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Expelled Student Sues University
Cornell revoked aid dollars for alleged fraud By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor
A student expelled from Cornell is suing the University, which alleges that she owes over thousands of dollars in “retroactively rescinded grants” for failing to note on her transcript that she attended community college for a semester. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences expelled Hyuna Choi ’14 in October 2013. According to the suit TIMELINE filed on May 29, the University found her • 2012: Hyuna Choi ’14 “guilty of furnishing applies to transfer to false information” to Cornell, failing to note on CALS. She is now her application that she suing Cornell in civil attended community court. college for a semester in In 2003, she attend2003. ed Glendale OCTOBER 2013: The Community College in College of Agriculture California, a fact she and Life Sciences expels failed to note on her Choi. The University application to Cornell found her “guilty of when applying to furnishing false transfer in 2012, information.” according to court docJAN. 29, 2014: Choi uments. After being receives a letter from forced to leave the Cornell saying that she University, Choi and owes more than $60,000 her counsel argue that in “misappropriated Cornell did not profinancial aid.” vide her with the opportunity to appeal MAY 29, 2014: Choi files to the Office of the a lawsuit against Cornell, Judicial Administrator, arguing that she was not among other claims. given the opportunity to “The campus code appeal Cornell’s requires that all violadecisions. S
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Forum on Ferguson | Noelani Gabriel ’16, Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner, Ithaca Police Chief John Barber and Prof. Joe Marguiles, law, discuss race relations in the local and national communities at a panel Monday.
Police Race Relations Talks Continue By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer
Representatives from both the University and Ithaca law enforcement communities discussed police race relations on campus, around the city and across the country with members of the local community at a panel discussion Monday. The panel focused on how the Cornell University and Ithaca Police Departments can interact with communities of color, and how local police conduct fits into national themes of police racialization and militarization. CUPD Chief Kathy Zoner and IPD Chief John Barber both emphasized that their forces go through great lengths to prevent discrimination. Barber said his department receives very few written complaints of misconduct, considering the number of citizen interactions it has each year. “I am quite proud of the Ithaca Police Department,” he said. “[Out of an estimate 100,000 citizen interactions,] last year we only had 15 to 20
Olympic Champion Speaks on Path to Success By ANIKA SETHY Sun Staff Writer
Olympic swimming champion Mark Spitz — known for winning seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games — spoke about his path to success as an athlete Monday in Willard Straight Hall. In 2000, Spitz was named number 33 on Sports Illustrated’s list of the “Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century.” He still holds the world record in several events. Spitz first spoke about his development into a swimmer, drawing from his experiences See SPITZ page 4
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Iron man | Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz speaks about his early experiences and subsequent journey to the Olympics at a lecture Monday.
written complaints filed ... and less than half of those turned out to be founded.” Zoner added that her department is constantly seeking to improve police interactions. “We have extensive training,” she said. “We have it from the start of the academy on forward.” However, panelist Prof. Joe Marguiles, law, pointed out that racialized practices are usually not the result of overt, apparent racism — and thus require comprehensive redress. “The type of bias that you’re dealing with is much more insidious [than overt racism] … because it’s implicit bias,” he said. “The real training that must take place … is to root out this implicit bias. This is much more difficult because everyone thinks they’re not biased.” Echoing Marguiles’ claim that bias is pervasive even when it is not apparent, many audience members expressed skepticism concerning aspects of curSee PANEL page 4
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Dear Fellow Cornellians, Ah, there is nothing like a nap to clear the head and get focus. I always found the fishbowl in Uris conducive to this, followed by a honey dolce latte at Olin made by that cute barista with the Chicago Cubs cap. Oh man, do I want to get back home! In my last letter, I mentioned the critters that seem to be all over these woods. Some might say I’m a critter too, but I am a Cornellian as well, which puts me in a different category. I had one encounter recently that put a real scare in me — a lion of the Nittany sort tried to get a little too friendly, and I had to use my Ivy League wiles to ward off his advances. Hard to believe since the two of us had something in common; he was the mascot of a land grant university as am I. And, his school wrote a song about me, which I am fond of singing to myself when I am not belting out “We Didn’t Go to Harvard” (I love that song). His school song has the catchy verse, “Dartmouth with its Indian, and Yale her Bulldog, too; there’s old Princeton with its Tiger and Cornell with its Bear.” When 100,000 fans sing that song in Penn State’s stadium, people take notice. As they say, it’s a jungle out here. Fortunately, I have had some experience in taking care of myself. Take, for example, that mongrel wolf the Penn Quakers brought to the fifty yard line to intimidate me down before the Penn game. That staredown lasted about 10 seconds before I decided it was best to club the hound across the snout with my paw. Check crowdfunding.cornell.edu/touchdown for the rest of this letter.
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Despite not being present at the event, the Theme Park Engineering Group, a new club at Cornell, won their first competition at Ryerson University earlier this month. Ronnie Forster ’17, president of the group, said the team collaborated to prepare after being notified about the competition — which includes various teams designing a roller coaster and creating a thrill ride modification — only a week before it was to occur. “We spent the Saturday in Upson Hall for 10 and a half hours completing our projects and presenting them via Skype to judges including three professionals that have experience in the industry,” Forster said. The Cornellians competed virtually due to time restrictions, according to Forster. Another component of the competition included a curriculum design challenge, according to Forster. “We had to use the classes we have present at Cornell and a couple of proposed classes to create a college major that would meet [Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology] accreditation requirements,” Forster said. Athith Krishna ’17, head of competitions for the team, stressed the importance of the group’s debut at Ryerson. “This contest was our first competitive endeavor as a club, so we really wanted to make a mark at this contest — and we did,” Krishna said. Forster added the group initially came together after he attempted to find other Cornellians who shared his interest in roller coaster mechanics. “I wanted to continue exploring my interests in the industry and be able to share my experiences with others,” Foster said. “None of the clubs that were already present at Cornell had exactly what I was looking for, so
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Prof. Ray Ashoori, physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses Time Doain Capacitance Spectroscopy, a method of tunneling spectroscopy used to track condensed matter physics.
I decided to make my own,” he said. According to Forster, word about the possible club spread through a Facebook group that he created. Despite the group’s name, Krishna said interest in the club was not only limited to those who were engineering majors. “The ‘engineering’ in the name of the club does not signify the major that a member pursues, but it highlights the objective of the club,” said Krishna, who is planning to major in electrical and computer engineering. “We have members [in majors such as] design and environmental analysis, communication and biology.” Soon, Forster said, there were enough students in the group that an executive board was needed. “Instead of positions like vice president and secretary, we have positions according the job that is actually
being done, [such as] head of competitions, head of corporate relations and so on,” Forster said. “This makes the club extremely focused on the work it does instead of worrying too much about the politics.” Forster added the club has a goal of expanding membership and is looking to hold its own competition next semester. “[The] Ryerson [competition] paved a great path for the potential of integrating amusement industry related opportunities into college education,” she said. “We hope to use to make our competition just as successful.” Forster said the group plans on taking a trip to a theme park — as soon as the weather gets warmer. Molly Karr can be reached at mkarr@cornellsun.com.
Palestinian Students Discuss Educational Challenges in Region Two students from Birzeit University in West Bank visit Cornell as part of lecture hosted by SJP By TOM SCHREFFLER Sun Contributor
Two students from Birzeit University in Palestine spoke at a discussion Thursday about the challenges they said they faced while pursuing their education under the ongoing regional conflict between Israel and Palestine. The discussion — titled “Education Under Occupation: A Call for Educational Justice in Palestine” — began with a film produced by students at Birzeit University, which included a narration about the history of the Palestinian education system
since the 19th century. “We [students] study in classrooms and experiment in labs that have minimal equipment,” the film stated. “We face arrest and even death if we express any desire to be free.” Phantina Sholi, a media student at Birzeit, spoke about her experience in Palestinian schools and her everyday life under regional conflict during the panel. Regarding the alleged abuse she said she encountered at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, Sholi said she was “not the first and ... not the last” to go through these experiences. Twenty-six Birzeit University
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Palestinian perspective | Mahmoud Daghlas, a junior from Birzeit University, talks about his education experience at a talk hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine Thursday.
students have been killed since 1984, according to Sholi. “[Students] had to cross these checkpoints every day, especially students in Jerusalem,” Sholi said. “Most of them came late to their lectures.” Sholi added that she had to leave her home by 5:30 a.m. to get to the university at 8 a.m., when classes would begin. Mahmoud Daghlas, an electrical engineering student at Birzeit, also shared key events in his life related to the IsraelPalestine conflict, among them the building of an Israeli settlement on land considered part of his village — an action that Daghlas said was illegal. “It [was] settled on the lands of my village,” he said. He added that there were restrictions placed on the Palestinians trying to move around the area near the village. In 2005, the settlement was disbanded, according to Daghlas. During his time in high school, Daghlas said that Israeli soldiers would periodically enter the school, searching rooms and interrupting classes. Birzeit University has been closed fourteen times by the Israeli military — a “world record” — he added. According to Daghlas, a campaign promoting educational justice in Palestine — called the Palestinian Right to Education — began largely as a result of these closures. The campaign’s objective is to “document and expose the violations of [the right to education] that take place every day in Israel-occupied Palestine,” according to Emad Masroor ’17, a member of SJP.
