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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

C.U. Students O verestimate How Much Their Peers Abuse Alcohol , Sur vey Finds

By ERIN ELLIS Sun Staff Writer

Gannett Health Services officials expressed concern that there is a misperception that high-risk drinking is widespread at the University, citing survey results showing that Cornell students drink about as much as most college students

“There tends to be a perception that high-risk drinking is widespread at Cornell, but the majority of students are not drinking or tend to drink in moderation,” said Tim Marchell ’82, director of mental health initiatives at Gannett Health Services

According to a survey conducted in the spring, 30 percent of students believe it is acceptable to “black out ” occasionally In comparison, 70 percent of students said that they think most Cornellians believe it is okay to black out

“It’s pretty clear, just from that, that there is a cognitive disconnect when it comes to the drinking culture on campus, ” said John Mueller ’13, who is a member of the National College Health Improvement Project a Dartmouth-led initiative launched in 2011 that aims to curb high-risk drinking on college campuses

The survey also showed that 27 3 percent of Cornell students reported abstaining entirely from alcohol consump-

tion, while 45 6 percent of students who do drink said they consume four or fewer drinks per night

These numbers are comparable to national averages, according to Jennifer Austin, communications specialist at Gannett

According to the survey, 27 percent of Cornell students reported typically consuming five or more drinks each time they drink The results were also comparable to national figures, which indicated that, in the fall of 2011, 28 7 percent of students nationwide reported drinking five or more drinks per session

The survey also reported that, on average, Cornell students who consume alcohol have an average blood alcohol content of 06 on days they drink –– a number that is below the legal limit to drive

This figure is just below the national BAC level of a student on a day he or she drinks, 07, according to a National College Health Assessment study in 2011

With more than 3,000 respondents and a 64-percent response rate, the survey, Marchell said, had a “ very representative” sample

“A lot of students are doing things right,” Austin said Still, Marchell said, reducing students’ alcohol consumption remains a top priority

Ithaca May or : C.U. Should Pay City ‘Far More’

By MATTHEW ROSENSPIRE Sun Staff Wr ter

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said at a public budget meeting Monday “I think the University should pay far more than the one and a quarter million dollars they pay now, ” Myrick said “If Cornell were fully taxed, it would pay $30 million

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09

C.U. Infrastructure Program to Launch in NYC

By JUSTIN ROUILLIER Sun Staff Writer

One month ago, a 40-yearold, 30-inch sewer pipe ruptured in Tarrytown, N Y While workers hurried to fix the pipe, millions of g

seeped into the Hudson River

Swimmers were told to stay out of the water, CBS News reported In Ma n h a t t a n We d n e s d a y, Cornell will launch a program designed to address the deterioration of sewage systems, roads and p

America, according to Prof Rick Geddes, policy analysis and man-

agement, the program ’ s director T h e C o

n e l l Pro g r a m i n Infrastructure Policy will centralize teaching and research on infrastructure in order to develop public policies to improve American infrastructure

In addition to working with undergraduates majoring in trans-

portation engineering and urban planning, the program will also offer a concentration for graduate students pursuing their masters of public affairs, Geddes said Geddes said that he envisions

infrastructure problems

“Cornell is a complicated place with a lot of things going on, ” he said “As it turns out, there are a lot of people [across the colleges] working on infrastructure issues at Cornell What CPIP does is help all these people to collaborate on research and build on each other’s research ” The program, however, will also facilitate the involvement of u n d e r g r a d u

according to John Foote ’74,

Department of City and Regional Planning and an affiliate of CPIP

“Perhaps the most important reason for the program from my point of view is that it gives students who are interested in this area of infrastructure a place to go to find out who is doing what,” Foote said Foote also said that the program is grounded in Cornell’s land grant mission

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A judge sentenced an Oklahoma man to four years in federal prison on a firearm charge then minutes later performed a marriage ceremony to wed the new inmate and his longtime girlfriend

