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WRESTLING Nov. 23 7 p.m. Nov. 24 All Day Dec. 1 10 a.m. Dec. 6-7 All Day Jan. 1-2 All Day Jan. 12 2 p.m. Jan. 18 2 p.m. Jan. 25 2 p.m. Jan. 26 2 p.m. Feb. 1 1 p.m. 6 p.m. Feb. 1 Feb. 8 1 p.m. Feb. 16-17 All Day Feb. 22 1 p.m. Mar. 8-9 All Day Mar. 20-22 All Day *Ivy League Meet
MEN’S POLO (5-3)
Binghamton NYS Intercollegiates at Grapple at the Garden at Las Vegas Invitational at Southern Scuffle Lehigh Harvard* Brown* Rutgers at Penn* at Princeton* Columbia* at National duals Hofstra at EIWA Championships at NCAA Championships
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING Oct. 25 Nov. 9 Nov. 15 Nov. 15 Nov. 23 Nov. 23 Dec. 6-8 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 27-Mar. 1 Mar. 10-12
4 p.m. W, 148-125 L, 71-229 L, 130-170 L, 113-187 L, 92-203 All Day 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. All Day All Day All Day
at Buffalo Boston College Harvard at Dartmouth Penn Princeton at Ithaca College
at Yale Colgate at Columbia Brown at Ithaca College at Ivy Championships at NCAA Regionals
4 p.m. at Buffalo W, 159-114 Boston College L, 109-191 Harvard W, 160-140 at Dartmouth W, 207.5-92.5 Penn W, 156-144 Princeton All Day at Ithaca College 7 p.m. at Yale 11 a.m. at Yale 11:15 a.m. Colgate 3 p.m. at Columbia 1 p.m. Brown All Day at Ithaca College All Day at Ivy Championships All Day at NCAA Regionals
WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (11-1-2, 1-0-1 IVY) Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 21 Feb. 22
W, 13-0 7 p.m. W, 6-2 W, 3-0 W, 6-3 W, 6-4 W, 5-4 T, 1-1 W, 3-1 W, 8-1 T, 3-3 W, 4-2 W, 2-0 L, 1-4 W, 5-2 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m.
Brock University Red/White Game Northeastern Northeastern Clarkson St. Lawrence at Princeton at Quinnipiac RPI Union at Harvard at Dartmouth Boston College Boston College at Syracuse at Brown at Yale at Mercyhurst at Mercyhurst Dartmouth Harvard at St. Lawrence at Clarkson at Yale Brown at Colgate Colgate at Union at RPI Quinnipiac Princeto
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD Dec. 6-7 Jan. 10 Jan. 18 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 7-8 Feb. 14-15 Feb. 22 Mar. 1-2 Mar. 8-9 Mar. 14-15 Mar. 22 Mar. 28-29 Mar. 29 Apr. 4-5 Apr. 12-13 Apr. 18-19 Apr. 19 Apr. 24-26 Apr. 27 Apr. 3 May 10-11 May 17-18
L, 8-12 L, 18-21 W, 28-10 W, 37-14 W, 26-10 W, 26-12 W, 22-21 L, 18-19 7:30 p.m.
Greg Page Relays Souther Tier Collegiate at Northeast Challenge Pentathlon Upstate Challenge Robert Kane Invite at Valentine Invite/Armory Invite at SPIRE Invite/at Sykes-Sabock Challenge Marc Denault Invite Indoor Heptagonal Championship IC4A Championships NCAA Championships Cornell Spring Invitational at Texas Relays at UC Riverside at Stanford at Bucknell/at George Mason Invite Sam Howell Invite at Upstate Challenge Penn Relays Big Red Outdoor Invite Cornell Outdoor Invite Outdoor Heptagonal Championship IC4A Championships
Red/White Scrimmage USPA Seniors Tournament at UVA Maryland UConn at Skidmore Kentucky Kentucky Colorado State UVA Yale
WOMEN’S POLO (7-2) Oct. 6 Oct. 11-13 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 24 Dec. 7
L, 5-12 W, 18-7 W, 19-13 W, 32-4 W, 18-6 L, 12-16 W, 19-5 W, 27-6 W, 19-14 2 p.m.
Red/White Scrimmage USPA Seniors Tournament at UVA Maryland UConn at Skidmore UMass at UConn UMass Kentucky UVA Yale
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WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING Oct. 25 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 23 Dec. 6-8 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 20-22 Mar. 10-12
Oct. 6 Oct. 11-13 Oct. 18 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Dec. 26
Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 23 Feb. 16 Feb. 22 Mar. 8
1st All Day All Day All Day
at RIT Show at RIT Show at Nazareth College at Nazareth College Cornell Show at Alfred University Cornell Show at Alfred University at Regionals
W, 5-4 W, 6-3 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA TBA
at Drexel University Western Ontario Columbia at Brown at Yale at Trinity College at St. Lawrence Franklin and Marshall US Naval Academy Harvard Dartmouth Rochester Penn Hobart College at Princeton vs. TBA Individual Championships
WOMEN’S SQUASH (2-0) Nov. 23
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W, 7-2 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA TBA
Stanford Columbia at Brown at Yale at Trinity College at St. Lawrence Franklin and Marshall Harvard Dartmouth Penn William Smith College at Princeton vs. TBA Individual Championships
GYMNASTICS Jan. 12 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 23 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 Mar. 22 Apr. 5 Apr. 11
1 p.m. 4 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA TBA
at Lindsey Ferris Invite at Penn at SUNY Cortland at Ken Anderson Invite Big Red Invite at Shelli Calloway Invite at Ivy Classic Rutgers University William and Mary West Chester Universit at ECAC Championships at NCAA Regionals at USAG Collegiate Nationals
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (4-3, 0-0 IVY)
MEN’S SQUASH (2-0) Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Dec. 7 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 18 Jan. 31 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 14-16 Feb. 28- Mar. 2
Nov. 23 Dec. 7 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 18 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 14-16 Feb. 28- Mar. 2
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Nov. 8 Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 23 Nov. 26 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Dec. 21 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 7 Mar. 8
W, 76-62 W, 79-72 L, 48-89 L, 59-72 W, 57-53 W, 59-49 L, 49-52 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Colgate at Buffalo at Syracuse Bucknell Loyola Drake Seattle Binghamton St. Francis College at Robert Morris Drexel UVermont Morgan State at Howard University at Columbia Columbia Brown Yale Penn Princeton at Dartmouth at Harvard at Yale at Brown Harvard Dartmouth at Princeton Penn
3 COVER STORY: WRESTLING
8 EQUESTRIAN / POLO
Cover Story: Wrestlers hope to crown a national champion
Polo: Women start off strong with 7-2 overall record Equestrian: Red hopes to send a team to nationals for the first time
4 M. HOCKEY
9 SQUASH / FENCING
Icers win three of four games to close out November.
Squash: Squads battle injury, but both get off to undefeated start Fencing: Fencers give head coach Iryna Dolgikh 100th career victory
5 M. HOCKEY
10 GYMNASTICS / M. BASKETBALL
Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 records 350th career win Junior captain John McCarron leads offensive charge
M. Basketball: Devin Cherry takes on a new role as a junior captain Gymnastics: Red sets its sights on an Ivy Classic win
6 SWIMMING/ TRACK Swimming: Women jump out to hot start with three conference wins Track & Field: Squads prepare for season opener at Barton
11 M. BASKETBALL Still searching for a victory, squad puts faith in underclassmen
7 W. ICE HOCKEY
12 W. BASKETBALL
Undefeated in ECAC play, Icers continue to perform at elite NCAA level
Red starts season off with two wins, looks ahead to Ivy play
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Haley Velasco ’15, Scott Chiusano ’15, Ariel Cooper ’15, Emily Berman ’16
Supplement Design: John Schroeder ’74 Cover Photo: Michelle Feldman ’15 Cover Design: John Schroeder ’74
Michelle Feldman ’15, Shailee Shah’14, Connor Archard ’15, Enoch Newkirk ’15, Brian Stern ’15, Kelly Yu ’17, Xiaoyue Guo ’15
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CROWNING A CHAMPION
Wrestlers Set Sights on NCAAs
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he 2012-13 Cornell wrestling team will be remembered as the team that made history, finishing out last season with Kyle Dake ’13 standing atop the NCAA podium for the fourth year in a row. Not only did Cornell produce the historic Dake, but it also nurtured threetime All-American and National Champion Steve Bosak ’13, as well as senior Mike Nevinger and sophomore Nahshon Garrett, who placed fifth and third in their respective weight classes and were both named All-Americans. “The past two years have been very exciting for me personally, finishing with All American honors at the NCAA tournament,” Nevinger said. “I'm really looking forward to going through my last season with this team and hopefully finishing my career on top of the podium at the NCAA tournament in March.” Head coach Rob Koll added that he has no doubt that if Garrett and Nevinger continue on the same track, they will be in that top position come the end of the season. “Nahshon is ranked No. 2 in the country, so obviously, anything less than a National Championship would be a disappointment. Mike has placed twice, so that is his goal as well,” he said. With the loss of a dominant senior class to graduation in the spring, the Red welcomed 12 new freshmen — Eli Bienstock, Daniel Choi, Alex Cisneros, Steven Congenie, Corey Dake, Gabe Dean, Jake George, Mark Grey, Dylan Palacio, Ryan Radwanski, Brian Realbuto, and Taylor Simaz — to the Hill. “Mike Grey is phenomenal. He’s … already ranked eighth in the country. That’s unprecedented. Gabe Dean, he has only one loss and that was to, arguably, the most dominant wrestler in the United States of America. He is incredibly dominant. Dylan Realbuto, whose younger brother will be joining us next year, has had a phenomenal first year with one loss also. Those three freshmen have had a tremendous start,” BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
On to the next | Senior Mike Nevinger finished last season with All-American honors, but he and sophomore Nahshon Garrett have set the bar high for themselves, hoping to end the season as National champions.
By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor Koll said. Five of said freshmen started in the match against Binghamton to open up the season for the Red. “There has been a lot of buzz about our freshmen this year and they have done nothing short but back it up with their performances,” said senior Chris Villalonga. “Hopefully they can build upon this past weekend and carry it over to our tougher competition and ride that confidence the rest of the year.”
found our stride and won the dual 33-6. It was a good dual to start the season off on the right foot,” Nevinger said. “Being the 750th victory, this dual marks a great milestone for Cornell wrestling and demonstrates how great of a program we have established here at Cornell.” Koll added that the dynamic of the team has changed as fresh faces step onto the mat. “With Binghamton, we started five freshmen, so it’s a completely different
The Red hit the road for the Grapple at the Garden on Sunday, where the team beat the University of Illinois and the University of Maryland in head-to-head competition. Finishing out the fall semester, the Red will compete at the Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 6 and 7. To start out 2014, the Red will head to Chattanooga, Tenn. to compete at the Southern Scuffle before gearing up for the dual meet against historic rival
“I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH MY LAST SEASON WITH THIS TEAM AND HOPEFULLY FINISHING MY CAREER ON TOP OF THE PODIUM .” — MIKE NEVINGER Junior Jace Benett echoed Villalonga’s sentiments about the strong work that the freshmen have been putting in so far. “Our freshman class is arguably not only the best Cornell has ever seen, but also the best in the country this year. All of the freshmen this year that are starting are machines, and leave everything they have on the mat every time they go out there,” he said. The 2013-14 season started off with a dual meet against Binghamton on Nov. 23 followed by the New York State Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 24. The Red defeated Binghamton, 33-6, to secure Cornell’s 750th dual meet victory. “We dropped a couple close matches in the beginning of the dual, b u t
gear,” he said. “Last year, we had two national champions on the team. The year before that we had three national champions. This year, we are hoping we have national champions but we don’t have one yet. It’s a completely different team.” The Red continued on to the New York State Intercollegiate Championships where the team took first place with 207 points, beating second-place Hofstra, who scored 157. Cornell also crowned five individual champions at the meet — Grey at 133 pounds, Villalonga at 149, Realbuto at 157, Dean at 184 and Bennett at 197.
Lehigh. “Lehigh is always a fun dual because of the rivalry we have built over the years,” Villalonga said. Nevinger added that the competition against the Mountain Hawks will be a strong way to start the second semester. “I'm really looking forward to our dual against Lehigh. Historically, we have always had a pretty strong rivalry with Lehigh. It will be a really exciting dual and a great way to kick off our second semester,” he said. Following Lehigh, the Red will begin its Ivy league competition and face Ancient Eight rivals Harvard, Brown, Penn, Princeton and Columbia. “We always have the traditional rivalries with Lehigh and Penn which are always fun,” Koll said. The Red will then hit the homestretch with National Duals, EIWAs and the National Championships to finish off the season. “National Duals in February will probably be our toughest dual meet competition. This is where the best teams in the nation come together and compete in a dual meet tournament,” Nevinger said. “We don't know who we will compete against right now, but it will be our toughest team event of the season. We're really excited for this event, to go out and compete against the top teams and prove how good Cornell wrestling is.”
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s the team came together on the ice, set against the backdrop of a symphonic Lynah crowd still soaking in the magic of Cornell’s 2-1 gut-check victory over defending national champion Yale, it would not have been a far stretch to imagine the Red had just won a title of its own. Five weeks into ECAC play, the men’s ice hockey team (7-4-1, 4-3-1 ECAC), in the midst of winning three out of four games in mid-November, has been playing like a resurgent version of last season’s 15-16-3 squad. Music blasting from the locker room after the game, the players and head coach Mike Schafer ’86 held their heads high, recalling the ups and downs of the stillyoung season and looking to continue carrying a new attitude through the 2013-2014 year. “There’s just a different mentality with this group of guys,” Schafer said. “We’ve talked about being a lot more detailed-oriented, especially on those Saturday games.” Despite a renewed focus and discipline, wins have not come easy for the No. 15 Red. Up until this past weekend, the team had failed to outshoot a single opponent, allowing at least two goals per game through the season’s first eight. The Red instead has relied on the nation’s best power play conversion percentage, 30.61%, which was in full force in a pair of season-opening wins at Nebraska-Omaha, followed by a 4-2 victory against Princeton to get the team off to a 3-0-0 start. Cornell’s season thus far can be arranged into three pieces. First, the team’s undefeated beginning. Second: a grueling 0-3-1 stretch of conference games early in the month. Finally, with late-November flurries signaling hockey weather has settled into campus, the team has arrived too, parlaying a big rebound on the road in North Country into a fresh winning streak at Lynah. “The turning point was LAYERS our mentality after the O ATCH Clarkson game,” COLE Schafer BARDREAU s a i d , rememberBack from an earlying the season injury, team’s 1-31 start in Bardreau has
ECAC games that included a 3-2 loss on a last-minute goal to the Golden Knights. “I thought Clarkson was our worst game this year — nothing to take anything away from them — but we were lifeless. There was no passion in our game, and I was frustrated coming out of that game and then playing the next day.” That next game was against St. Lawrence, at the time ranked No. 19 in the country. An opening rush of power play goals scored by junior forward Joel Lowry gave the Red a 4-1 advantage in the first frame en route to a 5-2
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the country and I think we showed that tonight. ... Guys are definitely building more confidence.” With Ferlin and the rest of the offense continuing to build continuity on the front line, the team has also been working to cut down on mental errors and penalties. Although Schafer will be the first to point out that penalty minutes — as opposed to number of penalties — can be a misleading statistic because of the varying length assigned to different infractions, the Red’s head man since 1995 was not pleased to see Cornell leading the nation in penalty minutes last season. “I think you’ve seen a dramatic decrease in the number of penalty minutes we’ve taken this year,” Schafer said, noting that he’s been more willing to sit players down during games and to continue to assign push ups for various mental errors in practice. “That definitely holds guys accountable for when they’re not doing they’re job,” said junior defenseman Joakim Ryan, who has helped anchor the Red’s back line this season. Crouching behind Ryan on the ice is the Red’s last — but certainly not least — line of defense in senior goalie Andy Iles, who has been nothing but dependable in his final season on the hill. Iles has now started 80 consecutive games in a Cornell uniform and has a save percentage north of .900 this season. “In the scrambles he’s under control,” Schafer said. “Andy plays his best hockey when there’s [a] puck out in front of him and he trusts his instincts to be patient and under control.” Though the Red’s four-game win streak through the middle of November was cut short by Boston University in the Red Hot Hockey Classic at Madison Square Garden, the squad looks forward to a visit from Colgate (7-7-1, 5-3 ECAC) before finishing off the calendar year at the Florida College Classic. Despite some early ups and downs, the team can breathe a temporary sigh of relief knowing it has made it through a grueling run of ranked opponents. And with confidence comes the continued pursuit of improving in all facets of the game. “There’s nothing that we’re looking not to fine tune right now,” Schafer emphasized. “Power play, penalty kill, six-on-five, for and against; I mean there are so many things to continue to cover and work on. That’s our goal; [to] just keep plugging away and become better in every phase of the game.”