According to Masroor — who is also a designer for The Sun — members of the campaign offer students “attempting to acquire an education in those circumstances” both “moral” and “psychological” support. “Some schools have checkpoints nearby causing students to have to cross a military checkpoint to and from school,” he said. “Again, all that [Right to Education campaign] can do to help these students is offer moral support by their presence under oppressive circumstances.” Masroor added that members of the campaign also offer these students support by providing legal help. “The group has its own lawyer … so they advocate on behalf of, for example, a university student imprisoned by Israel, to try to get him or her released and help them get back on track for their degree,” he said. “Imprisonment of young Palestinians on minor charges, including political expression, is extremely common under Israeli rule.” The event was hosted by Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine and organized by the Palestinian Right to Education campaign and the National Students for Justice in Palestine. “Ten Palestinian students from Birzeit University [are] touring [different] regions of the United States, sharing their experiences with pursuing education under the occupation,” said Abu Yusif Habib ’15, a member of SJP. Tom Schreffler can be reached at ths67@cornellsun.com.
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Spitz Discusses Experiences Panel Examines Race In Olympics as a Jewish Athlete Relations Between Police SPITZ
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attending a YMCA swim camp with his best friend at nine years old — when he was chosen to join the swim team. “At the end of [that camp], I went to a novice meet, [where] I went and swam 50 yard freestyle in a 25 yard pool … they told me to stand on 5th place and gave me a purple ribbon,” he said. “I looked up at the guy standing on first place and saw they’d given him a blue ribbon. That had such a profound effect on me because I didn’t realize that if I had done better I would have been able to stand on the tallest podium.” Spitz described his dreams of going to the Olympics, continuing the theme of the importance of visualizing success. “It was magic to think about what it would be like to go to the Olympic Games, but I had no clue how to get there,” he said. “I think the most important thing was the innocence of never having been given a manual of exactly how to do it.” After Spitz bested the world record of Olympic champion Don Schollander, he said he felt that it was a “strange sensation” to be the fastest swimmer in the world — and that after winning, he felt a “sense of responsibility” to remain at the top. “I was inspired not to want to get off the podium,” he said. “I didn’t want to lose that position.” Spitz also offered anecdotes about his time at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, such as when he decided to do a “really stupid stroke” while swimming, right after the Russian team had finished practicing. Sporting a moustache, Spitz said he told the Russian coaches that he planned to swim with his moustache intact, even though
he planned to shave it off for the games. “I don’t know what possessed me to say this [to the coaches] ... I said, ‘Well what about the moustache? I’m going to swim with it starting tomorrow,’” he said. “[The coaches asked,] ‘Well doesn’t it slow you down?’ And I said, ‘No, it deflects the water behind me. I’m actually much more streamlined with it.’ And the following year, every single Russian swimmer had a moustache.” Spitz also offered advice to Cornellians in the audience, saying it is essential for the current generation to take control of its own destiny. “Our destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choices … it’s not something you can wait around for, you actually have to be in the moment and participate and be involved in your own destiny,” he said, quoting former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. “If you don’t know where you’re going, it’s because you never gave yourself somewhere to be.” Spitz ended his speech with remarks on Israel, saying that he believed the athletic abilities of Israelis have been hindered by the political climate in Israel. “It’s very interesting why Israeli athletes have never reached world renowned abilities; it dawned on me that they’re taken away that opportunity because everyone from the age of 18 to 25 has to serve in the army,” he said. “Almost 95 percent of Israelis has been affected as a victim of terror, and it has a profound effect on sports and educational programs.” The lecture was sponsored by Cornell Hillel and was a gift of the Himan Brown Charitable Trust. Anika Sethy can be reached at asethy@cornellsun.com.
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you serve a warrant, you will use a SWAT team.” During the audience question period, Prof. Oneka LaBennett, Africana studies, asked the panelists how the community could address the disconnect between evidence of a national, racialized police state and accounts of local, nondiscriminatory police practices. Zoner said she used the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, to illustrate the need for increased racial sensitivity from the police force. “You are wearing the uniform of people who may have really screwed up and killed a man … you need to understand that people are going to bring that to every interaction that you have with them,” Zoner said. Zoner added that she has had conversations with her officers about how aggressive behavior can create unintended hostility in citizen interactions. LaBennett said she was satisfied that both CUPD and IPD are aware that assertions that their own departments are nondiscriminatory do not conform to overwhelming evidence of racial bias among American police forces in general. “I was convinced that the police are aware of the disconnect, so that was a relief,” she said. However, LaBennett said she does not believe Ithaca is completely free of the racism that
rent police practice. Panelist Noelani Gabriel ’16, relaying questions from members of Cornell’s Black Students United, asked whether the departments have arrest quotas that may inform police conduct in some cases. Both chiefs responded that there are no quotas. “There is no quota,” Zoner said. “Arrests are ... necessary, but they’re not what we’re striving for.” Still, Margulies said that the lack of quotas may not mean the lack of institutionalized bias. “When you’re talking about quotas, what you’re really talking about is whether the police have motives that skew judgment,” he said. He then went on to explain that local police departments have long had their federal funding tied to their arrest numbers, which can provide a concrete incentive to make more arrests for certain types of crimes. “That’s much more pernicious than a quota,” Margulies said. The panelists also discussed the recent influx of national commentary on the militarization of police departments, and how IPD’s practices fit into that national trend. Barber said that IPD’s SWAT team — which is sometimes cited as evidence of the department’s militarization — “There is no quota. was an Arrests are ... necessary, appropriate response to a but they’re not what tragedy on we’re striving for.” the force. “Eighteen Kathy Zoner years ago, almost to the minute … Ithaca Police Department plagues other cities. officer Mike Padula was killed “The part of the answer I was in the line of duty,” he said. less pleased with had to do with “Two years after that, we imple- the implication that [the probmented a tactical team at the lem is begin solved] because department.” conversations are already hapBarber also explained that pening … around issues like the IPD does not rely on mili- body language and the way offitary-style equipment and that it cers may comport themselves,” is only used to mitigate high- she said. “[This is] really an risk situations. issue around a fundamental dis“It is actually our goal not to connect between how people of have to use that equipment,” he color experience … police missaid. conduct and how police forces However, Margulies argued react to that history.” that creating police policies that The event was the second seek to negate all risk will lead part of the “Forum on to unduly brutal and abusive Ferguson” — the Africana practices. Studies and Research Center’s “If the analysis you under- ongoing series of talks on race take is ‘there is some risk that a relations. The first part of the very bad thing will happen, I forum took place on Sept. 11, will take whatever precautions when panelists discussed social are necessary to make sure that implications surrounding the risk never happens’… you will Ferguson shooting. always justify… incremental [use of ] force,” he said. “If that’s Rebecca Blair can be reached at the analysis you use, every time rblair@cornellsun.com.
