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Commons Finally Sees Summer Completion

Following delays, cost-cuts and fatal Simeon’s crash, downtown pedestrian mall revitalized

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After more than two years of construction, the fences are down and a vibrant new Ithaca Commons has been unveiled Michael Kuo, project manager of the Commons construction, reported that his team met the July 31 deadline set for the pro-

“Already we have seen thousands of people enjoying the new amenities.”

completion

Three years ago, Ma yo r Sva n t e Myrick ’09 and various Ithaca City officials created a plan to transform the Ithaca Commons The project was championed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (DN Y ), Myrick said, and the federal government funded $4 5 million of the $15 million project

“Gillibrand was one of the key people to support our request for federal DOT funding,” said Gary Ferguson, the executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance

“That funding was crucial ” Gillibrand attended an event in Ithaca on Aug 3, and was able to stop by and enjoy the newly renovated commons, The Ithaca Voice reported

“I love being on the Commons,” Gillibrand said According to Ferguson, many people said they agreed

“The project has provided us with a brand new and very inviting, attractive pedestrian mall,” he said “Already we have seen thousands of people enjoying the new amenities ”

Highlights of the new Ithaca commons include a new Bernie Milton pavilion, which will host free concerts Thursdays through Sept 10, smart trash cans which use solar power to compact waste, interactive information

Chapter House Reconstruction Planned

Popular pub to reopen following devastation in April re

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Assistant News Editor

Four months after the Chapter House was ravaged by an earlymorning fire, plans are underway for reconstruction of the iconic pub

After surveying the damage sustained from the April 14 blaze, the property ’ s owners have decided to demolish the str ucture ’ s remains and construct a new building from scratch, according to Jerry Deitz of CPS Management, the company that manages the Chapter House

“We spent the summer working with architect to come up with concept drawings and deciding whether to keep or demolish the remaining

structure, ” Deitz said

demolition permit is still ongoing, according to Deitz He said CPS was

which is a prerequisite to receiving a demolition permit

Summer, and to allow student residents to move into apartments on the second and third floors of the

“We hope to have the permit issued in the next couple of weeks and to begin demolition by September.”

“We hope to have the permit issued in the next couple of weeks

by September,” he said Still, Deitz says the group is hoping to reopen the pub by next

building by that fall

“This is admittedly an ambitious schedule,” he allowed, “but we are hoping for cooperation from the City in order to achieve this ”

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Texas Couple Rushes Marriage Vows to Beat the Stork

HOUSTON (AP) It could have been the plot of a movie: A Houston couple improvises a hospital wedding in less than an hour after the bride goes into labor early

Stephanie Tallent was eight months pregnant and having an ultrasound Friday when she went into labor at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women in Houston

Fortunately she and fiance Jason Nese had gotten their marriage license the day before Nese fetched the license from his car, along with a white sun dress Tallent meant to send to the cleaners A chaplain was called and a party of doctors, nurses and clinic staff rounded up for the wedding

After the ceremony, Tallent was prepped for a cesarean section Daughter Sophia arrived a few hours later at six pounds, three ounces

Dog’s Warning Tips Family To Nevada House Fire

SPANISH SPRINGS, Nev (AP) A Spanish Springs family has been forced out of their home after a house fire, but authorities say no one was hurt thanks in part to a family pet

Officials for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District say one of the family's dogs alerted them to the fire that started on the deck of the home in a neighborhood off the Pyramid Highway about 11:30 p m Sunday

KRNV-TV reports two adults, a child and four dogs safely evacuated before firefighters arrived and the flames spread into the house and the attic

Officials say the fire damaged about 40 percent of the home north of Sparks near Rook Court and Nightingale Way

The Red Cross is helping them find a temporary residence The cause of the fire remains under investigation

Phoenix Police Rescue Puppy

Trapped in Pipe After 10 Hours

PHOENIX (AP) Police serving a drug-related search warrant at a Phoenix home found themselves part of a 10-hour rescue effort to free a puppy trapped in a sewage pipe

Authorities say officers went to the home Thursday morning and found a very young puppy alive but stuck in an open pipe that went under the home They also found adult female dog and two dead puppies, all believed to be strays

Authorities say a plumbing company ’ s camera pinpointed the pup ’ s location, and rescuers pulled out the shaking animal around 10:30 p m

Local

TCAT Bus Collision Injures Three

A Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit bus hit a wall at the Ithaca College Towers parking lot Monday evening, injuring three people, according to a TCAT press release A passenger, a TCAT bus operator trainer and a TCAT bus operator trainee were all treated at Cayuga Medical Center and released later that evening

The TCAT bus was towed due to significant damage The collision is being investigated by New York State Police Three other passengers were present on the scene at the time of the incident, but they were not hurt, according to the release

State

Man Responsible For Pellet Shooting Of Officer Arrested

After an incident with a pellet gun Sunday evening, one person has been charged with second degree assault Michael Verbitsky shot Kelly Briant, a member of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s security detail, in the back with a pellet gun, leading to minor injuries, according to The New York Times The New York Police Department reported to The Times that this had not been the first incident of air gun violence in the area, saying that there had been numerous pellets found over the last month, causing a broken window

Six Injured in Queens Bus Collision

A house in Queens was hit by a casino shuttle bus Monday, according to The New York Times Six people were injured The driver was taken to the hospital due to serious injuries after being freed from the debris Four passengers and one person inside the house were also hurt, but police said they did not know their conditions

The three-stor y house was also severely damaged, The Times reported

National

Wisconsin City Seeks

to Use Lake Michigan Water

Due to an issue with contaminated water in Waukesha, the city has planned to pipe in water from nearby Lake Michigan, according to The New York Times Due to a 2008 law protecting the five great lakes by prohibiting water extractions in large amounts, the project may never be completed The drought in the midwest, however, may lead the local government to reconsider the $200 million dollar pipe, The Times reported

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C.U. Rolls Out

Services Site

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

With the start of the new semester, the Un i v e r s i t y n o t o n l y w e l c o m e d i t s m o s t diverse freshman class, but also welcomed Cornell Handshake, a new software that will manage the school’s career ser vices

Handshake is “the newest entrant into the career ser vices software field,” according to Rebecca Sparrow MILR ’86, executive director of Cornell Career Ser vices

“ We had to adopt a new system to replace CCNet because the parent company of the Experience software system went bankrupt and the software itself was bought out by a competitor and discontinued,” Sparrow said “ We selected Handshake because it has great potential for improving the ability for students and employers to connect with one another and for us to interact with students ” In an email Sparrow sent to the student body, she said Handshake has been tailored to the Cornell environment and will be used to communicate with students and to manage career fairs as well as on-campus recruitment

“ The ‘look’ and ‘feel’ of Handshake are ver y different, with many features that are some what similar to social media sites,”

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CCNet

Handshake allows students to build a detailed personal profile and provides more r e s o u r c e s t h a n w

CCNet, Sparrow added Students can log in on the homepage with their NetID

Handshake encourages users to sign up for different events and workshops, view who else will be attending and follow employers, jobs and events Cornell’s upcoming career fair will take place on Sept 9 and 10

