a d e i t s p a y m e n t s p u r s u a n t t o t h a t a g re e m e n t [ o n $ 1 p e r r i d e ] , ” Pro t o s a i d
T h e $ 1 p e r r i d e n u m b e r w a s f i r s t c a l c u l a t e d f ro m h ow m u c h i t w o u l d c o s t a n o n - C o r n e l l i a n w i t h a m o n t h l y p a s s t o r i d e t h e b u s , a c c o rd i n g t o TC AT Ge n e r a l Ma n a g e r Jo e Tu rc o t t e “ [ Wi t h a $ 4 5 m o n t h l y p a s s ] , i f yo u t a k e a p p rox i m a t e l y 2 2 t o
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Cornellians: S.A. Diversity Initiative Unlikely to In uence Legislation
By NOAH RANKIN
This article is the final part of a series regarding changes to the Student Assembly’s United Student Body initiative
In the wake of changes made to 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 many students have voiced support for the S A ’ s pledge to increase diversity on
campus through face-to-face collaboration
Some students, however, voiced concern that this emphasis comes at the cost of United Student Body being unable to affect S A legislation
The Slope Day Programming Board is an example of a byline-funded organization that has fallen under United Student Body’s requirements since last year Garrison Lovely ’16, executive director of SDPB, said he believes USB’s framework strikes the “difficult balance” of encouraging diversity within individual organizations
C.U. Named 15th Best U.S. University
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Cornell was named the 15th best national university by U S News and World Report, which released the 30th edition of its Best Colleges rankings Monday
The University’s ranking rose one place from last year when it was ranked 16th best national
university Previously, Cornell had been ranked 15th for three straight years from 2010 to 2013
This year, another Ivy League
institution Princeton University claimed the spot for best national university, clutching onto a title it has now held for four straight years
The methodology for the
national universities rankings takes into account factors such as undergraduate academic reputation, student retention, faculty resources, student selectivity and financial resources, according to U S News and World Report’s website
“Diversity on campus and in student organizations is a very difficult issue to address,” he said “Doing nothing can lead to insular, isolated student organizations that don’t represent Cornell's composition Doing too much can lead to backlash and accusations of overstepping authority ” Lovely said that while SDPB does not have a selective membership process, under United Student Body it will look for cross-programming opportunities to make Slope
rivals | After surpassing Brown University, Cornell is no longer the lowest ranked
News and Report’s national ranking
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T h e $ 1 p e r r i d e n u m b e r w a s f i r s t c a l c u l a t e d f ro m h ow m u c h i t w o u l d c o s t a n o n - C o r n e l l i a n w i t h a m o n t h l y p a s s t o r i d e t h e b u s , a c c o rd i n g t o TC AT Ge n e r a l Ma n a g e r Jo e Tu rc o t t e “ [ Wi t h a $ 4 5 m o n t h l y p a s s ] , i f yo u t a k e a p p rox i m a t e l y 2 2 t o
2 3 w o rk d a y
Cornellians: S.A. Diversity Initiative Unlikely to In uence Legislation
By NOAH RANKIN
This article is the final part of a series regarding changes to the Student Assembly’s United Student Body initiative
In the wake of changes made to 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 many students have voiced support for the S A ’ s pledge to increase diversity on
campus through face-to-face collaboration
Some students, however, voiced concern that this emphasis comes at the cost of United Student Body being unable to affect S A legislation
The Slope Day Programming Board is an example of a byline-funded organization that has fallen under United Student Body’s requirements since last year Garrison Lovely ’16, executive director of SDPB, said he believes USB’s framework strikes the “difficult balance” of encouraging diversity within individual organizations
C.U. Named 15th Best U.S. University
By
Cornell was named the 15th best national university by U S News and World Report, which released the 30th edition of its Best Colleges rankings Monday
The University’s ranking rose one place from last year when it was ranked 16th best national
university Previously, Cornell had been ranked 15th for three straight years from 2010 to 2013
This year, another Ivy League
institution Princeton University claimed the spot for best national university, clutching onto a title it has now held for four straight years
The methodology for the
national universities rankings takes into account factors such as undergraduate academic reputation, student retention, faculty resources, student selectivity and financial resources, according to U S News and World Report’s website
“Diversity on campus and in student organizations is a very difficult issue to address,” he said “Doing nothing can lead to insular, isolated student organizations that don’t represent Cornell's composition Doing too much can lead to backlash and accusations of overstepping authority ” Lovely said that while SDPB does not have a selective membership process, under United Student Body it will look for cross-programming opportunities to make Slope
rivals | After surpassing Brown University, Cornell is no longer the lowest ranked
MOUNT JEWETT, Pa (AP) Pennsylvania state police say a man broke into a northwestern Pennsylvania bar, where he was found napping on a table
The Bradford Era reports 35-year-old William Duffy, of Bradford, faces a preliminary hearing Thursday on criminal trespass and public drunkenness charges
He was arraigned Sunday morning, about four hours after he was found inside the Mountain Inn Bar in Mount Jewett, about 110 miles northeast of Pittsburgh
Police say the bar owner called to report someone loitering near the business By the time police arrived shortly after 4 a m , they found that Duffy had broken into the bar through a window and was napping on a table in the kitchen
Onions Grown by Maine Fifth-Graders Stolen
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) It was supposed to be a lesson in growing your own food, healthy eating and helping the less fortunate Instead, a group of Maine fifth-
graders got a lesson in the harsh realities of life
When students at the Albert S Hall School in Waterville went out last week to harvest the yellow onions planted last spring, they found that all 100 had been stolen
Their plan was to give half the onions to a homeless shelter and half to the school kitchen to be used in school lunches
Girl Finds Ancient Spear Point on New Jersey Beach
LONG BRANCH, N J (AP) A girl has found what appears to be an ancient spear point on a New Jersey beach
Eleven-year-old Victoria Doroshenko’s discovery in Long Branch over the Labor Day weekend came weeks after a Virginia boy found a projectile point from the Paleoindian period in Beach Haven
The Fair Lawn resident tells the Asbury Park Press she was just looking for shells when she found the dark-colored stone
Greg Lattanzi with the New Jersey State Museum says he believes the girl’s object was made in the Adena culture between 1,000 B C and 100 B C Complicating the identification process is the spear point appears to be unfinished
Pres. Skorton talks humble beginnings
By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor
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Before President David Skorton leaves Cornell to head the Smithsonian Institution, one may see him practicing tai chi or tae kwon do, showcasing his talents as a jazz musician, beekeeping or reading police mystery novels whenever he isn’t running the University
“There was never a day I woke up and said, ‘Someday I’m going to be a bureaucrat or leader of this or that.’”
