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The volleyball team defeated the University of Pennsylvania but fell to Princeton this weekend. | Page 16
Ahead of Election,C.U. Silent By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor
Days before the nation’s midterm elections, which will ultimately determine who controls Capitol Hill for the next two years, the President of the United States pleaded with Americans to vote. “I have got a simple message,” said President Barack Obama to a crowd Sunday during a rally at Temple University for Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf (D). “We’ve got to vote. ... Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.” At another rally, this time in support for Democratic Governor Dan Mallory of Connecticut, Obama continued his push to get voters to the poll on Election Day.
“If you believe working families need more tax breaks, not millionaires — you’ve got to vote for it,” Obama said Sunday. “If you think we should be investing in our kids’ schools and in early childhood education and making college more affordable — you got to vote for it.” Yet in Ithaca, Cornell’s campus remains silent, with many voters apathetic to the midterm elections taking place — just six years after the 2008 presidential election gripped both Cornellians on campus and around Ithaca. Despite the importance of the election, Prof. Elizabeth Sanders, government, said she believes the “malaise” towards the government is possibly a result of voters not seeing differences between See ELECTION page 4 HALEY WILMER / SUN FILE PHOTO
Obama-mania | In 2008, Cornellians pack the former Dino’s bar in Collegetown to watch coverage of the presidential election.
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Students enjoy a new lounge that opened in Sage Hall after a ribboncutting ceremony Monday.
Cayuga Medical Center Merger to Benefit Region By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor
Following the trend of a surge in hospital mergers occurring in New York State, the Cayuga Medical Center and Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls announced Wednesday that they would combine their services under the Cayuga Health System. The process toward consolidation of the medical centers began approximately three years ago, when officials from Schuyler
Anti-Vietnam War Activists to Reunite By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor
Twenty-five activists who were part of the Ithaca area’s resistance to the Vietnam War will come to Cornell next week for a 50th reunion — and to recount their experiences during that era in a series of panel discussions, forums and a teach-in. The reunion — named “Vietnam: The War at Cornell” — is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ celebration of Cornell’s sesquicentennial, according to a press release from the college. On Monday, a forum on race and a history of Cornell protest in the 1960s will take place in Goldwin Smith Hall, followed by a teach-in featuring alumni and other members from the community from the Vietnam era in Uris Hall. On Tuesday,
a forum will take place regarding gender and Cornell protest in the 1960s. Prof. Isaac Kramnick, government, said in a University press release that these events may help to change the minds of Cornell students, who are “generally apolitical.” “Meeting with these ’60s activists will make it clear to them that political commitment is not incompatible with a successful career; that, in fact, it can help shape and ground that career,” said Kramnick, who also organized the reunion. All of the events are open and free to the public, according to the arts college release. Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun.com.
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Hospital approached CMC and a number of other hospitals in Central New York with a “request for proposal,” according to Larry Baum ’72, chair of both CMC and the new Cayuga Health System. “CMC responded to the request for proposal and [so] did several other hospitals,” he said. “The Schuyler Hospital board reviewed all the responses, and decided to begin to take a look at See MERGER page 4
Cornellian, House of Cards Actress Dies at 61 Elizabeth Norment ’75, known for trayed Nancy Kaufberger, the execuher supporting role as Nancy tive secretary to main character Frank Kaufberger in the Netflix drama House Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey. of Cards, died on Oct. 13 to Spacey paid his respects cancer-related complicato Norment on Oct. 28 on tions. She was 61. his Twitter account. Norment received a “RIP Elizabeth Norbachelor’s degree in English ment. We all loved her and literature from Cornell she leaves a void in all of us before earning her Master’s here at HoC’s,” he said on degree from the Yale School Twitter. of Drama in 1979, accordNorment died at ing to The Washington Memorial Sloan Kettering NORMENT ’75 Post. She then became a Cancer Center in New York professional actress, performing in City. She had lived in New York City Shakespearean theatre across the coun- since 2002, according to The Post. try and in television shows such as ER — Compiled by and Law and Order. Noah Rankin In House of Cards, Norment por-
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Dear Fellow Cornellians, My name is Theodora Dickson Berry, and I am a black bear cub. More importantly, I am the Cornell Bear, or at least I think I am. You see before I arrived on Cornell’s campus no one ever thought about bears and there certainly weren’t students prancing about in smelly faux fur costumes imitating me and my clan. And now Cornellians have adopted a bear as their unofficial mascot — all because of me. (And if you don’t believe it, read the history.) As I put paw to paper in the woods of the Kittanning Forest in western Pennsylvania, it’s high time I share my story with you and the world. (By the way, if you think Ithaca is centrally isolated, you should come here — the closest Wegman’s is 100 miles away!) I want to tell you how I got here and why I want to go back to the Hill … to come home to Ithaca. Let’s start with my current predicament. Essentially, I was J.A.’ed here by this humorless dude, Animal Protective League Agent August Guenther, after a pretty crazy night in Cleveland celebrating the Big Red football team’s epic win against the Ohio State University. You say what— we beat Ohio State!? Yes, the Big Red put it to the Buckeyes and every other team for that matter. It was Cornell’s first undefeated and national championship team, and with all humility, I think I had something to do with it. That’s one good reason why I should be back in Ithaca! How about it Coach Archer — I think I could help the team. Check crowdfunding.cornell.edu/touchdown for the rest of this letter.
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Univ.Completes $4.7M Greenhouse Reconstruction By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer
The University celebrated the completion of its newly rebuilt greenhouses — funded by a $4.7 million grant from the state — at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, Thursday. The renovation lasted for approximately one year and resulted in a complete reconstruction of the greenhouses, according to Jan Nyrop, senior associate dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Nyrop added that the previous greenhouses — constructed between the mid-1950s and through the early 1970s — limited the ability for researchers to conduct experimentation.
“The new greenhouses will enhance our research throughout the year and allow for greater productivity.” Jan Nyrop
ability to answer questions that will have direct impact on New York agriculture,” he said. The renovation seeks to improve research and outreach programs run by faculty, according to a University document for the project. New York State residents will benefit from the new greenhouses because the research conducted “supports local fruit and vegetable production,” according to Nyrop. “The vibrant New York wine industry and two new apple varieties — Snap Dragon and Ruby Frost — are two specific examples of these benefits,” he said. Greenhouses around the Ithaca campus — including the Conservatory Greenhouse attached to the Plant Science
Building — are also undergoing renovation, Nyrop added. “[We are replacing] the Conservatory Greenhouse attached to the Plant Science Building and [constructing] a new greenhouse at the Gutterman complex to replace aged and antiquated houses,” he said. Nyrop said he believes the reconstructions will enable Cornell to maintain its position in the field of plant science. “Cornell plant science has recently been named the best in the world among world universities by [the] U.S. News and World Report,” he said. “These facilities will help us retain this academic distinction.” Christopher Byrns can be reached at cbyrns@cornellsun.com.
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“ T h e houses had reached their end of life, were energy inefficient and did not provide state of the art conditions
for experimentation,” he said. The new greenhouses feature energy efficient glass and climate control, according to Thomas Burr, associate dean of the agriculture college and director of the experiment station. “In the past, work in the summer was often hindered by inadequate temperature control, [and] in the winder by inadequate lighting and temperature control,” Burr said. “The new houses will have a major impact on our research as well as on partner programs in Geneva.” Nyrop added that the greenhouses were rebuilt completely “from the ground up.” “The focus of the Geneva campus is on fruit and vegetable development, production and use,” Nyrop said. “Modern greenhouses are perquisites for research on these subjects.” According to Burr, funding for the project was secured by Sen. Michael Nozzolio ’73 (R-N.Y.). Burr added that research in the field of plant science is dependent on having excellent facilities. “The new greenhouses will enhance our research throughout the year and allow for greater productivity and
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Prof. Muna Ndulo, law; Tinenenji Banda grad; Christopher Sarma grad; and Amy Stephenson grad answer questions about juvenile law in Zambia.
