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Fall Sports Schedule CROSS COUNTRY Sept. 10 Oct. 1 Oct. 14 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Nov. 11 Nov. 19

at Spiked Shoe Invitational at Paul Short Run at Penn State National John Reif Memorial Run Heps Championships NCAA Northeast Regional NCAA Championship

FIELD HOCKEY (8-7, 2-3 Ivy) Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Nov. 5

W 5-0 W 4-0 W 2-1 L 2-4 L 0-1 W 4-0 L 0-1 W 4-1 L 2-3 L 2-4 W 2-1 L 0-5 L 0-5 W 6-1 W 3-1 12 p.m.

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Colgate at Lehigh Ohio at Rutgers Stanford at Lock Haven Penn UVM at Columbia at Monmouth Yale Syracuse at Harvard at Brown Rider Princeton Dartmouth

FOOTBALL (3-3, 1-2 ) Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19

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On the Rise: C.U. has already surpassed last season’s win total.

Men’s and women’s teams prepare for Ivy Heps this weekend.

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Battling through injuries, Red heads into final two games.

Men’s coach John Smith ushers in new era at Cornell.

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With six games left, spikers aim for winning season.

Defensively strong squad heads towards season end.

Credits DESIGN Supplement & Cover Design: John Schroeder ’74 Cover Source Photos: Cameron Pollack ’18

PHOTOGRAPHY Dana Daniels ’17, Corinne Kenwood ’17, Cameron Pollack ’18, Omar Abdul-Rahim ’19, Bennett Gross ’20

EDITORS Adam Bronfin ’18, Zach Silver ’19

SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Cornell Athletic Communications, Cornell Football

at Bucknell Yale at Colgate at Harvard SHU at Brown Princeton Dartmouth at Columbia Penn

WOMEN’S SOCCER ( 4-8-2, 1-3-1) Aug. 28 Sept. 2 Sept. 4 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 30 Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5

W 1-0 W 1-0 L 1-2, OT L 0-2 L 0-1 L 0-1 W 1-0 L 0-2 T 0-0, 2OT L 0-5 T 0-0 L 0-1 W 2-1 L 0-1 2:30 p.m.

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at Siena at Loyola Syracuse at Rutgers SDSU Seton Hall at Binghamton at Columbia at CCSU Penn at Harvard at Colgate Yale at Brown Princeton Dartmouth

MEN’S SOCCER (1-11-2, 0-4-0) Sept. 2 Sept. 5 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12

CONTRIBUTORS Joon Lee ’17, Shan Dhaliwal ’18, Achindra Krishna ’19, Zach Silver ’19, Charles Cotton ’19, Annie Taylor ’19, Jack Kantor ’19, Sarah Peters ’19

W 24-16 W 27-13 W 39-38 L 13-29 L 24-31 L 21-28, 2OT 12:30 p.m.

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CCSU at UConn at GMU at American at Binghamton Saint Francis UNH Syracuse at UVA Penn at Harvard at Colgate Yale at Brown Princeton Dartmouth at Columbia

VOLLEYBALL (6-13) Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 11 Nov. 12

W 3-1 L 0-3 W 3-1 L 0-3 L 0-3 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-1 L 1-3 L 2-3 L 2-3 L 1-3 W 3-2 L 0-3 W 3-2 L 2-3 W 3-2 W 3-1 7 p.m.

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Colgate JMU Marist at UMKC Bradley Nebraska at Omaha at Bucknell Buffalo Oakland at Columbia Brown Yale Penn Princeton at Binghamton at Dartmouth at Harvard Columbia at Yale at Brown Harvard Dartmouth at Princeton Penn

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Red rising | After back-to-back onewin seasons, the Red stands at 3-3 six games into the 2016 season, thanks in part to strong play from running back J.D. PicKell, No. 8.

By JOON LEE Sun Senior Editor

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t took just two games for the Cornell football team to improve upon its record from last season. It took one more game for the team to top its win total from the previous two seasons.

It does not take a very hard look to notice that the Red is different from years previous. On the field, the team looks smoother offensively, consistently putting together offensive attacks, while the defense has kept the team in games.

A year after the team nearly clawed its way to a strong record to start its season, dropping close contests to Bucknell, Yale and Colgate, Cornell turned the table, beating all three opponents in thrilling fashion. The completed comebacks against Bucknell and Colgate appear to be marks of maturation, a sign that head coach David Archer ’05 is starting to turn the ship, bringing a winning football program to Schoellkopf Field.

“Last year especially, the first three games we were very close to being 3-0 and to come that close and not have it no pay off, it was demoralizing for everyone, obviously,” said senior wide receiver Ben Rogers. “To have that flipped and feel like, O.K., we really have learned how to win and found out how to make that pay off, it's really cool. It’s not this empty confidence.”

Despite losing its past three games, the Red has continued to show signs of continued improvement.

In a conference in which three teams tied for the title last season — Harvard, Dartmouth and Penn — there is room for improvement in order for the team to make a run to the top of the Ivy League, but the early seasons victories have given Cornell an extra boost in confidence.

“We haven’t had this much success in a long time and we feel like this team is really good and we’re really confident, no matter who we go up against,” said junior cornerback Jelani King. “Just an overall great vibe with the teammates and we’re ready to go after it.”

Offensively, much of the team’s production in the

passing game comes from veterans. Junior wide receiver James Hubbard leads the team, with 263 receiving yards, while seniors Ben Rogers and Marshall Deutz tie for second with 243 yards.

Despite the older core of receivers, much of the improvement comes from sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks, who earned the starting job this past offseason. Banks currently leads the conference with 1,495 passing yards and 12 touchdowns, though those totals come with an Ivy League-high nine interceptions.

Banks has looked poised under center for the Red and the coaching staff raves about the amount of preparation he puts into every opponent, while noting his ability to scramble and move in the pocket. “[Banks] prepares so hard. He prepares in the weight room, the film room,” Archer said. “He’s CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

the entire senior class with sending a message at the half against Colgate that a comeback was possible.

Archer also said the upperclassmen were key in upping the team’s overall confidence. This was evident after the Red was picked to finish in last in the Ivy League before the season. The juniors and seniors on the team made sure not to lett expectations set boundaries for results.

“We kind of always knew that we were better than people thought we were. The last two years, we were picked last in the Ivy League and although we didn't do that great, we still didn't come last in the Ivy League either of those years,” King said. “This year, we were picked eighth in the league again, but I think we knew we had some playmakers coming back, playmakers coming in and it was always us against the world.”

Despite recent struggles, it’s hard to look at Cornell football and not acknowledge the strides the team has made since Archer’s first season without Jeff Mathews ’13. And while the team made strides last year, the results are beginning to spill into the wins column.

“We work hard every offseason and going into that first game knowing that you worked hard, there's a little bit in everyone that is like, 'O.K., is this really going to pay off?'” Rogers said. “To see it pay off the way that it has the last few games, I think it's really solidified that we are a good football team and what we've worked for has paid off, but we still have a long way to go.”

What were comebacks that fell short last year are now becoming victories and what were blow losses are now becoming heartbreakingly close defeats.

And for Archer and his team, it’s only the beginning.

“You can’t replicate being in tight ball games except for being in tight ball games,” Archer said.

“To have all of that last year, we knew we could compete with people. This year, it's about beating people.

That’s the next progression.”

“I think it's really solidified that we are a good football team and what we've worked for has paid off, but we still have a long way to go.”

— Ben Rogers

always asking questions and his football I.Q. is really high. He understands coverage. He doesn't forget stuff. He has a really great football mind and a really strong desire to be good.”

Defensively, the unit has been led by junior safety Nick Gesualdi, who leads all players in the Ivy League with five interceptions — fourth nationally — and is fifth in the conference with 50 tackles.

Leadership on the team stems from the four senior captains: linebacker Miles Norris — who is out for the season — Rogers, tight end Matt Sullivan and linebacker Jackson Weber. The four captains, according to Archer, have led an “inspired level of play and accountability from the players.” The head coach credited the leadership of the four captains and

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The Evolution of a Young Quarterback

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of the day, he believes it all boils down to a “football nine in the past four games against Colgate, Harvard, Sacred Heart and Brown. junkie’s” desire to improve.

As frustrating as that record may be, Banks stresses “You can see him kind of growing in leadership each It is first press and every day,” Archer said. “I think that’s impor- how important it is to not let that get to him and keep conference with tant. You want your quarterback to act like that no his eyes focused on the big picture. the media since matter what class he is. It’s really nice to see him “You got to have a short memory,” Banks said of playbeing named the embrace that. He really loves being a quarterback.” ing quarterback. “You can’t be thinking about those kinds starting quarterPerhaps no moment of of things. It happens throughout the game. Sometimes you back for Cornell Banks’ young career high- make a play, sometimes you make a [mistake]. You gotta football as a sophomore. lights his decisionmaking swallow it and go on and focus on the rest of the game.”

And it shows. and poise as well as his Getting the nod to lead the offense at such a young Dalton Banks’ posture is game-winning drive against age was more eyebrow-raising, given that the receiving timid, his responses are brief and he Colgate that resulted in a last- core Banks would be throwing to was made up of places himself noticeably far away from second touchdown, completing almost exclusively seniors. Four out of Banks’ top five the camera. It is conspicuously one of his the epic comeback to secure a 3-0 choices are seniors, including captains Matt Sullivan first times being filmed for television. start.

Fast forward several weeks later — after “I've Banks has accounted for 16 touchdowns got an amaz- “We all know we can lean on Dalton. In the huddle, we are lookand 1,620 total yards to triple the team's ing team around win total last season in six starts. He has a me — the re- ing to him for some confidence. That’s huge out of a quarterback.” pair of Persol sunglasses slung around his ceivers, the line — Matt Sullivan neck, acting much more poised in his — everyone answers to the media. In just six weeks, around he has assumed the demeanor of a seame,” soned veteran who has led the Cornell Banks said. “We knew if we got and Ben Rogers. program for multiple years. the ball back, we were going to “We all know we can lean on Dalton,” Sullivan said.

When asked, head coach David go down and punch it in. “In the huddle we are looking to him for some confiArcher ’05 has trouble explaining how Our guys made great plays dence … that’s huge out of a quarterback of any class but his sophomore quarterback — who got and we were as happy as can as a sophomore it’s amazing.” the nod to start over two upperclassbe to finish out on top.”

Despite the age gap, Banks’ and his receivers said they men with a combined 33 games But as of late, some feel that his transition to quarterback has come gone of playing experience — signs of Banks’ youth and smoothly and said their relationship has blossomed withCAMERON POLLACK / has been able to adapt inexperienced decision- out hesitation.

SUN PHOTOGRAPHY so quickly to EDITOR making have come to “We don’t even acknowledge the age gap, they’re all the collelight. After not throwing my brothers,” the quarterback said. “I feel like I can trust Gunslinger | First-year starting giate envian interception in his them with anything. I can go out and rely on them to quarterback Dalton Banks currently ranks ronment. first 62 pass attempts, make a play whenever we need it.” first in the league in passing yards per game But at Banks has the end thrown To read the rest of this article, please visit cornellsun.com. and touchdowns.

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Sprint Football ‘Never Stops Fighting’

By JACK KANTOR

and I’ve been coaching for 45 years,” said co-head coach Bart Guccia. “And it wasn’t due to the It has not been an easy journey. field; the field was in fine condiCornell sprint football has seen a tion.”

