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S.A.‘Streamlines’ United Student Body

More student groups affected, fewer diversity proposals required for funding

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

This article is part one of a two-part series regarding changes to the Student Assembly’s United Student Body initative Read The Sun tomorrow for the second part

Due to suggestions from various student groups, United Student Body the Student Assembly initiative passed in spring 2013 that requires several student groups to outline Diversity and Inclusion Plans to receive funding has undergone several changes for this semester

Read tomorrow’s Sun for more about the updated United Student Body initiative

According to Shivang Tayal ’16, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion and International Liaison for the S A , these changes include adding Tier 2 and Tier 3 SAFC-funded organizations to the list of groups affected by USB, reducing the number of “Diversity and Inclusion Plan” items that must be enumerated by each group and creating a task force under the Student Assembly Committee for Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives to evaluate these plans in face-to-face meetings with group leaders

According to Tayal, while only the byline-funded and Performance-tier SAFC funded organizations had to submit

Diversity and Inclusion Plans last year, this year ’ s number has increased due to an amendment made last spring “ This year the pur view of USB has increased to Tier 2 and Tier 3 [SAFC-funded] organizations, which have 80 to 100 organizations,” Tayal said “Last year approximately 30 organizations submitted DIPs ” USB has also “streamlined its implementation,” according to Tayal, making the Diversity and Inclusion Plan form shorter and more accessible to complete In

According to Tayal, these changes were implemented because leaders of various organizations found the previous format of USB to be subjective, resulting in

See USB page 5

A Cornell student accused of rape was referred to a University Title IX coordinator last month, according to the Cornell University Police Department

At the request of the victim, police will not pursue criminal charges against the student, according to CUPD Chief Kathy Zoner, who said the details of the case

could not be revealed because it is still active

The rape reportedly occurred on Oct 26, 2013 on West Campus at South Baker Hall, according to police Zoner said the victim came forward about the attack in Ju l y a n d

s referred to Mary Beth Grant J D ’88 who is the Title IX coordinator for student

A group of Cornellians have been circulating an online petition that asks the College of Arts and Sciences to provide stipends for students who have unpaid summer internships

The University has a “crucial responsi-

bility” to help and support students with internships, according to Danyoung Kim ’16, the author of the petition She added in the petition that she believes internships many of which are unpaid are “vital” to students’ career development

“Currently, [the arts college] offers

C.U. Students

Will Attend NYC Climate March

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

A group of student organizations and community partners have collaborated to subsidize a bus to New York City to allow students to attend the People’s Climate March on Sept 21

The event is anticipated to be the largest climate march in history, according to the People’s Climate March website Participants will march to demonstrate support of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s anti-global warming petition

“In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis,” according to the event ’ s website

“We must all act together to manage the risks of climate change to demand bold political action.”

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“UN Secretar y General Ban Kimoon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution

” Maria Jiang ’16, manager of Cornell’s Green Revolving Fund a fund that “capture[s] energy cost savings for reinvestment in campus sustainability projects,” according to its website is helping organize buses from Cornell to New York City to transport students interested in participating in the rally

“This is about students coming together from diverse backgrounds to show that we must all act together to manage the risks of climate change and to demand bold political action,” Jiang said

Many students signed up for buses immediately after the event was announced, according to Cole Norgaarden ’17, co-president of KyotoNOW!, Cornell’s student-run climate justice and fossil fuel divestment organization

A 55-person bus was filled in less than a week, and a second 39-person bus was secured in response to the enthusiasm Ten seats remain on the second bus as of Monday, Norgaarden said

According to Jiang, the Center for Transformative Action has also subsidized thousands of dollars in cost for students to travel to the event as a result of a joint fund between Sustainability Hub and KyotoNOW!

Jiang added that the event is made possible because of the Protestant Cooperative Ministry, who has “worked fervently to secure our two buses,” Jiang said According Norgaarden, KyotoNOW! has a history of

helping Cornell students participate in various environmental movements across the country

“We organized busloads of students and faculty to attend the ‘Forward On Climate’ March at the White House in 2013, which was in protest of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, as well as climate justice convergences in Pittsburgh and New York City,” Norgaarden said Norgaarden added that he believes it is important to transport students to the rally in order to demonstrate that youth believe in the importance of climate change reform

“It is crucially important to engage and amplify youth voices on issues of climate change and justice because we are uniquely affected by its impacts,” he said

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun com

Cornell Prison Reform Project Creates New Research Branch

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Prison Reform and Education Project a student organization created last fall has reorganized this semester by creating a branch to research issues relevant to prison reform, according to its co-founders

Matt Clauson ’15 and Garrison Lovely ’16 founded the organization formerly named The Redemption Project in fall 2013 after the two said they discovered there were no other student groups on campus dedicated to prison reform

“[The group initially] focused almost exclusively on solitary confinement reform in New York

State,” Lovely said Clauson who said solitary confinement is a major issue in the state ’ s correctional system added that the organization channeled most of their advocacy efforts into lobbying to pass the Humane Alternatives to LongTerm Solitary Confinement Act, an act that challenges isolate confinement, last semester

“We thought that was a great opportunity to engage in meaningful advocacy to contact various members of the New York State legislature, get their position and lobby them to support the bill,” he said

This year, PREP has expanded its focus with a new research branch that aims to broaden the

scope of issues that the organization tackles, according to Lovely “ We’ve always been pretty focused on the advocacy area, but the limitation we found was that prison reform is a broader issue when you bring in education and when you bring in minority targeting through sentencing,” he said

By increasing the range of issues the organization researches, Lovely said PREP hopes to increase interest amongst students who “ were not familiar” with solitary confinement He added that research and making information on prison reform more readily available is another way the group could make an immediate impact

With this new focus on research, Clauson who will lead

the research branch aims for the group to reach out and partner with faculty members who are already engaged in research on prison reform, produce a blog on the PREP website and write a research paper at the end of the semester

“[I hope to] develop a community of students who are interested in engaging in meaningful dialogue about the prison system, ” Clauson said

One of the main advocacy events that PREP will be organizing this semester is the Behind Bars Campaign, which will begin on Sept 22 According to Lovely, PREP will build a solitary confinement cell on Ho Plaza in an effort to “raise awareness on the solitary

Library Receives New Flowers According to The Ithaca Journal, com-

have planted flowers in the formerly weedfilled planters outside the Tompkins County Public Librar y The initiative was guided both by the

confinement experience, garner interest in our organization and to really get [students] involved and engaged in this subject ”

Lovely said he believes this was an important cause that Cornell students were often isolated from, and he hopes that the Behind Bars event would make the issue of prison reform a “ part of campus dialogue ” “It’s an area where there are very few advocates,” he said As “[With prison reform,] you can ’ t play to the innocence, you have to play to the idea that there are universal human rights that should be respected ”

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun com

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In Cortland County A man in Cortland County attempted to abduct a 10-year-old girl Thursday by asking her to get in his car, according to the Ithaca Voice The girl

Compiled by Sloane Grinspoon

Arts College Students Seek Stipends From Univ.