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returned with a vengeance. He still ranks third on the team in goals scored, despite missing six of the team’s 12 games so far. He had a goal and two assists in his first game back against Brown.
ANDY ILES In his final season in net for the Red, Iles has been superb, with a save percentage above 90 percent. Last year he was named ECAC Goaltender of the week three different times.
By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer final. “It was our effort, our intensity, and our enthusiasm in that game, not worrying about the end result, but just coming ready to get after it and play some hockey,” Schafer said. “Going into that stretch drive [of four consecutive ECAC road games] ... I knew it was going to be tough — the four places are tough to play. But we ended up on that stretch drive where Union’s now ranked, RPI was ranked at the time, Clarkson was ranked, and St. Lawrence was ranked and we started with Quinnipiac. So it was a tough stretch and just a start to kind of right the ship and get ourselves going back in the right direction where we need to be.” The return of junior forward Cole Bardreau from injury certainly did not hurt the squad’s recent momentum going into a weekend sweep of Brown and No. 9 Yale. Points have been hard to come by at times, but the Red still ranks a healthy No. 22 in the nation with the help of goal leaders Lowry and junior forward Brian Ferlin, who have nabbed six apiece. “Coming into the season, one thing I wanted to focus on was just getting more pucks on net because that’s obviously going to turn into goals, hopefully,” Ferlin said. “We believe in the locker room when we’re playing our best hockey, we can compete with anyone in
BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
2013-14 ECAC HOCKEY STANDINGS 1. QUINNIPIAC 2. UNION 3. COLGATE 4. CORNELL 5. CLARKSON 6. YALE 7. ST. LAWRENCE 8. RENSSELAER 9. HARVARD 10. PRINCETON 11. BROWN 12. DARTMOUTH
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Junior Captain Carries Icers By DANI ABADA Sun Senior Writer
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Man behind the bench | In his 19-year career with the men’s hockey team, head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has built an impressive resume, inclduing five ECAC championships, nine NCAA appearances and one Frozen Four appearance.
In 19th Season, Schafer ’86 Continues Reaching Milestones HEAD COACH RECORDS 350TH CAREER WIN it, and so does the coaching staff, not just myself but all our assistants. That, not 350 [wins], those are the things that stick in the back of your mind.” Like many of the players that have passed through the Twelve games into his 19th season behind the Cornell Red hockey program, Schafer originally hails from bench, head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has been the leader Canada, and his accent remains recognizable as he talks. of the men’s ice hockey program for nearly as long as The son of a lumberjack who spent his summers off some members of this year’s freshman recruiting class from Cornell working various jobs, Schafer was also a have been alive. A former defensive standout during his two-time captain during his collegiate career, and his time as a player, Schafer transitioned to coaching direct- appraisal of leadership qualities became apparent as he ly after graduating and assumed the head coach position spoke about preseason bonding activities. during the 1995-96 season. “We’ve gone camping and learned our keep where In addition to the usual crop of statistics thrown we’re camping. We do work for the guys that own the around about his tenure place,” he said. “We use the here — five ECAC champiopportunity to watch our onships, nine NCAA leaders interact when they’re appearances, one Frozen doing chores and how they A Historic Mark Four appearance — Schafer lead. Do they try to lead by reached the 350-win mark example, or do they sit back Men’s hockey head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has during the current season and actually lead and superwon 350 games in his career with the Red, a with the Red’s 4-2 victory vise and push guys if guys statistic that he called a over Princeton in early are slacking off?” “funny” milestone. November. During his first four “It’s funny — those mileyears after graduation, stones are funny,” Schafer Schafer worked as an assissaid of the 350-win accomtant coach for the Red, plishment. “They’re nice, spending the next five years but it really doesn’t have much meaning rather than after that at Western Michigan before returning to you’ve coached a long time. It’s kind of [just a statistic], Lynah as the head coach. Schafer said that the time but it’s nice, the fact I’ve been here so long and I’ve been requirements of coaching surprised him when he first able to put that many wins in one place.” began, and that the workload it requires is an often overPausing a moment, Schafer leaned forward slightly in looked facet of the job. the plastic chair taken from the computer desk in the “Even to this day, people from the outside that look small hockey office which serves as a de-facto interview at coaches seem to think that they show up on Friday room. He noted that he has avoided attaching sentimen- and Saturday night, they go behind the bench, they run tality to items that commemorate significant moments some practices and that’s about it,” he said. “But it’s the in his career. hours of recruiting and the hours of video; hours of “I’ve never kept any pucks or mementos — they’re planning; hours of scheduling and alumni relations; the around, but it’s not something I collect,” he said. “The travel and the travel to recruit … [as a new coach], you significant things are the wins and losses that occur over have no idea how much work goes into it.” the course of time; there have been huge wins and devAssistant coach Topher Scott, a 2008 graduate who astating losses. The older I get, the harder the losses returned to the program two years ago and has spent the become. You look back and the big wins in the program, duration of the interview kneeling in front of a computthose are the things you watch — seeing the kids cele- er in the back of the room after Schafer appropriated the brate and being victorious — and then seeing them in chair belonging to that desk, grinned as he joined the excruciating pain when they lose a game, because the conversation for the first time. players invest so much time and effort and energy into “I’ll second that.” By EMILY BERMAN
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Junior captain John McCarron is a forward you do not want to forget this season. So far, he leads the team in assists, already having racked up 14 points on three goals and 11 assists. The Red’s power play has gotten some attention for its success thus far into the season, and some of McCarron’s points have helped this power-play conversion rate be the most effective in the country right now. McCarron is also tied for eighth in the nation with 1.50 points per game. “I think it’s just overall chemistry with my linemates Joel Lowry and Cole Bardreau,” he said. “We’ve been playing together for three years, so the game is coming easier to me.” That being said, the Macomb, Mich. native is still looking for areas in which he can improve. “Obviously, I’m a bigger guy so I still need to continue to work on my feet, so that’s what I continue to improve on,” McCarron said. Last season, McCarron finished with 19 points, ranking fifth on the Red’s roster with seven goals. Interestingly enough, he finished his freshman year with 19 points as well. Both seasons, none of his goals came until after the December break between the fall and spring semesters. However, this year, McCarron has already put away three goals, and it is only the first week of December. “Both my freshman and sophomore season I didn’t score until after Christmas — I’m happy to get the goose egg away here early in the season,” he said. “The pucks have just been finding me, and my linemates have been putting them in the net for my assists, so obviously a lot of that goes to them, but it’s exciting and I hope it continues.” McCarron has much to show for his time at Cornell thus far. He was also drafted to the Edmonton Oilers in the 6th round of the 2012 NHL Draft. Another great honor for McCarron was being chosen to serve as the Red’s captain for the 2013-14 season. The Red has not had a sole junior captain since Stephen Bâby, who was the team’s captain in the 2001-02 season. “It’s a learning prcess for me — I don’t know, it’s an honor to be a captain of Cornell,” McCarron said. “I’m happy that my teammates voted for me, but I don’t want to change who I am. I was obviously voted for a reason, so I just try to bring it every day and try to be a positive role leader for the guys.”
MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Winter wonderland | McCarron did not score until after winter break last season, but was able to change that trend this year.
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Swimmers Begin to Make Waves WOMEN TRIPLE 2012 IVY WINS IN FIRST MEETS By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer
This year, the Cornell men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hope to improve upon their recent performances in order to build the speed necessary to push into the top half of the Ivy League. So far, the Red has taken significant strides towards success in the conference. Both the men and women successfully defeated Boston College to open up the season. After that first meet, the Red then traveled to Hanover, New Hampshire to compete against Ivy rivals Dartmouth and Harvard. “The Boston College meet was a huge success for the team and was a really good way to start the season,” junior diver
Thomas Hallowell said. “We then went to Dartmouth and had a difficult meet, as we lost some races by close margins. But even when the meet was lost, the team remained strong and had an amazing end to the meet, fighting back for every point.” According to junior Tim Satterthwaite, it is important for the team not to become complacent and to continue to train with persistence. Since the Boston College meet, the men have lost four straight meets, but more than half of the season still lies before them. “People feel good during races despite our hard workouts, but I think it’s important that we continue training hard in order to keep having some success,” he said. “I think that working on some of the fundamentals and mental toughness is what the team most
SWIMMERS TO WATCH DYLAN SALI Though just a freshman, Sali has alreay made an impact on the squad, most recently with three Top-three finishes against Princeton and Penn. He also placed second in the 200 back in a dual meet with Dartmouth and Harvard.
JENNA IMMORMINO In her freshman campaign last year, Immormino made a splash early on as the team’s high point scorer at the Ivy League Championship. This year, she finished first in two different individual events against Princeton and Penn.
needs to work on for the rest of the season. I think that there is a lot of the season to go with a lot of hard training up ahead and some really tough opponents. I think everyone is excited to see how the end of the season will go once we get some rest in and take on one of our other rivals, Brown.” On the women’s side, the Red is enjoying a historic season so far, with three Ivy League wins already — three times the amount it won all of last season. According to junior Bethany Douglas, the win over Dartmouth was especially significant because it showed the team’s ability to make a comeback. “The girls were thrilled with our win against Dartmouth. Not just because we won, but because we came from behind, which meant we had to believe that we could win throughout the whole meet, which took a lot of strength from the whole team,” she said. “It was so exciting to watch that score change in our favor just in time.” Next up for the Red is the annual winter trip to Puerto Rico, which, according to Douglas, is one of the most difficult parts of the season. “Our favorite and most dreaded part of the season is coming up: Puerto Rico. It's crazy that one week can be both so fun and so painful at the same time,” she said. “In Puerto Rico, we really bond as a team, using each other to get through those tough practices. We have high hopes for the Red. The team dynamic this year is off the charts. Everyone meshes really well, which is really helping us compete together, both men and women.”
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With half of the season over, both the men and women realize that there is still work to be done when it comes to their ultimate goals. “The team is very motivated and excited that the season is now in full swing. It is a long season, so having the strength to stay focused and driven becomes increasingly important,” Hallowell said. “We want to have success at championships this year, and need to succeed at every meet this season to prepare for that.”
women defeated Princeton and Penn on Nov. 23 for their third conference win of the season. XIAOYUE GUO / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Red Prepares for Breakthrough Season By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer
Cornell’s men’s and women’s track and field teams are ready to put out strong performances this season after a productive preseason. The Red had a very successful season last year, qualifying eleven athletes across eight events for the NCAA O u t d o o r Championship, and is hoping to emulate that record with similar achievements again this year. One way the women’s team has been doing this is through a new strength and conditioning program, which, according to junior Mina Amick-Alexis, could give the team an extra edge this season. “This year we've all definitely noticed some extra emphasis on speed work and strength. CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Making strides | The men’s and women’s track and field teams opens up the season on Dec. 6th, looking to improve on last year’s success.
Coach has created a really amazing lifting schedule that's been a huge success for everyone, especially the freshmen,” she said. “On top of the usual hill workouts and endurance base work, our training in the weight room is going to make all the difference this year.” Amick-Alexis believes that this has been particularly beneficial to the new freshman class, which has already made good improvements. This is good news for the women’s team, as many of these freshmen will be filling in the shoes of last year’s seniors. “This group of girls has shown immediate improvements in the weight room and in their events, and the team is really excited to see how they will perform,” Amick-Alexis said. “The freshmen especially are helping fill in the gaps in a few event groups and look extremely promising in practice.” On the men's side, the incoming freshman class also includes a large amount of talent, with numerous nationally ranked athletes at the high school level. This includes Rudy Winkler, who holds two national hammer throwing records. As well as strong freshmen, both halves of the team have many returners from last year. For the men, last year’s 4x100 meter hurdle team of Ryan Hynes, Jedidiah Adarquah-Yiadom, Bruno Hortelano-Roig and Kinsley
Ojukwu, which qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championship for the first time in 35 years, is poised for another great season this year. According to Coach Bowman, who heads up the women’s team, Emily Shearer and Rachel Sorna are set to perform very well this year as well. “The two great leaders are two of our captains, Emily Shearer and Rachel Sorna. They both have national experience and Rachel is an NCAA All American,” Bowman said. “They will cover ground in the middle distance and distance group.” However, the overall depth of the women’s team should really help the Red’s scores at meets throughout the season. “Each event group has grown in size and when I look around Barton Hall at training, I do not see an event group that I am worried about,” Amick-Alexis said. “I think we have amazing representation in all areas and have more depth this year.”
Young talent brings depth to already experienced squads. As a result of this, the Red looks ready for the upcoming season and appears very capable of matching its performances from last year. “The goal is to try and PR throughout the whole year and see how we do as a team. We have great leadership this year with four fantastic captains,” Bowman said. “We cannot control what another team does, but we can control what we do and we think we are pretty well set for a fantastic year.” The track and field team opens it season at the Greg Page Relay on Dec. 6 in Barton Hall.
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Students say satirical news site CU Nooz crossed the line between funny and tasteless when it published an article Wednesday mocking the most visible component of Cornell’s suicide prevention efforts — the means restriction nets hanging above gorges where students have died by suicide. After being hit by backlash from students, alumni and the blog IvyGate on Twitter, CU Nooz removed the article and issued an apology. The piece — headlined “Administration
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Tr a n s i t i o n i n g from solely being a professor to being the head of a university department is often a difficult task, as many aspects of the job can only be learned over time, Cornell professors say. Like professors quoted in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article, many department heads at Cornell said that although their job remains primarily academic, taking on a chair position comes with unique challenges. English department chair Prof. Roger Gilbert said the position of the department chair is ultimately one that can only be learned on the job.
“Being chair is at times a very demanding job, one that most academics are neither trained nor temperamentally inclined to do,” he said. Echoing his sentiments, sociology department chair Prof. Mabel Bezerin said she believes that
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Cornell students who experienced sticker shock this fall at the price of textbooks may have cause to rejoice: a piece of legislation, if passed by Congress, could help eliminate the need to pay for textbooks in the future. The Affordable College Textbook Act seeks to provide colleges with the resources to create and expand the use of online textbooks, which would be licensed so anyone could access, add to and distribute them without any charge. The legislation is intended to help lower the costs of attending college across the country for students. While many have expressed concerns about the rising costs of education, the costs of textbooks are also starting to gain national attention. The cost of college textbooks has increased by 812 percent since 1978, according to the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, the cost of textbooks has nearly doubled since 1998, with the cost of textbooks and supplies totaling approximately $1,200 for the 2012-13 academic year –– up from approximately $667 during the 1998-99 academic year, according “In the fight to make college more to College Board. affordable ... we can’t overlook “Consi the rising costs of textbooks.” dering the ballooning Sen. Al Franken prices of college textbooks and the growing mandate to make education more affordable, it it difficult to imagine the current system enduring without some fundamental changes,” Prof. Jamila Michener, government, said. According to Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations, economics, one reason textbooks have increased in price is due to the growth of the used textbook market and online sellers. In order to cope with the losses resulting from selling fewer new copies of books, publishers have begun to markup the price of each copy.
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Cole Norgaarden ’17 peruses vintage maps at the 30th Annual Map Sale in Sibley Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Half of the proceeds of the event will go to Historic Preservation Planning Alumni to support historical preservation programs.
