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Cornell Will Not Increase Subsidies to TCAT

University should pay $500K more to address de cit, TCAT says

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

The University will not further subsidize TCAT for free first-year student bus passes, President David Skorton said 12 days after he announced on May 9 in front of student

protesters at Day Hall that he would work to retain the passes

“I cannot at this time find a way to subsidize TCAT beyond what we are already paying,” Skorton wrote in response to a University Assembly resolution in support of the bus passes in May

Currently, the University pays TCAT an annual total of $3 43 million $830,000 as part of an agreement with City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and TCAT and $2 6 million as a bulk fare for all Cornell ridership according to University Spokesperson John Carberry

However, since 2011, there has been an increase in the number of students who ride TCAT, Carberr y said Ridership reached over four million total rides in 2013, increasing more than 1 6 million rides since 2004, according to data provided by TCAT

Despite the increase in ridership, the University has not increased the subsidies it pays to the bus service As a result, Cornell’s payment per ride has decreased from $1 per ride in 2010 to 84 cents currently, according to Carberry TCAT officials said they are worried that this will further increase

Completion of Commons Construction Further Delayed Until Spring 2015

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

It

redesign project which was originally set to be completed in July will not be finished until next spring, due in part to the fatal crash at Simeon’s Restaurant i

Pro

Manager Michael Kuo

Originally scheduled to be finished on July 31, the renovation

longer expect to meet that dead-

delayed the anticipated completion date to spring 2015, Kuo said

In the aftermath of the June 20 accident which severely damaged Simeon’s and claimed the life of bartender Amanda Bush the New York State Electric and Gas C

replace its gas pipes near the

Univ.: Touchdown Not Official Mascot

Thought Touchdown the Bear was the University mascot?

According to President David Skorton, this is not the case, nor will it be in the foreseeable future

Rather, the official Cornell mascot is simply the Big Red Bear, according to Skorton

At the end of the last school year, the Student Assembly passed Resolution 85 “Supporting the Creation of an Official Cornell Mascot” which proposed that the University officially recognize Touchdown as the Cornell mascot

Touchdown’s history at Cornell dates back to 1915, when the varsity football team collected $25 to buy a black bear cub, which it named Touchdown, according to the resolution, which was submitted by several alumni and current S A members

“Since that day, Touchdown the Big Red Bear has served as the de facto mascot of Cornell University,” the resolution said However, on June 19, Skorton said in a response to the resolution that he and several other administrators believe the mascot is the Big Red Bear not Touchdown, the bear cub

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restaurant, resulting in further setbacks, according to Kuo

Although NYSEG has now completed its work, the setback will not allow for the project’s completion by the end of the season in November, Kuo said

“As the weather gets cold it will be a challenge to get the finish paving completed from endto-end, but that is still our goal,” Kuo said “We are excited to say

Slice of the pie | The above chart shows the relative ridership of TCAT stops with an annual ridership of over 100,000 rides Cornellians accounts for 71 percent of all TCAT ridership, according to TCAT

See TCAT page 5

Students Contest Campus LGBT Ranking

By EMMA QUIGLEY Sun Staff Writer

While Cornell’s recent rating as a Top 50 LGBT-friendly campus has received positive press and promotion in local news and social media, some Cornellians particularly leaders within the LGBT community question how the rating was assessed and the message it conveys to new students

The list, which also features Ithaca College in the top 50, was compiled

“One

by Campus Pride, a national non-profit aimed at providing a safer college environment for LGBT students, according to its website

based on criteria such as campus safety and counseling and health services

Though a spot on the

can’t encapsulate the queer experience with a checklist.” J e v a n H u t s o n ’ 1 6

Cornell received an overall rating of five out of five stars on Campus Pride’s online index, which ranks schools

Campus Pride index is often cited by colleges and universities in promotional materials, some within the Cornell community question the high value placed on this

system of rating

“One can ’ t encapsulate the queer experience with a checklist,” said Jevan Hutson ’16, President of HAVEN, a student administrative umbrella for many LGBT social and support groups on campus

“Cornell would have definitely received a different ranking if it were gauged in a more student-centric fashion ” A September 2013 report on the survey pre-

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Today on cornellsun.com

President Skorton, Susan Murphy Take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge President David Skorton participates in the ice bucket challenge to raise awareness for ALS

News, “Officials: Class of 2018 Will Add to ‘Positive’ Campus Environment,” Monday

Speaking about the positive effect that the most diverse freshmen class will bring to the campus With such a fantastic pool of extremely well-qualified individuals we can produce a class with the spectacular level of diversity that will provide the most positive and productive learning and research environment

Associate Vice Provost A T Miller

News, “Actions of Officer Who Pulled Weapon on Unarmed, Black Teens Not ‘Race-Based,’ Investigation Finds,” Tuesday

Speaking about his faith in IPD’s service despite understanding reason for public skepticism

“Our officers routinely provide excellent professional police service I can understand why some members of our community would be concerned about this incident which is why we conducted a full and thorough internal review ”

Police Chief John Barber

Opinion, “Ithaca and Rhinoceros Adrenaline Tablets,” Wednesday

Speaking about the fact Cornell students should make the most of their time here Being a Cornell student will at times feel like working a full-time job Sometimes, it feels like more But as I said earlier don’t just punch your timecard and keep your head down ” Christo Eliot ’15

News, “Cornell President Skorton, Susan Murphy Take Part in Ice Bucket Challenge” Thursday

Speaking about the importance of non-profit organizations such as the ALS association

The ALS association does so much to raise public awareness and to help patients and their families to understand and cope with a very very difficult disease ”

President David Skorton

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Katherine Nachbar ’16, Judy Zwillenberg ’15 and Sara Gonzalez ’16 make challah bread to raise money for charity yesterday

Ithaca Police Union Criticizes Mayor’s Proposed Reforms

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Ed tor

Association a union that represents members of the IPD criticized Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 plan to reform the city’s police department in a response the organization released Thursday

On Monday, Myrick proposed eight changes to the city’s police force, including a 10 percent increase in staffing, a mandatory body camera for all officers and a city residency requirement that would require all officers to live in the city

In a statement, Officer John Joly, president of the association, listed the association’s grievances with Myrick’s proposed reforms, claiming the mayor failed to acknowledge the force’s “excellent job” of serving the Ithaca community

“The level of restraint, compassion, training and professionalism that the officers of the Ithaca Police De

exceeds that provided by any surrounding agency, ” Joly said

The mayor issued his “Plan for Excellence in Policing” as a result of an Aug 9 incident in which an IPD sergeant pulled his gun on two unarmed black teenagers The officer’s actions were later found to be in accordance with police protocol, Myrick announced Monday after an internal police review

