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Students walk campus this week have noticed a ne tion to the Univ Arts Quad: A 46 tall blue, nee shaped sculpture

The structure tilted “A Need Woman: Galax was a Memor y Earth is a Souvenir” is part of Cornell’s Council for the Arts’ biennial celebration, according to the University It was designed by Kimsooja, a Korean artist-in-residence for the biennial, and is one of many sculptures that wi be placed on cam pus as a part of th celebration

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The Aesthetics of S an Age of Nanotec will officially be talk presented by K Thursday and will last until Dec 21, according to the CCA

The biennial seeks to demonstrate how artists “address the realms of

human experience” that lie beyond the senses, Stephanie Owens, director of d in a Univeristy e collaborators to cting the sculpture e architect Jaeho ng; Prof Ulrich sner, materials scie and engineering; roaki Sai grad and erdinand Kohle rad, according to he CCA

Rina Kang ’17, an intern for the CCA, said the structure, made of coffered steel and a polymer needle, was the collaborative effort of Kimsooja and a team of Cornell researchers

“ T h e p r o j e c t was done in colaboration with an rchitect and nano searchers at Corl who developed i r i d e s c e n t f i l m he needle,” Kang

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New Late-Night Crepe Food Truck

To Open in C-Town

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

Cornellians looking for more late-night dining options will soon be able to satisfy their cravings when the Collegetown Crepes food truck opens next month

The food truck will begin serving crepes to late-night Collegetown consumers when it opens on Oct 1 on the corner of Eddy Street and Williams Street, according to according to Forrest Crawford ’15, who is opening the food truck with business partner Max Richman ’11 The truck will be open from 10 p m to 2 a m nightly

Crawford said he was eager to add “excitement” to Collegetown with the new truck and hoped to help improve city life

“Having seen Collegetown steadily decline over the last few years, we were eager for any opportunity to help reverse the trend,” Crawford said

The owners of Collegetown Crepes said they want to bring more multicultural options into the casual dining world at Cornell, adding French delicacies to a world of 1 a m pizza and wings

“Although it’s only a small measure, we hope Collegetown Crepes is one step toward bringing some excitement back to Collegetown,” Crawford said Crawford added he and Richman saw an opportunity to start a business in Collegetown after the City of Ithaca passed an ordinance in January allowing food trucks more

freedom

There are currently several food trucks in operation on the Cornell campus and beyond Among them are three oncampus the Hot Truck on West Campus, Louie’s Lunch across from Risley Hall on North Campus and new arrival Franny’s near Milstein Hall

Overall, students said they were excited for the new addition to late-night Collegetown dining

Logan Rosen ’16 said he thinks there is a place for Collegetown Crepes in Ithaca’s late-night dining scene

“I personally really enjoy crepes, and I see this as being a popular late-night option for hungry Collegetown dwellers,”

IFC Holds Dodgeball Tournament

Freshmen now permitted to formally contact fraternity members

By ANIKA SETHY Sun Staff Writer

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Rosen said “I do think we need more late-night food, and you can never have too many food trucks ”

Joseph Fridman ’17 said the food truck reflected a “ smart ” business strategy, despite the fact that he said he thinks it will likely be more expensive than many college students can afford

“I think it is smart to be getting into an underserved, lowoption late-night market, especially in an area that so many people are walking home through,” Fridman said

Iron & Wine Will Perform C.U. Show

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“I just walked out of class and saw this huge pointy tower that hadn’t been there an hour ago ”

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Freshmen, Greeks Play Dodgeball

c e s s , w i t h h u n d re d s o f s t u d e n t s i n a t t e n d a n c e “ We h a d h u n d re d s o f s t ud e n t s a t t e n d b o t h f ro m f r at e r n i t i e s a n d s o r o r i t i e s a n d f re s h m e n t h e m s e l ve s , ” h e s a i d “ T h e t o u r n a m e n t c o n t i n u e d a l l t h e w a y t o t h e Ba r t e l s b u i l d i n g c l o s i n g t i m e , s o d e m a n d f o r t h e s e t y p e s o f e ve n t s i s c l e a r l y a p p a re n t ” Pr i t c h e t t a

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Group Lists Points to Accelerate Climate Goals

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An u s h k a Me h r o t ra c o ntributed repor ting to this stor y achieving carbon neutrality sooner

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun com

“Cornell, as the land grant university to the world has the obligation to demonstrate that not only is the goal achievable in an aggressive time frame, but it can be done so while delivering on its educational and research mission [and] maintaining core financial health,” said Cowen, one of the members of the Climate Neutrality Acceleration Working Group (AWG)

The working group identified several priorities in the University’s current Climate Action Plan to accelerate the climate neutrality goal, according to Prof Brian Chabot, ecology and evolutionary biology

“We propose[d] introducing carbon offset purchases and an internal carbon tax sooner than the 2050 plan,” he said “The main actions needed are to reduce energy

demand on campus and to convert to non-fossil energy sources ”

Chabot, who is also a member of the AWG, added that the University can cut its energy demand by reducing energy used in operations, building more energy-efficient buildings and improving the efficiency of older buildings

T h e University has already begun working towards converting to non-fossil energy sources Cornell’s solar array at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport started generating electricity Thursday, according to Chabot

gas emissions by about 32 percent since 2008 and 50 percent since 1990, according to Cowen

“Cornell and its incredibly forward thinking Facilities Ser vices group has done a lot already,” Cowen said “Examples include large

“The main actions needed are to reduce energy demand on campus and to convert to nonfossil energy sources.” P r o f B r i a n C h a b o

nificant ways ” “ The reason for Cornell to do so is to help lead the way To be a legitimate advocate for others taking needed steps, we must do so, ” he said “Additionally, we will gain control over our energy supplies and very possibly reduce the costs of energy over the long term ” Cowen described Cornell’s Ithaca campus as a “demonstration scale community,” which can potentially reach the 2035 goal of carbon neutrality

“Next steps on moving away from fossil carbon energy include getting involved in wind projects, developing geothermal and developing local biofuels,” he said

The University has lowered its greenhouse

facility projects such as the Lake Source Cooling facility, the Co-generation Plant [and] retrofit efficiency projects to reduce the energy use of many existing buildings ”

According to Chabot, it is important for the world to reduce its output of climate active gasses “ soon and in sig-

“Climate change is here, now We will all have to think and operate differently,” Cowen said “If we can act aggressively now and lead New York and the nation in finding solutions, I remain optimistic that the future may be bright without being dangerously hot ”