“It used to be the case that if a text sold 100 copies the first year, it would sell 60 the second and 40 the third year after a new edition was published. Now, very few copies are sold after the first year,” Ehrenberg said. Margie Whiteleather, strategic projects manager for The Cornell Store, echoed Ehrenberg’s sentiments about used books, adding that The Cornell Store tries to obtain as many used books as possible to help students manage the costs of textbooks. Overall, the average savings on used books for students is 25 percent or more, while rented textbooks result in an average savings of 55 percent, she said. The benefits of using open textbooks, however, would not be exclusive to lowering the costs of education. According to Ehrenberg, the open text books could be chosen and customized by professors. “If professors could ‘tailor’ the open textbooks to meet their specific needs it would be great,” he said. “If not, they have an incentive to use books that cover exactly the material they want in a form that they want.” The bill, however, may receieve some opposition from the textbook industry, according to Michener. The inspiration behind the Affordable College Textbook Act — which was introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) in November — was a successful open source textbook program created three years ago at the University of Illinois, which received
funding through Durbin’s efforts, according to a press release from Durbin’s office. The University of Illinois worked to create the introductory textbook “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation” using the $150,000 Department of Education grant, ultimately leading to the creation of the Open Source Textbook Initiative, according to U.I. March 2012 press release. Since then, the book has seen widespread sales, according to Durbin. “At least a dozen schools throughout the country have either contacted the University of Illinois about the text or are using it,” Durbin said in his press release. “This bill can replicate and build on this success and help make the cost of attending college more affordable.” Senator Franken said he hopes that these “open textbooks” can help to alleviate some of the burdens preventing some from attending institutions of higher learning. “In the fight to make college more affordable and accessible for Minnesota families, we can’t overlook the rising costs of textbooks,” Franken said in Durbin’s press release. “I’m proud to introduce this bill with Senator Durbin because it will help provide cheaper alternatives to traditional textbooks and keep more money in students’ pockets where it belongs.” Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.
Saddled by Loans,Grad Students Cold Call Congress for Help By ANIKA SETHY Sun Staff Writer
In an effort to raise awareness about graduate and professional student loan debt, the Cornell Graduate and Professional Student Assembly took part in a nationwide “Call Congress Day “for the GradsHaveDebt2 campaign Wednesday. According to Nicole Baran grad, a former member of the GPSA executive board, the cam-
paign aims to inform members of Congress that the Budget Control Act of 2011 made graduate students ineligible for subsidized Stafford loans, which are federal low-interest education loans. In addition to being ineligible for subsidized loans, which Baran said “means that [students] start accumulating debt while [they are] still in graduate school,” due to the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of
2013, interest rates on graduate student loans could hit 9.5 percent in the next 10 years. “This is the first year that the interest rates that were being charged to graduate students is actually higher than it is for undergraduates,” she said. “And [9.5 percent] is a really high interest rate. The difference between that [and interest rates right now] is expected to add an extra $200 per month per student on the average loan pay-
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Cold call | Monet Dumas grad and Christine Yao grad call members of Congress Wednesday as part of the GradsHaveDebt2 campaign, which seeks to increase awareness of graduate student loans.
ment that a typical graduate student is making on their debt.” Monet Dumas grad, president of the GPSA, said the issue of student loans is one that hits home. “The average professional student’s debt is over $100,000, so I can relate to that experience. I think we’re just trying to get the message out that graduate students have debt too, not just undergraduate students, and especially professional students,” Dumas said. Dumas said the campaign is focused on making Congress aware of the consequences of the Budget Control Act and making sure Congress is being “sensitive to our needs as well as undergraduates.’” Franziska Doerflinger grad, although not personally affected by the changes in graduate student loans because as an international student, said she decided to make calls to members of Congress to support her fellow students. “I’m not American, so a lot of this doesn’t really apply to me. I never had undergraduate loans. … I thought it was important to know about this. I mean, it’s definitely important for my peers, and I like to raise awareness and
to get involved,” she said. Doerflinger added that, at first, she was nervous about calling members of Congress, but said she soon found that most of the representatives were approachable and had already received a number of calls. Christine Yao grad, the vicepresident for operations, said she thinks the campaign is valuable because of the Budget Control Act’s possible repurcussions. Yao said she was concerned the increase in the debt of Ph.D. students intending to pursue careers in research could funnel more people into industry jobs instead. According to Baran, who is also the northeast regional chair for NAGPS, Cornell is just one of at least 20 schools participating in the campaign. Yao said she noticed this widespread participation in the campaign during her calls to members of Congress. “So far, when I’ve been calling in, they’ve been saying, ‘Yes, we’ve been getting a number of calls today,’ so it’s definitely showing that there’s a volume of calls, and they’re starting to register it as a concern,” Yao said. Anika Sethy can be reached at asethy@cornellsun.com.
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on campus just a few years ago. We apologize to the Cornell community for this mistake.” The article was published almost three weeks after The Sun reported that no one had entered the nets since they replaced temporary fencing around bridges this year. It joked that President David Skorton was “a little bummed” no one had jumped into the nets yet. Both University Spokesperson John Carberry and Sharon Dittman, associate director for community relations at Gannett Health Services, declined to comment on the satirical article. The nets installed around the seven
gorges on and around Cornell’s campus are a critical part of the University’s suicide prevention efforts. Since three students jumped to their deaths in the gorges in Spring 2010, the University has redoubled its mental health initiatives, consulting with internationally recognized experts to improve mental health on campus. Beyond the nets, the University has offered free, walk-in counselling at discrete locations around campus, organized a council to focus on graduate and professional students’ mental health and increased funding for Gannett Health Services’ mental health initiatives. Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.
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haven’t changed all that much over time: the key responsibilities are hiring new faculty, supporting and reviewing current faculty, and planning the curriculum,” he said. Prof. Natlie Melas, chair of the comparative literature department, said that formalized training for the job is extremely difficult because of its specialized nature. “The differences between departments are great enough that it’s hard to imagine any formal training that would actually prepare future chairs effectively for the challenges they’ll encounter,” she said. Additionally, there has been a recent increase in managerial duties at Cornell due to the administration’s emphasis on assessing “student learning and faculty productivity.” The majority of the preparation for the job
occurs after one becomes department head, according to Prof. Robert Brann, chair of the near eastern studies department. “Most of us learn on the job and turn to mentors for guidance,” he said. “I was … promoted to assistant professor and appointed as department chair at the same time but did not have so much as a clue about chairing.” Brann said a major part of being a department chair is serving as a mentor to newer faculty. The job’s “managerial demands” are higher today than ever before, he added. “My most important responsibilities include sustaining and transmitting to younger colleagues a department culture that strives for excellence in research, teaching and advising worthy of Cornell and our students,” he said. Bezerin also said that fostering close ties between faculty members is a major component the
job. “That’s the fun part of being chair — keeping one’s faculty relatively happy and productive,” she said. Melas noted that she has seen an overall “trend towards bureaucratization” within academic departments in the University. “In the future a chair’s job might be to protect the academic mission of departments ... from the excesses of bureaucratic standardization, but we’re not there yet,” she said. As the chair of the department, English Gilbert said part of his work now includes serving as an advocate of pursuing an education in the humanities. “We’re having to be more aggressive in making a case for the value of humanities education both as career preparation and intellectual enrichment,” he said. Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun.com.
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allowed for the adoption of the EAP. The suggested examples for reducing the city’s environmental footprint under the EAP include ways for both the city government and the Ithaca community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including performing an energy audit on government facilities, working with surrounding communities and expanding farmer market opportunities. Approving the Energy Action Plan is the first step in gaining the city’s full support and is necessary for the successful implementation of the plan. “The idea here is to stake out that this is something that is important to the city,” Alderperson Chris Proulx ’91 (D-5th Ward) said. “For many reasons, I support this and look forward to putting this in as our next baseline.” Alderperson Jennifer Dotson (G1st Ward) added that the EAP is wide-ranging in its scope because “the issue it’s dealing with is really wide-ranging.” The EAP is similar to other action plans that have been adopted across the country, according to Proulx. Former Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson — who offered to help complete the action plan in June after it was put on hold due to the lack of formal plans — said it is
in the city’s best interest to focus on sustainability with the community in mind. “The city can be an example for the kind of sustainable measures that can be done in one’s household,” Peterson said. Peterson added that the complet-
“The issue it’s dealing with is really wide-ranging.” Alderperson Jennifer Dotson ed EAP will allow the city to apply for federal and state grants involving sustainability measures, which would not have been possible without the plan. “You have to have a plan in place in order to apply,” she said. This is not the first piece of legislation the city has adopted in its commitment to protect the environment. Resolutions passed in 2001, 2005 and 2009, in addition to the Local Action Plan, helped the city make its pledge to “take local action to achieve sustainability, energy conservation and climate protection goals,” according to the resolution passed Wednesday. Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife workers in boats struggled unsuccessfully Wednesday to coax nearly four dozen pilot whales out of dangerous shallow waters in Florida’s Everglades National Park, hoping to spare them the fate of 10 others that already had died. The workers suspended their efforts after dark, but planned to return Thursday morning to try again, said Kim Amendola, spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is taking part in the effort. Six of the whales were found dead, and four of the whales had to be euthanized Wednesday, said Blair Mase, coordinator for NOAA’s marine mammal stranding network. At least three could be seen on the beach, out of the water. The whales are stranded in a remote area near Highland Beach, the western boundary of Everglades National Park and about 20 miles east of where they normally live. It takes more than an hour to reach the spot from the nearest boat ramp and there is no cellphone service, complicating rescue efforts. “We want to set the expectation low, because the challenges are very, very dif-
ficult,” Mase said. Park spokeswoman Linda Friar said rescuers were trying to surround the whales, which were in roughly 3 feet of salt water about 75 feet from shore, and herd them back to sea. “They are not cooperating,” Friar said. Workers also tried to nudge the whales out to sea earlier in the day with no success. The short-finned pilot whales typically live in very deep water. Even if rescuers were able to begin nudging the 41 remaining whales out to sea, Mase said they would encounter a series of sandbars and patches of shallow water along the way. This particular whale species is also known for its close-knit social groups, meaning if one whale gets stuck or stays behind, the others are likely to stay behind or even beach themselves as well. “It would be very difficult for the whales to navigate out on their own,” Mase said. Federal officials were notified about the whales Tuesday around 4 p.m. Because of the remote location, workers were unable to access the site before dark. They arrived Wednesday morning and discovered 45 whales still alive. “There were some that
were very compromised and in very poor condition,” Mase said. Four were euthanized with sedatives, and more could be put down Thursday if their condition deteriorates, Mase said. She described the remaining whales as swimming and mobile but said scientists don’t know how long they have been out of the deep, colder water they are accustomed to and could be impacted by secondary consequences, such as dehydration. “I don’t think we have a lot of time,” Mase said. Necropsies were being done Wednesday on the deceased whales. Scientists will look for disease or other signs to indicate how whales got stuck in the shallow Everglades waters. As workers tried to coax the animals to deeper water, at least one could be seen a few feet from shore floating upside down with its head bobbing up and down. Three to four more could be seen on the beach bleeding. Twenty-two pilot whales became stranded in Florida’s Avalon State Park in Fort Pierce in 2012. Residents, state and national officials attempted to rescue them, but only five could be saved. “It’s not uncommon,” Friar said.
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hen we left off with ALANA’s funding controversy two weeks ago, the message communicated by the Student Assembly was that they wouldn’t make an exception for ALANA, but must follow process and cut ALANA’s budget ... as if that is what granting ALANA its proposed budget increase would be — nothing but an exception. I’m writing this column because even if “justice had been done” and the S.A. had decided not to cut ALANA’s budget, I am terribly nervous that the S.A., and the general student body, would continue to see this supposedly “just” decision as only an exception. An exception that needs to be made for a “fiscally irresponsible” group. Why? Just because it represents minorities? Well, if that’s how people are seeing this, then that’s not justice in the slightest. That’s offensive. And we need to deepen our consideration of this issue to truly find the just solution. Let’s start by not taking it as a given that ALANA “messed up.” Whoa, back the fuck up. What if, instead, the problem is that the process that determines how ALANA presents its past and future budget, and the process that determines how the Appropriation Committee (Apps Comm) analyzes this data, is structured in such a way that it leads us to conclude that ALANA is fiscally irresponsible? I work for a bylinefunded organization, so I can tell you from experience that this is what’s happening to ALANA. Apps Comm operates under the assumption that the same expectations for spending and efficiency can be applied to each byline-funded organization uniformly. I argue that these expectations were made and applied without being sensitive to the needs of cultural umbrella and programming organizations like ALANA. I say this from an insider perspective because my own organization, Haven: The LGBTQ Student Union, is a cultural umbrella and programming organization that’s operations are also hindered by the Apps Comm’s expectations. Consider what these organizations
are aiming to do: We are trying to fill the void of cultural spaces for our communities on campus; we are trying to educate our peers when the University fails to do so; we are trying to make everyone on this campus feel safe. Our budgets are reflections of the vast realities of our missions. Our operations are necessary to the safety of a large portion of the student body, and to expect us to adhere to the same guidelines that regulate byline-funded groups like the Slope Day Programming Board or Athletics and Physical Education is absurd. Why, whenever it comes to money, do we have to operate according to the same age-old principles that govern investing? The environment within the Apps Comm does not encourage people to bring in the necessary new perspectives that would allow our diversity initiatives to flourish. So, no. Don’t make an exception for ALANA. That’s not what is needed here. If the process in place was not created to consider the operations of cultural programming boards, you don’t just make an “exception” for those groups. Rather, you reform the process so that these boards are not held to the same expectations as groups like Cornell Cinema or the Cornell Concert Commission. You create new expectations that account for the challenges these groups face. Recognizing the necessity of these groups on campus and granting them the respect that they deserve requires that we rewrite those guidelines for receiving byline funding. When we inherit structures, rules and processes, it is easy to forget the degree to which change is possible. It’s hard to think outside of those limitations even when the situation demands we do so. But when process is inherently unjust we need to overcome our paralysis in the face of seemingly immortal institutional values and confront the possibility of systemic change. Bailey Dineen is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Pronous: They, Them, There. They may be reached at btd32@cornell.edu. Dennis Fox ‘15 contributed. Genderfucked appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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OPINION
Max Schechter | Dems Discuss
Democrat of the Year 2013
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or the last Dems Discuss column of 2013, I wanted to write something that would encapsulate the year in politics. I thought I would do a straightforward “year in review” where I could talk about the highs (DOMA being found unconstitutional) and the lows (government shutdown). Then I saw a headline online that said the Miley Cyrus is leading Time magazine’s online poll for Person of the Year and I got a better idea. Thus, I give you, my completely unofficial results for Democrat of the Year 2013! First he two runners up: Pope Francis
Maybe it was because he called Islam a violent religion or disagreed with the use of condoms to fight AIDS, but I was not a Pope Benedict XVI fan. I did not have high hopes that Pope Francis would be very different. But my apologies, Your Holiness, you have been absolutely killing it this year (he reads my column, I’m sure). Pope Francis has spoken about refocusing the Catholic Church on the poor and the starving. The Pope has criticized the inequity fostered under trickledown economics and he thinks women should play a bigger role in the church. Finally, a Pope who is willing to say, "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" is a pretty good Pope in my book. If Democrats can convince religious voters that caring about the poor and economic inequality (which we do!) is more important than gay marriage and abortion, then there are votes that
can be peeled away from the Republican Party. Besides just being awesome, Francis is offering Democrats a roadmap on how to communicate with religious voters! So, why didn’t Pope Francis win Democrat of the year? He’s from Argentina and lives in the Vatican now, so, not technically a Democrat. Sorry, Frankie (that’s what his friends call him, I presume). John Kerry
