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Ithacans Protest U.S. Involvement in Syria

‘Bombing Syria aids al-Qaeda, ’ one sign reads

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

Carrying various signs bearing phrases such as “Let’s stop killing one another” and “Bombing Syria aids al-Qaeda,” approximately 50 Ithacans marched down Cayuga Street Friday protesting the possibility of the United States using military action against Syria

The U S threatened to take part in a military strike against Syria after Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad allegedly authorized a chemical attack Aug 21 that resulted in the death of 1,400 civilians, according to the Associated Press President Barack Obama said he was send troops to Syria, but decided to defer

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seeking congressional approval for a strike to consider a Russian proposal to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons, the AP reported

“This delay will allow warmongerers and defense contractors more time to organize for war just as it will allow more time for defenders of peace and amnesty to organize against it,” said Shakti Moksha, the event ’ s organizer, on the rally’s Facebook page

The protesters met in Dewitt Park before walking to the Public Library Chanting “We are unstoppable Another world is possible,” protesters marched down Cayuga St , attracting the attention of passersby Some residents yelled agreement for the cause, while dri-

vers gave their endorsements by honking their horns as they drove down the street

Once the protesters arrived at

IFD Tackles Two Simultaneous Fires

Fire ghters ‘spread thin’ ghting res, dept. says

By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor

The Ithaca Fire Department was “spread thin” Saturday with two fires simultaneously breaking out in the city, according to a press release from IFD

the library, they stood on the corner of Green St and Cayuga St , where they gave short speeches, read poetry and sang songs to other protest-

and those walking

them World leaders who initially

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SWAG Looks at Causes of Low Black Male Graduation

By AIMEE CHO Sun Contributor

African-American male students may be graduating at a lower rate compared to their peers due to a lack of mentorship, money issues and family problems, according to research conducted by the African American Research Task Force and Scholars Working Ambitiously to Graduate

entered in 2003, 7

dents graduated within six years

For the class that entered in 2007, that graduation rate rose to 83 percent SWAG, a student-run organization that works to increase the g

Coq ’15, SWAG

American Research Task Force to compile data on effective retention strategies and see how the administration can help ” Thaddeus Talbot ’15, SWAG c o - p re s

, s a i d S WAG h

“interviewed students on campus, and they said the lack of role models and black faculty is a factor ” Renee Alexander ’74, asso-

“We found that lack of mentorship, money issues and family problems are all factors ” K e n d r i c k C o q ’ 1 5

director of intercultural pro-

, saying that Cornell has a limited number of African-American professors

According to the press release, a Ford pickup truck caught on fire on Route 13 near Dey Street at 11:33 a m The driver and the passenger of the truck noticed smoke coming from the dashboard of the vehicle and pulled over on Route 13 out of the traffic on Dey St and took their possessions out of the truck before it fully caught on fire While the fire crew responded to the truck fire, a second call came from Highland Place on East Hill A dryer had caught fire on the top floor of a three-story apartment

American male students through academic enrichment, professional development and community b u i l d

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Both fires were “placed under control” and no injuries were reported, according to the press

n g t h e research it started last year to determine what prevents some African American male students from graduating

“We found that lack of mentorship, money issues and family

“The University is assertively recruiting and working to retain faculty and staff of color Some of the factors that we work harder to mitigate are geographical location and competition from our peer i

“Some people find it hard to adjust to our remote setting in central New York State When

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Visual Culture Colloquium 5 p m , G22 Goldwin Smith Hall

Profiling Trayvon & Rachel: Race, Gender and Criminilzation 4:45 p m , Multipurpose Room, Africana Studies and Research Center

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C.U. Falls to 16th Best National University

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Slipping one spot from last year, Cornell was ranked the 16th best national university by U S News & World Report last week

The publication released its annual rankings of national universities schools that it says “offers a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master ’ s and Ph D programs ” last Monday This year, U S News & World Report said it reduced its emphasis on newly enrolled students’ high school class standings while increasing its emphasis on students’ SAT and ACT scores

Most of the schools ranked among the top 10 by U S News & World Report last year remained at the same positions this year In one exception, Har vard University which tied with Princeton University at No 1 last year moved to No 2 this year