Handshake provides a more interactive and functional ser vice than CCNet did, according to Sparrow, as it will send notifications about items and events of interest, and there will be more control over how the notifications are received

“ The system will suggest jobs and events that might interest you, based on your earlier activity in the system You will have the ability to swap inter view times with others without having to go through CCS staff,” said Sparrow “And you can make your profile searchable by employers, which means that when an employer is looking for candidates with skills that you have, the employer can

identify you and reach out to you ” T h i s s e m e s t e r w i l l b e t h e f i r s t

Handshake is fully implemented

“It’s still early to know how people will respond to the new platform, but we anticipate that students will find the system to be ver y user-friendly,” Sparrow said

Sparrow added that employers that have been in the system longer have found “the registration process for the career fair to be ver y easy and far faster than in previous systems ”

“ The launch has taken longer than we anticipated, which I know has caused stress for some, and I apologize for that,” Sparrow said “ We’re still addressing some issues related to the data transfer from CCNet so that students can begin using the full functionality of Handshake ”

Kimberly Lee can be reached at klee@cornellsun com

Alumnus Embarks on Carbon Neutral Road Trip

By DAVID TICZON Sun Staff Writer

“Johnny Appleseed meets the electric highway” is how Brian Kent ’95 described his plan for his all-American, 26,219 mile road trip to plant trees in all 48 c

home in Albion, N Y

A f t e r d r i v i n g 2 5 , 0 0 0 m i l e s with his Nissan Leaf and never stopping for gas, Kent said he w a n t s t o d i s p rove m i s c o n c e ptions about electric cars

“I have talked to countless curious people, and typically I'll sing the praises of electric vehicle driving only to hear things like

‘but they can ’ t go on road trips’ or ‘but I like to go on long drives, so that wouldn’t work for me, ’” Kent said

K e n t s a i d h e w a n t e d t o change the way people thought about the power, efficiency and efficacy of the vehicles

“I got tired of the unwinnable battle of tr ying to correct misc o n c e p t i o n s w i t h w o rd s , ” h e said “I designed the Negative Carbon Road Trip as a non-

t h r e a t e n i n g n o n - i n - y o u r - f a c e way of removing any possible validity to that stock response I'd gotten ” T h e t re e re p re s e n t i n g Ne w Yo r k St a t e w a s p l a n t e d i n Herkimer, N Y at approximately noon on Tuesday Kent said he found many sites to camp at and plant trees by forging a relationship with KOA Campgrounds

“ They have been extremely g e n e r o u s a n d h e l p f u l ; t h e y ’ r e putting me up at their sites, have g i v e n m e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o plant trees in virtually all of the states, they have 485 locations, m i s s i n g o n l y D e l a w a r e a n d Rhode Island,” Kent said “It was from this that I realized that KOA and then Airbnb would be the next frontier for the charging infrastructure to improve ” Peter Smallidge, senior extens i o n a s s o c i a t e f o r Ne w Yo r k

State, said he was excited to help assist in the project

“ Tree planting brings awareness to the important role that trees and forests play for people, c o m m u n i t i e s a n d s o c i e t y, ”

Smallidge said “Most woodland

a re p r i v a t e l y ow n e d a n d M r

Kent’s planting project is by a private citizen on private land

The logistical challenge Mr Kent is undertaking is inspiring; no small feat ”

K e n t w i l l d e c i d e w h i c h species of tree to plant at each site based on location, Smallidge explained

“ T h e r e a r e h u n d r e d s o f species to choose from [Kent] has a preference for oak species, of which there are at least 15 to 20, so matching with each site

c o n d i t i o n i s r e a s o n a b l e , ” Smallidge said “Other species will likely be used ” Kent said he owes Cornell for inspiring him to embark on this adventure

“Cornell inspired me to do something meaningful with my l i f e , ” K e n t s a i d “ It w a s t h e absence of having done anything that I personally consider ver y noteworthy that inspired it; the fact that I have capacities that I haven't strictly used to their limits, and the desire to make a mark worthy of the education I took away from there ”

Kent said he may start an allelectric car company for Cornell students, depending on the success of the project

“I think the time for electric vehicles to really take off is right now, ” Kent said “I think virtually all Cornellians would agree; we ’ re the for ward-thinking sort not the kind that like to clean up messes after they’re made ”

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Hello F irst Year Students (it was f reshmen in my d a y )! You are star ting an awesome journey at a g

Welcome to the Commons |

Patrons enjoy the newly-completed Ithaca Commons project after more than two years of construction

Markets Rebound Tuesday Morning, Dip Before Closing

(AP) Just when it looked as if the bleeding had stopped, it started up again

A rally in U S stocks evaporated in the minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 200 points and extending Wall Street’s losing streak to six days the longest such stretch in more than three years

W h e re t h e m a r k e t m i g h t bottom out is anyone ’ s guess not exactly comforting news to anyone whose retirement savings or down payment on a house are tied up in stocks

The rally came after China lowered interest rates to tr y to b o o s

m y Other world markets surged on the news out of Beijing, and for a while, it looked as if U S stocks would follow suit and the global sell-off might stop

Ithacans Celebrate End of Commons Construction

and that after overcoming a series of obstacles “it feels great sitting here with all we ’ ve set out to do accomplished ”

kiosks, a new colorful playground and an assortment of new planters, benches and tables

City Court Judge Scott Miller said on Facebook that the Commons looked the “ most alive I’ve seen it in 20 years ” Ferguson called the results of the project “wonderful,” emphasizing the uptick in foot traffic observed since the construction’s conclusion

“It is exciting, gratifying and relieving to have the project be substantially complete,” Ferguson said However, he admitted that the road to a revitalized Ithaca Commons was a “long journey,” one that was “longer than expected ”

Ferguson’s comments reference the dwindling public support for the re n ova t i o n i n re c e n t years as announcements were made that the project’s costs would exceed o r i g i n a l e s t i m a t e s by more than $6 million and multiple delays pushed its completion date back by more than a year, The Ithaca Journal reported

“This [infrastructure] will support the downtown economy for a long, long time to come, ” Murtagh said “It was a good investment on the part of the city, and I’m glad we had the political will to do it ”

Ferguson said businesses in the Commons are already recovering from the long constr uction process and have reported significant upticks in visitation and sales

“This will hopefully only increase in the months ahead,” he said “The DIA has mounted a major campaign to help people visit the new Commons

“It is exciting, gratifying and relieving to have the project be substantially complete ”

A Downtown Ithaca Alliance report showed that more than 60 percent of retailers in downtown Ithaca saw foot traffic and sales decline both during the last holiday season and throughout 2014 Three businesses were forced to close their doors, according to the Journal

“The businesses really suffered, there’s no question,” said Alderperson Seph Murtagh M A ’04 Ph D ’09 (D-2nd Ward) “It's been an extremely difficult process for them ”

However, Murtagh and Ferguson agreed that despite the various setbacks, the project was both urgent and necessary

“This is a project that needed to be done, however painful it was, ” Ferguson said “The pedestrian mall had exceeded its projected life span and the underground utilities simply could not be ignored any longer ”

Murtagh said the most complicated part of the project was the underground work, which included updating the utilities and infrastructure, a laborious process

“It’s important to bear in mind that progress was being made, albeit slowly, during the whole of the city's long construction process, ” he said “It was just hard to see because it was underground ”

Kuo said he and his team expected challenges,

been excellent We are also getting a number of inquiries from prospective businesses looking to locate in downtown now that this long proj e c t h a s c o m e t o a n end ”

Jill Hoffman, assistant manager for Handwork, a cooperative craft store in the Commons, said she has seen a significant increase in foot traffic since construction finished

“The Commons are full of curious people now, and they seem to really be enjoying the Commons again,” she said “We hear comments everyday from folks walking by, saying ‘Wow! It's finished!’”