He is an experienced negotiator and foreign policy wonk who is already making a great Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton left big shoes to fill, but John Kerry has handled it with aplomb. So, why didn’t John Kerry win Democrat of the Year? John Kerry isn’t what you’d call a “winner.” He had a very good year in 2013, but is he the absolute best the Democratic Party had this past year? No. So, without any further ado, my choice for Democrat of the Year 2013 is …
I know, you think John Kerry is a boring old white guy who lost the Presidential Election and gave us four more years of Wendy Davis George Bush. And he is. But, Kerry started This seemed to be the year of the filibuster this year as the longwith Rand Paul Ted Cruz, and even Patton faced chairOswald on man of the Parks and S e n a t e As long as Obamacare Re c re a t i o n Foreign getting in on can get under control, it the action. Relations Committee one 2013 looks like 2014 will be as But and is endfilibuster good as it can be. took the cake ing this year as the Secreand that was tary of State State Senator responsible for a historic deal with Iran. He Wendy Davis’ eleven-hour filibuster in Texas also made a joke that turned into an actual to try and stop, or at least bring attention to, solution to Syria’s chemical weapons and a restrictive anti-choice, anti-woman bill that that kept us from going to war! He has even was set to pass the Texas legislature. Wearing held some talks with multiple parties in the her pink running shoes, Davis spoke passionIsrael/Palestinian conflict. Right now, he ately about her own life story (she worked her looks like he can do anything. In an era in way up from being a teenage mother to a which all of President Obama’s appointees Harvard Law School graduate); the needs of were filibustered without end, John Kerry’s her constituents and women all across Texas; nomination sailed through with 94-3 vote. and womens’ rights to make choices for
themselves and not have men in government plan their families for them. Soon, scores of protesters came to Senator Davis’ support and, when parliamentary tactics were use to try and silence her, their voices kept the bill from passing (well, until Governor Rick Perry called another special session and it passed. Oh well.). Wendy Davis became the face of unafraid pro-choice Democrats everywhere and now she’s running for Governor of Texas. This year might have been her breakout year on the national stage, but keep an eye-out; Wendy Davis is a rising star in the Democratic Party. The grand prize for the Democratic Party would be turning Texas blue and it’s going to take courageous and inspiring leaders like Davis to get the job done. It is my honor to bestow Wendy Davis with my first annual Democrat of the Year title. It’s been a pretty good year for Democrats. As long as Obamacare can get under control, it looks like 2014 will be as good as it can be considering the unfavorable Senate election map and the fabled six-year itch that says people tire of a political party in a President’s sixth year in office. Still, with leaders like Wendy Davis, John Kerry and examples from Pope Francis, I’m not too worried. Max Schechter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the president of the Cornell Democrats. He may be reached at mschechter@cornellsun.com. Dems Discuss appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Julius Kairey | Always Right
A Flawed Approach to Diversity W
hen Lanya Olmstead, the daughter of a universities place on things like academic aptitude, athTaiwanese-American woman and Norwegian- letic ability, musical talent or having a certain skin color. American man, filled out her college applica- This lack of transparency prevents the larger community tions a few years ago, she left one box conspicuously from questioning what gets taken into account when blank: “I don’t want to put ‘Asian’ down,” she told the admissions decisions are made. Associated Press in 2011, “because my mother told me When affirmative action was first implemented at there’s discrimination against Asians in the admissions many universities, it was driven by a desire to harm cerprocess.” tain student groups. We know now that Harvard’s origiWas her mother right? nal affirmative action program was designed to limit the Unfortunately, there is reason to believe that she is. A number of New York Jews in attendance. Nowadays, the 2009 study by sociologists Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Radford revealed that, at private colleges, an Asian applicant must score 140 As we place a higher and higher points higher on the SAT to have an equal chance of being admitted as a white student. value upon the social construct Ron Unz, writing in The American of race, we place relatively lower Conservative, has found that as the population value on discussing the values of college-age Asians in the United States has increased rapidly over the past few decades, the and ideas that determine who percentage of Asians enrolled in each of the Ivy we really are. League schools has remained surprisingly flat at between 15 percent and 18 percent. When California’s Proposition 209 mandated race-neutrality in people who support race-conscious admissions policies admissions at public colleges in 1996, the percentage of have good motivations; they want to give opportunity to Asians enrolled at some of the most prestigious California students who they feel face have hardship because of their public universities jumped over the span of just a few racial identity. But those who want our University to years. increase the weight given to a student’s “under-representThe truth is that the precise extent to which any insti- ed minority” status in order to get Cornell’s racial demotution discriminates on the basis of race — including graphics more in line with those of the country must Cornell — is impossible to discover. Universities claim to know that the necessary effect of their policy will be to use a “holistic” admissions process, where all parts of an discriminate against Asians. After all, our University will individual’s application are given their proper attention. never “look like the rest of the country” in terms of race The problem is that there is no objective way to deter- so long as Asians, who constitute about 6 percent of mine how much relative value ought to be placed on par- America’s population, are more than 16 percent of the ticular characteristics. Few of us know, though many of us undergraduates on this campus. Should we be surprised have tried to guess, the precise importance that different that students who advocate for race-based affirmative
action, often on the basis of it being an “anti-racist” policy, do not seem to care that their policy hurts a historically oppressed minority? Not at all. Our present way of looking at race and diversity is riddled with contradictions. Chief among them is the paradoxical belief that the way to bring people together across racial lines — to move beyond the divisions of the past — is to first focus on race. By starting from such an illogical premise, we doom ourselves to produce results that are far different from our intentions when we pursue racial diversity, no matter how benevolent our motivations are. Why should we be surprised that diversity programs that are supposed to make us proud of who we are cause some of us to shield our identities on our college applications? Why should we be surprised that colleges that claim to want to break down stereotypes divide us into crude and extremely broad categories like “Asian” and “Hispanic” and treat us differently on that basis? But the harm in our flawed mindset on racial diversity does not just lie in its own contradictions. By focusing on race, we prevent ourselves from focusing on what people actually bring to the table rather than how they look. A university should be about having ideological diversity, not about having a certain percentage of its student body with particular immutable characteristics like skin color. As we place a higher and higher value upon the social construct of race, we place relatively lower value on discussing the values and ideas that determine who we really are. It is time for us to rethink our conception of diversity. Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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Local eateries offer tasty solutions for dealing with chilly temperatures By HANNAH MEZHERITSKY
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Though as a pair of gloves and a scarf around your neck can keep you warm, there’s nothing like a full cup of your favorite winter drink to leave you feeling cozy and snug on your walk to class. You may already have your go-to drink, whether it’s a steaming cup of green tea or a rich concoction that doubles as your dessert. But those of you who are finding yourselves already in a winter slump or looking to switch things up, or even for those who are just now starting the search for a signature beverage, here are a few suggestions sure to keep you warm and, even more importantly, satisfied. WOOLEYBEAR FROM MANNDIBLES’ CAFÉ Manndibles’ original creation is one from a list of signature drinks the café has, and its taste is sure to leave an impression. The Wooleybear is a raspberry and chocolate breve, which is an espresso drink made with halfand-half cream instead of regular milk. With this increase in calories also comes a guaranteed surge in richness and tastiness, but makes it almost impossible to finish the entire 16-ounce heavy beverage that is also adorned with homemade whipped cream. The raspberry and chocolate flavors stayed consistent and present throughout the entire drink, but ended up making the breve seem more like a thicker hot chocolate than a caffeinated espresso drink. If sweet, creamy drinks are your style this winter, try the Wooleybear, just maybe in a smaller size. SOYDER FROM COLLEGETOWN BAGELS
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The Soyder is an unexpected, yet pleasantly surprising, combination of hot cider with frothy soy milk, topped with a dash of cinnamon. Located under the Winter Warm-Up section of the menu, this simple yet to-the-point drink does exactly what the menu says it will. The straightforwardness of this beverage is both what I liked most and what I liked least about it: as a 20-ounce beverage, it does tend to get a bit monotonous with each sip, yet the two ingredients put together unexpectedly perfect each other. Though I wish the cinnamon that was promised were a bit more present, as the Soyder could have benefited from a little more spice, the drink proved to be an understated item on CTB’s menu that could pair perfectly with just about anything else on the menu.
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ROYAL LONDON FOG FROM STELLA’S As a fairly new fan of all kinds of tea, I had a hard time deciding which tea beverage to order from Stella’s list of many. This spin on the classic Earl Grey tea includes steamed milk and ginger, vanilla and black walnut syrup, making it anything but bland. The steamed milk gives the drink a latté feel, without the harshness of any coffee taste or the dreaded effects of coffee breath, but the various flavors still give it a kick similar to that of a chai beverage. The drink was pleasant and balanced without being too sweet or rich, and left me thinking of the upcoming holiday season. Stella’s other tea drinks, which include other combinations with green and rooibos teas, are next on my list of things to try. I have no doubt that they’ll keep me warm during the winter months, too. Hannah Mezheritsky can be reached at hmezheritsky@cornellsun.com.
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By CATHERINE ELSAESSER Sun Contributor
As the semester moves into its final weeks, the snow and frosty temperatures are beginning to descend on campus. I crave comforting, warm meals this time of year, and soup is one of my go-to choices. Over the year, I’ve discovered three locations on- and off-campus that have been my favorite places to find a delicious, hot bowl of soup. WONTON DUMPLING NOODLE SOUP FROM SAIGON KITCHEN When I first visited Saigon Kitchen on West State Street, it was just beginning to get cold. I was looking forward to trying a large bowl of the pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup that I had heard so many positive sentiments about. There are many variations on the menu to choose from, but I settled on the wonton dumpling noodle soup under the Pho Ga category. Floating in the savory chicken broth were steaming, succulent
pork and shrimp dumplings, thin egg noodles, and crispy bean sprouts, fresh basil leaves and a lime wedge that provided a needed punch of brightness served as garnishes. The journey downtown is worth it to be able to savor a heavenly bowl of pho. POTATO LEEK AND BEEF TACO SOUPS FROM MAC’S CAFÉ This popular restaurant in the School of Hotel Administration is one of my most frequented places for a quick lunch. The soup at Mac’s is located in a small metal basin close to the cash register, and can easily to be missed in the lunchtime rush of students. However, their soups change daily, and there is always a unique option available. The two I have enjoyed the most have been the potato leek and the beef taco soups. The potato leek is a cream-based soup with large chunks of soft potato accented by the light onion flavor of the green leeks. The beef taco soup is unlike anything I had ever tried, full of veggies, hearty ground beef and olives, in a red, slightly spicy broth. Either is a satisfying option on a chilly day. CORN CHOWDER FROM TEMPLE OF ZEUS This small café inside of Goldwin Smith Hall is a wellknown campus eatery. The soups are prepared from scratch on site everyday, and the selections change from day-to-day, with two options each day. The one thing to keep in mind is that they do not take BRBs, but a cup of soup and a roll are still an affordable lunch option at less than five dollars. I’ve enjoyed their corn chowder, satisfying with chunks of corn and just the right thickness and consistency. I will be returning to try the other soup offerings on future snowy afternoons. Catherine Elsaesser can be reached at celsaesser@cornellsun.com.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Sun’s Top 10 Albums of 2013
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The dirty words that have always dogged Vampire Weekend — Ivy League, boat shoes, Upper East Side Soweto — Modern have no place on Modern Vampires of the City. It’s a pop record as done by musical omnivores. Whether they’re referencVampires ing a Souls of Mischief track in the midst of a baroque chamber pop song (“Step”), filtering “Footloose” through a kaleiof the City doscope of synths and machine gun drum fills (“Diane Young”) or pitch-shifting the voice of God himself (“Ya Hey”), band marries playful experimentation with an undeniable melodic immediacy. Lead singer Ezra Koenig comes into Vampire the his own here, fixating on death, the nagging sense that time is running out and his own struggles with religion. Steeped Weekend in New York imagery — from Hudson Bay to Upper West Side falafel shops — Modern Vampires of the City is a portrait of a band revelling in self-doubt and the myriad sounds of the new millenium. It’s the promise of their self-titled debut realized: from precocious to prescient, Vampire Weekend have trumped the naysayers with a veritable masterwork.
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Settle
Disclosure
Short of making us all feel inadequate, it’s incredible to believe that Disclosure brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence are 18 and 21 years old. It’s harder to believe that they had been churning out music before their stunning debut Settle. Claiming influences from J. Dilla to Burial, Disclosure almost has too many gems appear in rapid succession, from “Latch” to “Help Me Lose My Mind,” that ranking them feels like a Sisyphean task. And in case people thought the Lawrence brothers relied solely on the talent of guest vocalists, they shattered those conceptions from the beginning with the propelling “When A Fire Starts to Burn.” In a time when dance music seems to converge as one blobby mass, Settle establishes a new baseline nigh-impossible to beat.
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Electric Lady Janelle Monae
And the concept pop album survives another year! Janelle Monáe doesn’t just talk about fear, sex and love by talking about them: She jazzes things up in a world of her own making, where androids diss robots on public radio. Monáe fleshes out her story through spoken word interludes, but the meat of the album, the music, is where her genius truly shines. A gifted musician as well as a collaborator, Monáe reminds us why R&B/Soul/Funk music is so sexy with the help of Prince, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, et al. You got “Q.U.E.E.N.,” which sounds like M.J. with a cyborg, feminist touch, followed by the bumping “Electric Lady” and groovy "PrimeTime.” It’s not perfect, but no album fused ambition with pure fun like The Electric Lady this year.
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Yeezus
Kanye West
The last piece of work Lou Reed published before he passed away this year was a glowing review of Yeezus in The Talkhouse. In it, he called the album “majestic and inspiring” and praised it for its juxtaposition of the ugly and the serene, going so far as to say that the coda to “Guilt Trip” brought tears to his eyes. Reading the review now, you can’t help but feel like a torch is being passed from one curmudgeonly genius to another. Indeed, on Yeezus Kanye seems to be the next in line of immensely influential individuals you hope never to meet in person; of restless visionaries who could only see the art; of punks who rubbed elbows with the fashion aristocracy whether you like it or not. So in 50 years, when the same bullshit surrounds yet another asshole come to steal our hearts, you’ll know exactly what happened: Yeezus just rose again.
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Trouble Will Find Me The National
The first time you listen to Trouble Will Find Me is the worst time. Fans of The National know that their albums only improve with each listen, as new songs become old friends and lyrics like, “When you're sitting in your faintin’ chair drinking pink rabbits,” turn into drunken adages. Their albums grow on you, perhaps because The National knows how to balance tradition with its own signature sound. Acoustic commingles with electric, intricate percussion with big brass, soft with loud, often on the same song, like opener, “I Should Live in Salt.” With Matt Berninger’s baritone, lead single “Demons” sounds as smooth as a song about psychotic repression can. “Sea of Love” rocks as hard as the Arctic Monkeys, and the whole album joins old school rock goodness with surreal postmodernism in a most delicious way.
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In the mid-2000s Alabama twins Allison and Katie Crutchfield kickstarted their musical careers as teenagers with their indie duo The Ackleys. Since then, the sisters have launched individual solo projects — Allison with Swearin’ and Katie with Waxahatchee. On Cerulean Salt, Waxahatchee returns with a devastating testament to life’s trials and challenges. Sparse and bitter, Crutchfield infuses Cerulean Salt with frank and poetic lyrics (“chest in disgrace / blood on the back seat / lives in disgrace / scarface he doesn’t need”). Standout tracks include the heartbreaking “Coast to Coast” and single “Peace and Quiet.”
“And I said, ‘baaaaaby,’” begins Autre Ne Veut’s L.P. Anxiety. Equal parts sexual, romantic and dejected, Arthur Ashin’s silky voice and frank delivery wraps you in passion from the album’s outset and never lets you go — not that you’d ever want it to. At times you find yourself wishing you could lounge in its velvety warmth all day until an unprecedented burst of falsetto fury takes your emotional stability for a joyride. It’s become in vogue to mix old school crooning with glassy synths, but Ashin kicks it up three notches with creative hooks and a set of pipes to match the R&B greats.
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Anxiety
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The Bones of What You Believe Chvrches
Truly great synthpop’s infectious hooks never get old even well after the record’s grooves are worn out. Many a listener left Chvrches’ L.P. on repeat for long after its release, but The Bones of What You Believe never lost a single bit of its luster. Even after logging countless spins of this near-perfect debut, the Glaswegian trio’s tracks sound as fresh as ever with its bouncy melodies and Lauren Mayberry’s stellar vocal chops. The Bones of What You Believe is about as addicting as albums come, so be prepared to spend quite a bit of time jamming out to its synthy goodness.
