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WRESTLING (1-2) Nov. 21 W, 37-3 Nov. 22 1st, 202 pts Nov. 29 L, 14-21 Nov. 29 L, 13-21 Dec. 4-5 All Day Jan. 1-2 All Day Jan. 10 1 p.m. Jan. 15 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23 Feb. 6 1 p.m. Feb. 7 1 p.m. Feb. 13 1 p.m. Feb. 13 7 p.m. Feb. 22 All Day Mar. 5-6 All Day Mar. 17-19 All Day *Ivy League Meet
Drexel University NY Intercollegiate Tournament University of Nebraska Rutgers University Las Vegas Invitational Southern Scuffle at University of Missouri Harvard* Brown* Lehigh University Columbia* Oklahoma State University at Penn* at Princeton* NWCA National Duals EIWA Championships NCAA Wrestling Championships
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING (2-3) Oct. 17 Nov. 6 Nov. 13-14 Nov. 13-14 Nov. 21 Nov. 21 Dec. 4-6 Jan. 5 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 25-27 Mar. 7-9
NTS W, 165.5-117.5 L, 106.5-188.4 W 183-117 L, 83-217 L, 64-234 All Day TBA 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m., 1 p.m. All Day All Day
Mar. 24-26
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at Buffalo Binghamton Harvard Dartmouth Penn at Princeton Bomber Invitational Yale at Columbia Colgate Brown Ivy League Championships NCAA Zone Diving Championships NCAA Championships
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING (2-3) Oct. 17 Nov. 6 Nov. 13-14 Nov. 13-14 Nov. 21 Nov. 21 Dec. 4-6 Jan. 5 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 18-20 Mar. 7-9
NTS W, 173-114 L, 109-191 W, 205-95 L, 100-200 L, 87-213 All Day TBA 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m., 1 p.m. All Day All Day
Mar. 17-19
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at Buffalo Binghamton Harvard Dartmouth Penn at Princeton Bomber Invitational Yale at Columbia Colgate Brown Ivy League Championships NCAA Zone Diving Championships NCAA Championships
MEN’S ICE HOCKEY (6-1-2, 4-1-1 ECAC) Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 28 Dec. 29
W, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 3-2 W, 4-0 W, 4-3 L, 4-5 W, 5-1 W, 3-2 T, 0-0 W, 1-0 T, 3-3 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:05 or 7:35 p.m.
Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Feb. 27
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Red/White Game Ryerson Laurentian University at Niagara Niagara Princeton Quinnipiac Colgate at Colgate at Yale at Brown Boston University St. Lawrence Clarkson Providence College Boston College or Ohio State Merrimack College Merrimack College at RPI at Union College Dartmouth Harvard at Clarkson at St. Lawrence at Quinnipiac at Princeton Brown Yale at Harvard at Dartmouth Union College RPI
WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (5-5-2, 1-2-2 ECAC) Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 15
W, 3-2 L, 1-4 L, 0-8 L, 1-2 T, 2-2 W, 2-1 L, 1-3 W, 5-2 T, 3-3 L, 1-5 W, 6-1 W, 4-2 W, 4-0 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
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U. of Western Ontario Red/White Game Boston College Boston College RPI Union College at Princeton at Qunnipiac at Syracuse Colgate at Mercyhurst at Mercyhurst Boston University U. of Vermont at St. Lawrence at Clarkson at Harvard at Dartmouth at Colgate Yale
Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 20
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Brown Clarkson St. Lawrence at Union College at RPI Quinnipiac Princeton at Brown at Yale Dartmouth Harvard
Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Mar. 4 Mar. 5
Greg Page Relays Souther Tier Collegiate at Northeast Challenge Upstate Challenge at Terrier Invite Robert J. Kane Invite at Sykes-Sabock Challenge at SPIRE Invite Cornell Sunday Invite Marc Deneault Invite Ivy Indoor Heptagonal Championships at ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships at NCAA Indoor Championships at Riverside Invite at Stanford Invite at UCLA Birmingham at Bucknell Invite at Larry Ellis Invite Upstate Challenge at Penn Relays Big Red Invite at Ivy Outdoor Heptagonal Championships at ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships at NCAA First Round at NCAA Final Round
MEN’S BASKETBALL (3-4, 0-0 IVY) Nov. 13 Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Nov. 25 Nov. 29 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Dec. 23 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6
L, 81-116 W, 101-98 W, 76-59 L, 62-87 W, 76-47 L, 49-93 L, 77-80 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
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Princeton Penn Dartmouth Harvard at Penn at Princeton Yale Brown
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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD Dec. 4-5 Jan. 8 Jan. 16 Jan. 22-23 Jan. 29-30 Jan. 30 Feb. 5-6 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 20 Feb. 27-28 Mar. 5-6 Mar. 11-12 Mar. 25-26 Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. 16-17 Apr. 22-23 Apr. 23 Apr. 28-30 May 1 May 7-8 May 14-15 May 25-28 Jun. 7-11
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at Georgia Tech at Colgate Binghamton at Canisius Penn State-Harrisburg at University of Pittsburgh at University of Mass. Lowell Siena College Lafayette College at Syracuse Monmouth at Saint Peter’s University University of Albany at Howard at Columbia Columbia at Harvard at Dartmouth at Brown at Yale
Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 23 Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Mar. 4 Mar. 5
L, 50-53 at Hartford W, 70-62 at Bryant W, 73-60 Colgate W, 75-69 Saint Francis L, 41-59 at Buffalo L, 47-73 at Marshall 7 p.m. Towson 7 p.m. Stony Brook 5 p.m. Fairfield University 2 p.m. PST at Stanford 2:30 pm PST at Fullerton 7 p.m. Binghamton 2 p.m. at Howard 7 p.m. Delaware State TBD at Columbia 1 p.m. Columbia 7 p.m. Harvard 6 p.m. Dartmouth 7 p.m. Brown 6 p.m. Yale 7 p.m. at Princeton 6 p.m. at Penn 7 p.m. at Dartmouth 6 p.m. at Harvard 7 p.m. Penn 6 p.m. Princeton 7 p.m. at Yale 6 p.m. at Brown
GYMNASTICS Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 14
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Feb. 20 Feb. 28 Mar. 6 Mar. 12 Mar. 19 Apr. 2 Apr. 4-10
4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA TBA
at George Washington at Cortland at Bridgeport Penn, Cortland Air Force Academy, Brockport, Ithaca College at Penn State Brown, Penn, Yale at Kent State at West Chester University at William & Mary at NCAA Regionals at USAG Collegiate Nationals
MEN’S SQUASH (3-0) Nov. 21 Nov. 21 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 15
W, 8-1 W, 8-1 12 p.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m.
Middlebury Williams at Yale at Brown Columbia
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8 GYMNASTICS / SQUASH
Cover Story: After several key players graduated, the women’s hockey team turns to a new group of stars.
Gymnastics: Cornell eyes a return to prominence. Squash: The Red ranks high early in the season.
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9 SWIMMING / FENCING
A frustrating start to a young season.
Swimming: Men’s and women’s teams sitting at 2-3. Fencing: Standouts carrying Red to prominence.
5 M. BASKETBALL
10 WRESTLING
The Red turns to Hatter, Onuorah and Morgan for offensive production.
Wrestling hopes to continue legacy of success.
6 M. BASKETBALL (IVY PREVIEW)
11 M. HOCKEY (ECAC PREVIEW)
A look around the Red’s Ivy League opponents..
Taking stock of the Red’s competition in the ECAC.
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12 M. HOCKEY
A look at the Cornell women’s basketball team in the early goings of the season.
The Red is off to a surprisingly good start this season.
EDITORS
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Anna Fasman ’16, Joon Lee ’17, Adam Bronfin ’18, Shane Lewis ’18
Supplement Design: John Schroeder ’74 Cover Photo: Cameron Pollack ’18 Cover Design: John Schroeder ’74
Connor Archard ’15, Jason Ben Nathan ’18, Dana Daniels ’17, Michelle Feldman ’15, Monique Hall ’14, Oliver Kliewe ’14, David Navadeh ’19, Cameron Pollack ’18, Kern Sharma ’18
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Turning things around | The Red has won their last three games, most recently against the University of Vermont, after starting off their season with three losses.
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Passing the Torch
ith every season’s close, it signals a bittersweet ending for a select group of the women’s hockey team. While the seniors move on to bigger and better things, it’s a reminder that their years of hard work for the Red are unfortunately over. Last year spelled the end of college hockey for three seniors on the women’s hockey team: Brianne Jenner, Emily Fulton and Jillian Saulnier. Serving as the team’s three leading point getters, Jenner led all scorers with 51 points, followed by Fulton with 48 and Saulnier with 44. Whereas Jenner was the playmaker, recording 36 assists out of her 51 points, Fulton was more the naturalborn scorer, leading the Red with 21 goals. Combine the point totals from last year’s senior class and it amounts to almost 50 percent of the team’s total points. That is a tall order to replace if you are head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. “Jenner, Saulnier and Fulton were some of the top three players in the ECAC, but we can’t just replace them with an incoming freshman class,” Derraugh said. “They were very skilled and a huge part of our team.” Last year, the Red went into the ECAC tournament with a good chance to bring a tournament bid back to Ithaca. After an upset over the number one seed Clarkson, the Red had just Harvard to get through, but a disappointing loss in the finals left the squad home packing with questions to answer. “After last year we need a much
By ZACH SILVER Sun Staff Writer more complete team and a team effort to generate more offense,” Derraugh said. “We have to shut it down defensively and get our goals.” So, where does a team go that lost its three leaders, a Canadian
junior and senior classes, who are forced to pick up the slack that the newly graduated alumnae left behind. Derraugh, serving as the Red’s bench boss for his 11th year, made his next generation of leaders clear when
“We’re going to need contributions from a lot of people. It can’t only be the senior class. We need every class involved.” —Doug Derraugh ’91 olympian in Jenner, the 2011-2012 ECAC rookie of the year in Saulnier and a gold-medalist from the under18 World Championships in Fulton? A fair amount of it falls on the rising
he named senior Cassandra Poudrier as the captain, with fellow seniors Taylor Woods and Stefannie Moak serving as her alternates. “Poudrier is well-respected and
HANNA BUNTON PROFILE • Leads the Red in total points with 13 on eight goals and five assists. • Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team in 2014. • Named to Team Canada for the 2016 Nations Cup • Played for Team Canada U18 in IIHF World Women’s U18 Championship in 2018.
works hard on and of the ice,” Derraugh said. “Woods’s work ethic is off the charts and Moak does all the right things. All three of them are great leaders and are admired by the team.” While Derraugh’s captains happen to all be seniors, it has been the junior class who has stepped up so far this season in leading the Red to a 5-5-2 record. Hanna Bunton and Kaitlin Doering have led the way for the Red, recording about a third of the team’s total points, alongside netminder Paula Voorheis, who is sporting a 1.92 goals against average and a .928 Save Percentage. “We’re going to need contributions from a lot of people,” Derraugh said. “It can’t be only the senior class. We need every class involved. No one can be satisfied being a specialist on the ice. We need a whole team effort.” It is true the juniors have led the way at the start of the season, with Bunton notching the team-leading 13 points and Doering following closely behind with eight of her own. However, as of late, seniors Poudrier and Woods have found their ways back onto the scoresheet recording a collective seven points in the past two wins against Vermont and Boston. As of late, Derraugh noted that the team’s pieces have been slowly coming together. After the two big wins over Vermont and Boston, the Red have left themselves in position to have a successful remainder of the season.
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ornell women’s hockey has played in the ECAC tournament championship game in each of the last six seasons. After substantial player turnover, the 2015-16 season has gotten off to a slow start. Cornell (5-52), (1-2-2 ECAC), is currently tied for seventh in the ECAC after having played five of 22 conference games. We have to only turn back the clocks one year to find a successful Cornell team that struggled early on. In 2014, the Red started the season by losing each of their first four games, and still made it to the ECAC tournament finals. “Any time you have a tough start, you have to learn from that adversity, stay the course, stay with the process, and stick together,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. Three of the Red’s first five losses have come against nationally-ranked teams. Senior captain defender Cassandra Poudrier believes the team is better off for having faced tough competition early on. “It’s a good thing that we played teams that are challenging,” Poudrier said. Poudrier, who was named to Team Canada for the 2016 Nations Cup and was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team in 2015, is currently second on the team in points with nine on three goals and six assists. Junior Hanna Bunton has been the Red’s most prominent offensive threat so far this season, lighting the lamp on eight occasions and assisting on five other goals for 13 total points, good for 62nd among all NCAA wo men’s hockey players. According to Derraugh, part of the Red’s early struggle has been its power play execution. Cornell was the last team in the country to score on a power play; ironically the Red had more goals in its first eight games when short-handed. So far this season, Cornell ranks 26th in the country in the power play, converting 7-of-48 for a conversion percentage of 14.58 percent. Derraugh said he believes the Red is a good team in part because it is a deep team. “We’re not phenomenal with superstars,” Derraugh said. “We are strong at every position, have depth at every position.” Senior alternate captain forward Taylor Woods agrees the Red is a very talented. She said she would not want to battle with her teammates for a
Poudrier said she is impressed with the work ethic of the team she represents. “[It’s a great] group of girls I have to lead,” Poudrier said. “They work so hard.” Woods said two areas of improvement moving forward are communication and better utilizing the team’s speed.
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percentage. Woods is looking forward to taking a leadership role in guiding her teammates in developing through the season’s “journey.” “People look up to me and that’s awesome,” Woods said with a smile. “[I’m looking forward to] seeing the team grow as a whole, game by game.” Derraugh admits the Red has gotten away with subpar games in years past, and that in order to succeed this year Cornell will have to play to its fullest ability. “I like the challenge of keeping everyone on the same page, sticking to gether, that every game we’ll have to be our best,” Derraugh said. Poudrier is looking forward to “being with the team” on the road and playing at Lynah Rink. She believes a testament to good leadership is leaving Cornell with a winning program in the years after she graduates. “Winning isn’t everything,” Poudrier said. “Learning is.”
