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Looking out | University officials say there have been an increased number of medical transports over Orientation Week, though the number of open container violations has decreased

Univ. Sees Increase in Medical Transports Over Orientation Week

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer

With an increase in high-risk drinking among students particularly in off-campus locations such as Collegetown University officials say they are concerned about student alcohol consumption during Orientation Week and the weeks that follow

A group of about 30 demons t r a t o r s l e d by C o r n e l l Students for Justice in Palestine

Despite the increase in transports, Cornell Police recorded approximately 30 alcohol-related incidents within the comparable 36-hour weekend time period Friday 7 a m to Monday 7 a m for both this year ’ s and last year ’ s orientation weeks, according to the University This year, about one-third of the alcohol-related

took to Ho Plaza Friday afternoon to protest Israeli actions in Gaza and issue a call to action for the University “Israel control[s] Gaza’s borders, airspace, waterways, popula-

tion registry, currency and electrical and water supplies,” said Abu Yusif Habib ’15 in a speech criticizing Israel’s occupation of Gaza since 1967

Abu Yusif Habib added that he believes Israel has had a negative impact on Gaza’s economic climate

“Israel has been imposing a brutal economic siege for the past nine years, which has been strangling the economy of Gaza and pushing the residents of the terri-

t o r y d e e p e r a n d d e e p e r i n t o poverty, ” he said

In 2005, the resistance group Hamas took control of part of Gaza an area that both Israel and Palestine want to control and refused to recognize Israel, the world’s only Jewish state, as a country, according to BBC News

Rulloff’s Restaurant And Bar Listed for Sale

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Rulloff ’ s Restaurant and Bar a space that has served Cornell students and Ithaca residents since 1977 is now listed for sale as of Monday evening

The 3,000 square-foot space has since been advertised on the website of the Pyramid Brokerage Company

The property ’ s asking price is $395,000 which includes a furnished kitchen, dining and bar areas as well as a full liquor license according to the online listing The bar is advertised as having “ consistently strong annual sales ”

The bar’s current owner did not renew the lease for the building, which sits at 411 College Ave , by its Aug 31 deadline, according to The Ithaca Voice Several students and alumni expressed concerns after the publication released an article Monday saying the Collegetown bar “is closing up shop ” The owners of Rulloff ’ s could not be reached for comment as of Monday evening regarding the future of the restaurant Students Agencies, Inc , a student-run corporation that owns and manages properties from 409 to 415 College Ave , declined to comment as of Monday evening

Cornell Alumna Charged in Girl’s Death May Get Trust Fund

WHITE PLAINS, N Y (AP)

A special education teacher and Cornell graduate accused of killing her severely disabled 8year-old daughter by withholding f o o d a n d m e

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c o u l d inherit nearly $1 million from the girl’s trust fund even if she’s convicted

Nicole Diggs and her husband have pleaded not guilty to charges of negligent homicide and child endangerment in the 2012 death of Alayah Savarese, who was the beneficiary of a trust fund created from the settlement of a malpractice suit that stemmed from complications during her birth

The indictment doesn’t allege that the trust fund was a motive, but Diggs’ attorney says prosecutors are nevertheless implying that her client “somehow disposed of her daughter in order to obtain the money ” She wants any mention of the trust fund barred from trial and says her client didn’t neglect Alayah

Prosecutors in Westchester County say Alayah “ was not provided required daily food,” did not receive necessary medical treatment, was often left unattended and was frequently kept home from school, depriving her of physical and occupational therapy

Authorities say Alayah suffered l a c e r a

from the neglect According to court papers, Diggs and her husband, Oscar Thomas who isn’t Alayah’s father also “failed to

which caused her to have smelly and dirty hair and clothing, a foul odor about her body and bleeding gums ”

On the day Alayah died in a Yonkers apartment, she was left in t h

friends, who wasn ’ t equipped to deal with her medical issues, court papers allege If convicted, the 32-year-old Diggs wouldn’t be automatically disqualified from inheriting her daughter’s fortune because she isn’t charged with intending to kill the girl Many states have socalled slayer statutes to prevent profiting from a crime, but New York courts have generally held that without intent, a homicide doesn’t disqualify someone from inheriting from a victim, said St Jo

“The facts of this case are very unsettling.”

J o h n R i o r d a n

John Riordan, an attorney and former Surrogate’s Court Judge in Nassau County, said, “If it’s unintentional, then the person can still inherit But the facts of this

doesn’t seem correct that that would happen ”

inheritance would be heard in

County Surrogate’s Court, where a bank has been named administrator of the girl’s estate

r, Anthony Savarese, who lived elsewhere in Yonkers when Alayah died and isn’t charged, is in line to get half the trust fund His lawyer declined to say whether his client would challenge Diggs’ inheritance

A report on Alayah’s death from the state Office of Children and Family Services chronicles a long list of complaints some of which were determined to be unfounded and several visits from caseworkers

The complaints include that Alayah was so dirty the school staff took it on themselves to wash her, and after one shampoo, “the water was black from the dirt ”

Margaret Turano, a tr ust and estate expert

C a s e w o rk e r s re p o r t e d t h a t although Diggs received some Medicaid assistance, she passed

Members of the theater troupe Ordinary People give a Tapestry performance for freshmen students Friday evening Break a leg

up oppor tunities to get more help

The local and state offices of OCFS declined to comment on how social services handled the case

Cour t papers indicate some

of the settlement money was used to buy a $35,000 van to transpor t Alayah and to make modifications for her at a home in Dutchess County that Diggs and Thomas were planning to buy

‘Pillow Talk’ Event Promotes Discussion About Sexual Consent

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Students walking across the Ar ts Quad Friday may have been surprised to find various pieces of bedroom

f u r n i t u r e o n t h e l a w n alongside Olin Librar y

T h e s e t - u p , c a l l e d

“Pillow Talk,” was par t of

t h e Ev e r y 1 C a m p a i g n ’ s initiative to promote discussion about sexual consent on college campuses, according to Emma Cour t ’15, president of the campaign

“ [ T h e Ev e r y 1 C a mpaign] aims to star t the

c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u t c o n -

s e n t t o p r e v e n t s e x u a l

a s s a u l t a n d e n c o u r a g e

healthy, consensual sexual relationships,” Cour t said

According to Cour t who is also a columnist for The Sun the students put a full bedroom set on the Ar ts Quad, including a d e s k , r u g s , l a m p, c h a i r, laundr y hamper and a bed, in order to “tak[e] the conversation out of the bedroom and put it out in the open ” “ The event was motivated by the idea that too often, we as a society are n o t t a l k i n g a b o u t w h a t consent means, and when we do, it’s not a conversation that’s being held out in the open, ” she said Jevan Hutson ’16, crea t i v e d i r e c t o r o f t h e

