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Is a Candidate Lying About Her Cornell Degree?

By MARIN LANGLIEB Sun Staff Writer

A candidate for a local government position in Washington state is facing questions over whether she lied about having earned a degree from Cornell in her campaign materials after the University said it could not find any records of her graduating.

Joy Langley, who is running for city council in Mercer Island, Washington, has released a small picture of what she claims is her Cornell degree in philosophy, which she says she earned in 2004 after studying at both Ithaca College and Cornell.

But a Cornell spokesperson, John Carberry, told The Sun that there are no records of Langley graduating from the University.

“After receiving numerous inquiries and speaking directly with Ms. Langley, Cornell University re-examined its digital and paper archives, at the university and college level, and can confirm that we have no record of a person named Joy Langley or Joy Esther Langley attending or graduating from this institution,” Carberry said.

Requests sent to Langley’s campaign email were not returned by the candidate.

John Wyble, a member of her campaign, did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Friday after saying earlier in the week that he would be LANGLEY available for an interview to discuss “Joy’s campaign and the issues with Cornell.”

Langley listed on her LinkedIn profile that she graduated from Cornell, but on Thursday removed any reference to her graduating from the University. On Friday, the reference to her graduating from Cornell was back on her profile.

Langley told the Mercer Island Reporter that she had sealed her records because she was being stalked and that her time in college was a “very scary time for me.”

“That’s the reason why the records are sealed so tightly, that’s the reason why I’m not entirely eager to crack them open again,” she told the newspaper.

A friend of Langley’s, Dan Dimendberg, told The Seattle Times he attended Cornell and George Washington University with Langley, where she earned a master’s degree.

Dimendberg told the paper that he is aware of the stalking incident at Cornell that she was referring to.

But Carberry, the Cornell spokesman, said See DEGREE page 4

COURTESY OF ITHACA COLLEGE

Queen of the hill | Dr. Shirley Collado, the first person of color to lead Ithaca College and the first Dominican-American to lead any U.S. college, was inaugurated on Saturday in a ceremony that brough thousands to Ithaca’s South Hill.

I.C. Inaugurates President Collado

By GIRISHA ARORA

in February following a unanimous decision by the IC Board of Trustees and took office on July 1, The Sun previously reported.

With a momentous ceremony on Saturday, Dr. Shirley After being named president, Collado, who is the first M. Collado took the helm as Ithaca College’s ninth pres- person in her extended-family to graduate from college, ident. talked of adopting a leadership Collado, in a speech at inaustyle that was “authentic, “When boundaries disappear, guration, highlighted the colvisionary, courageous, real, lege’s power to create “excepaction-oriented and inclusive.” we can realize the full potential tional higher education” in the Her appointment came after of a residential college campus.” country and defended the instithe previous president, Tom tution as a “brave space” to pracRochon, resigned following Shirley Collado tice intellectual inquiry. months of protests and walkCollado is the second woman outs over his administration’s to hold IC’s top role in its 125-year history and is the first handling of multiple incidents regarding race. Students person of color to do so. She is also the first Dominican- walked out in November 2016, protesting what they said American to lead a U.S. college, the college said in a was racial profiling by police officers and racially insensirelease.

Collado was announced as the institution’s president See INAUGURATION page 4 Sun Assistant News Editor

Three Face Off to Represent Fifth Ward Tuesday election for area that includes North Campus

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Senior Writer

Ithaca residents will choose between three candidates who are vying to represent the city’s Fifth Ward, which includes portions of North Campus, on Tuesday in a special election.

Melissa Hall, Aryeal Jackson and Laura Lewis all have stressed the need to create affordable housing and improve communication between the city and its residents.

They are running for a seat on Common Council that was vacated by former Alderperson Josephine Martell, who stepped down in August because she moved out of the district. Michael Decatur is currently filling in

for Martell’s seat on an interim basis and is not running for the role.

An Ithaca native, Hall says the “deep connections” she has made with people in all walks of life in Ithaca — through combatting homelessness and providing free attorneys to Ithacans — will help her in representing the Fifth Ward if elected.

“I work at the Assigned Counsel Program and see many people that I went to school with or grew up with in and out of the criminal justice system,” she said. Some are selling drugs because they are addicted or because it is “the best option they had to earn a living,” she said.

Jackson, a reporter at WRFI, said her ability to communicate in a way that is

“respectful and introspective” and “marry complicated ideas with a simple approach” is what makes her the best candidate for the position.

Jackson said she would incorporate constituents into her decision process, and that after she masters various policy issues she will say to constituents: “This is what the nuts and bolts are, help me make a decision with you.”

Following three decades of living in Fall Creek and actively participating in various levels of Democratic politics, Lewis said she is the most qualified candidate for the position. Martell has endorsed Lewis, telling The Sun by text that Lewis is a “smart, capable and lovely woman.”

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Parade Celebrates Veterans in Advance of Holiday

By MOLLIE CRAMER Sun Staff Writer

Veterans, Cornell ROTC students and Boy Scouts trudged through the rain on Sunday, greeted by a crowd waving American flags as they continued a tradition by celebrating at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in advance of Veterans Day on Saturday.

Army Lt. Col. David Barber, professor of military science at Cornell, said he brought ROTC students downtown to continue the tradition of marching in the parade with the Ithaca community. Barber said every veteran in the parade felt like a member of his family.

“It’s sort of the handshake between the old veterans and the younger, soon-to-be veterans,” Barber told The Sun. “It motivates the cadets and shows them that it’s a brotherhood-sisterhood type deal that, after you get done with your service, no matter if you do three years or 30 years, that you’ll always have a family away from family in terms of the family that was in uniform.”

Retired Army Cpl. Ron Schaefer, who served from 1963-65, said he a felt a sense of camaraderie among veterans. Veterans Day, he said, is a patriotic celebration and should mean something different to everybody. For him, it’s about connecting with fellow veterans.

“It’s a big connection because we’ve all gone through that same sort of thing, that same training,” Schaefer said. “So that’s why you see so much camaraderie, is because you could be in a group with a [retired member of the Coast Guard], but he still went through a similar thing as you.”

The connections stretch further than between veterans to between veterans and future military members. Barber said it is important for ROTC students to participate in Veteran’s Day events like this because they are interacting with members of their own community.

“It makes them feel [like] part of the military because Cornell is sometimes that bubble,” Barber said.

“They’re striving for experiences to try to figure out what the military is like and this is just another one of those things they can put in their backpack and go, ‘I remember how the older veterans came out and supported me as I was walking here.’

“So, maybe it’ll inspire them to support and keep supporting the veterans community once they get out of uniform,” he added.

Karen Oliva and her daughter, Lindsey Oliva, participated in the parade with the Broome County Celtic Pipes and Drums group. Lindsey’s grandfather was a WWII veteran, so the mother-daughter duo wanted to come out and support veterans, despite the dreary

City Establishes South Hill Overlay District

By ANU SUBRAMANIAM Sun Staff Writer

Responding to an outcry from Ithaca residents who say the South Hill neighborhood is losing green space and that Ithaca College students are rowdier than ever before, Common Council voted 9-1 to establish a South Hill overlay district and restrict development in the area.

The amendment to the city code alters the zoning map to include a South Hill Overlay District. Restrictions for the district are intended to reduce infill development, multiple buildings built largely for students on single plots that are increasing the density of the area.

“I would like to see Ithaca College take a more responsible role in the behavior of their students.”

Cynthia Brock Some South Hill residents told Common Council members that they wanted the overlay district because they are concerned about their neighborhood’s future, both in terms of its atmosphere and visual aesthetic.

Many South Hill residents have been concerned with the number of properties being built solely for students and how by building these properties, the neighborhood is getting more crowded.

South Hill resident Pam Mackesey spoke on behalf of a group and emphasized that South Hill residents have consistently been some of the “most consistently and persistently active” in the city.

“A number of us have been coming here for years,” Mackesey said. “We fought for that traffic light on Hillview [Place] and Aurora [Street] so kids could walk to South Hill School, and now you can’t even get past that intersection without that light. This shows how

much South HIll residents care about where they live.”

John Graves, another South Hill resident, said there is not a need for additional housing for students because there are already vacancies in the college’s student housing.

“Designing buildings for students when not needed is not a good reason to destroy a residential neighborhood,” Graves said.

The alderpersons who voted in favor of the overlay district said it would positively impact the neighborhood and give them time to analyze the current development situation. Many of the alderpersons said they were concerned that most of the developments were geared toward student residents.

“Typically, we all agree that infill development is beneficial, and it is in the comprehensive plan, but what we’re seeing in South HIll is negative infill development, and this overlay district will essentially put a pause on that until we can do a study and figure out a longer term solution for the neighborhood,” said Alderperson Seph Murtagh, who represents the Second Ward.

Alderperson Cynthia Brock, who represents the First Ward, agreed with Murtagh and further expanded on the cause of the problems and long-term solutions the council could seek for South Hill.

“I would like to see Ithaca College take a more responsible role in the behavior of their students,” Brock said. “I would like to see their peace officers support our local law enforcement the way Cornell’s does, coming off campus and helping to monitor the behavior of the students.”

“You have hundreds of students walking to and from bars, and they have an impact on the neighborhoods in between,” Brock said.

“There’s a lot of things we need to consider before we lift this overlay.”

