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By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Writer

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MIDTERM ELECTION 2014

Incumbent Reed Leads In Campaign Funding

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

Just a week before the midterm elections, incumbent Republican Tom Reed leads Democratic candidate Martha Robertson ’75 in campaign funding by over $1 million in the battle for New York’s 23rd District.

Leading up to the election, Reed has raised over $3 million — a total of $3,177,442 since January 2013, according to the Federal Elections Commission. His competitor, Robertson, has raised $2,130,558.

Prof. Harry Katz, the Kenneth F. Kahn Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was appointed by President David Skorton Friday as interim provost of the University. Katz will assume his new position Nov. 14, when current Provost Kent Fuchs steps down to prepare for his new role as president of the University of Florida.

In an interview with The Sun, Skorton said he selected Katz as interim provost due to his “excellent” leadKATZ ership and management skills.

See KATZ page 4

Robert Smith to Serve as Interim ILR Dean

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

Following Harry Katz’s appointment as interim provost, Provost Kent Fuchs announced Friday that Prof. Robert Smith, industrial and labor relations, will assume the position of interim dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations — filling the post that Katz would have left vacant.

Smith, who is associate dean of the ILR school and a Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow, currently oversees academic affairs at the school and “previously has served as interim dean,” according to a University press release.

Smith has served as associate dean since 1988 and acting dean “for three periods” when the current dean at that time was on leave, according to his biography.

“He has been an associate dean for almost 30 years and has in-depth knowledge of ILR academic and administrative operations,” Fuchs said in the release.

Smith’s research interests include the analyses of various labor market policies, “especially those in the safety and health area,” according to his biography.

His fields of expertise include labor economics, See ILR page 5

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At Rally, Peacock J.D.’01 Violates Election Laws

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Ithaca City Judge Seth Peacock J.D. ’01 broke New York State court system election laws when he endorsed Howie Hawkins — a Green Party candidate running for Governor — at a rally Oct. 15.

At the rally in downtown Ithaca — which was attended

by approximately 30 people — Seth Peacock said his “life” is an endorsement for Hawkins, who currently works as a truck driver, also known as a “teamster.”

“On the back of my wallet here is my fancy judge [identification card]. But inside, I have my commercial driver license, from when I was a See PEACOCK page 5

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Students and community members gather in Cass Park on Ithaca’s waterfront to participate in a 5K and Walkathon Fundraiser for the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes Saturday.

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Former Hawaiian Governor Talks Clean Energy,Policy

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Contributor

Former Hawaiian governor and environmentalist Linda Lingle spoke Thursday about the need for political dexterity in pursuit of clean energy goals.

Lingle — who served as governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010 — was the first female governor of the state and the first Republican governor of the state since 1962.

She said that breaking these boundaries inspired her quest for change and her “optimistic” outlook.

“I’m an optimist by nature,” Lingle said.

“After all, I’m a Republican in Hawaii.”

Lingle also spoke on the dire economic situation that faced Hawaii when she first took office in 2002. She said the state’s oil reliance meant that Hawaii had the highest electricity prices and the highest cost of living in the nation.

“Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the planet,” she said. “Therefore, we are much more vulnerable and face a different set of issues.”

Lingle said that approximately 10 years ago, Hawaii was the most oil-dependent state in the United States, with over 80 percent of the state’s electricity coming from all foreign oil. This cost the state five to seven billion dollars annually, she said.

“To me, energy seemed to be at the heart of everything,” she said. “We were paying billions of dollars every year to buy a polluting substance.”

Lingle also described the evolution of Hawaii’s clean energy initiative, saying the change was motivated primarily by simple logic.

“Logic and politics are an unusual combination, but to me the solution was clear,” she said. “We needed to transform Hawaii into a model of energy sustainability and security.”

Lingle, who was instrumental in the creation of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, said the program has set a statewide goal of

ship.

“Transformation requires a willingness to go out and articulate the problems that matter,” she said. “When you’re tired of hearing yourself repeat the same issues over and over, that’s when your audience is hearing it for the first time.”

Lingle also emphasized the importance

“Transformation requires a willingness to go out and articulate the problems that matter.”

Linda Lingle

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A greener world | Former Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle spoke about the state’s clean energy initiative and the importance of building a more sustainable future at a lecture Thursday.

70 percent clean energy by 2030. Hawaii is currently at 18 percent, “well ahead of schedule,” she said.

However, Lingle went on to say that logic alone is not enough to transform public policy without strong political leader-

of leading by example and motivating all citizens to participate in building a more sustainable future.

“Public policy changes require everyone to get the credit [and] to have truly participated and earned it,” she said.

Lingle conceded that it can be difficult to convince citizens to participate because this process involves challenging their longheld beliefs. However, she said her administration utilized tax credits, cash grants and free parking as consumer incentives.

“We had to ask people to think in the long term,” she said. “Reliability of electricity is important, but not as important as security. We had to convince people that conservation was in our collective best interest.”

In accomplishing these political goals, Lingle — who was a cofounder of the Bipartisan Policy Center Governors’ Council — said she has also become an outspoken advocate of bipartisan cooperation in an era of increasing polarization.

“It’s becoming disgraceful at the national level,” Lingle said. “We’re far too partisan.

If there’s no compromise, nothing moves forward.”

While Lingle has moved on from her position as governor, she said she has continued her environmental quest by participating in the Energy Security Council and teaching a seminar at California State University, Northridge on public policy.

Lingle — who said she is proud of Hawaii’s continued success — also said she encourages those who want to make any lasting change to take small steps and to keep the final goal in mind.

“There’s an exhilaration that comes from being a part of any kind of positive transformation and knowing that that transformation will stand the test of time,” she said.

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pk368@cornell.edu.

With Grants, C.U. Area Studies Fund Outreach Initiatives

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Contributor

Two of Cornell’s language and area studies programs — the Southeast Asia Program and the South Asia Program — received highly competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month.

The programs also received renewed recognition as National Resource Centers and were awarded Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships, according to a University press release.

The NRC grant — which was awarded by the Department

of Education to “establish” and “strengthen” international studies centers that serve as national resources — will be used by Cornell to aid in the internationalization of community colleges and teacher training programs in the United States, according to Thamora Fishel, associate director of the Southeast Asia Program.

Each FLAS fellowship includes an institutional payment, which covers tuition, and an allowance which covers travel and living expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

These FLAS fellowships will fund both graduate and under-

graduate students from both the South Asia and Southeast Asia programs each year of the grant’s four-year duration, according to Fishel and Prof.

Anne Blackburn, South Asian and Buddhist studies.

The Southeast Asia Program received a total of $2,096,400 for the cycle 2014-18, according to Fishel. This amount includes both the NRC grant and FLAS fellowship.

Cornell’s South Asia Program, in collaboration with Syracuse University’s South Asia Center, received NRC grants and FLAS fellowships totaling $3,060,000 for the period of 2014-18, according to

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A capella group Less Than Three performs at the Masquerade event at the Johnson Museum of Art Friday night.

Blackburn, who is also director of the South Asia Program. Of this, $1,721,360 is allocated for the use of Cornell's South Asia Program.

“The [U.S. Department of Education] wanted to see how institutions that have NRC money could collaborate and help internationalize community colleges, with the idea being that community colleges are where a lot of first-generation college students are ending up,” Fishel said.

To achieve this goal, Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program is partnering with local institutions Tompkins Cortland Community College, Onondaga Community College and Mohawk Valley Community College, Fishel said.

According to Melina Draper, Southeast Asia Program outreach coordinator, the grants will be used to fund outreach activities that are “dedicated to promote Southeast Asian awareness,” among them teacher training and the maintenance of a lending library.

“We have been receiving these grants for more than 50 years now, and [they] have become a part of how we function,” she said.

Blackburn said this year’s application process for the grant was “unique” in that it required much “creativity and collaboration” between the Cornell South Asian Programs and the Syracuse University South Asia Center.

“This cycle focused heavily on the outreach programs involving teacher training and

community college … working out the details of the proposal was a creative process,” Blackburn said.

Prof. Kaja McGowan, art history, said these grants will make “all the difference” to the program in the years ahead, particularly in areas the program “greatly prizes” such as the teaching of underrepresented Southeast Asian languages. “[The grants] make possible the bolstering of past initiatives and the development of a host of new possibilities,” said McGowan, who is also director of the Southeast Asia program.

“First is the multi-faceted Burma and Myanmar initiative, which promises to unfold on a host of levels in the years ahead.

This will expand possibilities for research to a number of Cornell faculty with interest in Burma.”

Blackburn said that although these grants will help South Asia Program in the coming years, the program hopes to find more permanent sources of aid.

“The grant will … help to launch our Tamil Studies Initiative, which will benefit undergraduate and graduate students on campus,” she said.

“A central long-term goal of the South Asia Program is to support Cornell as it finds ways to stabilize financial support for international studies including the study of South Asia, reducing dependency on external grant awards.”