Women Icers Start Off Season Slow RED FACES TASK OF REPLACING JENNER, SAULNIER, FULTON By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer
DANA DANIELS / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
PLAYERS TO WATCH Picking up the pieces | The Red has some work to do after losing its first four games of the season.
“The best teams have communication,” Woods said. “[We have to] play with more speed [in] where to move the puck.” When asked about rivals, Derraugh, Poudrier and Woods mentioned several different teams, including non-conference Mercyhurst, and ECAC opponents Clarkson, Quinnipiac, Colgate and Princeton. It should come as no surprise that before elaborating to mention these —Taylor Woods teams, all three uttered the H-word. “[Harvard] tries to get under your skin,” said Woods of the Red’s chief rival. “They’re very disciplined.” The Crimson ranks 11th in the country in offense, two spots ahead of the Red. In addition, Harvard has the fourth-best defense in the country, bolstered by goalie Emerance Maschmeyer, who ranks second in the country with a .958 save
“We are very strong backcheckers. [We are] tough and resilient to get to the puck ... We have people that have great hands.” puck in the corner. “We are very strong backcheckers,” Woods said. “[We are] tough and resilient to get to the puck ... We have people that have great hands.” Woods ranks fourth in points on the team so far this season with eight total off of four goals an four assists.
CASSANDRA POUDRIER One of the stronger defensive players, Poudrier was named to Team Canada for the 2016 Nations Cup. In the early part of the season, Poudrier has a total of nine points from three goals and six assists with a plus-minus rating of zero.
KAITLIN DOERING In the early part of the season, Doering ranks fourth on the team in points with two goals and six assists. As a sophomore, Doering racked up 14 points on six goals and eight assists.
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Men’s Basketball Turns to Fresh Faces After Key Departures RED NOW LOOKS TO ONUORAH, MORGAN, HATTER FOR POINTS By SHAN DHALIWAL
sive 20 points in the team’s season opener at Georgia Tech and he went The Cornell men’s basketball team on to post 16 points and has had a strong start to the season seven rebounds highlighted by victories over in the team’s at Colgate, Binghamton, Penn State - victory Harrisburg and Siena. The team has Colgate. He also posted losses against Georgia Tech, notched a teamhigh 24 points in the Canisius, Pitt and UMass Lowell. “I think we’re gelling really nice victory against Binghamton right now, especially through the and a team-high 12 points in the first four games,” said freshman team’s loss to Canisius. Morgan noted how the speed of guard Matt Morgan. “I think the chemistry in general is really good the game as well as the sizes of playright now, and I think we’re playing ers have been the biggest differences between high school and college basketball. “It’s definitely been a major transition,” Morgan said. “The speed of the —Matt Morgan game is a lot faster than it was in high school … but scoring the ball has been pretty much the good as a unit.” The Red (3-4) finished 13-17 last same.” One would think Morgan was a year and fifth in the Ivy League, a much-improved performance from veteran college player with the its 2-26 record and last-place Ivy way he has started this seaLeague finish the year before. The son. He also noted how he Red won the Ivy League champi- has learned a lot from onship three straight years — from junior guard Robert 2007 to 2010 — very recently, indi- Hatter — who is cating that the team’s losing records leading the team for the past couple of seasons can with 19.8 points per game — in turn on a dime. “We all have a common goal as his development everyone else does to win the Ivy as a college playLeague and make the NCAA tourna- er. “I’ve been ment,” Morgan said. “That’s definitely the main goal right now and able to play my that’s something that we’re really try- game for the most part so ing to work towards.” Morgan is averaging 15 points per far, especially game and was recently named the Ivy playing off Rob League Rookie of the Week, setting because he’s so an example for the team’s strong a g g r e s s i v e , ” freshman class. Morgan started the Morgan said. season off strong, posting an impres- “It hasn’t realSun Staff Writer
“We all have a common goal ... to win the Ivy League.”
l y changed much offensively because I’m still able to play my game but … the speed and the sizes [of players] are definitely a h u g e change for me.” Morgan is one of the MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN FILE PHOTO
Making the jump | The Red will turn to junior Robert Hatter for scoring this season after many key departures. So far this season, Hatter is averaging 18.4 points per game with 4.9 assists.
eight freshmen on the 19-man roster that will look to help the Red develop into a playoff-caliber team by the end of the season. With so many freshmen, head coach Bill Courtney has admitted that there’s definitely a learning curve with such a young inexperienced team. Courtney has worked hard to incorporate the freshmen into the program and make them feel welcome on the team. The process began over the summer, when Courtney had the freshmen work individual workouts with the upperclassmen. “Lifting weights with them, seeing how hard it is and how hard you have to go in order to become successful is something big,” Morgan said. “As a whole class, I think [Courtney’s] really incorporated us very well [and] has us in multiple reps with upperclassmen.” The Red will have to work very hard to achieve the goal of winning an Ivy League Championship and playing in the NCAA Tournament. “I think defensively we can improve a lot more,” Morgan said. “We work on that in practice every day and it’s definitely a point of emphasis for us.” He also said that rebounding and limiting the number of offensive boards the team has given up is something else the Red must improve. One of the most undersized teams in the league, Cornell has struggled on the glass so far this season and has allowed bigger opponents to score in the paint at will. As has been the focus since Courtney arrived to Cornell six years ago, the team’s focus will be on playing uptempo basketball. The Red begins Ivy League play on Jan. 16 against Columbia, so there is plenty of time for the team to develop and improve. “We’re just trying to get better every day, work hard, keep the chemistry up, play intense, play fast,” Morgan said. “Hopefully we can meet [our] goal.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH ROBERT HATTER Currently first in the league in scoring, Hatter will continue to get lots of oppurtunities to score this year. The acrobatic junior guard slashes through opponent’s defenses and lights up the court from behind the arc.
MATT MORGAN Hatter’s backcourt mate possesses many of the same traits as Hatter: great shooting stroke, fearless approach and athletic finisher. Morgan is ninth in the league in scoring and has already posted two 20-point games.
DAVID ONUORAH The undisputed anchor of the defense will be critical to the team’s success this year. Onuorah has found himself in foul trouble often this season, and when he goes to the bench, the team’s defense takes a major hit.
DARRYL SMITH Often overshadowed by his flashier fellow guards, Smith is quietly ranked third on the team in scoring and has been efficient with his shots, connecting on 60 percent of his attempts, best on the team.
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By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor
After five straight years of Harvard dominance, this year in Ivy basketball will likely be a toss-up between a couple of different teams. Yale, Columbia and Princeton all received at least five first place votes and 100 total points in the Ivy preason poll. Ivy games don’t begin until mid-January, but it’s never too early to scout out Cornell’s fellow competitors in the Ancient Eight.
BROWN BEARS
2014-15: 13-18, 4-10 Ivy The Bears tied for last in the Ivy League last year, finishing with just four Ivy wins. Led by Cedric Kaukumensah, Brown’s dominant big man, the Bears will look to fill the gap left by Rafael Maia who was first in the league in rebounds and field goal percentage last year. Kaukumensah, a former Ivy De fensive Player of the Year, anchors the Bears’ de fense. The senior center set an Ivy record for blocks in a season two years ago and will look to bring a defense that finished last in the conference last year back to prominence. Also providing a spark for Brown is Steven Spieth and Jr Hobbie, both of whom are averaging over nine points so for this year.
COLUMBIA LIONS
2014-15: 13-5, 5-9 Ivy Title-less since 1968, this year may be the Lions’ best chance for winning the conference in a long time. Alex Rosenberg has returned from injury and has immedietly made an impact for Columbia. Rosenberg is one of three Lions in the top-12 in the conference in scoring. Joining him are Grant Mullins and Maodo Lo, arguably the best player in the Ivy League. Lo earned unanimous first team all-Ivy honors last year and will likely be a huge part of the team’s offense, currently second best in the league, going forward. With a senior-heavy class, two of Columbia’s four losses this season have come in overtime, including an 83-80 defeat at Northwestern.
2014-15: 22-8, 11-3 Ivy Harvard enters the season with five consecutive Ivy titles, but injuries and the graduation of several key players have the Crimson placed squarely in the middle of the pack. Harvard will have to do without former Ivy League Player of the Year, Wesley Saunders and last year’s Defensive Player of the Year, Steve Moundou-Missi. But even without them, Harvard has continued playing its stingy defense, currently the only team in the Ancient Eight holding oppo-
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PENN QUAKERS
2014-15: 9-19, 4-10 Ivy Last year’s last place Ivy team hired former Cornell coach, Steve Donahue, over the offseason to try to bring Penn basketball back to prominence. Nine wins all of last season placed the Quakers solidly in last place. Donahue, who led Cornell to the Sweet 16 in 2010-11, clashed with Tony Hicks, Penn’s leading scorer from last year and Hicks left the team before the season. Donahue will try to bring a team-first approach to Penn. Despite the loss of Hicks, or perhaps because of it, Penn currently finds itself second in the Ivy League. The backcourt now features top-25 scorers, Matt Howard and Antonio Woods. Senior center Darien Nelson-Henry leads the team in scoring and has scored in double figures in each game so far this year, including a 31 point - 14 rebound performance against La Salle.
Dethroning The Crimson
PRINCETON TIGERS
2014-15: 16-14, 9-5 Ivy Picked third to win the Ivy League, but earning the most first place votes, Princeton is the only remaining undefeated team in the Ancient Eight. The Tigers’ season has been highlighed by a 104-52 shellacking of Lafayette. Last year’s Rookie of the Year, Amir Bell, has continued where he left off and projects to be a key factor in Princeton’s success. The team has also gotten a great boost off the bench from freshman Devin Cannady, who’s second on the team in scoring. Through four games this season, the Tigers have nothing but impressed so far this season, ranking first in points per game on offense and second on defense. Expect big things from the Tigers when Ivy play starts in January.
YALE BULLDOGS
2014-15: 22-10, 11-3 Ivy A game away from knocking off Harvard and earning a spot in the NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs return, perhaps better than ever. Last year’s Ivy Player of the Year, Justin Sears, will be a critical pierce of the Bulldogs’ push for the Ivy League crown. Sears makes up half of Yale’s strong one-two punch. Makai DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN Mason also ranks 2014-15: 14-15, 7-7 Ivy in the top-6 in Dartmouth may have only points per game placed fourth in the league last in the league and year, but the team had a couple of has shown his verstrong performances against top sality scoring the basketball. Yale teams. The Big Green defeated has lost three in a row but two Yale and Harvard last year. came against ranked opponents. Following the departure of On Nov. 22, Bulldogs lost by two Dartmouth’s two at No. best players last 22 SMU. year, the Big Three IVY LEAGUE Green will have d a y s PRESEASON to see major OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN FILE PHOTO later, i m p r o v e m e n t s Anyone’s year | Five-time defending champion Harvard may be in store for a down Yale led MEDIA POLL from several No. 6 young players to remain in the season this year, opening up the field for another team to take the Ivy crown. With three teams D u k e , 1. YALE (117) middle in the pack in the confer- earning first place votes, expect a wild Ivy season that will go down to the final weekend. t h e ence. Already this season, a couple 2. COLUMBIA (114) defendof payers have already stepped up. Most notably nents to less than 60 points per game. On the ing national champi3. PRINCETON (108) among them is Evan Bourdreaux, who is second flipside however, the team is last in scoring and ons, before falling 4. HARVARD (96) in the conference in scoring, behind Cornell’s doesn’t have a player in the top-10 in points per behind in the second. 5. BROWN (74) Robert Hatter. Despite playing just 23 minutes game. The team’s highest scorer, Zena Yale’s success against 6. DARTMOUTH (50) per game, Miles Wright also ranks in the top-10 Edosomwan, currently sits at 13th in the confer- strong teams bodes 7. PENN (48) in scoring, while point guard Malik Hill leads ence in points per game and first in rebounds. well for the team’s Ivy 8. CORNELL (20) the conference in assists, with 1.4 more than the The Crimson will also get a boost in scoring from League games next next highest player. freshman guard Tommy McCarthy (10.7 PPG). month.
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Cornell to Open Shanghai Office in 2016 First international office, common application for travel grants part of Global Cornell initiative By ISABEL LING Sun Staff Writer
Cornell’s first international office is expected to open in Shanghai in 2016, as part of a University-wide initiative to increase Cornell’s global presence and students’ accessibility of international programs to Cornell students, according to Laura Spitz JSD ’06, vice provost of international affairs. “Opening a University office in Shanghai, China will create important
With almost 1,200 alumni living in momentum and signal that Cornell is committed to expanding its international foot- China, Cornell has strong ties to China, according to Spitz. print in important and Additionally, approxistrategic ways,” Spitz “The Shanghai office will mately 1,600 Chinese said. belong to the entire students have studied at The office will serve Cornell, including many roles, including Cornell community.” approximately 500 convening conferences undergraduate students, in Shanghai, recruiting Laura Spitz JSD ’06 according to Spitz. students and maintain“Our many points of ing connections with alumni, according to President Elizabeth connection create an incredibly strong foundation for further engagement to Garrett.
ensure that our initiatives and programs related to China remain among the very best in higher education,” Spitz said. “The Shanghai office will belong to the entire Cornell community — students, faculty, alumni, staff, and researchers — and serve a wide range of academic and non-academic units.” Decisions about staff and space for the Shanghai office are ongoing, according to Spitz. The Shanghai office is part of the See GLOBAL page 4
C.U. Coalition Launches With Kappa Sigma Chapter Rally, Letter Drop Thursday Suspension Removed By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer
Dozens of students marched through the Cornell Store toward Day Hall Thursday, holding signs and chanting in support of workers’ rights to announce the creation of the Coalition Against Gulf Exploitation, which is composed of approximately 30 different campus organizations. CAGE’s demands include an independent, third-party investigation of labor conditions at the Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar and granting Cornell workers in Qatar the right to unionize and collectively bargain, according to Allison Considine ’17, CAGE’s press liaison. “We are the students … we want justice for our workers,” the students chanted as they marched. The rally, which started at around 12:45 p.m., began with sev-
eral students giving opening speeches that outlined their concerns over Cornell’s labor practices in Qatar. CAGE members then took a picture in front of McGraw Tower while holding a banner that read, “end exploitation of our workers in Qatar.” After arriving at Day Hall, the coalition sent members inside to deliver a letter and a petition in support of CAGE’s demands to President Elizabeth Garrett. Hundreds of individuals had signed individual copies of the petition, which were then formed into a paper chain to be delivered to Garrett. “As a student, I demand an independent investigation and swift remediation of our abuse of See CAGE page 4 CAMERON POLLACK / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Clocktower cause | Members of CAGE fly a banner from McGraw Tower on Thursday.
