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Ithaca Approved to Accept Refugees

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Catholic Charities grant will find 50 newcomers jobs, schools

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By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

program in Rochester suggested to the U.S. Conference Sun Staff Writer of Catholic Bishops that Ithaca could be a prime location for refugees to find a new home, Chaffee said. Many Up to 50 refugees from war-torn or dangerous coun- Ithaca residents were enthusiastic about the proposal. tries will arrive in Ithaca next year after the U.S. CCTT will use the grant to provide refugees “a safe Department of State awarded and furnished home close to an Ithaca-based charity a grant “We made the case that Ithaca would be public transportation,” register to house the refugees, find children for school and enroll a welcoming place for refugees.” them jobs and enroll their chiladults in English classes, dren in classes. according to Chaffee.

Sue Chaffee The charity, Catholic The charity will also partner Charities of Tompkins Tioga, with local businesses to help applied in May to bring refugees from unsafe countries refugees access skills training and find employment, “as — such as Syria, Iraq, Burma, Bhutan and the we know our clients will be eager to work and get back Democratic Republic of the Congo — to Ithaca. The on their own two feet,” Chaffee said. grant was approved this week.

The grant will provide CCTT with $2,025 for each “We made the case that Ithaca would be a welcoming refugee — $900 for administration and $1,125 for place for refugees and has the capacity in terms of infra- “client direct” assistance — The Ithaca Voice reported in structure and services to ease some of the burdens of their August. resettlement,” said Sue Chaffee, director of CCTT’s Immigrant Services Program, in a release.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at The resettlement effort began when CCTT’s sister nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun.com.

McGraw Tower will light up in green this year on Veterans Day for the “Greenlight a Vet” campaign.

McGraw Tower E.A. Explores Changing Academic Calendar Will Glow Green, HonorVeterans

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and spring break and reworking the final exam schedule, according to Dean of Faculty Charles Van Loan.

The Employee Assembly discussed He explained that the Academic potential changes to the academic cal- Calendar Committee is considering endar, establishing a standard of web these changes after receiving years of accessibility across community feedUniversity websites “I want to make sure all back. and updating Van Loan asked these different University servers to the assembly to increase inclusion of reach out to staff constituencies know LGBT communities members in their about this.” at its meeting “individual conWednesday. stituencies” to Prof. Charles Van Loan Twelve total areas understand how calof the calendar are endar changes under consideration for changes, would affect different positions across including shifting the spring semester campus. earlier, adjusting the dates of February “There’s so many different types of Sun Staff Writer

employees,” he said. “I want to make sure all these different constituencies know about this and throw their ideas in the hoop. That’s the key thing.”

Jeramy Kruser, research and technology transfer representative at large, proposed ensuring a “standard of web accessibility” across all Cornell websites.

Specifically, his resolution aims to bring Cornell’s websites up to the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which mandates that government electronic and information technology must be accessible to people with disabilities, including visual and auditory impairSee E.A. page 4

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Open for all | Employee Assembly Chair Ulysses Smith, pictured above at a previous E.A. meeting, proposed a resolution to make University servers more accessible to the LGBT community Wednesday.

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun News Editor

In a victory for veterans, Cornell announced today that it will light McGraw Tower green on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, to honor the military service of veteran students, alumni and faculty.

This announcement represents a reversal of the University’s position — almost two weeks ago, David Outlaw ’17, the president of the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association said he was rebuffed by administrators when he requested the lighting change.

In a Sun letter to the editor on Oct. 19, Outlaw wrote that the group’s petition for the “simple action of changing one light to green” was denied by a Cornell Chimes administrator, who explained that McGraw Tower is not lit for special occasions except a select number of “very long-standing university traditions.”

Tuesday’s decision changed that precedent. Lighting McGraw Tower green supports the “Greenlight A Vet” campaign and was announced by Outlaw and Joseph Burke, executive director for Campus and Community Engagement. The campaign asks all Americans to change one visible light in their home or workspace to show visible support for veterans.

McGraw Tower is one of the most visible lights on campus and in the community, with three raised windows and an illumiSee VETERANS page 4

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Vet School Dean Emeritus, Mentor, Dies at 66

By JOSH GIRSKY

“It’s been an extraordinary experience,” Smith said “As a faculty surgeon Smith had uncanny abilities, of the school after stepping down in 2007. “I never especially when treating individual dairy cattle with came into the veterinary profession expecting surgical diseases,” Associate Dean for Donald Smith, dean emeritus of the Cornell a leadership position at any level. I feel very Academic Affairs Susan Fubini said in a College of Veterinary Medicine died on Saturday after grateful to the university for allowing me to statement. “Every time I operated with him I suffering from an unspecified serious illness. He was 66 serve in this capacity.” learned something new. He mentored many years old.

Smith received his DVM from the young faculty and residents, championed the Smith took over the college in 1997 and worked to University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada role of women in the profession and encouraccomplish many construction projects, adding 40,000 and completed his internship and residency aged leadership opportunities for female stusquare feet of clinical instruction and research space. in large animal surgery at the University of dents, staff and faculty.”

He also oversaw a reorganiPe n n s y l v a n i a , The current dean of the CVM, Lorin zation of the college, conaccording to the Warnick praised Smith’s work as dean in an “On behalf of all of us at the college I PROF. SMITH solidating academic email sent out to the CVM. University. our sincere condolences to Don’s extend departments to reflect conAfter coming to Cornell “I am personally grateful for the support and temporary science and wife Doris, his family and many friends.” as an assistant professor of encouragement Dean Smith gave me since I was hired medicine and advised on surgery in 1977, Smith left as a faculty member, and especially while I was serving the development of a comLorin Warnick to become an associate pro- as Interim Dean,” Warnick said in the email. “On parative cancer program, fessor at the University of behalf of all of us at the college I extend our sincere according to the Wisconsin-Madison, but condolences to Don’s wife Doris, his family and many University. returned to Cornell in 1987 as chair of the Department friends.”

Under his leadership, CVM was consistently ranked of Clinical Sciences. Before becoming dean of the colone of the top 10 veterinary schools in the country, lege, he also served as associate dean for veterinary edu- Josh Girsky can be reached according to U.S. News and World Report. at jgirsky@cornellsun.com. cation and associate dean for academic programs.

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Russian Protest Group,Pussy Riot,Visits C.U. Student Founds Punk rocker recounts defying Putin, country’s religious orthodoxy

By BARBERA ESUOSO Sun Staff Writer

The Russian feminist punk rock protest group, Pussy Riot, spoke to an over capacity crowd at an event celebrating Punkfest Cornell, a week-long celebration of punk music and its history.

By TOBA STERN Sun Contributor

“I’m not something unique or special.

Everybody has a story...”

Maria Alyokhina Pussy Riot, a female group based in Moscow, has “staged unauthorized provocative guerrilla performances in unusual public locations across Russia”, said a briefing for the event, which was hosted in Klarman Hall Wednesday.

Themes of the group’s videos include “feminism, LGBT rights, opposition to the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they regard as a dictator, and links between Putin and the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church,” according to the briefing.