Ever y1 Campaign, said the space they created proved c o n d u c i v e t o o p e n d i alogue “ The bed [as well as the] bedroom itself was an

“We took the conversation out of the bedroom and put it out in the open ” E m m a C o u r t ’ 1 5

interactive space; we invited students, staff and faculty walking by to join us in [or] on the bed so we could have a conversation a b o u t w h a t c o n s e n t requires and what people deser ve when it comes to

consent in a positive relationship,” Hutson said

According to Hutson, the event was successful in t h a t t h e y w e r e a b l e t o “actively engage ” with over 100 students

“ [ T h e s t u d e n t s c a m e ] from a wide range of ethn i c [ a n d ] c u l t u r a l b a c kgrounds and sexual identities,” he said

At least one in five college women will be the v i c t i m o f s e x u a l a s s a u l t over the course of their time in school, according to the Center for Disease

C o n t ro l a n d Pre ve n t i o n

Moreover, over 70 percent of rape victims know their attackers, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Par ticipants were asked questions such as, “ What d

W h a t d o e s ever yone deser ve when it c o m e s t o c o n s e n t ,

Gavin Zhang ’15, a creative associate and photographer for the campaign

Zhang said he believes the open dialogue he wit-

nessed Friday proves that students are able and willing to engage in meaningful discussion about consent “ The answers we heard we re f a b u

” h e s a i d “ The subsequent conversations we had were candid, honest and reaffirmed to us that the student body

impor tant conversations ”

Man Rescued from Ithaca Falls After Nearly Drowning

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Ithaca Police Department Investigating South Hill Stabbing

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Annie O’Toole | Trustee Viewpoint

What Is A Student Trustee?

During the spring Student Trustee election, you may have wondered, “what is a Student Trustee?” I have been asked that question a lot recently, so I wanted to take a minute to explain what I ve learned so far about the position and the Board

My name is Annie O’Toole, I am a second-year law student, and I am the newly-

trustee 2,619 of you undergraduate, graduate and professional students voted in the recent trustee election, and a majority of you elected me to ser ve as a full voting

University Board of Trustees for a two-year term Cornell’s Board of Trustees is large compared to its peers, which is a combination of t

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y, breadth of fields of study and simply what works best for us The Board includes Cornell students, alumni, faculty and staff, the Governor of New York, the President Pro Tem of the New York State Senate and t h e Sp e a k e r o f t h e Ne w Yo r k St a t e

A s s e m b l y E m e r i t u s m e mbers of the Board are also encour-

a g e d t o a t t e n d m e e t i n g s a n d often remain ver y involved with the B o a rd a n d t h e

Un i v e r s i t y a f t e r

t h e y re t i re a s

a c t i v e , v o t i n g

trustees

I m m e d i a t e l y after the election, I w a s t h r ow n into my responsibilities as a new trustee by joining the Presidential Search Committee to find Cornell’s next President Joining the search committee has been an excellent introduction to the Board Those working on this important task are incredibly devoted to Cornell and I have had the privilege of closely working with and learning from t h e m a b o u t t h e Un i v e r s i t y A s t h e

While attending the Board meetings and committee meetings, I was surprised and encouraged by how warmly I was welcomed, how my opinion was not just respected, but also solicited and how devloted the trustees are to learning about and improving Cornell

the overall structure of Cornell University a private, not-for-profit institution The orientation provided me with a better sense of the many component parts of Cornell, from Ithaca to New York City to Qatar to Ge n e va , a n d h ow t h e y w o rk t o g e t h e r Cornell is a complicated place to understand, that no one person probably even fully understands, but let me take a stab at giving you a brief over view of what I’ve learned about our structure Cornell University is both private and public, given Cornell’s status as the land grant institution of New York State The privately funded schools and colleges in Ithaca are: the College of Architecture, Art and Planning; the College of Arts and Sciences; the College of Engineering; the School of Hotel Administration; Cornell Law School and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management In New York City, we also have Cornell Tech, and the endowed units of the Medical College: the Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College and the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell Un i ve r s i t y T h e Medical College ser ves as the acad e m i c a n d teaching component of the New

Pre s i d e n t i a l Se a rc h s t a t e m e n t i n d i c a t e s , Cornell is a “remarkable community of scholars, educators, students and staff with deep roots in tradition and a set of cherished founding principles; a world-class research institution known for the breadth and rigor of its curricula; and an academy dedicated to shaping young people into well-educated, thoughtful citizens of the world ” Choosing the next person to lead t h i s i n c re d i b l e

important role I will play throughout my time on the Board

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h i s spring, I attended my first Board meeting as t h e g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t t r u s t e e - e l e c t T h e Board of Trustees meets four times a year, during which there are meetings for the e n t i re B

University administrators, student leaders, faculty and staff often participate in some of these meetings and events as well in order to educate Board members about the issues facing Cornell While attending the Board meetings and committee meetings, I was surprised and encouraged by how warmly I was welcomed, how my opinion was not just respected, but also solicited and how devoted the trustees are to learning about and improving Cornell New Trustee Orientation in New York City was the next major opportunity for me to learn about my role The other new trustees and I were given an extensive look at the Medical College, Cornell Tech and

Medical College in Qatar, and in 2008 graduated its first class of physicians In Ithaca, there are also four Contract Colleges, which are supported by New York State: the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the College of Human Ecology;

Relations; and the College of Veterinar y Me

Agriculture and Life Sciences, we also have t

l Experiment Station at Geneva and the C

d Economics and Management Throughout the remainder of our terms as student trustees, Ross Gitlin ’15 and I will be writing this bi-weekly column to be your liaisons to the Board of Trustees I will use this column to better inform you about the Board, to speak on the issues facing Cornell, to introduce you to interesting opportunities at Cornell and in Ithaca, and to celebrate the accomplishments of this extraordinar y University

Librar y Please feel free to stop by my office hours, or email me at ado29@cornell edu, if you have any issues you would like to discuss or questions about the University, the Board, the Law School, or anything else Cornell elects students to the Board of Trustees because the Board values the input of students and also believes that students should have access to the Board Please be in touch so that I can best represent you to the Board and best represent the Board to you