New Statler Entryway to Lower Energy Costs for Hotel School By GABRIELLA LEE
As part of a master plan for improving facilities in the School of Hotel Administration, a $3.7 million renovation of the front entrance to Statler Hall was completed on time and on budget last month, according to Andrew Magre ’91, director of capital projects management. KSS Architects began planning the project over a year ago, and construction
began over the summer, according to Magre. The renovation was intended to solve issues of cold air infiltration, add 1,600 square feet of new space on the second floor and update the exterior appearance of the building. “The way the front entry doors were previously configured, cold air had a straight shot right into the atrium space,” Magre said. “It was difficult to maintain heat in the atrium space for functions, especially in our cold Ithaca winters.” Magre said the doors were reconfig-
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Night and day | Left: Statler Hall before recent renovations. Right: The new Statler Hall entryway, which aims to maintain heat in the building’s atrium and reduce energy costs.
ured to prevent the wind from directly entering the building and a larger air lock was added to “create a warm air buffer to temper the cold air.” As the 700-seat auditorium in the building exits through the main entrance, the frequent traffic often made it difficult to control the climate in the atrium, Magre said. He added that he hoped the new entrance would maintain comfort in the atrium and help save energy for the college. “By solving these air infiltration issues the project should help reduce the building’s energy consumption,” Magre said. The renovation project included an extension of the second floor level into the atrium to create “new flexible program space,” according to Magre. Magre also said the project updated the western facade of Statler Hall so that it matched the architectural language of previous renovations to the building that had also been designed by KSS Architects. “With the completion of this front entrance, Statler Hall now reads architecturally as a cohesive whole,” Magre said. Further work in the entry renovation project involved changing the landscape architecture outside the entrance to Statler Hall. According to Magre, the landscape design aimed to respond to a heavy flow of pedestrian traffic by creating “a small tree-lined plaza with plantings and stone benches” on the south side of the entrance and a “terrace stone wall with landscape seating and an area to store bicycles” on the north side of the entrance.
Magre expects the entry renovation project will prove to be helpful to students, especially as the weather gets colder. “From what we’ve seen the front entry is operating really well and the comfort in the atrium has improved, but we’ll really know the results in the dead of winter and in the middle of January,” he said. “We believe it should perform exceptionally.” Buse Tunc ’18, a student in the hotel school, said that although the construction “looked bad, it wasn’t in any way inconvenient” while it was ongoing. Wow Chiaravanont ’16, who has class three times a week in Statler Hall, said she agreed. “I noticed the construction, but it didn’t affect me a great deal,” she said. She added that she thought “having all the pavements and benches outside makes the space seem more spacious and welcoming.” While the Statler Hall entry renovation project is now officially completed, it is only one initiative in a larger master plan to improve facilities in the Hotel School, according to Magre. Previous installments include the student lounge and learning center on the ground floor, which were completed in summer 2013. Looking forward, while Magre said that there were no definitive plans in place, future projects in the Hotel School may include updating classrooms and other energy-saving initiatives. Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.
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Congresses. She added that voters need to see a “significant” payoff in order to justify the costs of going to the polls. “I don’t think people see that right now,” she said. “I think it’s a rationale evaluation of what’s going on.” Jared Ham ’15, vice president of the Cornell Democrats, echoed this, saying that many young people believe “very little will be decided” during midterm elections. “This is a shameful fallacy,” Ham said. “In midterm elections, a great deal of issues are decided at the state and local levels of government — the true laboratories of democracy.” Prof. Eric Cheyfitz, English, said there are a variety of issues affecting students in the election, including civil rights and student debt. “While I think that voting under the current two-party system can only have limited results, particularly in the economic sphere where income inequality should be but isn’t the major issue, there are specific issues that clearly impact students,” he said. Cornellians in particular should care about the election due to Cornell’s relationship with public engagement, according to Brandon Thompson ’16, president of the Cornell University College Republicans. “We need to practice what we preach and exercise our right to vote for those who represent the issues and ideals we care about,” he said. “Even right here in the 23rd District, there is an exciting and meaningful race between Congressman Tom Reed and challenger Martha Robertson that has drawn national interest.” Thompson attributed the increase in voter apathy to the nature of midterm elections and because the election is “several years removed from the rise of the Tea Party.” “In midterm elections, a “President Obama’s low approval ratings have great deal of issues are not helped invigorate the decided at the state and Democratic base, and their candidates appear local levels of government.” poised to lose in several key Senate races,” he Jared Ham ’15 added. According to several election forecasts, the Republican Party is expected to take control of the Senate and retain the House of Representatives following Tuesday’s election. The New York Times projects that Republicans have a 70 percent chance of taking the Senate. A lack of interest in the elections, however, is not exclusive to Cornell, but rather reflects national trends. A report released by the Pew Research Center Friday says that nonvoters — classified as “those who are either not registered to vote or are considered unlikely to vote in the upcoming midterms” — consist of 60 percent of voting age adults. Approximately one-third of those nonvoters are under the age of 30, according to the report. Still, Ham said college students in particular should care about the election, despite perceived apathy. “We are the future leaders of America and the direction our country goes today will have a profound impact on the country we will soon be leading,” he said. “Even though this not a presidential election, there is still so much at stake in [the] election.” Sanders added that the election will set the policy agenda, with a Republican controlled House and Senate likely to push policies supporting the Keystone Pipeline, an oil line proposed to span across Canada and the United States, and repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act. “It sets up the issues for the next election, and so it’s important in that way,” Sanders said. Cheyfitz added that not voting indicates that “democracy is not worth the effort,” unless that person “is involved in some other significant political activity to change society.” Sanders echoed this sentiment about the importance of voting. “Civic duty says you vote in the investment of democracy,” Sanders said. “People who have exams and papers and no spare time are marking rationale calculations. If you can spare 15 minutes, vote to maintain the system of democracy, for which there is no real substitute.”
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an affiliation with Cayuga Medical.” Schuyler is following a trend set by other critical access hospitals in the nation by affiliating with a larger hospital, according to Baum. Critical access hospitals, Baum said, are generally located in rural communities and can have a maximum of 25 beds. “As we worked through the process, we learned that creating a [single] health care system was the best way to go for both institutions,” he said. Baum added that the process of planning the merger involved “a fair amount of complexity.” “These things take time,” he said. “There is also a certain amount of legal diligence that needs to take place.” According to Baum, the final stamp of approval for the Cayuga Health System came from the New York State Department of Health in late September. “The state, interestingly enough, didn’t take all that long [to approve the system] — probably six months,” he said. “But there was a lot done before you could submit what’s called a certificate of need — that’s what goes to the state health department and gets ultimately approved.” He added that under the new Cayuga Health System, CMC will be able to provide access to specialists and additional care not traditionally available at Schuyler, including specialties such as orthopedics. “The affiliation also provides CMC with a larger population to provide care for as well,” he said. “So it worked out well for both hospitals.” Baum said that over time, hospital officials
will be able to “leverage the staff of both institutions” without incurring the layoff of any employees. “Chances are, we’re actually going to be adding positions for specialists and in other areas,” he said. “There will be some opportunities for consolidation of some areas that are shared services and opportunities to improve areas like purchasing capabilities." While there may not be any visible changes to the “patient perspective” at CMC under the new Cayuga Health System, Baum said, other changes will occur in the background. “There will be things that will happen in the background — particularly strengthening the affiliations with places such as Roswell Park Cancer Center and Rochester Heart Institute,” he said. “We’re going to continue our offerings of those kinds of affiliation opportunities that will make our health care better in our community and in Schuyler County." Each hospital will continue to operate under its own identity under the Cayuga Health System name, The Ithaca Journal reported Thursday. Additionally, the governance of each medical center “will remain intact” — while Andrew Manzer will continue his role as president and chief executive officer of Schuyler Hospital, John Rudd will take helm of the same positions at CMC. Rudd will also assume the positions of president and CEO of the Cayuga Health System. The merger of CMC and Schuyler Hospital is the latest in a surge of hospital mergers occurring in New York State, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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1776 rising | More than 13 years after a terrorist attack destroyed the twin towers — symbols of New York City’s might — the first employees of the first tenant in the new building erected to take their place arrived for their first workday on Monday.
