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Akshay Jain ’17 calls Aziz Ansari’s relationships on Masters of None the show’s most compelling aspect. | Page 7
Stephen Meisel ’18 defends free speech on campus and calls out pseudo-political poetry. | Page 8
The men’s football team looks for its first win against Columbia this weekend. | Page 16
Garrett,Lombardi Address Concerns About Financial Aid,Tuition
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Financial aid packages to include $350 health fee
By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer
The $350 health fee for students not enrolled in Cornell’s Student Health Plan will be included in eligible students’ financial aid packages for the next academic year, President Elizabeth Garrett said at Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting. “I am pleased to announce that for the next academic year and thereafter, we will include a $350 student healthcare allowance in the cost of attendance and in financial aid calculations,” Garrett said, attributing the success of the shift largely to student advocacy. Garrett and Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, respond-
ed to student concerns in an open-forum question and answer session. In her first semester on campus, Garrett said she discerned themes in the demands coming from the student body and described administrative efforts, including the addition of the health fee to student aid packages, to address those recurrent concerns. Shivang Tayal ’16, S.A. international representative at large, said there are a So to speak | President Elizabeth Garrett, with vice president for student and campus life Ryan number of international issues that Lombardi, answers a question on financial aid at a Student Assembly meeting Thursday. have yet to be resolved. Despite Cornell’s “sizeable international student concern is that, unlike other minority international students share many of the body,” university resources have not been groups on campus, the international stu- same issues as the general student body, it is put toward the needs of this community, dent community does not have an advoca- clear that there are “other factors that are with most recent initiatives being “largely cy center, he said. Responding to Tayal, Garrett said while See GARRETT page 4 student run,” according to Tayal. A central
Law School Sees Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate in State
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By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer
Million Student March | Cornell Independent Students’ Union member Alec Desbordes ’17 holds a sign during a march on Ho Plaza Thursday.
Students March to Day Hall
Demand $15 minimum wage, fossil fuel divestment By ALEXA ESKENAZI Sun Staff Writer
Cries of “the students united will not be defeated!” filled Ho Plaza Thursday afternoon when nearly a hundred students banded together for the Million Student March and demanded tuition-free public college, cancellation of all student debt, a $15 minimum wage for campus workers and immediate divestment from fossil fuel corporations. Despite a student’s post
on social media calling for its cancellation, students gathered on the steps of Willard Straight Hall at 3 p.m. for the march, which was organized by the Cornell Independent Students’ Union for a national event with more than 100 participating colleges. An hour before the march, a student posted on the Facebook event page a screenshot of a CISU statement of the union’s demands, underlining a portion of the sentence,
“Alongside students, faculty must demand that lowincome and colored people traditionally excluded by the status quo, are invited into the university system.” Pointing to the phrase “colored people,” the student said in her post that she found it insensitive. “This is NOT okay. CISU needs to be held accountable. Students of color will not be tokenized by this organization,” the See MARCH page 4
Cornell Law School boasts the highest pass rate of the July 2015 New York bar exam — 96.6 percent, a two percent increase from last year, according to New York Law Journal. For the past two years, Cornell has had the highest pass rate in the state, even as the statewide pass rate hit an all time low since 2004, at 79 percent. In 2008, the law school’s pass rate reached a record high of 99 percent. Eduardo Peñalver ’94, dean of the law school, said Cornell has always had an impressive pass rate, even while the rate naturally fluctuates year to year. “Our pass rate has been consistently strong, and that’s because our admissions standards and our students are smart and hardworking,” Peñalver said. “I think this is within the range of what we are accustomed to, there’s always some variability year to year.” Peñalver said the law school did not make any internal changes to promote a higher bar pass rate and that the school’s admissions standards have remained rigorous. “We haven’t changed anything, we are continuing to just admit a really strong group of students,” he said. “Even in a down year, our pass rate is going to be at the top end of the N.Y. law schools.” According to Peñalver, Cornell Law School remains committed to
accepting only strong candidates even as law schools nationally are seeing fewer applicants in recent years. “In an environment where applications to law schools are overall down, recruiting students at the caliber we’re recruiting at is a challenge but is something we’re committed to doing,” he said. “Other law schools have made different decisions and I think you would expect to see some decline in their bar passage.” Nathan Baum grad, who passed See BAR page 4
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Law and order | Cornell’s law school saw a 96.6 percent pass rate of the July 2015 New York bar exam, the highest in the state.
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Quotes of the Week News, “Harvard Prof Explores Limits and Definitions of Life,” Monday Speaking about defining the malleable term “life” “Life, in short, is something that gets made. The unlikely lives born by synthetic biologists grow, mutate, metabolize and divide, yet they also speak eloquently of nature and artifice, of analysis and synthesis, of life and its limits.” Prof. Sophia Roosth, history of science, Harvard University
Opinion, “Free College,” Tuesday Speaking about the need for free higher education “But the fundamental idea is that education should be a civic right, not a product. Students deserve free higher education not because they have worked hard and have somehow earned it through a successful navigation of an already-flawed education system, but because education is a public good that benefits us all.” Emily Hardin ’16 News, “BSU Demands C.U. Divest From Prison Industry,” Wednesday Speaking about holding the University accountable for its invovlement in the prison industry “Black students at Cornell and those on campuses across the world have a history of holding their universities accountable. We will continue that tradition.” Amber Aspinall ’17
News, “Veteran Recounts Vietnam POW Experience,” Thursday Recounting his memories of the attack on Pearl Harbor “We ran out and took a look and ran back in because it was a big problem. I came back out again, went down to the water’s edge and right across that part of Pearl Harbor were the five battle ships tied there.” Colonel Frederick A. Crow ’51
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Political Activist Speaks on Racial Equality in Higher Education
By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer
Political activist Ward Connerly said he makes “no apology for saying that I am a guy who belongs to the camp of color-blindness.” In a Wednesday lecture hosted by the Cornell Republicans, the former University of California regent spoke on the future of racial preferences in higher education. Connerly gained national attention in the 1990s when he served on the University of California’s governing board and led controversial efforts to dismantle affirmative action policies in University admissions. His initiative led to a statewide ballot
measure that prohibited all state governmental institutions from considering race, sex or ethnicity with regards to employment, contracting and education. Connerly later led similar successful efforts in Michigan, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma. According to Connerly, he felt uncomfortable with the way the University used race in admission policies, giving preferences to underrepresented minorities through affirmative action. “I was serving my term as a regent, and I realized that the University was using race in a very profound way to create this so-called diversity,” Connerly said. “As I was chairing
the finance committee, which as the major committee on the board, I asked the question one day, ‘What is diversity?’” Connerly said no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Attributing his “color-blind” perspective to his own multiracial background, Connerly said that his childhood in the Deep South had a profound impact on his opinions regarding racial preferences. “We were of Irish descent, of French descent and Choctaw Indian, and on my father’s side we were of African descent,” Connerly said. “But this thing that we call race was something that we did not quite understand because those within my family
represented all different colors of the spectrum.” The stratified society he faced in his childhood — which Connerly said existed “largely because that’s the way the government wanted it” — made Connerly wary of what he called “discrimination” based on race. “As an American growing up in the Deep South, [I saw] how the government could abuse its authority to pick winners and losers by saying we don’t like your color, we don’t like your characteristics,” Connerly said. See CONNERLY page 5
Students Hold Mock Presidential Debate Haber’79 Shares Details Present platforms from perspectives of three Democratic candidates By SUZY PARK Sun Staff Writer
Three Cornell students represented Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Governor Martin O’Malley (DM.D.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-V.T.) in a mock Democratic primary debate Wednesday, arguing over issues that included gun violence, student debt, climate change and income inequality. During the 60 minute debate, which featured opening remarks, general questions, audience questions and closing remarks, the three students spoke from the perspectives of the candidates they were standing in for. Natalie Brown ’18, who represented Clinton, emphasized her comprehensive dedication and lifelong service to the country throughout the debate. “My experience in serving this nation is what makes me a unique candidate,” Brown said. “I spent my entire professional life fighting for the American people, fighting for their interests in three different ways: as the Secretary of the State,
the First Lady and the Senator of New York, and I have pursued progressive causes throughout my entire career.” Danyoung Kim ’16, who spoke as Sanders, argued for the need to look at examples in democratic socialist nations such as Denmark and Sweden in addressing issues that included social
dent, were he to be elected. “My campaign is built around actions, not words. Unlike the two other people up here, I have actually done the things that we are all advocating for,” Meiseles said. “I have made college more affordable. I have passed immigration reform. I have raised the
“There was a mock presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama during my freshman year of high school in 2008, and I was really interested in maybe doing that again.” Billy Bristow ’16 security and keeping Wall Street in check. “Now, at the end of our day, here is the truth that very few candidates will say,” Kim said. “Nobody up here, and certainly no Republican, can address the major crises facing our country unless millions of people begin to stand up to the billionaires that have so much power over our economy and our political life.” Jake Meiseles ’16, speaking as O’Malley, claimed that his success as the governor of Maryland would predict a promising career as the presi-
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Cornell goes presidential | Students represent the three Democratic presidential candidates at a mock primary debate Thursday.
minimum wage. I have done these things.” Turning to more specific issues, the candidates presented conflicting views on social security, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and gun control. Representing Clinton, Brown highlighted the essentiality of and the need to protect the social security system from a potential attack from Republicans. Although she said that the social security system called for reforms, she took a stance against reducing current benefits of the system. Kim, speaking as Sanders, took a more extreme position, arguing that the social security system must be expanded through the taxation of Wall Street in order to satisfy the ultimate goal of helping the working and middle class families. In response to Sanders’ argument, Meiseles, acting as O’Malley, challenged Sanders’ socialist point of view and stated that he was against expanding the system. On the issue of immigration, all three candidates agreed on a more lenient approach. Meiseles emphasized that America is a country built on immigrants and argued that benefits such as health care and work
authorization must be provided to immigrants. Brown agreed, stating that the pathway to citizenship for immigrants must be eased in order to help them achieve the American dream. Kim also expressed her supfor the port Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act and said that immigration policy should stop “separating families.” The event, which was organized by the Cornell Democrats, the Cornell Republicans and the Cornell Speech and Debate Society, was originally conceptualized by Billy Bristow ’16, who is president of Cornell Democrats and a columnist for The Sun. “There was a mock presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama during my freshman year of high school in 2008, and I was really interested in maybe doing that again,” Bristow said. “[The executive board] eventually decided that it would be a great way to increase [student] interest in the Democratic primary and in the overall election as a whole.” The Mock Democratic Party Primary Debate is the first part of a bipartisan debate series, according to Bristow, with the Cornell Republicans holding a mock Republican primary debate early next spring. “I hope the audience took away [from the debate] the differences between the different candidates and their particular personal characteristics,” Bristow said. “I would also like to think that the audience took away a newfound interest for the process [and that the debate] got [the audience] thinking about who they would like to vote for, come next spring.” Suzy Park can be reached at spark@cornellsun.com.