2016 season marred by tough Despite the glut of injuries and opponents, injuries and a heartrainy conditions, the Red was able breaking loss. But with a couple to notch its second win of the games left on the calendar, the season. Coming off this vicRed is set on turning this final tory, Cornell is looking stretch of the season around. forward to this second One thing is clear with this half in a different light, group. No matter whom they lose according to Ball. to or whom they defeat, this team “We are looking is resilient. Even when facing an at the second half of Army (5-1) or Navy (5-1), Cornell the season as a new (2-3) takes the same approach. season,” Ball said.

“The first half didn't go exactly as we would have liked, “No matter the game or situation, we always fight hard — but we are putting that behind us.” a true testament to the guys we have fighting on our side.”

CAMERON POLLACK / But as Ball and SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR — Rob Pannullo the rest of the Red have seen this season, the wins do not “We never quit,” said senior Navy, senior running come automatically. quarterback Rob Pannullo. “No back Kevin “Our biggest chalmatter the game or situation, we Nathanson suffered an lenge is keeping everyalways fight hard — a true testa- injury and has only one healthy,” he added. ment to the guys we have fighting recently returned.

“Our goals are to go [undeon our side of the field.”

Nathanson totaled almost feated] from here on out and Junior running back Evan Ball 800 all-purpose yards in 2015. specifically beat the other Ivy agreed with his quarterback, sayCornell’s bye week leading up League foe in the league, UPenn.” to the squad’s final three games Penn (5-0) currently leads the was key in overcoming some linCollegiate Sprint Football League Stepping up | Sophomore Connor gering injuries. But facing Post Cornell victory. and has defeated Navy and Ostrander filled in for senior Rob “We suffered some injuries defending champion Army. after the bye week, Cornell sufPannullo at quarterback when the fered an unprecedented amount of [against Army] that I’ve never seen “Right now we have one win team played Army. injuries, including two high ankle as a coach happen in one game, down and a tough game ahead of Sun Assistant Sports Editor

ing that even in games that have not gone the Red’s way, the team has remained consistent in its effort.

“We have battled in tough games where we have fallen behind early, but never stopped fighting until the last whistle,” Ball said. “Additionally … due to various injuries sustained, people have had to step up into roles and have performed well.”

Injuries have hit the Red hard. In week one against

sprains, two radial fractures in the wrist, a broken finger and a MCL injury. Six players went down in that game, a waterlogged 27-13

us, but a [3-0 end to the season] is what we are trying to achieve,” Guccia said.

As the season’s end rapidly approaches, Cornell will need to clean up the mistakes which have put the team down early in games at times. This squad knows exactly what to do out on the field and is a smart team, with “one of the highest GPAs of all the athletic teams,” according to Guccia. Yet in spite of this, the Red has struggled in executing its plans.

“On offense, we’ve been just one block or one read away from scoring touchdowns and on defense we’ve been in the right position a lot of times but haven’t been able to make a play on the ball,” Pannullo said.

Ball added that Cornell has faltered in its execution.

“We practice heavily during the week, preparing specifically for how to attack each team,” he said.

Ball added that the offense has struggled to convert on third downs, which is key in finding a rhythm but also is critical in keeping the Red defense off the field.

Amidst the tough defeats to Navy and Army and a heartbreaking fourth quarter loss to Chestnut Hill, Cornell has been able to rebound and play quality football.

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Price of unity | The “At What Cost” group (logo at left) addresses the financial complexities of forming a graduate students union as proposed by the Cornell Graduate Students United (seen at right).

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The meaning of this name is drawn from “the fact that these union members are going around trying to gain Amidst an intense unionization campaign by Cornell support without telling graduate students the implicaGraduate Students United — that could make history if tions of forming a union — At What Cost? That’s what the group forms one of the we’re trying to do,” said Mark first labor unions at a private “We feel that there are a lot of students Obstalecki grad. university — a new group While At What Cost takes called At What Cost has that don’t have the information that they no stance on the question of emerged to present workers unionization at Cornell, it need to be educated voters.” with a more nuanced analysis does raise concerns about what Nicole Wiles grad of the cost of forming a union. members view as a lack of The group’s name, At What transparency in information Cost, is derived from the provided by CGSU struggle for unionization advanced by Cornell graduate Nicole Wiles grad said she helped start At What Cost students in 2002. Ultimately, a vote to form a union in response to confusion from graduate students regardfailed in 2002, but the issue resurfaced with renewed ing unionization. rigor after the National Labor Relations Board ruled in August that graduate students can be considered employSee CGSU page 5 Sun Staff Writer

First Openly Gay NFL Player to Speak at C.U. Michael Sam, the first National Football League player to come out as gay, will deliver a free lecture in Statler Auditorium on Nov. 14, the Cornell University Programming Board announced Thursday.

Sam made headlines SAM when he told his teammates that he was gay in 2013, after finishing his career as a college athlete. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 2014, and is currently a free agent.

“Since his announcement, through scrutiny, criticism and unreserved admiration, he has become an icon and pioneer for the LGBT community,” CUPB said in a press release.

Sam grew up in Texas in what CUPB called a “childhood overrun with adversity, challenges and pain.” He was offered a scholarship to play for the University of Missouri, where he was named a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Sporting News, the American Football Coaches Association and the Football Writers Association of America.

Since the 2014 season, Sam has been named GQ Magazine’s Men of the Year, was a finalist for Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs, according to CUPB. “After a string of successful comedy acts this year, CUPB wanted to end the year with a free lecture with a relevant message for the entire Cornell population,” said CUPB Executive Chairperson Gabe Diamond ’18.

Free tickets will be available to students on Nov. 1 and to the general public on Nov. 2 at the Willard Straight Hall Resource Center, Big Red Barn and LGBT Resource Center.

— Compiled by Rebecca Blair

Alum Gifts $3M for New Noyes Lodge Welcome Center

Students Discuss Role of Feminism in Election

By YUN SOO KIM

Sun Staff Writer

This donation, made by Tang and his sisters, Nadine Tang and Leslie Tang Schilling, in tandem with Martin Tang ’70, trustee emeri- Atlantic Philanthropies’ completes tus, and his family have donated $3 the $6 million fundraising necessary million to the University to name the for the project.

Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center and The gift will allow for the renovarenovate Noyes Lodge on tion and repurposing of North campus, adjacent the existing space in to Beebe Lake.

Noyes Lodge. The The contribution was Language Resource made in response to a $3 Center, which is currentmillion challenge grant ly in located in Noyes from The Atlantic Lodge, will be relocation Philanthropies — a charto Stimson Hall, leaving ity foundation created by room for the new buildCharles F. Feeney ’56, ing will house a welcome TANG which has donated close center and display an to $1 billion to the University in the exhibit featuring Cornell’s history, last four decades, according to the University.

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Trump on tape | The C.U. Women’s Resource Center asserts that Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated disrespect for women.

Women’s advocacy groups at Cornell are working to facilitate a discussion of consent and sexual assault in the wake of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s leaked 2005 tape, in which he discusses kissing and groping without their consent. In the weeks since, a the slew of women have come forward to accuse Trump of sexual assault.

Prof. Kathleen Perry Long, director of the feminist, gender, and sexuality studies program, said that the election has instigated a discussion of sexual assault on the national level has

forced some to confront the fact that many Americans accept sexual violence as an intrinsic part of the country’s culture.

“The issue of sexual assault has been brought into the open in this election, allowing us to understand how normalized certain behaviors have become, and how in some circles they do not even register as unacceptable,” she said. “This is something we already knew, but we now know more clearly how urgent the work of educating people about sexual assault has become.”

Jenna Zitomer ’18, vice president of programming See FEMINISM page 3

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IFC Emphasizes Diversity of Fall Recruitment

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun Staff Writer

This year, fraternities took a new approach to recruitment. The Interfraternity Council devised a plan to promote diversity and combat “negative stereotypes about the fraternity community,” according to Sam Turer ’18, IFC vice president for recruitment.

Turer said that this year’s fall recruitment saw a 20 percent increase over last year, making it more successful than any season since the 1980s. This is the first time in over 30 years that all of Cornell's 36 fraternities participated in fall recruitment.

Turer emphasized the significance of recruitment, especially from a diversity perspective.

“Additional brothers — especially those from underrepresented communities and diverse backgrounds that do not typically consider joining a fraternity — make all of our chapters stronger,” Turer said.

For Stuart Jackson, a professional recruiter for Kappa Delta Rho, the key to finding the “perfect fit” for a new recruit also involves considering group diversity.

“KDR was the first chapter to accept a minority member of all the IFC fraternities here at Cornell,” Jackson said. “One of our members also passed a new provision that allows any brother who’s been initiated but then identifies as a woman to still be accepted as a brother.”

The approximately four week recruitment process allows potential recruits to learn about different organizations in a Meet the Greeks event and eventually become acquainted with current members of the chapter, according to Jackson.

Although Greek organizations are often in the spotlight because of hazing accusations, both Turer and Jackson spoke to Cornell’s activism in reducing hazing incidents on campus.

“For the past five years, Cornell has led a national movement in eradicating all forms of hazing,” said Turer.

“As leaders of the Interfraternity Council, we empower

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Let’s party | The Interfraternity Council adopted a new approach to recruitment this fall, which resulted in the highest number of new members the organization has seen in years. our student-led Greek Judicial Board to utilize the full extent of its judicial power to investigate, and more importantly, educate all students about the dangers of hazing and the benefits of a healthy new member education process.”

Citing recent charges against Cayuga’s Waiters — an a capella group that was recently suspended for hazing — Jackson claimed that the lack of regulations, like the ones imposed by the IFC, can make non-Greek organizations more susceptible to hazing.

“No one is overseeing them. They are not under the microscope, like other social Greek organizations,” he said, adding that in its 103-year history, KDR has been cited for hazing.

Turer also spoke to the benefits of Greek life, saying that Cornell’s fraternity community is “one of the

strongest, most diverse and progressive in the nation.

“We commit hundreds of hours of community service and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, national, and global causes every year,” he added.

Turer also spoke of his personal experience in overcoming uncertainties about Greek life to discover its “infinite benefits.”

“My perception of the Greek community was skewed by misconceptions perpetuated by false stereotypes presented in the media,” he said. “My time serving on the Interfraternity Council executive board has been spent discussing the unexpected, unique benefits of going Greek with all those who are interested or had the same misconceptions that I had.”

Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun.com.

Women’s Groups: Trump Tape Experts Debate Death Penalty Damages Discussion of Consent

By SHRUTI JUNEJA

Sun Contributor

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student group Consent Ed, said that she believes the election has negatively impacted productive discussion of consent.

“Donald Trump creates this misconception that men can be entitled to anything they want, including a woman’s body,” she said. “It can have a subconscious effect on the way people think.”

The Women’s Resource Center Executive Board, which wrote a letter to the editor in The Sun last week endorsing Hillary Clinton and condemning Donald Trump, said the board felt duty-bound to speak out after enduring months of Trump’s rhetoric.

“Our letter was not about the campaign. This entire election [is] not just about a campaign anymore. It’s about what it means to be human, and who we want to represent us in that,” the letter said. “It is our duty to speak up when people are being treated unfairly, and that is just what we are doing now.

We are not touching on policy or which party we lean toward. We are talking about an individual who is disgusting to other humans and this, unfortunately, cannot be separated from his platform.”

Zitomer stressed that a Trump presidency would be harmful to women and lead to setbacks in women’s rights. “[Trump] basically supported and bragged about sexual assault, and I have no doubt that he’ll do it as president of the United States,” she said. “I think that the way he speaks about women will affect the way men think about women and the way women think about themselves.”