Although they have been widely publicized ever y year, the U S News & World Report rankings have annually been the subject of criticism among higher education experts, bloggers and columnists alike Writing for The Atlantic last week, John Tierney said the rankings’ “real

de force

purpose is to ‘exacerbate the status anxiety’ of prospective students and parents ’” In a similarly critical piece, Malcolm Gladwell wrote in The New Yorker in 2011 that “who comes out on top, in any ranking system, is really about who is doing the ranking” and less about methodology

Despite such criticisms, University officials have previously defended the importance of college rankings, saying they are critical to helping draw top faculty and students to Cornell

In “Reimagining Cornell,” Cornell’s 2010-15 strategic plan for moving the institution for ward, the University says “maintain[ing] the current number one ranking of several Cornell schools or colleges and [moving] at least one professional school into the top ten among its peers ” is one of its goals in achieving “excellence in research, scholarship and creativity ” Attaining “world leadership” among several departments and graduate fields is “imperative” to preser ving academic excellence in the short term, the University says in its strategic plan

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L ast W eek in R eview

David Weil ’83 Nominated for U S Dept of Labor Post

President Barack Obama announced September 10 his intent to nominate David Weil ’83 to be administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U S Department of Labor, according to a White House press relaease

Student Assembly Hopefuls Talk Campus Issues at Candidate Forum

Student Assembly representatives expressed disappointment over the low turnout at a candidate forum September 11, where the number of students running in the S A elections nearly equalled the number of audience members present

Students Say Construction Near Goldwin Smith Is Disruptive

There is bad news for students and professors frustrated by closed exits, blocked pathways and a relocated bus stop caused by construction around Goldwin Smith Hall: they will continue to be inconvenienced until at least October 2015, when University officials project that they will finish building Klarman Hall

Fire Breaks Out in Collegetown House

Ithaca firefighters investigated the cause of a fire that broke out in Collegetown early Wednesday afternoon Firefighters evacuated the occupants of 407 Dr yden Rd and extinguished the fire in about two hours None of the home’s occupants or fighters were injured, according to the Ithaca Fire Department

Weill Cornell Medical College Receives $100 Million Donation

Weill Cornell Medical College received a $100 million gift from Joan and Sanford I Weill ’55 which will help it launch two research centers and bolster its research in medicine The medical school is hoping to recruit top scientists, fund medical research, establish new endowed professorships and medical student scholarships and invest in new medical technologies

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Accidental nding enters Guinness Book

By ANNIE BUI Sun Staff Writer

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supported an airstrike such as Pr e s i d e n t B a r a c k O b a m a , Secretar y of State John Kerr y and French Secretar y of State Laurent Fabius said the strike was needed to enforce international laws against the use of c h e m i c a l w e a p o n s , T h e Ne w York Times reported

Pr o t e s t e r s , h ow e v e r, d i sagreed

One of the protesters, James Ricks, described the situation in Syria as being “convoluted” and e x p r e s s e d h i s d i s a p p o i n t m e n t with President Barack Obama

He added that he was originally proud of the president when he was first elected in 2008 Claire Grady, another protester, said this is not the first time people have had to respond to the threat of killing of people “by our government in our name with our money ”

“I’m 54 years old, and I’ve seen this happen again and again and again,” Grady said Pr o t e s t e r Ad a m L e v i n e e x p r e s s e d h i s c o n c e r n s a b o u t using bombs in any context and said he believes the case has not been made as to why bombing

would be the solution to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government

“Dropping bombs is a bad w a y o f g e t t i n g i n v o l v e d

Dropping bombs is always bad because you kill people,” Levine said in an inter view with The Sun

Furthermore, he said a peaceful solution is the correct way to handle the situation

“If people are willing to give up chemical weapons, that’s a good thing,” Levine said

Christopher Church said he does not think that it is the U S ’ s role to police the world

“ We really should stay away from foreign entanglements and be war y of the militar y industrial complex,” he said

Many of the protesters said they believe their protest will help spread their anti-war message

“In Ithaca, we ’ re pretty hip, so some of it is just preaching to the choir Still, if we get any publicity whatsoever, we’ll gain attent i o n f o r t h e w h o l e t h i n g , ”

Church said

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According to the press release, all on-duty personnel were employed to handle the two separate events