bankrupt, prompting them to move from Milwaukee, Wisconsin where his father had moved to from what is present-day Belarus during the Russian Revolution to Los Angeles, a ‘promised land in terms of economic growth,’ according to Skorton
Three years later, his family opened a shoe store, where Skorton would work with his mother, father and an additional employee
“It was a very interesting, close kind of family thing because we all worked together in the store, ” Skorton said “The fact that I had to work from a very young age
was and that his father’s judgment regarding college was in fact, correct While he was a senior in high school, Skorton began to attend classes at the University of California, Los Angeles in the afternoon
After high school, he attended UCLA for one year before transferring to Northwestern University At that point, Skorton said he had “caught the college fever ”
During his time at Northwestern, Skorton who has a black belt in tae kwon do said he was an undeclared major
After over eight years on the job, Skorton will leave the University to become the next secretar y of the Smithsonian Institution in July 2015 Skorton a cardiologist and a nationally-recognized advocate for the humanities began his time on the Hill as Cornell’s current president in 2006
Yet years before Skorton would be tapped as the leader of the world’s largest museum and research complex, or even before he would be selected as the 12th president of Cornell University, he had a humble beginning working in his family’s shoe shop
At the age of nine, his family went
helped me a lot because I had a skill that was marketable when I was in college ”
Years later, however, when it came time for Skorton to apply to college, he said he was resistant to the idea While his father believed he needed to have a more “ secure life,” Cornell’s future president wanted to pursue a career in music
“My dad was really, really big on me going to college and felt that one of the big advantages of coming to the United States was a chance for a kid to do better than he was able to do,” Skorton said Skorton admitted in his interview with The Sun that “ everyone in Los Angeles was a better musician” than he
“I was really proud of being undecided,” he said “A bunch of us had t-shirts made up that said, ‘I’m undecided, and I’m proud of it ’”
Before graduating, he declared a major in psychology, which he said was a “good general discipline that was biological, somewhat social science [and] somewhat humanistic ”
During college, Skorton continued to sell shoes at a high-end women ’ s shoe store and also played music in a band on some nights of the week in Chicago
He ultimately attended medical school at Northwestern, a time when he said he thought he would go into treating pediatric cancers He said, however, that he had a “hard time emotionally dealing with the death of young kids,” an issue more prevalent in the 1970s due to the lower success-rate of treating childhood cancers
Eventually, Skorton became involved in research and was appointed to a position at the University of Iowa, where he would later become president in 2002
“There was never a day I woke up and said, ‘Someday I’m going to be a bureaucrat or leader of this or that,” Skorton said of what he described as his ‘non-linear ’ life
When he was asked to lead Cornell Uni-
versity, Skorton said there were a variety of factors that attracted him to Ithaca, including the “interesting undergraduate body ”
“You’ll have a hard time finding anybody who went to a college that has a top ten rated creative writing program, top ten rated engineering school, top ranked agriculture and life sciences college and very strong social science programs, ” Skorton said of Cornell’s reputation
During his time at Cornell, Skorton played a major role in shaping the University’s history by navigating a financial crisis, earning the rights to build a new technology-focused graduate campus in New York City and reshaping student life after a student died in an alcohol-related hazing incident in 2011
In addition, Skorton who lives in Donlon Hall during the beginning of each school year with his wife Prof Robin Davisson, molecular physiology gained enough popularity among Cornell students to be listed on a previous version of The Sun’s “161 Things Every Cornellians Should Do” list
Under this entry, Skorton said, students were supposed to have a meal with the president in Trillium
“We had kids lined up in the hallway, ” Skorton said “[Someone] ran in [my office] one day and said, ‘I just have to do it Please are you hungry? I brought you a cookie ’”
After President Skorton ate the cookie and took a photo with the student, he asked the student if he was going to stay and talk
According to Skorton, the student responded, “No, I just wanted to see you eat ”
Until he leaves Cornell, however, Skorton said he will continue to complete a daily ritual of his: Looking out his office window to McGraw Tower every morning
“I come in, park my car, close the door and look at McGraw Tower and say to myself, ‘This is a fabulous place Do a good job today,” Skorton said
Global Health Expert, Statistician Speaks in Statler Auditorium
By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer
Global health expert and statistician Hans Rosling debunked c o m m o n n o t i o n s a b o u t t h e
“developing world” and urged attendees in the packed Statler Auditorium to become aware of shifting realities
“ W h e n we t a l k a b o u t t h e world, we are full of emotion,” he said “We don’t start with facts this is the problem ”
Rosling, a professor of global h e a l t h a t Swe d e n ’ s K a ro l i n s k a Institute, founded Gapminder a non-profit venture to make data readily and freely accessible
to the public and to “ promote a fact based worldview,” according to the foundation’s website
Rosling began his presentation which made heavy use of his foundation’s technology by posing questions about the current state of the world
Audience members responded to the questions, which ranged from the general economic health of today’s populations to reproductive trends to female education rights, via clicker devices
The audience responses were then compared to national averages from various European countries and the United States
As Rosling reviewed the audi-
ence ’ s responses, he pointed out where there seemed to be an ingrained bias or a faulty conception of the world When the audience did worse than they would have if they answered randomly, Rosling suggested that there was probably something else at play
“If you score less than random, it means that the problem is not lack of knowledge there must be some preconceived idea that stops you from reaching random,” he said
T h e s e m i s c o n c e p t i o n s a re problematic given the changing nature of demographics, Rosling
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The doctor is in | Swedish medical doctor Hans Rosling speaks about the developing world and global demographics during a lecture Tuesday
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Rosling: Western World Will Undergo
‘Big’ Identity Change in Near Future Apple Unveils Long-Anticipated
Smartwatch at Media Event Tuesday
CUPERTINO, Calif (AP)
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Tuesday, introducing a device that transplants the features of an iPhone onto a smaller screen that's never more than an arm
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computing and lift its sales with another revolutionar y product
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Cook’s leadership, it had only
iPhone, iPad and other products hatched before his predec e s s o r, St
totally ne w devices raised questions about whether Apple had r un out of ideas without the visionar y Jobs Now Apple is betting on a gadget that seems like something James Bond might wear
The Apple Watch’s top-of-theline edition comes in a casing made of 18-karat gold, with an array of elegant bands available for most models The watch can ser ve as a walkie-talkie, a drawing pad, pulse monitor, calorie counter and activity tracker
“It is amazing what you can do from your wrist,” Cook said Apple is a late arrival to the still-nascent market for wearable technology Several other companies already sell smar twatches that have been greeted with widespread indifference
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Defeats Teachout in Democratic Primary
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Student Org. Leaders Laud
Face-to-Face Emphasis of USB
Day a more engaging and inclusive campus event
“ We did identify areas to improve diversity in the event itself,” Lovely said “We will be seeking partnerships with the Multicultural Greek Letter Council and Cornell Bhangra for events during SlopeFest We also analyzed composition of our dayof volunteers to identify areas to improve inclusion ”
Megan Rodrigues ’15, president of the Cornell Fashion Collective, said she appreciated the S A ’ s focus on face-to-face interactions when it comes to d r a f t i n g Diversity and I n c l u s i o n Plans
“ While it may seem like yet another thing to add to our plates during our busy academic lives, meeting faceto-face allows clubs to make a conscious effort to incorporate diversity initiatives,” she said “Otherwise, I could easily see how clubs would neglect this effort ”
large for the S A and previous chair of SACIDI, said that though she initially had similar concerns regarding the expansion, she has since put faith in its collaborative model
“Originally, I was not absolutely sure that it was a good idea to expand the DIP process one year after it was established,” Liu said “Now that the DIP process has expanded, I am nothing but hopeful for the process and I am sure that with the right leadership, it will succeed ”
“USB is a framework that is long-term and requires the representatives to look at the bigger picture.”
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Ulysses Smith ’14, who served as the S A President last year and was one of the original writers of the United Student Body resolution, said he believes the organizations that submitted Diversity and Inclusion Plans last year b r o u g h t U n i t e d Student Body to a productive start
semester, USB has become more of a talking point for individual representatives than an examination of the “hurdles” of participation and perception among student groups
“I would challenge the S A to shed its reputation of being completely out of touch with students, and use USB and other initiatives to actually better understand the groups that they are supposed to be serving,” he said “USB is a framework that is long-term and requires the representatives to look at the bigger picture positive change that they might not be here on-campus to see ”
Obodoagha agreed, saying that United Student Body may not actually influence S A decisionmaking to the extent for which it was originally intended, due to SACIDI’s role in the S A as “ student-oriented rather than operational ”
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Alderperson Seph Murtagh (D2nd Ward), who is also TCAT ’ s secretary and treasurer
Olivia Obodoagha ’15, president of the ALANA Intercultural Programming Board, said she commends USB’s more clearly laid-out goals and structure in comparison to last year ’ s, but said she had reservations concerning the initiative’s “feasibility and scalability” going into the semester
“Last year the first round contained about 30 DIPs to review [and] there were major issues with getting DIP feedback late into the year, ” Obodoagha said “Now that the amount of DIPs have drastically increased from last year, I’m unsure how thorough [the Student Assembly Committee on Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives’] recommendations will be ” Lisa Liu ’15, undesignated at
However, he added that he is concerned the S A may have lost sight of what USB was originally supposed to accomplish to set student groups and the assembly in a direction that emphasizes “engaging different people once they are in the room ” and the production of legislation that is directly responsive to those dialogues
“My biggest concern now is that the S A and USB seem to be in conflict,” Smith said “The plan was always to administer USB for one full year and then edit it based on feedback In introducing those amendments last year, it was very apparent to me that USB was, unfortunately, becoming the victim of S A politics Coming right after the tabling of R 72 and the subsequent sit-in, it seemed like many of the representatives still did not quite understand why it was important that the S A be invested in USB ”
Smith said he believes this
“In theory, review and enforcement of USB should only account for a fraction of [SACIDI’s] overall resources, ” she said “I'm uncertain how they will be able to fulfill their larger role of creating new ideas to improve diversity of the student body on campus if they are preoccupied with implementing and reviewing the DIPs throughout the year ”
Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com
“After large increases in Cornell riders under the program occurred Cornell asked the Board for a different methodology to increase its payments annually so it could have more predictability in its budgeting,” Proto said As a result, Cornell and the TCAT Board agreed that Cornell’s bulk fare payments which is currently at $2 6 million would increase by the same percentage as the contract payments that the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and Cornell make Currently, each of the three organizations pay $829,432
Approximately 71 percent of TCAT ridership comes from Cornellians.