A documentary shown during the event highlighted the journey of Pussy Riot member and panelist, Maria Alyokhina, who was arrested and convicted to 21 months in jail after protesting the Orthodox Church leader’s support for Putin during his election campaign in 2012 at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

At the time, the public responded in solidarity with the group, bearing signs reading “Free Pussy Riot” and “Art is Freedom,” the video showed.

In the courtroom, witnesses often

Girl Code, Ithaca Tech Program

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Protest power | Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina spoke about the Russian activism movement that sprang from Pussy Riot’s protests agaist the country’s government.

broke into applause after hearing her words, rebuffing authority figures who said that she was court, not a theatre.

In the panel on Wednesday, Alyokhina was alongside Alexandra Bogino, a collaborator with Pussy

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Myra Gupta ’19 has reclaimed the meaning of “girl code” by creating an eponymous program that inspires young girls to pursue careers in the technological sciences.

Girl Code is an after school program designed for middle school girls interested in technology, according to Gupta.

The seven-week course is taught at the Southside Community Center in Ithaca, where students learn the basics of computer science through various coding exercises. Gupta said she plans to teach lessons with other volunteers, procured in conjunction with the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board.

Gupta said the organization aims to create a comfortable environment for students to learn, as well as introduce young girls to a field that is “often dauntingly male dominated.”

“The gender disparity in computer science and even more generally in the STEM fields is something I experience every day in my classes,” she said.

Gupta cited two of the biggest challenges facing women in the technical sciences today.

“First, there aren’t many women at the technology table,” she said. “This makes it hard for aspiring female technologists to see themselves pursuing certain careers. Second, often the women who are at the technology table are overshadowed or outspoken by their male counterparts.”

Girl Code addresses these challenges before girls reach the college level to head off this disparity, according to Gupta.

“I think that these problems are best solved at an early age by encouraging young girls to pursue an education and career in technology, by giving them access to a wide range of supportive mentors and by giving them the confidence to share their thoughts and ask questions,” she said.

While the program just launched in September, Gupta said the experience has been successful so far.

“It was amazing how focused and interested in the content the students were,” she said.

“They wanted it to be a year-long class instead of a seven week program. The girls walked away with mastery of a lot of the concepts that are covered in Cornell’s Intro to CS classes, and that’s pretty spectacular for middle school students.”

However, Gupta said she is still searching for more ways to enhance and develop the program.

“In the future it would be great to get a wider range of guest speakers so that the students have exposure to different fields of thought,” she said.

Toba Stern can be reached at tfs46@cornell.edu.

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Pussy Riot Member Promotes Purposeful Activism

Protest group helped spark growth of Mediazone as independent Russian news source PUSSY RIOT

One month later, the “very independent news outlet” ranked between seventh and ninth place among the top Russian news sources, according to fellow panelist Alexander Sasha.

Bogino stressed the difficulty of operating in Russia, where there is so much violence and so many victims of violence, but also said this climate made a small team reporting about these events very influential.

“We now have activists, performers, LGBT that don’t exist for the government,” Bogino said.

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Alexander Sasha, Mediazona has been transformed “small underground news source,” growing to become “one of the most powerful news sources in Russia."

On March 9, 2016, the Committee for Prevention of Torture, which included Mediazona employees, experienced a violent attack during which a van was burned and many people beaten.

Admin Reverses Clock Tower Policy

Alyokhina said she does not stand out or alone for the work she has done, asserting that all have a choice to become advocates.

“I'm not something unique or special. Everybody has a story and everybody in different situations has to make a choice: to act or to stay aside,” Alyokhina said.

“Don’t stay aside otherwise your history will be written by someone else.”

Barbara Esuoso can be reached at besuoso@cornellsun.com.

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nated clock face atop each of the tower’s four sides, the University pointed out in its announcement.

“Cornell will light McGraw Tower green, so even if we can’t always see our veterans, they can always see our support,” Outlaw said of the gesture.

David Cox, vice president of CUVA and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences representative to the Student Assembly, said the change was the result of reaching out to students, faculty and staff through the letter to the editor, working with the S.A. and encouraging conversations between members of the Cornell community.

“Often Cornell comes under a lot of fire for being tough to navigate,” he said. “But I think we have the correct institutional channels in place to reach the right people and our collective experience as veterans … helps us to drive change in the right direction.”

Cox added that after the initial rebuff, students inside and outside CUVA worked with administrators, including Burke, to change the policy.

While Cox said he worked with S.A. members to petition the administration, Outlaw worked with Burke to create a new policy that would allow CUVA and other organizations to potentially light up the tower in different colors.

“I am appreciative that the University and I were able to constructively collaborate toward a resolution that will foster inclusivity, increase awareness of Cornell’s diverse student body, and honor the service of Cornellians who have fought so hard to protect and preserve our everyday liberties,” Outlaw said.

Both Outlaw and Burke said they hope the move sparks productive conversations about the University’s ambition to connect and represent a diverse body of students. The University also indicated in the release that administrators are open to exploring lighting the tower for a myriad of different causes.

“While we engage in this important conversation, the Division of Student and Campus Life is committed to creating a diverse committee of students and administrators to draft a new McGraw Tower lighting policy that uses our important campus symbol as a beacon to raise awareness of important student populations, while also maintaining the respect and integrity of our most iconic building,” Burke said in the announcement.

Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun.com.

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People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside police headquarters in Urbandale, Iowa, after two officers were fatally shot in what authorities called “ambush style attacks.” Police arrested a suspect Scott Michael Greene Wednesday morning.

E.A. Encourages Increased Web Accessibility E.A.

“It’s putting people in a very uncomfortable circumstance where they have to explain themselves,” he said. “This resolution makes it very clear that all the ments. downstream systems have to change by a particular As a part of a larger campus accessibility package ini- date.” tiated by the Student Assembly, the website accessibility Smith added that the current employee healthcare plan was proposed to “get a foot in the door and set a plan allows some discrepancies between family planning base standard for accessibility for all websites in the cor- benefits for same-sex female and same-sex male couples. nell.edu domains,” Kruser said. Due to insufficient He urged the E.A. to gather more information about any resources at the time, this benefits that are gendered. initiative was not passed “[The resolution is] not a along with the S.A. package. dictate, or a mandate to say “It’s putting people in a very Kruser said he believes switch all the benefits immecreating a baseline website uncomfortable circumstance where they diately,” he said. “It’s saying accessibility is necessary to have to explain themselves.” give us a report form, help us help support Cornell’s understand what the benefits Ulysses Smith “equality” and “antidiscrimiare so then we can make an nation” standard. informed decision about Ulysses Smith, chair of what to do next.” the E.A. and LGBT representative at large, introduced a Kruser also introduced Ithaca Mayor Svante resolution aiming to make University servers more inclu- Myrick’s ’09 proposal for the Ithaca Plan for potential sive for LGBT communities. Following the passing of a endorsement. However, the assembly agreed that the resolution last year, the University updated its servers to proposal is “extremely controversial” and should be allow individuals to use their preferred names instead of discussed in a public forum before an endorsement can their legal ones. be made.

However, Smith said the downstream and external systems do not all have the same capabilities, resulting in the Anu Subramaniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun.com. “outing of many employees.”