Cornell has additional funds to support students with unpaid internships, S.A. member says

was addressed to the arts college for logistical reasons

seven scholarships and fellowships specifically for summer activities,” the petition states “These grants, however, have a narrow set of requirements that disqualifies many needy students ”

Kim said she was inspired to write the petition after she had difficulty finding funding for her unpaid internship this past summer

“I was offered an internship at an economics think tank, but I couldn ’ t accept the position unless I received outside funding,” she said “The first place I looked to for help was Cornell While there were a few scholarships, I was ineligible for them because they discriminated by the nature of internships ”

Kim said she eventually found funding outside the University from her private high school

“I thought first, it is unfair that I have an advantage over students who did not attend high schools that can offer stipends, and second, if my high school could have such a program, it’s incongruous that a university like Cornell would not have the resources to do something similar,” she said

The petition, which was created on Thursday, currently has approximately 100 signatures, according to Kim She added that the petition

Cornell’s International Progra ms and Partnerships:

Faculty Forum on Cornell’s International Programs/Partnerships and the Role of Faculty Governance

Friday, September 19, 2014

4:30–6:30pm Statler Auditorium

Participants Include:

Risa Lieberwitz, Moderator, ILR Professor, AAUP General Counsel

Fredrik Logevall, Vice Provost for International Affairs

Rebecca Stoltzfus, Director, Program in International Nutrition, Program in Global Health

Eric Cheyfitz, Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters

Shelley Feldman, International Professor, Development Sociology

Reception to follow at 6:00–6:30pm – Statler Auditorium Foyer This event is open to the public

“Cornell has different policies for each of its colleges, so I thought it would be more practical to focus on just the College of Arts and Sciences,” Kim said “Hopefully, this initiative will spread to all of the colleges ”

“It’s a positive thing when students on campus voice their concerns instead of becoming complacent ”

The amount of funding the arts college would provide, if any, would most likely be “ very small” due to budget problems, according to Kim “I understand we don’t have an abundant amount of money to spare in the budget That’s why the stipends would not cover the entirety of students’ living costs, but would be there just for partial support, ” she said

One possible option for funding the stipends is the

Students Helping Students fund, which gives out grants to low-income students who have unforeseen or emergency circumstances regarding family, property or health, according to Matt Henderson ’16, Student Assembly vice president for internal operations

“This endowment has been underutilized over the last several years, ” Henderson said “The Financial Aid Review Committee has looked for additional uses for some of the funds in the past, but we were unable to come up with an unmet need that would be a good use of the money

Henderson added that he believes the petition appears to be a “good match” for the University’s surplus funds and needs of low-income students

“The main problem is that several students from low-income families are forced to forego unpaid internships because of the inability to afford the travel and housing costs, ” he said “This problem isn’t unique to [the arts college] ”

Kim adds she plans on emailing the petition soon to Gretchen Ritter ’82, dean of the arts college, and setting up a meeting

“I am already in conversation with the College of Arts and Sciences representatives in the S A The next step might be to reach out to alumni who would be interested in supporting this initiative, but that will depend on what direction the Dean has in mind,” Kim said

Emma Johnston ’16, arts and sciences representative for the S A , said she “[doesn’t] think it’s a far-fetched goal” to set up a stipend system

“I think it’s easy for a lot of us to agree that the stipends are needed but to make them a reality will require finding funding within our budget, fundraising or ideally both,” she said “It’s a positive thing when students on campus voice their concerns instead of becoming complacent ”

Johnston said she feels that internships are important because getting a job in the future “is not just about getting your degree ”

“What if you can ’ t work an unpaid internship because you had to work a paid job, and five years down the line this is the only thing that separates you from another applicant?” she said

S . A . Restructures Inclusion Initiative

New task force will aid student groups in outlining diversity plans

“fluff ” in their Diversity and Inclusion Plans rather than initiatives that were specific in nature

“In USB evaluations from byline groups, many found the previous format subjective and said it needed more structure, ” he said

According to Noah Tulsky ’16, previously vice president of diversity and inclusion on the S A , this semester the Diversity and Inclusion Plans task force will meet with ever y organization affected by United Student Body to make sure that each diversity and inclusion plan is tangible and productive

“These

“ When legislation was first passed [USB] followed the structure of an campus-wide initiative adopted by the C o r n e l l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n c a l l e d Towards New Destinations,” Tulsky said “ This spring we amended that structure to better fit our operational needs The difference now is that groups are not only going to write a plan and receive feedback but they will actually meet face-to-face with members of the DIP task force before submitting the plan ”

tier groups that we worked with the ver y first year and threw this idea past them and they were ver y supportive of the new idea,” Tulsky said “And the touch-base meetings we had in the second semester were much more productive than the review process we used in the fall We effectively just took our improvised plan from the spring and institutionalized it within the USB framework "

Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean and director of Intercultural Programs, said she agreed that United Student Body’s more streamlined approach would be productive for student organizations

initiatives take time. They take years, actually The key is to stay focused and adjust accordingly ”

According to Tulsky, the task force will be trained by Cornell diversity staff so that they can “respond better to groups ’ different needs and situations ”

“ The idea is that the process will be smoother and more transparent, ” Tulsky said “ We just want to encourage that face-to-face interaction where groups will actually sit down and talk to the task force, so there is more of an interplay of ideas, rather than the sort of banal paper version where they write something and the task force writes something back ”

According to Tulsky, most student groups that he met with last semester were supportive of this change “Last semester, I met with all of the different groups all the different byline-funded and SAFC performance

“ The foundation of USB is still intact; however, I think that the S A

approach,” Alexander said “I think they decided there were probably too many moving parts and that reducing the number of proposals and making them more strategic in line with its goals would produce better results ”

Alexander added that though the University has improved greatly in terms of composition over the past decades, it will take more time to fully achieve engagement and inclusion, something she believes requires winning the “hearts and minds” of people on campus

