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As part of a broader project to revive the Commons, a company announced a plan Wednesday for a $30 million project called “Harold’s Square” downtown, according to a press release. The project, which will be funded privately for the most part, would add a 126,000 square foot complex that will contain retail, office and residential space in downtown Ithaca. Gary Ferguson, FERGUSON executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, said he hopes the new development will increase density in the core of the Commons while still maintaining the “character” of Ithaca. “[The project] is a fascinating example of a downtown urban project that does density well and really tries to help preserve the streetscape,” Ferguson said. Two historic buildings will be preserved: the Home Dairy Building and the Sage Block, which once housed Benchwarmers, a restaurant and sports
bar. The buildings to be replaced are currently vacant, according to a press release. “We’re restoring a key part of Ithaca’s history that once housed the office of 19th century architect William Henry Miller,” said David Lubin, president and co-owner of L Enterprises, LLC, and owner of the spaces that will be renovated and redeveloped. “At the same time, we’re replacing three primarily singlestory buildings that, while may be part of people’s cherished memories, including my own, can’t meet downtown’s need for more housing, shopping choices and modern office space.” The new building will have two main entrances, one on the Commons and the other facing Green Street, according to the press release. A three-story atrium running through the building will link the two areas. L Enterprises, LLC will follow U.S. Green Building Council LEED guidelines, according to the press release. The project will emphasize “energy efficiency, natural light, healthy work and living spaces” and will incoporate “natural green rooftop elements on … a portion of the project,” the release said. While Ferguson told The Sun that the project is not Ithaca’s first “green” See COMMONS page 4
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Signs of Apathy,Interest At Frats’ Sexual Assault Forum By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer
Though some became active participants, many fraternity members required to join a conversation Wednesday about consent and sexual assault prevention spent much of it, to the disappointment of some of the event’s organizers, on their phones and laptops instead. Though the Interfraternity Council
required that each of the 39 fraternity chapters at Cornell send 10 members — meaning that more than 400 people should have been at the event — only about 200 people attended the Sexual Assault Prevention Forum, according to IFC President Chris Sanders ’13. One sign that the men were reluctant to participate in the conversation was their
Illuminating Night,Univ.Unites Against Bias,Assaults By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor
Shortly after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, several hundred members of the Cornell community gathered in front of Willard Straight Hall. They stood shoulder to shoulder, in relative darkness, holding glowsticks that, when lit, engulfed Ho Plaza in a
’13. Co-sponsored by more than 50 student organizations, the event featured a variety of speakers and concluded with a recruitment session for student groups that promote sexual assault prevention and social justice. Shrouded by the light of the glowsticks, attendees listened to anec-
not solve all the safety issues on campus. Blue glowsticks will not resolve some of the structural issues or hurdles in our society,” Gitlin said. “But the event and the glowsticks are symbolic of so much more … Tonight is a recognition of [the fact that] over
hundreds of students … can commit ourselves to strengthening our community.” Skorton –– who stood in the crowd for the majority of the event –– also emphasized the importance of creating a strong community in the face of the recent inci-
dents. “We have all to learn from each other, we have all to lean on each other, we have all to learn each other’s language and hear and listen and really hear,” he said. “We have to pull together. We have See ILLUMINATE page 4
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“Blue glowsticks will not resolve some of the structural issues or hurdles in our society.” sea of blue. The gathering, called “Illuminate the Night,” was organized by the Cornell Caring Community and served as a public opportunity for Cornellians to support each other in the wake of recent incidents of sexual assault and bias on campus, according to Student Assembly President Adam Gitlin
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Univ. Cuts ‘Antiquated’ Employee Health Plans By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Writer
The decision to drop two of the five healthcare providers offered to University employees in Cornell’s endowed colleges should save both the University and its staff members money, according to Cornell officials. The University will not offer one healthcare provider, HealthNow PPO, this year and has stopped accepting new entrants for another called Aetna 80/20, according to Paul Bursic, senior director for Benefits Services at Cornell. Three other health plans — Cornell Program for Healthy Living, Health Savings Account and Aetna PPO — will continue to be available to employees, Bursic said. The Aetna 80/20 plan had “outlived its usefulness,” Bursic said. “It is no longer an effective use of our employees’ money [or] our own money,” he said. “It doesn’t use more modern models of healthcare delivery, which [are] dependent on the networks that insurance companies set up.” Employees will pay lower premiums under the three remaining health plans that Cornell will continue to offer than they would have under the two being eliminated, according to Tanya Grove, general manager for Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. “What [led] me to switch from HealthNow to the CPHL was that it was a little less expensive, which is very important to a lot of employees at this point of time,” she said. Furthermore, offering only the three remaining plans will allow the University to pay lower administrative fees, according to Bursic. “[By] getting rid of HealthNow, we are actually being charged less … because their administrative fees were scheduled to go up,” he said. Both administrative costs to the University and employees’ premiums will be further reduced now that a single contract with Aetna will cover employees at both the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medical College, according to Bursic. “We worked out an even better deal because we combined our contracts with the medical college in Manhattan,” whose employees have all also switched to Aetna, effective Jan. 1, he said. “So, we have combined now and we have over 12,000 employees that are on this plan giving us even lower administrative fees.” Bursic said reductions in premiums will not alter the proportion of total costs split between employer and employee, who will both see reductions. “[The reduction] is going to be expressed, and is expressed, in the upcoming premium. We save money; the employee saves money,” he said. Still, Bursic noted that some employees are reluctant to change their health plans. “Nobody likes change. The average person doesn’t have the opportunity to compare the way I can compare as I see all the data,” he said. “The University has no axe to grind here. We provide healthcare because it is an important part of the total compensation of people … We want to provide the best possible service.” Although Grove said she personally “didn’t face any problems with HealthNow,” according to her, the provider’s systems “were antiquated and not up to power.” “As far as for HealthNow going away, my understanding … is that a lot of doctors in the community didn’t care for HealthNow,” she said. “For example, now with the new programs one will be able to [pay with] a debit card. So if you have [a Health Savings Account] plan then you don’t have to pay out of your pocket, as it comes out of your savings.” Grove also noted that a healthy lifestyle could help employees reduce their healthcare expenditures. “I think the big goal is to have employees thinking more practically about their health so that [they] are not sick as much … which helps to keep health costs down,” she said. Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun.com.
Though the student body at Yale University will grow by about 800 students when the university’s two new residential colleges are completed, the size of Yale’s faculty has remained stagnant since the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis, according to The Yale Daily News. With the size of the faculty not growing, five department chairs said their departments are struggling to expand into new areas of research because they are unable to hire additional professors, The Daily News reported. After students expressed concerns that a change in Columbia University’s health insurance policy will leave students without guaranteed coverage for abortions, Columbia Health Services has established a new, confidential discretionary fund that will provide coverage to students when their plans do not cover desired services, including abortion, The Columbia Spectator reported. According to The Brown Daily Herald, only 1.5 percent of Brown University students default on their student loans within three years of entering repayment, compared to 13.4 percent nationwide. — Compiled by Sylvia Rusnak
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Student governance | The Student Assembly recently called for the creation of a coalition and an executive board position to address issues of diversity related to academics at the University.
S.A. Creates New Coalition, Position to Address Diversity By SYLVIA RUSNAK Sun Staff Writer
As the administration works to implement University-wide diversity initiatives, the Student Assembly has added a new leadership position and coalition this month to increase student involvement in the initiatives. The newly created S.A. Diversity Affairs Coalition will be composed of students, faculty and staff who will oversee the implementation of specific academic initiatives in the University’s various colleges. Additionally, a new vice president of diversity and inclusion position has been added to the S.A.’s executive board. In February, President David Skorton announced that the administration would begin the process of implementing University-wide diversity initiatives in a plan called “Toward New Destinations.” S.A. members said they hope the establishment of the new coalition will enable students to help each of the colleges formulate concrete strategies to address the University’s charge. Ulysses Smith ’13, S.A. representative for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, who spearheaded the resolutions, said the coalition should ensure that the student population has a voice in academic initiatives related to diversity. He cited a few ideas the coalition may discuss, including creating a social justice course requirement for all undergraduates, working to diversify faculty composition and improving retention rates among minority students and faculty. The vice president of diversity and inclusion position –– to which Smith was appointed through an internal elections process Sunday –– will be different than the S.A.’s existing minority affairs representative, according to Smith. He said the new position will be responsible for overseeing diversity efforts of the S.A. and address facets of diversity that extend beyond exclusively minority issues: socio-economics, religion and personal beliefs, for instance. “Diversity and inclusion is not synonymous with minority, and that’s the mentality that absolutely needs to change. That’s another great reason why we need this [new] person on [the assembly],” Smith said. Smith will also serve as a liaison between the Office of Academic and Diversity Initiatives and the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. While the resolutions were praised by students and administrators, some initially questioned whether the coalition’s purpose might overlap with that of existing campus groups — including the University Diversity Community and the S.A. Joint Assemblies Multicultural Issues Committee, which func-
tions as a forum for communication between different multicultural communities. The Diversity Community is composed of members of the University Diversity Council, other administrators, staff and members of the Ithaca community –– but lacks student involvement, according to Smith. Other S.A. members expressed concern that the new coalition would also overlap with the S.A. Joint Assemblies Multicultural Issues Committee, which functions as a forum for communication between different multicultural communities. “I originally abstained from voting on the coalition,” said Cameron Pritchett ’15, minority liaison at-large and co-chair of JAMIC. “My reasoning was that I didn’t feel
“Diversity and inclusion is not synonymous with minority.” Ulysses Smith ’13 that I could give an opinion on the merit of that coalition until I delineated the differences between JAMIC and the [new] coalition.” But Pritchett added that the S.A. has since made progress in its efforts to restructure JAMIC, which has primarily functioned as a forum for dialogue, to serve as a more resultsdriven committee that focuses on diversity issues surrounding student life. The new Diversity Affairs Coalition, on the other hand, is intended to focus on academic initiatives, according to Roneal Desai ’13, S.A. vice president of finance and former S.A. minority representative. “JAMIC — which is being re-branded as the [Student Assembly Committee for Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives] — is much more aimed at executing Student Assembly initiatives through the collaboration of Student Assembly representatives and other student leaders,” Desai said. “[Meanwhile], the coalition created by Resolution 9 looks to unify students, faculty, staff and administrators in addressing academic issues which pertain to diversity and inclusion.” Smith emphasized the importance of student involvement in the implementation of the University’s diversity initiatives. “It’s amazing how often stuff involving us is discussed, but then nobody has ever asked us to participate,” Smith said. “Nobody knows the student experience or what’s happening in the classroom better than we do, so why are we not being engaged in this?” Sylvia Rusnak can be reached at srusnak@cornellsun.com.