According to Proto, the contract payments did not increase for “various reasons ” As a result, Cornell’s bulk fare payment did not either The University currently pays
TCAT an annual total of $3 43 million $829,432 as part of an agreement with City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and TCAT and $2 6 million as a bulk fare for all Cornell ridership according to University Spokesperson John Carberry Cornell’s payments accounted for approximately 26 percent of TCAT ’ s revenue in 2014, according to Patty Poist, comm u n i c a t i o n s and marketing manager for the TCAT H o w e v e r , approximately 71 percent of TCAT ridership comes from Cornellians, she said On Aug 28, the TCAT Board of Directors passed a resolution asking the University to try to restore its payment to $1 per ride by 2015 This resolution came in response to President David Skorton’s decision earlier this year to not increase what the University pays for its bulk fares, which it already pays at a discounted volume price
Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com
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Re: “EDITORIAL: One Cornell, One Community,” Opinion, Sep 4
We are members of Ordinar y People, the socially-engaged theatre ensemble that organized this year ’ s Tapestr y of Possibilities To prepare, we not only had over 60 hours of rehearsal, but we spent countless hours over the past year and into the summer completely overhauling the play, in the hopes that we would portray a more nuanced representation of diversity, injustices, and oppressions on our campus So, your comments in Thursday’s Editorial were not only hurtful, but utterly untrue
Keeping in mind critics of the past, we decided this year to write a play with a constant plot, rather than a series of disjointed vignettes We did this to better capture how our common vocabular y to talk about structures of oppression often fail to account for intersectionality, the phenomena that we all have many identities, playing off each other at various levels simultaneously
While we appreciate and agree with your written commitment that the University needs to work towards inclusivity for those “who identify with minority gender identities and sexual orientations,” we are offended that you would choose Tapestr y of Possibilities as your case for the University’s negligence For if you in fact saw the show you readily critiqued, you would have known that this ver y issue was addressed, quite explicitly
During the scene Hall Meeting, one of the characters comes out as a bisexual, claiming that she can “ see beauty in ever yone ” In response, the narrator quickly interrupts the action to correct this misinformation: “But I believe Lana would describe her sexual orientation as ‘pansexual,’ which bases attraction more on the personality, rather than the gender of a person Bisexuality implies that there are only two binar y genders, male and female Whereas pansexuality opens interpretations to all categories of genders or non-genders ”
Despite the false conviction about Tapestr y, as a troupe we appreciate input and invite any further criticism We suggest that you do your research the next time you want to commit your paper to minority groups and fringe causes, so that your opinions will be more respected
Rudy Gerson ’15
Sam Morrison ’17
Sagar Galani ’15
“Pics or it didn’t happen ” While many people joke about this phrase or say it ironically, many people feel a twinge of fright when they leave a social event unphotographed, or agonize over what their Facebook or Instagram photos say about them If a photo from something doesn’t get posted online, how will other people know you were there? In that same vein, if someone isn’t in pictures for a long time, do they even have a life?
This popular phrase is certainly true to some extent In this day and age, people take pictures of anything and everything they are doing, from major life events to mundane, everyday activities We all know that social media and technology are becoming more and more prevalent in our social lives and interactions everyday, which some argue is for the better and some for the worse (including many Cornell Communication professors!) While we could debate this until I graduate though I certainly fall under the media makes society better if we use it correctly” categor y what matters is what this phrase means for us right now, and how it actually affects our lives
In terms of college students, it generally means that some part of our social lives are defined by what we put or what we don’t put online The other day, I heard a freshman say that her home friends were worried she wasn ’ t having fun in college, since she has barely been in any pictures on Facebook or Instagram I am sure there is a difference between whether the girl has actually been having fun at Cornell and what it looked like from her Facebook page, but her friend equated them, as many of us do these days
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going out, and yet feels judged when her friend assumes she isn’t having fun?
A great example of this current phenomenon is the private photos of celebrities that leaked online last week Naked and clearly very personal pictures of stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton blew up all over the Internet, without the consent of any of the women involved Stealing (because yes, it was confirmed that these women were hacked via their iCloud accounts) and distributing these personal photos was a huge invasion of their privacy and serves to show that personal curiosity and judgment can outweigh morals and decency
We have no problem picking apart people’s lives based on the photos we see online, and yet we know our own lives are much more than they appear to be to the casual or not so casual Internet stalker
When this first happened, I’ll admit, I was curious I wanted to see if it was really them and what their bodies looked like (and of course, compare them to my own, because what media-brainwashed 20-something woman doesn’t do that?) When I really thought about it, I realized how horrible it was for me to look at those photos; it was disrespectful and a complete breach of their personal space Before you say, “They shouldn’t have taken those photos if they didn’t want to put them online,” think about what you are implying Are celebrities not allowed to take personal photos? Sure, they should protect what they want protected, but didn’t they do that? They were hacked As Lena Dunham put it excellently in a tweet, “The ‘don't take naked pics if you don't want them online’ argument is the ‘she was wearing a short skirt’ of the web Ugh ”
Now, instead of being concerned with how we look when people see us in person, we feel the need to be cognizant of how we appear online as well, especially since many of us stay in touch with (read: show off to) our friends from home through social media This need which is the reason for phrases such as “pics or it didn’t happen” gives way to all sorts of new problems While I don’t think that the problems of visibility outweigh the positives it can have (as I usually say, that’s a story for another column), I do think the potential issues can be extraordinarily problematic
Some of the most important issues to consider and think about in our everyday lives are judgment, privacy and personal space On one hand, we obsess over documenting our lives, our relationships with other people and how others will perceive them On the other, we obsess over judging others: their photos, their relationships and their lives We have no problem picking apart people’s lives based on the photos we see online, and yet we know our own lives are much more than they appear to the casual or not so casual Internet stalker
How is it fair that the freshman girl assumes her home friend can ’ t possibly be studying if she has tons of photos of her
While this example is extreme, it is also telling of the culture of our society today: that “scandalous” (though I prefer the term “stolen”) photos of people are a spectacle there might even be an exhibit displaying these recent ones and that privacy is obsolete
People are allowed to have lives outside of Facebook and Instagram, even if they (gasp!) do not provide photographic evidence I certainly do not believe I am an expert, nor do I think I have all of the answers, but I do think there needs to be a balance between how much importance we place on our online personas versus our actual ones, and how much we judge others for them Privacy is important for celebrities and college students alike, and placing curiosity and judgment over our morals only perpetuates this problem
That said, maybe we should change the phrase to “pics or maybe it still happened, not really our business though ” but it’s definitely not as catchy
And finally, make sure to share my column on your respective social media sites, since “likes or no one read it,” am I right?