Thursday was a busy day for Larry Austin and Dustie Trojack First they obtained their marriage license, then Austin pleaded guilty to the firearm charge and was sentenced by Oklahoma County Judge Jerry Bass Shortly afterward, Bass married the happy couple who kissed before federal authorities whisked Austin away Austin’s attorney, Scott M Anderson, tells The Oklahoman that Austin had helped to raise Trojack’s two sons and he didn’t want to lose contact with them while he was serving time

Candidate Uses Porn Clips To Sex Up Bosnia Race

ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) A mayoral candidate in Bosnia’s fourth-largest city is using one of the Internet’s greatest lures pornography to draw attention to his campaign Mirad Hadziahmetovic is an independent candidate with a relatively slim chance of winning the October election in Zenica

He said Thursday that he decided to upload pornographic video clips to his official campaign site after realizing that large numbers of people use the Web to peruse sexual content

To view the material on his site, visitors must answer questions, such as “What is more important for Zenica, job creation or increasing the municipal budget” through taxes?

At the end of each clip there is a separately recorded video of Hadziahmetovic talking directly to camera and saying: “If you liked this clip, vote for me ”

Baby Girl Born In N.H. Racetrack Parking Lot

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re woman and her baby are doing fine after the woman gave birth in the New Hampshire Motor Speedway parking lot

Shawna Arnold began going into labor Friday and she and her boyfriend began driving to a hospital But when she realized she was about to give birth on the way, they made a pit stop at the racetrack parking lot in Loudon

Arnold tells WMUR-TV that she and her boyfriend delivered the baby, named Katie, in their car An EMT at the track then came to help, and the couple and the baby were taken to a hospital

Speedway General Manager Jerry Gappens has awarded the baby two tickets to NASCAR races for the rest of her life

HumEc Dean, Univ. Librarian Reappointed for New Terms

By SARAH MEYERS Sun Staff Writer

Both the University Librarian and the Dean of the College of Human Ecology were recently reappointed to serve another term in their posts

Prof Alan Mathios, policy analysis and management, dean of the human ecology college, said that he is most proud of two accomplishments: encouraging high levels of student participation in research and overseeing the completion of the new Human Ecology Building, which recently received LEED Platinum certification for its sustainable design

As he prepares to lead the college for another five-year term, Mathios said one of his most important goals is to “maintain and increase, even, the level of student engagement in research with faculty ”

M a t h i o s also emphasized the college’s “outreach mission,” saying he hopes to see “students work on projects that take [their] research into New York State and beyond ”

Mathios cited the popularity of the global health minor as a factor in the decision to create the major

“Students [will be able to] pick electives in different areas that relate to public and global health,” Mathios said “It’s designed to have an experiential learning component ”

Mathios said he also hopes to continue building the “cross-college collaborations that have been our signature for many years, ” including the University’s forthcoming master in public policy program a collaboration between the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and the Department of Policy Analysis and Management –– which has yet to announce a launch date

Additionally, Mathios said the college is expecting “significant retirements” over the next decade, but hopes to be “ahead of the game ” in hiring new faculty

“I am a big fan of Dean Mathios. He is one of the best things that ever happened to the [college] ”

Since the College of Human Ecology along with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences jointly runs the Cornell Cooperative Extension, which works to improve New York State communities through agriculture research, the research in these two colleges can be brought “ to every part of the state, ” Mathios said

In his second term, Mathios also said he hopes to oversee the approval of a new major: public and global health sciences

The new major would be a “broad program that builds on life and social sciences”and administered through the Department of Nutritional Sciences, he said

By REBECCA FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer

Other faculty members in the college spoke highly of Mathios, expressing their support of his reappointment

I think he’s done a remarkable job,” said Prof Richard Burkhauser, policy analysis “He’s a very good internal dean; he’s conscientious and provides internal leadership and support to our department He’s also been an outstanding fundraiser and has really risen the visibility of the college ”

Prof Ann Lemley, fiber science and apparel design, echoed Burkhauser’s sentiments