Annie O Toole is a second year law student at Cornell Law School and the graduate studentelected trustee She can be reached at ado29@cornell edu Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate Tuesdays this semester

White Collared Beast

o r a l d e p r a v i t y ” It’s s i m p l e r t h a n t h a t

Pe o p l e a re a n i m a l s Eve n yo u We d i d n o t g e t t o o u r c u r re n t c o m f o r t a b l y c o m p l a c e n t p o s i t i o n o n E a r t h by p l a y i n g n i c e We

h a d t o o u t - c l a w a n d o u t s m a r t o u r w a y t h e re We h a d t o p u t s u rv i va l f i r s t a n d a l l t h e f r i vo l o u s B S s e c o n d

T h e we a l t h d i s p a r i t y t h a t c ove r s t h i s c o u n t r y l i k e a s m a l l p ox

b l a n k e t i s w h a t f o rc e s p e o p l e t o s e t a s i d e t h a t c u r i o u s l y i n h e re n t h u m a n m o r a l i t y f o r d a rk e r m e t h o d s o f s u r v i va l Bu t c i rc u m -

s t a n c e s o n l y e x a c e r b a t e a ro o t m o t i va t i o n ; t h e d r i ve w a s t h e re t o

b e g i n w i t h It i s t h i s d r i ve t h a t a l l l i v i n g c re a t u re s i n t h i s w o r l d s h a re T h e

d r i ve t o s u r v i ve T h e vo i c e t h a t s a y s “ Me , Me , Me ” T h e d e s i re t o l o o k a f t e r o u r ow n T h e w i l l t o t a k e f ro m e ve r y b o d y e l s e Gr i m , k i l l e r a n i m a l i n s t i n c t I s e e i t m a n i f e s t i t s e l f i n e ve r y c o r n e r o f o u r s o c i e t y I s e e p e o p l e l i s t e n t o i t e ve r y d a y W h e n yo u t a l k s h i t a b o u t Be c k y ’ s a b s u rd n e w h a i rc u t t o yo u r m u t u a l g i r l f r i e n d s a t l u n c h a n d p a s s i o n a t e l y d i s c u s s t h e s u b t l e

n u a n c e s o f h e r u g l i n e s s W h e n yo u s h o o t t h e s c r a w n y g u y a t t h e g y m a c o n t e m p t u o u s g l a re r i g h t b e f o re c r u s h i n g a n o t h e r s e t o n t h e b e n c h a n d l e t t i n g o u t a g r u n t p e r f e c t l y b a l a n c e d b e t we e n “ a c t u a l s t r a i n ” a n d “ r a w m a n l i n e s s ”

This negative will ... it’s in all of us Some humans live in corners of th Earth where daily survival involves brutality.

W h e n yo u c o m p l i m e n t Be c k y o n h e r o u t r a g e o u s o u t f i t t h e n e x t d a y i n f ro n t o f e ve r y b o d y w i t h j u s t e n o u g h s i n c e r i t y t o m a k e i t c o n v i n c i n g a n d j u s t e n o u g h e d g e t o g e t a f e w s n i c k e r s

W h e n yo u b o a s t t o a c rowd o f s t r a n g e r s a b o u t h ow a d ve n t u ro u s yo u r l i f e i s a n d f e e l l i k e k i n g o f t h e b a r f o r t h o s e g l o r i o u s 1 0

m i n u t e s W h e n yo u a re j e a l o u s o f t h a t k i n g o f t h e b a r a n d s u l k q u i e t l y, p l o t t i n g h i s d o o m , w a t c h i n g t h e g i r l s f l o c k t o h i m

W h e n yo u r a t o n yo u r c ow o rk e r a f t e r d i s c ove r i n g h e ’ s b e e n m a s t u r b a t i n g i n t o t h e c o f f e e p o t b e c a u s e h e w a s n e x t i n l i n e f o r t h a t p ro m o t i o n yo u w a n t e d A n d b e c a u s e h e j u s t g i ve s yo u t h e c re e p s T h i s n e g a t i ve w i l l i t ’ s i n a l l o f u s So m e h u m a n s l i ve i n c o rn e r s o f t h e E a r t h w h e re d a i l y s u r v i va l i n vo l ve s b r u t a l i t y I ’ m s u re yo u ’ ve h e a rd o f s o m e o f t h e s e n o t - s o - n i c e p l a c e s w h e re p e o p l e d i e e ve r y d a y, w h e re b oy s k i l l m e n w i t h A K - 4 7 s a n d l i t t l e g i r l s a re

b u t c h e re d by m a n i a c s Ju s t b e c a u s e t h e re a re m e n a n d w o m e n o u t t h e re w i l l i n g t o c o m m i t s u c h a t ro c i t i e s d o e s n ’ t m a k e t h e m a n y w o r s e t h a n yo u o r m e It d o e s n ’ t d i s q u a l i f y t h e m f ro m t h e r i g h t t o l ove a n d b e l ove d W h e t h e r t h e y c h o s e t o o r we re f o rc e d i n t o i t , t h e y h a ve a t t u n e d t h e m s e l ve s t o t h e d a rk e r s i d e o f h u m a n n a t u re , t h e p r i m a l b e s t i a l s i d e w h e re we s t ow a w a y t h e u g l y t r u t h W h e n yo u s e e a c r i m i n a l o n T V g u n n i n g p e o p l e d ow n f o r m o n e t a r y g a i n , o r j u s t b e c a u s e h e i s s o m e s i c k - o w h o e n j oy s t h e s u f f e r i n g o f o t h e r s , p a u s e b e f o re yo u s e p a r a t e yo u r s e l f f ro m h i m Yo u a re , i n f a c t , o f t h e s a m e g e n u s Yo u d o , i n f a c t , h a ve t h a t s a m e v i o l e n t c a p a c i t y w i t h i n yo u Bu t i t ’ s b e e n s m o t h e re d , s t i f l e d , s u f f o c a t e d by a p r i m , s t r a i g h tl a c e d ve n e e r o f c i v i l i t y Fl i g h t e q u a t e s t o d i v i n g i n t o yo u r s m a r tp h o n e Fi g h t e q u a t e s t o t a l k i n g s h i t u n d e r yo u r b re a t h If yo u a re re a d i n g t h i s , yo u a re p ro b a b l y l u c k y e n o u g h t o l i ve i n a re l a t i ve l y s t a b l e p a r t o f t h e w o r l d w h e re o u r a n i m a l n e g a t i v i t y i s h e l d i n c h e c k Ou r a g g re s s i o n i s c owe d i n t o s u b m i s s i o n by t h e l a w a n d o u r f e a r i s t e m p e re d by H R ’ s a n n u a l “Ac c e p t a n c e i n t h e Wo rk p l a c e ” o f f i c e m e e t i n g ( F R E E D O N U TS ) T h e re ’ s a b e a s t i n s i d e yo u It’s j u s t c h a i n e d by a w h i t e c o l l a r Re m e m b e r t o t a k e i t o u t f o r a w a l k e ve r y o n c e i n a w h i l e A n d t r y n o t t o k i l l a n y b o d y