Samantha Weisman is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She may be reached at sweisman@cor nellsun com A Weisman Once Said appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester
CORRECTIONS
A Sept 9 photo candid caption incorrectly stated that Break Free is the only coed Hip Hop group on campus when in fact, it is not
A Sept 8 business news story, “‘Cornell App Development’ Offers Training for Designers,” incorrectly said the organization was geared towards designers, when in fact it is intended for developers
Anna-Lisa Castle ’14, Kevin McGinnis ’13 & Rebecca John ’14 | Guest Room
Rejecting
Islamophobia,
Rejecting Racism
In his column, “Islamophobia and Racism,” Julius Kairey thinks he is challenging us to think “outside the box” about racism, but what he’s actually doing is making a tired argument about political correctness that asks his audience to understand Islamophobia as an acceptable form of racism He suggests that we redefine Islamophobia as justified critique of Islam, and decries the term itself as unwarranted silencing of critical opinions Kairey does this to provide cover, unsurprisingly, for a blatantly Islamophobic argument that tries (and fails) to uncouple anti-Muslim, anti-Arab fervor from racism more generally He unlinks “critique of Islam” from an ongoing history of exceptionalizing and essentializing Islam as a singular cause of violence and oppression Furthermore, he is publishing Islamophobic and racist speech at a time where MuslimsAmerican students on college campuses are regularly silenced, targeted, and alienated, and does so in such a way that contributes to a hostile environment for all students of color, women and other marginalized people at Cornell Islamophobia is the prejudice, hatred and fear of not only Muslims, but those who are racialized as “Muslim” in a post 9/11 world This means that Arabs, North Africans, South Asians and anyone perceived as Muslim become victims of Islamophobia Islamophobic, racist acts of violence in America often fall on people who carry the physical markers of “otherness,” whether that is a hijab or a turban, regardless of their beliefs Like any form of racism, Islamophobia does not see Muslims as complex and diverse human beings
Rather, according to Islamophobic discourse, “Muslim” constitutes a single, monolithic group, often characterized as inherently violent and having distinctly un-modern values, placing Islam itself as the root cause of terrorism (relatedly, one could argue that a cycle of American military and cultural dominance feeds fundamentalist, anti-American sentiment), the oppression of women, and irreconcilable cultural differences Kairey’s column relies on these assumptions to argue in favor of a “critical” response to something as broad as Islam and people as diverse as Muslims
As evidence for why “the West’s core values” are not only inherently different from those that “predominate the Muslim world,” but “better, ” he cites the possibility of women being stoned Violence against women is deplorable, and it exists in the “West” as much as it does in the “Muslim world ” (Kairey also glosses over millions of examples of Muslim womens ’ resistance ) Kairey plays on a highly racialized image of a particular form of violence against women to justify Islamophobia In doing so, women become a tool in his argument, objects rather than subjects, meant to demonstrate cultural superiority of an assumed “ us ” as opposed to “them ” This represents a rhetorical violence against women that should not be overlooked (Furthermore, in the past, Kairey has shown that he does not have the same regard for women in his local community in a column where he suggests that sexual violence on campus is exaggerated, even claiming that rape culture does not exist ) This sort of categorization and generalization that defines Muslims as inherently anti-woman parallels other forms of racism in America, such as anti-blackness, which conceives all black people as criminal, or anti-Asian racism which conceives all Asian people as perpetual foreigners The function of racism is not legitimate critique; the function of racism is dehumanization Although Kairey adds a sidenote that he does not mean to denounce all adherents of Islam, he proceeds in 978 words to dehumanize the entire “Islamic world ” The discourse that he evokes is related to a long and horrifying history of justifying imperialism, conquest and genocide
In writing this, we are reminded of something Toni Morrison once said: “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction It keeps you from doing your work It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being ” Some time ago, members of Islamic Alliance for Justice at Cornell wrote an op-ed in The Sun addressing “What Does It Mean To Be A Muslim American ” Two years later, Kairey’s article compels us to explain once again why Muslims are not terrorists, why Muslims are human beings This is not something we should have to do
As a note from the weary alumni authors of this piece, we are not only mindful of the distraction Kairey poses distraction from daily life, from progress, from collective liberation, from caring for one another but also the real harm this kind of rhetoric represents for students who might feel compelled to tacitly accept its presence both on campus and, shamefully, inked in their student paper So let us use our last inches not to address purveyors of hate but instead to offer loving words to those in their crosshairs: We hope no Cornellian feels shamed by upperclassmen like Kairey who speak not from a place of love and compassion but from bigotry and supremacy No young Muslim should feel added pressure to prove themselves to be a “good Muslim” on Cornell’s campus No young woman or queer should feel like they have to accept a man like this using their identity to make a point he doesn’t understand No young Cornellians of color should feel silenced when a white man tailors the definition of racism to suit his own hateful ideology There’s enough of that already happening every day Though Kairey has a right to express himself, we find it outrageous and appalling that the student paper, which already represents a relatively small sampling of students, has been allowed to provide the platform for such insidious, poisonous speech Think more critically next time, Sun editors, about what your writers are actually saying and maybe it will be possible to distill honest points of discussion from racism wrapped in rhetorical flourishes masquerading as a simple “throwdown” by a freedom-loving American
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Re: “Cornell Ranked 15th Best University in the Nation,” News, published September 9, 2014
Doors, ‘ Doors’ and The Doors
Iwill begin this column by offering an
a p o l o g y f o r t h e preachy, corny, sentimental garbage I wrote a n d p u b l i s h e d t w o weeks ago I know my last column was an only slightly more poli s h e d re n
o n o f some Buzzfeed article entitled “12 Reasons Your Cat Should Make You Feel Special” or something It was sicke n i n g Do n ’ t s t a r t thinking I’ve gone soft on you though; this week I plan on getting back to my roots and w
b e n o metaphors or grand life lessons to carry on with you This is a column about doors A friend of mine had h i s c a r stolen some t i m e a g o W h e n I heard this, I t h o u g h t s u c h a heinous and s i n i s t e r crime could only take p l a c e i n t h e w o r s t k i n d s o f n e i g h b o rhoods, and it was taken off of Blair Street in Collegetown which is not too dissimilar from Gotham City A k e y e l e m e n t o f t h i s c r i m e , h owe ve r, w a s the fact that my friend left the door to his car unlocked He also left t h e k e y s i n h i s unlocked car I’m not o n e f o r “ t r u s t - s h a mi n g ” o r a c c u s i n g people of asking to be taken advantage of by trusting too much
you are living in a place that might be prone to crimes like theft like Collegetown it is typically smart to take a p a g e o u t o f t h e Louvre’s playbook and l o c k yo u r d o o r s Everybody has his or her own Mona Lisa It might be an old camera your grandfather gave you, an autographed piece of sports memorabilia or a mounted Ja c k a l o p e h e a d T h é o p h i l e Ho m o l l e , museum director of the L o u v re d u r i n g t h e famed 1911 heist of L e o n a rd o d a Vi n c i’s masterpiece, was certainly devastated by the news of the painting’s d i s a p p e a r a n c e He p ro b a b l y re g re t s n o t taking more steps to
door open is an easy way to randomly invite people into your room and develop a friendship with someone that will last you a lifetime (or at least for a semester, before you join a Greek house and leave all of your floor friends behind suckers) Of course, a lot of this f r i e n d s h i p d e ve l o pment takes place in the first couple days of college, and if your door has been closed this whole time, you might be a little late to the party That said, do not fret not all doors on campus are closed to you, leaving you out in the cold friendless and alone just the ones on your floor ClubFest took place
The only thing between who you a now and who you will be in five or years are doors Again, literal door the ones into club meetings, job interviews, restaurants on first da
words of Jim Morrison, iconic lead singer for m u s i c a l g ro u p T h e Doors First, he said, “ So m e o f t h e w o r s t m i s t a k e s i n m y l i f e h a ve b e e n h a i rc u t s ” What a cool thing to s a y T h e g re a t t h in g about hair is that it g row s b a c k f o r f re e The Mona Lisa does not grow back at all, and I promise you will re g re t l e a v i n g yo u r d o o r u n l o c k e d a n d having your full-length mink fur coat stolen more than getting a m i l d l y u n f l a t t e r i n g haircut Next, he said, “ T h e re a re t h i n g s known and unknown and in between are the doors ” As I mentioned two weeks ago, college is a place where you are constantly be re c r u i t e d t o join cool and
n g groups It is
b u t i t d o e s k i n d o f seem like this crime could have been avoided by taking some simple steps Do o r s a re c o o l because they are both w i n d ow s a n d w a l l s
d e p e n d i n g o n w h a t you want them to be If
a vo i d a s i t u a t i o n i n w h i c h h i s m u s e u m ’ s crown jewel was stolen A simple step you can t a k e t o c i rc u m ve n t a l m o s t a l l s i t u a t i o n s like this is to simply lock your door when you are not there That said, there are times though when a door should be a window A wise man told me when I was preparing to leave for college, “ L e a ve yo u r d o o r open ” The first few weeks of freshman year is kind of a hilarious concept A bunch of children from all over the country and world ( We s t c h e s t e r, L o n g Island, New Jersey) are t h row n i n t o a r u r a l town in central New York and told to go g row u p a n d l e a r n People are desperate for friends Leaving your