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Cornell Revokes Aid Dollars for Expelled Student’s Alleged Fraud
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tions of the code by a student be adjudicated through the office of the Judicial Administrator, and the accused be given the chance to have a hearing before the independently constituted Hearing Board,” court documents state. Last week, the case saw progress after Judge Robert Mulvey ruled that part of the suit could move forward, despite Cornell’s attempt to quash the case, according to court documents dated Wednesday. Cornell officials could not be reached for comment Monday evening, although the University historically does not comment on pending litigation. JABIN BOTSFORD / THE NEW YORK TIMES
‘Canceled, Effective Immediately’
According to court documents, on Oct. 22, 2013, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences learned that Choi failed to include details regarding her attendance at Glendale Community College in the fall of 2003 while investigating a cheating complaint. Dean Kathryn Boor ’80 wrote to Choi days later, alerting her that her admission to Cornell was “canceled, effective immediately.” “The college received information revealing that at least one significant and material portion of your application appeared to be false, i.e., you did not list all colleges and universities attended in response to the specific question asking you to ‘report all college attendance beginning with your first year of college; include all online and summer coursework,’” Boor wrote. The suit against the University and CALS, however, claims that Boor “acted unilaterally with no formal notice to [Choi] containing an explanation of her rights, the full charges against her, nor details of the evidence the College had against her.” The suit also claims that Choi’s omission “was not intentional” and that the “transcript would not have materially affected her admission as a transfer student.” ‘Retroactively Rescinded Grants’
Months later in January, the University reached out to Choi again. Choi, who left South Korea with the ultimate goal of attending medical school in the United States, was faced with a letter claiming she owed Cornell over $65,000 in what the lawsuit described as “retroactively rescinded grants.” On Jan. 29, she received a letter from Thomas Keane, director of financial aid for scholarships and policy analysis, that said she was found guilty of misappropriating financial aid funds. “I believe this situation When questioning the is outside the judicial $67,805.50 Day Hall claimed system.” she owed, Keane responded with a follow-up. Mary Beth Grant J.D. ’88 “But for your admission to Cornell University, you would not have been awarded financial aid from Cornell,” he wrote. “As a result, the financial aid you received was directly based upon misrepresentations or material omissions in your application for admission. Cornell University considers this to be misappropriation.” Two weeks later, after not paying back her financial aid, she was faced with an approximately an additional $13,000 of “internal collection costs,” court documents state. Attempts to Appeal
Choi sought to appeal the decisions made by the University, which said it would not release her transcripts until she paid her “balance,” according to court documents. When she appealed, however, it was revealed that “there was no process for an appeal from this determination through financial aid.” In an email to Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant J.D. ‘88, Choi and her legal representation sought to appeal. Grant, however, said she believed that since Cornell considered Choi’s attendance at Cornell fraudulent, she was not subject to the processes under the J.A. “I believe this situation is outside the judicial system, though, because it seems like there was a determination that your clients never should have been students,” Grant wrote. “If they were never students, they would not be subjected to a disciplinary system that does not apply to non-students. I will confirm and get back to you when I return to the office next week.” Now going to civil court, the suit claims that the alleged violations “are wildly disproportionate and overly harsh.” “If these actions go unremedied, everything that [Choi] has spent the better part of the last 20 years working towards academically will be for naught, and her future career prospects and good name seriously marred,” the lawsuit claims. Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Ebola Victim Had Treatment Delays OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone did not receive aggressive treatment until nearly two weeks after he first started showing symptoms — a delay that doctors said probably made it impossible for anyone to save his life. Dr. Martin Salia was in the 13th day of his illness when he reached Omaha on Saturday. He had waited three days to be formally diagnosed after an initial test for Ebola came back negative. He then waited five more days to be flown to the United States. By the time the 44-year-old Maryland man got
to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, the deadly virus had done too much damage, shutting down Salia’s kidneys and making breathing difficult, doctors said. He died Monday. “In the very advanced stages, even the modern techniques we have at our disposal are not enough to help these patients once they reach a critical threshold,” said Dr. Jeffrey Gold, chancellor of the medical center. The virus has already killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa.
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Encouraging A Diverse Faculty At Cornell LAST FALL, FORMER PROVOST KENT FUCHS INTRODUCED a new initiative that focuses on including more women and underrepresented minorities among Cornell faculty. Over the past year, each college has devised a specific process for accountability that works in the atmosphere of the individual college, and the measures are now officially being implemented across the University. We at The Sun commend Cornell for continuing its commitment to supporting a diverse faculty. Diversity is an integral value at Cornell, yet while there are many measures in place to ensure a diverse student body, the faculty is much less diverse. In 2013, only 29.2 percent of faculty members were female and 7.2 percent were underrepresented minorities, according to the Diversity and Inclusion Report. These numbers represent an increase from 2010, when only 26.7 percent of faculty were women and 6.3 percent were underrepresented minorities. This new initiative requires each college to instate “formal search accountability measures that actively engage the dean’s office — or an equivalent college-level oversight function — at key junctures in the faculty search process,” according to Yael Levitte, associate vice provost for faculty development and diversity. These key times include the initiation process, before inviting a candidate to interview, and before an offer is made. We at The Sun feel the smaller number of underrepresented minorities, as well as women, is unacceptable. It is imperative that the University continue to monitor the makeup of the faculty and to strictly enforce the new recruitment policies. Further, we encourage the University to continue to keep this issue in mind as it moves forward, and to add and refine policies as necessary.
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r swear like a smart sailor — it may just be me, but the words I use to doesn’t really matter. Clichéd express myself when I bomb a prelim are expressions usually drive me the same as the ones I use to celebrate crazy, but they’re what came to my mind when I get somewhere close to the mean first when I read over David Zha’s ’15 arti- (guess which one happens more often). In cle last week. Don’t worry — I’m not fact, a recent study quoted by Time maggoing to address his piece directly, mainly azine claims that swearing is more than a because Jevan Hutson ’16, Joseph kind of an emotional release, saying, “We Fridman ’17 and Arthur Peterson ’15 want to use taboo words when we are already did so quite eloquently in their emotional. We grow up learning what guest column; I am, however, going to these words are and using these words bring up the struggle surrounding the while we are emotional can help us to feel other f-word. stronger.” Deciding whether or not to use profanYet no matter how easily we may accept ity in my writing has always been an issue other colorful displays of emotions, it is for me. Senior year hard to think of Hebani wrote swears becoming about learning At the same time, however, I completely intewhat the middle grated into our don’t understand what is so society (can you finger meant for the first time in imagine a parent wrong about profanity to her college essay, encouraging their and it took every begin with. Are swear words five year old to ounce of her scream “shit” every not another way to express time he or she fell willpower to not drop the f-bomb emotions? Doesn’t profanity off the bed? (considering it was Because I can’t.) allow us to bring rage, so relevant to the Instead, it might topic itself ). a better idea to frustration, sometimes even be There’s a certain recognize the fine hesitancy that folline between when happiness and a lack of lows a writer as profanity is used containment to the surface? effectively they hover over a to keyboard, conflictexpress emotions ed over what and when it is simadding an expletive to a piece of writing ply a sign of ignorance. A lack of control might do. The “good person” in me always over how you choose to express your feelwants to censor what I write; not everyone ings does not help your argument in any uses profanity, and to make others feel way; no one likes talking to a person withuncomfortable with my writing is not out a filter. Words are powerful; use them something I aim to do (note: Eulogy to in a way that allows each one to carry the the F-Word). At the same time, however, I weight that it deserves. don’t understand what is so wrong about profanity to begin with. Are swear words not another way to express emotions? Duggal is a freshman in the College of Doesn’t profanity allow us to bring rage, Hebani Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hdugfrustration, sometimes even happiness and gal@cornellsun.com. Teach Me How to Duggal a lack of containment to the surface? It appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
CORRECTION A Nov. 14 news story, “New Measures Underway in Faculty Hiring Process,” incorrectly said the CU-ADVANCE grant was awarded to the College of Engineering. In fact, the grant was awarded to Cornell and was cost shared with the provost’s office.