Jacob Glick | Glickin’ It Comm en t of the day

Re: “Cornell Will Not Increase Subsidies to TCAT,” News, Published August 29, 2014

Peering Outside

The Ivory Tower

It ’ s been only a few days since our arrival on the Hill, and all our worlds have once again been squeezed back into the comfor table bubble between Collegetown and RPCC

For those of us older and more nostalgic, there is nothing cozier than the reassertion of collegiate order in our lives; we cherish equally each fleeting interaction at Olin and at Dunbars, because we have come to the bittersweet realization that we are now making memories that will have to last us a lifetime For new students blissfully unbothered by fears of impending adulthood the rush of Cornell life has created a universe all its own, fueled by each new addition to an iOS Photo album and unfurling into an endless future But as students old and new are swept up in this fever dream that is Cornell, the outside world looms even more threateningly on the horizon than does my graduation

detailing how President Skorton’s pledge to maintain free first-year bus passes may not be so easily maintained was met with neither mass student mobilization nor even with a flurry of grievances in the online comments section Cornell’s hyperengagement with internal and external affairs seems to have waned for the moment While this may give our br uised body politic a much needed chance to heal, the lull is almost more frightening than the drama of last spring

Perhaps this momentary aversion to re-politicizing our campus discourse is something that runs deeper than a ling e r i n g O - We e k h a n g -

the dark fantasies of ISIS

h a s a d d e d a n a l m o s t unbelievable sense of desperation to the nation whose fate will be forever tied to the limits of 21st century American power

The relative order of the p o s t - 9 / 1 1 e r a i n which terrorists cower in isolated mountains while all reasonable nations set aside old rivalries to root them out looks as if it is coming undone So perhaps we are afraid

We have returned to or have first arrived at Cornell with aspirations that undoubtedly intersect with the outside world But the stubbornly tumultuous nature of this summer ’ s news briefs perhaps tempts us to cordon off our own relative-

But the stubbornly tumultuous nature summer’s news briefs perhaps tempt cordon off our own relatively untroubl youths from the Ebola-ridden, rocketscarred wasteland of “elsewhere ”

As we packed up our bags in May, we left behind a campus in the throes of conflict

Student activism had sparked a politicized conflagration, which dragged a half-unwilling student body into the thick of important and often rancorous debates There has been and will be much more said about the implications of last spring’s activism, but there is scarcely now a trace of it A rally held by Students for Justice in Palestine Friday was tamer and less eventful than one would have expected, given that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been so severely aggravated since SJP s calls to action last semester An article in The Sun

over The world outside our Cornell bubble has n e ve r s e e m e d m o re frightening Everywhere, things seem to be slipp i n g b a c k w a rd Ru s s i a led by a megalomaniac “Vladimir the Great” has refused to back down in its confrontation with Ukraine, making NATO tremble as 20 years of post-Cold War b l i s s i s t h re a t e n e d In Israel and in Gaza, the c o n f l i c t t h a t s o m a n y C o r n e l l i a n s ( m y s e l f i n c l u d e d ) d e b a t e d l a s t spring in a lofty, almost theoretical tenor resurf a c e d o n c e m o re t o extract its bloody price As rockets flew and civilians fell, the hopes for progress faded away into the realities of a struggle that looks more termin a l l y t r a g i c w i t h e a c h passing flare-up And in the ancient cities of Iraq,

ly untroubled youths from the Ebola-ridden, rocket-scarred wasteland of “elsewhere ” Cornell, with its picturesque towers and spine-tingling alma mater, can easily fall prey to this type of mental insularity It’s much easier to bemoan the crackdown on Collegetown parties than to debate the Middle East But that is not Cornell’s mission

The first lecture of the (highly, highly recommended) course meant to celebrate the second half of Cornell’s 150 years closed with Prof Isaac Kramnick, government, reciting the quotation found on the oddly ornate gateway that towers over the rather squalid environs of Collegetown’s Eddy Street The quotation which we ’ ve all walked past countless

times, though not usually in the mood to be reading it states: “So enter, that daily thou mayest become more learned and thoughtful So depart, that daily thou mayest become more useful to thy country and to mankind ” Even at the moments in which we are perhaps least likely to thinking about the wider world either hurr ying from Collegetown to class, or from a party on Buffalo Street to one on Oak the spirit of Cornell, manifested in the carved stone of the Eddy Street Gate, reminds us that the vision of our University has always been grander than the four-year dream it grants us The legacy of Cornell is not simply one of amassed wisdom, but of heightened utility as well However uninviting the globe might seem at this moment, our campus cannot afford to lock the door to our ivory tower and wait until ISIS falls, Putin blinks and a seaside resort opens in Gaza We, like generations of Cornellians before us, are here because those problems exist, not in spite of them So as we embark on another year of living and loving and learning on the Hill, we must remember that our University has only become what it is today because of its ability to combine our lust for knowledge and for a “college experience” with a measure of insight that we are all here not only for ourselves, but for our “nation and [for] mankind ”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Knocks & Modern Baseball on the Arts Quad

bad, but if they were bad, they were bad in an endearing and familiar way that is not necessarily trying to be good, but real

Even though the band was only founded in 2011, there was a definite element of nostalgia in watching Modern Baseball play at the Arts Quad on Saturday night Reminiscent of a band I could have listened to in middle school during the golden age of pop punk, their music was characterized by strong and biting, if somewhat nasal, vocals and structured guitar melodies in the verses that flipped to rapid chugging in the chorus The influence of bands like Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack and Brand New was apparent both musically and lyrically

Modern Baseball sang about “trying hard not to look like I’m trying that hard” and “failing miserably at everything, including that ” They sang about how they “should have been home an hour ago but I’m still outside ” They sang about sad movies and late night drinks and despair and empty streets They sang about hoodies and a girl with a smile that could light the town