l a s t Su n d a y, a n d i t showcased the diversity of different groups on campus ClubFest was chock full of doors for people of all different interests All it takes is a little bit of effort and a number of them will b e o p e n e d f o r yo u Again, these are literal doors; I am not talking a b o u t t h e c o u n t l e s s m e t a p h o r i c a l “d o o r s ” that joining a group on campus will open for you not only socially, but also culturally, prof e s s i o n a l l y a n d e ve n financially I am talki n g a b o u t t h e re a lworld doors people will literally open for you when you make a nice stack of cash off a startup you sold after joining an entrepreneurship club
To close this column, I will use the
h e l p yo u develop into a citizen with strong character and interests The o n
who you are now and who you will be in five or 10 years are doors Again, literal doors
views, restaurants on first dates (I remain unconvinced that sec-
exist) And finally, Jim Mo
Doors said, “Whoever
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R e s e a r c h e r s U n c o v e r W h y ATr o p i c a l F u n g u s I s D e a d l y t o F r o g s
Tropical tragedy | Panamanian gold frogs have been found to be especially susceptible to a fungal disease that causes skin shedding, problems stabilizing themselves and death, according to Amy Ellison, a post-doctoral research associate in ecology and evolutionary biology Ellison found that the fungus manipulates the genes that are expressed as part of the frogs’ immune response
By NICOLAS RAMOS Sun Senior Wr ter
Amphibian populations around the world are facing the possibility of extinction because of chytridiomycosis, an infectious disease caused by the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) fungus
First discovered in 1998, the Bd fungus has been implicated in the decline of multiple amphibian species
While some amphibian species are highly susceptible to the Bd fungus, others appear to possess an innate capacity to resist infection Preliminar y research has begun to reveal the mechanisms by which cer tain amphibian species are differentially affected after exposure to the Bd fungus
Amy Ellison, a Cornell postdoctoral research associate in the Depar tment of Ecology and Evolutionar y Biology and lead author of the ne w study, examined the
effects of the fungus in the Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus z eteki), a species par ticularly susceptible to Bd infection The symptoms exhibited by the frogs progress from minor behavioral changes to severe mechanical disr uptions and death, Ellison said
“At first [the frogs] star t off generally lethargic, then they may begin shedding their skin excessively There may also be skin redness, often around the toes and underside of the frogs” Ellison said “Eventually they lose their righting mechanism they do not flip back over when put on their backs This is then usually followed by death ”
The study looked at the changes in gene expression caused by exposure to the Bd fungus The researchers examined three groups of frogs: Uninfected controls, frogs that had been previously exposed to a weaker strain of the Bd fungus and frogs that had been exposed to the stronger, vir ulent strain of the fungus
Laboratory labors | Amy Ellison, a post-doctoral research associate in ecology and evolutionary biology, is studying why a fungal infection affects some species of tropical frogs more than other species
Thousands of immune-related genes were different in infected frogs than in uninfected frogs, Ellison said For example, infected frogs displayed an overexpression of genes impor tant for inflammator y responses, consequently producing larger than normal inflammator y responses to the Bd infection
“ The body’s inflammator y response can cause sickness The frogs are responding to the infection, but the response is not always a good thing,” Ellison said
Researchers said they believe the Bd fungus disr upts the integrity of the skin of the frogs Genes for collagen and keratin, two proteins impor tant for skin integrity, were suppressed in the infected frogs, according to Ellison
“Any disr uption in the frog’s skin may make the frogs sick,” Ellison said
Differences were also obser ved between the two infected groups of frogs The spleens of frogs previously exposed to a weaker strain of the Bd fungus indicated an increase in expression of chitinase, an enzyme impor tant for breaking down the fungal cell walls of Bd
“It showed that previous exposure may alter the response to a second exposure, ” Ellison said
According to Ellison, the study marks an impor tant
s t e p i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h
Panamanian golden frog responds to Bd exposure The results suggest that the susceptibility of the frogs is not due to a lack of immune response, but rather a more complex interaction with the fungus
Although there are fe w, if any, measures that can currently be taken to protect amphibian species in the wild from the vir us, there is interest in the use of topical probiotics to help frogs use the natural bacteria found on their skin to gain resistance, Ellison said The application of the treatment to the skin may help the natural bacteria already present on the skin to combat the vir us
“ The frog’s skin has a diverse microbial community, and there is some evidence that some bacteria have antiBd proper ties It’s one way that may provide resistance to the fungus,” Ellison said
Future research is aimed at understanding why certain amphibian species are more susceptible to the Bd fungus than others Ellison said she hopes to compare the responses in the Panamanian golden frog with those of more tolerant species to tr y and uncover the underlying mechanisms responsible for the differential effects of the fungus
COURTESY
Weill Cornell Study Finds Link Between Developing Arr hythmia Post- Surger y and Stroke Risk
By GRACE AHN Sun Staff Writer
Over 33 million people worldwide are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat originating in the left atrium of the heart commonly believed to be temporary and benign, according to Gino Gialdini, a post-doctoral associate in neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College
According to a study published by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College last month, however, patients diagnosed with new-onset atrial fibrillation post-surgery are at a significantly greater risk of stroke later on than those who do not develop atrial fibrillation
Arrhythmia that appears for the first time after surgery is a common occurrence caused by direct trauma to the heart, and leads to electric abnormalities such as atrial fibrillation
An arrhythmia is an irregularity in the heartbeat rhythm and before this study was not seen as a serious symptom post-surgery, especially when it can be attributed to atrial fibrillation, Gialdini said But, as the study found, this irregular heartbeat can have serious long-term effects
“This arrhythmia affects clot formation of platelets and red blood cells, directing fragments of these clots into cerebral arteries the vessels bringing blood, oxygen, and nutrients back to the brain,” Gialdini said
Over time these blood vessels can become blocked and cause tissue death due to a lack of oxygen and nutrients, also known as ischemia In the case of brain tissue, this process is known as an ischemic stroke
Previous studies found that long-term stroke risk did not increase for patients post-
cardiac surgery, Gialdini said According to the Weill study, however, the risk for ischemic stroke is 30 percent higher for patients with atrial fibrillation that develops after cardiac surgery than patients who do not develop an arrhythmia
“The result we found was significant and [there was] an even higher association of the arrhythmia with risk of stroke in patients who did not undergo cardiac surger y, ” Gialdini said
The study found that the risk of stroke is almost two times higher in patients who develop arrhythmia after non-cardiac surgery
This result shows that irregular heartbeat developing after surgery may not only be a consequence of trauma related to manipulation of the heart, but could be associated with other surgery factors besides direct trauma to the atria and ventricles
“Atrial fibrillation developing after surgery was long believed benign because the arrhythmia in this setting is transient,” Gialdini said “Many doctors rarely consider it dangerous in the development of clots, embolization, and stroke ”
The analysis performed was based on administrative claims data on all discharges from emergency departments and acute care hospitals at health care facilities in California, representing only a fraction of the total number of surgeries that happen in the United States
“Approximately 47 million general surgeries are performed in U S hospitals each year, underscoring the critical need to improve understanding of this common arrhythmia in surgical patients,” said Prof Hooman Kamel, neurology and neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College and
the Brain and Mind Research Institute in New York City
According to Gialdini, systemic stress and inflammation during surgery, atrial predisposition or pre-existent atrial disease are other factors to consider when predicting a stroke
Physicians currently have no guidelines for specific recommendations monitoring patients with post-surgery atrial fibrillation, he said
“It is advisable for doctors to pay attention to ne w-onset atrial fibrillation by informing patients and referring them to cardiologists,” Gialdini said “Atrial fibrillation can also be diagnosed by the use of a simple ECG [electrocardiogram] which surveys the electrical activity of the heart [so] per-
forming long-term monitoring would be worthwhile ”
Further studies are now being conducted to explain the underlying causes in the development of post-surgical onset atrial fibrillation and its association with long term risk of stroke, especially among people who have had non-cardiac surgery
Possible further studies to explore the association between atrial disease, arrhythmias and subsequent risk of ischemic stroke are in line at the Brain and Mind Research Institute, Kamel said
Ahn can be reached at gahn@cornellsun com
Grace
Happy heart | An Aug 13 study from Weill Cornell Medical Center found that patients who develop an arrhythmia during or after surgery are at a significantly higher risk of stroke post-surgery
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Manu Rathore is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at outreach-coordinator@cornellsun com
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The One I Love
Directed by Charlie McDowell
Starring Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss
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Education Through Exploitation
f empathy is a sorely lacking human virtue, and if “movies are like a machine that generates empathy,” as Roger Ebert once said, then why does a Hollywood movie diet leave us so empathetically barren?