“I am a big fan of Dean Mathios,” Lemley said “He is one of the best things that ever happened to the [college] ”

Still, Mathios credits the support of students and faculty with his success

“I’m just so proud to lead the College,” Mathios said “It’s a wonderful place, the students are great and it’s an honor to work

with them ”

Meanwhile, Anne Kenney, who has served as the University librarian since 2008, also said she has a number of new initiatives to work on during her second term First and foremost, Kenney said, she hopes to work “with the staff in the library to develop the requisite skills for the 21st Century library ”

“Had I been the head librarian in 1990,” Kenney said, “all I really had to do was keep doing the good work that was being done, and it was all understood where we needed to go Today, it’s all such a confusing and challenging landscape I find it much more interesting ”

As information becomes increasingly digitized, the need for reorganizing Cornell’s library system has become more pressing, Kenney said She added that some of the biggest challenges she has faced as University librarian have stemmed from the changing landscape of publishing and information storage

“ The economic models surrounding publishing they’re not sustainable,” Kenney said “As we move more and more into digital access to materials, we gain a lot

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of benefits but [have also] lost some important library rights ”

During her second term –– which will begin in July 2013 –– Kenney hopes to expand Cornell’s partnership with Columbia University’s library system and address the the tech campus ’ information needs, she said

“The idea of ‘ one institution, one library’ is a 20th century construct, ” Kenney said “It’s important for Cornell to be in a network of enriched partnerships to bring in more resources that are critical for research I’m really pleased with our ability to engage with other research libraries ”

Looking forward, Kenney also hopes to continue Cornell Library’s fundraising campaign with the goal of bringing it to a “successful conclusion” in 2015 and oversee renovations of the campus ’ libraries For instance, she said, she wants to see that a “ new identity” is created for Uris Library

“It’s the iconic library for the University, and it needs to be revitalized and re-imagined,” Kenney said

Sarah Meyers can be reached at smeyers@cornellsun com

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C.U. O f cials S eek to Reduce Levels of High-Risk Drinking

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“Our focus is harm reduction,” Marchell said “ We know t h a t m a n y u n d e r a g e

n t s drink, but we want them to do so in low-risk ways ” Marchell added that drinking patterns among Cornell students h a v e re m a i n e d “ re l a t i v e l y unchanged over time, and they’re consistent with the averages for other campuses ”

“ That also means that, as on other campuses, there are significant problems,” he said

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e whether its policy changes effectively reduce high-risk drinking and the harms associated with it

i n c l u d i n g m e m o r y l o s s , missed classes and, potentially, sexual and verbal abuse

Marchell said that, because “students in the Greek system tend to drink at levels significantly higher than non-Greek students,” the University enacted a number of alcohol-related policy changes within the Greek system last fall The changes included banning first-year students from Greek events where alcohol is ser ved and forbidding new members in Greek houses from consuming alcohol at Greek events during the first six weeks of the spring semester Between the spring of 2011 and 2012, high-risk drinking

defined for males as consuming a t l e a s t f i v e d r i n k s a n d f o r females as four drinks in one sitting decreased by three percent among first-year Greek students, according to the sur vey In the same time inter val, high-risk drinking increased by five percent among non-Greek first-year students, the sur veys found

Marchell said that it is still too early to draw conclusions from the sur vey data about the effect of the University’s change in policies on student drinking

“In order to assess whether there’s real change from policies or other strategies, we’ll need more data to determine if these are fluctuations or reflect actual changes in Greek versus nonGre

said

In the meantime, NCHIP is tr ying to change people’s misperceptions of their peers ’ drinking

harms, according to Marchell In the same vein, last spring, NCHIP introduced the Cayuga’s Watchers initiative, a program that will send anonymous stu-

Cornell for health emergencies

This month, Marchell said, NCHIP also launched “ Target Safety,” a campaign that encourages low-risk drinking through posters that advise students to “skip the shots” and “stick to the buzz ”

