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Medical S chool Receives $100M Gift Ithacans Cr itici ze Party ing, Mess

Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $100million gift from Joan and Sanford I Weill ’55 that will help it launch two new research

and

Tuesday

With the Weill family’s gift, the University is launching a $300-million fundraising campaign called Driving Discoveries, Changing Lives, according to a University press release The campaign is aimed at helping Weill Cornell “build on its track record of unprecedented growth,” the campaign’s leaders said in a statement “ We

usher in an

of per-

lored' medicine We must keep our students on the frontlines of medical discoveries and patient care, and provide our faculty with the best opportunities and resources possible,” campaign leaders Sanford Weill, WCMC Dean Laurie Glimcher, Robert Appel ’53 and Jeffrey J Feil said in the statement

The medical school is hoping to recruit top scientists, fund medical research, establish new endowed p

expand and improve clinical and laboratory space and

In Collegetown

With the beginning of Cornell’s fall semester, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 lamented the arrival of “students in the hospital with alcohol poisoning, broken bones and all the things that come with having too much fun” at a Collegetown Neighborhood Council meeting Tuesday Speaking to city officials, Ithaca residents and University students, Myrick said many freshmen are getting into trouble with the Ithaca Police Department because they are unaware of laws about alcohol

AE M P rof to Appear on The Daily Show

Prof. Barrett lmed segment with show ’ s correspondent Monday

Fans of The Daily Show

With Jon Stewart may notice a familiar face on an upcoming segment of the political comedian’s show that of Prof Christopher Barrett, applied economics and management

On Monday, The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams interviewed Barrett in the School of Industrial Relations’ Doherty Lounge for a segment on President Barack Obama’s proposed reforms to international food aid, according to Barrett Obama’s proposal, an amendment within the farm bill, promotes using more locally grown food in poor countries and eliminating a requirement that food aid

must be grown in the U S and transported on U Sflagged ships, according to a press release from the House Committee on Foreign

A f f a i r s Supporters of reform say the Food Aid

R e f o r m Act will “ e n a b l e U S food aid worldwide to reach more people, more quickly, at less expense, ” according to the press release

Barrett said he thinks The Daily Show selected him for its segment because he is a prominent academic in the field of food aid

According to Barrett, some of the proposals being dis-

cussed by Congress now are based on recommendations that his research has supported “I have done research in this area for 20 years, and I have written a couple of books, lots of journal articles and p r e s e n t e d r e s e a r c h findings on the Hill and to various agencies around the world on this topic,” Barrett said Barrett added that he felt his perspective was l e s s p o l i t i c a l l y i n ve s t e d than those of other people w h o c o u l d h a ve b e e n interviewed for the segment

“[The Daily Show] seemed to be looking for an objective outside expert, ” Barrett said Representatives from The Daily Show contacted him about a month ago about filming this segment with Williams after the show’s three-month summer hiatus, Barrett said Barrett said Williams was “extremely sharp,” “gracious and kind” and “extremely funny ”

“She was able to say outrageous things with a straight face,” Barrett said The taping took almost four hours to complete, Barrett said “It takes a long time to shoot because they are so meticulous about the production details, and it’s so

“We’re seeing a lot of people getting tickets for public dr unkenness and having open containers We’ve had dozens of arrests so far,” Myrick said Collegetown resident Prof Joanie Mackowski, English, said part of the problem may stem from the University’s lack of jurisd i c t i o n ove r o f f - c a m p u s a re a s where students may be partying

“Fraternities are now opening annexes because parties are closed t o f re s h m e n It’s l

” Mackowski said

Sa

Greek life, although meant to improve student safety, have cont

legetown, Myrick said that city officials and residents alike want Cornell to “do more ”

“Fraternities are now opening annexes because parties are closed to freshmen It’s like Vegas.”

“We also recognize that the new policies towards fraternities and sororities are creating more problems than they solve,” he said

Mackowski said students should behave cautiously and follow rules that they would be expected to abide by on campus rules even though the University does not necessarily monitor happenings at Collegetown properties

“We need to encourage students to understand that there are rules to abide by,” she said

Collegetown is not completely free of University regulation, according to Cornell University Police Chief Kathy

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A lumna e Re e c t on Wom en in t h e Workforc

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Wr ter

Three Cornell alumnae with diverse backgrounds in law, the pharmaceutical industry and entrepreneurship shared their

preparing to enter the workforce at

Tuesday evening

Christa Downey, assistant dean and director of Career Services for the College of Arts and Sciences, said each of the women on the panel has shown remarkable “fluidity” and “creativity” in their career paths

lead

panel in Goldwin Smith Hall Tuesday

Franci Blassbery ’75 J D ’77, one of the panelists, recently retired from her position

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and is current-

Kelman ’81 MBA ’83 is an executive at pharmaceutical company Novar tis; and Carol Rattray ’78 is the co-founder of Zoomdojo, an “online, open resource for college students and young professionals to facilitate their career search,” according to Zoomdojo’s website

In addition to discussing their personal experiences in the professional world, the panelists gave practical advice for navigating the job search, marketing oneself, gaining work experience and building networks of mentors and professional contacts

T

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In

“‘Women tend to avoid stretch assignments and new challenges on the job They worry too much about whether they have the skills needed to take on a new, loftier role,’” Downey quoted from the popular book, asking the panelists to respond to Sandberg’s sentiment

Blasbur y, one of the panelists, said Sandberg’s words are a generalization that, ultimately, “really hurt women ”

“I think there are people who stretch, and there are people who don’t stretch; some are women, some are men I, in my time in practicing law, have met a lot of lazy men, ” Blasbury said

The conversation soon turned to the tension between family life and professional success

“Balance is a personal choice,” Rattray said “You have to make some deliberate choices ” Kelman said she made the decision to set clear distinctions between home life and work life

“When I’m home, I’m really home,” Kelman said

The panelists were also asked to discuss how they came to their respective career path

All three noted aspects of serendipity in their story while emphasizing that they remained open to prospects even as they were in between jobs or unsure about what

they wanted to do

“At least while I was figuring it out, and re a l l y c o n f u s e d i n s i d e , I h a d a g re a t resume, ” Kelman said

When one audience member asked about challenges they had each overcome, Blassbery said that she is a cancer survivor

While battling the disease, she had to take a leave of absence from her demanding career

“I think it slowed me down a little bit, which is probably a very good thing,” she said

Kelman said challenges and crises could also be reframed as motivating factors

“Do we look at life as difficulties or challenges, or do we go after it with gusto to be successful?” Kelman said

Rattray echoed Kelman’s sentiment, saying adversity should not stop someone from pursuing their goals

“Things that feel really, really bad now actually in a day, two days or 10 years, just [aren’t] that important Or you went through it, and now you ’ re going to the next thing,” she said

Although the panelists all said there is a lot of uncertainty and unfairness in professional world, they all agreed that when equipped with the right attitude, skills and openness to new environments, success is attainable

“It’s not ‘ one size fits all,’” Rattray said “

need[ing] to find their point of balance ”

Laura Cassidy ’15, who attended the event, said she enjoyed listening to the panelists’ stories

“I think it was refreshing to see people switch careers so much yet find their niche in each place,” she said

Another attendee, Jessica Sarkodie ’15, said she learned a lot from the panelists’ stories

“It’s become even more clear to me that you don’t need to have a linear plan in life It’s all about taking the opportunities as they come by and doing what you love,” Sarkodie said

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun com

Cohen ’41 Remembered as ‘Dean of Consumer Journalism’

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Writer

Described by some as “the dean of consumer journalism,” Stanley E Cohen ’41 the long-time Washington editor of Advertising Age was remembered by his family as a brilliant reporter Cohen, who was 9 3 ye a r s o l d , d i e d May 6 of renal failu r e He s e

e d a s editorial director of The Sun and, after g

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Stanley Cohen worked as a middleman between the government and the advertising world, writing stories about the influence of advertisers and the debate on reg-