Zoe Maisel ’18, co-president of Planned Parenthood Generation Action, said that PPGA is concerned

for the rights of women and minorities if Trump is elected and said she was disappointed that it took many people so long to denounce Trump.

“It’s not an option at this point [to support Clinton]. It’s a necessity,” she said. “It was disappointing to see the national outcry [over Trump’s conversation with Billy Bush], because in the whole feminist movement and reproductive freedom movement, the idea of white women being the people who need to be protected over minority groups and people of color who he’s already offended so greatly is problematic.”

However, Maisel said she hopes the Trump-Bush conversation and the sexual assault allegations against Trump will help men to realize that Trump’s rhetoric and actions are potentially damaging to women and motivate them to vote.

“There’s this tension, because it’s obviously problematic to characterize women in terms of their relation to men, but at the same time, if it’s getting someone to the booth, then that’s also really positive,” she said.

Zitomer said she is hopes a Clinton presidency will prove that women are just as capable of running the country as men.

“The idea of women in a place of power is finally going to be viewed as legitimate. It’s absurd, because it’s accepted in many other countries,” she said. “There are so many female powers in the world and yet the United States is so hesitant to accept a female leader.

Once a female leader of [Clinton’s] caliber is placed in the Oval office, I think female leadership will be accepted.”

Long agreed, adding that powerful women are often viewed differently than their male counterparts.

See FEMINISM page 4

Experts from the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide addressed the death penalty as an ethically controversial issue and predicted that it will gradually fall out of use going forward.

On Tuesday, the center brought a panel of experts to Myron Taylor Hall, where they facilitated a discussion on the domestic and international implications of the movement against the death penalty.

The use of capital punishment in the criminal justice system is severely flawed, because it can be difficult to fairly discern who deserves the death penalty, argued Denny LeBoeuf, the current director of the American Civil Liberty Union’s John Adams Project.

“To believe in the death penalty, you have to believe two things,” LeBoeuf said.

“You must believe that there is a category of ... murderers who, by virtue [of] their character and the crime they have committed, have no right to life.”

Due to these moral concerns, the death penalty is less socially acceptable today than it has been in the past, according to Delphine Lourtau, the executive director of the Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

“There is a strong and very clear global trend not only towards outright toward abolition of the death penalty, but also towards a decreased reliance on capital punishment as a regular feature of criminal justice,” Lourtau said. “The second big takeaway point ... is that increasingly the death penalty is only applied by a small minority of states.”

Lourtau explained that China performs more executions than the rest of the world combined and said Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United States “together represent over 90 percent of the remaining executions.”

Victor M. Uribe, a minister from the Mexican Foreign Service, also shared insights on capital punishment in Mexico, a country which banned the practice in 2005.

Even before it was prohibited, the death penalty was “applied very rarely,” he said — the last military execution occurred in 1961.

“Mexico is absolutely opposed to the imposition of the death penalty in any circumstance,” Uribe said.

Looking forward, Sheri Lynn Johnson, the assistant director of the Cornell Law School’s Death Penalty Project, predicted that complete abolition of the practice in the United States will take time.

“There are people now who are saying that the Supreme Court is going to strike it down, and I’m not optimistic that’s going to happen anytime soon,” Johnson said.

“What I do think we are going to see and have been seeing is abolition — or maybe not abolition, but continued decrease in the willingness of most states, actually all states, to use the death penalty.”

Other panelists concurred that the road towards successful elimination of the death penalty looks promising. Lourtau pointed out that the United States is the only country in North, Central, or South America that has performed an execution in the past seven years.

International pressure will also contribute to a move away from the use of capital punishment in the United States, according to LeBoeuf.

“The death penalty is increasingly seen as a human rights issue, not a criminal justice issue,” LeBoeuf said.

The Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide — the first of its kind in the United States — was established in 2011 to coordinate efforts to end practice of the death penalty through research and renewed awareness, according to the center’s official website.

“Cornell is really an ideal place to ideal place to house this center because it has a unique concentration of faculty that have spent decades defending people facing the death penalty,” said Sandra Babcock, the center’s founder and faculty director.

Shruti Junejacan be reached at sj453@cornell.edu.

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Alumnus Gift to Fund New Welcome Center GIFT

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the new building will house a welcome center and display an exhibit featuring Cornell’s history, mission, and values.

JMZ Architects and Planners, PC, will design the welcome center and be in charge of the project, which is scheduled to open in the summer of 2018, according to the University.

Interim president Hunter Rawlings indicated that the gift will aim to better serve the numerous visitors to Cornell’s Ithaca campus every year.

“Cornell has long needed a welcome center to serve the tens of thousands of people who visit the Ithaca campus each year,” Rawlings said. “I can’t think of a better name to have on this building than that of Martin Tang, an exemplary Cornell citizen.”

Tang’s role as an alumnus has been extensive. The donor was the longest-serving international trustee — a position he occupied since 1994 — and was a leader in rebuffing the Cornell Club of Hong Kong, according to the University.

Tang also spearheaded the creation of “the Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge to encourage others to establish endowed scholarships” for his “Cornell Now” campaign commitment which ended in 2015, the release said.

In the past, Tang has provided financial support for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Engineering, Cornell Library, Milstein Hall, Student and Campus Life, and many other areas throughout the University.

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.

Women Fight Back Against Trump FEMINISM

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“This campaign has made more evident the discomfort that many feel, women as well as men, with the prospect of women seeking power,” she said. “I am hoping that this election will result in a more serious and sustained discussion of the status of women in our society.”

The WRC Executive Board concurred, writing that “there is a pressure for Secretary Clinton to present herself as likable. Donald Trump can say any racist, sexist, and hateful comment that he would like, and is rewarded and applauded for such behavior. Secretary Clinton, on the other hand, is constantly having to perform.”

To educate people in the face of problematic rhetoric about sexual assault, the Women’s Resource Center is sponsoring Sexual Assault Awareness Week and hosting Hump Day lunches every Wednesday to “discuss issues pertaining to sexuality.”

Zitomer said Consent Ed will

continue to work toward its objectives by giving presentations around campus about sexual assault prevention and bystander intervention.

PPGA sponsored an event with Consent Ed last week and hopes to continue education efforts by working with other groups on campus to promote discussion of consent and sexual assault.

However, all groups say it is important to acknowledge how the campus conversation fits into national themes. Zitomer said the growing popularity of the term “nasty woman” — Trump’s reference to Clinton during the third debate — is a way for women to own being criticized for vocally standing up for their beliefs.

“Feminists sometimes are fearful of being outright and offensive because no one wants to be construed as a bitch,” she said. “But at the end of the day, it’s something to rally behind. We’re the ones that are standing up for what’s right.”

Rebecca Even can be reached at reven@cornellsun.com.

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New Group to Address Cost of Grad Union CGSU

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“We have a lot of unanswered questions and we feel that there are a lot of students that don’t have the information that they need to be educated voters,” Wiles said.

Obstalecki became involved with At What Cost after a member of the American Federation of Teachers — the trade union that is affiliated with CGSU — visited him at this office.

“First off, he did not introduce himself as a union staff member,” Obstalecki said of the visit. “These are people going around that are actually paid by the union that are not necessarily introducing themselves as such.”

These types of one-on-one meetings have become common for graduate students, after graduate students’ personal information was subpoenaed to CGSU through an agreement with the University, according to CGSU’s website.

After asking Obstalecki questions such as, “Do you want more rights? Do you want larger raises? And do you want better benefits?,” the AFT member encouraged Obstalecki to sign a card stipulating his support for CGSU. “All they say is that by signing this card, you’re going to get all these things,” Obstalecki said.

“Really what they’re doing is going around making promises and asking people, “Do you agree?", “If so, Sign this card.”

At What Cost is working to ensure that graduate students understand what these cards mean. Once 30 percent of eligible voters sign these cards, CGSU can hold a vote for unionization, according to Obstalecki.

However, Obstalecki said he was not informed of this provision when he was approached.

Wiles added that the group is trying to educate graduate students on the purpose of the cards to “make sure that everyone has the information that they need and want to make the best decision that they can.”

Without signing the card and thereby becoming a member, graduate students are barred from attending CGSU meetings.

Because of this limitation, nonmembers can struggle to understand the group’s objectives and plan for negotiations, according to Obstalecki.

“I don’t understand how an organization that wants to represent all the graduate students can deny access to a meeting like this,” Obstalecki said. “To me that’s not right.”

In response to this concern, CGSU member Benjamin Cohen grad explained that because only members are allowed to vote, the meetings must be exclusively for members.

“Our meetings are designed primarily for discussing and potentially deciding on union decisions,” Cohen said. “In order to vote on these issues, you need to be a member of the union. We want everyone to be a member of the union.”

At What Cost has intentionally framed its organization to

combat the issues of obscurity they identify within CGSU, according to Wiles.

“We’re trying to have the most open, publicly accessible information. Anyone at all can go to our website and see everything on our website,” Wiles said. “It’s an easy way for people to learn information without having to seek it out or have a one-on-one meeting with another person.”

By actively reaching out to students in person and through presentations to departments, Cohen said that CSGU is “trying to encourage transparency and encourage student participation.”

Another concern that At What Cost aims to address is the lack of clarity about the cost of local union dues. On its website, CGSU has released a projection of expected dues to be paid to New York State United Teachers and the AFT. “We don’t know how much they would be charging us and more importantly, we don’t know what that money is going to be used for,” Wiles said. “We don’t know who is going to decide how that money is used.”

According to Cohen, the reason a number has not been given for local dues is because the amount has not been decided.

“The due structure, including our local dues, is part of the contract that we bargain,” Cohen said. “The people that are currently in CGSU don’t get to make that decision unilaterally.”

At What Cost members say they are concerned that CGSU has not provided either a convincing argument for why graduate students need a union or a clear outline of their objectives.

“There really is nothing on paper. It’s all just verbal promises and lofty statements from what I’ve experienced,” Obstalecki said.

Cohen explained that CGSU’s lack of a formal outline is due to a desire to incorporate member feedback as the groups receives it.

“While we can reference the contracts of other unionized graduate students as a guide, we want to be sure that whatever contract we agree upon reflects the needs of graduate students across a wide variety of fields,” Cohen said.

Wiles said she believes an organization that represents the entire graduate and student body — such as the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly — could better convey opinions and concerns to the administration, rather than the bargaining unit of CGSU. On the issue of unionization, GPSA has assumed a neutral stance.

“The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly represents all graduate students at Cornell University, including those that have taken a pro-union and those that have taken an anti-union stance,” said Nate Rogers, president. “As a result, the GPSA has taken a neutral stance, focusing instead on preparing to motivate students to vote if CGSU moves forward.”

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun.com.

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Today’s Keynote

oday is Apple’s Keynote Event, I don’t foresee Touch ID adding any where they release all their new sort of comparable convenience to products, which means I get a unlocking my computer when I have a whole new set of things to be angry full keyboard and three years of eleabout. Am I being a little preemptive mentary school typing lessons under considering that no specs have been my belt.

Most divisive is the potential loss of officially announced? Probably, but it’s really either this or another political the standard USB 3 port. Considering column people, and personally if I have that Apple just made what I consider to write one more line dedicated to this to be the dumbest design flaw in election I am going to vomit. Plus, it’s removing the audio jack from the midterm time and I haven’t even gotten iPhone, I was all set to call this their my Halloween costume in order, so second stupidest move. After all, who just let me unwind with a little Apple has devices that use USB-C, their likely bashing. Just to prove that I’m not a replacement? I don’t even know what a total hack, I’ll stick to the rumors that USB C plug looks like. However, call have been all but officially confirmed. me a hypocrite considering my previSo far, everything points towards ous column on the iPhone, but I am this week’s keynote will be all about the tentatively onboard. Do l like change?

