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GARRETT STRESSES FACULTY, STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Delivers first State of University address

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

President Elizabeth Garrett spoke about her commitment to supporting faculty, the student experience at Cornell and crosscampus collaboration in her inaugural State of the University Address Friday morning to attendees of the 65th joint TrusteeCouncil Annual Meeting.

The theme of the weekend-long meeting was “Global Cornell,” according to Board of Trustees Chair Robert S. Harrison ’76, who opened the program. Cornell is at the vanguard of addressing numerous global challenges, with both students and faculty “making a difference on a global scale,” he said.

Garrett echoed a similar vision of Cornell’s presence and growth on the global stage.

Speaking first about faculty, Garrett announced that the University had raised $638 million for faculty support, including $59 million for faculty renewal, and announced a goal of hiring 80 to 100 new faculty members “and perhaps more in the coming years.”

“Our commitment to great faculty spans the disciplines,” See GARRETT page 4

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Taking the mic | President Elizabeth Garrett addresses Trustees and members of the Cornell University Council at a meeting Friday in Myron Taylor Hall.

Trustees Hear Fossil Fuel Divestment Arguments

By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

“If shared governance is to have any real meaning, you must respect this unique, united decision and consider this matter seriously,” said Prof. David Shalloway, molecular biology and genetics, as he urged the Board of Trustees to divest the University’s endowment from fossil

fuels.

Shalloway’s presentation at Friday’s Board of Trustees open session meeting marks the latest step in an effort towards divestment, a movement that began when the Student Assembly passed a resolution in February 2013 calling for Cornell to divest from the fossil fuels industry.

Since then, all four other shared governance bodies have passed similar resolutions, and a letter in support of divest-

ment addressed to President Elizabeth Garrett and the Trustees has garnered over 1,200 signatures in 10 days.

“This unanimity is unprecedented in Cornell’s history,” Shalloway said.

Shalloway was followed by trustee Donald Opatrny ’74, chair of the Investment Committee, who presented See DIVESTMENT page 5

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives Archives to Cornell

By EMILY FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer

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Teach-in | Ithacans take to the streets Saturday to march as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Ithaca Holds First Black Lives Matter Event

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Contributor

Around 300 people of all ages and races, from Ithaca College to Cornell to the general community, marched in the Black Lives Matter

event Saturday, showing solidarity in Ithaca’s first official event for the cause.

The event — hosted by a group of community members, students and faculty from nearby schools — began with a march from the

Ithaca Commons to Beverly J. Martin Elementary School for a teach-in.

Marchers held signs bearing slogans such as “standing on the See MARCH page 5

Atlantic Philanthropies, an organization that has given billions of dollars to support projects around the world, will donate its archives, along with a $4 million gift, to Cornell.

Since its founding in 1982

by Chuck Feeney ’56, Atlantic Philanthropies has given numerous gifts to Cornell totalling nearly $1 billion for the University, including $350 million for Cornell Tech and a gift establishing the and Cornell tradition.

After a year-long tour and selection process, the organization has decided to house its archives in Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

“We selected Cornell not because it was Chuck’s alma

mater, but because Cornell has the best digital resources in the country,” said Christopher Oechsli, president and CEO of Atlantic Philanthropies.

Garrett said Feeney’s impact can be seen “everywhere you turn,” citing the numerous contributions his organization has made for the University and the immense effect he has had in shaping the University over the years. The archives serve as evidence of his dedication to philanthropy.

“The archives document Atlantic’s extraordinary philanthropic work around the world,” Garrett said. “It captures the foundation’s unique strategic approach — its focus on big-bet giving, giving for impact and, most importantly, Chuck Feeney’s commitment to giving See ARCHIVES page 4

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CORNELL ENGINEERING CELEBRATES 150TH ANNIVERSARY

Faculty gather to remember college’s storied history

By RUBY YU Sun Contributor

Festivities for Cornell Engineering’s sesquicentennial commenced with a welcoming presentation on its history Friday, featuring keynote speakers Lance Collins, dean of the engineerng college, Prof. Emeritus Francis Moon, engineering, and Prof. Emeritus John Abel, civil and environmental engineering.

The College of Engineering has a rich history at Cornell, according to Moon, who served as the director of the Sibley School of Mechanic Arts from 1987 to 1992. The Morill Land Grant Act of 1862 required the teaching of mechanical engineering, but at the time, there was no model for the curriculum of mechanical technology. Through the joint efforts of leading figures like philanthropist Hiram Sibley and engineer Robert Thurston, the Sibley College paved the way for the education of mechanical engineering.

Mechanical, electrical and civil engineering grew in prominence between 1885 and the early 1900s, Moon

said. By 1909, these three subdivisions of engineering constituted 14 percent of the university’s overall enrollment.

The electrical engineering program was pioneered by Prof. William Anthony, who spent his time abroad in Europe designing an electric generator called the “gramme dynamo” at the Sibley Shop, according to Moon.

“This is another story of the transformation of knowledge from Europe to the United States through the College of Engineering at Cornell,” Moon said.

The gramme dynamo was exhibited at the World’s Fair in Philadelphia in 1876 and at the Chicago Fair in 1893. The original model is currently displayed by Cornell’s physics department.

Cornell’s engineering program has grown significantly since its beginnings, and in 1909 became the largest civil engineering school in the United States, according to Abel.

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Back to the future | Padmasree Warrior M.S. ’84 offered her predictions for the engineering field Saturday in the Statler Auditorium.

Weekend events showcase past, while also forecasting future

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, the engineering department hosted students, faculty and alumni at a series of talks, panel discussions and ceremonies commemorating 150 years of teaching and research.

While the events opening events Friday focused on the college’s history, Saturday’s events looked to the future of both Cornell’s college and the engineering field in general.

The first panel on Saturday examined what the University is doing to encourage entrepreneurship at both Cornell Tech, the University’s applied sciences graduate campus in New York City, and the Ithaca campus. Dan Huttenlocher, dean and vice provost of Cornell Tech, and Zachary Shulman ’87 J.D. '90, director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell, joined Collins for an a discussion on the expansion of the department.

Huttenlocher said Cornell Tech currently has four master’s degree programs already running, with two more to be initiated next year. He added that there is a required entrepreneurial curriculum at Cornell Tech that brings masters students from both business and technical backgrounds together to work in teams to build projects and businesses.

“Our goal is not necessarily that our students go out and immediately start a company, or ever start a company, but it’s that skill set, that ability, that confidence in themselves to work and manage in very high growth and uncertain environments,” he said.

Shulman described Entrepreneurship@Cornell as a Universitywide endeavor that has support from all 15 Cornell deans. The office guides interested students and faculty through the process of building a startup, from building a business model to launching it.

He said he hopes that Entrepreneurship@Cornell will create a total of 14,000 sq. feet of incubator and collaboration space for entrepreneurs.

Elaine Jackson ’78 said she was impressed by what Cornell Tech has to offer students.

“Like [Dan] said, an engineering or an MBA student is not going to be successful in and of themselves. I think that being able to be that one person[the faculty member] that has all the answers that will take it [startup] forward is really very unique,” she said. “Having that interdisciplinary support from the university is going to be key, like they said, to take these startups forward.”

Later in the day, featured guests Dr. Robert Langer '70, and Padmasree Warrior M.S. ’84 joined Collins for a discussion on what the engineering field will look like in 50 years.

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See HISTORY page 5

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Looking back | Prof. Emeritus Frank Moon, engineering, details the history of the engineering college Friday.