I long took it at face value that ‘the movies’ the popular, American ones reflected life in a truthful fashion, bad parts included For the ‘bad parts ’ find attention and awards at the Oscars, where a certain fusion of trite liberalism and belittling sentimentalism thrives Every year I watch a number of new films that claim to engage with ongoing issues, racism being number one (because this is America) The Help, for instance, would very much like its bourgeois viewers to think that they now know what true racism is, when really its plot boils down to a binary conflict between good and evil that precipitates a best-selling memoir by Emma Stone
But can a preachy Oscar-movie do good? If it falls short of subtle artistry, can it wield its cudgel of enlightenment toward open, discursive ends? Last year gave us an abundance of awards-caliber films about black American life, such as Fruitvale Station, The Butler and 12 Years a Slave, which all happen to be helmed by black directors I’m still arguing with myself over the greatness I saw in The Butler, where the story pits an obsequious but hardy breadwinner Forest Whitaker’s White House butler Cecil Gaines against his militant, proudly black son, played by David Oyelowo That dialectic, and the ennobling and tear-jerking way it resolves at the end, flirts with the profound on its own, and it is the rare melodrama to take a firm stand on politics, only after taking a hard look at the pros and cons to both sides
Yet I worry if I praise the film because it flatters some white middle-class-ness in me, and then I worry if I should be worrying I recall my initial reaction, which I shared with a friend after watching it, was that I learned about 1960s civil right history from that film I had known about sit-ins, Freedom Riders and the Black Panther party since middle school, but I did not grasp their do-or-die importance until seeing three-dimensional characters enact them and quarrel over their implications Part of this belated education
no doubt owes to my largely homogenous areas of residence, yet I imagine that, for some few younger black viewers, too, the film filled an embarrassing gap not of information but of empathy for the brave players in this era of history
The same can be said of 12 Years a Slave, only more so It’s not a perfect movie but it is one of the few truly necessary ones, for it renders a pre-cinematic American institution in all its aloof and unceasing savagery I was angry to find the film such a revelation, for how surprised I felt that slavery was, indeed, this bad and that my public education up to that point had failed to drive that point home on its own That’s white guilt, I guess, and no doubt the film seeks to wring that out By tearing a free man, Solomon Northup, from comfortable suburbia, where he kisses his children before bed, and abandoning him, alone, onto a plantation to fend for himself, the script does not force identification with a lifelong slave but with a man whose vague, given notion of freedom reflects that of the viewer, be him black or white or brown
12 Years a Slave or The Butler should age well, since they already take place in the past, but it can be fascinating to see how
Hollywood addressed systemic problems in problematic times A week ago, Cornell Cinema screened 1968’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, inaugurating a semester-long series on Blaxploitation In her introduction, Prof Cheryl Finley, history of art, clarified that this Oscar-winning film directed by Stanley Kramer does not qualify as “Blaxploitation” it’s too middlebrow, too restrained, too Hollywood for that
But it’s an incredibly valuable text, more so than its creators likely intended That is not to dismiss its superficial, Hollywood plea-
sures: Sidney Poitier’s awkward laugh, Beah Richard’s t r e n c h a n t monologue, all the expected tears and fire from Katharine Hepburn It’s good entertainment But it’s the story of a rich white girl who brings home a black man, so it’s clearly trying to say something There are some delicious complications: Her shocked parents, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, raised her a liberal; he is a rich, philanthropic, genius doctor, whose only ‘problem’ appears to be the color of his skin It is a given that they both love each other very much
The film builds to a treacly ending where Matt (Tracy), the girl’s father, approves of this interracial union because, as he says, “The only thing that matters is what they feel, and how much they feel, for each other But with stuck with me is not his words but the way he went about them By that point, the women in the house (including Poitier’s African-American mother) needed no more convincing; the burden of change lay on the men It is Matt who sits the two families down, tells them to “Shut up, ” and gives them that climactic spiel on the power of love It’s good writing, but it betrays the patriarchal view that the final, and right, word belongs to the man, and the white man, of course
I’d get up in arms about this conclusion if not for the fact that it’s true, and that regardless of what Kramer intended, his film offers
a remarkably clear-eyed, self-incriminating view of white privilege that is almost Frederick Wiseman-esque I’m not sure the average viewer would come to this same conclusion especially with the Wiseman namedrop and the movie has fallen to legitimate claims that it’s part of the problem, not against it
Yet there was something to Matt’s arrogance that prohibited me from swooning over his final speech Due to the film’s construction, my political inclinations or maybe just my useless white guilt, there stood a barrier of empathy between me and this powerful man on-screen I became aware that, to the end, the simple nuances of Matt’s behavior, not even his words, prevented others from having a voice I thought of myself To watch and revere a film that empathizes with the victims of history is one thing; to see the bad guys for who they really are, family men who have no clue of their own aggressions, is another education entirely
Zachar y Zahos is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com A L ove r ’ s Qu a r re l l w i t h t h e Wo r l d r uns
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NEW YORK (AP) Serena Williams was in the middle of settling down for an inter vie w when she was interr upted by a message: “Anna is here ”
That would be the Anna Wintour, the Vogue editor who ever y designer wants front and center at their fashion shows
The fact that Wintour chose to attend the Ne w York Fashion Week r unway debut of Williams, who just won the U S Open for the third time, was a sign that Williams, who has made fashion her side gig for a number of years, had most definitely arrived
“It means a lot I mean, she’s Anna Wintour at the end of the day, fashion’s queen, ” said a beaming Williams “I hope she enjoys it ”
Williams was cer tainly enjoying the moment
Fresh off her U S Open win on Sunday, which tied her with Chris Ever t and Mar tina Navratilova with 18th Grand Slam trophies, second only to Steffi Graff, Williams took on some of fashion’s biggest names with her first r unway show on Tuesday
With celebrities like supermodel Beverly Johnson, actor Boris Kodjoe and comedian Marlon Wayans looking on, Williams showed her Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection for the HSN Network, which she described as “casual wear but pumped up, ever y day wear that is actually realistic ”
“Sometimes you go to fashion shows and none of it is really realistic You can take it off the models and you can go out and wear it so that is what we wanted to showcase,” Williams said
The looks included a sleeveless long sweatshir t with the letter “S” on the front, zippered slinky mini-dresses, pants with a leopard print similar to the dress she wore during her U S Open r un, faux fur jackets and jersey-knit dresses Williams said she was casting models and picking looks for the show during the open
“I had a really focused mind; I would literally be on the table getting my back worked on looking at different models,” she said
Venus has also shown at fashion week Williams said she took her big sister’s advice which was to have fun and “enjoy the moment ”
Williams was most proud of her final r unway model, who was plus-size
“I felt like our line caters to a lot of women but we don’t limit ourselves We also want that lady who is a little larger to wear clothes and feel great and not be limited to just Lycra,” she said “People should look good at ever y size and feel good and love who they are
Ryan Leaf Sentenced to Five Years in Texas Prison
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Former NFL quar terback and Heisman Trophy finalist Ryan Leaf has been sentenced to five years in prison in Texas for violating terms of his probation, though he won ’ t serve any additional time behind bars under an agreement with prosecutors
The former San Diego Chargers quar terback and Washington State standout violated his probation in Texas when he was arrested in Montana in 2012 after breaking into a home to steal prescription painkillers Leaf has been ser ving time in Shelby, Montana, for felony burglary and criminal possession of a dangerous drug after being kicked out of a treatment program
On Aug 27, state District Judge John B Board sentenced Leaf to five years in each of two drug cases stemming from his time in Texas, where he was quarterbacks coach at West Texas A&M Board also gave him credit retroactively for time served in Montana, said Bill Kelly III, an attorney for Leaf
