09-17-12

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

By JEFF STEIN

Citing Labor Abuses, Cornell Severs Contract With Adidas

By SARAH SASSOON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell became the first university to sever its business contract with retail giant Adidas because of recent allegations of labor abuses

President David Skorton sent a letter to Adidas Team, Inc , on Thursday, stating that due to the company ’ s refusal to give severance pay to the 2,800 workers it displaced

upon the 2011 closing of one of its Indonesian factories, the University will terminate its contract with the company, effective Oct 1

“We believe that severance is a basic worker’s right as are a living wage, freedom of association and safe working conditions,” Skorton said in the letter

Karen Li ’15 –– a member of the Cornell Licensing Oversight Committee, which was formed in 2010 to ensure that companies the University does business with

uphold workplace standards –– said that she was pleased by Skorton s letter

On Sept 6, the LOC recommended to Skorton that the University cease business with Adidas altogether Li said that Cornell’s termination of the contract signals that the University is committed to taking a stance on the issue of labor rights

By YIDAN XU

The Human Ecology Building recently became the first on campus to receive LEED Platinum certification the highest possible ranking a building can receive for environmentally-friendly design

LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an initiative created by the U S Green Building Council to promote sustainable building development The council’s rating system, according to its website, awards points to buildings according to factors such as their energy efficiency, innovative design and reduction of carbon emissions

To become LEED-certified, a building must earn at least 26 points on a 69-point scale Buildings that earn higher scores can be classified as Silver, Gold or Platinum buildings The LEED Platinum rating –– which requires at least 52 points –– is the highest possible level of achievement

The Human Ecology Building was awarded 53 points, according to Kyu-Jung Whang, vice president for facilities services Additionally, it earned high marks for being developed on a sustainable site, limiting energy use and emissions and ensuring indoor environmental quality

Whang also said the building was developed with the goal of significantly decreasing water and energy usage

“The building is designed to use 32 2-percent less water [that is safe for consumption] and 46 6-percent less energy, ” he said

Erin Moore, project associate of utilities energy management, said the building demonstrates an ongoing effort by the University to promote sustainable design

“This is a great achievement for Cornell University,” Moore said “A LEED Platinum certification showcases Cornell’s commitment to energy conservation and sustainability ” Designed by Gruzen Samton Architects, the Human Ecology Building incorporates a wide range of sustainable strategies and design fea-

Monday, September 17, 2012

Daybook

Birders: The Central Park Effect With Filmmaker Jeffrey Kimball 7:30 - 9 p m , Brian C Nevin Welcome Center

Rosh Hashanah Dinner

Tomorrow

Cinemania: Harun Farocki and Holly Zausner 10 a m - 5 p m , Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art

eBooks: How to Find and Use Electronic Books

2 - 4 p m , 106G Olin Library

Sibley School Colloquium Series 4 - 5:15 p m , B17 Upson Hall

Risk, Model Risk and Knightian Uncertainty: On the Role of Probability in Finance

4:15 - 5:30 p m , G10 Biotechnology Building

The Story of Film: An Odyssey in 15 Parts 7:15 p m , Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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Legal Information Institute Celebrates 20th Anniversar

Online legal databa se hopes to become nancially self-su staining in next several years, director say s

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Contributor

Cornell’s Legal Information Institute –– a major forerunner in the realm of the Internet, law organization and free access of information –– is celebrating its 20th anniversar y this year

The LII was founded in 1992 by Prof

E m e r i t u s Pe t e r Ma r t i n ’ 6 1 , l a w, a n d Thomas Bruce, who became its director The database has been using web technology to provide information about the law to the public in ways that even now can be “expanded almost infinitely,” Bruce said

“ The vision we had back in ’92 was that, given the changes that were occurring in digital technology like communication and information exchange, law schools ought not just to be receivers of legal information products but they ought to be a place where new ways of distributing legal information could be developed,” Martin said

Since the web was a new means of communication at the time of LII’s creation ––it was among the first 30 websites developed in the world –– Bruce said Cornell Law School had “ a lot of room to play, and [saw] nobody else playing ”

“ Web technology really just opened up a lot of opportunities for a law school to be a locus for a kind of creative [and] technical activity that had just never existed before,” Bruce said

The LII attracts visitors for both its i m m e n s e l i b r a r y o f re - p u b l i s h e d l e g a l material and its original editorial content, including the legal encyclopedia Wex and the student-powered LII Supreme Court Bulletin, according to Bruce

It r u n s o n a n a n n u a l b u d g e t o f $900,000, earning back slightly more than half its cost ever y year Bruce’s goal is for the database to become self-sustaining within two or three years

About 80 percent of the site’s total traffic comes from visits to pages housing primar y legal information about the U S Code, the Code of Federal Regulations

a n d d e c i s i o n s o f t h e Su p re m e C o u r t , according to Bruce

“ The thing we ’ re proudest of at the m o m e n t i s t h e C o d e o f Fe d e r a l

Regulations, which we came out with a little less than a year ago, ” Bruce said

Though there are other collections of i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e C o d e o f Fe d e r a l

Regulation on the web, the LII streamlines the research process by including features like the ability to rotate images and link to corss-references, which other sites lack, according to Bruce “ We’ve resisted doing flashy stuff in favor of doing things that are one step ahead of the rest of the market That’s why, despite the fact that there are about a kazillion places to get the U S code on the Net, ever ybody uses us, ” Bruce said

The LII’s success has led to many organizations from other countries modeling themselves after it; over 20 other sites are named after the LII However, those organizations have remained solely publishing operations, according to Bruce In contrast, the original LII has kept a focus on complementing material that has already been published

“ There are days where I think that the result has been that we don’t fit comfortably into either categor y, ” Bruce said of the LII’s “hybrid approach ”

“You feel like you have your feet on two icebergs,” he said “ That, in some ways, is what accounts for our longevity ”

The database’s first editorial component was created in 1993 in the form of a legal dictionar y and encyclopedia called Wex Originally a successor to a series of t o p i c a l p a g e s , ove r s e e n by c o - f o u n d e r Martin, Wex was “migrated” to a wiki format in order to allow others to contribute information to it, according to associate LII director Sara Frug

“[ Wex] was created out of the work of students and volunteers from a private author pool,” Frug said “Over time, we ’ ve h a d a c o u p l e o f c o n c e n t r a t e d e f f o r t s When the Enron stor y broke, students looked around and realized we don’t have a separate umbrella page for white-collar crime, and so they built something that pulled together an over view of that subject area ”

The LII Supreme Court Bulletin another feature of the LII was launched in 1996 Over time, the bulletin developed to include prospective analyses of cases as

well as case summaries Law students publish these previews a few weeks in advance of the arguments, according to Frug “Ever y year, the students follow all of the cases and they explain what the stor y of the case was, what the political and economic implications of the case might be, and they provide a plain-language explanation of the legal issues involved in the case, ” Frug said “ This is an opportunity for [law students] to get more experience writing for the kinds of people who will be their clients ”

The bulletin gets about 22,000 email subscriptions and a further 16,000 from its presence in the Federal Bar Association magazine, The Federal Lawyer, according to Bruce As a result, LII material goes out to all members of the Federal Bar, all