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at ds974@cornell.edu.

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Katz to Serve as Interim Provost Through Fall 2015 KATZ

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“I believe that Katz, with whom I have worked for over eight years, has demonstrated

that he has really good leadership skills and management skills,” Skorton said.

Skorton also said that Katz has shown his competence in handling complex budgets and a

large college with thousands of students, faculty and staff, including ILR extension faculty members.

“He has this history of strong management and strong

leadership,” Skorton said. “He’s tice of need-blind admission,” a very experienced manager in he said. handling complexity. He has Skorton echoed Katz’s sentithis good vision of how to make ments, saying that keeping an excellent university even bet- Cornell accessible and affordable has been his “top prioriter.”

Katz was part of the search ty.” committee that led to the “I am very interested in makappointment of Fuchs as ing sure that students are not provost in 2009, an experience excluded from a Cornell educathat Skorton said required Katz tion because of their family’s to “think very carefully” about financial needs,” Skorton said. the qualities a provost should “Accessibility and affordability will continue to be a very critihave.

Katz said he was “honored” cal challenge. We have to keep to be appointed interim provost our eye on the ball.”

According to Katz, the federand looks forward to addressing the challenges inherent in tak- al government has been reducing on a leadership role in the ing spending for academic research, University. w h i c h To tackle “[Katz] has this history of means that these challenges facing strong management ... he r e s e a r c h t h e has this good vision of how money the Un i v e r s i t y Un i v e r s i t y, to make an excellent “traditionalKatz said he ly competes” hopes to university even better.” for from the work more National closely with President David Skorton Science President Foundation Skorton in and the National Institutes of his role as interim provost.

“It’s a challenging time,” Health is “becoming scarcer.”

Skorton said these budget Katz said. “This is a great university. The fundamental task of cuts have potentially limiting a provost at Cornell is continu- effects on Cornell as a research ing and strengthening our university.

“Because of the United strong tradition of excellence and research teaching and out- States’ own budgetary issues, reach. I’m going to try to find there’s more downward pressure ways to do that in my role as an on federal support for research in the sciences, social sciences, interim [provost].”

In a press release on Friday, humanities and arts,” Skorton Skorton said he would work said. “Cornell is a research uniclosely with Katz and president- versity, and so a very important elect Elizabeth Garrett to aspect of the experience here for “advance [Cornell’s] academic faculty, staff and students — including undergraduates — is priorities.”

These priorities for the future that we are vigorously pursuing — which include making use of research. That’s a very imporeducational technology for all tant challenge.”

Katz said one priority in his students, increasing diversity on Cornell’s campus and fulfilling term as interim provost will be Cornell’s land grant commit- maintaining “aggressive” faculty ment — mostly relate to renewal.

“We’ve made good progress improving the quality and accessibility of a full Cornell educa- on that, but we need to make sure we can sustain that, even in tion, according to Skorton.

Skorton added that one chal- the face of these financial preslenge facing the University is sures,” he said.

Katz previously announced that of “assessing and demonstrating to the public the value that he would be stepping down from his position as ILR dean of higher education.”

“The broader liberal arts on June 30, when his 10-year education hopefully leads all of tenure as dean was set to expire. us to be better and more criti- With his appointment as intercal thinkers and to understand im provost, however, his deanthe world around us and ship will end early.

“I was in my last year as a understand ourselves more,” Skorton said. “I think all that dean, so I got my head wrapped comes from a liberal arts edu- around finishing as a dean and going back to faculty life,” Katz cation.”

Additionally, Katz and said. “I didn’t really come into Skorton both emphasized the this year thinking I was going to importance of effectively be interim provost.”

Prof. Robert Smith, industriaddressing financial constraints al and labor relations, associate that the University faces.

“We face particular chal- dean for academics affairs at the lenges at this moment in that we ILR school, will occupy Katz’s have budget challenges,” Katz seat as interim dean of the ILR said. “Overall, the introduction school while the search process of the budget model has gone for a new dean is underway.

Katz — who will remain relatively smoothly, but there are still some wrinkles that need interim provost until Fall 2015, when a permanent provost is to be worked out.”

Katz said that keeping expected to be appointed — Cornell affordable — or at least said a new provost will “certainkeeping tuition from rising fur- ly” be in place by September 1, 2015. ther — is a priority.

According to Skorton, the “We can’t keep raising tuition as rapidly as we have in the past, search for a new provost is and so we have to find ways to expected to be underway in the generate additional resources so next few weeks. we can both fund faculty renewal in particular and also main- Zoe Ferguson can be reached at tain our really wonderful prac- zferguson@cornellsun.com.

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Robertson’75 Trails Reed by Over $1Million

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Despite trailing behind Reed in funding, Robertson, a member of the Tompkins County Legislature since 2002, has raised more money through individual contributions — receiving $1,793,642 — compared to Reed’s $1,211,568, according to the FEC. According to Robertson’s campaign, 95 percent of its nearly 7,500 donors gave $250 or less.

“I am honored by the grassroots support I have received,” said Robertson in a press release. “People are truly connecting with our message — that the middle class needs a voice in Washington. They know Congressman Reed is not on their side.”

In her bid for Congress, Robertson recently took a hit when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pulled funding for television advertising from her campaign. The DCCC was planning on spending $465,000 for these advertisements, The Sun previously reported.

Reed has surpassed Robertson in terms of funding from other committees — including dozens of political action committees — at $1,837,686, according to the FEC. Robertson, on the other hand, has only received $323,779 from other committees.

In terms of spending, both candidates have spent over $1 million just months before the election, according the FEC. Between July 1 and Sept.

30, Reed spent $1,024,088, while Robertson spent $1,148,461.

The upcoming election is not the first time Reed will face a Cornellian — in 2012, Reed defeated Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09 by a small margin of 51 to 49.

Politico’s 2014 election predictions forecast that Reed will be re-elected next Tuesday in an election where Republicans are expected to retain the House of Representatives and possibly overtake the Senate.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

Alumnus, Judge Candidate Violates Election Laws PEACOCK

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teamster for 10 years,” Peacock said in a video recorded during the rally.

According to Peacock, Hawkins spoke about the State University of New York and the City University of New York systems, which Peacock himself affiliates with.

“This situation about how does this person move from being a truck driver in New York City to attending Cornell Law School to sitting as a judge right now — how does that happen? It happens by what [Hawkins] talked about,” Peacock said. “It happens because I attended Queens University, a CUNY school.”

Peacock’s endorsement violates the administrative rules of the New York State court system.

Section 100.5 of the administrative rules state that judges and candidates for elective judicial office must “refrain from inappropriate political activity.”

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Peacock is running against Rick Wallace for the Ithaca City Court judge position on the Working Families Party line for the Nov. 4 election. Peacock previously lost to Wallace in the Democratic primary for the judicial position, with Wallace receiving 745 votes out of 1,827 cast ballots. He trailed behind with 675 votes, The Sun previously reported.

Major Myrick Svante ’09 appointed Peacock as interim city court judge until Dec. 31 when former Judge Judith Rossiter resigned in June, The Sun previously reported.

Hawkins has never served in a local or state government position before, according to The Ithaca Journal. This is his second gubernatorial campaign, which follows unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 2006 and for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008.

Peacock could not be reached for comment Sunday evening.

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

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Search for ILR Dean Underway DEAN

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occupational safety and health and workers’ compensation.

Because Katz’s term as dean of the ILR school will end early as a result of his appointment as interim provost, Smith will serve as interim dean during this transition period.

In an interview with The Sun, Katz said the search for a new ILR dean is already under-

way, with the appointment of the new dean occurring by next summer. The search for the new dean is chaired by Vice Provost Judith Appleton, according to a University press release.

“They already started that search process, and it’s well underway,” he said. “They expect to make a recommendation in the winter or early spring, and the person to be aboard by July 1, 2015.”

Katz added that is Smith is well-prepared for the job, given his past experience serving as interim dean.

“He’s experienced at serving as an interim dean,” he said.

“The faculty feel a lot of confidence in him.”

Zoe Ferguson contributed reporting to this story.

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

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Following UNC Scandal, Further Investigation Of Reynolds Is Necessary THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO AN academic scandal at the University of North Carolina released Wednesday implicated a Cornell employee: Cynthia Reynolds, now the academic programs coordinator in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics. For years, athletes and others at UNC received high grades in nonexistent classes in the African and Afro-American studies department and the independent report released Wednesday — written by Kenneth Wainstein, former general counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation — acknowledged that administrators steered members of sports teams into the fraudulent classes. We at The Sun believe that Reynolds’ involvement with the scandal raises doubts about her ability to carry out Cornell’s academic mission and call upon President David Skorton and the University to follow through with an investigation into her involvement at UNC and her moral integrity.