Cornellians reflect on varied aspects of engineering

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

Surrounded by various artifacts showcasing Cornell Engineering’s past, College of Engineering alumni and faculty spent the weekend in Duffield Hall for various events celebrating the program.

President Elizabeth Garrett praised the University’s engineering college at a lunch on Saturday, emphasizing the importance of a good engineering program at a research university like Cornell.

“I don’t think that a great research university can continue to be great unless it has a spectacular college of engineering; not just because of what engineering does in its own orbit, but also what it means to all the other disciplines,” Garrett said.

She said she feels great pride in not only the diversity of the college’s students and faculty, but also in “diversity in the way we approach teaching,” outlining the variety of opportunities students have to grow as individuals and hone their skills.

“We also have opportunities for our students to put their knowledge to a test, in project team, in entrepreneurship programs including product design and manufacturing, including working with the Dyson

School [of Applied Economics and Management] on a minor,” Garrett said.

In a Saturday talk in Statler Auditorium, Dean of the College of Engineering Lance Collins discussed the changes he has noticed since he joined the college in areas of alumni involvement, costs of education and diversity in technical fields.

“We are a believer that leadership is not a thing that you are born with, which was the old view. … Instead, our leadership program says that you have to discover the leader inside of you,” Collins said.

“These are hard fought battles that originated in the minds of alums, and I am deeply appreciative of the guidance I have received.”

David Shmoys, director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, told The Sun he thought the sesquicentennial celebrations provided a great opportunity to look at how operations research can grow in the coming years.

“Operations research is a booming area; there is huge push to have ‘analytics’ aid a wide swath of industries, often in the tech world, but spanning such application domains as healthcare, the retail industry, the built environment and transportation in particular,”

Shmoys said. “ORIE is core part of the new tech campus in NYC, and starting in the Fall 2016, we will be offering an M.Eng.” Prof. Bruce van Dover, director of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, said he thought the field plays an important role in reminding people that “everything is made of something.” “[Department of Materials Science and Engineering] formed in response to the growing recognition that advances in all forms of materials are essential to technologies that improve the life of people and the environment,” he said.

Lois Pollack, director the Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, took the opportunity to look at the unique thinking that the department offers its students.

“We are proud to empower Cornell’s engineers — who want to build something useful — with the vision of physicists, who are pushing the limits of knowledge to explore new frontiers,” Pollack said. “We ask hard questions and try to invent new ways to answer them.”

Diyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun.com.

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Monica Manickam ’18 dances in Indian classical styles at Diya Jale as part of Anjali Dance Saturday.

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Garrett said, referencing construction projects such as Klarman Hall that will benefit the humanities departments, as well as new grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics research such as a recent grant of nearly $5 million awarded to The Center for Advanced Computing.

Garrett also noted that many current undertakings involve interdepartmental collaboration between the arts and sciences, with “those two disciplines learn[ing] new things about themselves through the eyes of the other.”

Cornell is especially successful with its grant proposal acceptance rate, according to Garrett. Among the successes this year was an $8-million grant and an invitation to participate in the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure program, awarded by the National Science Foundation to The Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility.

The University is also now partnering with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to open a $10 million cancer center dedicated to developing nanotechnology therapies, Garrett said.

These efforts towards advancement must continue and must be intensified, according to Garrett, who said that Cornell needs to be “creative in seeking support for the research in all of our disciplines” and “must continue to aggressively seek funding, from governmental agencies as well as philanthropic sources.”

In light of “the entrepreneurial spirit [that] has always characterized what we do,” Garrett also announced a new partnership with Blackstone Launchpad, a

campus-based entrepreneurship program.

Garrett said that the program’s main goals are to first help students develop their “entrepreneurial ideas” and then to convince them to stay local in order to order to reinvest their training in the regional economy.

The second major theme Garrett discussed was the student body.

“Our students are simply amazing,” she said. “It is important to provide ample support so they both contribute to and gain from the academic experience at Cornell.”

Earlier this year, Garrett presented a number of initiatives to improve the graduate and professional student experience.

Moreover, the University is in the process of implementing new graduate and professional degrees across its many campuses.

Some of these programs involve collaboration with international schools, such as programs run through the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and a new MBA program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

“We will explore how to encourage additional collaborations of this sort,” Garrett said. “These sorts of programs will keep Cornell at the forefront of the higher education.”

Garrett said she hopes to facilitate similar experiences for undergraduates at Cornell.

Engaged Cornell — a 10-year, $150 million initiative seeded with a $50 million commitment from the Einhorn Family Trust — “aims to establish community engagement and real world learning as a hallmark of the Cornell undergraduate experience,” according to Garrett.

This initiative will also work with Global Cornell to extend international opportunities to the undergraduate popu-

lation. Similarly, with the help of Andrew Paul ’78, Garrett said a new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences global fellows program would support 25 to 30 undergraduates each year “in the pursuit of challenging, professionally-focused internships to enhance and complement their career goals through cultural immersion internationally.”

She also announced the opening of the University’s first international office in Shanghai, China. Cornell currently has 75 separate memorandums of agreements with Chinese institutions. More than 125 undergraduates studied abroad in China last year, while approximately 1,600 Chinese students studied at Cornell. In addition, more than 1,200 Cornell alumni live in China, with 300 of them based in Shanghai.

After discussing the myriad achievements across Cornell’s campuses, Garrett articulated her third theme: the need for cross-campus connections.

“We already have many cross campus collaborations, but we must have more, we must do better in this area,” she said.

Garrett also announced her decision to put funding towards encouraging these collaborations and “to begin a new program providing feasibility and planning grants to create new academic programs that span Cornell Tech and Ithaca.”

Describing Cornell as “at once realistic and idealistic,” Garrett challenged the Board of Trustees and council members.

“Let us build on the visionary purpose of Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, and let us embrace the quest for something better that is also part of our heritage,” she said.

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

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Chuck Feeney’s commitment to giving while living.”

However, you will not find Feeney’s name on any buildings — he has repeatedly refused recognition for his gifts.

“Chuck believes it is the people and the activities in the buildings that count,” Oechsli said. “Buildings are vehicles for change. They are tools for innovation.”

Oechsli added that Feeney’s donations should serve as an example of the best outlets for personal wealth.

As a limited life foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies will close its doors in 2020, consistent with Feeney’s “giving while living” philosophy.

“We’re not just about shoveling money out the door, and we’re certainly not on a downward trajectory,” Oechsli said. “We’re seeking to maximize the effect of our grant making, to maximize the impact of what we hope to have, even beyond our presence.”

Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun.com.

Gina Apostol Novelist and Essayist

“The Filipino-American War and the Writing of a Novel: Reflections on History and the Art of Fiction” Tuesday, October 27, 4:30 p.m.

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Trustees Confront Calls for Fossil Fuel Divestment DIVESTMENT

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several points against divestment, and by a discussion where other trustees voiced mainly anti-divestment opinions.

The passed resolutions call for divestment over a 20-year period from the 100 coal and 100 oil and gas companies holding the largest fossil fuel reserves. These companies’ shares currently make up 0.5 percent of the endowment, according to Shalloway.

While the Office of University Investment previously claimed that Cornell would lose over $100 million dollars over the past 10 years had it divested, Shalloway said this statistic was not based on data from the past decade, but rather from market fluctuations between 2004 and 2013.

“It’s likely that divestment will earn, not lose, us money,” Shalloway said. “The same analysis, but for the real past 10 years, ending in 2015, shows that divesting would earn $47 million dollars.”