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“ He w a s b a s i c a l l y t e l l i n g advertisers what they didn’t want to hear,” Daniel Cohen said

“ Throughout my journalism career, I always heard from him that it started with The Cornell D a i l y Su n ,

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n Ithaca College graduate, said to The Sun Daniel Cohen added that his father’s career as a journalist inspired him to follow suit in the field of broadcast journalism After World War II, Stanley Cohen led the way in business reporting, Daniel Cohen said As a reporter for Advertising Age,

Stanley Cohen continued to work for Advertising Age until close to retirement, when he was sent by the parent company to lead a publication in London

“He wanted to retire, and Rance Crain, the h e a d o

wouldn’t let him,” Daniel Cohen

said

were ver y close during his time at Advertising Age Crain himself wrote an obituar y for Cohen, writing that he was a pivotal character when Crain took over his family’s company

“

important to Crain He taught him how to write for the company when Crain came in from Chicago,” Daniel Cohen said According to Daniel Cohen a

advertiser of Advertisement Age to go out of business

“One of the biggest clients cancelled their multimillion-dollar contract with the publication, which he didn’t hear about until later,” he said

Throughout his career in journalism, Stanley Cohen always related his success back to The Sun, according to Daniel Cohen

“He would always say, ‘Never give up your integrity That’s all you have,” Daniel Cohen said “He lived like that in ever y part of his life He had the children, and in all three of us that was our core, integrity was our touchstone All of that is rooted in his days at the [Cornell] Daily Sun "

In Januar y 2013, Stan and Daniel Cohen visited the Sun Building to dedicate the Stanley E Cohen ’41 Journalism Library He also funded the Sarah Betsy Fuller Social Justice Fund at Cornell’s Law School, in honor of his late daughter, who taught classes in the field of special justice

“Dad established a legacy for my sister to donate and establish something at his beloved Cornell University,” Daniel Cohen said

According to Daniel Cohen, Stanley Cohen struggled with the changing scene of journalism in

the modern age “He was well into his retirement years when the journalism practice changed We would constantly get into lively discussion

Cohen said “ The way he measured it was integrity He didn’t want to start a blog in his retirement years ”

newspaper in high regard

“I don’t think he was a constant reader, but ever y time the words came out of his mouth, he had a smile Those are the things that never leave you, ” Daniel

Cohen said

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model to both his family and the journalism world, Daniel Cohen added

“He set a high bar for journalism, for the people he covered, for the readers, and for himself and all of us Because of that, he led a lasting legacy,” he said Cohen is sur vived by his wife Esther Delaplaine, his two sons, Edward and Daniel Cohen, 13

grandchildren

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

Theft in the Dairy Bar

Intelligent Crimes

An officer was dispatched to take a report from a student regarding the theft of an AppleMacbook Air laptop computer, computer charger, Apple Iphone, leather wallet, bankcards, a personal check, Calvin Klein glasses Monday The stolen goods had an assessed value of around $5563 00

An officer was dispatched to take a report from a student regarding an unknown individual(s) accessing their email account and leaving harassing messages Saturday

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invest in new medical technologies, according to the fundraising campaign’s website

Donations will help the medical school target areas of research including cancer, cardiovascular disease, children’s health and metabolic syndrome In a press release, the University described the health conditions as “the most pressing public health scourges of the 21st century chronic diseases that have eclipsed infections as the leading causes of illness and death ”

The Weills’ donation will support the medical school’s research on cancer, diabetes, obesity and metabolic disorders through the creation of the Joan and Sanford I Weill Cancer Research Center and the Joan and Sanford I Weill Metabolic Syndrome Center, according to the press release

“Joan and I have had the honor and privilege to contribute to Weill Cornell Medical College, helping to sustain this extraordinary institution as one of

the world’s leaders in biomedical research,” Weill said “We are immensely proud of what Weill Cornell has achieved and what more we can accomplish in the years to come ”

The Joan and Sanford I Weill Cancer Research Center will focus on cancer research, particularly in the area of precision medicine, which examines patients’ genetic profiles and customizes their treatment accordingly The Joan and Sanford I Weill Metabolic Syndrome Center will direct its efforts on diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome “ to understand the molecular underpinnings of these diseases and then translate these discoveries into new therapeutic approaches [as well as] encouraging behavioral changes to enhance health,” according to the press release

The Weills’ gift brings the family’s total contributions to the University to more than $600 million, according to the press release

City Of cials Hope to Ease C-Town Housing Rush

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“If a student participates in a behavior off-campus that compromises the health and safety of another student, we would see to t h a t , ” Jo d y Ku n k - Cz a p l i c k i , Associate Judicial Administrator, said City residents also expressed concerns about the lack of cleanliness in Collegetown Recalling his recent experience picking up trash in the neighborhood with local residents, Myrick said that, in addition to promoting responsible behaviors off-campus, keeping Collegetown clean would be a n o t h e r w a y t o m a i n t a i n a healthy space for students

“We collected more than 30 b a g s o f t r a s h , ” h e s a i d “ If Collegetown is going to be a healthy place for the students, it’s going to take a more proactive, organized neighborhood ”

The meeting concluded with a discussion of the city’s new leasing ordinances Assistant City Attorney Aaron Lavine ’01 J D ’04 said the new 60-day waiting period which requires landlords to give advance notice to tenants before showing off houses for the next rental period gives re n t e r s t i m e t o t h i n k a b o u t whether or not they want to renew their leases

Collegetown,” Lavine said C

Hill said he has witnessed the rush among students to sign leases with every fall

“People are calling us every day even though we ’ re not advertising to rent right now It’s a cultural force, and you can ’ t slow it down,” he said

Julie Paige, assistant dean of s

Independent Living, said many

leases for the upcoming year, even though on-campus housing

mores

“We’re trying to get the word out that all sophomores are guaranteed housing Students think that that they won ’ t get a lease in the central part of Collegetown if they don’t sign it now, ” she said

Paige said students who sign leases early preemptively limit their options for the upcoming school year and are often unable

become Residential Advisors

Zoner offered some parting words for creating a safe Collegetown environment for both student and local residents

“Get to know your neighbors A safe neighborhood starts with

yourself and others and knowing what the consequences are for violating laws,” she said

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun com www.cornellsun.com

“The idea is to get rid of the mad rush that some landlords and

P rof D iscusses Food Aid With The Daily Show

hard to keep a straight face during the interview,” he said

Though Barrett says he and Williams had “lots of laughs” while taping the segment, he added that he also got to speak “quite seriously on some important issues ”

“[Food Aid] is a serious topic obviously, but [the correspondents] are very talented and very funny,” Barrett said

Barrett said he hopes that the clip, though shown in a comical light, will encourage Congress to reform food aid

“Jon Stewart’s demographic is on the more democratic end This segment could energize viewers to get in Democrats that might be in support of the President’s proposals to contact their elected representatives and swing their votes, ” Barrett said “We are pretty close to seeing these changes enacted the balance could be tipped by a cultural icon like Jon Stewart ”

According to studies co-authored by Barrett and other Cornell faculty, students and staff, proposed changes to the country ’ s food aid program could reduce the time and expense of aiding other countries

The issue, while relatively non-partisan, faces an “unusual coalition of opponents, ” Barrett said

The initial legislation was narrowly defeated with 203 votes for the amendment and 220 against, although Barrett said that future proposals and amendments could meet more success

“It’s reasonably encouraging, but we ’ re not there yet, ” Barrett said

Students expressed excitement about The Daily Show’s decision to tape at Cornell

“I’ll definitely watch the episode when it airs I think The Daily Show is hilarious, and it’s always great to see Cornell get media coverage, ” Hope Walker ’15 said

Students also shared Barrett’s hope that The Daily Show’ s coverage of the proposed food aid policy will give the issue more attention