While I heard a girl describe the band as “ angsty, ” a term commonly applied to the genre, to me it just sounds like a bunch of kids, or recent adults, singing truths about how much it can suck to be a kid or adult I also heard some people saying they were

The band members certainly didn’t take themselves too seriously, joking that “ we live in a place that smells like pee ” where “there was some grass last year but they got rid of it,” and asking the crowd, “ you guys ever fuck up like I just did?” when they unashamedly stopped and restarted a song

Many students listened to the concert while sitting or laying back on the Arts Quad’s grass, while others stood bobbing their heads or dancing close to the stage I even witnessed a short-lived mosh pit It felt like summer The band played for about 45 minutes before saying their thank yous and goodbyes

As the sun set and the temperature dropped, the crew prepared the stage for EDM duo The Knocks, and when they took the stage, the change in atmosphere was immediately tangible The students who had been sitting on the grass got up and stood in the crowd as more students streamed in across the Arts Quad, and the crowd quickly became large and dense

and vocals into their show They played keyboards and an electric guitar and sang with varying levels of voice effects

The Knocks began their set by declaring: “We’re going to have a dance party ”

True to their word, the pulsing beat and infectious melodies of their songs made it hard not to become entranced and want to dance, and soon enough the whole crowd was bouncing up and down Watching them made for an intense sensory experience, as the bass thudded in your chest and rainbow lights flashed against billowing white curtains backdropping the stage

The performance was more enjoyable to watch than most EDM artists I’ve encountered live As someone who’s been guilty of scoffing that EDM concerts are just watching a guy pressing buttons on a Macbook and pumping his fist, I was impressed at the duo’s integration of live instrumentals

‘ S u r p r i s i n g , A t o m i c , U n h i n

Is there a better live band than Spoon? If you attend concerts often, you likely have seen shows as great as theirs; for me, TV on the Radio at this year ’ s Governors Ball and The National at State Theatre last May come to mind These bands, and very few others, are the best of the best, having hit a peak of skill, presence and professionalism in their performances that defies even the most hairsplitting criticism If you were one of the many buzzing students, locals or out-of-towners packed into the State Friday night, you’d agree that Spoon, brought here by Dan Smalls Presents, treated Ithaca to a couple of perfect hours of spirited music that permitted only one response, and that is love

This warm, communal feeling settled over the crowd once the opener, Eric Harvey, walked on stage Harvey, Spoon’s keyboard player and a multi-instrumentalist in his own right, hails from the region and recruited some of Ithaca’s most talented musicians to join him for a varied, though consistently beautiful 45-minute performance “Varnishing Day” a shimmering acoustic ballad with the refrain, “Better hold your head up high” showcased Ithaca cellist Hank Roberts, who dialed the song down to a hushed whisper and then crescendoed for a stirring finish

During a cover of Jackson Browne’s “These Days,” which featured Mary Lorson on harmonies, Harvey forgot to retune his guitar and said of the slip, “[This is] just a coffee shop gig, for a forgiving audience ” His low-key, forthright music fosters that kind of intimate atmosphere, and indeed the whoops and applause from the crowd assured him this was a night for building up, not breaking down Rock-oriented instrumentalists closed Harvey’s set with a few basic, effective numbers, one of which ended with a ridiculous keyboard solo by Mike Stark The local revue spirit of Eric Harvey’s group made it the rare opener that was impossible to ignore, and even rarer, one of which to feel proud

A short 30 minutes and drastic stage redressing later, guitarist Alex Fischel, drummer Jim Eno, bassist Rob Pope, Harvey

and Spoon mastermind Britt Daniel sent the orchestra audience out of their seats and rushing toward the stage as they launched into “They Want My Soul,” the title track off their excellent new album Daniel, Fischel and Eno wore all black, while the rest beamed in all white, a simple color dichotomy that complemented the simplicity of the stage arrangement (just a few tall, white fabric walls) and the dazzling array of lighting set-ups Some songs rolled by in near darkness, like the second, “Rent I Pay,” where blue spotlights threw Daniel’s spindly shadow onto the surrounding walls Others went all out with strobes or a spinning disco pyramid (like the ball, but a pyramid), while a few songs illuminated a specific mood, such as “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” with its fitting blood red colors Daniel announced early on that this was the first show of their tour, which is an honor that sometimes comes with taxing handicaps, especially in an insular town like ours There was no dress rehearsal throat-clearing Friday night just a spectacular, undeniably complicated production fastened to the ground by Spoon’s confidence and likability “Confident” and “likable” could also be used to describe the most naïve of mainstream rock bands, but Spoon brings too much carnal energy to the stage to be written off as some fleeting confection The locked-in rhythm guitar of “Who Makes Your Money” or foot-tapping bass of “I Turn My Camera On” belies Fischel’s spontaneous guitar freak-outs and Daniel’s ronin wanderings about the stage The band fields nothing but pleasure through its individual elements, but taken together, it swerves through a show that is surprising, atomic, unhinged

If there is a simple way to explain this quality of Spoon’s art, it is this: Britt Daniel is cooler than you His sandpaper voice must be one of the most indestructible instruments in the business He sounds like John Lennon did in “Twist and Shout,” except Lennon could only log one (amazing) take before going hoarse and somehow Daniel just stands firm at that precipice, unchanged, throughout a two-hour set

He also harbors a more punkish, experimental sensibility than his band’s popularity may imply At the end of “Inside Out,” a recent cut, he milked a minute of Flaming Lips-esque ambience

Some of their songs were pretty funky: Their new single, “Classic,” had a riff that sounded like it could be from a Red Hot Chili Peppers song Other notable songs included “Dreams,” “Brightside” and “Dancing with the DJ ” The crowd became more packed as the show went on and the stage became increasingly difficult to see as more hands went up in the air and more girls went up on shoulders It must have looked like the students in the crowd were enjoying themselves, because The Knocks announced, “We’ve played at a lot of Ivy League schools and you guys are one of the best ” (Flattery will get you nowhere!)