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College Savings on the Rise

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The good news is that Americans are saving more than ever for college The bad news is that the average amount wouldn’t come

c l o s e t o g e t t i n g a p e r s o n a degree

In a report released Tuesday,

t h e C o l l e g e S a v i n g s P l a n s

Network found that the average college savings or prepaid tuition account known as a “529” plan is now worth about $20,671

a l m o s t d o u b l e w h a t t h e s e accounts were worth during the dog-days of the recession

Called a 529 after a section in the federal tax code, these investment accounts aren ’ t the only way to save for college But they are a popular option because the money grows tax-free and withdrawals aren ’ t taxed so long as the money is used for college expenses

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c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o 5 2 9 p l a n s jumped from $16 5 billion in 2009 to $22 5 billion A t t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e

$20,671 figure would only cover the first year at a public college or university The average cost for a four-year public school, including room and board, is about $18,391 a year for in-state s t u d e n t s b u

$31,701 for those from out of state Private schools typically cost even more with $40,917 for a single year of tuition, fees, room and board, according to recent estimates by the College Board

Betty Lochner, chair of the College Savings Plans Network, said the latest finding is still good news because any amount saved is money that won ’ t need to be repaid with interest “ The steady increase of total assets, account size and contributions in 529 plans, are positive signs that Americans recognize saving for college as a long-term commitment and investment,” L o c h

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New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee Scott Brown, a f o r m e r s e n a t o r f r o m Massachusetts, sharply criticized Obama’s leadership in an interview Friday But he declined to say whether he would vote to

“When you’re making a decision to send people into harm’s way, you need to have all the facts and I don’t have those facts.”

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O t h e r s want to talk about something else, or are tr ying to avoid talking about the issue at all

The complexities, leading to mixed and cautious responses from both sides, mean the issue might not matter much at all

c o m e E l e c t i o n D a y, w h e n Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take control of the Senate

“I’m having a hard time seeing this as a game-changer,” said William A Galston, a Brookings Institution scholar and former Clinton White House adviser “A lot of people who would have said ‘hell no ’ to the president’s speech were cheering him on ”

R e p u b l i c a n s h a v e m a d e attacking Obama and his poli-

c i e s t h e c o r n e r s t o n e o f t h e i r Senate campaign, especially as they target Democrats in states the president lost in 2012 They had in recent days stepped up their attacks on the president’s

Hillary Clinton in Iowa Stirs 2016 Speculation

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Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling

Daniel Marshall | Guest Room

A Soulless Egalitarianism

n h i s f i n a l w e l c o m e a d d r e s s a s

Cornell’s President, David Skor ton concludes with a prediction: “I am confident that Cornell will remain tr ue to our founding principles and extend our impact as a world-class university with an egalitarian soul ” Throughout the address, he paints the turmoil of our countr y as a contextual frame for Cornell’s own turmoil ov e r t h e p a s t y e a r L o o k i n g a h e a d , President Skor ton proudly imagines the debates and difficult discussions that Cornellians will engage in over the coming semesters

This optimism strikes a markedly different tone than that of his letter to the University Assembly Chair, quietly issued the day after students had left for t h e s u m m e r, i n w h i c h h e e x p l a i n s regretfully that he will not adhere to their unanimously passed resolution: “ The University is currently not in a position to fund all needs and requests, as much as we believe in them or feel they are impor tant I cannot at this time find a way to subsidize TCAT beyond what we are already paying ” Setting aside the irony that his statement means that TCAT, in effect, is subsidizing Cornell for their transpor tation costs, we might do well to figure out e x a c t l y w h a t h e means.

W h e n Pr e s i d e n t Skor ton says that he would like to fairly fund TCAT on principle, but can ’ t do so in practice, what does t h a t m e a n ? Ostensibly, a principle is one of our core v a l u e s Us u a l l y, a p r i n c i p l e i s u n d e rstood to be a deeply internalized moral compass that guides our actions At the end of the day, it is what we really believe President Skor ton, as his statem e n t i m p l i e s , r e a l l y “ b e l i e v e [ s ] i n ” funding TCAT, and thinks it is important Rather than funding TCAT, however, President Skor ton decides to do the opposite What kind of principle is this?

bounded, autonomous worlds They are co-dependent In other words, ever y

moral calculations that guide it It is often not our principles from which we derive our practice, but our practice from which we can decipher our principles

Us

longer see the University’s refusal to fund TCAT as a reluctant, pragmatic solution for the time being We would see it as what it is:

principled stand Ho

deeply buried “egalitarian soul,” our p

profit and public image, but only as it relates to profit The Administration has revealed themselves as fundamentalists of the status quo

In this sense, “ cannot

fitting

predicament “Cannot” is a word that evokes an immovable restraint, a counter force that causes an inability to act As if it were the force of gravity, this enormous, multi-billion dollar institution finds a fe w hundred thousand dollars to be a n i n

Our principles, here, lie in contrast to what we actually do, which is portrayed as some kind of inveitable compromise with reality, a deal that we make with our heart of hearts so our normal heart can keep beating

Our principles, here, lie in contrast to what we actually do, which is portrayed as some kind of inevitable compromise with reality, a deal that we make with our hear t of hear ts so our normal hear t can keep beating The implication is that the world would explode if we were to actually continually and consistently do what we believe is right. In this context, having principles doesn’t mean we end our complicity in the oppression of others, or even that we stop oppressing others ourselves, it just means we feel bad while continuing to do so We feel dissonance between what we say we believe and what we do, and this expresses itself as patronizing guilt

Perhaps we should think about principles and practices in a different way The realm of principle and the world of

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fundraising, the administration’s backh a n d e d d e c i s i o n t o n o t f u l l y f u n d TCAT, justified through the banally evil word “ cannot, ” can only feel like a slap in the face

For many of us, “ cannot ” is a word t h a t w e h a v e b e e n w a i

t h e University to use for some time As in, Cornell University “ cannot ” financially and symbolically suppor t a br utal occupation and the recurring bloody assaults on Gaza As in, Cornell University “ cannot ” financially suppor t the destr uction of the climate As in, Cornell University “ cannot ” oppress its workers and exploit the local community

It is time that we find a ne w context entirely for the word “ cannot ” As in, we “ cannot ” go on like this any longer It is time that students take a principled s t a n d f o r p r i n c i p l e s t h a t a re w o r t h standing for: worker power, student self-governance and community control Egalitarianism is not found in the soul; it’s found in the streets