The press release added that there are almost 3,000 dryer fires

in the U S each year

“The Fire Department reminds residents to clean out their lint traps and dryer vents regularly,” the press release said

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SWAG : Focu s on Standardi zed Tests Hurts Black Students

Speakers say achievement gap not re ective of students’ ‘innate talent, ambitions or dreams’

students out in a context of predomiately white students

you compare our numbers to [universities in] more urban locations like Columbia [University] and [the University of Pennsylvania], arguably, location might be a factor in their highernumbers of faculty of color ”

Coq and Talbot said one of their goals is to bring in guest speakers to serve as role models for the SWAG members

“We look for notable people in society whose messages align with our goals,” Coq said

Another one of SWAG’s initiatives is a mentorship program in which underclassmen are paired with upperclassmen The mentor and mentee pairs are encouraged to meet with each other often and go to events together

“Last year, we had lots of big events, but we ’ ve found that the intimate, micro-level is much more effective,” Talbot said

At SWAG’s kick-off meeting Saturday morning, Stephen Breedon ’14, treasurer of SWAG, said race singles African American

“When you step into a classroom, you ’ re the black dot Not a lot of folks look like you Take solace in the fact that the people in this room are going through the same thing Think of SWAG as your base, your rock,” Breedon said

Breedon outlined SWAG’s main goals for the year, such as increasing its membership and partnering with Career Services to provide professional opportunities to members

“It’s about making sure that you achieve and giving you the tools to succeed The inflow of employers that want to hire us is tremendous,” Breedon said Dr Luvelle Brown, superintendent of the Ithaca City School District, delivered a keynote address at the event, sharing his personal experience growing up as an African American in the educational system

Brown said the country ’ s focus on standardized tests is one of the causes of the perceived African American achievement gap, since it prevents African Americans who did not have the resources needed to succeed on tests from being able to access extracurriculars and better education

“In ninth grade, the principal pulled all the boys on the football team except for me off the field, because they hadn’t passed their Stanford nine standardized tests I watched my friend, one of the smartest guys in the group, cry and walk off the field He was never the same after that,” Brown said

Speaking about the gap in educational achievement of AfricanAmerican students, Talbot said the gap is not reflective of “ our innate talent, ambitions or dreams ”

Coq agreed, adding that the perceived black achievement gap is still evident at Cornell

“The graduation rate of black

men is increasing, but is still below the overall average at Cornell,” Coq said

Alexander, who has been supporting SWAG since its founding in 2011, said biases also play a key role in creating the achievement gap

“These young men of color are at Cornell because they are highachieving and academically successful In my view, we should also be looking at structural causes of the achievement gap, ” Alexander said “African-American men can often be viewed through the lens of unconscious bias and stereotypes My job is to support them as they move through the University ”

After Brown’s keynote address, a panel of upperclassmen shared their first-year experiences with freshmen in attendance Aaron Hancock ’15 spoke about how much of an impact SWAG has had on him

“I almost transferred out of

Cornell during my freshman year, but my SWAG mentor kept me here,” Hancock said

Also in the audience was Eldred Harris, member of the Ithaca City School District’s Board of Education

“Adults have treated minorities as walking deficits for a long time, and it’s time to stop that All children are smart It’s our job to figure out how they’re smart, ” Harris said

Roberto Matos ’15, a member of SWAG for the past two years, said the responsibility to improve the gap rests upon those it affects “I think it’s up to us to do something about the black achievement gap SWAG is a form of empowerment, ” he said “Only we can be our own mentors It’s up to us to be in control of our own destiny, and we are perfectly capable of doing it ”

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A previous version of a sports article that ran Sept 12, “10 Questions With Sam Fleck,” incorrectly stated Fleck’s class year as 2014 Fleck is, in fact, a member of the Class of 2015

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Look at the last two bullet points and consider what that means for women in this countr y, especially for women on college campuses, such as Cornell Last year at least three cases of rape were repor ted to the Cornell and Ithaca police and there we re

some of the rapes were falsified or exaggerated Regardless of whether or not they actually were falsified, incidents of rape on our campus should still be taken seriously As the ne w school year begins, our attitudes and perceptions towards rape and must change, so that countries, cities, and campuses like Cornell can be rape-free and women like the victim in the Ne w Delhi can receive the treatment, equality and justice they deser ve