Congress

But Bruce said the LII does not simply attract the two “ types of people” one would expect: people in legal professions or people in some sort of legal trouble Instead, where the site has found its “voice” is through those who use law for an outside professional or industrial purpose

From hospitals and the police to dr y cleaners and fish companies, all sorts of

professionals frequent the site, according to Bruce and Frug

“ The professional audience that is not lawyers is just a huge factor for us, ” Bruce said “It plays into ever ything we think about from design through the tone of what gets written ”

Bruce also said it is important that people who are potentially in distress should be able to easily obtain answers to their simple legal questions “ Ver y often, the things that people must do are not necessarily the things that are in the black letter law,” Bruce said “One of the things that I think we ’ ve done not a terrific job of here because it’s the hardest job there is is to tie together what we have by way of publishable legal information with knowledge of how the process works, in a way that would actually allow people to take care of themselves ”

How

main goals of the LII remain the same, Martin said “ We tr y to be the best nonprofit portal site,” he said “You come to us for law ”

Noah Rankin

reached at nar59@cornell edu

Univ. Ramps Up Efforts to Connect With West Coast Alumni

By DANIEL COHANPOUR Sun Contributor

In response to growing demand, Cornell has begun to increase efforts to connect with its more than 29,000 alumni on the West Coast

Additionally, 13 5-percent of the Class of 2016 hails from the West Coast a 1 1percent increase from the percentage of West Coast students in the Class of 2015, according to the press release

“The timing is right and we have been working with volunteer leaders out on the West Coast for a long time in order to

The University’s West Coast presence is second only to its Northeastern presence, according to a University press release

understand what their needs are, ” said Richard Banks ’72, vice president of the Division of Alumni Affairs and Development “There are demands from them to increase programming out there We are trying to be responsive to that need ”

Banks said that, through the initiative, the University will increase the number of professionals and faculty working in California, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as British Columbia, Canada

“We’ve had people out there for a while, but we haven’t had as many, ” he said “We’ve increased the number of employees working on the West Coast in efforts to bring on permanent engagement [with West Coast residents] ”

Banks said the project has received positive responses from both alumni along the West Coast and University trustees

“They are very pleased with the fact that we are enlisting more resident professionals to work on our behalf,” he said

One specific program designed to increase the University’s presence on the West Coast is Cornell Silicon Valley, Banks said Created in 2000, CSV was developed by the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development to allow Cornellians in the San Francisco Bay Area to lend their time and expertise to Cornell by speaking at professional development and networking events to audiences of Cornell alumni and

parents

Ashley Binter ’97, associate director of CSV, said she is enthusiastic about efforts to increase Cornell’s West Coast presence

“There will be more support for the over 12,000 Cornell alumni, parents and friends in the Bay Area,” she said “The expansion is phenomenal because it will bring more visibility of the University to the Bay Area and throughout the West Coast and it will strengthen the region’s relationship with [Cornell] ”

The University has also hired full-time employees in Southern California and Seattle to help expand Cornell’s presence, Binter said

Hannah Lee ’15 of California lauded the initiative, citing the necessity of connecting with Cornellians on the West Coast

“These efforts are really wonderful,” she said “This new initiative to further bring Cornell to the West Coast is very much needed and will increase our representation

”

Banks said the expansion’s prospects seem positive thus far

“For now, the increased West Coast focus will provide avenues for furthering relations between Cornell alumni, family and friends and the institution,” Banks said

Daniel Cohanpour can be reached at dc743@cornell edu

Skorton Hopes Adidas Will Lead in ‘Rectifying ’ Problems

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“I’m really happy that President Skorton listened to students, faculty and professors after a year and a half of campaigning,” she said

In addition to ending the business contract with Adidas, Skorton also announced Friday that the University will officially become a part of the Designated Suppliers Program

The program administered by an independent labor rights monitoring organization, the Workers Rights Consortium requires University licensees to buy apparel from supplier factories that are “in compliance with their obligation to respect the rights of their employees,” DSP’s website states

The program also requires colleges that participate to ensure that the companies that design their apparel do so in factories that pay a “living wage ” and “maintain long-term relationships with suppliers” according to DSP’s website

“The University has been a leader in advocating for worker rights and we see this as a significant step in eliminating sweatshop conditions from collegiate supply chains,” Skorton said in a University press release

As far as is known, Cornell is the second university to officially join DSP, Li said Rutgers University, the first school to join DSP, became a member of the group a few months ago

Cornell expressed its support for DSP’s principles in 2006, but did not officially join the organization because it was “fraught with logistical and legal programs, ” according to Mike Powers, licensing director of University Communications and chair of the LOC

It was not until December 2011 that the U S

Department of Justice announced that it had reviewed the program and found that there were no antitrust issues with the program That is when joining the program became a viable plan for Cornell, Powers said

Cornell’s contract with Adidas was a licensing contract, which gave the company the right to produce and sell apparel that bore the University logo in retail stores and online But the effects of the University severing ties with Adidas may not be visible on campus, since no Adidas products are currently being sold at the Cornell store, according to Patricia Ann Wynn, director of the Cornell Store

Wynn said that, at the Cornell Store, “ we fully support the decision [to sever ties with Adidas] ”

For many years, we have worked closely with the University and student groups on these issues,” she added

The end of Cornell’s relationship with Adidas will also not have an economic impact on Cornell, Powers said, adding, “it won ’ t cost the University anything but it does call attention to [Adidas’] stance on the severance issue and their refusal to budge on it ”

Li said that, as of Sunday evening, there has been no response from Adidas

Among brands that are sold in the Cornell Store ––including Russell Athletic, Under Armour, Champion and Nike –– Russell Athletic and Nike have been accused of similar labor rights violations in the past, according to Powers

The University announced that it was ending its contract with Russell Athletic in February 2009, when the company abruptly closed its Honduran factory reportedly because its workers attempted to unionize In November of that year, however, Russell announced that it would begin

complying with the University’s labor standards and rehire the 1,200 workers it fired, according to a University press release

Cornell later re-signed the Russell contract Since then, the company has been one of the University’s prominent business partners, according to Powers

“We like to reward [Russell] with even more business due to the way they’re doing things now, ” Powers said He said the Cornell Store now buys clothing from Russell Athletics to sell on campus

Similarly, in 2010, the University threatened not to renew its contract with Nike when it failed to pay severance to workers in its shut down Honduran factories When Nike paid its fired employees, the University renewed that contract as well

To reach an agreement with Adidas, Cornell must communicate and negotitate with the company, Powers said

“It’s going to require an incredible amount of cooperation between the licensees and the [University],” Powers said “Universities have to acknowledge the business realities that the companies face and the companies have to have to acknowledge our goals in a worker rights’ agreement ”

Skorton said he hopes cutting Cornell’s contract with Adidas will serve as a sign to the company that it must change its ways and take responsibility for its workers

“We sincerely hope Adidas, as an industry leader, will acknowledge this need and assume a leadership role in rectifying the problems,” Skorton said in his letter “When that happens, we will be happy to consider re-establishing our relationship ”

Sarah Sassoon can be reached at ssassoon@cornellsun com

Human Ecolog y Bldg. Is First Platinum LEED Rating for C.U.