Of New Boeing 737 Model
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Flying high | Jeff Haber ’79, regional director of Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing, speaks about designing the new Boeing 737 MAX. By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Staff Writer
The new Boeing 737 MAX, whose design began in 2012, is scheduled for its first delivery in 2017. While this might seem like a long time to most people, Jeff Haber ’79 said the timeline and significance of this project should not be underestimated. “That’s quick because you’ve got to make sure you do it right,” said Haber, the regional director of Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing. “You’ve got all these people who are going to be flying that you are responsible for, and you can’t screw anything up.” Haber spoke to students Thursday on designing the new plane, which is set to be the fourth airplane of the Boeing 737 Next Generation
family. The plane will feature large overhead bins and LED lights, in addition to being more fuel efficient, less noisy and having a longer flight capacity that its previous models and its competitor planes. The early sales of the plane exceeded Haber’s and his coworkers’ expectations. “When we built the plane, we didn’t think it would be a big hit,” he said. “Now, we’ve got over 3,000 orders for 58 customers around the world.” Haber elaborated on the different aspects of the plane, including the details of the choice of the name “MAX.” “We had to come up with a cool name,” he said. “The new name of our competition is the A320neo, which I think is really cool. My contribution See BOEING page 5
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student posted. In a comment on the Facebook post, CISU said it was “an unacceptable error” and that they planned to issue a public apology and “work hard to repair” it. Later in a post on the event page, Allison Lapehn ’17 called for the protest to be cancelled, stating that CISU “cannot host an event promoting student power and solidarity when a group of students on campus no longer feel safe under your representation.” She later told The Sun that she had called for the member of CISU responsible for the “racially insensitive” phrase to “step forward and formally apologize,” but that the student union chose to collectively accept the blame, a decision that she said she believes should result in their dissolution. “It is unfortunate that progressive movements still do not realize the full meaning and importance of inclusion and promotion of all voices,” Lapehn said. Despite the social media posts, the march continued as planned with multiple students shouting their demands and opinions. “Fifty percent of Cornell undergraduate students are employed by Cornell. One out of two of us is employed by this institution because we cannot afford to go here,” said Alec Desbordes ’17, a member of the Cornell Independent Students’ Union. “This is ridiculous. There needs to be a change.” Other students highlighted the importance of presenting a united fight in order to create a ripple effect that would motivate change regarding an array of issues. “We need to unite workers, students and full-time work-
ers together because we work together, we strive together to make this campus work, and through our unity, we can bring change with an actual living wage and the possibility for us to not be under pressure and have an education how we should have it — free from any constraints,” Desbordes said. Many protesters took pen to paper, canvas and cardboard, displaying signs to demonstrate their solidarity with messages that read “We have nothing to lose but our chains,” “Total liberation from domination” and “Divest!” At approximately 3:35 p.m., the crowd marched towards Day Hall, streaming through Campus Road and East Avenue, which were both blocked off by campus police. “Whose school? Our school! Whose money? Our money! Whose future? Our future! Whose power? Our power!” protesters chanted. Alternating between cheering and chanting as they rounded street corners, protesters continued until they arrived in front of Day Hall, where they blocked off the intersection of Tower Road and East Avenue, and stood in a circle. There, students made impromptu speeches, acknowledging how privileged they are to attend Cornell with students from diverse backgrounds, who they said all have the right to protest in front of Day Hall. This, many reiterated, is a continuation of a movement against inequality. To continue the spread of the movement, protesters said they must make all students and faculty feel they are a part of the same cause. While the demands presented by all the schools participating in the Million Student March did not include divestment from fossil fuels, a demand made specifically by CISU for Cornell’s administration, protesters still said it was equally important to the other issues.
“Fossil fuels are a very important issue, but the real problem is that it is invested in with our tuition money without our consent,” Desbordes said. “We do not think it is acceptable that the money we pay for education should be invested in corporations that are killing the world. We should be in control of where our money goes.” Cornell’s protest follows on the heels of demonstrations on college campuses across the nation. On Tuesday, hundreds of Ithaca College students and faculty participated in a walk out, accusing their president of mishandling racial incidents on campus and calling for his resignation. Students have also protested at the University of Missouri, Yale University, Smith College and Claremont McKenna. “We are out here trying to create a culture of student activism voice, democracy, and standing in solidarity as a community with faculty and students together,” said Julien Morgan ’19, a member of CISU. Before parting ways at around 4 p.m., many of those standing in the circle raised their fists in the air as a symbol of solidarity. While CISU is unsure what their next step will be, they plan to escalate in a Cornell-specific direction, bringing yearly tuition increases and divestment from fossil fuels to the spotlight, Desbordes said. “It is a powerful demonstration of student activism and how, as students, we collectively work as allies to target specific issues,” said Ilse Paniagua ’16, another CISU member. “Changes get made because students, faculty and workers, not the central administration or the trustees, are the ones that have fundamental power. So when we mobilize together, that’s when change happens.” Alexa Eskenazi can be reached at aeskenazi@cornellsun.com.
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unique to international students,” Garrett said. In addition, a task force is working to advance “Global Cornell” initiatives and address particular concerns of the international student community, such as housing over break and summer storage, according to Lombardi. In discussing housing, Lombardi also endorsed a move to distinguish program houses from the general pool of North Campus housing to address the distinct needs of program houses’ minority residents.
“We need to understand what is the right housing situation for Cornell today and for Cornell in the future,” he said. Questions about financial aid were raised throughout the session, weaving into the discussion the challenges facing minority and international students on campus. Pointing to recent tuition crowdfunding campaigns, S.A. industrial and labor representative Ben Bacharach ’18 asked Garrett and Lombardi about what discussions on financial aid are occurring at the administrative level. Garrett replied that while looking into these student crowdfunding cam-
paigns, the administration discovered that some of the students are undocumented, and therefore ineligible for financial aid under current University policies. Policies on international student aid — which free up funds only after domestic financial aid packages have been disbursed — are being reviewed, according to Garrett. Garrett spoke of the challenges of being a need blind institution with limited financial aid funding. Additionally, provost Michael Kotlikoff is looking very hard at financial aid, said Garrett, who further emphasized that the University will continue to be need blind. However, doing so remains diffi-
cult. Although Garrett said the University spends $270 million dollars on financial aid, most of that money comes from the use of unrestricted funds, as the large parts of the endowment are restricted for certain functions. Many of the other student interests that were discussed at the meeting would also rely on these unrestricted funds, she added. Garrett encouraged student input at multiple levels of University policy creation, pledging to seek student voices as a part of the decision making process. Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.
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the bar in July, credited Cornell’s strong program with his success on the exam. “I don’t know why the increase happened and I’d have to compare it to last year's results, but I’d imagine that Cornell successfully prepared its graduates to pass the bar exam,” Baum said. “I’m not sure why other schools might be declining. Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.
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President Barack Obama awards U.S. Army Capt. Florent Groberg with the Medal of Honor Thursday. Groberg rushed a suicide bomber in 2012.