“I hope that Jon Stewart featuring this issue will bring it to the public’s attention Food Aid isn’t something that gets a lot of attention from people, but it would be great if this segment galvanized people’s energy towards contacting their leaders in Congress,” Nick Rawlinson ’16 said

Barrett’s interview was not the first time The Daily Show has interacted with Cornell Jon Stewart appeared in front of sold-out audiences in Bailey Hall in 2001 and Barton Hall in 2005 and 2011 John Oliver, another correspondent for The Daily Show, performed in Bailey Hall in 2012, The Sun previously reported

USAID Administrator Raj Shah, the administration’s chief spokesperson for the proposed reforms, will be interviewed Wednesday for the segment, according to Barrett He added that Tony Munoz, Editor-in-Chief of The Maritime Executive, may also be featured as an opposing viewpoint in the segment, which should air in an episode within the next few weeks

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Editorial

Remembering Lost Cornellians

TWELVE YEARS AGO TODAY, the 9/11 terrorist attacks devastated not only New York City, but the entire nation and the world As we remember that fateful day, its direct impact on our smaller community at Cornell should not be overlooked While others have successfully memorialized the victims of the 9/11 attacks, it is notable that no permanent memorial exists to honor the 20 alumni Cornell lost on that terrible Tuesday

We lost alumni who, during their at Cornell, served as a captain of the football team, an All-American lacrosse player, a fraternity president, a member of the equestrian team and more All walked along the same paths we do, all dealt with the same winters and all were beloved Cornellians Cornell alumni also gave their lives in the U S military action that followed the 9/11 attacks We lost Captain Richard Gannon ’95 and Captain George Wood ’93 in Iraq But the names of these fallen service members do not appear on any war memorial on campus

Today, no rock, bench or garden exists to remind the current student body of the lost Cornellians who came before them Other universities across the country, many with fewer ties to New York City from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to Boston College to several SUNY schools have erected memorial structures honoring those they lost in the 9/11 attacks A large-scale tragedy like 9/11 can be difficult to fathom due to the sheer breadth of its impact and its incomprehensibly high death toll Nevertheless, physical tributes can serve as visible reminders to students that beyond the sensationalism, the attacks took a toll directly on their respective campuses

The University awards some scholarships in honor of 9/11 victims, but those hidden memorials are surely less effective at commemorating the victims’ place in the larger Cornell community While a memorial may not prevent some natural erosion of the connection between future Cornellians and their fallen fellow alumni, it would create a central location for both annual remembrance ceremonies and daily personal reflection Putting names to the 20 Cornell victims would be one way to ensure that they do not go unrecognized With the passage of time, a memorial could lessen the risk of losing these individuals from our collective memory

In honor of those who lost their lives on Sept 11, 2001, we remember our fellow Cornellians: Christopher Ciafardini, MBA ’99, Janice Ashley ’98, Swede Chevalier ’98, Jennifer Tzemis ’96, Balewa Blackman ’96, Kaleen Pezzuti ’95, Joshua Aron ’94, Stuart Lee ’93, Frederic Gabler ’93, M Blake Wallens ’92, Elvin Romero ’88, Sean Lynch ’87, Joni Cesta ’85 Edward Felt, MS ’83, Virginia Ormiston-Kenworthy, MEE ’82, Michael Tanner ’79, Eamon McEneaney ’77, Arlene Joseph Fried ’74, Donald Havlish, Jr ’70, Kristin Osterholm White Gould ’57

Geoffrey Block ’14, a midshipman in Cornell’s Navy ROTC program, contributed to this editorial If you are interested in helping to shape The Sun’s editorial perspective, please contact associate-editor@cornellsun com

David Zha | The Angry Spirit Bear

Aboy growing up in this age of immediate media and propaganda pro bono will find an abundance of manly role models from which he may draw inspiration With Hollywood happily relinquishing the artistic story-telling business and investing in the shitty-blockbuster business, a young man in need of some real guidance in virility will find no film shortage of machismo champions

“However, a movie about strong dudes piloting giant robots with their fists carries the right message about strength and fists and robots to the kids, but the chances of that dream coming true are actually pretty low I demand a more relatable fictional role model!

With that, yours truly proudly presents a proper hero, starring in this humble tale of manliness, struggle and the Endless Game Paranoid fathers with effeminate sons, thy worry is over! Lay down thy belt and thy buried sense of personal failure you fear is manifesting in your child!

Enter, Fratman Fratman and the Sorostihipster Herbert Sedgewick Jr was born as all men are born a god damn independent

But after a comfor table childhood of yachting, crew, The O’Reilly Factor and full priced polo shirts, Herb knew he was meant for greater things

He was a born fratstar

His first clue came during elementary school in Mrs Poulin’s third grade class when total babes, Katharine Reardon and Margot Croswell (9 7 and 9 4, respectively), both passed him a note asking if he “like-liked” them

Herb was even more certain in his identity when high school came and passed His record at Choate included enough empty 30-racks to build a small orphanage for Congolese refugees, a solid C- average, 24 broken hearts and even more sore vaginas College hit him like a ton of bricks

With his rower ’ s legs and Dad’s legacy, he suddenly found himself pledging a top-tier frat at a prestigious Ivy League university with an open trust fund and the keys to his yellow hummer, “The Bro-Mobile ”

We now join our hero at a momentous point in his life, he is officially a brother of Zeta Eta Alpha, Delta Chapter and ready to slay the beast with two backs

Sedgewick awakens, hungover It is 3:00 PM, Friday He had three classes today, but it’s syllabus week so who gives a fuck? His fingers still carry the fishy stench from his wild ramrodding session with Lisa the Rando last night He groans as he makes his way to the shower, pausing briefly only to admire himself in the mirror

Tonight’s the night Herb spends his downtime hours recovering He rips the bong, drains some coffee, has a greasy meal and prepares for the upcoming house party Through the swamp of his sluggish mind a single coherent thought eventually pushes through:

Oh yes, there will be girls tonight

He did not consider tonight he might fall hard for a girl

At around 10:30PM he prepares A quick spray of Axe, one light blue collared shirt, salmon colored shorts, two standard

Fratman Begin s

boat shoes and a backwards Patriots cap later, he emerges from his room

Herber t Sedgewick Jr is no more

Herbert Sedgewick Jr is a mere academic mask

There is only Fratman

As the party picks up Fratman is already on his groove A couple shots in, he finds himself in conversation with the most beautiful blonde he has ever laid eyes on

“I’m Martha You a brother?”

“Yeah Call me Sedge ”

“Cool, I’m in Lamda Tau What you sippin’?”

“Some Glenlivet ”

“Ooooh I love that stuff!”

Before Fratman’s brain can register the hard-on rising in his faded red shorts due to this girl being in Slamda and loving malt whisky, a lanky fellow with big square glasses, a vague Hawaiian, ugly spotted yel-

Fratman can sense a cockblock from a mile away

“Marth! This scene is way too hot for me, let’s bail!”

“OK, Andy! Hey, I’ll see you around Sedge We’re having a party at 301 Grawmac tomorrow! Stop by!”

“Uh, yeah, fersure,” he mutters as Martha races off He shrugs it off and spends the night with Lisa again Saturday rolls around For some reason, Fratman can ’ t get Martha the Blonde Ten out of his head He pushes Lisa off the bed and gets dressed He can ’ t believe he is contemplating attending a GDI party

But in the end, Herb decides his desire for Martha is just too much Steeling himself, he puts on his Fratman Suit, hops in the hummer, and makes his way over late in the evening, making sure to bring more Glenlivet

Something’s off, he thinks as he pulls up to 301 Grawmac

Something is really messed up, he thinks as he walks in the door

Instead of Drake, a ragged band of hairy hippies are playing raucously in the corner A parade of ironic graphic tees marches before our hero Vans cloth shoes are everywhere Half shaved heads and dreadlocks abound Though Fratman is 110 percent bro with a stomach of steel, he finds the sight of gauges in every other ear nauseating People are smoking cigarettes like it’s part of an orchestrated statement And then he sees her Except this is no blonde sorostitute The thing approaching him is sporting a peacock patterned maxi skirt, a vintage top, gaudy hoop earrings, a pair of yellow John Lennon glasses, and a flamboyant gay man on each arm

“Sedge!”

