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Garrett Expands Graduate Student Support, Funding

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Ed tor

In her first address to the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly in McGraw Hall Monday, President Elizabeth Garrett announced several initiatives to promote graduate student diversity, create new graduate student housing, provide workers’ compensation to injured graduate and professional students and increase funding to graduate students

Garrett’s initiatives include more than doubling the funds available for student childcare grants, increasing the minimum stipend research interns receive to be equivalent to that of teaching assistant stipends and reducing sixth and seventh year doctoral student tuition to $3,500 per year

Garrett who said she was impressed by the “thoughtful guidance” of the Graduate and Professional Community Initiative, a five-year

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Vice Provost Departs Day Hall After Upper Level Shake-Up

By ANDREW LORD Sun Staff Writer

Laura Brown, who has ser ved in the office of the provost since 2009, left her post as senior vice provost of undergraduate education Monday following an administrative “reorganization,” according to a statement sent by Provost Michael Kotlikoff to Brown’s colleagues In his statement, Kotlikoff said Brown’s departure will help “better align [the office’s] resources with the needs of fac-

ulty, students and the academic mission of the University ” He also expressed gratitude to Brown on behalf of President Elizabeth Garrett

“President Garrett and I are grateful to Laura for her service over the past six years, ” he wrote “She has been an innovator and a leader and, together with all of you, has been a tireless advocate for undergraduate education, diversity and faculty teaching ”

Both Kotlikoff and Garrett have only recently assumed their new positions Garrett, who began her post as president on July 1, appointed Kotlikoff as provost on July 16 Kotlikoff, formerly the dean of Veterinar y Medicine since 2007, assumed office Aug 1 Brown was promoted from

Proposed Campus Grocery Sees Progress, Students Say

Team behind Anabel’s Grocery will offer budgeting, cooking classes to students this semester

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Assistant News Editor

Students behind Anabel’s Grocer y, the proposed student-run campus grocer y store on campus, have signed with the Center for Transformative Action a company that provides fiscal sponsorship to non-profits to manage their finances and will begin offering programs on healthful and affordable eating this semester

The team, which aims to provide subsidies for food insecure students, estimates a Februar y 2016 opening in Anabel Taylor Hall pending Student Assembly and administrative approval The project was denied last April after Pre s i d e n t E m e r i t u s D a v i d Sk o r t o n tabled the resolution, despite Student Assembly approval

According to Anke Wessels, executive director of the Center for Transformative Action, the grocer y store has “become a project” of the organization, and thus will become “financially and fiduciarily responsible” for all of the grocer y store ’ s activities

next Februar y However, beginning this semester, the team will host budgeting and cooking classes to teach students how to live healthier lifestyles

“ We notice that peoples’ food literacy, cooking ability and budgeting skills aren ’ t up to par with what we need to have 21 healthy meals a week,” Hendricks said “ We hope to teach students health[ful] lifestyle skills through our budgeting, cooking and nutritional programming this semester ”

The proposed grocer y store would reduce prices for food insecure students Emma Johnston ’16, executive vice president of the S A and co-founder of the grocer y, explained why she believes this is necessar y for the Cornell community

“Given the rising cost of tuition making sure that students have access to food that’s health[ful] is so important ” E m m a J o h n s t o n ’ 1 6

“ We are responsible for handling all of [the grocer y store ’s] financial transactions, for holding the insurance for the project, for handling any payroll if there are employees and providing mentorship,” she said

Laurel Moffat ’16, executive co-director of the grocer y store, said the center ’ s role will be beneficial to the organization as they possess a 501(c)(3) non-for profit status

“It will make sure we ’ re fulfilling the requirements necessar y to maintain a non-profit status, ” Moffat said “Because we signed with them, we have access to their nonprofit status and can operate as a non-profit on campus and collect donations ”

According to Moffat, the next steps to making the vision of the grocer y store a reality is gaining funding for the project Next week, the team will present their resolution at the Student Assembly meeting, where they hope to gain their “prime funding source ” from the Students Helping Students fund

“ The resolution asks for $360,000 from Students Helping Students funds to go toward the grocer y store, ” she said “ That would cover the cost of the renovation to make the space usable and then there are additional funds built in to cover marketing, programing costs and other startup costs ”

Rob Hendricks ’16, executive co-director of the grocer y store, said if the resolution passes, the store may open by