Ferguson said as students return to Ithaca, he hopes they will come downtown to explore the pedestrian mall and rediscover the Commons Adon Chowdhury ’18 said the new structure and amenities make him eager to spend more time downtown

“The Commons after all the construction is so much more welcoming and makes me want to go back and explore the local stores and restaurants, ” he said

Ferguson said he had never seen public opinion shift so quickly on an issue, and “all it took was for those fences to come down ”

“More than once over the last few years, especially when the construction was very bad, I’ve asked myself, did we make the right decision? And increasingly over the last few weeks, I’ve felt that the answer to that question is yes, ” he said

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Stocks also got a lift from e c o n o m i c re p o r t s s h ow i n g a rebound in U S consumer conf i d e n c e a n d s a l e s o f n e w American homes

At one point Tuesday, the Dow was up as much as 441 points But sell orders began pouring in in the last 15 minu t e s o f t r a d i n g , a n d s t o c k s swung abruptly from positive to negative territor y

The Dow ended with a loss of 204 91 points, or 1 3 perc e n t , a t 1 5 , 6 6 6 4 4 T h e Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 25 60 points, or 1 4 percent, to 1,867 61 The Nasdaq c o m p o s i t e d e c l i n e d 1 9 7 6 p o i n t s , o r 0 4 p e r c e n t , t o 4,506 49

“ The return to a more tradit i o n a l s t i m u l u s f r o m C h i n a helped excite many investors,” said Jeff Kleintop, chief global investment strategist at Charles Schwab “But, in fact, this is more likely the start of a longerterm period of volatility ”

The three major U S indexes have now lost ground six days in a row, with the Dow falling about 1,900 points over that period

The S&P 500 is down 12 percent from its record close of 2,130 82 on May 21 That puts it in what Wall Street calls a “correction” a drop of at least 10 percent from its most recent high It is the S&P’s first correction in nearly four years

T h e l a s t t i m e t h e S & P

declined six days straight was July 2012

China, the world’s secondlargest economy, cut its interest rates for the fifth time in nine months in a renewed effort to shore up growth The central bank also increased the amount of money available for lending by reducing the reser ves banks are required to hold

A slowdown in China has the potential to significantly crimp demand for oil and other c o m m o d i t i e s , a r i

that could dampen global economic growth

“ The Chinese economy is going to be on this bumpy road for a while, and it will have ebbs and flows that will no doubt have a serious impact on the global economy, ” said Kamel

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What we are seeing now is

come

Beyond China, traders are waiting for clarity from the Federal Reser ve, which has signaled it could begin raising its key interest rate from near zero for the first time in nearly a decade as early as this year The Fed isn’t expected to deliver a policy update until it wraps up a meeting of policymakers in mid-September European markets recovered a

DAX jumped 5 percent, while France's CAC-40 rose 4 1 percent The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares gained 3 1 percent China’s central bank took action hours after the countr y ’ s main stock index closed sharply lower for a fourth day The Shanghai stock index slumped 7 6 percent, on top of Monday’s 8 5 percent loss

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closed lower, sliding 4 percent But other markets in Asia posted modest recoveries, including Hong Kong and Sydney

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y Pe p c o Holdings declined the most in the S&P 500 on Tuesday after regulators in Washington rejected its proposed merger with E

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Editorial

A Proper Ithaca Commons

AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS AND CRITICISM from Ithacans and Cornellians alike, construction finally ended on the Ithaca Commons this summer The project, intended to be a part of an effort to revitalize downtown Ithaca, saw a number of setbacks before coming to fruition at the end of July: The project was delayed multiple times, saw cost-cutting efforts and was partially interrupted by a fatal crash that destroyed Simeon’s Restaurant

Yet finally, the new Ithaca Commons provides ever ything City officials promised: a new, modern promenade for shoppers that maintains the character of downtown Ithaca By emphasizing open spaces across the Commons, Ithacans and Cornellians alike are able to appreciate both the architecture of the historic buildings while having easier accessibility to stores Additionally, the reopening of the Commons also marks the return to business as usual for many business owners hoping to increase sales 60 percent of retailers experienced a decline in sales and foot traffic in 2014

For Cornell to thrive, the local economy must be supported by the City and its residents With the Commons now completed, no better time exists for Cornellians to embrace Ithaca and the Commons

Resolving Technical Dif culties With CornellSun.com

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In a letter published in Monday’s edition of the paper, I stressed The Sun’s commitment to a stronger online and social media presence While the website’s downtime served as an unexpected roadblock towards further strengthening the publication, we at The Sun remain dedicated to providing the best reader experience possible, both online and in print

We apologize for any inconveniences these technical difficulties may have caused our loyal readers I encourage anyone with any questions or concerns to contact me at editor-in-chief@cornellsun com

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Ethan Berkowitz | Guest Room

Sarah Zumba

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An Open Letter To Jon

ear Jon Stewart: You don’t know me, and I haven’t known you for very long, but I must say thank you I could ramble on and on about my adoration of your countless wonderful takedowns, your hysterical Bill O’Reilly sparring matches and your fabulous correspondents for days However, I want to share with you a more personal story

I was late to the game; I didn’t begin watching your program, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, until 2013 I remember it vividly I was a freshman at Boston University To be more specific, it was April 2013, the week of the Boston Marathon Bombings I distinctly recall that most of my school friends were doing anything they could to distract themselves after witnessing our city descend into chaos in the wake of the bombings

Whether they were watching Netflix, playing video games, drinking or something else, many students simply needed to take their minds off the harsh realities unfolding outside our doors

And I didn’t blame them many of our dorms were only a mile away from the blasts, within the initial crime scene perimeter

Yet, while I too was looking for comfort, I was looking for answers as well The Daily Show offered me both I remember tuning into your program, and watching as you provided a different take on the Boston story from the countless 24-hour news channels I had already looked to Your show helped me mourn in a way that brought back my peace of mind; I was able to have something to laugh about, and feel confident that it was ok to laugh

As I said, I was looking for answers too Sure, questions such as “who did it” and “why” were at the top of my list But after watching hours on end of misreporting and over-the-top cover-