Finally, Fratman’s inner bro kicks in His mental boner for Martha the Blonde shrivels He downs two massive gulps of his whisky, turns on the heels of his fine boat shoes, and drives back to the Zeta house Because if there’s one price Fratman won ’ t pay, it’s enduring an entire night of deviant egoists unaware of their own pretension

David Zha is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He may be reached at dzha@cor nellsun com The Angr y Spirit Bear appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester

CORRECTION

A sports article that ran Sept 10, “Red Splits Two-Game Weekend With One Tie and One Win,” incorrectly spelled junior Devin Morgan’s name

Five Childhoo d Activ ities That

Ne ver Paid Of f In Real Life

As a junior, I feel like I’m getting perilously close to entering what some might call the “real world,” what others might call “adulthood,” and what I call “ scar y ” With this old age comes a (ver y) small bit of wisdom, and I feel that I can now confidently assess some of the decisions I made earlier in life I’m not sure about ever yone else, but I know that I definitely used to take ever ything way too seriously Here are five things that I always thought would prepare me for my future, but turned out to be pretty much useless

1 COLLECTING BEANIE BABIES: Remember in elementar y school when ever yone refused to take the tags off of his or her Beanie Babies, sure that those plush animals would someday be worth millions? Yeah, guess what, they aren ’ t I think there is probably one or two Beanie Babies that are actually worth money, but mostly we just deprived ourselves of playing with these toys in the hope that they would fund our college educations And here we are, thousands of dollars in debt, as our Beanie Babies gather dust in our parent ’ s attics, with their tags still in those weird plastic protectors

I started out this list w the intention of writing something more universal It quickly became a list of my ow idiosyncrasies.

2 WORRYING ABOUT QUICKSAND PITS: Growing up, I was pretty sure quicksand was going to be a much bigger problem than it’s actually turned out to be Contrar y to what I was taught in so many cartoons and picture books, quicksand is actually not a part of daily life in the United States I can honestly say that I have been in a situation that made me fear I would be imminently enveloped by the ground below my feet All that worr y, all those plans to tie myself to a tree stump to avoid being sucked under, all for nothing

3 VOWING NEVER TO DRINK ALCOHOL: In fifth grade, my whole class had to undergo this conditioning program that made us promise not to ever drink alcohol or do drugs Honestly, I understand that doing drugs is “bad,” but drinking alcohol seems like a pretty harmless thing, in the grand scheme of all the things to tell fifth graders to avoid in life On top of that, once you turn 21, the law allows you to drink My guess is that there are probably plenty of actually illegal things we should be tr ying to warn our youth about

4 AVOIDING MUDDY SITUATIONS: I always thought that because I didn’t like to get my clothes dirty, I was somehow more intelligent and/or advanced than other children However, now I realize the opposite was true I was so deathly afraid of getting muddy that I missed out on the limited-time-offers to roll around in a mud pit My family actually has a home video of all then neighborhood kids frolicking through the mud, as I stand, wearing a pristine white dress, apart from them all How did I think acting like an adult would make me a better kid? No idea Now love stomping in puddles; call it regression if you will 5 HOARDING STICKERS: A lot of people gave me stickers when I was young: teachers, piano teachers, parents, friends, bus drivers, etc Then, instead of sticking these stickers onto things and enjoying them, I started a sticker drawer There, I put all of my stickers Then, ever y once in a while, I would leaf through the drawer and mar vel at the vast quantity and quality of my stickers Looking back, I cannot imagine anything more idiotic Stickers are made to stick on stuff! While other children were angering their parents by papering the walls with stickers, I never removed mine from their sheets I did not take full advantage of my sticker potential, and that is my biggest regret I started out this list with the intention of writing something more universal, hence the Beanie Babies It quickly became a list of my own idiosyncrasies If no one else did this stuff, sorr y not sorr y Be glad you were a normal human child

Rachael Singer | Animal House of Reps

If you ' re like me, you may have found yourself in the Duffield a t r i u m o n Mo n d a y m o r n i n g

(side note: I'm actually there all the time not just Monday mornings Autographs are free; pictures are $5) It star ted off like basically ever y other morning in Club Duff: All the alcoves had been occupied since the rooster ’ s first crow, the Mattin's staff was exceptionally friendly and efficient and the engineers were busy discussing technical concepts that are way over most people's heads

( re a d : m y h e a d ) A

a m though, something slightly unusual happened: The fire alarm went off If you ’ ve never been in Duffield during a “fire drill,” they’re pretty

n g brightly and buzzing loudly They do this to aler t ever yone in the area that there is poten-

like a pretty standard fire drill

W

Duffield fire drill, however, is that when the alarm goes off (in a building that has several labs with gas lines and stuff you know, those things that blow up when fire is around) nobody moves I don’t mean that people slowly pack up their things and star t moseying towards the nearest exit I don’t even mean that kids say to themselves, “OK That is a fire alarm I will finish the problem I’m currently working

do) and they can ’ t afford to spare a fe w minutes to step outside for the first and maybe only time that day Or maybe they think that dying in a beautiful conflagration on the engineering quad is a better alternative to not finishing that lab repor t (and nobody in the group can meet at any other time anyway)

Club Duff didn’t burn down on Monday morning, which I think is a good thing But it got me thinking about fires and stuff This “alarm who cried fire” syndrome is putting the lives of students at risk Pretend there had been a fire in Duffield Monday morning That would have b e e n s o m e w h a t l e s s t h a n i d e a l Dozens of kids would have sat oblivious to the flames tearing through the building And why should the engi-

Overall, I am hap that ever y day I g class, lear n and t building I’m in do bur n down.

s before escaping what could be a large

b u i l d i n g a b o u t t o c o l l a p s e ” No

Rather, ever yone just carries on with their lives as if they have never seen the movie Backdraft Why does nobody leave? Maybe they think that it is just a drill and they can handle some background

b u z z i n g a s t h e y w o r k o n

h e i r Algorithms home work Maybe they think the building is made of stone and glass, and for some reason, it will hold up to a violent gas explosion Maybe they really do have as much work as they complain about (they

Paul Revere’s midnight ride wasn ’ t made with the thought of fire inspections in mind Rather it was made with quite the opposite intention: freedom from America’s proverbial fire marshall King George III

Moreover, I am not a fire hazard Ever On more than one occasion, I h a v e b e e n s i t t i n g d o w n o n t h e ground in a hallway and been told by some sor t of authority figure that I need to move because I am “ a fire hazard ” I think what these people are suggesting is not that I am a hazard because I might burst into flames at any given moment (I won ’t), but rather that I will be in people’s way in the event of a fire The funny thing is that if there is a fire, I am going to move I also don’t want to be trapped in a fire Have a little faith in people; I imagine most of them feel the same way Un l e s s a p e r s o n c o v e r s t h e m s e l ve s i n

neers feel the need to move when 99 times out of 100, responding to a fire alarm is nothing more than an inconvenient detour outside before returning to exactly the same place you were before At least in a Chinese Fire Drill, you switch seats

But if you have ever lived or now live on Nor th Campus, then you have seen the other end of the spectr um taking the threat of fire a little too seriously Maybe it is just because I subscribe to the “live free or die” mantra (shout out to Ne w Hampshire), but it seems to me like the fire marshall really enjoys encroaching on my personal freedoms If I want to draw all of my power from a single outlet using a complicated network o f s u r g e p ro t e c t o r s a n d e x t e n s i o n cords, then that is my prerogative, and it is none of his or her business I should be able to hang my posters on my spider lamp if I feel so inclined

jelly, I am not comfor table calling anyone a “fire hazard” (except you, girl who sits behind me in statistics class)