Joly said that imposing a residency requirement for all Ithaca police officers would be “ a slap in the face,” because it suggests that officers who live in the City are more invested in their work

“The notion that resident officers would have a quicker response time is also absurd, since officers rarely, if ever, are called to immediately respond from home,” Joly said

S.A. Approves New Budget for 2014-15

Operating budget decreases by over $10,000, according to S.A. official

By ALISHA FOSTER

Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly geared up for the 2014-15 academic year Thursday by approving a new and substantially smaller operating budget

This year ’ s budget has decreased by over $10,000, from $36,700 to $26,050 for the year, according to Matthew Stefanko ’16, S A vice president for finance and undesignated atlarge representative

“We were telling other byline funded groups that they needed to trim their budgets ”

“We were telling other byline funded groups that they need to trim their budgets and operate

more efficiently,” Stefanko said “Our operating budget is close to half of what it has been in the past few years ” Even after cutting the S A ’ s operating budget by almost onethird, the S A managed to double its communication and election budgets, according to Stefanko In the 2013-14 academic year, the elections committee received $10,300 but only managed to spend about $2000

“New elections director Kushagra Aniket has a lot of different ideas on how he wants to spend money, ” Stefanko said To

implement these ideas, he and Aniket agreed upon a budget of $4,000 effectively double what was spent last year on elections

Similarly, the communications committee received $4,000 in 2013-14 but only spent $775 07 To boost the communication with the student body, the S A allocated the committee $2,800

“The S A managed to get rid of unnecessary spending and be efficient with its budget,” Stefanko said “We hope other groups can do so as well ” Sofia Hu contributed reporting to this story

Alisha Foster can be reached at

However, Myrick said in his plan that residental police officers maintain a unique sense of familiarity and community with the citizens that they are protecting

“Officers who live in the community that they serve will be uniquely invested in our community and best able to respond quickly in emergency situations,” Myrick said

The PBA also called Myrick’s plan to increase staff “misleading,” claiming that the IPD has been the target of a 13 percent staff reduction since 2011

“The mayor and City Council voted to remove the nine positions from the 2013 budget,” Joly said “This decision was made by the mayor despite pleas from community members and business owners not to cut these positions ”

Myrick’s plan, the PBA said that body cameras are “certainly” a topic that the IPD should explore

The cameras intended to increase accountability among the police force would be placed on the person of every police officer and the dashboard of every vehicle, according to Myrick’s proposed plan

“Body cameras have a civilizing effect,” Myrick said “Recording each interaction will bring a greater level of accountability to our police-community interactions ”

However, the PBA noted that an already understaffed police staff would have insufficient time to review camera footage

“The PBA is concerned that if there is not sufficient staff for policing, who would be tasked with reviewing, managing and archiving all of the video,” PBA said

Cornellian Wins Award for Advancing Excellence in Higher Education

Kathy Burkgren, director of organizational development for faculty and staff at Cornell, was a

lence in higher education” by the Network for Change and C

The network has presented the Brent Ruben Award several t

1999, and Burkgren who also ser ved as NCCI’s president from 2011 to 2013 is its seventh recipient

“Dr Burkgren’s inclusiveness of staff and faculty helped raise the bar and bring congruence to Cornell’s performance man-

planning methods,” according to an NCCI press release Bu

expansion of the organization’s membership during her term as NCCI president, which had decreased significantly after the recent economic recession, the release said NCCI is a non-profit association dedicated to improving higher education through pro-

work for change leadership,” according to its website

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TCAT’s $740K De cit Set to Double in Next Four Years

ment, students said they were “optimistic” about increased subsidies from the University

-olution that would have eliminated the free bus passes for first-year students

By passing the resolution, the assembly hoped that the University would help address TCAT ’ s $740,000 deficit approximately $500,000 of which was a direct result from the increased freshman ridership, according to George Ruizcalderon ’15, a former U A member

However, following several student protests and lengthy discussions the U A ultimately passed a resolution in support of the firstyear bus passes, calling on the University to increase budget transparency and find a long-term solution to the deficit Following the U A , the Student Assembly also passed a resolution supporting the first-year TCAT passes

The U A and S A sent the resolutions to Skorton who had 30 days to responsd to its recommendations In the meantime, students held “mock bake sales,” gathered over 550 signatures on an online petition and organized a May Day protest

Some students worried that Skorton would not respond to the resolution before the end of the 2013-14 academic year gathered in front of Day Hall on May 9 Skorton publicly addressed the students and announced his intention to continue the bus passes

Following Skorton’s announce-

“His announcement was definitely a victory on many fronts for TCAT workers, for students and for Ithaca in general,” said Nadia Shebaro ’15 in May “It’s important to note that the reason we were trying so hard to get this decision before the end of the year is because the United Automobile Workers is starting contract negotiations in June on behalf of TCAT workers, and this outcome will definitely help them to be successful there Of course it is also great that next year ' s freshmen will actually be given the free bus passes that were advertised to them A Growing Deficit

On Thursday, the TCAT Board of Directors passed a resolution asking the University to find a way to increase its payments to reach $1 per ride by 2015

The resolution passed 5-3, just barely met the required five votes to pass The three board members who voted against this resolution

Kyu-Jung Whang, Kellie Page and David Howe are also all current Cornell employees Whang serves as both the chair of the TCAT Board of Directors and as Cornell Vice President of Facilities; Page is the director for finance and administration for Cornell’s Division of Student and Academic Ser vices; Howe is a College of Veterinary Medicine administrator

According to the resolution, if no changes are made in TCAT ’ s income, its current $740,000 deficit will double in the next four years If Cornell had paid $1 per ride in 2014, TCAT would only have one third of the current deficit

Whang asked some of the members of the board including Frank Proto ’65, vice chairman

“The administration is effectively saying that they don’t care about our bus drivers ”

of the TCAT Board of Directors to meet with Skorton over the next month to discuss the issue

“We really just want to open the door to sit down and talk with the University with regard to the contribution that accurately reflects the increase in ridership,” Proto said “ The ridership has gone up something like 26 to 29 percent To reflect this, the fee should be about $3 1 million [not $2 6 million] ”

However, Proto said it was “ a little hard” to completely blame the shortfall on the University

“Cornell is a victim of its own success, ” Proto said “Promoting public transit has been a real positive thing Everyone is interested in lack of emissions and getting people off the road ”

Proto said TCAT hopes not to

Cornell Listed Among Top 50 ‘LGBT Friendly’ Universities

pared by Institutional Research and Planning concluded that Cornell students “identifying as queer reported the highest incidence of feeling insulted or threatened ” The report also observed that “compared to heterosexual peers, students reporting other sexual orientations felt less safe and less valued at Cornell ”