Macbook and its new hardware. About Obviously not, especially when that time too, Apple’s famous laptops change involves shelling out more haven’t gotten a significant hardMuch as it surprises me to say it, based ware update on current predictions I have very little to in four years. be upset about (a little disappointing). The What exactly Macbooks are shaping up to be competiwill be under the hood is tively powerful, which is really all anyone still very can hope for at this point. Still, predmuch up for ications are just that: predictions. debate. Most rumors point to either Intel Kaby Lake or Skylake as the next money. However, there are some processor, either of which would be a advantages here. USB-C is small substantial upgrade over current mod- enough to be used on devices as small els. Even if you don’t need to use CAD as phones, but more importantly it is while you’re mining Bitcoins, better not technology owned by Apple. processors mean better battery life, and Meaning, there will be no problem I think it’s safe to say that’s something finding cheap-ass third party wire we all need. As far as GPU is con- replacements and adapters. Sure, it cerned, not a whole lot has been said, could catch on fire, but hey, if the savbut as someone who’s been managed ings are good enough I’ll throw those with Intel HD 4000 for the past four dice. Plus, if USB-C spreads to all our years, anything will be an improve- devices, Apple or not (which it likely will), it could spell the end of propriment.

Another murmur going around is etary chargers.

Much as it surprises me to say it, that Apple will replace the function keys (that top row of buttons with F1- based on current predictions I have 10 in the subscript) with a touch very little to be upset about (a little screen OLED bar. I go as far as to say disappointing). The Macbooks are this is a definite, since a new set of shaping up to be competitively powerphoto leaks show what appears to be ful, which is really all anyone can hope exactly this. Personally, I don’t know for at this point. Still, predications are how to feel about this feature. My first just that: predictions. I have little instinct is it sounds gimmicky. The doubt in my mind that there will be function keys have served me just fine something to complain about. Then all and what’s to become of the little “fn” will be right in the world. button on the bottom left corner of my keyboard? Alongside this will suppos- Soren Malpass is a senior in the College of Arts and edly be a fingerprint reader a la the Sciences. He can be reached at skm94@cornell.edu.

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Kitty Cat | The Frisky Virgin

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Hey! Cheat on Your Girlfriend With Me!

s it my sultry stares? My pushed-uptoo-much breasts? But isn’t that typical of most flirtation methods nowadays? I really am unsure about why people (in this case, guys) are so willing to cheat on their girlfriends.

More specifically, why has it happened so many times with me?

On one hand, I’m offended and disgusted. Do you really have no respect for your significant other? But on the other hand, it’s so… appealing and almost empowering to play that mistress role. And yes, I know I’m not exactly convincing you that I’m the protagonist in this story, but please, let me expand.

My first make-out session was in 8th grade. I call it a session because it was more than my 7th grade pecks. I was hanging around one of my best guy friends, who had a 9th grade girlfriend, so he was super cool, obviously. He grabbed my phone in the playground (that’s where the cool kids hung out at night) and I chased him around, until he tripped in his all black vans. Yes, he also had sideswept-a-little-too-much-bangs and had gauges in his ear, a hardcore sk8er boy. I straddled myself on top of him trying to reach for my phone, but I leaned in just a bit

too far, and we began kissing. My first real kiss, and it didn’t even belong to me.

This happened again last year.

Once, a guy was working the bar at a party, and so I decided to help out.

Of course, I’m flirty, and very aware that he has a girlfriend. But in my fucked-up head, it’s okay for me to be

Another time, I was so intoxicated at a frat party, and this guy who I was acquainted with (and who very much had a girlfriend… who I knew) began to talk to me. He asked me to go on the roof of the frat house, which sounded like a great idea to drunk me. We talked for a bit, and the entire time he kept saying “he can’t

They all cheated on their girlfriends with me, and for what reason? Was it my fault? ...

Sometimes I even wonder how far they’re willing to go, and unfortunately the answer is very far. flirty, because I’m not tied down. I’m not friends with her, and have no obligation to change my natural flirtatious behavior. He, on the other hand, does have the obligation to her, and therefore he should be the one to make sure nothing happens. But alas, he groped my ass behind the bar, and we secretly held hands, even as his girlfriend was requesting a drink just three inches over. Fucked up, I know.

because of his girlfriend.” I was confused by this, because I was just hanging my feet off of the roof and singing Britney Spears or something.

It was like he was trying to convince himself, but before I could say anything, he grabbed my hair and viciously made out with my face, almost as if it had to be worth it in order for him to cheat. He definitely didn’t take it well that I wasn’t going

to have sex with him. Sorry dude, but my virginity was not going to end in this situation.

They all cheated on their girlfriends with me, and for what reason?

Was it my fault? I mean, of course I enticed them, the role of power is just so hard to resist. Sometimes I even wonder how far they’re willing to go, and unfortunately the answer is very far. These stories raise so many questions that I just can’t answer, but seem to plague my mind relentlessly.

Are people sometimes really just driven by their hormones and horniness?

Do I have an obligation to tell their partners? Is this an indication of the type of person I am, or is it just natural that I would have more of these instances since the number of people I’ve hooked up with is already much higher than the average? I know that I shouldn’t be this temptress, it’s not morally right. But I think it goes both ways, as much as they can’t resist a shiny new toy, it’s hard for me to resist a glimmering treasure chest. It’s locked away, and I shouldn’t prod and poke, but when they give me the key… well, I’m going to open it.

Kitty Cat is a student at Cornell. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. The Frisky Virgin appears periodically this semester.

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magine: A group of 15 American girls wandering the streets of Amsterdam’s Red Light District, stumbling into a “coffee shop” only to have our nostrils fill with the stench of weed smoke and eyes darting to all the Amsterdammer’s rolling flawless joints. We’re giddy and laughing, while all still questioning what we are doing here and how our night led to what was about to go down.

Let me back up.

I studied abroad last semester in Europe. While I had all the similar trips as most of my peers did, my semester was a little bit different than most. The main class I was enrolled in was “Prostitution and The Sex Trade in Europe.” Yes, I was learning about prostitutes for a grade. While I could go on for too long about everything I learned, I’ll just talk about the highlights.

One Wednesday night we had a guest speaker come talk to our class. He is one of the founders of the largest sex clubs in Europe. These clubs are very exclusive; the BDSM community does not take this lightly, and costumes and sex are taken very seriously. After hearing about these parties, we were lucky enough to get to watch BDSM porn together. BDSM porn is NO JOKE. Now imagine watching it with a room full of 30 strangers. Ha, talk about class bonding.

Fast forward a month, and we’re all boarding a plane to Amsterdam for a week long study trip. Our itinerary was loaded with activities and speakers, all relating to sex. We talked to everyone you could think of involved in prostitution there. We talked to NGOs that are for legalization, against legalization, former prostitutes, current prostitutes and a 50-yearold man who buys sex. The latter was the weirdest part for sure. He one day realized he was unhappy with his marriage, divorced his wife, lost touch with

Casa Rosso his children, and decided to fly to Amsterdam from London. Now he goes to Amsterdam at least ten times a year for sex, spending an ungodly amount of his life savings on female bodies. He openly said to a room full of 20-year-old girls that young 20-year-old girls were his type. He also mentioned the nitty gritty details about the sex he has, mainly getting at how he gets a huge ego boost every time a girl finishes.

Super uncomfortable.

The former prostitute was very pro-prostitution.

She said the reason why she started selling sex was because she wanted a dog, but couldn’t afford one at the time. This nonchalant and accepting attitude seemed to be a common trend with many of the people we talked to regarding sex work. We were taught how to appropriately walk by the windows, especially at night with the red lights glaring. We even were taught about the “blue light” section, which was filled with transgender prostitutes.

Now let me get back to the most memorable night of my trip. We were given the night off after a day filled with a walking tour of the Red Light District from a male prostitute, who has truly done it all sex wise. He recommended a sex show, Casa Rosso, if we were interested, mainly because all of the sex done in the show was performed by real couples, and they were treated well. When we got back to the hotel, there were whispers about who actually wanted to go, and after my group of friends agreed we all wanted to, we jumped on the tram to head back into the Red Light District. No one wanted to do this soberly, so we apprehensively went to a smoke shop. After taking a few of hits of a joint that was rolled perfectly by our new Dutch friends, we walked down the thin alleys lined with women, and arrived at the sex show. We coughed up our euro, and were given a goodie bag with a penis lollipop

and some mints. We all shuffled into our seats right in time for the first act to commence. This show was an hour and a half long show, with six rounds of different couples.

I think I saw everything I could have ever seen that night. The first couple was one man who was VERY well hung, and really went to town on the girl.

Their bodies moved perfectly to the rhythm of the music, and every beat was yet another thrust. But, this first act was only the beginning. Next came two girls, confirming to the crowd what real lesbian scissoring sex is like, for those that were always too modest to find out the real details. Following that was a woman on stage who masturbated solo. She touched every part of her there was, and after riding a pole for most of her act, she stunned the crowd by pulling out Luna (or Ben Wa) beads out of her vagina. Those were definitely the three best acts I witnessed.

Now since these people were not actors, there was definitely some awkward moves. But, because they do this sex work for a living, they had almost every move nailed perfectly. They flipped and turned, and did almost every position you could name off the top of your head. When the show ended and our high wore off, everyone was almost dumbfounded and was without words. How do you discuss with your new class friends everything you just saw? We decided the best decision was go to a bar and get drunk, and our trip back to the hotel was almost as if we didn’t just watch six couples fuck the shit out of each other.

Would I do it again? No. Do I regret anything?

Not at all.

The Duchess is a student at Cornell. Comments can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Between the Sheets appears periodically this semester.

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y no means do I consider my palate more sophisticated than that of the average metrosexual Upper West Sider, but I guarantee that my taste buds can differentiate between that which is pleasing and that which is, well, not. With this assurance, I hope you can place your trust in my judgment, and accept my conclusions regarding the West Campus dining halls.

In the following article, I will first give brief descriptions of each dining hall’s setup, both in terms of seating and in terms of food station placement. I hope to create for you, my readership, an image that will transport you to each location and allow you to practically taste the foods I will highlight. By the concluding sentence, I expect your mouths to be salivating and your stomachs rumbling, eager to jump out of your procrastinatory funk and head to West Campus for a snack to satisfy the senses and stimulate the mind.

crispy, bright spring rolls and smooth, savory chicken dumplings. Dipped in sauce, your glutamate sensors will definitely pick up the umami. Free up your Thursday nights for this international sensation.

Carl Becker House Similar to Cook, walking into Becker, you will see rows of tables on your right and food stations to your left. Again, there are floor-to-ceiling windows through which the full autumn glamour of the Ithaca valley can be seen. Light seems to effortlessly flow into the large room, creating a warm and comfortable eating environment. And with more seating than

Hans Bethe House

This dining room lacks some of the brightness and unique charm that others offer. But what it lacks in décor, it makes up for in size and food quality. Rows of long tables abound without overwhelming your senses.

Instead, your senses will be overcome by the food. My favorite meal here is, as I’m going to call it, ‘Murica night. Fried potatoes? Got ‘em. Fried onions? Got ‘em.

Fried chicken wings? Got ‘em. Fried chicken tenders? Got ‘em. Fried mozzarella sticks?