After 13 Years, World Trade Center Reopens NEW YORK (AP) — The silvery, 1,776-foot skyscraper that rose from the ashes of 9/11 to become a symbol of American resilience opened for business Monday, as 175 employees of the magazine publishing giant Conde Nast settled into their first day of work in their new offices. One World Trade Center’s official opening marked a symbolic return to some sense of normalcy for the site where the towers toppled more than 13 years ago. “The New York City skyline is whole again,” says Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns both the building and the 16-acre World Trade Center site. Steps away from the new tower are two memorial fountains built on the footprints of the decimated twin towers, a reminder of the more than 2,700 people who died in the terrorist attack. Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, is expected to move in about 3,000 more employees by early next year, eventually occupying 25 floors of the $3.9 billion, 104-story tower, the nation’s tallest building. Amid Monday’s celebratory tour of parts of 1 World Trade Center, Conde Nast officials declined to comment on employees’ possible fears about working in the new building. Foye counters that it’s “the most secure office building in America.” And its chief architect, T.J. Gottesdiener, said the high-rise was built with steel-reinforced concrete that makes it as terror attack-proof as possible — much stronger than the original towers that collapsed on themselves when the hijacked planes hit. The stairwells are built with a hardened concrete core, and wider to allow firefighters to move while people exit. The building’s mechanical systems are also encased in hardened concrete. “If my son told me he had a job in the trade center Tower 1, I would have no qualms about him being there,” Gottesdiener said. After 9/11, he said, architects took pains to figure out new ways to make a high-rise safer, working with the New York Fire Department, buildings officials and police, while learning from new techniques from construction in cities worldwide. Finally, computerized simulations were used to calculate what would happen with people in the building. One World Trade Center is 60 percent leased, with another 80,000 square feet going to the advertising firm Kids Creative, the stadium operator Legends Hospitality, the BMB Group investment adviser, and Servcorp, a provider of executive offices. The government’s General Services Administration signed up for 275,000 square feet, and the China Center, a trade and cultural facility, will cover 191,000 square feet. The space is at the top of the global price range, at $69 per square foot below the 63rd floor, and $80 to $100 going up. The eight-year construction of the skyscraper came after years of political, financial and legal infighting that threatened to derail the project. The bickering slowly died down as two other towers started going up on the southeast end of the site: the now completed 4 World Trade Center whose anchor tenant is the Port Authority, which started moving in last week, and 3 World Trade Center, which is slowly rising.
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Don’t Do Nothing: Vote TODAY MARKS ELECTION DAY FOR THE 2014 midterm elections — an election where every seat in the House of Representatives is up for election as well as 36 senators and 36 governors. Voters will also decide which party holds the majority in the Senate, which, if there are majority Republican Senators, will potentially affect President Barack Obama’s ability to push through legislation in the last two years of his presidency. In addition to the seats in Congress that have the potential to change hands, many states are including ballot measures on issues such as gun control, minimum wage, abortion and marijuana legalization on which voters will be able to decide. We at The Sun believe that it is important for all community members to make informed decisions and exercise their right to vote today. For voters registered in Tompkins County, Democratic candidate Martha Robertson ’75 is vying for Republican incumbent Tom Reed’s seat in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. Robertson and Reed have clashed on issues such as the government shutdown and equal pay, with Robertson claiming Reed is a part of the “war on women.” In addition, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) is also up for reelection against Rob Astorino, and voters will be able to choose who will fill the positions of Comptroller and Attorney General. Regardless of political affiliation, we urge anyone who will vote to consider the issues they believe are most important and vote for the candidate that best represents their interest. However, we recognize that not every member of the Cornell community is a registered New York State voter. Therefore, we will not call for only those registered in Tompkins County to make their voice heard, but for all members of the community to vote today. Regardless of the state in which someone is registered, there are important issues on the ballot that will affect their community. For those who are not registered, while you cannot register on election day, it will be important to register, if for no other reason than the presidential election in 2016. As people begin to head to the polls today, we commend those who have already taken the initiative to fill out an absentee ballot. But for those who have not made it to the polls, we at The Sun call on these voters to not sit out this election: Vote.
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ne of the reasons I love having a been my values and my parents’ morals column that runs on a Tuesday is have always been my morals. My measure because it’s soon, but not too of what kind of person I am has never soon, after the weekend. I have two days been that important because I’ve always and three nights to procrastinate by mak- depended on what others believed to ing bad decisions, and then, when determine what I should think of myself. Monday comes around and I sit down to For example, second-grade Hebani? She write, I find that what I want to say most would never throw out food because “only is what has run through my mind most bad people throw out food.” Having been often over the weekend. This weekend? separated from the people who have This weekend has got me taking a much decided what my actions and values say closer look at my morals. about me leaves me no choice but to I have a lot of respect for the people remind myself that not everyone shares that can uphold their own set of morals. the same values. There comes a point at It’s not easy to act exactly how you want which we have only ourselves to look to to see yourself act when deciding all the time. what morals are There’s a quote my more important Having been separated friend recently than others (so posted to In from the people who have what I’m saying stagram (respected here is college decided what my actions source, I know) freshman Hebani that says, “Pre wastes a lot of and values say about me cisely describe the food). leaves me no choice but to demeanor you Of course, it want to adopt so would be a mistake remind myself that not that you may preto assume that we serve it when you should just disreeveryone shares the are by yourself or gard what our parsame values. with other peoents have brought ple.” Yes, it’s basic, us up to believe and yes, I made entirely; the values fun of her for it. However, as I went out we have instilled in us from years of living Friday and Saturday nights and chose to with our parents’ opinions will, in some watch three hours of How to Get Away way or another, always influence the deciwith Murder on Sunday instead of study sions we make. It is just as important, for my Economics prelim, her quote was however, to remind ourselves to do what what ran through my mind most often. others may think is wrong once in a while. How the hell do I “describe the Life would be an incredibly boring time if demeanor” I want to adopt? And is it real- all we did was reflect the values of the peoly my actions that make me a bad person? ple around us. Or do the values I have determine the kind of person I am? Several hours in the shower later, I’ve Hebani Duggal is a freshman in the College of decided that, like most other things, my Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hdugparents are directly responsible for my gal@cornellsun.com. Teach Me How to Duggal confusion. My parents’ values have always appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
CORRECTION A Nov. 3 photo caption incorrectly stated that the Cornell University Chorus performed in Sage Hall, when in fact, they performed in Sage Chapel on Saturday. CLARIFICATION An Oct. 31 news story, “Panelists Discuss Ethics of U.S. Surveillance of Muslims,” said Faisal Gill, a lawyer, was suspended from the Department of Homeland Security during an FBI investigation. In fact, according to Gill, he was not officially suspended, but was “asked not to return until [the] matter was cleared.”