Anu Subramaniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun.com.

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Karen admired the community focus of the event, she said, especially when she saw a little Boy Scout shake a veteran’s hand, “as an honor.”

Ithaca’s VFW and members of the community organized the parade, and the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Ithaca College helped with setup. The fraternity has helped run the Veterans Day parade for three years, its president said.

“It’s sort of the handshake between the old veterans and the younger, soon-to-be veterans.”

Lt. Col. David Barber “These are guys and girls that have fought in wars, risked their lives, done things for people that might not even know what they’ve done for them,” Andy Rossler, Kappa Sigma president said. “So for us to be able to help out and show them that people do recognize what they’ve done and the sacrifices they’ve made is a great cause.”

Mollie Cramer can be reached at mcramer@cornellsun.com.

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the University can “also confirm that the Office of the University Registrar has never received a request to make private any records related to Ms. Langley.”

When the Mercer Island Reporter, which has endorsed Langley, told the candidate that the University confirmed there were no records of her attending the school, she said she was “very confused,” “shocked,” and that it “seems like I disappeared.”

“The only thing I can chalk it up to is the university must have lost my materials,” she said.

There is a Joy Esther Langley listed as an alumna in Cornell’s people search, The Sun found, although her NetID is no longer active. Cornell did not respond to a list of questions, including why she is listed in the people search if she did not attend the University.

Langley does not appear in the 2004 Cornell yearbook.

“That’s the reason why the records are sealed so tightly, that’s the reason why I’m not entirely eager to crack them open again.”

Joy Langley The picture Langley posted, which she purports is her degree and was a small image in a collage of her academic accolades, appears to be a bachelor of arts bearing her name. The image appears to bear a Cornell seal and says it was issued in Ithaca on May 30, 2004, the day of commencement that year.

In the current iteration of the Cornell-Ithaca College exchange program, students at Ithaca College can only take a maximum of 12 credits at Cornell and the credits and transcripts are transferred back to Ithaca College. They are required to sign up for a Cornell NetID. Langley says in one section of her website that she completed her undergraduate studies in philosophy and political science at Cornell, but, in another section, says she received dual degrees from Cornell and Ithaca College in philosophy and political science.

Pamela Hanna, the undergraduate coordinator for the philosophy department, referred a request for comment to media relations.

In a statement on her website last week, Langley said that she has put all of her academic credentials on her website and called her opponents’ questioning of her credentials “attacks” on her character that have changed the tone of the race.

Marin Langlieb can be reached at mlanglieb@cornellsun.com.

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poem titled, “How to Celebrate a Revolution,” that talked about being good to our neighbors in the country’s current political climate, the tive remarks at a college event.

Ithacan reported. Collado said her husband had Collado, who received her undergraduate surprised her with the reading. degree at Vanderbilt University before earning a “When boundaries disappear, we can realize masters and a Ph.D in clinical psychology at the full potential of a residential college campus Duke University, served as the where everyone is welcome to executive vice chancellor and practice deep intellectual chief operating officer at inquiry, and everyone is “It’s difficult to be the Rutgers University before empowered to collaboratively first, to open the doors, create being named Ithaca College’s and consume knowleither as an individual or edge,” Collado said. president.

In her speech on Saturday, A woman who has shattered as an institution.”

Collado stressed the ideologies multiple glass ceilings at Ithaca of theory, practice and perforCollege and in higher educaShirley Collado mance, which stem from the tion, Collado expressed her college’s founding as the Ithaca pride regarding the history of Conservatory of Music in 1892.

Ithaca College and, she said, the fact that the In today’s political climate, Collado said, first graduating class from the conservatory had there is no “creative practice,” only dogma, high- been all-female. lighting her belief that the college needs to break “It is difficult to be the first, to open the down barriers to access and increase dialogue. doors, either as an individual or as an instituThe new president envisioned Ithaca College tion,” Collado said. “But it’s necessary.” as “a private college that truly serves a public good.”

Collado’s husband, A. Van Jordan, a professor Girisha Arora can be reached at of English at the University of Michigan, read a garora@cornellsun.com.

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Lewis, a board member of Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, said she is ready for the position after volunteering for local events, such as the Ithaca women’s march, and chairing the democratic committees of both the Fifth Ward and the City of Ithaca

“We want to make sure an affordable home remains an affordable home in perpetuity.”

Laura Lewis As Hall juggled transitioning to a single-parent household while trying to remain in the Fall Creek Elementary School district, she faced the Ithaca housing crisis first hand, she said, adding that this experience makes her unique-

ly qualified to represent Fall Creek on matters of housing affordability.

“I don't believe the people who represent us on Common Council are experiencing these personal struggles,” Hall said in an email. “What better advocate for these issues than someone who is experiencing them?

Someone who has seen the perspective of the very poor on a professional capacity to her own perspective as a single mom earning what some would consider a good income.”

Jackson said that in order to get to the root of what many believe is a housing crisis in Ithaca, there needs to be a common understanding of what constitutes affordable housing.

The definition is “not consistent for anybody,” she said.

“Are you talking about single mothers like me, who are well below the poverty line but still have an education? Are you talking about students, are you talk-

ing about section 8,” Jackson said.

Jackson said she prefers to use a term she first heard from JoAnn Cornish, director of planning and economic development for the City of Ithaca: “workforce housing.”

“I thought that was much better, because there is a dynamic aspect to that,” she said.

Lewis said her role on the INHS board, where she helped people get affordable housing in Ithaca, will help her thoughtfully approach the issue on Common Council.

On the INHS board, “we want to make sure an affordable home remains an affordable home in perpetuity, so affordable houses don’t get flipped,” she said, adding that they had worked to preserve homeownership in the affordable market.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun.com.

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Vote ‘No’ On State Constitutional Convention

THIS COMING TUESDAY, NEW YORKERS will have the opportunity to call for a state constitutional convention. While the idea of revising the state constitution is an attractive one, to do so now would be at best a non-event with costly side-effects, and at worst a dangerous exercise in the rollback of currently-existing protections. As a result, we urge voters to reject a constitutional convention at the ballot box this week.

In the event of a convention, almost all delegates would be elected from existing state senate districts (15 would be elected at-large). The state senate is map is consistently gerrymandered by the Republicans who have controlled the upper chamber for all but three years since 1938. Even as New York has turned reliably Democratic over the previous four decades (Hillary Clinton won almost 60 percent of the vote there in 2016, and Democrats occupy 19 of the state’s 27 congressional districts), the Republicans have managed to retain control of the Senate (of late with the help of a group of turncoat “Democrats” known as the Independent Democratic Conference), and there is no reason to believe that advantage will be at all diminished during delegate elections.

Moreover, the specter of dark money will surely hang heavy over any delegate selection process. “Reclaim New York,” the organization bankrolled by Trump mega-donor and Long Island billionaire Robert Mercer (who until recently was a major owner in Breitbart News and has a long professional relationship with Steve Bannon), will surely pump tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars into electing conservative delegates. If successful, those delegates could overturn protections that have existed in New York for a century.

Proponents of the convention argue that it will allow New Yorkers to directly disinfect the cesspool that is Albany politics. And certainly, Albany is due for a cleaning. The recent corruption convictions of both the State Senate majority leader and Speaker of the House of Representatives (though both overturned in the wake of the disastrous McDonnell v. United States Supreme Court decision), as well as the ongoing federal bribery and fraud case against members of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s inner circle are merely the latest entries in a long history of misgovernment. And though not illegal, the propensity of Albany politicians to engage in contentious and often personally aggressive spats with New York City only harms New Yorkers across the state.

Fortunately, we don’t need a constitutional convention to clean out Albany. We have the opportunity to do that every two years during the primaries and general election. Instead of spending an inordinate amount of money on a constitutional delegate campaign, those resources are better spent electing state senators and assembly members who can enact real change without jumping through the various hoops and risking the various pitfalls inherent to constitutional conventions.

Rather than throwing money at a convention that will likely end in deadlock or worse, focus on achievable goals like the removal of the Independent Democratic Conference. Every member of this group of legislators, which chose larger offices and cushier committee assignments over the interests of the state, should face primaries in their districts. If you really want to send a message to the petty politicians in Albany, start by lowering their 90 percent incumbency reelection rate. A constitutional convention campaign will only serve as a money suck, and as a distraction from the greater goal of reducing corruption.

A “no” vote is certainly the less sexy of the two options, but given the current state politics and the issues at hand, it is the best choice for New Yorkers this Tuesday.

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he Cornell College of Business (henceforth referred to as “the College”) is the academic manifestation of what a New York dumpster fire looks like. Everyone knows it’s burning, no one’s doing anything about it, but there’s still a group of students using it for warmth because they were rejected from The Wharton School (which for the viability of this analogy, will be represented as a space heater situated in the lobby of a marble corporate building on Park Ave). The basis for this radical imagery is simple: two years after its feeble announcement, the College has failed to both produce results and a coherent path forward. Instead of giving us crossschool collaborations and world-class opportunities, the administration has sent us meaningless update emails, built a business center virtually inaccessible to undergrads and approved a logo that is depressingly unaesthetic. The consequences from the lack of change should be lucid for the administration: without passionate graduates, it will be troublesome to ensure a steady pipeline of donations to revive the moribund endowment. For students, the consequences are worse: we have been wasting tuition on a program that doesn’t deliver on its promises.