Black Mizzou Alumnus Appointed Interim Pres. COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — One of the University of Missouri’s first black law school graduates was appointed Thursday to lead the four-campus system through a tumultuous period of racial unrest, drawing praise from students who said he’s well-equipped to confront the problems they felt his predecessor largely ignored. Michael Middleton, 68, has spent 30 years at the university — as an undergraduate, law student, faculty member and finally, administrator. At a news conference announcing his appointment as the university system’s interim president, he vowed to take on the racial problems that inspired the protests that helped force Monday’s abrupt resignation of President Tim Wolfe and another top administrator. “I have seen the system grow and excel over the years and I look with great optimism in the future,” said Middleton. He said the university “has faced its share of troubling incidents and we recognize that we must move forward as a community. We must embrace these issues as they come, and they will come to define us in the future.” MU Policy Now, a student group made up of graduate and professional students, had been pushing for the president's role to go to Middleton, who retired as deputy chancellor of the Columbia campus in August and had been made a deputy chancellor emeritus. He had been working parttime to assist Loftin design a plan to increase inclusion and diversity on campus. “Given the recent turmoil, Deputy Chancellor Emeritus Middleton is a strong transitional figure,” the group wrote in a letter of endorsement posted on its Facebook page and sent to curators. Several student organizations signed the recommendation letter, including the Legion of Black Collegians. Second-year law student Christopher Hamm, president of the school’s Black Law Students Association, applauded the appointment. “There is nobody better suited to lead this university than Mike Middleton,” said Hamm, 22, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Ben Trachtenberg, an associate law professor who chairs the Columbia campus’ Faculty Council on University Policy, also praised it, calling Middleton “a very smart guy who knows a ton about the university.” “I have nothing but good things to say about Mike,” Trachtenberg told The Associated Press. Middleton takes over at a turbulent time for the university. Black student groups had been calling for change over the administration’s handling of racial issues and were given a boost last weekend when 30 black football players vowed not to take part in team activities until Wolfe was gone. Wolfe and the chancellor of the Columbia campus, R. Bowen Loftin, abruptly resigned on Monday. On Thursday, the board said Loftin’s resignation timeline had been accelerated and that his interim replacement, Hank Foley, had already assumed that role. Loftin will take a different position at the university. Meanwhile Thursday, authorities announced that a third Missouri man had been charged for allegedly posting anonymous online threats to attack college campuses. Hunter M. Park, a 19-year-old student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla who was the first of the three to be charged, appeared in court Thursday via a video feed from a Columbia jail, where he was ordered held without bond. He is charged with making a terroristic threat, which is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Park is accused of making threatening posts that showed up Tuesday on the anonymous location-based messaging app Yik Yak and were concerning enough that some classes were canceled and some Columbia businesses closed for the day. One of the threats said: “Some of you are alright. Don’t go to campus tomorrow” — a warning campus police Officer Dustin Heckmaster said in a probable cause statement that he recognized as one that appeared ahead of last month’s Oregon college shooting involving a gunman who killed nine people and himself. Heckmaster wrote that after tracking the postings to Park’s cellphone number, he confronted the sophomore computer science major in his Rolla dorm room and that Park admitted that the posts were “inappropriate.” He said he asked if the threats amounted to “saber rattling,” and Park responded, “pretty much.”
was MVP, which stood for ‘max value package,’ because I thought everyone was familiar with MVP. It’s funny how things works because my boss just looked at me, then said to the group, ‘The name is going to be MAX,’ and that’s what it ended up being.” Haber went on to discuss the more pleasant experience the plane’s new sky interior would provide customers with. “We changed the lighting, the bins, the reading lights and the seats, but everything else is the same,” he said. In a survey conducted by a European airline, passengers flying in a sky interior plane said they had more leg room, wider seats, better food and nicer cabin attendants than passengers flying in planes without the sky interior. “It was like a halo effect, even though we didn’t change any of these aspects,” Haber said. In addition to discussing the new pas-
senger appeal of the plane, Haber went on to explain that the new plane was now more efficient, more reliable and more environmentally friendly. “The plane can now hold 12 more passengers and therefore delivers eight percent lower operating costs than its main competitor,” he said. “It has a 99.7 percent dispatch reliability, so it leaves within 15 minutes of its depart time 99.7 percent of time. The plane is also much more fuel efficient and much quieter.” Though the 737 MAX has not been flown yet, Boeing is already designing future planes. “This plane now fits about 180 passengers,” he said. “We are working towards making a plane that can 200 to 220 seat range, that’s what we’re working for next.” Jamil Rahman can be reached at jrahman@cornellsun.com.
Connerly Explains Race-Blind View Former U.C. regent: college should be place of dialogue CONNERLY
the point where we are all full Americans until our government lives daily, hourly, every Some students questioned minute by that ethic that we whether removing affirmative will not discriminate against action policies would magnify people on the basis of their the problems facing lowinnate characteristics.” income students, who they said Connerly emphasized that often make up a college campuses must majority of the “Campus should provide an environment remain places where population of an open dialog about underrepresented for being able to civilly discuss any issue, racial issues is safe and minorities. but especially one that affects all of us.” encouraged. Connerly “There is probably responded by sayno place where it Ward Connerly ing that he recogshould be safer to nized the problem have a dialogue about of economic inequality, but affirmative action — will lead one of the most sensitive subwanted to address the issue by the American government to ject in our society, race, than aiding underperforming live out “the meaning of its on campus,” Connerly said. schools, rather than continuing creed” and cease to discrimi- “Campus should provide an affirmative action policies. nate in higher education based environment for being able to “I am not opposed at all to on racial preferences. civilly discuss any issue, but the government going into var“The 1964 Equal Rights especially one that affects all ious neighborhoods and mak- Act says that all of us are enti- of us.” ing itself available to help stu- tled to equal treatment under dents get on the playing field to the law,” Connerly said. “I Christopher Byrns can be reached compete,” Connerly said. “We don’t think that we can get to at cbyrns@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 3
need to do a better job at the K12 level to make sure that people have to ability to compete.” Connerly also expressed his hope that the rehearing of Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas — which address the constitutionality of
Report: Police Shooting of Boy Justified CLEVELAND (AP) — A white Cleveland police officer had no choice but to fatally shoot a 12year-old black boy carrying a pellet gun, an expert on police use of force said in a report released publicly Thursday by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Retired Florida police officer W. Ken Katsaris is the third expert who has concluded that patrolman Timothy Loehmann was justified in shooting Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center Nov. 22, 2014. The release of the latest report comes at a time when a county
grand jury is hearing evidence from prosecutors to determine whether criminal charges should be filed against Loehmann, who was a rookie a year ago, and his training officer, patrolman Frank Garmback. “This unquestionably was a tragic loss of life,” Katsaris wrote. “But to compound the tragedy by labeling the officers’ conduct as anything but objectively reasonable would also be a tragedy.” Katsaris testified for the prosecution at the trial of white Cleveland patrolman Michael Brelo, who was charged with two
counts of voluntary manslaughter for firing the final 15rounds of a 137-shot barrage that killed two unarmed, black people at the end of a highspeed chase three years ago. A judge acquitted Brelo of the charges in May. Attorneys for the family of Tamir Rice have been incensed by the release of the expert reports and have called for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty to step aside and allow a special prosecutor to take over the case. The attorneys have said the experts, including Katsaris, are clearly
biased in favor of police. “Regrettably, with the release of yet another utterly biased and shamelessly misguided ‘expert report’ the County Prosecutor is making clear his intention to protect the police from accountability under the criminal laws, rather than diligently prosecute them,” attorney Jonathan Abady of New York said in a statement Thursday. McGinty said his office hasn’t reached any conclusions about the case or what recommendation he will make to the grand jury.
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Anabel’s may not be the answer To the Editor: I am a first-generation, low-income, Agricultural Sciences student, and I am concerned about the outcome of Anabel’s Grocery. I am not against the idea of a student-run grocery store, nor am I against solving the pervasive food insecurity problem. Solving food insecurity was why I chose to go to Cornell, but Anabel’s is not the solution. We need a full, impartial investigation into all strategies. A group of students and I, who are deeply concerned about food insecurity, believe that we cannot cut off discourse because a vote has been passed and “leave it to the administration.” We find it hard to accept that Anabel’s economic projections are the only accurate ones. Their consistent response to negative-economic projections is that other projections are too conservative. Yet, The Sun, the Cornell Progressives and the Cornell Review have all expressed concerns over Anabel’s feasibility. Anabel’s has failed to acknowledge the bias problem inherent in relying solely on internally produced analysis. Its projections brush aside GreenStar’s impact on food-insecure students claiming that GreenStar’s prices are too high, without ever taking into consideration GreenStar’s Fresh, Local, Organic Within Everyone’s Reach (FLOWER) program. Even if GreenStar is not feasible for food insecure people, it will attract those who aren’t food insecure which will cut into Anabel’s profit margin. Matt Stefanko ’16 proves our point when he acknowledges the possibility of Anabel’s returning to the Student Assembly for more funds. In addition to economic concerns, we believe that the concerns of religious students have not been properly heard. At the S.A. meeting last week, the sponsors of Anabel’s reiterated that they had gotten their ideas approved by the governing board of Anabel Taylor, Cornell United Religious Work. However, the directors are Christian, and as well intentioned as Anabel’s team may