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

More than a year since a truck crashed into the building where it was housed, Simeon’s on the Commons a restaurant located on the corner of State and Aurora streets is steadily working towards reopening

On June 20, 2014, a truck driver lost

“I think that given the rising cost of tuition and other costs of receiving an education, making sure that students have access to food that’s health[ful] and affordable is so important ”

However, some community members are concerned with how the grocer y store would discern who would require subsidies without having access to financial aid records

Johnston said Moffat and Hendricks worked with facult y f

Department of Nutritional Sciences to discern who is food insecure

“It’s better in some ways that it doesn’t come from the financial aid office; there are people who feel as if they do not get financial aid but still struggle with food insecurity,” Johnston said

Johnston said the grocer y ’ s non-profit status will help the store keep its costs low

“As a non-profit, we can still charge a small markup on our goods, like most grocer y stores do, but the price of our goods will be lower to start with without taxes and with low labor cost, ” she said “ We will be relying on volunteers and work study ”

Matthew Stefanko ’16, co-founder of the grocer y, said that while the team is “basically ready to go, ” the new administration has to approve the plan

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[Elizabeth] Garrett, Stefanko said “Skorton and [former] Vice President Murphy booted the conversation to the next administration, which makes sense, because they didn’t want to make a major decision right before they left,” Stefanko said

control of his car carrier vehicle and crashed into the restaurant, The Sun previ-

bystanders were injured and Amanda Bush a Simeon’s bartender who was pregnant at the time was killed

In the time that has passed, the owners have been rebuilding Simeon’s Co-owner Rich Aver y, who runs the restaurant along

Hendricks said that after a summer of making plans for the store, the Sept 10 proposal will be “completely different in terms of depth and detail” from April’s proposal “ We have a comprehensive marketing plan, comprehensive programming [and] purchasing plan [and] all these different things in place that a lot of grocer y stores don’t have until a month or two until they’re open, ” he said “ The vision that we had that was so compelling last April we made into a reality this September And I think that the Student Assembly and the student body are going to see that ”

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with Dean Zer vos, said that though it takes time to work through the emotional effects of the death of “ a coworker and friend,” the loss has ser ved as an impetus to keep going

“[There’s] also been a real big motivation to reopen because of the accident and because of the loss,” he said

Aver y said that within the first two weeks of September, people can start to see workers “putting the front of the building back together ”

Aver y said he is hopeful that the restaurant will be ready to reopen “sometime soon ” after the new year, which could be as early as Februar y, but adds that “ we will have a much better idea of our timeline by Oct 1 ”

The design plans they have drawn up include changes to the original building, which was first constructed in 1871 and which has housed the restaurant since 1975, according to the Simeon’s website

Shen Properties LLC, which owns the building, has decided to construct luxur y apartments in the building’s upper level and to install an elevator shaft, according to Aver y He said these components shaped the parameters of how Simeon’s could use the new space While some iconic elements, such as the marble-topped bar, will be conser ved in the new space, changes include a relocated entr yway that opens to the interior of the Commons as well as a second-level dining area

The new layout, according to Aver y, will “make it much more comfortable for our guests ”

Although he foresees some Simeon’s loy-

alists balking at the changes, Aver y said he believes they will ultimately see the new interior as a reinterpretation of the original space

“People will come in and will be able to see where we kept some of the old and added some new, ” he said

Throughout this entire process, the “ great outpouring” of support from the It h a c a c o m m u n i t y h a s b e e n p i v o t a l , according to Aver y “ The mayor was outs t a n d i n g i n r

fundraising for Amanda’s child and family,” he said

He is also thankful that none of the workers suffered financially because of the accident, attributing this to the goodwill of the restaurant community, which offered jobs to Simeon’s employees in the interim period, and to Tompkins County Trust Insurance Agency

“ We had a great insurance policy that has enabled us to stay in that space, ” he said “ They [Tompkins] did a phenomenal job with us in terms of making sure we were protected ” Aver y and business partner Zer vos met at culinar y school at the Rochester Institute of Technology They worked separately in industr y jobs around the countr y until 2007, when they decided to buy Simeon’s “ We’re really happy that we do business in Ithaca,” Aver y said “ We couldn’t have chosen a better community to open up business ”