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of the day Comment IFC Criticism: Deon Thomas | It’s Not Me, It’s You
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hey could have done nothing. Sitting in their room shrinking in fear at the potential backlash they could face. Pushed up against a wall by the accusations brought about by the perception of their culture. With many perpetuating the image of them as rape culture-supporting, chauvinistic and misogynistic jerks through online comments and word-of-mouth it would be easy to respond with cowardly conduct. But they did not. They spoke out. They voiced that they would no longer stand up for this atrocious behavior. They took the first step toward discussing what has been ignored for far too long. Putting their names out in the open for potential criticism from those who refuse to accept that rape culture exists. However, to my bewilderment, they faced an opposition composed of the people that fight against rape culture tooth and nail. The ones I assumed would be among the biggest supporters disclosed that they were anything but. Is this opening paragraph a bit dramatic? Yes. But nonetheless, when putting yourself in the mind of the creators of the IFC video, it’s hard not to assume that this is the emotional process they were faced with. That is when I decided it was necessary to analyze the situation further. One of the biggest issues I have with the criticism the IFC has faced is the complete and utter lack of possible proposals being presented. I’ve never quite understood the point of criticizing an initiative without presenting other more productive and realistic alternatives. Fraternities have been on campus for over a hundred years now, so when I read that a freshman on campus believes that “[fraternities] need to be gotten rid of,” I begin to question first his sincerity and then his sanity. To state that we need to get rid of fraternities because they have displayed “violence, sexism, racism, classism and queerphobia” is ridiculous when you realize that our educational system, police forces and military have demonstrated all of the above yet I sure as hell am thankful for my education and safety. It is entirely unreasonable to propose that because of
It is entirely unreasonable to propose that because of certain flaws in an institution we must first dissolve it before other more rational approaches. certain flaws in an institution we must first dissolve it before other more rational approaches can be taken. I completely respect, but do not agree with, the opinion that fraternities are so burdened by sexism and negative culture that the only way to fix them is to get rid of them altogether. However, when I think of the fact that the Voting Rights Act was not passed until 1965 — which fully allowed racial minorities to vote in America — and by 2008 the United States elected a racial minority as President, it is hard to believe that bigotry can be so institutionalized that it cannot be altered. We must accept that we live in a new age of awareness when it comes to sexual violence as well. The fact that Bill Cosby potentially raped up to 13 women throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and it didn’t get widespread media attention until now is a testament to this change. With all this in mind, I strongly believe that with certain policies and further awareness we can make strong strides, even in the perceived cesspits of sexual violence. Do not develop the notion that I am defending fraternities nor that I am supporting the video. I am, however, pleading the critics to alter their ways. Instead of calling for the improbable downfall of fraternal organizations, demand the far more likely, actionable steps that you believe could potentially promote institutional change. Feel free to be a critic, but be a realistic and helpful one. Another one of the criticisms was that there was not enough programming infiltrating the houses on campus. But when you realize that 75 percent of fraternity members are being forced to attend consent education training, you must accept that they are being tangibly reached. Training will hopefully change the behavior of fraternity members and at the very least help raise awareness. I agree that these trainings sessions will not be enough, so a fair criticism would be to make sure that this is only a first step of many to come for the IFC. Another big issue with these criticisms is the negative change that it causes. A colossal issue that promotes rape culture is passivity. This strong backlash will only prove to IFC members that it is better to stay silent and receive far less press on the issue than to speak out against it and face strong opposition. We need to encourage this behavior, not combat it. In a negotiation, you never ask for the impossible and refuse to compromise. If you demand the end of fraternities and offer no substitute resolutions, then change will not occur. We need discussion panels, we need victim testimonies, we need mutual respect of opinions, then we need true negotiation before any of us will be satisfied with the way things are moving. If you are stuck in your ways and continue to act as an impediment in the course towards change I want you to know that it’s not me, it’s you. Deon Thomas is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com. It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
“I love reading and consider myself somone who is always reading a book. But that’s not really true anymore because since coming to Cornell three years ago I think I have only been able to read one book of my own choosing during the school year.”
Cornell Student Re: “GOLDFINE | The Fiction of Reading in College,” Arts and Entertainment, published November 12, 2014
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s I’m sure most of you know Police Department investigation by now, the Cornell Football into the incidence, including the team’s win against Columbia fact that TPD never obtained a University on Sunday was an his- DNA sample from Winston toric occasion. In the Empire State despite the fact that the comBowl (because apparently being the plainant identified Winston by only two Ivies in New York State name. After the investigation was qualify you to have an annual foot- dropped, Winston went on to win ball game called the “Empire State the National Championship and Bowl”), Cornell beat Columbia 30 the Heisman Trophy (the highest to 27 in a matchup that subsidiary honor for a collegiate football playof ESPN and progeny of Nate er). Silver’s statistical weapon of a mind, Winston was in the news again Fivethirtyeight.com, called, “The when an FSU disciplinary hearing Worst College Football Game in concerning the sexual assault comThe Worst College Football Town.” plaint from late 2012 was pushed Yes, the epic matchup of Cornell’s back two weeks. First of all, it seems 0-8 squad versus Columbia’s equal- ridiculous to me that FSU has waitly cringeworthy 0-8 team in a stadi- ed this long to conduct this hearum 100 city blocks away from ing. It will be two years from the Columbia’s main campus ended initial sexual assault complaint once with Cornell (1-8) victorious over it finally takes place. Second, the Columbia (0-9), taking home the fact that a hearing that could detercoveted Empire State Bowl (an mine disciplinary sanctions against object that looks more like an over- Winston was rescheduled to take sized flower vase than ornate, crys- place after the final two games in talline symbol of victorious con- FSU’s currently undefeated season quest). Although the Cornell team seems like some fishy business to goes into its last game of the season me. with only a losing record and a troLet’s turn quickly to last season’s phy from a named game that has its National Championship Defensive origins in a marketing campaign MVP, Winston’s teammate P.J. from 2010, I’d much rather have Williams. A month ago, FSU’s Cornell’s problems than the issues starting cornerback P.J. Williams that defending National Champion was involved in a car accident that Florida State University has. resulted in both cars being totaled Last season, Florida State won and two tickets for Williams. the 2014 Vizio BCS National Immediately after the crash — Championship Game by a score of 34-31 against the I think it would also be naive to suggest Auburn Tigers. Two that these incidents are isolated ones important players for the Florida State side that take place in a town that is simply were quarterback too football-crazy for its own good. Jameis Winston (named Most Valuable Offensive Player) and cor- which occurred at 2:37 a.m. after nerback P.J. Williams (named Most an FSU victory on Oct. 5 — Valuable Defensive Player), both of Williams and his two passengers whom have been in the news lately fled the scene of the accident, for the wrong reasons. Winston, in returning 20 minutes later, accordparticular, has courted controversy ing the police report filed by the for much of his time at Florida Tallahassee Police Department as State, most notably an investigation reported by various news outlets. I in 2013 for allegations of a sexual would love to include a link to the assault against a fellow student that police report, but it was not posted occured in 2012, a shoplifting cita- to the Tallahassee Police tion (the victim: Publix, the Department’s database of police shoplifted item: crab legs) and a calls, a problem that the TPD one game suspension for standing attributed to a technical glitch. on a table in the FSU student Elijah Stiers, a lawyer who union and screaming a lewd com- helped write Florida legislation ment, the likes of which is unprint- regarding penalties for hit-andable in this newspaper. runs, was quoted in a New York In an exhaustive investigation Times article about this specific published in the New York Times, case, saying, “at the very least you’ve Walt Bogdanich examined the cir- got to charge them with a hit and cumstances that lead to Florida run. … You don’t get out of it just State Attorney Willie Meggs declar- because you come back to the ing in December 2013 that no sex- scene.” The Times article also menual assault charges would be filed tions that the TPD furnished them against Winston, finding certain with seven reports of other irregularities in the Tallahassee instances where drivers in accidents
had fled for a brief amount of time, but these accidents all resulted in no or minor damage, according to the Times. FSU President John Thrasher responded in a Tallahassee Democrat article, saying, “We are disturbed that a newspaper with a distinguished reputation would print such a speculative story.” Yes, the story is obviously speculative, but I believe that the FSU administration should be more disturbed that it seems entirely possible that a University that makes millions of dollars by turning their “studentathletes” into a spectacle could potentially inspire favoritism in the justice system. Such favoritism might manifest itself as missteps that could potentially not allow the finding of enough evidence to convict a star quarterback of rape (resulting in dropped charges), the pushing back of a hearing to conveniently coincide with the end of the football season or the bending of hit-and-run regulations because the perpetrator came back to the scene 20 minutes later. Avowedly, that previous sentence is speculative. Obviously, the few alleged blemishes on the face of the justice system that I have highlighted in this column are likely not indicative of the treatment that every University’s athletes face. However, I think it would also be naive to suggest that these incidents are isolated ones that take place in a town that is simply too footballcrazy for its own good. There are other examples, the ongoing Administrationassisted academic integrity violations at the University of North Carolina come to mind here. A one-sentence overview of the scandal: For nearly 20 years, studentathletes (as well as other students) have been enrolling in fake “paper classes” to maintain their NCAA eligibility, a system that has failed to lift some UNC athletes above an elementary school reading level. Universities should view the amount of deference placed on toptier athletic programs as an existential threat to their very educational foundation. Until student-athletes are treated the same way as as other students by their Universities and the surrounding community, the latter half of their identifying compound noun will always trump being a student. David Fischer is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at dfischer@cornellsun.com. Fischy Business appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Häxan: Delicious Blasphemy at Sage Chapel BY KATIE O’BRIEN Sun Staff Writer