Additionally, Shalloway highlighted the harm climate change will have in the future and Cornell’s role in combating it.

“Hurricane Sandy gave us a $65 billion dollar taste of what climate inaction means,” Shalloway said. “We’re actually raising the level of Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt [Island] and citing its buildings’ entrances on high ground,

because 500 year floods are now 20 year floods in New York City. Our planet is its hottest in millennium, and we’re on track to exceed the safe maximum temperature by the time Cornell freshmen reach middle age.”

Shalloway urged the Board of Trustees to make Cornell the first Ivy League university to divest from fossil fuels.

“Indeed, it will require courage for Cornell to be the first to stand out from the pack,” Shalloway said. “But living up to our progressive tradition will bring rewards beyond fulfilling our duty.”

Shalloway’s arguments for divestment from an ethical and financial standpoint were followed by a presentation from Opatrny, chair of the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee, which voted unanimously to recommend opposing any divestment action.

One of the greatest concerns relating to divestment is that it may make it more difficult to find quality third-party managers to run Cornell’s endowment portfolios. This could result in “significant underperformance as a consequence,” Opatrny said.

Additionally, the decision to politicize the endowment investment by letting environmental concerns overtake financial analyses may set a dangerous precedent, according to Opatrny.

“Should we decide there’s a marginal cost for taking this type of action, what’s the next step?” Opatrny said. “Other

debates that exist are water, Palestine, Israel, Russia, food genetics, you choose. Where are we going to make that type of determination? I think it’s a fairly slippery slope.”

As Opatrny’s presentation concluded, the Board of Trustees segued into a discussion over the issue. Trustee Barbara Novick ’81 said she did not believe divestment is a viable option.

“Energy companies are the largest investors in alternative fuel, so if we divested from them, it’s sort of like cutting off your nose to spite your face,” Novick said. “They are going to be the future in the alternative side. I think this is interesting and interesting to talk about, but I don’t really think that the goal is going to be achieved by divestment.”

However, the Board of Trustees should do more than say no to divestment, Trustee Bruce Raynor ’72 said.

“Clearly, there’s not this sentiment today, here, to consider divestment,” Raynor said. “But, I think we need to listen to the faculty, who are such an important part of Cornell, and the students, who are such an important part of this University, and not say what we won’t do and say what we will do to take leadership on climate change. It’s not divestment. And I don’t think it’s just public relations.”

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

Activists Protest Profs Remember Engineering College History Racial Injustice HISTORY

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side of love.” Some activists also wore shirts with phrases such as “I can’t breathe,” referring to the death of Eric Garner, black man who was killed when a police officer placed him in a chokehold in July 2014.

The marchers alternated chants, shouting “no justice, no peace, no racist police” and “hands up, don’t shoot” along with the movement’s namesake phrase.

The march concluded with a rally outside the elementary school, where activists sang “We Shall Overcome.” Community members gathered inside to hear from several speakers on a variety of topics ranging from understanding the Black Lives Matter movement, racism in the Ithaca area and the empowerment of youth in the area.

All of the panelists educated the audience on different aspects of Black Lives Matter as well as the adversity black residents face in Ithaca. Prof. Sean Bradwell, culture, race and ethnicity, Ithaca College, spoke about the opposition to the movement.

“The response of All Lives Matter is a result of white supremacy,” Bradwell said. “The reason why it is white supremacy is because it is not an organic. It’s used as a response to silence black lives, and that is the work of white supremacy.”

Another panelist, Rita Bunatal, an undergraduate student at Ithaca College, said the racism she faces everyday makes it difficult for her to be part of the conversation.

“I pray that I can correct a fellow classmate without being perceived as an angry black woman,” Bunatal said.

Prof. Nia Nunn Makepeace, women and gender studies, Ithaca College, said it is difficult to teach college students to recognize their privilege and combat their ignorance.

“The majority of my students that are white don’t identify

themselves as white,” Makepeace said.

The group then broke out into three sessions focusing on the Fourth Amendment, gentrification and food justice and the need to work together as a community to combat racism. In each session, leaders gave background information regarding their topic and held question and answer sessions for those in attendance.

Prof. Russell Rickford, history, was one of the most involved planners in the event.

“The idea came after the Charleston, South Carolina shooting. Several of us connected to Africana were thinking about responses,” Rickford said.

“The idea to hold a teach in through Black Lives Matter [was chosen] because we felt it was a way to respond to anti-blackness not only in Charleston but around the world.”

Attendees represented a wide variety of community groups, which organized with the goal of addressing the prevalent racism.

“The community was planning with us,” Rickford said.

“Folks came from a lot of institutions, schools, service groups, and congregations. Everyone took their message back to their community. I’d say word of mouth was the way people heard about this.”

Jamel Simmons ’16, one of the Cornell students in attendance, said he felt that the topics discussed throughout the event spoke to his personal experiences.

“As a black person, I’ve dealt with a lot of the issues discussed today: police oppression, food deserts. I’ve been through all of that,” Simmons said.

In the future, Rickford said he hopes Black Lives Matter events will continue in the community.

“I think Black Lives Matter can be a way to shift from outrage to resistance,” Rickford said.

Jenna Rudolfksy can be reached at jlr424@cornell.edu.

“Part of this dissemination that takes place is because students from here and junior faculty members from here take positions elsewhere and they bring the ideas to the other places,” Abel said.

However, engineering at Cornell suffered a slump from 1905 to 1945 called “The Long Slide,” when other academic institutions started to invest in engineering, making Cornell’s facilities outdated, according to Moon.

Moon quoted Prof. Dexter Kimball, industrial engineering, who once addressed these shortcomings and said “unless the alumni trustees and friends of the institution bestir themselves and supply some of these deficiencies, Cornell will lose prestige.”

Cornell experienced a second renaissance in engineering after 1945, according to Moon. Solomon Hollister, who became dan of engineering in 1937,

began to re-energize research and was persuasive in getting resources from alumni and the support of the trustees to get new facilities for the engineering department. Since then, over 30 alumni and faculty in the Sibley School have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Moon highlighted the development of Cornell engineering over the years by comparing the 1915 curriculum to the curriculum taught today. For example, rather than teaching about internal combustion engines and marine engineering, teaching today focuses on wind turbines and robotics.

This event also honored Nora Stanton Blatch Barney ’1905, the first American woman to earn a degree in civil engineering and the first female member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Her family will join Cornell in dedicating a plaque in her honor.

Ruby Yu can be reached at rjy32@cornell.edu.

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Langer talked about the increasing role of engineering in medicine. He said that technology will enable the synthesis of new tissues and organs and will aid the treatment process, from better sensors for identifying diseases to better recognizing of data patterns to effective drug delivery mechanisms.

Warrior said the role of robots will increase in nursing and health care as the world’s seniors start to outnumber its youth for the first time. She also focused on how the next 50 years will fundamentally change transportation as we know it due to the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles.

After a day full of talks and panel discussions, a time capsule created by Cornell’s Steel Bridge project team was unveiled. It will be buried under the sundial on the Engineering Quad, loaded with, among other items, alumni social media posts about the department, a 3-D printed ear from a Cornell lab, a piece of the original yellow terracotta of Upson Hall and the Intel Galileo Board, which is the first board specifically designed to power the maker community.

After the day’s events, alumni told The Sun they enjoyed the sesquicentennial events not only

because of the opportunity to listen to leading scholars talk about their fields, but also to touch base with other Cornellians, and appreciate the beauty of the campus once again.

“I always love meeting faculty,

but what I really look forward to is meeting with student project teams, and seeing what they’re up to,” said David Orr ’87.