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endeavor. For instance, downtown Ithaca’s Gateway Commons, which houses luxury apartments and retail spaces, is also a building with sustainable design. Still, he said the building will be “biggest we have in the Commons area to be sure.” The project gets its name, Harold’s Square, from Harold’s Army-Navy Store: “A favorite destination for lots of people, particularly students, in its day,” Ferguson said. The store, which previously occupied one of the two vacant buildings, closed in 1998 due to competition from other suppliers, according to the press release. According to Ferguson, Lubin has been
renting out the property where the building will be constructed since 1998, waiting for the right opportunity to develop the site. “David has determined that this really is a good time to try to redevelop this property,” Ferguson said. The project, Ferguson said, will occur alongside the restoration of the Commons, both of which are set to begin next year. The Downtown 2020 Strategic Plan — a blueprint for the future of downtown Ithaca — has been in the works since 2008. “What we didn’t want was to have all that construction activity take place downtown on the Commons and then have a big project like this start up right after it, or vice versa,” Furguson said. But he said the
restoration is now “ready to go.” The new office space will bring between 110 and 150 full-time office jobs to the city, according to the release. Ferguson said the residential tower is expected to house 60 to 72 new apartments. The tower containing the residential units will be built at the back of the property while the retail and office spaces will face the Commons pedestrian walkway. Ferguson added that the Downtown Ithaca Alliance commissioned a housing study recently that found that the Ithaca housing market is “extremely tight.” He said the new complex’s prime location on the Commons, as well as the amenities it will boast — including a
rooftop patio and an area for barbecuing — will be attractive to prospective residents. “Retaining and renovating historic structures downtown is very important,” Lubin said in the release. “But so is recognizing that change is also a good thing.” Although the project plans for a modern infrastructure, Ferguson said that it is the project leaders’ mission to ensure that the new complex maintains the culture and character of Ithaca. “While we’re trying to [add density] downtown, we still want to preserve and enhance the pedestrian scale and character of [the city],” Ferguson said. Sarah Sassoon can be reached at ssassoon@cornellsun.com.
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to share our fear until it is gone. We have to share our love until it is strong.” Additionally, students shared some of their experiences with racism and other forms of bias on campus. One such student was Ulysses Smith ’13, the newlyelected S.A. vice president for diversity and inclusion. Smith, who is African American, described a recent incident when he was confronted by a group of white men “obviously coming home from a crazy
night in Collegetown.” “They said to me, ‘Smile next time, so we can see you better in the dark,’” Smith said. Smith said the incident initially filled him with anger that transformed into a resolve to improve tolerance on Cornell’s campus. “These are things I would have expected to hear in my home in north Florida, but not on this campus where people are working so hard to address issues of social justice,” he said. Speakers also directly addressed the incident of racial bias that occurred on May 6 at Sigma Pi fraternity, in which a
visitor to the fraternity threw beer cans and hurled racial epithets at students passing by the house. Charles Winslow ’13, president of the Multicultural Greek Letter Council –– who said he was one of the students targeted in the Sigma Pi incident –– said what transpired at the fraternity was not a unique experience for him. “Incidents like last semester are not new to me … but I don’t expect them to happen on Cornell’s campus,” he said. “What if Cornell’s community was more integrated? If so, would these incidents be as
prevalent today?” At the event, Zach Smith ’13, president of the Sigma Pi fraternity, said the incident caused him to look outside “the bubble” of fraternity life and academics in which he had previously focused his Cornell experience. “As president of the fraternity, I experienced firsthand how racism affects everyone as I was suddenly the face of what people called a racist organization,” Smith said. “This was a difficult label to bear, but I … started to understand where people were coming from.” He said the incident has
prompted him and his fraternity brothers to take a greater interest in issues of bias on campus –– but encouraged attendees not to wait for their own “wake-up call” to become active in the community. “I wish it hadn’t taken the bias incident to get me involved,” Smith said. “Too often, people get sucked into their own worlds and become bystanders … A proactive approach is what it will take to better this University.” Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun.com.
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decision to crowd toward the back seats of the hall, said Mark Houlemarde, residence hall director of the Latino Living Center and one of the speakers at the event. “It’s cool to be the kid in the back, being on your phone, being on Facebook, being disengaged,” Houlemarde said. Others measured varying degrees of involvement in the forum. “Some people were trying to stay engaged, some people were talking to each other, or were on their laptops playing around,” Matt Laks ’15 said. The forum “wasn’t extremely effective in keeping people engaged,” he said. Similarly, Danny Ramin ’15 said that if many appeared uninterested, others engaged in meaningful conversation. “Overall, as with all these things, people who take it as a joke don’t pay attention,” Ramin said. “A lot [of people] were paying attention, even some of the people with laptops participated and said things out loud.” Fraternity members who did listen heard Houlemarde encourage them to consider themselves part of the solution to changing the culture around sexual assault. “Think about what our role is as men. What can I do in thinking about preventing sexual assault?” Houlemarde asked. “I pose it to you individually as men, active bystanders, people who can really change the culture in your groups as well.” Rachael Blumenthal ’13, co-president of Consent-Ed, also spoke, addressing the dissonance between the legal definition of giving consent in New York State — which entails being older than 17, giving verbal consent and being sober — and the reality that people do have sex while drunk. “I’m not expecting you to be extreme and never go near a woman or man when intoxicated,” Blumenthal said. “But learning to recognize signs and communicate effectively is crucial … You’re always responsible for your actions at the end of the day. You have to greet the situation and be comfortable with what you chose to do.” Blumenthal noted that the Greek community does not have the best reputation. “You being here is important in changing that,” she told audience members. “You guys are here. You care. So show Cornell you care. Be part of moving forward and combating the issue.”
Some attendees said that while they felt the audience’s response could have been better, they believed the forum played a role in starting the discussion on campus. Laks said he found some parts of the presentation helpful. He said he found memorable “the idea of being a bystander: sensing if something’s wrong, making sure a girl isn’t too drunk, making sure one of the guys isn’t doing anything bad. It helps us be aware of the issue at hand.” Laks said that some of his fellow attendees took the event lightly, which he said could be explained by a lack of discussion of the subject matter. Laks said that while the idea of a “gray area” — whether proper consent can be given if someone is under the influence of alcohol — was mentioned at the event, he and others felt that it was not thoroughly addressed. Ramin agreed that the idea of a “gray area” was not sufficiently explained. “I think it’s a big issue for everyone — everyone needs to hear specific details and instructions,” Ramin said. “They talked about consent a lot but could have been more clear on that. It would have been helpful for a lot of people.” Ramin had a more optimistic take on the level of attention paid by attendees, saying that there were fewer jokes from the crowd than he expected. “I’ve sort of heard all of this stuff before, but it’s always good to hear from someone other than an adult,” Ramin said. “There were students there, close to my age, and they weren’t just talking down at you.” Laks said that although the event could have been more effective, it was likely successful at getting fraternity members to think about consent and sexual assault issues. “By putting everyone in a fraternity in an auditorium — even if the presentation didn’t get all of the issues across — it’s putting in our heads that we have to think about this,” he said. Sanders said he would have liked to see better attendance but that he was “happy that people did come out.” “This shows there’s a lot more we need to do in this community,” Sanders said. “This is the very beginning of the work that needs to be done. It’s up to students and student leaders to facilitate these conversations and understand the severity of the issue of sexual assaults.”
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Man Who Drove SUV on Runway Gets Prison Time
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who drove an SUV onto an airport runway, forcing a passenger jet to abort its landing, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison and must pay $92,000 in restitution. Kenneth Mazik, 25, of Chadds Ford, crashed through a gate at Philadelphia International Airport on March 1 and led police on a runway chase at speeds topping 100 mph. “You’re very lucky — you and the 43 people on the incoming plane and the people about to take off,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg told Mazik. “This could have been a disaster ... (that left) you in jail for the rest of your life.” Mazik, a University of Delaware graduate with a young son, said he was under stress and addicted to the attention-deficit drug Adderal at the time. He also had battled depression after his father died when Mazik was 16. “I medicated with Adderall, and it just made it worse, made it worse, made it worse,” Mazik said in court. Before the airport arrest, Mazik had been committed to a hospital for three days by a family member, only to resume using Adderall as soon as he got out, Goldberg said. And the judge remained concerned Wednesday about Mazik’s avid interest in conspiracy-theory websites focused on outer
space. His computer use will be monitored during three years of probation after prison. Mazik will tap into a trust fund and other assets that top $1 million to pay the restitution, which is due within 90 days. He must report to prison in a month. Friends described him as a good person and athlete who lost his way amid the substance abuse. Goldberg concluded that Mazik had no intent to harm anyone during the foggy morning at the airport when he smashed runway lights and nearly took out an antenna that controlled airport functions. The judge said he believed that Mazik was delusional or hallucinating. An alert air traffic controller may have averted a collision when he spotted something on his radar — it was Mazik’s Jeep — and immediately sent the approaching US Airways commuter jet back into the air. Mazik later fought with law enforcement officers who arrested him. Dozens of flights were delayed. And earlier that morning, Mazik had been seen driving the wrong way toward oncoming traffic, Goldberg said. The magistrate judge sentenced Mazik slightly below the 18- to 24-month guideline range, and said he would still have plenty of time to help raise his 2-year-old son.