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few days ago, I began seeing numerous people on my Facebook feed “checking in” to Standing Rock Indian Reservation. As of yesterday, over 1.3 million people have done this. I knew this was related to the Dakota Access Pipeline, but I was confused by its direct purpose. Just like people were able to put a French flag banner over their profile pictures to show their solidarity with Paris after the terrorist attack, I assumed this was a similar type of coming together.

Checking in to the location on Facebook serves as a way to make a statement against something that is capable of inflicting disastrous consequences. People who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline have found a way to protest the pipeline without standing on the actual grounds in North Dakota. The Dakota Access Pipeline will transport over 450,000 barrels of crude oil from the Bakken Formation in North Dakota to Illinois daily. The pipeline will cross four states and travel under the Missouri River — an important drinking water source.

Although builders of the pipeline insist that measures will be taken to safeguard against any potential disaster, PHMSA has reported more than 3,000 incidents of oil and gas pipeline leaks. The smallest contamination by these leaks could severely impact the tribe’s water supply. Environmental activists comment on the environmental aspects of the pipeline, for the continuous use of fossil fuels will worsen the effects of climate change. But to some people an even more important issue is that the pipeline will damage and destroy historic, religious and cultural grounds that are greatly significant to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, such as burial and prayer sites.

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline since 2014 when the first plans for the pipeline were proposed. However, it has only been in the few recent months that wide national attention has been brought to this issue.

Indigenous rights have been violated since the very beginning of American history.

Why, now, have such a large number of Americans decided to take a stand against this particular issue?

Don’t get me wrong, I strongly oppose the pipeline and am impressed — if not a little surprised — that so much attention has been given to the issue at hand. Because of economic, environmental and political factors that will directly impact the American people, I understand that the pipeline should be getting attention. But I’ve also realized that the sudden interest in the pipeline stems from the number of celebrities who have publicly taken a stand against it. Shailene Woodley, an actress who has starred in movies such as The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent and The Descendants was arrested on October 10 and charged

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Checking In with criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot. This story was instantly shared on news outlets and triggered a twitter hashtag: #FreeShailene. Ever since her arrest, other notable actors and actresses have come forward to take an anti-pipeline stand.

If the problem is not already obvious, even Shailene Woodley acknowledged that it took a privileged person to bring so much publicity to the issue. I respect how passionate the actress is in protesting the pipeline and how she consciously used her privilege in a way that could bring about positive change. But I also find it disheartening that Indigenous tribes have been protesting the pipeline for two years and it is only until recently that the issue has gained an increasing amount of attention. In a full statement that was released, Woodley wrote, “We fail to act. So much so that it took me, a white non-native woman being arrested on Oct. 10 in North Dakota, on Indigenous People’s Day, to bring this cause to many people’s attention. And to the forefront of news publications around the world.” And she’s right: her arrest has drawn attention from people all over the country. Those who would have remained unaware or uncaring of the pipeline issue have gained interest because of what Woodley stands for.

I don’t want to negatively target Shailene Woodley for what she’s done. I respect and appreciate her decision to make a statement and raise attention on a problem that is not just important for the future of America, but a group of people who currently live in it and have been ignored and oppressed for too long. I remember when Emma Watson gave a speech to the UN about gender inequality and was immediately faced with backlash. She was targeted by men who thought that what she said was unfair, and other women who thought her arguments were not encompassing for they came from a white woman. Emma Watson brought the issue of gender inequality — an issue that has been continually talked about — to national attention because of who she is and the power she holds in influencing public’s views. She is indeed a wealthy, famous, white actress, but she used her privilege to raise important questions.

When we check into Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Facebook, it’s important to know why we are doing so.

Indigenous people have been oppressed for centuries and their rights have been stepped over countless times before. Just because public figures have brought new attention to these issues, it’s up to us to continue to remain aware of the things that we suddenly find so interesting just because of the people who stand up for them.

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

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long, contentious and exhausting election has finally come to a close.

Yet, this is the point where your part actually counts. When millions of Americans go to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, they’ll be charting our nation’s course for the next four years. Make sure you’re one of them.

That’s the simple point of this column: I’m asking you to vote, and telling you why should. My audience is specific: the large community of Cornell students who are registered to vote right here in Ithaca. Certainly, many of these arguments apply to those who are registered elsewhere, and I strongly encourage everyone to submit an absentee ballot. It’s too important to let distance be a factor. However, I want to return to those of us who have the chance to vote in person here in Ithaca.

First, let’s note that our representative democracy relies on voter participation. Low voter turnout leads to election results that do not fully reflect the will of the people.

Unfortunately, one of the demographic groups that is particularly vulnerable to this self-destructive apathy is college students.

For whatever reason, at this formative period in our lives, many of us choose to surrender the opportunity to guide America’s future.

This is unacceptable. It may be a cliché to invoke the historical denial of the franchise, but it’s true. We should all be thankful for the ancestors and trailblazers who have guaranteed universal suffrage. And we should honor them by exercising this right.

Still, even if you agree on principle that voting is crucial, you may still wonder if it

has an impact here in New York. The answer is that it certainly does.

I’ll start with the big race. Yes, your vote in the presidential election absolutely matters. Trump has rampaged across the country for 18 months, spreading his message of hate and fear to each place he ventures. It’s time for the country to decide whether to reject or accept his bigotry. And in the final stretch, the race has tightened. National polling now shows that Clinton has a small, and shrinking lead over Trump. There are legitimate concerns that there could be a split between the national popular vote and the electoral college, as occurred in 2000.

I want to be completely candid and honest. Hillary Clinton will win New York by an extremely comfortable margin. But with a candidate as abnormal and dangerous as Donald Trump, we need to deliver him a crushing defeat. A narrow Clinton win might lend credence to Trump’s absurd claims of election fraud, and it could also signal to politicians that his brand of demagoguery remains potentially viable. Every vote, including yours, serves to demonstrate that America will never succumb to Trump’s dark vision. We should also not forget that each vote for Hillary Clinton will play a part in shattering the glass ceiling that has persisted since the country’s founding.

Nonetheless, this is about so much more than sending a message. It also involves the practical fact that Trump’s rise has been enabled by people within his own party.

One such figure is Ithaca’s current Congressman, Tom Reed (R-N.Y.). He was one of the very first members of Congress to

endorse Trump, and he has stood by him through every one of Trump’s outrageous slurs. And it goes far beyond that. Rep. Reed has previously chosen to actively attack Ithaca as a community of “extreme liberals,” and he has assailed Cornell for a culture of “out of control political correctness.” Reed’s favored culture, apparently, is one that denigrates immigrants, mocks the disabled and normalizes sexual assault against women.

We can do so much better. Fortunately, we have that option. Capt. John Plumb has stood up as the Democratic nominee to challenge Tom Reed. With a long record of public service, including in the military, Plumb has demonstrated his commitment to our country. The fact that Rep. Reed is a terrible choice should not obscure the fact that Plumb is a great one. His priorities, including college affordability and reducing the impact of money in politics, are a close match to the concerns that I hear from Cornell students.