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Burn the Nightclub Down: Old 97’s at Haunt SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

The Haunt suits the Old 97’s unassuming and wholehearted sound perfectly. The Dallas natives played at the venue on Friday night to a crowd that, for most of the show, filled every space between the stage and the bar. Save for a stray noodle dancer and a lumbering, bearded thirty year-old who yelled, “Why aren’t you all fucking dancing?” the crowd happily bobbed heads, knees and feet to the set, beers in hand. Old 97’s is, after all, a superb bar band that has carved out a two-decade career, largely in smaller venues.

In his Pitchfork review of the group’s 2014 Most Messed Up, Stephen Deusner calls it straight: Old 97’s has past its reckless youth years. But, Deusner notes, the group has “the gumption to admit that they can’t keep singing about romantic vindictiveness when they’re all married with kids.” When the group nailed out the chorus of their first song of the night (“Give It Time”) no one in the venue was thinking about star power or record deals. Old 97’s brought the Texas country atmosphere to upstate New York as Rhett Miller and Murray Hammond cried out in soulful harmony: “Give it time / And it will break you.”

Before Old 97’s began crooning their nostalgia, up-andcomers Banditos fired up the crowd with songs about still being in throes of Southern rock: drinkin’, heartbreak and killer blues guitar. Whereas Old 97’s distills their ideas into stripped-down, sincere songs, Banditos thrives in excess. The Birmingham, Alabama six-piece looked cramped on The

Haunt’s stage, but still put forth full-bodied grit. Banditos vocalist Mary Beth Richardson quickly became the group’s focal point. Richardson’s voice conjures up Janis Joplin or modern great, Brittany Howard and, on “Long Gone, Anyway,” she played the kazoo like few in the audience had ever heard before.

On slower and pared-down songs, founding members Corey Parsons (guitar, vocals) and Stephen Pierce (banjo, vocals) revealed themselves as the group’s masterminds. Pierce’s understated banjo playing completely transforms “Old Ways” as Parsons tears through dreamy guitar riffs. The group (rounded out with guitarist Jeffrey Salter, bassist Danny Vines and Danny Wade on drums) blazed through an energetic set that drew many concertgoers away from the bar and into the pit before heading off with a laid-back “Old 97’s are up next.”

News took a second to spread through The Haunt that the main attraction had taken the stage, as the Old 97’s jogged on to the Gipsy King’s “Hotel California” cover. Perhaps with exception of Rhett Miller’s flowing mane and loose chambray shirt, the Old 97’s bear none of the markings of a headlining alt-country/rock group. It’s a fact that Miller seems to occasionally struggle with, stating in Deusner’s Pitchfork review, “Rock stars were once such mythical creatures … Now you just do it ‘cause it’s something you do.”

Yet, the Old 97’s’ lack of showmanship makes the group all the more relatable, whether they’re playing in a small, upstate city or a West Texas dive bar. Bassist Murray Hammond received a burst of laughter for a crack about getting dragged into bars as a kid by his dad before the group played “W. TX. Te a r d r o p s . ” Later, Hammond COURTESY OF THE OLD 97’S tossed Merle Haggard’s name out to the crowd and, receiving enough shouts and whistles, the group played a souped-up cover of “Mama Tried.”

When the group came back for their encore,

Hammond articulated through his West Texas drawl, “As you can tell from the speed of our return, our leaving was fraudulent.”

The Old 97’s consistency, however, is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, the group maintains a bar band par excellence. While lead guitarist Ken Bethea rotated through a number of beautiful, classic guitars (skewed heavily towards Fenders), Miller played most of the show on a Gibson Hummingbird before switching to a Telecaster of his own, while Hammond spent the whole night on the same hollowbody Guild bass. Seeing the Old 97’s means seeing a fullpacked night of tight, clean Texas rock and country.

Conversely, the band is better described as a group of storytellers than as innovators and portions of their nearly two-hour set seemed to drone on. Thankfully, in a venue as small as The Haunt and with a crowd as receptive as Friday night’s, Miller’s vocals were enough to engross the audience, with some help thrown in by Bethea’s excellent country soloing and Philip Peeples’ simple, metronomic drumming.

The Old 97’s lyrics are, arguably, both their strongest asset and a compelling reason to see the group live, in a small venue.

Belted out in Miller and Hammond’s clear, earnest voices, the group plays songs about drunken frustration (“I might just get drunk tonight / and burn the nightclub down”), goofy wordplay (“‘I’m a serial lady-killer’ / She said, ‘I’m already dead,’”) and occasionally just plain irreverence (“You poured whiskey in my Slurpee / swear to God you got me drunk.”)

More often than not, Old 97’s strengths — witty and eloquent lyrics; fast, driving country drumming and screaming guitar solos — combined to make brilliant live renditions that burned through without pause. Old 97’s tore through their last encore song — “Time Bomb” — which features one of the group’s best lines: “I got it badly for a stick-legged girl / She’s gonna kill me, and I don’t mean softly,” before whipping off their instruments and waving to the crowd. The Refreshment’s “Yahoos and Triangles” (better known to many as the “King of the Hill” theme song) blared over the P.A. system as college kids, country devotees and curious Ithacans alike streamed into the chilly October night.

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com.

The Counter-Factual: A Danced Definition of the Unusual BRYNN RICHTER Sun Contributor

For 42 minutes, five dancers danced, acted and reacted as they and their audience examined the concept of the counterfactual. Through modern choreography and interaction with the audience, the dancers of The Counter-Factual presented a compelling performance that drew the audience in from the first note of music.

The Counter-Factual dance concert this past Thursday at the Schwartz Center’s black box theatre, was directed by Zoe Jackson ’16 and co-choreographed by Jackson and Brooke Wilson ’16. It consisted of eight pieces, separated by the music to which they were set, and featured five dancers, Aubrey Akers ’19, Juliana Batista ’16, Hannah Fuller ’19, Grace Mitchell ’17 and Ariana Otto ’19. The small, intimate venue fit the theme of the counterfactual well, as it contradicted, the traditional experience of a dance performance.

Rather than having the dancers raised on a stage in front of the audience, the black box theater places the audience above and on three sides of the stage. This set-up introduces challenges for choreographers when creating a performance, as it makes it impossible to conceal incorrect formations or lines of the dancers. Despite this added difficulty, however, Jackson and Wilson adapted effectively and designed choreography that flourished in the unique space.

The dancers moved with ease from the center of the stage to behind the backdrop curtain, to around and even behind the audience. Remaining on the stage and moving for the entirety of the performance, they highlighted their strength and endurance. Although each piece was set to music of different styles and moods, recurring themes of choreography made for a cohesive performance.

The choreographers further took advantage of the close proximity of the audience, integrating the audience into the

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performance itself. Dancers pulled audience members onto the stage, posed them and continued to dance around them. Later in the show, the dancers asked the audience questions, like “What is your favorite food?” or “What would you be doing if you weren’t here?” As featured dancer, Hannah Fuller ’15 explained, the answers determined which sequence of choreography the dancers would then executed.

The course-altering impact of answers on the performance’s progression related profoundly to the overall theme of counterfactual and the ways by which, as Zoe Jackson ’16 described in her director’s note, “history is determined by choices made at every stage of the historical process.”

She further explains that her intention was to explore counterfactuals through dance. As the production progressed, however, she realized that the definition of a counterfactual is different for each person, and what she sees as a counterfactual could be very different than what her co-choreographer, dancers, and audience see.