Fred Van Sickle Named Vice President For Alumni Affairs and Development Van Sickle, who is currently the chief development officer at the Institute for Fred Van Sickle has been Advanced Study — a postdoctoral research named the next center — will vice president for assume his new alumni affairs and position on Jan. development, 18, according to President the University. Elizabeth Garrett He earned his announced bachelors’ degree Thursday. He will from Lake Forest succeed Charles College in 1983, Phlegar, who VAN SICKLE master of educadeparted the tion from Harvard in 1989 University earlier this year.
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and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996, according to a University press release. Van Sickle’s career in fundraising and alumni relations has spanned for three decades. He became deputy vice president for university development at Columbia University in 2002, and served as a vice president for eight years until he was named executive vice presiSee VAN SICKLE page 4
After Hazing Allegations Chapter will still pursue internal action regarding individuals involved By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor
Cornell’s chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity was lifted from suspension Thursday after the chapter was suspended for allegations of hazing earlier this month. The University was notified of the national organization’s decision Thursday morning, according to Travis Apgar, senior associate dean of students, who oversees the University’s Fraternity and Sorority Life. While the suspension has
been lifted, the chapter will still take internal action regarding individuals involved in the hazing allegations and the claims will still be put to the Cornell Greek Judicial Board, according to Apgar. During the nearly three-week suspension that began on Nov. 13, Cornell’s Kappa Sigma chapter was to “cease all operations” and also remain alcohol free while the national Kappa Sigma organization investigated the allegations. Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.
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Quotes of the Week News, “Hughes Hall Renovation Plans Reviewed,” Monday Speaking after President Elizabeth Garrett gave her final approval for Anabel’s Grocery “After so many months of preparation, our team could not be more excited to continue our work towards opening the store next semester.” Emma Johnston ’16 News, “Proponents of Anabel’s Grocery Hold Panel,” Wednesday Speaking about how Collegetown is a ‘food desert’ “You pay exorbitant prices and you’re not getting fresh produce while you face limited options.” Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean and director of intercultural programs
Sports, “Family Ties Come Full Circle for Cornell Football Running Back Luke Hagy,” Thursday Speaking about how she sees a lot of her father, who was also a college football player, in her son Luke “I feel like there’s a piece of my dad with him every game that he plays. It makes it really special in that regard.” Karen Hagy
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University Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Awards Cornell $13.4 Million Four-Year Grant The Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative, a University project aiming to combat malnutrition in India, was awarded a $13.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the University announced in a press release Thursday. The grant will create a consortium, called Cornell Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture, that will link Cornell to other universities and NGO partners.
State Former Cornell Trustee Files for Pension Days After Being Convicted of Corruption Charges Sheldon Silver — former speaker of the New York State Assembly and former ex-officio Cornell Board of Trustees member — filed for state pension Tuesday, The New York Times reported Thursday. Though Silver was convicted guilty on seven counts of federal corruption charges Monday, he still may be able to collect nearly $100,000 year in public money through pension funds, according to The Times. In its indictment against Silver, the government said that it make seek any of Silver’s pension funds earned through his position as State assemblymember.
National All U.S. Military Combat Roles Now Open to Woman, Defense Secretary Annouces Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter announced Thursday that all combat positions would now be open to women, The New York Times reported. Women will now be eligible to serve as Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALS, Marine Crops infantry and Air Force parajumpers. The decision overturned a long-established rule that had previously restricted women from those combat roles. While women have previously served in combat zones and under fire, including in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last 14 years, they were prevented from holding official combat positions, according to The Times. — Compiled by Gabriella Lee
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Nearly 200 Cornell students and faculty members gathered in Schwartz Auditorium Wednesday, to hear Cathy Olkin and Ann Harch — two lead scientists on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto this July — give one of the earliest public presentations about the mission’s history and results. Olkin began the talk by emphasizing the necessity of flying a spacecraft by Pluto, rather than simply observing the dwarf planet from Earth. “This was the best image we had of Pluto at the beginning of this year,” she said, showing a picture of a pixelated white dot. “I spent decades studying this point of light.” According to Harch, even though New Horizons passed by Pluto quickly, it was able to take pictures, determine the composition of the planet’s surface and atmosphere and gather data about its moons. However, getting New Horizons to Pluto was not easy. Harch discussed problems that the New Horizons team faced in planning the mission, including how to aim the spacecraft at Pluto and determining where the planet was in space. “You can’t tell where these objects are [when they are very far away],” Harch said. “Three days from Pluto, you can actually get that uncertainty down to a much more manageable size.” Scientists handled this problem by sending the probe repeated corrections for Pluto’s position, Harch said. Olkin talked about the spacecraft’s major findings, including hydrocarbons irradiated by sunlight, a glacier of non-water ices, possible cryovolcanoes and a hazy, blue atmosphere. She highlighted how new this information was, adding that scientists have not yet developed explanations for most of the phenomena observed on Pluto.
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Planetary pictures | Two lead scientists on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, Cathy Olkin and Ann harch, give a public presentation on Wednesday, where they discussed the mission’s Pluto flyby.
“What you’re seeing is science in action. We don’t know every answer yet,” Olkin said. “I can give you my best guess, and we’re going to get more information and continue to evolve and learn this story.” Although New Horizons’s main objective has been completed, the team hopes to receive approval for a second mission, according to Olkin. “The spacecraft is continuing to take measurements [of its environment],” Olkin said. “We’re looking forward to a potential extended mission … We hope to fly by a small target called 2014MU69, a relatively small Kuiper Belt object.” Harch and Olkin continually emphasized that the mission’s success was a result of the combined efforts of multiple teams. “There was a lot of interesting science, but it
was also the product of a lot of hard teamwork,” Olkin said. Students expressed excitement about the talk’s accessibility and being able to understand the significance of the mission’s findings. “I saw the pictures earlier, through the internet, but having someone actually explain and analyze what’s going on is amazing,” Rushaniya Fazli ’18 said. “You don’t realize how much you miss if you just look at them.” Fazli added that she had also developed a better appreciation for the work that the New Horizons team put into the mission. “It’s mind-blowing how much they have done using the [technology they had] back then,” Fazli said. Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun.com.
Brown Univ. Requests Dismissal of Gender Bias Hearing By THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
The University asked a judge to dismiss a hearing brought by a former member of the class of 2017 who believes he was discriminated against due to his gender in a sexual misconduct case heard by the Student Conduct Board in fall 2014, according to a University press release Tuesday. The University argued that the plaintiff, identified only as John Doe in court documents, could not provide any specific allegations that showed the University acted with anti-male bias, according to the Office of General Counsel in the University press release. “There’s no smoking gun that we’re out to get men,” said University lawyer Steven Richard in Tuesday’s court pro-
ceedings, the Providence Journal reported. “The plaintiff has to show something more than just speculation and … innuendo.” But John Doe’s complaint states that the University violated its “educational contract” by failing to provide him with procedural rights guaranteed by the Student Code of Conduct during the hearing. In his complaint to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island filed in April, Doe claims his accuser’s advisor ordered him to prematurely terminate his testimony just seconds after it had begun. Most cases like Doe’s have been dismissed by courts nationwide due to the plaintiff ’s failure to provide specific facts demonstrating how a school’s actions were motivated
by a gender bias, the press release said. “In the small minority of cases where courts have allowed such Title IX discrimination cases to proceed, there has usually been some allegation of a specific statement by a school official involved in the disciplinary process that shows not just sympathy for the alleged victim of a sexual assault, but an actual bias against males in general,” the release said. Doe is represented by Andrew Miltenberg, a lawyer who has become known for bringing universities to court over similar cases in the past.
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Besides the University, Doe is also suing his complainant, referred to as Jane Doe, for slandering him by falsely accusing him of sexual misconduct, leading to his suspension. District Court Chief Judge William Smith said he would come to a decision in the next several weeks, the Journal reported. The University would not comment while the matter is pending in court, said Acting Director of News and Communications Mark Nickel.
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Global Cornell initiative, which was formed to achieve Cornell’s goal to be a top 10 recognized research university internationally which was first articulated in the Cornell Strategic Plan 2010-2015. “We are nearing the midway mark of a five-year Global Cornell Initiative,” Spitz said. “Our goals for the initiative have not changed from what was originally articulated by my predecessor, although I expect that as I spend time in the job, they will shift in certain ways. One example is my commitment to institutionalize greater integration with the Engaged Cornell initiative.” The Global Cornell initiative has collaborated with Engaged Cornell and the University’s Diversity and Inclusion initiative in order to create a common application for travel grants, which launched this fall. This
application combines 5 different grant applications, awardees who were able to travel as part of their coursemaking the application process more streamlined and work,” Spitz said. navigable for students who need grants in order to travSpitz said she hopes that under her tenure Global el. Cornell will increase Cornell’s international visibility not Additionally, Global just through study abroad Cornell has worked to programs, but also through increase inclusivity for inter- “We hope Shanghai will be the first of the creation of other internanational opportunities by tional university offices like several such offices.” launching a new grant prothe one in Shanghai. gram to provide financial sup“We hope Shanghai will be President Elizabeth Garrett port for undergraduate stuthe first of several such offices dents for short-term internaand with [the Cornell comtional travel. This has helped munity’s] help we are ready to grow international courses in countries such as move forward aggressively in the world,” Garrett said in Thailand, Zambia and Belize, according to a published her Oct. 23 State of the University address. summary highlighting and previewing Global Cornell Isabel Ling can be reached initiatives. “In 2014-2015 we doubled the amount of grant at iling@cornellsun.com.
Coalition Delivers Fred Van Sickle Named Vice President Letter, Petition to For Alumni Affairs and Development Brings fundraising, alumni relations experience spanning three decades President’s Office VAN SICKLE
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Cornell’s direct and subcontracted campus workers in Qatar,” the petition reads. As Garrett was not in her office when the students arrived, CAGE members read the letter aloud to a member of the office staff instead. “We cannot blindly accept assurance that workers employed at our campus are exempt from the abusive labor practices that might affect the migrant workers throughout that region,” the letter reads. “It is not enough to simply provide additional measures and benefits while disregard-
ing the underlying issues at hand.” The letter concluded with a list of all organizations signed on to the coalition, which ranges from the Cornell International Affairs Society to the Interfraternity Council. “Students acting collectively is how these campaigns are won,” Considine said. “We’ve proven in the past that this works.” Next semester the coalition aims to continue pressuring the administration to take action and respond to their demands, she added. Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun.com.
