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Construction begins on Collegetown Crossing on College Avenue Right: A rendering illustrates the 327 Eddy St project, which will

C-Town Landscape Transforms With Redevelopment Projects

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

In the absence of local hotspots such as Pixel Lounge and the Chapter House, and with a number of new construction projects completed or underway, the Collegetown landscape has been the home to many new development changes since last semester

Steve Fontana’s 327 Eddy Street development, Josh Lower’s ’05 Collegetown Crossing and Pat Kraft’s new Kraftees building recently broke ground on new projects Fontana plans to open Dr yden Eddy Apartments, which displaced Pixel Lounge and Club Sudz, in August 2016, with a complex featuring an on-site fitness room, laundr y machines and air conditioning, among other amenities

Kraftees has temporarily relocated to 313 College Ave after construction began on a new building at 205 Dryden Rd in June Plans for the new building, known as Dryden South, include Kraftees in a retail space on the bottom floor, beneath five floors of residential apartments

on the bottom floor, Greenstar Cooperative Market will open in July 2016, and leases will begin mid-August

While much development is underway, some Collegetown construction projects are now complete This semester, Lambrou Real Estate moved the first tenants into a threeapartment expansion to its building at 114 Catherine St The building, Nick Lambrou argues, is modest in respect to what the new zoning laws which sparked the increase in construction allow

“Just because the zoning says something doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do,” Lambrou said “I think it’s better the way it’s constructed ” Additionally, the house at 202 Eddy St saw completion this summer A fire destroyed the original, historic 11-person building in March 2014, and according to Lambrou, the new property stands as an exact replica of its predecessor

“Nobody got hurt, thank God, but we had to go through the process of reconstructing,” he said Calling the building almost unique in a neighborhood where most new construction is on apartment complexes, Lambrou said he is proud of the house’s design He also said

Meanwhile, Lower’s long-awaited mid-rise, Collegetown Crossing, is slated for a June 2016 completion Leasing space

Common Council Adopts Plan for Future of Ithaca

By MADELINE COHEN and DAVID TICZON Sun Assistant News Editor and Sun Staff Writer

approved Plan Ithaca, a blueprint for the growth and development for the city, duri n g

m e e t i n g l a s t

Wednesday

The first comprehensive plan since 1971, Plan Ithaca attempts to outline the trajectory of the city’s growth for the coming years The origin a l p l a n h a d b e e n amended 14 times since its adoption “ L o c a l c o n d i t i o n s that affect Ithaca, however, as well as national and global trends, have changed dramatically since the adoption of the 1971 plan, resulting in the need to prepare a new comprehensive plan that addresses present-day issues at the local level,” the plan’s background states Additionally, the plan expresses the i m p o r t a n c

housing prices for Ithacans

“Ithaca [should have] an adequate supply of safe, accessible and affordable housing available to all residents, regardless of their life circumstances or special needs,” the goals within the plan state “ The city is home to a range of housi n g o p t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g different levels of afforda b i l i t y a n d h

types, in each neighborhood ”

George McGonical (D-1st Ward)

The plan states that over time Ithaca’s “neighborhood character [will b

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space surrounding the city [will be] preser ved to minimize sprawl ”

Still, some at the Common Council meeting last week remained concerned about an increased population density affecting property value and sprawl

“As [Ithaca] become[s] more dense, property value goes up, ever y piece of

By EMILY FREIDMAN Sun Staff Writer

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and muscling through 15 mystery obstacles tested the 3,000 competitors, who received bananas, a protein bar and “brag-

Spartan Race, the first held at Cornell

Kaylie Lamica, finished in 43 minutes and 24 seconds The top three men and women all received prizes Elite races began at 9

Cornell Continues to Expand

Its Social Media Presence

Will continue to use platform to reach prospective students

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN Sun Staff Writer

New Website Connects BEE Students and Profs

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

ProfessorInTouch, a new website designed to facilitate professorstudent communication About 300 students have already signed up, predominantly BEE underg

week’s launch

“ProfessorInTouch is different from email in that it is specifically for professor-student c

Kim ’16, the website’s creator

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number one mental health problem that college students face these days ”

Kim said he believes many students do not explicitly express these troubles to faculty and the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n b e c a u s e t h e y think “nothing could have been d o n e a n d [ d o ] n o t w a n t t o offend anyone ”

On the new website, professors get a digest email ever y four hours about the unread messages on the website, so that they can focus on other important interactions with other faculty members and research partners with-

“ProfessorInTouch is different from email in that it is specifically for professorstudent communication.”

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d a t a re p o r t e d t h a t 3 1 p e rc e n t o f c o l l e g e a d m i ss i o n s o f f i c e r s h a v e “ v i s i t e d a n a p p l i c a n t ’ s Fa c e b o o k p a g e o r o t h e r s o c i a l n e t w o rk i n g p a g e t o l e a r n m o re a b o u t t h e m ”

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Un i ve r s i t y w o rk s t o k e e p u p w i t h t h e c h a n g e s i n h ow p e o p l e u s e s o c i a l m e d i a “ So c i a l m e d i a i s s u b j e c t t o t h e s a m e l e ve l o f s c r u t i n y a s a n y o t h e r c o m m u n i c a t i o n we s e n d , ” Bu b b l e s a i d “ Si n c e s o c i a l m e d i a e

When students send mess a g e s , t h e y c a n s p e c i f y information like the purpose and urgency of the message

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ProfessorInTouch last semester, said he felt motivated to address inefficiency of the current email system as soon as possible to help Cornell students “strive and flourish ” He said he worked with Aditya Agashe ’17, Eliza Weaver ’17 and Joshua Kim grad on the technical aspects of the project, like building the platform

“It is not shocking to me personally that students have experienced trouble with communicating with professors via email,”

Kim said

According to an independent student sur vey conducted by Kim and his team, about 70 percent of the 104 respondents said they had experienced trouble emailing professors and 80 percent said they had felt stressed about sending an email to professors

