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. Views From the 14853 appears alternate Fridays this semester.

CLARIFICATION An Oct. 21 science story, “Boyce Thompson Researchers Discover Aspirin Works Differently Than Thought,” misleadingly referred to the Boyce Thompson Institute as “the University’s” institute. In fact, the BTI is an independent affiliate of Cornell that is located on campus.

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Red on the rise? | Though Cornell has lost its first five games, the team still remains hopeful heading into its game against Brown. However, senior running back Luke Hagy, one of the Red’s key players, was injured last weekend. By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Edior

Starting 0-5 can weigh on a team. It can cause athletes to lose faith and give up. It can demoralize players. But sophomore safety Nick Gesualdi believes that has not happened to the Cornell football team. “We’re doing our best to block the record out,” Gesualdi said. “We still have a very positive attitude. We’re looking ahead to the next five weeks; we’ve got all Ivy games coming up, so we’re definitely keeping very positive minds and doing our best to perform at our top notch.” In the Red’s first five games of the season, Cornell (0-5, 0-2 Ivy) has been outscored, 30-14, and outgained by almost 700 yards. The Red has turned the ball over 10 times, while forcing just two turnovers. Perhaps most alarmingly, Cornell has yet to score in the third quarter. Yet the players maintain that the squad can still compete with other teams. “The record definitely hurts,” said junior tight end Matt Sullivan. “Records are black and white. If you weren’t there, if you’re not in the locker room, then you don’t really understand what’s going on. It’s easy to the see the record and say, ‘Oh, they suck,’ but we don’t. We’re a good team and we know that.” The Red will get another chance to show how good the team really is when Brown (32, 1-1) takes on Cornell tomorrow. The Bears enter the game on a three-game winning

streak, including a victory over previously unbeaten Princeton (4-1, 1-1) last weekend. Brown’s offense, ranked second in the Ivy League, is powered by quarterback Marcus Fuller. Despite missing most of the Bears’ matchup against Harvard, he currently leads the league in passing yards. Fuller has passed for over 400 yards in three games so far this season, including a four-touchdown game in a win over Rhode Island earlier in the season. For Gesualdi and the rest of Cornell’s secondary, a big performance will be necessary to keep the Bears’ aerial offense in check. “It’s going to be a nice challenge,” Gesualdi said. “We’re going to have to go up to get some balls and make some plays. There’s definitely going to be opportunities for us to make plays and come down with a few 50-50 balls — some of them just have to become ours.” While Brown’s offense is one of the best in the league, its defense is one of the worst, ranking last in the league in points scored against. However, the banged-up Cornell offense may still struggle against the Bears. With senior running back Luke Hagy possibly still sidelined with a concussion suffered last week against Sacred Heart, the rushing duties will again fall to sophomore Josh Sweet and perhaps also to freshman Chris Walker, depending on his status following a concussion of his own. “[Luke Hagy’s] an incredibly playmaker,” Sullivan said. “We

have great confidence in some of the younger guys. They’re excited to step up and they’re ready to step up. We’d love to have Luke on Saturday and he’d definitely help our offense be productive, but we know we can be productive with other guys too.” The quarterback position has a similar question mark attached to it. Even though junior Robert Somborn began the season as the starter, sophomore Jake Jatis has continued to see more and more playing time as the season has progressed. Head coach David Archer ’05 said that’s unlikely to change against Brown. “We used them both against Sacred Heart and they played off each other,” Archer said. “Jake did some really nice things and Robert did some nice things ... I expect both of them to play.” Against a porous Brown secondary, the Red’s passing attack may be able to get back on track after a number of poor showings in recent weeks. With half the season done, Cornell has an opportunity to get back on track with a win against Brown tomorrow. According to Gesualdi, the team has been able to forget about the previous losses and concentrate fully on the Bears. “The past is the past, I can’t change what has happened,” Gesualdi said. “I just look forward to the next week. Prepare to the best of my ability and control what I can control.” Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun.com.