There was something deliciously blasphemous about sitting in Sage Chapel among the religious icons, waiting for Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages to begin. Presented in connection to the Surrealism and Magic exhibit at the Johnson and the Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival, with a live score by electro-acoustic group TRANSIT New Music, the nighttime showing of this 1922 Swedish/Danish avant-garde silent film drew a crowd that completely filled the pews. When the lights dropped, leaving Sage in a glowing dimness, the film — part documentary, part fiction — proceeded in three parts. The first gave some history of the belief in witchcraft and sorcery in the 15th and 16th centuries as an attempt to understand the “incomprehensible,” alternating black text screens (in silent film fashion) with images of superstitious art. The music remained low and rumbly for this section, until a picture of devils torturing humans suddenly came to fiery life in a jerky, chaotic animation, to the violin screaming and the piano pounding. That was when the film really started. The second section was fiction, and began with a humpbacked old woman limping around a tiny cottage. She opens a bundle of twigs to reveal a decomposed corpse, and complains that the thief’s finger is too dried up to have any healing power. Then, she prepares a snake and frog to be stewed into a potion, except the frog keeps comically jumpings out of the pot, to “boings” from the percussion. Witch! The scenes began to show that belief in witchcraft stemmed from belief in the devil, a belief so strong he “became real” for people. The director, Benjamin Christensen, played the devil — a humanoid, horned, goatlike creature who constantly had his brow furrowed and his tongue waggling. (He also played Jesus Christ in the one scene he appeared. Hmm). Christensen portrayed the medieval superstitious imagination through grotesque and fantastical scenes, including ones of witches flying and dancing and doing generally witchy things, the devil showing up at win-
dows and putting people in trances and women dancing with the devil and lining up to kiss him in the “behind.” These scenes were interspersed with more realist scenes of the progression from fear that someone had been bewitched, to hysterically making an accusation, to women like Maria the Weaver being dragged off and interrogated by bald, overweight, power-hungry priests who would stop at nothing short of a confession, and spin any action into proof of guilt. Did you know that the test of throwing a witch in the water to see if she floats was actually practiced? I thought Monty Python made that up! The most disturbing part of the film showcased medieval torture devices, driving home the point that cent inno-
women were manipulated and tortured into confessing their witch-hood. Each “witch” gave away 10 other witches, and protesting a witch’s arrest or refusing to witness against one meant you were a witch too: “It was dangerous to be old and ugly, but not safe to be young and pretty either.” The film took a very sympathetic angle toward the accused and a harsh and critical angle toward the church — rightly so, as eight million
people were burned as witches during this period. Häxan was engrossing to watch and TRANSIT’s rich live music made the experience so much better — there were beautiful piano solos and jumpy chords, rumbling atmospheric cello, eerie violin, strange electronic mumblings and pretty much every type of percussion, from a gong to what looked like a xylophone. The music captured the mood of the scenes perfectly, going from minimal to all-out at the intense moments, ringing against the echoey chapel walls. The final section of the film jarringly compared the hysteria around belief in witches of the middle ages to modern treatment of the mentally ill, implying that persecution of “witches” often derived from a lack of understanding mental illness. Scenes depicting a nun in a church, compelled by the devil to leave her bed with a knife and drive it into the host in the tabernacle, cut back and forth with scenes of a modern woman compelled by an “unknown force” to get up in the middle of the night and light matches. In both cases, the women were sleepwalking in states of hysteria, acting out their greatest fear — the nun had a paralyzing fear of the devil, while the modern woman had a paralyzing fear of fire. The subtitles (which somehow managed to have a dry sense of humor and be dripping with irony, even in translation) pointed out that yes, in medieval times they burned people as witches, but in modern times, we still mistreat and put away the mentally ill, the unhappy, the old and the poor, consoling ourselves with the thought that we are not as barbaric as they were in the middle ages. No wonder Häxan was banned in the United States when it came out. The final image of the film was one of bodies burning at the stake, which then cut to a black screen with a single word: “SLUT.” For a second I thought that was hilariously thought provoking and feminist, until I realized that’s the Swedish word for “END.” However, the whole film was fascinating, informative and still very thought-provoking, and the experience of watching it in Sage with live music was definitely one of a kind. Katie O’Brien is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun.com.
Tafelmusik Brings Otherworldly Sound to Cornell BY TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer
English physicist Norman Robert Campbell once wrote, “Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than music would be what it is if Bach, Beethoven and Wagner had never lived.” This statement has rarely been so obvious as it was on Saturday night, when Toronto-based Tafelmusik proved distinction as one of the world’s finest Baroque ensembles with its presentation of The Galileo Project. The orchestra’s double-bass player, Alison Mackay, conceived the program when she was invited to commemorate the
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400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s astronomical telescope. The result could hardly have been more apt, for the Italian astronomer’s love of physics was known to extend almost as deeply into the heart of music as to the heavens that set it beating. Father Vincenzo, in fact, passed on to his son a love for the lute, an instrument Galileo continued to play throughout his final years, blind though he was and under house arrest for heresy by order of the Inquisition. Tafelmusik’s performance — last of the fall Cornell Concert Series — was a master class in pastiche, shuffling evocative readings (courtesy of actor Shaun Smyth) of Shakespeare, Ovid, Kepler and Galileo himself, among others, into a contemporaneous playlist, all while images from the Hubble and tasteful computer-generated COURTESY OF TAFELMUSIK sequences were being projected onto a circle suspended at stage rear. Even more delightful was the fact that Tafelmusik played without scores. Originally a logistical necessity brought on by the low lighting required for the visuals, this dynamic liberated the 17-member orchestra — save for its bench-bound harpsichordist — in remarkably creative ways. Choreographic variations grew organically out of sonic ones
and found the musicians sometimes among the audience, playing in the wings of the hall, or ambulating about the stage in veritable planetary orbits. These movements further translated into conversational banter, which on occasion threw the two cellists into intense dialogues or, as in the case of the Vivaldi concerto that opened the program, goaded the violin soloists with syllogistic zeal. The musical infrastructure was thus pillared by its most popular culls, by which was served a delectable assortment of incidental music by Lully, Monteverdi, Purcell and Rameau, all leading to the glorious sinfonia from J. S. Bach’s 29th cantata. Central to the program’s conceptual integrity, however, was something quantifiable by no mere intersection of sound and science. It was, for lack of a more effective connotation, the timeless “spirit” of invention, observation and revolution that made every note sing. In this respect, some of the darkest moments of the concert were also its most compelling, as when a narrative description about the death of Galileo’s beloved daughter gave way to a toccata for solo lute composed by his younger brother Michelangelo. The intimacy of this downtime said more about celestial mysteries than the numbers employed to explain them. Tafelmusik’s slogan may be “World-renowned, Future-bound,” but The Galileo Project showcased an unbreakable bondage to the past in kind. The end effect continues to reverberate in this reviewer’s mind, which nevertheless labors to return the favor in these constellations of words and hopes that, somewhere in the universe, Mr. Galilei was listening. Tyran Grillo is a grad student at Cornell University. He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun.com.
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Alright, Alright, Alright: A Retrospective on Richard Linklater
ith the release of the documentary 21 Years: Richard Linklater and the awards season buzz surrounding this summer’s groundbreaking Boyhood, us cineastes feel it’s time for a retrospective on a director who’s been a very good friend to us: Richard Linklater. As a director, Linklater’s films are characterized by a focus on character rather than narrative, a leisurely pace and a very subtle, softspoken tone. Buildings don’t blow up, cameras don’t fly out of control as they might under the hand of Scorsese. Mostly people just meet and talk and share insights about life, usually over a 24-hour period, or in the case of Boyhood, a 12-year one. Linklater’s films are also beguiling, profound and riveting, precisely because of their lack of these movie clichés and how closely to home all of them tend to hit. While Linklater struc-
the same kind of nonintrusive, refined maturity that comes through in his scripts. He has a very wise, measured approach to his material, never getting in the way of its power, like so many other trigger-happy auteurs, out of a desire to make the audience pay attention to him. Unlike most directors, he puts complete trust in his characters and his actors to hold the audience’s attention. As a result, his films are marked by an innate ability to capture magical moments in the mundane, trivial aspects of life. Ethan Hawke remarks in the documentary that real life is magical enough, and Linklater knows how to hone in on that. Here, then, is a retrospective of the accomplished and sometimes overlooked director (he has yet to receive a Best Director nomination) with selections from his filmography, some appraised and some underappreciated. Each one of them shows a mastery of the craft of film matched by a modesty that is rare to find in a director or in his films these days. As Matthew McConaughey put it, “Alright, alright, alright, Ricky-Ticky Linklater.”