Kim said the most worrisome finding of the sur vey was that most students said they felt anxious when professors were not in touch with them via email

“ This is a serious problem,” Kim said, “ as The New York Ti m e s re c e n t l y p u b l i s h e d a n article saying anxiety is now the

out sacrificing student communication, according to Kim

“It is a little early to judge how the professors and students are feeling about the system as the site was implemented just more than a week ago, ” Kim said “I have not heard any negative feedback from either students or professors yet, though ” According to Kim, administ r a t o r s i n t h e C o l l e g e o f En g i n e e r i n g , C o l l e g e o f Agricultural Life Sciences, and ILR were ver y suppor tive of ProfessorInTouch

“Some are interested in seeing h ow t h i s ro l l s o u t i n t h e Depar tment of BEE for this s e m e s t e r a n d h a ve k i n d l y encouraged me to reach out again in this winter if we are successful so that we can work out the bigger scale implementation for spring 2016,” he said Kim said even students outs i d e o f B E E h a ve a l re a d y expressed their interest in the new website

“Having a centralized place for students and professors to communicate is much better t h a n u s i n g C Ma i l , ” Wy a t t Nelson ’16 said

Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun com

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Collegetown’s Landscape Continues

To Change With New Development

COLLEGETOWN

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he is confident he could win an Ithaca Pride of Ownership award an award the city bestows to property owners who have developed properties in ways that enhance the neighborhood’s appearance

Be yo n d i t s e x t e r i o r a e s t h e t i c , L a m b ro u e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e d e s i g n w a s c a re f u l l y t h o u g h t o u t t o a p p e a l t o h i s c l i e n -

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c o n s t r u c t i o n , h e s a i d “ It’s d i f f i c u l t t o c re a t e h o u s i n g i n It h a c a , ” L owe r s a i d He a d d e d t h a t i t t o o k Ur b a n It h a c a , h i s c o m p a n y, f i ve ye a r s t o g e t a p p rova l f o r C o l l e g e t ow n Cro s s i n g , a d d i n g h u n d re d s o f t h o u s a n d s o f d o l l a r s t o t h e p ro j e c t c o s t s t h a t u l t i m a t e l y g e t f a c t o re d i n t o re n t p r i c e s L owe r s a i d p ro p e r t y t a xe s a re a l s o s i g n i f i c a n t ; a l t h o u g h C o l l e g e t ow n c o m p r i s e s l e s s t h a n

“Over the next five years the population of Collegetown will increase as property owners construct new buildings.” J o s h L o w e r ’ 0 5

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C o l l e g e t ow n e vo l ve ove r t h e ye a r s W h e n t h e d r i n k i n g a g e w a s r a i s e d t o 2 1 , h e s a i d h e s a w n i g h t l i f e b u s i n e s s e s s u f f e r, a n d a s o n - c a m p u s h o u s i n g b e c a m e m o re e x p e n s i ve , h e n o t i c e d s t u d e n t s we re s e e k i n g t o l i ve e l s e w h e re Howe ve r, t h e s u r g e i n d e m a n d l e d t o re n t h i k e s i n

C o l l e g e t ow n , a s o u rc e o f f r u s t r a t i o n f o r m a n y s t u d e n t s “ T h i s i s a c o m p l i c a t e d m a t t e r, ” L a m b ro u s a i d , a t t r i b u ti n g h i g h e r re n t s t o a c o n f l u e n c e o f e x t e r n a l c o s t f a c t o r s “ It’s n e ve r g o t t e n l e s s e x p e n s i ve t o b u i l d , s o t h a t i n c re a s e s re n t ” Mo re ove r, t h e c i t y c o n t i n u e s t o i n c re a s e p ro p e r t y t a xe s “ T h e c i t y ’ s g o t i t d ow n p e r f e c t , ” L a m b ro u s a i d “ T h e y m a k e t h e l a n d l o rd t h e f a l l g u y ” L owe r, w h o h a s b e e n i n vo l ve d i n l o c a l re a l e s t a t e f o r 1 0 ye a r s , s a i d h e h a s a l s o w i t n e s s e d t h e s e c h a n g e s He a t t r i b u te s t h e re n t i n c re a s e s t o s i m i l a r c a u s e s : s t u d e n t c o m p e t i t i o n , p ro p e r t y t a xe s a n d o t h e r g ove r n m e n t f e e s a n d re g u l a t i o n

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Ithaca Approves New Plan for City’s Growth and Change

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m u t e r s b u y t h i n g s i n Fe b r u a r y, u n l i k e t o u r i s t s A n d p e o p l e f ro m

“I think what this plan could do more of is look into positive aspects of being a regional hub.” G e o r g e M c

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun com

Nearly 3,000 Participate in Spartan Race

Competitors face a series of challenging obstacles in race to nish

SPARTAN

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Competitors were able to register either as an individual or with a team

Wendy Woods ’18 par ticipated as par t of a team which included members of Alpha Epsilon Phi, her s o r o r i t y T h e i r t e a m c o m p e t e d together to raise money for charity, as par t of Spar tan ’ s “Race for a Reason” program

Woods said she does not think she would have had as much fun if she had not r un with her teammates “ We stuck together, and we h e l p e d e a c h o t h e r t h r o u g h t h e obstacles,” she said “ We helped each other get through it ”

T h e Sp a r t a n o r g a n i z a t i o n emphasizes the fact that all competitors in both the elite and noncompetitive heats are timed “If our courses do not kill you outright, our clock will This is not just a ‘trail r un ’ or any old ‘mud r un, ’ it is a race, ” the Spar tan website says “Most anyone can manage

10 miles and some obstacles, but we present you with the ability to hit the course hard and see how you rank ”

The race held at Cornell was one of more than 120 Reebok Spar tan races that take place globally each year While some obstacles are present in most Spar tan races, others var y based on the terrain and the venue Some signature obstacles include mud, barbed wire and rope climbs If a competitor is unable to c