O ve r a l l , I a m h a p p y t h a t e ve

class, learn and the building I’m in doesn’t burn down The apathy that we treat fire alarms with is itself alarming If you aren ’ t convinced that the danger is real, watch Backdraft or the FX show, Rescue Me (the writers will be so happy that someone actually watched) Fires are scar y A little less scar y than the prospect of dying alone or a giant llama with a laser beam on its head ( y o u k n ow s t a n d a rd f e a

enough that we can all afford to step outside when that alarm goes off next time More impor tantly though, it’s my own damn business where and how I hang my posters 10 inches from the ceiling isn’t going to be the end of the world

SCIENCE

By

Debarghya Das ’14, Computer Science, Hacks Into the Indian Education System

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Pr ofessor Seeks Cur e for Tuber culosis

By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Contributor

According to the World Health Organization, about two million tuberculosis-associated deaths occur annually worldwide Prof David Russell, microbiology and immunology, is investigating how tuberculosis lives inside the human cell meant to kill it and working to find a treatment to the increasingly drug-resistant disease

Known throughout history as consumption, white plague and Pott’s disease, tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases that has plagued mankind According to Russell, since the first human migration out of Africa approximately 60,000 years ago, tuberculosis has followed the poorest, most crowded and most immune-compromised populations on earth

Tuberculosis is caused by mycobaterium tuberculosis, a pathogen that easily spreads from person to person by its ability to remain airborne for hours in droplets called nuclei Inhalation of these droplet nuclei can cause the illness, which generally affects the lungs

The pathogens infect macrophage cells, immune cells that clean up debris from dead tissues and which engulf and usually destroy bacteria However, tuberculosis has evolved to persist inside the macrophage environment; as a result, the immune cell meant to protect us from tuberculosis actually harbors the bacteria

“There’s strong evolutionary pressure in both directions in terms of developing mechanisms to clear bacteria and bacteria developing mechanisms to avoid clearance,” Russell said “I think the two organisms are very finely evolved and adapted to one another, and that’s why we have this persistent infection ”

Macrophages are known for picking up many complex carbohydrates such as cholesterol, which, coincidentally, the mycobacterium can feed on Tuberculosis can also turn off growth in response to environmental stressors By turning off growth, the bacteria have the advantage of persisting in a chronic, nonreplicating state

There are two forms of tuberculosis: latent and active In both forms, the bacteria are

engulfed by macrophages, which envelope the bacteria in a process called phagocytosis

This macrophage, which is now considered infected by the bacteria, recruits other immune cells to the site This accumulation of cells is called a granuloma, which is "the defining pathology of tuberculosis," according to Russell

Although the granuloma cannot destroy the bacteria, it does contain it

“The granuloma is the product of the bacterium and the host,” Russell said “For the bacterium, it allows the bacteria to persist For the host, it walls off the infection and prevents spread of the infection ”

One-third of the world’s population is afflicted with tuberculosis, Russell said However, in that group, only five to 15 percent develop the active disease For the majority of people afflicted, tuberculosis is dormant

“I think its because the bacteria is highly evolved and we ’ re highly evolved,” Russell said “For the majority of individuals, our immune system does a very good job ”

Yet for people who do not have a working immune system, the story is quite different Immune-compromised individuals have a higher chance of developing tuberculosis If the granulomas rupture, the bacteria are free to spread throughout the airways, thus causing the active form of the disease

“If you have HIV, you can ’ t make granulomas, and you can ’ t contain the infection,” Russell said

Although a treatment for tuberculosis exists, it is fraught with complications

Current treatment involves a combination of three to four front-line drugs and can take between three to nine months to complete According to Russell, because the long-term, difficult treatment carries a higher risk of non-compliance, there is a serious danger of selection for drug-resistant bacteria Patients who quit treatment too early allow the bacteria to acquire mutations for resistance

It’s a perfect recipe for selection of drugresistant strains,” Russell said “We see drugresistant strains being selected for in multiple geographic locations across the world It’s not just a one-off thing ”

According to the WHO, in 2011 alone there were over 300,000 cases of multi-drugresistant tuberculosis New drugs have the potential to not only avoid the growing problem of multi-drug-resistance, but also make therapy much shorter and less taxing

Russell’s lab aims to find better treatment for tuberculosis He and Brian VanderVen, a research scientist in microbiology and immunology, is currently working with Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a drug-company based in Boston, to screen organic compounds that can limit tuberculosis growth in the macrophage environment

From Vertex’s library of about 340,000 compounds, the lab has homed in on about 300 potential “hits” that could work effectively against tuberculosis inside the macrophage

To find these hits, researchers transform the tuberculosis pathogen so that it will express a red fluorescent protein Then, they create mixtures of macrophages, tuberculosis, and the compound in question After incubating the mixtures for six days, they measure

the amount of fluorescence Low fluorescence mixtures are marked as a potential hit Russell looks for drugs that are at least 70 percent as effective against the bacteria as are established drugs

Through their work, researchers in Russell’s lab found that studying tuberculosis alone was not enough The relationship between the human macrophage and intracellular pathogens was not exclusive to the mycobacterium

“We realized that if we ’ re interested in tuberculosis in Africa we could not ignore HIV We had to study HIV in parallel,” Russell said

The Russell Lab has two ongoing drug discovery programs in Malawi One is for anti-tuberculosis agents, and the other is for a more recent project: anti-inflammator y agents against cerebral malaria, a main cause of pediatric malarial deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa

New Theor y Describes How Things Break

By LISA GIBSON Sun Staff Wr ter

If you have ever broken a bone or cracked a window, aside from having bad luck, you have broken

two different types of materials that break in different ways

Prof James Sethna, physics, and Ashivni Shekhawat Ph D ’13, in collaboration with Stefano Zapperi, senior researcher, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, have created a unifying theory, the continuous damage theory, to explain how all objects break

Previously, scientists used different models for how objects fracture, or break, for different types of material

A crystalline material, such as a salt cr ystal, has its molecules arranged in a specific, ordered and homogeneous way

Composite materials are made out of multiple materials but, because of the combination, have different chemical or physical properties than the original materials

Bone and shell are two natural composite materials

Composite materials have less order in how they are arranged at the molecular level

“Disorder is the key parameter to vary between these materials as you go from glass to bone, and that is one of the key findings in our work,” Shekhawat said According to Shekhawat, composite materials can absorb more damage and stress than brittle crystalline materials before breaking into pieces

Before Sethna, Shekhawat and Zapperi composed their new theo-

ry, different models were used to determine how different materials would break

The trio discovered that the amount of disorder in a material controls how much distributed damage it can take before it fails, according to Shekhawat

The amount of disorder causes differences in having the ability to absorb damage or breaking instantly Sethna, Shekhawat and Zapperi’s continuous damage theory allowed them to quantify the amount of damage a system could undergo before it fell apart They could also predict the breaking point of the material

Although composite materials are generally more able to withstand stress, the bigger the composite materials, the more brittle they become

“If you take a material of a certain scale and it has interesting behavior, and then take a block of it twice as big in each direction, what will the new behavior look like? And what you find is that things become more brittle, more glass like, as you get bigger,” Sethna said “That means that they get more ‘interesting,’ from our point of view, as they get smaller Suggesting that if you build nano devices with damage in them, they will probably be described by theories like ours ”

Using the continuous damage theory, the researchers are now able

to quantify how much stress a material can withstand as the size of the object changes

During early experiments, according to Sethna, the results did not create the predicted Weibull distributions of fractures

The Weibull distribution is a mathematical probability distribution similar to the Gaussian distribution, also known as the bell curve, used for determining class averages and grades The Weibull distribution has a different shape than the bell curve, and the Weibull distribution curve is used by engineers to determine failure of products, including how often they will break

The Weibull distribution can also be used to help with weather forecasting and a variety of other models

The researchers tested the Weibull theor y using another model and established that their simulation results were accurate