SUSTAINABILITY Continued from page 1

tures that are reflected in its platinum LEED rating

The building was made from materials that serve to improve the indoor air quality for its occupants Its glass facade allows for “daylight har vesting” to absorb

natural light to be used in place of electricity, according to Whang Additionally, Whang said recycling was a priority during the building’s construction, as more

than 1,050 tons of waste from construction were diverted from disposal in landfills through recycling and reuse

“We have diverted 75 percent of on-site generated construction waste from landfill, 33 percent of total building materials content have been manufactured using recycled materials and 23 percent of the materials have been produced within 500 miles of the site,” he said

Ted Boscia, assistant director of communications at the human ecology college, said the building will soon install a feature to help keep track of the building’s energy usage

“One exciting feature is the real-time system for monitoring the building’s energy use that will soon be connected to an online dashboard accessible to all,” Boscia said “It has great potential to be used by building occupants to attempt to lower their energy use and by professors and students in facilities design and management to study the building’s efficiency ”

The human ecology college has attained high LEED certifications in the past Among its other LEED-certified projects is its renovations of the east wing of Mar tha Van Rensselaer Hall, which earned a LEED Gold certification earlier this year, according to a University press release

Boscia said the college remains committed to sustainability Its

floor-by-floor overhaul of MVR, scheduled for completion in 2015, is targeting another LEED Gold cer tification, according to a University press release

According to Moore, the University is committed to constructing more environmentallyfriendly buildings on campus in the future The Green Building Oversight Committee –– which works to achieve the University’s green building standards –– has drafted requirements that require all construction projects costing more than $5 million to attain at least a silver LEED certification

“These projects must achieve a minimum 30-percent energy savings compared to the baseline established by the national standard for energy-efficient buildings,” Moore said

Whang echoed Moore’s sentiments, expressing hope that the University will continue to focus on sustainable design “ This is our first LEED Platinum certified building, but it will not be our last,” he said in a University press release “Cornell's commitment to sustainability extends to every level of leadership at the University This platinum rating is the culmination of planning and effort by people all across campus who have been committed to this outcome for many years ”

Yidan Xu can be reached at yx265@cornell edu

Mother of Desdunes ’13 Files for Cornell Evidence in Civil Suit

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any correspondence between the University and the fraternity about hazing

Marie Lourdes Andre, Desdunes’ mother, is suing the national SAE fraternity and at least 15 former brothers, seeking at least $25 million in damages Her son died on Feb 25, 2011, after a fraternity hazing ritual an incident that Andre says exemplifies a broader culture of recklessness at SAE

Although Andre says that Cornell’s records could provide proof of a hazardous environment at SAE, they may not see the light of day Asking Judge Karen Rothenberg to “quash” the subpoena, the defendants in the case have insisted that the requested documents are immaterial to the case and cannot be released under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law that protects students’ educational records

“[Andre’s] counsel entirely ignores the limitations to be placed on the subpoena under [FERPA],” Dara Rosenbaum, the lawyer of a former SAE member, stated in court documents filed this summer The “disclosure would constitute a violation of [the defendant’s] rights and must be prevented ”

William Friedlander, Andre’s lawyer, disagrees “Contrary to the portrait painted in defendant’s motion, the subpoena does not seek unqualified access to individual students’ educational records, but only information relevant to the conditions and circumstances surrounding and leading to George’s death,” Friedlander said in recently submitted court documents

The disagreement over the disclosure of Cornell’s records has emerged as a key source of contention in the civil lawsuit Three former SAE pledges were acquitted in a separate, criminal trial in June

Familiar by now to close observers of the litigation over Desdunes’ death is the disagreement over what happened on that February night more than a year ago

Andre holds that the death of her son was the “direct and proximate result of the defendants negligence She emphasizes that Desdunes was forced to consume vodka and pixie stix after he was blindfolded and bound with zip ties

The defendants, meanwhile, have maintained that Desdunes was an eager participant in the binge drinking

that preceded his death, adding that he had been seen drinking prior to the hazing ritual They hold that Judge Judith Rossiter J D ’86, who oversaw the criminal case, put to rest the claim that the pledges were responsible for Desdunes’ death

“The court determined, without reservation or equivocation, that these young men are innocent They did not haze George Desdunes or cause his death,” Ray Schlather J D ’76, the attorney for defendant Max Haskin ’14, told The Sun in June

lawyers in June, outlining why it plans on honoring Andre’s request

“Cornell, as custodian, is obligated to comply with a lawfully issued subpoena and I am aware of no defects in this subpoena,” the letter, by Associate University Counsel Valerie Dorn, states

Still, Dorn adds that, in response to the defendants’ concerns, Cornell will “thoroughly review the records and redact privileged, confidential, nonresponsive information ”

But Dorn’s guarantee is not enough to ensure that the reputations of the defendants will not be indelibly scarred by Cornell’s records, their lawyers say Their argument fits a consistent narrative put forth by the lawyers for the pledges and former SAE brothers since Andre’s lawsuit was announced: that the brothers have been wrongly scapegoated by both the media and the University for a death they did not cause

“This request seeks information that is directly related to defendant SAE’s knowledge of the extreme and dangerous ... hazing.”

But the fight over the Cornell records marks a new battleground not addressed in the criminal trial: How systemic was hazing at SAE? How much did the national SAE chapter know about prior alleged transgressions? And did the leadership of the SAE chapter have reason to believe, prior to Desdunes’ death, that the chapter’s members could be at risk?

In making their cases over the confidential Cornell documents, both sides show much of how they plan to construct their arguments responding to these questions

Noting that several clauses in the subpoena limit its scope to records relevant to “the cause and circumstances of the death of George Desdunes,” Andre’s lawyer says the request is of direct relevance to the case

“Contrary to [the] defendant’s motion, the subpoena is not a ‘fishing expedition ’ Indeed, the specific request to which [the defendant] applies such an inappropriate phrase is the correspondence between Cornell and SAE, a defendant in this action, concerning allegations of hazing,” Friedlander says in his motion to advance the subpoena

“This request seeks information that is directly related to defendant SAE’s knowledge of the extreme and dangerous in fact, deadly hazing” that SAE members were involved in Friedlander’s argument appears to be buttressed by a letter sent from the University to one of the defendant’s

The subpoena would lead to “Cornell University’s production of irrelevant, personal information about [the defendant that] would cause undue embarrassment, undue hardship and undue prejudice,” Rosenbaum says in one of her filed statements

While the contents of the documents remain to be seen, they could provide a trove of new information regarding the practices of SAE

The subpoena also requests that Cornell hand over all “training or instructional materials provided or made available to SAE concerning hazing, risk-management, student initiation requirements, fraternity house safety and the provision, use or misuse of alcohol,” as well as all “ notes of meetings attended by University personnel and any representative of SAE concerning hazing ”

And not all the requested documents are about SAE’s past

A separate part of the subpoena, for example, asks for all “photographs or videotapes or the like showing Desdunes, any member of SAE or any pledge of SAE entering or leaving Cornell University Campus Townhouse Apartment B3 or the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter house between 1 a m and 7 a m including those recorded from security cameras ”