Guest Room Mark DiStefano tured an entire trilogy around two people walking around chatting in three different cities, that trilogy happens to be perhaps the purest, most intimate meditation on what it means to find, and keep, true love. Very few moments in his films feel faked — there is a sense of authenticity to them that way, way too often is lost in today’s behemoth pictures, and even in the independent sector. Linklater’s writing is sharp and original without ever drawing attention to itself — the exact opposite effect of the pen of another talented writer like, say, Quentin Tarantino. It would surprise many a viewer to learn that the Before trilogy was carefully scripted, each line pre-planned and not a word improvised. The dialogue is just so believable that many would think it was entirely made up on the spot. In fact, all of Linklater’s films feel entirely improvised, but as the filmmaker has stated, “There is no reality in film — it’s all a huge construct.” The remarkable quality all his films share is that they do not feel directed. As a director, Linklater demonstrates COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Slacker (1991): The indie circuit smash that launched Linklater’s career and inspired a generation of guerilla filmmakers including Kevin Smith (Clerks) and Jason Reitman (Juno). Structured entirely around the nonsequiturs of several people in Austin, Texas on a particular day, the film was shot on a shoestring and indeed is a callto-arms for all wannabe filmmakers out there: Get up and make a film, you slacker! Dazed and Confused (1993): A cult classic about the last day of high school in a small Texas town, circa 1976, that introduced us to many future stars: McConaughey, Anthony Rapp, Parker Posey and Ben Affleck. A great stoner comedy, a great character drama and a great amount of fun. And for all you
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fans out there, is Linklater currently at work on a pseudo-sequel set in the ’80s entitled That’s What I’m Talking About, coming some time in 2015. B e f o r e S u n r i s e ( 1 9 9 5 ) : Perhaps the best film in the Before trilogy, this film recreates with greater authenticity than any other I have seen, the magical experience of falling in love. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are two strangers who meet by chance on a train in Vienna and spend the night wandering around the city, sharing perspectives on life. There would be two more installments in the series, but never another film like this. The Newton Boys (1998): Despite its middling critical reception, this is actually an entertaining and surprisingly funny caper that stars McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich and Vincent D’Onofrio as four brothers who just so happen to be the most successful bank-robbing rat pack in American history. Like all of Linklater’s work, this one is fun, charming and light on its feet. Well worth a watch. Waking Life (2001): A really trippy, visually inimitable drama produced using rotoscoped animation, which focuses on the same classic themes from Linklater’s career: average characters and ordinary situations. School of Rock (2003): Linklater and Jack Black turned what should’ve been a formulaic kid’s movie into a rock ‘n roll cult classic. Black is Dewey Finn, a down-on-his luck rocker who impersonates a substitute teacher to rally his class into playing a battle of the band competition. The performances are all honest, and that’s what elevates this feel-good genre pic above the rest. Before Sunset (2004): Second installment in the Before trilogy; Hawke
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and Delpy meet again in Paris, both now a decade older and scuffed by divorce and career failure, and decide whether to rekindle their relationship once it becomes apparent they are still desperately in love with each other. The ending is a breath-taker. Me and Orson Welles (2008): Solid drama in which Zac Efron gives his best performance as a 20-year old cast in Orson Welles’ legendary production of Julius Caesar at the Mercury Theater in 1937. Bernie (2011): Another career-best for Jack Black, who plays a mild-mannered murder convict with surprising depth. Matthew McConaughey, as a hilariously determined county prosecutor, steals all his scenes. Before Midnight (2013): One of the best-received films of last year, Before Midnight is the darkest and most provocative of the three in the series. Once you’ve found love, what does it take to keep it alive? Hawke and Delpy, now married with kids for ten years, are forced to reckon with that question while on vacation in Greece. Boyhood (2014): The best-received film of this year (99 percent on Rotten Tomatoes), Boyhood’s merits need no more discussion from The Sun. It’s a truly beautiful movie. Go see it. Mark DiStefano is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears on Tuesdays this semester.
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Giants Suffer as Manning Flails EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Sitting at home hours after tying his career-worst game with five interceptions, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning couldn’t avoid watching the video of the frustrating loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Five interceptions in 45 passes, or one every nine throws. Five interceptions in a game that sent the Giants (3-7) to their fifth straight loss. Five interceptions in a 16-10 loss, including three on plays that started in San Francisco territory. It was akin to last season, when Manning threw a career-worst 27 interceptions. It was also out of char-
acter for this season. Coming into the game, Manning had thrown six picks all season in the new west coast offense. Bad Eli returned at the worst time, and it was hard for him to turn the page Sunday night. “Sometimes you don’t always see it exactly how you thought you saw it on certain plays,” Manning said Monday. “You try to learn from it. It’s hard to put it behind you. It kind of wakes you up and you start thinking about it at night also when you are trying to sleep. Plays you wish you had back or opportunities you wish you had.”
DEA Checks Up on NFL Squads (AP) Federal drug enforcement agents showed up unannounced Sunday to check at least three visiting NFL teams’ medical staffs as part of an investigation into former players’ claims that teams mishandled prescription drugs. There were no arrests, Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne said Sunday. The San Francisco 49ers’ staff was checked at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, after they played the New York Giants. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ staff was checked at Baltimore-Washington International airport after playing the Redskins. The Seattle Seahawks, who played at Kansas City, confirmed via the team’s Twitter account that they were spot-checked as well. The operation was still ongoing, and other teams may be checked later Sunday, Payne said. “DEA agents are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations as part of an ongoing investigation into potential violations of the [Controlled Substances Act],” Payne said. The spot checks were done by investigators from the federal DEA. They did not target specific teams, but were done to measure whether visiting NFL clubs were generally in compliance with federal law. Agents requested documentation from visiting teams’ medical staffs for any controlled substances in their possession, and for proof that doctors could practice medicine in the home team’s state. “Our teams cooperated with the DEA today and we have no information to indicate that irregularities were found,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email. The nationwide probe is being directed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York — where the NFL is headquartered — but involves several U.S. attorney’s offices. The investigation was sparked by a lawsuit filed in May on behalf of former NFL players going back to 1968. The number of plaintiffs has grown to more than 1,200, including dozens who played as recently as 2012. Any violations of federal drug laws from 2009 forward could also become the subject of a criminal investigation because they would not be subject to the five-year statute of limitations. “This is an unprecedented raid on a professional sports league,” said Steve Silverman, one of the attorneys for the former players. “I trust the evidence
reviewed and validated leading up to this action was substantial and compelling.” Federal prosecutors have conducted interviews in at least three cities over the past three weeks, spending two days in Los
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painkillers lawsuit, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity because prosecutors told them not to comment on the meetings.