goals for the university, and Fred will be key to developing and implementing many of the dent for university developstrategies to enable our sucment and alumni relations in cess.” 2011. Van Sickle said he was At Columbia, Van Sickle excited to lead a “strong “Cornell alumni, parents and was a major player in the group of seasoned profesfriends have a reputation for university’s $6.1 billion sionals.” capital campaign, according being incredibly engaged, vocal “Cornell alumni, parto the release. He also creatents and friends have a reped Columbia’s first Giving supports of the University, and I utation for being incrediDay, which raised $6.8 bilbly engaged, vocal suplook forward to tapping into lion from thousands of porters of the University, that energy.” donors over social media. and I look forward to tapIn his new position at ping into that energy,” he Fred Van Sickle Cornell, Van Sickle will be said. “Cornell has all the responsible for the ingredients necessary to University’s development and experience and a proven track achieve even greater heights.” alumni relations program, and record of accomplishment in will lead a team of approxi- higher education fundraising mately 350 people. and community building,” she Annie Bui can be reached at President Elizabeth Garrett said. “We are setting ambitious me@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1
said in the release that she is “delighted to welcome a leader of [Van Sickle’s] caliber” to Cornell. “He brings unparalleled
Source:Gunman in Killings Had Been in Touch With Extremists SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, and police said he and his wife had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds when they launched their deadly attack on a holiday party. The details emerged as investigators tried to determine whether the rampage that left 14 people dead was terrorism, a workplace grudge or some combination. The husband-and-wife killers were not under FBI scrutiny before the massacre, said a second U.S. official, who likewise was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. Wearing black tactical gear and wielding assault rifles, Farook, a 28-year-old county restaurant inspector, and his wife, Tashfeen
Malik, 27, sprayed as many rigged-together pipe bombs as 75 rounds into a room at with a remote-control detoa social service center for the nating device that apparentdisabled, where Farook's co- ly malfunctioned, and they workers had gathered for a had more than 1,600 holiday banquet rounds of ammunition Wednesday. Farook had remaining when police attended the event but killed them in their rented slipped out and returned in SUV, Burguan said. At a family home in the battle dress. Four hours later and two nearby town of Redlands, miles away, the couple died they had 12 pipe bombs, in a furious gunbattle in tools for making more, and o v e r which 3,000 they fired “We don’t know if this addition7 6 was workplace rage or al rounds rounds, o f while 23 something larger or a ammunilaw officombination of both.” tion, the c e r s Attorney General Loretta Lynch c h i e f said. “ We unleashed about 380, police don’t know if this was workplace rage or something said. On Thursday, Police larger or a combination of Chief Jarrod Burguan both,” Attorney General offered a grim morning- Loretta Lynch said in echoing after inventory that suggest- Washington, ed Wednesday's bloodbath President Barack Obama. “We don’t know the motivacould have been far worse. At the social service cen- tion.” ter, the couple left three Investigators are trying to
determine whether Farook, who was Muslim, became radicalized — and, if so, how — as well as whether he was in contact with any foreign terrorist organization, said the U.S. intelligence official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The same official said Farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who were under FBI scrutiny. The second U.S. official said the FBI was treating the attack as a potential act of terror but had reached no conclusion that it was. The official said Farook's contacts online did not involve any significant players on the agency's radar and dated back some time, and there was no immediate indication of any surge in communication ahead of the shooting. The official cautioned that such contact by itself doesn’t mean someone is a
terrorist. Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, an organization that tracks and analyzes extremists, said it hasn’t found any connection between Farook and jihadi groups. But she also said that some of Farook’s social media posts seem to have been deleted before the attack. Wednesday’s rampage was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since 2012, when 26 children and adults were slain in Newtown, Connecticut. In San Bernardino, a Southern California city of 214,000, 21 people were injured Wednesday, including two police officers, authorities said. Two of the wounded remained in critical condition Thursday. Authorities said the attack was carefully planned. “There was obviously a mission here. We know that. We do not know why. We don’t know if this was the
intended target or if there was something that triggered him to do this immediately,” David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said as the bureau took over the investigation. Farook has no known criminal record, Burguan said. He was born in Chicago to a Pakistani family, raised in Southern California and worked at San Bernardino County’s Department of Public Health for two stints totaling four years since 2010, according to authorities and acquaintances. The Saudi Embassy said he traveled to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2014 for nine days. As for Malik, she came to the U.S. in July 2014 on a Pakistani passport and a fiancée visa, authorities said. To get the visa, immigrants submit to an interview and biometric and background checks — screening intended to identify anyone who might pose a threat.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Aviva Rahmani’s Blued Trees and the Fight Against Pipelines
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he relationship between art and law in the United States often seems to be characterized by the latter settling issues about the production and consumption of the former. Artists and consumers have taken to the courts to settle issues about the boundaries of obscenity, fair use and various other issues. A large part of what makes eco-artist Aviva Rahmani’s Blued Trees captivating is Rahmani’s desire to flip the script and use art as a tool to achieve legal gains. This is not to say that Blued Trees is purely a legal maneuver. The work, which consists of “tree ‘notes’” painted with a “slurry of non-toxic ultramarine blue pigment and buttermilk” to “form discreet 1/3 mile long ‘measures’ in the symphony,” functions on multiple levels: musical, spatial, visual. Yet, Rahmani and her collaborators’ acute attention to specific legal details feels defiant and empowering. Rahmani, however, might say that the fact that using the legal system for the benefit of everyday citizens seems like a special act is strange in the first place. During an email correspondence, Rahmani stated to me that many activists are “baffled by a judicial system that seems rigged as never before, against honest citizens protesting injustice.” Rahmani and her collaborators specifically seek to prevent private corporations from gaining eminent domain in order to construct — natural gas pipelines on private property. As noted in the Blued Trees Symphony and Greek Chorus manual (a document created members of the advocacy group Save Burden Lake and expanded by Rahmani — eminent domain may be delegated by legislatures to “third parties, who will devote it to public or civil use or, in some cases, to economic development.” Blued Trees seeks to counter the latter case. The Blued Trees manual notes that the site of the Blued Trees overture — Peekskill, N.Y. — “was chosen … because it is the site of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion [Algonquin Pipeline, developed by the Spectra Corporation] within 105 feet of a filing nuclear facility,” that being Indian Point Energy Facility. Whereas Spectra and other corporations have historically benefited from wide-ranging implementation of eminent domain, Rahmani plans to mount a legal defense of Blued Trees using the 1990 Visual Artists Rights Acts (VARA). To again quote Blued Trees manual, Vara grants “authors additional rights in the works, regardless of any subsequent physical ownership of the work itself, or regardless of who holds the copyright to the work.” Thus, the ownership and composition of Blued Trees is especially important in not only an artistic sense, but also a legal one.
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I heard about Blued Trees when an advocacy group that is fighting against Kinder-Morgan’s North East Direct pipeline in my hometown of Averill Park, N.Y. — Save Burden Lake — painted an iteration of the work. The Blued Trees manual states, “It is important to follow instructions for painting so that each site can be umbrellaed under the same copyright, and referred to establish ‘standing’ as recognized significant art in a courtroom.” In other words, Rahmani and her collaborators are legally proactive, taking measures to secure as many sites in proposed pipeline routes under the Blued Trees copyright. I spoke with Kathy High — an independent media artist, professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a member of Save Burden Lake — about Save Burden Lake’s painting process. On Nov. 1, about 50 people (including three artists who helped Rahmani paint the Overture in Peekskill) convened at Libby Reilly’s organic farm in Stephentown. High described the group as “bonkers with enthusiasm, including people as young as teenagers and little children up to retired people, it was a huge range of ages and abilities.” Altogether, the group painted between 30 and 40 trees on Reilly’s property as well as three or four adjoining properties whose owner’s had given the group permission to paint. Furthermore, a number of Save Burden Lake’s members (including the group’s resident lawyer, Russell Bennett) drafted a manual that contained legal and technical information about the painting process. Rahmani later expanded the manual with historical and artistic information to create the Blued Trees manual. “Now with the manual, it can almost be more autonomously,” High told me, “People can have more agency to do it on their own.” The realization of Blued Trees at various locations calls to attention another facet of the work: empowerment of local communities. Many advocates against the pipeline in my hometown report feeling frustrated with Kinder-Morgan’s willingness to ignore community desires in order to secure their own financial gain. Even when communities present opposition to pipeline projects, rulings from afar from government bodies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and eminent domain still saddle communities with the projects. Such projects carry great community health risks, not to even speak of the danger of natural gas compressor stations explosions. “People are starved for positive, orderly, beautiful
solutions to exercising power … The strengths of Blued Trees include that it is cutting edge art (which makes it fun and interesting), they have agency, and the legal issues are understandable,” Rahmani wrote to me in an email. I later asked Rahmani how Blued Trees balances the agency of local communities while still affirming Rahmani’s authorship, a necessity for copyright and VARA protections. While not considering herself a “social practice artist,” Rahmani states that she is “very interested in agency, democracy and the kind of systems that support the public good.” High echoed the same sentiment, stating, “Suddenly there was this thing that was kind of a community project and it brought the community together … People can really get out there and paint a tree and feel like they’re making art, like they’re doing something. That’s really the beauty of the project.” Whereas Blued Trees uses legal processes in proactive and creative ways, Rahmani notes that Blued Trees’ effect on public is just as, if not more, important. In an email, Rahmani emphasized the imporMorning Bowl tance of “reach[ing] the court of public opinion of Surreal before [natural gas companies] can continue to destroy the entire earth.” “We don’t need tons of money to fight them,” Rahmani continued, “but we can’t rely on the founding fathers’ vision of a fair, timely, FREE judicial process.” Much of Blued Trees strength lies precisely in this re-humanization and challenging of the current legal process. The Blued Trees Symphony has yet to unfold in full and will culminate with a coda performance on Election Day in 2016. Yet, regardless of what challenges and successes anti-pipeline advocates see in the coming months, the beauty and legal creativity of Blued Trees already imagines an alternative legal rule-from-afar. It is an alternative that is beautiful, multi-faceted and, hopefully, convincing in the court of public opinion.
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Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at smc377@cornell.edu. Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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here’s nothing that compares to the pile of novels, some old, some new. I’ve had sensation of opening a beautiful Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle on my shelf for novel, of occupying an alternate world at least two semesters and Haruki for 240 pages, of feeling depressingly con- Murakami’s Norwegian Wood for almost nected to people who don’t even exist, of three years. On New Year’s, I make the resospending entire nights reading because you lution to read more and make time for the can’t bear to leave your characters in the novels that I already own. I pledge to write as night. This week, fellow columnist and for- I read, to analyze craft and construct stories mer editor, Sean Doolittle ’16 wrote about like my literary idols. Every year, I fail to do the limited scope of the Arts section, citing these things. I might start with a novel, givmusic as our go-to topic. As this is my final ing it a week of undivided attention, but I column of the semester, I wanted nothing quickly revert into the shamefully easy and more than to speak about something else, to relaxing option of putting on an episode of Gossip Girl or The reflect my perOffice. I allow sonal love of myself to fall literature, and asleep to Blair and re-assert Sean’s Serena arguing on opinion that the steps of the art, in all Met or Jim forms, conpranking Dwight ventional or Millennial with Jello-ed not, easy or Musings office supplies. demanding, This semester, should be I made the same goal, appreciated. After an exhausting and mentally tasking but I sought to make the process of reading day, most people just want to de-stress. This easier. I banned electronic screens before bedis where shitty TV comes in — it’s engaging time, leaving my computer on my desk, far enough to keep you watching, but it kind of enough away that lazy, sleepy me wouldn’t feels like eating a bag of Doritos: simultane- feel compelled to pick it up. I found myself a ously satisfying and sickening. I have spent desk lamp, placed it on my nightstand, and too many nights doing just that, and I’d like ensured that if I wanted to read, I would be to flesh out why I think we should resist the able to do so without having to get up to shut urge and instead approach literature as a rou- off the light. I essentially made my space tine source of relaxation. It’s worth the chal- lazy-friendly, knowing that most of my reading roadblocks had to do with my severe lenge. Every semester, I come to school with a lethargy, and if I were to account for this, I
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might actually be able to accomplish my goal. And I did, at least for some time. I started with short story collections, leaving them right by my bed, and assigning a story a night. Unlike novels, short story collections can be picked up after long periods of time, and each story feels conclusive and cathartic. I explored Miranda July’s No one belongs here more than you, a collection embedded with humor and precision. July’s stories are more often than not concise, so I’d feel all the more satisfied after being able to read two stories in one night. I later bought David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a series of stories that relate to one another but can still be read independently. These collections eased my mind while simultaneously engaging it. They allowed me to get better sleep than I have in years and feel less shitty about my lack of literacy. While this routine worked for a few weeks, I found a way to be lazy again. I knew that I could stop reading any of these collections and pick them up months later, so there was no pressure to finish any of them. Unlike with a novel, I wasn’t as invested in the characters, as they left every ten pages. I became disconnected from the worlds within each story. So, I went back to TV, this time rewatching 30 Rock for the fifth time. Over Thanksgiving break, I had the privilege of feeling bored. At home, I found myself struggling to find things to do. I didn’t want to watch the crappy TV shows that I usually fell asleep to at school, as when I actually had the brain capacity to pay attention to them, I found them as bland as
unbuttered toast. I also didn’t want to rewatch my favorite shows, which had recently become another go-to excursion before bedtime. I decided to finish reading a book for class, one that I knew we weren’t going to discuss anymore, but one that I had, bookmarked in the middle, still sitting in my backpack. While I can’t say I enjoyed the book, as the apocalyptic, linguistically alienating world in the novel was confusing to me from page one to page 360, I read the entire thing. And I enjoyed the process tremendously. I sat on the couch, puppy in my lap, reading for hours on end. I was incredibly surprised at how even a book that I vehemently disliked brought me in and compelled me enough to keep going. I’m not advising that you read books that don’t intrigue you. From my experience, the books I’ve stuck with were the ones that had plots and structures that drew me in from the start, and the ones that I struggled to relate to were the first to get thrown off the bus. That said, this whole endeavor of turning reading into my go-to hobby, made me realize that I actually do love to read. I had lost that, having scrutinized too many novels for class over the years, associating literature with academic stress and mental exhaustion. Literature can be enjoyed, and it is worth the time and extra effort. Put a book — short or long, old or new — on your nightstand and actually read it. Seriously. Anita Alur is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at aa567@cornell.edu.
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The Sun’s Top 10 Movies of 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
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Simply put, Mad Max: Fury Road came thundering into the arena like 2000 horsepower of nitro-boosted war machine and blew the roof off not only every other action movie this year, but every movie this year, period. At 70 years old, Australian director George Miller conjured a magnum opus that leaves all the younger competition eating the dust. It’s a two-hour chase with non-stop action, expert choreography, mind-melting stunts, spectacular visual bravura, gritty tenacity, a vibrant heart at its center and a heroine for the ages in Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). Katniss Everdeen has got nothing — nothing — on her. I’ve seen the thing five times — the first 15 seconds alone are so awesome what with the roar of those engines that I made them my ringtone — and I simply cannot get enough. For gleefulness, pure entertainment value, craftsmanship or twisted brilliance, this one cannot be beat. In the absolute best way possible, 2015 belonged to the mad. — Mark DiStefano
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Rick Famuyiwa
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Spotlight
Thomas McCarthy
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Inside Out
Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen
Dope is one of those rare movies that succeed on multiple fronts. It’s simultaneously a music movie, crime movie, drugs movie and coming-of-age movie, all while maintaining an interesting and charismatic narrative core. Inglewood, Calif. resident and high school senior Malcolm Adekanbi (Shameik Moore) passionately wants acceptance to Harvard, but is never reduced to be simply an ambitious student. Rather, the viewers see Malcolm and his friends (Tony Revolori and Kiersey Clemons) writing music, cleverly selling drugs through online black markets and hailing ’90s hip-hop. Yet, director/writer Rick Famuyiwa lays out Dope’s brilliant takeaway in the film itself. In a thought-provoking admissions essay monologue, Adekanbi describes a suburban straight-A student and a stereotypical inner city student before delivering the kicker: “So why do I want to attend Harvard?” Adekanbi asks the camera. “If I was white would you even have to ask me that question?”
Surprise, surprise: A bunch of college-aged newspaper critics love Spotlight, a modern All the President’s Men that renews our faith in print journalism and Rachel McAdams. The film follows the eponymous team of investigative reporters at the Boston Globe as they questioned cardinals, wore pleated khakis and drank copious amounts of Dunkin Donuts. The real draw, however, is the cast, each actor at the top of their game: Michael Keaton, hot off Birdman and proving that that performance wasn’t a late career fluke; Mark Ruffalo, in what is sure to snag him a Supporting Actor nomination; Liev Schreiber, who utterly disappears into the unflappable Marty Baron; my hero Brian d’Arcy James, who rocks a sick mustache; and Stanley Tucci, whose mere presence elevates any film to greatness. You won’t find an ensemble this strong anywhere else this year.