According to a report released Wednesday, Departmental Administrator Deborah Crowder and former chair of the African and Afro-American studies department Julius Nyang’oro administered these non-existent courses. During her time at UNC, Reynolds informed Crowder about athletes in need of the fraudulent courses to maintain NCAA eligibility. According to the report, “[Reynolds] and her staff sent [Departmental Administrator Deborah] Crowder lists of players to be enrolled in paper classes each term, and in some cases apparently even indicated for Crowder the grade or grade range the player would need to earn in the class to maintain eligibility.” While it is currently unclear whether or not Reynolds understood the specifics of the operation, according to the report Reynolds understood “that [the courses] were a key element of her strategy for keeping some players eligible.”

The fraudulent classes clearly undermined academic integrity and grossly underserved students in terms of an education. Many students in the basketball and football programs could read only up to an eighth-grade level. Moreover, these bogus courses and fraudulent grading practices clearly violate all four general principles of Cornell’s Code of Academic Conduct, which condemns students gaining an unfair advantage, something Reynolds is accused of facilitating in her role at UNC. Given her alleged involvement in this scandal, we at The Sun question her ability to follow our Code of Academic Conduct in her role as an academic administrator. In an effort to ensure that this standard is upheld, we call upon President Skorton and the administration to investigate her involvement and evaluate whether or not she can properly perform her duties at Cornell.

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ast Thursday, I opened my com- is to our professors, who spend hours puter to do some reading before preparing the lectures they teach each class and the unthinkable hap- week and are so passionate about the pened: It would not turn on. After material they are imparting to us. But charging it for an hour, holding down we are also doing a disservice to ourthe power button periodically for ten- selves. Each lecture we attend is worth second increments and calling every a small fortune, and if we are spending member of my family twice in hope that the majority of our days sitting in class, any of them would somehow be able to we might as well make use of our fix it from more than 300 miles away, I money and time and stay focused on found myself late for class and still with- what is being taught. Not having a lapout a working computer. I resolved to top in class makes it that much harder take it to the Apple store as soon as I had for you to stray from the lesson at time, but with five hours of classes ahead hand. of me, I knew that wouldn’t be until the When I finally took my computer to end of the day at the earliest. the Apple store, they said they would I struggled to copy down by hand the need to hold it for three days. I was exhaustive notes I’m used to taking forced into taking a break from technolwhen typing and felt helpless in my ogy — not just inside the classroom but Italian class when we were asked to find outside as well. articles online. I didn’t know how to Looking back, I found those three explain in Italian that my laptop was days to be a much-needed digital retreat. broken and I couldn’t turn to an online I clocked some much-needed face time translator for assiswith friends rather tance. It quickly than communicatbecame clear to me ing with them over But after the initial how much I rely on Facebook. I spent technology on a my free time readadjustment to taking day-to-day basis; ing or running handwritten notes for the errands rather than even to make an appointment at the browsing through first time since high Genius bar to get pictures posted by my computer people I haven’t school, I realized I was fixed, I had to borspoken to since eleabsorbing just as much, if mentary school. row a friend’s computer.

We spend so not more, information than But after the much time staring I normally do. initial adjustment at our computer to taking handscreens, scrolling written notes for through our the first time since high school, I real- newsfeeds and typing keystrokes until ized I was absorbing just as much, if not our eyes hurt. Sometimes it’s easy to more, information than I normally do. forget that there’s a way to exist withRather than regurgitating word-for- out such a desperate dependence on word what my professors were saying electronics. onto Microsoft Word, I was summarizThough a total break from technoloing their points in a few sentences, gy isn’t always practical, a temporary which forced me to listen more intently respite — even if not totally voluntary to their arguments.

— can be a necessary relief. My fondest I also learned the reliability of tak- childhood memories are from summers ing notes by hand. Though less effi- spent at camp miles away from phone cient than typing and easier to lose, a towers and the optic cables that bring us notepad will not crash in the middle of the Internet. The only way we could a paper or freeze while you’re studying interact with each other was face-to-face.

The only way we could stay in touch for an exam.

The absence of my computer also with our family and friends back home left me without any of the typical dis- was by writing letters. A break from tractions during class that the Internet technology provides us with a breath of provides. I usually try to avoid using authenticity, pushing us to be more premy computer for anything other than sent and to find value in our immediate taking notes during class, but I still surroundings. occasionally fall victim to the temptation of checking my Facebook or Ally Daniels is a junior at Yale University and a returning an email during lecture. It’s staff columnist at The Yale Daily News. She may easy to forget how disrespectful that act be reached at alexandra.daniels@yale.edu.

CORRECTION An Oct. 24 news story, “Gannett: University ‘Proactive’ in Educating Community About Ebola,” incorrectly designated Gannett Health Services employees as “faculty,” when in fact they are staff. In addition, the story incorrectly said that Gannett it working with local health providers to coordinate a response against the outbreak in Africa. In fact, they are preparing a response to the threat of Ebola to Tompkins County.

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Conna Walsh |

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‘Airpocalypse Now’

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henever one goes abroad, there are always things that they will inevitably miss about their home country — friends, family, food, etc. After two months in Beijing, I can confirm that despite my incredible experiences so far, I still miss my friends, family, Wegmans, CTB, milk, spinach, cheese and a thousand other little things that remind me of home. However, I’ve also discovered another thing that I am constantly pining for — one that might seem a little strange for the typical study abroad experience.

I miss fresh air. I miss blue skies, white clouds and the feeling of the sun on my skin. I miss being able to take a big gulp of air without feeling my trachea contract in protest of all the harmful particulate matter making its way into my lungs. I miss running outside. I miss breathing without not-so-irrational fears of getting lung cancer in my future.

To fully grasp the dire air quality situation in Beijing — infamously dubbed by Western media as the “airpocalypse” — let’s quickly talk about some science. Air quality is measured in units of PM 2.5, which stands for particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers. According to the World Health Organization, ideal air quality should fall between zero to 50 PM 2.5, with readings up to 100 PM 2.5 being somewhat acceptable.

As I put the finishing touches on this column, Beijing’s current PM 2.5 level is 469. According to WHO, any PM 2.5 reading over 300 is hazardous for human health, and even the healthiest people will show signs of decreased respiratory function. Spending an entire day exposed to this level of air pollution is the equivalent of smoking 21 or more cigarettes.

Now, let’s back away from this technical analysis for a minute and look towards Upstate New York. Not only is this charming region home to Cornell University, but it is also my home as native Syracusan. Last weekend, PM 2.5 levels in Syracuse measured in at 13.

On the same day in Ithaca, a whopping measurement of two was recorded.

For now, I am extremely thankful that for me, the smog is a temporary concern. ... But for China’s own citizens, this problem will not end anytime soon.

Having spent the past 21 years breathing in the pristine air of Onondaga and Tompkins Counties, I’ve been having a rather difficult time adjusting to Beijing’s carcinogen-filled smog. For the first couple days, I was able to shield myself beneath a cloak of denial — that strange haze occluding the city skyline wasn’t pollution, it was just fresh fog rolling down from the mountains!

This delusion quickly dissipated early on during the semester.

Now, I religiously check Beijing’s air quality multiple times a day, trying to determine how anxious I should be about going outside. But honestly, walls and doors do little to keep the smog out of buildings.

The cracks and chinks in Beijing’s infrastructure allows the pollution to permeate inside, denying the city’s population a safe refuge with breathable air.

For now, I am extremely thankful that for me, the smog is a temporary concern. In December, I get to return to the United States and ecstatically inhale the crisp, wintery air of Syracuse. Until then, I will just have to deal with the coughing, the tightness in my throat and, yes, even the disturbing black specks that show up on my contact lenses and in my nose.

But for China’s own citizens, this problem will not end anytime soon. The public health crisis resulting from air pollution is becoming increasingly dire. According to an Oxford study, cancer is now the leading cause of death in China for the first time in recorded history.

Among these cancers, lung cancer is the most common, and most cases in urban areas are associated with long-term exposure to air pollution.

Unfortunately, forecasts show that this winter there will be no refuge from the air pollution. As temperatures continue to drop, the burning of coal will increase to fuel increasing electricity demands. As a result, the smog will worsen. Beijing’s PM 2.5 record, 755, occurred in January 2013, at the height of winter coal burning.

China’s government is currently scrambling to clean up the nation’s air, as the international community places China’s environmental issues under intense scrutiny. Unless major changes are made to the country’s industrial sector, however, the situation is not likely to change in the near future.

After experiencing Beijing’ smog for myself, I know that when I return home in December, I will never again take clean air for granted.

This semester has certainly made me more aware of the world’s environmental issues, and has inspired me to work towards solving these problems in my career. Next time you walk outside in Ithaca, be thankful that you can breathe without concern — a basic human right that hundreds of millions of people around the world are denied.