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Deon Thomas | It’s Not Me, It’s You
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will admit that I love controversy. It shows me that people are thinking ideas out and formulating their own opinions. It shows me that people are not thinking in uniform and simply believing everything they are told. When it comes to controversy I do not force myself to disagree with certain popular opinions just to find things to write about. I do, however, scour the news to find instances in which my opinions and popular opinion are not in accordance. I have stated before that I truly believe that only controversial opinions are worth writing about. For the past couple weeks — when thinking about what I wanted to touch on with this column — I continually saw articles about offensive Halloween columns. Yes, it is obvious that dressing up as Ray Rice and his beaten wife was far from harmless. I am not even going to bother writing about costumes that are so obviously distasteful. I am, however, going to touch on costumes with racial and ethnic tones, especially costumes that involve blackface. When first thinking about blackface, I believed that it was not inherently offensive. I am often upset when the only thing stopping people from changing their opinion on an act or word is simply the history behind it. I believed that there were tasteful uses for blackface that could improve costumes. For instance, when wearing a skeleton costume for Halloween many people paint their faces white in order to make their outfit more accurate. So when a Caucasian male wants to dress up, as Kanye West wouldn’t it simply make his costume more effective and uniform if he painted his face black? What’s could possibly be so harmful about that? I even saw the use of blackface as a stride in racial prejudices in America. Not too long ago, darker skin was seen as offensive and less valuable. Now, little kids are making their skin darker in order to look more like the celebrities they look up to, like Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Nonetheless, with everything seemingly
Nonetheless, with everything seemingly good there is always a frighteningly bad side to it. ... That is, of course, the use of blackface to reinforce black stereotypes. good there is always a frighteningly bad side to it that a conversation with my best friend really turned my attention to. That is, of course, the use of blackface to reinforce black stereotypes. When somebody wants to dress up as a “gangster” and decides to throw on some blackface to really drive the point home or using blackface to really make that felon costume pop. This is the real problem that American society doesn’t seem ready for. The second people begin to relax on the use of blackface is the second that its use will begin to blossom in an inappropriate manner. There’s too fine of a line of what make blackface offensive and what doesn’t. In my personal experiences, it seems that once blackface is used hilarity ensues. Even when used to make someone look like Kanye and other celebrities the pleasure derived from the one in the costume and onlookers soon makes me feel uncomfortable. However, blackface is not the only racial tone in Halloween costumes. How about those that wear bandanas and a flannel with only the top button in use and call themselves “cholos?” This is just one of the many offensive costumes I have seen out and about during the several college nights of Halloween. This Halloween, during one of the nights I dressed up as the classic preppy country club goer because I wanted to do a lazy costume. I was soon faced with the question, “What are you, a white guy?” I took on the question in stride and took on the role. During select encounters when asked what I was, rather than the country club answer I simply responded that I was a white guy in order to observe their reactions. After a lifetime of hearing people tell me they dressed as a black man for Halloween, it was very interesting to see some people find hilarity in my answer whereas some sported looks of confusion that I could easily empathize with. Although blackface can be used with good intentions it simply cannot produce good results. We do not live in a “post-racial” America and we are not ready for the implications of racially toned costumes. If you are willing to continue to offend entire ethnic and racial groups with your insensitive homage to other cultures, remember that it’s not me, it’s you.
Deon Thomas is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com. It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
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ello, and Happy Election next anti-Katko were a microcos- there was at least one issue that Day! I sincerely hope that mic indication of this country’s more than 21 percent of 18-24 I’ve caught you before cast- political discourse. The anti-Maffei year olds cared about at stake during your ballot for this year. If I advertisement painted the incum- ing 2010’s midterm election, and have, then please read this through bent congressman as an out-of- I’m sure that the same stands true before you cast your vote. I touch Washington politician con- for 2014. promise that I won’t tell you who, trolled by a shadowy puppet master Therefore, I’d like to use the or what, to vote for. Are you known only as “Nancy Pelosi” power vested in me by my editor to intrigued about what I could possi- while another anti-Maffei adver- issue two challenges. The first, to bly tell you if I’m not pushing my tisement made references to the Congress. Let’s use this midterm political opinions on you? Read on! crises of “Ebola,” “ISIS” and election as an opportunity for a In recent years, politics have (apparently the real threat) political New Year. Congress essenbecome increasingly more polar- “Obamacare.” The anti-Katko tially promised to go to the gym ized, resulting in an erosion of advertisement cast aspersions on and then immediately recanted — moderate political candidates and the U.S. Attorney’s character, say- in the form of making this election contributing to the partisan grid- ing that he left a loaded pistol in the most expensive midterm eleclock that has surely contributed to his car that was later used in a rob- tion ever, drumming up Ebola hysthe American public’s 14 percent bery that ended with two dead — teria (as mentioned by my fellow approval rating of Congress, the video quoted Katko as saying columnist Jacob Glick ’15) and according to Gallup. In fact, this that he had “no regrets.” generally refusing to reach across approval rating, generated from Noticeably absent from these two the aisle on practically any issue. I data gathered during October advertisements were any mention challenge Congress (yes, the entire 2014, remains discouragingly close of the candidates’ stance on issues, governing political body) to aspire to Congress’ historic low of nine positive or negative. Instead, both towards having constructive, reapercent approval during November focused on proving that his oppo- soned debate to reach the best solu2013. Additionally, the Pew nent was a worse choice, not that tion for the country, rather than Research Center has attempted to he was a better choice than his launching obfuscating, unnecesquantify the causes and effects of opponent. The best part about sary attacks like my football budpartisan polarization. In a blog watching these ads from our couch dies John Katko and Dan Maffei. post published on June 12 along- located in Ithaca, N.Y., part of Since Congress is an inanimate side their findings, the Pew Tompkins county? Maffei and conglomeration of politicians, Research Center found that, Katko aren’t even campaigning to staffers and lobbyists, and therefore “among Republicans and represent Tompkins county in doesn’t have eyes to read my plea or Democrats who have a very unfa- Congress. Tompkins county is a a brain to process it, I have a secvorable impression of the other part of New York’s 23rd ond challenge: one for the reader of party, the vast majority this column. If say the opposing party’s you’ve had policies represent a threat time to read to the nation’s well I have a second challenge: one for the this column being.” The obvious reader of this column. If you’ve had time today then you corollaries here include to read this column today then you have have time to but are not limited to: do it. First, Obamacare, Ebola quar- time to do it. First, you should vote. you should antines, gun control, Do it today, whenever you’re free. vote. Do it spending, taxation, today, whenevwomen’s reproductive er you’re free; rights and practically any other Congressional District while hopefully you got an absentee baldivisive issue that the federal gov- Maffei and Katko are fighting for lot if you want to vote in your ernment deals with. the 24th. I believe that the fact that home state but you can also vote in This preoccupation with the we’re seeing attack advertisements Tompkins County as an Ithaca resthreat that the other side poses that have absolutely no bearing on ident. Before you vote, open up only serves to further polarize poli- our voting paints a vivid picture of your favorite search engine (I know tics and provide ample fodder for the state of politics in this country. you all love Bing) and use those attack advertisements at every level The cacophony inherent in “Research” skills for which your of elected office. A quick look into modern political campaigns means uncle who’s overly active on the environment of quiet seclusion that potential voters who do not LinkedIn endorsed you. Read up of a Sun opinion columnist — I’ve follow races closely are confused as on who’s running, at least for the been writing this column while sit- to what to actually expect from high-level elections, and go into ting amongst friends who are rapt- candidates. The prevalence of the ballot box prepared and knowly watching the Patriots-Broncos attacks instead of legitimate, gen- ing who you’re voting for and what football game. Although I’m not uine and honest debate contributes they stand for. Make your New much of a football fan, I was to the difficulty that voters have in Year’s resolution now, that if you intrigued by the alternating Dan identifying who will actually don’t follow politics that much, Maffei-John Katko attack ads that advance their interests. A paltry 21 that you’ll start now. It’s absolutely appeared on the TV during a com- percent of eligible voters aged 18- critical for the sustained health of mercial break. The Maffei-Katko 24 voted in the 2010 midterm this country. race pits the incumbent Rep. Dan elections. This number stands even Maffei (D-N.Y. 24) against John more significant when placed next Katko, his republican challenger to the (still pathetic, but signifi- David Fischer is a senior in the College of Arts and a U.S. Attorney. cantly higher) 42 percent of all eli- and Sciences. He can be reached at Their alternating barrage of gible voters who cast a vote in the dfischer@cornellsun.com. Fischy Business attack ads, one anti-Maffei, the same election. I guarantee that appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
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MIDTERM ELECTION GUIDE
CHOOSE YOUR CANDIDATE: Guide to the 23rd Congressional District Election Rep.Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)
Martha Robertson ’75 (D) Foreign Policy
Has supported funding for military operations in the Middle East, including the war in Afghanistan and Libya. Reed has, however, supported reducing Navy and Air Force appropriations. Has opposed an arms treaty that limits gun trade to Israel and Taiwan.