Obama Expects Democrats Will Keep Senate Majority WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Democrats have a good chance of keeping control of the Senate, but will face a tougher time taking over the House from Republicans. Obama, who is in the final stretch of his tight race against Republican candidate Mitt Romney, told radio host Tom Joyner in an interview taped Tuesday that Senate Democrats have a hard time getting much done because of Senate rules that
often require 60 votes to advance legislation. “The Democrats, have a very good chance of retaining control of the Senate, although as you know, the problem with the Senate these days, yeah, they have all kinds of crazy rules that require 60 votes to get anything done, which means the Republicans say no to things,” Obama said. “The House of Representatives is going to be tougher, but so much of this is going to depend on people voting.
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Mass. Pharmacy Dodged Reprimand After Protests
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts regulators in 2004 proposed a formal reprimand for a company now linked to deadly meningitis outbreak, but they never delivered it after the company protested the reprimand could be “fatal to the business.” The sanction by the Board of Registration in Pharmacy was included in a proposed consent agreement that was meant to resolve complaints against the New England Compounding Center in Framingham. The complaints included a failure to meet accepted standards for making the same steroid that’s been connected to the outbreak. The agreement was among documents released this week by the state Department of Health that provide more details about past incidents at NECC, which was shut down in the wake of the fungal meningitis outbreak that has reached 17 states, sickening 317 people, 24 of whom have died. The outbreak has been linked to a steroid made by the NECC and taken mainly for back pain. Compounding pharmacies like NECC custom mix solutions in doses or forms generally not commercially available. The state has now moved to revoke NECC’s license, but the reprimand represents a missed opportunity to crack down on the lab years before the current outbreak. The proposed consent agreement, sent to owner Barry Cadden for review in October 2004, included the reprimand and a three-year probationary period for the company’s registration and Cadden’s license. In its response, the company’s attorney wrote that the board’s dealings with the company were “a success story” and a reprimand was unwarranted. “The collateral consequences to many, if not all of NECC’s 42 other licenses (to operate in other states), would be potentially fatal to the business,” attorney Paul Cirel wrote. “Such a catastrophe is clearly not the intended result of the Board’s proposed reprimand, nor is it warranted in this case,” Cirel wrote. “The Board’s mandate is to protect the public health safety and welfare, not punish the licensees.” In a footnote, he wrote, “Once disclosed, the reprimand will surely result in inquiries/investigations in those other jurisdictions. Regardless of the derivative actions taken, the attendant legal and administrative costs will be devastating.” The case ended without disciplinary action as part of a different consent agreement reached with the board in 2006. Cirel did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. Alec Loftus, a spokesman for the state’s office of health and human services, said the state has expanded its investigation to include how the 2006 consent agreement was reached, including why the board never issued the reprimand and whether that was related to the protest from the company. The agreement was signed under then-Gov. Mitt Romney’s administration, but some members from that time remain on the pharmacy board. “All options are on the table, and no actions have been ruled out,” Loftus said. “We won’t be satisfied until all of those responsible for these troubling events are held accountable.” He added that the state was still compiling information on how frequently formal reprimands are given. Loyd V. Allen Jr., editor of the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, said the proposed three years’ probation indicates the board considered the violations very serious. He said a plea from the company should have been irrelevant to the board’s decision. “Whether or not it’s going to be hurtful or harmful to the business shouldn’t really be the issue if patient safety is on the line,” Allen said.
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Cuomo Says N.Y. Will Boost Beer, Wine, Liquor Sales
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said state government will put the promotion of beer, wine and liquor made in New York “on steroids” to boost jobs and help the small, yet growing industries. Cuomo met with farmers, orchard growers, beer breweries and distillers of whisky, vodka, brandy and vermouth Wednesday in Albany for a “Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit.” The infomercial type of format included mostly thanks and agreement on the need to promote the industries, as well as a few specific proposals, plans and actions. “However we can do it big, we’re in,” Cuomo said. “We’ll take the efforts of the past ... and put them on steroids.” After the two-hour summit, Cuomo announced several measures, a number of which will require the Legislature’s approval. They include promoting New York wine, beer, whisky and brandy at the State Fair. Beer and wine sellers complained that New York products were overshadowed. Cuomo agreed the State Fair’s mission is to promote state products. There is a plan to urge the New York Racing Association board, temporarily under the control of the appointees of the governor and Legislature, to promote New York alcoholic products at the Saratoga Race Course’s summer meet. An international venue is also planned, along with easing laws and regulations for growers and manufacturers for “wine trail” tourist attractions. Other measures include: —Devote $1 million in TV tourism ads promoting New York wines, with up to another $2 million in state money tied to the industry’s matching funds. —Using a public relations firms already handling state tourism ads to intensely target New York City restaurants to sell and promote New York products. —Work with top chefs and the Food Network based in New York City to promote the products, although Cuomo said his girlfriend, Food Network star Sandra Lee, isn’t part of those plans.
World War II Vet Dies at 93 After Casting Last Ballot HONOLULU (AP) — A World War II veteran who inspired many with his determination to vote even though he had end-stage liver cancer died Wednesday. Frank Tanabe’s daughter Barbara Tanabe said he died at her Honolulu home, where he has spent the past few weeks in hospice. He was 93. Barbara Tanabe said she put the American flag up outside the home to mark the day for him and their family. “He really liked it when I put out the flag,” she said. Hundreds of thousands of people saw a photo of Frank Tanabe filling out his absentee ballot with the help of his daughter last week, after his grandson posted the picture on the social media site Reddit. The photo struck a chord, prompting many to thank Frank Tanabe for his service and praise his patriotism. The story spread further when The Associated Press and other media organizations wrote about the photo and the response it generated online. Tanabe served in a mostly Japanese-American unit of the Military Intelligence Service during the war, interrogating Japanese prisoners in India and China. He volunteered for the Army from an internment camp where the U.S. government sent him as part of a policy to detain and isolate 110,000 Japanese-Americans after the start of the war with Japan. He spent time in both the Tule Lake camp in California and the Minidoka camp in Idaho.
On the battleground
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President Barack Obama speaks to campaign volunteer leaders over the phone while in flight aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. Obama continued a furious two-week effort to beat back a late surge by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and hang on to battleground states.
Ex-Goldman Executive Sentenced to 2 Years for Inside Trades NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday, culminating a spectacular fall from grace for a man whose good deeds worldwide brought him leniency after he was convicted of feeding inside information about board dealings to a billionaire hedge fund owner who was his friend. Rajat Gupta, 63, of Westport, Conn., learned his fate from U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff, who defended the length of the prison term he levied, blasting federal sentencing guidelines that he said called for Gupta to serve at least 6½ years behind bars. He also ordered him to pay a $5 million fine. Citing information he received under seal, Rakoff said Gupta’s crimes may have occurred because Gupta may have “longed to escape the straightjacket of overwhelming responsibility, and had begun to loosen his self-restraint in ways that clouded his judgment.”
The Harvard-educated businessman long respected on Wall Street was one of the biggest catches yet for the federal government in its five-year crackdown on insider trading that has so far resulted in 69 convictions. Gupta was ordered to report to prison on Jan. 8. Reading from a statement, he said: “The last 18 months have been the most challenging period of my life since I lost my parents as a teenager. I regret terribly the impact of this matter on my family, my friends and the institutions that are dear to me. I’ve lost my reputation I built for a lifetime. The verdict was devastating.” The dealings by Gupta that were highlighted at his spring trial stemmed from his relationship with Sri Lanka-born Raj Rajaratnam. The one-time billionaire hedge fund boss controlled up to $7 billion in accounts, giving him a firm footprint in the financial markets and influence that impressed someone as widely regarded as Gupta.
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:10 p.m.: I’ve arrived at the Cocktail Lounge. Tonight, I have a good solid night of work ahead of me. Obviously the Cocktail Lounge is where you go at times like these. Club Mann is way too social and way too full of everyone in the Greek System who I either know or know of. Too many distractions. Too social. And I love Olin, but the basement is turning into kind of a scene and the stacks are too dusty. The Cocktail Lounge it is.
ty. Across the way I see a friend who I don’t see very often. We exchange a casual head nod and a wave. If the Cocktail Lounge was actually a cocktail lounge, we would run up to each other in jubilant glee and sit in those chairs so we could chat. You always need two of those cocktail lounge chairs: one for yourself, and one for your feet. 9:10 p.m.: If the Cocktail Lounge was actually a cocktail lounge, I wouldn’t be doing this lab report, I would sip-
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A Course of Action For Sexual Assault IN RESPONSE TO AN ACCOUNT of sexual assault published in Amherst College’s student newspaper, former Cornell provost and current president of Amherst, Biddy Martin, issued a statement on Oct. 18 addressing the issues at hand. President Martin acknowledged that the college plays a crucial role in changing the campus climate, set forth a concrete list of steps to be taken and outlined clear initiatives to include students such as several open meetings, and one teach-in. This type of response to the student voice allows for productive action. We urge the Cornell administration to follow suit. This semester, our administration has published a number of letters about sexual violence and bias, yet none provide actionable steps and concrete ways in which they will move forward. Meanwhile, many students have organized and offered clear and concrete proposals to the administration.The Assembly for Justice has been working for more than six months to have its demands approved by President Skorton and other administrators. While not all of the group’s demands are equally feasible, the call for sexual violence education for all University students is a necessary, immediately actionable project. A committee composed of students, professors and administrators could research curriculum from other Universities and companies and implement the program as soon as next semester. Another worthwhile initiative is the development of a Sexual Assault Prevention Center, a proposal that was discussed at Monday’s Sexual Violence Prevention Working Group. This proposal would involve centralizing and augmenting resources for survivors. At the moment, the Women’s Resource Center, which is a place many come for knowledge and resources, has only one paid employee — a sign that the University needs to invest in personnel to assist with these issues. Additionally, the resources should be centralized to promote awareness, efficiency and community. Such centers exist at other universities and have served as places for students to report incidences and connect with counselors. The University has issued several statements in response to the recent violent crimes on campus, and all have included vague language about campus dialogue and student contribution. Students have come forward and worked toward solutions. It is time for the University to reciprocate with an explicit response, either implementing these proposals or offering counter-suggestions. While we believe that the University’s intentions and priorities are to protect and ensure student safety, we urge the administration to communicate these efforts with a tangible plan toward progress.