Ariel Smilowitz is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached

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“Add to this the many new security cameras installed at every entrance on to campus Cornell is now very literally monitoring every person that comes and goes. Oh, they’ll say its for monitoring activity on the bridges and tampering with nets, but they serve a very nice function capture everyone coming and going too. Want to organize and protest or march? Nope, they’ll see you coming!”

mike Re: “ THROWDOWN THURSDAY: A Disturbing Trend Toward Campus Censorship” Opinion, published September 12, 2013

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Fracking: Well , W hy S houldn’t It Be You?

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CORNELL UNIVERS ITY CAREER FAIR 2013

All Industries Career Fair

Tuesday, September 17 10:00 a m3:30 p.m. Barton Hall Technical & Engineering Career Fair

Wednesday, September 18

10:00 a.m.3:30 p.m.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY JAMES RAINIS Sun Staff Writer

If someone told me a band composed of a husband and wife team that’s been together for 30 years was playing a show in the Commons, I’d likely assume we were dealing with some fey, folksy act straight out of Portlandia’ s Quiet Music Festival And for the first part of what turned out to be quite a long evening with indie rock institution Yo La Tengo at The State Theatre on Friday night, that sort of assumption would have been validated Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew began the night with a low-key acoustic set, including a chilled-out cover of Neil Young’s “For the Turnstiles” and the b a n d’s c l a s s i c , m ov i e s t a r - re f e re n c i n g “ To m Courtenay ” Any present skeptics would surely be lamenting the loss of indie rock’s balls: Dainty tunes with sung “bah bah bahs” are, admittedly, fairly tweeseeming

Forty minutes later, Ira Kaplan is defying gravity, swinging his guitar around like Thurston Moore’s slightly less careless cousin as he searches for the perfect feedback frequency with which to embellish “We’re An American Band ”

The transition to the electric set was revelatory What started out as a demure affair where the mumble of concert attendees purchasing craft brews often eclipsed the sound of the band turned into an ear-ringing set of classically skewed, feedbacksoaked indie rock drone jams Kaplan, a former music critic (because, deep down, all critics just want to be musicians), is a certified guitar mangler, recalling Sonic Youth’s atonal no-wave dirges and Neil Young’s simplistic melodicism all at once As a fan of dysfunctional guitar noise and premature hearing loss, it was a joy to see a band of seasoned veterans indulging in the simple joy of making noise with an amplifier

Heavy on material from this year ’ s Fade, the set never threatened to devolve into the absurdist coverfests that have made Yo La Tengo’s recent live shows

famous, possibly to the dismay of young fans introduced to the band during their performance in association with Cornell Cinema last year The band playing on Friday was not in a goofball mood but, perhaps, a nostalgic one With an acoustic set that

Underground’s self-titled record (no, not the one with the banana), followed by the bread and butter ’90s indie rock of the electric set, you realize that these guys have been inventively mining the same sources for some time now If not for the slight signs of aging, I swear it could have been 1997, with songs like “Ohm” and “Before We Run” sounding like the incredibly kickass b-sides to that year ’ s epic I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One Yo La Tengo is the comfort food of ’90s American

indie rock With none of Guided By Voices’ aggressively lo-fi production or Stephen Malkmus’s esoterically verbose faux-poetry, their music is, as paradoxical as it sounds, unpretentiously experimental Willing to do anything with a laugh and a shrug, the band is able to approach any sound be it monolithic guitar fuzz or subtle, “ooh”-assisted acoustic ditties with a knowledge, appreciation and sense of fun that is often direly absent from many other “eclectic” bands Only Yo La Tengo could follow up cultfavorite “Autumn Sweater” with George McCrae’s disco hit, “You Can Have It All,” with Kaplan and McNew serving as Hubley’s lovely backup singers

James Rainis is

Last Wednesday, the Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts presented Screaming Females, Speedy Ortiz and Brick Mower It was not exactly the setting I expected crowd members were met with a carpeted event room that looked like it could have just been used for the kinds of business meeting with light cocktail snacks out on tables