Introducing the concept of the counterfactual into dance allowed the audience to look past the choreography and search for deeper meaning, while evaluating their own idea of a counterfactual. This concept made the The CounterFactual a far more active experience for the audience than your typical dance performance. The dancers did not perform simply entertain, but to convey an idea.

The dancers beautifully performed the intricate choreography and the hours of hard work that went into the production were evident. Each of the five dancers had their own choreography, rarely dancing in unison, making the performance very engaging. Their movements were sharp and exact — and the dancers all performed very well together. The choreographers effectively intertwined choreographic themes, and used different sets of choreography together so that

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although the dancers were not doing the same movements, the piece still appeared cohesive.

Although the choreography was not the typical “So You Think You Can Dance” contemporary style that is prevalent in today’s dance world, it was refreshing to see interesting and unique choreography with an interesting purpose. While dance pieces with a story can be incredible to watch, I enjoyed watching a whole performance centered on a concept rather than a story. The choreographers sought to create something different from a typical dance performance and succeeded.

Examining the concept of the counterfactual through dance drove the movement and brought a deeper meaning to the choreography. Dance can so powerfully show what cannot always be expressed with words, and the Counter-Factual dance concert not only presented an entertaining and visually striking performance, but also brought profound meaning and perspective to its central theme.

Brynn Richter is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at b.richter210@gmail.com.

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The Internet’s Appetite for Confession

hen browsing through my favorite online publications, I often end up reading stories told in the first person. The Internet is a hotbed for first person writing, be it on social media or through personal essays. This type of writing is often confessional in nature, discussing traumatic experiences or social taboos. I didn’t think much about the implications of this phenomenon, until a Slate article about confessional writing recently went viral, starting a discussion among publications and on social media about whether the nature of confessional writing on the Internet is a positive thing, and about the effect of making these confessions can have on the confessor.

In the article, entitled “The First Person Industrial Complex,” Laura Bennett argues that in a digital media landscape where a claim to originality is hard to come by, “first person essays have become the easiest way for editors to stake out some small corner of a news story and assert and on-the-ground primacy … and [they] have also become the easiest way to jolt an increasingly jaded Internet to attention, as the bar for provocation has risen higher and higher.” So while confessional writing has become an important part of Internet culture, Bennett argues that their publication is often reckless and self-serving.

Our appetite for confessional writing dates way back before the Internet. True

Story, founded in 1919, was the first magazine dedicated entirely to confessions. Its subtitle was “Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction,” and it published letters submitted (mainly by women) confessing to something that was considered scandalous in a Jazz-age America.

The popular magazine brought attention to the issues that women faced, but were too taboo to speak of. The 1950s brought about a wave of poets who wrote about taboo subjects, helping to debunk the stigma around issues like mental illness and homosexuality.

Sylvia Plath has been among the most enduring of these voices, and her enduring popularity today fits right in with the Internet culture of confession.

To d a y, the majority of confession pieces are still written by women, Midnight Radio because it is still, so o f t e n , women’s thoughts, feelings, desires, bodies and sexualities that society is so scandalized by. Women writing about their experiences with taboo issues like sex work, abortion, domestic abuse, oppressive domesticity and workplace sexism has helped bring these experiences into social consciousness and conversation — and in this way, confessional writing has been, and continued to be a feminist act.

More broadly, online confessional writ-

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ing is the one of the few public spaces that privileges the voices and experiences of marginalized people. The ability to open up Facebook and read about people’s experience with gender, sexuality, racism, mental illness, sexual assault and other issues that still carry social stigma, is invaluable in communicating to people that they are not alone, as well as bringing awareness to these issues. And the Internet’s penchant for confession means that more and more cultural and news outlets are publishing the stories of those whose voices have been the most invisible.

However, there is a difference between stories that bring light to the experiences of marginalized groups, and stories published merely to shock and scandalize. Bennett used the example of Jezebel’s “On Falling In and Out of Love With My Dad” — a viral story full of pure, sharable shock value that comes at the expense of the writer. In a digital media landscape where success is measured by clicks and shares, you can see how it is monetarily advantageous for publications to run stories such as these. Bennett argues that the public sharing of such harrowing stories can be exploitative; both because writers are often not adequately prepared for the consequences of going public,

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and because, when the same writers submit a piece that is not shocking, their submissions are ignored.

So, I think that the ability for people to tell their stories and reach a wide audience thanks to the Internet is a net positive — and until we are a more equal and accepting society, much needed. But with the rampant cyberbullying and harassment that plagues the web, telling a story that still carries great social stigma can be dangerous. Editors need to be careful not to take advantage of people who have been through traumatic experiences, and adequately prepare their writer for what going public with their story could mean. Editors and readers alike should exercise some judgment as to whether sharing a story genuinely furthers social good, or just serves our own voyeuristic pleasure.

Katie O’Brin is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun.com. Midnight Radio appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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he democratic debate is probably old Games, there is a key difference between our news by now, but I’ve been itching to world and theirs. The wealthy characters of talk about Bernie Sanders’ perfor- The Hunger Games are desensitized to mance. If you watched the debate (and can inequality. We are not. Technology has given remember what happened a week ago), you inequality more immediacy. We are only just know he wouldn’t shut up about one issue — starting to react.

Because of technology and social nethigh rent prices. Just kidding, that’s Jimmy McMillan. Bernie’s issue is income inequality. works, we know there are six degrees of sepaI’ve been planning on writing about ration between most strangers. Knowing this income inequality for a while. It’s an important fact makes the issue more personal than it’s moral issue that will define our generation. I ever been. There are likely six degrees of sepaactually have a metaphor. Income inequality in ration between you and someone in poverty this country reminds me of the young adult — possibly less. More importantly, technolonovel, The Hunger Games. I’m not a big gy doesn’t just passively reveal connections, it Hunger Games fan, but I get why people like gives us the opportunity to act.

As a result, there is reason to be optimistic them. They’re the literary equivalent of Cool Ranch Doritos. You can’t read a chapter of The about inequality. Yes, there is a trade-off Hunger Games, without reading the whole regarding technology and inequality — technology can replace lowbook (and you can never skilled labor. However eat just one Cool Ranch on some levels, technoloDorito).

Even though real gy helps more than it Hopefully, you know inequality is just as hurts. Technology can what the The Hunger Games is. The Hunger visible as inequality in The lower the barriers to the skills laborGames are supposed to Hunger Games, there is a learning ers need to earn more. be a caricature of our key difference between Analogues to Codeworld, but in some ways, the book is more of a our world and theirs. The cademy, Khan Academy and Wikipedia would portrait than a caricature.

Our world is cruel. wealthy characters of The cost hundreds even thousand of dollars if they About 15 percent of peoHunger Games are weren’t free online. ple in the United States desensitized to Technology is also a don’t have stable access to catalyst for action; social food. But it’s not because inequality. We are not. media and instant meswe don’t have enough saging make organizing food for everyone. Globally, we produce approximately four pounds social change easier for activists.

Things are looking up from a global perof food per day for every person on the planet. spective too. Most of the poorest countries at We would all be obese if we ate that much.

The stark inequality in The Hunger Games the turn of the century have gotten dramatireminds me of our world as well. We may not cally richer since the colonial era. More entertain ourselves by forcing impoverished importantly, the number of starving people people to fight to the death, but inequality has worldwide has actually gone down by 200 never been more visible in the world than it is million in the past twenty-five years, which is today. Many argue over whether inequality is encouraging considering the world populaincreasing, but I think we can all agree that tion has increased by about a billion since.