be on religious sensitivities, we find it negligent to suggest that by talking to the board of Anabel Taylor, the concerns of all religious students could be understood. To our knowledge, Anabel’s team has not reached out to the Hindu Student Council once, despite a Hindu Student Council member voicing concerns at last week’s S.A. meeting. Additionally, the specific items to be sold are still to be determined. We commend Anabel’s for being open to input on their inventory, but students who do eat meat could be dissuaded from purchasing at Anabel’s, impacting its economic predictions. However, meat being sold has the potential to make students of some faiths uncomfortable. Though the proposed location of Anabel’s is convenient for many, we believe the significance of the building as a place of worship has not been fully considered, and that the concerns of students of nonChristian faiths have been dismissed with vague answers. On November 11, 2015, we called the GreenStar ombudsperson. Their role, the GreenStar website explains, “is to be an impartial and confidential ‘sounding board’ for concerns.” We asked specific questions as to how their membership and FLOWER programs work. FLOWER identifies people with financial need through certain government benefits, then gives a membership discount of 15 percent. While currently, it could be difficult for students to be eligible for FLOWER, the notion that GreenStar’s policies are static is flawed. The original programs recognized as demonstrating financial need did not include the Free School Lunch Program, yet it was added this fall. Referendums can be submitted by ANYONE in order to create changes to GreenStar policies. Though as GreenStar stands, it can’t fix the problem of Cornell student food insecurity, we ought to recognize the possibility of a student partnership. Moreover, we believe that if we are committed to fighting food insecurity, the more avenues we have for students to purchase affordable, fresh food, the better. We ask the Cornell Community Coordination Committee to vote against allocating funds to Anabel’s. We aren’t against Anabel’s — in fact we think this would benefit Anabel’s by allowing a more sustainable business model to be developed and proposed. This would also allow time for the S.A. to consider other plans that may do a better job at giving food insecure individuals access to healthy and affordable food. A vote against Anabel’s is not a vote for food insecurity, but a vote for allowing the greatest exploration into the most viable solution possible. Kavin Lam ’18
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few days ago, at a lecture series simply asked — sent the professor an on campus, the speaker told us email asking if spots were available. that school is twenty percent Often, merely asking for a chance will what you learn from classes and eighty grant you one. Until you come to the percent what you learn from everything end result of something, you will never else, from the very act of being a twen- know if it’s a bad idea or a good one. ty-something on a college campus join- It’s okay to consider yourself important ing clubs, battling vindictive landlords, enough to go after something. No batleading volunteer work and attempting tles are won by waiting for polished time management. Upon reflection, armor, and many are lost by watching here is my twenty percent. from beside the arena. Everyone in our creative writing The point of the education course class had to do a portfolio that would wasn’t to memorize definitions, it was get critiqued by the rest of us, torn up, to learn about the problems that differgnawed to the bare bones of their work. ent cultural groups faced. I heard peoIt’s a unique form of torture, the verita- ple talk about struggles I didn’t think ble hell that is workshop, in which were real. Like exaggerated headlines or your classmates point out design flaws overused phrases, I thought we were in the name of a participation grade. hunting hyperbole. There might be But writing is interpretive; they’re issues in the world that you don’t see allowed to hate the things you love. For because they don’t touch you personalthat matter, life is interpretive. ly, and that doesn’t mean they aren’t Remember that you don’t know the real. Yes, sometimes the big issues are backstory on nearly screamed from the anybody, and that a headlines, marched judgment made in a In the end, it doesn’t across campuses second is an enemy and plastered on matter what your bumper stickers. made for a lifetime. In my introductory But do not mistake GPA was, or what noise business class, the profor imporlecture you might tance. Often, good fessor favored certain students in no discernwork is quieter have skipped able pattern. It was as because the people if I would still fall just because just once, doing good work below the curve, no are humbler. That you wanted a full which is right does matter how many days I sat in office hours or not have to be loud. night’s sleep. It nights I stayed up I was doing well studying. There are doesn’t matter what in the statistics always going to be class; he wasn’t. you got on that people who win out There were two big over you for no good prelims, and he had prelim. reason. The brave nearly failed both of thing to do, upon them. When the defeat, is to keep going. It’s easy to bail final rolled around, we met in the out on a class after a poor grade, to dis- library and studied until the numbers appear in the face of what looks like a looked like letters. Two years later, he fool’s errand. I was never going to be came over to fix my smoke alarm. It one of the favored students, but the doesn’t matter what level of success you real credit was in continuing to show have attained — always be willing to up. offer your knowledge. There is no use The genetics class was held early in in climbing the ladder if you don’t help the morning, so most of what the pro- others up behind you. fessor said barely registered. Look to A few days ago, at a lecture series on your left, he said, look to your right. campus, the speaker finished his lecture There are 30 million differences by telling us that college is a buffet, between your DNA and any stranger. and you don’t leave a buffet hungry. The girl to my right had a neck so Twenty percent isn’t a whole lot, but it impossibly elongated that the others in isn’t nothing. In the end, it doesn’t our row appeared as if their heads were matter what your GPA was, or what sinking into their chest. Binding lecture you might have skipped because Giraffe Neck and I together were the just once, you wanted a full night’s same thousands of strands of A, G, T, sleep. It doesn’t matter what you got on C repeated into eternity. Put us under a that prelim. What matters is that you microscope, and everybody is the same. identify what the real lesson was. In my psychology class I was one of the teaching assistants, and people Ruth Weissmann is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at would inquire as to how I got to a posi- raw287@cornell.edu. A Word to the Weiss appears tion of leadership. The truth was, I had alternate Thursdays this semester.
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Akshay Jain | College Stuff
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Master of None on Relationships
Episode nine begins as any contempoelationships are hard. Many a TV experiences, Master of None has been and melodramatic movie have called “… innovative, shockingly clever, rary relationship does. Rachel begins to tried to portray this, and some sophisticated, sexy and beautifully execut- semi-live at Ansari’s apartment before forhave been sort of successful — think Blue ed … in other words, it's the opposite of mally moving in. Their relationship is Valentine or The Squid and the Whale. virtually every sitcom in prime time” by fresh. Brushing their teeth together is fun, That being said, it always feels like some- Tirdad Derakhshani of the Philadelphia the sex is exciting, and all of their jokes thing’s missing when I watch most Inquirer. Dealing with contemporary are still funny. Before long, they have romantic dramas. I don’t mean to discred- issues of race, feminism and insecurity, their first fight over Rachel’s tendency to it the aforementioned works and their Aziz has proven that he’s far more than a leave clothes on the floor — an issue you can replace with any arbitrary fight you’ve creators in any way, I’ve just never really textbook sitcom comedian. seen anything that holistically encapsulates what I feel like I’ve experienced. Blue Valentine understands the struggle of trying to While I could write at length about Ansari’s force a relationship to work, but commentary on race in Hollywood or the I’m not a middle-aged married man with two kids. Similarly, The Squid sacrifices of first generation immigrant parents, and the Whale sheds light on the the most poignant aspect of Ansari’s show to repercussions of divorce, but again, I can’t exactly relate to anything a me was his depiction of relationships. parent might go through. Aziz Ansari, famous for his While I could write at length about had with your significant other. Having standup and role as Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec, has been largely overlooked Ansari’s commentary on race in lived with my ex-girlfriend in the city this by highbrow critics. His work has always Hollywood or the sacrifices of first gener- past summer, the fight better resembled a been amusing, but that’s sort of where the ation immigrant parents, the most memory than a scene. More time passes and their relationline was drawn. Even when he released poignant aspect of Ansari’s show to me Modern Romance: An Investigation, an was his depiction of relationships. ship changes. The sex is stale and small exploration of the interactions between Throughout the season, Ansari dates a issues become big ones, but they work technology and romance co-authored by girl named Rachel. Their relationship past it. The next scene shows Ansari and NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg, many begins as a hookup, but things get Rachel jokingly naming each other’s gencontinued to brush Ansari off. His recent- increasingly complicated as the season itals and better resembling the beginning ly released Netflix show, Master of None, goes on. Eventually the two move in of episode nine. Master of None succeeds seems to have finally gotten Ansari the together. Here is where Ansari and writ- at realistically depicting a relationship by ing/producing collaborator Alan Yang undercutting the good with the bad. critical praise he has long deserved. Rachel and Aziz fight like any other couLargely based off of his own personal really shine.
ple would, but the permanence of the fight is far less daunting than what other shows and movies tend to show. Before long, another issue rises up. Aziz hasn’t told his first generation immigrant parents that he is dating or living with Rachel. This especially resonated with me. As a child of immigrant parents, I can promise you relationships or significant others are the last things I talk to my parents about. I didn’t even tell my parents I was dating my ex-girlfriend until a year and a half into the relationship and even that was only per her request. It’s not that I thought they wouldn’t like her or anything; Indian families just don’t really talk about that kind of stuff. It’s a cultural thing, I guess. Whether it be making a funny face while you go down on your significant other or telling stories to each other before you both sleep, Master of None explores relationships in a way very few shows ever have. While I may be a bit partial due to my similarity to Ansari’s background, I would say it succeeds in a way no other show in recent memory has. If you haven’t begun to watch Master of None, I would suggest starting it before finals begin. Akshay Jain is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. College Stuff appears alternate Fridays this semester. He may be reached at aj265@cornell.edu.