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r c e d t o p e r f o r m 3 0 “ p e n a l t y burpees” before moving on According the Spar tan website, they do not release any information about the size, number or types of obstacles on a given course “ There [will] be obstacles to catch you off guard Cur ve balls, so to speak Get over it We’re here to rip you

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hardest par t of the race for her was the “bear crawl” obstacle, which consisted of rolling under wires

“ You were covered in dir t and y o u r k n e e s h u r t , ” Wo o d s s a i d “ There was dust ever ywhere It was crazy ”

Danielle Eiger ’18, another competitor in the race, said she was not surprised by the difficulty of the obstacles even though she did not know what they would be before star ting the race

“I just tried not to think about it,” Eiger said “ There was just a lot of climbing and a lot of crawling ”

Despite the challenging nature of the course, Eiger said she was glad that she par ticipated but does not know if she would sign up again

“I can ’ t believe that I did it, espec i a l l y b e c a u s e i f [ t h e r a c e ] w a s something I heard about, I would think ‘ wow, I would never do that,’ but I did,” Eiger said

Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun com

C.U. Utilizes Social Media to Unite Cornellians

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El m i r a c o m e t o It h a c a a n d e n j oy i t , t h e n t h e y g o h o m e I t h i n k t h o s e a re g o o d t h i n g s ” T h e p l a n ’ s s e c t i o n o n e m p h a s i z i n g It h a c a ’ s ro l e a s a c o m m e rc i a l c e n t e r s a i d i t w a s i m p o rt a n t t h a t It h a c a m a i n t a i n i t s p u l l o n t h e c o mm u n i t i e s a ro u n d i t “ T h e c i t y ’ s ro l e a s t h e e c o n o m i c , s o c i a l a n d c u l t u r a l c e n t e r o f To m p k i n s C o u n t y h a s b e e n s t re n g t h e n e d by a t t r a c t i n g a n d re t a i n i n g a l a r ge r p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e C o u n t y p o p u l a t i o n , re ve r s i n g a h a l f - c e n t u r y t re n d o f p o p u l a t i o n l o s s t o t h e c o u n t y, ” t h e p l a n s a i d J R C l a i b o r n e ( D - 2 n d w a rd ) s a i d h e w a s g r a t e f u l t o t h e a u t h o r s o f t h e p l a n b e c a u s e i t b e g a n a d i a l o g u e a b o u t t h e f u t u re o f t h e c o mm u n i t y “ I t h i n k o n e t h i n g t h i s p l a n h a s d o n e i s i t s t a r t s a p u b l i c c o n ve r s a t i o n w h i c h t e l l s u s t h a t t h e b o n e s a re h e re ; we’l l g e t t h e s t r u c t u re b u i l t , ” h e s a i d He a l s o e x p re s s e d h i s h o p e t h a t It h a c a c o u l d c o n t i n u e t o h a ve t h e f e e l o f a s m a l l t ow n “ I d o n ’ t h a ve m u c h o f a p ro b l e m a b o u t g row t h , b u t I d o h a ve t o s a y t h a t I a m n e r vo u s I c o m e f ro m a s m a l l t ow n , s o I l i k e l i v i n g i n a s m a l l t ow n , ” h e s a i d “ I a m h o p i n g t h a t we a re a b l e t o t a k e w h a t ’ s h e re a n d re a l l y m ove f o rw a rd , t o m a k e p o s i t i ve c h a n g e s i n o u r c i t y ” Ma yo r Sva n t e My r i c k ’ 0 9 s a i d h e b e l i e ve s t h e p l a n w a s a n i m p o r t a n t s t e p t ow a rd p o s i t i ve c h a n g e i n It h a c a “ T h e w a y t o m a k e t h a t a d j u s t m e n t i s t o a d o p t s o m e t h i n g l i k e t h i s , ” h e s a i d T h o u g h t h e p l a n re c e i ve d s o m e p r a i s e f o r h ow i t a d d re s s e d i s s u e s f a c i n g t h e It h a c a c o mm u n i t y i n t h e f u t u re , Mc Go n i c a l s a i d h e a p p re c i a t e d t h e f l e x i b i l i t y o f t h e p l a n “ I c o m e t o a p p re c i a t e t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s i s n o t t h e Te n C o m m a n d m e n t s , ” h e s a i d “ T h a t t h e s e a re i d e a s , a n d we c a n p e r u s e t h e o n e s we w a n t t o u s e ” s t u d e n t s c a n c o m b i n e t h e i r v i s i t w i t h C o r n e l l o n s o c i a l m e d i a p l a t f o r m s “ T h i s w i l l a d d a s o c i a l d y n a m i c t o t h e v i s i t e x p e r ie n c e b y e n c o u r a g i n g p r o s p e c t i v e s t u d e n t s t o c o n n e c t w i t h e a c h o t h e r a n d b r o a d e n i n g C o r n e l l’s re a c h t h ro u g h t h e v i s i t o r ’ s o w n s o c i a l n e t w o r k s , ” Bu b b l e s a i d “ It w i l l a l s o o f f e r s t u d e n t s w h o a re n o t a b l e t o v i s i t t h e a b i l i t y t o s e e c a m p u s f ro m a n e n t i rel y n e w a n d a u t h e n t i c p e rs p e c t i ve ” D a r o v s k i k h s a i d h e b e l i e v e s t h e g l o b a l o n l i n e p r e s e n c e o f C o r n e l l w i l l l e a d t o a c o l l e c t i o n o f s t o r i e s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d “ So c i a l m e d i a w i l l c

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Rubin Danberg Biggs is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at red243@cornell edu The Common Table usually appears alternate Mondays this semester

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Back-to-School Energy

Welcome back to Cornell! The beginning of the Cornell school year has a special energy You are likely enjoying the warm weather, making friends, engaging in classes and joining clubs You may have a list of all the things you want to do in Ithaca this year