But, that doesn’t mean we can stand by. It more people are talking about it than ever.

This increased visibility has a lot to do with is cruel to just sit idly while people are in need — especially since their plight is more visible technology.

Many argue that inequality hasn’t drasti- than ever. Luckily, I don’t think we’re cruel. cally increased. Official estimates of inequality Our generation wants to do something jump in the year statisticians began using because technology has made income computers. People argue the rich didn’t get inequality more visible than ever. There’s a richer; they were always this rich. We just did- reason Bernie's message from the debate resn’t know until computers gave us a more onated so well with us. That’s my schtick and accurate portrait of their wealth. Many argue I’m sticking to it! Stay tuned alternating technology makes wealth differences more Monday’s for more. visible. That visibility reminds me the rich capital citizens watching the poor fight each Eric Schulman is a junior in the College of Arts and other in The Hunger Games.

Sciences. He may be reached at eschulman@cornellEven though real inequality is just as visi- sun.com. Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate ble as the fictional inequality in The Hunger Mondays this semester.

Letter to the Editor

In support of Elie Kirshner ’18 To the Editor: I want to voice my support for Elie Kirshner for Tompkins County Legislature, Fourth District.

Elie constantly impresses me. As Co-Founder of the Collegetown Small Business Alliance, I’ve been very fortunate to work with Elie as he’s united local businesses and officials to foster productive, positive talks. Elie’s magic touch has truly made our neighborhood a better place.

It’s quite clear that his co-workers at City Hall have the highest respect and appreciation for Elie, and rightly so. Elie sincerely cares about our community; he has the devotion, passion, and professional finesse to make amazing things happen.

Marty Johnson, owner Uncle Marty’s Shipping Office

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Aditi Bhowmick | Abstruse Musings

America’s Missing Women

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he idea of “missing women” is terrifying — globally, a disproportional amount of women have simply gone missing.

It is unsettling to think that anyone could disappear, and more upsetting that no one goes to look for these women. The dilemma of “Missing Women” struck my attention in my development economics lecture last week. It all started when Amartya Sen penned an article in The New York Review of Books that made waves in academia. He claimed that “more than 100 million women are missing” and that the problem is acute in South Asia, West Asia and China.

When we attempt to account for missing women in developing countries, we typically think of son-preference, female infanticide, differential parental investments based on gender, population controls like the one-child policy and differential mortality. Sen published this article in 1990 and I am revisiting the appalling predicament of Missing Women today. In India, whether or not you make it far in life as a girl depends on how progressive your parents are. I am beyond grateful to my parents for electing to invest almost all of their savings in my education instead of saving for a lavish marriage.

Indian weddings are regal, but the amount of economic pressure the poorest of families voluntarily take on to put up a fantastic wedding is disturbing. Research compiled in the paper Economic Lives of the Poor suggest that even in populations earning below the international poverty line, weddings and festivals can constitute 10 percent of total household spending per year. I would like to imagine that every girl in South Asia is as fortunate as me in terms of equal opportunities, but female infanticide, differential parental investment and vast gender differences in education exist in several parts of the world even today. In China, the one-child policy has resulted in horrific stories of baby girls abandoned in public restrooms and children voluntarily ending their lives to spare themselves and their families the suffering of poverty.

I would like to imagine that every girl in South Asia is as fortunate as me in terms of equal opportunities, but female infanticide, differential parental investment and vast gender differences in education exist in several parts of the world even today.

Thinking about “Missing Women” got me to consider whether the United States of America, a complex society in itself, has a similar problem. I was surprised that in recent months, there has been some awareness of America’s own “Missing Women” problem. I was not so surprised that these missing women had been forced to disappear as a result of both racism and mass incarceration.

Forty percent of all missing people in America are black, and 64,000 of them are African-American women, according to the Black and Missing Foundation. Statistics indicate that most of these women disappear in New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland and Florida. However, since most of these women are of low socioeconomic status, police officials assume that their disappearance must be linked with criminal activity. The fate of these missing women is closely tied to the racially skewed incarceration statistics in the United States. Personally, I could not think of a more harrowing prospect than dropping out of sight and no one noticing. The intersectional nature of oppression endured by the Missing Women of America reminded me of two mass mobilization movements that have encompassed social media of late — #62MillionGirls and #BlackLivesMatter, for example.

While #62MillionGirls was supported wholeheartedly by everyone, #BlackLivesMatter received considerable opposition. Every way I look at it, America has a racial inequality problem. Avoiding the problem does not make it go away. Racial inequality handicaps American society just like poverty and illiteracy inhibit certain developing countries. The sooner this uncomfortable reality is acknowledged, the better. The case of America’s Missing Women is yet another example of the enormously steep price society pays for myopia. We rally for the 279 Nigerian girls kidnapped in Boko Haram, who can the missing African American women in the United States depend on to “bring them back?”

Indian author Arundhati Roy once said, “There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless.’ There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” I choose to speak for those who are preferably unheard until someone chooses to listen.

Aditi Bhowmick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at ab738@cornell.edu.

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The Lost Voices Of #FergusonOctober J

ust over a year ago, a group of peaceful activists demonstrated outside of a St. Louis Rams game. Among the protesters, Tonja Bulley and her teenage daughter Brandy held an upside down American flag and called for justice for Michael Brown — the black high school graduate who was shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. The anguish and fury sparked by his murder mobilized racial justice advocates against the long-established discrimination and violence underpinning state control in Ferguson (and across the nation). Outside the Rams game in mid October, the Bulley women represented an activist group called Lost Voices, a local collective connected to the countrywide network of #BlackLivesMatter organizers through a shared commitment to subverting white supremacy and its legacy of racial stereotyping, subjugation of people of color and criminalizing black lives.

The aftermath of the Lost Voices protest typifies a microdistillation of racial hegemony in the United States. Fans exiting the football game met the protest with disdain and hostility; in a later interview, Tonja Bulley recounts palpable rancor in onlookers’ disparaging commentary regarding the demonstration. The climate of intolerant reactions to anti-racism activism had heightened in the months following Michael Brown’s murder; just one week prior, 49 protesters had been arrested in a citywide demonstration that took place, in part, at the Rams stadium. The Bulley family and fellow activists stood staunchly despite the vitriolic retorts from white football fans; however, the peaceful protest escalated when a white man spat into Brandy Bulley’s face. Her mother later reported, “She was just saying ‘no justice, no peace,’ and he hog-[spat] and then smacked my baby. At that time ,there was no more being peaceful.” As Tonja rushed to defend her daughter, other football fans dashed to the defense of the white aggressor — hitting, punching, knocking down and throwing drinks on the Bulleys.

Moments later, the police arrived and arrested both Tonja and Brandy. No other (read: white) people involved in the clash were arrested.

The criminalization of two nonviolent black activists, forced to defend themselves against unsought bellicosity, characterizes racial stereotyping and white supremacist violence — the very racist institutions that prompted the Bulleys to protest in the first place. As the officers arrested the black women outside the Rams stadium, they epitomized the institutionalization of racial profiling — a facet of the systemic racism that undergirds the

nation’s historical and presentday power structures, perpetuates race-based police violence and facilitates the incarceration of nearly one million black Americans. None of the white instigators were taken into police custody; the police officers’ association of delinquency with the black women’s self-defense flagrantly contrasts the white spectators’ apparent freedom to perpetrate violence.