I won’t stop there. You want someone else to vote for? Take Leslie Danks Burke, the Democratic candidate for State Senate. She’s been with us every step of the way of this campaign, listening to and supporting students. A wide range of the problems that directly affect our everyday lives-and shape the Ithaca community that we all call homeare decided by politicians at the state level.

The battle for an effective and ethical government does not take place merely in the arena of Washington, but also in state capitals across the country, such as Albany. We should seize every chance to ensure that all of our representatives are fighting for us.

Both of these races are highly competi-

tive, and student turnout could easily alter the outcome. If you take away one thing from this article, let it be this: your vote, as a Cornellian, absolutely matters. You no longer have the luxury of ignoring this responsibility. Voting is an obligation that you have to your country, your classmates, your community, and yourself.

I am fortunate and inspired to see that so many of us take this so seriously. There is widespread enthusiasm on our campus, and we’re prepared to spread the word. We have a group of dedicated volunteers to make sure everyone knows their polling place. We’re going to make sure that people have rides to their polling places. Most of all, we’re going to personally reach out to you. On election day, neither ignorance nor inability will be an excuse.

After all, there’s no do-over. When the polls close at 9 p.m. on November 8, that’s it. That’s the government we’ll have. In light of that reality, I ask you to take the chance to give this gift to yourself. By voting, you can assure your own conscience that you did what you could. You’ll have begun a lifetime commitment to civic responsibility. And you’ll have showcased the electoral power of the Cornell community. Cornellians have never shied away from a challenge, and this should be no different. At a critical moment in history, we should all make sure that we stand up for the country we believe in.

Vote.

Kevin Kowalewski is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

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THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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n less than a week it will finally be over. No more ads, no more speeches, no more debates. In just five days the most vitriolic election in modern American history will finally come to a close — and I can’t wait.

Four years ago, MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough said something quite fascinating. Remarking on the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, Scarborough stated how lucky we were to be Americans. This country was so lucky to have two smart, qualified, dedicated individuals vying for the highest office in the land. Though surely Romney and Obama disagreed on most major policy positions, both men conducted the campaign with respect and civility.

And when Romney failed to get to 270, he conceded the race with grace and dignity.

Today, America is not so lucky. We are not graced with the presence of two intelligent, thoughtful, respectful candidates. Instead, we are forced to choose between two of the most corrupt, untruthful, vicious candidates in the history of contemporary American politics.

Let’s start with Hillary Clinton. For me, Mrs. Clinton represents the height of self-serving hypocrisy. She declares that women’s rights are human rights, yet she accepts money from foreign governments that stone women who want education and beat women who dare to challenge their husbands. She claims to represent all Americans, yet her ties to Wall Street and big corporations are some of the strongest of any candidate in presidential history. She touts her selfless sacrifice to needy causes, yet she charged a Boys and Girls Club a $200,000 speaking fee — a price tag that is nearly three times the average annual income of an American citizen.

Yet it is not her hypocrisy that strikes me as the worst part of her candidacy. Instead, it is the constant scandals that seem to plague the Clintons. We have heard the email

story over and over again, but these emails are just one part of a massive collage of scandals. From Whitewater, to Troopergate, to Paul Jones, to Monica Lewinsky, to Juanita Broaderick, to Travelgate, to the Clinton Foundation’s questionable relationships with foreign governments, to Benghazi, it is hard to come up with a complete and exhaustive list of the Clinton’s many, many scandals. Is this the best we can find for the White House?

And then, of course, there is Donald Trump. I could go on a lengthy explanation of why Mr. Trump should never come within a 200 mile radius of the White House, but instead I will let a long list of reasons do the talking for me: he is a failed businessman (Trump the Game, Trump University, a mortgage company, Trump Steaks, and various casinos are just a small number of Trump’s “businesses”

With this in mind, I quite frankly have no idea how I’ll vote. I have never voted for a Democrat in my life –– but I certainly cannot cast a vote for the deranged, lunatic candidacy of Donald Trump. that have gone bottom-up), he constantly lies, he does not understand policy (see his attempt to explain the Nuclear Triad during a Republican primary debate), he makes blatantly racist remarks, he attacks women verbally, he attacks women physically, he has no record of accomplishment in public life, he is vulgar, he has cheered on Putin, he has failed to take any concrete policy positions (except for his ridiculously unrealistic plan to build an unnecessary and foolish wall on the Mexican border) and he has the tem-

perament of a four-year-old child that just woke up from a nap.

With this in mind, I quite frankly have no idea how I’ll vote. I have never voted for a Democrat in my life –– but I certainly cannot cast a vote for the deranged, lunatic candidacy of Donald Trump.

Yes, this is certainly depressing. But what is perhaps most depressing is that there is a long list of qualified, intelligent, hard-working, honorable candidates available.

Democrats have Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Secretary of State John Kerry. Republicans have Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio), Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-Nev.).

Furthermore, Independents could have pulled together to bring former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg in the race — who is one of the most qualified and respected Independents in the nation.

I firmly believe that whoever wins this race will be a one-term president. Hillary Clinton, the icon of Wall Street and the Democratic establishment, seeks to be president in an era of great change. The country is not looking for a status-quo president — instead, the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Mr. Trump has shown us that Americans want quite the opposite. At the same time, Donald Trump’s xenophobic, authoritarian view of the nation seems very out-of-step with America’s current political climate. For a nation that continues to become more diverse, it is hard to imagine the man who represents the epitome of closed-mindedness serving two terms in the Oval Office.

Michael Glanzel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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ornell has given many students coming from very different parts of the world an amazing chance to meet different people from diverse areas. I never thought I’d meet so many people from exotic locales such as Westchester and Long Island. In all seriousness though, being at Cornell has exposed me to many students from all around the continental U.S. as well as many international students from countries the average American would probably struggle to locate on a map. All these students bring their distinct experiences and characteristics with them — a welcoming thought for all students who feel they may not fit the mold of the traditional Cornellian.

While at times Cornell can feel like the whitest place on earth, every now and then you’ll see a fellow non-white person or someone with an accent and feel a little more comfortable with the school you chose to go to. For me, differences such as accents have always been comforting. This may be due to my father’s Indian accent and the major role he always played in my life, but who knows. Regardless, I have come to realize that not everyone agrees with this sentiment.

While I can understand people from more traditionally Cornellian backgrounds may not be able to relate to the simple pleasure of hearing an accent and feeling a sense of belonging on campus, I do want to challenge some of the more disturbing norms associated with accents.

Let me just preface this by saying that obviously accents indicate some form of foreignness or otherness. If one notices an accent that is because the speaker comes from somewhere where the listener does not. However, a curious hierarchical structure seems to exist among accents, especially with what we as westerners find attractive.

That is to say, we tend to find certain accents especially attractive as compared to others. For example, there exist certain stereotypes, such as the astute British accent or the sultry Latin accent, that evoke certain ideas among the mainstream western psyche. While these stereotypes come with their own problematic baggage and can be subverted, they are nonetheless traditionally seen as attractive accents.