Maybe you are a new student on campus looking for ward to spending several years here, with plenty of time to explore the curriculum and the community Or maybe you have already spent some time at Cornell, but are tr ying to fit in ever ything you haven’t gotten around to in previous years because time got away from you

This is the time to harness that energy and ambition, and use it to propel you for ward into an intellectually stimulating and socially satisfying school year

I recently heard Cornell described as a vibrant city, where a student can find living essentials (housing, dining, transportation, police ser vices), rich academics (1,600 faculty, 14 colleges and schools, almost 80 formal major fields of study), culture (Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell Cinema, Schwartz Performing Arts Center) and community (over 1,000 student organizations, 64 sororities and fraternities, program houses, athletics)

We are so lucky to spend a few years in this “city,” where the

Sign up for that class you’ve eyed in the course catalog that’s outside of your major or graduate field; It may open you up to a new way of thinking, a different career path, or simply an exceptionally enjoyable and interesting semester

student is at the focus of all of these ser vices Take advantage of all that Cornell and Ithaca are offering you, and start doing it now!

Pursue that initiative that you think could make our community a better place Find other students who are interested in the issue, talk with student leaders (you can always reach out to me) and administrators about how to make it happen and start taking steps to achieve your goal Many of the most effective and influential projects and organizations on campus were conceived of and executed by students

Sign up for that class you ’ ve eyed in the course catalog that’s outside of your major or graduate field; It may open you up to a new way of thinking, a different career path or simply an exceptionally enjoyable and interesting semester and do it today! Today is the last day for undergraduates to add classes

Attend that lecture that sounds interesting even though it’s outside your area of expertise You may learn something new, make an important personal connection or develop another academic or personal interest

Join or create that club that is a little different from what you normally spend your time on You will broaden your personal Cornell community and feel more connected with your peers

Get outside! Take those hikes, swims or bike rides around campus and Ithaca go to the Cornell Plantations, Beebe Lake, East Hill Recreation Way, Treman State Park or Buttermilk Falls (to name just a few)

You have the opportunity now to start on a path toward a rewarding academic year

Trust me, if you don’t start now, the energy and ambition you feel around you will start to fade as classes get difficult and the weather gets colder But if you get in the habit now of exploring, learning and opening yourself up to new experiences, you will keep it up even when the year becomes more challenging

I am now in my seventh, and last, year of higher education I’m giving you this advice because when I look back, I realize that taking advantage of energy, ambition and passion has ser ved me best

When I skipped performances, lectures, games and other events because I thought I was too busy or stressed, I have regretted it When I took a class just because it was supposed to be an easy “A,” I was disappointed and bored

But when I was open to ne w oppor tunities, I found the greatest success and sense of accomplishment These different experiences have shaped my personality, my interests and my goals They have made me stand out in job inter vie ws They have kept me consistently interested and content in my environment

I hope you will not let this special time of year pass you by without stepping outside of your comfort zone Opening up and tr ying new things will enrich your time at Cornell, and will enrich our Cornell community

Have a great year!

Comm en t of the day

“The New York State Police are professionals, qualified to deal with felonies. Rape is a felony, you know, not a violation of Cornell’s ‘rules.’ It sounds like this new Special Victims Unit is a great idea. Frankly, it’s about time.”

AsNancy McEwen

Re: “New York Creates Special Victims Unit for College Campuses,” News published September 2, 2015

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Conspiracy Theories And Donald Trump

the Summer of Trump draws to a close, the Donald continues to lead the field of Republican contenders for the 2016 presidential nomination The latest national poll, conducted by Monmouth University, places Donald Trump at 30 percent 12 points higher than the next leading candidate, Ben Carson, and 22 points higher than Jeb Bush Trump who has previously identified as a Democrat and supports policies such as the Affordable Care Act and higher taxes on the wealthy has turned the presidential nomination into an episode of Veep

Think about it: A Democrat enters the GOP presidential race to sabotage the Republicans and skyrockets to the top of the polls by insulting immigrants and women Another candidate responds to this movement against immigration by calling a proposal to build a wall spanning the United States-Canada border a ‘legitimate’ idea The supposed front-runner, Jeb Bush, is so busy tr ying not to be another Republican establishment failure that he is actively employing and hyping the endorsement of one of the biggest Republican establishment failures of all time in Eric Cantor And who put Donald Trump the Democrat up to all of this? Well, of course Bill Clinton orchestrated the whole thing just to throw the election to his wife who is stuck in neutral, battling only the most mundane of political controversies It’s almost too good to not be true Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan even goes great with Selina Meyer’s nonsensical “Continuity with Change ” Conspiracy theories aside, what Trump’s campaign truly exists to prove whether intentionally or unintentionally is that American populism is alive and well Opposition to immigration amid a changing national identity is a staple of populism on the right and has only been reinforced by an economy struggling to provide tangible recovery for middle and working-class

Americans So, what does this mean? In the shor t term, it means that the Republicans are putting themselves on track to lose another presidential election

Remember the Republican autopsy report commissioned by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus after the defeat of Mitt Romney in 2012? The report issued to address the self-diagnosed problems of intolerance within the Par ty contained warnings such as, “it will be increasingly difficult for Republicans to win a presidential election in the near

recognition

Furthermore and perhaps more impor tantly Tr ump remains the benefactor of an unprecedented field of Republicans vying for the nomination In previous elections, candidates like Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich were squeezed out of the race after Party figures coalesced around Mitt Romney Typically this would and still might happen with Jeb Bush But with 17 declared Republicans seeking the nomination, the Establishment wing of the GOP must wait for

Trump who has previously identifie Democrat and supports policies such a Affordable Care Act and higher taxes o wealthy — has turned the presidential nomination into an episode of Veep.

future If our Party is not welcoming and inclusive, young people and increasingly other voters will continue to tune us out we must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform ” In the long run, it means that meaningful immigration reform may be a long way out Clearly, not all Republican candidates are hostile towards immigration and the ones who are most likely won ’ t be around come next November But if a sizeable bloc of Republican voters remains committed to anti-immigration rhetoric, it may prove politically treacherous to propose the comprehensive reform necessary As long as Trump’s poll numbers keep rising with ever y insult hurled at minority groups, immigration reform remains stalled and the aforementioned Republican autopsy report looks increasingly prophetic