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Antibodies to Prevent HIV Infection
mmunologist and physician Anthony Fauci reminds us that “more people are getting infected [with HIV] than we are able to put on therapy… an economically unsustainable situation.” Fauci recognizes two options — either prevent infection or wean people off therapy. This article focuses on the first option: prevention and vaccination. So when will an effective HIV vaccine be available? That is the question. In fact, it was one posed to the National Institutes of Health director in the 1980s, when the virus became accepted as the most probable cause of the AIDS epidemic. The director was confident that a vaccine would be available after a few years. So research trials were initiated, based on the same principles that produced effective vaccines against other viruses. The principle of vaccination is simple: expose people to a weaker version of a virus, or to broken-down components of a virus, and the person’s immune system will respond and “remember” it on next encounter. Vaccination works, until it doesn’t, and that’s exactly what happened in the early HIV vaccination trials. But the silver lining is that this failure shifted focus from vaccination to treatment, spurring development of highly effective antiHIV drugs. AZT, now called Zidovudine, became the first anti-HIV drug approved by the United States government in 1987. Fast forward another decade, and anti-HIV drugs have changed America’s perspective of HIV infection from a death sentence to a chronic health problem that can be managed with medications. Today, the average life expectancy of an HIV-positive person in America is not much different than that of an HIV-negative person. There is a caveat, though, in that these medications alter quality of life —
they are expensive, they have noticeable infectious diseases fellow Marina Caskey, the immune system is undergoing trainside effects and patients have to stay on who used 3BNC117 to successfully sup- ing to become better and better at top of dosages and checkups in case press HIV levels in patients. The impli- defending itself against a formidable resistance develops. So people continue cations of this Phase 1 trial is that HIV- virus normally capable of evading the to ask: Can a vaccine be developed to infected patients could get a once-a- human immunity. The idea of bNAbs is very exciting block HIV infection in the first place? month shot to control their infection Until recently, I might’ve given “no” as instead of taking medications every day, and could stop a three-decade long epian answer, largely because of viral biolo- since antibodies last so much longer demic, but I want to make a note that curing patients already gy: it decimates the very sysinfected with HIV is a tem we need to defeat it, and whole different issue, one it mutates effectively to that will require an entirely escape most human antibodSo when will an effective HIV vaccine be different approach from ies. However, in the last 5 to 10 years, with the discovery available? That is the question. In fact, it vaccination. My personal belief is that such a cure is of special antibodies called was one posed to the NIH director in the implausible because the broadly neutralizing antibodhides inside cells ies (bNAbs), the HIV vac1980s, when the virus became accepted virus throughout the body. But cine field has regained please, prove me wrong. momentum since the failed as the most probable cause of the That being said, successful vaccine trials in the 1980s. vaccination will prevent Now, scientists and clinicians AIDS epidemic. transmission and so the are asking: How can we sur“cure” is more populationpass the successes of drug oriented than individualtherapy, called HAART than drugs. However, clinician Laura oriented. (highly active anti-retroviral therapy)? *I say “natural vaccine” because the The answer has to be vaccination, and Walker warns that multiple bNAbs the key to a natural* vaccine lies in har- should be given for treatment, much like goal is to elicit an immune response that nessing the power of antibodies. From the anti-HIV drugs, to prevent resis- is more or less the same as if the person the 5-10 percent of patients (called elite tance from developing. Another possibil- got infected with HIV. Another controllers or elite neutralizers) that ity, of course, is to first combine bNAbs approach to vaccination is through gene could produce bNAbs after several years with the anti-HIV drugs patients are on therapy. Martin Farzan's group at the Scripps Institute recently used gene therof infection, scientists extracted their and slowly wean them off therapy. Knowing now that bNAb therapy apy to prevent the primate-human verantibody-producing cells (called B cells) and used the cells to manufacture and appears to work in human patients, the sion of HIV (called SHIV) from infectstudy those special antibodies. Michel next step is to develop ways of getting ing their macaques. Late in September Nussenzweig’s group at Rockefeller the patients' own bodies to produce this year, the Gates and Melinda foundaUniversity has made notable break- these special antibodies. Moving in this tion awarded $6 million to continue throughs in HIV bNAb research. In his direction, postdoc Pia Dosenovic from funding this research. Their approach lab, postdoctoral fellow Johannes Scheid the Nussenzweig group discovered that a seems to work, but the risks of gene discovered a powerful bNAb called series of vaccinations will likely be therapy have to be worked out first 3BNC117. Around the same time, post- required to direct immature antibodies before human trials can be started. doc Florian Klein used bNAbs to suc- to evolve into the final bNAb. So Sun grad is in his final year at the Weill cessfully control HIV levels in an animal patients will probably have to get one Tony Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Trimodel of infection. These back-to-back vaccine followed by multiple booster Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program in New York findings moved the Nussenzweig group vaccines that direct the immature anti- City. He may be reached at to initiate Phase 1 clinical trials, led by bodies to evolve into bNAbs. Essentially, tos2014@med.cornell.edu.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT White Supremacy, Poetry and You
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There is an incomprehensible “free-speech” backlash to the university student protests going on across the country. Apparently some people think that only spoiled children don’t like getting swastikas smeared in shit across someone’s wall. I guess they should just suck it up and deal with it. It’s all just meaningless stuff you shouldn’t pay attention to, because they don’t really mean it. Didn’t you know that someone was making an ironic critique of Nazism by taking their turd in their hands, holding it lovingly, and spreading its fecal substance all across the walls of a Mizzou dorm like a kind of ultra-racist, disgusting Banksy? You didn’t? Hah! You’re an idiot and a child. You don’t get guerilla art. Dark humor aside, the way people perceive these student protests, especially in some of the journalism on the topic, is disturbing. More disturbing than someone being asked not to wear an offensive Halloween costume, if I do say so myself. But we must understand these protests within the context of white supremacy as a whole. These are not singular issues. They are indicative of the shameful dismissal and disregard for black bodies and lives we silent, scared white people have implicitly encouraged to continue into the 21st century. No, just because there is a Martin Luther King Day doesn’t mean you can cry at that speech of his you watch
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maybe once a year and consider your bleeding, desirous heart fully satiated. You might want to actually read what people of color are writing and hear what people of color are saying before you even attempt to fathom the Black experience. I make no claims to understand it, and I do not speak for people of color. Instead, you should probably stop reading this column and go check out the contemporary Black literature on this subject. Reading Booker T. Washington does not count, Monseigneur. Even then, just because you read writers of color doesn’t mean your complicity in this situation dissolves. And don’t start collapsing into a ball when you’ve realized how culpable you are. If you truly realize the direness of racism and structural inequality in America, you should be working to stop it. White guilt, like Auden once said about poetry itself, does nothing. I’m a poetry reader myself, and I would disagree with Auden. But I know a good amount of people who would agree with him. Poetry is supposedly dandyish and dull. It has no effect on real life. No one’s ever been moved to action by a poem. They’re just pretty little constructions of words. Today, poetry written by white writers in MFA programs might only interest aesthetes, yeah, but that is definitely false for poetry being written outside of the monolithic establishment of university poetry programs. But what is that poetry, you might ask? How is it useful? For arguments on how poetry and poets can have a significant importance within their communities, as well as how poets can assist in the process of combating white supremacy, I relay to you, the Mongrel Coalition Against Gringpo, or MCAG for short. MCAG is an anonymous group of poets of color whose stated purpose is “to be used by documents, attempts, or gestures that target white supremacy and colonization …”. They praise experimentation, decolonization, decanonization, and general destabilization of the white mind. They attack white avantgardists, pseudo-political members of the literary scene and more broadly all
the white supremacist bullshit that has monopolized the American poetry scene for years. Their critiques of Kenneth Goldsmith, as well as the overall school of Conceptual poetry, are probably the best I’ve heard. I say this specifically because they seem more like affective, poetic communications rather than the rationalizing discourse of logic and rhetoric which has so easily been manipulated to throw people of color to the
Stephen Meisel Appearances wayside, which can so easily (if Jacques Derrida has taught us anything) be flipped on its head, to turn the accuser into the accused, to turn the student protestors of color into the racists. Instead, the Mongrel poets use poetic language as a way to reach beyond logic and rationality and into our core, the only place deep enough to truly change us when it itself has been changed. To read the phrase “DECOLONIZE OR DIE” (within proper context, mind you; the energy definitely does not transfer into this column) and not in some way feel moved seems very difficult. It is a phrase with power, with knowledge, with authority. It is a subversion of the message fed to people of color for the last 500 years when white men arrived on their shores. What the Mongrel poets and the student protestors communicate to white people specifically is that people of color will not let us kill them. They will not let us ignore them or brush them off as advocates of hate speech. They are unapologetically here. They will not be silent, and they will not be killed off and crucified, by the cop or the teacher or the administrator or the student, nor by the behemoth of white supremacy. I want to finish this column by saying that I do not speak for activist students of color. I speak in ardent support of them, but my thoughts are not their thoughts: Do not take my thoughts and my words and use them against anyone but me. You should consider anything a student of color says on this topic before you consider mine. I am their supporter, ally, fellow-traveler, whatever. But most importantly, I am a person who believes what they’re doing is right. And I will use my own privileges and abilities to help them. Stephen Meisel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at spm243@cornell.edu. Appearances runs alternate Fridays this semester.
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A Conversation With Why+the+Wires BY MIKE SOSNICK Sun Arts & Entertainment Editor
The Sun spoke with David Nutt, why+the+wires’ vocalist and guitarist, about what it’s like to make and perform postpunk grooves in Ithaca. THE SUN: How did why+the+wires come into existence? DAVID NUTT: Kevin Dossinger (saxophone, accordion) and his wife Haley (violin) had been playing in the scruffy punky acoustic band Idatel in the mid-aughts. Shortly after Idatel fell apart, I moved to the area and the three of us decided to jury-rig something together in the summer of 2008. We roped in Chris Romeis (drums) and eventually bassist Tito Butler. This lineup managed to bang out a couple albums and a few short tours before Haley and Tito both politely excused themselves from the madness and the migraines. Pat Lonergan joined us on bass and we made two more albums as a four piece, including our new record, Flame Failures. Pat has since moved over to guitar and our pal José Beduya is now playing bass. SUN: What differentiates Flame Failures from your past records? D.N.: Our sound has definitely mutated over the years. Our first two albums, Lost Lighthouses and Telegraph Flats, were slow and moody with occasional spazzy explosions. The songs were broken waltzes, stormy marches, generally a lot of clatter and clutter. Our third record, All These Dead Astronauts, stripped away much of the junk; the tempos got faster, the messy threads started to tie together more neatly. Flame Failures is more bombastic and the songs are catchier, more compact. The incendiary post-punk we were all raised on (Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, Nation of Ulysses) is a lot closer to the surface on this album. SUN: How did your partnership with Jetsam-Flotsam and One Percent Press come to be? D.N.: The old-fashioned way: by postal service. When our last record was released we mailed copies to a handful of labels that had a simpatico aesthetic, and we struck up a correspondence with Jetsam-Flotsam and One Percent. Like our
band, both labels are run by enthusiastic lunatics who have no conception of market share or popular taste. They put out music because they are obsessed by it; the same reason we make it. We are all vibrating on the same strange frequency. SUN: What do you see as why+the+wires' place in the Ithaca music community? D.N.: In our early days we had the virtue of being total weirdos in a town of weirdos. Stylistically, we didn’t seem to fit anywhere specific, which meant we could play with almost anyone: hardcore and metal bands, freak folk acts, ambient droners, experimental avant-gardists. It was sort of bizarre and absolutely wonderful. I think we have found the coziest fit in the punk/DIY scene. These are the bands with which we feel the most kinship, the same eardrum damage. For the majority of our existence we’ve been playing Ithaca Underground shows and that is the only community we’ve ever really had. Lovely folks. SUN: What has the reception of Flame Failures been like so far? D.N.: It's strange. This is our fourth album in seven years, and it seems like every time we put something out, there is a whole different crowd at our shows. Ithaca is such a transitory place because of Cornell and Ithaca College, the population is always in flux. Most, if not all, of the bands that were our peers when we formed no longer exist. Lately, people seem a bit baffled by us; politely interested, I suppose. Our shows are loud and messy, plus we’re constantly sacking old songs and trotting out new ones, so in a way we’re in a state of perpetual flux too. So I certainly don't blame anyone for being baffled. We baffle ourselves. There are a handful of folks in town who
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have been with us since the beginning, and they seem enthusiastic about the new record. What more can we ask for? SUN: What does the future hold for why+the+wires? D.N.: It’s hard to say. We’ve written another album’s worth of material since finishing Flame Failures, but it seems like we’re still honing in on the next phase. I don’t think we’re there yet. We’ve been around long enough now that I can’t help but look back and think that we covered a lot of terrain in our time together, and maybe that’s enough. Then again, part of me feels like things are just starting to gel. It sounds absurd, but it’s a lot of work being an obscure band with lofty ambitions and a small following in a small town. And that’s also the fun of it. We’re still a bunch of weirdos, I guess. Mike Sosnick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun.com.