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AM
Arctic Monkeys
The leather jackets, desert-outlaw backdrop and Alex Turner’s impeccably coiffed pompadour seem miles away from the ramshackle jitter-punk of the Sheffield quartet’s world-storming 2006 debut. But we forget that Arctic Monkeys — five U.K. #1 albums and two Glastonbury headlining spots in — are one of the few big rock and roll bands we have left. AM is where they start acting like it. From the sultry opening strut of “Do I Wanna Know?” to Turner’s heartfelt croon on album closer “I Wanna Be Yours,” AM is a testament to the band’s airtight technical skill and their inimitable swagger, rife with some of the year’s best come-ons and headbanging moments alike. If their debut was the sound of excitable kids trying to sneak into the club, AM is the sound of the guys inside seducing your girlfriend while you’re off in the toilets.
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Pure Heroine Lorde
Lorde’s debut album, aside from being a lyrical masterpiece, is a comprehensive treatise on the fascinations and inclinations of its creator’s generation. The breakout single, “Royals,” is a maturely defiant diatribe about the ludicrous images of wealth that hip-hop culture portrays as imperative, and several tracks paint gracefully dark images of youthful freedom paired with anarchic boredom. Lorde’s aesthetic is pure modernity — it’s post-hip-hop and post-Lana in its attitude, its vocals are primordial beyond Florence Welch and its lyricism is a poetic post-rap spinoff. Pure Heroine is an album of and about 2013 (“you’ve been drinking like the world was going to end (it didn’t)”). Specific to time where it isn’t to place, Pure Heroine is a perfect pastiche of only that which is undeniably real.
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Deceptively Simple Nebraska ZACH ZAHOS Sun Staff Writer
You can’t stop him. The old man hoofs it up the highway shoulder against the traffic flow. He studies his feet and ignores his white, battered hair, just as he has every day for a couple decades now. He’s not walking for exercise, nor does he look like he’s having a bit of fun. As we soon learn, he’s off to claim a million dollars. But he’s not a millionaire, just a dupe: He fell for one of those mail order sweepstakes. He can’t be that gullible, can he? He’s going senile, yeah, but still, what gives? What drives Woody Grant? Such are the deceptively simple questions in Nebraska, another plainspoken masterpiece directed by Alexander Payne. It is difficult to summarize Nebraska because it is so easy. Not a whole lot happens. Woody (Bruce Dern) insists he won, but he’s not one to stay put and argue. Rather, he just leaves, by foot, trudging from Billings, Montana with full intent on reaching Nebraska, where the letter promises him money. Woody’s firecracker of a wife, Kate (June Squibb), pegs his misconception on old age and life-long alcoholism. Their son, David (SNL’s Will Forte), agrees, though for some reason he also agrees to humor his old man, firing up the Subaru for a two-man road trip to fetch the money he knows is not there. Perhaps David needs a change after losing his girlfriend, working in a listless electronics store and watching his older brother, Ross (Breaking Bad’s Bob Odenkirk), climb the ranks to anchor the prestigious local Billings newscast. Maybe he just wants to get close to his father. Who knows. These characters keep their motivations close to their chests. But don’t blame screenwriter Bob Nelson for doing a bad job. If anything, sing his praises. He has written one of the
greatest scripts in years, the kind of story critics bemoan we never see in America anymore, to say nothing of Middle America. Again, how to describe? Well, Nelson wrote an ... extremely unpretentious art film. Each scene breathes, letting characters live, drink beers, ignore their wives, look off into space, before carrying over, by virtue of classical Hollywood cause-andeffect, to the next scene. Yes, yes, Nebraska has a conflict, a climax, a three-act structure, all that jazz. There is order. But unlike less organic comedy-dramas, like this summer’s The Way Way Back (written by the Oscar-winning pair who collaborated with Payne on The Descendants, which had its forced moments, too), not one moment feels obligated to push the plot forward or, better yet, unearned. Nebraska unfolds like life, as we know it: with time, with memories, with unplanned hilarity. Like any film of this sort set in the Midwest, like Fargo, The Straight Story or Payne’s own About Schmidt, we often laugh when the characters don’t. Nelson, Payne and we find the pauses in these people’s conversations funny, precisely because the characters don’t. There are laughs to be had in a world unafraid of taking things slow, allowing silence, ignoring “awkwardness.” Contrary to some critics’ conclusions that Payne (an Omaha native) looks down at Midwesterners, I find this film to be an appreciation of their lives ... with some reservations. Two nephews of Woody’s turn out to be brainless, boring bullies, begging comparisons to Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. (The look
Nebraska Directed by Alexander Payne Starring Bruce Dem, Will Forte
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on their faces when David corrects their epithet that Kia is not a “Jap” car but a Korean one is priceless.) The true, albeit minor, antagonist, is Ed Pegram (Stacy Keach), who seeks to siphon some of Woody’s fake prize money in order to settle scores from decades prior. Everyone but Woody sees through Ed’s fake smile at once, particularly Kate, who takes on her enemies with simultaneously shocking and adorable profanity. If anything, Payne loves the release — the f-bomb, the punch. No matter where you live, B.S. is B.S., and it cannot stand. But these are good people, really. Despite his reputation for black comedy, Payne sees the good in humanity and struggles to do it justice. Shot in black-and-white by Phedon Papamichael and gifted a wonderful bluegrass score by Mark Orton, Nebraska evokes the deserted, timeless quality of the American pastoral. Those who live there must work to do so, and through work manifests greatness. We recognize that David can do so much more than hock speakers in a strip mall, and he recognizes it, too. Woody once flirted with legend — injured Korean War vet, young entrepreneur — before settling on the bottle and fooling around. Even with their personal failings, which are accurate representations of most of us, they
live on intuition. David grimaces at his Woody’s confession that he and Kate never talked about having kids or what marriage means to them. But then, in a beautiful scene, David watches his mother berate Woody, lying in a hospital bed (not a spoiler, for he’s a clumsy old man), before planting a big kiss on his forehead. Some things don’t need to be explained; they just are, eternally so. That last line sums up Nebraska, for me at least. I could continue picking apart scenes or applauding Bruce Dern, June Squibb and Will Forte’s performances, all three of whom you can expect Oscar to notice. Yet there’s a quality to this film I don’t want to tarnish through too much scrutiny. It’s not its pathos or humor, though those are alive and well, but more its ease of empathy. I see myself in all of the characters — even the dummy nephews who brag about how fast they can haul it from Nebraska to Texas. These people are more alike than they are different, and they could all do better at this life thing. Nebraska welcomes our late-act attempts at redemption while acknowledging that we never realize them, at least in the way we expect. We better ourselves through the effort, fueled by delusions as we hike along the interstate. Zach Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com.
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SANTA CLAUS – THE SONICS This year, forgo religious or family-oriented traditions in favor of some good old-fashioned greed. In 1965, three of the era’s biggest garage bands coreleased a Christmas compilation, Merry Christmas From The Sonics, The Wailers and The Galaxies. The Sonics contributed two tracks: “Don’t Believe In Christmas,” a rager bemoaning the lead singer's sexual dry spell and “Santa Claus,” an equally self-centered demand for gifts. “I want a brand new car, a twangy guitar, a cute little honey and lots of money,” sings frontman Gerry Roslie over low and, well, twangy guitar. It’s blatantly materialistic, and
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ends with Roslie’s realization that Santa brought him nothing. DONNA AND BLITZEN – BADLY DRAWN BOY Despite the opening soaring strings and a softly whispered “merry Christmas,” Badly Drawn Boy’s only Christmas song proves that the combination of reindeer, tinkling bells and romance can occasionally be appealing. By far the most uplifting song on this list, “Donna and Blitzen” tells the story of two reindeer falling in love. Damon Michael Gough, known by his stage name, Badly Drawn Boy, included this song on his soundtrack for About A Boy. It manages to perfectly capture the anticipatory hope that accompanies a budding relationship, all while talking about reindeer (“baby it’s not your sleigh ride / but this year it’s ours”). CHRISTMAS IN HARLEM — KANYE WEST Kanye’s usually steers well clear of cheer, Christmas or otherwise, but “Christmas in Harlem” has him — and a host of other guest artists — describing scenes of familial holiday bliss, gift-giving and drug deals. It’s six minutes of nostalgia and lines like “where the hustlers dash through the snow without a sleigh.” Even
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grunt. MERRY CHRISTMAS (I DON’T WANT TO FIGHT) – THE RAMONES As anyone just returning from a family Thanksgiving knows, holidays are a time to come together, celebrate and nitpick every grievance you have with your loved ones. For The Ramones, and basically everyone else, the conflict can be exhausting. “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight)” channels that fatigue in typical Ramones style — with cathartic repetition and simple chord progressions. Over frenzied, upbeat guitar, the Ramones ask whether it’s possible to go just one night without anyone throwing a plate.
tions stemmed largely from the Roman’s lateDecember Saturnalia festival, and the Christmas trees emerged from the Asheira cult, who worshipped trees in the forest. So who better to celebrate with than the witchiest British recluse of all? Kate Bush, the wideeyed, reclusive Joanna Newsom of the ’70s and ’80s, penned this ghostly ballad in 1979. Complete with Bing Crosby and Oscar Wilde references, “December Will Be Magic Again” is beautifully sinister. The intensity of her voice and haunting specificity of her lyrics (“ooh, dropping down in my parachute / the white city, she is so beautiful”) are a far cry from the customary Christmas jingle-rock. It’s a welcome respite from the cruel deluge of carols insisting that you spend the postThanksgiving season in a state of Constant Delight™.
DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN – KATE BUSH Most of our western Christmas traditions originated as pagan rituals. Christmas celebra-
Gina Cargas is senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun.com. Gina Tonic runs alternate Thursdays this semester.
Gina Cargas Gina Tonic if happy-go-lucky Kanye’s not your style, this song is worth it for the bizarre pairing of Christmas slogans (“Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night”) with Kanye’s signature
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Eli Manning doesn’t feel comfortable talking about why he and his family didn’t want him to play in San Diego in 2004. The New York Giants quarterback gets a sheepish look and says he really doesn’t remember why he spurned a city known for its mild climates and beaches. It’s in the past, and he’ll keep it there. The only reason it was resurrected Wednesday is that the Giants (5-7) are getting ready to play Rivers and the Chargers (5-7) in San Diego on Sunday. It leaves many to wonder what would have happened had Manning played for the Chargers. Would they have won two Super Bowls with Manning in charge or would Rivers have been the guy who led New York to two titles and won two Super Bowl MVPs? We’ll never know. The bottom line was the Mannings told the Chargers that Eli didn’t want to play in southern California and it forced their hand on draft day in 2004. The Chargers took Manning with the No. 1 overall pick and traded him to the Giants for Philip Rivers — the No. 4 selection — and three other picks, including the Giants’ No. 1 in 2005. The deal took 45 minutes to broker and Manning spent the time doing interviews at the theatre at Madison Square Garden, where the draft
was held. “It wasn’t an ideal situation,” Manning recalled. “We were prepared to go through with it and wait it out.” In the end, then-Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi pulled off the deal that got New York its quarterback of the future. Manning then did a second round of interviews. “I know I had more smiles the second time around," Manning said Wednesday. Rivers had an interesting take on the trade a decade later. Speaking on a conference call, he said he doubted the Giants would have drafted him unless the deal with the Chargers was ironed out, saying New York didn’t have much interest in him leading up to the draft. Many believe the Giants intended to draft Ben Roethlisberger had they not been able to make the trade for Manning. “When the Giants drafted me, I thought something must be going on with San Diego,” Rivers recalled. “So I don’t think about it as much (what if ) because I really don’t think it was as much of a possibility as it seemed.” Giants coach Tom Coughlin recalled Accorsi's conviction. “I remember Ernie Accorsi making that deal, of being 100 percent in belief that this was the right thing to do for our franchise,” Coughlin said, later adding he believes the deal helped both teams.
Nine-Round Shootout Goes to Kings ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Martin Jones’ NHL debut ended in a nine-round shootout, with the Anaheim Ducks’ high-scoring lineup taking turns bearing down on the Los Angeles Kings’ new goalie. Jones faced up to the pressure and turned away everything he saw, leading the Kings to a strong start to the Freeway Faceoff. Jones made 26 saves before his perfect shootout performance, and Dwight King scored the only shootout goal Tuesday night in the Kings’ 3-2 victory over the Ducks. Jeff Carter and captain Dustin Brown scored for the Kings, who have earned a point in 13 of their last 14 games. They barely escaped Orange County with a second point thanks to Jones, the 23-year-old AHL goalie who got a promotion after Jonathan Quick's injury. “To be honest, I’ve been in that situation before,” Jones said of the lengthy shootout. “Obviously, the shooters are a little bit of a higher level up here, but I just wanted to stay patient and stick with what I’ve been
doing down (in the AHL). Jones has spent nearly three weeks as the backup to Ben Scrivens, who started the Kings' last 10 games after Quick went down with a groin injury. Scrivens has been one of the NHL’s best netminders in Quick’s absence, keeping Jones out of the crease until this back-to-back set. Jones was ready for the longdelayed opportunity, even against Anaheim’s vaunted collection of forwards. “Once you start the day and start going through your routine, everything is pretty familiar,” Jones said. “And it’s the same game. It was intense, for sure. I wanted to make sure I was just prepared and as focused as I could be, and try to enjoy it a little bit if I could. It was a great experience, and something I’ve dreamed about for a long time — playing in an NHL game and getting a win. It was everything it was cracked up to be.” Southern California’s two NHL teams started off their season series with an entertaining game befitting two clubs entering the night with their best com-
bined record (35-14-8) in the two-decade, 113-game history of this head-to-head rivalry. Anaheim veteran Jonas Hiller made a season-high 49 saves and stopped Los Angeles' first eight shootout attempts, but King scored on a wrist shot before Jones stopped Mathieu Perreault to end it. “It’s good to see a kid play in his first game and get a win somehow,” Los Angeles coach Darryl Sutter said. “He’s a pretty poised guy when you watch him. Hopefully this is something he can build on.” Corey Perry and captain Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks, still the only NHL team that hasn't lost in regulation at home. Anaheim is 10-0-2 at Honda Center, becoming just the third team to earn a point in its first 12 home games since the implementation of the shootout in 2005. “It’s tough to lose it that way,” said Hiller, who finished two saves shy of his career high. “I don’t know if (King) missed the shot a little big, but it kind of caught me right between the pad and my glove. It’s a tough one.”
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Star Rangers Goalie Extends Contract for Next Seven Years GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Just two days after surprisingly watching from the bench for a second straight game, No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist agreed to a long-term contract extension with the New York Rangers on Wednesday. Lundqvist, in the final season of a six-year, $41.25 million deal, agreed to a seven-year contract worth $59.5 million. His salarycap charge will rise from $6.875 million to $8.5 million and make him the NHL’s highest-paid goalie. Lundqvist will earn $11 million next season, $10 million in 2015-16, $9.5 million the following season, $9 million in 201718, $7.5 million in 2018-19, $7 million in 2019-20, and $5.5 in the final year. The deal should keep him starring on Broadway for the rest of his career. “About eight months ago I sat down for the first time with my family and my agent and kind of discussed my future,” Lundqvist said Wednesday after practice. “There were two things that became really clear to me: No. 1 was I really wanted to win the (Stanley) Cup here in New York. It’s my biggest goal and my biggest dream and what really
pushes me right now to work harder. Secondly, I want to be a Ranger for life. “To picture myself anywhere else, it was just wrong and it was never an option.” New York general manager Glen Sather and team owner James Dolan agreed. That helped negotiations go smoothly until they were completed Tuesday. “There were lots of pieces,” Sather said. “This was a very friendly, peaceful, low-key, unemotional decision to be made by everyone. It was fun. I enjoyed it.” With the salary cap projected to rise, one hurdle was cleared. “A lot of that is speculation, so far. You still have to be careful,” Sather said. “It is terrific that Henrik decided to stay here. If he had gone someplace else, I am sure he would’ve earned more money, but it always isn’t money that’s a factor. You have to have a competitive team. “This organization is all about team, and Henrik is all about team. There was no ‘I’m going to leave if you don’t give me what I want.’” Now Sather can turn his focus to a slew of other potential free agents, such as captain Ryan Callahan. Sather said behind-the-
scenes talks are already underway. “Henrik was the one that had to be signed first, and that’s the way we tried to do it,” he said. Callahan said he hasn’t tied his contract situation with Lundqvist’s, but he made it clear that he also wants to stay. “This is where I want to be,” he said. “I am not going to air it out in the media about my contract and what is going on. I will just go about my business on the ice, and that stuff takes care of itself.” It has been an unusual few days for the 31-year-old Lundqvist. The Swedish native is off to a slow start this season, especially by his standards, going 8-11 with a 2.51 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage in 20 games. With the sudden emergence of backup Cam Talbot, the slightest hint of a goalie controversy arose when Talbot was given the start by coach Alain Vigneault on Monday at home against Winnipeg two days after he started against Vancouver, led by former Rangers coach John Tortorella. “It’s been a different week,” Lundqvist said, “but you learn from all these different experiences. This was an opportunity for me to go really hard in practice and focus on my game.”