Pulse checks color in the flaccid narrative: students and faculty alike are unable to explain the mission or vision of the College, let alone name any actual benefits from its implementation. This is truly shocking; with an unending plethora of issues of to solve, even a slightly effective administration would have been able to produce some quick wins. Yet, we are still left empty handed. The College website claims that our program uses a “reimagined model for business education” that “take[s] on real global challenges.” These long-term goals are certainly unattainable — if even the short-term benefits are non-existent, how could anyone expect the administration to reconcile for these blatant long-term lies?

Now assume for a moment that the administration has been making progress.

Even if the College has moved the needle forward, the opacity from the top has thorny implications. Either: one, the administration is making controversial decisions that it wants to conceal; two, the administration did not thoroughly think of a way to communicate its decisions (indicating a lack of preparedness for the transition); or three, the administration has no cohesive way to represent its progress (revealing a scattered future roadmap). It is difficult to believe that the new college is making positive leaps and bounds. If this were the case, wouldn’t the administration want to signal this information? Instead, the most positive message we received was from Soumitra Dutta, founding dean of the College, who reminded us about riveting information like class sizes and administrative hires. The failure to communicate, regardless of the behind-the-scenes reality, furthers the exasperating public narrative that The College is at best, benign, and at worst, detrimental to the student experience.

The present problems in the College are upsetting, and, more frustratingly, they can be viewed as symptomatic of a deeper problem: the program’s long-term strategy is the result of wishful and juvenile thinking. The

website brags that the College has united The Dyson School, The School of Hotel Administration and The Johnson Graduate School for Management for the purpose of collaboration and innovation, all while miraculously preserving each school’s individual excellence and, by extension, identity and autonomy. This paradoxical unity is likely a result of the hotelies’ incessant whining during the transition, and it is also why the College will, at its present state, continue to be carried by the Cornell brand as opposed to its own. By maintaining the independence of each school and segmenting the departments, the administration has misaligned incentives between the three schools. The School of Hotel Administration will maintain its perceived superiority, The Dyson School will continue with its identity crisis and The Johnson Graduate School of Management will still function parallel to the other two schools.

To achieve collaboration and success, these schools must work together on common ground for common goals to fulfill common ambitions. Instead, the administration has given too much leeway for independence, preventing full cooperation between all involved. Therefore, the future of the College is exposed to risks of inefficiency and dissent.

Even if flawlessly implemented, the College will still remain at a disadvantage. There are not many factors differentiating the College from other similar umbrella organizations, nor are there many factors differentiating the component schools from their respective competitors. Storied institutions such as The Wharton School, the luxurious space heater to our displeasing dumpster fire, easily maintain the upper hand when it comes to traditional business education. Wharton, alongside many other business programs, has been around in a far more cohesive manner — for much longer. Thus, it has a first mover advantage in wealth, prestige and connections. These advantages are a positive feedback loop; each factor amplifies the other factors until infinity. The College will have trouble catching up and the administration seems to have missed this point.

Instead of pursuing “blue oceans,” which are unexplored opportunities that lead to competitive advantages (e.g. orthogonal curriculums or extra-curricular enhancements), we are steering straight into “red oceans” stained with the blood of overcrowded markets.

There is an intimidating but necessary bulk of corrective work to be done. While a complete restructure or shift in the College’s trajectory may resemble short-term failure, stopping and rethinking the purpose, direction and execution of the program is critical to prevent a future rife with descriptive verbs like “languish” and harsh adjectives like “unremarkable.” The program is undoubtedly headed by some accomplished and decorated academic leaders. For the sake of Cornell’s business future, the administration must successfully turnaround and revive an initiative that has since failed to capture the hearts and minds of its constituents.

Everyone knows it’s burning, no one’s doing anything about it, but there’s still a group of students using it for warmth because they were rejected from The Wharton School.

Charlie Liao is a senior in the Dyson School at Cornell University. He currently writes for The Sun’s “Sunspots.” Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester.

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Ara Hagopian | The Whiny Liberal

What Kevin Spacey Can Teach Us E L et me begin this article the right way by saying that pedophilia is an unarguable wrong. It should not be normalized, defended or addressed in any way that does not distinctly paint it as such. No discussion of a situation involving victims should become so abstract that it neglects to mention the victims’ names: Anthony Rapp, Robert Cavazos, Tony Montana and Daniel Beal.

My heart goes out to them and to anyone else who suffered abuse at the hands of Kevin Spacey.

In a perfect world, these horrible incidents would never have taken place. In a world slightly better than our current world, compassion and support for Anthony Rapp, Robert Cavazos, Tony Montana and Daniel Beal would be all that anyone needed to express in the wake of such injustice. But because some people think that all gay people are

about a murderer or a terrorist or a child molester on the news, and they see it as a green light to let loose all of the anger and hatred that they’ve been bottling up inside. It is true that these feelings often come in the form of racism and homophobia and other forms of bigotry, but focusing on that alone would be missing the forest for the trees.

Nobody who revels in calling someone a “monster” or jokes that they should be “sorted out with a bullet” is ever in the right.

Even though I do not believe in the death penalty, I know there must be some people who are so far gone psychologically that they are beyond rehabilitation. But I’m not happy that such individuals exist, and I certainly would not be happy if such a person were condemned to die. I can’t imagine anything sadder than a society being forced to give up on

The conflation of pedophilia and homosexuality is indicative of a larger problem. pedophiles, there is more that needs to be said. I can only implore my fellow pundits to remember that discussion of tragedy should always be victimcentric.

First of all, it should go without saying that homosexual relations between consenting adults of different ages is in no way analogous to the behavior of Spacey. Youth, or appearance of youth, is a universally attractive trait. Many women alter their bodies to look younger, and nobody faults old straight men for wanting these younger-looking partners.

I was recently researching age of consent laws in France for a project I did on Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte. I discovered that in 1942, the French age of consent for homosexual acts was set at 21, while the age of consent for heterosexual acts was still just 13. The phenomenon of pedophilia was formally named and defined in the late 19th century, and it has been used ever since to unfairly impugn the gay community. Some scholars even argue that pedophilia as a discourse emerged specifically to suppress homosexuality, citing England’s removal of the death sentence for “buggery” in 1861 and other events of that era that brought the topic to the forefront. That is not to say that sex with minors should be legal, but it ought to give you some idea as to the depth and complexity of the issue.

The conflation of pedophilia and homosexuality is indicative of a larger problem. People hear

one of its members.

Some equate sympathy for perpetrators with being “soft on crime.” I would reply that empathy and justice are not mutually exclusive, they are tied together.

If you can’t find empathy in your heart for the sake of the terrorists and child molesters of the world, do it for the sake of their future victims. Or rather, do it for the sake of the people who need not become future victims if preventative measures are taken. And preventative measures require understanding, and understanding requires putting oneself in the shoes of another. Jezebel recently published the story of Adam, an 18-year-old who runs an online support group for non-offending pedophiles. (That is, people who feel attraction towards children but do not act on that attraction.) The idea of such a support group may fill you with revulsion, but the evidence suggests that it allows these individuals to get help and ultimately lowers their likelihood of acting on their desires. Here we see the difference between true justice and America’s fetishization of punishment. If children are being spared from traumatic experience, then surely taking the time to understand these potential pedophiles was time well spent. Humanity has always begotten humanity, it is suppression and marginalization that propagates violence.

Ara Hagopian is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ahagopian@cornellsun.com. The Whiny Liberal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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Q: Rumor has it that Cascadilla Hall was a psychiatric ward before it was transformed into a dorm.

Is that true?

— In Need of Help ’15 A: Despite the rumors, Cascadilla Hall was never used as a psychiatric ward or insane asylum. The confusion likely stems from its initial intended purpose as a water cure “sanitarium,” or medical facility for the chronically ill. The effort to construct the building was led by Samantha Nivison, the first woman to practice medicine in Tompkins County, who hoped to use Cascadilla as an educational facility for women doctors. Ezra Cornell invested in the project, but when funding ran out, he bought out the other investors and completed the construction so that Cascadilla could become the first building at Cornell University (while Morrill Hall was still under construction). Many faculty and students lived there in the early years, although President Andrew Dickson White described it as “an ill-ventilated, ill-smelling, uncomfortable, ill-looking alms house.”

Narayan Reddy | Reddy, Set, Go!

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y friends would be concerned that I'm still hung up on a boy who said he'd go on a date with me just to play me. But I can't help it. We all agreed that I would move on, but I still check to see if he texted back.

It’s been a month. I know I talked a big game about selflove, but that doesn't mean flipping my hair until I break my neck. That means being unashamed of admitting it when I don't.

I looked in the mirror to see myself through his eyes. I had on ill-fitting jeans and a crumpled graphic tee, both bought years ago. My hair was unkempt to no end and could have used a cut. My stomach could be more cut too.

Gigantic nose, jutting ears, bushy brows. I noticed I was ugliest when I smiled, and thought maintaining a constant pout was my best bet. Bug eyes through filthy glasses vacantly stared back. I gutted everything human about me in that moment. It’s worth mentioning that the idea that he played me, or that he thinks I’m ugly, are completely made up. I don’t know him or his life.

What’s telling is that I thought I did.

My last column was about how an individual can flesh out their identity by defining it in relation to others.