It’s an insult to Inside Out to call it a great kids’ movie. This is a great movie, full stop, and one that combines child-friendly humor with sophisticated adult insight into memory, perception and the nature of happiness itself. Inside Out is both funny and heartbreaking, and it succeeds both as pop entertainment and high-concept art. Few films fire on so many cylinders, and it’s visually delightful to boot. This movie ranks with any from Pixar’s golden era, and considering the run on which the studio went in the last decade, it’s hard to think of a higher compliment.
— Shay Collins
— Sean Doolittle
— Max Van Zile
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The Martian Ridley Scott
I’m not a rocket scientist, but … this movie was a riot, and you don’t need to possess a degree in aeronautical engineering to enjoy it. Director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon both find the lighthearted touch they’ve been missing in such recent films as Exodus and Interstellar, respectively. The tone this time is one of shameless fun. A vaguely space opera adventure that doesn’t take itself too seriously? No, not seriously at all! Not even as Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, appears to be in the most dire straits a human being could face. Stranded on Mars for a period of several years, botanist Watney has to figure a way to survive by growing a heap of food on a planet where nothing grows. Actors such as Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean and even Kristen Wiig provide strong backup. The Martian turns out to be, of all things, a disarming humanistic comedy set on cinema’s favorite distant planet. — Mark DiStefano
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Diary of a Teenage Girl Marielle Heller
Diary of a Teenage Girl is the film I’ve been waiting to see since I started wearing a bra. Bel Powley’s Minnie is one of the most robust and gutturally real teenage characters I have ever had the pleasure of powerfully identifying with on-screen. And the beautiful thing is, it’s not necessarily because she has relatable experiences. Rather, it’s because she is as flooded with challenging human complexity as so many of her cinematic peers are devoid of it. A gruelingly candid and un-judgemental treatment of early female sexuality (a reality usually either erased entirely, or perversely exploited in popular culture) with a supporting outstanding performance by Kristin Wiig as Minnie’s self-absorbed but loving mother, Diary revels in our discomfort — but simultaneously soothes us, because it shows us we are not alone. — Jael Goldfine
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Bridge of Spies is a very old-fashioned Hollywood movie — and I mean this as the highest compliment. Tom Hanks plays a lawyer in the 1950s who accepts the responsibility of defending a Soviet spy, and then later negotiates the real-life prisoner exchange that got the downed U-2 bomber Gary Powers back to the United States. Hanks’ character really does believe in good old-fashioned American democracy and fairness (he resists his hostile neighbors who say that the spy should not get a lawyer), and the movie does too. Spielberg also stages scenes with the historical aplomb they deserve: East Berlin is effectively portrayed as the most depressing place on Earth, and the climactic prisoner exchange scene on the titular bridge is thrilling. This is “Hollywood Golden Era” filmmaking perfectly applied. — Jesse Weissman
Forget the mountains of glowing reviews. Forget the refreshing auteurist pounce on a genre that’s been dying (on the surface) for a long, long time. Forget that chilling soundtrack that plopped you squarely back into horror’s no-matter-how-fast-you-run-it’ll-still-catch-ya heyday. Forget the hype, and even forget all of the masterful tinges of productorial craftsmanship that reminded you what there is that can still be done within the bounds of “Horror.” Brush all of that aside, and what remains with It Follows? To be sure, one of the best additions to the Horror Canon (yea, this makes it right up there with Halloween and Suspiria, without a doubt) that also happens to be a genuinely scary flick — and even though it is so much more than that, it doesn’t have to be. — Troy Sherman
Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg
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Ex Machina Alex Garland
When I went to see Ex Machina this spring, the usher congratulated me on being the first moviegoer to correctly pronounce its name. Needless to say, I was flattered, and perhaps that was why I was so taken with the film. It’s a total throwback to old school sci-fi, heavy on deep questions and light on the phasers and aliens. What will happen when A.I. is indistinguishable from humanity? Are we approaching the singularity? Why is Oscar Isaac dancing all of the sudden? When the film suddenly morphs into a thriller midway through, it’ll keep you guessing ’til the end. Star Wars will probably go down as the sci-fi movie of the year, but you definitely shouldn’t miss this one. — Sean Doolittle
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Creed Ryan Coogler
Creed, the new boxing film starring Michael B. Jordan and the seventh entry in the Rocky series (although Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Balboa is a supporting character in this film), has many virtues. It follows the original Rocky storyline almost to a T, yet somehow feels brand new. Sylvester Stallone turns in career-best work as a Rocky who, instead of being the legendary fighter, is simply another old man without many friends left and who is fading into the past (and who knows it too). But perhaps the film’s most important quality is the visceral reactions it elicits from the audience. I saw Creed with a couple of friends, and within random 10-minute stretches, we cried, pumped our fists and said “holy shit” to each other. This movie is 100 percent sincere in its emotions, and it is all the better for it. — Jesse Weissman
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Re: “Letter to the Editor: A Response to Lee Bender ’84,” Opinion, Dec.
I would like to point out this not a letter on racial issues; instead this is a piece on the use of rhetoric. I am personally very embarrassed by the Student Assembly’s response to “Letter to the Editor: A Change for the Worse,” but not because I disagree with the intent of their letter, but with how their intents were expressed. The response is an exemplary piece of an ad hominem, an emotionally fueled and a poorly expressed piece. For example, the response begins with “With all due respect, no one asked for your opinion,” which is the equivalent of starting an argument with “your points are dumb.” Not only does the response begin at the level much below that of an Ivy League student, but it also champions the restriction of our most fundamental right, free speech. Why does it matter if someone asked or did not ask Mr. Bender? He has the right to send the letter regardless of whether his opinion is valid or not, especially since a Letter to the Editor is found under the OPINION tab of the Daily Sun. You are not encouraging a conversation, instead restricting it. Due to the complexities and the definition of equality, a conversation must be encouraged in order to allow a fair representation of all opinions, both popular and unpopular. As our representative voices, please encourage conversation and do not bash dialogue that is contradictory to your personal beliefs. I believe if we can rationally engage with others, we can find a solution to this serious problem. However, if we choose to shout down the opposition, we will never change hearts or minds. Back to the inappropriate use of ad hominem rhetoric, these arguments are valid only when used to understand the connection between an individual and their moral or ethical claims; otherwise, it is a logical fallacy. While the response was able to express his bias by identifying him as a white male, it is evident that research on Mr. Bender was intended to discredit his argument due to the authors’ extensive research. Being accusatory and focusing on attacking the person rather than the argument itself weakens your well-intentioned points. In summation, I would like for the Student Assembly, the people who represent all the students on Cornell’s campus, to please do a better job, which is to well represent our University and I ask that you, as the select few chose to represent all students of Cornell, do exactly that. You are destroying your credibility as capable and respectable leaders. This is not what students saw when you were elected into your position. We saw people with open minds capable of understanding all points of view. Again, I would like to stress this is not in support of Mr. Bender, but instead a criticism of the rhetoric used by the Executive Board of the Student Assembly. David Lopez-Henriquez ’18
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he United States of America incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world. This was not always the case; in fact, this abominable statistic is a rather recent development. In approximately the last 30 years, the prison population increased five fold, from a mere 320,000 in 1980 to 1.62 million in 2009. Many prominent scholars and journalists, such as Michelle Alexander and Radley Balko, agree that this rapid increase was the result of the infamous, and continuing, War on Drugs — a nationwide movement that has led to the overpolicing of communities of color for crimes committed by other communities at the same rate (such as drug use), abuse of prosecutorial discretion and the creation of mandatory minimum sentencing laws. More fundamentally, however, the massive increase stemmed from a movement away from a sympathetic, rehabilitative approach to enforcing criminal laws and towards a fixation on punishing offenders, especially non-violent drug offenders. The genesis of what we now call the prison-industrial complex finds its roots in the endorsement of mandatory sentencing laws. By the height of the nation-wide crime wave in the early 1990s, most states and the federal government enacted laws mirroring the 1972 Rockefeller Drug Laws. The Rockefeller Drug Laws, and their draconian progeny, required
The transaction in the virtual world expands its influence to the real world’s economy. Lots of money has been invested and fights for trading right are taking place. Ignorance helps no one and will only leave virtual property transaction into the realm of anarchy. judges to sentence low-level drug offenders — mostly non-violent and in possession of a small amount of narcotics — to minimum sentences that often exceeded a decade. With over-policing, the War on Drugs, the criminalization of even small amounts of narcotics and long-term mandatory minimum sentencing, the federal government and various states wrote the recipe for an exploding prison population. Our enormous prison population places an excessive economical strain on the federal government (and many state governments). With an increase of support for more rehabilitative or empathetic approaches to criminal justice, 26 senators sponsored the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (SRCA). This bill is groundbreaking in many respects because it amplifies the frustrations of many Americans with a criminal justice system that needlessly incarcerates non-violent drug offenders for decades on end and aims to provide rehabilitative services that will curb recidivism rates. Apart from reducing enhanced penalties that applied to drug offenders and eradicating the federal “three strikes” law — both of which act retroactively — there are a few provisions in the bill that are particularly relevant to Cornell students. The first provision of interest is a step towards reforming in-prison programming. The bill requires the Department of Justice to conduct a survey of the prisoners and assign them to appropriate recidivism-reduction programs. These programs include prison-education programs, drug rehabilitation, job training and religious studies. Inmates who successfully complete those programs can earn early release and spend final portions of their sentences in halfway houses or on house arrest. This provision accomplishes two goals: decreasing recidivism rates through rehabilitative practices and reducing the prison population by providing a vehicle through which long-time inmates may finally re-enter society after serving at least 75 percent of their extensive sentences. Prison programs, especially prison-education programs, dramatically decrease recidivism rates and help inmates obtain employment upon release. Cornell has been involved in providing a lauded prison-education program at the Auburn and Cayuga correctional facilities, and those involved can attest to the power of prison education and the symbiotic relationship that rehabilitative programs foster. Another provision is of particular interest to Cornell Law students. The bill significantly limits solitary confinement of juveniles in federal custody and permits the opportunity to petition for early release for any person sentenced to life imprisonment who committed the offense as a juvenile and has served 20 years. The bill would also eliminate life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders. The latter provision comes on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. Alabama, in which the Court held that mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Our very own Professors John Blume, Keir Weyble and Sheri Johnson have been pursuing the similar goals in South Carolina, where they won new sentencing hearings for forty juvenile offenders following the Miller decision. This provision of SRCA goes even further than Miller, and would provide much needed (albeit implicit) federal support for the eradication of juvenile life without parole sentences at the state level. The SRCA is a great step in the right direction. This will likely not be, however, the last prison-reform bill that reaches the Senate floor because there is much work to be done regarding this issue. It is time for our country to cease being the land of the free, home of the caged, and give honest opportunities for rehabilitation to people who found their way into the treacherous labyrinth of the criminal justice system. I urge you to read the SRCA (S. 2123) and call your state’s senators so that they may support this economically prudent, rehabilitation-oriented and empathetic bill. Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud is a student at Cornell Law School. Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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ootball and community are the twin pillars of the NFL ... There exists a powerful NFL-wide commitment to giving back. This commitment is yearround- there is no offseason to the NFL’s multi-tiered, ongoing work to strengthen America’s communities.” This is the NFL’s official stance on their role in the community. Clearly the NFL can talk the talk, but do they walk the walk? While the NFL claims to take a prominent role in bettering the community on a range of social issues, critics have argued that the NFL simply takes advantage of cause-based marketing such as their A Crucial Catch campaign to overshadow bad publicity, to generate public good will or simply to attract new fans and thereby more revenue. It’s hard to ignore the financial contributions the NFL has made to various initiatives (although Vice Sports and other news outlets have identified instances where fund allocation has been misreported), but, looking beyond the money, how does the NFL follow through on its leading role in these social campaigns when the league’s ambassadors of the game, the players, want to do more? Consider DeAngelo Williams, of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who’s been a poster child for the NFL’s breast cancer awareness initiatives. As part of their partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS), the NFL already promotes awareness by ‘pinking’ NFL stadiums, as well as certain player and coaching gear, to promote National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. In honor of his mom Sandra, who died of breast cancer last year, Williams put in a request to extend his personal use of the pink gear beyond the designated month of October to throughout the NFL season. However, the NFL denied the request. Additionally, the NFL fined Williams $5,787 during the month of October for wearing custom eye black that said ‘We Will Find the Cure.’ Williams is not the only one to be fined for trying to promote cancer awareness in a manner not sponsored by the NFL. Steeler’s defensive lineman Cameron Heyward was fined the same amount for writing ‘Ironhead’ on his eye black to honor his father, who died of bone cancer at age 39. Ironically,
player fines during the same seven-year period as NFL’s socalled Pinktober campaign have equalled over nine times the amount of money the NFL has donated to the ACS. For each of these fines and request denials, the NFL has cited their strict uniform policy; specifically rule five, section four of the NFL Rulebook, which includes the rules and regulations pertaining to equipment, uniform and player appearance. However the NFL’s has inconsistently adhered to these rules. Take Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions, who was fined the same $5,787 as Williams and Heyward for his shoes having “too much blue.” Stafford was allowed to wear these same shoes during the preseason, and two of his teammates, Ndamukong Suh and Reggie Bush, wore the same colored cleats the previous season yet were never fined. Look at Devon Still, former defensive
William Gay has been punished as well. He was fined for wearing purple cleats, in honor of Domestic Awareness Month, which, like Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is October. With all these fines, one has to wonder, why the NFL does not permit players from raising awareness for these causes that the NFL claims to care about. The NFL has long been known to be strict about their uniform policy, and it’s understandable that they want to minimize the exposure of players using their public profile on the field to promote controversial issues. But, as we’ve seen with the NFL’s own high profile controversies such as the Ray Rice incident and Deflategate, as soon as the NFL is no longer objective and transparent, they further diminish public’s faith in their credibility. To be fair, as a fan of the game, it’s hard to argue the cut-and-dry nature of the rules pertaining to equip-
When the NFL invites itself to take on a social causes, such as Breast Cancer Awareness, and then starts punishing players simply trying to carry on the torch the NFL has lit, it does a disservice to the causes they stand for by discouraging other players. tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals; he wore ‘Leah Strong’ on his eye black in every game he played in 2014 to honor his daughter, who was suffering from late-stage cancer. The NFL did not fine, nor threaten to fine Still for his gesture. An even more on-the-nose example is Antonio Brown, who wore a pink mouthpiece in early November, after the conclusion of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Perhaps in response to the negative publicity generated over DeAngelio Williams and Cameron Heyward, the NFL never announced a fine, and according to ProFootballTalk, never gave him one either. Looking beyond those associated with Breast Cancer Awareness, players have also been fined for taking up other causes the NFL claims to promote as well. Brandon Marshall, an advocate for Mental Health Awareness, was fined $10,500 for wearing green sneakers to attract attention for Mental Health Awareness Week.