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up a lot during the events and the aftermath of the Boston bombings ... [and] I’ll remember The Daily Show, which helped me make sense of it all.

age on cable news networks, I was mentally drained So many people were talking, yet it seemed as if they were spinning their wheels, and at the end of the day, I was nowhere closer to understanding what had happened When I tuned into your program that night, it was as if you sympathized with my anguish

Your program never became mindless television In fact, you challenged me to think and engage with the news in a whole new way I learned from your program that many news outlets reporting on the events of that week, and in general, had lost sight of the difference between fact and opinion, as well as the difference between news and repetitive, pointless gibberish From this, I set a personal challenge, to further expose myself to more sources, so to see what everyone was saying, rather than just the television networks with the loudest voices

I grew up a lot during the events and the aftermath of the Boston bombings I feel confident in saying that many around me did as well With that being said, there are four moments that will be etched in my memory for the rest of my life I will remember my long and lonely walk back along the Marathon route from Boston College to Boston University the day of the bombing, at which time it seemed as though the city might descend into further chaos at any moment I will remember the lockdown during the manhunt And I will remember the spontaneous gathering in the Boston Commons with college students and members of the Boston PD the night after one bomber had been killed and the other apprehended Finally, I’ll remember The Daily Show, which helped me make sense of it all

Today, I pride myself on recognizing that I don’t know a whole lot of facts it’s true However, I never assume that others do either The days in which reading one article or hearing one voice before I form my opinions are gone I work hard to stay informed of what’s going on in the world around me, whether good or bad More importantly, I’m critical of every supposed fact I hear I challenge everything I think, read, and watch your program included This is what you taught me to do, and for that I say thank you

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t r a n s w o m a n Ma n y w h o p a r t i c i p a t e d a n d p l a y e d v i t a l r o l e s i n t h e r i o t s w e re t r a n s g e n d e r a n d p e o p l e o f c o l o r Fo r i n s t a n c e , Ma r s h a P Jo h n s o n w a s s a i d t o b e t h e f i r s t t o re a c t t o t h e p o l i c e p re s e n c e a n d s p a r k e d t h e r i o t Un f o r t u n a t l y, t h e t r a i l e r s h ow e d a w h i t e , c i s g e n d e r, g a y m a l e i n t h e l e a d T h e p r o d u c e r s h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o g l o r i f y t w o t r a n s w o m e n o f c o l o r, b u t i n s t e a d c h o s e t o c e n t e r t h e f i l m a r o u n d a w h i t e f i g u r e T h e m ov i e i s c a p i t a l i z i n g o f f o f t h i s h i s t o r y w i t h o u t p o r t r a y i n g i t a c c u r a t e l y It m a n a g e s t o c o mp l e t e l y d i s r e g a r d i m p o r t a n t t r a n s w o m e n o f c o l o r, w h i l e s o m a n y re m a i n v o i c e l e s s a n d f a c e a l a r g e a m o u n t o f d i s c r i m i n at i o n t o d a y T h i s i s w h y re p re s e n t a t i o n i s s o i m p o r t a n t We s t i l l l i v e i n a w o r l d w h e re r a c i s m , t r a n s p h ob i a , s e x i s m a n d m o re a re s t i l l r a m p a n t T h e m ov i e f a i l s t o re co g n i z e t h e i d e n t i t i e s o f p r o m in e n t f i g u re s w h o f o u g h t t o c rea t e c h a n g e f o r t h e v e r y s a m e b i go t r y t h e y f a c e f o r t h e i r i d e n t i t i e s i n t h e f i l m C o n t i n u i n g t o p u t w h i t e f i g u re s o n a p e d e s t a l r u n s c o u n t e r t o t h e c h a n g e t h e a c t i v i s t s i n 1 9 6 9 w e re t r y i n g t o b r i n g a b o u t It o n l y e m p h a s i z e s t h e m a r g i n a l i z a t i o n o f c e r t a i n g r o u p s i n s o c i e t y A l l ow i n g m a i n s t re a m m e d i a t o c o n t i n u e t o u n d e r re p re s e n t d i v e r s i t y

Marissa Medansky | The Yale Daily News

First Impressions, Real and False

When I first visited Yale, my tour guide told us the walls of some early 20th-century buildings on campus had been splashed with acid shortly after their completion Parts of the stonework had been left unfinished; pieces of glass in the windowpanes had been broken and then repaired Portions of the rooftops had been artfully lit aflame and charred

The guide said the architects designed this destruction intentionally They wanted the new buildings to look like they had been on campus for centuries For that effect, they strategically marred their Gothic creations to create the illusion of age of permanence

As a student, I came to realize this incident exemplified a larger pattern It seemed as though many aspects of the University had been constructed just like that early batch of residential colleges: altered to convey a first impression that upon closer examination proved false

Curiously, the goal was often to create a false sense of oldness The first time I walked into the Yale Daily News building, I admired how the books that filled the shelves in the boardroom, with their perfectly yellowed pages and faded covers, created an aura of histor y and importance Then I learned that those volumes weren ’ t

prized tomes inherited from the paper ’ s earliest crop of cub reporters, but instead bought in bulk circa 2010 with an interior decorator’s help Elsewhere, I participated in traditions that older club members claimed were long established Only later did I discover that those rituals were relatively new

There were other illusions, too, meant to engender first impressions of confidence, competence or value With time, the strength of those impressions also began to fade I realized classmates who exuded put-togetherness were often not as fit and flawless as they seemed Crises that seemed like the end of the world usually were revealed to be surmountable

Groups whose membership I once coveted eventually faded to irrelevance, and experiences that felt essential soon became optional, at best One night last week, when a friend and I finally found the lone open restaurant after losing our way on a road trip and driving aimlessly around a mountain in rural Virginia and when that restaurant had live music and taxidermy, no less I knew I was happier to be in that booth than I would have been at Myrtle Beach

This is the lesson we ’ re constantly learning: Our first impressions are often wrong, thanks to both our

own naivety and the push of outside forces The cool kids really aren ’ t that cool The buildings really aren ’ t that old

But here’s the rub: At Yale, for every occasion that my first impressions have revealed themselves to be false, there has also been a time that something appearing too good to be true was in fact 100 percent real

The kid next to me in section really was that smart The lecture I’d heard so much about really was that great The fellowship with the deadline I missed actually would have been incredible The cool kids did throw the best parties, and I definitely wasn ’ t allowed inside

It would be easier to leave this place behind if Yale had always been dishonest with us, if our first impressions had always been false

We’d step off Old Campus in our graduation gowns cynical and jaded that the moon we’d been promised was never provided

It is more difficult to acknowledge that our first impressions were sometimes accurate That for every all-nighter, fake friend or problem set we ’ re delighted to leave behind is something we wish we could cling to a little longer or something we were so close to touching and will never actually reach

SCIENCE

S u m m e r 2 0 1 5 R e s e a r c h R o u n d u p

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- I n v a s i v e P r o c e d u r e A i d s Un d e r s t a n d i n g o f H e a r t D i s e a s e R i s k