The diverse young audience ranged from grungy teenagers in denim sporting pins that advertised things like “Explosive Crack,” to average college students who could have just wandered into the room accidentally; it was no doubt a strange grouping To say that no one pre-gamed this thing would be an understatement

The second the opening band, Brick Mower, soundchecked, the head-banging, long-hair-shaking lead guitarist and vocalist gave a head-rattling scream, and out of nowhere the audience was immersed in the song ’ s heart-attack-inducing beats Although the lyrics weren ’ t all that distinguishable, people were bouncing around to the music just the same I started bobbing my head just so I wouldn’t feel out of place, despite the feeling that my ears were internally bleeding The guitarist was passionate, and his feelings transferred to the audience when he got into each song and became consumed in an all-out jam

He leaned down to the ground with his guitar, nodding in time to the music and cried out,

“And I believe!” From the sheer power of his shouting, I trust that he really did

The bright red concert lights provided an eerie ambiance in Emerson Suites, under which Brick Mower’s drummer sweated in an alien graphic tee, grinning away as he smashed his drums

Astoundingly, between

songs they paused to tell the tech crew that they “needed a smidge more bass” though, from what I could hear through my ringing ears, it seemed like there was already plenty The band’s energy lured the crowd in closer to the stage, and by three songs into the set there were four rows of laidback concert-goers, nodding and foot tapping along like satisfied schoolchildren With groundsmashing beats, the lead guitarist jumped back and forth from foot to foot, breaking out in a full-on sweat

SCREAMING FEMALES (AND PALS) ROCK ITHACA

Next up was Speedy Ortiz Complete with self-aware yet spooky decoration (including signs proclaiming “Enter at your own risk ), the casually dressed performers looked like they could have just walked straight out of a band practice in their garage as they nonchalantly took the stage Female guitarist and lead vocalist Sadie Dupuis immediately captivated the audience with her voice with her startling rendition of the band’s hit release, “Tiger Tank ”

And then things started to go crazy

Lead guitarist Matt Robidoux, who was already leaping around the stage, took his vibrantly-colored guitar, threw it completely around his body, ripped it off leaned down on the ground as we erupted in full-on head-throbbing and limb-flinging “dancing ” I learned this much: If the guy standing next to you is doing it, I guess it’s acceptable for you too

Things just kept getting weirder At one point, after a song finished, Sadie announced [the band had eaten] a lot of bread before coming on stage ” and “if we puke everywhere, spread ” Comforting, I know, but her friendly vibe, with audience members shouting back replies, kept the crowd involved and loving it

By the time the main performers, Screaming Females, took the stage, the audience was antsy with anticipation and charged with energy The band originates in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and includes guitarist and vocalist Marissa Paternoster, bassist King Mike and drummer Jarrett Dougherty Paternoster brought rich sparks to the room with her deep, confident vocals

as she bellowed the memorable and repeated line, “It all means nothing,” from their biggest hit, “It All Means Nothing,” off their newest album, Ugly

Screaming Females did not disappoint: They performed with a charisma and talent that revealed a more experienced and mature band than those that populated the opening sets The audience could feel this shift and had moved right up to the stage to dance as wildly as their bodies could keep up and as enthusiastically as their long hair could flip During “Fall Asleep,” which includes the goose-bumpy chant “I want you to fall asleep / And die with me, ” Paternoster’s gut-wrenching howl into the microphone pulled every member of the audience into the wrath of the music (It was also difficult not to stop staring at Paternoster’s mouth touching and completely enveloping the microphone with her hardcore screaming )

As the riff melted into that of the next song, it was clear that this night was a unique occasion for a hardcore listener, especially within an otherwise ordinary college week

Darra Loganzo is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at dsl236@cornell edu

Twerking Through My Issues With Miley

Miley isn’t for me But we’ll get to that later First let’s talk about that twerk

Was her VMA performance inappropriate? Sexually, it was fine All is fair in love and war and the Video Music Awards The show is annually pregnant with provocativeness If its carnal explicitness doesn’t elicit a fiery response from the professional party-poopers of the Parents Television Council every year, then someone at MTV gets fired