ment rules and regulations, which clearly stipulate what’s allowed and not allowed to be worn. And it’s important to remember that the NFL is a business first, with a comprehensive revenue sharing model predicated on generating money, not providing a soap box to let people share their views. But when the NFL invites itself to take on a social causes, such as Breast Cancer Awareness, and then starts punishing players simply trying to carry on the torch the NFL has lit, it does a disservice to the causes they stand for by discouraging other players. Ultimately, it continues to fuel doubt over how serious the NFL is about addressing its already-damaged reputation as an organization that cares about the community issues it claims to be concerned with addressing. Ethan Berkowitz is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. Views From the 14853 appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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season of a lifetime. A third of the way through the campaign, Leicester is in first place in the Premier League, occupying rarefied air usually reserved for the giants of the league. After all, only Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers have ever won the league title in 22 years of the league; United has won more than half of the championships. This wholeheartedly unremarkable club from the Midlands sits in first place in the league, powered by Jamie Vardy’s fourteen goals. Let’s analyze the reasons for this shocking ascendance. Soccer is a team game, but goals win games; every successful team needs a skilled goalscorer. Vardy has provided that for Leicester this season. The former factory worker played non-league soccer on the weekends for Stocksbridge Park Steels, which means he was not paid to play. He earned a contract with Fleetwood Town and impressed there, eventually being signed by Leicester when they were in the Championship. The extremely fast and hard-working forward has scored goals in 11 straight games, setting a Premier League record (Ruud van Nistelrooy of Manchester United had the previous record with ten straight games). At Ranieri’s experienced tactical discretion, Shinji Okazaki and Leonardo Ulloa have taken turns forming a formidable striking partnership with Vardy. All of this begs the question: Is Leicester’s success sustainable and can the Foxes, as they’re known, go on to win the league title this
season? Asking these questions is a bit like asking whether Donald Trump can win the GOP nomination for President. They are leading at this moment, but a thorough analysis of relevant factors shows that they are not likely to be there in six months. Leicester has ascended to the top of the league at a time when many believe the traditional top teams are weaker than ever. In the past, all top talent would exclusively sign for the top four or five clubs; nowadays, more and more teams in the middle or bottom of the league are finding talented players willing to sign for the club. The top clubs do not have exclusive access to the top talent and are struggling to dominate in their usual fashion. Leicester has also played a very weak schedule so far. In their next four matches, they’ll face traditional heavyweights in Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester City, which will show the world whether the Foxes are serious title contenders or not. Something very strange is happening in the rolling hills of the English Midlands. A forgotten coach has led a club that is usually an afterthought to the top of the Premier League. Claudio Ranieri may be 64 and past his managerial prime, yet he is still managing in the Beatles’ home country. Given his success with Leicester City Football Club, Ranieri could still get a free meal in any house in Leicester despite his age. They still need him, and they would still feed him, even at 64. Kevin Linsey can be reached at klinsey@cornellsun.com.The Beautiful Game appeared every Friday this semester.
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6:30 workouts and we have been grinding though that together. In practice every day we try to focus on the little details, and that real-
ly helps. In practice every day we try to focus on the little details. ... It’s really important to stay mentally tough.” Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.
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Cornell Prepares to Take On ECAC Foes at Home
By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer
After four straight road games and fighting off injuries, No. 14/15 Cornell men’s hockey (6-1-2, 4-1-1 ECAC) returns to Lynah Rink this weekend for a pair of games against No. 13/13 St. Lawrence (8-3-2, 3-1-1 ECAC) and
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Ice to meet you | Holden Anderson’s move to forward has been one of the many adjustments head coach Mike Schafer ‘86 has had to make because of the injuries plaguing the team.
Clarkson (7-4-2, 0-3-2 ECAC). The Red was able to maintain its success on the road and will look to finish strong against two ECAC opponents before the Christmas break. St. Lawrence, while only ranked sixth in the ECAC below Cornell, is an extremely tough opponent and could very well be the statement win the team has been looking for. The Red has a good record and has a couple of ties against high quality squads, but they have not chalked up a win over a tough opponent, like St. Lawrence University, thus far. “St. Lawrence is a very deep hockey team,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. The Saints have 10 players with at least six points in their 13 games. Despite this depth, St. Lawrence’s power play has struggled with only a 7.6 percent efficiency. However, the Saints’ penalty kill ranks third in the country, stopping teams about 92 percent when down a man. Clarkson’s record and placing — tied for last in the ECAC — is also deceiving. The Golden Knights handed Quinnipiac, whom the Red lost in overtime to, their first non-win of the season as Clarkson tied the Bobcats on Nov. 2. “Clarkson has good size, is a solid team and well coached,” Schafer said. “Their record in the league doesn’t show it but have had some outstanding wins outside the league and we know they are a formidable opponent.” Clarkson began its season 5-1 yet has slowed down since with only four goals in five league games. The Golden Knights are hungry for their first ECAC win and to climb up the standings. “These games are going to be extremely tough, but we are looking forward to it,” Schafer said. One of the roadblocks Cornell has faced for most of this season is a large number of injuries on the squad. Players have been sidelined for periods of time such as senior captain John Knisley, sophomore Dwyer Tschantz, freshmen Beau Starrett, Luc Lalor and Chad Otterman, and now sopho-
more Jared Fiegl, among others. “We are trying to survive right now,” Schafer said. “With the amount of injuries we have had, Jared Fiegl will be out this week ... we will probably play eight, nine defensemen this weekend. [We have] an unbelieveable amount of forwards that are hurt right now. But this team is really mentally tough.” As a result, the Red has seen players stepping in and playing positions they are not used to playing. Junior Holden Anderson has been playing up as a forward despite playing defense throughout his career. Anderson isn’t just filling in at forward, he’s succeeding at a high level. “When you got guys like Holden, who can step up from playing [defense] never really having played forward in his life and play as well as he is playing right now, it shows the depth of our hockey team and the commitment,” said sophomore Trevor Yates. “Holden Anderson [scored] a huge goal at Madison Square Garden as a defenseman playing forward,” Schafer said. “The guys who are playing right now are doing a tremendous job, they keep plugging away.” Schafer and the Red are not using this as an excuse though. Cornell looks to come out and put the puck in the net and win each night, regardless of the personnel. “Our mentality is that we are a team this year,” Yates said. “We have four lines that have got to be going every night; it’s not going to just be one line. It doesn’t matter if you’re playing forward or defense, you have to work as hard as you can.” It is hard to stay mentally tough when a team experiences key losses due to injuries. However, the Red has managed to develop a mental toughness to withstand these obstacles. The team’s mental toughness is “something coach has tried to instill in us ever since preseason and before preseason,” according to sophomore Dan Wedman. “We have had See M. HOCKEY page 11
The Story of Leicester’s Women Storm Past Towson Claudio Ranieri “W WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
By ANNA FASMAN
Sun Sports Editor
ill you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” This classic Beatles song asks whether people remain relevant when they reach a certain age. In the Beatles’ home, the United Kingdom, a 64-
Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game year-old is at the forefront of one of the most stunning sports turnarounds in some time. Claudio Ranieri has a storied career at the top level of soccer management. The Italian has managed first division clubs in England, Italy, France and Spain, including such legendary clubs as Inter Milan and Chelsea. Having managed for over 30 years, the 64-year-old should logically be entering a decline. In his last job, he managed the Greece national team. He was in charge of the team for four matches, losing three of them, two to the lowly Faroe Islands. As a result, he was fired and seemed likely to retire. Over in the English Midlands, Leicester City was a club with midtable stability in the English Championship (the league directly
below the Premier League.) However, they had an amazing season in 2013-14, when manager Nigel Pearson led them to first place out of the Championship’s 24 teams and earned an automatic promotion to the Premier League. Predictably, they struggled in 2014-15 against the higher quality teams in the Premiership, sitting in last place halfway through the season. But a flurry of wins late in the season led to Leicester miraculously surviving, avoiding relegation back to the Championship. Expectations were low for Leicester’s second straight Premier League season in 2015-16. During the summer, Pearson was fired; he had been suspended several times for his bizarre conduct and club management finally lost their patience. The club called Ranieri, who accepted the job offer. Ranieri had not managed in England since the end of his spell at Chelsea in 2004 and still struggled with English. He was known as the “Tinkerman” from his time at Chelsea because he often tinkered with his lineups week-to-week, which some believed hurt his team. Thus, Ranieri and Leicester were an odd pairing; many thought Leicester would finish in the bottom-three this year and be relegated. However, Leicester has had the See LINSEY page 11
In Wednesday’s game against Towson, the Cornell women’s basketball team pulled ahead by 28 points, posting its fourth win of the season at 88-60. Junior guard Kerri Moran and junior forward Nicholle Aston both had double-doubles on the night, with Moran scoring 18 points and 10 assists and Aston posting 10 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Junior forward Nia Marshall was just one
rebound shy of a double-double as well, finishing with 22 points on the night and nine rebounds. Marshall currently sits at third in scoring in the Ivy League. While the Red lost two games in a row last week to Buffalo and Marshall, the win on Wednesday leaves the squad at 4-3 on the season so far. Not only did the team play a consistently strong game, but despite a back-and-forth first quarter, the squad managed to only turn the ball over six times compared to Towson’s 16. Additionally,
Cornell’s 88 points were the most the Red has scored in regulation since its 2008-09 season. Cornell held the Tigers to 40 percent shooting, while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 54.8 percent from beyond the arc. The Red is looking to carry its momentum over from the Towson game into its faceoff tonight against Stony Brook at 7 p.m. Anna Fasman can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Getting buckets | After Wednesday’s victory, the Red are back above .500 for the year. Cornell will play Stony Brook tonight at 7 p.m.
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Megan LeDuc notched five points, four assists, two steals and a block. The team got its footing After winning their home and took home a win against opener on Nov. 18 against the Bryant Bulldogs. Marshall Colgate, the Cornell women’s led the team once again with basketball team lifted its record 23 points, and Campbell had a to 2-1. Since then, the squad double-double, netting 13 has seen two more wins and points and 10 rebounds. two losses, leaving the team at 3-3. The Red, who finished at another year by head coach the overall atmosphere, so University and Towson. In its Cornell shot an impressive. the bottom of the conference Dayna Smith, who is the win- making sure that all of us hold first test of the season, the Red 500 from the floor and an outlast year, is looking to follow ningest coach in the program’s each other accountable and traveled to Connecticut to play standing .625 from beyond the the lead of its lone senior, history. Smith is joined by that we keep up the intensity is the Hawks, but lost in a heart- three-point line. Those stats Madeline Campbell. returning assistants Val Klopfer a huge focus that we have this breaking game, 50-53. The added up to an eight point difAs for other returners, the and Brendan Burke, as well as year.” game was decided when a ference, and Cornell took future looks bright. Cornell newcomer Kelsey Florian. Hartford player drained a three home the W, 70-62. Within the Ivy League, returns junior and three-year Florian spent two years as an with just seconds left to break Cornell curstarter Kerri Moran, rently ranks as well as top scorer sixth out of junior Nia Marshall eighth in and starting forward points per junior Nicholle game, scoring Aston, who domi63.4 as a nated on the boards —Maddie Campbell team. They, last season. however, rank Alongside Moran, third in the the backcourt wel1. PRINCETON (135) conference in field goal percentcomes back junior the tie at 50-50 1. PENN (115) Megan Leduc. The and end the age at 42 percent, trailing just 3. HARVARD (94) Princeton (46.2 percent)and two guards will join game. 4. YALE (76) Campbell in the As to be Brown (43.8 percent). 5. CORNELL (64) While the Ivy League captains’ huddle. expected, “We had a great 6. DARTMOUTH (60) M a r s h a l l schedule has not started yet preseason, but and Aston this season, all but one of the 6. BROWN (42) struggles to carry racked up teams has a winning record. 8. COLUMBIA (26) that success over to stats and Brown, Columbia, Princeton Ivy play last year,” led the and Penn all have one loss, Aston said. “By being t e a m with Harvard at two losses, able to learn from those losses assistant with 17 Yale and Cornell at three losslast year and improving upon for the and 13 es and Dartmouth trailing mistakes we are making now, I t h a c a p o i n t s , behind with a 1-5 record. For the home opener, the we will definitely make a Bombers respecstronger run at the Ivy title this women’s t i v e l y . Red improved its record to 2year.” basketT h e 1 with a victory against the Offensively, the Red are ball team j u n i o r Raiders. Though Cornell only once against lead by Marshall, a f t e r c l a s s shot .311 from inside the line playing c o n t i n - and .286 from beyond, its for four ued to defense stymied the Raiders’ years at shine as shooters and the Red pulled Gustavos classmate away to win the game, 73-60. Since the game against Adol phus and coCollege. A c a p t a i n Colgate, the team saw a six-point win against St. 2013 gradFrancis and two u a t e , significant lossFlorian will es against Bufprove to be falo and Maran important shall. Despite asset on such a the losses, the young team. season is look“This seaN IA ing bright for who is averaging 16.9 points son will be MARSHALL Cornell, whose per game while addining in 6.0 d i f f e r e n t success this searebounds and 1.6 assists. On with so The Macedonia, Ohio son has come the season, she is shooting .459 m a n y Crossed over | native was named firstfrom a strong from the field and .574 from u p p e r Junior guard Megan team dynamic, the free-throw line. classteam All-Ivy after a strong LeDuc is averaging 7.6 according to Also contributing signifi- m e n points, 4.0 assists and sophomore season. Marshall became the first Cornell Campbell. cantly on the offensive end of rebounds per game this season. player since 2007-08 to take home first-team honors. “Our team the floor are Aston, who is dynamic is averaging 9.1 points per game, Last season, she became the only player in Cornell hislike a family,” collecting 6.7 rebounds per KERN SHARMA / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER tory to score 30 points in a game three times in one she said. “We game and is shooting 48.4 perseason. actually call cent from the field, and b e c a u s e So far this season, each other Campbell, who is averaging all of us are trying to make sure the basketball team has family names 8.7 points per game, 6.9 that we set a good example for faced the Hartford, NICHOLLE that fit our rebounds per game and shoot- the underclassmen,” Aston Bryant University, ASTON personalities ing 48.1 percent from the field. said. “Our coach has told us Colgate, Saint Francis, … everyone The coaching staff is led for that we set the tempo and Buffalo, Marshall After seeing a significant on the team is increase in playing time, a member of the family. So Aston finished last season SCORING LEADERBOARD REBOUNDS LEADERBOARD far, our games second on the Red and 14th in the Ivy League with 1. Maddie Campbell - 6.9 1. Nia Marshall - 16.9 points per game show we are 11.3 points per game. Aston also finished third in the rebounds per game 2. Nicholle Aston - 9.1 points per game going to fight back and conference with a .504 shooting percentage and set 2. Nicholle Aston - 6.7 rebounds 3. Maddie Campbell - 8.7 points per game never give up the school record for field goal percentage in a game. per game 4. Kerri Moran - 7.6 points per game a win.” Sun Sports Editor
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“We will definitely make a stronger run at the Ivy title this year.”