Conna Walsh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at cwalsh@cornellsun.com. A Word with Walsh appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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I Love You And You Can’t Stop Me

nitially, I worried about revisit- cent of home when things work ing the well-trodden ground of out. Unfortunately, paranoia and empathy for the human race, stereotypes prevent interactions but solace arrived in the form of a between these two worlds and I friend’s assurance that “someone often wonder: why are they so has to perpetuate the idea, or else separate? it wouldn’t be much of a cliché.”

Lawrence Otis Graham thorSo I’ve decided to write this col- oughly explores this duality in umn, which means more to me Member of the Club. While than any other will. Even the attending Princeton in the 1980s, most melodramatic readers will Graham saw many of his black probably roll their eyes at all the peers choosing one community emotion contained within. You’ve and forsaking or avoiding the been warned. other. Not content with such Childhood, for me at least, absolutes, he “learned the imporwas naivety, and naivety was bliss. tance of pleasing just about any The world hadn’t yet taught me to person” he encountered. That was be concerned with who someone over three decades ago. Internal loved or what they looked like. I struggles with cultural identity acknowledged that some people and widespread hesitation to have were different, but I still just took genuine dialogue persist in 2014. differences at face value. Now, see- To claim otherwise would be to ing a child’s inquisitive and gre- embrace a sad and debilitating falgarious approach to new people sity. delivers a rush of intense nostalMany of us were raised in gia. Interactions with others as an largely homogenous environalmost-adult sometimes lack the ments, where mostly similar candor of those between two kids lifestyles and perspectives existed. and while I hope for a similar Media and education might have dynamic, we just don’t see the punctured our isolated bubbles world like children anymore. but this indirectly acquired Exposure to multiple perspec- insight had an almost insurtives defined my own childhood and subI am an ignorant member of Homo sequent way of sapiens, and so are you. Our mutual thinking. Had my mother not humanity and ignorance should be plucked me enough motivation to learn from my presomething about each other. dominantly black elementary school and tossed me into some kind of mountable task: competing with “smart kid school” with every the direct impact of our immedikind of child imaginable, I would ate environment. Our peers and have certainly followed a different relatives weren’t usually discussing path. Still, for every new thing I the unfamiliar ideas of others, so learned about different people at there was little pressure to seriousthe schools to which I would ly consider them ourselves. We commute, my hometown neigh- gradually forgot about fresh perborhood and family remained the spective, remaining comfortably cultural anchor of my identity. oblivious.

The regular conversations with Acknowledging others does them about race, ambition and not come easily, especially when it life keep me grounded. comes in the form of unexpected Cornell has mirrored my past. friendliness. Humans relish the On the one hand, being sur- comfort of habit, so we distrust rounded by all manner of humans those who serve as an affront to elicits a jovial response from my our expectations and ideas, natusoul (I warned you). On the other rally responding defensively. hand, addressing barriers to suc- Showing interest in someone else’s cess with my fellow black students life without a personal investment is a refreshing change of pace. or underlying motive sometimes Regarding the former, I won’t hes- seems forced for both parties. itate to befriend or talk to literally Moreover, no one is a perfect anyone who crosses my path. machine of optimism 24/7, divRegarding the latter, getting peo- ing like Mario into new worlds ple engaged in the community is a with reckless abandon. I don’t constant battle, but feels reminis- expect people to abandon their

natural tendencies. Case in point: I am admittedly introverted and even a little misanthropic. But the key for a reserved cynic like me has been receptiveness to positivity and awareness of others, causing me to cherish any opportunities for kindness that present themselves.

Most people are not inherently malicious. Our actions and dispositions are simply a product of how terribly misinformed we all are. Spitefully condemning and dismissing anyone who is not like-minded only transforms people into the stubborn bigots they criticize. I am an ignorant member of Homo sapiens, and so are you. Our mutual humanity and ignorance should be enough motivation to learn something about each other.

The power of a smile is absolutely astounding when forging a positive relationship. Does it feel uncomfortable to smile at a stranger? Good. Some of the most rewarding experiences begin with discomfort, so embrace it, damn it! New ideas, people and experiences are unavoidable at Cornell.

Consider the countless staff, who possess rich narratives that materialize with just a little conversation, but are probably accustomed to our minimal acknowledgement. To wit: Anyone can add value and knowledge to your life, so long as you’re willing to learn and listen.

Please keep in mind that what I’ve written here in this opinion column are, well, opinions. I can only draw from my personal observations and how they have affected my appreciation for the scope of humans on campus. I’m not a religious person, but I share their admirable conviction regarding my own belief in love of the human race. I love you, those who disagree. I love you too, those who question my sincerity. And I love you, those who my words will never reach. I love you all, and I wonder: Who can you love today?

Amiri Banks is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun.com.

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This is the feeling that has taken over for the past two days while binge-listening (is that a word?) to Jessie Ware’s Tough Love. This is the singer-songwriter Mercury Prize winner’s sophomore album and it is just as impressive and addicting as her first venture, Devotion. On Tough Love, Ware lets her hair down, literally and figuratively. On the cover of Devotion her hair is painstakingly gathered in a perfect multi-tiered bun and she looks glamorous, à la Beyoncé, whereas for Tough Love she has her hair down and is hanging out in a white button down. In an interview with NPR she calls the big earrings and hair a kind of armor. These covers, though superficial, hit the nail on the head of what separates the two albums. Where on Devotion Ware was eager to please, a freshman upstart, and favored additional production over more daring vocals, on Tough Love she lets her voice come to the forefront with some help from her producers.

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That more relaxed, confident Ware is what makes Tough Love really shine.

Ware’s voice is entrancing. It is impossible to deny that fact. Her music is almost Adele-like in that it is powerful, her voice is just different enough to make her stand out, especially from that ever-dominating Disney crowd, and that you can feel the passion and truth seep out of every word she breathes.

Unlike Adele, Ware’s production team keeps her music more on the hip indie side that on some tracks sounds something like a cross between the Once soundtrack and Daft Punk’s idea of ’70s electro-pop.

Tough Love hits hard, early — beginning with its catchy first single and title track. Ware breathily croons about heartbreak: “When your heart becomes a million different pieces, you won’t be able to recognize this feeling, that’s called tough love.” With expert timing from her and producer BenZel, the synth peaks and fades at just the right moments to complement Ware, tug at your heart strings and make you wonder if you’ve ever felt this tough love feeling.

The album doesn’t slow down from there. It continues with another sway-worthy track, “You and I (Forever)” done with Miguel, yeah, that Miguel. Though repetitive, as most pop songs are, it is hard to mind at all. The lead up to the chorus is as close as indie R&B gets to a drop and it keeps you almost as close to the edge of your chair. Other highlights include “Cruel,” the style of which almost sounds like a song from the early aughts at points in the best way, “Kind of … Sometimes … Maybe,” which is debatably boring or

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great due to its simplicity and “Pieces,” which is prime for the movie soundtrack taking. Possibly the biggest highlight of the album is “Say You Love Me.” This song was written with Ed Sheeran, and it sounds like it, from the slow chorus of “I don’t want to fall in love if you don’t want to try” to the actual resounding chorus (you know, of people) that joins in somewhere around the three minute mark. While this could have made for something cheesy, in Ware’s hands, or mouth, it just sounds earnest. If anyone could pull of an Ed Sheeran song, other than Ed Sheeran, obviously, it would be this powerhouse of a lady. The biggest miss, though lets be real, none of the songs are really bad, would be “Champagne Kisses,” due to … no, nope, I take it back. They’re all good.

Ware’s beaming confidence, messy hair, white button down and all, paired with consistent and awesome production by BenZei and more have met to create a damn great album. There is heartbreak (even though Ware is in a longterm relationship), there is love, there is champagne. This is one of those albums you just know is good because you can listen to it over and over and over again and not get bored.

Believe me, I’ve tried. It is an album that doesn’t just stand out in its genre, but as a whole (Here’s looking at you, Zahos). So, if you’re looking for study music, for jamming out music, for crying music, or for some getting down in the sheets music, or lets say you just like music, try some Tough Love, and then alert your local CCC representative.

Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun.com.

Uphill, Both Ways, in the Name of Good Jazz

BY TROY SHERMAN Sun Staff Writer

Five o’clock hits Friday evening for me like David King hits his drums: Startlingly, confusingly, but definitely and reassuringly. I’ve just been stupefied by seminars, rocked around by a Latin test, disheartened by the quality (or lack thereof) of the paper that I just submitted and generally crushed under the weight of a week throughout which I could’ve squeezed out a little bit more effort than I actually did. My brain’s a-racin,’ and I need something that’ll remove me from myself a bit. I can think of a number of disreputable routes down which I could go in such a pursuit, but right about now there’s one thing in particular that I’m pretty sure will be able to do the trick, and legally: jazz.

So, on a bus to the outskirts of Ithaca, I — with two of my similarly inclined, hep-cat comrades — hop. It drops us finally about two miles from our intended destination, the Hangar Theatre, which, after mile one of our pedestrian trek, seems like it must be fairly comfortably situated in Ithaca’s boondocks.