Racially the performance was off There are people online who are smarter than I who have written more thoughtfully on this matter, but here’s my quick take The crimes in question are Miley’s attempt at a twerk and the use of voluminous black backup dancers in a way that mined ethnicity for entertainment As a general rule, I believe when done well and in good taste, no artist act should be exclusive to a single race or ethnicity Latinos can do kung fu Asians can sing country Whites can rap and Blacks can even enjoy Miley’s VMA performance if they want to But when a performance’s um blurring of racial lines, becomes a winking joke to the audience, then it becomes ill advised A cast of non-Asian actors in a genuine kung-fu film sounds neat But once the point of the film becomes, Look everybody, we re not Asians but we re doing a traditionally Asian art form, how funny!” it no longer is Miley’s overzealous infatuation with the backsides of her backup dancers came across like she was laughing at a dance culture she was feebly attempting to emulate, and that’s what made the performance a nono

The weeks since the VMAs have proven that Ms Cyrus will not be denied on her quest to achieve enlightened turnt “Turnt,” as Miley references in “ We Can’t Stop,” is basically an unbridled feeling of awesomeness Society tried Regina George-ing Miley, telling her to stop trying to make turnt happen, because it’s not going to happen, but where Gretchen Weiners wilted, Miley hath risen She’s given two foam middle fingers to the world and radiated Icona Pop’s creed with every new video,

tweet and interview She don’t care She love it

As I write this, the music video“Wrecking Ball” has garnered 85 million YouTube views, this is since its posting five days ago By the time you read this it’ll likely have brought down the Internet In the video, Miley swings around nakedly on a wrecking ball amid construction rumble, and intermittently licks a hammer and cries perhaps because the hammer doesn t taste very good With this new iteration of the former Disney star, there will likely be a lot less wholesome entertainment and way more butt crack and side boob, not that there hasn’t been already And I for one don’t really know if this is a good thing or not, I just want it to be over I’m more interested in why so many people, like myself, feel the need to spend hundreds of words talking about Miley

Maybe it s because with Miley comes interest Right now if you write about Miley you get a reaction This equation is as reliable as a direwolf As an arts columnist I often wrestle with whether to talk about a topic I sincerely find interesting, or a topic that draws in more attention and reaction During my last tour as a Sun columnist I wrote a spoof piece about Justin Bieber coming to Cornell It wasn ’ t particularly well written and the jokes were a bit overwrought, but the name Bieber” was in the title, and the column was the “ most read” article on the Cornell Sun’s website for almost two weeks At the same time, pieces I cared much more for, those about small-budget documentaries and my beloved Simpsons, came and went without a ripple

Unlike news or sports where dominant singular events like Syria or the Super Bowl dictate column topics, the world of arts and entertainment has become stratified in the age of Netflix and Spotify The columnist has a uniquely vast field of topics to write about Do you elegantly tackle a passion project and wax rhapsodically about your favorite indie band’s switch bassist switch? Or how the black and white subtitled French film you loved comments on American jingoism in the mid-2000s? Or do you cover Miley Cyrus because her name

draws reader attention, a central component of a newspaper? If the purpose of columns is to occupy your mind for a few minutes over breakfast, in class or on the toilet, then shouldn’t some columns be more for the reader than the writer?

Many actors follow a motto of one for them, one for me

James Franco does Oz: The Great and Powerful for the studios then does collegiate art house films for himself

This inner-debate has real world implications I’m entering the professional world next year and will have to choose a career paths Do I follow my desires and become a low-paying teacher? Or do I select a less intrinsically fulfilling job that happens to pay more because making money is a central component to having a job?

That answer will come later As a columnist, I luckily can switch back and forth between the two dichotomies So while I’m a sell out this week, expect an 800-word ode to Freaks and Geeks’ one and only season down the road That one will be for me

Brian Gordon is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at bgordon@cornellsun com Run It Back runs

Sun Sudoku

In Ro u g h C ondition s, Runners Take D ual Meet

Women take rst 15 spots in race against Army

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The men ’ s and women ’ s cross country teams kicked off the 2013 season this Friday with their annual meet against Army Running on home ground in Ithaca on the Moakley Course where rain and mud made the conditions far from ideal both teams were able to persevere nonetheless, defeating Army 19-40 on the men ’ s side and 15-50 on the women ’ s Army was no match for the No 10 ranked women ’ s team, which swept the first 15 places in the 5000-meter race and had 18 of the Top-20 finishers Senior co-captains Rachel Sorna and Emily Shearer took first and second respectively, with Sorna setting a course record with a time of 17:20 4 Coming off an injury from last season,