He a r t d i s e a s e i s t h e n u m b e r o n e c a u s e o f d e a t h i n A m e r i c a , b u t a u n i ve r s a l l y a c c e p t e d t e s t t o a s s e s s h e a r t a t t a c k r i s k i n p e o p l e w h o d o n o t s h ow a n y s y m pt o m s re l a t e d t o h e a r t d i s e a s e h a s b e e n n o n e x i s t e n t On Ju l y 7 , We i l l C o r n e l l Me d i c a l C o l l e g e i n ve s t i g a t o r s re p o r t e d t h a t a n o n - i n va s i ve , f i ve - m i n u t e s c a n e x a m i n i n g t h e t o t a l a m o u n t o f c a l c i f i e d p l a q u e i n t h e h e a r t a r t e r i e s c a n p re d i c t p a t i e n t s ’ c h a n c e o f h e a r t a t t a c k o r d e a t h ove r a 1 5 - ye a r p e r i o d , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Un i ve r s i t y A l s o n o t a b l e a b o u t t h e s t u d y i s i t s l a r g e s i ze a n d s c o p e a s i t i n ve s t i g a t e d t h e l a r g e s t p a t i e n t p o p u l a t i o n ove r t h e l o n g e s t t i m e p e r i o d T h e s t u d y, i n ve s t i g a t i n g a l a r g e r p a t i e n t p o p u l a t i o n ove r a l o n g e r t i m e p e r i o d t h a t a n y p re v i o u s c a l c i f i c a t i o n s t u d i e s , h i g h l i g h t s t h e u r g e n t n e e d f o r p a t i e n t s w i t h a n y a m o u n t o f c a l c i u m b u i l d u p t o e x p e r i e n c e e f f e c t i ve t re a t m e n t f o r t h e s a k e o f t h e i r c u r re n t a n d f u t u re h e a l t h Em i l y Ha g e n ’ 1 7

a l l y f o u n d i n i m m u n e c e l l s t o s t o p H I V f ro m g row i n g i n t h e e a r l y s t a g e s o f i n f e c t i o n “ E a r l y i n t e r ve n t i o n t h a t l i m i t s t h e e x t e n t o f t h e i n i t i a l H I V- 1 i n f e c t i o n i s c r i t i c a l t o c u r b H I V- 1 i n f e c t i o n a n d p o t e n t i a l l y re d u c e t h e s i ze o f t h e v i r a l re s e r vo i r s w h i c h a re a m a j o r re a s o n f o r H I V- 1 p e r s i st e n c e e ve n a f t e r a n t i re t rov i r a l t h e r a p y, ” s a i d l e a d a u t h o r St a n l e y Ad o ro , a We i l l i n s t r u c t o r T h e s t u d y f o u n d t h a t h u m a n a n d m o u s e t i s s u e s i n f e c t e d w i t h H I V h a d s i g n i f i c a n t l y l owe r i n c i d e n c e o f t h e v i r u s a f t e r b e i n g e x p o s e d t o t h e s i g n a l i n g m o l e

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Jack Jones

Late on in Summertime ’06, rapper Vince Staples’s biting, cathartic Def Jam debut, the music drops away dramatically to tinkling piano and humming synth chords Staples raps, “I been through hell and back, I seen my mama cry / Seen my daddy hit the crack then hit the set to flip a sack / I done seen my homies die then went on rides to kill ’ em back / So how you say you feel me when you never had to get through that?” The final line is reminiscent of an argument Jay-Z makes at the end of his masterpiece The Blueprint: “Unless you was me, how could you judge me?” However, while Jay-Z uses this rhetoric to excuse his culpability in the life of crime that being poor and black forced him into, Staples is wonderfully ambivalent about right and wrong This ambivalence is precisely what makes Summertime ‘06 such a bracing and challenging listen Once a member of L A ’ s 2N Crips, Staples knows the subject of gangster rap perhaps better than almost any other rapper does However, while other rappers generally either glorify or condemn gang violence, Staples refuses to settle for either Instead, he creates a chillingly detailed and believable portrait of a world in which no place is safe not the streets, not the club, not even the home and where nobody is innocent, from the police to the gangsters to the family Staples has grown significantly since last year ’ s excellent EP Hell Can Wait (which contains “Hands Up,” the best anti-cop taunt since “Fuck Tha Police,” if not better) His ability to boil down political, emotional and racial complexity into terse, direct rhymes is truly impressive In juxtaposition to contemporar y Kendrick Lamar, whose rhyming has grown more dense and difficult along with his

subject matter, it seems that Staples actually becomes more coherent and relatable a rapper as he complicates his subject matter Producer No I D , who worked on 15 of the album’s 20 tracks, oversees an admirably unified set of beats, most consisting of ominous guitar distortion, chilly synths, clanging percussion and ghostlike female whispers There will be no radio hits from this album, but Summertime ’06 succeeds as a potent full-length in a way that generally overstuffed rap albums rarely do Rather than imitate most gangster rap and rely on violent threats (which there are nonetheless plenty of here), Staples explores the conditions that create desensitized killers: crushing poverty, ever-present violence and a need to provide for and protect loved ones without means to do so What really separates Staples from other gangster rappers, however, is how he reveals the complex emotional attachment that a person can still feel for a slum they call home In the emphatic penultimate track, “Like It Is,” Staples concludes, “We live for they amusement like they view us from behind a glass So in this cage they made for me, exactly where you find me at / Whether it’s my time to leave or not I never turn my back ” These lines touch on a theme that runs through the album, as well as the accompanying music video for “Señorita”: that white America essentially watches poor, black, crime-infested areas as through a screen, suffering none of the danger and seeing the subjects as curious specimens rather than fellow humans In an annotation of “Señorita” on RapGenius, Staples writes, “When [outsiders] look at [Long Beach, Compton or Watts], they don’t see themselves Until people really see themselves in other people, they can ’ t gen-

A n o t h e r O n e

C a p t u r e d T r a c k s

Shay Collins

Mac DeMarco, musical jack-of-all-trades and hipster wunderkind, has hit his Emperor’s Ne w Clothes stage 25 year-old DeMarco’s latest album Another One offers little more than pleasant background music DeMarco’s chord progressions are inoffensive, his melodies banal Nearly all of his lyrics revolve around an ambiguous love interest a “her” who appears in almost ever y song and he seems to have esche wed dynamics altogether

DeMarco wrote and recorded all nine sleepy love songs in less than three weeks during a tour break The exhaustion shows The tracks offer up the absolute bare minimum in terms of melodies, although DeMarco admits that he focused on stripping down his songs during the writing process In a July 31 All Songs

Considered inter vie w, DeMarco stated that he “tried to keep simplifying [to] keep it really shor t ” Sadly absent are his erratic rhythms, unabashed experimentalism and, frankly, the inspiration that endeared listeners to DeMarco’s Salad Days, 2 and Rock and Roll Night Club DeMarco displays a highly polished craft, but one that ebbs along, never tr ying anything too hard or too ne w