Abu Yusif Habib ’15 said he does not believe Cornell “ or any other school” deser ves a five star ranking for LGBT friendliness

cut routes that run through Cornell and that Cornell does not stops offering the first-year passes Since TCAT receives money per ride and per mile from the state government, reducing Cornell ridership which accounts for 71 percent of all ridership would also reduce TCAT ’ s funding, according to Patty Poist, communications and marketing Manager for the TCAT

Uncertainty for Drivers

TCAT ’ s financial troubles will eventually affect bus drivers, since the United Automobile Workers is currently in collective bargaining negotiations with the board of directors, according to Poist

The board usually approves a budget in December Since the budget is in flux depending on Cornell’s payments, the board members said they do not know how the University’s decision will affect UAW members

“It could affect our bottom line But since we don’t have all the pieces together on the new contract I really don’t know how this will affect TCAT personnel,” Proto said

This uncertainty worries many, including Michael Ferrer ’16

“By not taking responsibility for the financial problems that Cornell has caused for TCAT, the administration is effectively saying that they don’t care about our bus drivers,” he said ‘Not the End’

Many students were disappointed that the University

claimed to not have sufficient funds to increase its payments to the TCAT

“President Skorton’s decision does not reflect the verbal agreement between organizers and administration discussed outside of Day Hall on the day of the study-in Students decided not to occupy his office because they believed that Skorton would keep his word and fund first-year bus passes, ” Ferrer said “The decision to keep bus passes without funding them makes a mockery of the student outcr y against the administration’s financial priorities ”

Some students are also seeking clarification on what they call Skorton’s “ vague ” decision

“His verbal agreement to us last semester was that he would keep the bus passes This was made with the understanding that this can only happen if subsidies are increased And he knew that full well,” said Rudy Gerson ’15, a student involved in the protests “If this is his way of finding a linguistic or bureaucratic loophole, I would be sorely disappointed I would like clarification ”

S A President Sarah Balik ’15 said the S A will address the issue that affects all Cornell students

“I can assure you that several representatives are already working on new potential solutions for the problem,” Balik said

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

Commons Redesign Delayed

of their gender/sexual identifications and behaviors as well as their belonging to particular ‘ race ’ or ethnic community ”

Hutson agreed that the University has more work ahead in order to deserve a

“[While] gay and lesbian students have certainly become a lot more accepted and integrated into the mainstream Cornell culture, the same cannot be said for transgender people or people who otherwise choose not to conform to identify by the gender assigned to them at birth.”

“[While] Gay and lesbian students have certainly become a lot more accepted and integrated into the mainstream Cornell culture, the same cannot be said for transgender people or people who otherwise choose not to conform to identify by the gender assigned to them at birth,” Habib said “For queer people of color, they face a double whammy because they are oppressed on multiple fronts as a result

perfect ranking “Cornell has done quite a bit and the support they give our organization is substantial; however, I wish Cornell and other universities were more excited to be as actively involved in queer communities as they were to post Campus Pride’s rankings,” Hutson said Despite criticism of the rating, Arthur Peterson ’15, vice president of HAVEN, said he does not

see it as an impediment to continued change and progress within the Cornell community “Campus Pride’s ranking will not lead to complacency, ” Peterson said “I do not believe that the ranking will substantially impact Cornell’s queer culture I imagine that it will foster continued debate around the strength and character of our queer community ”

Habib, however, said the way “LGBTfriendliness” is defined remains a central issue

“[People] fail to consider that what some queer people on this campus desire is an end to heteronormativity as a system, an end to a gender binary system which oppresses both ‘ men ’ and ‘ women, ’” he said “We want a Cornell where we do not feel pressured to conform to society’s expectations of us a Cornell that addresses racial and class oppression ”

Student leaders say there is more work to be done Emma Quigley

goodbye to the utilities work and have commenced the surface program on Bank Alley ”

Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, said the project team remains hopeful that the surface for the new pedestrian mall can be completed by the holiday season

“Ever y effor t is being made to ensure that businesses and pedestrians will have a clean, fresh surface in front of their place of business,” he said “If the weather cooperates and we do not encounter any further surprises, there is a chance this can occur ” Ferguson also said business owners, landlords, city officials and downtown employees want the project to end as soon as possible

“Impact on businesses has been mixed Some merchants continue to post strong growth Some show flat or stable sales,” he said

Some store owners say the construction “needed to be done,” even if it has a negative impact on businesses

"I think the delay to spring 2015 will hurt retail sales, as it has already, and particularly versus the intended excitement of a holiday completion,” said Ian Golden, owner of the Finger L a k e s Ru n n i n g a n d Tr i a t h l o n Company “With that said, I don’t feel as a retailer that there’s much that could have been done It’s a project that needed to be done, and there’s never a convenient time for it to happen ”

CATHERINE CHEN ’15

CAROLINE FLAX ’15

NICK DE TULLIO 15

RACHEL ELLICOTT 15

ELIZABETH SOWERS 15

BUI ’16

KATHLEEN BITTER 15

CHARDAE VARLACK 15

BERMAN 16

NICOLE HAMILTON 16

EMMA LICHTENSTEIN ’16

LUISE YANG ’15

ARIELLE CRUZ ’15

MICHELLE FELDMAN ’15

JAYNE ZUREK ’16

Diana Mak grad Alejandro Hernandez 15

Sean Doolittle ’16

Tiffany ’15

Noah Rankin 16

Bui ’16

Ashley Collis-Burgess ’16

EDITOR Scott Chiusano 15

DESKERS Elizabeth Sowers 15

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling

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A : It w a s E z r a C o r n e l l w h o f a m o u s l y s a i d , “ I w o u l d f o u n d a n i n s t i t u t i o n w h e r e a n y p e r s o n c a n f i n d c o n s t r u c t i o n i n a n y s t u d y, ” o r s o m e t h i n g l i k e t h a t Ne w c o m e r s t o c a m p u s m a y n o t h a v e r e a l i z e d i t y e t , b u t It h a c a o n l y h a s t w o s e a s o n s : w i n t e r a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n W i t h f e w e r p e o p l e a r o u n d d u r i n g t h e s u m m e r m o n t h s , p l u s r e l a t i v e l y c o o p e r a t i v e w e a t h e r, s u m m e r t i m e i s w h e n t h e Un i v e r s i t y c a t c h e s u p o n c a p i t a l p r oj e c t s He r e a r e a f e w y o u m i g h t h a v e n o t i c e d : E a r l y p r e p a r a t i o n s h a v e b e g u n f o r t h e n e w a d d i t i o n t o t h e G a n n e t t He a l t h • C e n t e r t o t h e s o u t h o f t h e c u r r e n t b u i l d i n g B u t b e p a t i e n t ; e x p e c t e d c o m p l e t i o n i s Fa l l 2 0 1 7

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David Roy | What’s Up, Doc?