Erin Ellis can be reached at eellis@cornellsun com

Program Addresses ‘Huge’ Problem

INFRASTRUCTURE

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“As a land grant institution, we

have an obligation to deal with tough public policy issues,” Foote said “And that’s what CPIP is designed to do it’s designed to give Cornell, for the first time, a sharp focus on this critically important national and global issue ”

But there is also a more ominous impetus for the program

“I believe that we will be facing a huge infrastructure problem in the coming years, ” Geddes said “It’s the result of a confluence of major infrastructure challenges ”

One issue that was a driving factor in CPIP’s creation, Foote said, is the lack of public funding for infrastructure in the country

“To have a strong, safe, modern economy you need a robust infrastructure to go along with it,” Foote said “Over the past years, we have underfunded our infrastructure We have deferred maintenance and not grown our infrastructure to serve an increasing population with different needs than we had 30 years ago ”

In fact, Geddes said, he began thinking about developing a Cornell program focusing on infrastructure policy about a year ago after he gave testimony at a U S House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to assess the Federal Railroad Administration’s High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Program

“My time with the committee really exposed me to troubles that will plague our infrastructure over

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Myrick ’09: Cornell Should Pay More to City of Ithaca

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state and federal aid Attempts to close the deficit are also complicated by Cornell University’s tax-

e xe m p t s t a t u s , a c c o rd i n g t o

Myrick

Sixty percent of the assessed value in the city is tax exempt, and Cornell owns 89 percent of t h a t t a x - e xe m p t l a n d , My r i c k said The potential tax value of this land exceeds the $20 million in property taxes collected from the rest of the city, according to documents released by the City of Ithaca

While the University contributes $1 2 million to city coff e r s e a c h y e a r u n d e r a Me m o r a n d u m o f Un d e rstanding, or agreement made with the city, Myrick said he would like to see the amount rise to $3 million in order to better cover the burdens the University imposes on city infrastructure, such as increased maintenance of roads and bridges that traffic necessitates

T h e l a r g e a m o u n t o f t a x exempt land in the city is also re l a t e d t o a n o t h e r

Myrick said affects the city’s budget: state aid Myrick said he wants New York State to change the formula by which revenues from the state income tax are distributed to its cities to include the amount of tax-exempt land within a city

New York State has also placed additional pressure on the city’s budget through its management of the state and local pension system According to Myrick, the

city’s pension costs have increased 300 percent annually for five years These increases, Myrick said, were necessar y in order to cover shortfalls in the state ’ s pension plan According to Myrick, the

plans assumed that the markets in which the plan invested were safe and thus stopped asking for employee contributions This action undermined the solvency of the plan when the markets crashed

To a lesser degree, the city is also suffering from the expiration

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Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus package, according to Myrick “ The stimulus helped us save jobs and complete much needed infrastructure projects, but while the infrastructure will be with us for decades, the job funding has evaporated,” he said

The city has also taken steps to save money outside of the budgeting process as well The city has offered retirement incentives in order to reduce payrolls

which Myrick said will save the city $700,000 over the next 10 years

Myrick will submit his budget to the Common Council by the first week of October, which the Common Council must vote on by the first week of November

Matthew Rosenspire can be reached at mrosenspire@cornellsun com

Launch of New NY C P rogram Will Feature Speeches, Panels

INFRASTRUCTURE

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the coming years, ” Geddes said What struck him the most t h ro u g h o u t h i s w o rk , Ge d d e s s a i d , w a s “ t h e t o t a l l a c k o f money ” in infrastructure spending

“Many states simply have no money to invest in infrastructure, ” he said

T h e p r o g r a m ’ s l a u n c h

We d n e s d a y, f e a t u r i n g t a l k i n g and speeches, will culminate in an hour-long panel discussion moderated by Geddes

Ab o u t 8 5 i n d i v i d u a l s w i l l attend the launch, according to John Zelenka ’03, one of the event ’ s main organizers Zelenka said he expects that the majority of the attendees will be Cornell alumni, although a handful of t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c m a y a l s o attend