Got ‘em. The food is salty, sweet…gone.

This classic dinner will truly make you wonder why America has an obesity problem. However, I find it an irresistible treat

Alice Cook House Walking to the front entrance of Alice Cook’s Main House, you will notice an immaculately trimmed courtyard and floor-to-ceiling windows through which you can see the dining hall. Once you make your way into the dining hall itself, the flags hanging from the ceiling catch your eye, evoking thoughts of international culture and brightening the room with color. The room is somewhat irregularly shaped, with a raised platform toward the back and with tables, set up both in long lines and in squares, scattered throughout.

The buffet area is intuitively designed; it leads you in a circle, starting with hot dishes, then salad, then more hot dishes, then to a specialty station or pizza station.

The desserts sit in the middle, the drinks on the side. Toward the right side of the dining hall, separated from the other food, lies the coveted ice cream and cereal.

Cook dining hall’s best meal is its Asian inspired night, when the chef serves up

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Cook, Becker usually bustles with energy and excitement.

The buffet area is designed like Cook’s, with only slight modifications. At the center, there are usually yogurts, fruits and some desserts, while the majority of baked sweets and fruits are housed near the entrance. The ice cream is once again separated from the rest, a sure sign that Cornell is hoping its students cut down a bit, don’t you think? Yet, there is still an easy circular path to take, and seats are not hard to come by.

My favorite dish here is the smoked salmon omelet from Becker’s weekend omelet bar. The fish’s smokiness when paired with some nice cheese and ripe tomatoes, gives me the jumpstart I need for a productive weekend.

that is a must-eat if you are okay with gaining a few pounds in one sitting.

Flora Rose House I must give this dining hall kudos for its design. It incorporates cement, adding a modern twist to the room’s aesthetic, which is furthered by lighted disks that mitigate the darkness that the concrete would otherwise create. Moreover, the buffet area is brightly lit and mostly white, a beacon of hope for those of you with two prelims tomorrow, in addition to an essay and two projects due next week. Standing at the entrance and looking outward, the walls appear to slope downward, the windows increasing in size as your eye moves toward the opposite side — a set of floor-

to-ceiling windows. This shapely architecture creates interest for the eyes, setting this room apart from the other, more conventionally styled dining halls.

Again, the buffet leads you around in a circle, letting you pick up whatever suits your taste buds, often in spite of your stomach’s warnings. This happened to me one night, when Rose had its Greek night.

They had lamb. Lamb! Together with pita, olives, rice and other Mediterraneaninspired foods, I ate with fervor, temporarily forgetting the stresses of Cornell life. I hope for your sake you also get a chance to have this soothing experience.

William Keeton House Lastly comes Keeton, the often forgotten West Campus House, placed in the shadow of Noyes Community Center and hidden behind the behemoth that is the Hans Bethe House. Number one in décor, this dining hall blew away the competition in holiday spirit: pumpkins and zombies and cobwebs showed me that this dining hall cared about how I feel when I sit down to eat. Weirdly, however, the dining hall feels much like a high school cafeteria. The multicolored tiles fill the room with awkwardly juvenile color coordination, and the low ceilings create the illusion of a vast plane of seating. The room feels dark and somewhat cramped, while the buffet is slightly discombobulating: everything is ordered differently from how it is in the other dining halls.

But they serve iced coffee at night, affording me the chance to have dinner with a lovely glass of my own concoction of Cornell dairy chocolate milk and Keeton-style iced caffeinated roasted bean juice. Moreover, Keeton offers a mean beef gyro, that you’d think would dry out quickly, but actually retains its juiciness quite effectively. Delish.

Conclusion Just go to one of them — you’ll be happier than you would be on North!

Sasha Chanko is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at stc83@cornell.edu.

Breakfast of Vegan Champs

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think it’s safe to say that before starting college, most of us had the preconception that we were going to get by on ramen noodles. However, ramen noodles do not make the best breakfast food and most ramen flavors contain animal products, ruling them out as an option to vegans.

Cornell’s wonderful dining halls definitely have plenty of vegan options, but after spending the summer on West Campus, I think that breakfast is the hardest meal for vegans to find options, since most breakfast foods involve cheese, milk or eggs.

Now, after being a vegan for two years, I have found many ways to take the simplest of foods and combine them in order to make something “fun” that my friends would not even know is vegan.

One of the handiest instant breakfast foods vegan college students will ever meet is oatmeal. It’s usually sold anywhere from Bear Necessities to Target in boxes of

about eight packets. However, oatmeal can get tiring, even if it is flavored.

This specific recipe only involves oatmeal, water, nuts and fruits. Fruits, nuts and sugar are optional depending on what type of oats are used.

Oatmeal is usually cooked using either milk or water, and using water can result in a bland taste, but milk is not vegan. Although there are plant-based milk options, such as almond, coconut or soy, not all of them work when heated, causing foods to burn and stick when heated. Because of this, the best choice is to avoid anything other than water, especially since the toppings can easily add flavor back.

Start off by preheating your oven to 300°F. Boil one cup of water, then add half a cup of oats and a pinch of salt. Turn the heat down and simmer and cook for five minutes, making sure that the oatmeal does not stick. Once the oats have cooked, remove them

from the heat and let them sit for about two minutes.

If you know that you will not have time to boil the water and oatmeal, simply microwave the same amounts of both ingredients for about two minutes. If the oatmeal does not seem to be cooked after two minutes, let it cool for a few seconds before microwaving it again for 30 seconds. Letting it cool will ensure that it doesn’t spill.

Transfer the oatmeal to a ramekin or any other oven-safe dish. At this point, if you would like to add berries, fruits, nuts or anything else, do so. I have found that walnuts, cranberries or dried strawberries taste best on oatmeal.

If you did not choose to use presweetened or flavored oatmeal, now is the times to sweeten it.

Maple syrup and brown sugar works, but agave syrup, honey or just sugar will work fine as well.

Once the oatmeal has been sweetened, put your ramekin in the oven to broil for about five min-

utes, watching it carefully to make sure the oatmeal does not burn.

This specific step is what makes the recipe unique. After five minutes, check that it has not burned and that it is fully cooked and remove it from the oven.

Once the oatmeal is done, it should have a darker brown color.

Putting it in the oven accents sweet flavors, causing toppings such as dried cranberries or strawberries to taste sweeter. Additionally, the oatmeal will no longer have a watery, mushy consistency, but rather a firmer one. Using a plant-based milk such as almond, coconut or soy would causes foods to burn and stick when heated in an oven, so the best choice is to avoid anything other than water, especially since the toppings can easily add flavor back.

Viridiana Garcia is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at vg235@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Innocents:

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For as long as film has existed, nuns have been subjects of intense fascination to cinemagoers. Whether it be in Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus (1947) — which follows a small group of them as they establish a mission among the unreceptive, “primitive” people of the Nepalese mountains — or Pawel Pawlowski’s recent Ida (2013) — which follows an adolescent nun in postWW2 Poland as she comes to terms with her Jewish ethnicity before she is to profess her final vows — filmmakers have tended to use nuns as easy symbols of naiveté who, upon leaving the convent, are confronted by a hostile universe where their faith is tested at best, or ruined at worst.

While the reigning, anti-theistic ideology that underlies most films about nuns (Sister Act is the only exception that now comes to mind) isn’t inherently problematic, the aestheticization of faith has, on occasion, tended to reduce the complexities of religious conviction to simple-to-resolve binaries.

When audiences are deprived of the opportunity to meditate over the many, contradictory possibilities that grapple with whether there exists a higher power, an afterlife or a divinelymandated moral paradigm, we are right to feel intellectually patronized. This sentiment justifies one’s dismissiveness toward the bludgeoning “God’s not dead he’s truly alive!” of God’s Not Dead (2014) and, on the other end of the spectrum, the irritating anti-religiosity of The Innocents, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year.

Directed by Anne Fontaine, The Innocents follows Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Laâge), a French medical student work-

ing in post-WW2 Poland who encounters a secluded convent of nuns harboring a dreaded secret: a number of them are pregnant after having been raped by Soviet soldiers, their supposed “liberators” from Nazi occupation. Despite this immedi-

ately eyegrabbing premise, we spend most of the film tediously shuffling between the medical center where Mathilde works and the convent where she covertly delivers the babies. Throughout the film, I couldn’t help but feel as if its messaging failed to justify its runtime, in which repetitive, mirthless didacticism is rife. And neither is there much visual excitement in The Innocents. While it would make for a well-photographed Hallmark tele-movie, its visual staleness echoes loudly through the much larger possibility of a movie theater.

As a Communist and atheist, Mathilde appears to have long made up her mind about the existence of god; her struggles, meant to galvanize our sympathy, are instead against fatigue and her questioning supervisors, from whom she must keep the nuns’ secret. This scriptlevel misplacement of focus makes me wonder how much more interesting a film The Innocents could’ve been had the committee of four screenwriters recognized the potential of

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making any of the nuns in the convent our protagonist.

T h i s would’ve allowed us to not only witness the e v e n t s unfold from a more interesting perspective, but also to better appreciate the internal conflict between faith and d o u b t .

Indeed, Fontaine tends to elevate Mathilde and romanticize the extent of her sacrifice, which in and of itself isn’t a bad thing, but when coupled with her propensity to ridicule conserv-

ative tradition, results in a bitter, unjustified sense of incredulity toward religion. Fontaine portrays the anguished desires of some of the nuns not to be touched by Mathilde as examples of the irrational constraints placed by religious dogma, rather than a potential example of women

whose deep devotion manifests in a willingness to endure suffering. Sister Maria (Agata Buzek), who serves as the pri-

However, what these films have at the very least are either a much more refined aesthetic value in which uniquely filmic elements are better utilized as in the case of, for example, The Seventh Seal (1957), or more accurately Cornell reflect the nearequal attractiveCinema ness of faith and doubt to a person in whom such forces are at conflict, as in the original The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927). In The Innocents, what we instead have is a case of cinematic mediocrity, aggressively advancing simplistic “take-downs” of the Catholic faith, all while concurrently straining, through its esoteric, historical premise, to jostle itself a position on the Oscar shortlist.

Ultimately, as a film not only plagued by a simplistic, prescriptive ideology, but also a middling, uncinematic attitude, The Innocents continues the current trend of Sundance releases that fail to match the hype stirred up by their 100-word descriptions. Indeed, when contextualized in the annals of film history, we can see how more celebrated films skillfully appropriate the easy cliché of nunsv.s.-doubt into nuanced meditations on the difficult struggle of maintaining faith in the face of an unforgiving world. When we look back to examine those works that memorably contributed to the development of philosophical and theological inquiry in cinema, I guarantee that The Innocents will not be among them.

Lorenzo Benitez

mary liaison between the nuns and Mathilde, in one scene unleashes a clichéd, philosophically barren monologue in which she directly tells the audience, without any attempt to present this information cinematically, that she is struggling to reconcile her faith with the horrors wrought on the convent.

A crucial twist I won’t reveal lest I spoil the plot, which specifically demonizes the Mother Superior, essentially straw-mans the entire concept of religious traditionalism by absurdly suggesting that her undeniably wrong acts are representative of conservative Christianity. Because we are first greeted with a title card explaining that the film is based on a true story, I’m going to assume that this hugely incongruent plot twist happened in real life, and so my criticism would be that the film could’ve presented it better.

However, if this twist is fictional licensing (I can’t verify online whether it is or isn’t), then The Innocents ought to assume a place as among the intellectually weakest films of the year.