Another One’ s opening track “ The Way You’d L ov e He r ” i n t r o d u c e s e l e m

throughout the album DeMarco drives his songs with a hyper-twangy sur fer tone and technical strength on

guitar, hear tsick but tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a barebones verse-chor us-verse-chor us str ucture DeMarco fails to make a statement up front The album’s name already rings tr ue: The opening track sounds like just another one, just another stylized DeMarco song, lackadaisically existing on atmosphere alone

DeMarco’s distinctive guitar tone, an omission that makes the song stand out DeMarco conjures a beautiful, early evening in the late summer scene with a sim-

DeMarco never explores or expands upon the initial vibe, choosing instead to hang around in the flow for an adequate three minutes In his All Songs Considered inter vie w, DeMarco claims that his lack of piano training allows him to “com[e] up with weird things” on his synthesizer-based tracks Compared to his earlier work, however, Another One sounds tame and unambitious DeMarco’s commentar y on “No Other Hear t ” offers insight into my own disappointment in the whole album In the same inter vie w, DeMarco suggests that “it’s the fantasy and the imagination” that makes cr ushing on someone exciting Similarly, DeMarco’s fame and intense respect within a broad indie music scene seems to distract listeners from Another One’ s lackluster melodies and repetitive str ucture Excepting “Another One” and “My House by the Water,” all of DeMarco’s

uinely care for their betterment ” This is precisely the area in which Summertime 06 excels Staples makes the listener feel the very relatable anxiety, frustration, desperation and even affection that a man in his world feels, rather than either simply boast about coldblooded deeds or wholly denounce the life he led before becoming a rapper While this may seem like common sense that gangbangers are ultimately humans too with identical emotions and similar concerns as anybody else an astoundingly insensitive SPIN Magazine review of the album by freelancer M T Richards proves that this is not the case In fact, the review, which includes assertions such as “[Staples] is a squinting, largely unfeeling brute” and “He’s one of the most depraved minds in his discipline,” was so offensive that it prompted an editorial apology which now runs at the top of the online article

This unfortunate incident exemplifies the profound challenge that Staples faces in his music: humanizing a type of person that middle America regards, probably above any other, as morally shallow, unfeeling and disposed to violence Luckily, in a time when the public is increasingly aware of unjust police violence and systematic racism, we have been given rappers like Lamar and Staples, rappers who avoid easy answers and simple vilification Summertime ’06 offers no solutions to the problems it so vividly describes, but it does portray a man caught in them in all of the intricacy that requires In this case, that is more than enough to make great art

Jack Jones is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at djones@cornellsun com

DeMarco wrote the entire album over one week and, as such, the songs feel cut from the same cloth

Unfor tunately, the just-another-song feeling intensifies during the album’s middle four tracks: “Just to Put Me Down,” “A Hear t Like Hers,” “I’ve Been Waiting for Her” and “ Without Me ” Aside from an outro solo in “Just to Put Me Down” and a slight

DeMarco basically does DeMarco, taking the lowest common denominator from his experiments in earlier

approach begets an album of work that is far more enjoyable to come up with nicknames for (my roommate calls it “SpongeBob music,” I prefer “I Love Lucy commercial tracks”) than to actually listen to

DeMarco finishes strong with “My House by the Water” an outlandish (mostly) instr umental track, concluding with a spoken outro In said outro, DeMarco gives out his address and invites the listener to “ stop on by, I’ll make you a cup of coffee ” A July 23 Pitchfork ar ticle repor ts that approximately 30 people have taken DeMarco up on the offer The stor y typifies Another One’s malaise, a per vasive feeling that DeMarco’s up to something kind of cool, but barely attempts to step out of his comfor t zone

DeMarco created Another One in an interesting, perhaps even critical, point in his career, enjoying stellar revie ws and amassing hipster cred His conscious decision to focus on per fecting and distilling his craft s h o w s h i s a l w a y s - p r e s e n t m a t u r i t y a s a n a r t i s t

Unfor tunately, DeMarco’s first attempt at purifying his style simply failed to produce a captivating album

Perhaps DeMarco’s caught in a corner, typecast as the slacker and the kooky guy, but his rigidity brought for th an album that lacks the capital-W Weird that distinguished his previous works Hopefully, Another One is located on a plateau in Demarco’s career and not a descent

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

T h e T r u e D e c l i n e o f T r u e D

BY HARINI KANNAN Sun Staff Writer

June 21, 2015 was not a great day for Tr ue Detective aficionados Before season two premiered, Tr ue Detective was regaled by critics and fans alike as one of the best shows on TV Yes, it did have some quirks it had to fix, but as a whole it was almost revolutionar y in both complexity of plot and depth of dialogue Yet, when season two premiered, there seemed to be universal distress and disappointment over the lack of continuation in quality from season one to season two A lot of us felt confused and almost betrayed by our seemingl y l o

Ever yone has tried to dissect and diagnose the problems ailing this season, yet I am not sure anyone, including myself, can figure out what exactly went wrong All I can really do is tr y and guide you through the major mishaps that got you asking at the end of the season, “ Why did this suck so bad?”

Some where around episode three or four you probably asked yourself this question “So what the hell is going on?” For the sake of your sanity and mine, let me break down the entire plot in the simplest of ways (doing this took an inordinate amount of research past the eight and a half hours spent watching the entire season): Essentially, in 1972 a diamond heist took place that was orchestrated by many people from this pimp named Casper to the mayor of Vinci, California (where this took place) to the police During the diamond heist two children were orphaned Fast for ward to today, one of the children found Casper, the supposed ring leader of the heist, and br utally murdered him, which is how the detectives got involved Long stor y shor t, the detectives were unable to bulldoze through the wall of corr uption and it was all a futile investigation

order to extract the different versions and perspectives of corr uption with the supposed goal of leaving the vie wer seething with anger at the inevitability and inescapability of greedy, feeble minded humans

However, his ambition culminated less into a spectacle and more into a trainwreck Rather than impar ting the vie wers with ne w perspectives of a per ver ted society, Pizzolatto left his vie wers confused and fr ustrated because he unnecessarily added subplot after subplot, neglecting to follow through with any of them They became nothing more than distractions, making us feel like our atten-

curiosity rather than fall face first on the side of convolution His ability to not cross that thin line between genius and insanity, especially toying with the type of freaky plot and meta-dialogue in season one, is what garnered him justified acclaim and accolades

The second season completely lacked this beautiful balancing act It wasn ’ t that Pizzolatto over zealously utilized pretentious language and disturbing metaphysical dialogue, it was that he did the complete opposite Perhaps he was too tired, or had exhausted all his intellect in the first season, or maybe he feared he would lose vie wers if he accidentally meandered into the realm of insanity But all season two offered was incredibly terse and absurd mumblings of each of the characters, to the point where dialogue was almost nonexistent It felt as if there wasn ’ t a single conversation in which a character used more than five words to describe how they felt, what the scenario was or what they even thought about life in general There was a complete lapse of fluidity when a character spoke, as if the world had to pause for one of the characters to voice his or her current sentiments in a sentence fragment There was no

tion was being diver ted from the actual plot For most of the subplots, they built up to loose ends that did nothing to supplement the actual stor y and did little to reveal any sor t of character development It got to the point where distraction after distraction piled until the entire episode felt like a distraction

thought-provoking monologue which the vie wers could wrap their minds around Without anything for the vie wers to really ponder, escape or sink our minds into, we are again left questioning the relevancy of the characters I could go on about how the overall production was not as strong as season one ’ s I can talk about how Vince Vaughn’s acting is equivalent to that of a sedated potato, or how Cary Fukunaga should really go back to directing