Daniel Marshall is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at dwm255@cornell edu Guest Room appears periodically this semester

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Conna Walsh | A Word With Walsh

Intolerant Of Intolerance

In our four years at Cornell, we are exposed to hundreds of different cultures, languages, identities and backgrounds Students and faculty at universities like Cornell are incredibly lucky to have this privilege Despite what many think, higher education isn’t just about getting a diploma it’s about getting an education in the world around you, and how to accept and love people who are different from you

Recently, I was watching Al Jazeera English on television as they broadcasted their late-night news stories During one segment, a reporter had a ver y bizarre meet-up with members of none other than the infamous Ku Klux Klan As the reporter inter viewed the men, donned in their traditional white robes and hoods, the absurdity of it all made me feel like I was watching a satirical clip from The Daily Show

These particular Klansmen were sounding off on the recent influx of immigrants on the United States’ southern border, and how they were pushing for the introduction of a “shoot-to-kill” bill in Congress

Yes, you read that right the Ku Klux Klan, somewhat unsurprisingly, wants to prevent illegal immigration by attempting to kill ever y person who tries to cross the border between the United States and Mexico When the Al Jazeera reporter, stunned by this brutality, clarified to these men that the majority of the current immigrants are young mothers and children, the Klansmen chillingly responded, “ We know ”

In college, we learn to think about different perspectives We learn to think how people whose opinions differ from our own must feel about the issues I am proud that at Cornell, I have learned these essential skills Despite this education in respecting and understanding the opinions of others, however, I cannot respect or understand the views of the organizations that advocate for blind hatred

Truthfully, I don’t understand how anyone could respect the views of these organizations The Ku Klux Klan preaches hate for ever y person on earth who is a not a Christian of white European descent The Westboro Baptist Church, another hate group in the United States, condemns LGBT individuals and pickets militar y funerals for

Acceptance, respect and understanding are some of the most important things one can discover at a place of higher learning

seemingly no other reason other than to gain publicity of their hate

The most baffling part of this hateful extremism is that these two organizations, and many like them, claim to be following Christian values Although I don’t consider myself a Christian, I am still familiar with one of the most important parts of Christian doctrine: “love thy neighbor ” When the Westboro Baptist Church is screaming, “God hates fags,” at a pride parade, or the Ku Klux Klan is advocating for the murder of children, there is an obvious absence of any kind of love The appropriation of positive and benevolent Christian values for messages of hate is enough to make anyone enraged, regardless of their religious affiliation

Whether hate groups are actually experiencing resurgence or they are just gaining more media coverage, it is comforting to know that these organizations are the shouting minority in the United States According to the National Opinion Research Center, acceptance of LGBT individuals is at an all-time high, indicated by statistics showing that over 64 percent of people under the age of 30 support same-sex marriage While 100 percent acceptance would obviously be more desirable, acceptance is indeed a rising trend in our countr y, despite the efforts of some hateful organizations

Acceptance, respect and understanding are some of the most important things one can discover at a place of higher learning We at Cornell are lucky that we can learn about opinions, cultures and people different from ourselves However, we must keep in mind throughout our lives that not ever yone has this privilege Not ever yone has the chance to think about different perspectives or different backgrounds

Unfortunately, despite the fact that we Cornellians have the opportunities to learn to accept and love other people and culture, that doesn’t mean ever yone takes advantage of these opportunities In my three years here so far, there have been far too many incidents of racial and cultural bias There have been too many instances of blind hate It is our responsibility as educated youth to move past these biases and embrace our fellow people “Love thy neighbor” applies to more than just those who live near you it applies to all humans with whom you share the Earth

Our countr y today continues to face a plague of intolerance from hateful people and organizations To combat this blind hate, we must first learn to accept and love each other and the people in our community We must then take a stand and voice our intolerance of intolerance, perhaps the hate will eventually fade into the background of our countr y ’ s political and religious landscapes, and love will take its place

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Your Eyes May Lie to You Com men t of the day

“For the other dystonias, the symptoms are present at all times. Because of this symptomology and brain imaging does not reveal any degeneration as in Multiple Sclerosis or Parkinsons and ALS, it is very tempting to throw in the towel and declare psychogenic roots.”

Noel Valero

Re: “ WHAT ’S UP, DOC?: Mistaken for Crazy,” Opinion, published September 12, 2014

Amiri Banks | Honest A.B.

Eyes To spare you supreme boredom, here is the simple explanation of how cool eyes are: powerful tools that adjust to the quality and quantity of energy they take in, and work in conjunction with the brain to process this energy into images Two little organs that have indirectly caused unspeakable evil, unexplainable hatred and countless misunderstandings in the short history of our species It never ceases to amaze me what we can conjure up in our heads from what our eyes see

Disclaimer: This piece is about much more than race Yet recent incidents throughout the country are a reminder that race is still too ubiquitous to be ignored So please consider what your eyes would see if their line of sight fell on me

I’m a black man with a tattoo I tend to keep my headphones in and often eat alone My natural facial expression is admittedly stern These five little facts have probably placed some preconceived notions in your head But perhaps I should provide more context I am black simply because I am, but when determining what kind of person someone is, race should mean nothing My tattoo is of music notes, because music is an all-consuming passion of mine For this same reason, I tend to keep my headphones in Like race, the presence of a tattoo or headphones is trivial and only means as much as you allow it to I often eat alone because when

I get hungry, I am comfortable enough with myself to eat without others I look serious all the time because I’m usually thinking about something I have to do or somewhere I need to be

None of these characteristics make me unapproachable I have only two real criteria when I see someone: be a human being and exude some level of positivity If you meet these two conditions and approach me, I am quick to reveal a broad smile Say something positive and I’m almost guaranteed to eagerly strike up a conversation with you “But why the stern demeanor then, Amiri?” Well, for one thing, the novelty and comfort of my smile would wear

move on Next time you get on the TCAT, don’t perceive that bus driver as just “the person whose job is to get me to my stop ” Instead, picture a fellow human being who spends several hours a day or night driving around a bunch of (seemingly) inconsiderate, often loud and occasionally inebriated college kids Flash her or him a bright smile and greet them as you get on Wish them a great day as you get off I promise, it won ’ t be so bad

I acknowledge that we are all busy, stressed students People have shit to do, I get it Car ving out time to hang with friends and talk to family is tedious enough, let alone trying to be concerned with some random person ’ s

The people you see may not always fit neatly into a category of human beings you’ve dealt with or heard about There are over seven billion of us

off quickly if it were artificially plastered across my face all the time But on a more serious note, perception is reality Embrace the possibility of someone who conser ves his smiles The people you see may not always fit neatly into a category of human beings you ’ ve dealt with or heard about There are over seven billion of us In my opinion, everyone should wake up and wonder which unique individual will brighten their day Or better yet, whose day will they brighten?