Sports

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 2015

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball toTake On Seventh Place Columbia

Looks to avenge early season loss against Lions By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

19 kills, while the Columbia setter posted a match high 49 assists. “Our mentality for this week of practice and for The Cornell volleyball team will enter into the this weekend is to go all out,” said outside hitter and second half of its Ivy League scheduled play Saturday freshman Carla Sganderlla. “We are working hard at Columbia. The team currently hold a 4-13 overall everyday in the gym to win this weekend against record, with an Ivy record of 0-7, good for eighth in Columbia. We know what their tendencies are and the Ivy league. Columbia enters the matchup at 5-11 we’ve been practicing the necessary strategies to win.” overall and stands just about Cornell in seventh place Other expected big hitters for Cornell include in the league. Basler, who hit a .455 last Last time the Red played time against the Lions. Junior the Lions, the team started Alyssa Phelps will start at setoff strong. The first set ter and has been putting up belonged to Cornell, with big numbers for the Red all freshman Alex Basler, junior year, including 27 assists last Macey Wilson and sophotime against Columbia. more Emily Wemhoff leading Phelps shared the court that Macey Wilson the stat sheet with big numgame with freshman setter bers in the front row. Lauren Donnelly, who had Consistent serving and sup15 assists of her own. Phelps port from the back row on defense helped Cornell also posted nine kills against Columbia on the weak take the first set, 25-21. However, the Lions started side. to gain momentum in the second set, and the teams Wilson will be important on the blocking once rallied back and forth, trading points until the very again as she did a great job against Jovicic last time, last second. stuffing down one solo block and seven block assists. The Lions took the second set, 26-24, then took “We are still so motivated and ready for this the third in more dramatic fashion, 20-25. After los- upcoming weekend because we know we are so close ing ground in the third, Cornell dug in and led the to doing amazing things,” Wilson said. fourth set until the very end. However, the Lions batPhelps agreed, saying, “At this point, we’ve seen tled it out and took the last two points, winning the what every other team has to offer and we’re ready to fourth set by two, just enough to take the game. bring home some wins. We’re gaining confidence as a This season, Columbia is home to the league’s team and as a unit and I know we are completely leading hitter, Katarina Jovicic, who has a .355 kill capable of beating any team in the Ivy League.” percentage. Last time the Red faced Columbia, Jovicic had 10 kills, and thus will prove a challenge for Cornell’s middle blockers this weekend. Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at Columbia’s Zoe Jacobs led the Lions last time with omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.

Sun Staff Writer

“We are still so motivated ...we know we are so close to doing amazing things.”

MORGAN COHEN / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Setting up | Junior setter Alyssa Phelps, pictured above, had 27 assists the last time Cornell faced Columbia. She shared the setting responsibilities with freshman Lauren Donnelly.

ROUND

ANNA FASMAN

JOON LEE

CORNELL V. BROWN

BROWN

CORNELL

BROWN

CORNELL

BROWN

CORNELL

BROWN

PRINCETON V. HARVARD

HARVARD

PRINCETON

HARVARD

DARTMOUTH V. COLUMBIA

DARTMOUTH

PENN V. YALE

YALE

PENN

YALE

OHIO STATE V. RUTGERS

OHIO ST.

SAINTS V. COLTS

COLTS

SAINTS

COLTS

SAINTS

COLTS

SAINTS

COLTS

COWBOYS V. GIANTS

GIANTS

COWBOYS

GIANTS

COWBOYS

GIANTS

COWBOYS

GIANTS

JETS V. PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

LIONS V. VIKINGS

VIKINGS

LIONS

VIKINGS

LIONS

VIKINGS

EAGLES V. PANTHERS

PANTHERS

LAST WEEK

7-3

5-5

6-4

8-2

6-4

7-3

5-5

7-3

TOTAL

31-19

36-14

28-22

32-18

28-22

34-16

35-15

30-20

22-28

33-17

38-12

ADAM SHANE BRONFIN LEWIS

TYLER ALICEA

ANNIE SLOANE BUI GRINSPOON

JAYNE ZUREK

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