For the final song, the Knocks invited students to come on stage and dance, and what looked like about 50 students climbed up Unfortunately, the song abruptly stopped in the middle, perhaps owing to the large quantity of people stomping on wires onstage, leaving the audience confused and causing the band to leave anticlimactically Students lingered on the Arts Quad after, wondering if the duo would come back, but alas, it seemed the dance party was over

Katie O Brien a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kro22@cornell edu

through spacey keyboards, and at the close of “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” he did something similar with raw guitar feedback, manipulating it while on his knees This was not one of those play, finish, “1-2-3-4!” play again concerts, for Spoon engineered a most entrancing flow

A brickish thud and a sound engineer’s muffled cries were heard (OK: probably, regarding the second item) when Daniel dropped his mic so that he could fetch a beer during the overplayed “The Way We Get By,” the third song of the encore Suddenly, those much-copied piano chords did not sound so twee; Daniel somehow found an edge to that one He pulled a Bob Dylan when it came time for the band’s biggest hit, “The Underdog,” by improvising new rhythms and lagging behind the audience’s enthusiastic downbeat claps Old becomes new yet again

These antics were all playful, for Daniel was and I imagine thoroughly is not the least bit contemptuous He thanked his crew, of all moves The most charming moments of the evening came whenever Daniel acknowledged the demonstrably excited man flailing about just below his microphone stand Instead of ignoring or avoiding him, Daniel, in his typically inclusive way, sang to him on his knees, let him snap a picture and, after the man briefly disappeared at the start of the encore, heralded his return to the front row He turned what could have been a visible distraction (the guy enjoyed shaking his fist like it was a maraca, which is, like, mesmerizing) into part of the show, part of the Spoon family

Near the end, Pope announced, “This is the only time we ’ ve seen a theater crowd standing the whole time ” Who knows if that is actually true, but the unceasing gratitude, heard not only through whistles and applause but actually seen through an absence of smartphone screens, camera flashes and crowd disturbances, grew out of the preternatural brilliance of Spoon’s performance It was a concert good enough to bring the audience, like Daniel, to its knees; but then again, we didn’t because we’d be missing the show

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

Arts Around Ithaca

Blaxploitation, Baby

Starts 7:15 p m on Wednesday at Cornell Cinema

Fall 2014 Auditions

7:00 p m on Tuesday at the Schwartz Center

Auditions for the Schwartz Center’s fall productions will take place today at 7:00 p m Auditions will be held for The Mineola Twins Womens of Lockerbie , Still Life: A New Play by Anna Alison Brenner ’16 and the second annual Ten-Minute Playfest Auditions will also be held for the Performing and Media Arts Department’s new biannual Late Night Series, a variety program that welcomes poetry, music, dance, stand-up, magic and more! Call backs will be held September 3 through 5

Kaitlyn Tiffany

W h a t M a k e s a M o v i e ? T h e F i l m m a k e r ’sTo o l b o x

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Mark DiStefano

Sun Sudoku Puzzle # Sweet Baby Jesus

No-Hitter in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) On Labor Day, Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia bullpen spread the workload on a no-hitter

Hamels and three Phillies relievers combined on the season ’ s fourth no-hitter, blanking the Atlanta Braves 7-0 Monday and giving a last-place team a rare reason to celebrate

It was all the more unusual in that Hamels left the game with his bid intact after six innings He was fine with the decision, too, having already thrown 108 pitches at a hot afternoon at Turner Field

“Just understanding the situation, every time I went out there I was battling control issues,” Hamels said “I wasn ’ t getting ahead of guys Walking the leadoff hitter will put you in a lot of trouble, and it does It builds up your pitch count ” Hamels (8-6) struck out seven, matched a season high with five walks and hit a batter

Relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a perfect inning to close out the 11th combined no-hitter in big league history A smiling Hamels watched from the bench as they finished off what he started

“I think having a combined no-hitter is very difficult because guys have to come right in and get the guys out, no matter what the situation is,” Hamels said “It’s a little more dramatic to be able to see that you ’ re trying to play the cards as best you can against the lineup ”

Manager Ryne Sandberg knew Hamels was tired and ready to come out of the game Their discussion was a quick one

“It didn’t take long,” Sandberg said “He was pretty well spent there The early innings had something to do with it The stressful innings, stranding the runners at second and third a couple of times, but he wasn ’ t going to go nine And he ran the bases the inning before ”

“I think it’s a cool experience,” Papelbon said “It’s definitely been a rough go at it this year for our ballclub Something to kind of hang our hat on for the year Cole has been our bona fide ace for the entire the season, and it’s good to preserve those wins for our starters Today it was preserving a no-hitter ”

Clayton Kershaw and Josh Beckett of the Dodgers and Tim Lincecum of the Giants threw no-hitters earlier this year

Right fielder Marlon Byrd foiled the Braves’ best bid for a hit With runners on second and third in the third inning, Byrd raced in and toward the line to make a diving catch on Chris Johnson’s slicing liner to end the inning

NEW YORK (AP) An hour-and-a-half into his stay at the U S Open, Andy Murray had to wonder whether it would end quickly

A week later, the same guy who hobbled through head-to-toe cramps in his first-round match looked strong on a day that was even more hot and humid and now he’s in the quarterfinals The eighth-seeded Murray beat No 9 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours, 35 minutes on Monday

“I don’t feel like I’m that far away from playing my best tennis,” Murray said

He hasn't reached a tourna-

ment final since back surgery late last year Coming into the U S Open, Murray felt he was playing well but lamented that he was struggling to close out matches

In a tight one against a tough opponent Monday, Murray won enough crucial points to pull out the victory in straight sets

Tsonga had three break points

to go up 3-0 in the third, but Murray fought them off to swing the momentum He promptly broke in the next game to get the set back on serve, and then closed o u t t h e m a t c h w i t h a n o t h e r break

It was a tough draw for both players and gets even tougher for Murray, who next faces No 1 Novak Djokovic That matchup feels much more like a Grand Slam title match than a quarterfinal, and for good reason Murray and Djokovic have met five times in major tournaments, with four coming in the finals; the other was a semi

Tsonga rolled into the U S Open full of confidence after beating Djokovic, Murray and Roger Federer in Toronto to win the title

In Tsonga's 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 victory over Murray in early August, he was the one winning the key points in a close match

“Tennis, it’s never a straight line It’s always like this,” Tsonga said, tracing peaks and valleys with his hand “So today it was like this maybe at the wrong moment ”

Murray hasn’t been back to a final since becoming the first British man in 77 years to win Wimbledon in July 2013 He beat Djokovic to clinch that title and also defeated him at the 2012 U S Open for the first Grand Slam championship by a British man in 76 years

“Great memories from that match,” Murray said in an oncourt interview “Hope we can play another top-level match ” After beating 22nd-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 7-5, 64 earlier Monday, Djokovic called the prospect of facing Murray or Tsonga a “ ver y tough, tough draw