For example, most students get on the bus, swipe their ID card and

can be literally fatal, in the case of Michael Brown, and hundreds of similar victims like him Yet actions can be the antidote to a venomous perception

day Though clichéd, there is no denying this: Ever y single connection, friend and even family member started off as a random stranger

Even a baby is subject to perception How? Well, in the case of good parents, mom and dad do everything necessary to keep the baby happy and healthy

Whatever rudimentary thoughts occur in an infant’s mind, she or he witnesses these two giants’ actions for the first time and must think, “these are good giants ” The key word here is actions

Someone being viewed in a negative manner

Every human being is a player in this game of life Like all games, the right actions can completely change the course of events No one wins games by just looking at what they have Winners see what each piece can do, and evaluate the actions of said piece before drawing an informed conclusion about what that piece means to them Your eyes alone will not win a game for you, simply because your eyes may lie to you Eyes tell you that hottie in your class is totally into you, because she or he smiled at you and even asked for your name Eyes tell you that paper deadline is eons away, because you ’ ve got a whole week left to write it Eyes tell you that the weather in Ithaca is reliable and b e n e v o l e n t , because it looks so nice outside Despite the number of times our eyes have duped us, we keep letting their visual perception cloud our judgment If I’ve come off as self-righteous today, I apologize Perhaps you ’ ve perceived my words differently than I might have hoped But come up to me or anyone for that matter and let’s see how perception stands up to actions You would be surprised

Amiri Banks is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at aab245@cornell edu Honest A B appears alternate Mondays this semester

Cor nell

Univer sity Car eer Fair 2014

All Industries Car eer Fair

Tuesday, September 16

10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Bar ton Hall

Technical & Engineering Car eer Fair

Wednesday, September 17

10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Bar ton Hall

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Jie (Boundaries)

BY DANI SHEN Sun Contributor

Nowhere is the language of globalization as critical, nowhere is there as much at stake, as in Taiwan In the advent of a neo-colonial digital age, the interconnected 21st century has wrought more complex boundaries than ever before The multiple changes the country has undergone over the last decade have also served as significant sources for artistic creations, many of which will be on display in the new Johnson Museum-sponsored exhibition Jie (Boundaries): Contemporary Art from Taiwan An interview with exhibition curator and Cornell Prof An-Yi Pan, art history, give an in-depth look into how younger generations of artists in Taiwan reveal the effects of globalization on individual life and the intimate realm a past present and future “tinged with both playfulness and anxiety ”

THE SUN: So when and how did the curatorial concept for the exhibition come about?

AN-YI PAN: The concept developed along the way I had this idea of working on an exhibition of contemporary Taiwanese art, as I did one 10 years ago A decade is not a long time, but it is long enough for us to see the changes in a society When I began this project, I didn’t have any preconceived notions and I didn’t want to have any I wanted to go to Taiwan to see what was available After about one year of research, I began to formulate ideas about the exhibition through the selection of artworks and began to understand the changes that happened over the past decade And these changes are not just artistic changes, but also a reflection on the culture, social and political changes in Taiwan

SUN: How did you come to select the artists and how did the communication especially long-distance, overseas communication work out?

A P : I have a habit of doing everything by myself, starting with going to visit each artist that I would potentially include in this exhibition So I made multiple trips [to Taiwan] and before

S U N: Can you talk about the title, Jie (Boundaries)? Is this is finite translation? Jie means “boundaries,” but it can also mean “ scope ”

A P : Yeah! It depends on how you look at it You know, within the boundaries is the scope You stay within or go out of it There’s a lot of ways to interpret and see the tension between in and out, inside and outside Several works talk about that tension, the differences between cultures, differences between national agendas Hou Shur-tzy’s work talks about how the Taiwanese are being treated by the United States in the visa interview process and how the Taiwanese government turns around using the same tactic to treat foreign brides Within Taiwan, the social difference, cultural difference and economic status difference between these men and their brides that they basically bought from China and from overseas means there’s a lot of boundaries there that they acquire in their daily lives You sort of negotiate with these boundaries in daily life It’s tragic, I actually didn’t have space to write about it in my catalogue You know, it’s a lot to discuss

S UN: Since we ’ re on the topic of politics, your own research is an investigation of “the impact of colonialism and current geopolitical influence on Chinese and Taiwanese art from the late 19th century to now ” Can you talk about the relation between colonialism and globalization in Taiwan?

A P : This is a big topic! I think on colonialism and globalization, sometimes it’s hard to separate them During colonial times, you are under the rule of a different regime During globalization, you have political negotiations of power, but sometimes not a lot For example, Taiwan’s condition and future, it’s basically determined by the United States The United States has tremendous power over Taiwan So even though they don’t call it colonialism, it is, in fact, not too different But I think historically, Taiwan has been through so many different governments, with different parts of Taiwan being governed by different powers in the early periods In 1895, Japan came and, in 1945, the Nationalist Party from China came So this transition cannot be easy, particularly the 1945 transition into a sort of Chinese culture-based society That tension between the regime and people lasted for a long time Even today, though we have a multi-party society, that tension is still there It has gotten much better, but whenever there’s a spark, it ignites very quickly

each trip I did my research on artists and their artwork

Sometimes I have ideas about what work I want, sometimes I don’t Sometimes I got there and they show me other things, and then those things became the exhibition And some who were excited about the project created a new work for the exhibition So it’s sort of a combination of various things Some artists, their works had already been collected by the museum, so I bought each of the works from the museum Basically, there was no difficulty in terms of meeting these artists, talking to them, interviewing them and selecting works for the exhibition

SUN: So which pieces were made specifically for the exhibition?

A P : There’s a work titled “Stream ” That’s an interactive piece where you can actually text and then the message will appear on the screen, a video installation It’s formatted like a traditional Chinese handscroll for the four seasons

SUN: I’ve seen a lot of Chinese contemporary art from the mainland and it seems that many artists have been working in New Genres and digital media There’s a lot of videobased work in this exhibition Could you speak to maybe why that is?