We are choosing to launch in New York City to get as much publicity as possible,” Geddes

s a i d “ We h a v e a r e l a t i v e l y unique program in that what we do is incredibly relevant While some parts of [the program] may be theoretical, all parts can have an obvious impact on the public

So we want feedback We want

t o k n ow w h a t t h e p u b l i c i s thinking [and] what change it

wants to see ”

The three panelists will speak about some of the myriad facets of modern infrastructure, from high-speed rail to surface transportation funding to the private management of public transit systems

Germà Bel, a visiting profess o r o f e c o n o m i c s f r o m t h e University of Barcelona and one of the panelists, said he will talk about high speed rail transportation and its economic, industrial and environmental impacts at the event

“Rick [Geddes] had told me he was tr ying to build this unit I arrived here in July, knowing that I was going to be involved in this program, besides my core work in [the Department of City and Regional Planning], which is the department where I have my visiting position,” Bel said Bel plans to be in the U S until August 2013 During the next year, he intends to lecture in infrastructure-related classes, but not formally teach a class for Cornell

Bel, like the other professors involved in the program, believes that the U S needs new infrastructure policy

Justin Rouillier can be reached at jrouillier@cornellsun com

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SCIENCE

Take a Ride on the Floating Classroom

Students learn about lake science by boating on Cayuga Lake

By NICHOLAS ST FLEUR Sun Science Editor

Students taking a course on Cayuga s Floating Classroom don’t learn by reading books, sitting at desks or copying down notes from a chalkboard instead, they get hands-on experience in lake and environmental science by traversing through 38 2 misty miles of Cayuga Lake

The Floating Classroom is an education program on Cayuga Lake, located right next to the Ithaca Farmers Market, that takes about 1,800 students onto the lake ever y year to perform environmental education

“ We tr y to give them a chance to use their science knowledge in a ver y hands on way, ” Bill Foster ’87, program manager for the Floating Classroom Foster, along with the other volunteers on the Floating Classroom, teach students of all

Cayuga Lake They tailor their instruction depending on the age of their students Middle–school lake enthusiasts can participate in the boat’s “Cayuga EcoLab” programs, for which they collect environmental data, assess water quality and habitat parameters and make biological obser vations They also get to go fishing for zooplankton and phytoplankton

around the Lake has come aboard the boat and checked out the phytoplankton,” said C

Floating Classroom, who has volunteered with the Floating Classroom for many years Part of her job includes bringing the students to the boat’s cabin to analyze their catch underneath microscopes

“It s just really fun and interesting to help kids understand the processes on the lake, she said “ They look at the phytoplankton and the zooplankton under the microscope and they go ‘Eww!’ I don’t want to swim in that any more!”

Though middle schoolers make up the majority of lake-learners, the Floating Classroom also offers an “Advanced Studies” program for high school and college students This program gives students an in depth look at plankton taxonomy, environmental chemistr y and lake hydraulics, among other lake related topics

In their lessons, the volunteers show the students how to use nautical tools like the Van door tube for sur veying the lake’s discrete depths which reaches 435 feet at its deepest The volunteers also help the students measure the water quality

According to the volunteers, the lake owes its healthy pH level to its limestone basin, which neutralizes the effects of acid rain

The Floating Classroom offers Cornell students crash courses on lake science where they use rakes to collect seaweed for sorting Carla Smith ’13, a communications student, got to take a trip on the Floating Classroom She said her favorite part of the experience was sorting through the weeds that she pulled up from the lake

“ We found the different organisms in the weeds and we learned about the types of weeds and what they do in the lake and how they affect the ecosystem that’s down there,” she said

Trey Utsey ’13, a communications student, also got the Floating Classroom experience “It was a lot of fun,” he said “I’d say my favorite part was throwing the rake in and getting to go hands-on with the plants It was a ver y lightening experience ” In addition to instructing students, the floating classroom offers classes to community members as well