Jeff Stein can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

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hold themselves to such a standard It is commendable that The Sun does I see my role as the new Public Editor to ser ve as a reader’s advocate, to raise and voice concerns on behalf of the readership and to help the Sun be more responsive to these concerns I, like all of you reading this, want to see The Sun continue to build on its success both as a newspaper and as a multimedia web presence I highly

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w i t h your thoughts With introductions out of the way, I’d like to discuss a few issues that have come up this year:

USE OF THE WORD “ALLEGEDLY ”

“Allegedly” is probably the wrong word to refer to a report regarding a crime victim The Sun’s coverage of the recent reported rape on campus r a n w i t h t h e h e

Cornell Police email used the term “ rape reported ” Whatever the real meaning or equivalence between the two terms may be, the online commentators to the article raise a valid and important point “allegedly” in a newspaper article about crime is more appropriately used to refer to the perpetrator and not the victim “Allegedly” is also unnecessarily and inappropriately incredulous given the circumstances Using words such as

“reported” accomplish the same pur-

crime alerts arrive The next time we receive a crime alert email and The Sun reports on the reported crime, the headline should reflect this sensitive distinction

ON BYLINE ACCURACY

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address and author name correct is important to the contributors A Cornell email address is easy to unnoticeably mistype when faced with a pressing deadline, but this detail is important for reader feedback to be heard A missing or incorrect character in a name or email means the

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KUDOS ON QUOTE CHECKING

The Sun recently enacted a policy generally requiring reporters to email quotes from inter views to the interviewee for confirmation prior to publication Misquoting someone in a printed edition of a newspaper read by so many is potentially a major embarrassment for both the misquoted inter viewee and The Sun Further, a later correction only partially rectifies the mistake This policy change to prevent such mishaps from going to print at all is a good step towards increasing the professionalism of the newspaper Good work

I encourage you to share comments and concerns about the Sun by emailing me at public-editor@cornellsun com I also appreciate any feedback now or in the future on how I’m fulfilling my role and what else you would like to see from your Public Editor I look for ward to a good year

CORRECTION

A news story Friday, “As Living Costs Soar, New Contract Gives Cornell Staff At Least 3-Percent Raise,” incorrectly stated that a majority of Cornell employees belong to UAW Local 2300 In fact, the majority of Cornell's unionized employees belong to the union

Come On, Mitt ... Seriously?

Thanks to Labor Day, and its celebration of moneygrubbing union goons, it has been a month since I last was able to write Plain Hokum

In looking back on the last month, I thought now might be a good time to finally reflect on the name of my column “Plain Hokum” comes from a Harry Truman quote that I am particularly fond of

I am sure most of my readers are familiar with a large swath of President Truman’s most famous quotes, but for those few of you who are largely unacquainted with our 33rd President, I will provide the full context: “It's plain hokum

If you can ’ t convince ’ em, confuse ’ em It’s an old political trick But this time it won ’ t work ”

For those of you not conversant in the vernacular of the day, “hokum” pretty much means “garbage” or “bull excrement ”

Over the past month there has been an almost absurd amount of hokum being thrown around, and the GOP candidate, as well as his running mate, are doing their absolute best to make Harry’s quote as relevant as possible The past month proves that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are actually attempting to “confuse ’ em ” all the way to the White House

I will star t at the GOP convention, specifically Congressman Ryan’s speech In the speech, Ryan argued that the stimulus was a complete waste of government funds, the greatest threat to Medicare was a second Obama administration, the President was solely responsible for the failure of t h e B ow l e s - Si m p s o n p

President failed to keep open a GM plant he promised to save four years ago

The truth, in order:

Ryan is the architect of a plan to end Medicare as we know it and turn it into a voucher program where seniors

are given money to buy private insurance on a private market

Ryan also sat on the Bowles-Simpson committee and voted against the eventual proposal

The GM plant Ryan admonished the President for failing to save closed while President Bush was in office In response to the announcement that the plant would close, Ryan showed his free-market, small-government conservative principles by quickly voting for a federal bailout of the auto industry in response to the plant closing

It was a marathon of misdirection by the Vice Presidential nominee, a

Noah Karr-Kaitin Plain Hokum

Congressman Ryan lied about posting during a radio inter view a week after the convention Fo l l ow i n g Ry a n ’ s speech was the man himself Governor Mitt

Romney There was one particular line that struck me in his speech

Romney looked out over the convention and proclaimed, “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet,” pausing as the room broke out in laughter, then he delivered the punch line, “My promise is to help you and your family ”

I sat back in my chair, looked at my friend Adam, and as if Romney was standing before me said to the T V “Come on, Mitt seriously?”

2012 has been the hottest year on record, each of the past 15 months has seen above-average temperatures something that has never happened before and nine of the 10 hottest years on record have all happened in the past decade

In light of all this, the official position of the Republican nominee for President is that dealing with climate change is at odds with “help[ing] you and your family ”

Ugh

That about takes us up to the last week

The past week has seen the Muslim world up in arms in protest of a film depicting Muhammad in an incredibly disrespectful way

In response to the film, radicals stormed the U S embassy in Egypt and a consulate in Libya Before the actual attacks began, and without approval from the Obama administration, an embassy worker tweeted a statement condemning the film As an angry crowd gathered outside the embassy, one can hardly blame the worker for attempting to placate the crowd, but even in doing so the worker paid homage to the “universal right to free speech” of Americans condemning the film but not the right of the filmmaker to produce it

As the dust settled and word came back that four Americans had lost their lives in the attack in Libya, Mitt Romney and the GOP establishment shamelessly pounced Romney released a statement condemning the Obama Administration’s “sympathiz[ing] with those who waged the attacks ”

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter ordered a secret military operation in an attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis

The mission failed, and resulted in the deaths of eight Americans When faced with the opportunity to attack Carter, the Republican candidate for President at the time, Ronald Reagan, issued the following statement:

“This is the time for us as a nation and a people to stand united

The difference in the two candidate’s statements highlights the frighteningly radical nature of the Romney campaign It used to be there were no politics to be had when Americans were under attack abroad But given Romney s behavior over the past few weeks, what else could we have expected?