“ These initiatives take time They take years, actually We are often ver y anxious to produce concrete, measurable results,” Alexander said “ The key is to stay focused and adjust accordingly We are discussing the ver y same thing on the Towards New Destinations level It’s not about how many balls you have in the air, it’s really about people taking the time to come up with meaningful, wellwritten, doable proposals ”

Before the form is due on Oct 6, there will be a series of informational meetings about USB’s requirements, according to Tayal

Green Will Talk Consent, Safe Sex at Sept. 19 Event

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“Sex is awesome, ” Green said on her website “It’s fun, it feels good, it’s a way to connect with others, to connect with ourselves and it’s how our species continues ” Green who graduated from

University of California-Berkeley in 2011 also hosts a sex education series for Planned Parenthood and a special for the Discovery Channel, according to her website

The event, which will take place in 132 Goldwin Smith Hall, is free and open to the public

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun com

Accused Student Referred to Title IX Coordinator

reports on Aug 27

Reported sexual assault cases are referred to a Title IX coordinator rather than Cornell’s judicial administrator,according to University policy 6 4, which deals with discrimination, harassment and sexual assault and violence For student cases, individuals are referred to Grant, who is also the judicial administrator

Still, despite going through Grant, Zoner said the procedure is different than being referred to Cornell’s judicial administrator

Zoner said that while the University and federal agencies have encouraged victims to report sexual assault cases, she said there are “good reasons why someone might not want to report ”

In addition, Zoner said victims who report sexual assault are often faced with a “ very prolonged and difficult journey ”

“It can also take a long time for a case to come to conclusion, and a person ’ s focus on school, life and their energies can be sucked up by that,” Zoner said

She added that the University is aware that the rate of sexual assaults is higher than the number of reports received by Cornell

“Cornell Police, along with our University partners, are working hard to change the perceptions around reporting sexual assault to reduced the burdens to holding perpetrators accountable,” Zoner said

“It’s not unusual for victims of sexual assault to delay reporting or seek any legal remedy for an assault,” Zoner said, adding that bringing such cases to light can have an emotional toll

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Letter to the Editor

United against Islamophobia

To the Editor:

Re: “ THROWDOWN THURSDAY: Islamophobia and Racism,” Opinion, Sep 4

Last week, The Cornell Daily Sun published an op-ed, “Islamophobia and Racism” by Julius Kairey, which we consider to be an unacceptable expression of Islamophobia at Cornell We do not claim that “Islam [should] not be critically examined like other value systems ” and indeed would have welcomed an informed critique of Islam as a belief system However, the author of this article unfortunately descends into a plethora of selective and irrelevant armchair obser vations about “goings-on in the Islamic world,” which he then collectively portrays as reflective of Islam and Muslims as a whole This is not only highly misleading but is also an insulting attack on anyone who identifies as Muslim Muslims’ values can certainly not be encapsulated by a handful of sur veys of ‘the Islamic world’, and we deplore the value judgment that the author places on our beliefs without providing a “well-grounded criticism of Islam as a religious ideology”

While Kairey correctly notes that “[not all] Muslims believe in such values and practices,” he goes on to conflate certain practices in the ‘Muslim world’ with the values and belief system of one billion people who inhabit almost ever y countr y in the world His use of divisive terms such as ‘ our values’ and ‘ our society’ while implicitly referring to Muslims as the other, is an incredibly alienating attitude that we frankly do not expect in a pluralistic community such as Cornell’s

We condemn Islamophobia in the United States and on the Cornell campus We hope that this article has not legitimized Islamophobia in the eyes of the Cornell community Islamophobia is, and should be, as unacceptable as racism

Saim Chaudhar y ’17, President, Islamic Alliance for Justice Omer Syed ’16, President, Muslim Educational and Cultural Association

Qurrat Ahmad ’15, President, Committee for the Advancement of Muslim Life

Gina Nauman ’15 and Amna Chaudhr y ’16, Co-presidents, Pakistani Students Association

Fahmida Rashid ’16 and Anika Alam ’15, Co-presidents, Bengali Students Association

Ammar Busheri ’16, President, Arab Students Association

Mohammad Radiyat ’15, President, Asian Pacific Americans for Action Syed Ali Khan ’15, Minority Representative for the Student Assembly

Keanu Str yker ’16, Cornell Organization for Labor Action

Emad Masroor ’17, Students for Justice in Palestine

Ihsan Bashir Kabir ’14

Antoine Saint-Victor ’16

Danny Qiao ’15

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The NFL: Domesticated Nonsense

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Jimmy’sTale of Leasing In Collegetown

Ou r s t o r y b e g i n s with the tale of Jimmy the hypot h

i c a l j u n i o r, a ro s ycheeked young lad who has only recently moved into his new Eddy Street domicile, ready to take on t

f Collegetown A first-year Collegetown denizen who managed to rustle up a fe w friends last fall to

o waste the fleeting days of s u m m e r a w a y o n t h e patio of CTB and to sample the finest yogurts, teas and salads at the newly o p e n e d Te a t i m e e a t e r y knows no bounds Just as Ji m m y i s h a n g i n g h i s poster that wittily portrays Bluto from the classic film Animal House wearing a sweatshirt that p ro c l a i m s , “ C o l l e g e , ”

Jimmy’s housemate and best friend (we’ll call him Timmy) walks in with some troubling news

“Hey, Jimmy ”

“Yeah, Timmy?”

“I just got an mass email from our landlord to all of their tenants, it says that we should consider whether we want to re s i g n o u r h o u s e since they’re starting tours on Monday ”

Anyone who has had any experience with the Collegetown leasing cycle has likely had an interaction similar to Jimmy and Timmy’s It’s extraordinarily common for the most highly sought-after houses and apartments to be signed during the first f e w we e k s

s return to campus As a result, almost immediately after moving in, Jimmy

a n d c o m p a n y n e e d t o m a k e a f

c i s i o n s : n a m e l y, w h e t h

t h e y enjoy living together and whether they want to live in the same house their senior year