Shearer got back on the right track in 2013, finishing with a time of 18:00 6, despite making a wrong turn in the race

Two freshmen had strong collegiate debuts for the Red Taylor Spillane took third in the race with a time of 18:02 1 and Delphi Cleveland rounded out the top Red runners in 15th place with a time of 18:49 4

For strategic reasons, the men ’ s squad kept its top four runners out of the race on Friday, leaving the field wide open for underclassmen to step up This strategy worked to perfection as freshman Mark Tedder crossed the finish line of the fivemile race first, winning his first-ever collegiate meet in a time of 25:22 3 He finished just over a second ahead of Army sophomore Ricardo Galindo

Four Red runners took the next four

Utilizing youth | The men’s cross countr y team left its top four runners out of the race this weekend, allowing the underclassmen to shine against Ar my

positions in the race, maintaining the team ’ s pack-running strategy by all finishing within 18 seconds of one another Sophomores Brian Eimstad and Ben Rainero took third and fourth respectively, and junior Tyler Eustance was close behind in fifth Tedder, Eimstad, Rainero and Eustance the top four runners for Cornell were spaced out by only three seconds

The Red had two more Top-10 finishes,

with sophomore Ty Kawalec coming in ninth and freshman Zack Israel finishing tenth

Both the men and women will have next weekend off before traveling to the Boston College Invitational on Friday, September 27

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

With Eligibility Con rmed for 2013, Gruenenfelder S et to Carr y O f fense

as well, just his speed and physical running ability,” Miller said

certainty heading into the season

“[Gruenenfelder] was impressive as always,” Miller said “I was particularly impressed with having had him just walk in, pretty much, and being just as solid as he has been He hasn’t practiced very much with us He was actually going to be an assistant coach with us and then they found out he was going to be able to play ”

Despite already having four years of experience under his belt, Gruenenfelder was granted an extra year of eligibility because he was hurt for the majority of his freshman season The veteran receiver led the team with seven catches for 132 yards against Post

“The only issue with him was getting the league to clear him and just double checking to make sure his status would still allow him to be an eligible player,” Miller said “So he got cleared by everybody He only really had one or two days where he was really getting reps, just because we weren ’ t quite sure what his eligibility was ”

Complementing the Red’s passing attack was freshman running back Kevin Nathanson, who racked up 42 yards on nine carries

“Kevin Nathanson at running back was someone I was very impressed with

On the opposite sideline, Post’s own freshman running back James Harrington made sure Cornell’s lead did not last long, scampering for a 60-yard score in the third quarter Harrington continued to gash the Red en route to 156 rushing yards

“One of the things coach told us was that Post is a very young team they have a lot of guys coming in and out We kind of knew what kind of plays they were going to run, but it was just those few big plays that hurt us, ” said sophomore linebacker Jino Park “It’s just those big runs that we let up Those tend to be the most [crucial] It’s up to us to go back and fix that ”

A second Harrington touchdown this time from 45 yards out gave Post a decisive 21-10 lead heading into the fourth Aside from the handful of third quarter miscues, however, the Red’s defense played formidably for most of the day, with first-time starter Park perhaps the most impressive of the entire unit

“I think Jino Park was the MVP of the team yesterday,” Miller said “He came out flying and was hitting hard [He is] a very aggressive player and he’s a pain in the butt to practice against for sure It’s nice to have him on our team ” Park led the defense with 7 5 tackles,

including a dominating 4 5 sacks

“For his first game he really stood out, ” Sitko noted “He had an exceptional, exceptional game He had a few sacks and he definitely stood out and became a leader on the field just [based] on his performance ”

Despite Park’s strong individual performance, the sophomore has continued to dwell more on how to improve as a team

“I don’t think individual stats really matter when the team took a loss,” Park said “Defensively, I think we had a great first game but I think 21 points is a little on the big side so we’ll work to improve on that ”