Clarification: not everyone.

There is a difference between embracing a dimension of yourself defined by someone who loves and cares about you, and an imagined one defined by someone you wish would. Even my explosive gay brown identity is atomic — intersections have intersections — and romance has been the means to those ends.

The first one helped me

come out since I couldn’t deny my feelings for him. He was straight and brown. At that time, I wanted to express my sexuality by only acknowledging it through him. It made me feel nostalgic for the past and a future that should have been built on it. I wrote about how I stopped being delusional out of newfound self-respect, but I’m back. This next one is openly queer and filthy gorgeous. I didn’t go to Rocky Horror this year because I feel like my presentation will always be read as a bold political statement. The prospect of getting attention

I was gay when I denied I was gay, when I cried over being gay, when I felt like I wasn’t gay enough, when I felt like I was too gay, when I sought out boys to realize my gayness, when I understood my gayness was already real and I'll be gay when I write another column about how I was wrong about this one. I'll be gay throughout whatever else happens to me.

I'll be gay when I die.

To this end, the extremes of my gay brown identity aren’t imaginary symbols. They’re real people. Someone in Mumbai married a woman and had children with her. He died old with all of them around him and with love for each of them.

Someone in Chennai identified themselves, or was identified, as a hijra, the third gender. They applied kohl to their eyelids, hiked a green and blue saree between their thighs and knew what obscene really meant.

They were butchered at an age younger than mine. They both are, as well as countless others, as part of the queer human condition as that white couple covered in rainbow feathers, leading the parade in San Francisco.

I haven't started, but I'm done with dating for now. The fact that I'm already wrecked probably means that I should get my own shit together first.

I'll try again later because I believe in soulmates, and don't want to miss out on the one.

He'll come to the edge with me and we'll explode into nirvana.

The only part off limits would be my feather.

There is a difference between embracing a dimension of yourself defined by someone who loves and cares about you, and an imagined one defined by someone you wish would. from him made me feel like I might actually be beautiful.

Who I fall for is consistently dictated by my insecurities. It's always been a boy that I thought could drag me away from them. In both cases, I just dragged myself closer to them.

My self-destructiveness has forced me to reckon with the toxic phrase “just happens to be gay.” The animal implication is that being gay is a transient condition that only presents when one's having sex or trying to get it. Not for me. It’s a fundamental part of who I am. It has fundamentally affected my life, and the way in which I engage with the outside and personal worlds. I have known this. Yet, from the pattern I describe, it's clear that I have internalized the phrase to some extent.

Narayan Reddy is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nreddy@cornellsun.com.

Reddy, Set, Go! appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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Cornell and ‘Diversity’

early every year, the front page of Cornell’s website is blazoned with some variation of the headline, “Cornell Admits Most Diverse Class Ever.”

The University boasts that its goal of increasing the number of students of color on campus is working, as more and more minority students enroll at Cornell each year.

2,142 in its representation of students from the bottom 20 percent.

These numbers are, quite frankly, egregious. Cornell continually parades itself as a beacon of diversity, yet is as economically diverse as a Westchester country club. This self-promoted “diversity” is but a fallaciously concocted illusion.

What these numbers do not tell is the very real struggle that non-upper class students face on a daily basis on campus. In my experience, there are two types of students that are particularly impacted by Cornell’s lack of concern for nonstuwealthy dents: Cornellians from low income families, and upper middle class students.

The struggles faced by low-income Cornellians are apparent everywhere. The ridiculously bloated on-campus food prices, the endless array of fees (I’m looking at you, printing fee), and the eye-popping cost of textbooks are just some of the problems that continually plague the poorest of students.

But one of the greatest struggles faced by low-income students is the abysmal failure that is Cornell housing.

Currently, the university only guarantees on-campus housing for two years. After their sophomore year, students from disadvantaged backgrounds are shoved off to Collegetown where they are forced to pay the astronomical rental rates of Ithaca’s slumlords. With the average apartment running in the $900-$1,000 range, these prices are simply impossible for low-income Cornellians to pay. And what has Cornell done to alleviate this problem? Hardly anything. So much for diversity.

In addition, students that live outside the Northeast often find it impossible to travel home. Those who live in

These numbers are, quite frankly, egregious. Cornell continually parades itself as a beacon of diversity, yet is as economically diverse as a Westchester country club.

Yet the claim that Cornell is becoming more “diverse” is misleading. Yes, the University is the most racially heterogeneous it has ever been. And yes, the University has one of the most ethnically diverse campuses in the country.

However, skin color is not the sole measure of diversity; in fact, it is only a component of a much larger puzzle.

The purpose of diversity is to include people of different backgrounds to create a more enriched cross-cultural experience for students. To create this experience for students, university officials must look beyond race –– specifically, they must also look to socio-economic status.

And when it comes to socioeconomics, Cornell fails miserably.

Currently, the average household income of a Cornell student’s family is $151,600 –– nearly three times the national average of $57,600. Half of all Cornell students come from the top 10 percent of income earners in the country, and a third come from the top 5 percent. On the other hand, less than 4 percent of Cornellians come from families in the bottom 20 percent of income earnings.

Among the nation’s 2,395 colleges, Cornell is ranked

California or Texas often find that they are forced to spend Thanksgiving on campus, as they are unable to afford a plane ticket back home.

While the struggles faced by low-income students are quite obvious to anyone who even remotely pays attention, the problems faced by upper middle class Cornellians are less apparent. Unlike their wealthier peers, these students do not have the resources to pay full sticker price for a Cornell education. And unlike their lower income peers, the parents of these students make enough money so that financial aid packages are quite limited. Upper middle class Cornellians are thus thrust into a sad financial purgatory, where they do not receive the necessary economic resources to pay for Cornell from neither the university, nor their families. As a result, students in this group are often saddled with exceedingly high debt. As someone who currently owes over $100,000 in student loans, I can personally attest to this depressing situation.

Cornell is, without question, a school for wealthy students. And while students from low income and upper middle class backgrounds are particularly affected, all non-wealthy Cornellians are impacted in some capacity by the university’s policies. If Cornell aims to truly be a diverse campus, it must begin to ameliorate the absurdity of its socio-economic condition. Financial aid programs must be expanded, burdensome fees must be reduced and affordable housing must be constructed.

The fiscal hawk in me recognizes that the above policies are, of course, hard to implement in light of budgetary restraints. However, the university seems to enjoy spending money on unnecessary projects all the time –– just look at the number of new buildings that are constructed each year. Instead of embarking on a new construction project every five seconds, perhaps the administration should take a look at the financial security of its students.

Michael Glanzel is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mglanzel@cornellsun.com. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Mondays this semester.

William Wang | Willpower

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homas Edward Lawrence was always going somewhere. As a peculiar 15year-old boy, he and his schoolyard friend Cyril Beeson rode around burial sites in his hometown of Oxford, England, voraciously studying whatever they could and presenting their findings to the local museum. Two years later, he would ride on bike throughout France, completing survey studies and observations of medieval castles throughout the land with that same friend.

A few months later, he would enroll at Oxford University to begin his studies in history.

There was something weirdly contradictory about the young man. A quiet student who rarely lifted his eyes from his books, he was a loner that lacked many friends. Yet, at the same time, he possessed a brashness that was unbecoming of most recluses. When it was time for him to prepare for his senior thesis in history, he proposed a preposterous plan that left his adviser aghast. Bored with the medieval landmarks that Europe had to offer, he suggested undergoing a survey of the crusader castles in Syria the following summer to better discern the influence Near Eastern culture had on Medieval European innovations.

But that was insanity. Syrian summers reached a blistering 120 degrees, and to complete a proper survey of the crusader castles there, he had to travel across a thousand miles of rugged mountain and desert terrain. Furthermore, lacking any money for a proper travel party to accommodate him, he simply offered to walk to cut down costs.

“Europeans don’t walk in Syria”, snorted his advisor.

“Well,” he said curtly, “I do.”

A few decades later, moviegoing audi-

Nothing Is Written ences would be introduced to the enigmatic Lawrence as a changed man, who had not only completed his trek across Syria, but had joined the British military service after the outbreak of WWI to serve as an intelligence officer in the British Arab Bureau in Cairo. The film, Lawrence of Arabia, remains a monumental achievement in modern cinematic history, detailing in an almost tongue-in-cheek account of Lawrence’s role in the Arab revolt, as the British-assisted Arab nations rose up against the Ottomans who who ruled their land. Lawrence, loner that he was, was suddenly a household name, a symbol of intercultural conflict, an idiosyncratic leading man that followed his own whims to a foreign entity that grew to both love and despise him.

Admittedly, I haven’t given Lawrence much thought in recent years, until I stumbled up a column from a fellow Sun columnist that reminded me of clean deserts and shadows of a prophet. Titled “I Don’t Want to Be a Suburban Mom,” the author groused about the inevitable clamp society would put on her that came in the form of a suburban mom who attended “school board meetings” and shopped for “side tables at Pottery Barn.” To her, settling down was an inevitable concession that she didn’t want to make. She wanted to travel the world, to live on her own terms. Cliches were her phobia, and stability was her destabilizer.

It’s a topic that’s weighed heavily on my mind. We live in a world where we fear the unknown more than we love the mystery.

Throughout our lives, we’re taught there’s a certain path to take, but we’re never given the chance ask why, and perhaps more startlingly, why we give in anyways to the path.