This issue of an accelerated leasing cycle affects a huge number of Cornell

u n d e r g r a d u a t

s b e c a u s e of the limited amount of

s t u d e n t h o u s i n g f o r s o p h o m o re , j u n i o r a n d senior students In the Fall of 2013, there were over 10,000 sophomores, juniors and seniors who c o u l d b e v y i n g f o r approximately 2,770 beds i n o n - c a m p u s h o u s i n g Since Cornell does not release exact class sizes, t h e n u m b e r o f s o p h omores, juniors and seniors is approximate, but pulled from data released by the University The number o f b e d s i n c l u d e s We s t C a m p u s d o r m s , o t h e r u p p e r - l e ve l re s i d e n c e h a l l s , Pro g r a m Ho u s e s and co-ops Although the number does not include students living in fraternity or sorority houses (a popular option for Greekaffiliated sophomores), it’s quite clear that a large number of students are forced to seek housing in Collegetown

In fact, many of our peer schools who guaran-

off campus, this issue of an accelerated and irregular Collegetown leasing cycle deleteriously affects a gargantuan number of Cornellians Collegetown l i v i n g b e c o m e s t h e d e facto norm for upperclassm e n s t u d e n t s , a n d t h e Collegetown leasing market should be regarded almost as an extension of Un i ve r s i t y h o u s i n g Landlords should recognize that they are renting to students, and the leasing cycle should absolutely not begin before classes do

Thankfully, the City of Ithaca has recognized this truth and attempted to better align the leasing cycle with the collegiate academic year On June 5, 2013 the Ithaca Common Council amended the city code with the much-discussed rule that essentially re q u i re s t h a t l a n d l o rd s give 60 days notice before re n e w i n g t h e c u r re n t

Almost immediately after moving Jimmy and company need to ma decisions: namely, whether they living together and whether they want to live in the same house.

tee housing for all four undergraduate years (as c o m p a re d t o C o r n e l l’s t w o g u a r a n t e e d ye a r s ) have a much higher percentage of students who live on campus Compare Cornell paltry 57% oncampus living rate with f o u r - ye a r g u a r a n t e e r s Ha r va rd ( 9 8 p e rc e n t ) , Princeton (97 percent), Stanford (91 percent) and MIT (90 percent) as well as fellow two-year guarant e e r s Ya l e ( 8 8 p e rc e n t ) and Dartmouth (86 percent) Clearly, off-campus housing at Cornell is far more ubiquitous than at other similar institutions

Keeping in mind the figure that 43 percent of C o r n e l l u n d e r g r a d u a t e s (approximately 6,189 students, according to the Fall 2013 numbers) live

creates a fragmented leasing market, where houses and apartments with 12month leases are snapped up as soon as students re t u r n Fa r Ab ov e C

counterparts (starting in August) do not go on the m

u n t i l O c t o b e r This creates further housi n g u n c e r t a i n t y a t t h e precise time when students are reacclimating to the Hill A l t h o u g h t h e C i t y ’ s requirement of 60 days n o t i c e b

s i g n e d i s clearly well-intentioned, it only achieves its intended purpose of delaying the C o l l e g e t ow n h o u s i n g crunch in the case of 10month leases that start in August There is essentially no effect on leases that b e g i n i n Ju n e o r Ju l y T h e re f o re , i n o rd

safeguard the interests of the vast number of stu-

rental agreement, showing the residential unit to prospective new tenants or entering into a rental agreement with new tenants In theor y, this policy is intended to give Jimmy and his friends plenty of time to settle into their new home before tours start stomping through How e v e r, i n p r a c t i c e , landlords can ver y easily notify their tenants with 12-month leases starting in June as soon as the l e a s e b e g i n s , re n d e

t h e p o l i c

n t i a l l y worthless (Side note: A wiley landlord can even sneak in a waiver of this privilege into a leasing c o n t r a c t ; a l w a y s re a d your contracts, unwitting c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s ) Furthermore, the policy

k off-campus housi n g i n Collegetown, the C i t y s h o u l d retailor its policy to affect all propert i e s t y p i c a l l y leased to college s t u d e n t s Creating a policy that enforces October (or an even later time) as the month that properties are t o u re d a n d l e a s e s a re signed would establish a less frantic leasing marketplace Granted, there would still be groups of harried Jimmys running to leasing offices, flapping checks in-hand But they would be Jimmys who had diligently and thoro u g h l y e x p l o re d t h e i r options, had determined who exactly to live with and, ultimately, had experienced less stress through the much more relaxed and fair process

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Calvary Arrives

“Do not despair, one of the thieves was saved Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned ”

Those familiar with the musings of St Augustine or, much more likely, the works of Samuel Beckett, will no doubt recognize the above quote which introduces Calvary The quote concerns itself with the two thieves crucified atop Calvary (or Golgotha, what have you) alongside Jesus, one penitent and one impenitent To St Augustine, our fates are almost entirely left up to chance, and whether or not we are saved or damned is out of our control; embracing destiny is the only option

Beckett cited the quote as a major influence in writing the enigmatic Waiting for Godot, the play that kickstarted the “Theatre of the Absurd” movement and put the Irish playwright on the map In the play, Vladimir and Estragon find themselves hopelessly meandering, searching without reason, for Godot, for purpose, for God, for meaning

Caught in a cycle, the characters never achieve anything; things just happen

Thus is the ongoing theme of Calvary, John Michael McDonagh’s second directorial outing following 2011’s The Guard McDonagh, much like his brother Martin McDonagh (writer and director of some of the best black comedies of the past decade ever, including In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and my personal favorite, The Pillowman) is no stranger to the absurd and the tasteless A clear lineage can be traced between the works of the McDonagh brothers and their pioneering countryman, Beckett While Beckett and both McDonagh’s past work have more or less equally balanced the humor with the darkness, Calvary is often much more gallows than gallows humor But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing

Calvary

Directed by John Michael McDonagh Starring Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Aiden Gillen

Fa t h e r Ja m e s L a ve l l e ( Bre n d a n Gleeson) is the virtuous backbone of a quaint, Irish village Or, at least he tries Now, in the wake of the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandals of the 1990s and 2000s, not a single one of Father James’ parishioners seems to appreciate the role of the Church or religion, though they continue to more or less respect the priest for his good advice Between his own losing battle with sobriety, his relationship with his estranged daughter and his failure to keep the town on the s t r a i g h t - a n d - n a r row, Fa t h e r Ja m e s keeps at his vocations, trying to make a difference

That is, until he is delivered an ultimatum one Sunday during a routine confession: “I’m going to kill you, Father,” says a shadowed man, “ not because you ’ re a bad priest, but because you ’ re a good one ” The mans means to murder Father James in o n e we e k’s t i m e a s revenge for years of sexual abuse at the hands of a different priest, to send a message of sorts, a pound of flesh, to the Church Father James recognizes the voice of his intended killer, but refuses to give him up t o t h e a u t h o r i t i e s , choosing to go about life as usual: If he is meant to die, he will meet it with dignity