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My sister Hilary and I are connected by blood, quite literally At 12 years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia and subsequently underwent a bone marrow transplant I was my sister’s bone marrow donor, which left her with my XY blood and DNA coursing through her veins, a source of amusement to the inner science nerd inside both of us My sister’s sheer willpower her overcome the cancer and brutal therapies that later allowed her to mother three children and run in as many marathons Despite her diagnosis and poor prognosis, it was something far more innocuous that came closest to killing her a blood transfusion

In the first few days following a bone marrow transplant, the new marrow isn’t very efficient at producing enough blood cells to survive As a result, a series of blood transfusions are required For my sister, this meant that all transfusions should be type O blood my blood type instead of her original type A blood One day, the wrong blood type was hung on my sister’s IV pole, ready to be transfused My mother, who had started obsessively checking labels on all medications, objected and this potentially deadly error was fixed immediately Regardless, this experience yielded an important lesson in navigating the healthcare system

The medical team is composed of many individuals, though the one most often forgotten is the patient themselves Unlike medicine’s hierarchical and paternalistic past, today’s system relies on input from many sources to function efficiently and smoothly Perhaps most fundamental is the interaction between doctor and patient In fact, due to an emphasis on shared decision-making, patients not only exercise more autonomy than ever before, the system relies on it Like the example above, patients and their families who are involved, engaged and active in their medical care experience improved results Knowing exactly how to do this is not without some trial and error, though the following areas may represent some of the best ways to improve the overall experience

C o m m u ni ca t i o n i s k ey

In a recent published study, 72 percent of correct medical diagnoses were made from the case history alone, as opposed to 18 percent for physical exam and 10 percent for laboratory tests As such, the initial dialogue one has with a doctor is arguably most important For example, in emergency medicine, one of the most critical things to convey is what brought you in today, or what feels different than other chronic or recurring symptoms Being open and honest is vital

Although it is the doctor’s responsibility to elicit critical information and establish a diagnosis, it is equally important for the patient to feel comfortable enough to describe even the most embarrassing of concerns Many problems have painless and easy solutions that patients are unaware of, so be vocal and speak up!

B e y o u r o w n h i s t o r i a n

Since visit times are becoming progressively shorter, patients can accomplish more in a single appointment if several things are already recorded and written down These include current medications (i e name, dose, frequency), past surgeries and major illnesses of immediate family members (i e diabetes, cancer, etc ) In addition, young adults are frequently relocating due to education and/or jobs

As a result, adequate continuity of care is a common concern Therefore, it is very helpful to have the names and contact information of current and former doctors at your disposal This way, prior medical information may be obtained quickly when switching health care providers Even better, ask your doctor for test results so that you may have them on hand

Do y o u r h o m e w o r k

Due to the rapidly increasing body of medical knowledge, providers are simply unable to possess the encyclopedic knowledge required to treat every possible malady Although doctors are quite skilled at obtaining the information they require, patients can expedite the process by arriving prepared and focused on their specific goals For example, choosing the right birth control is a daunting process for both doctor and patient there are over 12 different types and even more formulations of pills alone In this case, even knowing one ’ s general preferences (hormone vs not, length/frequency of desired periods, etc ) can help a patient achieve the most desired outcome Also, it is suitable to request more information from the doctor and go home to do additional research You must feel comfortable with any decisions that are made

Interestingly, more patients are looking for answers outside of the traditional medical system From genetic testing through 23andMeTM to self-directed research via available open access resources, medical knowledge is increasingly obtainable outside of a doctor’s office Whether these new means hold real value should also prove intriguing

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Sometimes a visit to the doctor’s office will feel less than satisfying Maybe there was no definitive diagnosis, the treatment plan was confusing, or you didn’t feel every concern was addressed It is okay to express these concerns with your provider Usually, this will lead to a more thorough conversation or even additional tests that can serve to assuage lingering fears However, if you find that frustration and worry remains after seeing the doctor, go seek out another Second opinions (or more) are a patient’s right and most health care professionals are happy to offer a referral to another doctor, if necessary There’s simply too much at stake Taking charge and being assertive will help you

Although most of the Cornell population is relatively young and healthy, almost all will intersect with the healthcare system eventually Furthermore, for the new students, this may be the first time they do so without a guardian present Since the process can be unfamiliar and daunting, it may be easy to be a more passive member and defer most decision-making to the medical professionals This is not ideal Communicate, take notes, be prepared and continue to ask questions and seek clarification Work with your medical team and the system works much better for you Good luck this semester, and stay healthy!

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Re: “Cornell President Skorton, Susan Murphy Take Part in Ice Bucket Challenge,” News, published August 28, 2014

Clinics Unveiled

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I’ve also learned to be open to new ideas, because five different very experienced people can have five completely different methods to attain the same goal, and you can never assume that one is better than the other.

Projects Near East End of Commons Cleared by Planning Board

ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS COURTESY C TY OF THACA

Reaching new heights | On Tuesday the city Planning Board gave final okays to two major downtown projects Top: The Board signed off on design modifications to the ten-story Marriott Hotel slated to rise at the northwest corner of the S Aurora Street bridge at the base of South Hill Right: Also approved was a five-story addition slated to rise at 314-320 E State St , above the existing two-story 1927 brick Carey Building, which will be preserved The project will feature apartments above retail and offices Designs on Downtown

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The Last of the Dystopians?

During the height of Hunger Games fervor, I forced my 12 year-old sister to read all four installments of Lois Lowry’s classic Margaret-Atwood-for-preteens series, the first of which is The Giver The point of dystopia, I thought to explain to her, is not glorified terrorism or flashy costuming or love triangles or sadism or shitty, plot-driven prose, but thoughtful speculation on how time may or may not manage to mutate the human condition

The Giver does that, positing the notion of a society that has chosen to forget the entirety of human history and live without pain, war, competition, jealousy difference of any kind People live in a calm world of sameness, in which there is a place for everyone and everyone is in their place Family members are genetically engineered and rationally assigned to each other to create utilitarian “units,” in which individuals may “enjoy” each other or take pride” in one another’s accomplishments, but never hope to experience anything resembling “love In fact, most citizens of “The Community,” don’t even know the word

The 1994 Newbery medal-winning precursor to all of the post-Millennium young adult dystopian fervor, the real, the first, the most imaginative and moving of the best-selling rebel-children-in-the-dark-future adventure stories, was the most recent to be made into a feature length film and decidedly the worst While Divergent rode the Hunger Games wave through Hollywood and the box office last summer, The Giver seems to have just barely trickled out (probably green-lighted only because of the promise of seeing what a post-Scientology Katie Holmes might do), finishing fifth place in its opening weekend