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Garrett Responds to Graduate Student Concerns

strategic plan the GPSA developed in 2013 also said she used the plan and graduate student feedback to guide many initiatives on issues ranging from mental health and wellbeing to services for students with families

“Under the leadership of Dean [Barbara] Knuth, who is here tonight, along with Vice President [Ryan] Lombardi, we will continue to make progress in implementing this [strategic plan],” Garrett said “It has influenced my thinking about priorities going forward ” ‘Advancing a Diverse Student Population’

In recognizing the importance of “advancing a globally and locally domestically diverse student population,”

Garrett said she would ensure the continuation of existing programs that foster diversity as well as the creation of new programs

“Programs like the Graduate and Professional Schools

Toward New Destinations initiative continue to improve the experience of graduate and professional students’ diverse identities, through networks, fellowships and building communities,” she said

In addition to promoting global diversity through programs, Garrett also announced several initiatives to benefit graduate and professional students with families as they also “contribute diverse perspectives” and are “ an important group of students ”

By more than doubling the funds available for student child-care grants raising the annual budget of those grants from $100,000 to $250,000 Garrett said this will both increase the maximum amount of grant money a graduate student can receive and enable the grants to assist more students

Working on ‘Critical’ Housing Needs

Following her discussion on maintaining and promoting diversity among graduate students, Garrett announced the creation of new graduate student housing

“My team and I are committed to working with the GPSA to create an inclusive and rewarding [graduate and] professional student living environment,” she said “Most immediately, I am working now with my team to work on critical housing needs ”

According to Garrett, since the University’s Maplewood

Park Apartments a graduate student housing facility located near the Veterinary School is closing, the University is currently collaborating with private partners to create new graduate-student housing at the Maplewood site and to develop additional housing in the East Hill Village Covering Workers’ Compensation

Garrett also addressed complaints and questions raised by graduate students who were concerned in past years about receiving workers’ compensation if injured on the job at Cornell

“The University has made it a priority in terms of institutional resources and administrative attention to satisfy concerns about workers’ comp[ensation] for graduate students who are injured while engaged in activities on the University’s behalf,” she said “If a graduate student is injured at Cornell and that injury meets the New York State workers’ comp[ensation] issue eligibility requirements, that student will be covered by workers’ comp[ensation] ” Increasing Funds, Decreasing Tuition

In response to concerns about “declining external funding,” Garrett announced that the University will be returning to a single required minimum assistantship stipend rate for teaching and research assistanceships beginning this semester

“We are removing the differential between the assistanceship stipend rates for teaching assistants and research assistants, increasing the research internship stipend minimum to be the equivalent of the teaching assistanceship minimum, ” she said

Garrett also said the University will continue to focus on supporting doctoral students’ academic success and degree completion by “expand[ing] the number of University fellowships,” through a new initiative to enhance fellowship awards students receive from external sources “if they are somewhat less than Cornell’s original amount ”

“You should not be penalized when you secure funding from external sources, we should celebrate that success with you and we intend to, ” she said

Sixth and seventh year doctorate students will also receive “ a significant drop” in tuition, Garrett announced “Effective immediately this semester, the reduced tuition [for sixth and seventh year doctorate students] is now $3,500 per year, ” Garrett said

Brown Will Return to Arts

College After Sabbatical

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Advancing Professional Development

Finally, Garrett said that she was committed to preparing graduate students for their future careers

“We know from self-reported data that half of Cornell Ph D graduates receive an academic position The other half enters careers in business, government, non-profit sector and other spheres,” she said

She explained that Cornell is participating in the Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training program, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health and designed to help graduate programs determine which fields are most effective in supporting Ph D s pursuing multiple career paths

“My own background was one that entered a lot of different environments before I went into teaching including public service at various levels and entering teaching only seven years after I received my doctorate in law ”

Garrett also said that when traveling and meeting with alumni, she was struck by how Ph D graduates remain very committed to Cornell and willing to assist current students in their career progress

“Going forward, we will devote additional funding to support student engagement with alumni including during alumni reunion weekend and through targeted seminars and workshops and formal networking events, ” she said

She added that the University is also making an effort to help graduate and professional students establish meaningful interactions with the University’s trustees, gain career insights from them and, in turn, enhance the trustees ’ understanding of the graduate student experience

Continuing Shared Governance Efforts

Garrett, who opened the meeting by praising Cornell for its “excellent quality of both graduate students and professors, closed the meeting by emphasizing Cornell’s commitment to meaningful shared governance