Much like the thieves atop calvary, he refuses to despair or presume his fate He simply lives

T h e f a m o u s Go d o t refrain “Nothing to be done” comes to mind

The film becomes the cinematic equivalent of Clue, with the audience following Father James as he attends to the many members of his church, an outrageous cast of sociopaths and cynics, each as resentful and full of hatred as the last None of these characters are realistic in the slightest; everyone is an absurd caricature or stereotype of some sort, from the c o n d e s c e n di n g , n u m b surgeon to the b a n k e r w i t h t o o m u c h m o n e y, t i m e a n d c l a s s i c

o n his hands To

o f f a s cliché or glib, b u t t h e t w odimensionality of each suspect is a hallmark of Theatre of the Absurd Father James is the only “real” character, facing temptation and doubt at every turn, but reaffirming his faith in forgiveness and the members of this parish Admittedly, the sheer number of characters does detract at some points from the narrative’s flow it would have been a stronger film with, say, four or five less characters

The plethora of characters is not wasted, however Each character has at least one two-hander scene (another playful absurdist reference) with Father James, and these sequences allows McDonagh’s sharp script to really come to life Of particular note is a sardonic monologue about a boy who is turned deaf, mute and blind by an anaesthesiologist, delivered by Game of Thrones’ Aiden Gillen with his typical Littlefinger grin The script only serves to point fingers and distance the cast of deranged villains from our hero, but it does so with such sour humor that we almost forget to hate them

These points aside, the film is worth your time and money solely on the monolithic performance of Brendan Gleeson Gleeson carries the entire film on his shoulders, appearing in just about every scene at the top of his game Sure, he isn’t as bombastic as he was in, say, In Bruges or Edge of Tomorrow, but his muted, resigned compassion and ceaseless faith and hope in humanity create one of the most sincere performances on film this year, all the more surprising given the absurd caricatures that make up the rest of the cast Seriously, Gleeson is good I’m feeling an Academy Award nomination

During a particularly heartwarming scene, Father James walks along side a lost young girl, searching for her father When the pair finally meet up with the frantic father, Father James is implicitly labelled a pedophile This man a good man, a holy man is stripped of all agency to do good No longer can the shepherd guide his flock to salvation on their own accord He is left, a relic of the past, coping with a new, secular world, forgiving those who want no part of him and atoning for the sins of others Maybe we don’t need the Catholic Church after witnessing the atrocities committed under its watch, but, if Calvary is any indication, the world definitely needs more men like Father James

Sean Doolittle is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun com

Even more-so than by Coca-Cola, cherry pie, Hollywood, Little League, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s marriage, the home turf of Mormons, the birthplace of the modern, fucked-up brand of democracy, America is a country that is defined by the idea of the road Interstates were Manifest Destiny for the 20th Century and R V s were the new American dream America the Beautiful, meant to be seen and snapshotted, or meant to be wandered across and mourned

Nabokov’s 1958 novel describes Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze (Lolita)’s escape across America in vivid detail, and though the scandal of the novel overshadows its predilection with Americana, it takes only a surfacelevel re-read with the shock warn off to see it:

We had been everywhere We had really seen nothing And I catch myself thinking today that our long journey had only defiled with a sinuous trail of slime the lovely, trustful, dreamy, enormous country, that, by then, in retrospect, was no more than a collection of dog-eared maps, ruined tour books, old tires and her sobs in the night every night, every night the moment I feigned sleep

The American road narrative then, is a narrative of spoil, of the destruction of virgin territory the commodification of beauty, the scattering of those for whom connection is of the most vital importance On Born to Die music and videos, both Lana Del Rey casts herself as a 21st Century Lolita Del Rey’s narrative is a 21st Century reading of Lolita and Americana because it as once both more empowered and more disillusioned Lolita is dubbed a “nymphette” by Humbert Humbert and part of the tragedy of her ruined childhood is his insistence that she ruined it herself, that she seduced him, when we know that hers was an innocence stolen On Born to Die, Del Rey truly is the nymphette that Humbert describes, willfully seductive and whispering, “I was in the winter of my life, and the men I met along the road were my only summer ” not innocent, but determined

In the video for Ride,” Del Rey is part beauty pageant blues-singer, part motorcycling cow-girl and part “self-styled, gangsta Nancy Sinatra ” She croons the chorus mostly while bent over a pinball machine by a leather-ban-

danna-wearing, mustachioed, relic of a man, whose beer belly fills the small of her back It’s a borderline disgusting image and its play on romanticism is undeniably sickening But why, exactly?

Perhaps because Del Rey s American roadside is all beautiful landscape and ugly people belying the implication that if you ’ re still seduced by Americana, you ’ re doing something wrong Del Rey is begging for something, same as these men and while what they see in her is their dream woman from 50 years ago, what she sees is a “full-time daddy, hot or cold,” who will let her live her twisted American fantasy without question: “Drink all day and we talk ’til dark, that’s the way the road dogs do it ride ’til dark ”

In their recent supplement on Del Rey, The New Inquiry writes that they “believe” in her conception of America, “because all that glorious Americana takes its cues from somewhere, right? There exist long stretches of open road flanked by desert and mountain and surf There exist giddy poems about the individual, uniquely American spirit ”

The open road is the only thing there is love about America, she seems to say Well that, and the artists who came before her who under-

stood as well as she On top of the Lolita embodiment, Del Rey expresses admiration of the classic American musical talents Elvis, Cash, Cobain, Springsteen She begins “American,” with, “Springsteen is the king don’t you think, I was like, hell yes, that guy can sing,” and delivers a tongue-in-cheek-patriotism chorus that the Boss would be proud of: Be young, be dope, be proud Like an American I mean, if that s not the 2012 version of “I’m a cool rocking daddy in the U S A , ” then I don’t know what is

And while Del Rey and Springsteen both

penned lyrics that were meant to be the antidote to blind patriotism and the end of misplaced pride, American popular culture has done its work to contort them into poster children for the very thing they despise E g invited to perform at the Super Bowl, dolled up for the cover of Rolling Stone “Glory Days” would soundtrack every sports bar in America “Born in the U S A ” is the stuff of the seventh inning stretch But in 1982 came Nebraksa and in 2014 came Ultraviolence