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Murray, he said, “knows how to play center court U S Open where he played some great tennis and we had some great matches ” They went to five sets twice in 2012, in Djokovic’s win in the Australian Open semis and Murray’s breakthrough victory in the U S Open

"Long games, long rallies, long points, because we do a lot of the same things well," Murray said

Ten NFL Players Poised for Breakout Seasons in 2014

From Zac Stacy to Lavonte David, these players have the potential to lead the league this season

SHATZMAN Continued from page 16

2012 rookie campaign, rushing for more than 1400 yards, including a 251-yard, four-touchdown game vs Oakland

The former first round pick out of Boise State was having somewhat of a disappointing season last year when he was placed on injured reserve after injuring his shoulder in the seventh game of the season Now fully recovered from surgery, Martin is set to be the Bucs every-down back the “bellcow ” , according to new coach Lovie Smith and is prepared to equal his rookie season performance both running and catching the football The Bucs just acquired All-Pro guard Logan Mankins in a trade with the Patriots Mankins is a huge addition for what was an average offensive line Doug Martin will be a major beneficiary of the deal

Zac Stacy (RB, St. Louis Rams)

The Rams were dealt a serious blow with the seasonending injury to quarterback Sam Bradford With career backup Shaun Hill now leading the offense, the already rush-heavy attack will lean on second-year back Zac Stacy to carry the load in the toughest division in football Stacy rushed for nearly 1,000 yards last season after landing the starting gig in October Just 5’9”, the Vanderbilt product is tough to bring down and often carries defenders for far more yards than appear possible to gain He should get 20-plus touches per game, and will rely on a solid Rams O-line, bolstered by second overall draft selection Greg Robinson to create gap for him to run through

Golden Tate (WR, Detroit Lions)

under center, and Sanders starting opposite Demaryius Thomas, expect a huge season from the 27-year-old out of SMU

Greg Olsen (TE, Carolina Panthers)

Every year I wonder if this will finally be the season Greg Olsen breaks through with a Gronkowski-like season The Panthers tight end, now entering his eighth season, has had back-to-back 800-plus yard seasons, and has been among the top tight ends in the league in recent seasons This season,

tle at the trenches, Spikes will be leaned on to wrap up tackles and force turnovers For the Bills to compete in the AFC East, Brandon Spikes will need to play to the best of his ability and make around 10 tackles per game It’s not out of the question

T.J. Ward (SS, Denver Broncos)

T J Ward made his first Pro Bowl last season and has been a top safety in the league for the Browns since he came out of Oregon in 2010 So a big year for Ward in 2014 is expected, and not exactly a breakout season, but he is on the list due to his impact he will have on his new team, the Denver Broncos The Broncos were slim at safety last season, and teams exposed their defensive backs to be a weakness of the defense Acquiring a hard-hitting, consistent tackler in T J Ward will solidify the defensive back core, and provide a safety valve for a defense that, last season, was only a defensive player or two away from winning a title Ward has already topped 100 tackled twice in his career Expect him to do so again in Denver this season

The leading receiver on the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, Golden Tate picked up a deal from the Detroit Lions this offseason and is now ready to build on his nearly 900 yard, five TD 2013 season Of course, when you think of Lions’ receivers, Calvin Johnson comes to mind And while Tate will be the obvious #2 in a pass-first offense, he will draw plenty of targets while defenses focus their game plans around containing Megatron Tate, speedy and fearless, will benefit a lot from a new home, and will look to top 1,000 yards for the first time in his career

Emmanuel Sanders (WR, Denver Broncos)

Another wideout for whom a new environment will be especially beneficial is former Pittsburgh Steeler Emmanuel Sanders Sanders was picked up by the Broncos this offseason in hopes of replacing Eric Decker, who caught 87 balls for 1,288 yards this past season Sanders put up solid numbers over the last two seasons in Pittsburgh, playing in an offense in which he was not a go-to option, and was lower on the depth chart than his talent suggested With Peyton Manning

however, has the potential to be the best year of Olsen’s career With Cam Newton under center, Steve Smith in Baltimore and Brandon LaFell with the Patriots, the Panthers simply have minimal weapons besides Olsen Carolina drafted wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin in the first round of this years ’ draft, and he shined in the preseason If Benjamin can spread the field and create space for Greg Olsen, Cam Newton should be able to find his tight end often If the Panthers offense is going to score points, Greg Olsen will need to have a career-season

Brandon Spikes (LB, Buffalo Bills)

The Bills defense took a major hit when stud linebacker Kiki Alonso tore his ACL in July With Alonso out for the season, someone will need to fill the void and make lots of tackles That man is offseason acquisition Brandon Spikes, the former Patriot who the Bills signed in hopes of creating a dynamic linebacker duo But with no Kiki Alonso, Spikes will be asked to anchor the linebacking core Spikes will benefit from playing behind two phenomenal defensive linemen in Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus If the linemen can win the bat-

Star Lotulelei (DT, Carolina Panthers)

Star Lotulelei was a steal for the Panthers in the 2013 NFL draft A projected top-five pick by draft pundits, Lotulelei was unable to work out at the NFL combine after a heart issue was revealed not a heart condition, as many people were worried it to be but a problem caused by an infection But even after being cleared by doctors, teams still shied away from the Utah standout defensive lineman So the Panthers grabbed him with the 14th overall selection, and he did not disappoint He was an efficient run-stopper and helped a Panthers defense record a league-leading 60 sacks, and Star Lotulelei finished fourth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting Alongside fellow defensive stars Greg Hardy and Luke Kuelchy, Loutulelei is poised to be a top defensive tackle in just his second year in the league

Lavonte David (LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Like T J Ward, Lavonte David has already put together a nice two-year NFL résumé that includes a first-team All Pro selection But David has the potential to be among the top few linebackers in the league this season Only 24 years old, he has racked up 139 and 145 tackles in his first two seasons respectively He added seven sacks and five interceptions last season, hence the All Pro selection and Pro Bowl snub Playing behind young star defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, David is likely to top his career high in tackles, and will continue to cause havoc and force turnovers Lovie Smith speaks highly of David and even brought up Hall of Fame Bucs’ linebacker Derrick Brooks as someone David has the potential to become After his first two seasons, the idea seems realistic

As Season Opener Looms, Defense Finds Direction

as we can the younger players,” said head coach David Archer ’05

programs that have consistent approaches, they have consistent quality depth on both sides of the line of scrimmage so that’s going to be a focus for us to try to develop as quickly

The defense as it stands has no shortage of talent Despite some key losses, the unit returns junior outside linebacker Debo Sodeke (two sacks), sophomore inside linebacker Jackson Weber (40 tackles, 1 5 sacks), junior safety Twan

Terrell (one interception, one blocked kick) and senior corner Michael Turner (three interceptions) With a focus always placed on putting the ball back in the hands of the offense, Harris said the defensive line specifically has begun to make strides

“We have the players to be a top defense.”