As history affirms, athletics offer a potent platform to advocate for social change. The widespread visibility and idolatry of athletes afford players unique positions through which to promote social justice causes. In the Rams’ stadium alone, five players stood in solidarity with racial justice activists through a demonstration of the “Hands up, don’t shoot” rallying cry

lution of categories that bestow power on the socially privileged, media conglomerates and their corporate sports league partners maintain the one-sided, biased narratives. Zealous white sports fans receive a benevolent nod, a chuckle and a slap on the wrist; black activists are vilified as “rioters,” arrested and confronted with more violence, militarized opposition and disparaging media representations.

Reiterating monolithic conceptions of race and violence, media outlets sparsely covered the assault and arrest of Tonja and Brandy Bulley. Articles that mentioned the protest overlooked the complex terrain of race and gender power dynamics underlying the struggle.

Reflecting many mainstream media narratives that dismiss and/or demonize protesters

As we get swept up in the exhilaration of the new NFL season, don’t forget the violence football fans perpetrated on Tonja and Brandy Bulley for speaking out against race-based police brutality. while running on to the field and voiced support for the Ferguson protesters and Black Lives Matter movement in following interviews. Activists unfurled large banners with racial justice slogans in the St. Louis stadium — photographs of which subsequently became symbols of athletics’ role in destabilizing racism. The Lost Voices protest attempted to raise awareness and inspire action by situating their demonstration outside the stadium gates, where they could reach the flooding masses of football fans. The wide-reaching athletic community of the St. Louis Rams offered critical potential for subversive action and publicity.

Nonetheless, pervading racism that fosters bigotry within fan communities and sports media coverage fortifies a stadium culture that protects white fans’ “hooliganism” while criminalizing peaceful black protesters. As a point of comparison to the media defamation of Black Lives Matter activists, scholars often scrutinize the acceptance of white sports fans’ riotous, destructive and drunken revelries following big wins. The debauchery of inebriated sports fans wreaks havoc on campuses, private spaces and public centers over banal, superficial feats — in contrast with the heavy gravity motivating racial justice demonstrations. However, sports fans’ celebrations do not threaten to disrupt deeply entrenched racial hegemonies in the way that the Black Lives Matter movement urgently attempts to; uncomfortable with the potential disso-

against police brutality, the story of Tonja and Brandy slipped into preordained, reusable molds that sensationalize black violence and expunge white accountability — a stale, carefully crafted narrative that bypasses crucial details and analyses in order to reinforce beneficial systems of privilege for (white, corporate) stakeholders.

The lack of outrage over the attack and wrongful arrest speaks to a dominant silence in the mainstream media regarding violence against black women.

On Oct. 19, 2014, two black activists outside of Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, were beaten to the ground, arrested and forgotten. The predominantly white, male football crowd who attacked them walked away free. As we get swept up in the exhilaration of the new NFL season, don’t forget the violence football fans perpetrated on Tonja and Brandy Bulley for speaking out against race-based police brutality. This season, will media conglomerates and fan communities continue to venerate athletes while demonizing Black rights activists; will sports media coverage outstrip and supersede the money, time and space allocated to coverage of anti-racism efforts? As the St. Louis protesters declared over a year ago, “Rams fans know, on and off the field, Black Lives Matter.” This year, will sports media producers recognize their exigent responsibility to realize this truth?

Kate Poor is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at ksp57@cornell.edu. Triple Jump appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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ond overall this season when junior Miles Norris poked the ball out of the hands of Jette.

Jatis then ran for 42 yards, setting up a first-and-goal. Brown stymied the offense, forcing two incompletions. Joe Pierik came on and made the field goal.

In the second quarter, Brown tacked on another score to make it 28-3 when Fuller connected with Brian Strachan in the end zone. Fuller, the Ivy League’s leading passer, threw for 246 yards in the first half alone. His counterpart on Cornell, junior Robert Somborn, struggled in the first half, overthrowing receivers. He ended the half with just 84 yards.

Somborn did have a touchdown late in the second half, but Brown came right back with a score of its own, making the halftime score 34-10.

In the second half, Cornell began to establish the run game and the team started to put together a comeback. The Red got on the board in the third quarter when Somborn faked to Gellatly at the 6-yard line and tossed the ball to junior tight end Matt Sullivan. The score may have come through the air, but the drive was powered by strong rushing from the Red. Before the pass to Sullivan, Cornell had run seven straight plays on the ground.

On the Red’s next drive, after a couple of hard runs, the middle of the field opened up and Somborn connected with Rogers for a 49-yard touchdown. Just like the previous drive, the success of the rushing game allowed

receivers to get open downfield.

Cornell ended with 260 rushing yards, the most by the team since 2009. Overall, the Red averaged 6.7 yards per carry.

Gellatly led the team with 93 yards and sophomore Josh Sweet was second with 60 yards.

Sophomore quarterback Jake Jatis rushed for 48, 42 of which came on the long run in the first quarter. Junior Dane Brown also added 39 yards.

“Dane was looking quick out there making some cuts,” Gellatly said. “Josh and I are probably a little more downhill style. Mixing it up I think helped us. It definitely started up front [with the offensive line]. [They had] a lot of movement.”

Brown responded with a field goal, putting the Bears up by 13.

Utilizing a rushing attack of its own, Brown burned almost six minutes off the clock.

On the ensuing Cornell possession, Somborn threw the ball away on three straight plays, and the Red turned the ball over on downs. Brown got the ball back and a couple plays later, Pena ran in his fourth touchdown, effectively ending the game.

With the game in the books, Cornell remains winless, but Archer said he’s hopeful for the rest of the season.

“I want to see us put it all together. I want to see what this team looks like when they play to their potential for 60 minutes,” Archer said. “I believe in these kids and I believe in our staff. I want to see what it looks like when it’s put together for the full 60.”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun.com.

Keep an Eye on Gymnast Simone Bile SCAZZERO

tively newer faces on the United States’ team are Maggie Nichols, Brenna Dowell and Madison Kocian. They all had a relatively strong showing, save a few falls, but were able to keep the United States firmly in the lead.

There were also two familiar faces at Worlds, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman — both were

impressive that both Douglas and Raisman are still competing at the same, if not better, level than they which was a big upset and a blow were four years ago. to the Romanian gymnastics coach Douglas finished third allstereotype). around with a 57.516 after having Second of all, Simone Biles a glitch on beam and Raisman finshould be a name you know before ished in fifth with a 56.798 and a August. Seriously, YouTube her, fall on bars. Despite their mistakes, she is unreal. The 18-year-old they’re still both currently in the from Columbus, Ohio, Top-five in the world. is the United States’ top Raisman aptly summed it Be prepared for a killer U.S. Squad at up gymnast and is on a in an interview after completely different the meet saying, “It was next year’s Olympics. It should make level than her competiprobably one of the worst your once-every-four-years viewing of meets I’ve ever had in my tors. She won with an all-around score of life and I’m still (fifth) in 61.598, roughly five gymnastics that much more awesome. the world, so that’s pretty points higher than the ridiculous”. Yes it is second place score, a ridiculous, Aly. It also 57.64 from Giulia Steingruber members of the 2012 Olympic basically sums up the United from Switzerland. Biles had the squad. Usually it’s considered States’ dominance in the sport highest floor score of the meet, insane for past Olympians to try right now, given that the team competing with her signature and come back for the next came in first despite some major move (yep, it’s called the Biles), a Olympics, since in recent years, it mistakes. So although none of the double-layout half out. She also hasn’t worked out for any that have spots are locked in (except for earned a 16 on vault, the only of tried (see Nastia Liukin and Shawn Biles, because duh), be prepared that meet.