Springsteen’s most artistic and least commercial work was almost exclusively about the uniquely American criminals of the highway murderers, thieves, desperate blue collar outsiders Revolving around The Misfit,” Flannery O Connor s All-American serial killer, who targeted a three-generation family in a station wagon as they attempted to take a pilgrimage back to the antebellum South, Springsteen created an accessory to murder whose only defense is “ a man turns his back on his family, well he just ain’t no good,” a 19 yearold serial killer (based on the true story of Charles Starkweather) and a lonely nobody who can think of no candidate for his final absolution aside from the state trooper in the other lane William Ruhlmann called it “ one of the most challenging albums ever released by a major star on a major record label ”

In her cover story interview for Rolling Stone, incidentally, Del Rey expresses the doubts she had about recording Ultraviolence, mentioning off-hand that she was only convinced after someone on her production team reassured her by reminding her that Springsteen had made Born in the U S A for

the radio and then made Nebraska for himself (they got the chronology wrong, but no matter, the speech did its job I guess)

Ultraviolence is the same album as Born to Die only better The faceless Springsteenpep-talk is palpable in a collection of 11 songs that takes Del Rey’s dreamily sardonic portrait of America and ups the ante by confessing her desire that it all be real “You are invincible,” she sings to no American in particular, “I can ’ t break through your world ‘ cause you live in shades of cool I’m one of many bonnies blue ” Ultraviolence does for suburbia what Born to Die did for the highway pulls classic imagery and twists it into tragic, sexy, simulacra Instead of “I’ve got a war in my mind I’m tired of feeling like I’m fucking crazy, ” Del Rey leans into it: “Get a little bit of bourbon in ya, get a little suburban and go crazy You’re fucking crazy ” You are To me, the album reads like a clarification as loud and brash as Nebraska it wasn ’ t the landscapes that made America beautiful to Del Rey, it was its “fucking crazy ” freedom and the uniquely repulsive and seductive nature of life here on our roads and among our people Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ar ts-editor@cornellsun com Gu e s t Ro o m r uns Tuesdays this semester

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Groups Submit Bids To Buy Buffalo Bills

Sabres owners, Donald Trump among names

ORCHARD PARK, N Y (AP) At least three ownership groups, including Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula, submitted formal bids to buy the Buffalo Bills on Monday

A prospective candidate could be identified by the end of the week

Four people familiar with discussions revealed that information to The Associated Press They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the sale is being conducted privately

The other groups submitting bids were led by New York City real estate mogul Donald Trump, and a Toronto group led by rocker Jon Bon Jovi The bids were submitted to Morgan Stanley, the banking firm overseeing the sale process on behalf of late owner Ralph Wilson’s estate

Three of the people said the estate issued purchase agreements to at least four groups, and potentially five The other groups ’ identities are not known, and it’s unclear if they submitted bids

The purchase agreements are formal documents that are negotiated separately by each of the parties and Proskauer Rose, the legal firm representing the estate The agreements are binding documents that outline the terms and conditions of the sale

Once those agreements were completed over the past week, the only outstanding question left was for each group to determine its bid price

The franchise was last valued by Forbes to be worth $935 million

But the sale price is expected to exceed $1 billion because NFL franchises rarely go on the block

The Bills are on the market after Wilson, the Hall of Fame inductee and franchise founder, died in March The Cleveland Browns were sold for close to $1 05 billion two years ago The Miami Dolphins sold for an NFL-record $1 1 billion in 2009, but their deal also included their stadium

Despite Win, Jets Remain Disappointed With Play

FLORHAM PARK, N J (AP)

The New York Jets were not really in the mood to celebrate their season-opening win over the Oakland Raiders

Sure, Rex Ryan was happy to be 1-0 and saw some positives He also knows the Jets should’ve cruised instead of holding on for a 19-14 victory Sunday

“There are a lot of things that we need to get better at, ” Ryan said Monday “You’re in a great spot, especially when you ’ re coming off a victory that if we get these things cleared up, how much better it could’ve been and not leaving ourselves vulnerable like that ”

The Jets were called for 11 penalties, quarterback Geno Smith had two turnovers and there were handful of missed opportunities

Those mistakes stuck out in what should have been an easy win, particularly when the Jets outgained the Raiders 402-158, including outrushing them 212-

25 New York also held the ball for nearly 10 minutes more than Oakland

“Quite honestly, you watch the tape, we dominated the game, ” Ryan said “I mean, it’s almost 3to-1 in yardage, dominated up front and I think that’s where it started The quarterback, there are so many positive things when I look at Geno ”

That’s why it was a bit frustrating to the Jets that they allowed the Raiders to stick around If not for Greg Salas recovering an onside kick with 1:21 left, Oakland would have had a chance for a last-minute winning score

That would have brought about lots of doomsday remarks, especially with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers up next and coming off a loss to Seattle

Next Sunday’s road game kicks off a particularly rough stretch in which the Jets take on some highpowered offenses, including Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, Denver and New England

Rowland Earns Spot on All-Tournament Team

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goals for this season is to win every game that goes to five sets and we were proud to accomplish that That

Cilic Wins U.S. Open Over Nishikori

NEW YORK (AP) Unable to play in the U S Open a year ago because of a doping suspension, Marin Cilic is now the tournament ’ s champion

Croatia’s Cilic won his first Grand Slam title by beating Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Monday at Flushing Meadows, using 17 aces including four in one game and the same powerful groundstrokes that helped him eliminate Roger Federer in the semifinals

“Both of us were pretty nervous in the first set, especially ”

“This is (from) all the hard work in these last several years and especially this last year, ” Cilic said during the on-court ceremony, when he kissed his silver trophy and collected a check for $3 million

The 14th-seeded Cilic prevented the 10th-seeded Nishikori from becoming the first man from Asia to win a major singles championship

“Sorry I couldn’t get a trophy today,” Nishikori said, “but for sure, next time ”

There hadn’t been a matchup between players making their Grand Slam final debuts at the U S Open since 1997 Lopsided and lasting less than two hours, this hardly qualified as a classic

“Both of us were pretty nervous in the first set, especially,” Cilic acknowledged “When we got ourselves going, it was a bit better ” Nishikori stunned No 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, and this was the first Grand Slam final since the 2005 Australian Open without Djokovic, Federer or Rafael Nadal, who won the U S Open in 2013 but is sidelined now by a wrist injury That trio had won 34 of the past 38 major titles, but this was the second of this season that eluded them