“As a defensive line our focus is to fire off the ball, destroy blocks and make plays,” he said “Getting pressure on the quarterback and getting sacks is always a high priority and we have been working hard to make sure we improve in this category It all starts up front on both sides of the ball ”

With the prospect of a high octane defense heading into the season that will follow in the footprints that Minor and Buehler left behind, Harris said the team is confident it can size up against the league’s best from last year Princeton and Penn

“The Ivy League is a very competitive league and each week is going to be a battle,” he said “We have the players to be a top defense and as long as we play together and fast and free, we will be great ”

With a drought of seniors on the defensive unit, Harris who finished the season with 40 tackles and a sack last season has taken on a new leadership role as the oldest and most experienced player on the team

“There are 106 players on the football team and we are all brothers I view myself as the big brother,” he said “I’ve been around the block On and off the field I want the team to be able to depend on me to lead them in the right direction ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sportseditor@cornellsun com

Testing Soccer’s Popularity in the Wake of the World Cup

Questions arise as to whether enthusiasm for sport is temporary or if it will have a long-term impact

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Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at hyousefi@cornellsun

With Aggressive Play on the Mind, Defense Resets

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

When outside linebacker Tre’ Minor ’14 broke through Penn’s offensive line and blocked an extra point attempt that would have tied the final game of the Red’s 2013 season, Minor proved the timeless adage that defense wins championships It may be cliché, and it may not have been a championship, but at the very least Minor was able to take the defensive preachings of his coaches, tie them up neatly with a bow and pass them along for the next generation of Big Red defenders And it was the very last thing he did in a Cornell uniform

The six blocked kick attempts the defense recorded last season, while an impressive stat on its own, was not enough to right the ship Cornell was second to last in the Ivy League in total defense, second to last in interceptions with six (10 fewer than the first team in the conference) and dead last in pass defense However, that statistic remains a reflection of a defensive mentality that is gradually becoming commonplace

“This entire offseason, our defensive coordinator coach Backus has emphasized the importance of swarming to the ball every play and having the mentality that the ball is ours, ” said senior captain and wide receiver Lucas Shapiro

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While Minor has moved on, along with fellow outside linebacker Brett Buehler ’14 and defensive lineman Kevin Marchand ’14, the defense is hoping to carry on the legacy those players left behind Buehler surpassed 100 tackles last season and Minor recorded 46 while blocking two kicks, intercepting one pass and forcing a fumble Marchand led the team in sacks with three for a loss of 25 yards

“As a defensive unit we have the same principles as last year and through training camp those principles have

begun to become instilled in the defense,” said fifth-year senior defensive lineman Justin Harris “For all four quarters we want to constantly impose our will against opposing offenses ” It is a mentality of fierce, physical play, but it will take development from the ground up in order to stick

Measuring the Effect of the World Cup

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer

If Ann Coulter is to believed, then soccer is the shrine of hawkish immigrants, hell-bent on invading and contorting great, pre-existing American culture

“I promise you, ” said the conservative columnist, “ no American whose greatgrandfather was born here is watching soccer ” Soccer has always been a background sport in the U S , playing fifth fiddle behind the more traditional sports of football, basketball, baseball and hockey But this summer, soccer was thrust to the forefront as the World Cup captured a massive American audience 25 million people tuned in this summer to watch the United States play out a thrilling 2-2 stalemate against Cristiano

Ronaldo’s Portugal To put this figure into perspective, 15 million people watched the Boston Red Sox win the 2013 baseball world series, according to The Independent

Anecdotal evidence for this nationwide growth of soccer appreciation is widespread CTB was packed for every game, and it was not uncommon to hear people excitedly talking about the game or sporting their red, white and blue jerseys

“In 2010, after Landon Donovan’s goal vs Algeria, I thought we peaked as a soccer-appreciating nation,” said senior defender Devin Morgan of the Red men ’ s soccer team “But after walking around New York City this summer seeing at least one person on every block in a USA jersey, I believe that soccer is firmly on the rise in terms of popularity in the U S ”

Average viewing figures increased by 1 5 million viewers from the 2010 World Cup, held in South Africa, and American supporters trailed only Brazilians in

“I believe that soccer is firmly on the rise in terms of popularity in the U.S.”

numbers of tickets bought The performance of the team captured the hearts and minds of the people, and the hype was so widespread that captain and forward Clint Dempsey earned a congratulatory call from President Barack Obama Overall, not a bad tournament

“The energy that comes from the United States, with their thousands and thousands of fans actually in Brazil, you see where the game is going in the United States,” Dempsey said of the support from home He went as far as to describe it as unstoppable

“You can ’ t stop it anymore; it’s breaking through The league is doing a great job Millions of kids playing soccer throughout the country, you know, it’s growing on every level,” Dempsey said “And a large motive of this development is always the national team ”

Many are saying that the 2014 World Cup could prove to be the turning point in American sports, the point which could see the sport emerge as a contender to the four core American sports

“There definitely was more of a following for the U S during and after the World Cup, probably due to the greater

Potential NFL Breakout Players

Each NFL season features players who elevate their games to the next tier Below are 10 players who have the potential and talent to be breakout stars in 2014

Andrew Luck (QB, Indianapolis Colts) The 24-year-old 2012 first overall pick out

of Stanford has led the Colts to the postseason back-to-back years In January, Luck torched a stellar Chiefs defense for 443 yards and four TDs en route to a comeback win for the ages He did so with few weapons around him and a lackluster running attack The Colts added free agent wide Hakeem Nicks to pair alongside veteran Reggie Wayne (who missed most of last season with torn ACL), and with speedster T Y Hilton manning to slot, Luck is surrounded by talent and playmakers The mobile, big-arm, do-it-all quar terback is ready to make the jump into the elite, top tier of QBs in the National Football League

Doug Martin (RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) Martin made a name for himself in his