I wonder, what if the cocktail lounge was actually a cocktail lounge? It doesn’t take a lot of imagination. The decor is already very 1980s cruise ship bar. 6:14 p.m.: There are, let’s see, 12 people here. Well I didn’t get up and walk around to count, but there are six people on my half, and I’m pretty sure any statistics professor would say that my assumption is reasonable based on the area of my sample. Shout out to Professor Van Es who teaches the best statistics class you’ll ever take! If the Cocktail Lounge was actually a cocktail lounge, there would probably also be about 12 people here. Maybe less. 6:35 p.m.: Well I’ve been productive so far. I’ve checked Facebook, Twitter (@morgantb11) and read the parts of The Sun I missed earlier. The latte I got from Libe Cafe which I now like to call “Amit’s” is at the perfect temperature. Let the lab report begin. If the Cocktail Lounge was actually a cocktail lounge, Amit’s would be the Dunbars equivalent. 7:48 p.m.: I can hear exactly which top 40 song the girl sitting 20 feet away from me is listening to in her headphones. Two words: Justin Bieber. Another two words: hearing impairment. If the Cocktail Lounge was actually a cocktail lounge, she wouldn’t have to blow out her eardrums! She could listen to a piano player playing covers of her favorite pop songs. 7:54 p.m.: Wow speaking of cover songs, have you heard the Fleet Foxes cover of Call Me Maybe? Otherwise known as: Hipsters Inhale Helium and Sing Carly Rae. 7:58 p.m.: Back to work. 8:52 p.m.: The lounge is suddenly all a-rustle as people start to bear down on their workload. The weak trickle out. They can’t handle this brand of intensi-
ping on a martini listening to Frank Sinatra covers stealing some guy’s fedora. Was stealing hats always a thing, or is that a product of our generation? 9:36 p.m.: A girl behind me is wearing six-inch wedges. Maybe the Cocktail Lounge actually does turn into a cocktail lounge late at night. She’s dressed for it. Maybe I should go home and change. 9:55 p.m.: I’m currently contemplating the best way to strike up a conversation with someone in a library who may or may not be my soulmate. Of course I’ve never met him but, hey, anything is possible. How do I even go about telling him that we might be meant for each other? Note: an area for future research. But seriously, if this were an actual cocktail lounge I would totally know what to do. 11:18 p.m.: I think imagining the Cocktail Lounge as a cocktail lounge is just a weird way of “working for the weekend.” Maybe I am working for the weekend. But like everyone else at Cornell I’m also working toward my academic and professional goals. Translating the everyday to the big picture can seem daunting at times. The best part about having a lot of work to do, is you can immerse yourself in it. No matter what else is going on, you have a job to do. I can think through the problems in my lab report so I don’t have to immediately think through the problems in my real life. If the Cocktail Lounge was an actual cocktail lounge, I’d probably be distracting myself in a much less productive way.
Morgan Bookheimer is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. She may be reached at mbookheimer@cornellsun.com. Behind the Time appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
CORRECTION A news story Monday, “Cornell Students Look Forward to New Business Minor,” incorrectly stated that undergraduates need a GPA of 3.3 or higher to be admitted into the business minor. In fact, the minor does not have a GPA requirement.
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The Sex Columnfesto
arlier last week, while in stacks … researching … for my column, I discovered a tattered paperback. It was old, but it felt like it was imbued with great power. I flipped it over and stumbled back in shock: I had found a copy of the fabled Cummunist Manifesto. All sex columnists have heard of this most holy of sex books, fabled to expound on everything from clever sex position puns to Sun style guidelines when talking about STIs. Unfortunately, most of it seems to be an amalgamation of drunken Tumblr posts, but there are a few gems that could help free us from the bourgeois, capitalist parkas that hide the sexy undergarments of collectivized society. In order to spare you all the burden of regrettable your / you’re typos, I have compiled the best sections written by Karl “Big Poppa” Marx ’83 and Friedrich “Oogles” Engels ’84 and reprinted it below. A spectre is haunting Cornell, the spectre of cummunism! All the powers of the old Ivy League have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this spectre. Friends, put on your oversized beards and join me in my quest to overthrow the repressive sexual system we live in. The bour-
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geois status quo we exist in is decadent and not in the Sader-Masoch-drinkingabsinthe-rollicking-good-time sort of way. Today, nay, now as you read this, throw off your bourgeois, capitalist chains (and your clothing!) and join me in our quest for sex for everyone. The road to realizing this dream is long, hard and wrapped in the constricting fabric of modern society. Revolution is not a one-night stand (though, perhaps, some one-night stands can be revolutionary). We must learn from the past. We know that the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of people just trying to get it on. But even then, do not be lulled by the false promises of the past. Do not collectivize co-eds into orgies! Do not wantonly sickle people with your hammer! Do not trust any partner who claims to great leap your sexual experience forward! Yes, constant vigilance is required. There are those among our ranks who even now think to disrupt our journey towards bed and society shaking sex. If your partner acts like an animal, sounds like an animal, but walks like a human, he / she’s probably a capitalist. If your partner ever refers to your sex as doubleplusgood and insists on calling you Big Brother, your partner’s probably a fascist. If your partner’s Swedish, your partner’s probably a socialist. Reject the petty bourgeois that
always insist on being on top! Or on bottom! Or really any position that you’d prefer to be in, but they just won’t let you! This is about where the authors start rambling and printing pictures of cats wearing giant beards, so I’m going to skip ahead to the ending passages. Although we have previously men-
mores of the capitalist system. We would be nowhere without revolutionaries like these. These men and women who have written before us have stoked the fires in our hearts and in our loins. Let your hot passions burst forth! Show the world that you have come, under the glory of the banner of the Cummunist
Jimothy Singh Quest for the Perfect Tale tioned the perils of past attempts to realize our goals, we can still look back into columns of yore for inspiration in our march forward. Remember the great minds of the yearly sex columnist meeting, The Cuminturn. Enver “Ain’t Nothing But A” Hoxha’s commentary brought forth the ideas of polyamory and openness in relationships. Mao “Likes” Zedong was an advocate for GLBT rights long before the general populace started to catch on. Sylvia Pankhurst, of “S-Pankhurst, Ask Later” fame, promoted deviant sexuality as a way of subverting the dogmatic sexual
Party, to destroy the bogus capitalist institution! Do not be scared to bare it all (of course in compliance with New York State Penal Law 245.01) and show the world that we will not settle for the bourgeois sexual system. STUDENTS OF THE WORLD HAVE SEX!
Jimothy Singh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jsingh@cornellsun.com. Quest for the Perfect Tale appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
Quite the Load to Handle
ow blissful you felt with his long fingers twisting around themselves and pushing deep down, wiggling around, to get just half a centimeter further inside. When you lick your upper lip, you can taste the sweat forming as your body becomes hot with the anticipation of a climax; and when it comes, when you cum, your body comes face to face with ecstasy and succumbs. In my experience, certain boys know how to finger me better than any of my ten digits could add up to (others seem to have some form of finger tourette's syndrome and should really calm
Mona G. Erotic Epiphanies their jackhammering). How I long for these nights, mornings after and occasional, yet rarely disappointing, afternoon delights, where I can lay back and be touched, first playfully, then erotically, while I touch right back (or left back, upper thigh, chest, you name it). How boys like it when fingers trace their sides, then beeline at the buttocks region to move into a more central location. They like to be teased by soft hands, light touches and scratches and some deep rubbing. After just a few minutes of such pleasure giving, boys may look quite ready for the blast off. So you grab hold of the base and your hand starts pulsing and rubbing, simultaneously, up and down his shaft rock solid. You hear noises of pleasure when your hand speeds up its upward motion, thinking that his sperm is nearing the light at the end of his tunnel. Your hand tightens to match his apparent engagement. Then he looks at you
with a face very similar to someone on life support, wishing to end their miserable life, and pleads, “Please stop already! Your death grip on my dick is not what I was looking for tonight.” Harsh, yes. But also an unfortunately common response to the well-intentioned hand job. Boys can make girls feel good with their hands, but girls’ hands need some handy work, asap! The thing is that no one likes a hand job, not boys, not girls. In junior high school, Hand Job was exiled to the blacktop during recess. Hand Job spent most of his time alone. No one ever wanted to play with Hand Job, because they knew that once they began entertaining him, there would be no turning back. It is quite a tale how Hand Job lost his position of status and popularity among the kids on the playground. In seventh grade, he was the popular kid. That is, until Ben Jackson hit the playground scene summer before eighth grade. Ben Jacks was the hot new kid in town, and every girl wanted to get a taste. The boys would now only play with Hand Job when they were alone, embarrassed that anyone else would witness their social suicide. It was the end of Hand Job’s reign for good. When BJs, blowjobs, getting dome or giving head hit the scene, hand jobs very quickly lost their appeal. The problem is that boys know how to whack it themselves. Unlike all other sexual acts, they do it better than we could, even if we did bicep curls for two weeks straight. There are a plethora of problems girls run into when whacking it, including but not limited to: the dead fish hand, the base grasper, the speedy devil, the sandpaper palm and the lazy chinchilla. Girls do not know how to give handies; even my expert sexpert self, has been told, “Just please kiss it, for Christ’s sake!”