Allow me to clarify that there are countless sophisticated, complex films that advance an atheist or anti-theist message.

Lorenzo Benitez is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun.com.

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Good Hero, but the Script’s a Reach(er)

BY NICK SMITH Sun Contributor

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is exactly what I expected it to be. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but watching this movie with the wrong expectations could be rough. I’d place this in the realm of the first three Transformers movies (Age of Extinction was just garbage) — not strictly good films, but fun if you’re willing to turn off your brain a little.

The Jack Reacher films are based on Lee Child’s popular long-running novel series of the same name. Never Go Back is largely based on the plot of the eighteenth novel in the series, with which it shares its title. The original film was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie — who also wrote The Usual Suspects and Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow, both of which were were stellar.

The 2012 work on its own was a solid movie, complimented by a charismatic performance from Tom Cruise, who returns to reprise his role in the new film.

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Never Go Back was directed by Edward Zwick, who is notably not Christopher McQuarrie — though the latter was given producer credit. Though there were no clear missteps on Zwick’s part, this movie lacked the sequences and set pieces to stun audiences. With the level of production we’ve come to expect in cinema these days, that’s an issue.

The real issues here lie in the writing.

Though I maintain that Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders (the female lead) and Patrick Heusinger (Jack’s primary antagonist) turn in commendable performances, the situations and lines that they are fed are a serious weakness. My sister, who dozed off through much of the exposition, had as many questions about the story as I did. It isn’t that the film has massive plot holes, but on repeated occasion the script failed to justify the characters’ motivations and actions. I found myself asking ‘why’ more than I would’ve liked. Additionally, much of the characterization and dialogue falls victim to repeated cliché. Danika Yarosh’s character, Samantha, is especially guilty of this. Her teenage char-

acter fits the authority-rejecting millennial stereotype to an eye-rolling degree. These issues compound into moments where a viewer will find themselves taken out of the action.

Now I’m not here just to trash the film here. There are certain aspects which certainly deserve positive consideration! Unlike the Jason Bournes and Marvel Heroes that are so popular these days, Jack isn’t a god. In fact, our protagonist is repeatedly called on his shit. Jack’s whole schtick is being a lone wolf, a wanderer wary of outsiders. In Never Go Back, two women enter Jack’s life and he is forced to rely on both of them. In these interactions, Reacher is made to admit his own shortcomings. In one notable scene, Jack insists that he alone must confront the group’s adversary and is subsequently called out for his bullish, borderline-misogynist tendencies by Smulders’ character. Jack’s subtly shown weakness makes his character more relatable to the average viewer. He isn’t perfect, and neither are his choices.

There are also very strong action sequences strewn throughout the film. The

fighting in this movie feels more realistic and visceral than many films of recent years. In most action movies I can usually point out one or two scenes where I thought: ‘Really?

He’s not dead?’ Of course, because it is an action movie, Jack survives events that no real human could ever dream of living through, but the ridiculousness of his longevity is toned down a bit. In the everpresent mano e mano fist fight near the end of the movie, the protagonist and antagonist seem to be genuinely affected by each other’s blows. Again, these relatable deficiencies in the main characters of the film makes the entire experience more believable.

In conclusion, a weak plot and flimsy dialogue are steps backward from the relatively strong first entry in the series.

However, the complexity of Jack’s character is refreshing and makes the movie an enjoyable watch if you’re bored on a weekday afternoon.

Nick Smith is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nks53@cornell.edu.

Ur Feelings Are Valid — Love, Instagram

he emotional lives of girls are mainly myth and diagnoses and constellations and made-for-TV movies and bathroom stall graffiti, at this point. Girls’ pain is held at gunpoint by competing narratives of attractive, elegant frailty, performative victimization, attention-addicted poseuring and wound-dwelling melodrama. When a girl speaks about the way she feels, we quietly select from a near-infinite archive of stories tell us who that girl is and why she feels like that, blurring her story to match the one we’ve picked — which is why you’ve probably heard a woman explain something she felt to you, clarifying, “but it’s not like that.”

The hyper-representation of female pain in our culture has rendered it a moot point. We can’t just be ourselves; we have to choose from IMDB’s Top 70 “Memorable Female Characters.” We can’t really just be ourselves, we can only be Anna Karenina or Sylvia Plath or Bella or Hillary Clinton or Jo or Katniss or Mimí or Precious or Lisbeth or Alaska or Scarlett or Sula or Carrie or Daisy or Elizabeth.

Female pain is played out. Us girls over here with this nebulous sadness and broken hearts feeling terrible about ourselves in the corner, under the bleachers, in class, in our beds, with the headphones in, getting our periods or not getting them, feeling bad, feeling like we deserve to feel bad, feeling good,

feeling like we don’t deserve to feel good, feeling weird, feeling ugly, feeling angry, feeling shame, feeling stupid, feeling scared — we’re the oldest clichés in the book Living in a world that’s post-female pain, a girl’s problems are perpetually suspect to being real; to being interesting; to being worth talking about. Female pain can be interesting today, but only if mediated: translated correctly and expressed appropriately;

Jael Goldfine Objectivity Bites cooly, stylized, ironically, jadedly. It can be interesting, but we have to make sure no one might think we’re like that. So, women who want to speak about their pain, both everyday and cataclysmic, outside of mythology and pathology, face a challenge.

Fortunately, a whole bunch of women with the radical belief that female pain is still news are rejecting mythology and pathology, disclaimers and translation, and making sweet, sweet art about their feelings on Instagram. Contrary to conventional wisdom about the superficial alienation of social media where vapid girls show off their lattes and new boots and workout sweat — Instagram, for me, has become a space of powerful affective catharsis and validation and self-sensitizing and emotional learning and humor and joy and release.

This is because of the cadre of what I am calling sadgirl instagrammers that I fill up my feed with: members of a thriving social media artistic subculture of feminist artists, making art explicitly, unapologetically and voluminously about women’s emotional and affecCOURTESY OF @BIGSIS666 tive lives.

They are illustrators and graphic designers and cartoonists and photographers and photo-shoppers, snapchatters and fabric artists.

Some are professional and commercially successful artists, wellknown in the art, photography and fashion worlds; others are amateurs who operate exclusively on social media. They make drawings and paintings and collages and videos and memes and screenshots and selfies and comic strips and embroidery and Photoshop masterpieces.

I am talking about accounts like @jooleeloren, @bigsiss666, @filthyratbag, @lauracallaghanillustration, @audreywollen, @pollynor, @lianafink, @thunderpuss, @birdbonez, @fridawannerberger, @slimesistren, @bloatedandalone4evr1993 and so, so, so, so many more. I don’t want to reduce the complex and diverse politics and alignments of these artists or collapse them into a fantasized, homogenous community. Without collapsing or simplifying these artists and the diversity of their work, I want to argue for this drawn connection between these artists, about a certain kind of feminist sensibility, interested in making room for new stories and conversations about women. I want to argue that these artists exist in their visibility on Instagram, are in conversation with each other, and are all participating in a particular conversation that is happening on social media, among other public subcultures.

This community of artists insist upon the interestingness of female life and on the expansiveness and strangeness of femininity: reclaiming those busted boring stories of female pain with which we are nauseatingly familiar. They represent ways of claiming female and feminist identities, without the repudiation of the affects and emotions brought into being by sexism and patriarchy, which is innate in the girl power politics of mainstream feminism. They refuse quick fixes to female pain and trauma and shame, like body positivity or girl power or legal or political recourses, instead insisting on keeping pain and trauma unrelentingly in view, making no promises about when it will all be better, and everyone will be empowered and happy and safe.

These artists are collectively and individually taking on the project of making room for the nuances and idiosyncrasies of women’s

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emotional and social and sexual and political lives — in the face of the hyper-representation and petrification and idealization and romanticization of female pain and trauma. They create images of women masturbating, crying, vomiting, having sex, cuddling with their demons, peeling their skin off to reveal new selves, drinking, smoking, loving other women, hating other women, furious at and in love with their own bodies, wondering about death and self-destruction, being gluttonous and dirty and lazy and indulgent, experimenting with and feeling confused and angry about feminism and politics and the world — and a million more things that being a woman can look and feel like.

I think what these artists all share is that they find femininity so emphatically interesting, that they debase our society’s disgust with femininity. They sometimes even manage to debase my own disgust for my femininity; their art helps me to find myself interesting and complicated, and worth talking about, even when I feel dumb and vapid and dramatic and crazy.

They are taking female pain and traumas out of therapeutic and pathological and mythological contexts, and making beautiful, cultural sense of what it means to be a woman today, in this world. And for that, I’m fucking grateful.

Jael Goldfine is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jgoldfine@cornellsun.com. Objectivity Bites appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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New Cornell Hockey Season Kicks Off Friday in Andover M. HOCKEY

of depth on its roster, and young players will be expected to make an impact. One of and off the ice — return from these players is freshman injury in coming days. It defenseman Yanni Kaldis, who remains to be seen whether last has impressed teammates — year’s leading goal scorer will be and more importantly the able to take the ice against coaching staff — in just a few Merrimack this weekend. games. “[Jeff ] has made progress,” “Yanni has come in and Schafer said. “We have to see made an immediate impact,” where his conditioning levels McCarron said. “He looked are at. It’s good in the very tough exhibition “Yanni [Kaldis] has come in games and is to skate twice and catching on and made an immediate then jump to everyimpact. He looked good in thing that in the game this weekwe are the exhibition games.” end but you doing.”

Patrick McCarron never know.

Kaldis is He’s a great set to make player, so the opening we’ll see what happens this roster, and Schafer hopes that weekend.” he can “play [other freshmen] With injuries and the coach- as much as [he] can. We’ll see ing staff still in the midst of how practice goes this week.” evaluating players, it is probaRegardless of the opening ble that many of the lines that roster, this weekend marks the take the ice against the Warriors beginning of a long and arduwill be given a new look in the ous opening for the men. near future.

Despite the challenge, the team “We were lucky last year to is looking forward to get on the have the one line of [sopho- road and some even welcome more forwards Mitch] sleepless bus rides for what they Vanderlaan, [Anthony] Angello make up for in bonding. and Kubiak that we put togeth“Personally I love the road,” er,” Schafer said. “Other than Weidner said. “Going on the that there wasn’t a set of road is just you and the team defenseman or forwards that with no distractions … [It’s a played together.” chance] to build the team and When Kubiak returns, get guys to know each other. I Cornell will look to reunite the don’t think it’s going to be an talented center with wingers issue for us. I think guys are Angello and Vanderlaan and just really excited to get going.” the JAM line will likely serve as Troy Bridson can be reached at Cornell’s first line.

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Following blowout victories in exhibition games, Cornell begins year on the road versus Warriors

By TROY BRIDSON

is still in the midst of gelling as a team and trying to get Canadian opponents 84-28.

If a summer without hockey wasn’t enough, the caught up to speed in terms of game plan and style of two games against UOIT and Brock have created a play.

The 2016-17 regular season for Cornell men’s hock- sense of eagerness around the club to get the year “We know we still have a lot to cover and each week ey will begin with a road-heavy opening set of games underway. is a whole new learning experience,” Schafer said. this year, starting with a trip to North Andover, Mass.

“We are really looking forward to getting the season “We’re trying to teach guys and refine our system in to take on Merrimack in what has been a widely antici- started and making some noise,” said senior captain and terms of what we want to do, but at the same time keep pated match up for players and fans alike. that creativity that we’ve been showing so far in the first forward Jake Weidner.