I bring this idea up in order to compare the ways accents tend to

While the usage of accents as comedic enhancers or props is not surprising, it does reveal a certain perceived ugliness or crudeness associated with nonoccidental accents. be treated and specify the exact place in which tinges of orientalism and possibly even racism may be found. Ever since I was a kid, representations of non-western characters in movies and television were sparse, but could be found. Characters like Apu from The Simpsons and Sacha Baron Cohen’s titular character from Borat come to mind.

While these are comical characters for a myriad of reasons, their accents and speak patterns can always be used for easy laughs. Quite literally these types of characters can say anything and it will garner a laugh.

While the usage of accents as comedic enhancers or props is not surprising, it does reveal a certain perceived ugliness or crudeness associated with non-occidental accents. This ugliness makes oriental accents easy targets for comedy, but what appears more troubling is the inaccuracy of the accents themselves. As an Indian person with an Indian dad with an accent, I can tell you that no one sounds like Apu. A friend recently shared a NPR podcast with me that explored this concept with a panel of Indians from varying parts of India with differing Indian accents. The panel came to the conclusion that the Apu character was essentially a manifestation of what Americans perceived as Indian accents. While the ugliness that tends be associated with Indian accents has far more complicated roots, it’s far to say that all accents are not viewed in the same light.

You may be wondering what exactly the point in all the words above is. In the context of Cornell, I hope you’ll be more open to accents and forget the preconceived notions you may have of certain accents. For me, accents are a pleasant reminder of home and I can understand that that may not be true for you. Regardless, I urge you to make an effort to reach out to students that may not look or sound just like you. Coming from a place as homogenous as Texas, I can tell you Cornell offers a major opportunity to branch out. As corny as this may sound, I can tell you from personal experience that the only time you should laugh at someone with an accent is when he or she are telling you a joke.

Akshay Jain is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at aj265@cornell.edu. College Stuff appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

“My grandfather, who had a Russian-Yiddish accent, told me something about accents when I was small. He said that whenever you hear someone speaking English with a foreign accent, it means that the person is fluent in at least one other language, and that person is to be admired. The person is to be admired not only for being multi-lingual, but also because they have gone to great effort to learn to speak English.”

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Paul Russell | Russelling Feathers

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remember the first time I saw it: I was a few steps outside my townhouse, clamoring for something spontaneous to do when, as a godsend in response to my boredom, a girl I vaguely recognized invited me to join her and her friends in a trek to the forbidden lands of a new construction site on Cornell’s campus. Under the protective veil of a late Thursday night, we slipped into the bottom floor of what would soon be my home away from home: Klarman Hall.

Back then, it was just stone and sawdust. Now, Klarman is the place where I do most of my work. Whether I’m lucky enough to earn my own chair or condemned to a spot on the floor, I usually find my way to somewhere in the building after my classes during the week.

Recently, I’ve spent a bit more time looking around in Klarman and I’ve noticed that each of the students with whom I regularly interact inside its walls run in the same circles.

It’s the people I met at obscure concerts in basements or club meetings about social justice.

Klarmites are a unique breed: living off vegan food, classic movies and the feel of denim jackets on their backs.

There is no rule that establishes the building as the hippie’s hideaway, but it doesn’t need a rule. The folks who look like they would fit in at Klarman show up in order to be near their friends and the people like me, who just wish they were cool enough to look like they would fit in, show up in hopes of becoming quintessential Klarmites by osmosis.

Outside of college, this sort of locational typecasting per-

sists. Many people choose where they live based upon their own perceptions of the kinds of people who live in these cities, which, in the end, has enormous effects on the political and social atmosphere of our country.

Recently, I read an article about the fact that, in the last presidential election, only four major cities voted Republican.

Intuitively, this shouldn’t be a surprise; the stereotypical yuppie cherishes their New York Times subscription too much to ever vote for a GOP candidate. But the phenomenon begs an important question: do Democrats just flock to cities or are there actually components to these cities that make people into Democrats?

The answer, perhaps as expected, is complex. It’s a lot like Klarman: some people are there because they fit in and others are like the type of person I hope to become — one who will soon morph into the mold.

Statistically, cities attract or happen to house hordes of individuals who fit into the demographics known to support democratic candidates in high percentages: highly educated professionals, members of the creative class and folks receiving welfare benefits.

The people who begin to lean left because of their urban lifestyles, on the other hand, do so both because of social factors and the fact that they aren’t regularly exposed to archetypes that are sometimes associated with the Republican worldview.

They don’t hunt or farm or spend much time with those who do.

Regardless of how it happens for a given person, this regional

divide exists in full force and has notable effects on our political landscape.

Because we have a winnertake-all electoral vote system in most states, the urban-rural political phenomenon should be of particular concern to red states with growing city populations. Take Texas for example: According to census estimates, five of the top 10 U.S. cities with the largest numerical population increases last year were in the Lone Star State.

Of these five cities, four of them voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

In other words, the liberal havens tucked away in the Texas terrain are growing rapidly while many of the rural, more reliably Republican areas shrink. This may not sound like a big deal now, but it can soon become one because voting statistics show that the majority of Texas voters come from a handful of populous counties, most of which house or border one of the growing cities.

Texas might not go blue in this election or the next, but if cities continue to attract who they attract and transform who they transform, all bets are off.

So whether you’re a hippie in Klarman or a liberal in Texas, it matters where you are. You could be unknowingly comprising a gargantuan political movement or convincing some lame kid you met at Moosewood that this is where the cool kids study.

Either way, I say it’s worth it to stick around.

Paul Russell is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at prussell@cornellsun.com.

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Note: Before you start cooking, you have to vote! ovember 8 is set to be a tense night. The past year and a half of constant election coverage, offensive commentary and arguments with former high school classmates on social media all culminate on election night.

Normally a night when people stay in to quietly watch the election results roll in until they fall asleep, election night this year, I have a feeling, will be different.

I’m anticipating Super Bowl-like parties with dozens of people, multiple televisions, screaming and — most importantly — food and drinks.

Thinking of throwing your own election night party, but don’t know what to make? I’ve devised the perfect menu to appease both sides of the aisle before you inevitably begin crying with anxiety into your wine glass.

For the full recipes, check out the online version of this article at www.cornellsun.com.

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really matter?) and I know we’re all going to want to start the alcohol consumption ASAP.

Florida Citrus Beer Cheese Dip Prep time: 2 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Yields: 6 servings Ingredients: ½ cup Florida orange juice ½ cup Pilsner beer (or your favorite beer, or whatever beer you have lying around) 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 ½ cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded ½ cup Swiss cheese, shredded 2 tablespoons heavy cream

3 tablespoons butter 1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing

ENTREES: IDEOLOGIES In addition to being my favorite late-night (or lazy night) delivery service, Grubhub is a political database. Or, at least, for some reason they gathered information on food orders and partisanship in congressional districts to find a correlation between certain dishes and ideology. According to Grubhub, my food preferences don’t line up with my ideology at all, but it’s an interesting though

with some juice left over) 6 tablespoons light brown sugar 6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 1/2 cup chicken stock Rice (for serving — honestly just save yourself time and buy some of that cheap microwavable stuff )

DESSERTS: THE CANDIDATES You can’t hold an Election Night party without an assortment of cupcakes based off of the candidates. I spelled out the full recipes for you here, but I understand if you’re too traumatized to do much more than make these out of cake mix and store-bought frosting.