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Red Set to Take On Colgate in Home Opener M. BASKETBALL Continued from page 16
coming close to recording the first triple double in school history. Cherry, however, also notched eight of Cornell’s 16 turnovers. George Mason was able to score 16 points off those turnovers. Courtney admitted that limiting turnovers had been a struggle for the Red. “It’s definitely an area that we’ve tried to get better at in the preseason. We know that’s an area of concern for us,” he said. “It something that we’ll continue to work on.” On Sunday, the Red were down big early against Loyola but battled all the way back before falling flat down the stretch. Cornell lost, 76-71, against the Greyhounds (1-1). The Red jumped to a quick 6-0 lead, continuing its strong defense. Loyola quickly found its rhythm and went on a 12-0 run midway through the first half, highlighted by five points from Eric Laster, who would finish with 13. The Red continued its turnover woes with nine in the first half including five from Cherry. “They beat us in loose balls, offensive rebounds, 50-50 balls,” Courtney said. “We didn’t get enough of those and they got a double digit lead.” Loyola would maintain this solid lead and finished the half with a 38-27 advantage. Going into the half down by such a margin, Courtney credits his team for their determination for getting back into the game. “They fought back like crazy in the second half — really played with a lot of fire and intensity,” he said. “I was proud of the effort our guys made to come back from a double digit deficit on the road.” Cornell started the second half strong and cut the lead to five points early on. Eric Laster quickly silenced the rally with a five points of his own to extend the lead back to double figures. For the next eight minutes, the Red hung with the Greyhounds, staying relatively close but failing to chip away at the lead. With seven minutes remaining in the game, Wil Bathurst made a lay-up to cut the lead to two. Cornell would keep at it and Shonn Miller tied up the game at 60 with a jumper. David Onuorah’s free throw would give the Red its first lead since midway through the second half. A minute later, with the scored knotted up at 64, Loyola’s
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Athleticism and adversaries | Head Coach Bill Courtney said the Red will have to take advantage of its athleticism in the game against the Raiders this weekend.
Andre Walker missed from beyond the arc. But Cam Gregory secured the offensive rebound, his fourth of the day and the Greyhounds took a two-point lead off a shot from Fritz Rassman. With 3:34 left to play, Miller sunk two free throws to tie up the game at 66. Eric Laster then made a three and the Greyhounds went on an 8-2 run that effectively put away the Red. Miller led the Red with 20 points and nine rebounds. He also had a pair of blocks and a pair of steals. Galal Cancer finished with 19 points while taking just seven shots. Robert Hatter had 17. No other player had more than seven. Cornell takes on Colgate (0-1) at home on Tuesday at 7
p.m. The Raiders dropped their first game of the season this year, 52-57, against La Salle. Colgate presents a balanced attack with strong three point shooting. In the first game of the season, four players scored in double figures for the Raiders. After facing two big, athletic teams in George Mason and Loyola, Courtney says this game will be entirely different. “They do a great job with their offensive execution, so we’re going to have to take away their threes,” he said. “We’ll probably be a little more athletic than them, so we’re going to have to use that to our advantage.” Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun.com.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Red Drops Weekend Matches By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY
and holding them to 48 points. I thought we did a terrific job on the perimeter with some of their motion sets.” The Hawks led Cornell in shooting percentages, at 34 The women’s basketball team had a disappointing start to percent from the floor and 25 percent from the three-point the season this weekend, losing two close games. The team line. Cornell ended with 31.7 percent and only 8.3 percent hosted Hartford on Friday, dropping by a narrow 48-46 from the three-point line. margin, and lost an away game at Drexel on Sunday, 62-53. “We wanted to focus on the little details, and I think we The season opener against Hartford was a nail-biter. only really did that for 20 of the 40 minutes,” Smith said. Cornell and Hartford were tied 25-25 right after halftime, On Sunday, the Red went on the road to Drexel but the Red dug in and pushed the lead up to 35-28 halfway University. Marshall again was a clutch player for the squad, through the second half. Sophomore Maddie Campbell had netting 13 points. Sophomore Megan LeDuc was right four points to give the Red a cushion of seven points, the behind her with 12 points, a career-high score. Another biggest point difference during the whole contest. Hartford career high came for Aston with 10 rebounds. The game’s answered back, and reversed the lead with a three-pointer final score of 62-53 was created largely in the first half by from senior Shanise Bultron to make the score 39-37. Drexel, who ended the half with a 36-23 lead. Drexel was The teams tied it up again at 44-44 with just over a shooting 46.2 from the floor and was 8-9 in free throws. minute left on the board. Hartford standout Deanna Mayza Four of those came late in the first half, and put Drexel in scored a three-pointer to put the Hawks in the lead 47-44, the lead at 29-19. but Cornell’s sophomore forward Nicholle Aston converted The Red cut the deficit to 38-30 early in the second half. on a layup to make the score 47-46. The Red fouled with Campbell again had an important four points on a scoring three seconds left, and Hartford made run by the visiting team. LeDuc had a one out of two foul shots. three-pointer and Campbell added two With the score 48-46 and three sec- “We wanted to focus on to make the score 38-42 with just over onds to go, sophomore forward Nia 10 minutes left in the contest. The difthe little details, and I Marshall snagged the rebound and sent ference stayed at four points with five think we only really did minutes left, 48-44, after another three it out to senior guard Christine Kline, who ran up-court and shot a three pointer by LeDuc and a jumpshot from that for 20 of the 40 pointer just after the whistle blew. Marshall were answered by points by Kline was fouled, but was not sent to minutes.” Drexel’s Megan Marecic and Kelsi the line because the foul happened after Lidge. It was a give and take for the Red Dayna Smith time had run out. The decision was after that; they traded points until made under video review, and made the Marecic and her teammates gave the end of this first game an exciting, if ultimately disappointing home team a lead of 58-50. The Red fouled with less than a opener. minute to go, and the contest ended at 62-53. “Hartford had a nice young core of sophomores that were The Red will hit the road again Wednesday. The team very athletic they run a motion and just a real aggressive up plays Colgate in Hamilton, New York. The Raiders are just and down team,” head coach Dayna Smith said. “For us we coming off a loss to another Ivy after their home opener really needed to handle some of that perimeter play and try ended with a 68-53 loss to Harvard. For Colgate, senior and contain some of their small forwards that were very ath- Carole Harris is a powerhouse who netted 19 points for the letic. And on the offense just really try and attack them. I Raiders against the Crimson. Josie Stockhill also put double thought we did a fairly good job of handling their offense digit points up, scoring 13 for Colgate.
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Close but no cigar | The Red fell in its first game by only two points for a narrow 48-46 loss.
Winning against the Raiders would be the Red’s first win and would improve Cornell’s record to 1-2. Last year, the Red trounced the Raiders in its season opener, 76-62. Cornell controlled possession throughout the game and four freshmen saw playing time. “They’re a veteran team and they’re very aggressive, very physical on defense,” Smith said. “We’re gonna have to take care of the basketball on the perimeter… really focus in on the little details.” Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.
Taking Stock of the Sports Movies We Grew Up With LEE
Continued from page 16
Cool Runnings on Disney Channel, I could always count on finding the perfect blend of feel-good moments and exhilarating sports entertainment. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who watched Otto Rocket pull some triplekickflip, reverse 360 and emulate those moves in my driveway (although realistically, my moves were similar to those of Squid, the least-talented athlete on the show). Some films like Mighty Ducks and The Sandlot encouraged me to go out and
play those sports. I can’t recall how many times I gathered up the neighborhood gang to play sports in which none of us had any formal training. My mom never played any sports growing up — she originally thought the yellow line in an NFL game was actually there on the field — and the only thing my dad played as a young adult was boxing, which we could never really practice together. My parents brought me up to understand that school came first, sports second. Because of that type of upbringing, I got my inspiration to play sports from what I saw on the television screen in movies and shows.
CROSS COUNTRY
Men Take Fifth, Women Earn Ninth at NCAA Northeast Regional Championships Last Friday, the men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to the Bronx for the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships. The sun was high in the sky as both teams stepped onto the Van Cortlandt Park Course for the highly competitive meet. Both teams had strong performances in the meet, as the women’s team finished ninth out of 40 teams and the men’s team finished fifth in its meet. On the men’s side, Syracuse, the region’s top-ranking, scored 45 points for the first place spot. Second place went to Providence, which is ranked third in the region with 48 points. Providence was followed by Iona in third place with 61 points, then Columbia with 126 points and finally Cornell with 141 points. There were many standouts in the meet, including freshman Dominic DeLuca who led Cornell with a 19th place finish.