There exists quite the dilemma between what men want and what women want to give. The old saying is an eye for an eye, so why not a hand for a hand? It seems fair, yet men want their dicks engulfed by a welcoming mouth rather than strangled by a grasping hand, understandably. My solution: Girls need to improve their skills at hand jobs so their guys will actually blast off without any oral stimulation. Let me share a tip I am familiar with, located, similarly, at the tip. Boys want you to focus your energy at the notch between the head and the shaft. This area is super sensitive and so light touches will do just fine. But it is likely that this will not send the boys over the edge. For that, I would head for the route less traveled. I would reach down, past the bushy forest, past the large tree trunk, down into the dark depths of his nether regions, where you should find two, count ’em, two, round ostrich eggs. These are good enough to suck on, and high in protein too if you need some nourishment while tromping through the forest, but that is a topic for a later article. Squeezing is forbidden, yet rolling them around in their very near vicinity is encouraged. There are babies in those eggs, so treat them gently and affectionately. Many boys will be weary of your hands venturing down past their trunks, but if your touch is right, your boy and his boys will be all smiles. So guys, if a girl is just not handling your cock in the way you’d prefer, take her hand and show her what you need. Be kind, rewind and show her some respect for trying a hand at this unwinnable game. Girls should not be expected to shove anything in their mouths if they are not getting the chance to shove your head between their legs first. Fair trades don’t just involve luxury coffees and handmade newspaper necklaces from Africa. Mona G. is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She may be reached at monag@cornellsun.com. Erotic Epiphanies appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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A More-Than-Fine Dining Establishment By ZACHARY SIEGEL Sun Contributor
It turns out affordable fine dining is right at our fingertips. The Terrace in the Statler Hotel undergoes a transformation four nights a week into a masterful full-service restaurant. Establishment, the original product of Restaurant Management (Hotel Administration 3350), brings budgetfriendly, delicious food to central campus in what has to be the ultimate Cornellian foodie experience. Students apply classroom lessons about restaurant conceptualization, management and execution in a real world food service environment. A learning experience that results in beautifully presented, well balanced, flavorful food to eat? Count me in. The concept for Establishment was first developed in Fall 2011. Those taking the course hoped to present, according to the restaurant’s web page, an “internationally inspired upscale-casual food and beverages, in a relaxed, studentfriendly environment.” A year of conceptual refinement, menu planning and test runs led to the opening of Establishment on Sept. 17, 2012 in the newly renovated space on the ground floor of the Statler Hotel. Each Monday through Thursday evening, Establishment offers a regular menu as well as unique additions by a three-student management team. This team is responsible for every aspect of the restaurant’s operations on its designated night. Under the leadership of their peers, students strive to provide guests with the perfect dining experience. As Nicholas Asoli ’14 describes working at Establishment, “[It’s] just like a typical shift in any other restaurant. What is so cool
about Establishment is that students never really work the same position twice. The whole point of the class is to introduce the students to every position … so that we appreciate all of the efforts required to successfully operate a restaurant.” To execute the management of a fine dining eatery is a tall task, and the Establishment team delivers on every level. On to the food. Establishment’s chicken satay appetizer is a terrific version of the Thai specialty. The crunchy, charred exterior yields to a juicy core, complemented nicely by that much beloved homemade peanut sauce. At $5 for at least six ounces of chicken, it’s quite the bargain. The artichoke fritters with sweet chili sauce present a far-eastern influence to a traditionally western vegetable. The tender insides, filled with huge chunks of artichoke, are encased in a golden brown outer crust. Four come to an order, but you may not want to cede any of these delicious fritters to your fellow diners. The spectacular value of Establishment’s tasty appetizers make a three-course course meal pleasant for your palate as well as your wallet. Establishment’s main courses are similarly impressive. The pork chop exudes the flavors of fall, with root vegetables roasted until just soft and an apple cider sauce that compliments the savory, juicy meat. The fettuccine bosciaola offers a gigantic plate of creamy, comforting pasta at just $11. With tons huge chunks of pancetta scattered throughout the mountain of tender noodles, this dish is sure to delight any diner, no matter how many prelims may be looming. Establishment also presents one of the few steaks within walking distance of anywhere on campus. There are not many places
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around Ithaca where you can get a perfectly cooked New York strip that is this tasty for under $20. The tempting desserts are highlighted by the pumpkin cheesecake, a velvety end to a marvelous meal. These regular menu items are supplemented each night by new creations. Said Asoli of his team’s chance to develop a special menu, which included a well-balanced prosciutto and arugula salad with truffle oil as well as an incredibly flavorful, perfectly cooked Dijoncrusted rack of lamb, “My partners and I decided that we wanted to create an experience that would wow all who attended. The process of coming up with such a menu was long and tedious since every detail
had to be addressed. However, with that said, it was a fantastic learning experience.” Professor Alex Susskind, who teaches Hotel Administration 3350 and oversees the restaurant’s operations, takes great pride in Establishment. He enjoys seeing students, especially those on the daily management crew, “take ownership of the restaurant and really demonstrate their leadership skills and abilities.” Professor Susskind describes his role as “to ensure that our restaurant provides a positive management learning experience for the students and we deliver a great experience to our guests.” He benefits both those who take his course and the larger Cornell com-
munity. Sitting down to a meal on central campus with food prepared and served by fellow students is a uniquely Cornellian opportunity. The staff is professional, and the food is downright awesome. Establishment offers dinner Monday through Thursday. Reservations can be made online through the restaurant’s Facebook page, but walk-in diners are welcome. For those looking for a refined, inexpensive, delicious weeknight meal for any occasion, look no further than the studentrun restaurant in the Statler Hotel. Zachary Siegel can be reached at zsiegel@cornellsun.com.
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Let’s compare two artists releasing albums this week: Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar and New Jersey indie rock band Titus Andronicus. In one track on his major label debut, Lamar inhabits the braggadocio of youth with a chorus, “I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower / So I can fuck the world for 72 hours.” On Titus Andronicus’ third album, lead singer Patrick Stickles envies this youthful conceit, a time when you have all the ambition to make a difference but “your dick’s too short to fuck the world.” Two very different artists — both nostalgic for their unencumbered youth — but one plays that character in real time while the other looks on in envy, in the process strangely glorifying a small penis. While schtupping the globe was a random trend in music this week, you couldn’t find two more divergent ways of covering the same topic. Such is the case with Titus Andronicus, a band that, over the past seven years, hasn’t encountered a battle worth winning or a relationship worth saving. The band’s 2010 album The Monitor is an epic Civil War parable transposed onto the boring lives of modern youth. The album is so rife with creativity, ambition and self-loathing, it was my favorite album of that year. It’s a terrible cliché, but The Monitor got me through some hard times, man. It did the impossible of rallying the lazy into fist pumps and beer swigs, and no indie rock album has been quite as clever or effective since. As if addressing the massive shadow that The Monitor cast, Stickles begins Local Business with this couplet: “Okay, I think we’ve established everything is inherently
worthless / And there’s nothing in the universe with any kind of objective purpose.” The line makes a clear distinction in the Titus Andronicus saga, but those who have heard The Monitor will notice recurrent musical and lyrical threads between the two albums. Comparisons between Local Business and The Monitor are inevitable but not limiting. Local Business is still clearly indebted to the album that preceded it, but its success is only enhanced as a result. Where the musical touchstones of The Monitor were The Pogues and other Irish folk bands, Local Business is more indebted to ’90s indie rock bands like Weezer and Dinosaur Jr. and the glam and classic rock bands that influenced them. “Titus Andronicus vs. The Absurd Universe (3rd Round KO)” thrashes with the minor chord onslaught of punk bands like The Buzzcocks and Guided by Voices. “Food Fight!” is literally New York Dolls’ “Personality Crisis” condensed into a minute, “My Eating Disorder” uses Thin Lizzy-like twin guitar harmonies in its final few minutes and don’t think I didn’t notice the “El Scorcho” reference in the beginning of final track, “Tried to Quit Smoking.” The galvanizing on Local Business is still effective, but feels rather terrestrial. Stickles similarly shifts his lyrical focus. Where The Monitor was a barbed spear aimed at the kind of irrevocable maturity that Judd Apatow makes movies about, Local Business is more of a commentary on Stickles’ peers. On first track “Ecce Homo,” Stickles snidely undercuts the usagainst-them mentality of The Monitor. “Yes, it’s us against them again,” he sings. “Smashing the system into the dirt
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/ Now we got more brown M&M’s / Put the whole thing onto a t-shirt.” Maybe it’s me projecting, but I see so much of Local Business as a diatribe against the hypocrisy of youth movements, a generation more interested in trendy protests and symbolic victories than meaningful action. Stickles even drops the H-word at one point (rhymes with “blipster”), and while I mildly loath the descriptor, Stickles’ consistent lyrical acumen earns the right. He still roots for the outcasts and dropouts who have always made up Titus Andronicus’ battle hymns, but Local Business takes more time to shake off the straggling imposters. This nuance is most apparent on final track “Tried to Quit Smoking.” Stickles starts off by admitting, “It’s not that I wanted to hurt you / I just didn’t care if I did.” Up to this point, Stickles has said some pretty terrible things, but they have all been directed at himself. That line in “Tried” is the most mean-spirited Stickles has ever written, and it leaves things uncertain as the song continues as a normal ballad. Where The Monitor ended in a triumphant battle, Local Business ends ambiguously, unsure as to whether we’re on Stickles’ side this time. And that’s a brilliant decision. Local Business isn’t the flawless classic The Monitor is, but it doesn’t have to be. Titus Andronicus shows that it is uncompromising enough to be the antithesis of the groups Stickles rallies against. Local Business clearly establishes Titus Andronicus as the band of the decade to beat. Paul Blank is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be contacted at prb77@cornellsun.edu.