Some, including Cilic, had seen Stan Wawrinka’s victory at the Australian Open in January as an indication that the next tier was about to get a crack at the hardware Twelve months ago, Cilic missed the U S Open while serving a four-month ban after testing positive for a stimulant at a tournament in Germany in May 2013 The International Tennis Federation initially sought a two-year punishment, but Cilic wound up with a shortened suspension on appeal He said he ingested the substance unintentionally via a glucose tablet bought at a pharmacy and calls the process that led to his penalty unfair

New England at Bottom Of AFC East, For Now

NEW YORK (AP) Yes, the NFL tends to mess with your mind So here’s something football fans haven’t seen in a long time: New England alone at the bottom of the AFC East standings

Don’t count on it lasting much longer

To say the Patriots have owned the division for a dozen or so years is to undervalue the achievements by Tom Brady and company

They have cr ushed the Dolphins, Jets and Bills pretty much since Brady stepped behind center early in the 2001 season A season that concluded with the first of three Super Bowl titles in four years, incidentally

With the exception of struggling in its trips to Miami (6-7 in games Brady has played, including Sunday’s defeat), Ne w England has been in another galaxy from the rest of the East

It is 16-9 overall against the Dolphins since 2001 excluding 2007, when Brady was injured 17-6 vs the Jets (plus 1-1 in the playoffs), and an almost unfathomable 22-2 against Buffalo

While it’s unwise to overreact to anything other than key injuries that occur in Week 1, that’s particularly true in the case of the Patriots What’s a bit unsettling is that Brady sounded a lot like a panicky fan after the 33-20 loss

“You can ’ t play the way we played today and think we’ll win a

game this season, ” he said “There’s nothing that’s positive to really take from it The things that we were doing, I think this is a good way and a good example of if we do the things that we did today, you'll get beat ”

True But also true is how effective the Patriots are at fixing their ills Bill Belichick isn’t the longest-tenured coach in the NFL because of his fashion sense or his chattiness

Although the Patriots have been at the center of some troubling issues away from the field

Aaron Hernandez’s murder case and the videotaping scandal that drew huge fines in 2007 their performance between the sidelines generally has been impeccable

Concentrating on how they have not won a Super Bowl since the 2004 season also ignores the fact they have gone to two more since then, including an unbeaten regular season before losing to the Giants in early 2008

Since beating the Eagles for that third crown, New England has gone 110-34 in the regular season including 11-5 in 2008 behind Matt Cassel, a record not good enough to make the postseason They won the AFC East in all but 2008

They also are 9-8 in the playoffs in that span, which doesn’t sound so great But how many franchises wouldn’t take playing in 17 postseason games over the past nine seasons?

By LISA AWAITEY

C r u s h e s C o l g a t e , D r o p s G a m e t o A l b a n y

The field hockey team split a pair during its opening weekend games, starting the season with a convincing 90 victor y over Colgate in Hamilton before falling to

Albany, 2-1, in a close competition on Marsha Dodson

Field The victor y over Colgate tied the school team record for Red goals in a game, which had previously been set in 2006 against Saint Francis and again in 2008 against Br yant

In the shutout against Colgate, 10 Cornell players

Rice’s

Actions Point To Flaws of System

It certainly appears that way

received points while seven players scored Junior Marisa Siergiej and sophomore Elizabeth Horak each had two goals, while freshmen Gabby DePetro, Kr ysten Mayers a n d K

Stephanie Eggertson each tallied one goal on the day

DePetro, Garrity, senior Ann DiPastina, junior Taylor Standiford and freshman Isabel Josephs each had at least one assist

“I think our strengths are in our passing game and our ability to transfer the ball quickly and attack up the wings,” DePetro said

The Red defense also contributed to the victor y, only allowing one shot in the second half, saved by freshman Kelly Johnson

“I think our work ethic and our technical skill and discipline [set] us apart from the Colgate team, ” DePetro said

Following this impressive showing, the Red geared up for the home opener versus Albany, in the end narrowly falling to the evenly matched competitor after taking an early lead

The faceoff was incredibly close, with Cornell edging Albany in shots (13-12) and corners (9-7), while Albany recorded more saves (6-5)

The Red jumped to an early lead in the sixth minute, courtesy of Siergiej off of a penalty corner Albany equalized in the 16th minute, again off of a penalty With just over three minutes left in the game, Albany scored a final goal to secure the win

A yellow card in the final minutes had Albany one player down, and Cornell earned two penalty corners to equalized; Albany keeper Maxi Primus, however, made the final two saves to hold off the Red

The Red will continue its season at Lehigh on Sept 12 and on Sept 14 against No 18 Delaware

Awaitey can be reached at lawaitey@cornellsun com

Red Heads Into Home Tournament

Event will be rst home tournament program has hosted in 19 years SHATZMAN Continued from page 16 W SOCCER Continued from page 16

football

Even more upsetting is the report by the Huffington Post that revealed that the same judge and prosecutor who granted Ray Rice access to the pre-trial program are prosecuting a single mother from Philadelphia who “carried a gun into New Jersey without realizing her permit didn’t apply there ” So, the football

The point is, Roger Goodell is not at fault for originally imposing a lenient punishment on Ray Rice, but the legal system the aforementioned judge and prosecutor are to blame Goodell simply issued a punishment consistent with prior domestic violence issues in the league Had Rice received, say, two years in jail for the matter, Goodell wouldn’t have had to punish Rice

Roger Goodell is not at fault for originally imposing a lenient punishment on Ray Rice, but the legal system and the aforementioned judge and prosecutor are to blame.

star who clocked his fiancée avoids any serious legal problems, but a single mother of two was offered a plea deal that she declined, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, because the deal “ would have given her a 3 5 year sentence, ” and instead “ decided to go to trial in October, hoping a jury would use some common sense and not send a working mother of two to prison for not knowing New Jersey’s gun laws ” And by the way, this occurred after the judge refused to accept her into the same first-time offender program that Rice was placed in Superstar treatment for the NFL superstar?

whatsoever, or at least until he was released from incarceration Unfortunately, the legal system is quite flawed It is up to people like Superior Court Judge Michael Donio and New Jersey D A Jim McClain to implement fair punishments for all criminals, no matter the status of the individual

When comparing the cases of NFL running back Ray Rice and single mother of two Shaneen Allen, it appears that the legal system isn’t as fair as we’d like it to be

Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@ cornellsun com

play,” Zaidel said “We had to travel almost the entire day, making playing harder ”