They also determined that the Weibull distribution only works for a system that is “big enough,” according to Sethna

They determined that the “big enough” system needed for the Weibull distribution to work in this case had to be one that was larger than the observable universe, said Sethna

“This is not to say that the Weibull distribution will not work for any model or real system In

fact, there are several models for which the Weibull distribution will do just fine,” Shekawat said “However, it does bring into question the indiscriminate use of Weibull theory Our work provides a theoretically sound criticism of the Weibull theory ”

Testing the Weibull distribution led to the new continuous damage model

To create the new model, the researchers studied the distribution of precursor events, smaller fractures that led up to a final break

Shekhawat said that from a small object to a large object, they could now quantify and predict the expected behavior of the strain distributions and how the distribution of precursor events would change using the new model

The continuous damage theory is best used for moderate size objects at the micro-length scale When measuring stress in microlength objects, the distribution of stress behaviors is fit well by the researcher's distribution, and not by the Weibull distribution, said Sethna

The next step of this research is to experiment with more composite materials that contain various amounts of disorder and to measure fracture distributions in breaking objects

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Roger Shimomura at the Johnson Museum

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Rehan Dadi is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at rdadi@cornellsun com

By Gina Cargas

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a m , Mi g u e l’s “ C a n ’ t Sl e e p Together,” is a dark and vaguely depressing tale of two insomniacs’ mutual seduction Despite occasional romantic platitudes (“woman, you feel like a dream to me”), the track remains an addictive bedroom track not that that’s surprising coming from Miguel

The sparse percussion and frenzied guitar ooze a desperate sort of apathy and the chorus “I can ’ t sleep, you can ’ t sleep, let’s can ’ t sleep together” suggests a tr yst via convenience rather than attraction Lyrically, “Can’t Sleep Together” isn’t terribly sophisticated, but the steady repetition and Miguel’s falsetto prove sufficiently hypnotizing by themselves “Can’t Sleep Together” is a banger, but it hints at dissatisfaction and a lack of fulfillment The song is a natural progression from Miguel’s 2012 knockout Kaleidoscope Dream, which proved along with recent work from Frank Ocean, Justin Timberlake and The Weeknd that eight-minute-long introspective meditations on inadequacy, and radio-ready hits are not mutually exclusive This track may not be Miguel’s most intimate, nor his most affecting, but what it lacks in emotional depth, it makes up for with restless, staccato guitar and a glittering synth beat

Gina Cargas is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun com

IBy James Rainis

To deny the brilliance of both the stark black and white of the Anton Corbjindirected music video and the hazy, multiplatform experience of “Just a Reflektor” would be blasphemy However, the hullabaloo surrounding those two causes a lot less excitement than the next sentence: Arcade Fire have gone disco

When the Grammy-winners joined forces with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, we knew he would add a little dance-punk touch to the gloriously grandiose Arcade Fire sound Reflektor” delivers on that promise A disco stomp pulsates throughout its eight minutes, as Winn Butler laments the social media age (“Now the signals we send are deflected again / We’re still connected, but are we even friends?”) From a horn-propelled (and Bowie-featuring!) middle section into loping piano chords and give-and-take vocals from Butler and Regine Chassagne, “Reflektor”’s anthemic pomp and circumstance is appropriate Since the “ us kids” stance of Funeral, the band has fought for the innocence of childhood in the face of adult disillusion Devoid of irony and brimming with emotionally raw energy, “Reflektor” serves as a call to arms and a reinvention, embracing a new method for an old message

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Chaz Bundwick, the smooth mixing, dark rimmed glasses-wearing DJ from South Carolina, has given us another reason to believe that musicians are sexy After releasing his third, and arguably best, album, Anything In Return earlier this year, Bundwick is going on tour but he couldn’t do it without one last song, “Campo,” which he released to the world yesterday via SoundCloud The new song isn’t an indication of another album though, so don’t get too excited; this caramel-sweet single is touronly material

The new song sounds more like Toro y Moi’s earlier stuff In a in a single word, it’s groovy The soul-pop tone in Bundwick’s voice beckons and the funky, bongo and bend-ridden riffs, are infectious and sway-worthy to say the least The guitar is smooth, and the light, almost cartoon UFO-reminiscent synth and moan of the saxophone make “Campo” sound confident is a way that is purely seductive While the more experimental, stuttering beat of the track could, in the hands of another DJ, harsh on the songs mellow, in Bundwick’s hands the beat gives this song a kind of confident hipster confident swagger that permeated as he insists, “just do it ” Take a listen, and prepare to sway

Arielle Cruz is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com James Rainis is a

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The Non-Politics of South Park Politics

’ m a college student, which means that by default I like South Park It is crassly hilarious, relevant to current events and inpulse with pop culture It also makes me feel uncomfortable

South Park’ s business is to insult It lampoons celebrities, religions and ethnicities, etc etc nothing is held sacred In an age when everyone takes themselves too seriously, that’s not necessarily a bad thing It does become a problem when the show tries to tackle politics “Cartoon Wars Part II” tried to depict the prophet Muhammad in order to make a point about free speech, but Comedy Central infamously censored those images against the creator ’ s wishes “With Apologies to Jesse Jackson” tackled the use of the N-word, and the phrase “People Who Annoy You” is now the stuff of memes Sexual Harassment Panda” satirized how “ easy ” it is to sue others for sexual harassment that episode ended with the lawsuit Ever yone v

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The show only occasionally addresses political issues; its topics of choice are almost always free speech, political correctness and uncool

them But the show chooses to espouse these beliefs though disingenuous, dishonest arguments that reveal the show as sheltered and sophomoric

Accusing South Park of spectatorship is strange, because the show looks like it jumps headfirst into the foray as the most vile and enthusiastic of commentators Take season four’s It Hits the Fan,” where the word “shit” was used over a hundred times in reaction to media uproar over a single use of “shit” on CBS in the ‘90s On the bottom left was a counter that tallied the number of times “shit” was said on air The counter made clear that the episode’s goal was to provoke controversey in order to make a point Yet, rather than engaging with debate, the show calls for reason through ad hominems by showing that those on the other side of the debate are much more insane And this works pretty well in response to that

bureaucracy Given Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s political beliefs, this isn’t surprising Both say they “hate liberals more than conservatives ” Both engender a libertarian strain of conservatism popular among college campuses and younger people Pundit Andrew Sullivan coined the term “South Park Republican” to describe the new wave of young adults who align with the show’s beliefs a misnomer if anything, because Trey Parker is registered with the Libertarian Party

The problem with South Park’ s politics is not its content, but its presentation if they are heavily libertarian, then more power to

episode, one advocacy group denounced South Park as "dangerous to democracy " Suddenly South Park doesn’t look so bad

Encoded within this tactic is a disavowal towards political action Lampooning liberals and conservatives “for the lolz” is perfectly fine because everybody does stupid things, but the show’s ultimate message is not “do something about these stupid people,” but “look at these stupid people ” We are told to see the show’s creators as witty truth speakers, to focus on the satire but not the issues Mocking Al Gore in “ManBearPig” was hilarious, but also encouraged viewers to

tune out An Inconvenient Truth because “Al Gore is desperate for attention ” Ever y episode tacking political correctness concludes that the offended need to grow a thicker skin

David Foster Wallace, in his profile of the conservative talk show host John Ziegler, criticized how “Even though there is plenty of stuff for reasonable people to dislike about Political Correctness as a dogma, there is also something creepy about the brutal, self-righteous glee with which [Ziegler] and other conservative hosts defy all PC conventions If it causes you real pain to hear or see something, and I make it a point to inflict that thing on you merely because I object to your reasons for finding it painful, then there’s something wrong with my sense of proportion, or my recognition of your basic humanity, or both ”