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Teresa Kim Taylor Swift is sporting a sharper lip color as she transitions from being the nation’s “girl next door” to “the lady next door.” Swift, now 22, is famous for her impeccable wardrobe and her ability to translate the plethora of emotions that a complicated situation can bring into a three to four-minute song. This is why she has been able to pack millions of young girls and shameless boys into mega-stadiums. Yet, the context in which this ability is utilized has changed in Red, her album released this past Monday. Working with a team of super producers, Swift is a blatant product of popular music. Often, the sound of the mandolin strumming in the background is the only allusion to Swift’s country roots. Autotune and other new tools of pop music are spells that Swift has not yet put herself under, although she surprisingly experiments with dub-step on her title track “I Knew You Were Trouble.” On the other hand, “Treacherous,” produced and co-written by Dan Wilson, recognizes the qualities of her more popular tunes from the past like “Fearless” and “Enchanted.” Only a few other songs besides this one can really scream Swift, and it’s clear that Swift is struggling to find her own musical identity. A lot of scandalous, tabloid fun can still be had in deciphering who the lucky “man” is in several songs. Swift’s allusions to Joe Jonas, John Mayer and Taylor Lautner, have sparked controversy and parodies. Many have speculated that her bonus track “The Moment I Knew” is about Jake
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Gyllenhaal not arriving at her 22nd birthday party after their famous breakup last year. And this time, songs of new beginnings can be linked to her new beau, Connor Kennedy. Or maybe another mystery man “in London” in her other bonus track “Come Back … Be Here”? Swift’s maturity has emerged not out of acts of drug usage or promiscuity like most coming-of-age artists. Instead, she sings about her insights from relationships, mostly romantic. Red says goodbye to immature teenage boys as Swift steps into a new arena of men. Swift maneuvers her way to popularity and maintains it, while consistently residing within the same note range. In this respect, Red does not present anything new. The only refreshing aspect comes from the entrance of featured singers such as Ed Sheeran and Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol. Swift’s falsetto reaches its full glory in her duet with Sheeran, “Everything Has Changed.” However, the pleasant harmony they weave, can mostly be credited to Sheeran’s mellow vocals and the fact that the song is more Sheeranian than Swiftian. The same goes for “The Last Time,” performed with Lightbody. His dark vocals and his stylistic heavy guitar strumming bring in a gloom that Swift cannot yet conjure by herself. While listening to these songs, I constantly wonder if they should instead be featured on a Snow Patrol album. The question remains: can Swift bring versatility without the help of other reputable
musicians? Red remains close to Swift’s country roots and is reminiscent of Fearless. The new album has generally received favorable reviews, and due to her sheer likeability, Swift will likely add more accolades to her already vast collection as the year progresses. Nevertheless, Swift’s knack for storytelling is evident. Her words still contain the same addictive flavor. She still divides critics because her lyrics appear juvenile at first glance. But what Swift understands is that everyone stays young at heart; some people just admit it more readily than others. “Cause here we are again in the middle of the night / We’re dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light,” sings Swift in “All Too Well,” accurately capturing life’s smallest, most transient moments. “All those emotions — spanning intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion ... in my mind, all those emotions are red. You know, there’s nothing in between,” Swift says about her album title, which suggests that darker shades have been mixed into her palette. Red has shown that Swift’s music can mature with yearly progression. But only by small degrees. Teresa Kim is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at tk359@cornell.edu.
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The Sun spoke over the phone with Emily Saliers from the Indigo Girls about inspiration for her music, her political activism and her work with Amy Ray. THE SUN: You and Amy [Ray] have known each other for a really long time, since elementary school, in fact. Was there a specific time, like a bonding moment out in the playground during recess, when you two became buddies for life? EMILY SALIERS: It wasn’t out on the playground during recess ... I was always aware of that other girl that played guitar. We went to the same high school, and we were in chorus together, that’s when we became best friends. We both played guitar, wrote songs, loved music, so we just started to get together, and it was immediately the funnest thing in the entire world I had ever done. We first played for our English class, and then right after that, we got fake IDs and played our first professional gig in [the] 1980’s, so we were babies. SUN: You and Amy often write your music separately. How do you arrange the music together so that it becomes something distinctive to the Indigo Girls as opposed to you or Amy? E.S.: We always write our songs separately and I think that’s been one of the keys to our being able to stick together … that really creative independence and freedom and vulnerability at the very core where … the song begins. We’re not able to write together, we’ve tried it before. But we are able to arrange together. It’s kind of a brainstorming session where we talk about, “Do I want to play ukulele on this? Or should it be a harmonica? Or should we play it on electric guitar?” SUN: You play the ukulele — I was just playing the ukulele today, in fact. E.S.: Oh, I love the ukulele! I got my first ukulele when I visited Hawaii and I got a handmade ukelele there. And I just loved it … different instruments [can] take you in a different direction with a song. And now, all of a sudden, the ukulele got really popular. I think it can be quite a haunting instrument … Amy has an old ukulele that I think her aunt owned, or someone in her family, and that’s what she wanted me to try on her song, “Share the Moon.” SUN: Are there elements in your music that appeal to some
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listeners more than others? “Closer to Fine” was your first hit, and since then you’ve had a number of successful singles; do you think “Closer to Fine” was more accessible for a wider audience? E.S.: I think “Closer to Fine” has a standard chorus, a verse; it’s structurally pretty accessible, I’d say. We don’t think of ourselves as a band with hit songs though, you know ... I think the ones that really stick around for a long, long time are the ones that people can sing with, like “Shame on You.” Everybody sings with that, and fortunately for us, we’re able to ruminate our life and get it in the form of a contract for a pop song. But we write a lot of obscure songs, too, and a lot of the time, those are the ones that resonate the most. Some of the old, obscure ones … are quite satisfying to write in their obscurity. But I personally don’t think, when I’m writing a song, “Are people going to like this? Are they going to take to it?” I don’t think Amy does either. SUN: As an outspoken gay rights activist, do you feel there has been substantial progress for gay rights over the past few years? E.S.: There is no doubt there’s been substantial progress. I know there are a lot of haters who are like “Who cares about Obama? He hasn’t given us what we wanted.” I don’t feel that way, I think the Obama administration certainly has done more for queer rights than any other administration … He’s come out to support gay marriage, which was huge. And not to implement DOMA and discriminatory policies against gays and lesbians. It’s unfathomable, really, to think that that would happen ten years ago. And it was Bill Clinton who signed DOMA into law, and I love Bill Clinton, but that was a grievous misstep, in my opinion. My partner is Canadian and we have a lot of issues around
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the immigration, and it’s very scary to think that your only option is to leave your country. And then I look at the U.S., when so many other countries that have legalized gay marriage and I think, “Why are we still behind?” But it’s one of those things ... people who don’t support queer rights think that they’re really on the wrong side of history and they have to search their hearts and see what the big deal is about, that it’s about human rights. So, we’ve come a long way, but we’ve still got a long way to go. The Supreme Court’s decisions in the next year or year and a half are going to completely paint the picture. If the Supreme Court doesn’t protect our civil rights, it may be another ten years before they get their view in the court. So, it’s a critical time. SUN: Did you have anything else you wanted to say? E.S.: Well, we’re psyched to be back in Ithaca! It’s such a beautiful town and Cornell is so beautiful … The Shadowboxers are an awesome band, and they’re opening the show … I guess the only other thing is that tell everybody to register and vote. Indigo Girls play the State Theatre on October 30. Danyoung Kim is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at dak257@cornell.edu.