Supports intervening in the affairs of other countries only in matters of national security, human rights violations, or specifically asked by international community. Supports withdrawal of majority of troops from Afghanistan.
The Economy Advocates paying down the national debt to create economical stability. Reed has also opposed heavy federal and state regulations on businesses of all sizes. Introduced legislation in hopes of revitalizing manufacturing and innovation through a network of regional institutes.
Advocates cutting taxes for the middle class, investing in small businesses and raising the federal minimum wage. Robertson also supports pass immigration reform benefitting farmers and ending trade deals that make it easier for corporations to ship jobs and profits overseas.
Health Care Has opposed the Affordable Care Act and believes it has led to cancelled insurance policies and job losses. Supports the Paul Ryan budget, which reduces health care coverage and subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
Supports a single-payer health care system in which the government is the sole supplier, as well as protecting Medicaid from funding cuts, which she believes would actually drive up health care costs.
Energy Supports using domestic energy resources to reduce short-term dependence on Middle East oil. Supports fracking if done “safely and responsibly.”
Supports clean-energy initiatives making use of local renewable resources including solar and wind power. Opposes the use of fracking in local areas.
Abortion Supports a ban of federal health coverage that includes abortion because he believes that tax dollars should not be spent on what he views as a controversial practice.
Supports a woman’s right to an abortion and does not believe employers should decide whether or not to provide birth control for employees.
Polling Locations Near Cornell’s Campus City of Ithaca:
Town of Ithaca:
Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St.
Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd.
Titus Towers II, 798 S. Plain St. South Hill School, 520 Hudson St. GIAC, 301 W. Court St. TC Public Library, 101 E. Green St. Belle Sherman Annex, Cornell St. Alice Cook House, West Campus, Stewart & University Ave. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave. Fall Creek School, King & Aurora St.
Town of Ithaca Public Works 106 Seven Mile Dr. College Circle Community Center, 1033 Danby Rd. Ellis Hollow Apartments, 1028 Ellis Hollow Rd., East Entrance BOCES, 555 Warren Rd. First Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd. Linderman Creek II Community Building, 201 Cypress Ct. Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N.Triphammer Rd.
Polling will be open today from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT If It Bleeds, It Leads KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor
“My motto is: If you want to win the lottery, you have to have the money to buy a ticket.” Jake Gyllenhaal’s Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler starts out as scary of a sycophant as one could imagine, flashing a winningly-rehearsed smile and listing his many personal selling points for an uninterested supervisor. His motto, and his story, is as American as they come. Bloom is a loner, living in a small apartment on the outskirts of Los Angeles and making his living selling stolen copper wire and manhole covers. But one night, he comes across a grisly car accident and wanders up to it wide-eyed (he is literally never not wideeyed, but more on that later). “Will this be on TV?” he asks a nearby videographer (innocent sleazeball Bill Paxton), to the response: “Morning news. If it bleeds, it leads.” He’s hooked, and in no time he’s selling some poor sucker’s racing bicycle for a police scanner and a cruddy video camera. The rest of the film follows his ascension to becoming a highly-paid “nightcrawler” — a TV news freelancer who acquires as-close-as-possible footage of crime and sells it to local news networks. Joining a list of recent movies that are least secondarily about the contemporary fear-mongering evils of television (Gone Girl, Non-Stop), Nightcrawler portrays local news as a business in which white people make money by creating a world of fear for other white people to live in — the significance of the neighborhood in which the footage comes from is hammered in repeatedly, with the news director (Rene PHOTOS OURTESY OF OPEN ROAD FILMS
Russo) reminding Bloom to look for stories where the world?). It is a character study not unlike many others victim is white and affluent and the perpetrator is a we’ve seen — you only find out what the character is minority. “Urban crimes seeping into the suburbs, capable of as they meet a succession of revealing that’s our story,” she reiterates with increasing desper- choices and obstacles. It’s easy to do, but hard to do ation throughout the film. She whispers into the ears well, the last recent example being Frances Ha’s gradof the air-headed newscasters while they narrate a clip ual exposure of its leading lady’s inner determinism, of a home invasion and triple homicide, reminding grace and invincible humor. Bloom’s exposure is less them to emphasize how safe the neighborhood lovely, but equally organic. Gyllenhaal’s portrayal of the isolated sociopath is “seemed” and how “savage” the crime is. Kevin Rahm as Frank Kruze is the only feeble voice of reason, already being compared to De Niro’s big roles of yore, mumbling protestations about “decency” and “legali- due to its chilling misanthropy (“What if my problem ty” and being generally as ineffective and sad-looking wasn’t that I don't understand people, but that I don’t as he was in Desperate Housewives, Mad Men and like them?”) and clammy, desperate physicality: His eyes are bulging out of his head at all times, his hair is everything. Shot by Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood, Good slicked back when he’s dressed to impress and tied up Night and Good Luck, The Town), a lot of Nightcrawler in a ridiculous top-knot when he’s setting in to do looks and feels like news footage itself — it is perpet- some grunt work (a twisted Violet Baudelaire) and he ually nighttime in Los Angeles, characters move halt- delivers every line, from chummy workplace jokes to ingly through patches of streetlamp and plaza light- blackmail demands to sermons on self-help with ing, and there is, of course, lots of blood. The car impossibly unnatural timing and inflection. Rene Russo is overshadowed by Gyllenhaal’s chases here are better than the one in The Town, and possibly the best I’ve seen — Elswit does the ill-fated impressive heinousness, but just barely. As news direcand exhilarating exceedingly well, and he seems to tor of the lowest rated local news program in Los have fun with the streets of Los Angeles (Sofia Angeles, she has a lot to gain from training a contribCoppola knew that we learned what Los Angeles looks utor who will go to any lengths for the shot, but a lot to lose if he turns on her. like from The Hills, Elswit Bloom exploits this handiknows that we also Nightcrawler ly in the movie’s first big learned it from Grand sickening twist, but it’s Theft Auto). Directed by Dan Gilroy not Gyllenhaal you watch But above all else, Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene in that scene — it’s the Nightcrawler is a selfcalm fluttering of Russo’s made man narrative and Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed eyes, coated in way-tooJake Gyllenhaal is its thick and clearly premedimonstrous star. His early tated green metallic eyeshadow as she coldly explains that she too has fewer limits than we might have thought. Bloom’s denouement consists of borrowed shots apparent incompetence makes from The Usual Suspects (sunglasses, feet, hands) and a way for ruthless booming announcement to a group of smiling, khakiself-interest and clad interns: “I will never ask you to do anything that guiltless exploita- I wouldn’t do myself.” It’s more than a little heavytion — at various handed and pessimistic, and it’s not as cool as its tempoints explaining plate — where those shots served to reveal Kevin to his homeless Spacey’s innocuous Verbal Kint as a disguise for the assistant (Riz devil himself (more or less), here they don’t do much Ahmed) why $30 of anything but give Bloom a final “ha!” Nightcrawler a night is not is like this a lot of places — undeniable style layered unfair pay over not much substance — but it wins so many because of the points for being the last piece of evidence we needed invaluable experi- to prove that Jake Gyllenhaal is the actor of his generence that he is ation. offering (sound familiar, unpaid Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life interns of the Sciences. She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun.com.