The book, and now the movie, follow a young man named Jonas (Hollywood newcomer Brenton Thwaites) who, upon his “graduation” day into adulthood at age 18, is assigned a very special job While his closest friends slip comfortably into their positions as drone pilots and nurturers (OBGYN/geneticist/nanny), he is assigned to become the new “Receiver of Memory ” In other words, he will be responsible for holding all of the memory of the past world that which included color, love, joy, pain, suffering and loss for the purpose of advising a council of Elders

whenever they have need The old Receiver (a grizzlier-than-ever Jeff Bridges, who I think was talking with cotton balls in his mouth) dubs himself “the Giver,” and dedicates himself to transferring the memories at an appropriate pace

The story in the novel is complex, fascinating and steeped with questions about what it means to be safe, to be human, to risk, to aspire, to love or to be twisted by pain But the movie’s first misstep is it’s most unforgivable Jonas is told repeatedly that he is special, that he has been chosen for reasons, that there is something unique about him which has made him the first to be chosen in a decade for the position And while this is true of the Jonas in Lowry’s novel, it is painfully untrue of the Jonas in Phillip Noyce’s film This Jonas is boring, cookie-cutter, with a face out of a toothpaste commercial and all the personality of wet bread He is probably the worst protagonist in recent memory But if he was a stock photo, the movie’s villains were mere stick figures Katie Holmes as Jonas’ frigid bitch mother and a high-ranking official in the Community’s Justice Department and Meryl Streep as the Community’s Chief Elder and apparent keeper of the memory of straight-across bangs were given almost nothing interesting to do Streep’s final monologue is well-acted because duh, but the stale screenwriting bastardization of Lowry’s central questions ensures that her argument is futile and super-villainy: “When people are given the choice to choose, they choose wrong ” Okay, you ’ re obviously evil

At first I was outraged at the handling of Lowry’s work, nostalgically assigning it an aura of sacredness But expecting great books to be turned into great movies is the basest of crimes against both art forms and righteous anger over a director’s failure to do so is a hackneyed response if I ever saw one The basic

premise of The Giver is that every single person in the community is literally emotionless, ignorant and uninteresting Jonas’ curious mind and uncommon ability for empathy and compassion is conveyed mostly through interior monologue and very rarely through action There was no way that watching these people was going to be interesting, especially when Noyce had to find time to kowtow to his demographic’s expectations for kissing, chasing and killing

Most of the movie is in black and white, a pretty solid effort towards loyalty to the text, but it is also nearly unbearable when paired with such a dull slate of characters The bulk of the 94minute run-time is taken up by short clips of the “memories” that the Giver is transferring to Jonas and painfully repetitive dialogue between the two about whether or not Jonas can “handle the pain ” The memories are nice to watch I guess? It’s kind of like watching the trailer for YouTube’s Life in a Day on repeat But also paying 12 dollars to do that

If a Taylor Swift cameo isn’t the worst part of a movie, it’s a bad movie

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun com

Sin City 2: NoirYou Serious?

How would you react if you walked into your baby brother’s bedroom to find him flailing around a razor-sharp katana sword? With horror, I hope Now, how about if he was just rapping the trigger to a toy machine gun, shouting lines from Predator? You’d laugh, though you might also worry that he’s watching too many R-rated movies at his age Sin City: A Dame to Kill For thinks it’s packing all the shock and danger of the former scenario when it’s nothing more than a clearinghouse for obscene and tedious fantasies scraped together by over-stimulated little boys I laughed, for one, at the sheer idiocy of it all, which means there’s a bit of that “ so bad, it’s good” appeal here, but as a piece of art or even coherent entertainment, Sin City 2 is a lifeless, often insidious failure

Before I get to last week’s bomb, let me deflect with another question: Did you like the first Sin City, from 2005? I did, back in the day, but I am now reluctant to revisit it Because while this overdue sequel traffics a formless script and some criminally underwhelming combat scenes, its worst offense has more to do with the cheap and sadistic worldview of Frank Miller s graphic novel universe, a through line in both this film and the last Deformed, or else mutilated, men take pleasure in snuffing out the lives of rabid frat boys, gamblers and security guards, doing so slowly so as to drink in their suffering Directors Miller and Robert Rodriguez (Machete) deploy violence not to confront (à la Cronenberg), gross out (Verhoeven) or indict the viewer’s sick pleasure in it (Hitchcock), but to titillate There’s no divide between the ravenous on-screen anti-heroes and the presumed straight male viewer, who savors in the parade of scantily clad or nude women as much as the splashes of white, red and yellow blood

Credit to Eva Green, then, for owning her psycho femme fatale Ava Lord to such an extreme that, naturally, the men behind the camera have no clue what to do with her Ava wears no clothes for about half her screen time, which will be worth

the price of admission for some, and she uses her chiaroscuro-bathed body to seduce both allies and enemies Her enforcer Manute (Dennis Haysbert, replacing the late Michael Clarke Duncan) tells scorned lover Dwight (Josh Brolin) that Ava is “ a goddess” who “makes slaves of men ” She uses the same men again and again, which is awesome, but Miller and Rodriguez shackle us to

the perspective of Dwight, a deathly bore, whenever she is on screen and so prop her up as a slice of buxom crazy A better movie would follow Ava around, ruling shit, for the full duration, but that would require an actual story and a bit of feminine empathy, and besides, that’s why we have Lucy

In case you haven’t gathered, I am not laying down the expected plot summary for this movie because it is a) needlessly

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complicated and b) entirely predictable Miller’s script checks in on four characters Dwight, Marv (Mickey Rourke), Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Nancy (Jessica Alba) as they avenge, revenge and drone on in purple prose-infected voiceover that laughably feigns poetic insight One violent scene ends with Johnny saying, “Death is just like life in Sin City ” Dwight’s first words rip off, of all writers, Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “It’s another hot night Dry and windless The kind that makes people do sweaty, secret things ” This is all delivered straight, in a brooding, tough guy, Robert Mitchum-mocking way It’s macho nonsense for the child who never reads

And the action isn’t even that good! You would think Rodriguez would be dependable for visceral, anti-humanist thrills, but he barely photographs human movement here Punchy sounds like bone snaps attempt to hide stilted camerawork and hyperkinetic editing; in lieu of fluid, graceful combat, Miller and Rodriguez resort to the stomach-churning tactics of the YouTube Pooper Furthermore, the utter disregard for human life backfires, in that there are no stakes, and thus no excitement, in watching bad and worse people slice each other apart The directors have clearly seen some classic Hollywood film noir and would be eager to parrot the “film noir equals cynicism” cliché But what they exclude from Sin City is the melancholy hiding behind Mitchum’s cigarette smoke and Bogart’s sunken eyes To include melancholy is to admit weakness, and we all know a boy with a plastic rifle in his hands is the most fearless person in the world