Although the Red outgained Post in total yardage, including a 197-33 edge in passing yards, the Red was unable to dig itself out of a 21-10 deficit, despite several scoring chances According to Miller, co-head coach Bart Guccia made sure to emphasize efficiency and consistency to better convert yards into points in future contests

“[Coach Guccia] was relatively understanding that there were some mistakes, particularly in the first game, ” Miller said “The big takeaway, I think, was just not being able to capitalize on various opportunities we had I think we had a field goal to show off of it Nothing too impressive there but if we keep getting those opportunities and then are able to punch in a few of them I think we’ll be fine moving forward ”

Despite these mistakes, Miller said that the Red has already begun to make strides, and his teammates understand that it will take time to develop, considering the youth of the offense

“Football mindset and football IQ was definitely something that we improved,” Miller said “We are relatively young on offense and early on our goal is to keep things simple to get people accustomed to a new offense and a new team but I think that [Saturday] showed that we did that Now it’s more so just looking into [next week’s opponent] Franklin Pierce and looking at how we can capitalize on some of the steps we made [against Post ]”

Spor ts

For Second Straight Weekend, Red Takes One of Three

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

She be killin’ it | Though senior middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier recorded seven kills, the Red was unable to defeat Colgate

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D esp ite Halftime Lead , C.U. Unable to Top Post

A promising season got off to a disappointing star t on Saturday, as the Cornell sprint football team came up short in Waterbur y, CT

The Red (0-1 CSFL) fell to the Post Eagles (1-0), 21-10, in what proved to be a back-and-forth contest from the ver y first play

“Post returned the opening kickoff back for a touchdown, which isn’t exactly how you want to start a game, ” said junior defensive back Chris Sitko “But the offense [on the] next drive definitely bounced right back ”

Facing a 7-0 deficit on the team ’ s

receiver Spenser Gruenenfelder for a 48yard gain to set up an eventual four-yard touchdown pass to sophomore running back Ben Herrera

“[Spenser’s catch came during] a third-and-long, and that definitely gave ever ybody the spark they needed to continue,” Sitko said “So when we scored on that drive to tie it up, it was like a whole new game ”

A 27-yard field goal by senior kicker

John Rodriguez gave the Red a 10-7 lead going into the half The kick was among several first half scoring chances made possible by the Miller-Gr uenenfelder connection, which was anything but a

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Freshmen E xcel

As Vrabel Takes

Home Singles Title

The men ’ s tennis team gave a solid performance at the Farnsworth/Princeton In v i t a t i o n a l t h i s p a s t we e k e n d , w i t h members of the squad earning spots in the finals of two singles brackets, the finals of a consolation bracket and the quarterfinals and semifinals of three other draws

Leading the pack was freshman Chris Vrabel, who defeated Columbia’s Eric Rubin, 7-6, 6-2, giving him a singles title in the Pagoda Draw Freshman Colin Sinclair lost in the finals of the Cordish Draw to St John’s Vaidlk Munshaw, 6-4, 6-3, and freshman Bernardo Casares Rosa fell in a super tie breaker, 6-2, 3-6, 14-12, to Princeton’s Alex Day in the finals of the Pagoda consolation bracket The fact that three of the Red’s newest recruits gave such strong showings this past weekend certainly points to the talent of its 2017 recruiting class

“I think they’re just really eager to p rove t h e m s e l ve s , ” s a i d j u n i o r A l e x Sidney, who lost a three-setter in the semifinals of his draw to Princeton’s Tom Colautti “ They’re proving themselves not only to the coach, but to the rest of the team, and the rest of the schools in the Ivy League They’re really going to be assets for our team this upcoming season ”

“They are a bunch of good players and they’re good people as well They’ve been working hard, are very focused and

get the job done,” added senior Alex Wilton

Head coach Silviu Tanasoiu was also impressed with how the freshmen implemented what they have been working on in practice into competitive match play

“From a coaching standpoint, for myself and our assistant coach, it made our job very easy I felt they made very good adjustments throughout the tournament and we were very pleased from that standpoint,” said Tanasoiu Tanasoiu also pointed out that this weekend marked the very first collegiate tournament for his freshmen

“They were able to do very well at their first time representing Cornell,” he said “One of the things we talked about before this tournament was to compete to compete [for] every point, every shot, every single chance they get once they’re on the court to represent the uni-