Perhaps, in the end, we figure it’s more pleasant to live that way. It’s easier write what we know than to write what we don’t; it’s simpler to finish a novel than to begin one.

It’s also why her column evoked Lawrence smirking at his commander when he remarks that he has a “funny sense of fun.” His lonesome pursuit of his ambition

Lawrence doesn’t even sigh.

“Then, you're a big noble fellow.” He remarks, with a bit of annoyance.

When the room begins to fill up with other British officers, Lawrence makes to leave, but not before lighting up an officer’s cigarette with a match as a sign of good faith. Then, with the match still alight and the whole room aghast, he rolls up his

Admittedly, I haven’t given Lawrence much thought in recent years, until I stumbled up a column from a fellow Sun columnist that reminded me of clean deserts and shadows of a prophet. is unsettling at times, curious in others, and maddeningly perplexing in all. He circumvents, zigs while others zags, never giving you the cleanest answer. He’s aloof, but very well aware that he is.

In our first introduction to Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia, he’s unhappily scribbling on a piece of parchment. He longs for the front lines in Arabia, where the war is being waged, but instead, he rots in staff position at Cairo, in a rowdy basement with poor ventilation. He vents to the man who is seated next to him: “Michael George Hartley. This is a nasty, dark little room.”

“That’s right” says Hartley.

“We are not happy in it.”

“I am. It's better than a nasty, dark little trench.”

sleeves and snuffs the flame out with his fingers.

Perhaps inspired by Lawrence’s show, his fellow officer William Potter tries the same trick. But instead of Lawrence’s nonchalant reaction, he yelps; the flame has seared his fingers.

“It damn well hurts!”

“Certainty, it hurts!” says Lawrence, amused.

“Well, what’s the trick then?”

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”

And with a simple nod, he walks out of the room.

William Wang is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at wwang@cornellsun.com. Willpower appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Just what the doctor ordered

BY NICK SMITH Sun Staff Writer

I’ve diagnosed myself with the flu. I don’t have a cough or a runny nose but I did skip class yesterday morning and I’m pretty sure that means I’m deathly ill. In my defense, I did have a fever and I’m ready to forward my doctor’s note from Gannett (I’m not calling it Cornell Health) to any unconvinced readers (Mom).

Similarly, Thor, at least in terms of solo movies, isn’t doing great. Though the character has faired well in various other Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances, Thor (2011) was alright by virtue of the character’s novelty and Thor: The Dark World (2013) felt like a clunker. With Thor: Ragnarok, however, Marvel’s finally found a remedy for one of its most underserved, ailing heroes.

The post-release trailers will tell you Ragnarok is the best-reviewed Marvel film ever. At this point it seems every movie that comes out is miraculously the “number one movie in America” but just this once I’m buying the claim. This isn’t just “good for a Marvel movie” or good by proxy of getting us closer to the next Avengers team up. Ragnarok is a great movie on its own footing.

I think all my issues with the first two installments in the stand-alone series can be boiled down to the character being too grounded — “grounded” as in too sensible, but also in the fact that he was on Earth at all. Of course I understand the need for the character to be on Earth 616 (that’s “main” Earth for all you non-nerds) for the Avenger team-up films, but this necessity simply doesn’t exist in his solo movies. I mean, this is the god of thunder we’re talking about! Why subjugate him to the role of a glorified strong man opposite “normal” humans?

It seems after the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, Marvel realized they didn’t need to dumb down the more comic-y elements of their films to find box office success. “Thor 3” is unapologetically alien, and all the better for it! Ragnarok is a bit of a perfect storm for the thunder god. It’s got a stellar cast, a colorful atmosphere and it’s gut-bustingly hysterical.

A lot of times you’ll hear that someone “stole the movie,” that a cast member acted so well that they became the over-

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whelming focus of the audience, whether or not that was the director’s intention.

With a cast as strong as Ragnarok’s — Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Idris Elba, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban and Jeff Goldblum (that’s not a joke… all of those people are in this movie) — you might expect one or two actors to elevate themselves above the pack, thereby washing out the others. Surprisingly this isn’t the case, not because no one’s particularly good but rather because everyone’s on top of their game. There truly isn’t a single weak link here.

Hemsworth and Hiddleston continue to showcase their endearing chemistry as the deity sons of Odin (played by Hopkins, who turned in a very nuanced performance in his brief appearances).

Blanchett does the whole “evil goddess of death” thing frightening well. Thompson and Elba were really badass as Valkyrie (super cool warrior) and Heimdall (dude with a cool sword). Goldblum is his usual hilarious self as the Grandmaster of Sakaar’s Roman Colosseum-style tournaments. I really can’t say enough about how well this cast was put together and how well the actors executed their roles, but I do have to finish the review (so we’re gonna move on).

Like I mentioned earlier, one of this movie’s biggest strengths is in its return to comic book-esque form and that includes the color scheme. Ragnarok is bursting at the seems with technicolor exuberance. Because the movie mostly takes place on Asgard (Thor’s homeworld) and Sakaar (another foreign planet), the set designers clearly got the goahead to go crazy. We’ve seen Asgard in the earlier films, and not much about that world has changed, but Sakaar is new and I’d best describe it as a Star Wars cantina scene on a planetary scale. It’s delightfully unfamiliar and does a lot to compound upon the prevailing sense of fun on which this movie’s appeal is largely built.

While all that stuff I mentioned earlier is great, this film is gonna clean up at the box office because it’s funny. Well, that and the fact it’s opening opposite A Bad Moms Christmas (just… ugh).

Ragnarok can almost be seen as a retaliatory antithesis to the DC Extended

Laughter isn’t always the best medicine

BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Staff Writer

While watching Thor: Ragnarok, I wondered if anyone at Marvel Studios said “no” to an idea that director Taika Waititi proposed during filming. In a montage of scenes, a literally electrified Thor decimates swaths of zombified soldiers while his comrade Valkyrie shoots a gatling gun at a giant wolf whilst another Asgardian soldier, Skurge, fires machine guns at a spiked-headdress wearing Cate Blanchett who herself is hurling swords the size of mountains towards a towering fire demon (all of this set of course, to the backdrop of Led Zeppelin's “Immigrant Song.”)

But this lack of restraint is the type of film that Thor: Ragnarok aspires to be, one that glorifies in its excess and insanity. The past two films, while far from atrocious, suffered from a lack of originality and a tendency to take themselves too seriously. Yet for this third-outing, Thor: Ragnarok feels far more like a riff on Guardians of the Galaxy; it embraces Universe’s misplaced dark and brooding tone. It’s not like the new film is dealing with particularly lighthearted subject either. I mean the word ragnarok literally means “the final destruction of the world.” Ragnarok’s true strength comes from its masterful writing, switching seamlessly between cracking up the audience and more serious plot-driving moments when necessary. The movie plays like a well-constructed comedy, guiding viewers from one laugh to another with just enough time in between to relax our glee-panged faces.

It was interesting to see the Hulk, not Bruce Banner, really interact with a character other than in pissing contests with Black Widow and Thor. But it’s Korg, a new addition to the cinematic universe voiced by director Taika Waititi (who also directed 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople), who takes the cake. Every time the dude spoke I was just in fits, which is almost a shame because people might remember Waititi’s contribution to the movie as just the hilarious voice acting when he clearly also did a great job directing. The film’s healthy dose of humor is just what the doctor ordered for both my “flu”-ridden self and the Thor series, which suffered after The Dark World was a decidedly not funny let-down of a sequel. It’s great to see Hemsworth being utilized in a more multidimensional way because, as he proved in the new Ghostbusters and again in this movie, he can excel outside the tough guy typecast.

On top of all

its absurdity and is a colorful, entertaining, and hilarious film, one the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best, whose only fault is that in its excess of humor, its story is left emotionally hollow.

The script is a Frankenstein’s monster of different famed comic book storylines, the most notable inclusion being Planet Hulk, but writers Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost make the plot comprehensible if not narcotizing.

Taking place two years after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ragnarok sees Thor, oblivious to the cataclysmic events occurring on Earth (see: Captain America: Civil War) is continuing his galaxy-wide search for the Infinity Stones. After he realizes that his presumed dead half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), has been masquerading as their father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Thor exposes his trickery. Hela (Cate Blanchett) the goddess of Death then arrives, destroys Thor’s hammer, and strands the brothers on Sakaar, a junk See LAUGHTER page 9

that, similarly to Doctor Strange, Ragnarok sees our heroes take down the big bad in an innovative and satisfying way. Unlike so many other comic book movies, the antagonist wasn’t some nondescript, power-ambiguous evildoer shooting a threatening beam into the sky only to be defeated by “the power of teamwork” or some other bullshit like that (cough cough Suicide Squad). Hela, the goddess of death played by Blanchett, was actually pretty well developed. I understood her backstory and motivation, so when she got around to attacking Asgard, I wasn’t scratching my head (not to say I necessarily agree). Our goodies took down the baddie — which is no longer a spoiler for these movies — in a way that caught me off guard, which I loved! It’s refreshing to be legitimately surprised by the cleverness of such a big budget film. This film takes risks and they all pay off. Ragnarok is a sign that Marvel isn’t afraid to push the limits and that’s really exciting!