It’s unfair to compare Ziegler with South Park, but the logic is perfectly applicable The show’s self-righteousness when it gleefully mocks offended parties to make a point

about free speech, or when it tells others what they believe is stupid and doesn’t matter, is just as obnoxious as the guy in high school who quoted Nietzsche in English class South Park’ s most obscene example of insufferable sophistry was “Cartman’s Silly Hate Crime 2000,” where Parker and Stone play a useless game of semantics to say that hate crime legislation is unfair because all crimes are hate crimes ” If life were only that simple

Everybody attempts satire, but few are actually good at it Admittedly, South Park is still great at it It’s still hilarious Its points, regardless of how they’re presented, are well taken The show only becomes a problem when you treat it as a serious political commentary with more meaning than it actually has

Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com You’ve Got to be Kitsching Me runs alternate Wednesdays this semester

NEW YORK (AP) Mets ace Matt Har vey ’ s ailing elbow is feeling better, and the right-hander said Tuesday he is still optimistic he can avoid reconstructive surger y that would likely sideline him for all of next season

Har vey will visit Dr James Andrews on Monday before deciding whether he will undergo Tommy John surger y

“Ever ything feels fine, my arm feels great, ” the 24-year-old righthander said “I am still ver y optimistic about ever ything, but I am not a doctor so we will see what happens ”

In his first public comments since Aug 26, when the Mets said he had a partial ligament tear, Har vey said he hasn’t yet had a second MRI to determine the best course of action going for ward

He has been icing his elbow and riding a stationar y bike since he was shut down for the season last month Har vey said the swelling is down and that pain subsided two days after he put a ball down

“ We wanted to get the second opinion, let the swelling settle down before we went in and started any rehab or anything like that,” he said “ We’re going to wait to see how Monday goes with Dr Andrews

“I am not going to make an immediate decision while I am down there Whether it is another week or whatnot, I am going to talk to as many people as I can If we do go the surger y route, having it sooner so maybe I can get back in September next year it's a possibility We haven’t gotten that far ”

Har vey, the All-Star game starter for the National League, joined Mets teammates David Wright and Zack Wheeler, along with Jeff Wilpon the team ’ s chief operating officer at a Manhattan firehouse in advance of the anniversar y of the Sept 11 attacks on New York

Har vey was in middle school in Connecticut on the day the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked airliners

“I still remember hearing about it,” he said “It was a scar y time We didn’t know what was going on We were so young and so close I had spent a lot of time in New York City, and realizing what was really going on was a scar y moment

“ The way that America bounced back and handled ever ything, it was something really special to see ”

Wright, who is also sidelined by injur y, has been a regular visitor to firehouses as the anniversar y of the attacks approaches each year

Photos and memorials to the 16 firefighters from Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, who were killed that day adorn the walls at the station

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C.U. to Play Marist, Albany

By MARISSA VELASQUEZ Sun Staff Wr ter

The Red is looking to bounce back after this weekend’s loss against Colgate With two upcoming games against Ma r i s t C o l l e g e a n d t h e Un i ve r s i t y o f Albany, the team says it has the ability to make a strong presence early in the season Head coach Patrick Farmer is going into his second season with the Red, and the small roster of 25 players, mostly consisting of freshmen, is looking to improve on its record from previous seasons Cornell (1-1) star ted off its season taking on a 1-0 victor y over Sacred Hear t t h i s p a s t w e e k e n d ,

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assist to junior midfielder Kerr y Schuber t for the only goal of the game The game was the Red’s first win of the season, as well as Cornell’s first season debut victor y since defeating Oakland (Mich ) in 2008

A l t h o u g h t h e Re d t r i u m p h e d ov e r Sacred Hear t, the team came up shor t in its match against Colgate (4-1), in which f r e s h m a n g o a l k e e p e r, K e l s e y Ti e r n e y made her collegiate debut by saving the only goal that was sent her way With a vigorous game schedule ahead, the squad hopes to win both games this weekend and continue to push for ward throughout the season

C o r n e l l w i l l f i r s t t a k e o n Ma r i s t College (1-2-2) The Red Foxes are looking to add a win to their record despite the tie and the loss from their past week-

end of play In the Red’s encounter with Marist in 2011, Cornell fell 0-2 at the Red Fox Invitational, in which Marist’s f r e s h m a n m i d f i

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i n succeeded in defeating the Red by scoring both goals Returning this year for her junior season, Epstein has scored goals and assists thus far in the season, posing a threat to the Red

University of Albany (1-4) is looking to push its way out of its four game losi n g s t re a k Wi t h i t s

against Florida Atlantic University, the Great Danes are tr ying to bounce back from their latest 6-0 loss against Hofstra and are looking to pull out a win against the Red In 2012, the Red fell, 2-5, to the University of Albany, although the Red did have the advantage in shot selection throughout the entirety of the game During a friendly, non-league game the Re

Hompe ’13 scored two goals for the first time in her college career and senior goalkeeper Tori Christ made a pair of saves in her four th collegiate game debut The Red looks to continue to build on the intensity shown in the previous seasons to bring home a win against the Danes

On Sept 13, the Red will take on the

against the University of Albany on Sept 15

Marissa Velazquez can be reached at mvelazquez@cornellsun com

Passion for Tennis Declines in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP)

The gold paint on the winners’ boards at the Ellis Park tennis stadium in Johannesburg sparkles with names of the greats: Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King and many more Yet an air of neglect cloaks the clubhouse, where dust coats the counter and booths in “The Tennis Bar,” its big window overlooking the old center court Ellis Park, once the temple of South African tennis, hosted celebrity-studded stops on the international circuit, despite intensifying global protests aimed at isolating the white minority r ulers of the time In 1974, Connors triumphed at the U S Open and then beat Arthur Ashe in a South African final for the second consecutive year

Laver, who oversaw the coin toss before Rafael Nadal's victory over Novak Djokovic in New York on Monday, won in Johannesburg in 1969 and 1970 Roy Emerson, whose record of 12 major singles wins was overtaken by Nadal at Flushing Meadow, also collected the South African trophy

Now the 17-court complex at Ellis Park, whose namesake was a city councilor, hosts weekly junior squads and league matches, and an international wheelchair tournament But it is often empty Its decline mirrors the challenges that tennis faces in South Africa, a founding member of the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1913 that struggled with racial segregation and international political pressure under apartheid, then saw attention and funding shift to other spor ts under democratic rule

“She’s a very sad, old lady,” Keith Brebnor, a South African

former tennis player and tournament director, said of dilapidated Ellis Park (though the hard courts were resurfaced two years ago)

The once-prestigious South African Open is now defunct, despite recent attempts to revive it A complex named after Ashe in the Soweto area of Johannesburg hosts a lower-tier tournament for professionals Venus and Serena Williams played an exhibition match at Ellis Park last year Roger Federer, whose mother was born in South Africa, has visited the country to help children through his foundation But soccer far exceeds the popularity of tennis, and rugby, cricket and golf, once the exclusive purview of whites, are also gaining crossover appeal in this country of more than 50 million

Today, the Ellis Park facility is ringed by poor urban neighborhoods, fallout from the social transformation decades ago when apartheid crumbled and “whitesonly” areas were dismantled, prompting blacks to move into the inner city Crime increased, and there have been break-ins at the Ellis Park tennis complex over the years, though some longtime visitors say the neighborhood’s reputation is worse than the reali-

ty

“A lot of people have always said to us, ‘ This park is in the wrong part of town, ’” said Wendy Addison, a manager with the provincial tennis association She said she is continually arranging with plumbers and electricians to patch things up at the municipal complex, which she said still has a “wonderful vibe ”

The place used to be a quarry and a garbage dump Tennis got star ted there in an era when

women wore billowing skirts on court The key to its later success, particularly when tennis was transitioning from amateur to professional status, was the involvement of South African Breweries and other big sponsors as well as the luring of celebrities such as actor Charlton Heston, who handed over a winner’s check in 1975

African-American tennis star Arthur Ashe was a prominent opponent of apartheid but went to South Africa to see things for himself He gave a tennis clinic in Soweto and had mixed success in seeking to ensure there was no segregated seating during his matches at Ellis Park, according to “Arthur Ashe: A Biography” by author Richard Steins