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El Anatsui: Postcolonial Primitivism BY DANNI SHEN Sun Staff Writer
Contemporary artist El Anatsui discussed his work in conversation with Chika Okeke-Agulu, artist, art historian, curator and Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Perhaps most recognized for his monumental tapestries woven from found bottle caps, El Anatsui places his practice in a distinctive locus within entwined dialogues of colonialism, post-colonialism, global exchange, oppression, consumerism, waste and the transience of human existence. The artist is also noted for his work with wood, terra cotta clay and other found materials, all which engage the dynamic histories and traditions from his birth nation of Ghana as well as Nigeria, his long-time residence. A product of the Western school of art history, “Primitivism” was used to term the early European avantgarde fascination with what was called primitive art in colonial times, as well as the West’s pursuit of a more organic, basic way of life in a time of social and industrial convolution. “Primitivism” referred to arts of Africa, the South Pacific and Indonesia, as well as the earliest of European art. El Anatsui’s shimmering assemblages, though born of humble materials, appear as radiant, magnificently intricate, West African textiles upon first impression. Yet on intimate viewing, one realizes they are oceans of liquor bottle caps, tops of milk tins or metal foils “sewn” together by copper wire. Gold is eminent in many of Anatsui’s pieces, an aesthetic decision which is in part reference to a colonial history when Nigerians mined gold to trade to Europeans, often in exchange for alcohol. Alcoholic drinks in turn, were the earliest of items brought to Africa by Europeans, strategically as a means of social control. Many succumbed to its influence. As for physical materiality, the use of found
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bottle caps and milk tin tops draw directly from the massive accumulations throughout West Africa due to limited recycling technology in the face of huge foreign imports. Chika Okeke-Agulu, in thinking about Anatsui’s works as sculptural forms, refers to the works not as holistic entities in the Minimalist sense of sculpture, but as singularities that need to be brought together. The arranging, tugging, shifting and hiding of forms changes the character of the work. According to Okeke-Agulu, “If one were to map the entire process in a triangular relationship, one may not only consider colonial times, but also the dynamic postcolonial relationships that manifest today in the lack of certainty about identities across various domains, such as in the U.S. where people are questioning what the American character is, or in Europe, where questions are being raised because people from former colonies are returning, in turn changing the character of Europe, in the same way that colonization changed the character of Africa itself.” There is thus a significance to the process of creating linkages — stitching, tying, bending — which generates a freedom of movement and changeability of forms. While each
part has a specific function to the whole, relationships are forever dynamic with infinite possibilities. In the words of the artist himself, it is the creation of “sculpture that is so free that you can move it like fabric.” Each becomes a complex manifestation of the connections between colonial overexploitation, post-colonial poverty and tension, consumerist opulence and indigenous traditions within ever-changing times. This public lecture was held in conjunction with “Working Hot: Exploring Art Beyond Representation,” a Fall 2014 course exploring what can happen in the heat of the moment when artists engage with their materials. The course is a collaboration between the Johnson Museum and the Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies, supported in part by a grant from COURTESY OF the Andrew W. Mellon FounEL ANATSUI dation, funded in part by a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts and cosponsored by the Africana Studies and Research Center, the Southeast Asia Program, the Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies and the Department of Art. Danni Shen is a senior in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. She can be reached at ds928@cornell.edu.
Storytellers vs. Visionaries: Film Grammar
shorter. Sound era pictures were introduced not even a full hundred years ago — cinema is a form we still know next to nothing about, and the possibilities inherent in where it can go are almost infinite. I recently screened a film called The Long Day Closes with fellow Sun critic Zachary Zahos ’15, and found it to be a remarkable example of a redefinition in film grammar. Take a look at this film to see how a lateral pan can be used to articulate aching amounts of pained nostalgia, in a way no film before has attempted. Mark The filmmaker Terence DiStefano Davies is a master at using simple, uncomplicated camlandscape? Is it to perfectly ape that era moves to illicit unthinkable swells of famous Steadicam shot from Goodfellas emotional power. Look at his most recent where the camera tracks Henry Hill work The Deep Blue Sea and you’ll find no through the Copacabana? (Three takes less than the most passionate love scene and the lighting wasn’t right, setup for (and one of the most unusual) ever comtake four and execute with maximum mitted to film. If you can believe me on smoothness and precision, et cetera, et this one, the camera actually rotates durcetera…) Or do we make films because we want to tell stories? This seems like the obvious answer, although many of the most revered and famous films in history are those with poetic touches; ones that seem more akin to songs, ballads or opera than to stories. Film grammar has an interesting origin story. As defined by D.W. Griffith, a frame is a letter, a shot is a word, a scene is a sentence, a sequence is a paragraph. That way, a fully assembled film could constitute an essay, a memoir or a novel, and indeed many good ones do. It is my humble opinion that the best ones do something different with this grammar and change the form a little bit. The difference between cinema and literature is that one has been around for thousands of years while the other has existed for a mere century, and commercially for even et’s bite off a big chunk here: What’s the point of filmmaking? There is no real answer to that question, of course. Might it be to capture the crunch of autumn leaves underfoot and paint a picaresque scene so vividly the audience begins to smell the mountain air and feel themselves being swept away to a new
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ing said sex scene, and there is scarcely a glimpse of breasts or nether regions. This is why Davies’ films are so compelling from first frame to last — every single image has a positive evocative power. This is also true for each of the directors in my unofficial Seven Samurai class of directors whose work I admire the most. The other six, besides Davies, are Kubrick, Malick, Fellini, Wong Kar-Wai, Paul Thomas Anderson and Edgar Wright. What bonds and unites the work of all of these craftsmen, each of whom has made many excellent films, is not quality, but a certain distinction that marks their work. Throughout all of their pictures, their voices are such that one feels an ability to see the world in an entirely new way, to gain untold new insights into humanity and into life, which is the hallmark of all great art. Yes, even Hot Fuzz or Scott Pilgrim vs. the World boasts a definite ability to do that for an attentive audience member. Try to find the world less of a visually comic composition, brimming
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with excitement, after you watch those. To me, a great director is not one who can make a great film or even several great films, but one who can emerge with a clear-cut resonating voice that enables me to get something more out of life when I see the universe through their eyes, so that I leave the theater just a little more enriched than when I walked in. Getting back to the question posed at the beginning of this column, I believe a film is measured not by how well it tells a crackling-good yarn, but by how well a visionary director behind the camera can get you to see things, feel things and think about things you haven’t in a long time, perhaps ever before. Filmmaking can create the most engrossing of poems or broadcast journalism pieces or narratives. That is an essential element, a vehicle for something grander to be expressed, but it is only a single component and not the most important one. The make-or-break factor is the vision. As to what makes a worthwhile vision I’m sure I don’t have a definite rubric. I think that would rest more heavily on the shoulders of the filmmaker — how strongly and passionately he or she feels about his ideas. Generally the best films and the greatest works of art are procured from the beating, bursting feelings and desires that fill an artist’s chest and are dying to get out. They are the demons or the angels which drive the artist to channel himself through a pen, a paintbrush or a camera. And those mysterious innards, when met with a fearless filmmaker whose creative daring knows no limits, are what create those experiences of transcendent wonder in a movie theater where the wind is knocked clean out of you. Mark DiStefano is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears on Tuesdays this semester.