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Max Vanzile Foxing’s Dealer is a thoroughly toothless record, a set of non-obtrusive songs that resists close attention. Since it aims for — and mostly hits — a tone of subdued prettiness, the record is never unpleasant to listen to, but it fails to engage the listener. Moreover, both the sensitive, self-consciously emotional lyrics and the vocal performance by lead singer Conor Murphy are vaguely irritating. This is an uninspired listen, but it does have its moments of melody: Dealer, therefore, is a record ideally suited as background music, a record that suffers with increased scrutiny. The band themselves are a five-piece from St. Louis seeking to build on their debut, The Albatross and their music bears superficial resemblance not only to the emo rock that dominated mid-2000s alternative music but to other sad Midwestern hipsters like American Football. Foxing’s music is soft, acoustic indie with touches of the histrionic vocals of emo and the swelling breakdowns of post-rock. Mixed into the album are a few instrumental pieces: “Winding Cloth” and “Coda.” Otherwise, Foxing’s formula involves dreamy guitar lines swirling behind Murphy’s vocals, with tempo changes and punchless breakdowns often dropping in midway through a given song. Sonically the band is inoffensive and even sometimes pretty. “Weave,” for instance, rounds into form when a snare-driven beat begins playing, and “Indica” layers in horns to produce
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the record: “Swollen appendages catch in the knots of radiance” is a good case study, and it doesn’t help that these lines are all sung in Murphy’s whining falsetto. The image evoked is of a tear-streaked, barefoot guy with an acoustic guitar, beckoning unsuspecting indie fangirls onto his bed. I loathe emo and I always have. As a critic, should I pretend impartiality with regard to genre? I will not. Its melodrama and overt sensitivity have always struck me as contrived, like the insincerity of a person who constantly promises you how sincere they are. Foxing falls victim to the same problem. Though they deal with Catholicism (the dreary “The Magdalene”) and bassist Josh Coll’s war experience in Afghanistan, the lines that stick out most are such queasers as “The sugar drips until your name soaks in my brain,” from “Laundered.” Their talk of swollen appendages and dripping sugar express Foxing’s real identity better than anything else. Behind the pretty harmonies and latenight confessions, these emotional souls reveal themselves in the end — like so many other sensitive, guitar-strumming boys — to be all about pussy. Girls — and music fans — beware. Max Vanzile is a Junior in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mvanzile@cornell.edu.
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1 P ERSONALS “And now, presenting the unAbAshedly Absent, unfortuneAtely Abolished yet AlwAys flAwless mArchers of rAnk A:
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Sam “potAtoes Are life” Primeaux Kathleen “OMG, guess whAt hAppened lAst night!” Won Odalis “I just wAnt to dAnce!” Flores Yelena “more hugs please” Wang Sarah “knitting > reheArsAl” Kimball Amy “Ain’t nobody got time for this” Zhong Thanks for a great semester, Sam” I proudly present the only REAL drumline in the Ivy League! SNARES Fred Blaisdell Emily Frech Sangrag Ganguli Gordon Gustafson Theo Richardson Marco Sanchez-Ayala By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
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CYMBALS Nicki Bega Lauren Chan Maxwell Lee Cora Peterson Ege Sekkin Jackson Seminara Billie Sun Alyssa Trigg James Wu BELLS Matthew Lin Kari Miya Ellen Patridge Alex Wong To the most kick-ass section in the BRMB: thanks for your hard work this season! You all are amazing and I’m honored to have served as your drum captain this year. Good luck to our seniors in their future endeavors! ROCK OUT AND BE BADA**!!!! Your 2015 Drumline Captain, Emily Frech
And now presenting the deepest and dankest rank in the Ivy League: $!
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Blake “Ur Mum” Dolphin-A Patrick “More Majors, More Fun” Clobridge Paul “No hands!” Howard-Flanders Brian “Push-up Time” Scaramella Sam “Where’s Sam?” McCoy The God-King of Webb-Air Sherry “Perfect Attendance” Ge Jesse “$h!t, What’re We Doing” Garcia Thanks for a great season! And now, because our section is bigger than 8 miles wide, presenting the Stars of the Ivy League...RANK * Alex “Jurassic mating call” Schord Snigdha “Damm*t Brandon!” Sharma Emma “Horn Ninja” Stillings Adam “DAVIS!!!!!!!!!!” Davis Brandon “It’s my money and you need it now!” Smith Lauren “Silent but Deadly” McBrearty Your *shining* rank leaders Ethan “Captain Cumulus” Burwell Katie “Mother Goose” Shaw
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And Now Presenting the Biggest Power Bottoms in the Ivy League-- Ranks T?:
And now, because 2015 was NOT the season of Night-on-Bald-Mountaining, presenting the zippiest, zestiest, zigzaggiest rank in the Ivy League... Rank Z!
And now, presenting the only REAL FSEXYMARCHING, FLESLIE-SPOTTING, FAJITA-EATING rank in the Ivy League, Rank F!
And now, because the bones had a tsunami of freshtones this year, presenting the rank that just won't go,
Charlotte “The Dank Memes, Crazy-Cat Feminist” Slaughter Ethyn “Did you just tickle her toot?” Leong Michelle “The REAL Bottom Female” Cheng Brandon “PANTS ARE FOR SQUARES” Quinlan Jessie “I have a boyfriend” Reeves Jason “First slice in our hearts” Hutzler Melvin “Everybody steal, Everybody steal” Li
Rank K:
Chelsea “Hair Gone Wild” Sanders Sarah “okaaaaay :)” Cohn-Manik Wallaby “Manchester SUCKS” Will Kristen “Hammered Head” Lovely Davy “Give My Regards To 3410” Oodles “Sir” Erick “Tacos Of My People” Vargas Jordan “Udderwatersports” Gattinymouth Chris “Supreme Overlord” Lapinski Lois “TRAINSTRAINSTRAINS” Haber Kevin “PLANESPLANESPLANES” Kruempelstiltzkin Ed “Baby Graham” Crocker Marek “Done My Time” Kwaśnica T “two more” Pep Band Point$ Mike “four more years” Byrne István “Can’t tell right, right from left, left” Burbank Josh “Floro II: B*tch Cutter Boogaloo” Reichler Jordan “Forgot how to use Sludge!” Silver Graham “Bell Awareness” Bastian
Susan “gathers nuts and baes” Eichhorn Jessica “30% chance it's already raining” Hubbard Jeremy “hardcore brony” Miller Willa “Wisconsin cheesehead” Tsao Ashley “hails from Taco Town” Poirier Julia “ghost of Rank Z” Joseph Melissa “tamagotchi mom” Bravo Lizzy “no pictures, please” Paul Nir “gets a little too excited about Hot Truck” Ravi Thanks for an amaZing season! Love, your zzzzzany rank leaders, Evie “still doesn't know when to march left in Night on Bald Mountain” Murphy and Jesse “feels strongly about Wicked” Wu
And now presenting the squiggliest, sexiest, superbest, spoopiest, slimiest, saltiest, sassiest, savagest, sauciest rank in the Ivy League:
Emily dear, Working with you has been wonderful. Thank you for all of the incredible work you've put into making this band the best it can be, and thank you for being there for me to prevent me from going (too) crazy. (Also this is to Isenstein and not all of the other Emilys in band. Though I guess you can pretend.) Love, Michaela
Hey band! The ref schmeezes his wife The wife schmeezes her kids The kids schmeezes the dog The dog schmeezes the cat The cat schmeezes the mouse The mouse schmeezes the cheese The cheese schmeezes Gordon Gordon schmeezes Chamberlin Chamberlin schmeezes Meier Meier schmeezes French French schmeezes Cohen Cohen schmeezes himself Cohen schmeezes Frank Frank schmeezes himself Frank schmeezes Gerbracht Gerbracht schmeezes Minster Minster schmeezes Wolf Wolf schmeezes John John schmeezes James James schmeezes Ball Ball schmeezes Kerman Kerman schmeezes Tucker Tucker schmeezes Caulfield Caulfield schmeezes Seery Seery schmeezes Gerson Gerson schmeezes Richmond Richmond schmeezes Reno Reno schmeezes herself Reno schmeezes Albanese Albanese schmeezes Olson Olson schmeezes herself Olson schmeezes..... PRECIADO! Congratulations to your 2016 drum major, Serge Preciado!