— Nia Marshall
“Everyone on the team is a member of the family.”
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Red Sets Sights on Return to Prominence By SHANE LEWIS
top recruited classes and they each contribute a lot to the team,” said senior Sara Schupp. “The degree of difficulty and their ability to perform each skill is phenomenal.” After a disappointing 2014 campaign Cornell also has plenty of talent returnthat saw the team finish last in five out of 11 ing from last year’s team. Elana Molotsky, team meets last year, the Cornell gymnastics who was a second-team USAG Allteam should be eager to get back onto the American last year, is still only a junior. The mats. The team finished last at the ECAC team should be very impressive on vault this championships, a position Cornell has not year, as the return three USAG Collegiate found itself in over a decade, a decade that National qualifiers from last year’s squad. has been very good to the Red gymnastics These are Alexandrian Bourgeois, Alicia Bair team. Over the past 10 years, the program and Sarah Schupp. has won the Ivy Classic four times, the The Red features seven seniors to complement their seven incoming freshman: Bair, Schupp, Hanna Clark, Kaylie Cronin, Kennedy Prentice and Sophia Scazzero. Beckwith returns —Sara Schupp for Paul his 21st season as the women’s head coach. While at Cornell, ECAC meet once and has finished in the Beckwith has overseen the program’s first top three at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate ECAC Championship as well as three Nationals three times. straight Ivy Class titles from 2008 to 2010. There is reason to believe that the squad However, since the team’s first ECAC can get back to those heights this upcoming Championship in 2011, the squad has finseason. The team features a good mix of ishes in the top two at the conference champromising incoming recruits and experi- pionships only once and has finished last enced veterans. place at the Ivy Classic twice. The seven freshman joining the Red this The Red has a great chance to get back to year are Morgan Chall, Lyanda Dudley, their winning ways at the Classic this season. Kaitlin Green, Kelsy Kurfirst, Christina Cornell will host the event, and the Red Luniewicz, Malia Mackey and Rebecca always have success when competing in Thron. “The freshman class is one of our Teagle Gymnasium. Last season, the Red
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“The freshman class is one of our top recruited classes.”
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Flipping out | With a talented freshman class, a big season may be in store for Cornell gymnastics.
won three competitions in its home gym, including an impressive performance the Big Red Invitational. A win at the Ivy Classic could be the momentum the team needs to be successful during the home stretch of the season. “This year, we get to host Ivy’s so we are really looking forward to that,” Schupp said. “It is always nice to have a big meet in your home gym because we can get a large crowd to support us.” Overall, the Red is primed to have a breakout season after last year’s subpar campaign. Cornell has a great mix of senior experience, talented freshman and scheduling advantages that put the Red in a good position. The season kicks off at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational on Jan. 17.
GYMNASTS TO WATCH ELANA MOLOTSKY Junior Elana Molotsky was second team USAG AllAmerican last year. Molotsky shined on the bars and on the floor last year , finishing in the Top-10 in both in the ECAC Championships last year.
MALIA MACKEY Malia Mackey, one of the team’s freshman, comes to Cornell with a state championships in bar, vault and floor. The freshman has qualified for the Junior Olympic nationals the past three straight years.
Young Squash Teams Ranked in Top-15 By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer
The 2015-16 squash season for the Red is underway for both the men’s and women’s teams. Both squads have graduated a number of seniors and are now looking to start the season fresh. But with this passing of the torch comes new expectations and challenges for the two teams. The men’s team graduated one of its best players from last season, Aditya Jagtap ’15, and is now working with a very young group with 11 freshmen and sophomores combined. The team stands at 2-0 with a break in its schedule until Jan. 9. “I have a completely different team,” said head coach Mark Devoy. “I have six freshmen and I graduated four last years. The whole dynamics [have changed]. It has become quite a young team. It’s a steep learning curve for a lot of them.” Despite the changes, the team is ready to move forward with everything it learned both last season in the first two games played this season. “I learned many things from last year’s seniors,” said senior captain Graham Dietz. “Time flies at college and they taught me to savor every moment [and] enjoy every last day.” Dietz said that in addition to learning to appreciate his time on the squad, he also learned valuable leadership qualities from last year’s seniors. “Their biggest contribution was that no matter how bad of a day you may be having, when you come to practice, don’t let your teammates see that you may not be there completely,” he said. “They taught me to lead by example. They were incredible at it. ... I think this speaks highly of how our coach, Mark Devoy, teaches us to carry
ourselves on and off the court.” Mark Devoy said that goals for this season include improving the Red’s ranking and getting the roster of young players used to and ready for college play. “We are trying to get the new players as much exposure as possible,” Devoy said. “Getting your players adapted to a rigorous training regiment is also important to the team’s development. The women’s team is also dealing with holes left from the graduation of influential players, like Danielle Letourneau ’15. “Team culture is a part of the team that is [still] going and gets passed down, so seniors play a large role,” said head coach Julee Devoy. “This year we have excellent captains and they will continue to be great. We have a very cohesive group.” Senior captain Olivia Wherry said that the loss of last year’s seniors is definitely felt and that the group of graduates left the team with a culture of camaraderie and strong
leaders. “Last year we had a really strong group of girls,” she said. “They taught me how to work hard and lead by example, while simultaneously having the best time of my life. These girls taught me the true meaning of camaraderie and teamwork.” Wherry also acknowledged the importance of her own senior year and time in a leadership position. On a team where eight of the 12 players are underclassmen, being a strong captain and example for one’s team is of vital importance. “As I embark on my senior year journey, it’s important to me to lead the team in a positive direction,” she said. “We have a very young team and I know that with hard work and determination, we can be one of the best women’s squash teams that Cornell has ever had. I’m thrilled to be part of a family that is filled with strong leaders, each of whom has their own interests and stories to share with the team. This year is going to be about working hard and fighting to win every match we play. I am very excited about what is to come.” Regardless of the changes, it’s back to business for these two teams come early January. “What I expect every year, every day, [is] loyalty to their team and hard work,” Devoy said.
Both squash teams earned dominant victories to start the season.
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Eye on the prize | The men’s and women’s squash teams cruised to early victories against Williams and Middlebury.
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Red Aims to Move Up in Ivy Standings By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell men’s and women’s swimming teams have had eerily similar seasons up until this point. Both teams are currently stand with a 2-3 overall record, 1-3 in the Ivy League, with both teams’ wins coming against Binghamton in the season opener and Ivy League opponent Dartmouth. Both teams hold a 2-1 record at home, a 0-1 record away and a 0-1 record in neutral locations. The men’s team is currently sitting at sixth place in the Ivy League standings, and the women’s team sitting at fifth. Coaches of both teams had high expectations for their teams’ upcoming seasons, and have seen some good things out of their teams so far. “I was excited about the talent that we had returning this season,” said Wes Newman ’09, the men’s head coach. “We’ve had a lot of really good focus and practices, and a high level of motivation. You can tell that the guys care about the sport and that they want to get to the next level.” The women’s team is similarly excited about its prospects this season. “In September and October, we’re always excited about the new opportunities for this team to grow and get better in the Ivy League,” said Patrick Gallagher, head coach of the women’s team. “This team can work and they enjoy to race and compete.”
“You can tell that the guys care about the sport and that they want to get to the next level.”
to what is in store for the team as the season progresses. “I am looking forward to when we finally get some rest from tapering,” Newman said. “That’s when you see the fastest swimming. The team trains hard all year, which makes them tired as it progresses. After two weeks of rest, that’s when you see people really swim fast because they are not as fatigued.” “We also have a unique dual meet with Yale in Puerto Rico in January that should be a great experience for the athletes,” Newman added. This meet will take place on Jan. 5. Before heading down to Puerto Rico, however, both teams will participate at the Bomber Invitational at Ithaca College starting today.
Splash down | The men’s and women’s swim teams both have 2-3 records so far this season.
Wines Leads Way for Fencers By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer
Just like last season, the fencing team has gotten off to a fast start, cruising to a sweep in its first invitational of the season. The Vassar Invitational, which occurred on Nov. 21, involved Vassar College, Fa i r l e i g h Dickinson Un i v e r s i t y, Haverford College, the City
College of New York, Sacred Heart University, Tufts University, Stevens Institute of Technology and Nor thwestern University, all of whom Cornell beat. Cornell had at least a 15-point advantage in all but one of their matches. “Our team has been performing extremely well,” said senior Ediona Sera. “The dynamic on the team is the best it’s
— Wes Newman ‘09
As the teams’ seasons have reached the halfway point, both coaches have relied and will continue to rely on this year’s seniors and captains to take leadership of the teams. “The overwhelming factors that last years’ seniors brought is fantastic leadership, which is the biggest thing we lost,” Newman said. “The captains this year are doing a really good of stepping up — a couple of juniors are doing this as well — which is making up for what we lost from last year.” Gallagher echoed these sentiments about his team. “Our first meeting with our captains, we told them, ‘you have some big shoes to fill,’” he said. “Last year’s seniors and captains were tremendous leaders. They were motivating out of the water and role models in the water. The seniors have picked up right where they left off. We are halfway through the season and their leadership is definitely one of the strengths of this team.” Both coaches are looking forward
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Strong showings | Cornell dominated at the Vassar Invitation, placing in first among all teams.
ever been and that’s in part due to our amazing freshmen. Our team is really looking to just come together and make the Cornell community proud. We’re looking to put Cornell fencing on the map and that’s definitely possible this season.” In the Vassar tournament, Cornell earned eight victories: Junior Victoria Wines finished the
invitational undefeated with an overall score of 210. Sera also found huge success at Vassar — she finished the tournament nearly undefeated with a final score of 20-1. Senior Angelica Gangemi followed Wines and Sera finishing with an impressive score of 19-3. The foil squad was dominant in the tournament as well. All five of the players in the foil squad, including freshman Angela Zhang and sophomores Gabriella Zusin and Julia Telischi, finished the tournament with winning records and great performances. Like the foil squad, the sabre squad, which includes junior Abigail Forth, sophomores Megan Buteau and Regina Chen and freshmen Zoee D’Costa and Yelizaveta Sapozhnikov, finished the Vassar Invitational on top — winning 58 of the 72 bouts. Chen led the team with a 15-4 record, but was closely followed behind by her fellow sabre squad members. The epee
squad, which includes Wines, sophomore Jasmine Chow, freshman Emma Wilkinson and seniors Muller and
However, the rest of the squad also contributed to help the squad finish successfully. “We hope to carry the momen-
PLAYERS TO WATCH VICTORIA WINES Wines shines as a major bright spot for the Red, earning firstteam All-American honors in 2015 and first-team All-Ivy honors in 2014 and 2015.
ANGELICA GANGEMI Gangemi was selected to represent the Untied States at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea last year and finished in 43rd place in the foil competition. Jenny Zheng, led the fencing team posting a winning record of 50-22. The team’s high win record was due mostly to Wines, who finished the day undefeated.
tum into this weekend,” Gangemi said. “The Brandeis Invitation will be more challenging, but the team is fierce this year and we’re ready to go.”
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WRESTLERS TO WATCH NAHSHON GARRETT
BRIAN REALBUTO
Garret returns to Cornell for his senior season coming off his third straight All-American honors. The 5-foot-4 senior won both of his matches at the 133 weight class at MSG last weekend, beating two natioanlly ranked opponents.
Currently ranked second in the nation at the 174 weight class, Realbuto was a unanimous All-American last year. The junior put together a 20match win streak last year en route to placing second at nationals.
JERAMY SWEANY One of the talented freshman on the roster, Sweany topped the No. 13 heavyweight wrestler in the nation against Nebraska at MSG. Sweany won two state championships in high school in California.
DUKE PICKETT Wrestling at 165weight class, Pickett is 10th in the country. The senior earned first team All-Ivy honors last year, finishing with 29 wins and 11 losses, many of which were very close.