Zachar y Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

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Williams Extends Open Win Streak to Sixteen on Thursday

NEW YORK (AP) Good as she is, even Serena Williams can find it tough to deal with swirling wind, so much so that she double-faulted three times in her first ser vice game Thursday at the U S Open

Meadows since Chris Evert took four in a row from 1975-78 For the moment, the 32-yearo l d Wi l l i a m s w a n t s t o s t a y focused on avoiding the sort of p r o b l e m s s h e h a d a t t h e

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“I have to worry about my first round, my second round, and my third round. I can’t get too far ahead of myself ” S e r e n a W i l l i a m s

absolutely no other signs of the type of up-and-down play that has plagued her at Grand Slams this season, Williams dism

Vania King 6-1, 6-0 in 56 minutes to reach the third round

“She never let me in,” said King, who is 25 “She’s played at such a high level for so long, and I used to watch when I was a kid, growing up So it’s kind of surreal to see the person that you ’ ve been watching on TV in front of you and playing It was difficult ”

While buzz around the tournament grounds built all day

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Bellis to play her second-round match at night, Williams ran her U S Open winning streak to 16 matches as she tries to become the first woman to win three cons e c u t i v e t i t l e s a t Fl u s h i n g

Wimbledon (third round) Not since 2006 has she failed to reach at least one m a j o r f i n a l in a year and she only entered two Sl a m s t h a t season So f a r t h i s w e e k , she’s left the t r o u b l e t o o t h e r s , a n d

Williams could wind up being the beneficiar y A pair of other past major champions, No 8 Ana Ivanovic and No 24 Sam Stosur, lost Thursday, as did No 23

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No 27 Madison Keys, bringing the total to 11 seeded women gone after only two rounds

Wi l l i a m s c o u l d h a v e f a c e d Stosur the woman who beat her in the 2011 U S Open final in the fourth round, and 2008 French Open winner Ivanovic in the quarterfinals

“You always hear about who is winning, who is losing You hear about upsets But for me, especially lately, I have to worr y about m y f i r s t r o u n d , m y s e c o n d round, and my third round I can ’ t get too far ahead of myself,” Williams said

Minor’s Arm, Bat

NEW YORK (AP) Mike

Minor took a two-hit shutout into the eighth inning after hitting a double and single himself, leading the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets 6-1 Thursday

“I was a casualty before, so I can ’ t make anything of it,” she said of the rash of seeded losers “At this point, I’m tr ying to stay alive ” A f t e r h e r s i n g l e s v i c t o r y, Williams went out and paired with older sister Venus for a firstround win in doubles She last time Serena was seen competing in doubles at a major, last month at Wimbledon, she looked disoriented in warmups, then ser ved f o u r c

t s and quit after three games, saying she was ill

Ivanovic had seven doublefaults among her whopping 29 unforced errors in a 7-5, 6-4 loss t o 4 2 n

Pliskova of the Czech Republic, who occasionally plays doubles with her twin sister and never had been to the third round at a major

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m e r No 1 , wraps up 2014 with only one major quarterfinal to her credit, at the Australian Open

“I had great lead-ups to ever y Grand Slam I played a lot of matches and won lot of matches, ” she said “At the Grand Slams I

well

Stosur, meanwhile, was edged 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8) by 50th-ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia

There have been fewer surprises among the men so far, and only one seeded player was sent p a

n o o n , when No 28 Guillermo GarciaLopez of Spain was defeated by Sam Querrey of the United States 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Lifts Braves

night Minor (6-8) had an RBI single in the second for the game ' s first run, then doubled and scored in the eighth Minor was perfect for four

innings before Lucas Duda led off the fifth with a single that just barely touched the glove of leapi n g s h o r t s t o p A n d re l t o n Si mmons

The Mets didn't have a runner in scoring position until Travis d'Arnaud opened the eighth with a double Eric Campbell followed with an RBI single, finishing Minor

Mi n o r g a ve u p f o u r h i t s , struck out five and walked none

Jonathon Niese (7-10) pitched into the eighth inning, when Atlanta scored twice for a 3-0 lead

Pinch-hitter Ryan Doumit hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth Emilio Bonifacio got four hits, drove in two runs and stole a base

Simmons drew a two-out walk in the second, Gerald Laird singled and Minor had a solidly stroked single to left for his fourth RBI of the season

Niese had only allowed one run until Minor and the Citi Field wind helped Atlanta score twice in the eighth

Minor led off the eighth with his fifth career double, a ball that the wind carried over the head of right fielder Curtis Granderson Bonifacio hit a triple to center field that was also helped by the w i n

Freeman’s single

Few Emulates Mathews’ Game

Aspirations

of being a starting quarterback will soon be achieved

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“Just working closely with [ Jeff ], one-on-one time, he shared a lot of knowledge with me, ” Few recalled “He didn’t act like ‘hey I’m the man and this young kid doesn’t need to know anything ’ He pretty much taught me everything that he could and everything else I got from just kind of watching him

”

Bu t t h e c o n n e c t i o n t o Mathe ws hasn’t stopped in It h a c a Fe w ’ s u n c l e , R i c h McKay, ser ves as president a n d C E O o f t h e At l a n t a Falcons Mathe ws ’ team this preseason

and getting closer with them, and then also just the occasional text or phone call is something Coach Archer stressed He kind of pulled a group of team leaders into meeting rooms before the spring semester ended and said ‘ just see how they’re doing, check in with them, just [keep] the fire lit over summer so we ’ re ready to come back to camp without missing a beat,’ and it’s looking like that’s exactly how it’s going right now ”

“That was my goal up to this point, was to become the starting quarterback and win the Ivy League championship ”

James Few

“It’s been a really neat turn of events for me personally,” Few said “Knowing Jeff so well and kind of being his understudy, and now he’s with my family football team is really cool I don’t know how much contact he’s had directly with my uncle so far, but I know he met my aunt and my cousins and they said he’s a super nice kid, which he is ” With Mathews’ departure leaving a leadership void, Few has begun to step in and reach out to his teammates hotel style

“I worked at the Statler with a couple teammates, so that was really cool,” Few said “Just being up here this summer with that group of about 10 to 20 guys

For Few, the coming season has been two decades in the waiting Backed by Archer, who Few describes as “relatable” and “hands down the best in the Ivy League, if not in the country, ” the kid who grew up on Florida h