While the 2016 election remains over a year away and factional candidates typically catch fire as the seasons change before quickly flaming out see Rick Perry, Herman Cain in 2011 Donald Trump has two intangibles not enjoyed by all candidates: money to sustain his campaign and near-universal name

the field to narrow before uniting behind a single candidate; and if multiple Establishment-like figures think Bush, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, John Kasich run lengthy campaigns into 2016, Establishment suppor t may remain splintered across different candidates Republican elites should have real concern for this possibility If you look at Jeb Bush’ interaction with Trump as a proxy for GOP Establishment interaction with Trump, it’s evident that Trump will not be silenced by traditional methods You can ’ t embarrass a man with no shame, you can ’ t suffocate his media coverage, and attacking him only makes him stronger Eventually, the Republican brass will have to merge behind a single candidate, but as long as Establishment support remains fractured and their candidates languish in the polls and there’s no reason to believe that will change in the near future get ready to spend a couple more months debating Trump conspiracy theories

Jake Forken is a senior in the College of Human Ecolog y He may be reached at jr f285@cor nell edu My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘So

It Goes: ’ KurtVonnegut ’44 at theJohnson

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Those who do not want to read a hundred words of hemming and hawing about getting to review the work of a personal idol should skip down a paragraph For, despite my despising of hero worship, I fear I cannot really review “So It Goes” a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1980s felt-tip drawings in the Class of 1953, Moak and Schaenen Galleries without allowing my reverence for his writing to seep in Reading an artist’s works never equates to reading their mind

But the drawings that comprise “So It Goes” the drawings of which were lent to the Johnson Museum by Vonnegut’s daughter, Nanette appear to be just so, well Vonnegut His works feature curving, contorting lines, probing eyes and motifs that have appeared previously in Vonnegut’s illustrations “So It Goes” most notably fascinates the viewer, however, by combining the felt-tip drawings with information about Vonnegut’s life

Through the biographical displays, curators Nancy Green (Gale and Ira Drukier Curator of European and American Art, Prints & Drawings, 1800-1945) and Michele Wick (’82, Research Associate/Lecturer in Psychology Smith College) explore features of Vonnegut’s childhood, adolescence and war career that likely factor into his art In one text, Vonnegut states that he began to draw at home because “artists and art supplies were around the house all of the time ” The same nonchalance that marks Vonnegut’s writing style also elevates his drawings

Minimal combinations of circles form gaping, evocative eyes

The most memorable drawing from the exhibit depicted a shrouded, baby-like figure sitting on a chair Three quick marker smudges alone created its eerie face Despite working in a different medium, Vonnegut still conjures up bizarre, but welcoming, scenes

Some drawings could have represented Vonnegut’s literary settings the desolation of wartime Dresden or the rocky cliffs of San Lorenzo Vonnegut’s usage of line alone could warrant an entire review Two-dozen lines seem to interlace at random until facial features make the neck and face, which the

lines form, apparent In another drawing, a flurry of short, wispy lines show a mustache blown backwards, as if by a breeze Even with sparse markings, Vonnegut evokes a huge amount of structure and motion

Due to their simplicity and prominent usage of lines, Vonnegut’s drawings also possess a technical appearance

Speculation might lead one to think of Vonnegut’s architect grandfather and architect father, or perhaps his own chemistry major and job as a General Electric clerk, but I promised to not attempt mind reading Technical motifs, however, should not be conflated with rigidity The lines in Vonnegut’s drawings flow and twist more than they constrain anything, seemingly ready to slide off the paper at a moment ’ s notice

Vonnegut’s treatment of eyes alone is engrossing Lower lids sag as if waterlogged, and pupils dilate to comical widths One drawing shows an entirely opened eye, like a fried egg, marked by a button-black pupil The pupil emits a single thin line that terminates in one of Vonnegut’s recognizable asterisks The asterisks, too, appear in Vonnegut’s signatures on most drawings

A few fascinating works also deviate from Vonnegut’s tendency to depict faces or landscapes of some sort One drawing features a long, thin, twisting “ s ” , followed by the word “leep ”

In a most base way, Vonnegut evidences his ability to take an innocent, straightforward word and coax it into something strange, confusing and surreal

Another contains a first letter that is so engorged and multi-colored that it becomes unreadable, followed by the phrase “uit ” Vonnegut occupies the same space in many of his drawings, residing right on the cusp where the recognizable and nostalgic devolves into surrealism and the grotesque

Another biographical display quotes Vonnegut as saying, “A lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights ” The same nonchalance pervades Vonnegut’s writing, a sense that he works diligently but not obsessively, seeking to reach contentment and solidness before he achieves greatness

Without wandering too far into mind reading, the included texts seem to imply that Vonnegut would scoff at any attempts to classify his art as successful or unsuccessful, evocative or dull, instead maintaining that it simply is what it is The exhibit also

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includes a bench built by Vonnegut that bears the, very fitting, Henry David Thoreau quote: “Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ” Vonnegut brought the same attitude to his drawings, harnessing his propensity for diagrams and technical figures, love of the subversive and ability to transform the bizarre and grotesque into the welcoming and lovable

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

Orson Welles: A Retrospective at Cornell Cinema

BY BRUNO COSTELINI Sun Contributor

How do you go about reviewing a movie that is widely hailed as the best picture of all time? You don’t Citizen Kane, which opened a semester-long Orson Welles centenary retrospective at the Cornell Cinema last week, may have its share of flaws and even seem dated in some aspects, but what has kept it in such high regard among critics and spectators for so long isn’t merely what is comprised in the two hours of film

Much of it has to do with the stories and myths that surround it, mainly those centered on Welles, the ultimate Hollywood outsider, a character so colorful it threatens to overtake any appreciation of the artwork itself