The 38-year-old Leaf has served about 27 months behind bars in Montana Randall County (Texas) District Attorney James Farren said the outcome of a Sept 23 hearing will determine where
Leaf goes next He might have to come back to be paroled for his Texas convictions, he said
“I’m disappointed that we ended up cutting the deal that we did,” Farren said Tuesday “But we did, and I’ve got to live with it I certainly was hoping Ryan Leaf would serve time for the offenses he committed in Texas ” Leaf was accused of burglarizing a player’s home in 2008 while he was coaching for the Division II school in Canyon, Texas He resigned and an investigation turned up that Leaf had illegally obtained nearly 1,000 pain pills from area pharmacies
He was accused of presenting an incomplete medical history to several physicians between Januar y 2008 and September 2008 in his quest to get hold of the painkiller Hydrocodone In 2010, he agreed to plead guilty to seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance
Leaf was placed on probation for 10 years under an arrangement known as deferred adjudication, meaning that if Leaf completed all the terms of his probation no conviction would be on his record
But he then got into trouble in his home state of Montana
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Go o d e l l h a s p re v i o u s l y s a i d h e “d i d n ’ t g e t i t r i g h t ” w i t h R i c e a n d t h e l e a g u e s e t u p n e w p e n a l t i e s f o r d o m e s t i c v i o l e n c e : A s i x - g a m e s u s p e n s i o n f o r a f i r s t o f f e n s e , a t l e a s t a ye a r f o r a s e c o n d “ I w o u l d t e l l yo u t h a t w h a t we s a w i n t h e f i r s t v i d e o t a p e w a s t ro u b l i n g t o u s , i n a n d o f i t s e l f, ”
G o o d e l l s a i d “ B u t w h a t w e s a w y e s t e r d a y w a s e x t re m e l y c l e a r, i s e x t re m e l y g r a p h i c , a n d i t w a s s i c ke n i n g A n d t h a t ’ s w h y we t o o k t h e a c t i o n we t o o k ye s -
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have a very talented young team ”
I n v i t a t i o n a l c o m i n g u p i n t w o w e e k s w h i c h w i l l b e a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o m p e t e
John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com
Cornell Cross Country Takes On Army Friday for Season Opener
By ANNA JOHNSON Sun Staff Writer
This weekend, the Cornell cross country team will gear up for its first meet of the season with a matchup against Army Coming off a solid week of practices and strong leadership from the captains on both sides, the Red is poised for success
The dual style of the meet will make for a fitting start to the season, according to men ’ s co-captain senior David Melly
“I’m really excited to open up our season at Army we have a great relationship with those guys and it’s a fun and relatively low-key way to start the season, ” he said “Because it’s just a dual meet rather than a large invitational with dozens of teams, it’s a great way to work on team strategy
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According to Melly, the Red will work to build off of the team ’ s depth right out of the gates in this first meet of the season, hoping to set the tone for those to follow
“You can bet we will be packing up and keeping things under control for the first half of the race, ” Melly said “There’s a big hill in the middle of the course that tends to string people out, and we ’ re going to try to stay as close as possible to test the depth and cohesion of our top-seven ”
While the team has prepared for success in practice, according to Melly, the racecourse will stand as a true test of what the squad is capable of
“The team has looked really strong in workouts these past few weeks, but there’s nothing like a race to see who’s truly fit and ready to step up, ” he said
Women’s co-captain senior Casey Phlegar shared a similar sentiment, expressing her excitement about the team ’ s pre-season training and the chance to show what it can do this weekend
“We have thirty-three girls on the team, with [the] majority being healthy After working hard all summer and these past two weeks, it will be fantastic to finally put it all together and compete, ” Phlegar said “Many of the girls are coming off of phenomenal track seasons and consistent summers of training, so I think we ’ re poised to do quite well this season We’re an incredibly deep team with an immense amount of talent from both returners and freshmen ”
According to Phlegar, team unity is key to team success, and the co-captain is pleased with the way that the group has been working together thus far
“It’s been really wonderful to have such lovely newcomers on the team – I love them all We have had some great team bonding activities, like silly games, goal-setting postermaking, and several meals together in order to facilitate team unity,” Phlegar said “It’s been really great to get to know people on a deeper level and through these experiences, we have created a team that will truly work together in competition Although cross country is run individually, it’s definitely a team sport where we all work together towards one goal ”
As the weekend approaches, the group is ready to step up and compete, according to women ’ s co-captain senior Marianne Collard, who shared Phlegar’s excitement about the hard work the team has put in thus far
“I think the team is in a really good position right now and that we are eager to start racing,” Collard said “We’ve just been training hard and doing workouts until now, so it will be nice to get the competitive season kicked off at army ”
According to Collard, the squad will maintain its bigpicture focus on the season as a whole, but recognizes the importance of initial meets to attaining these larger goals
“Although we still have a lot of work to do and are working towards the peak of the season, smaller meets like this
Derek Jeter and Yankee Fandom
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-ed and overwhelmed by the fanfare We stood for the national anthem and clapped wildly when the Yanks took the field My invincible team I knew that they would win that day In my mind, how could they not?
I don’t remember much after that I don’t know who was pitching, how each inning went, or even who the opposing team was What I do remember though, is that when I heard Bob Sheppard call “Number 2, Derek Jeter Number 2,” to the plate for the first time that day, my life as a Yankee fan was forever changed
Derek Jeter was drafted by the Yankees in 1992, the year before I was born He made his major league debut in 1995, when I was two years old By the time I saw him in 2000, he was 26 years old and had begun to make a name for himself as the Yankees’ leading shortstop He was young, attractive and what I call a " true Yankee" meaning that he had not played on any other team He became my favorite player from the moment I first saw him step up to the plate Ever yone knew by then that Jeter was something special When he was at bat, he filled the stadium with fiery enthusiasm Of course, almost ever yone cheered for the Yankees on their home turf, but everyone really screamed for Jeter He was the kind of player that
ever yone would learn to respect
We left the game early after the seventh inning stretch because my sister and I were too young to have the stamina to watch the whole game Bellies full of hot dogs and lemon ices, we clutched our stuffed animals and listened to the rest of the game on the car radio When the Yankees won, I wanted to cry out with joy From then on, I was hooked
Now that we'd had our introduction to Yankee fandom, my father was determined to make Yankee games a big part of our childhood
But for me, watching the Yankees play was always about watching Jeter I lived for the World Series that year, religiously watching each game as the Yankees triumphed over hometown rivals the New York Mets (which I did not hesitate to rub in the face of every Met fan at school) Jeter was a star, racking up hit after hit, earning him the title of World Series MVP I blushed when my dad told a group of Jeter-crazed teen girls at my second or third Yankee game that I was a Jeter fan too That may have also been the game where I bought my pink Derek Jeter shirt I sobbed when, on Opening Day of the 2003 season, Jeter dislocated his shoulder while sliding into third base I watched from the TV in my den as he rode off the field on a golf cart, giving the fans a smile and a wave as he disappeared under the stands My Iron Man wasn ’ t
quite as invincible as I thought he was But my heart lifted when, many weeks later, I watched Jeter get back in the groove in some Minor League games The camera focused on him for the entire broadcast, so my dad and I dubbed it “The Derek Jeter Show ” When he was named captain that year, I wasn ’ t surprised Jeter was always the captain to me
As the years went by, my interest in baseball waned We moved to London for a while, I grew up, and life got in the way But I never forgot about my Yankees, and of course I never forgot about Jeter I was studying abroad in Israel, sitting at my desk, when one of my Cornell roommates wrote on my wall and broke the news Derek Jeter would retire at the end of the season I didn ’ t know how to feel, so I dismissed the message and moved on
However, with two weeks left of the season, I have to face the facts Derek Jeter is going to retire The player who has defined my experience as a Yankee fan will no longer be on the field The reality is still refusing to sink in as I write this Farewell, Captain Thank you for making me the fan that I am today The field won ’ t look the same without you