Finally we arrive, and wait outside for the opening of the doors at 7:00. Slowly, the kind of crowd that one would expect to see at a jazz concert starts congregating along with us: There are a fair amount of soul patches, a number of man-ponytails, a handful of older couples out for their weekly night on the town, some hip families hoping to turn their kids onto the avant-garde early and a few smalls hordes of sartorially recognizable hipster music nerds, killing the time before the doors open by talking about the musical intricacies of that album that you really have to hear, but I’m not too surprised that you haven’t (sadly, I fell fairly comfortably into this last group).

Eventually, 7:00 rolls around, the doors are opened, the seats are slowly filled and no more than 100 people are crowded, apprehensively waiting, around a small circular stage, upon which rest a conspicuously lonely drum set, piano and upright bass. After a while, a portly, well-dressed man hobbles in front of everyone, exclaims that he’s so happy we all could join him, plugs for some upcoming concerts that this small theatre of which he’s

so proud will be hosting and finally gets around to COURTESY OF THE BAD PLUS introducing the night’s act: The Bad Plus.

And so, from the curtains in the back emerge three middle-aged men. The well-dressed maestro who promptly hides behind the piano on the viewer’s left I recognize to be Ethan Iverson, the be-cardiganed cool-dad who assumes the bass in the center, Reid Anderson, and the flannel-clad beardo on the far-right who hunkers down behind the drums, David King; the Bad Plus. Without saying a word, King begins to bang out a simple beat, which about half the crowd excitedly recognizes as the beginning of “Pound for Pound” (the opener of 2012’s Made Possible). Ethan joins in with a mellow little piano riff, and Reid eventually follows on the bass.

At first, it looks like Iverson is the leader. His sound is the first that you recognize, and he obviously has some amazing chops. But then, as you start to get a little wardly and endearingly for a little while about the band and its bored with Ethan’s technical mastery, you realize that something songs, before diving into five more equally enthralling tracks phenomenal is going on at the other end of the stage; you glance prior to a brief intermission. All of these songs (a lot of which over, and King is banging some confounding rhythm that simul- were relatively new, but a few of which were classic BP) showcase taneously cannot be comprehended, but draws you inexorably just how good these guys are at playing their instruments. But, in. And again, when your brain can’t take any more of King’s daz- not only can they play, they can play together. I’ll fall into a zling drum-slamming, you realize that Reid, in the center, isn’t trance as a result of the amalgam of seemingly unrelated sounds just holding everything together with some simple bass licks; he’s they’re throwing at me, only to be shocked back into this realm jamming just as hard as his compatriots up on that stage. So of consciousness when I realize that they’re playing the same song.

The post intermission set is no less amazing; the standout you’re drawn into his musicianship, until again you realize that Ethan is pouring his soul onto that ivory, and the process starts track of the night, “Epistolary Echoes”— in which the band over. I’ve gotten a sense that this was the case by listening to their seems to be mindlessly banging on their instruments, until you recorded output, but seeing how these guys play off of each other realize that they’re sticking to a melodic structure somewhere in in a live setting doesn’t just drive home that point; it redefines my the dense sonic mix — comes about at this point, and is sandwiched by a number of tracks that just keep on showin’ me what notion of these guys as a band.

They follow “Pound for Pound” with “Wolf Out” — solidi- the Bad Plus is all about: Jazz music that is at the same time fying early on that this is gonna be a recent-material heavy con- experimental and difficult, but listenable and actually, truly cert, which is no problem, seeing as Made Possible and Inevitable enjoyable!

Western are two of the Bad Plus’ strongest albums — which showcases that aforementioned instrumental dynamic even bet- Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He ter. After “Wolf Out,” Reid introduces the band and waxes awk- can be reached at tsherman@cornellsun.com.

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Beating the Highs and Lows: Sō Percussion at Bailey Hall TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

Percussion ensembles and their repertoires can be hard sells in the contemporary music market. On the one hand, their emphasis on rhythm over, or in tandem with, melody makes them accessible to a broader audience than their classical allegiances might have us believe. On the other, that very slipperiness renders them moving targets in a genre-driven industry. The members of Sō Percussion, one of the leading quartets of its kind, bring such an eclectic mix of backgrounds, tastes, and talents to the table that any reliance on category would seem long dead.

That said, Friday evening’s concert at Bailey Hall charted a disorienting EKG graph of peaks and valleys that left behind more questions than answers.

The program’s frame consisted of two perennial classics by composer Steve Reich.His 1973 “Music for Pieces of Wood” — a composition for five woodblock players that required a helping hand from Sō’s Operations Manager, Yumi Tamashiro — was captivating and clean.

Although not overtly about melody, its pitchtuned surfaces nevertheless overlapped in melodic ways, blending waves of rhythm into a seamless whole. “Clapping Music,” composed the year before, was the concert’s encore.

Consisting of nothing but clapping hands, it brought the art of percussion to an even more primal level, using only the body and its discipline to enliven the space.

Moving in from either end, however, brought us to the program’s longest pieces, both of which relied on gimmicks that outweighed their musical results. Intriguingly, the score of Todd Lerew’s Flagging Entrainment of Ultradian Rhythms and the Consequences Thereof was mapped out like a choose-your-own-adventure novel, guiding performers to change paths based on their interactions (or lack thereof) with one

another. Conceptually robust, despite the title’s dubious use of the word “ultradian,” and not without its beauties (the recurrence of bowed vibraphones and glockenspiels was nothing short of haunting), by the end it was unclear as to what the exercise was meant to achieve. In stark contrast to John Zorn’s influential game and file-card pieces of the 1970s and 80s, this one established a vague mood at best, in service of which beauty for its own sake felt ultimately arbitrary.

Sitting somewhere between the Bowed Piano Ensemble pieces of Stephen Scott and the guitar symphonies of Glenn Branca, but approaching the depths of neither, was Bryce Dessner’s “Music for Wood and Strings.” An electric guitarist known for his work with The National, Dessner enriches a selective rank of rock musicians, such as Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, that have had successful careers as composers. Yet while he shines in other projects (check out his brilliant, heartfelt “Aheym,” in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet), too many rough patches overwhelmed the light of this particular experiment.

The conceit of “Music for Wood and Strings” is a quartet of instruments, each a chromatically arrayed guitar neck laid flat and played like a dulcimer. Built with the assistance of drummer Aron Sanchez, who has also designed instruments for the Blue Man Group, their properties were exhaustively explored by Dessner and the musicians in kind. Despite the composer’s professed attempt to align “triadic chord inversions ... in complex rhythm patterns to create a kaleidoscopic effect of harmony,” the end effect was neither rhythmically complex nor kaleidoscopic. After about the fifth missed opportunity for an ending, I found myself asking: Had this piece been played on standard instruments — pianos, for example, or even plain old dulcimers, for that matter — would it have sustained attention for 30 minutes?

All of which left us with the program’s two star turns. As part of their ongoing commitment

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to education, the members of Sō Percussion held brief residency at Cornell last spring, during which time they collaborated with student composers to yield new works premiered during Friday night’s performance. Tonia Ko and Corey Keating, both students at Cornell, D.M.A., presented their pieces via the ensemble’s meticulous, animated approach. Ko’s “Real Voices and Imagined Clatter” was a multifaceted exploration of that juggernaut of the symphony orchestra: the timpani drum. Although her piece also made ample use of gimmicks and extended techniques, none seemed extraneous but rather a means by which to bring out the inner voices of the liberated drums. The strength of her piece was in the details: in the small gong that added a hint of gamelan, in the large gong struck only occasionally, in the delicate triangle and woodblocks clattering throughout. The atmosphere was immediate, artful, and, for lack of a better word, mountainous.

Keating’s “Audio Geometry (Pythagorean Triple) for Percussion and Electronics” might also be convicted of pretentious titling if it did not practice what it preaches. Scored for marim-

bas, bass drum, and live electronics, the latter courtesy of the composer on stage, it mapped a resonant and unearthly soundscape. Distortions derived from rehearsals of the piece itself were recycled, warped, and fed through echo chambers in a sampling spiral. What separated his and Ko’s pieces from the program’s subcutaneous selections was their willingness to be closed circuits. Each said what it wanted to say and nothing more. They were also the most musical, moving with organic care by way of a thinkingout-loud approach far more akin to jazz than to merely pedantic composing.

Despite the concert’s low points, and as emphasized by its highs, it was refreshing to encounter unfamiliar music and unfamiliar instruments sandwiched between two evergreens in the field. If anything, the evening’s diversity proved the bravery and exploratory spirit of four souls whose love for the beat reigns supreme.

Tyron Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University. He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun.com.