A P : I think in a way it’s a fashion, because new media provides new ways of expressing ideas These artists are basically filmmakers in the sense that they create these very critical films with socially and culturally specific content, serving as a kind of activism When I was organizing the exhibition, I found an overwhelming number of artists who work on new media, so I had to balance it out

S UN: Is there anything else you can speak to about the contemporary art scene in Taiwan?

A P : Well, in the 1990s, during the time when Taiwan was opening up and becoming a more democratic society, there was this need for Taiwanese identity and during that time a lot of works were engaged in these issues I think over the past ten years, these issues sort of became less important and instead, younger generations are focused more on themselves So in this exhibition, as you can see, a lot of the artworks talk about the youth generation and don’t necessarily agree with the previous generation and their agenda on identity; it’s more multicultural and fluid A lot of

these artists have very impressive overseas experience, they travel a lot, and some of them have lived overseas So, to then ground themselves in Taiwan and talk about themselves as Taiwanese with that kind of identity is deemed no longer as important There’s a new trend, which is the influence of animation and manga on popular culture My generation watched and read, but it never became a part of our lives To youngsters, it’s more a part of their identity There are also some artists who have adopted the Japanese concept of kuso, which means to take something silly or nonsensical very seriously In this context, art becomes almost meaningless; it’s very serious, but also funny There are a few artworks in this exhibition that take that new direction

SUN: This “becoming more introspective,” do you think part of the reason is market-driven?

A P : Yes, introspective It could be market-driven, it could also be that they have more confidence or lack of confidence about themselves This has something to do with the type of education that they received Imagine our generation: We seldom talked about making the visual as the self We emphasize the collective self, the society as one, the nation as one Artists of my generation had that sort of cultural and social responsibility But the younger generations seek a Western education where the emphasis is put on the individual So their awareness is just around themselves, about themselves They don’t venture into society or think about themselves as members of society

SUN: Do you think that’s a submission to a Western vision? For example, Professor Eric X Li said Western democracy cannot be transplanted as a universal system and you mentioned how Taiwan went through a transformation to become a democratic society

A P : You know, society is changing and there’s nothing you can do I don’t have a criticism of that I just observe that as a phenomenon that is happening And, like a pendulum, it swings back and forth When this goes too far, there will be bigger voices I think people who grew up in this environment tend to believe that democracy is the answer for everything But if you look at the way democracy works in this country you get to vote every four years, but after that the interest groups get in you ’ re totally powerless in this system I don’t think there’s a perfect system This is a system that has been marketed, used as a weapon, used as a measurement, to judge other societies I think each society adapts whatever is suitable for them, and I think that should be respected Of course, all these things have a lot to do with the tension between different classes and of course whoever gets power gets resources right? And so it doesn’t matter what system, there’s going to be tension there

SUN: Right, it’s said that democracy cannot exist in a capitalist society

A P : Obviously, capitalism now owns democracy and that’s all very interesting! From my personal view, the best system is a combination of socialism combined with compassionism

Jie (Boundaries) will be on view through December 21 around various halls and galleries on the Cornell Campus For more information, please visit the Johnson Museum website

Dani Shen is a senior in the College of Art Architecture and Planning She can be reached at ds928@cornell edu

Ain’t I a Woman? Laverne Cox at Bailey Hall

ZOE KAPLAN Sun Staff Writer

Actress Laverne Cox was greeted on Friday night at Cornell’s Bailey Hall with an overwhelming standing ovation before sharing her story of success, struggles and notions of identity in society The Orange is the New Black actress was brought to the school in conjunction with the Cornell University Program Board and Haven: The LGBT Student Union to speak about her experience as a trans person, but her words spoke louder as an overall commentary on identity and acted as a call to action for the college-aged generation to change the ways society has typically approached minority groups

Though Cox’s physical transition from male to female began 16 years ago this month, her identity in womanhood began much earlier, during her childhood in Mobile, Al Many people who do not identify as trans have difficulty seeing past the physical associations of what is referred to as gender confirmation surgery; in an interview with Katie Couric earlier this year, Cox famously had to defend this very concept against the talk show host’s invasive questions about the physical aspects of her reassignment

surgery The actress was quick on Friday night to establish that her feelings of being a woman arose very early in life Growing up, Cox was taunted with gay slurs simply for behaving in ways those around her thought were “ too girly” for a boy to do In one story, a third grade teacher found Cox imitating Gone With the Wind’ s Scarlett O’Hara with a fan in an effeminate manner and recommended to Cox’s mother that her child see a therapist before “ending up wearing a dress in New Orleans ”

The therapist asked Cox if she knew the difference between a boy and a girl and Cox replied that there was no difference “Everyone said I was a boy, but I knew I was a girl and I tried to rationalize that there was no difference ”

This kind of opposition to Cox’s interpretation followed her throughout development In what is unfortunately not an atypical scenario for LGBTQ youth, Cox found herself struggling particularly around puberty, where she developed an attraction to other boys, while being taught that that very attraction was a sin under the eyes of her church At the same time, Cox was becoming more aware of her genderidentity struggles Afraid of the shame she would be bringing upon her family and church, a struggling Cox went to the family medicine cabinet and attempted suicide through overdose According to her speech, 41 percent of trans people have attempted suicide While she survived, this figure on its own shows the incredible weight of the struggles that community is experiencing at the hand of public and personal shaming Looking for change, Cox decided to apply for the Alabama School of Fine Arts She had always held a lot of shame about her gender, but at

Bi n g e - w a t c h i n g m a y b e o n e o f m y favorite activities on the Internet As a community I think we can agree that the weeks when the new seasons of Orange is the New Black and House of Cards come out, many of us won ’ t be seeing much of anyone but Piper Chapman and the chilling influence of Frank Under wood Maybe that’s just me

Though Netflix is as much of a college institution nowadays as a cup of coffee or a Keystone Light, it has-

n ’ t a c t u a l l y b e e n p e r t inent for ver y long I only even rememb e r h e a r i n g about Netflix

i n h i g h s c h o o l , m y m o t h e r signed up for the free month promotion and one of my best friends (whose family was ver y

n

Even then, interest didn’t last long Netflix seemed like a thing for the more movieobsessed or technological elite Now, it has effectively taken down the movie tycoon of old, Blockbuster, and is poised at the top of the online media streaming pack