Raring to go | Senior co-captain Collard, who has helped lead preseason practices, looks forward to the season opener
are crucial to the development of an athlete in our sport, ” Collard said “Apart from the physical test of a hard race, although this is just a 5k and we will be racing 6k at our bigger meets, the mental gain from racing early on and getting your mind used to racing again is huge I’m excited to see where everyone is at and can ’ t wait for freshman to run their first race sporting that Cornell ‘C’ ”
As the Red winds up for the weekend, it is clear that the men and women of Cornell cross country are raring to go and eager to toe the line once again against its first competition of the season This Friday, Sept 12, the Red has its first chance to put its hard work to the test and begin paving the path to Nationals
Anna Johnson can be reached at ajohnson@cornellsun com
Rob Pannullo Talks Team
Culture
and Coach Cullen
Red kicks off season against Ravens Saturday
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Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun com
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“ I i n i t i a l l y w a n t e d t o p l a y b o t h f o o t b a l l a n d b a s e b a l l i n c o l l e g e , b u t I k n e w I w a n t e d t o p l a y s p r i n t f o o t b a l l a t C o r n e l l a f t e r m e e t i n g C o a c h Cu l l e n , ” Pa n n u l l o s a i d “ He’s d e d ic a t e d h i s l i f e t o s p r i n t f o o t b a l l a n d h a s b e e n t h e m o s t i n s t r u m e n t a l a d u l t i n m y l i f e h e re a t C o r n e l l b e c a u s e o f h ow m u c h h e re a l l y c a re s a b o u t e a c h o f h i s p l a ye r s , a n d I t h i n k I c a n s p e a k f o r a l l o f u s w h e n I s
“The team is really close and the coaches are always willing to help us in any way they can ”
R o b P a n n u l l o
e s s t o h i s s u p p o r t i ve f a m i l y “ My f a m i l y h a s d e f i n i t e l y s h a p e d m y s u c c e s s , ”
Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun com
COOPER
Rising Star: Pannullo Aims to Garner League Title
Rob Pannullo looks to go the distance for the Red this season as he sets his sights on the League title
Idon’t remember how I became a Yankee fan I was never a sporty girl I ran away from ever y ball that whizzed in my direction and
“played horses” with my friends when we were supposed to be playing soccer My father, a 1986 Engineering grad, isn’t athletic either, but like most men he enjoys sports Stuck with two girls born only 21 months apart (my brother would take five more years to arrive), he had no choice but to try to teach us the little that he knew We tried soccer and basketball, and I failed miserably at both I was uncoordinated and unmotivated What was the point of chasing balls anyway?
But somehow, at the age of six, I found myself at my very first Yankees Game It was Memorial Day, so the promotion was a star-spangled Beanie Buddie Always a lover of stuffed animals, I felt like I had just won the lottery And the rest was history
Of course, it wasn ’ t the silly stuffed animal that really captivated me that day It was the year 2000 and the Yanks were at their best, coming off of
two consecutive World Series wins Jorge Posada, Tino Martinez, Bernie Williams and Paul O’Neill were on the field, and Andy Pettite, who w o u l d b e c o m
of
was on the starting rota-
i o n
They had 25 World Series titles at the time, a record in both the MLB and in professional sports that still holds today In short, the 2000 New York Yankees were a force to be reckoned with Six year old me was not only impressed, she was awed They were practically invincible
We parked my dad’s 1993 Toyota Camr y under the bridge by the stadium The Bronx was even sketchier back then than it is today, but we figured that no one would care to steal such an old, beat up car The stadium itself had a grittiness to it that was at once both familiar and repulsive Smells of hot dogs and popcorn weaved their way through the enormous crowd of navy and pinstripe-clad fans Our seats were in the nosebleeds, the steep angle of the stadium making the players look like tiny dots on the field, especially to a short sixyear-old girl I was both excit-
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Red seeks redemption against Franklin Pierce
By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Assistant Sports Editor
As the official start of the 2014 season fast approaches for the Cornell sprint football team, sophomore quarterback Rob Pannullo aims to make
L
a
o k i n g towards the Franklin Pierce University matchup, redemption is the name of the game After falling to the Ravens in a tight contest last year, Pannullo is ready to get in the game for Cornell and put the Red back on top
According to the promising young player, the squad is eager to make a play for the League Championship this year and believes winning this first game is essential to getting the momentum going
“ We have high expectations for our first game against Franklin Pierce They beat us in a tough game last year, but we are looking to turn the tables on them this year, ” Pannullo said “ We are going to go out there and play smart, fast and physical football to set the tone for what we hope will be a special season as we tr y to capture our first league championship since 2006 ”
And Pannullo has the stats to back it up Joining the Red as a freshman last season, he played in all seven games at both wide receiver and quarterback As a wide-out, he tallied nine catches for 61 yards as well as two touchdowns While under center he completed 31 of 64 passes for 311 yards with one touchdown and rushed the ball over 60 times for another 118 yards Pannullo also excelled on special teams, returning two kickoffs for 18 yards
He said he believes these versatile roles, coupled with the on-field chemistr y he has with certain skill players, will help him achieve success this season
“After spending my freshman season playing some wide receiver and quarterback, I feel really well prepared for this year and have been gaining great chemistr y with some of our skill guys like Kevin Nathanson, Ben Herrera, Trevor Marrero, Jo n Ro t h , B
Pannullo said
Prior to representing the Red, Pannullo played safety and wide receiver at Montclair Kimberly Academy in Montclair, New Jersey, where he was part of and contributed to a successful program Still, his high school squad was unable to clinch a
championship, making him that much more driven to help earn it this season for Cornell
“Being a part of the best team in school histor y and going 9-2 my junior year was really special, but we couldn’t finish the season with a championship, which is something I’m really determined to accomplish here,” he said
According to Pannullo, Cornell is well equipped to take on this challenge, in large part due to the strong group of returners who will move the squad for ward this season
“I’m really looking for ward to making a run for the league championship this year That’s our goal and we think we can accomplish it,” he said “ We returned most of our starters from last year including our whole offensive line, which has been so
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many players face the
weight quickly before the season officially begins against Franklin Pierce on XYZ
“I think the biggest challenge for us as a team will be to keep our focus during the season as we continue to cut weight,” Pannullo said “But it's a challenge that comes with the sport and we ’ re all dedicated to making weight each week so we can tr y to accomplish our goal ”
However, the Red has a tight-knit culture that will allow the squad to overcome these challenges, according to Pannullo
‘ The team dynamic for this year is strong I think ever yone has bought in that we have a real chance to contend this year, ” he said “ We’re a close knit team and really play for each other With this kind of team chemistr y, we ’ re hoping great results will follow ” According to Pannullo, the Red also has strong senior leadership to fall back on, further enabling
Red Takes Seventh in Navy Classic, Gears Up for Cornell Invitational
By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer
This past weekend, the Cornell University men ’ s golf team competed at the Navy Fall
Mar yland The United States Naval Academy
their annual event at the
Classic
The Red was a frontrunner for the majority of the event, going into the final round in second place at just four shots over Seton Hall, the field leader Seton Hall went on to win the t
Troy contributed with a 70,” said senior captain
Brown University, the only other Ivy in the
score of 1-over-par 569 and the University of Delaware finished just o n e s h o t b e h i n d t h e Pirates for second place “ We p l a y e d r e a l l y well on Saturday Luke Graboyes led the team with a 69, which is really solid golf, and Chris
Jo n a t h a n K l i g m a n “However, we were disappointed with our performance on Sunday It was a great experience to be four shots back g o i n g i n t o t h e f i n a l round and it is definitel y s o m e t h i n g w e c a n build on in the future ”
Overall, Cornell perf o r m e d w e l l i n t h e opening matches of the Fall Classic and proved
“Our team needs to keep on doing what we
n
playing our own game, ” he said “ We have a ver
a m that just needs to feel
the top of the leaderboard ”
Graboyes was Cornell’s top golfer with an
squad has an abundance of raw talent Though the Red will certainly need to develop going for ward, the team has the talent necessar y to generate strong results, according to Kligman