A Coven of the Best Kind: Killing It at 60+ E veryone needs a role model. Someone who since it is also Halloween week, and the show is appears to live life the way you want to be rife with badass older women, lets talk about the living it. Some human-shaped glimmer of women of American Horror Story. Life lessons to hope that there is a way to do life right, and that be learned: Age makes things better. In the words every fuck up you make isn’t an indicator that of Billy Eichner (36), and away … we … go: being who you want to be is impossible.

Jessica Lange (65) (Constance, Sister Jude, Someone did it, after all.

Fiona, Elsa): This woman is the definition of In a Bob’s Burgers episode, the baseball one, badass. Her characters have owned lines like, “Let Bob says that one of the players is his role model. me give you fair warning: I’ll always win against the Then everyone proceeds to tell Bob that he can’t patriarchal male,” “In this whole wide wicked be his role world, the only m o d e l thing you have to because you be afraid of, is me” can’t have a and have thrown a role model whole lot of shade. that is the When she was in same age as her twenties, Death Before you.

I Lange dropped out laughed a litof college, went to Decaf tle, because France, studied it’s kind of mime, came back, true. However now, at a ripe 21 years old, the age studied acting and pretty much lived the ultimate gap between me and some of the people I look up bohemian life. She has a tattoo on her hip to prove to is closing. There’s a 22 year-old lady who it. She is an accomplished photographer, she is a ditched school to create some amazing medical mother of three, has won Oscars and Emmys and science wonder-product that I can’t pronounce; Golden Globes and almost everything you can there’s Malala; Pete Davidson, that new guy on think of for her work and is, nowadays, a very well Saturday Night Live is 20, Lena Dunham is 28, respected actress. She was recently chosen to be the the Broad City women are 26 and 29, Aubrey face of Marc Jacobs. However, until American Plaza is 29 and, well, you get it. My not-yet-real- Horror Story, Lange wasn’t a household name. She ly-existent life is flashing before my eyes. And yes, only recently started getting recognized on the I do know how crazy that sounds. street. That is bonkers. She was pretty much the So this week is honoring some role model-level only woman in the ’70s version of King Kong, she people who don’t wig me out this week as my was in Tootsie, Francis, Country, HBO’s Grey housemates get jobs and run to the city for inter- Gardens. Lange is a badass, a strong woman, a talviews and I drink beer and avoid schoolwork. I’m ented woman and someone who does whatever she talking over 50 years old, the real wise stuff. And, wants and thinks is best for her and her family.

Arielle Cruz

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What else can you really ask for?

Angela Bassett (56): Bassett COURTESY OF FX played a voodoo queen in season three of American Horror Story and plays a hermaphrodite with three breasts in season four. In season three she was Lange’s biggest frenemy (which is hard to accomplish, you know, being on Jessica Lange’s level). When someone first told me she was 56 I didn’t believe them. We had to pause the show and do a rapid Google search confirmation. She was in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Akeelah and the Bee and won a Golden Globe for her work in What’s Love Got to Do With It?. She was almost cast in Halle Berry’s role in Monster’s Ball (the one that earned her an Oscar) and turned it down, because, you know, too badass.

Kathy Bates (66): What can you really say about Kathy Bates. Her Twitter description reads: “My life in balance: Do no harm. Take no shit.”

She was in Misery, Fried Green Tomatoes, About Schmidt, Titanic and more and she is just plain awesome. She is friends with Jessica Lange (somehow we always get back here) and overcame cancer and a double mastectomy. You don’t fuck with Kathy Bates.

Frances Conroy (60): Best known for her work on Six Feet Under, Conroy is also an accomplished theater actress who became friends with Arthur Miller in the ’90s (casual). Conroy, though never exactly the lead in AHS is always wily, always in the know and someone you definitely want on your side. She almost wasn’t on AHS because of another show (Bad Mom) but it

didn’t get picked up (thank heavens).

Patti Labelle (70): This is a bonus. Labelle plays Dora, a maid, in AHS’ season four. In the last episode she dared the psychotic son of the house to kill her (he didn’t), earning our instant respect. Labelle is best known as a singer. She is the one behind “Lady Marmalade” and “On My Own,” and she is on the list of Rolling Stones’ 100 Best Singers. Ever. She is referred to as the Godmother of Soul. After Dora’s performance last week, I can’t wait to see what’s next.

The number of women, especially older women on this show, just casually killing it every day (Kathy Bates’ Baltimore accent excluded), is like a coven of the best kind, of interesting, accomplished, smart, successful older women.

And lets be real if Kathy Bates and Ilana from Broad City got in a fight, Kathy Bates would win.

Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun.com. Death Before Decaf appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Smith Mistakes Lead To Jets Loss to Bills EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Whether it was Geno Smith or Michael Vick, it really didn’t matter much on a mistake-filled day for the sloppy New York Jets.

Kyle Orton tied a career high with four touchdown passes and the Buffalo Bills forced the Jets into six turnovers — three each by Smith and Vick — in a 43-23 rout Sunday that sent New York to its seventh straight loss.

“We’re not a bad football team,” Jets wide receiver Eric Decker said.

“We just do stupid stuff.”

That has become a disturbing theme for Rex Ryan’s Jets (1-7), who have dropped seven straight for the first time since 2005 in Herm Edwards’ final season as coach.

“Let me tell you,” Ryan said, “I’m getting sick and tired of the losing, that’s for sure.”

It doesn’t help when your starting quarterback gets off to the type of brutal start Smith had against the Bills. He threw interceptions on three consecutive possessions in the first quarter and got a quick hook in favor of Vick, who was picked off once and lost two fumbles.

New York announced that Smith had X-rays on his right shoulder after the game, but did not have results. The injury was not believed to have affected Smith’s performance.

“We didn’t execute,” Smith said. “And when I say ‘we,’ I mean myself because it was just atrocious the way I started out.”

Ryan didn’t immediately announce whether Smith or Vick would start next week at Kansas City. That’s a change from the past, when Ryan has often said following games that Smith would be under center.

“I have no idea,” Ryan said. “We’ll look at that later.”

Smith was benched after the Bills (5-3) turned the last interception by Aaron Williams into a score one play later, on Lee Smith’s 1-yard touchdown catch with 4:36 left in the opening quarter.

Geno Smith finished 2 of 8 for 5 yards and the three interceptions — with a 0.0 passer rating.

“He just seemed off,” Ryan said. “He was zipping the ball all week.”

Vick jogged onto the field to loud cheers from the MetLife Stadium crowd, which had been booing Smith just moments earlier, and led the Jets on a 13-play, 76-yard scoring drive.

Vick, 18 of 36 for 153 yards, was an early spark, leading the Jets on a scoring drive on his first possession. But he also had two fumbles that led to field goals for Buffalo and his interception resulted in a touchdown.

“You want to make something happen and that’s when things happen that aren’t in your favor,” Vick said. “We’ve got to learn from that; I’ve got to learn from that. It’s been a while.”

Orton tied a career high with his four TD passes, and won for the third time in four games since replacing EJ Manuel as the starting quarterback for the Bills. Orton finished 10 of 17 for 238 yards, connecting with Robert Woods, Lee Smith, Scott Chandler and Sammy Watkins for scores.

“He went out there, made his throws and threw for four touchdowns,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said. “He knew exactly what he wanted to do. When you have a veteran quarterback like that, he’s going to make the right plays.”

Watkins had three catches for 157 yards — but was embarrassed when he was caught from behind by Jets wide receiver Saalim Hakim — put in on defense — while celebrating early on what appeared would be a long TD. Percy Harvin, acquired last weekend by the Jets from Seattle, caught three passes for 22 yards and had 28 yards rushing on four carries in his debut with New York.

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Wilson Lifts Seahawks Over Panthers Brady Throws Five

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Russell Wilson walked into the huddle with his team down a field goal and less than five minutes remaining. He started laughing, sensing the familiarity of the situation.

Then he looked around at his teammates and said, “We’ve been here two years in row — let’s go do it.”

And the Seahawks did it.

Wilson connected on a 23-yard touchdown pass to Luke Willson with 47 seconds left to cap a nineplay, 80-yard drive, lifting Seattle to a 13-9 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

It’s the third straight year Wilson has brought the Seahawks (4-3) back from a second-half deficit to beat the Panthers on this same field. In the previous two seasons, Wilson threw TD passes to Jermaine Kearse and Golden Tate to win tight defensive games.

“Man, I’m telling you, it’s just the Achilles’ heel, man,” Panthers cornerback Josh Norman said.

“They keep nagging us. They end up making one more play than us, every single time.”

Carolina’s defense came into the game having allowed at least 37 points in four of its last five games. But it held Wilson and the Seahawks to a pair of field goals before he took the field with 4:47 left on the clock.

Wilson methodically marched the Seahawks down the field, going 4 of 4 for 53 yards and running twice for 11 yards. He completed short, precise tosses to unheralded receivers Cooper Helfet, Kevin

Norwood and Paul Richardson before connecting with Wilson on a seam route for the winning touchdown.

“We believed we were going to go down the field and make the plays and win the game,” Wilson said.