To be fair, Ragnarok makes a couple missteps. But so do all movies (besides Baby Driver — that really might be my perfect movie). However, its small mistakes are just that: small. The two I would point out are pretty closely connected to plot developments you can’t glean from the trailer (so I won’t get into them for fear of spoilers) but rest assured, if you’re thinking about going to see Ragnarok, Waititi will give you something to smile about.

In the end, Ragnarok is just more evidence that Marvel is running laps around DC. Apart from Wonder Woman, every DC film since The Dark Knight Rises (that movie was good — that trilogy is above reproach) has had serious issues.

Justice League comes out in two weeks and maybe DC will turn things around in their big team up film. For now though, Thor: Ragnarok has strengthened Marvel’s already impressive lead.

Nick Smith is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nsmith@cornellsun.com.

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heap planet ruled by the fair yet firmly cruel Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum).

While Hela wreaks havoc on Asgard, Thor and Loki team up with Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) who has suppressed the human side, Bruce Banner, for the past two years, and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson),a prior member of Asgard’s legendary Valkyrior fighter force, to leave Sakaar and stop Hela.

Just as Mjolnir was a channel for the god of thunder’s electrifying powers, each Thor film has served as a showcase for each film director’s unique style.

Branagh’s take focused on the character’s regality and echoed the tragedies of Shakespeare, while Taylor’s film was grittier and darker in comparison. Taika Waititi allows his zany and and eccentric sense of humor bleed through in every shot and adds unexpected spins to scenes where others would have gone for more traditional approach.

The opening sequence sees Thor chained up in the lair of the fire demon Surtur who mocks the asgardian prince that the destruction of Asgard is near.

Thor exchanges banter his incendiary host before shouting a final insult and calling forth his hammer to free him from captivity, with the soundtrack heightening to an uplifting crescendo, signaling a dramatic escape.

Yet Thor’s clapback was spoken too early which leaves him embarrassed and Surtur confused as the two stand awkwardly in silence for a few moments before mjolnir returns and an explosive fight ensues. As Thor destroys Surtur’s legions of expendable fire demons, the camera at one point follows the fight from the hammer’s point of view as it is tossed to and fro on the battlefield. This is just one of the many examples of Waititi’s idiosyncratic filming style shining through.

The only seriousness of the film lies in its reassurance that it does not try to take itself seriously.

Waiti’s strong and unique direction is further amplified by Chris Hemsworth’s animated take on the titular character, who makes Thor feel like a character out of Monty Python. Thor’s kryptonite has always been his deus ex machina type powers; every obstacle in his way is resolved by smashing it with his fists. Yet by stripping stripping Thor of everything dear to him (his home, hammer and hair) Waititi is able to better humanize the

character, presenting him as vulnerable and one who can no longer hide behind an aura of chauvinism.

Hemsworth turns the character’s personality flaws (pride and arrogance) into humorous tools of comedy (the voice recognition on the Quinjet identifies Hulk as the strongest Avenger and not him for example). He has a lot of range and while he gets in touch with his inner goofiness, he does so with such captivating charm and effervescence. It is shame that he never slows down enough to think about what he is doing, frequently stating “this is what heroes do” without asking why.

Likewise, Tom Hiddleston remains charming as ever as Loki and it’s hard to believe that he was the same power-hungry villain of the first Avengers film. His signature craftiness and selfishness return (somehow making him more likeable), but his story arc does not really go anywhere; he has fallen from grace and subsequently redeemed so many times that even the peace struck between him and his brother seems ephemeral.

Hulk and Valkyrie’s character arcs are more fleshed out and interesting. The emerald giant finally feels like a complete character and not a side-piece; when Hulk is not smashing or pummeling opponents, viewers get to see how he thinks and interacts with the world around him, being an intersection

between curious child and raging monster. Thompson’s Valkyrie is the most fun to watch on screen; her level-headedness and snarky comebacks are a wonderful foil to Thor’s seemingly childish idealism. While inseparable for most of the movie from some form of alcohol, she is headstrong and takes nonsense from no one, whose piercing scowl is the physical embodiment of “looks can kill.”

While Ragnarok is supposed to be about the destruction of Asgard, one sees that Waiti’s passion really lies in Sakaar, which feels like a souped up version of Mos Eisley. Yet what really gives Sakaar life is Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster, the ruler of the planet whose lackadaisical attitude, deadpan delivery and inclination to take things literally acting as a meta-commentary of sorts on the film’s attitude: if Thor: Ragnarok is to be escapism, it is of the highest kind. It wants nothing more than for its audience to disconnect from reality and be entertained. Rock gladiators, cybernetic bug warriors, purple lasers, flying saucers, zombified warriors and aliens of every shape and size are all present. There is a kind of giddy excitement seeing Thor smash the Hulk like a piñata using a hammer twice as big as himself.

However innocent or crude (try keeping a straight face when the crew has to fly through a flaming wormhole called The Devil’s Anus), what the film lacks in COURTESY OF MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT

gravitas it makes up for in laughs as jokes in various forms, consisting of but not limited to: self-deprecation, witty banter, irony, sarcasm and puns. A few wellplaced and unexpected cameos as well add more meta-commentary that the film is trying hard to not take itself seriously.

Indeed, the only seriousness of the film lies in its reassurance that it does not try to take itself seriously. Yet the film’s flippancy and lack of gravitas becomes its greatest weakness. Waiti’s unpredictability of undercutting serious moments with humor becomes predictable and by the film’s end it borders on insensitivity. For a film about confronting one’s past and not burying anything, Ragnorok does not seem to follow its own advice and often buries any serious moments with a joke, almost afraid of lingering on a moment for too long.

This shows mostly in its treatment of the supporting cast like Anthony Hopkins and Idris Elba who seem to be phoning in their roles as Odin and Heimdall; both seem bored of the “end of the world” trope. The Warriors Three likewise are tragically underused, and even Cate Blanchett’s Hela, the first female antagonist of the MCU, is another wasted villain. While she is charismatic and striking whenever she is onscreen, her vague and unconvincing motivations of revenge seem almost juvenile. Even as Waiti tries to establish her as a force to be reckoned with by having her wipe out all of Asgard’s attack force, it comes off as cartoony and satirical rather than truly threatening.

Ultimately, Thor: Ragnarok is a nonstop rollercoaster ride of comedy imbued with dazzling and exhilarating action sequences and bright set pieces. It is refreshingly new and exciting, and your jaw will probably be sore from laughing, but all of this humor comes at a cost.

Life is hard yet the humor of life does not always come from taking sensitive issues and belittling them; there is a humor that comes with hope, that the things once meant for evil could be changed into something good, and that trails that once seemed so daunting were formative.. This is not always the humor found in Thor: Ragnarok, which tries to kill its audience through humor. But then again, there are worse ways to go.

Zachary Lee is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zlee@cornellsun.com

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Eight Weeks in,Yale Emerges as League Title Frontrunner

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

A two-loss team has not won the Ivy League crown since 1982, but that could very well change this year given the way things have played out through eight weeks.

A wild week in the Ancient Eight leaves the conference standings up in the air and the title up for grabs heading into the final two weeks of play. Every team but one can still capture a share of the league title, which promises an exciting final two games for Cornell football and its league foes.

After a slow start to league play, Harvard finds itself back in striking distance of first place, while Dartmouth and Columbia, who both began the year hot, have recently dropped tough games and lost their holds on the league lead. All three, in addition to Cornell, sit at 3-2 on the season and a game back of first place Yale.

Princeton, and its high-flying offense, has lost two straight nailbiters in the final minute to Cornell and Penn, leaving the preseason favorite lagging behind at 2-3. The defending champion Quakers opened Ivy play 0-3 but have fought to win two straight.

Brown remains the only winless team in league play with a 0-4 Ivy record.

But Yale, alone in first place at 4-1, does not have an easy path to its first league title since 2006. The Bulldogs have two tough games against Princeton and Harvard to end the season.

Cornell, meanwhile, now finds itself bounced off the top rung after a 10-0 loss to Dartmouth in Hanover this weekend. With the loss, the Red no longer controls its own destiny in the hunt for the crown.

To capture an Ivy League title, Cornell will most likely need to be perfect to close out the season, as well as get some help from its opponents in taking down the Bulldogs. Cornell plays Columbia in a key home game next week before traveling to Philadelphia for its season finale against Penn.

All that in mind, here’s what went down this past weekend in the Ivy League.

Yale 34, Brown 7

The first-place Bulldogs trounced the winless Bears Friday night under the lights at the Yale Bowl. Freshman running back Zane Dudek ran for 165 yards and

two scores, increasing his leagueleading rushing touchdown total to 11, while wide receiver J.P. Shohfi added 107 yards and two touchdowns on just three receptions. The Bulldogs scored 20 first-quarter points and coasted to victory, holding the Bears scoreless until the final two minutes. Yale heads to Princeton next weekend, while Brown will host Dartmouth, still looking for its first win.

Harvard 21, Columbia 14

The Crimson staved off a late Columbia rally to improve to 32 in conference play. The Lions had the ball inside the Harvard 10-yard line with under a minute remaining, but the Crimson defense locked down and preserved a seven-point victory

behind quarterback Joseph Viviano III’s two touchdown passes and touchdown run.

Viviano, who split time with freshman Jake Smith to start the season, was given back the reigns to the offense after Smith chucked four interceptions before the 10-minute mark of the first quarter.