Struggling New York Teams Meet GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Start spreading the news. One of New York’s bumbling basketball teams is about to win! The Brooklyn Nets, who have been terrible, host the Knicks, who are even worse, on Thursday night. A national TV audience can witness just how bad things are in the Big Apple. Or, they can just take it from the people involved. “Both teams stink,” said Nets coach Jason Kidd. “We are the laughingstock of the league right now,” said Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony. That’s not exactly what TNT was hoping for when the schedule came out. What was supposed to be a matchup that highlighted a growing rivalry between neighboring teams with high expectations has turned into the kind of game that will have fans scrambling for their remote controls in search of a holiday special to watch. The Nets are 5-13, 13th in the 15-team Eastern Conference but a full game ahead of the Knicks (3-13), who have lost nine in a row. Only the Milwaukee
Bucks had a worse record entering play Wednesday. “You’ve got two teams that expectations were high coming into the season and we’ve both have had our struggles,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. “But again, if they’re looking at it like we’re looking at it, nobody’s running away with the division and I still think our team can win the division.” Yeah, well when rebuilding Boston is currently leading the Atlantic with just an 812 record, that isn’t exactly saying much. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The Knicks won the Atlantic last season with 54 victories, the Nets weren’t far behind at 49, and both thought they could be even better this time. The Nets were considered the favorites after acquiring Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from Boston and assembling a deep roster with the league’s highest payroll — a team that would cost more than $180 million once luxury taxes were factored in. The Knicks have the league’s second-highest payroll, but both teams have been wrecked by early season injuries. Pierce is out with a
broken bone in his hand and Deron Williams has been sidelined by a sprained left ankle, an injury that forced Brook Lopez to miss seven games. The Knicks lost Tyson Chandler to a broken leg in their fourth game, taking away their most valuable defensive player. So as much as they want to beat each other, both teams realize one game isn’t going to undo more than a month’s worth of poor performances. “I think at this point we’re trying to figure out who we are and fix this,” Garnett said after a 111-87 loss to Denver on Tuesday. “We’re at home and getting beat by 30, 40 points. That’s not what we want, that’s not even close to what we were predicted or where we want to be.” Things were much better for both teams when Kidd was playing last season for the Knicks. New York misses his leadership on the court and in the locker room, and it’s been a rocky transition to the Nets’ bench, where Kidd has been fined $50,000 for intentionally spilling a drink on the court to delay a game. He already shook up his staff, reassigning
top assistant Lawrence Frank to a role where he won’t be at practices or games. Woodson said he feels for Kidd, but he’s got his own problems. With the Knicks on their longest skid in eight years, the questions about his job security come more frequently. “I’ve had the opportunity to come in here and coach a team and turn a team around, and right now we’ve had our ups and downs, this early season, but am I going to throw in the towel? Absolutely not,” Woodson said. “I’m still the coach of this team, we’ve got a big game tomorrow night, which I think we can win, so we’ve just got to stay focused and stay the course.” Neither Anthony nor Woodson would disagree with Kidd’s assessment of the current state of NBA basketball in New York. It should provide plenty of fodder for Charles Barkley, who likes to needle New Yorkers even in the best of times, and who will call the game with Marv Albert and Steve Kerr. Anthony wasn't aware the game was on TNT and wasn’t concerned much with what will be said Thursday.
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Red Returns to League Play C.U.splits games in Seattle Tournament over Thanksgiving Break By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer
The women’s basketball team will be back in action over the weekend when it plays St. Francis College Saturday. Cornell is coming off the back of a strong performance over Thanksgiving Break where it played in the Seattle Tournament, beating Drake University and narrowly losing to Seattle University. According to senior forward Allyson DiMagno, the team’s defense allowed the Red to dominate Drake University, but the team suffered against Seattle due to a slow start. “Against Drake, we were able to keep a very good three-point shooting team well below their average due to our defense,” DiMagno said. “Against Seattle University in the Championship, we came out very slow in the first half and found ourselves behind by a pretty sizeable margin.” DiMagno was able to see the positives from the Seattle match as the Red fought back to make a tight finish, with a final score of 52-49.
“Despite the poor first half, we responded very nicely in the second half and had a couple of chances to tie the game in the final seconds,” DiMagno said. “Although it wasn’t our best game, it showed a lot about our character and our ability to keep fighting regardless of the score.” The Red has had a tough week of training and is ready for the next challenge, senior guard Aspen Chandler said. “Coming into today, we are just very focused. We’ve had a strong week of preparation thus far,” she said. “We are focused on going out and executing our game plan so that we will be successful.” The Red is hoping to use the upcoming games to continue honing the core skills it will need to compete in the Ivy League Championship later in the season. “As with any game we play during the pre-season, besides winning, our team hopes to strengthen the skills we will need to compete for an Ivy League Championship later in the year,” Chandler said. “Our goals are to play a complete 40 minutes and be able to put two good halves of basketball together.”
The team should be expecting strong performances from diMagno and Nia Marshall. On December 2nd, Marshall was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Marshall nearly averaged a double double (12.7 points, 9.7 rebounds) over three games and set a career high of 15 points against Seattle. “I would expect our forward core to have a great performance tonight and this Saturday,” Chandler said. “Nia Marshall and Allyson DiMagno played really well this weekend, and I expect they will have similar success in these games.” Chandler believes that St. Francis — the Red’s next Saturday opponent — will be led by its senior players, and that by winning the rebound battle the Red can come out on top. “St. Francis has some strong upperclassmen that lead them, and are also strong rebounders,” said Chandler. “Focusing on winning the rebounding contest will help us to be successful against them.” Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun.com.
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First half woes | After a poor first half against Seattle in which the Red trailed by as many as 20 points at times, the team fought back in the second half. Ultimately, the team fell, 52-49.
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gies. It’s the NFL, injuries happen. The Lions can make good on their positioning by winning out — which I believe they will — and securing a topfour seed in the NFC, a seeding which would guarantee a home playoff game. Possibly more, depending on how the first round and the NFC East shakes out. That rout of Green Bay also happened to be the biggest yardage differential in the NFL this season, with the Lions outgaining the Packers by an astonishing margin of 561 to 126. The Lions showed why people like myself think they are contenders in the NFC, displaying dynamism on both sides of the ball. Those dirt bag defensive lineman played great, harassing Packers quarterback notAaron-Rodgers all day. The Lions sacked him seven times, and this pressure lead to a safety and a forced fumble. Flynn was running for his life all day,
and was happy just to leave Detroit in one piece. On offense, the Lions feature the biggest weapon in the NFL — Calvin Johnson. We’ve seen how one hot receiver can carry an offense in the playoffs — Larry Fitzgerald in 2009 should ring some bells — and Johnson has already surpassed Fitzgerald’s (or anyone’s) best regular season numbers. Megatron just needs a breakout postseason performance to best showcase his record breaking credentials, and he is more than capable. Calvin Johnson is the rare kind of player who is not a quarterback but can still carry an offense (it’s basically him and Adrian Peterson). And with the addition of Reggie Bush in the backfield — a back who can handle the majority of carries and catch passes — the Lions have a truly multi-pronged attack of an offense that’s hard to stop. On defense, the Lions feature a dominant defensive line that has capability to take over games. Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has developed
a reputation as both a dirty and great defensive lineman rather quickly. Out of Nebraska, he was as hyped a defensive prospect as could be, and has always had sky high expectations placed on him. But there’s
This Lions team reminds me a lot of the Giants team that won two out of four Super Bowls. no debating that he’s a disruptive force up the middle. Combined with fellow first rounder Nick Fairley, the Lions are elite up the middle and an offensive line’s worst nightmare. That’s not to say the Lions are a juggernaut. They are a pedestrian 7-5 and have endured bad losses to the Steelers and Buccaneers, where in both games, the Lions disappeared down the stretch. Even in their dominating win on
Thanksgiving, the Lions didn’t click on all cylinders — perhaps impressively — by turning the ball over four times and not finishing drives in the first half. The Packers had a 10-3 lead for part of the first half, despite being routed in the yardage department. Even though the Lions are finally alone in first, they could have and should have really pulled away from the NFC North by now. Part of this inconsistency is due to their young quarterback, Matt Stafford. Stafford has the capability to put up five touchdowns and 400 yards any given Sunday or (sometimes and) throw three picks. Good Stafford has the Lions rolling on offense, while Bad Stafford loses them games. But recent history shows that NFC champions haven’t been great teams, but rather good teams that caught fire. This Lions team reminds me a lot of the Giants teams that won two out of four Super Bowls. Matt Stafford is a convincing Eli Manning impersonator, and both are gunslinging
first overall picks out of the SEC capable of making boneheaded decisions. And the Lions defensive line is reminiscent of the Giants’ stacked line that managed to upended the Patriots. While the Seahawks have already solidified themselves as the best team in the NFC after their beat-down of the Saints, the Lions could very well be the most dangerous. Few teams are capable of going into Seattle and escaping with a win, but a hot Lions team could do it. Calvin Johnson is perhaps the only receiver capable of lighting up the ball-hawking Seattle secondary, and we know Stafford isn’t afraid of airing it up and simply trusting his receiver, while the Lions stout defensive line could contain Marshawn Lynch. Don’t be shocked if the Lions end up representing the NFC in February. Or lose first round. Either way, these dirt bags are pretty good. John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun.com.
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Icers Overcome Slow Start for Rebound Win
f you ask Packers guard Josh Sitton about the Lions, he’d call them a bunch of of dirtbags. But I’d call them winners. At least, that’s what I’d call them now. Before the game, the aforementioned lineman called the Detroit Lions a bunch of dirt-
By DOUGLAS BERMAN Sun Contributor
Coming off the first loss of the season against No. 6/7 Boston College, the No. 3 women’s ice hockey team went to Syracuse Tuesday and beat the Orange 5-2 in a hardfought game on enemy ice. The Red now heads into a month-long break, not returning to the ice for a game until early January. The match against the Orange started slowly for the Red (10-1-2, 6-0-2), with Syracuse (7-7-2, 2-2-2) scoring two quick goals off turnovers in the first period. “We come out and had one of our worst first periods of the season so far,” senior defenseman Hayleigh Cudmore said. “It almost cost us and it’s a good lesson to learn.” Cudmore and sophomore defenseman Cassandra Poudrier led the charge on a power play at the end of the first period to get the ball rolling for the Red, with Cudmore feeding Poudrier for a slap shot goal at the blue line. According to head coach Doug Derraugh, Syracuse came fighting from the get-go. “Syracuse came out hard at the start. We had constant turnovers early on, and I thought in general [that] they were really aggressive, and [that] we made some poor decisions with the puck,” he said. “Then we played a simpler game and got more pucks on goal.”
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Winning ways | The Red suffered just one defeat this season, a 4-1 non-league loss to Boston College. The team’s Tuesday win over Syracuse marked it’s tenth win so far.
Later in the game, Cudmore and junior forward Emily Fulton connected again with Poudrier, who was just leaving the penalty box. Poudrier beat two defenders to score the fourth goal of the game for Cornell. Prior to the game, captain Jessica Campbell said that if the team played to its strength, it would succeed. “We got to go in and play our game and impose our game on them. When we play to our strengths, play with speed [and] get pucks on net, we will have a good chance on coming out on top,” she said. Moving forward, the team faces many challenges, despite its 10-1-2 record. Derraugh pointed out that the team has many consistency issues, saying that defensively, the Red is giving up too many shots on goal and that special teams need work. Cudmore added that another culprit in the team’s inconsistency is the youth of the team. With only four seniors, the team is one of the youngest in the league. However, with the season well underway, Cudmore is confident that the team has finally meshed and
worked out the kinks despite its youth. “We try to help them, we try to mentor them, but they are a really skilled bunch,” she said. In fact, Voorheis, the goalie who got the start on Tuesday against the Orange, is actually the backup to senior Lauren Slebodnick, who was not up to full strength for the game. After being brought under Slebodnick’s wing, Voorheis went into the game and saved nearly 95 percent of the 39 shots on goal, despite Syracuse scoring two quick and easy goals early in the game. Moving forward, the team aims to continue to work hard as it moves closer to the second half of the season’s schedule, Cudmore said. “We don’t want to be complacent, we got a lot of work to do and in the end we want to win an NCAA championship and we know that we need to put a lot of work in to do that,” she said.
Point Blank bags, from their coach to their defensive linemen saying, “They’re a bunch of dirtbags or scumbags. That’s just how they play. That’s how they’re coached.” And there’s no denying this Dline isn’t very nice. They weren’t very nice to Packers quarterback Matt Flynn. These dirt bags might be better than you think. After routing the shorthanded Packers 40-10, the Lions are in sole possession of the lead in the NFC north and in great position to the win the division. Yes, the Lions have benefited from Green Bay and Chicago’s injuries, but I’m not demanding any apolo-
Douglas Berman can be reached at dab438@cornell.edu.
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Near-Perfect Score Sends Red toVictory By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The equestrian team finished its fall show season in style Nov. 23 with a win at Alfred. Scoring 46 points out of a possible 49, the squad landed a near-perfect victory. After losing to Alfred at Cornell’s home show the weekend before, the team felt good about coming back to conquer the Saxons on its own turf. “We love Alfred and we love their coaches and their riders, but it was nice … to be able to beat them with their horses just like they beat us at Cornell,” junior co-captain Sofia Steinberger said. The strong team spirit that has been present throughout the season propelled the Red to success, the team said. “I get the sense that everybody feels it’s a privilege to be on the team this year,” head coach Todd Karn said. “Everybody’s just really bonding and forming great ties and being supportive of one another, and it shows in [their] riding and in [their] spirit.” While the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association involves both team and individual competition, the Red riders are focused mainly on the team’s overall success.
“I think everyone just wants to hoping for a mounted test, as these be happy for each other and obvi- tests will likely come up in postseaously everyone wants to do well son competitions, but the organizindividually, but I know our num- ers of the show felt that the horses ber one concern is the team,” needed to rest. “I just felt that maybe we should Steinberger said. The highlight of the day came start doing ride offs [so] the girls when junior co-captain Georgiana can start practicing for regionals de Rham, sophomore Meridith and zones because there most likely Meyer and freshman Carlee will be ride-offs there, but they Roberts competed in a question-off turned it down just because they to determine the high point rider. felt again that the horses had had While high point rider is an indi- enough work,” Karn said. “I apprevidual honor, the fact that the - ciate that because it’s about the horse as well, and none of the horses should be overworked, so that’s “I’m more focused on why these question-offs keep comthe team’s overall ing up.” However, the riders felt that the success.” question-off was still a valuable Georgiana de Rham learning experience. “Being in a ‘ride-off’ that only competitors were all Cornell riders consisted on knowledge based quesspeaks to the strength of the overall tions instead of actual riding chalteam. In the end, de Rham took the lenged and reminded me that I title and Meyer was named reserve need to remember my basics and go back to horse care and horsemanhigh point rider. “Out of thirteen schools, those ship in order to do as well as I can,” girls from Cornell were the only Meyer said. Although Roberts, as one of the ones who made it into the high point [question-off],” Karn said. team’s rookies, was up against fierce “No other school produced two competition, she also saw the quesriders that won the flat and the tion-off as a great learning opportujumps except for us, so I was flat- nity. “It was a little intimidating at tered.” Both the riders and Karn were first knowing you are a rookie on
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Red revenge | The Red soundly defeated rival school Alfred in the final fall show of the season, held at Alfred. Alfred beat the Red during Cornell’s home meet.
the team competing against your captain and a girl who went to Nationals last year, but I also know my self very well and happen to do great under pressure,” she said. “I’ve been lucky this year to have been in the high point ride-off twice now. Each time, [it] has been a great learning opportunity.” The Red is also dominating another individual competition: the Cacchione cup. This is a competition between all of the open level riders in each region. The winner gets an automatic bid to nationals. The first Cornell rider to win the Cacchione was Bronwyn Scrivens ’12. This year, three Cornell riders have been in the top three spots in the Cacchione race throughout the season. de Rham is currently lead-
ing the competition, and there is a 15 point gap between the Cornell riders and the rest of the competitors, according to Steinberger. Still, the focus remains on the team. “I feel like the Cacchione isn’t as present this year,” de Rham said. “It’s more just like we’re working together as a team. I’m more focused on the team’s overall success.” The Red’s goal for the remainder of the season is to maintain the great momentum it has had so far. “[If we] just keep working hard and being determined and keeping up the same team spirit … it’ll all pay off,” Karn said. Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.