“There was no doubt.”

Wilson finished 20 of 32 for 199 yards and had one interception.

“He truly is an extraordinary player in the fourth quarter,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “He finds a way to make the play that we need to make.”

The victory snapped Seattle’s two-game losing streak and Carroll hopes it eliminated any talk of the Seahawks lacking focus following the Percy Harvin trade.

“If you think there are distractions, you are wrong,” Carroll said.

It was another struggle for Cam Newton.

Newton was 12 of 27 for 121 yards with an interception and a fumble for the Panthers (3-4-1).

In three games against the Seahawks, Newton has only thrown for 437 yards and one touchdown while being sacked eight times. It ended when Newton bounced a pass in front of running back Jonathan Stewart on fourth-and-25.

“Sometimes with a team like this you get pressure,” Newton said. “Being pressured you have to be willing to take chances. When you make plays you know you’re labeled a genius. When you don’t (make plays) — and a lot of times we didn’t today — it looks bad. It looks real bad.”

TDs in Patriots Win

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Nearly every time Tom Brady dropped back, he hit his target.

In one of the best performances of his brilliant career, the New England Patriots quarterback threw five touchdown passes and completed 30 of 35 passes.

And four of the incompletions were drops.

The Patriots stayed on their roll with their fourth straight win Sunday, 51-23 over the sputtering Chicago Bears. So did Brady, who has thrown for 1,268 yards, 14 touchdowns and no interceptions in those games.

“I love coaching Tom. I’ve been fortunate to have him the whole career since he’s been here,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said.

“He does a great job of executing the team game plan.”

He certainly did on Sunday with three touchdown passes to Rob Gronkowski and one each to Brandon LaFell and Tim Wright.

And he did it against a Bears team trying to rebound from a tumultuous week that began with a 27-14 home loss to the Miami Dolphins. Afterward, wide receiver Brandon Marshall was heard screaming in an emotional locker room. Coach Marc Trestman and quarterback Jay Cutler downplayed the postgame scene during the week.

Whatever happened, it didn’t help the Bears play better.

After Sunday’s defeat, Marshall told reporters waiting to enter the locker room, “put your ears closer to the door.” But no outbursts were heard.

Brady was “meticulous,” Trestman said and the Patriots “did everything on offense beautifully.”

New England (6-2) scored on all five of its possessions in the first half — and one of Chicago’s. The Bears (3-5) fell behind 45-7 early in the second half and lost for the fourth time in five games.

Brady passed for 354 yards with a completion percentage of 85.7, third best in his 227 games during the regular season and playoffs. His passer rating of 148.4 was his eighth highest in his 15-year career.

“There’s a lot of (defensive) looks I’ve seen over the years,” he said, “so it’s hard to really surprise me with certain things.”

Defensive end Rob Ninkovich scored with 55 seconds left in the first half on a 15-yard return of Cutler’s fumble, the Patriots third touchdown in 57 seconds.

That stretch was “agonizing,” said Cutler. “I think everyone’s surprised. You don’t expect to get out and beat like that.”

Since losing to the Bears 46-10 in the Super Bowl ending the 1985 season, the Patriots are 7-1 against them.

Chicago was 3-1 on the road and had hope after last weekend’s implosion. So imagine how the coming week will be after the blowout.

On their first five possessions, the Patriots scored on a 6-yard pass to Gronkowski, a 23-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski, and passes of 1 yard to Wright, 2 yards to Gronkowski and 9 yards to LaFell.

The defense got into the act when Darrelle Revis intercepted Cutler’s desperation pass on the last play of the first half.

“We’re a team on a mission,” said Revis, looking ahead to next Sunday’s home game against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. “This is going to be two great teams going out there.”

The Patriots started the second half with an 80-play drive capped

by Brady’s 46-yard touchdown pass to Gronkowski.

The tight end is “a big, physical guy,” Bears linebacker Sean McClellin said. “He can run well.

He had great hands. And when you put that with a quarterback like tom Brady, he’s going to be tough to defend for anyone.”

Gronkowski had nine catches for 146 yards before leaving midway through the third quarter with dehydration, and LaFell had 11 receptions for 124 yards.

The Patriots haven’t lost since a 41-14 rout at Kansas City.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Red Drops Two Against Tough Boston College Squad

By JOON LEE Sun Staff Writer

Opening the season against No. 3 Boston College was already a tall task for the No. 5 Cornell women’s ice hockey team. Doing so away from the comforts of Lynah Rink only magnified the difficulty of the weekend series against a red hot Eagles team, which came into the weekend series with four games already under its belt so far this season.

The early season rust showed for the Big Red (0-2), who dropped both games in Chestnut Hill by a 6-2 tally. The Eagles (50-1) peppered sophomore netminder Paula Voorheis with shots throughout the weekend series, putting 43 pucks on net in the first game and 38 in the second. The Big Red struggled to generate any resemblance of consistent pressure, both offensively and defensively, all weekend. Coach Doug Derraugh ‘91 said that the team displayed an overall rustiness.

“Playing against a really good team like Boston College that has a few games under [their] belts, we were a little slow to react,” Derraugh said. “They were able to take advantage of those opportunities.”

Eagles right wing Haley Skarupa lit up the Red defense all weekend, tallying five points on two goals and three assists over the three games. The offensively dynamic Skarupa, who figures to be one of the best players in the country heading into her

junior season, took full advantage of a rusty Cornell defensive unit with a total of 14 shots on the weekend.

The Red was able to hang with the Eagles throughout the first two games of Friday’s contest, trailing only 3-2 through the end of the second period, despite a shot differential of -15 in favor of the Eagles, who had 27 shots through two periods. Senior forward Emily Fulton led the Cornell attack with four shots and two points, assisting on Cornell’s first goal from senior captain Brianne Jenner.

While Cornell struggled mightily on faceoffs in the opener, winning just 22 of 68 faceoffs (32.5 percent success), the team improved in the second game of the weekend, winning 21 of 46 faceoffs (45.6 percent success).

Jenner, who returns to Cornell after winning the Olympic gold medal with Team Canada last year, notched a goal on three shots on net and five shots on net with an assist in the second game. Derraugh said Jenner’s return to Ithaca will be big for the team in multiple fashions.

“Having Brianne Jenner return from the Olympics is huge for us both on and off the ice,” Derraugh said. “She had an incredibly valuable experience playing for Team Canada and she is a huge presence for our team.”

Voorheis made the best out of a tough situation throughout the weekend in net.

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Starting strong | Senior forward Emily Fulton got her season off to a good start, scoring two goals and recording an assist against the Eagles.

of 43 shots on net (86 percent shots saved) in game one and 32 of 38 shots on net (84.2 percent shots saved) in game two. Derraugh praised the goaltending of Voorheis, given the siege of shots on goal throughout the weekend.

Other bright spots for the Red this weekend included Fulton, who notched her first two goals of the season, an assist and six shots on net in the two-game series, and sophomore forward Hanna Bunton, who notched a goal on eight shots during the

weekend.

This is the first time since the 2009-10 season that Cornell has lost the first two games of its season, when the Red dropped two 4-1 games against Mercyhurst. The Red will try to win its first game of the season when it takes on the Princeton Tigers at Lynah Rink for the team’s home opener on Halloween.

Joon Lee can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

A Case Study of Tottenham and Liverpool’s Monetary Decisions Exploring how these teams could have used such large sums of money more effectively and efficiently case. Liverpool also invested all like they’ll need some time to of their funds from the Suarez adjust to English soccer, and sale in eight new players for a Mario Balotelli looks disintersimilar total sum as that of ested and he’s not scoring. decent 2013-2014 season, but Tottenham’s purchases the sum- Rickie Lambert and Dejan has struggled to start the new Lovren have mer before. campaign (2014-2015.) Of the not fully inteAs one other five, Roberto Soldado grated into m i g h t It is shocking that the came with the biggest price tag the team yet e x p e c t , Reds would do what and reputation. Soldado came after being L i ve r p o o l Tottenham showed does from Valencia, in Spain, where signed from is also he had scored more goals than Southampton, struggling not work, especially just a anyone in Europe not named and Alberto to start the year later.

Ronaldo or Messi over the last Moreno, who new camfive seasons. He scored four has impressed, paign. goals all year with Tottenham, is too young Eight three of which were penalty games into the season, it’s to play every week. That leaves shots, and spent most of the extremely harsh to judge sum- Adam Lallana as the only one year on the bench. mer signings. Yet so far, Lazar who looks like he could be an Etienne Capoue, Nacer Markovic and Emre Can look impact player this year for the Chadli, Vlad Chiriches and Erik Reds. (With this analysis, I’m leaving out Divock Origi, who Back on the ice Liverpool purchased and then immediately loaned back to LOSC Lille in France, his former club, for the season.)

It is shocking that the Reds would do what Tottenham showed does not work, especially just a year later, even if it does work out for Liverpool in the long run. It seems as if Liverpool are in for a struggle this year to finish as high as second, where they did last year.