I couldn’t have been more than ten or eleven years old when I first came upon the thunderous voice and kingly figure of Orson Welles This was on a New Year’s Eve, one of those times when you get to stay up late and catch whatever sleep-inducing film someone expertly decided to program for the loneliest night of the year He was the host of a documentary of sorts that depicted the predictions made by 16th century prophet Michel de Nostradamus, along with historical facts that would serve as proof of their accuracy,

later moving on to a more speculative realm as still unfulfilled predictions were shown So, nothing truly remarkable, especially considering this was late-period Welles in a work-for-hire serving as mere narrator for a cheap production. But if you couple a ten-year-old s impressionable mind with Welles’ grandiose persona ,you may begin to understand why the memory stuck

That same persona was the driving force of Welles’ first feature and it’s also why he got to do it in the first place Coming from East coast theater and radio, he was offered an unprecedented deal from RKO pictures to basically write and direct whatever he wanted After coming up with Kane, he never managed to complete another project in America on his own terms again It’s not so much because Welles disregarded filmmaking and narrative conventions (and never mind the William Hearst imbroglio, that’s a red herring), but mainly because he centered everything on himself as true artists inevitably do, alienating editors and producers who he was supposed to work with

In Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, a new documentary by Chuck Workman that was also screened last week at Cornell Cinema, Welles tells the story of being asked by an Italian waiter if he ever did another film after Citizen Kane The documentary, which mostly does a poor job demystifying Welles, goes on then to list his various subsequent entries Of these, Cornell Cinema will show the few American productions that Welles did manage to put together and even if the final cut wasn ’ t his one can ’ t dismiss The Lady from Shanghai (Sep 5 and 6), The Magnificent Ambersons (Sep 12 and 13) and Macbeth (Sep 19th) as minor works They all showcase Welles’ mastery of theatricality and his obsession with tragedy and dark humor His European films, though, dig even deeper into the farcical and the absurd Fittingly he shot a version of Franz Kafka’s The Trial (Oct

8) starring Anthony Perkins that stands on its own with a maze-like atmosphere and sets that could well have been designed by M C Escher Welles himself would also play a few other Kafkaesque characters such as the titular Mr Arkadin (Oct 3 and 4) and Hank Quinlan in Touch of Evil (Oct 24 and 25), but his most popular role as an actor came from his small part as Harry Lime in Carol Reed’s The Third Man (Sept 26 and 27)

Welles’ finest hour wouldn’t come, arguably, until F for Fake (which closes the cycle on Nov 21 and 22), his postmodern documentary essay on art forgery, that ends up being a fake in itself After decades of auteur work, Welles decides to deconstruct (pardon my French) the whole notion of authorship in a movie that bears the same structure of a magic trick With as deep a voice and as large a physique as he would ever sustain, Welles draws from a number of examples not the least from his own body of work, in a frantic exercise in exposition to correlate art and deception How much of that correlation applies to his career, perhap, as we have a chance to view it all throughout the Fall, we then might be able to tell

Bruno Costelini is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at bgcostelini@gmail com COURTESY OF NANETTE VONNEGUT

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The Gift Revitalizes Revenge

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Emily Kling is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ekling@cornellsun com

Lessons From Sylvia Plath

here’s this line in Annie Hall that I never really got ironically enough until I got to college Pretty far into the throes of the film, Woody Allen, playing Alvy Singer, throws out this little in-passing quip about Sylvia Plath where he says, "Sylvia Plath: interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college girl mentality ” Sexist? For sure And for a long time I thought it was stupid and unnecessary until I realized that I had been lost in the college girl mentality

Let me back up for a second it wasn ’ t really a college girl mentality I was lost in and I still think that part of Allen’s joke is crap College girls are not to be blamed for romanticizing suicide as some sort of sacrifice for art It was a creative worship mentality In talking about “tortured writers” I would say the dumbest, least enlightened junk about how, “yeah it’s sad they died tragically and all but, like, their depression helped with their art and without their art the world would somehow be less,” completely romanticizing their death as some sort of tradeoff for the art they produced The way I talked about it, mental illness was just a cross to bear if you were a writer or any sort of creative type because in the end, the absence of a book or poem or painting could somehow be greater than the loss of the person who created it

there’s no denying the correlation between the most tortured of us and the ability to create art

There are tons of actual scientific studies that confirm the connection, as well as a Wikipedia article literally titled “Creativity and mental illness, ” and we all know that Wikipedia acts as a litmus test for legitimacy in the 21st century On top of that we trade stories wrapped in the mythos of the tortured artist anecdotes about Hemingway or Fitzgerald or Plath or Cobain or Basquiat that somehow confirm that to be brilliant is to be depressed To be the least bit significant in your field is to be at war with yourself on a daily basis

But that’s a simplification, and there is nothing I want to deconstruct more than that idea

First, it’s just wrong Most depressed people are not actually productive while actively

When I think about that about how I used to imagine the connection between mental illness and creativity I get really mad It seems stupid to me, now, to put mental illness on some sort of pedestal because of the notion that it allows artists to be artists Obviously

depressed In an interview with David Foster Wallace’s father after the writer’s death, it was revealed that Wallace had suffered from depression for decades, and it was only the antidepressants he was taking that allowed him to be able to write It was after going off the drugs that his depression returned in full force and he committed suicide in 2008 Wallace’s depression is what ended his career it’s why we no longer have new books of his to read or new essays or

new great ideas that we wished we had come up with ourselves

Perhaps his suffering, to an extent, provided access to a different way of seeing the world, but it wasn ’ t what made him great He was great because he was brilliant, because he could take that way of seeing the world and do something with it Depression didn’t make him that way, depression only made him depressed

The second thing is, in thinking that way about mental illness and creativity, we erase the very human toll of suffering from something as soul-consuming as mental illness can be

I’ve seen it play out I’ve visited friends who sat in paper pajamas in hospital rooms, and I’ve searched through their things to find sweatpants without the strings so they could have something more comfortable to wear I’ve called their parents to say, “Yeah you should come now they really need you ” when what I wanted to say was “I need you I don’t know what to do and I can ’ t do this anymore ” It’s terrifying to see people you care about like that Wouldn’t the children of Sylvia Plath have given anything to have their mom around? Who am I to talk about her as if I’m offering her up for the things she produced? Would I

have ever talked about the people I cared about in such an offhand way? Does a body of work really justify suffering, or even death?