In reality, the company was launched in 1997 Before any of us could really read or write, with exception to any of you super geniuses, and before the freshmen even really began speaking In fact, in 2000, Netflix was offered to Blockbuster for acquisition, but they passed Bad move, Blockbuster

ASFA she had felt shame about her race and class Cox experienced racial opposition as a person of color, deepening the divide between her self-acceptance and societal expectations Cox’s mother, a teacher, had always exposed her children to the historical limitations that people of color have faced and made sure they were aware of those issues, but this was the first time she had truly experienced it personally She became a dance major and performed ballet even though her mother felt it was “ too gay ” She began to experiment with makeup and bought her clothes from “the Salvation Armani,” which she started to tailor to fit what she wanted

When Cox entered adulthood, she finally found a place of her own in a community of other trans people, many of which were also people of color, and was able to see that, outside of those who opposed her, existed a world of people just like her and, beyond that, people who would accept her as she is When she finally began her physical transition, Cox experienced a brand new wave of discrimination Cox, though now a widely recognizable public figure, has been attacked both verbally and physically by people offended by her being male-to-female Cox has also began to experience harassment that every woman faces every day This comes in the form of the incredibly invasive and demeaning acts of catcalling and physical groping, but also in the rights women are denied in positions of higher power and the workplace

phobia, racial oppression and misogyny has given Cox a unique perspective on how to teach future generations on how to transform societal difficulties For people like myself who are not members of the LGBTQ community, the speech held a very special message: Being trans goes beyond desire of a certain gender or physicality; it is a struggle of identity and defining oneself Struggles of identity are a human issue, not independent to one group of people Throughout our lives we will be subjected to questioning who we are and how we want to be

Her experience at the intersection of trans-

Netflix Neutrality

This seems like a lot of useless information, but the moral of the stor y is this: It takes a long time to launch and create a successful company Last week, Netflix, Reddit and a number of other sites had Slow Down for Net Neutrality Day and threw up their arms, or, more accurately, warnings about the harmful effects of a recent FCC proposal to create an Internet fast lane For those who don’t go on these sites ever y day, the warning said something along the lines of, “if there was no net neut r a l i t y, y o u w o u l d s t i l l b e waiting for this s i t e t o l o a d ” While that isn’t actually true Netflix is a large enough company that they can afford to pay to be in the fast lane and continue to provide the same level of ser vice they do now if an Internet fast lane was created while Netflix was in its early years, it may not have sur vived In reality, the term Net Neutrality kind of sucks Not because the name doesn’t correctly describe the issue (it does), but because it is thrown around often, and hardly anyone knows what it really means Because not enough people know what it means, not enough people are getting angr y about it Net Neutrality, or “Open Internet,” essentially means that all web sites are equal and are given equal preference by ser vice providers, it means that all websites run at the same speed This is

a good system and there is a lot of support for Net Neutrality And, while it seems like almost ever yone is in favor of Net Neutrality, Google, Netflix, Amazon, Reddit, Kickstarter and, you know, viewers like you, Internet companies like Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon couldn’t be more excited to see it come to an end These companies would prefer there to be a fast lane and a slow lane, or as they call it, a fast lane and a hyperfast lane I’ll believe it when I see it, Comcast Websites would have to pay to be one of the sites in the fast lane, and those that cannot pay would be left in the proverbial dust Some online commenters don’t completely condemn what the ser vice providers are tr ying to do some argue that with this fast lane people who need the speed most like 911 ser vices and companies in high demand, like Netflix, would be able to provide better ser vice to customers and us as users would have faster access to our main squeezes And as Netflix viewers and Facebook users, isn’t that all we care about? Who cares about the little companies, anyway? As long as we have quick access to the important stuff

The answer should be, all of you In spite of sounding like a motivational poster, you, you beautiful Big Red entrepreneurs, are the future Many of you may want to start a business in your life, some already are with the help of the Popshop and other awesome resources our university offers, and, as we already discussed, starting a business is hard It takes time and money and most start-ups and great ideas start small, without the capital to buy the speed it might take to compete with a Netflix or afford the things a Netflix can

Zoe Kaplan is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at zkaplan@cornellsun com

afford Last summer, I worked at a budding music news company started by a Cornell alum When I worked there the company ’ s budget really only allowed for equipment, a three-person paid staff and a bunch of unpaid interns You wouldn’t have heard of the site It isn’t Consequence of Sound or Spin or NME, but one day it could be

When you create a two-tiered system for t h e In t e r n e t , y o u m e s s w i t h c o m p e t i t i v e advantage Not only does one company have to work as hard as it can to provide the best ser vice for customers, it has to pay for a countr y club membership The Internet providers claim that the slow lane or the “ not hyperfast lane” won ’ t be any slower than the Internet we have now, so we won ’ t lose anything, but that’s hard to believe

The Internet isn’t just a ser vice Internet service providers, well, provide, it has become a marketplace, an important marketplace, and it deser ves to enjoy the same relative openness and democracy of our other marketplaces Yesterday was the last day that the FCC was accepting online comments from US citizens about the proposal Now all we can do is wait for the FCC to grace us with its decision In the meantime, read a little more about the issue, watch John Olivers’ hilarious video about Net Neutrality and stew Go binge watch Netflix and tr y to imagine your life without it

Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com Death Before Decaf appears alternate Mondays this semester

Red Looks Forward to Syracuse

Continued from page 16

PJ APARTMENTS COLLEGETOWN STUDIOS TO 18 BEDROOM MANSION

“As a team we need to be better in the attacking third this year than we were last year ”

Giants’ Struggles Persist in Defeat

EAST RUTHERFORD, N J

(AP) The New York Giants are looking at another long season after only two games

Turnovers Penalties Missed tackles Little offense

All the ingredients are in place for the Giants (0-2) to miss the playoffs for a third straight season, and even possibly match or exceed last season ’ s 0-6 start

The Arizona Cardinals handed Tom Coughlin and the Giants their second straight loss, getting a go-ahead 71-yard fourth-quarter punt return for a touchdown by Ted Ginn Jr and a solid effort from backup quarterback Drew Stanton playing for an injured Carson Palmer in a 25-14 win on Sunday

“You work as hard as you can, ” Coughlin said of turning things around “You run around like a crazy man You get your coaches to apply themselves even harder You get your players to apply themselves even harder You know what? I look out there They are men We’re all men Stop feeling sorr y for ourselves We had an opportunity and we let it slip away There’s no one to blame but ourselves ”