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ornell women’s hockey is now well established as one of the elite programs in the NCAA. It has won the ECAC Championship in three of the past four seasons and has reached the Frozen Four multiple times in recent memory. Last year’s team fell in the NCAA Quarterfinals after winning the ECAC, and this year’s team is determined for an even better finish. So far, this season’s results have followed the same trend. With an overall record of 10-1-2, the Red remains the only undefeated team in the ECAC at 6-0-2. The unbeaten streak has included a home win over No. 5 Clarkson, road wins over Princeton and Dartmouth, and ties in tough contests with Harvard and Quinnipiac. According to senior forward and captain Jessica Campbell, the team is excited that it got off to the fast start it was hoping for. “We’ve definitely gotten off to a great start, and that’s what we wanted,” she said. “Moving forward, I think that we have a very strong team, and everyone is in the same place wanting to reach the same goal. ... Overall we’re very pleased, Alyssa Gagliardi and I, as captains, as we’ve seen the girls respond to ups and downs in every way we’ve wanted them to. It’s very exciting to know that we have that type of team.” However, the Red is far from satisfied. Though the squad remains undefeated in conference play, Cornell suffered its first true bump in the road this season with a 4-1 loss to Boston College, after defeating the Eagles in the first matchup of the season the day before. According to head coach Doug Derraugh, the team is focused on continually improving its game in order to stay ahead of the competition and reach its full potential. “I think that the overall goal every year is to be the best that your team can possibly be, to get the most out of your team,” he said. “Everyone focuses on the results, but a lot of teams forget about the process and prepara-
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to be getting stronger and getting better, and we need to do even more if we’re going to be successful in the second half.” Looking forward, the Red has identified specific areas where it can improve. One area is starting games on a strong note and setting the tone. Against Harvard, a slow start and early 2-0 deficit hindered Cornell’s ability to win the game, as it ultimately settled for the tie. According to Derraugh, Cornell is also focused on improving its consistency in playing at a high level and
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in a hockey season.” The Red is led by its two senior captains, Campbell and senior defenseman Alyssa Gagliardi. According to Campbell, the Red’s focus on winning has made the role of captain easier and more enjoyable. “It’s pretty easy to captain the team we have here at Cornell,” she said. “Everyone is always eager to learn and listen. Obviously the role of the captain is to put your foot down when things aren't going the right way, and to keep motivating everyone to try and get better every day. We’re winning, so it hasn’t been too difficult, but there have been games when we haven't played as well as we’ve wanted to, so we came into the dressing room and made sure everyone [was] focused and ready to go. But it’s very easy to lead the team because everyone is all in and is willing to do whatever it takes to be successful.” The Red is a young team and many underclassmen are playing key roles. According to Derraugh, this makes strong leadership all the more important. “We knew that with the loss of players to graduation last year, we were going to need our upperclassmen to step up and fill big roles for us,” he said. “[Campbell and Gagliardi] have done a great job for us as captains this year and as leaders of this team, and especially with the number of freshmen and sophomores on our roster, they’ve led the way on the ice and off.” According to Campbell, the Red is confident in its abilities and has big goals for the rest of the season. “We definitely believe we can go all the way — Ivy League and ECAC, and NCAA, and that’s what we’re striving for,” she said. “But it’s about the process and not getting too focused on the end goal, so we’re trying to get better every day to put ourselves in position to be successful like we have in the past. We definitely have the team to go all the way and accomplish all of our goals, and we’re really excited about EMILY that because I FULTON know every single girl Fulton battled believes in injury at times last that and season, but is fully believes in recovered this year, as she leads the each other to do it.” team in points with 24 on eight goals
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STRONG SENIOR LEADERSHIP HELPS SQUAD TO SO-FAR PERFECT ECAC RECORD By BENJAMIN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer executing its game-plan. “I don’t feel that the consistency has been there,” he said. “We’ve gotten some good results and we’ve learned to find ways to get points out of games, but I wouldn’t say that we’ve been consistent in our execution, and I think there are a lot of areas of the game that we need to improve if we’re going to be successful in the second half of the season. We need to keep pushing to get better.” One of the keys to Cornell’s fast start is that the team has been quick to develop strong camaraderie off the ice. According to Derraugh, the team-first attitude has been instrumental in driving its on-ice success. “One of the reasons that we’ve had success early on is that this group really genuinely enjoys each other and working hard for each other,” he said. “They understand what it takes, but they’re also unselfish and have learned that they need to put the team first. They genuinely care about each other and enjoy being around one another, and I think that’s crucial to having success
“We definitely believe we can go all the way.” — Jessica Campbell tion that’s required. As Bobby Knight once said, ‘everybody wants to win, but it’s the teams that are willing to prepare that are going to be successful.’ We understand that we need to continue to prepare and work hard each and every week, because the other teams are going to be doing that,” he said. “Each team in the NCAA is going
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and 16 assists. In a big win over Clarkson, she assisted on five of the Red’s six goals.
JILLIAN SAULNIER As the team’s leader in goals scored, Saulnier has continued her offensive dominance this year. She has 12 goals already this season and is tied for second on the team in points with 20.
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Standing tall | The Red suffered its first loss to Boston College, 4-1, but still remains undefeated in ECAC play, neck-and-neck with Harvard for the top spot in the conference.
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First Place Equestrians Ride to Zone Finals By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The Cornell equestrian team started off on the right hoof in its second season under the instruction of head coach Todd Karn. Beginning and ending the fall semester with solid victo-
exhibiting. “The team spirit is high and I think everybody is performing and being supportive of each other just the way they should,” he said. The Red’s season began with two doubleheaders in Rochester, N.Y. — the first hosted by RIT and the second by Nazareth. Cornell rode to victory on both days of the RIT show, but fell on the first day of the Nazareth show. However, the Red rallied and rode to victory on the second day at Nazareth. “The first day we lost the show and the second day we came back and won it,” freshman Claira Seely said. “Todd and the captains gave us a good speech in the morning [on the second day] … [and] everyone was more on their game. Everyone was in it to win it that day.” The strong leadership of Karn and junior co-captains Steinberger and Georgiana de Rham has kept the team focused and motivated throughout the season. “It was crazy because we were behind and just that pep talk just spurred everyone on,” freshman
Strong leadership, camaraderie propels team to victory. ries, the team has now won four of its six shows so far and stands in first out of 14 teams in the region. “As a whole, everything has been running really really smoothly,” junior co-captain Sofia Steinberger said. “We have a lot of new girls which at times can be scary. … But they’ve all really stepped it up and the veterans have done a great job of leading them and making them feel part of the team.” The strong ties between teammates have had a positive effect on the Red’s performance and helped the new members adjust to the competitive environment. “It was a learning curve, but all the veterans are incredible and helpful … [and] they’re extremely supportive of the rookies,” freshman Shana Coffey said. Karn said he is pleased with the camaraderie the squad has been
Chelsea Huss said. “We were all encouraging each other [and] it was just fun to see everyone step up their game for the last couple points to end up winning.” Although the Red finished just behind Alfred at Cornell’s home show, the amount of teamwork and cooperation between riders at the show made it a success. T o
round out the fall show season, the squad took home numerous ribbons and a score three points shy of perfect at Alfred to add yet another win to the board. With just two regular season shows left, the Red
hopes to maintain its position in the rankings. “If we can win our region, I think we stand a really good chance of being first [or] second at zones,” de Rham said. The team must beat out rivals Skidmore and
S t . Lawrence at zones if it hopes to send a team to nationals, which has never happened before. “I really think it’s possible,” de Rham said. SHAILEE SHAH / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
On the bit | The equestrian team has won four of its six shows this season, maintaining the lead in the regional standings throughout.
Polo Squads Continue Dominance MEN LOOK TO NEW FACES FOR SUPPORT; WOMEN RIDE WIN STREAK By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell polo teams have enjoyed success thus far. Since the teams are both fairly young, with seven freshmen added to the men’s roster and 13 to the women’s, they were unsure how the season would play out. However, it definitely gave both teams an advantage overall, as the freshmen are very ambitious and really helping the team. “Ignacio [Masias Uranga] has
an awesome amount of skills that will only improve with [head coach David Eldredge’s] coaching, and Nick [Baefsky] has really grown into himself as a leader on the field. Nick is instrumental to keeping us composed and creating a strong team mentality,” said senior Nik Feldman of two of the Red’s freshmen. Throughout this season, the men’s polo team has been fully committed and devoted to success. The team has had strenuous practices which involve hours of training every week. The Red’s current record is 53, winning its last three matches
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Senior Nik Feldman will be a veteran leader for the squad this year. In the Red’s most recent win over Colorado State, Feldman led the team with 13 goals, including seven in the fourth.
against University of Connecticut, Skidmore College and University of Kentucky. Though the team had a rough start, losing its first two matches against the University of Virginia and the Maryland Polo Club, through communication and hard-work, the team has been able to improve, going 4-1 since those first matches. “Even though this has been my first season playing at Cornell, I believe that, overall, this has been a very successful one. In the past I had only played outdoor polo, so at the beginning it was difficult for me to adapt to playing in an indoor arena. But everyone on the team has been very welcoming and supportive, so this made the transition easier,” Masias said. “Furthermore, I think that we have consolidated greatly
as a team by improving our team- against Yale will end in its favor. Overall, both the men’s and work and communicating more in women’s polo teams, coached by the field.” Like the men’s team, the Eldredge, have achieved great sucwomen’s polo team has proven to cess so far. The teams have good commube successful in its matches this season as well. After a three-game nication skills and teamwork, and winning streak against the are devoted to winning and Maryland Polo Club, University of improving their abilities. With Connecticut and Skidmore Col- records well above .500 so far, lege, and recently splitting a week- both teams hope to maintain this end of matches against University success going into the final match of the regular season. of Massachusetts and University of ConnectCONNOR ARCHARD / icut, the SUN SENIOR team sits at PHOTOGRAPHER 7-2 and is confident that its final match of the season
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Avoiding Injury Key This Season
By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer
Men’s squash suffered a series of unfortunate events to prevent it from achieving its full potential last season — a mixture of illness and injuries hampered the Red and resulted in it finishing the season in eighth place. This year, though, the men have kicked off the season with two straight wins, and head coach Mark Devoy is hopeful that the mixture of a strong recruiting class and avoidance of injuries can prevent the team from suffering the same problems and help it break into the Top-five in the College Squash Association Rankings. “We had a poor finish. As a team we weren’t too happy with it. We went into nationals with a bit of sickness, we weren’t at full strength and dropped a couple of close matches,” Devoy said. “That was a little disappointing and we’re looking to move back up this year.” Devoy was ambivalent when asked about how problems of illness and injuries could be avoided, highlighting that they were in fact unavoidable problems. “Our losses last year were a little unavoidable, guys get sick and that’s just a part of it,” Devoy said. “It was the first time that happened to me and there wasn’t a lot I could do to control it. You can just endeavor that the team stays healthy and you can keep them away from sickness and injury.” Devoy remained practical when assessing his aims for the coming season, recognizing that Harvard exceeds the rest of the Ivy League in terms of the strength of their squad. Devoy instead is hoping for a more realistic finish in the ‘bottom half of the top
“With hard work and commitment to each other, they can pull through.” — Julee Devoy eight’. “I think we should be anywhere between four and six. All the matches that lead up to the national finals determine where you’re going to be seeded,” Devoy said. “We’d preferably like to be in the bottom half of the top eight.” The women have finished in sixth place for the last two seasons in a row coach, and head coach Julee Devoy is hoping to repeat the feat this year, fending off attempts from rivals Stanford, Dartmouth and newcomers Columbia to maintain the team’s position. The time is not quite right to break into the Top-Five, according to Devoy. After a preseason offset by dropouts and a small, yet talented recruiting pool, it is going to take a mixture of skill and practical management of the roster to achieve what should be a reachable goal. The reality of the situation has left Devoy remaining practical with her aims, believing that sixth place is a tough, but achievable position. “My personal goal is for the girls to maintain sixth this year and that in itself is going to be a challenging goal to achieve,” she said. “We only have 10 players on the
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roster and you need 10 to play a match. There is no room for injury or illness.” However, the Red got off to a strong start this season with two straight wins over Stanford and Drexel. The squad will take on Columbia next on Dec. 7. On the whole, Devoy retained a positive attitude to the upcoming season, believing that with the current atmosphere, the increased bonding between the players and a bit of luck, the goal of 6th place can be achieved. “The girls have great team spirit, good moral considering everything they’ve been exposed to so far. They’re a very united group, they know if they put their mind to it, they can still produce the results we need to stay number six,” she said. “With hard work and commitment to each other, they can all pull through.”
Letourneau has won both of her singles matches so far this season at the No. 2 spot in the lineup. Last year, she was placed on the All-Ivy First team and moved up the national rankings to No. 7 in the country by the season’s end.
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Healthy and happy | The squash team has been plagued by injury and sickness in the past.
Jagtap has gotten his junior campaign off to a good start with two wins in his first two matchups at the No. 1 spot for the Red. He has moved up from the No. 2 spot last season, where he won 14 of 18 matches.
Fencers Prepare to Battle Brandeis By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell fencing team has had an outstanding season thus far. The squad has consistently performed well in tournaments and is riding a wave of positive momentum that will hopefully carry it into the NCAA Championship tournament. The hard work the fencers have put in this season, coupled with raw talent and passion for the game, has given them an edge over the competition and the results show it. Numerous individual fencers have broken personal records this season. The Red’s success can also be attributed, in large part, to its phenomenal leadership. Head coach Iryna Dolgikh has been a driving force behind Cornell’s winning record this season. In fact, Dolgikh picked up her 100th career victory this season when Cornell won the Vassar Invitational. After posting the best overall record in program history last season, 18-7, the Red set the bar high going into a new year. The team has continued
to thrive this winter and has certainly proven it has the skills and the stamina to compete against the best and hold its own. After an impressive performance at the Temple open, the Red travelled to Vassar College for the Vassar Invitational and dominated once again. There, Cornell posted seven victories, including wins against City College of New York, Haverford, Hunter, Sacred Heart, Stevens, Vassar and Yeshiva. The Red’s only loss of the day was to Tufts, by one point at 1413. The tournament kicked the Red’s confidence into high gear and made the squad that much more determined to realize its potential and maintain its winning streak. This weekend, the Red will travel to Waltham, MA to compete in the Brandeis Invitational. There, the squad will battle against Brandeis, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Boston College and St. Johns. Cornell has high aspirations for the tournament, but recognizes that it will take a strong effort to come out on top. “We have been training
hard for our upcoming tournament and I believe our results at Brandeis will reflect that,” said sophomore Taylor Wong. “I think we’ll have to fight harder at this tournament to match that level of competition, but I think we have prepared well and stand a fair chance against these schools.” The competition is more challenging this time around, and the Red must be able to endure the pressure and compete with confidence and perseverance. Fortunately, the squad is very disciplined and is prepared to rise to the occasion. “Moving forward through-
out the season, we want to build on the success we had at Vassar. Everyone has shown incredible dedication and hard work in practice in preparation for Brandeis. We’re looking forward to a great competition,” said sophomore Angelica Gangemi. After Brandeis, the Red will compete in the Philadelphia Invitational on January 26th, followed by the Ivy League Championship at Brown on February 8th. Last season, the team finished fifth in the Ivy League at 2-4, defeating Penn and Yale, and hopes to take it to the next level this season.