Well then, you ask, what should a team do with 100 million dollars, if they receive such a cash influx from the sale of a world-class talent? For me, it is a three-step process. First, do your research on these players, both on and off the field. Liverpool should have realized that when AC Milan offered them Mario Balotelli for a season loan, that there was a reason Milan was trying to offload a good player.

BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Balotelli’s attitude and commitThe Red won both of its exhibition games this weekend against the U.S. National Team Development Program ment have been questionable at and Carleton. Senior forward Joel Lowry scored the winner in the first game of the weekend. best this season, and he does not LINSEY

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Lamela spent most of the year injured or playing so poorly that they weren’t fielded in the lineup on the weekends. In fact, the team even finished one place lower in the standings at the end of the year, in sixth after a fifthplaced finish a year earlier. All in all, the reinvestment of Gareth Bale funds didn’t work out for Tottenham.

A year later, this same situation has repeated itself with Liverpool Football Club. With Tottenham’s Bale replacement strategy fresh in their minds from a year before, one would think that Liverpool would not repeat the same mistakes the Spurs made. Well, that’s not the

work hard on the field during games.

Second, bring in only players who can replace your worst squad members.

When Liverpool brought in Lambert, no one really believed he would displace Daniel Sturridge as the club’s only starting striker. It was always questionable whether Lambert would be provided the starting role he needs to justify his big-money move.

It would have been more prudent to add a goalkeepe; they are now learning that Simon Mignolet’s goalkeeping could be an Achilles’ heel this season, and backup keeper Brad Jones isn’t good enough to start in the Premier League.

Third, sign fewer players for more money; in other words, go for quality over quantity. When you sign seven or eight players in two months, evidently seven or eight players need to go out the door as well to fit with roster limits. That kind of turnover in the squad can often affect play on the field, as consistency tends to be a hallmark of winning teams.

In conclusion, I offer my solution to soccer teams who have 100 million dollars to spend. Purchase four players for around 25 million dollars each.

Make one a defender, one a central midfielder, one a wide midfielder and one a striker. Sign young players who are good enough to start now with the potential to get better. Above all else, don’t make the same mistakes Tottenham and Liverpool made. History always repeats itself.

Kevin Linsey can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

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MEN’S SOCCER

Zagorski Sets Record for Single-Season Shutouts

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Senior Writer

Freshman defender Eric Nuss registered the first goal of his collegiate career to give the Cornell men’s soccer team an Ivy League victory over Brown on Saturday afternoon, keeping it in the running for an Ancient Eight title.

“Eric has been a beast down the left flank for us all season,” said senior defender and co-captain Devin Morgan. “This goal should give him even more confidence to attack defenders for the remainder of the season.”

Nuss’ goal came in the 30th minute of the first half, after a ball from sophomore defender Ralph Lee Price IV found its way to sophomore forward Chris St. Germain.

Germain proceeded to set up Nuss on the left wing, who launched a trademark piledriver of a shot from just outside the 10-yard box.

Cornell’s defense remained steadfast in the face of the barrage of Brown attacks, with the Bears hitting 16 shots as opposed to the Red’s seven. However only five of the Brown shots were on target. Senior defend-

er Peter Chodas, sophomore midfielder Jack Ferguson and senior midfielder Conor Goepel were all contributed to the shots for the Red. The scoreline is Cornell’s 7th 1-0 victory of the season, with senior goalkeeper Zack Zagorski making five saves against Brown to record his ninth clean sheet of the season. He has now launched himself into the history books, moving past Jim Ross ’76 into first place for single-season shutouts.

“When you play defense as an entire team as opposed to exclusively a back four and holding mid[field], it puts us in great position to prevent quality chances on goal,” Morgan said. “However, when teams do get shots on goal, having the best goalkeeper in the Ivy League certainly helps.

The result — alongside Princeton’s defeat of Harvard and Penn’s tie with Yale — puts the Red back in Ivy League contention, with its record now standing at 22. Cornell now stands in fifth place with six points, right behind Harvard, Penn and Princeton, who all have seven points. With the Red facing Princeton and Dartmouth in the coming weeks, Cornell has some

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E-nuss said | Freshman defender Eric Nuss scored the first goal of his collegiate career on Saturday, and it would prove the difference in a 1-0 victory over Brown.

control over its destiny.

“It took an excellent team performance to beat a very physical Brown team on their field,” Morgan said. “Fortunately, a couple results from other games have gone our

way and we're back in the thick of the Ivy League race.”

Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at hyousefi@cornellsun.com.

Putting 100 Million Bears Hand Red Sixth Straight Loss Dollars to Good Use W FOOTBALL

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell will remain winless after dropping its sixth straight game, falling to the Brown Bears this past Saturday, 42-16.

A safety in the second quarter would bring the Red to within five, but that was as close as it got for the rest of the game.

Brown (3-3, 1-2 Ivy) would score two touchdowns in the last four minutes of the first half to build a lead that would never be challenged again.

With the loss, Cornell (06, 0-3 Ivy) is left alongside Columbia as the only winless teams in the Ivy League.

The Red was unable to stop a high-powered Brown offense, giving up 406 total yards. The run defense surrendered more than 100 yards to a team only averaging 87.5 rushing yards a game. The secondary gave up more than 300 yards through the air and four touchdowns to Brown receivers.

Even the Red special teams struggled, giving up

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Bright spot | Junior wide receiver Chris Lenz caught both touchdown passes in Saturday’s loss.

a kick return touchdown in the fourth quarter and allowing 11 yards per punt return.

“We need to be more disciplined in our coverage lanes on our punt and kickoff teams,” said head coach David Archer ’05.

“We must try and win the field position battle.”

Brown quarterback Marcus Fuller had a monster game, torching the Red defense for 306 yards and four touchdowns.

Three of those touchdowns came in a span of eight minutes bridging between the second and third quarters.

The receiving tandem of Brian Strachan and Troy Doles had another huge week, combining for 156 yards and one touchdown each.

The quarterback carousel continued for the Red, with three different signal callers receiving chances to lead the offense. Freshman Jacob Jatis took the majority of the playing time but struggled. He amassed only 18 passing yards and completed 25 percent of his passes. Fellow freshman quarterback Kyle Gallagher faced equal troubles, throwing for only 14 yards.

One bright spot for the Red was the emergence of sophomore quarterback Robert Somborn.

Somborn was handed the reins of the offense in the fourth quarter and produced Cornell’s only two

touchdown drives. He amassed over 100 yards of passing in just about one quarter of work and had touchdown strikes of 12 and 51 yards.

The recipient of those two touchdown passes, junior wide receiver Chris Lenz, was another bright spot. He had 63 receiving yards on the day and showed explosive playmaking ability on a 51yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter.

Junior running back Luke Hagy had a solid day on the ground, taking 14 carries for 63 yards.

Production from the rest of the corps was nonexistent though, as all other backs totaled for only 12 yards.

“We need to focus on creating more yards after contact and try and make more than one defender tackle us,” Archer said.

The Red will next take on the Princeton Tigers at Schoellkopf Field this coming weekend. It is the beginning of a favorable stretch for Cornell, with three of their final four games being played at home. Princeton (3-3, 21 Ivy) is coming off of a 49-7 drubbing at the hands of Harvard. The Tigers thoroughly defeated Brown two weeks ago, and will be another challenge for the Red. Shane Lewis can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

hat would you do if you suddenly inherited 100 million dollars? Buy a mansion? Start a business?

Maybe pay for your Cornell education? (Ha, ha.)

Whatever you choose, you would definitely be much better off in some way than you were before.

However, when it comes to soccer, we’ve seen teams struggle to properly invest such large sums of money.

Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have found themselves in this position, after the 2012-2013 season and the 2013-2014 cam-

million dollars on one player allows teams to spend twice as much as an average team and still be close to making a profit.

Upon the sale of these two stars, then, these two clubs have big decisions to make with the extra dough.

If the club decides to immediately reinvest in players, it can either bring in one or two big stars, or seven or eight decent players. At first glance, the latter seems a decent idea: purchase players who can give you slight upgrades at all positions.

Spurs owner Daniel Levy seemed to think so, as

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game paign, respectively. For Tottenham, it was the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid, the most expensive player ever, which brought 124 million dollars to Spurs’ coffers. The Liverpudlians made 120 million dollars on Luis Suarez when he was sold to FC Barcelona.

Just to put these figures in perspective, the average Premier League team spent 65 million dollars on transfers last summer.

Therefore, to make 120

Tottenham signed seven players in the summer after selling Bale.

However, this idea didn’t work out as well as it looks on paper. Of those seven players Tottenham brought in, only Christian Eriksen had a successful year. The Dane was a constant offensive menace, driving in from the left side and creating chances for his teammates.

Midfielder Paulinho had a See LINSEY page 15