There is no doubt about that after losing to a quarterback who had not played in a regular-season NFL game since 2010

Stanton threw for 167 yards and led the Cardinals (2-0) on three long scoring drives in helping them win for the ninth time in 11 games and rally to win for the second straight week

“It speaks a lot about the character of this football team and the leadership of the football team, ” C a rd i n a l s c o a c h Br i a n A r i a n s said

“ We’ve had two ver y contested fourth quarters that I thought we h a n d l e d re a l l y we l l T h i s o n e went a little bit easier in the last three or four minutes because we made it go easier ”

The Giants helped They gave up the big return, turned the ball over three times and saw Victor Cruz drop two key passes “ We’ll be all right,” said Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who had 1½ of the Giants four sacks “ We’ll be all right, trust me We’ll be all right ” Jonathan Dwyer scored on a 1yard run and Chandler Catanzaro kicked four field goals, including one a minute after Ginn’s electrifying return on which the speedster bounced off a tackle and was gone

The Cardinals got the ball back right away after Quintin

De m p s f u m b l e d t h e e n s u i n g kickoff return

Eli Manning (26 of 39 for 277

y a rd s a n d t w o i n t e rc e p t i o n s ) threw two touchdown passes for the Giants, a 7-yarder to Rueben Randle in the second quarter and a 1-yard toss to Daniel Fells, the last one putting New York ahead 14-10 late in the third quarter

Stanton, who finished 14 of 29 and no interceptions, closed the gap to 14-13 on a 13-play, 74yard drive that Catanzaro capped with a 37-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter

The Giants went three-andout when Cruz could not catch a third-down sideline pass in front of the Cardinals bench

It proved costly

Steve Weatherford, who tore ligaments in his left ankle in the season opener, got off a low punt Ginn bounced off an initial tackle by Zack Bowman, circled right a n d t u r n e d u p f i e l d On l y We a t h e r f o rd h a d a c h a n c e t o tackle him and it was a mismatch

“I went in there, took a shot at him, hit him real hard,” Bowman said “I was tr ying to wrap him up and I was never able to wrap him up I have to do better ”

The Cardinals, who rallied to b e a t Sa n Di e g o l a s t Mo n d a y night, failed on the 2-point conversion run But Demps’ fumble and the ensuing 32-yard field goal by Catanzaro pushed the lead to 22-14

Army Course Poses Fresh Challenge For Red; Spillane Takes Advantage

Herr makes his return to racing with ninth place nish

from page 16

Sophomore Taylor Spillane was the top finisher for the women, running the course in 17:11 09 Spillane’s hard work and dedication over the summer was what paid off against Army, according to Smith

“I was very impressed with how she handled herself during the race, ” he said “The outcome was great, but it’s a direct result of the really good approach that she’s taken over several months ”

Spillane said she was pleased with her per formance, but credits her teammates for the success they all had on Friday

“[Herr] was in ninth place, but what some people may not realize is [that] he hasn’t raced a cross country race in 22 months He’s coming back from surgery and a bad injury to his foot [so it] was really exciting to see him up in the front pack as well,” Lang said

Although the Red started the season off on the right foot, it is still too soon to tell how successful the team will be in the future

“We’re in a good place right now, but I don’t think we’re anywhere near a good as we’re going to be ”

A r t i e S m i t h

“It was a nice way to start the season, ” she said of her win “I think our team worked really well together with the way we ran, as a pack we were able to come out doing as best we thought we would ”

As a sophomore, Spillane had not yet had the chance to run at Army, but said that she enjoyed the challenge of the unfamiliar course

“I enjoy running a different course because it’s unknown,” she said “You’re able to see every turn and every corner of the race as a new opportunity to capitalize on ”

While the men ’ s freshmen runners really stepped up, the squad also saw great improvements in some of its veterans Junior Connor Herr placed ninth in what was not only his first race of the season, but also his first race after being sidelined for 22 months due to injury

“We’re in a good place right now, but I don’t think we ’ re anywhere near as good as we ’ re going to be six weeks down the road,” Smith said

The Red will be up against stiffer competition in the next meet, facing a wider field that will include both Ivy League and regional rivals, according to Lang

“We will really know where we are as a team in two weeks when we go to Boston,” he said “There [are] still a lot of questions [that] remain And we’ll certainly start to answer those questions in two weeks ”

Cornell and Army may have been competitors on Friday, but the schools enjoy a strong relationship and look forward to opening their seasons in this traditional dual-meet each year

“It’s a great tradition that we have with Army,” Lang said of the meet “We just had the anniversary of 9/11 so visiting a place like Army we just realize the type of respect we have for them and what they do for our country ”

Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun com

Red Wins One at Bucknell Invite

Sroufe posts six kills, including game-winner in opening set

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

It was a weekend of extremes for the volleyball team, which opened the Bucknell Invitational with a 3-0 loss to the University of Connecticut before rebounding for a 3-0 win over Bucknell the following day

The Red (2-4) dropped the first game to UConn (5-3), 25-12 Huskies senior captain Brianna Datti earned her 1,000th dig in the set, making her the 11th Husky in program history to reach that mark The Red, who fell behind early in the first set, marched to the beat of a similar drum in the second set as well as the Huskies raced to an 11-4 lead UConn continued its strong opening-set play in the third game, fighting to an 11-5 lead

“Getting down in the beginning of the game is still something that we are struggling with,” said sophomore middle hitter Macey Wilson “We do fight to catch up, but at some points, like with UConn, it was just too late ”

The next day’s face-off with Bucknell allowed the Red to avenge last season ’ s five-set loss and to move to 13-2 all-time against the Bison (1-7) Wilson said that the Red took the lessons from the starts of the UConn games and used them in the battle against Bucknell

“I think we started to learn in the UConn game that we can ' t get down, and we really fought for the first points in the Bucknell game, which helped us a lot,” she said “Because we are such a young team, I think the first points and the first set are really important to help us gain confidence If we start off down, it’s really hard to fight back ”

The Red took the first set against the Bison, 25-22 Freshman Maddy Sroufe posted six kills in the opener and hit the game-winning kill to hand the Red the set

victory

“We were able to hit a lot better during the Bucknell game than we had in the past, ” Wilson said of the team ’ s strengths during the match “Everyone was able to get kills and that really helped Also, our defense was able to pick up a bunch of balls that were really difficult and being able to score on those really helped the team gain momentum ”