League aspirations is excited to kick off a new era

“It’s everything right now, ” Few replied, when asked what it means to be the starting quarterback for the Red “That was my goal up to this point, was to become the starting quarterback and win the Ivy League championship I have the platform now, and now we just have to come together as a team to do it It’s a complete blessing And now that I’m here, it’s just a platform to go and get the championship and bring this university what it deserves ”

Chris Mills can be reached at cmills@cornellsun com

Stewart to Make Return to Racetrack

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To n y St e w a r t w i l l re t u r n t o Sprint Cup competition Sunday

n i g h t a t A t l a n t a Mo t o r Speedway, ending a three-race hiatus taken after he struck and killed a fellow driver during a dirt-track race

T h e t h re e - t i m e N A S C A R champion has not raced since his car hit Kevin Ward Jr at an Aug 9 sprint car event in upstate New York Stewart pulled out of the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen the next morning, then skipped races at Michigan and Bristol Motor Speedway Stewart, who was described by police as “visibly shak en ” t he night of Ward’s death, has been in seclusion ever since StewartHaas Racing executive vice president Brett Frood has said the emphasis was on giving Stewart time needed to get him “in a better place than he is ” Stewart’s only comment since the crash was a statement the day after the crash in which he said “there aren ’ t words to describe the sadness I feel about the accident that took the life of Kevin Ward

Jr ” Ward had climbed from his car after it had spun while racing for position with Stewart The 20-year-old walked down onto the racing sur face waving his arms in an apparent attempt to confront Stewart Authorities said the first car to pass Ward had to swer ve to miss h i t t i n g h i m T h e f r o n t o f Stewart’s car then appeared to clear Ward, but Ward was struck by the right rear tire and hurtled through the air He died of blunt force trauma

Avila’s RBI Single in Ninth Downs Yanks

DETROIT (AP) Aside from one big inning, this was a forgettable series for the New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi’s team can ’ t afford many more setbacks in the race for a postseason spot

“We can ’ t let this gap get too big,” he said

Alex Avila hit an RBI single off the wall in right field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 victory over the Yankees on Thursday New York arrived in Detroit having won five in a row before losing two of three to the Tigers

Detroit, still chasing Kansas City for the AL Central lead, pulled even with Seattle in the race for the American League’s second wild card The Yankees are three games back

A day after David Price gave up nine straight hits in New York’s eight-run third inning, the Tigers sent Kyle Lobstein to the mound for his first major league start The rookie performed well, allowing one earned run in six innings

Then Detroit’s bullpen held off New York until the Tigers scored in the ninth off Shawn Kelley (2-5) Victor Martinez led off with a double through a shifted infield and Kelley walked J D Martinez before striking out Nick Castellanos and pinch-hitter Torii Hunter

Avila followed with a drive to right that Ichiro Suzuki couldn’t quite get to Kelley flung his glove to the ground as soon as Avila connected

“That’s about as bad as I’ve felt walking off a mound in my career, ” Kelley said “I got

myself in a hole, but then I got the two outs I needed, and I had a chance to keep the team alive But I hung a slider, and Alex Avila can hit that pitch

Most guys can hit that pitch ”

Phil Coke (2-2) got one very eventful out for the win

With two outs in the top of the ninth, Brian McCann hit a long foul ball to right field that nearly ended up being a threerun homer Coke recovered to strike him out

“I thought we swung the bats well today, but we didn’t have any luck at all,” Girardi said “We hit the ball hard a bunch of times, but everything was right at someone ”

Hiroki Kuroda allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings for New York, but he’s still without a victory over the Tigers in his career He’s beaten baseball’s other 29 teams

Avila opened the scoring in the second with a sacrifice fly, then Jacoby Ellsbury tied it in the third with an RBI single McCann’s RBI groundout in the fourth put New York ahead, and Rajai Davis tied it with a run-scoring single in the fifth

OFFENSIVE WOES:

Since that eight-run inning against Price, the Yankees have scored only two runs in 15 innings and that was against the unproven Lobstein and Detroit’s erratic bullpen At one point Thursday, New York made 16 straight outs

Derek Jeter continued to receive standing ovations in the state where he grew up Barring a postseason matchup, this was the retiring shortstop’s final game at Detroit He went 0 for 4

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Fresh Faces Headline ‘Brand New’

Look as First Match Approaches

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

What makes a sports team " young"? Only one senior? Young No juniors and three sophomores? Ver y young Seven freshman? Ver y, ver y young

“ We’re basically a brand-new team, ” said third-year head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, as her collection of mostly new players shuffled around the gym during warm-ups “Of the people coming back, we have three starters returning ”

With so few veteran players, the team needs the seven freshmen to step up early Many new faces will take the court on September 5th for the team ’ s first match to fill in the empty starting positions

“I think having a young team will actually be really exciting, because it’s kind of like a fresh start, ” said senior libero Natasha Rowland “Ever yone is really hardworking and motivated, so I think it’s definitely possible for us to be really successful this year ”

Returning from last year ’ s squad, which went 8-16 overall and 4-10 in conference play, are Rowland and sophomores Macey Wilson, Alyssa Phelps and Jasmine Robinson The Red lost four seniors to graduation, including middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier, who finished her Cornell career ranked fourth in block assists with 266, sixth in total blocks with 331 and 10th in block solos with 64

Wilson, who spent much of the season as D’Epagnier’s partner in the middle, will continue to hold up the Red’s strength at the net this season, Batie-Smoose said BatieSmoose listed the team ’ s presence in this area as the team ’ s

high point from last year

“I think our strength was our middle attack we led the conference, we had the best middles,” she said “ The one thing I can bank on, I think, was [ Wilson] as a freshman being top in the conference you know, taking that strength and just keep moving for ward because now she and Alyssa have a year under their belt working together ”

Last season, Wilson’s 298 hitting percentage stood as the 14th best single-season performance in the program ’ s histor y She ranked second in the Ivy League with 1 05 blocks per set and tallied a minimum of five blocks in half her matches Her classmate Phelps also had a strong rookie season, putting together 923 assists, good for the 14th place in program histor y for a single season, and her 9 23 assists per set ranked her in second place in the Ivy League

Rowland, the lone senior, was the team ’ s lynchpin on defense last season and earned an All-Ivy selection for her efforts With 5 06 digs per set, she finished 33rd in the nation and her 506 total digs in the season put her at third overall in Cornell histor y and 18th overall in Ivy League histor y As the oldest member of the squad, Rowland is in a natural leadership position and Batie-Smoose noted her contributions during the preseason

“ Tasha is doing a really good job of being a senior leader for us, ” she said “She has really been the one to step up and lead right now by example ” The team ’ s season opens against Seton Hall as part of a two-day tournament The Red has been practicing since Aug 22, putting in several days of two-a-day practices before classes began

“I think it’s going to be an exciting year, ” Batie-Smoose said “ We know that we ’ re just young and that it’s a lot more of a learning environment We’re a little bit more relaxed in that sense of just going one day at a time ”

Dodgers, Nationals, Brewers Poised to Take League Titles

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The Cardinals lack of power is concerning, but they constantly deliver clutch hits, and the defending NL champions are as dangerous as ever this season.