“Of the Ivy schools, seven have no voting members in grad[uate] school governments, ” she said “At Cornell, at the end of last academic year, the general committee of the graduate school voted to change their two non-voting graduate student positions into voting members ”

“In the end, what I want you to hear from me is that your educational experience here is important to us, ” she said

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Arts Around Ithaca

Within Our Gates

7:15 p m on Wednesday at Cornell Cinema

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caused by Chicago’s devastating 1919 race riots, the countr y was presented with Oscar Michaux’s Within Our Gates A revolutionar y silent film that touched

Within Our Gates por trayed the hardships of

lynchings The film will be screened for free at Cornell Cinema with live piano accompaniment by Philip Carli and an introduction from Prof Samantha Sheppard, per forming and media ar ts

Mike Sosnick

Talib Kweli

7:00 p m on Thursday on the Commons

Talib Kweli, equally well known for his work as one half of Black Star (alongside Mos Def ) and his later solo

immensely gifted rapper, lyricist and

Ithacans will have the rare opportunity to see the bonafide legend perform, as the Brooklyn native will grace the new Commons with a free show as part of the CFCU Summer Concert Series

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Hebani Duggal | Teach Me How to Duggal

And You? How Was Your Summer?

If I had a couple hundred dollars for ever y time I’ve heard an exchange begin with these questions, I might actually be able to afford this year ’ s tuition increase And if I had a couple more for ever y time I’ve heard a handful of the same answers, I might be able to afford that additional $350 health fee Better yet, if the Daily Sun decided to pay me for ever y article I wrote, I might even be able to afford half my textbooks this year (or maybe half a textbook?) Anyway, regardless of how often it makes its way into my columns, my point here is not actually my frustration with the always increasing amount of money I seem to be giving away to Cornell and its administration Rather, since coming back to campus, I’ve been genuinely curious to know how ever yone ’ s summer has actually been

Has been it good, guys? Was it too short? Or maybe too long? How about your summer activities was your summer internship as productive as it’s going to sound on your resume? Or was it not ever ything you told yourself it would be when you inter viewed for it? If there’s one thing I’ve noticed during my time at Cornell, it’s that our summers matter What we do during our time away from the Hill is often taken as a reflection of the people we are; our goals, our ambitions, our capabilities manifest themselves in the activity we choose to engage in during the months we spend away from campus

It doesn’t surprise me to know that to some people, I am judged most by how I chose to spend my summer Cornell is a competitive place, whether you ’ re applying to clubs or hunting for a job (or tr ying to get into a frat party) Summer activities are generally accepted as potential resume builders, so the competitive nature of internships and the significance they are assigned is not groundbreaking in any way What never fails to surprise me, however, is the largely accepted notion that a summer activity is only as valuable as the bullet points it adds to your resume

Take, for example, a recent New York Times article that came out describing the positive effects working as a bank teller over the summer

Am I saying that everyone should drop everything and work at a pretzel shop for two months? Not exactly.

could have on the average college student “I personally believe that ever yone should work in the ser vice industr y at some point in their lives,” says Chris Lanser, the associate dean of admission at Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn “I think it engenders respect for others, by virtue of the position you find yourself in, which is not a position of power and is a position that other people feel like they can abuse ” While well written, with a strong argument and clear points in favor of the author’s point of view, the article would easily be shrugged off by most college students Ever yone knows working as a bank teller at Citibank isn’t as valuable as their internship program, right?

The summer before college, I worked at an Auntie Anne’s For those of you unfamiliar with fine dining establishments, Auntie Anne’s is a pretzel shop think Wetzel’s Pretzels, but better tasting cinnamon nuggets (in my extremely unbiased opinion) My parents thought I was insane I thought I was insane But after four summers of high school spent on resume building, all I wanted was a paid summer job I went in expecting to gain nothing but some extra cash and some free pretzels, and I came out learning far more than I had in my four years interning or researching or shadowing I might be able to take a derivative, but did that mean I could open an oven without losing an extremity or deal with an angr y customer with far too many cr ying toddlers? Not in the least