Governor Mitt Romney used to be considered a sometimes overly-careful, technocratic, moderate Republican

Over the past few weeks, we have been given the opportunity to see who candidate Mitt Romney is He’s a man who will say anything to get elected, regardless of how true or appropriate it is

Perhaps Romney’s pollster Neil Newhouse summed up his campaign’s ethos best when he remarked that they are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers ” Sadly enough, that might be the most honest assertion the GOP nominee’s campaign has made so far

Noah Karr-Kaitin is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He may be reached at nkarrkaitin@cornellsun com Plain Hokum appears alternate Mondays this semester

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Das Politically Correct

BY JAMES RAINIS Sun Senior Editor

First, a polite suggestion to the planners involved in the construction of Ithaca College: Next time you build a college campus, don t: 1 Reuse names for different buildings, as nobody is going to find a place called “Emerson Suites” if the little square labeled “Emerson” on the Campus Map is not it 2 Build a campus without any sort of gridded construction or suitable built-in guideline to help newcomers out; it’s unfriendly to anyone without an education in the finer points of Cartography and Navigation, two fields that have long been forced into uselessness thanks to satellites and iPhones Seriously guys build something that is both aesthetically pleasing AND functional Now, back to your regular programming

After negotiating the uninviting terrain of Ithaca College and finally discovering the apparently clandestine location of Emerson Suites, I arrived just in time to wait The Das Racist concert was running late, which was a surprise to nobody familiar with the goofy, reference-saturated rap this Queens trio Himanshu “Heems” Suri, Victor “Kool A D ” Vazquez and hypeman Ashok “Dapwell Kondabolu peddles In fact, thorough investigations of the band’s lyrics reveal a staggering lack of themes relating to punctuality

I’m not sure what, seemed disingenuous here (probably the part where the cops took his hypeman’s lighter away)

The opener served as a reminder of why Das Racist is so vital and refreshing in modern hip-hop: The three provide comic relief to all those overly serious, earnest-sounding rappers who act as if they are already their Patron-swilling heroes, with beat selection as vanilla (think sampling Young Money beats) as possible Everything about Heems, Kool A D and Dapwell seemed tossed-off, whether it was the projector showing 1980s footage of New York subways that

When the doors finally opened, the crowd was forced to eat its vegetables: a local rapper guilty of the rarely committed sin of not self-promoting enough for me to ever catch his name Donning sunglasses and accompanied by way too many hypemen, he did little to win over the audience (best insult: “That’s not Das Racist! Das Politically Correct!”), despite his reassurances that he was here to drink, party and do what he wanted Something about the last part,

served as their set, Heems strumming his microphone along to guitar samples or the ridiculous “Slayer!” chants they led It all seemed like one big inside joke Luckily, they’re fairly friendly about letting you in on it

While they were undoubtedly out of it (take a guess), they got the crowd excited enough to throw up devil horns and delivered performances that lost none of the tongue-in-cheek

charm of the original recordings “Who’s That? Brooown!” opened the proceedings, a not-so-subtle meditation on race, but not really, because it really is just a launching pad for a great joke about the UPS slogan The busy, Bollywoodsoundtrack sampling “Michael Jackson” incited a damned mosh pit, with fists and voices rising to the nonsensical mantra, “Michael Jackson! A million dollars! You feel me?” Closer Rainbow in the Dark” is the group ’ s best song, highlighting Heems’ and Kool A D ’ s jocular interplay, verbal dexterity and ability to cram dozens of quotables (“The Internet told me that that s called love; I m on the Internet ‘ cause I’m an Internet thug”) into just 16 bars at a time Crowd members joined in on their favorite references and even bit on a false stop

After a bizarre vocal sample, the band awkwardly abandoned the stage, never to return

Thus we encountered that ever-pertinent issue: the one where the band doesn’t play its hit song

While the crowd broke into an impromptu rendition of the trio’s cult-building “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,” Das Racist did not Back in 2010, they pulled this same stunt on Appel Commons, much to the dismay of Cornell’s surprisingly numerous alt-rap fans

Perhaps, after all the over-intellectualization (one Pitchfork writer described it as “Harold and Kumar existentialism”) of what is undeniably just a joke track, Heems and company are just tired of it Or maybe, after killing it for 40 minutes, they had just plain run out of steam Regardless, it left the show without a clear climax Rather than bringing down the house with “Combination,” the show ended like the most awkward of sexual encounters: quickly and wordlessly Given Das Racist’s sense of humor, though, I’m sure it was intentional

S a t u rd a y N i g h t a C a p p e l l a F e v e r

BY NATALIA FALLAS Sun Staff Writer

Bailey Hall was all abuzz Saturday night for the Sixth Annual a Cappella United concer t Featuring all the 12 prominent a cappella groups on campus and donating a l l p r o c e e d s t o t h e Un i t e d Wa y o f Tompkins County, the concer t attracted students and parents alike to cheer on friends, their favorite groups or to just enjoy their favorite top 40 hits in one place Surely, some even came to check off #94 on the 161 Things list: go to an a cappella concer t And what better way to check it off the list than going to A Cappella United? Not only are you enjoying some of Cornell’s finest singing some great songs, but you are also ser vicing the greater community Knowing that, there’s a warm feeling that stirs up inside or it could be all of those shots from your pregame Yes, it is customar y to find a sle w of inebriated students at an a cappella concer t; they are easy to locate They cheer their friends the loudest or sometimes believe that they are par t of the show and dance and sing along in their seats One way or another, you ’ re bound to be entertained But let’s get back to the per formances of the night Hearsay, The Class Notes, Last Call, The Key Elements, The Hangovers, The Chordials and Nothing But Treble all comprised Act One Hearsay star ted off the concer t with Jet’s rocking staple “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” followed by a

slower song to finish the set The Class Notes definitely brought class Their vocals all coalesced together smoothly and their lead vocalist was flawless on Jason Mraz’s “I Won’t Give Up ” Last Call brought the energy and enter tainment with “Stereo

He a r t s ” a n d K e e p Yo u r H a n d s To Yourself ” Even with a slip-up on “Stereo Hear ts, ” the group prevailed and pulled off a lively and fantastic set, leaving the stage with hear ty applause and whistles Another crowd favorite was The Hangovers original “ You Got a C” to the tune of “Under the Sea ” It is cer tainly an experience that most students can relate to, and a Disney tune pleases the kid in all of us childhood memories with a side of self-deprecation proved a winning combo

Then, the Chordials came on with a luke warm take on “ The Cave ” They captured the crowd with their following song, led by an amazing per formance by their second soloist who sang beautifully with so much soul The closing of Act One with Nothing but Treble was also lackluster Their rendition of Hear t ’ s “Alone” was great, but their added vocalist during the chor us detracted from the overall song instead of enhancing it Yet overall, Act One was made up of several solid per formances, keeping the excitement high for the second act

Unfor tunately, Act Two failed to deliver on that level Act Two was made up of g

Absolute, CallbaXX and Cayuga’s Waiters

Both After Eight and The Touchtones

str uggled with one of the songs in their sets but still managed to bring it together

Monica’s “Angel of Mine” and lacked

shared by the groups The CallbaXX ’ s version of Sara Bareilles’ Gonna Get Over You” was commendable, except the mic was a little too close during the high notes The pitch was just a little too loud for comfor t, hur ting some listeners’ ears And lastly, Cayuga’s Waiters closed the show with two of its own songs, including a wonder ful rendition of Dave Matthe ws ’ “Grey Street ” Their vocals and charisma helped end the show on a high note once more

Even with a fe w mishaps here and there, all of the groups per forming did an excellent job bringing relevant music to a ne w light Their impressive talents in beat-boxing and creating the music themselves on stage without instr uments also deser ves its

own praise It cannot be easy to create the background music just right, as they do, that makes one feel as if he or she is listening to the original song It is also equally impressive that the groups were able to include their ne west members as well, considering the shor t time period from auditions to this first, all-out per formance Ner ves were cer tainly present, but never did a group look completely out of its element In other words, if you didn’t make it to A Cappella United this year, I would definitely suggest not missing out again next year Ever yone needs to find that one Cornell a cappella group to follow and root for Oh, and don’t forget: You come for the music and stay for the hilarious antics of fellow audience audience members