Johnson). Not to their discredit — for a killer U.S. Squad at next Her amazing performance is no they were obviously incredible year’s Olympics. It should make surprise to gymnasts. She’s a three- gymnasts, technically the best in your once-every-four-years viewtime national all-around champi- the world. But gymnastics is a ing of gymnastics that much more on, a two-time world floor cham- cruel sport and beyond age 18, awesome. pion, the 2014 world beam cham- you’re basically an old-timer and Sophia Scazzero is a senior in the College pion and she’s only been compet- there are too many eager and tal- of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ing in the senior elite division for ented youngsters rising up to take sscazzero@cornellsun.com. Instant Replay two years. Casual. The other rela- your spot. It’s actually extremely appears on Mondays this semester.

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Cornell Fights to End,but Falls to Brown

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For the third week in a row, Cornell football fell behind early. But unlike the previous two weeks when the Red found itself in a deficit and seemed to slow down later in the game, the team kept fighting. Although Cornell was unable to complete the comeback, losing to Brown, 44-24, head coach David Archer ’05 spoke highly of the team’s resilience.

“I am so proud of how this team fought back,” Archer said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been on a team that’s faced this much adversity. … We were down 28-3 at one point, and 34-10 at the half, and to come back and make it a game is just an unbelievable testament to these guys.”

The Bears (4-2, 2-1 Ivy League) jumped to a 21-0 lead just 10 minutes in the game.

At the half, Cornell (0-6) trailed, 34-10.

The Red (0-6, 0-3 Ivy League) had two unanswered touchdowns in the second half to bring the game within 10, but Brown put the game away with a touchdown and a field goal of its own.

Just 36 seconds into the game, Brown wide receiver Alex Jette took advantage of some confusion on the field surrounding a penalty and got past Cornell’s secondary.

Bears quarterback Marcus Fuller casually tossed the ball to him, and he ran untouched into the end zone for the first points of the game.

On the Bears’ next drive, Jette again helped Brown score another touchdown.

He totaled 50 yards on the drive, including a 28-yard gain that allowed the Bears to reach the 1-yard line. On the next play, Johnny Pena punched it in to give Brown a 14-0 lead.

Later in the first quarter, after an offensive pass interference call, Cornell found itself backed way up in its own territory. On second-and-18, junior running back Dane Brown fumbled and, when Brown took over, Pena easily ran into the end zone on the next play.

In such a deep hole early on, Archer praised the encouragement that the seniors provided. He said that in previous games, he was the one motivating the team, but on Saturday, the veterans of the team were vocal on the sideline, making sure the rest of the team stayed upbeat.

“The seniors started saying the same message that I’ve been saying for two and a half years, about playing the next play and never giving up and playing for pride, for themselves, for each other,” Archer said Sophomore running back Jack Gellatly

also said the seniors have been crucial to the team’s positive morale in spite of six straight losses to begin the season.

“I think we’ve been getting tremendous leadership from the seniors all year,” Gellatly said. “There’s a lot of guys which has ended up being really good for us because they’re leading us in times like today

when everybody can see us, but also so much off the field at times when people can’t see it … I feel really fortunate to play under the senior class.”

Later in the first quarter, the Red forced its first turnover since Colgate and its secSee FOOTBALL page 11

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Taking the turnover | Junior Miles Norris forced a turnover against Brown when he was able to get the ball from the Bears’ Alex Jette. This was the Red’s first turnover since its game against Colgate.

Simone Bile and the Women SeeTwo More Season Wins World Championships FIELD HOCKEY

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

After a back and forth first half, Cornell (10-5, 41 Ivy) and Brown (6-8, 1-4 Ivy) were both playing solid field hockey, as the score was tied at 1-1. Both teams were moving the ball well and had chances to take the lead. However, sophomore forward Krysten Mayers stepped up and allowed for Cornell to break away with a goal.

Cornell never looked back, adding four more goals in a resounding 6-1 win. Mayers has been dominant for the Cornell offense this season leading the scoring right behind senior captain and defender Marisa Siergiej. “[During the] first half, Brown played a very tight defense,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook.

However, with the start of the second half, Cornell began to take control of the game. Mayers’ goal opened things up for the Red and the team put constant pressure on the Brown defense in the second half, finishing with 18 total shots and 10 shots on goal. In contrast, Brown’s offense was only able to muster four total shots, with only one shot on goal.

The Cornell defense, led by Marisa Siergiej, stifled the Brown offense.

“Our backfield did a pretty good job and our midfield moved the ball well,” Hornibrook said.

One of the standout performances in the match came from freshman midfielder Isabel Siergiej, who added two goals and two assists on the day. Siergiej was involved in most of the offensive attacks.

“Isabel Sergiej had a fantastic game,” Hornibrook said.

Going into Sunday, Cornell was looking to develop some consistency and string together back-to-back wins.

“We really want to have a consistent team performance throughout the entire game,” Hornibrook said before Sunday’s match.

Cornell did just that on Sunday afternoon, dominating play from the beginning of the match. The team improved to 10-5 on the season with an impressive 7-0 win at home against Lehigh (4-12). Cornell has now won five out of its last six matches.

It was a confident and decisive performance from

the entire team. Marisa Siergiej and junior forward Katy Weeks both added two goals. Isabel Siergiej continued her hot streak in Sunday’s match, adding another goal to her season total. In a similar showing to the Brown game, the Cornell defense was electric, stopping every Lehigh attack.

Cornell is now only one game behind Ivy League leaders Princeton (8-5, 5-0 Ivy). In a league where every game is crucial, the Brown victory was very important in helping the Red in league standings.

Cornell will travel to Princeton next weekend in a duel for first place in the Ivy League.

If Cornell can continue its dominant play from its previous two games against Brown and Lehigh, the team should have success against Princeton. The group of women is confident and experienced.

Cornell is also playing the best field hockey of its season right now, so it is a great time to be taking on the division leaders.

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

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Getting the goal | Sophomore forward Krysten Mayers, pictured above, scored for the Red Saturday.

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ymnastics is the kind of sport that no one really cares about until the Olympics roll around. It’s not really a classic “fan” sport like basketball or football, but every four years come Olympic season, suddenly everyone cares about the super swole girls in tight glittery spandex doing flips. Obviously, these women don’t just suddenly appear every four years and most of them have been training all their lives for that moment.

It takes a ridiculous amount of hours training— roughly 1,500 by the time they become elites — and even then these women are not guaranteed a shot at the Olympics. In a study by USA Gymnastics in 2009, they found that out of the 68,797

Sophia Scazzero Instant Replay U.S. athletes participating in women’s gymnastics in total, only 79 of them were elite. Only five women can make it on the Olympic team, so the odds of making it to the Olympics are ridiculously slim. The next time you ask a gymnast you know if they are going to the Olympics, they are probably going to say no. Actually, just don’t ask.

But let’s talk about the lucky few that have actually made it to that level. Over the next two weeks, the World Championships in Gymnastics are being held in Glasgow, Scotland. This is the meet where countries compete to qualify for the Olympics and where we get a better idea of which tiny superhumans are going to represent the United States come next August. I know it’s a few months before people start to actually remember the sport exists, but here’s a little breakdown of how the Championships have gone so far and a little preview of what we’re going to see next August.

First of all, the United States is killing it. After the conclusion of the Women’s Team Qualification, the U.S. team led by five points even with a bit of a rocky performance. The other seven teams that qualified for the Olympics are Russia, Great Britain, China, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands (Romania didn’t qualify, See SCAZZERO page 11