Spor ts

With Big Shoes to Fill, Few Takes Over Under Center

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

James Durham Few’s baptism onto the gridiron came at five days young Born into a football family his father played while at Princeton and almost fresh out of the hospital, Few was carried by his mom en route to his first high school game Twenty years later, the junior from Tampa, Fla has ascended to the top of Cornell’s quarterback depth chart and will lead the Red into the 2014 season

“I’ve been around football my whole life and the quarterback position just started to consume me the more I watched the game ” J a m e s F e w

“I’ve been around football my whole life and the quarterback position just started to consume me the more I watched the game, ” Few said “So just from a young age it’s been Ivy League football, quarterback ”

“[ James] can manage the game very well,” said head coach David Archer ’05 “He’s a guy who can run and throw and he’s tough That’s what you saw out of him from one game last year on Senior Day against Columbia This offseason, [with] our staff working with him, he’s put in a tremendous amount of hard work ”

Few led H B Plant High School to a Class 8A Florida state title, finished an impressive 15-for19 for 193 yards and two touch-

downs off the bench in 2013 and won Cornell’s offseason quarterback competition He now has the near-impossible task of replacing Jeff Mathews ’14 as the Red’s man behind center Mathews started all four seasons of his Cornell career, setting numerous Ivy League passing records and earning a stint with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons this summer as an undrafted free agent “He played with reckless abandon, really,” Few said “That’s what I took away from watching Jeff play He literally sold out his whole body ever y single game to the point where I was so sure I was going to go in because he was getting banged up We were losing and he was fighting like no one else His leadership skills were through the roof “

During the tenure of former head coach Kent Austin and throughout Archer’s first season as head coach, the Red employed a wide-open, air-it-out style offense tailored to Mathews’ strengths as a strong-armed pocket passer Now the offense will be adjusting to its new signal-caller and skill players

“We’re sliding more towards the run, ” Few explained “With [offensive coordinator] Roy Istvan coming in, he recognizes our strengths personnel-wise And right now we ’ re going to do a lot of

smash-mouth football, come at you, run at you and throw over the top of you It’s a more balanced offense ”

Istvan has worked with considerable talent, including Philadelphia Eagles’ running back LeSean McCoy while at Milford Academy During his time as offensive coordinator for the University at Buffalo (2001-2005), Istvan’s teams set new program records in rushing touchdowns and fewest sacks allowed since the Bulls’ entrance into Division I Important to his offense will be

Few’s nimble feet and his ability to avoid the rush one advantage the QB may have over his predecessor “I’m definitely more mobile than [ Jeff ] is,” Few said with a small chuckle “I’d say that to his face it’s not a secret I can move a little bit better I’m smaller; he’s about 6’5’’, 6’6’’ I’m about 6’2’’ I kind of need to create those throwing lanes with my feet and that’s something that I feel is a strong point for me on mobility in and around the pocket ”

The son of his high school

defensive coordinator, James Few is constantly working on his craft

pounds, been brushing up on zone-read mechanics and is getting familiarized with the team ’

schemes Even as he continues to learn from Archer, Istvan and quarterbacks coach Shane Hurd, the man who wears number 11 for the Red still reflects on what he gleaned from his former teammate and mentor

Women’s Sailing Gains Varsity Status

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

This fall, there will be a new varsity team testing the waters at Cornell The women ’ s sailing team formerly a club program has been elevated to varsity status as announced by Andy Noel, the Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education, over the summer

“This is an exciting announcement for many in the Cornell community, and I’d like to thank the loyal and generous alumni who have fully funded this move to varsity status, ” Noel said in a statement “It is a requirement that any additional sports be fully funded before we are able to consider adding to our varsity roster We are excited women sailors will have the opportunity to experience a varsity program ”

The idea of adding women ’ s sailing to Cornell’s varsity sports resume has been in the works, and was helped along by a group of alumni led by Ted Moore ’71, Rob Swanson ’74 and Doug Merrill ’89

With an extensive schedule and a 10-woman roster, the sailing

team will make its varsity debut on September 13 at the Cornell Fall Open, which will be held in the Merrill Family Sailing Center

Though the team was a club program last season, head coach Brian Clancy and his sailors have experience competing at this new level, since many of their meets in the past were against varsity competition At the 2013 Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championships, the Red finished third, defeating some varsity teams and jumping from eighth place to third on the final day of competition Two members of that squad were named to the 2014 All-MAISA Conference team Lindsey Ludwig ’14 and senior Jenny Borshoff, who returns to the roster this season 14 other schools offer women ’ s sailing as a varsity sport, including three Ivy League opponents Dartmouth, Har vard and Yale After the Cornell Fall Open, the team will travel to New Hampshire for the Mrs Hurst Bowl, hosted by Dartmouth

The Red has the luxury of its own training center in Ithaca, which, according to Noel, was an

important part in assisting the transition to varsity status

“ The generous gift by the Merrill family toward the Merrill Family Sailing Center went a large way in allowing us to make this move, ” Noel said “Our women ’ s sailing program immediately has a training center as impressive as any in the country ”

Cornell granted the head coaching position to Brian Clancy, a graduate of Hobart, where he helped his own sailing team to a pair of national titles Clancy has been with the sailing club for four years

“We have been hoping for this move and our team members have been working hard to impress the Cornell community on and off the water, ” Clancy said “It is with tremendous support from our alumni, families and friends that we are able to make this happen for our team We extend our deepest gratitude to those who have contributed their time and efforts to making this happen We couldn’t be more proud to represent the Cornell Big Red ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

National League Playoff Thoughts

ONational League’s playoff picture as October approaches

through and make

run, and heading into this season it looked like that was the case But frankly, Atlanta’s offense has been a total disappointment With big names like Freddie Freeman, the Upton brothers, Jason Heyward and Eva n Ga

d expect them to be among the

league, but they are currently 25th in runs scored, and 23rd

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The NL East is the weakest division in baseball It comes as no surprise though; the only teams with any real talent are the Nationals and Braves, who, as expected, sit atop the division The weak offenses of the Marlins, Mets and Phillies left the three clubs with little chance to do anything this season What is a bit surprising, though, is that the Nats currently lead the Braves by eight games Every year it seems like the