Obviously not everyone thinks about the connection between mental illness and creativity like I did, with all the nonchalance of talking about someone having double-jointed elbows Like the mental illness made them great writers, and they weren ’ t just great writers with mental illness And maybe the reality is that I’m the only person who ever thought that way But if I’m not, if there are others who, like me, denied the nuances of the connection between creativity and depression or anxiety or whatever, we need to stop It doesn’t help anyone, least of all the great artists that we love

Mar y Jar vis is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at mar ymjar vis@gmail com Guest Room appears ever y Tuesday this semester

L os Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Fill in the empty cells one number in each so that each column, row and region contains the numbers 1-9 exact y once Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “d rect ons,” hence the sing e numbers mplied by the puzzle’s name (Rules from wikipedia org/wiki

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Synopsis of the Previous Adventures of Johnny Woodruff

While still a little boy growing up in 1840s New England, Johnny Woodruff escapes from an abusive father Johnny is rescued by Henry David Thoreau, who brings Johnny back to health in Thoreau’s rustic cabin near the shore of Walden Pond (Latter n life, a guardian f ying insect takes over the role of protecting Johnny from harm ) At adolescence, Johnny like his grandfather before him develops voluptuous female breasts Despite this distinctive physical characterist c, Johnny jo ns the Union army, from which, however, he br ef y deserts in May of 1962 to visit Thoreau, then on his death bed Ralph Waldo Emerson de vers his “Eulogy” for Thoreau on May 9th, 1862, then accompanies Johnny to Washington, D C , where Emerson urges the emancipation of al s aves in a Smithsonian Institution speech Emerson and Johnny both meet Abraham Lincoln, who confides to Emerson that the latter ’s oratory has bolstered h s ultimate reso ve to free all American slaves In order to rejoin his military unit, Johnny tries to hitch a ride on a hydrogen balloon operated by a civ lian aerial corps performing reconna ssance for the Union, but the balloon breaks free prematurely, dragging Johnny from a tow rope The balloon drifts behind enemy lines, and is shot down by southern troops near Fredericksburg, Virginia Johnny wanders into town and enters an abandoned house to sleep, but two rebel soldiers join h m in the house the next morning To save his life, Johnny pretends to support the southern cause Across the Rappahannock River, Un on troops under General Ambrose Burnside prepare to cross the water on pontoon bridges to attack General Robert E Lee’s Confederate army

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Ben Shatzman can be contacted at bshatzman@cornellsun com Calling the Shatz appears Tuesdays this semester

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Standing in Serena’s Way?

Her Big Sister New York looks to end playoff drought

NEW YORK (AP) No reason for any extra practice after t h i s p e r f o r m a n c e by Se re n a Williams

Plus, it’s not as if she needs to study too hard to figure out how to deal with her next opponent

Playing the best she did during this U S Open as she chases a c a l e n d a r - ye a r Gr a n d Sl a m , Williams set up a quarterfinal against older sister Venus by making only six unforced errors in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over 19th-seeded Madison Keys on Sunday

Looking ahead, No 1 Serena described No 23 Venus this way:

“It’s like playing a mirror ” Serena took only 68 minutes to dismiss Keys, a 20-year-old American with formidable serves and forehands who simply was outplayed

Already a winner of the past four major tournaments, including last year ’ s U S Open, Serena is trying to become the first tennis player to win all four in the same season since Steffi Graf in 1988

Asked why it’s been so long since anyone else pulled off a true Grand Slam, Serena paused for effect, smiled and answered: “I don’t know why it took me so long ” Standing in the way at the moment is Venus This will be the 27th all-Williams match over their long and successful careers, and Serena leads 15-11, including 8-5 at majors Each has beaten the other twice at the U S Open, with Venus winning the 2001 final and Serena the 2002 final

“It’s about, of course, forgetting that she’s playing Venus,” s a i d Se re n a ’ s c o a c h , Pa t r i c k Mouratoglou

Ve n u s , a t 3 5 t h e o l d e s t woman in the tournament, was on court even less time than her sibling on Sunday, overwhelming 1 9 - ye a r - o l d q u a l i f i e r A n e t t Kontaveit of Estonia 6-2, 6-1 in 50 minutes Venus, of course, knows full well the challenge that awaits Tuesday

“What else can you do, except try to win the point and hope she doesn’t hit an ace?” said Venus, who lost in the third round or earlier at each of the past four U S Opens

The sisters’ mother, Oracene Price, said she wouldn’t attend the quarterfinal

As for whether Venus will be in a tough spot hoping to win, yet also well aware of what her sibling is pursuing Price said:

“I know it’s going to be hard, because I know (Venus) wants (Serena) to get it ”

25th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard withdrew with a concussion, two days after slipping and falling in the locker room That allowed Roberta Vinci of Italy to advance

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After Seven Months of Offseason, NFL Kicks Off Thursday

Football is almost back, and with it comes storylines, gossip and, of course, more brilliant Green Bay offense

It ’ s that time of the year again, folks, when Sundays go from mediocre to unbelievable The NFL is back Below I will take a look at some stor ylines to follow heading into the first week of the 2015 season

The Jimmy Graham Effect

Jimmy Graham is an athletic, touchdown-catching machine Because of the reputation Graham earned himself in Ne w Orleans, many were quick to label his trade to the Seahawks as a definite win for Seattle: The two-time defending NFC champions needed to acquire a big-time pass-catcher for Russell Wilson, who, despite throwing to a weak receiving corps, still posted elite numbers in 2014 The Seahawks need a guy like Jimmy Graham But they paid a hefty price to get him Seattle dealt All-Pro center