And now, presenting the lizardiest, loveliest, least lady-like rank in the band, Rank L(izard): Jeanne “Bread club is my workout” Powell Yeolim “Would you still love me” Jo Dara “Cookie thief” Canchester Adler “Manliest lizard” Smith Kelly “I‘m too janky for this” Yu Natalie “Accidental graduate” O'Toole Halie “Shining star” Hotchkiss Erin “Emergency rank-leading hero” Mathios Leezel “Dragon for days” Zamidar Carolyn “Sorry my mice gave birth” Maskin
And now, presenting the most dandy, delightful, delicious, dazzling, and dreamy rank in the ivy league: rank D! Kimberly “More than just a northeast traveler” Jack Emily “bari-flute” Miller Kristen Rose “Build a Bear? Nah Build a Piccolo and shirts!” Baxter Alisa “piccolo power” Lee Ella “better late than never!” Nonni Fei “MoMo’s Mom” Peng Emma “disappearing panda” Xu Stephanie “seventeen dancing queen -- until earlier this week” Becker Introducing the Core Four of Rank O! Rachel “Likes Her Face” Faust Tim “Scrub Scrub Scrub All The Floors In My Haus” Coda Chris “Ivy League Snapchat Story” Sanchez Diana “Wants Tony’s Pizza” Herrera
Rohan “slopes are for dopes” Acharya Julia “stairs are for squares” Kelly Ryan ”#nutbutt” Ronzoni Rishi ”brown master race” Verma Zhengning ”where’s the rest of the fellowship…?” Han Kevin ”is it caturday yet?” Juarez-Leon Jessi ”toner saxatone” Hersh Sindoori ”best dressed” Pai
And now, because we’re the only one's authorized to get those snazzy field credentials, presenting the only REAL Rank Sideline in the Ivy League! Alex “internet struggles” Marburgh Erick “pawpaw connoisseur” Vargas Katie “border collie farm” Wawro Love, Emily “princess peach” Isenstein
Michaela: Well, we made it. It's been a long, exhausting adventure and I’m so glad I had you by my side through it all. Thanks for dealing with my frenzied / loopy / what-if ??? states, and shoutout to the time we cuddled on the floor of the band office. Our matching scarf and bandana are proof that we'll always be the cutest. Em“<3”ily
And now, introducing the most mistakenly lettered rank in the Ivy League, Rank MePis! Anthony “AYYYYYYYY FAT TONY!” Gariolo Zeyu “The Hu in W‘Hu’ Are You’” Hu Kevin “Weak Groin“ Palm Mayra “Koala 2: The KO(ala) Strikes Back” Valadez Steve “But he’s not a Pirate” Galdi Elizabeth “Liz-ing in a” VanD“own by the river!”enburgh Mary “Always the Gate” Amper Pinto “Always the Point (do my work for me!)“ Smith
And now presenting the only REAL 8 mile wide section in the Ivy League ... RANK H! Maria “Grape Queen” Komoroski Jordan “Maybe she’s barn with it, maybe it neighbelline” Gless Sara “Julia” Haberman Julia “Sara” Katz Amber “Saffron, Burnt Sienna, Goldenrod” Zhen Steve “The Brass Chef” Salerno your HORNy rank leaders, Sean “sells sea” Shell Sachi “smarter than your average bear probably” Koide
And now, the Jankiest, Jolliest, Just-theheroes-of-the-rebel-alliance-or-something Rank in the only REAL saxophone section in the only REAL marching band in the Ivy League, RANK J: Jeff “*Telephone Pictionary Giggling*” Crosby Kelly “Gone but not Forgotten” Yu Gee “hiding in Gates” Kwon Eli “The Brown Band doesn’t like your name” Litchman Sarah “High heels? Marching? NO PROBLEM” Palmer David “Luke Sky” Walker Eric “What do we do with this Cars music?” Wu Kevin “A giant among 8 to 5 marching” Linsey Bean “SAX MOM” Sniper
Love your FAVORITE rank leaders, Emma “Let’s make a night you won’t remember" Mosier and Bubbles “I’ll be the one you won't forget” Iadevaia
And now, presenting the only Exquisitel-EE Elastic rubber-banding rank in the Ivy League, Rank E(scaped)!!! Cindy “love mEEEE some john cEna ... du dudu duuuu“ Dou Claudia “sass-EE-ness has met its match“ Guinansaca-Aguilar Joseph “ElusivE but dearl-EE missed“ Liu Joyce “M(EEE)yabear is baE <3“ Lee Kristen "EveryonE’s favorite pancakE <3" Ajmo Lily “proudl-EE a twink-EE“ D’Ariano Michael “trul-EE EruditE“ Lee Serena “Esthetical“ Takada Love, your Elderly yet Effervescent rank leaders, Dan “parasitic like a lEECH“ Hanggi Jess “dankEs 4 the mEmEriEs“ Wong
& now presenting the only Juan-derfully marching & Mike safety rank-leading & Lizgrooving rank in the Ivy League, Rank &&& Mike “Let’s do this!” Miller Katherine “50% peanut butter” Curtis Elizabeth “Sustainability!” Chi Michael “Inter” Stella Cameron “Carlton” Fisk Thanks for a great season, Yours in saxiness, Elizabeth “Right Slide-goes left” Martinson Juan “Juan hour more of sleep” Meriles
And now, presenting the most naked, nastiest, naughtiest, noxious, notorious, nubile rank in the Ivy League, Rank Nipple 2015: Astrid “Flying squirrel” Evenson Daniel “<3 single-vote polls” Rong Hagan “You killed my father. Prepare to die” Han Jeff “Swipe right” Van Taylor “Time management” Menetski Love, your Rank Leaders: Bethany “Crossnerd puzzle” Angeliu Louis “Hey flutes” Widom
And now, presenting the 2016 First Lady of the Cornell University Big Red Marching Band, the gal who is always poised and proper until she has to burp, Odile “B*tch I’m French!” Maurelli! Love, The Juicy Juniors
Matt “Nate Ruess #1 fan” Barker Emily “all aboard the magic struggle bus” Miller Talia “do you have any tea?” Burns Vincent “the better Floridian” Imbimbo Hayley “do you have any guest swipes?” Sopko Amber “DI polo star” Bornt Brendan “you can't steal that” Duffy Jackie “let's steal that” Horn Aaand now, presenting the #thorpiest, #sleepiest, #youngest(ish) rank of the only REAL Marching Band in the Ivy League: Rank #Octothorpe! Sarah “#NOT A FRESHMAN” Chandler Ben “#and I shall call him ‘Mini-Me’” Edwards Raj “#back up a little” Davae Benito “#wat r pants” De Leon Xavier “#Star Child” Eddy Sergio “AHHHHH” Preciado Courtney “SEE YA!” Stokes Thank you all for a wonderful and memorable season! And now presenting the most Beautiful, Bodacious, Boisterous, Bountiful, Brilliant, Bombastic, Baddest, Bewitching, B*tchin' rank in the Ivy League... Claire “Pawsitive Catitude B*tch” Shiefelbein Lyra “Tolkien B*tch” Liu Marina “Marinara B*tch” Chang Allie “Kosher Chicken B*tch” Bichoupan Lindsay “Cosmo Jr. B*tch” Rait Rachel “Twinsie B*tch” Joseph Brittany “Acid-Basic B*tch” DeCola Emily “Head Peach B*tch” Isenstein Flove from your Boy rank B leaders, Joao “Jzzzzzwwwwwooowwwww B*tch” Carlos Moraes Filho Phil “Goat Feeding B*tch” Brown
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14 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Friday, November 13, 2015
SPORTS
ROUND
9
ANNA FASMAN
JOON LEE
CORNELL V. COLUMBIA
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
YALE V. PRINCETON
YALE
PRINCETON
HARVARD V. PENN
HARVARD
DARTMOUTH V. BROWN
ADAM SHANE BRONFIN LEWIS
TYLER ALICEA
ANNIE SLOANE BUI GRINSPOON
JAYNE ZUREK
PHOTO ARTS SCHROEDER EDITORS EDITORS
COLUMBIA
CORNELL
COLUMBIA
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
COLUMBIA
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
YALE
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
AUBURN V. GEORGIA
AUBURN
GEORGIA
AUBURN
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
GEROGIA
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
SAINTS V. WASHINGTON
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
SAINTS
TEXANS V. BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
BENGALS
PATRIOTS V. GIANTS
GIANTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
GIANTS
GIANTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS
VIKINGS V. RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
RAIDERS
VIKINGS
PACKERS V. LIONS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
LAST WEEK
8-2
7-3
6-4
4-6
9-1
9-1
10-0
7-3
9-1
9-1
9-1
TOTAL
51-29
57-23
46-34
46-34
50-30
57-23
61-19
46-34
42-38
54-26
61-19
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SPORTS
FOOTBALL
Red Hopes for Repeat of Last Year’s Empire State Bowl Cornell will be looking for its first win of this season when an improved Columbia comes to Schoellkopf Field By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Staff Writer
Will history repeat itself? 364 days after clinching their only win of the 2014 season over Columbia, the Red have the chance to do the same in 2015. Both games come off a loss to Dartmouth in which the Red were only able to produce one score. The task against Columbia will not be easy, as the Lions have impressed through wins against Wagner College and an upset over Yale. The Red are coming off a rollercoaster of a loss against Dartmouth, showing strong defensive stands and holding a 3-0 lead going into the second quarter. Shortly after, however, the Green found their rhythm and held the Red off to cruise to a 21-3 win, their seventh of the year. Now the Red, who have been outscored 143 to 54 in their last four games are left searching for answers on how to overcome the Lions once again. This year, however, the Red will face a Lions squad that has new faces all around. First-year head coach Al Bagnoli, who spent the past 12 years as the skipper for Penn, has changed the Lions from a winless squad to a force to be reckoned with within the Ivy League. He has been able to utilize his
CAMERON POLLACK / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Empire state of mind | The Red are looking to retain their Empire State Bowl title with a win over Columbia.