Bucknell took the lead late in the second set, holding a 19-15 advantage over the Red before Cornell rallied for 10 of the final 12 points for the 25-21 win The Red’s biggest win of the day came in the third game, when multiple five-point runs helped propel the team to a 25-19 win

The freshmen class continues to make a name for itself, with Sroufe and classmate Emily Wemhoff posting 15 kills each against Bucknell On the older end of the spectrum, senior libero Natasha Rowland surpassed Leesa Gotko ’99 for ninth place on the program ’ s career digs list

“I think this team is still growing even with every set we play,” Wilson said of the young players “We still are a little inconsistent, but we have been playing a lot better together and we are really starting to realize how well we can play ”

The Red earned last season ’ s first sweep on nearly the exact same day, taking a 3-0 win over Fairfield University on Sept 14 of last year This year ’ s only other win so far, against Siena College, was a five-set fight as opposed to a three-set sweep

“Winning in three always feels great, ” Wilson said “We worked really hard for the win and we were all so happy that we were able to pull together and win like we did ”

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Klinsmann Can Help U.S. Find Its National Identity

Cameron of Stoke

City in England seemed to hold down a star ting spot at right back, but fell out of favor this season and looks set for an inevitable

return to the MLS Brek Shea and Juan Agudelo, also of Stoke, were given a chance to impress a top team and have not done

so, as they combined for one appearance last season and zero goals Nineteenyear-old Julian Green currently plies his trade for B a y e r n Mu n i c h i n Germany, one of the best teams in the world, so Green is unlikely to play much at such a young age If one goes back fur ther into the past, there are plenty m o r e e x a m p l e s o f Americans who have been given a chance and not taken advantage of it

really fit the new system

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w i t h i n t e n t a r o u n d t h e penalty box area DeAndre Yedlin rampaged up and down the flanks, providing good ser vice into the box

I’d suggest that we need a national identity for our soccer team, which Klinsmann is definitely working towards

I’d argue that what the U S needs to succeed at soccer has nothing to do with a new coach, or more p l a y e r s t o b e g i v e n a chance, or for Americans to call it football I’d suggest that we need a national identity for our soccer team, which Klinsmann is d e f i n i t e l y w o r k i n g t o w a rd s Fo r e x a m p l e , Spain has a reputation for f l a i r p l a y e r s a n d p re c i s e p a s s i n g , w h i l e E n g l a n d’s

re p u t a t i o n i s p owe r a n d technique America? The j u r y ’ s s t i l l o u t , b u t K l i n s m a n n s e e m s t o b e building a quick, resilient, a n d c o u n t e r a t t a c k i n g team

As we ’ ve seen over the past few years, counteratt a c k i n g s o c c e r i s a ve r y e f f e c t i ve s t r a t e g y, a n d i t just may do wonders for the U S There were some positive signs at the World Cu p, a s s o m e A m e r i c a n players showed that they

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m i d f i e l d n e a t a n d t i d y, while starting good buildup play

K l i n s m a n n ’ s s t r a t e g y w i t h t h e s e p l a y e r s i s unique and unprecedented Klinsmann was a star as a player for Germany, and h e h a s u s e d t h a t n a m e recognition to attract players to play for the U S Klinsmann has been getting his staff to convince young German players that they won ’ t ever be able to crack the German national team; instead they should come to school in the U S O v e r t i m e , t h i s m a k e s these young teens eligible t o p l a y f o r t h e Un i t e d States, despite growing up in Germany

The winning goalscorer for the U S against Ghana at the World Cup, John Anthony Brooks, is one of t h e p l a y e r s K l i n s m a n n

r e c r u i t e d i n t h i s w a y Gedion Zelalem, a young wunderkind in the Arsenal system, is another Zelalem is yet to earn his first U S call-up, as he still needs to become a citizen The seventeen-year old, who is younger than most C o r n e l l f r e s h m e n , c o u l d p l

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years is an eternity in soccer, ’ and it might apply here Thomas Muller, the leading goal scorer at the World Cup four years ago, remains a star, but the next top three scorers after him Wesley Sneijder, Diego Forlan and David Villa now play in the less glori-

United States, respectively It’s definitely a possibility that the U S improves at the next World Cup simply

ment

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will finally make its long anticipated mark on the soccer world

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Goepel Plays Hero Again

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The men ’ s and women ’ s cross country teams left Army in the dust in their annual season-opening dual-meet on Friday The men claimed victory with a score of 15-49, while the women defeated the Black Knights 16-47 The strong performances by both teams gave the Red the confidence it needs to take on a larger field in the

Boston College Invitational in two weeks

“My expectations are very simple,” said women ’ s head coach Artie Smith “I just expect everybody to go out and give their best I thought people’s effort was terrific and I thought they did a really good job in terms of working on the important aspects of their racing that will help them later in the season ” The annual dual-meet has

Man of the match | For the second straight game, senior midfielder Conor Goepel scored the game’s deciding goal

The State of U.S. Soccer

been a longstanding tradition between Cornell and Army, according to Smith The location alternates each year last year the Red hosted, so this time around the team traveled to Army’s turf The women ’ s team saw great improvements in how it approached the course since it last ran at Army

“It was a really good step forward as we ’ re kind of moving through the early stages of the season It was good to kind of ‘ get the rust out ’ from not having raced for several months,” Smith said

The men ’ s team noticed some changes in the course, but took them all in stride, according to head coach Zeb Lang

“The course was a little different this time It was a little longer than two years ago, so to see our guys run the times they did on this length and course was certainly a plus for us, ” he said

The men ’ s team is also younger than it was two years ago, according to Lang Fortunately, the freshmen were unfazed and turned in some ver y strong performances Freshmen Dominic DeLuca and Josh Dyrland placed first and third respectively in the opening race of their collegiate careers with the Red

“We were missing a couple of our returners, so a couple of our freshmen actually really stepped up and started their college careers off with a bang which was great to see, ” said senior tri-captain David Melly, who ran to a second place finish in Friday’s meet

On International Stage

h e r l e a r n i n g a re r i g h t h e r e i n t h e St a t e s A m e r i c a n s d o m i n a t e i n t e r n a t i o n a l s p o r t s , t o o T h e U S A i s a m a i n c o nt e n d e r a t t h e O l y m p i c s a n d a l w a y s f i n i s h e s we l l i n i n t e r n at i o n a l h o c k e y, b a s e b a l l a n d b a sk e t b a l l c o m p e t i t i o n s So w h y c a n ’ t we p l a y s o c c e r ?

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