Natalia Fallas is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be contacted at nfallas@cor-

Bringing Down The House: Tia Fuller and Her Angelic Warriors

BY TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

Tia Fuller brings it all to the table As a composer, bandleader, teacher and touring member of Beyoncé’s all-female band, the Colorado-born saxophonist wears many hats Drawing on her experiences growing up in a musical household, Fuller shared the stage for the first time in a revamped quartet with her sister and pianist Shamie Royston, bassist Mimi Jones and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington Feel free to take a walk down the gender road if you like, but you’ll have to do it alone I’d rather step off that beaten way and just listen, for in the swelter of the moment their bodies were catalysts for a spontaneity blind to such things For this kickoff to the Cornell Concert Series 2012-13 season, Fuller and company wore this energy like a smile: that is to say, beamingly

Our leader took to the stage with soprano slung forward, following its inertia into the deep end of Angelic Warrior,” the title cut off her new joint (due out Sept 25 on Mack Avenue) Sporting a pair of high heels with enough sparkle to make Dorothy jealous, she and her robust tone cut through

the grime of a tiring week with the power of dawn This prime groove found Royston flying, while Jones rocked the house like a cradle on fire over comparably blazing timekeeping from Carrington The latter proved to be a shining star of the set A protégé of Jack DeJohnette and legend in her own right, Carrington carries a style that is palpable, organic and rich with color She was her own 5-hour Energy, finding all the room she needed to bring her solos to bear across every tune (a rarity in some jazz settings, which only swing the spotlight a drummer’s way for the finale) The same went for all in what amounted to a truly democratic sound

Ever the acrobat, Fuller switched over to her mainstay alto for “Descend to Barbados ” Here Royston’s pianism cascaded like the waters of the song ’ s namesake, leaving Jones to wring out an ocean ’ s worth of intimacy, heavy as the sky at midnight Waters of a different kind reflected Fuller’s selflessness in “Katrina’s Prayer,” drawing us into a prayerful mood before “Ebb and Flow” brought on a catharsis in funk If Jones’ syncopations were life in all its obstacles, then Royston (here tripping the keys electric) and Fuller showed us perseverance in spite of inertia Combining the polish of a studio session with the raw immediacy of the most in-your-face

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Instrumentalists, we may concede, are storytellers whose challenge is to draw connections between themselves and listeners in the absence of words Yet these four formidable fashionistas had plenty of key words to share in their celebration of honor, of life and of the divine in all of us It was also a celebration of family, a point brought home as Tia welcomed her father Fred Fuller to the stage The bassist brought a fluid sound to bear on his “Watergate Blues,” putting a timely cap on an evening brimming with rhythm and soul There was not one pretentious star to be found in its galaxy, but only endearing music making, straight from their hearts to ours The old with the new, the light with the shadow, the meek with the strong: These the angelic warrior embodies to the fullest, recognizing that creation is never one-sided It was a message to carry forth as we wandered back into the world, leaving not just on a high note, but also on high

Tyran Grillo is a graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun com

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Hope for New Season

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“It really showed the character that we have,” Miller said about the game “In the first game of the season, we ’ re going to have a bunch of mistakes and I think the fact that we were able to buckle down and overcome them really showed the type of character the team has ”

“I think just the fact that the game went to six overtimes and we came out on top shows how hard we were willing to work and shows the commitment we have to winning,” said senior captain and defensive lineman Will Edmonds “ There were a lot of things that we didn’t do right, but our heads and our hearts were in the game which is a really good sign ”

The game took both a physical and emotional toll on the players, as there was pressure on ever y single play in the six overtimes

“ There were a few times in the overtimes where neither team scored any points,” said senior captain and wide receiver Abe Mellinger “ That was probably the most stressful just because at that point, we knew we just needed a field goal to win and when we didn’t score any points, we knew they only needed a field goal ”

Another huge factor in the game was the weather; the rainy conditions made life more difficult on the offensive side of the ball for both team

"The rain [made the game] ver y difficult, especially because we rely on passing the ball,” Mellinger said “ We were having trouble making connections; the ball was ver y, ver y slick and until the rain ebbed at the end, both teams had a lot of trouble getting stuff going, so it was a ver y defensive game for sure ”

“For the defense, [the rain] didn’t affect us as much, since we didn’t really have to carr y the ball,” Edmonds said “In a sense, it helped us; we forced two fumbles, we recovered one and we had three interceptions The rain was an asset to us; we didn’t let it affect us [negatively] at all ”

Despite the rain making things difficult, the offense came up with some big plays, especially by Mellinger He caught a 24-yard pass to set up the 1-yard touchdown run by Miller in the last overtime

“I didn’t even know what happened; I thought it was intercepted at first He actually ended up catching it one-handed,” Miller said of the catch “He caught it, rolled to the ground, and the Penn defender

“The rain [made the game] very difficult, especially because we rely on passing ”

was holding on [to it as well], but we [still had control] I threw the ball behind him a little and it wasn ’ t my best throw, but he has a knack for making big plays Mellinger’s certainly a ver y valuable asset to have and makes me look a lot better ”

Although he finished with 8 catches for 102 yards and two touchdowns, Mellinger was not pleased with his performance before the overtimes started

“I had a terrible game and was ver y frustrated for most of the game, ” Mellinger explained “I think before the last drive, I only had one or two catches and had quite a few drops I was tr ying to get my head in the right place so I took my gloves off, relaxed a little bit and things started happening We made quite a few connections [in overtime] and I knew Miller was working hard and he knew what we needed to do He ran the ball a lot, and [overall] had a ver y, ver y good game and I was just finishing the job on my end ”

The offensive line and running backs also had great games, allowing the passing game to perform “ The offensive line was tremendous,” Miller praised “ Towards the end of the game, when Penn started bringing eight guys – we usually only have six in protection – we were able to still get enough time despite the eight rushers I was really impressed by the way the offensive line played and they’re a solid group of guys and ver y trustworthy ”

I’m giving a lot of credit to the offensive line for lasting that long,” Mellinger praised ”We ran the ball a lot and the offensive line did phenomenal [sophomore lineman] Bennett Winters did really well, played center most of the game, and [sophomore lineman] Nico Neugebauer also played well As a core, all five of them really did well

“[As for] the running backs, [junior running back] Nick Perez and [freshman r unning back] Ben Herrera ran the ball really well [Sophomore running back] Jake Michaels did ver y well in blocking he was picking up a lot of pressure off the outside and the middle, and gave Miller the extra time to get the ball out there ”

On the other side of the ball, the entire defense played well as a unit and was able to partially contain Penn star wide receiver Whit Shaw, who pulled in 6 catches for 115 yards

“On the defensive side, it was an all-around effort, there was no one key player,” Edmonds said “ When the big plays happened, it was because ever ybody did their job and ever ybody did it to the best of their ability Going through six overtimes is definitely a team effort ”