Mark Mathabane was a young black player from Alexandra township who was mesmerized when he saw Ashe's self-assurance

“ not dropping his eyes, not groveling” while talking to white journalists after training at Ellis Park

Mathabane was helped by another American star, Stan Smith, to travel to the United States, where he played college tennis, escaping apartheid as well as possible reprisals from activists who saw him as a collaborator for par ticipating in South African tournaments He later wrote an autobiography about his journey called “Kaffir Boy,” using a derogatory term for blacks

“Tennis was literally my passport to freedom,” he said, in a phone interview from his home in Portland, Oregon “Ellis Park was a prominent and decisive place where I obtained the beginnings of that passport because if I hadn’t gone to Ellis Park, I probably wouldn’t be alive today ”

Golf Course Cancels

9/11 S pecial O f fer

MADISON, Wis (AP) A Wisconsin golf course owner who advertised nine holes of golf for $9 11 to mark the anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks apologized Tuesday but said he would keep the club open despite a backlash that included death threats

“We could close, but then all these people with their negative attitudes, they win ” M a r c Wa t t s

Tumbledown Trails Golf Course near Madison advertised the special in the Wisconsin State Journal ne wspaper on Monday, saying it was intended to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people The discount, which also included 18 holes of golf for $19 11, was good for the anniversar y on Wednesday only News of the offer spread on social media and the golf course ’ s Facebook page was overrun with negative comments Owner and general manager Marc Watts said he received death threats and threats to burn down the familyoperated public golf course The sheriff ’ s depar tment sent a deputy there Tuesday, and Watts said another officer will be back on Wednesday

“We’re a little hurt by the fact that people are putting such a

negative context on this,” Watts said “I thought people would appreciate it ” The promotion actually began two years ago, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, and until now was warmly received as a way to ensure people never forget the tragedy, Watts said This year, after the newspaper ad circulated on social media, Watts said the club’s phone has been ringing off the hook Watts apologized Monday night on Facebook and was personally fielding calls on Tuesday, saying there was no intention to cause offense He considered closing the 20-year-old golf course Wednesday because of safety concerns but decided to keep it open

“We could close, but then all these people with their negative attitudes, they win,” he said Watts, who was near tears during an interview, said he spent much of the night throwing up over the backlash

Lee Ielpi, whose firefighter son died in the attacks, said he understands the backlash from the ad, but he also believes it’s important to remember 9/11 Ielpi, speaking in a telephone interview from the 9/11 memorial site, is president and cofounder of the 9/11 Tribute Center

“I think that any positive event is always beneficial to make sure we remember 9/11,” Ielpi said “I don’t feel slighted by this golf outing ”

Cornell Hopes to Rebound After Early Disappointment

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Wr ter

Cornell field hockey will have two chances this weekend to rebound from a disappointing start to the 2013 season

The Red (0-2) will take on St Francis (1-0) on Friday at 4pm and Georgetown (0-4) on Sunday at noon Both of this weekend’s contests will be played at home on Marsha Dodson Field

While last weekend’s results were not exactly what the Red was hoping for, senior captain Carolyn Horner feels that the experience will be something that the team can build on

“While a loss is never the outcome you strive for, it is a building block Whether it uncovers things that your team needs to work on or simply just fuels motivation for the future, tough losses do help a team grow and mature, ” she said

St Francis built off of its successful season last year by winning its first game of the season 6-3 against Lehigh The Red Flash was led by junior forward Autumn Pellman who scored five goals in the season opener against Lehigh St Francis also returns with many players who earned accolades last season Junior midfielder Carissa Makea earned NEC Defensive Player of the Year as well as First Team NEC Sophomore midfielder Selena Adamshick earned NEC Rookie of the Year and also joined her teammates in the NEC (as well as First Team honors) first team

Georgetown enters Sunday’s game winless through their first four contests of the 2013 season Last season, the Red

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Get your head in the game | The Red is striving for a comeback in this weekend’s games against St Francis and Georgetown The team hopes to come out of both games with a win

defeated Georgetown 3-1 on goals from sophomore back Marisa Siergiej and senior captain Hannah Balleza The Hoyas have been outscored this season by a total of 18-3

Headlining the stats column for Georgetown is sophomore forward Sarah Butterfield with her two goal total, while freshman midfielder Maria McDonald has also scored a goal for the Hoyas

Learning from the team ’ s early season mistakes, the Red is working on several aspects of its game this week One of those aspects is sharing possession

“A big thing for us is making better connections between each of the lines (defense, mids, offense) so that we have a more collective team contribution and less individual handling of the ball,” Balleza said

One of the most difficult things for any team to do early in the season is to play consistently for an entire game Early on in a contest, the Red has been able to string together long periods of strong play where the team executed its game plan However, the squad was unable to play a complete game this way, and when it did slip up in execution, the Red’s opponents were able to capitalize A focus this week will be to play both games at a high level

“This weekend we will be working on our consistency We intend to play two full games and get two wins back,” Horner said

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at thucek@cornellsun com

Groves Look s Ahead to S

By BEN HOROWITZ

Sun Staff Wr ter

The Cornell men ’ s cross country team has a number of players worthy of acclaim, but there may not be a better story than that of senior tri-captain Max Groves Groves started out as a walk-on in his freshman year and has steadily improved his game ever since, rising to become one of the Red’s best runners as well as one of its captains for the 2013 season However, Groves is looking forward to even greater things this year

“I think I’ve done a lot of good things in

Cornell, but I have a whole year left and I’m looking to do even bigger things than I have in my previous three years, ” he said

As a captain of the team, Groves carries the responsibility of building strong team camaraderie, which works to the team ’ s a d va n t a g e o n t h e r u n n i n g c o u r s e

According to Groves, doing fun team activities has helped build chemistry between the runners

“As far as responsibility goes, I have two other captains to help me out, and we set up activities for the team on the weekends, like go-karting, mini-golf and other fun team-

building things like that,” he said Additionally, Groves stressed the importance of setting high standards for the team ’ s overall performance

“We like to set goals for the entire team rather than just ourselves, and we like to keep those goals pretty high, holding ourselves to a high standard, he said ”

The traditional role of a captain is to serve as a liaison between players and the coaching staff, relaying messages to the coaches that players don’t feel comfortable telling the coaches themselves According to Groves, this function will be l i m i t e d b e c a u s e t h e c o a c h e s a re ve r y approachable

“Our coach is very good at having time for everyone on the team, so we do not feel like we need to transfer everything from others to the staff If somebody doesn’t want to say something that’s a little more private, they can come talk to us, and we’ll help them take care of it as best as they can, ” he said

Groves had a number of impressive performances last season He placed third among Cornell runners and 37th overall at the NCAA Northeast Regional tournament At the Heptagonal Championships, Groves placed 11th overall and second among the Red runners He was first among all runners at the Wisconsin Invitational early in the season These stand out results earned Grover a second all-Ivy team spot in addi-

tion to the title of captain Nonetheless, Groves said he still sees plenty of room for improvement in all areas of his game

“It’s really about putting myself in a good position in the race and just to try to get better in every category so I can put myself up into a higher level of competition,” he said Groves said he is especially excited for this season because he thinks the team has a lot of talent and great potential How far it goes is only a matter of trying to stay healthy and running up to the team ’ s potential, according to Groves

“We have a lot of potential for success this season but it comes down to what happens in terms of injuries because there always are some, and who will be able to run in the races, ” he said “But if we can get everything together, I think we can have some very large successes this season ” Grover has running talent that he can put to good use, but he thinks that his biggest advantage might be his three years of prior experience with the team

“One of the biggest advantages I have going into this year is that I’ve run with the top tiers of the Ivy League and I’ve seen what it takes,” he said “If you see what everyone else is doing, you can try to adjust yourself to that elite level and give yourself a chance to win the race ”