“I think we got some rust out last weekend against few weeks.”

Cornell will be one of the last teams to UOIT and Brock and I think there is a lot Another major difference in this year’s begin its season, while a team like of excitement around the rink,” said Cornell matchup is timing. Last year, Cornell and Merrimack already has six games under senior alternate captain and Merrimack met in the middle of each other’s its belt.

Patrick defenseman season. By that time, the Red had somewhat “Obviously we are anxious,” added McCarron. established lines and had freshmen that gained Head Coach Mike Schafer ’86.

The team in-game collegiate experience.

“Amongst the other Ivies we are one vs. appeared to be on While the two will meet again in early of the last teams to play in the counfiring on all January — again on the road — when it try … but the guys are excited.” cylinders in comes to this Friday, plenty of components Last season, the Red swept a two two preseason are still up in the air. game series against Merrimack, matchups, “We are trying to learn so many little outscoring the Warriors, 8-2. Still, Merrimack which includthings,” Schafer said. “By the time we played with a new season comes two comed a 3-1 victo[Merrimack] last year, most of who is killing pletely different teams, and Cornell Tomorrow, 7 p.m. ry over UOIT penalties, who is playing power plays and knows it cannot get caught up in last North Andover, Mass. and an 8-1 win who is doing what had already been deteryear’s results. over Brock mined.”

“Merrimack got off to a slow after the What Schafer of sure of, however, is that he start, but they swept Colgate team outat home last weekend,” Schafer said. is happy with his captaincy core of Weidner, McCarron shot its “[The Warriors] are a much differ- and senior forward Jeff Kubiak. Schafer lauded the trio ent team at home than they are for their strong performance communicating with the AD on the road. It’s a tough team and younger players, which will be integral to RIA N BO Cornell’s success as it tries to put the pieces together. rink to play in.”

TE AN “We have to be aware of everything that goes on With the regular U /S UN within our program,” Schafer said. “Our leadership season yet to ST AF Blades of glory | In the Red’s two begin, Cornell council has done a great job of keeping those communiFP HO TO exhbition wins, Cornell outscored its opponents cation lines open and living up to the values of our proGR AP gram.”

HE 11-2. The team hopes to continue its hot start as the R Cornell hopes to have Kubiak — a leader both on regular season begins this weekend.

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CORNELL V. PRINCETON

CORNELL

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

CORNELL

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

CORNELL

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

CORNELL

PRINCETON

PENN V. BROWN

PENN

PENN

PENN

PENN

PENN

BROWN

PENN

BROWN

PENN

BROWN

PENN

HARVARD V. DARTMOUTH

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

DARTMOUTH

HARVARD

COLUMBIA V. YALE

COLUMBIA

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

COLUMBIA

NEBRASKA V. WISCONSIN

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA

WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN

SMU V. TULANE

TULANE

TULANE

SMU

TULANE

TULANE

SMU

TULANE

TULANE

TULANE

SMU

TULANE

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON V. UTAH

WASHINGTON WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON

EAGLES V. COWBOYS

COWBOYS

EAGLES

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

EAGLES

COWBOYS

EAGLES

COWBOYS

EAGLES

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COLTS V. CHIEFS

COLTS

CHIEFS

CHIEFS

COLTS

COLTS

CHIEFS

CHEIFS

COLTS

COLTS

CHIEFS

CHIEFS

JAGUARS V. TITANS

JAGUARS

JAGUARS

TITANS

JAGUARS

TITANS

TITANS

TITANS

TITANS

TITANS

JAGUARS

TITANS

LAST WEEK

5-5

4-6

8-2

6-4

7-3

7-3

6-4

4-6

6-4

8-2

6-4

TOTAL

19-21

20-20

28-12

21-19

23-17

26-14

20-20

20-20

24-16

22-18

22-18

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VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH KIT MCCARTY

ALYSSA PHELPS

The junior leads the Red in kills with 203. McCarty has 32 total kills in the Red’s last two games and had 62 in a four-game span earlier in the season. Her 30.3 percent hitting percentage places her the top 10 in the league.

With 596 assists, Phelps has 400 assists more than the next most prolific player on this year’s volleyball team. Phelps currently ranks in the University’s top five in program history for assists.

CARLA SGANDERLLA Sganderlla has improved on her breakout freshman year so far this season. The sophomore is second on the Red team in kills and has had a team-high 19 kills on two occasions so far this year.

MACEY WILSON Sporting a hitting percentage of 31.5 percent, Wilson ranks first on the the Red spikers team in accuracy of hits. The middle hitter also led the her teammates in hitting percentage last year.

SPIKERS AIM FOR WINNING RECORD

By ACHINDRA KRISHNA Sun Staff Writer

With six games left in the season, Cornell volleyball has matched every loss with a win for an overall record of 9-9, already surpassing last year’s win total.

The team has seen an upward trend in performance in the Ivy League as well, notching three wins, one more than last season’s total.

Head coach Trudy Vande Berg started her second season as the head coach of the team this fall.

Working with one of the younger rosters in the league last year, Vande Berg was able to match the previous year’s record of 6-18.

Having some experience under the belts of the players has definitely proved beneficial, as evidenced by the team’s record thus far. Junior Kit McCarty said she agreed with this idea.

“Our team is different this year because we are now coming together to be an experienced, hardworking and talented team that has the potential to be the best in the Ivy League,” McCarty said.

This year, the team matched last year’s start with a 2-0 record, something that was only achieved in 2007 before last year. The Red carried this momentum into the in-conference portion of its schedule, facing particularly competitive Ivy League foes. So far over 60 percent of league games have gone to a fifth set.

In fifth set losses against Ivy League teams, the team has averaged a point differential of just three points, a testament to how competitive and close the team

WITH SIX GAMES LEFT, RED HAS ALREADY SURPASSED ITS 2015 SEASON WIN TOTAL

has been against conference opponents this year.

One particular loss stung more than the others, against Dartmouth on Oct. 14, according to Vande Berg.

“Dartmouth was tough,” the head coach said. “We know that we didn’t execute when we needed to and just couldn’t get ourselves out of our slump.”

The win jolted the Red back to its winning ways and currently, the team is riding a two-game success streak, with the last two wins in league games against Harvard and then Columbia. This last win served as redemption after the team lost to Columbia 2-3 to kick off the Ivy season on Sept.

24.

“Beating Columbia on our home court after letting the match slip away the first time was a great feeling,” Vande Burg said.

Even setting rivalry aside, Harvard was a particularly sweet win. The team managed to overcome a 2-10 deficit in the fifth set to

steal a win on the road.

“There was so much focus and determination to win from everyone on the team,” McCarty said.

“We haven’t beat Harvard since 2011, so it was so much fun to beat them on their home court.”

Vande Berg added that it can be challenging to get over the

styles as well as personalities.

“Off the court we are the closest team I’ve ever been a part of,” McCarty said. “Even though we already spend a ton of time in the gym together, we typically spend most of our time outside of volleyball hanging out together.”

With three weekends left in

The rest of the games left in the season are all against Ivy opponents, meaning that every game from here on out counts.

Just two of those games will be played in front of the Red’s supportive home crowd, so the team will need to rely on each other in order to get things done on the road.

Vande Berg was clear about what the goal is for the remainder of the season: make sure the number of wins is greater than the number of losses.

Asked which game will be the most important in the coming weeks, Vande Berg simply said the next one on the schedule,

“We are now coming together to be an experienced, hardworking and talented team that has the potential to be the best in the Ivy League.”

— Kit McCarty hump in the season, but said the Harvard game was a good indicator that the team has successfully pushed through.

“I think we got that monkey off our back versus Harvard last weekend but we know that we have to keep working hard to get better every day,” she said.

As the season has matured, team chemistry has been another important aspect contributing to the team’s success, because the women have learned each o t h e r ’s playing

the season, the team is perfectly even in all contests: home (4-4), away (3-3), and neutral (2-2).

The Red is hoping to grab a win at Yale this Friday to extend the squad’s winning streak and move to above .500 for the season.

“Our team is finally in a rhythm and we will continue to get better and better,” McCarty said.

Yale.

“Every match in the Ivy League is a battle,” Vande Berg said. “Yale at their place is next, that’s the one we are focused on.”

Cornell plays the Bulldogs and Brown this weekend, before returning home to take on Harvard and Dartmouth at home. The season closes with two away games against Princeton and Penn.

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All smiles | With six games left in the season, the women of the volleyball team are confident they can end the season with a winning record.

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IVY CHAMPIONSHIPS AWAIT X.C.TEAMS THIS WEEKEND

Women Hope to Continue Dominant Season

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

When the days get shorter and the weather begins to turn, it is time to kick off the women’s cross country championship season. The team just completed its regular season this past Sunday. Now, all eyes turn first to the Ivy Championships this weekend followed by NCAA Regionals and NCAA Nationals, if the team qualifies.

The women’s regular season was a very successful one, and head coach Artie Smith ’96 said he was impressed by the team’s growth throughout the year.

“I’m very pleased with the regular season,” he said.

“We’ve seen tremendous improvement from meet to meet. Not only are people running faster, but they are competing at a higher and higher level and closing out their races better and better.”

The season consisted of just five meets, but the women used each one to grow individually and as a group in preparation for the key meets to close out the year.

The Red began the season at the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State, where it finished fourth out of nine teams, competing against a field which included several nationally-ranked opponents.

A week later, at the Yellowjacket Invitational in Rochester, Cornell won the whole event, besting a field of 26.

Two weeks later, the women finished eighth out of 45 teams at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh, ahead of several Ivy League schools and other tough competition. In its return to State College, the Red was then able to finish in sixth out of 19 — yet another impressive showing.

The women concluded the regular season with the John Reif Memorial Run — the lone home meet of the year — where, in spite of resting its top 12 runners, the Red still managed to sweep second through 10th.

Smith has had only positive things to say about the season up to this point.

“I've been very pleased with our performances so far,” the head coach said. “We're clearly moving in the right direction. ... The group has been fearless about putting themselves in contention, and that attitude and approach will pay big dividends in the championship portion of the season.”

Particularly strong for the Red have been sophomore Gracie Todd, junior Jackie Katzman and senior captain Taylor Spillane. Smith praised the trio’s consistency and competitiveness, referring to Spillane in particular as a “fantastic, positive leader,” and Katzman as one of the team’s breakout stars.

“We have such a deep group, and so many people have made a positive impact,” Smith said. “I've been particularly pleased with the consistency and competitiveness of sophomore Gracie Todd.”

Now the Red will need all of its top runners to find that next gear with the championship run beginning this weekend. The team travels to Princeton for Ivy Heps all day Saturday. If all goes well, Cornell will send a group to regionals on Nov. 11 and nationals on Nov. 19.

Smith said he knows that these key meets are coming at the best possible time, and said he hopes the team’s momentum keeps building into mid-November.

“We’ve got great momentum heading into the championship portion of the season,” Smith said. “It has been great see the assertiveness and confidence of our group in big meets. We are going to continue to build on those attributes in the weeks to come.”

The head coach also said he feels confident that, if his runners can in fact find that top gear, they will be competitive in any race they run — including Ivy Championships.

“This is a good league,” he said. “Every women's team has appeared in the national poll at some point this season, but we do feel strongly that we will be in position to be one of those teams contending for the Heps title.”

Last year, the Red finished in sixth place in the Ivy League. Stronger and better than before, the women know they can do better. And based on this year’s results, all signs indicate that the team could improve on last season’s finish.