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Last Saturday afternoon, the men’s and women’s cross country teams ventured to Princeton, New Jersey for the Ivy League Heptagonal championship. That afternoon, the Red would step onto the West Windsor Fields and compete against the other Ivies despite the cool temperatures, constant rainfall and stiff winds. Even with this challenge, the teams had strong performances. The men’s team finished with 74 points, putting the Red in second place. The victor in the championship was Princeton, which has won the Heps title seven times in the past nine seasons. The Red was followed by Penn which came in third (111 points), Dartmouth (112 points), Yale (123 points), Columbia (123 points), Harvard (146 points) and Brown (155 points). The women’s team also had a good performance, finishing fourth overall with a score of 108 points. Dartmouth would take first place with a score of 47 points, Princeton second with 67 points and Columbia third with 95 points. With Cornell in fourth with 108 points, the team was victorious over Harvard (119 points), Yale (130 points), Brown (153 points) and Penn (178 points). The teams will travel to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York for the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Nov. 14. Fans cans also look forward the NCAA Cross country Championships, which will take place in Terre Haute, Indiana, Nov. 22. — Compiled by Jacquelynn Jones
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beat them and we are really excited to play them at home,” she said. “We are really looking forward to prepare for this weekend and we want to win more games.” However, wins at home would not only help the team’s standing, but would also be key for Rowland, whose performance this season has been consistent
and strong in the back line. These next two home games will be her last as the only senior on the team. “We’re going to win these last two games for Tash,” Phelps said. “We know we can put up a fight against these teams and we want this last weekend that Tash will always remember.” Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.
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Red Drops Match to Princeton By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer
The women’s soccer team joined the field hockey and football squads with a disappointing loss to Princeton this past Saturday. Cornell drops to 1-5 in league play after this weekend’s 2-1 defeat, while the Tigers improve to 3-2-1 in the Ivies. “Princeton has a few talented attackers and they love to make penetrating passes and runs through the backline, so in practice we mostly focused on communication, awareness, and positioning in our defensive shape,” sophomore Ellie Crowell said. Though the score at the buzzer was 2-1 in favor of the Tigers, the Red controlled the tempo for the majority of the game. Both teams got off to a quick start; Princeton’s Lauren Lazo scored in the first 10 minutes, and seven minutes later Cornell senior Kerry Schubert scored her fourth career goal to tie up the score at 1-1. The goal came from an attempted shot by Meera Dheer that had rebounded back out, and Schubert capitalized and put the ball in the back of the net. In the second half the Tigers pulled away again with a goal from Tyler Lussi, assisted by Lazo. “Other than those two plays, we were pretty even throughout most of the game,” Crowell said. “The deal breaker was that we weren’t able to capitalize on our scoring chances where they were.”
Cornell continued its offensive push the whole game and outshot the Tigers 14-6 overall. Princeton’s goalie Darcy Hargadon was hard to beat, however, and made five crucial saves to keep the Big Red stuck at one goal. Cornell’s best chance to tie up the game again came from senior midfielder Claire MacManus 15 minutes into the second half, but Hargadon answered with an impressive save and kept the Red at bay. The impressive number of shots came from a wide range of players. Schubert scored on her only shot of the game, but Crowell, Charlotte Tate, Aimee Tavze and Amanda Gaggioli all had one shot apiece. Claire Macmanus had two, and both Whitney Farber and Meera Dheer racked up an impressive three shots. Freshman Katerina Wiekert came off the bench and took a shot as well. This Saturday the Red will host Dartmouth in its final game of the season. The team will also be celebrating its seniors Kerry Schubert, Claire Macmanus, Kelly Abrams and Sydney Cetrullo at 2:30 on Berman field. “After playing in such a close competitive game against Princeton, I’m excited to take on Dartmouth,” Crowell said. “If we come out with the same intent and focus that we did [on Saturday], it could [be] anybody’s game.” Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.
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On the record | The women’s soccer team dropped to 7-9 overall and 1-5 in league play with this weekend’s loss to Princeton. The team’s only league win came against Penn in October.
Taking a Look at All 32 NFLTeams and How They Stack Up From the surging Patriots to the luckless Raiders, NFL teams have been all over the place this season ent to win the NFC. Colin Kaepernick viceable, and Johnny Manziel likely Washington: De spite the SHATZMAN has been brutally inconsistent. The won’t start a game this year unless Hoyer 26. return of RGIII, Washington Niners’ offense must get in rhythm and enters total breakdown mode. Hoyer has still lost a heartbreaker to the Vikings Continued from page 16
expected to be out for more than a month.
beat the Saints on Sunday. At least the Giants won the World Series.
earned the starting spot. The return of Josh Gordon will be enormous for the Browns’ offense.
Detroit Lions: The Lions are 6-2 and Baltimore Ravens: It looked as 7. have played their last few games 14. though the Ravens were going Houston Texans: Houston has without Calvin Johnson. Their Week 9 to crush the Steelers during the first 20. won the games they were expect-
bye should help them return to full strength. They have a top-five defense. Firing Jim Schwartz was long overdue.
Green Bay Packers: They were 8. destroyed by New Orleans on the road, but the Saints were basically fighting for their season, and the Superdome is a tough place to get a win. They take on Chicago, Philly and New England in three of their next four games — all at frigid Lambeau Field.
quarter Sunday night. But they self destructed with penalties, and Ben Roethlisberger picked their secondary apart. Joe Flacco looked like an average quarterback versus Pittsburgh’s mediocre secondary.
15.
San Diego Chargers: Their offense looked incompetent in Miami on Sunday, but I’m confident that it was one fluke game. They have a “get right” game at home versus Oakland on Sunday.
ed to win, and vice versa. They define average, but are improving and have bigtime weapons on both sides of the ball. DeAndre Hopkins is making a name for himself.
New York Giants: The G-men need a win against the Colts on 21. Monday night. They have had their ups and their downs, but their next three games are against the Seahawks, Niners and Cowboys, so expect more downs.
on Sunday. The team’s defense has played well through the first half of the season, and a Week 10 bye will be a time for Washington to work through its problems. It doesn’t seem like Jay Gruden likes RGIII very much.
Atlanta Falcons: The Falcons’ season has been a disaster. Their 27. young defense has been terrible, and although they have Julio Jones and other weapons, they have been unable to outscore their opponents. Tony Gonzalez has been a major loss for Atlanta’s offense.
Tennessee Titans: The Titans 28. have had enough of Jake Locker and have turned to rookie Zach
Indianapolis Colts: The Colts’ Carolina Panthers: Cam Mettenberger. Times are tough in 9. defense had been playing great until Kansas City Chief: The Chiefs 22. Newton has had a rough season. Tennessee. Call Brett Favre? Big Ben and the Steelers exposed them. 16. are riding a three-game win Neither Carolina’s offense nor its defense Their Monday night matchup with the streak anchored by their consistent are playing anywhere near as well as they Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Giants should reveal if the Colts’ D is a defensive play. Alex Smith has been played in 2013. The team has time to 29. Tampa has suffered five nail-bitlegitimate force. called a “game manager” in the past, but turn it around, as the second half of its ing losses this season, and probably
10.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger is putting up ridiculous numbers. Back to back weeks with six touchdowns? Sheesh. Antonio Brown is the best sub-six foot receiver in the league – and maybe overall.
11.
Cincinnati Bengals: Their offense looked solid without AJ Green, but with Green back the Bengals offer a multitude of weapons. The Bernard-Hill backfield tandem is among the most dynamic duos in the league. They meet Cleveland in a huge divisional game on Thursday night.
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Miami Dolphins: Phillip Rivers is as consistent as they come, and the Fins’ defense made him look silly in a 37-0 victory. Despite early season concern over Ryan Tannehill, he is proving himself to be a good quarterback in in this league. They travel to Detroit on Sunday.
he’s proving to be far more than that. The Chiefs travel to Buffalo on Sunday in a matchup of two teams fighting to make the playoffs.