These are minor problems that aggregated into prolonging nuisances, but it would be incorrect of us to point fingers at the little things as perpetrators of this travesty

From a macro vie w, I must commend Pizzolatto for his imagination and creativity in spinning a stor y that exposes the reality that corr uption is entrenched in ever y aspect and socioeconomic r ung of society I also appreciate his ambitious attempt to inject his stor y with side plots in

SThe convoluted plot is not the only reason why ever yone felt so apathetic about this season What str uck me as the starkest difference between season one and season two was the complete lapse of intellectual dialogue Season two was bereft of the mature conversations and per fectly drawn out monologues off of which season one thrived For season one, Pizzolatto’s writing brilliantly derived from his ability to lean on the side of stirring intellectual

In reality, there might be only two people who are at fault: Nic Pizzolatto, for denying us an oppor tunity to escape from our captivity in our reality of mundaneness, and more culpably ourselves, for believing that something so great could honestly happen again

Harini Kannan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at hkannan@cornellsun com

Indie Directors and the Powers That Be

ince its early summer release, Jurassic World has grossed upwards of $1 5 billion worldwide, making it the third highest-grossing film in histor y,

b e h i n d o n l y Ja m e s C a m e r o n ’ s 1 9 9 7 romantic comedy Titanic and his 2009 Pocahontas rip-off, Avatar The dinosaur popcorn-fest is a big movie, a well-oiled machine designed to validate the price of admission in any moviegoer’s mind and that’s about it Unlike most modern blockbusters, Jurassic World clears that relatively low bar, using a tool that studios have come to think of as their secret weapon: the indie director, preferably fresh off a critically-acclaimed debut

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like 2012’s Super managed to wrangle some retro flare into last year ’ s Guardians of the Galax y, a film that would have gone side ways without its cheeky selfawareness (and Chris Pratt, of course)

But for ever y example of a studio effectively collaborating with left-field

falling apar t over “creative differences

Before the Mar vel Cinematic Universe as we know it even existed, Edgar Wright ( Sh a u n

Not Guaranteed, a quirky if slight film that made a splash at Sundance, but earned less than $5 million off of a $750,000 budget In other words, it’s the small, character-driven work that tends to resonate with audiences at indie film festivals The leap from critically-acclaimed anonymity to helming the four th entr y in a multi-bil-

l i o n d o l l a r f r a n c h i s e a b o u t k i l l e r dinosaurs doesn’t seem like a logical one, yet it fits in per fectly with a model that m a j o r s t u d i o s h a ve re l a t i ve l y re c e n t l y adopted for blockbuster filmmaking

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Trank’s (who debuted with 2012’s excell e n t C h r o n i c l e ) Fa n t a s t i c Fo u r r e b o o t tanked both critically and commercially The director himself tweeted out an apology to fans, claiming Fox stole the production right out from under him (a bold diss to the studio gods that may cost him his career)

Why do these deals continue to define the Hollywood marketplace? For studios, the appeal is clear Sure, they hope these auteurs can add some flavor and complexity to other wise bland summer offerings, but it’s also a question of cheap talent Established directors command huge salaries and have the savvy to negotiate b i g g e r b u d g e t s , w h i l e u p - a n d - c o m e r s have fe wer options and a knack for making a small amount of money go a long way

they’re now creating brands that secure your investment for the next two, three or four movies The greatest damage caused by this trend, though, is the prevention of talented directors from establishing their own names as brands

before production, presumably because Mar vel would not allow him to carr y out the film as he envisioned it

Worse than when projects fall apar t is when once-promising directors blatantly bow to their studio heads Marc Webb, who burst onto the scene with (500) Days of Summer back in 2009, directed

Fo r t h e d i r e c t o r s t h e m s e l v e s , t h e oppor tunity to direct a big-budget film is a difficult one to turn down It’s guaranteed work a rarity for any ar tist and access to unprecedented exposure When an up-and-comer signs to a major label in rap music, his or her studio debut is seen as a once-in-a-lifetime oppor tunity to prove they can appeal to broader audiences, while also working against the industr y ’ s machinations to maintain a distinctive voice In Hollywood, the same is becoming tr ue of franchise films

When the studio system collapsed in the late 1960s, it opened up the marketplace to a ne w kind of deal, in which backers would provide a some what established filmmaker with a fixed (usually low) budget and guaranteed distribution, then allow them the freedom to make whatever film they wanted It revolutionized the industr y ’ s output, giving way to bold voices and a veritable American response to the French Ne w Wave. This model allowed auteurs to establish themselves as a brand (meaning their names alone sold tickets), and gave bir th to Ho

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than any other director in the last 40 years While I realize Spielbergs aren

t a dime a dozen, the current model of forcing talented directors’ creativity into the mold of established franchises may end up cutting off the industr y ’ s remaining pathways to original, big-budget films

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While the trend makes sense upon closer vie wing, it bodes poorly for the i n d u s t r y ’ s f u t u r e It’s a n u n f o r t u n a t e byproduct of the oft-discussed “dumbing down” of Hollywood, yet critics often fail to mention it After all, studios have always funded swill that audiences will happily swallow if it provides $10 wor th

Chris Stanton is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at cstanton@cornellsun com Re a

alternate Wednesdays

Ex-Coach Lucia Still Playing Role at Cornell

Lu c i a s t e p p e d b a c k f ro m h i s l e a d i n g ro l e t o a l l ow

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Durant Plans to Have ‘Historic’ Season With Young,Talented Squad

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“[Newman] moving into the head coach position was a very organic change, and we’re really excited about it

Deflategate Legal Battle Continues

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Winston Looks Sharp in Second Preseason Start

TAMPA, Fla (AP) Tampa Bay’s Jameis Winston is making strides as an NFL quarterback Now he has a home victor y to build on

Monday night’s 25-11 preseason victor y over the Cincinnati Bengals may not count in the standings, but it was welcomed by a team tr ying to change the culture of a franchise that hadn’t posted a win exhibition or regular season at Raymond James Stadium since 2013

“Obviously people are going to look at this as a preseason game but in that locker room, our team morale, we are going to look at it as we get a win,” said Winston, the first overall pick in this year ’ s draft “ That’s definitely important We get a win It does matter It doesn’t matter if it’s a f o o t b a l l g a m e i n a Wa l - Ma r t parking lot, we want to win ” Winston was nearly flawless on Tampa Bay’s first possession, going 3-for-3 passing and scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run to finish an 80-yard drive that set the tone for a tough night for the Bengals (1-1), who yielded 52 yards rushing to Doug Martin along the way Winston limped off the field, done for the night, two plays after appearing to tweak his right ankle when he was sacked by G e n o A t k i n s a n d Wa l l a c e Gi l b e r r y e a r l y i n t h e s e c o n d quarter