Columbia took an early 7-0 lead, but Harvard scored 21 unanswered to take a lead it would not relinquish. Harvard hosts Penn next week, and the Lions will take on Cornell at Schoellkopf.

Penn 38, Princeton 35

In a back-and-forth affair, Penn quarterback Will Fischer-Colbrie led an 80-yard scoring drive, culminating in a touchdown pass to Justin Watson with 1:12 remaining to give the Quakers a threepoint lead. Princeton then marched down the field, but Tavish Rice missed a 31-yard field goal — a week after missing a potential game-winner against Cornell — allowing Penn to survive the Tigers.

The Quakers took a 24-7 lead early in the second half, but the powerful Princeton offense responded with four touchdowns to take a late lead. After the Red beat the Tigers 29-28 last week, Princeton, the victim of two consecutive last-minute winning drives, falls to 2-3. Penn plays Harvard next week, and Princeton hosts first-place Yale.

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

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run game get off the ground and it hurt.”

In all, Cornell had 12 first downs, barely more than half its average through the first six games of the season. Facing several 3rd-and-long situations, the Red was forced to punt 12 times.

After an ugly first-half showing, the Red’s offense appeared to reignite when senior wide receiver Collin Shaw snagged a deep pass from Banks on 3rd and 11 and tiptoed down the sidelines to the Dartmouth 28yard line for a 46-yard gain. Yet that momentum was squashed when Banks tossed two incompletions on the ensuing plays. Any hope for at least tacking on a field goal was deflated when Banks scrambled past the line of scrimmage and tried a for-

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Pippy Gerace and sophomore forward Amy Curlew would put the game out of reach for the Tigers.

Boissonnault came up big for the Red again in the crease, tallying 19 saves.

It was a welcome sight for Cornell to come out with a good effort on the second day of the weekend, especially after last Saturday’s 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Clarkson.

“We wanted to focus on getting a better start in [Saturday’s] game and playing more consistent in our second game of the weekend,” Derraugh said.

“Playing aggressive and being resilient really helped us during both games, especially when things didn’t work our way,” Knee added.

Although the team walked off the ice with wins this weekend, it is always trying to refine its game, especially with Wisconsin, last year’s NCAA runner-up, sitting next on the docket.

“Starting games as strong as we finish them is something we are looking to improve moving forward,” Knee said.

The Red will be back in action this weekend as it hosts the undefeated No. 1 Wisconsin (13-0-0, 7-0-0) in a two-game series on Friday and Saturday at 3 p.m.

Despite Wisconsin’s unblemished season thus far, it will be business as usual for the Red as it will learn from past experiences and stick to fundamentals to try to end the Badger’s streak.

“It will help if we can minimize their scoring opportunities and avoid taking penalties,” Knee said. “A key takeaway from this weekend was our ability to play consistently no matter the circumstances. If we were killing a penalty, or had a poor shift in our end, everyone continued to push past those setbacks instead of being defeated.”

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ward pass. The team was hit with a five-yard penalty and a loss of a down, making a field goal, and a chance to get on the scoreboard, just out of reach.

Following that drive, Cornell totaled just 23 yards on its next seven offensive drives, five of which were three-and-outs. Each time the Red’s drive stalled out, Nickolas Null, the hero of the Princeton upset, did an excellent job pinning Dartmouth deep in its own territory. On the day, Null had seven punts that placed the Green inside its own 20-yard line. Once Dartmouth’s offense took over, Cornell’s defense came on and dominated, issuing the Green six three-andouts in the second half.

“If you’re a defensive fan you would have wished that game went nine quarters the way both defenses were playing,” Archer said.

The head coach praised his defense, saying they played “well enough to win.” He specifically lauded the secondary, which is currently ranked first in the Ivy League for passing yards against. On Saturday, the defensive backs had 10 pass breakups and limited Dartmouth quarterback Jack Heneghan to 141 yards on 16-of-30 passing. Sophomore cornerback David Jones picked off Heneghan on an underthrown pass in the second quarter, but the Red offense squandered the opportunity to tie up the game at seven and punted away.

Following the punting ping pong, Cornell had a chance to put pressure on Dartmouth and march into Green territory to even up the game midway through the fourth quarter. But Shaw could not corral a hard-thrown Banks pass and the ball fell into

the hands of Dartmouth’s Isiah Swann. The Green marched down the field, burning up time, and the squad eventually converted a field goal to extend the lead to 10, putting the game out of reach with 1:19 left to play.

At 3-2 in the Ivy League, Cornell is now tied with Harvard, Dartmouth and Columbia for second place in the Ancient Eight — all of which sit a game back of Yale.

Looking to remain in contention for an Ivy title, the Red welcomes the Lions next weekend for the Empire State Bowl. With the loss, however, Cornell no longer controls its own destiny in the championship race, and can only capture the crown if Yale drops one of its next two games.

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun.com.

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Offensive defense | In a testament to Schafter’s effort to get more blueliners involved, the Red has had a defenseman open scoring in every game so far this season.

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shots through three games.

Cornell junior defenseman Brendan Smith opened the scoring 8:34 into the second period on the rush just moments after the Red killed an interference minor. Junior captain and forward Mitch Vanderlaan led the charge into the Quinnipiac end, saucing a backhand pass to classmate Beau Starrett, who then found Smith in a golden position to score on the far side.

In every game so far this season for Cornell, a defenseman has opened the scoring — a sign that Schafer’s strategy to get the blueliners more involved is paying off.

“He jumps into the play nonstop with his feet and we talk about that all year long,” Schafer said of Smith’s goal. “That was outstanding.”

The penalty kill that just preceded the opening score was one of four power plays the Red

had to kill all night. But thanks to plenty of special teams time in the sweep of AlabamaHuntsville last weekend, Cornell did not give anything up when a man down.

Cornell was a perfect 16-16 on penalty kills by the end of the win over Quinnipiac and was the last perfect penalty killing corps in the country until giving up a power play goal to Princeton Saturday night. After successfully killing one penalty against the Tigers before allowing the man-advantage goal, the streak of 17 was the longest perfect streak to open up the season for the Red since it achieved 19-straight in the beginning of the 2008-09 campaign.

“Blocked shots, good clears, good goaltending and a commitment to keeping it out of our net,” is what Schafer attributed to a strong penalty kill unit. “We hope to keep that going.”

Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Rauter provided goals in the first period for their team, but the Tigers immediately followed up each Cornell score with tallies of their own.

Then, with 17 seconds remaining the first, Princeton squeezed a third goal by Cornell freshman goaltender Matt Galajda for its first lead of the night, 3-2.

“They won battles,” Schafer said of Princeton’s early success.

“They did a lot of things we take great pride in. We got away with one tonight as far as our effort.”

That third Princeton goal would be all for the young netminder, as senior Hayden Stewart, who sat out injured in the first pair of games against Alabama-Huntsville this season, took over in goal to start the second period for his first appearance of the year.

“It was a good lesson for Matt like the rest of the team. I don’t think he was very sharp tonight,” Schafer said of Galajda. “[There were] a lot of rebounds that he left laying around. [Princeton] is hungry around the net, and I didn’t think he fought through traffic to find shots.”

Stewart’s night would not begin well, however, as Princeton netted its third unanswered goal to start off the second period for a 4-2 lead. But the senior in net would settle in from there, shutting Princeton out for the remainder of the game and finishing with 13 saves. “[Stewart] has worked really hard to get his opportunity and really rose to the challenge,” Schafer said. “He made a huge save in the second period when

the game could have went to 52.”

And as the defense stopped the bleeding, the offense fought back.

A pair of pivotal goals in quick succession from sophomore Yanni Kaldis and senior Trevor Yates evened the score, 44, heading into the final period of play, where Locke’s heroics were showcased to secure a second-straight weekend sweep for the Red. “It really sets the standard that they know every game is going to be a battle,” Schafer said of the bout with Princeton. “[Our team has] to come ready to get after it and they didn’t do that. … They have confidence that they can come back but they also know and heed the warning signs that they have to come ready to play, and play hard.

“It’s not like we didn’t play hard, we just didn’t play really hard. And that’s what you need to do in college hockey, night-in and night-out.”

The Red found success on the man-advantage Saturday, capitalizing on two of five power play opportunities.

And on the other side of special teams, Cornell killed four of five penalties, surrendering its first power play goal of the season to snap a streak of 17straight goalless kills to kickstart the year.

With the 2-1 win over No. 11/12 Quinnipiac (3-3-1, 0-20) on Friday evening, Saturday’s win provides Cornell with another ECAC road victory to remain undefeated through four games to start the 2017-18 campaign — a mark Cornell has not achieved since the 2006-07 season.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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Settling down | Cornell’s defense faced struggled in the early going, allowing the Tigers to score three unanswered goals by the second period.

As its defense settled down, the Red was able to begin its comeback.

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Women Deliver Sweep in Home-Opening Weekend sealed the victory for the Red. “I don’t think we started very well,” head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 said about his team’s effort in the early onset of the game. “Maybe overly excited about our first game at Lynah Rink. … It took us half the game for us to find our game, but we did, and we stuck with it. For a young team, that’s a good sign going forward.”

“We played our game for 60 minutes ... It was a close game but I felt like we played the right way.”