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Red 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons dry mustard powder 1 teaspoon Florida orange zest, chopped 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon hot sauce ¼ teaspoon nutmeg Parsley, for garnish (only if you really want it to look pretty and if you have some on hand — don’t go wasting money on garnishes) Toasted bread cubes (or whatever else you want to dip)

Prep time: 30 minutes (plus time to hard boil eggs) Cook time: 20 minutes Yields: 8 servings

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We all know this is the most important part of election night.

I’m guessing that most of us have been stockpiling election night wine for months. But to keep with the election theme, here’s a list of some red and blue drinks that are perfect for crying into all night.

Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Salad

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Ingredients: 2 sticks butter 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder One 4-ounce bittersweet chocolate baking bar, chopped 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 large eggs 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup sour cream

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APPETIZERS: THE SWING STATES According to statistical analysis site FiveThirtyEight, the two states with the highest chance of tipping the election at the time of this writing are Florida and Pennsylvania. As people begin biting their nails waiting for polls to close in these states, start passing around appetizers inspired by their respective regional cuisines.

Florida is known for a lot of exotic-sounding foods, such as alligator and conch, that Wegmans doesn’t carry. And if you ask me, if it doesn’t exist at Wegmans, it doesn’t exist at all.

So I decided to go with a dish based on Florida oranges and beer, because I know Wegmans has oranges (whether or not they’re from Florida — does it

Yields: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients: 6 medium white potatoes with skin 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped carrots 1 teaspoon celery seed 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped 2 regular eggs 3/4 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard

Liberal Lentil Soup Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Yields: 6 servings Ingredients: 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 medium onion 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces (you can use any kind of potato you have on hand) 1 carrot, peeled and chopped 2 cloves minced garlic 1 teaspoon coriander 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups red lentils, rinsed 6 cups vegetable broth 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Conservative Sweet and Sour Chicken Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Yields: 6 servings Ingredients: 4 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 boneless chicken breasts, sliced into strips Salt and pepper 1 red pepper (chopped) 1 green pepper (chopped) 8 teaspoons cornstarch, mixed with 8 teaspoons water 2 cups canned pineapple chunks (mostly drained, but

Trumpkin Cupcakes With Maple Cream Cheese Toupee Frosting Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Yields: 24 cupcakes Ingredients: 2 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda Salt 2 sticks butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 cup canned pure pumpkin purée 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 4 large eggs For the frosting: 16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature 4 tablespoons pure maple syrup 4 cups powdered sugar Salt

Wide-Eyed Hillary Clinton Espresso Cupcakes Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes

1. Red Wine (don’t like the taste of red wine but still want to show your Republican spirit? Put the red wine in a blender for 30 seconds. Trust me.)

2. Cosmopolitan (1 part cranberry juice, ½ part lime juice, ½ part orange liqueur, 1 ¼ part lemon vodka) 3. Dirty Shirley (1 part vodka, ½ part cherry liqueur, ½ part grenadine, splash of soda water) 4. Hearts of Pom (2 parts silver tequila, 1 part pomegranate juice, 1 part orange liqueur, 1 part lime juice)

Blue 1. Blueberry Martini (1 part vodka, 2 ½ part unsweetened blueberry juice, honey or sugar to taste) 2. Blue Lagoon (1 part vodka, ½ part blue curaçao, splash of lemonade) 3. Bluebird (2 parts gin, 1 part triple sec, 1 part blue curaçao, bitters to taste) 4. Electric Blue Margarita (1 ½ part gold tequila, 1 ½ part lime juice, ½ part blue curaçao, ¾ part agave nectar) Now that you’ve got your menu down, you’re ready to host your party. Spend time with friends, watch the results, hope democracy doesn’t crumble and eat some good food!

Olivia Lutwak is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at olutwak@cornellsun.com.

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ast night I saw The Decline of Western Civilization at dressing, dancing, talking and making music; to gender Cornell Cinema (everybody, go support your cam- norms (sometimes), to the government, to “society” in pus movie theater). Decline is a documentary direct- general. The problem with this is that when a movement ed by Penelope Spheeris (weirdly also the director of is only characterized by the negation and not by the affirWayne’s World) about the Los Angeles punk scene, and mation of any values, this cuts both ways and you get was filmed between 1979 and 1980, just as thrash-hun- both racist skinheads and socially progressive activists at gry scuzzballs were beginthe shows. You get people who ning to coalesce into a want to say “NO” to prejudice “scene” of sorts. I went to and injustice, and you get see the film because I’m takwhite guys who think that ing a class about punk culthey are being marginalized ture (ENGL 2906) this and want to say “NO” to the semester, which I highly recidea that actually-marginalDespite all the ommend to anyone interestized groups deserve equal ed in the music or punk’s rights and protection under Amputations almost unfathomable effect the law, as well as respect for on American/western/global their identities. culture. For me, this class has largely meant returning to This is all clear in a segment near the end of artists that were heroes and obsessions of mine in junior Decline, in which a bunch of punk fans are interviewed high, and finding that today I’m pretty much repulsed by and asked what they think “punk” is all about. One guy a whole lot about them. who has a mohawk in the shape of an “X” shaved into his Decline, which is fascinating in the way head says that he just really likes violence; that watching a dog eat its own when asked how he feels when he’s vomit is fascinating, really in a fight, he just says, brought my new and possi“Violent.” Another one bly curmudgeonly dismuses, “Everybody taste for punk and shouldn’t be afraid to particularly for its be as different as audiences to a they want to be… head. In the film, I’ve probably hit there’s concert lots of girls in footage of severthe face. I don’t al bands — like girls much.” most famously It’s clear that Black Flag, X nobody there and the Germs has any kind of — interspersed “tearing down the with interviews unhealthy norms”with band members type definition of and fans. There’re gems what punk is good for; like an interview with the for them, it’s good because members of X, who are all it’s loud, fast and violent, not pretty charming, and there’s hardbecause it’s “challenging.” to-watch grossness like Fear’s perforOne memorable character is Eugene, a mance at the film’s conclusion, which features a whole lot kid of about fourteen who for me was the beating heart of homophobic slurs and frontman Lee Ving — who of the whole documentary. Eugene’s the kind of guy who looks like punk Rambo — spewing lyrics like “I just likes to drawl a bemused “fffuuuck” in response to the wanna fuck some sluts!” interview questions. Eugene also says that he likes punk The thing about punk rock is that it was basically a rock because it’s “not bullshit,” which pretty much sums massive “NO” to everything: to conventional ways of up how punk fanatics feel about the genre. The thing is,

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unless you’re a really hardcore devotee, I think it would be hard to sit through Decline and not feel that it was all kind of bullshit. The problem is that today punk is fit into a narrative of revolution against damaging societal norms, but a lot of the fans of the early waves of punk seemed to really just like mashing their bodies together in a moshpit. And as much as moshing apologetics try to characterize moshing violence as communal and safe and healthy, that’s not what you see in Decline. What you see is people trying to hurt each other. One of the security guys who shows up at several concerts in the film — a person whose job it is to make sure people don’t get hurt — jokes about how if he sees a guy choking a girl at a punk show, he assumes that it’s just part of the consensual fun.