The rookie remained on the s i d e l i n e , c h e e r i n g w h e n Mi k e Glennon threw a 22-yard TD pass to Russell Shepard for a 200 lead In four series, he was 8 of 13 for 90 yards and no interceptions

The young quarterback stumbled as he backed away from center before being wrapped up i

h e ground He threw an incompletion on the next play, and then w

grounding on third down, forcing a punt

“It was a tough fall, but it was just a coach’s decision I thought we saw enough from him,” said c o a c h L ov i e Sm i t h , w h o h a d been 0-10 at home with the Buccaneers (1-1) “He did some good things I felt like it was the perfect time to take him out If we had needed him to play, he would have gone back in the game on the next series ”

The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner overcame a slow start in his preseason debut to lead a long scoring drive that he also capped with a TD run against Mi n n e s o t a O

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s Monday night was to start faster, and he accomplished that objective with completions of 9 yards to Martin, 7 yards to Jor vorskie Lane and 11 yards to Austin Seferian-Jenkins on the opening drive

Through Everything in Life, Sports Are Always Constant

JOON Continued from page 20

T h e p l a y - b y - p l a y g u y n a r r a t e s t h a t scene for you on a nightly basis In my house, especially during the summer, the Red Sox are on ever y night, regardless of h ow t h e t e a m i s a c t u a l l y p e r f o r m i n g

Sometimes it’s just background noise as ever yone goes about their day Sometimes I’m sitting down to write an ar ticle and am tr ying to find an angle to blog about Sometimes, I’m sitting down with the family

For me, Don Orsillo was the guy that I g r e w up on t h a t was in

“Despite the macho culture around it, following sports teams is a rather intimate relationship.”

h t , without fail, Don Orsillo was invited to family dinner His voice meant that baseball season was back, which meant that spring and summer were finally here

Continuing to follow the Red Sox is my way of feeling like I’m still living at home in Boston whenever I do evitably feel homesick from time to time And thanks to the glorious Internet, I’m able to catch ever y single Red Sox game that time permits without an issue

Through his nightly narration of Red Sox games, Orsillo has basically been a m a i n s t a y t h r o u g h o u t m y c h i l d h o o d

When I was in third grade and first star t-

ing to find my passion for spor ts, writing, and baseball, Orsillo was calling play-byplay for the team For a long time, Orsillo was like another member of my family He was at dinner ever y night, he was a constant presence in my family’s house, if by voice only, and I took him for granted

It’s easy to understand why some people think spor ts are kind of ridiculous from t h e o u t s i d e A t h l e t e s

d amounts of money to play, what is essentially, a child’s game

That, however, overlooks what spor ts really is for a lot of people It’s a constant It’s a backbone Without fail, I know that the Boston Red Sox are going to be playing games from April through October For ever y night during those months for more than 12 years, I kne w Don Orsillo would be enter tainingly calling games Now that one of those backbones have been torn out from under me, it’s been weird realizing how old I’m actually becoming and how things are changing, and changing quickly

Despite the macho culture around it, following spor ts teams is a rather intimate

them, regardless of how well or poorly things are going You get to know these people on a daily basis through ar ticles and nightly television vie wing Ever y night, turning on the Red Sox meant that Don Orsillo was being welcomed as a guest in my house and it’s going to be weird that he’s not there anymore

Times are changing, but sometimes, it still really sucks

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun com

L.A. Preps for Olympic Bid

LOS ANGELES (AP)

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Tuesday that they could stage events from Santa Mo n

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hosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, is viewed as the likely replace-

and ticket sales

"In Los Angeles, the spotlight is always on We have the resources, experience and secure environment to share the biggest events with the world," the proposal states

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games A sticking point in Boston was possible cost overruns that would have to be covered by taxpayers T

“We have the resources, eperience and secure environment to share the biggest events with the world ”

venues could help keep costs low

The Los Angeles plan

d i n g $ 4 1 billion; Boston’s operating b u d g e t w a s a b o u t $ 4 6 billion, but billions more could have been needed for construction, security and other costs

The Los Angeles figures provided the most detailed look to date on

e s t i m a t e d e x p e n s e s t o r un the 2024 Games in California According to the documents, the bulk o f t h e f u n d i n g w o u l d

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Newman, Gallagher Take Over Swim Program

By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

Joe Lucia will step down from his role as head coach of the Cornell swimming and diving program this season He coached the men ’ s program for 28 years and the women ’ s for 15 years The men ’ s and women ’ s programs will also be separated for the first time in six years, which means the men and women will no longer practice together Wes Newman ‘09 will be coaching the men, while Patrick Gallagher will be coaching the women

“The past two seasons have had a great trend toward faster swimming and better quality racing ”

P a t r i c k G a l l a g h e r

Wes Newman is a three-time NCAA qualifier He returned as an assistant coach under Lucia after graduating and promoted to associate head coach in 2014 Because Newman was coached by Lucia at Cornell, he said he is confident that he will be able to pass on the program ’ s values and teachings on to future generations

“When I started coaching I considered [Lucia] as one of my biggest mentors, ” Newman said “He is going to be around and I know he's always there for advice when I need it ” Lucia’s impact on the program will resonate for years to

M u c h M o r e

T h a n a G a m e

Iwas sitting in the Cornell Daily Sun office, working on an article for a baseball blog that I write for reacting to the news that an absolutely beloved play-by-play announcer was unceremoniously fired from his gig doing

the play by play for the Boston Red Sox, when some of my fellow editors came up to my computer and reacted to the headline: “Losing Don Orsillo is like losing family ”

“Isn’t that some what strong?” fellow sports com-

come

“Lucia was an excellent coach and more so he was a great guy, ” senior captain Carl St John said “He really helped us recruit good kids [and] make them feel at home ” Lucia will still play a large role on the team this year in fundraising and recruitment Having coached for 28 years, he knows a numerous alumni

“Time is what coach Lucia has on his side in terms of having already built all of those relationships,” Newman said “It makes it easier to fundraise ” The coaching transition, although not officially completed until this year, began last season Beginning last year,

the heart of what makes following sports teams special Sports simply provide a medium through which stories can be told The best stories transcend whatever niche they come from and sports, oftentimes, provide the perfect plat-

Former Olympian Durant Ready For New Head Coaching Position

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

form to provide such inspiration

But these stories don’t have the impact that they do unless they have the proper medium to be told In today’s society, sports are essentially the last event left on television that

Watching the higlights of a game doesn’t match the intensity and the emtion of following the highs and lows of a game or a team’s season

padre Adam Bronfin asked me And for a moment, I sat and thought I couldn’t really think of a coherent response (considering we had to run upstairs for a meeting) but I began to think

The beauty of sports is not the pure physical acts of athleticism which, can be pretty remarkable, don’t truly get to

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