My time working alongside people that could not care less about the bullet points on my resume or “ a time when I handled pressure well” was a time during which I learned skills that helped me I was able to carr y into my more formal internship this past summer While my (fairly subpar) pretzel-making skills are probably not going to be put to use any time soon, attention to detail, patience, and most importantly, the ability to never treat people as if you are more capable than them simply because they have a different skillset than you are skills I am not sure I could have learned in a more traditional internship setting

Am I saying that ever yone should drop ever ything and work at a pretzel shop for two months? Not exactly It doesn’t take much to know resume builders are important, if not necessar y, and they undoubtedly have value that goes beyond what they add to your resume Many people can happily say their more formal summer internship taught them skills they will carr y with them as they move for ward in school and other wise But this doesn’t necessarily invalidate the host of other summer jobs out there Each one has something to teach you, if you keep an open mind going in What has always been most important to me is the fact that I grow from any experience, good or bad, that I face In the end, after ever yone has finished competing for the most impressive summer internship, the highest paying summer internship, the one with the most networking options, a summer experience is only what you make of it

Alex Davies | Have I Got News for You?

The Democrats, The Donald and Their Dastardly Deal

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Aides to both men said that Clinton encouraged Trump to seek the Republican nomination Why would Clinton want this? All we ’ re clear on is that “ Trump makes deals ” If Donald Trump really is a Democratic double agent, how does he benefit his collaborators? Well, if he were to run as a n i n d e p e n d e n t , h e w

Donald Trump’s racism and

nished the image of a Republican Party that had hoped to expand its appeal to minorities and women To some

Hillar y Clinton beating him by sizable margins Tr ump simply does not, at least right now, have enough reach outside white, moderate/conser va t i v e A m e r i c a n s Ev e n a Clinton campaign scandalized b y s o m

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of the GOP and hinder its attempts at greater outreach The success of his jingoistic message presents a deadly threat to 2016 GOP aspirations an indep

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Trump’s threat invites consideration of the following scenario Imagine this: Donald

Tr u m p i s n o t r u n n i n g t o b e c o m e p r e s i d e n t ( Fr a n k Under wood turns in his grave) but rather to deliver victor y to the Democratic Party in the general election Aside from b l a c k e n i n g t h e R e p u b l i c a n brand in the eyes of minorities, Tr u m p c a n g u a r a n t e e Democratic success running as either an independent or as the Republican nominee

B e f o r e p r o c e e d i n g , a l l o w me to protect myself against litigation at the hands of The Donald I am not saying that Trump is doing this, simply that he might be Treat this p i e c e l i k e G a r c i a M a r q u e z meets Politico The suppositions of this opinion column, like Donald Trump’s hair, may or may not be real However convincing this may be, it is just speculation It is not beyond the realm o f p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t D o n a l d

Tr u m p i s a d o n k e y i n e l ep h a n t ’ s c l o t h i n g , e s p e c i a l l y after considering his donations to Democrats and his previous p o s i t i o n s o n a b o r t i o n a n d health care Yes, he may have changed his views, but today’s Republican voters are a tough crowd for someone who invited Hillar y “ The Great Satan” Clinton to his wedding A true R

Democratic president Having refused to rule out an independ e n t b i d , Tr u m p ’ s g u n i s loaded

A t t h e r o o t o f Tr u m p ’ s destructive power is the fact that his supporters are not a d i s t i n c t g r o u p w i t h i n t h e R e p u b l i c a n m a s s e s T h e Donald embraces Republicans of all stripes (except Hispanics) and enjoys top polling numbers among most key conser va t i v e d e m o g r a p h i c s Hi s s t r a i g h t - t a l k i n g s t r a t e g y a n d lack of beltway exposure have won him support from voters fed up with slipper y statesmen and government gridlock In battleground states like Florida and Ohio, this wide appeal would almost cer tainly strip away enough Republican votes to tip the scales in Democrats’ favor