ANGELICA GANGEMI PROFILE • 2012-13 team MVP in her rookie season • Overall record of 55-11, leading the foil squad • Placed 14th at NCAA championship • Was a perfect 21-0 in this season’s Vassar Invitational on Nov. 10
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En garde | The Red has gotten off to a strong start with a 7-1 record.
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Leap of faith | The Red’s main goal this season is to capture an Ivy Classic crown in February, something the squad has not done for the past three years.
The Cornell gymnastics team ended last spring with individual success as three gymnasts — senior Melanie Jorgensen, McKenna Archer ’13 and Sarah Hein ’13 — finished at the top of the pack at the 2013 USAG Collegiate National Championship in their respective events, while Jorgensen, Hein and sophomore Alicia Bair all secured ECAC titles as well. “Last season was a milestone for our team since we had our highest season average score, and we also had our highest score for a first meet. So we started off strong and really came together and became stronger over the season,” said sophomore Sophia Scazzero. With the graduation of some dominant parts of the roster, Cornell hopes to continue to build off of the successes of the individuals as it heads into the 2014 season. One important part of filling the void the seniors left will be the class of 2017, a recruiting class made up of four new faces. Alexandra Bourgeois, Krystin Chiellini, Elana Molotsky and Audrey Ryals round out a freshman class made featuring some true young talent. Molotsky was a member of the U.S. national Maccabiah team which took home a silver medal in
2009, and Ryals joins the team as a Connecticut. “Competing at home is different than seven-time USAG national championcompeting on the road because all the ship qualifier. The freshman class, along with the rest equipment is familiar. It's also inspiring to of the Red, will not start competition until see our friends and alumni supporting us mid-January, though, as the season does not during home meets,” Jorgensen said. Other highlights of the spring season get underway until the start of second will be the Ivy Classic on Feb. 23 at Brow,n semester. Cornell will open its season at the where Cornell will face off against Penn and Lindsey Ferris Invitational against teams Yale for the right to be the best of the Ivy such as George Washington, North League. “The Ivy Carolina, Penn Classic is different and Temple on than other meets Jan. 12. because the win“The Lindsey ner gets to take Ferris Invitational MELANIE home a traveling is a great way to trophy. It gets start the season. It JORGENSEN passed down to is personally one of the winner every my favorite meets A three-time USAG year. The pressure of the year. It is a All-American on bars, to deliver for your huge meet with Jorgensen will comteam is much four very strong more intense and teams. There is so plete an impressive career with the Red the spirit and much excitement this year. She led the team with a 9.685 cheering is super with the start of straight average last season while caploud,” Jorgensen season and the said. “It's an amazcrowd at G.W,” turing an ECAC crown. ing meet to be a said senior Melanie part of, especially Jorgensen. The team will then travel to University because of all the tradition and excitement Park on Jan. 18 to face Penn State, Illinois- around it. Our team hasn't won Ivy's in the Chicago and Southeast Missouri State last three years and it is our number one before returning up North to face off goal this year to win this meet.” The team will also work towards the against Cortland. Cornell does not have a home meet until ECAC Championship on March 22 and Feb. 8, when it hosts the Big Red NCAA Regionals on April 5, before finishInvitational and competes against Ithaca ing up the season at USAG Collegiate College, Brockport and Southern Nationals on April 11.
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DEVIN CHERRY: The Next Level
Cherry Adapts to New Leadership Role By NIKITA DUBNOV
“I’ve spent most of the summer rehabbing. Getting stronger to do things better, but the ankle is fine and it isn’t hurting,” he said. Three years ago Devin Cherry chose to take Getting back to campus this fall, Cherry was his talents from his hometown of Meridian, aware of the new role he would be asked to play. Mississippi to Ithaca, New York. After an illus- One of the more veteran players on a relatively trious high school career, eventually culminating young team, Cherry was honored with the title in a state championship, Cherry was ready to of captain this season, along with senior forward prove his basketball prowess to the Ivy League. Dwight Tarwater; but that was not the only Cherry's freshman year at Cornell was change for the a definite learning curve. The pace of the junior. Cherry was collegiate game is a clear step up from the also inserted into average high school program. Coming off the everyday startthe bench for much of his first season, ing lineup. Cherry set personal goals to improve and “For me, it’s make a greater impact on the team. just another level • Averaged six points per game In his second campaign with the Red, of going up on my last year in just 16 minutes Cherry was still playing most of his goals and what I games off of the bench. However, the want to come here • Named a captain this year as 6’4” guard’s production spiked signifiand do,” Cherry a junior cantly from his freshman campaign. said. “I feel like • Third on the team in scoring Cherry became an effective scorer, avertaking on a bigger aging over six points, two rebounds and opportunity and this season with nine points one assist in only 16 minutes per game. doing things difper game He scored 13 points in a game against ferently from last • Tied for team lead in assists Big Ten powerhouse and then No. 22 year is what I want Wisconsin. to do.” with 3.2 With half of the season over, the time C h e r r y ’s came for Cherry to accomplish one of his dynamic style of goals. In a midseason game against the College play has proved valuable to the Red. Despite all of Old Westbury, Cherry got his first collegiate of the team’s current issues on both ends of the start. He continued to produce for the rest of the floor, he finds a way to produce on a nightly season until an ankle fracture prematurely ended basis. Some games he realizes his role as a scorer, his season. as he ranks third on the team in that category A trying comeback process took up much of with nine points per game. Other times, espethe 2013 offseason. cially when he understands that his teammates Sun Staff Writer
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are knocking down shots, he becomes an effective facilitator. With consistent scoring from sophomore guard Nolan Cressler and several offensive outbursts by freshman Robert H a t t e r, Cherr y’s early role has been more about distributing the basketball, and he is consequently tied as the team’s leader in assists with 3.2 per game. As the Red struggles to mesh young players with veterans, Cherry realizes that he needs to be a guiding force in getting his team back onto the winning path. “Being the captain, I need to lead this team in more team-oriented basketball,” he said. “It is about playing for each other, working hard, and getting better every day. We’ll be fine after that.”
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Dynamic style | Cherry is tied for the team lead in assists with 3.2 per game.
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n Feb. 16 of last year, junior forward Shonn Miller stepped calmly to the free throw line in a road game against Brown. He sunk both of them, putting his team comfortably up by seven with 1:42 left in the game. The Red would go on to defeat the Bears in that game and, at 53 in the Ivy League riding on a threegame winning streak, it looked as though Cornell was in good standing to finish in the top half of the conference. 15 games later and nine games into another season, the Red is winless and Miller-less. Miller would play two more games after the win over Brown, but the next time the Red faced the Bears in Ithaca, Miller was no longer in the line-
By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor get,” Onuorah said. “Going into the rest of the game, I felt energized to make a presence and contribute to the team in whatever way possible.” Hatter and Onuorah, along with fellow freshman Darryl Smith, have certainly done that in the early goings. Hatter has already won Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors twice this season, and exploded onto the collegiate basketball stage with a 32 point, five assist and six rebound effort against Loyola in just the second game of his career. Smith had a career-high 13 points in that game as well. Hatter is second on the team in scoring with 11.8 points per —Dominick Scelfo game and tied for first in assists with 3.2. Onuorah ranks third on the team in rebounding with 3.6 per game. For a group of five freshmen that is asked to make an impact on the collegiate level so soon, it is important for them to be a unit off the court as well. According to Onuorah, that came naturally to this year’s freshman class. “All five of us hang out together all the time. We always try to eat dinner together and we’re always hanging out whenever we have free time or even if we’re just studying or doing homework,” he said. “It’s always a great time when we’re together and I think we get along very well.” According to C o u r t n e y, this freshm a n class was
losses are concerned, but more importantly when you have a group this young, and everybody is relatively inexperienced, you want to see growth every day and that’s what we’re trying to concentrate on doing.” With only four seniors on the roster, one o f ENOCH NEWKIRK / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“We’re a young team with some younger guys and we have some things we need to learn down the stretch.” up. Cornell lost that game, 84-65, part of the six-game losing skid that ended the season. There is a new look to the Red this season that is refreshing, but has yet to provide results. Head coach Bill Courtney added a strong recruiting class of five freshman that, with the departure of Errick Peck ’13, Johnny Gray ’13, Eitan Chemerinski ’13, Miles AsafoAdjei ’13 — all starters last season — and the loss of Miller to injury and junior Galal Cancer, who quit the team this fall, has proven a much-needed addition. “Any time you lose an All-Ivy player, it’s going to hurt the team,” senior guard Dom Scelfo said about Miller’s injury. “He was a leader and he really helped us out on defense, which is where we’re struggling right now.” The host of new faces for the Red ENOCH NEWKIRK / has shown early SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER promise, though, despite a still winless record. Two members of the freshman class in Robert Hatter and David Onuorah were starters through the first five games of the season. The two freshmen made both their names and their connection known in just the first minutes of the season against Syracuse. Hatter tossed an alley-oop into the air for a soaring Onuorah, who jammed it home for the first collegiate points of his career and the first points of the Red’s season. “Coming off the alley to start the game against Syracuse was one of the best moments of my life up to date, and it is definitely something I will never for-
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on. “Expectations for all our guys is to get better every day, and that’s what we’re working on right now,” Courtney said. “We’ve obviously had a slow start to the season as far as wins and
whom j u s t joined the team this year, younger players have been forced to emerge as leaders on and off the court. Junior guard Devin Cherry was named a captain this season, along with senior forward Dwight Tarwater. As just a sophomore, Nolan Cressler has been asked to take on the bulk of the scoring, averaging 18.1 points through the first nine games. All of this amounts to a team that is still trying to find its identity, as young talents work to mesh with veteran players. According to Scelfo, this means that there is a high ceiling for the team. “We’re a young team with some younger guys and we have some things we need to learn down the stretch,” he said. “We need to have a lot more mental toughness going into games, we need to react better and it’s a mental thing we can control.” Though there is still ample time for it to play out, the combination of youth and experience is at least serving to develop the underclassmen. “All the guys have contributed to helping me adjust to the fast pace system that we play in,” Onuorah said. “I feel like I am learning how to do things faster and also I feel like my body is getting used to the daily grind of things.” Onuorah is the only freshman in the Red’s backcourt, as four of this year’s five recruits were guards. Joining him in the paint are Tarwater, juniors Nenad Tomic, Deion Giddens and Dave LaMore, and sophomore Braxston Bunce. Giddens has seen a spike in his playing time from last year, as he got his
first start of the season against Siena. However, without Miller, the Red lacks a true and experienced post player. Tarwater has stepped up to the task this season, as he leads the team with 6.7 rebounds per game. Yet the 6’6” forward is more comfortable stepping out and hitting the three ball, as he is shooting 45 percent from beyond the arc, a team best. According to Courtney, finding a balance between points inside and production from guards will be important as the season wears on. “You always want to be able to score baskets on the inside, because that’s something you can do whether you’re having a great shooting night or not, and we are working on getting to that,” Courtney said. “Our strengths are in our guards, … but we can do things for the big guys like setting screens for them to get inside, not necessarily post up because they’re not necessarily great post up players yet.” Though the Red’s record is not where the team expected it to be at this point in the season, the team has had to deal with a grueling road schedule that included trips to No. 4 Syracuse, No. 7 Louisville and Notre Dame, a new addition to the perennially strong ACC conference. According to Scelfo, playing these toptier teams helped the squad gain some much-needed experience. “It helped us a lot, especially with some of the younger guys, being able to compete with those guys helped the confidence,” he said. “No matter how many people there are at games from now on, they won’t get rattled.” The Red’s difficult schedule so far is not showing signs of letting up, as Ivy powerhouses Harvard and Princeton loom in the future. The Crimson, the reigning Ivy League champions who upset Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season, have only gotten stronger with the return of Brandyn Curry and Kyle Casey to the roster after a brief hiatus due to the cheating scandal that rocked Harvard’s campus a year ago. Though the Red still has a lot of work ahead of it, the beauty of the Ivy League means that it will be a clean slate for the Red once the conference season starts on Jan. 18. “We’ve shown stretches where we can play with anyone, but when adversity hits we just have to play harder,” Scelfo said.
Veteran leaders | Seniors Dwight Tarwater and Dominick Scelfo are two of the more experienced players on the Red and have turned into leaders on the floor.
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he 2013-14 season started the right way for the Red as it jumped out to a 2-0 start, beating Colgate and Buffalo by 14 and seven points respectively. Within that time frame, the Red averaged just shy of 78 points per game and played stifling defense, allowing the squad to effectively run the fast break, as well as settle comfortably into half court sets. “I think our first two games we did a really good job of setting the tone,” head coach Dayna Smith said. “Our first game against Colgate, we did a great job of coming out and staying aggressive the whole time, especially on defense. … We were able to do that well against Buffalo in the second half as well.” Defense was the name of the game for Cornell in its first two victories, as the Red was able to shut down its opponents on the fast break and made life difficult for them in the half court. The squad’s pressing style of man-toman generally forced its opponents to take tough and contested shots. “I think in the first two games we were really able to communicate well on defense and that makes everything a lot easier,” senior forward and captain Allyson DiMagno said. “When you’re able to get stops, it really opens up the game on a lot of different levels, and I think we’re at our best when we let our defense set the tone and then just take what the game gives us after that.” However, after beginning the
By JOSHUA BEHLER Sun Staff Writer season 2-0, the Red struggled in its next two games, as tough outings against Syracuse and Bucknell dropped the Red to a 2-2 record on the season, sending the squad back to the drawing board. “I think whenever you play a team like Syracuse it’s always really tough,” Smith said. “They’re a great program and you know they’re going to be extremely quick and athletic so I
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think we knew it’d be a tough one going in.” Nevertheless, Smith maintained that there were important takeaways from the matchup. “Still, I think we can learn a lot from that game,” she said. “We were certainly a little careless in the first half with the ball, but their defense was great and that’s something we want to learn from and replicate going forward, that high level of defensive intensity.” Despite strong defensive showings earlier in the season, the Red is still searching for more consistency on that end of the floor after giving up 72 and 89 points to Bucknell and Syracuse, respectively. Defense has been a top priority for the Red since training camp and it will continue to be a point of emphasis in the upcoming practices. Ball handling will also be important, as the Red gave up an uncharacteristically high 29 turnovers to the Orange. “I think t h e i r defense was
ALLYSON DIMAGNO PROFILE • Second team All-Ivy last season • Led the team in points and rebounds with 14.7 and 11.7 respectively • Set a Cornell record for most rebounds in a season • Averaging 13 points and 8 rebounds so far this season
great,” DiMagno said. “Still though, 29 turnovers is too many and we definitely will need to address that going forward.” Prior to its outing against Syracuse, turnovers had not been an issue for the Red, who had only coughed the ball up more than 20 times once in the season. Against Bucknell, the Red fared better, only turning the ball over 16 times and using its defense to fight back into the game on multiple occasions in the second half. Ulti mately, it still was not enough as the squad fell, 72-59. These turn overs led to significant runs by the Red’s opponents in those first two losses. The Orange jumped out to a 26-3 lead in the first half, and Bucknell was also able to capitalize on Cornell’s slow offensive start, beginning the game on a 16-1 run and making it difficult for the Red to establish a rhythm offensively from that point forward. It’s been a mixed bag for the Red thus far. At times, the team has exhibited flashes of elite defensive ability as well as great pace, which has allowed the Red to put up points in a hurry. On the flip side, slow starts have been a problem for Cornell in all three of its losses. “I think when you look at the CONNOR ARCHARD / Bucknell game, it SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER was definitely better than our game Flying high | Senior a g a i n s t guard Stephanie Long is Syracuse,” averaging 6 points per S m i t h game so far this season, said. “We including a game-high 13 were able to points in the loss to get some big stops, but Bucknell. unfortunately w e r e n’t able to capital- ed matchup. ize. Still t h o u g h , Cornell still six both games we got off to a slow has start and that’s something we need g a m e s to improve on if we want to be r e m a i n i n g against nonconference competicompetitive later in the season.” Since the loss to Bucknell, the tion before the Ivy League schedRed is 3-1 with wins over Loyola, ule begins in mid-January with a Drake, Binghamton and a 52-49 road trip to face off against loss to Seattle in a tightly contest- Columbia.