WRESTLING SET TO ‘MAKE SOME NOISE’ By ANNA FASMAN Sun Sports Editor
Each year, Cornell teams across the board face similar problems when top seniors graduate and coaches are left trying to fill in the gaps in their rosters left by those seniors. Underclassmen who may not have seen playing time in the past are now called upon to take a spot in the starting lineup and new captains and upperclassmen leaders must take on new roles within their squads. The Cornell wrestling team is no exception. Big names like Jacob Aiken-Phillips ’15, Jace Bennett ’15 and Chris Villalonga ’15 have packed up and left Ithaca, leaving new faces — including a small group of starting freshmen — to step on the mat and wrestle in their places. “We have been a little spoiled over the past decade or longer,” said head coach Robert Koll. “We haven’t had this many fresh faces in the lineup for as long as I can recall. The good news is that means after this year, it won’t happen again for some time. The ‘holes’ will close as our youngsters gain more experience.” Dalton Macri, Jeramy Sweany and Joe Galasso are the three of the 14 freshmen in this year’s newest class of wrestlers who have seen the most playing time, securing a place in the lineup at this past weekend’s Grapple at the Garden.
RED LOOKS TO GET BACK ON TRACK AFTER LOSSES AT MSG
curve for this team but the good news is we have a great deal of upside.” So far this season, No. 14 holds a 1-2 record, winning its first match against Drexel in dominant fashion, dropping just one individual match on the day. The team lost fights to No. 5 Nebraska and No. 10 Rutgers this past weekend at the Grapple at the Garden in Madison Square Garden in New York. Junior Gabe Dean was one of the highlights of the matches,
earning a victory in each of the contests, including a 11-3 win over a national top-10 wrestler for Nebraska. The reigning Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, Dean is coming off of a national championship, sporting a 43-2 record. However, the Red secured itself the first place position in the New York State Intercollegiate Tournament
“We have a lot of wrestling ahead of us so I am not particularly concerned with this past weekend,” he said. “All matches are important but going forward we want to make sure we are ready to win the Ivy and Eastern championships. Key matchups include Oklahoma State, Missouri and Lehigh.”
Junior B r i a n Realbuto s a i d
the lineup who are still learning how to compete on this level. I think we saw a few guys step it up this weekend and show the team that they want to help bring us to the next level.” While the underclassmen work to perfect their college wrestling game, Koll said the upperclassmen have really played a crucial role in mentoring and motivating the younger players. “We have a great group of intrinsically motivated young men,” Koll said. “The best
coaches we have in the room are the upperclassman. [Nashon] Garrett, [Duke] Pickett, Realbuto and Dean, just to name a few, are great young men both on and off the mats.
Slam down | Junior Gabe Dean was one of the highlights of Cornell’s two losses at Madison Square Garden last year. Dean won both his matches and is currently ranked first at the 184-weight class.
Other freshmen such as William Koll, Jonathan Furnas, Dillon Artigliere, Andrew Garcia and Jake Anderson have all wrestled for the Red as well this year. “They ‘adjusted’ like many freshmen — that being painfully,” Koll said. “That being said, nothing like on the job learning. … There will be a learning
with 202 points, earning its fourth straight Championship. The tournament featured teams from around the state including Ivy League foe, Columbia. With a strong start under its belt, Koll said he is not too worried about his team’s pair of losses in New York City.
In terms of upcoming matches, the squad is currently in Nevada competing in the Las Vegas Invitational. About 40 teams will be competing against the Red in Las Vegas. Last year the team placed fifth in the tournament. The Red is also looking to earn its 14th straight Ivy Championship. Ivy matches begin in mid-January when Cornell welcomes Har vard to Ithaca. The Red also has a couple of out-of-conference matches, highlighted by Mis souri on Jan. 1 and Oklahoma State on Feb. 7. The matchup against Oklahoma State is one of seven home duals this season at the Friedman Wrestling Center. Against one of the best teams in the country, the match will prove to be a good test for the Red, according to Realbuto. Long term, the squad hopes to also earn a titles at the Eastern Championships, something it has done the past nine consecutive years. The season culminates in with the NCAA Tournament in March. The Red has placed in the top-10 nationally every year snce 2007. “Our team is looking to win our first national title,” Realbuto said. “We have a solid lineup with a few title contenders that really gives us a shot to win. It really only comes down to how we perform on those three days in March, so that is where we are focused.” So while the Cornell wrestling team has needed some time to adjust to the youngest roster in recent memory and the loss of some key upperclassmen, b o t h CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN FILE PHOTO
that last weekend’s results were a reflection of the Red’s youngerthan-usual lineup, however, a lot of those same newcomers are starting to adjust and step up their wrestling. “I think we struggled with match strategy,” Realbuto said. “We have a few young guys in
T h a t attitude and character is contagious and I am thankful it has infected the team. As is often the case with a young team, we have struggled off the bottom. This is usually a symptom of physical strength. Although we work on bottom technique, time is the greatest tool for improvement in this area.”
Realbuto and Koll are not worried about the initial struggle the team has faced, as there still is much wrestling to come in next couple of months. “I think they are doing well so far,” Realbuto said. “These first competitions are always challenging, but they are wrestling hard and with some minor adjustments will really make some noise this year.”
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TAKING STOCK OF THE ECAC D ART MOUTH
2-5-1, 2-4 ECAC The Green lost their three top scorers earlier this season after a strong finish to the last season. The top returners for Dartmouth includes Brad Schierhorn and Grant Opperman while Brett Patterson, Tim Shoup and Ryan Bullock project to receive most of the minutes on the blue line for the Green.
By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor ence. The Crimson, again, figure to make a big splash in the conference with an all-around stong and balanced style of play.
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5-2-2, 3-1-2 ECAC Led by defenseman Rob O’Gara, a Boston Bruins prospect, head coach Keith Allan’s defense projects to be one of the best in the conference. Sophomore goalie Alex Lyon, who had teh best goals against average and save percentage in the conference, stands on his head behind the pipes on a nightly basis.
Q UINNIPIAC
7-4-2, 0-3-2 ECAC The biggest issue for the Golden Knights coming into the season was finding a consistent goaltender among the four on the roster. Head coach Casey Jones hopes that his physical defense will translate to win in the conference. Pittsburgh Penguins Troy Josephs leads the offensive attack for Clarkson.
4-6-3, 1-5 ECAC Goalie Coin Stevens and lead scorer Daniel Ciampini, two key cogs from the 2014 National Championship team, departed, leaving the program in a slight flux. Junior captain Mike Vecchione looks to be the catalyst for the Dutchmen this season. Freshman Greg Campbell wll likely prove to be an instant impact player.
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13-0-2, 4-0-2 ECAC As the Red learned early on this season, Quinnipiac is a force to be reckoned with. With an extremely physical style of play, the Bobcats excel at dictating the tempo of the game versus any opponent. While the team lost key players in Matt Peca, Dan DFederico and Justin Agosta, junior Sam Anas has continued to be a major contributor on the offesive end for the Bobcats this season. Devon Toews, Connor ECAC Clifton and Michael Garteig will anchor the HOCKEY blue line for the STANDINGS Bobcats this season.
C ORNELL
6-1-2, 4-1-1 ECAC The Red lost several impactful seniors but have made up the difference with the introduction of a number of strong P RINCETON T1. QUNNIPIAC f r e s h m e n . 2-8, 1-5 ECAC T1. RENSSELAER Offensively, Anthony This is year two of a Angello and Mitch massive rebuilding proT3. CORNELL Vanderlaan anchor a ject for the Tigers and T3. HARVARD line with center Jeff head coach Ron 5. YALE Kubiak while the Fogarty. In 30 games defense has seen last season, Princeton 6. ST. LAWRENCE strong play from capscored just 39 goals. 7. BROWN tain Reese Wilcox and While the team returns freshman Alec Mctheir top-three scoring 8. DARTMOUTH Crea among many threates in Alex Riche, 9. COLGATE others. While injuries Max Veronneau and T10. CLARKSON among the forwards Ryan Kuffner, there is has hurt the team in not an abundance of T10. PRINCETON the early part of the impact players on the T10. UNION season, the team has Tigers roster. Goalie received significant Colton Phinney, who had a .910 save percentage last season, contributions from defenseman such as Patrick McCarron and Ryan Bliss. returns between the pipes. Goalies Mitch Gillam and Hayden Stewart return to man the net for the H ARVARD 6-1-1, 4-1-1 ECAC Red. Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 Hobey Baker finalist Jimmy Vesey is has emphasized the change in back and is force to be reckoned with. culture around the program The Nashville Predators prospect leads a this season. strong offensive attack with Kyle Criscuolo, Alexander Kerfoot and Sean Malone. Ryan Donato, a Boston Bruins draft pick, is one of the better NHL prospects in the confer-
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The faithful | Despite a disappointing season last year, the Cornell men’s hockey team has seen strong attendance in Lynah Rink in the early parts of this year.
B ROWN
2-4-3, 2-3-2 ECAC Tyler Bird, Sam Lafferty and Max Willman, all sophomores, figure to be major players for the Bears this season as building blocks for future success. In addition, head coach Brendan Whittet will depend on the play of Mark Naclerio and Nick Lappin to help lead Bron offensively. While Brown has the potential to play better than their record, they will need to see improvement from their defense and
Raiders will depend on Tyson and Tylor Spink and Darcy Murphy to lead the way offensively. Jake Kulevich will prove to be one of the most important players on the defensive end for Colgate this seaosn. Goalie Charlie Finn is a solid presence in net and will be a big help for a defense that is young and lack experience.
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8-5-2, 4-0-2 ECAC The Engineers have been one of the most surprising players in the ECAC in the early part of the season. The team has found success despite losing their top three scorers and their top strong defenseman. Sophomore Drew Melanson returns as the top scorer. Buffalo Sabres goalie prospect Jason Kasdorf returns in net for Engineers, but has split time with freshman Cam Hackett. Junior Riley Bournonnais has led the team in offense this season with 12 points.
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goaltending in order for the team to excel in the latter part of the season.
C OLGATE
4-10-1, 1-5-1 ECAC Colgate lost several important players, contributing their slump early in their season. Gone are Spiro Golakos, Ryan Johnston and Kyle Baun. T h e
8-3-2, 3-1-1 ECAC Goalie Kyle Hayton returns for the Saints and will prove to be their most important players their next season after putting up one of the best goaltending seasons in all of college hockey last year. Sophomore Mike Marnell, the secondleading goal scorer on the team last year with 11, returns to St. Lawrence to lead the offense.
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A POWERFUL FRESHMAN CLASS
ANGELLO, VANDERLAAN PROVING KEY COGS FOR RED By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer
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oming off its worst record since the 19981999 season, the 2014-2015 Cornell men’s hockey team (6-1-2, 4-1-1 ECAC) has already shown they are back to winning with a more simple approach to offense from new and old players. After a Thanksgiving weekend tie against Boston University (7-4-3, 3-2-2 Hockey East) at Madison Square Garden in New York, Cornell placed at 15th in the USCHO.com poll. The Red began the season unranked. Cornell started off the season on a high note with three wins but faced their first roadblock against the No. 3 Quinnipiac Bobcats. The Red blew two three-goal leads, allowing the Bobcats to win in overtime at Lynah. However, Cornell bounced back after their only loss of the season. In their next four ECAC games following the Quinnipiac match, the Red have only given up a total of three goals. A few key offensive producers such as Cole Bardreau ’15, Joakim Ryan ’15, Joel Lowry ’15 and John McCarron ’15 left the squad after the 20142015 season, leaving some uncertainty for the Red after a relatively disappointing year. It was clear that some veterans as well as newcomers were going to need to step up and fill in the holes, and more. The team has seen evident help from its incoming freshman class. Notably, freshmen Anthony Angello and Mitch Vanderlaan have been leading the way with eight and 6sixpoints, respectively. The two have formed a formidable line with Junior Jeff Kubiak, who al ready has 10 points — surpassing his 8 points from last season. Kubiak, Angello, and Vanderlaan are key to the offensive success of the Red, accounting for just under a third of all Cornell’s goals. Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 commented on how the team has
focused on, “hitting the net, having traffic in front The team has stressed about getting back to of the net, being persistent with that, and not get- “Cornell hockey.” That means playing tough, takting away from [those ing shots, and habits] when you getting back to don't sore.” basics. the Schafer believes The coaches this team has suchave taken ceeded in doing so. the lead in “So far this team making this a has stayed the priority. course, playing a “We are very simple game. following We can in a special through with way of getting of our promises fense, and that is folas a coaching lowing those habits: s t a f f , ” being around the net Schafer said. and being hungry “That is, if around the net.” guys aren’t The team has sigtaking shots nificantly increased they are go their impact offening to sit sively this year. down. If they “It’s great to see. It don’t want to takes a little pressure play the right of [the goalies],” said way, they are junior goalie Mitch going to sit. Gillam. “The goals If they take a for is unbelieveable bad penalty, this year; getting the they’ll sit.” lead and playing with Cornell the lead is a little will look to bit different. continue Gillam this simpliwent on to fied ap talk about proached as how playthey finish ing this up against year has ECAC oppoDAVID NAVADEH / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER differed nents St. Law from last. rence (8-3-2, 3-1-1 “I have a different mindset ECAC) and Clarkson (7-4-2, 0-3-2 ECAC) this year where I have to try and heading into the Christmas break. The Red is stay in the game, whereas last tied with Harvard for 3rd place in the ECAC year pucks were coming at me as of Dec. 1st. at every angle,” Gillam said. It has been clear for Cornell that this increase in offensive • Selected by the Penguins output has built confiwith the 145th overall pick dence. “Staying the course in the fifth round of the with a very simplistic 2014 NHL Entry Draft. approach ... builds confi• Leads the Red in goals dence,” Schafer said. “We struggled with our confidence. scored so far his season. We didn't score; it was tough • Collected 19 goals, 16 to build any momentum. assists in 56 games for the Hopefully we can carry [this year’s] momentum through USHL’s Omaha Lancers Christmas break and afterin 2014-15. wards.”
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DAVID NAVADEH / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Quick learners | Freshmen Mitch Vanderlaan (left) and Anthony Angello (right) have made positive impacts for the Red this season.