Young Eugene also provides one of the most moving and insightful moments of the film: “When I go to concerts, it’s like my friends get beat up by my friends, y’know? Then it’s, like, fucked, y’know? Cause it’s like they’re not beating up the right people. They’re not beating up the fucking posers. They’re beating up just, like, just my friends.” He puts his finger right on the problem: with no clear enemy or criticism or value to believe in, punk culture quickly just became about easy, immediate aggression for one’s own self-interest and enjoyment.

That’s, like fucked, y’know?

Jack Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jjones@cornellsun.com. Despite all the Amputations runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Red Aims for Four-GameWin Streak to Close Year

By SARAH PETERS Sun Staff Writer

Saturday marks both the end of the season for the Cornell field hockey team and the squad’s Senior Day. The women hope to finish their season with a four-game winning streak by defeating Dartmouth, putting them third overall in the Ivy League. This would be their fourth consecutive finish in the top three.

“I know Ivy games are always tightly contested,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook, “but I believe we should have no trouble rising to the occasion.”

Currently, the Red is ranked fourth in the conference and 32nd overall, according to NCAA Division I standings. The Green is ranked last in the Ivy League conference and 55th overall.

Despite the women’s lead in the standings, they are not letting this status impact their preparation for the upcoming game.

“The team is taking nothing for granted,” said Hornibrook, “and we plan to out and play a very solid game.”

The last time Cornell faced Dartmouth was in the 2015 season; Dartmouth came out of the matchup victorious, beating Cornell 5-4 in overtime.

“We are going to focus on the fact that we are playing well,” Hornibrook said. “We plan to train well this week and hopefully carry it into the game on Saturday.”

All season the Red has strived for consistency and, recently, the team has hit its stride.

“These have both approved dramatically in the final third of the season,” said Hornibrook, “but we’re still going to work on creating corners and focus on corner execution in the game.”

The women have done a good job limiting their opponents’ corners and shots, according to Hornibrook.

“Overall I think the team is playing probably with more composure and confidence than we have seen this season,” Hornibrook said, “which is something we have been striving

“I know Ivy games are always tightly contested, but I believe we should have no trouble rising to the occasion.””

Donna Hornibrook for. I wish we would have achieved it earlier, but we feel good about how we’re playing now.”

Saturday will also include Senior Day festivities. Senior midfielder Elizabeth Horak, senior back Luisa SchulteBockum and senior midfielder Katy Weeks will all be playing their final game for the Red. “They are all solid character kids,” Hornibrook said of the seniors. “They understand the dynamic of positive team

and positive team chemistry.”

Horak has been consistently getting her job done job all season. She is very team-oriented and can always be counted on for her consistent play, according to Hornibrook. She has had nine career goals and four career assists, resulting in a total of 22 career points for the Red. “Liz doesn’t say a lot, but when she speaks the team listens,” Hornibrook said.

Schulte-Bockum has been one of the best post players in the conference for the past two years. This season, she has consistently made defensive saves for the Red, setting the school record for 12 defensive career saves.

“Luisa is really consistent and has had solid contributions in the backfield this season,” Hornibrook said.

Weeks was one of the four Ivy league students selected to play in the 2016 Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Division I Senior game. Hornibrook said the award is “a real honor” for Weeks, who started all 66 of her career games.

“She is great at playing in both directions and stealing balls in the midfield,” Hornibrook said.

The underclassmen and juniors are motivated to finish the season off strong and send their seniors off on a positive note, according to Hornibrook.

“All three have contributed and we are going to miss them,” Hornibrook said.

Sarah Peters can be reached at speters@cornellsun.com.

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gotten from the game.”

Long a popular sport in the suburbs of New York, lacrosse never really gained much popularity in the city itself, according to Seibald. Through his volunteer work with CityLax, Seibald is trying to change that.

The organization, founded 10 years ago, offers students in public schools in the five boroughs the chance to play lacrosse. The charity funds everything from the equipment to salaries of the coaches, accord to Seibald.

“It provides awesome opportunities,” Seibald said. “There’s probably over 1,500 kids playing that wouldn’t have otherwise been introduced to the game. It’s cool to see the game grow right in my backyard and to be a part of that.”

Pannell and Seibald founded a company called 423 Alpha — Seibald wears No. 42, Pannell wears No. 3. According to Pannell, the company aims to teach the newest generation of lacrosse players many of the key principles of Cornell men’s lacrosse — both on the field and off.

“It’s all about teaching them the mindset that we were taught at Cornell,” Pannell said. “We want to teach them how to go about being a better player, what you want them to practice, what you want them to do.”

The duo played together only briefly while at

Cornell, although they were successful in that one year, reaching the NCAA Championship game. In the MLL, they were also briefly teammates. Their close lacrosse relationship has translated into a successful business relationship.

“I’ve shared a lot of great experiences with him,” Seibald said. “It’s awesome to have some who is on the same page as far as the game and coaching and values, just perspective on most everything.”

Lacrosse still has a ways to go before it receives the same amount of national attention as football or basketball. Despite the uphill battle for lacrosse to gain national prominence, Pannell and Seibald said they are going to continue to work toward increasing the sport’s popularity around the country.

“We never really turn down an opportunity to be in some sort of lacrosse venture,” Pannell said.

“We’re always trying to grow the game and looking to do something to support the growth of it.”

Seibald said he hopes that as lacrosse grows, those who play it maintain the same passion for the sport as they do now.

"The professional league is gaining support," he said, "but I think most of us who are in it are playing for the love of the game and opportunity to compete at the highest level. Hopefully, it doesn't stray from those values, because it’s not about anything else other than that.”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Spreading the lax | Max Seibald ’09 works with a nonprofit called CityLax that provides lacrosse equipment and instruction to youths in New York City.

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bring significant challenges to the Red this weekend.

One of these challenges will be Dartmouth’s lethal attack. Last year, Dartmouth’s offense bested Cornell in a 30 win, but then the Red fought back for a 1-0 shutout of the Green later in the season.

“They’re a dangerous, experienced hockey team upfront,” Schafer said.

“They’re an aggressive team — they’ll step up in the neutral zone, they’ll step up in the forecheck, and you have to be patient against them.”

And the Red has some of its own offensive weapons as well. Freshman defenseman Yanni Kaldis has been gaining recognition from some of the older guys on the team and is sure to be a significant factor going forward.

“Offensively gifted would come to mind,” said Anderson. “He does some good things with the puck.”

Harvard, too, poises another offense-minded threat for a young defensive core for Cornell. Last year, the Crimson lit up the Red for eight goals in two games, a 62 win at Lynah and 2-2 tie in Cambridge.

However, this year’s Harvard roster comes without the likes of Jimmy Vesey — who is now lighting it up in the NHL — and Kyle Criscuolo, who scored the game winner in the Crimson’s 6-2 win.

Despite this, Harvard is still brimming with offensive talents that will not let the Red off the hook following the trek from Hanover.