Max Unger, along with a first round pick, in return for Graham Unger is a dominant

l i n e m a n , a n d i f h e a l t h y, Ne w O r l e a n s should have among the best offensive lines in the league For a quar terback like Dre w Brees, pocket protection is arguably the most impor tant factor in what determines his success: the couple of extra seconds that Brees will have to throw will far outweigh the value of Jimmy Graham If Graham can stay healthy he battled a shoulder injur y throughout last season he could be the m i s s i n g p i e c e t o S e a t t l e ’ s o f f e n s e T h e Saints, on the other hand, travel to Arizona on Sunday to face a Cardinals team that ranked 29th in the league in passing yards allowed last season Look for Dre w Brees to have a monster week and a monster year

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defense They managed to win games with great defense and lackluster offense So when Ryan was named head coach of the Buffalo Bills a team that ranked four th in total defense in 2014 he kne w the expectations he would be facing In his introductor y press conference in Januar y, Ryan said, “four th in the league is probably a little disappointing, to be honest with you Because that’s not where my expectations are I know we’ll lead the league in d e f e n s e T h a t ’ s j u s t t h e w a y i t g o e s ”

Confident? Yes, but rightfully so Ryan has always been a confident, outspoken coach, but he’s also a coach dedicated to winning, and a man who his players have been known to adore He knows what Buffalo expects of the 2015 Bills, and I tr ust Ryan to succeed The Bills’ issues, however, are on the other side of the ball They traded for LeSean McCoy in the offseason, but their offensive line is a major question mark Buffalo’s 2013 first round draft pick, quarterback EJ Manuel, lost the star ting job to Tyrod Taylor, the Ravens’ backup for the last fe w season, who has star ted one game in his career Points will be at a premium for the Bills But Rex Ryan promised excellent defense, and his word will be tested in his debut on Sunday, as the Bills take on Andre w Luck and the Colts’ high-powered offense in Buffalo

Sam Bradford + Chip Kelly = Points

Sam Bradford’s skill has never been in doubt He was considered a special prospect coming out of Oklahoma and was selected with the first pick in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Rams In St Louis, Bradford showed flashes of brilliance Playing behind a terrible offensive line, surrounded by no-name receivers, Bradford put up solid numbers a

had a point: The preseason ser ves as a tuneup for Week One, in which teammates compete for roster spots in live game action For a proven tandem like Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson, the preseason couldn’t end sooner Football is a game full of injuries, and the preseason is no different besides the fact that the games do not count Nelson will miss the entire season, leaving the Packers without 98 catches, 1,519 yards and 13 touchdowns wor th of offense

But with Aaron Rodgers under center, the Packers offense will be just fine Fresh off of his second league MVP award and a 38/5 TD/INT ratio, Rodgers will be forced to throw to other, less proven players, but for him, it won ’ t be a problem As long as he is protected, Rodgers will make plays and score touchdowns The NFL is a “ next man u p ” l e a g u e : w h e n a p l a ye r g o e s d ow n , another steps up Green Bay will look to second-year receiver Davante Adams to fill the void The 53rd selection in the 2014 draft, Adams showed lots of promise in his rookie season as the Packers’ third receiver, posting two games with more than 100 yards receiving one of which came versus Dallas in the Divisional Playoffs Green Bay also signed receiver James Jones, who played for the Packers from ’07 to ’13, adding experience to a young receiving corps and a reliable pair of hands for Rodgers to target Jordy Nelson is a tremendous football player, but the league MVP is supposed to make his teammates shine, and that is exactly what Aaron Rodgers is going to do Rex Ryan’s Buffalo Debut Rex Ryan breathes defense Under Ryan, the Jets were known for their hard-nosed

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Red Wins First Two Games of Invitational, Drops Third

Cornell defeats Iona and William & Mary over weekend, then falls to host West Point

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

The volleyball team traveled to West Point, New York this weekend to play its first matches of the season facing the College of William & Mary and Iona College in the Black Knight Invitational The team closed the tournament with a match against Army, the host of the invitational

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“The first game we played against William & Mar y went really well,” said junior Macey Wilson “We had a rocky start, which was expected since that was the first time we had really played together, but then we were able to really come together as a team and show ourselves what we are really capable of ”

The Red and the Tribe went back and forth in the first four games, with Cornell winning the second and fourth The Red was able to finish off William & Mary, 15-12, in the fifth game Tied 11-11 after a Cornell time-out, Wilson gave the Red some muchneeded momentum to finish the match Sophomores Emily Wemhoff and Kit Mccarty both had double digit kill records, while Wilson had 10 kills for an impressive 364 kill percentage Wilson’s classmate Alyssa Phelps set for Cornell, and finished the first game with 42

assists Sophomore Chelsea Sincox had 22 digs, a career record

Against Iona College, the team continued its momentum from the first match The players won in three straight games against the Gaels, 2514, 25-20, 26-24 Though Cornell only needed three games to dispatch Iona, the numbers for the Red were still impressive Eight different players had kills, led by freshman Carla Sganderlla who had nine of her own Once again, Phelps kept the offense moving, putting up 29 assists

The invitational concluded for the Red with a third match, this one on Sunday against the Army Black Knights Army won in three straight games, 25-23, 25-13, and 25-20 Once again Sganderlla had an outstanding game, hitting double digits in kills in just three games, finishing with 12 kills for the match against Army Wilson continued to consistently connect on her opportunities with a 312 hitting average

Though the tournament ended on a loss, the Red has good reason to feel confident moving forward, according to Wilson This marks the first time since 2007 that the team started the season with two straight wins

“We, of course, have things that we need to work on, ” Wilson said “But we have a lot of confidence in ourselves and what we can accomplish after this tournament ”

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun com

Men Lose to Lafayette in Opener Despite Early Goal

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Staff Writer

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