Although the Red was glad to win its season opener, it knows that there are many things to improve on

“ We really executed well, but we have so much to improve upon, especially with consistency; we need to stop dropping passes, messing up formations, and just run what we need to run, ” Mellinger assessed

Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun com

Red Ready for Bigger, Better Game Play

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left hand in the game suffered an injur y on third down

“Our center went out the play before,” Austin said “ We were going to go for it, but then I thought, at a critical play at that time with a brand new center, it [was] too risky Tr ying to get [10] yards to get a first down I just didn t want to risk it I thought we’d punt it deep and tr y to play defense ”

The Red defense couldn’t execute Austin’s plan, however, as it didn’t have an answer for Koonce

The agile tailback ran seven consecutive times for 56 yards and, aided by a couple of personal foul penalties, essentially iced the game with 54 seconds left on a 10-yard jolt into the end zone, wrapping up his 31-carr y, 176-yard, two-score game

Cornell then moved the ball downfield like it had all game, but it took too long By the time

Mathews found junior receiver Grant Gellatly for a neat 19-yard over-the-shoulder touchdown, the clock had expired, establishing the final score, a 3427 Fordham victor y

Even though Gellatly’s score was in vain, the converted tailback had a phenomenal debut at receiver, racking up 181 yards on 10 receptions after recording 106 and eight, respectively, in the 2011 season-ending win over Penn He displayed

his running back skills by routinely shedding tacklers and finding his way to the first down marker, j

Ondash (10 catches, 92 yards) as a trio of Red passcatchers who each tallied double-digit receptions

“ We knew at the end of last year that Grant was going to be a really productive player for us, ” Austin said “He’s got some explosiveness and some quickness that we ’ re lacking at times And [he has] the ability to do things in traffic and he’s got great hands and the ability to get up-field He’ll be a great weapon for us this year ”

With Yale set to visit Ithaca on Saturday at 1 p m

Homecoming contest and its first League battle, the Red is already tr ying to get the tough defeat out of its rear-view mirror

“[ The second half ] was really disappointing but it s kind of like a measuring stick for us, Laird said “ We came out and just saw where we were as a team The effort [and] the intensity is all there

” “ We’re not going to dwell on this,” Tasker added “ We made some plays that made it look like we hadn’t played a game yet We need to come out there this week and have three great practices and get ready to play because we ’ re excited ”

Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun com

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Austin said “ When you play freshmen corners, they’re going to get picked on a little bit And he needs to grow, like all of our players ”

After conver ting three third downs, Mathe ws tossed a 13yard touchdown to Jesse Heon, the junior wide receiver’s second career catch, with 2:44 to play in the half On the ensuing drive, Hernande z smacked Koonce for a big loss on third-and-2, forcing a punt and sending the visitors to the locker room with a 7-6 lead despite Tasker’s cough-up and a missed 27-yard field goal attempt from junior kicker John Wells

Cornell junior safety Kevin Laird recorded the first interception of his career on a

Hi g g i n s t h r o w i n t o triple coverage on the first play of the second half, but the Rams forced the Red into a three-and-out The

n e x t t i m e M a t h e w s g o t h i s hands on the ball, though, he completed five-of-six passes and marched the team on an eightplay, 78-yard drive, culminating with the signal caller’s four th career r ushing touchdown on a one-yard push midway through the third quar ter The lead gre w t o 1 4 - 6 , b u t Fo r d h a m s o o n broke through and wore down the Cornell defense with several big plays, which haunted the Red unit all of last season

On second down of the next drive, Ram senior receiver Brian

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C.U. Has Strong Showing

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer

The season is now in full swing for the men ’ s and women ’ s cross countr y teams Over the weekend, both teams scored a perfect 15 points en route to victories at t h e Ye l l ow j a c k e t In v i t a t i o n a l a t t h e University of Rochester

The men ’ s team competed in a field of 24 teams, where the Red took eight of the top ten places in the race including the top five The women ’ s team competed in a field of 23 teams, and took the top nine places

Women’s cross countr y coach Ar tie Smith ’96 said that the number and quality of competing schools were good for the Red’s competitive nature

“It was a competitive field,” he said “It was great to see that we were able to take the top nine places in the race against some of the top Division 3 schools in the countr y ”

Men’s cross countr y coach Zeb Lang ’03 was pleased with his team ’ s use of its packrunning strategy to win the overall meet

“ The Red executed its pack-running strategy to perfection and ran together until the final 150 meters, ” he said “A sprint to the finish line ensued to protect the perfect score from the eventual sixthplace finisher from a different school ”

In the 8K race, the Red was once again led by sophomore Ben Potts, completing the race in a time of 25:08 6 Potts has now won his second race to start off the season

Rounding out the top five were senior Ni c k Wa d e ( 2 5 : 0 9 1 ) , j u n i o r A n d re w

Herring (25:10 8), junior Max Groves ( 2 5 : 1 1 0 ) , a n d s e n i o r Ad a m Tro f a (25:11 2)

Smith spoke about how his runners used the race to tr y out new running strategies, and was pleased with the results “I was ver y pleased with how it played out, ” he said “It was how people competed One of the goals was to finish the race a lot better than we started People used the meet to tr y out some new strategies in the race I thought it played out really well ”

Junior Rachel Sorna was the stand out competitor for the women ’ s team, winning the 6K course in a time of 20:47 3 According to Smith, it was Sorna’s first collegiate victor y

“It was the first time [Rachel Sorna] won a collegiate race, he said “I was ver y pleased with how she raced She tried out some new strategies in the race and she did ver y well ”

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n e r (20:51 3), junior Emmy Shearer (21:02 4), junior Devin McMahon (21:05 8), and freshman Caroline Kellner (21:20 6)

The women ’ s team, taking the top nine spots, showed how many strong runners can be fielded in any race Smith pointed to the Red’s depth as being one of its biggest strengths

“I’m ver y pleased with our depth, and how dedicated our runners have been so far ”

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun

Toward Homecoming Against Yale Bulldogs

ondar y and Higgins delivered a fine rainbow pass that went for 63 yards to the Cornell 15-yard line Koonce burst up the right sideline to score on the next play, although the Red maint a i n e d i t s l e a d , 1 4 - 1 2 , w h e n Laird picked off the two-point conversion

“ We str uggled a little bit in t h e s e c o n d h a l f s t o p p i n g t h e

r un, ” Austin said “ We gave up big plays again [ The defense] did get us turnovers that was a real positive I thought that [we] played well in the first half and kept [Fordham] out of the end zone But [we] just didn’t hold up in the second half ” Cornell couldn’t catch a break on its next possession when the

three first downs and appeared on its way to wrestling back the advantage, but a false star t and a sack of Mathe ws stalled the drive a n d We l l s ’ 5 0 - y a rd f i e l d g o a l attempt fell well shor t Cornell c o n v e r t e d o n l y o n e - o f - s e v e n third downs after halftime while the Rams succeeded on five-ofsix

“ We didn’t do a great job on third downs,” Tasker said “ They were giving us man coverage for the majority of our downs, but third downs especially We needed to be better at beating their man coverage Even some of the s