Head Coach Doug Derraugh ’91

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Bounce back | Following its rough 6-0 loss to Clarkson last weekend, the Red bounced back by sweeping Quinnipiac and Princeton in its home opener.

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

In a dominant display of superior skill and tenacity, the Cornell women’s hockey team bested both Quinnipiac and Princeton this past weekend to complete its first weekend sweep of the two squads since the 2012-13 season.

The Red (3-1-0, 3-1-0 ECAC) kickstarted its weekend with a 5-2 defeat of the Bobcats (5-5-0, 1-2-0) Friday evening to give Lynah a welcome sight in the home opener.

After a scoreless first period, Cornell got off to a

roaring start in the second, as sophomore forward Kristin O’Neill scored two goals within three minutes of each other. Fellow classmate forward Grace Graham also found the back of the net 11:59 into the second to extend the Red’s lead to 3-0.

“In the first intermission, we re-energized and came together as a team,” O’Neill said. “And then when we stepped back onto the ice for the second period we came together and started shooting more and finally pucks went in.”

Although the Bobcats managed to get on the scoreboard 13:51 into the second period, Cornell senior defenseman Sarah Knee’s two goals in the third period

Other highlights from the game include junior goalie Marlene Boissonnault’s 29 saves, many of which came at crucial times to maintain her team’s lead.

“When things weren’t going well, Marlene kept us in it,” Derraugh said. “She made some huge saves for us.”

The Red then continued its victorious home-opening weekend on Saturday afternoon as it handed the Tigers (1-3-2, 1-2-0) a 3-1 loss.

“Tonight was our most complete game that we’ve played so far this year,” Derraugh said. “We played our game for 60 minutes. … It was a close game but I felt like we played the right way.”

Both teams were slow to get on the scoreboard, with the first period ending scoreless for the second night in a row. But freshman forward Maddy Mills was able to break through and capitalize during a power play toward the end of the second period off an assist from sophomore forward Jamie Bourbonnais.

The Ancient Eight rivals countered with goal of their own soon after, but two more goals from junior forward See W. HOCKEY page 13

FENCING

Red Emphasizes Mental Grit For Schneider’s Second Year

By TIM MORALES

sion to traditional scrimmaging by placing the athletes in challenging situations to stimulate the nerves and unpreIn her second season as head coach, dictability of competition.

Daria Schneider is shifting the focus and “It’s easy to make people sweat and bringing a little grit to Cornell fencing. work hard physically,” she said. “It’s A 2007 NCAA fencing champion, harder to make them practice mentally Schneider knows what it takes to win or emotionally.” and is preaching the importance of not Senior captain Luby Kiriakidi added only physical but also mental prepara- that the grit and the process-oriented tion. approach has already helped the Red “Last year was our first year here and remain focused this season, especially a lot of the focus was on getting the ath- given unforeseen challenges. letes to become more “We’ve been workprocess-oriented,” she “It’s easy to make people ing hard leading up to said. “It made a huge [the season] and have sweat and work hard difference.” already had some The team’s progress physically. It’s harder to unexpected challenges was obvious last season and injuries that have make them practice as it was able to topple tested our grit,” she mentally or Saint John’s, a perennisaid. “Our focus on the al powerhouse, for the present moment and emotionally.” first time since 1992. what we can control in Head Coach Daria Schneider each situation gives us On top of that, the Red shocked No. 9 strength and power as a Temple, the Red’s first team. We can handle victory over the Owls since 1972. difficult and messy bouts with calmness This new process-oriented approach and grace.” is only the beginning.

Cognizant about the future and “With that process-oriented NCAA qualifications, the Red has put approach already ingrained, it has together a challenging schedule in the allowed us to go to another level with hopes of better individual seeding in the it,” Schneider said.

NCAAs since strength of opposition That new level is what she calls grit. plays a huge role in the ranking process, “We talk about that in regard to every- Schneider said. thing we do. Whether it’s our strength Time will tell what is next for the and condition[ing] sessions or in a bout Red, whether it be NCAA titles or as a whole, we talk about always being tough learning lessons through bouts gritty, always being willing to put in the against highly ranked opposition. extra work and always being willing to come back to that approach no matter what is happening.”

Building this mindset starts in prac- Tim Morales can be reached at tice. Schneider has added a new dimen- tmorales@cornellsun.com.

Sun Staff Writer

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Change in mentality | In its second season under head coach Daria Schneider, the Red is ready to embrace a more process-oriented approach.

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Body bounce | A shot that bounced off Barron ended up winning the game.

Stroke of Locke | A late game goal from Locke clinced the Red’s comeback effort against Princeton.

Lucky third period bounce propels Red over Quinnipiac

By ZACHARY SILVER

were strong, quick to pucks and made a lot of poised plays. “[But] the third period we got away from all As a game that moves at such a quick pace — the little things we were doing in the first period,” perhaps the fastest team sport out there — erratic Schafer added. “They came at us harder in the bounces are inherent in ice hockey. third and at certain points of time and we didn’t Fortunately for Cornell men’s hockey on handle it very well.”

Saturday night, the unpredictable bounce went At the time of the Barron goal, Cornell extendthe Red’s way and eventually pushed the team to ed its lead to two, but it would ultimately prove a 2-1 win over Quinnipiac to open ECAC play. to be the game-winner. Quinnipiac responded to Over halfway through the Barron’s tally less than two minthird period, a shot from the utes later to cut the Cornell CORNELL @ QUINNIPIAC point by junior defenseman Alec lead to one off the stick of Matt McCrea hit teammate Morgan Forchuk for the freshman’s first Barron in the body, soaring into Game: career goal.

1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL the air of High Point Solutions Cornell But Cornell freshman Matt 0 1 1 2 Arena and eventually landing in Quinnipiac 0 Galajda, who made his third 0 1 1 the net behind the Bobcats’ consecutive start to open the clueless netminder Andrew Shortridge. season, stood on his head to keep the Bobcats Barron’s goal came on one of just three Cornell from finding the crucial equalizer. shots in the third period — a 20 minute period in Galajda shined once again in net, stopping 28 which the Bobcats outshot the Red 12-3. of the 29 shots Quinnipiac threw at him. Senior Until that point, Cornell held a typically- Hayden Stewart returned from injury and was potent Quinnipiac offense at bay, with a majority available to play, but the team decided to ride the of the action coming in the Bobcats’ zone. hot hand in Galajda, who, by the end of the “First two periods on the first road game of the Quinnipiac game, allowed just two goals on 69 year, we played exactly the way we wanted to See QUINNIPIAC page 14 play,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “We Sun Sports Editor

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Freshman lifts Red with game winner

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Brenden Locke picked the perfect time to make his mark.

In an uncertain high-scoring affair, it was the freshman who secured the Cornell men’s hockey team’s fate, notching a late game-winning goal to help his team edge out Princeton on the road Saturday night, 5-4, for the Red’s best start to a season since 2006-07.

In the late moments of the game, the Ontario-native, who was kept out of the lineup in Friday night’s win over Quinnipiac, decided to have a whack at the puck from just in front of the blue line — a fine decision, indeed. Locke’s shot screamed past Princeton goaltender Ryan Ferland for what proved to be the deciding goal in the contest.

“He’s got a lot of poise

offensively,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said of his rookie.

“It was funny, because he played left wing and right wing [tonight], and I don’t know if he’s ever played those positions in his life.”

But Locke’s clutch goal was the culmination of a comeback effort that began much

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earlier for the Red. No. 18 Cornell (4-0, 2-0 ECAC) and Princeton (1-1-1, 0-1-1) traded goals early in the contest, with the Red striking first less than two minutes into the game. Junior Alec McCrea and senior Alex See PRINCETON page 14

FOOTBALL

Cornell Bounced Out of First Place After Shutout cent of his passes for 184 yards, about a third of those coming on the final drive when the game was already out of reach. Dartmouth’s defense A week after a thrilling win over preseason intercepted Banks once and broke up 13 of his favorite Princeton, Cornell football fell flat passes, several times at the line of scrimmage.

“They made more plays than we did,” against Dartmouth, limping to a 10-0 loss in Hanover, New Hampshire. Coming into the head coach David Archer ’05 said simply.

With the aerial attack sputtering, the game in a three-way tie for first in the Ivy ground game, which the League, Cornell was Red had relied so heavily shutout for the first time CORNELL @ DARTMOUTH on in its previous Ivy wins, since 2009 on Saturday. similarly struggled, accuDartmouth scored on its second drive of the Game: 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL mulating just 51 yards — its lowest total since a week game and kept Cornell at Cornell 0 0 0 0 0 one loss at Delaware. In bay throughout the rest of Dartmouth 7 0 0 3 10 the victories over Harvard, the contest. Led by running back Ryder Stone’s 119 rushing yards, Brown and Princeton, Cornell averaged 224 the Green snapped a two-game losing streak yards on the ground, including a 276-yard outburst against the Bears. after its 5-0 start to the season.

“They did a great job stopping the run The Red’s offense, anemic and mistakeprone, failed to top 250 yards and never seri- game,” Archer said. “They just did not let our ously threatened the Green’s defense. Junior See FOOTBALL page 13 quarterback Dalton Banks completed 41 perBy ADAM BRONFIN

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Dartmouth defense | After scoring on its second drive of the game, Dartmouth was able to hold the Red to under 250 yards in its shutout.