This showed as both teams struggled to find their feet in the first half, with only one shot going on target from either team; in the 34th minute freshman Meera Dheer found the target but the shot was saved Despite this sluggish start, the Red hit its stride in the second half, with sophomore Meera Marhoefer and Growney both forcing the Marist keeper into fine saves Shortly after, the deadlock was broken as freshman for ward Paige DeLoach sent the ball high into the net in the 59th minute

weekend at home when it hosts the Cornell Classic at Berman field The four-team tournament is the first home tournament the Red has hosted in 19 years The two opponents Cornell will face are the Virginia

Military Institute, who it plays on Friday, and Temple University, who it will face on Sunday

“Going into our home tournament, we definitely need to work on our speed of play ” K a i l e y J o y c e Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun com

The win meant Cornell finished its opening weekend with consecutive clean sheets for the first time since 2005

Despite the wins, there is much that the Red can improve on, according to Joyce

“Going into our home tournament this weekend, we definitely need to work on our speed of play,” said Joyce “ Teams can always improve the speed of play and with more game experience and this week of practice will definitely help ours ”

Cornell is back in action this

Spor ts

Red Earns One Weekend Win

Spikers top Siena, fall to other three opponents

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

This past weekend, the volleyball team began its season with a little bit of a disappointing start The Red faced four teams in the Seton Hall tournament, including hosts Seton Hall, Siena College, Rutgers and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but were only able to snag one win against Siena

With a crop of new Cornell players stepping onto the court for the first time, the team took this weekend as an opportunity to settle itself back into the game and feel out the team dynamic in an actual game setting Sophomore middle hitter Macey Wilson acknowledged that while the team started off on shaky ground, this weekend served as a learning experience

“Since this was our first time playing together, one of the biggest things that we will take away from this weekend is the chemistry and growth that we were able to have over the course of our four matches,” she said

Head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose is optimistic that the team will continue to improve throughout the season, despite some disappointing matches this weekend

“We are very young and will get better with that every week as the team gets used to playing together and playing at this level,” she said

Senior libero Natasha Rowland echoed this sentiment

“Of course there is always a lot of nerves during the first match, but we continued to improve all weekend and it feels really good to have some matches under our belt,” she said

Even in the midst of opening weekend jitters, however, the Red was still able to earn a win against Siena The Red fought hard through a five-set match and ultimately was able to pull out a win late in the game This victory was

especially exciting since the overall win hinged on the final fifth set Sophomore setter Alyssa Phelps mentioned this success as a motivational force moving forward

“Our five set win against Siena was a huge victory for us We knew we could put up a fight and it was really exciting to win our first match together,” she said “One of our

C.U. Opens With Two Close Victories

By JOEL COOPER

Staff Writer

The women ’ s soccer team got its season off to a perfect start, recording v i c t o r i e s ove r t h e Un i ve r s i t y o f Massachusetts and Marist College

The season started on Friday away at Massachusetts, with the Red scoring in the 110th minute to win 1-0 Two days later, Cornell travelled again to Marist, once more winning 1-0 “Winning both of our first two

games and both away is a big step for o u r t e a m , ” s o p h

Kailey Joyce said “It puts us in a good place in preparation for our season and gives us a lot of confidence ”

The opening half of the game against Massachusetts was a tense affair, with Cornell taking time to get up to speed while UMass dominated territory Massachusetts built on this advantage in the second half, coming close to scoring from a corner in the

keeper Kelsey Tierney, who made six

Re ecting on Rice, The League and the Flawed Legal System

The Baltimore Ravens released star running back Ray Rice yesterday The NFL dropped a second hammer on the 27-year-old by changing the length of his s

Commissioner Roger Goodell originally handed him to “indefinitely ” Rice’s professional football career is now in serious jeopardy

The shocking news stems from a February domestic violence incident at an Atlantic City casino involving Rice and his then-fiancée Janay Palmer The altercation resulted in the arrests of both Rice and Palmer, and, a month later, the indictment of Rice on third-degree aggravated assault Goodell suspended Rice for just two games, a decision that received harsh criticism Some even called for Goodell’s resignation Outside of football, Rice, who originally faced what could have been a three to five year jail sentence, got off the hook A New Jersey judge placed Rice in a pre-trial intervention program for first-time offenders, and the Ravens star avoided incarceration

But despite backlash surrounding Goodell’s decision, the matter seemed to have ended Rice was to miss two regular season games and participate in an inter vention program, and that was that At training camp, Ravens’ fans greeted Rice with a standing ovation It appeared as though many had forgiven or at least put aside his off-field issues That is, until yesterday

TMZ, the website that had originally posted a video

of Rice dragging his fiancée’s body out of the casino elevator, released more footage today footage that ver y well may have put the nail in the coffin in regards to Rice’s NFL career The revealing video shows Rice punching Palmer, knocking her out cold, and then dragging her motionless body out of the elevator You have to see it to believe it And that was the case for the NFL The league claimed not to have seen the footage until its release today Upon seeing the video, both the Ravens and the league took to action: the Ravens cut Rice, and the NFL suspended him indefinitely

total saves for a third career shutout, held out to send the game to overtime

“It was their fifth game and our first,” junior defenseman and midfielder Morgan Zaidel said “But we did not give up at the end We pushed through to the last minute ”

showed through right to the end as junior for ward Caroline Growney scored in the 110th minute, giving the Red its eighth all-time win over UMass and its second debut win in as many years

The Red built on this win going into Sunday’s match against Marist, producing a solid defensive performance where goalie Tiernay only needed to make one save

“On Sunday we had to get up really early and travel to Marist to

The whole situation seems fishy It seems improbable that TMZ could obtain footage from the casino elevator, but that the NFL Commissioner could not And while many are pleased with yesterday’s decisions, why only after seeing the video were these punishments handed down? Seeing it as opposed to hearing it certainly makes a difference, and that was proved today by Rice’s release and his indefinite suspension

But there is one overarching issue that remains, one that takes precedence over all parts of the story: Ray Rice was able to commit domestic assault with hardly any legal consequences Again, did the judge and prosecutor fail to obtain the damaging footage from the elevator that TMZ, of all sources, was able to acquire? It makes no sense Such revealing evidence related to a criminal procedure would surely be handed to the court, right? And if the court did in fact see the video, then why in the world was Rice accepted into a program that enables the accused to avoid trial? It couldn’t possibly because of Rice’s celebrity status, could it? Heck, Plaxico Burress served two years of incarceration for accidentally shooting himself in a nightclub If Ray Rice had been sentenced to time in prison, Goodell would never have had to discipline Rice at all at least for a long time because he would not have had the