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Buffalo Bills: Since making the switch to Kyle Orton, the Bills have looked like a good football team. Despite losing their leading tackler to injury, their defense is performing well, and Bills’ fans are riding high. They have a bunch of winnable games coming up before finishing with Denver, Green Bay and New England in three of their last four. New Orleans Saints: The Saints 18. finally look like the Saints. They dismantled Green Bay and then picked
up a road win versus Carolina. Mark Ingram is playing like everyone expected him to coming out of the draft. They have an important game Sunday at home versus the Niners.
San Francisco 49ers: The 19. Niners are the best 4-4 team, but 13. that isn’t saying much. They have the tal-
Cleaveland Browns: The Browns are really making a push to win the AFC North — a division totally up for grabs. Brian Hoyer is ser-
schedule is much easier than the first half.
Chicago Bears: Oh, the Bears. 23. The Bears’ defense was horrendous versus New England. Tom Brady torches most defenses, but the Bears got really, really torched, allowing 51 points. Jay Cutler needs to be more consistent if the Bears are going to turn their season around.
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Minnesota Vikings: The hiring of Norv Turner has proved key for the Vikings’ offense. They start a rookie at quarterback and lack big name players around him, but they have squeezed out several wins, including a comeback victory versus Washington on Sunday. Matt Cassel probably won’t start another game for the Vikings.
shouldn’t be 1-7, but it is. I’m not sure that Lovie Smith was the right man for the job.
Jacksonville Jaguars: Most 30. people would have the Jags at 31 or 32, but Gus Bradley has these guys playing hard and staying in games. They are not an easy team to beat.
New York Jets: The Jets have 31. issues at quarterback, but when you combine those issues with Marty
Mornhinweg’s mind-numbingly dumb play calling, it makes for a disaster. Michael Vick looked solid Sunday in Kansas City.
Oakland Raiders: They aren’t as 32. bad as their record suggests, and could easily have a couple wins. But with
St. Louis Rams: The Rams Denver and San Diego coming up, 0-16 defense finally played the way it isn’t out of the question, and Raiders 25. was expected against the 49ers, sacking Nation should prepare for the No. 1 pick Colin Kaepernick eight times. Austin Davis has come down to earth, and Rams’ fans are wondering what could have been with Sam Bradford under center.
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Red Falls in Ivy Standings With Loss to Tigers By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer
The Red field hockey team faced off against a strong Princeton squad this Saturday on Marsha Dodson Field. The Red was able to score two, one in its strong opening minutes and one in the later minutes of the second half; however, the Tigers scored three in between to hold off the Red, 3-2, and take the lead in the Ivy League race. “We knew we were up against a very tough opponent in Princeton and that we had to play well to be successful,” freshman Sam McILwrick said. The scoring began in the sixth minute when sophomore Katy Weeks redirected a penalty shot from Player of the Week junior Marisa Siergiej. Cornell held on to the lead until Princeton scored an equalizer almost 20 minutes later. Within the next 10 minutes, Princeton had taken the lead, and two minutes into the second half the winning goal was scored. “Strategically, we were very focused on our tactical play, specifically our structure and our defensive and offensive short corner plays,” McILwrick said. The Red refused to give up and turned the game’s
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Standings struggles | Prior to the weekend’s loss to the Tigers, Cornell was fighting for first place in the Ivy League with Princeton and Columbia. After the Red’s defeat, the three-way tie was broken. The Red now sits in third behind the Tigers and Lions.
momentum, outshooting Princeton, 4-2. Freshman Krysten Mayers scored off of a pass from McILwrick with only three minutes left in the game to close the gap to one goal. Unable to put another in the back of the net, however, Cornell fell to second place in the Ivy League behind Princeton and Columbia. Although the team could not come up with a group win, there were two individual wins on the week. Siergiej
C.U. Tops Penn,Falls to Princeton By ANNA FASMAN
Playing at home has proven to be an advantage for the Cornell women’s volleyball team, which has now won two of its last three games at Newman Arena. While the team was able to sweep the University of Pennsylvania on Friday evening, it dropped its match against Princeton just one day later, after two very close losses led to frustrated and disjointed play during the third set. Despite its loss to Cornell this weekend, Penn (714) finds itself in a three-way tie with Dartmouth and Brown for fourth place in the Ivy League. While the Quakers were able to beat the Red earlier on in the season, according to senior libero Natasha Rowland, Cornell came out on Friday with strong
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Not this time | The Red’s dominating 3-0 shutout win over Penn avenged the Red’s 3-1 loss to the Quakers earlier in the season.
serving and determination, which allowed the team to sweep Penn in just three sets. “We did really well serving this weekend and getting our opponents out of system. We also played with a lot of confidence and were determined to win,” she said. Sophomore middle hitter Jasmine Robinson also noted that since the Red was unable to come out with such drive for the win earlier in the season, the team may have taken the Quakers by surprise. “We took care of the little things right away,” she said. “I don’t think Penn was ready for us to come out and play so strong.” After Friday’s game, Rowland now sits in sixth place in Cornell’s career dig list. Her consistent and strong play in the back this season has been key for the Red, especially during its wins against Columbia and Penn. After Saturday’s game, Princeton (12-8) remains in third place in the Ivy standings, just one game behind Harvard and Yale, who are tied for first. The Tigers proved themselves to once again be a tough opponent, having swept the Red earlier this season. However, Cornell came into the match ready to fight and only dropped the first two sets by four and three points respectively. Rowland explains that the women were just unable to catch up during the third set. “We fell apart in the third set and were unable to turn things back around,“ she said. While winning the game against Penn was “one of the best moments of the season,” according to sophomore setter Alyssa Phelps, the game against Princeton saw players revert back to sloppy play on the court that the Red was hoping to leave behind on the road. Up next for the Red is a home set against Brown and Yale. Sophomore middle hitter Macey Wilson explained that the team hopes to bounce back against Brown and really prove its ability on the court. “We are looking forward to proving ourselves against Brown this weekend. We know that we can See VOLLEYBALL page 13
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was named Ivy League Player of the Week and Mayers was named Rookie of the Week. This marks the first time two Red players held both honors since 2012, when Siergiej was Rookie of the Week with Hannah Balleza ’13 was Player of the Week. Mayers and Siergiej both earned these honors this
New England Patriots: Dallas Cowboys: Be 1. Even with several big 4. fore Tony Romo’s injury injuries, the Pats’ defense is last week, the Cowboys were
proving itself to be among the best in the league. The numbers may not agree, but holding Denver to 21 points and intercepting Peyton Manning twice is no easy task. The signing of Darrelle Revis has been enormous.
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Denver Broncos: The Pats outplayed them in
playing like the best team in the league. DeMarco Murray is having an Adrian Peterson 2012 type season, and Rob Marinelli is getting everything out of what was supposed to be a weak defense.
Seattle Seahawks: It’s 5. only a matter of time before the Seahawks rid them-
Calling the Shatz Ben Shatzman all facets of the game on Sunday, but the Broncos just weren’t sharp. Manning vs. Brady XVII may very well be the AFC Championship. Arizona Cardinals: 3. They escaped Dallas and the Romo-less Cowboys
with a win on Sunday. It would have been a huge statement had they beaten Dallas with Romo, but the Cards are stout on both sides of the ball, and Bruce Arians is making a run at his second Coach of the Year award.
selves of their Super Bowl hangover. They have been hampered by injuries, and as they return to full strength, they will be a favorite in the NFC. Four of their remaining eight games are against the 49ers and the Cardinals. Philadelphia Eagles: 6. Mark Sanchez shouldn’t be a huge downgrade from
Nick Foles. Chip Kelly’s system needs a decent arm under center, and Sanchez is a proven veteran. Foles is See SHATZMAN page 15