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Aiming for the top | With the most important events of the season approaching fast, the women of the cross country team are aiming to carry their strong regular season performance over into the postseason.

Red Travels to Princeton for Heps

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

After running in its lone home meet of the season — the John Reif Memorial Run — the Cornell men’s cross country team completed the regular season portion of its schedule. The team, led by head coach Zeb Lang ’03, will now turn its attention to championship season — Ivy Heps, NCAA Regionals and, perhaps the NCAA Championships.

The men centered this season with particularly high expectations. Last year, the team nearly won regionals and sent two individuals to nationals.

Incidentally, both of these runners, Ben Rainero ‘16 and Brian Eimstad ‘16, have now graduated. The quest to replace them has been tough, and Lang said he feels the men of the team have yet to meet their full

potential.

“After a great 2015 season, our expectations were higher this year,” Lang said. “We still feel that we are yet to run as well as we are capable of running.”

Although the season lasts for over two months, the Red has competed in just five events over four weekends thus far. The somewhat uneventful regular season can lead to very different results from meet to meet.

The Red performed quite well in the seasonopener — the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State. The team finished in second out of a competitive 11-team field, and all five of the Red’s scoring runners finished in the overall top 20.

Several weeks later, Cornell took ninth place out of 38 at the Lehighhosted Paul Short Run. Again, the results did not meet the head coach’s expectations. The Red’s 225 points put the squad ahead of a solid Harvard team but behind other Ivy League foes Penn, Columbia and Dartmouth.

Two weeks later, the Red hoped to rebound on its return to State College for the Penn State National, but the team managed just a 15th place finish out of the tournament’s 16 teams.

That same weekend, many of Cornell’s top runners instead made the trip to

Hitting their stride | The Red has had a tumultuous season this year, but the team hopes it can find its groove for Saturday’s championship meet.

Indiana to run in the PreNational Invitational where the men fared better — 28th place in a highly competitive 40team field.

The team rounded out the regular season on a sloppy home track this past Sunday at the John Reif Memorial Run. The Red’s top 12 sat out in preparation for Ivy Championships this coming weekend, but Lang said he still took several positives from the event.

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Putting it all together | First-year head coach John Smith said he “inherited a program that was in disarray.”

Smith has worked to revamp the team’s culture and guide the Red back to a winning season.

SMITH USHERS IN NEW ERA OF MEN’S SOCCER

By ANNIE TAYLOR

“Currently I’m having to deal with things in a completely different way,” Smith explained. “[I] set smaller goals.”

The coach has repeatedly emphasized that Before taking charge of the Cornell men’s soccer team, new head coach John Smith said he there are thousands of individual wins a coach knew that developing the program was going to can find in any game. Any success that a player or team has is something to build on, and he has be a challenge.

“I inherited a program that was in disarray,” seen countless wins this season that show the he said. “There were different factions within the depth of passion on the team.

“I think everybody’s pretty much bought in,” team, guys not particularly liking each other, Smith said. “They love training. They recognize guys falling out of love with the sport.”

For a coach that places a tremendous they’re being coached and I think that’s been fun amount of emphasis on the power of positive for them.”

“I think I’d be the first to recognize not every psychology, such a diagnosis could not be much worse. But, in taking on his new role, Smith training session is a bed of roses, but they’ve enjoyed it, they’ve bought in,” he continued. “It’s said he gave every player a “blank slate.” not yet translated “My main aim into [many] wins, was to get them to but a lot of that enjoy playing again comes into other and get them to 2016 RED POINTS LEADERS factors.” believe that this is PLAYER YEAR GOALS ASSISTS This sentiment is what they wanted Brady Dickens Freshman 2 2 echoed by his playto be doing,” ers. Freshman forSmith said Junathan Cullom Junior 2 1 ward Brady Dickens emphatically.

Ryan Watters Sophomore 2 1 describes how This season has George Pedlow Freshman 2 1 even in his proved to be a test first-year, the of willpower for change from last the players as well as for Smith himself. So far, the team has only year has been substantial.

“Talking to the upperclassmen, they’ve all just won one game and generally has played a high volume of difficult opponents in a short period said the whole way that the coach goes about socof time. The Red has faced Syracuse, American cer [is different],” Dickens said. “Everything University, UVA and UConn — who are all from practice to film sessions to motivational speeches, it’s just been such a step up this year.” known as consistent powerhouses.

His classmate — midfielder Christophe Freshman George Pedlow, one of the leading scorers for the Red this season, emphasizes that Gerlach — agrees that Smith has changed the while the team’s record of 1-11-2 is frustrating, it dynamic of practices and said there is a noticefails to reflect how hard they have worked and able gap in his life when he is not with the team.

“It’s a new thing that we’re actually looking the ways in which they have overcome adversity.

“Although we haven’t won a game this season, forward to going to practices,” Gerlach said. we’ve played some really hard teams and actually “We’re not looking forward to the days off and come out really strong against some top teams we’re all enjoying the soccer a lot.”

This kind of feedback shows how truly suclike Syracuse — we scored first, we were up at cessful Smith has been, halftime,” Pedlow said before the team’s first despite having run the prowin against Colgate gram for less than a year.

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Red Looks to Finish Season on High Note

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Last year, the women’s soccer team finished with a 9-4-4 record. It was the first time since 2002 that the team had finished with a winning record. Head coach Patrick Farmer assumed his position in 2012, and since then the women’s team has picked up increasingly more wins with each successive season (one win in 2012, seven wins in 2013 and eight wins in 2014 all led up to the nine-win 2015 campaign.

In this way, Farmer has instilled a positive trajectory in the program that keeps his players focused on improving LEADING THE RED their play PLAYER YEAR GOALS ASSISTS with hopes Paige DeLoach Junior 2 0 to finish with a winJuliana Comer Freshman 1 1 ning record.

Kennedy Yearby Freshman 1 1 Despite the team’s current mediocre Ivy League record that puts the Red in a tie for fifth with Princeton and Yale, the Red (4-8-2, 1-3-1) still has games against Princeton and Dartmouth over the next two weeks.

While winning the league and improving on last year’s win total is now mathematically impossible, finishing off the season with two wins could certainly propel the team into the top half of the Ivy standings.

“To be honest, I thought [our record] would be over .500, but if they come back and get a couple more wins they should feel really happy about themselves,” Farmer said.

The last time the Red won the Ivy League was in 1991, and the last time the Red finished in the top half of the league was in 1995, when the squad tied for second. For this reason, finishing in the top half of the league would be a truly special feat.

Farmer said he is disappointed about not being able to continue the streak of winning seasons but knows, despite the fewer wins this year, that his team has definitely improved since 2015.

“We played the hardest non-conference schedule for the Ivy League, so I thought they did a really good job, even though some of the results weren’t what we would hope for,” Farmer said.

Continuing to improve the school’s program largely depends on the team’s ability to recruit, develop and acclimate strong freshman classes into the program, he said. The team’s upperclassmen play a major role in this acclimation process.

“As a junior, I really try and talk to the freshmen as much as possible on and off the field, both about soccer and life in general because I know that when I was a freshman, it meant a lot when the upperclassmen reached out to me,” said junior forward Tess Pullano.

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Can I kick it? | The Red hopes to finish its season with two more wins, setting the stage for an improved 2017 campaign.

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‘IT HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT ALL THE WAY’

RED EYES STRONG FINISH TO SEASON

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ornell’s field hockey team is looking to finish off its last three games of the season strong.

So far, the Red has posted an 8-7 record including a 2-3 Ivy League record. The team is currently ranked 39th in the NCAA Division I standings and fourth in the Ivy League, two places lower than where the women finished off last year’s season.

It may not have been the season Cornell expected, but the women are learning from their mistakes and continuing to move forward, according to junior co-captain Sam McILwrick.

“The season has been challenging,” McILwrick said.

“We haven’t gotten the results we’ve wanted but I’m also really proud of the team.”

Head coach Donna Hornibrook said she agrees, commenting that the year has been a bit of a roller coaster. “[The season] has been mixed,” said Hornibrook.

“There has been some really positive things and good periods of play where we show the quality we want to bring.

But sometimes that wasn’t there.”

Junior goalkeeper Kelly Johnson said that, despite the back-and-forth results, the team’s effort has been present in each game this season.

“We are always fighting no matter if we are winning or losing so I think this season has been going pretty well,” Johnson said.

Cornell currently averages 2.81 goals per game and has a shot-on-goal percentage of 65 percent. The team’s leading player in goals and points is junior forward Katie Carlson. Junior for-

By SARAH PETERS Sun Staff Writer ward Krysten Mayers is leading in both number of assists and shots-on-goal.

With two Ivy League games left, the women are looking to improve their work

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i n practice with hopes of finishing above .500 in the conference.

“Process dictates outcome” Hornibrook said, “so how the [rest of the] season goes will be dictated during our process and how we practice and prepare.”

Johnson mentioned that the practices from the defensive unit have been consistently strong.

According to the junior, the defense has been consistently acting as one strong unit and the quality of play the freshman players have demonstrated is remark-

different moments throughout the season,” Hornibrook said, “but it has been a team effort all the way.”

That teamwork was on display in the squad’s 2-1 victory over Yale. Looking able for a group so young. back on the season so far, the Bulldogs “They’re incredible workers and con- game was the most enjoyable, according tributors, on and off the field,” Johnson to both Johnson and McILwrick. said. “A thing that most impresses me is “[It] was the most fluid,” McILwrick that they’re not scared to get into a game said. “Our ball movement and awareness and play against really experienced was some of the best we’ve seen so far.” college players.”

Johnson praised the team effort and McILwrick, one of the perseverance it took to secure that win. veterans on the team, “It was the first game this season that similarly praised we came back to win after the other team the freshmen’s scored first,” Johnson said. “Everyone poise, despite from me to the forwards to our subs had their relative to contribute to help the entirety of our inexperience. team win.” “[Mid For Hornibrook, the most consistent fi e l d e r ] quality level of play from the Red came M a d d y in the game against Vermont in which C o n k l i n Cornell won, 4-1. and [back] With just two games remaining for Rose Gorski the season, Hornibrook said she hopes have played the Red finishes strong, setting the stage major min- for an improved 2017 campaign. utes,” McIL“The girls are focused and ready to wrick said. “Rose play these last games with everything is very composed at they have,” Hornibrook said. the back and Maddy Cornell will take on Princeton and is such a work horse.”

Dartmouth to finish off the season.

In addition to the newcomers, Hornibrook mentioned McILwrick and senior midfielder Katy Weeks as standout players this season.

“Sam has had an outstanding season,” Hornibrook said. “She joined the attack more than previous years and it has improved our overall game. And Katy is a workhorse. There is no doubt about it.”

McILwrick has three goals and four assists so far this year. In 2014, she was named to the all-Ivy second team. Weeks KATIE was twice named second team all-Ivy CARLSON before earning first team honors last year.

Despite the handful of strong players, Carlson currentHornibrook remarked that the team has ly leads the team not been driven by individuals. in goals and sec“We have had different kids step up at

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ond in assists. The junior has had two two-goal games this season and ranks eighth in the league in points scored.

SAM MCILWRICK A year removed from her allIvy sophomore year, McILwrick has continued to impress. She has started in all of the Red’s games this season and is a key facet of the defense.

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Dominant defense | The field hockey team has shut out its opponent three times this season. Junior goalkeepr Kelly Johnson called the defense one of team’s strengths.

Averaging 1.81 goals against per game, the junior is one of the best goalkeepers in the conference. She is currently the winningest goalie in school history.