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he common good provides the common ground at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, which runs till November 25. With an exquisite display of housing designs for tsunami-stricken areas, Japan nabbed the Golden Lion for best national pavilion. Among the quirky offerings in Home for All are tepees with thatched roofs and a hive-like fortress composed of gently winding, meticulously stacked beams. The models, perched atop roughly hewn wood blocks, evoke an undulating sea. In a stirring play of scale, the miniature logs that hold the models in place mirror the massive ones that rise through the pavilion. Visitors walking amidst the models are confronted by floor-to-ceiling images of Rikuzentakata, an area devastated by the 2011 tsunami. The pavilion could be a disaster zone, monument or factory. Japan’s curator and master architect Toyo Ito, who worked with local community organizers and emerging architects to construct the models, has explained that the pavilion aims to put heart and hope back into housing. The U.S. and Europe are also engaged in some serious soul-searching and going back to basics. Spontaneous Interventions: Design Interventions for the Common Good, the widely-praised U.S entry, is a colorful pulley system with which visitors must interact to learn about each of the 124 urban interventions. Spain’s pavilion is really a black box for performance art. Young architects, who have dim employment prospects, hold models of iconic buildings — ghosts of Spain’s glorious architectural past. Dressed in futuristic white suits, the unemployed architects
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steal the show just by being there. For all its visual and technological awesomeness, Russia’s i-city has drawn as much attention for being invaded by Pussy Riot protesters. At its best, Urban Think Tank’s re-creation of a vertical slum in Caracas gives the city’s informal sector due recognition. Spectacular architectural innovation has been displaced by down-to-earth urban activism at the Venice Architecture Biennale. But if recent incarnations are anything to go by, the 2012 edition is no more than another skin-deep attempt at feeling good. Common Ground, the theme conceived by festival director and starchitect David Chipperfield, seems no more radical than many of its predecessors — Less
Daveen Koh Darn That Dream Aesthetics, More Ethics (2000), Cities: Architecture and Society (2006), People Meet in Architecture (2010) come to mind. Or perhaps my suspicions have been roused by too many Olympic Games and World Expositions. It’s plausible that Common Ground really is being taken especially seriously; many participating nations have been ravaged by much dismay and turmoil of late, and appear eager to explore any viable lifeline. The art critic Arthur Danto saw the biennale as a “glimpse of a transnational utopia,” and I am inclined to agree. More accurately, perhaps, we see each par-
ticipant’s conception of a universalizing utopia. Having good architects with good ideas and intentions is not always enough. Revisiting the case of PruittIgoe in class yesterday reminded me of this. In 1950, the city of St. Louis, M.I., commissioned architect Minoru Yamasaki’s firm to build a high-rise public housing estate. Yamasaki, who later conceived of the World Trade Center, based his award-winning design of Pruitt-Igoe on the utopian planning principles of modern architecture pioneer Le Corbusier. Now I like Le Corbusier, though admittedly, I’ve mostly been taken with his breathtaking, impressionistic descriptions of skyscrapers and parks. His preoccupation with the ways in which a steel and glass facade could reflect its surroundings told me that I was not alone. But a series of design and policy failures quickly made it clear that, at least in mid-20th century St Louis, the radiant city was not to be. Ultimately, the crime-ridden, decrepit apartment blocks were demolished, and an inconclusive blame game began — was inappropriate architecture (Yamasaki’s original design was severely altered), inadequate social policy or something else altogether at fault? An obvious lesson is that things are often more complex than they seem. It is too easy to write off seemingly simplistic shows of bettering the world. “There is no such thing as atheism,” the writer David Foster Wallace asserts in his now-famous Kenyon College commencement speech, “the only choice we get is what to worship.” And that choice is
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crucial because whatever you worship will “eat you alive.” Wallace likens many people to fish who live in water, but don’t know what water is. They go about their lives in a kind of “default setting,” quick to judge and slow to consider what could be the reasons behind the words and actions of others. That’s a scary story. But it’s true. As New York Times critic Michael Kimmelman observes in his review of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, the 2012 installment highlights the public’s relentless appetite for “better design and better living” and “the public isn’t waiting.” That’s encouraging. At the very least the Biennale gives us hope that it’s possible and necessary to realize grandiose ideals, as Wallace puts it, “in a myriad petty, unsexy ways every day.” Daveen Koh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com. Darn That Dream appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Brooklyn Ice: NHL’S Islanders to Barclays in 2015 The move is hardly shocking and not even unprecedented. The old New York Nets left Nassau Coliseum way back when, relocated to New Jersey, and have moved into their new Brooklyn home — the new Barclays Center that will also house the Islanders. Unlike the Nets, who changed the team logo and added Brooklyn to their name, the Islanders are sticking to their heritage through and through. That is important to Mike Bossy, a Hockey Hall of Famer now serves as the Islanders’ vice president of corporate partnerships. “Absolutely,” he said. “Charles’ main goal was to keep the team local, and he succeeded in doing that. As much as people may be upset because it’s not going to be in Nassau County they should be happy because he kept the team in New York.” The Barclays Center sits across the street from the site Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley hoped to put a baseball
stadium to keep his club in New York. He was unable to pull it off, so the Dodgers left Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1958 and the borough was without a major pro sports franchise until the Nets’ arrival this year. Coincidentally, the Nets hosted the New York Knicks in an NBA preseason game at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday night. Real estate developer Bruce Ratner, a minority owner of the Nets, was instrumental in getting the Barclays Center built and paving the way for Brooklyn to reenter the world of sports in a major way. The building is the main part of a $3.5-billion sports arena, business and residential complex called Atlantic Yards that was built by Ratner’s company. “He got offers to move the team out of state — good offers — but Charles wouldn’t do that,” Ratner said. “Charles is the real hero here today.” Wang wanted to keep the team in New York despite failing to get the Lighthouse
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Moving on up | Currently the Islanders’ home is the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. Pictured above during a game against the New York Rangers from Sept. 20, 2005, the arena is 40 years old. The Isles are reportedly moving to the brand new Barcalays Center in 2015.
Project built on Long Island. The grandiose development plan would have included a new arena for the Islanders, but it never got the necessary approval for construction. Both Wang and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stated in the past that the Islanders wouldn’t play in Nassau Coliseum one day longer that they had to. Wang said he had serious options to move the team far away — Kansas City and Quebec City both had been mentioned — but stuck to his desire to remain in the area. “We came to the right conclusion,” Wang said. The Islanders hope this move will help them on and off the ice. The team hasn’t reached the playoffs since 2007 and hasn’t won a postseason series since 1993. Wang started Wednesday’s festivities in the lobby of the new arena with a bold proclamation of “Hello Brooklyn!” He will have to wait a few years to finally see his team hit the ice in the intimate building that is expected to hold between 14,500 and 15,000 for hockey. Wang said he has no intention of trying to get out of his Long Island lease early. Once the Islanders settle into Brooklyn, they will begin a 25-year lease at the Barclays Center. “The Islanders, I believe, will be strengthened because they were playing in an inadequate facility, and the fan experience here will be much better,” Bettman said. “If a franchise is strengthened, that's good for everybody.” And the NHL is certainly looking for any positive news it can get as the 39-day old lockout casts a pall over the hockey world. Bettman couldn’t avoid questions about the seemingly imminent announcement that regular-season games will be canceled for good. Bettman set a deadline of Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement to be reached with the players’ association that would allow for a full 82-game season to be played beginning on Nov. 2. With no negotiations scheduled, and a divide between the sides seemingly growing wider, Bettman conceded that a shortened season is the most likely scenario. “It looks like the 82-game season is not going to be a reality,” the commissioner said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Islanders finally have a new home and it’s in Brooklyn, the borough that is suddenly a hot bed of pro sports 54 years after baseball’s Dodgers headed west. “It’s a new place and it’s only 35 minutes away by train,” team owner Charles Wang said at a news conference Wednesday. “Come and join us and see hockey.” After seven months of negotiations, and offers to move the team out of New York, Wang announced that the Islanders will relocate about 25 miles west once their lease expires at Nassau Coliseum after the 2014-15 season. Since the day the Islanders entered the NHL in 1972, the Coliseum in Uniondale has been the place for them. It’s where they grabbed the hockey spotlight, outshined the big, bad Rangers, and won the Stanley Cup four straight times from 1980-83. But on Wednesday, the future became all about Brooklyn.
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mate level of confidence. This game against Princeton is something that we’ve been talking about and working towards all season.” Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun.com.
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Calm, cool and collected | Sophomore midfielder/forward Maria Florencia Rosselot and the rest of the Cornell field hockey team are trying not to get overconfident as they move forward with their last three games of the regular season.
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“We changed around our formation a little bit because they have two very strong midfield players, so it will be important for us to lock them down so they don’t get the ball,” she said. “We will also apply a lot of pressure to them because we’ve watched video and that seems to be what kind of messes them up.” “This will be a very hard challenge for us,” Mollineaux added. “They’re a very skilled team. According to Mollineaux, both stand-out individual performances and great team play are the recipe for the Tigers’ success. “They have three international players that are very talented,” she said. “One of them, their center, is the core of their team and is very strong. But they are also a good passing team and like to move the ball a lot, and that is one of their strengths.” In contrast to Princeton, Holy Cross has struggled all season long and has lost four consecutive games. It is also an out-of-conference game, carrying less significance than Ivy League matchups. Still, according to Balleza, the Red is focusing on that game and will not take it lightly. “It will [be] better in a way once we’re done with the Princeton game because there’s a lot of pressure right now for us to perform well,” she said. “After that game we’ll be able to focus on just the Holy Cross game, and our coaches always stress how important each game is. So there is no doubt we will come out strongly for the Holy Cross game.” With a six game winning streak as proof of its potential, the Red is a confident team heading into the season’s final stretch. However, according to Mollineaux, overconfidence contributed to the team’s loss to Brown, so Cornell will make sure to not be overconfident heading into the next few games.
“We obviously have confidence but I think that going into the Brown game, that was part of the reason why we lost, because maybe we didn’t take them as seriously as we should have,” she said. “We know because of all the games we’ve won that we are a good team and we’re capable of winning. So we have confidence now, but being able to beat Princeton would give us the ulti-
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explained. “If he doesn’t see anything downfield, he’ll be more than happy to put the ball under his arm and start running. He’s a good athlete and can move around, so we have to be prepared for him throwing the ball and if everyone’s covered, we have to be prepared for him running the ball as well.” The Red struggled mightily on offense in its last game against Navy and the primary reason for the struggles is the Red’s inability to gain yardage on first and second downs, forcing it to convert third-andlongs, according to Miller.
“Without question, [our biggest concern on offense] is just getting the yardage on first and second down we need,” he said. “I think our downfall has been that we’ve been in situations like third and 10 or similar probably more than 70% of the time so that’s what sets us back. We’re working a lot on trying to establish our shorter passing game and quick runs; that way, we can get more yards on first and second down to make our third down situation easier.” While the offense has struggled lately, the defense has steadily improved throughout the season. Although the Red lost to Navy, the defense won a moral victory, holding the explosive Navy offense to just
11 points. “[Our performance against Navy] was all about discipline and knowing our assignment and our alignment,” Edmonds said. “Because we were able to do that for the majority of the game, we held a team that usually averages over 40 points a game to only 11. If we maintain that discipline and line up in the right way and cover the right people, then we’ll see a similar result against Post, where we really hold them on the defensive side.” Although the chances are not high that the Red can still win the league championship after two straight losses, the team remains focused and holds onto the small chance that they can claim a share of the league title.
“We see the season as two games to go undefeated.” Will Edmonds
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Keep fighting forward | The sprint football team is determined to win its last two games of the season, in the hopes of ending with a 5-2 record.
“To win our league, we pretty much have to go undefeated,” Miller explained. “Although the league title appears to be out of our hands, there’s still a slight chance we can win it if some outside things happen … At the very least, we will put together a 5-2 record and at the same time, keep us in any type of league contention.” Despite the scenario, Cornell’s morale remains high. “Everybody still has that fire and there’s no reason for it to go away,” Edmonds said. “We see the season as two games to go undefeated and that’s all it’s about at this point.” Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.