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c o i n i s t h e s c e n a r i o i n w h i c h Tr u m p i s t h e R e p u b l i c a n n o m i n e e B e c a u s e o f t h e t h re a t p o s e d by a n i n d e p e nd e n t Tr u m p c a m p a i g n , t h e l i k e l i h o o d o f h i m b e i n g t h e n o m i n e e i s n o t a s l ow a s m a n y t h i n k W h i l e h e m a y n o t b e t h e m o s t e l e c t a b l e c a n d i d a t e , s e c u r i n g h i m w i t h i n t h e p a r t y f o l d w o u l d a vo i d Tr u m p s p l i tt i n g t h e R e p u b l i c a n v o t e , a l l ow t h e p a r t y e s t a b l i s h m e n t t o m o d e r a t e h i s m e s s a g e , a n d f o rc e vo t e r s t o r a l l y a ro u n d o n e n o m i n a l l y c o n s e r v a t i v e o p t i o n Ba d , b u t n o t d a m ni n g While safer than an insurg e n t i n d e p e n d e n t , a R e p u b l i c a n b l o c u n i f i e d behind Donald Tr ump looks unlikely to win in the general election Current polls have

with the Democrats, Donald Trump is now the most powerful man in U S politics While the presidency may be out of reach, he has the choice of dropping out and shoveling support onto someone (possib l y Te d C

Whichever path he takes, The Donald has done Democrats a huge (or should that be ’uge?) favor by further entrenching

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d sophisticated Billar y) Clinton have a long histor y of scandals From infidelity to impropriety, the two have been accused of many dir ty dealings Maybe Donald Trump is another dirty deal of epic propor tions (I, hear he, uh, “makes deals”) Maybe Clinton has promised him something in exchange for helping secure her the presidency Maybe a tidy little law change (lowered tariffs on ginger hairpieces) Or maybe the supreme massage that Donald Trump’s ego is currently receiving is reward enough Is this scenario inconceiva b

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d a r l i n g Donald has been found colluding with the enemy Just that he might be

Davies is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ajd253@cornell edu Have I Got News For You? appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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Women Top Loyola 2-0, Play to Draw With Siena

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Sports Editor

Watching a shot bounce off of the crossbar is frustrating

Subsequently watching a second shot bounce off of the

crossbar is excruciating The Cornell women ’ s soccer team opened up its 2015 season with a game against Siena on Friday and, with 31 minutes left in the second half, two shots fired within mere seconds of each other both hit the woodwork

Rashard Mendenhall retired from the NFL in March 2014 Only 26 years old, Mendenhall had just completed a fine season for the Arizona Cardinals It was a nice bounce-back year for a running back who had suffered serious knee injury two seasons prior So it came as a surprise when Mendenhall decided to hang up his spikes after six seasons in the league A year later, 49ers’ linebacker

Chris Borland, fresh off a standout rookie campaign, announced his retirement from the league at age 24 Borland cited concerns about the long-term impact of head trauma that comes with being a professional football player As fans debated whether Borland’s decision was “soft” or smart, Rashard Mendenhall’s early exit became seemingly forgotten And Mendenhall’s reasons for retiring were totally different although equally intriguing from those of Chris Borland

In a letter titled “Why I Retired At 26,” published in the Huffington Post, Mendenhall expounded on his decision to leave the NFL Mendenhall discussed in length his reasons for retiring at an unusually young age He talked

“It was beyond frustrating,” said senior co-captain Shanay Fischer “Watching the ball hit the crossbar twice in a row is the worst I’m sure it’s even more frustrating for the player who took the shot because in your head you ’ re thinking ‘that could have been a goal if I had hit it differently ’”

The game ended in a scoreless draw However, by Sunday afternoon, the Red was able to bounce back and finish on the offensive side of the field In a 2-0 win against Loyola, sophomore forward Paige DeLoach and freshman midfielder Jessica Ritchie referred to as J R by her teammates were able to score two goals and earn the win for the Red According to head coach Patrick Farmer, Ritchie’s goal was well-deserved

“To see J R get [the goal] was really excellent, because she constantly works very hard and works to get herself in productive areas of the field,” he said “That is what allowed her to get the touch on the ball that resulted in the goal, and it builds confidence in everyone to see a player score through her ‘normal’ playing habits ”

Farmer also said Ritchie and DeLoach were not the only two players to watch this past weekend Amongst the returners, senior Brenna Mockler and junior Ellie Crowell had a strong weekend at midfield and senior Charlotte Tate and junior Kailey Joyce were able to keep up a tight defense The freshmen on the team also proved their skills, with solid performances from Carolyn Ruoff up front and Zoe McCormick in the back, who was able to secure a starting spot and all 90 minutes of playing time in both matches

While there were a lot of positives to take away from the weekend, Farmer said he is still somewhat disappointed that the team was unable to secure a win against Siena

“[I am] disappointed that we did not generate a goal from a good number of chances and disappointed that we

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