That’s something we ’ re going to have to work on for next week ”

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stuffed Koonce on

referees initially called pass inter-

f e r e n c e o n t h i r d - a n d - 1 0 b u t then determined the Mathe wsto-Tasker attempt uncatchable

The Red punted, and on thirdand-8 for the Rams, the Cornell defensive line flushed Higgins out of the pocket and barely missed a sack as the QB’s desperation throw landed in Wetzel’s arms for a 14-yard gain to the

C o r n e l l 3 8 Tw o p l a y s l a t e r, Hi g g i n s h i t f re s h m a n re c e i ve r Sam Ajala for a 35-yard touchdown over the middle and a two-point conversion that handed Fordham back the lead, 2014, with 2:56 left in the quar ter

Ne x t , t h e R e d p i c k e d u p

We t z e l caught a shor t pass on thirdand-12 and soared untouched behind a parade of blockers for a 2 3 - y a r d s c

, e x t e n d i n g t h e Fordham lead, 27-14, with 12 minutes left in the game We ztel finished with eight receptions for 153 yards and the pivotal touchdown

But Cornell wouldn’t go away quietly Matthe ws again hit on five-of-six throws, including a gorgeous 40-yard loft to Tasker for a touchdown with 9:37 to play, cutting the deficit to 272 1 O n t h e f o u r t h p l a y o f Fordham’s next possession, Laird

c a m e d o w n w i t h a d e f l e c t e d Hi g g i n s p a s s f o r h i s s e c o n d i n t e r c e p t i o n o f t h e d a y, a turnover that had all of Jack Coffey Field holding its breath f o r w h a t Ma t h e w s w o u l d d o with the oppor tunity “ The interceptions were actua l l y j u s t a p r o d u c t o f t h e defense,” Laird said “[On] the second one, [sophomore linebacker] Andre w Nelson made a g r e a t b r e a k o n t h e b a l l a n d tipped it up And it just so happened to tip in my direction, so I got under it and came down with it ” Mathe ws star ted with a fouryard completion to Tasker to the

Rams 44, but Fordham junior linebacker Jake Rodriques then bull-r ushed the Ivy record-holder for a sack and 10-yard loss After Mathe ws got six of the yards back on another throw to Ta s k e r, Au s t i n c a l l e d t i m e o u t and elected to punt the ball on f o u r t h - a n d - 1 0 f r o m j u s t ov e r midfield with 4:56 remaining, par tly because senior center and o f f e n s i v e c o - c a p t a i n B o b Bullington who had already broken his right wrist during the week and was snapping with his

Spor ts

Corn ell Fall s to Fordham in S ea son O pen er

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Sen or Writer

After 10 months of waiting and anticipating, the Cornell football team ended up on the short side of its 2012 seasonopener in a classic game of inches, falling to Fordham in the Bronx, 34-27 Rams senior quarterback Ryan Higgins threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, senior running back Carlton Koonce danced and pranced his way to 176 yards and two scores on the ground and Fordham (2-1, 0-0 Patriot League) made a few more timely plays than the Red (0-1, 00 Ivy League) to get back above 500 in front of 6,087 fans Cornell junior quarterback and offensive co-captain Jeff

Mathews, the 2011 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, completed 38-of-56 passes for 489 yards and three touchdowns without much production from the Ancient Eight’s best wide receiver fifth-year senior Shane Savage, who was bothered by a lower leg injury and sat out most of the game In his last three outings, Mathews has thrown for 1,558 yards and 13 touchdowns with only one interception, but there is no need to remind third-year head coach Kent Austin

“I don’t really care what he throws for to be honest with you, ” Austin said “I just want to win the football game And that’s all [ Jeff ] cares about Jeff ’ s a great player He gives us a chance He makes me and the rest of our staff better coach-

V O L L E Y B A L L

Red Splits Two Matches At Temple Tournament

By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Writer

By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer

es ”

Despite gaining 518 yards of total offense, Mathews and company stuttered out of the gate and couldn’t quite come back at the end Senior wide receiver and special teams co-captain Luke Tasker hauled in an eight-yard reception on the first play from scrimmage but fumbled immediately afterwards when hit by Rams junior cornerback Ian Williams, leading to a 30-yard field goal from senior kicker Patrick Murray and a 3-0 lead for the hosts Tasker also fumbled the opening kickoff of last season ’ s finale at Penn, but he rebounded well in both games, finishing with 10 catches for 177 yards and a touchdown in this one

“It wasn’t my first fumble of my career, but it’s a terrible way to start”

“It’s tough,” Tasker said “It wasn ’ t the first fumble of my career, but it’s a terrible way to start your team off [on] the first play of the whole season, ” Tasker said “I let [the game] get too big I tried to make something happen after I caught that ball when the first thing on my mind should’ve been ball security But honestly it wasn ’ t me bouncing back, it was the guys telling me to keep my head up and to keep going on ”

The Red defense yielded only one more 29-yard Murray field goal to the no-huddle Ram attack in the first half that increased the lead, 6-0, following Fordham’s longest drive of 12 plays and 68 yards Hard-hitting senior linebacker and special teams co-captain Michael Hernandez laid out punishment on Fordham players four times before intermission

The young Red secondary also held its own for two quarters, including freshman cornerback Jarrod Watson-Lewis, who finished with a team-high nine tackles, broke up a long firsthalf would-be completion and drilled Higgins for Cornell’s only sack

“[Watson-Lewis] is going to be a very good player,”

G ra b s D ra m a ti c W i n

The women s volleyball team finished the final weekend before Ivy League play with a split in the Temple Tournament The Red (2-7) defeated Central Connecticut State, 3-1, Saturday morning and lost in the tournament final to Temple in straight sets Cornell begins Ivy League play next Saturday in Ne w York City against rival Columbia

hot with an 8-2 advantage and cruised to victory, 25-13, to clinch the win Saturday evening was a different story as the Red lost to the host Owls in straight sets to drop their seventh match of the season D’Epagnier had another solid performance recording one block to equal six total blocks on the day earning her the Best Blocker Award for the tournament Marble had two aces earning her the tournament ’ s Best Server Award

Red split two games in the Temple Tournament, before continuing onto Ivy League play next weekend.

Cornell begins the most important par t of its schedule next weekend as it matches up against Columbia in New York City

The Red earned its second victory on the young season early Saturday in large part to junior middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier and her team-leading 542 hitting percentage Junior captain Kelly Marble led Cornell with 16 kills, just ahead of freshman Breanna Wong’s 15

The Red won the first two sets relatively easy, but lost the third set 2523 In the fourth set, Cornell came out

The women dropped both matches against the Lions last year, but hold an impressive 46-8 advantage in the alltime series against the Ivy League foe

The Lions have fared better than the Red in the preseason posting a 5-4 record against non-conference opponents so the matchup over the weekend should be an interesting one

Scott Eckl can be reached at seckl@cornellsun com

The Cornell sprint football was willing to go to great lengths to win its season opener against Penn this past Friday, but not even the team imagined it would take a nearly two-hour rain delay, six overtimes and five total hours to get the win The Red (1-0) outlasted the Quakers

and

the captains were very proud of the