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Is this it? | Saturday may be the Red’s best chance to earn a victory, as they face a Columbia squad that has only won twice this season.
several transfer players to change the face of the club among its peers. “Their makeup is a little different on the field and not just on the sidelines,” Cornell head coach David Archer said. “[Bagnoli] is an unbelieveable Ivy League coach. He has brought in a really good staff.” Skyler Mornhinweg, a University of Florida transfer, has taken over the reigns at quarterback. His overall efficiency has increased two percent on last years starter Trevor McDonagh, and his completion percentage has risen by six percent to 58.5 percent. “You have a kid who has played quarterback for the Gators in Skyler Mornhinweg, so he has tremendous talent,” Archer added. “He can certainly beat you with his arm and his legs.” Along with the addition of Mornhinweg, senior running back Cameron Molina has already matched last season’s yardage and touchdown totals in two fewer games and 10 fewer attempts. Molina’s career-high 118 rushing yards in one game came against the Lions loss last year to the Red. Another problem that the Red need to look out for is playing a solid game for much longer than the first quarter. It seems that the Red usually get off to a strong start, playing solid defense and keeping the pressure up on offense. In fact, the Red have only given up 38 first quarter points all season, about half of the total they they give up for every other quarter. In contrast, the second quarter has proven to be kryptonite as the Red have
given up a whopping 102 second quarter points. Unluckily for the Red, the second quarter happens to be Columbia’s most proficient quarter, totaling 42 points in the second quarter throughout the season, their highest for each of the quarters. On top of all this, Saturday’s game serves as the final home game for the Red’s twenty one seniors, meaning a win would be that much more gratifying. “It’s definitely sad going through this whole process,” senior wideout Chris Lenz said. “It’s been a long road, it’s been tough, but the reason you do it is because you love the game. It’s definitely hard to see it be the last game out here.” For the twenty one seniors who will be departing to accomplish bigger and better things, leaving a team they have loved will not be easy. “It hasn’t really hit me yet,” senior linebacker James White said. “I definitely have been grateful for every opportunity to come out here and put on this “C” on my helmet and represent this great university.” According to Archer, the Red have to “attack the moment and take the win,” something they haven’t been able to do all season. They will have to chance to repeat history when fighting for a win over the Lions and scalvage what is left with two games remaining. Zachary Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com.
Hartford, Bryant Red Looks to Overcome Loss of Miller Departure of Shonn Miller leaves big void for team Offer Interesting Matchups for Red M. BASKETBALL
bly strong league this year, we’ll be prepared after playing against some of the best Courtney praised teams in the country.” Onuorah’s work in the offPlaying in Atlanta holds season. particular significance to “He’s made an incredible Onuorah who grew up outjump and hopefully that’s side of the city. One of his something that will translate high school teammates will into games,” be suiting up for Courtney the Yellow Jackets “When we get to the Ivy League [play], said. “He tomorrow night. works harder “I’m really we’ll be prepared after playing some of than any guy e x c i t e d , ” the best teams in the country.” we have. He’s Onuorah said in here conabout playing in Bill Courtney stantly workfront of friends ing on his and family. “I just post moves, want to go out working on his jump shot, classes against ACC foes. But there and give it my all. Not working on his free throws. Courtney said this exposure a lot of people get a chance I’ve never seen a kid work on to Power-5 conference teams to go home. I’m excited for free throws as much as he with great size is a good way the opportunity, and I just does.” to warm-up for the Red’s Ivy want to go out there and Rounding out the starting League schedule. have fun and show them five is sophomore Jordan “It gives us a chance to what Cornell basketball is all Abdur-Ra’oof. According to play against top notch com- about.” Courtney, with such a young petition,” Courtney said. team, Abdur-Ra’oof and the “When we get to the Ivy Adam Bronfin can be reached at other sophomores will have a League, which is an incredi- abronfin@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 16
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Red will need to lock down. The teams like to play up-tempo, like Cornell, and have a number of veteran players. However, since the Red faced both the Hawks and Bulldogs last year, there should be less surprised with the preparation done in practice this week. “They run unique offenses,” Smith said. “Hartford has a nice combination of guards and forwards, they have guards that can shoot the three.” Smith also commented on Hartford’s pair of forwards, Darby Lee and Alyssa Reaves, who had success penetrating the Red’s defense in last year’s
meeting. Cornell did see one of its starters from last year graduate with Christine Kline ‘15, who was piece to the Red defense. Kline was, “the leader of our defense and was there to clean up our mistakes,” according to Moran. Coach Smith has urged the team to focus on relying on one another and working dynamically, specifically on defense. “We would like to play team basketball,” Smith said. “We like to press. But when we are playing zone or man it is all predicated on team play.” Jack Kantor can be reached at Jkantor@cornellsun.com.
much larger role this season. For its first game of the season, Cornell will get a taste of a major conference in a matchup against Georgia Tech. The Red’s non-conference schedule is difficult; the game against the Yellow Jackets is the first of three
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Red Open at Hartford; Bryant to Begin Season By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer
Focusing on high energy play and team defense, the Red looks to get the 2015-16 season started in the right direction. The Cornell women’s basketball team hits the road this weekend to open up their season with a pair of games against Hartford (0-0, 0-0 America East) and Bryant (0-0, 0-0 NEC). On Friday evening, Cornell will be facing a similar situation to the first contest of the 2014-2015 season. Last year, the Red fell to the Hartford Hawks on opening night by only a margin of 2 points. “This team remembers the game last year,” said head coach Dayna Smith. “It was a terrific game here vs. Hartford, losing with seconds to go. But having that experience of knowing what Hartford did, who they were, and what their philosophies are, that kind of helps us out.” The Red will then play Sunday against Bryant University, whom Cornell played last year as well. Last year’s battle also ended with a difference of 2 points in the final score, but Cornell came out on top. Nevertheless, Hartford and Bryant both faced a different Cornell team last year—a less experienced and less matur squad. The Red returns this year with four of their five starters. The returning starting lineup consists of juniors Nia Marshall and Nicole Aston in the frontcourt and junior captains Megan LeDuc and Kerri Moran in the backcourt. “It does not automatically win you games, but it’s important,” Smith said. “There’s a comfort level with each other. They have gone through so many games together; they know how to communicate with one another.” The players seem to share their coach's sentiment. “It means a lot to us to have four starters back,” LeDuc said. “We were a very young team last year and gained a lot of experience and with that experience we know we can accomplish our goals as a team.” The team believes they are already a lot farther along in the process than they were last year, and yet the season has not started.
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Close calls | Last season, the Red experienced two tight games with Hartford and Bryant. “I think having fur starters back is really helping us focus on other aspects of our game that we need to improve on as opposed to starting from square one,” said Kerri Moran. In terms of improvement, Cornell looks to work on keeping up the tempo and energy of play for the entirety of their games against Hartford and Bryant. “One of our biggest things we are focusing on is energy throughout the entire game,” Moran said. “Last year we struggled to start out games with energy, but I think thus far we have been doing a great job maintaining a high level
of energy and intensity.” Moran’s co-captain LeDuc noted how the squad wants use their speed and endurance to play that style of basketball. Coach Smith has been instilling this approach in her players. “We always love to play up-tempo,” Smith said. “We like to push the ball.” Hartford and Bryant offer versatile offenses that the See W. BASKETBALL page 15
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Men Face Off Against Georgia Tech in First Game While the team may not improve on defense, Courtney and his team said they’re confident that the squad will be a better With a talented senior class gone and offensive team than last year. “The difference between this year and eight new freshmen on the team, Cornell basketball is sticking to the same principles last year is this year we have a lot more that it has since head coach Bill Courtney weapons on offense,” said junior guard arrived on campus five years ago: play fast, Robert Hatter. “A lot of guys can put the attack the basket and suffocate opponents ball in the basket. We can score from the on defense. With the departure of Shonn inside and out.” Much of the scoring will fall to the 6Miller ’15, Galal Cancer ’15 and Devin Cherry ’15, Courtney said that while the foot-2 Hatter, who was second on the team team is still set on forcing opponents to in scoring last year with 11.3 points per play fast, Cornell has a ways to go to play game, the most among all returning players. With the graduation of Cherry, who at the same defensive level as last year. Last year’s squad held opponents to the mainly played point guard last season, lowest field goal percentage in the Ivy Hatter will see some time at both guard League. Opponents shot just 39 percent positions this year. Joining him in the backcourt are a numagainst the Red, a number which ranked in ber of younger guys. Freshman guard Matt the top twenty nationally. “Shonn Miller was such a good defend- Morgan is listed as the starter against Georgia Tech and everyone has spoke higher, not only ly of the 6-footwith his shot 3 guard. blocking and “The difference between this year “I love it,” defensive and last year is that we have a lot Hatter said of rebounding, sharing the but his ability more weapons on offense.” floor with to guard 1-5 Morgan.” The on the floor,” Robert Hatter team calls him Courtney said. mini-me. I’m “When you lose a guy like that you have to kind of just trying to get him there. He can get the change what you’re doing. We’ll be a little ball in the basket. He can play, and he’s more aggressive with our defense, take really talented. Me and him together we’ll some more chances with the full court, take be able to do some special things I believe, so I’m very excited about that.” some more chances in the half court.” By ADAM BRONFIN
Sun Assistant Sports Editor
MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN FILE PHOTO
Young blood | The Red lost several key players from last year and will rely on their underclassmen to step up and contribute.
Junior guard Darryl Smith, who saw his play time decrease last year after a solid freshman season, is also returning and will start against Georgia Tech. Another returning guard is junior JoJo Fallas who saw time in every game last season as a three point specialist off the bench. Courtney also said freshman Troy Whiteside will see time at point guard this season. With so many talented guards, speed will definitely be an advantage for the team, according to
Courtney. But while the team is deep at the guard position, Cornell does not have too many big men. The squad does have junior forward David Onuorah, the other returning starter outside of Hatter. The 6-foot-9 Onuorah was a big reason why Cornell’s defense was as good as it was last season. While he struggled on offense last year, See M. BASKETBALL page 15