Junior Brian Elmstad (22nd place), senior David Melly (24th place), junior Ben Rainer (31st place) and freshman Josh Dyland (45th place) all had strong performances that chilly Friday afternoon. For women, the team was led by sophomore Taylor Spillan and junior tricaptain Caroline Kellner. Kellner would be the first of Red to finish, placing 16th. She was followed by Spillan who would finish in 22nd place. Freshman Makenzie Lemieux had a solid run, finishing 61st overall and seventh strictly among freshman competitors. Senior tri-captain Marianne Collard (68th), junior Kriten Nedrach (90th), Senior Corey Dow (101st) and junior Clair DeVoe (113th) also had strong performances in the championship. — Compiled by Jacquelynn Jones
While it may seem ridiculous and difficult to fathom, I started playing basketball at a young age after watching Bugs Bunny play in Space Jam. Being a five-year-old, naïve child, I convinced myself whole-heartedly that if I kept practicing, maybe I could be good enough to beat a group of Monstars — or at least the guys who lived next door. It saddens me to look at the new generation of sports films, which lack the same quirky elements that can draw kids to sports. The top-25 rated children’s sports film on Amazon are all from my generation. None of them were made in the last 10 years. If I asked my 10-year-old cousin what his favorite sports film was, he would most likely answer with a movie that came out during my childhood rather than his. What will be the next sports film that captivates a generation of youth and sends them out into the street to learn how to play and love sports? A film that even the generation after will continue to watch religiously. It’s possible that today’s generation of youth is just more likely to play a sports video game than watch a sports film. The key difference here is that video games don’t spark the same desire to get up, go outside and actually play the sport. In a video game, you are already constantly competing against an opponent, so there is no need to take that competitive nature elsewhere. But when you watch a feel-good movie like Mighty Ducks, it makes you want to pick up a hockey stick and head out to the nearest rink. Maybe the early 2000s were just the peak of children’s sports film. There is a fundamental difference between the sports films coming out now and the ones that came out when I was growing up. Recently, it appears that these movies focus more on the emotional side of athletics rather than the entertaining, light-hearted component. Films like 42, Friday Night Lights and The Blind Side are exceptional sports films, but
they tend to place more emphasis on the drama, which isn’t going to hit home with a younger age group. The sports films that do have a lighter tone like Semi-Pro, Benchwarmers and The Longest Yard would not be appropriate for most children. It has become harder to find the balance that movies of my generation found so easily. One thing movies do extremely well is provide a sense of nostalgia. Watching a familiar movie scene can instantly remind you of that time when you were eight years old without a care in the world. Like more recent movies about sports, some of my coaches emphasized the element of winning more than the element of fun. These were the coaches that I despised because they were the ones who sat the kid who was not that great at basketball on the bench, just to win a 10-inch plastic trophy. Childhood sports films glorified that kid on the bench, and that’s what made them so relatable. Everyone loves winning the championship at the end of the season, but when I look at my fourth place house-league ribbon, my first thoughts aren’t, “man, I wish we were the best team in the league.” They’re, “We lost every game 55-10, but at least we scored 10.” I’ll remember the moments I had with my teammates that we could laugh about. Or the moment when the worst player on the team finally scored his first layup of the season nine games in. Or the moment when you heard the coach call your name during a game, and you got off the bench with pumped up adrenaline saying, “I’m ready Coach”, only to hear him say, “Perfect, can you give Hank your jersey.” It’s light-hearted moments like these that excited and stuck with me growing up, and they were captured perfectly in the sports films of my generation. Johnny Lee is a guest columnist. He can be at sports@cornellsun.com.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Red Returns From Opening Weekend With Split Record By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Staff Writer
It took three months for Cornell men’s basketball to win its first Division I game last year. This season, it took one night. With last year’s 2-26 season firmly in the past, the Red were victorious over George Mason on opening night. In front of a crowd of 6,000 strong, Cornell (1-1) beat the Patriots (1-1), 68-60, in Fairfax, Virginia, on Friday, setting the tone for what will likely be a much improved season. “Anytime you can go into someone’s arena and get a road win, it’s huge no matter where you are in the country,” said Head Coach Bill Courtney. “I thought our guys really executed the gameplan to a T and really found a way to hold [George Mason] off whenever they made runs.” Behind 21 points from both Robert Hatter and Shonn Miller, Cornell led by as many as 15 points late in the second half. Miller, playing for the first time since the 2012-13 season, also added 13 rebounds. Cornell began the night strong, taking a 16-10 lead by sinking its first four three pointers. The Red finished the half making six of eight from long range. George Mason clawed its way back and took the lead when Patrick Holloway connected on a shot from outside the arc with under six minutes left to play in the half. He would finish with a game-high 22. After David Onuorah made a free throw to cut the lead
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Switching starts | The Red scored a win over George Mason in its first game of the season, taking down the Patriots, 68-60. Last year, the Red did not record a victory until a 77-55 win over Oberlin in mid-January.
to one later, Miller ended the half by scoring the Red’s final 11 points, giving Cornell a three point lead going into halftime. In the second half, Cornell turned up the defense. Over the final 20 minutes, the Red limited the Patriots to 28.6 percent shooting. “The guys did a great job of executing defensively,” Courtney said. “They were really locked in on that end of the floor.” With the defense shutting down the Patriots, Cornell’s
offense was able to take control. The Red quickly turned a three point halftime advantage into a 10 point lead. Cornell would remain in charge for the remainder of the game. Robert Hatter lead the second half charge with 11 points on seven shots. Senior point guard Devin Cherry chipped in nine points in the second half after being held scoreless in the first period. Cherry also finished with 10 rebounds and seven assists, See M. BASKETBALL page 14
VOLLEYBALL
The Role of C.U.Ends Season With Loss to Crimson Natasha Rowland ’15 ends career ranked third for all-time program digs Sports Films In Childhood A By ANNA FASMAN
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In its closing weekend, the Cornell women’s volleyball team fell to Harvard, 3-1, ending its season eighth in the Ivy League. While the team struggled somewhat throughout the season, including against Ivy opponents, it was able to pull off a win against the top-ranked Crimson in the first set. The Red finished its season with a 6-18
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Staying in school | With only one player graduating from this year’s team, the Red will have plenty of returning faces next season.
overall record, capturing a win over No. 6 Dartmouth last weekend. Cornell was unable to ride that momentum, however, to overtake Harvard, whose impressive 19-4 record reflects the team’s high level of play and overall skill. While the women came together and fought hard for a win in the first set, they ultimately fell in the next three sets. Sophomore middle hitter Macey Wilson explained that once the team started making errors, it was hard to get back into a rhythm of strong play, a problem the team has faced throughout the season. “We just had too many errors and we let one error turn into multiple, which is something that we have struggled with all season. We have made so many improvements toward fixing this problem, yet it still affected our play against Harvard,” Wilson said. Despite the disappointment of losing its final game, the Red still had some quality moments during its season wrapup. Wilson and fellow middle hitter sophomore Jasmine Robinson both had strong games at the net, earning 17 kills between the two of them and just three errors. Sophomore setter Alyssa Phelps continued to play a strong game at the net, and senior libero Natasha Rowland continued making Cornell history, after 23 digs in her final game for the Red helped her into third place for all-time dig count for the University. “Finishing third in career digs for Cornell is a nice accomplishment that reminds me of the contribution I’ve made to Cornell Volleyball throughout my four years,” Rowland said. Wilson explained that Rowland’s was a
key player throughout the season and a reliable presence on the defensive side of the court. “In every match we played, Tash was the one person we could always count on to be outstanding,” she said. “She helped us get through a lot because of her talent in the back row and serving. She really helped this team play at a higher level.” Phelps also noted that Cornell’s tough serving and overall strong gameplay is really what helped the team win its first set against a tough opponent, an accomplishment in itself despite an overall loss. “Although we didn’t get the win, there were some shining moments that we are really proud of,” she said. Being a team of mostly freshmen, the Red really took this season as a chance to improve and grow as a group. Besides Rowland, the team consists only of freshmen and sophomores, a fact that will hopefully lead the Red to much future success in the next couple of seasons. While right now the team’s youth may work against it, later on, having a team full of experienced upperclassmen will be an asset. Additionally, Phelps notes that the team meshes well both on and off the court, a benefit necessary for future success. “The passion that we have for the game and for each other is something you can’t teach,” she said. “We went into every game knowing that we were playing for each other and I think that’s something really special.” Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.
s a kid, I used to replay the final scene of The Sandlot over and over in my head, sliding into home plate as if I was Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez. I spent more time trying to perfect the Knuckle Puck Slapshot than I did practicing the piano. I convinced
Johnny Lee Guest Column myself that if I just stretched enough, my arm could also extend from half court to the rim without a problem. These iconic sports films — The Sandlot, The Mighty Ducks and Space Jam — are just a few of the ones that showed me the lighter side of sports when I was growing up. These movies showcased the fact that there’s more to sports than just competition. Whether I was turning on Nickelodeon for another episode of Rocket Power or watching reruns of See LEE page 15