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Ten Questions Columnist Reena Gilani sat down with women’s ice hockey junior forward Brianne Jenner to discuss her charity work, being gluten free and silly times with her teammates. 1. How did you get involved with hockey? I started playing hockey when I was three. My dad and uncle ran hockey rinks back home and I grew up skating on an outdoor rink like a lot of Canadian kids, so I started to get into it that way. Did you ever participate in any other sports? Yeah, I played basketball, soccer, cross country and all that stuff growing up, but I liked hockey the most. How did you end up at Cornell? Just through the recruitment process. I looked at a lot of schools and Cornell just fit. I came and visited the school and I loved the team here, loved all the girls. Can you tell me about your try at the Olympics? I was the last cut. How does it feel to have accomplished so much and to have been that close to a huge opportunity? It was pretty cool to be able to play with so many talented heroes and have that chance. No one likes to get that close and get cut, but overall it was a great experience. Are you trying to go back in the future? Yeah, definitely.
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up scoring like 30 seconds later. Hopefully I got my teammates to forget about the incident for a couple of minutes, but they remembered after the game and they were pretty hard on me. 4. What is your signature dance move? It doesn’t really have a name, but it pretty much goes along with every song you could ever think of. It goes along with any beat and I think all my teammates would agree. A lot of them try to imitate it but they don’t even come close. What’s it like? It’s a lot of shoulder movements. The look is really important, too. Do you bring it out a lot in Collegetown? Oh, you could probably see it around. 5. Let’s talk about your singing abilities. Oh, god. I can’t sing. I wish I could, more than anything. If I couldn’t play hockey and could be a singer, that would be really cool. But I suck at it. What did you do as a child? As a kid I used to think it would be okay to whisper sing so my teammates always try to ask me to do it. Have you ever gone public with
the whisper singing? Oh no, I kept it all to myself. I actually hadn’t even told anyone about it until last year.
have a really cool call. Do you have a call of your own when you’re on the ice? Nothing that’s appropriate.
6. What was your experience with learning you were gluten free? That was the worst time of my life. That was last year. I found out I had Celiac Disease and I love food, so that was really tough. Trillium is my favorite place to eat on campus so my selection there went from like everything to nothing. How did you find out you had it? I got diagnosed at Gannett; that saved the day. What’s the incident with Chipotle? Last year we went to Chipotle for a pre-game meal on a road trip and a few of us got sick. I was up all night and I thought it was because of Chipotle and I was cursing Chipotle, but really it was because I’m a glutard and I just didn’t know it at the time.
8. Do you have any pre-game rituals to get you ready for the ice? Our team as a whole is really superstitious about that kind of stuff. We have two soccer keepup groups on our team; one is the talented group while the other group is more of the misfits. I’m a misfit so we just try to get as many shoulders as possible — hitting the ball off of our shoulders — but really we only keep up the ball once or twice in a row, because we’re that bad. But we have fun. And you do this before the game? Yeah, in the locker room … We kind of own our less-talented players. We have fun.
7. If you could be any animal, which would it be? Oh, that’s easy. I would definitely be a loon. How come? There are three main reasons why. Loons can fly. They can dive really far underwater. And, they
9. What’s the craziest thing you’ve done since you’ve joined the team here? It would probably be the prank that we played on some of our teammates over intersession. What’s the story there? So a bunch of our teammates live in a house called Sheer Ice. Sheer Ice was chilling at home and myself and one of my teammates — Katelyn Pippy '15 — faked a car crash a block from their house so that they would
leave. We had an inside man in Sheer Ice that let us know when the coast was clear so that myself and a few other teammates could go in. We hid their TV, computer and pictures of boyfriends and then hid ourselves. Because of the great success of this prank we decided to continue on to another teammate dwelling and get them too. Did that work out just as well? Unfortunately for us the prank backfired because Sheer Ice had warned our next victims of what was coming. Long story short our teammates scared us by telling us they had told our coach, and that he was on his way and we were all in big trouble. We all freaked out. 10. Which other sports team do you like to hang out with most on campus? Definitely wrestling. How come? There’s something weird where female hockey players are like the equivalent of male wrestlers. Whenever we hang out it’s just an awesome time. We hang out with the wrestlers more than with any other team. Reena Gilani can be reached at rgilani@cornellsun.com. To read more Ten Questions interviews, visit cornellsun.com.
2. What is the ‘Markers for Madison’ charity? It’s an initiative that I started for one of my good friends from back home. Her little cousin was just diagnosed with brain cancer and she’s going into her second treatment of chemotherapy. I thought that with my position at Cornell I could maybe get the Lynah Faithful and the hockey fans to help me support her since her family is going through a really rough time and they need some financial help so that her dad can be with her. ‘Markers for Madison’ is just a charity so if people sponsor me, they’ll pay a dollar for every goal I score throughout the season… which probably won’t be too many goals. But hopefully with the amount of donors we can make a difference. How has the support been so far? I just started advertising it [Monday] and the support has been great. A lot of the communities have gotten behind me and I’m pretty excited about the future of it. 3. Have you ever peed your pants during a hockey game? Our first game this year I took a really big hit. I was not expecting that hit and I guess my bladder wasn’t expecting it either, so I had a rough go. What did you do? Did you get off the ice? I actually stayed on the ice. We had a power play and I ended
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Pranking and peeing | Junior forward Brianne Jenner talks about pranking her teammates and about peeing on the ice in this week’s 10 Questions.
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Red Prepares for Fast-Paced Post By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer
After suffering its first two losses of the season, the Cornell sprint football team had time to think about its mistakes for two weeks, as the Red had a bye last week. On Friday, the team hopes to correct those mistakes and take out its frustrations against Post (3-2) at Schoellkopf Field. With the extra week to prepare, Cornell has watched a lot of film and scouted its opponent very closely.
“Everyone still has that fire and there’s no reason for it to go away.” Will Edmonds
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Gearing up for the battle | Junior co-captain and quarterback Brendan Miller and the Red of the sprint squad has been “We watched a lot of film on Post and one thing we’ve noticed is how fast they really are,” said junior cocaptain and quarterback Brendan Miller. “I heard something on NFL network one night about how one team was preparing for Dwight Freeney by having their scout team line up offside. We’re trying this by having our scout team [do just that] when we prepare to try and get used to the speed Post has — I think they are the fastest team in the league.” The defense is also preparing for this speedy opponent. “For our defense, we know that their offense has a lot
watching film and preparing for its game on Friday against Post. Cornell is gearing up to take on Post’s speedy offense — Miller even said he thinks Post is “the fastest team in the league.”
of formations,” said senior co-captain and defensive end Will Edmonds. “They’re a newer team in the league, so they don’t have the seniority and same discipline that some other teams have, but they do have a few really good standout athletes that makes a difference when it comes down to making a play.” Post’s defense, led by their senior middle linebacker, Kyle Lagasse — who is second in the league with 50 tackles — ranks third in the league in average yards
Volleyball Takes On Brown, Yale Coming off a tough 32 loss against Columbia at home last weekend, the Red (6-13, 2-6 Ivy League) will hit the road for two more conference matchups against Ivy foes Brown and Yale. The last time the Red and the Bears (5-13, 1-7) met, Cornell came out on top with the support of alumnae celebrating 40 years of Big Red volleyball. Junior outside hitter Kelly Marble led the
attack for the Red, recording 20 kills, 12 digs and one block. Freshman outside hitter Breanna Wong also chipped in with 15 kills of her own. The Bears are led at the net by Maddie Lord and Amanda Nickel, who have 182 and 98 kills respectively so far this season. Leading the squad in blocking is Taylor Bantle with .7 blocks per set. The Red did not fare
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Killin’ it | Freshman outside hitter Breanna Wong had 15 kills in the Red’s last match-up against Brown.
as well in its first match against the Bulldogs (125, 8-0), falling in three sets on Sept. 28 at Newman Arena. Wong and Marble were once again active at the net, combining for 16 kills, and junior middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier led the team with a .214 hitting percentage. The Bulldogs have dominated Ivy play more than halfway through the season, and are undefeated with six conference games left to play. The Bulldogs have five starters with triple digit kills, including freshman Jesse Ebner with 123 and sophomore Mollie Rogers with 168. Senior Haley Wessels leads the team in hitting percentage at .327. The Red ranks first in the Ivy League in service aces with 1.52 per set, and Marble is also first in the conference individually with .4 aces per set. Already one win over its total from last season, the Red has six Ivy games left to play and sits in sixth place in the conference, two wins behind Columbia. — Compiled by Scott Chiusano
against. The Post offense is led by their sophomore quarterback Dwayne Carter, who is a dual-threat quarterback that can throw the ball as well as run. The Red defense has also heavily scouted Post’s offense and noticed the same thing: its speed. “They have an extremely talented quarterback who has a good arm and is also a strong athlete,” Edmonds See SPRINT page 18
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Cornell Aims to End Strong
By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell field hockey team endured a tough loss to Brown in its last matchup, looks to get back on a winning track in contests with Princeton (13-1, 5-0 Ivy League) and Holy Cross (2-12, 1-3 Patriot League) this weekend. The Red (7-7, 3-2 Ivy League) had been on a six game winning streak prior last game’s defeat and now has only three regular season games left to play. According to senior back Paige Mollineaux, the long winning streak has given the team determination to finish the season strong. “It obviously felt good to win six games in a row, so now our goal is to have the next three games be a winning
streak again,” she said. The matchup against the Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Marsha Dodson Field is of particular importance to the Red. Princeton currently sits in first place in the Ivy League and is undefeated in Ivy League play — in order for the Red to have a chance of winning the Ivy League title, it must defeat the Tigers on Saturday. However this is no simple task. Princeton is currently riding a six game winning streak, with four shutouts over that span. According to junior forward Hannah Balleza, Cornell recognizes the difficulty of this matchup and has diligently prepared to counter Princeton’s strengths in practice. See FIELD HOCKEY page 17
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Get back | Sophomore midfielder Alaina Skalski and the rest of her teammates had a six game winning streak before their loss last week. Now, only three regular season games remain.