“They are a dangerous, experienced hockey team up

front,” Schafer said. “They have some guys that can skate and handle pucks up top, but we’ve always had great games against them and it’ll be fun.

It seems evident that there will be little love lost this upcoming weekend during these Ivy matchups.

“With these two teams, we don’t like them very much, they don’t like us very much,” said Buckles, a senior who has gotten to know Harvard and

“We don’t like [Harvard and Dartmouth] very much, and they don’t like us.”

Matt Buckles Dartmouth very well. “A lot of our older guys know a lot of their older guys. We have a big history.”

One difference this year for Cornell will be the health of some key contributors. After playing against Merrimack, Schafer said that senior alternate captain and forward Jeff Kubiak’s status is in question for this weekend due to soreness. Junior defensemen Ryan Bliss and Dan Wedman are also still battling offseason injuries and are questionable for the next slate of games.

Sophomore defenseman Brendan Smith was also kept out of Friday’s game against Merrimack, so it is unclear if the team will be working with any leniency with an already depleted blue line. With injuries and a road-heavy start to the season, Cornell might seem to be at a disadvantage.

However, there seems to be little sign of dismay at this fact.

Sam Hummel can be reached at shummel@cornellsun.com.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Icers Open ECAC Play Versus Dartmouth,Harvard

After loss to Merrimack in first game,men’s hockey travels to face Ivy League foes on road

By SAM HUMMEL Sun Staff Writer

This weekend marks the beginning of the ECAC season for the Cornell men’s hockey team; the Red will face off in backto-back road games against Dartmouth and Harvard. Coming off a disappointing 3-2 season opening loss to Merrimack, the Red is looking to build momentum going forward by capitalizing on these two highly anticipated match-ups.

While the Red’s loss to Merrimack was frustrating, the team did see momentum heading into the Cornell Cornell last period that it hopes to carry over into the coming weekend.

“We thought that we didn’t have the start that we wanted in the first two periods,” said senior forward Matt Buckles, who scored the team’s first goal vs. vs. against Merrimack. “Once we got the jitters out, got the rust out, we started taking it to them — but it was too little too late.”

Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has broad goals for the team moving forward, including focusing on Harvard Dartmouth fundamentals and ensuring that his team functions as a single, cohesive unit.

Saturday, 7 p.m.

Friday, 7 p.m.

“We’re just in the basics of trying to establish the Cambridge, Mass.

Hanover, N.H. fundamentals of our hockey team,” Schafer said. “I liken it to crew. You got eight guys, and they have to pull at the right time at the same time, and if one guy tries to do too much it throws off the whole boat. And we had a bunch of guys who were trying to do too much.”

After an uncharacteristic performance by senior starting ADRIAN BOTEANU / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER goaltender Mitch Gillam, Schafer is considering giving junior goalie Hayden Stewart the nod.

Bouncing back | The men of the hockey team struggled to find their groove in last weekend’s 3-2 loss to Merrimack. Head “We’ll think about it,” Schafer said. “We made Mitch coach Mike Schafer ’86 said the team “had a bunch of guys who were trying to do too much.” work harder in practice, and be more detail oriented.”

However, Schafer’s confidence in Gillam — one of last Friday. Critical to its success will be its avoidance of the through that preparation for the week, and sticking to the year’s premier goaltenders in the ECAC — is not waning. infamous “Harvard trap,” where the excitement for a rival process we do for every game.”

“Mitch is a very smart goaltender, he’s very athletic, and game against the Crimson distracts the Red from the curDartmouth is not a team that should be overlooked. [his performance at Merrimack was] very uncharacteris- rent task at hand: beating Dartmouth.

Returning a large senior class and coming off a 3-2 victory tic,” Schafer said. “Our full expectation is for him to “There’s no doubt that the Harvard game is a really big over Michigan in Thompson Arena, the Green is bound to bounce back quickly.” game for us, but I don’t think we ever look past it,” said See M. HOCKEY page 15 Now the Red looks to play Dartmouth this coming senior defenseman Holden Anderson. “It’s about going

MEN’S LACROSSE

Pannell’13, Seibald ’09 Strive to‘Grow the Game’

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

As Rob Pannell ’13 made the 220mile drive from New York City to Ithaca for the Cornell men’s lacrosse’s alumni game in mid-October, the memories flooded back.

Nearing Cornell’s campus, Pannell was reminded of his time playing for the Red: the long practices, the early-morning workouts, the thrilling wins and the disappointing losses he experienced as a member of Cornell’s men’s lacrosse team.

“The drive up here was a time of reflection for me and my time at Cornell and the years that I spent here and how special they were to me,” Pannell said.

Similarly, while approaching Ithaca Max Seibald ’09 was taken back to his years with the program.

“Once you get off the exit at Whitney Point, you’re a stone’s throw away,” Seibald said.

“Those last couple of miles, you start to get eager, you start to get memories. It’s kind of that rush of getting back and

seeing everybody.”

Pannell and Seibald, who ended their careers as two of the most successful athletes in Cornell Athletics history, returned to Ithaca for a weekend of fun and reminiscing with friends. Coming back to Cornell and seeing former teammates is something the duo has always enjoyed.

“When it comes to the Cornell lacrosse alumni, we call it the Cornell lacrosse family,” Pannell said. “It really is a family, it’s very unique in that guys are

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Homecoming | Rob Pannell ’13 returned to Ithaca to play in the 2016 Cornell men’s lacrosse alumni game.

always trying to get together.” and Seibald have worked tirelessly to Pannell praised the tradition of grow the game of lacrosse. Through Cornell men’s lacrosse alumni giving camps and clinics across the nation, the back to the program year after year. two have made increasing lacrosse’s pop“We saw that alumni cared for each ularity one of their primary goals. other and the current team,” Pannell While nowhere near as popular as said. “We saw how things went about sports like basketball or soccer — after you graduated and how special it was.”

“When it comes to the Cornell Pannell and Seibald, both Tewaarton winners — the award lacrosse alumni, we call it the Cornell given to the best collegiate lacrosse player in lacrosse family. It really is a family.” the nation — and Rob Pannell ‘13 three-time first team All-Ivy honorees, have continued their lacrosse careers post-grad- approximately 777,000 youths played uation. Both play for teams in lacrosse in 2014, compared with 6.95 Major League Lacrosse, Pannell for million for basketball and 6.61 million the New York Lizards, Seibald for the for soccer, according to The Wall Street Boston Cannons.

Journal — lacrosse is one of the fastest “I tried to pick up where I left off at growing sports, thanks in part to the Cornell,” said Pannell, who scored the work of ad like Pannell and Seibald. most ever points in an MLL season this “It’s been an awesome experience getpast year. “Whether it was college or pro- ting to teach lacrosse in Texas and fessional, my mentality still stays the Nebraska and Minnesota and all over,” same. I just want to be the best player Seibald said. “It’s great to see the growth that I can be and still improve year over there. I’m always excited to be a part of it year and try and win as many games as and share my experiences and things I’ve possible and whatever happens in the process happens.”

Beyond racking up records, Pannell See M. LACROSSE page 15