A new initiative that the volunteers are engaging the community in involves the identification of a harmful invasive seaweed called Hydrilla, which outcompetes native plants for resources, often choking out other sea plants from accessing sunlight and causing a cascading effect down the marine lake life

The Floating Classroom has been on Hydrilla watch and education since an intern on the boat noticed the wicked water weed two years ago while sorting through seaweed Hydrilla resembles a common sea plant found throughout Cayuga Lake called Elodea Elodea, u n

benign and native to the lake The Floating Classroom is involved in getting

Hydrilla prevention and lake preser vation applications

“ The idea is to get the community more in touch with their lake, get them to understand the system better and have them become a little more sophisticated in how they value the system, ” said Foster The community drives data collection on the Floating Classroom, and according to the volunteers, the residents and students have the biggest impact on protecting and preser ving Cayuga Lake

Nicholas St Fleur can be reached at scienceditor@cornellsun com

By NICOLAS RAMOS Sun Staff Writer

Collegetown residents looking to compost off-campus can expect a ne w addition to their community today a compost bin cour tesy of CU Compost, a student organization that aims to promote composting among the Cornell student body

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Schwar tz Center for the Per forming Ar ts, CU Compost has put the compost bin behind Jack’s Diner at 210 Dr yden Road The bright blue bin is labeled ‘Cayuga Compost’ and is o n l y f o r d e p o s

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Campus We’re hoping to get a compost bin for RPCC It’s all depending on student involvement,” Fitzgerald said

Collegetown residents interested in composting can attend one of the groups two upcoming meetings on Sept 20, held at noon in the Mann Librar y lobby and at 7:00 p m outside of Collegetown Bagels CU Compost expects substantial student par ticipation in their composting initiative

“That’s the ultimate goal: to reduce landfill waste ”

c r a p s , eggshells, meat, bones and soiled napkins

According to Meghan Fitzgerald ’13, environmental engineering, the demand for composting oppor tunities in Collegetown is high because students are looking for better ways to get rid of compostable trash Members of CU Compost create ne w initiatives to reduce how much trash people put into landfills

“ That’s the ultimate goal: to reduce landfill waste, ” Fitzgerald said “Food waste is the biggest component of landfill waste, ” she said “It breaks down anaerobically and releases methane, a greenhouse gas The more food waste we can diver t from landfills, the better ” Fitzgerald also said that composting produces a nutritious type of soil that can be used in landscaping around campus

Students can get involved with the collegetown compost initiative by attending one of CU Compost’s informational meetings At CU Compost meetings members instr uct students on proper composting practices They also provide them with directions to compost bins The members will also give attendees the code to the compost bin, which will be locked as to prevent pedestrians from contaminating the bin with non-compostable material

The group ’ s work stretches across Cornell’s campus, and they plan to but bring compost bins to Greek houses and dorms

“ We definitely want more of a presence on Nor th

composting, Fitzgerald said

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with the same drive for

“ We want to facilitate a sense of community because it will help people be more aware of their actions and more responsible for what goes in the bins,” she said

Scientists in Prof. John Schimenti’s Lab Find Gene Linked to Breast Cancer

By SARAH COHEN Sun Staff Writer

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY JAMES RAINIS Sun Senior Editor

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, in the wake of Grammy nominations and a high-profile collaboration with Kanye West, has become somewhat of a big deal among people who still think bearded guys with guitars can be a big deal He’s been satirized on Saturday Night Live, inspired a Tumblr featuring ludicrously romantic stories involving his dramatized persona (entitled Bon Iver Erotica) and even documented his fitness regimen online Short of giving interviews on E! red carpet specials or being stalked by TMZ reporters, these things mean that indiefolk’s biggest name (and possible avatar for all things hipster) is capital-R Relevant Naturally, I flocked to his nearest show

music might get lost in the breezy air of 2012’s first legitimate autumn evening Those worries were assuaged as the band arrived onstage and Vernon launched into the opening lines of “Michicant ” Whether it was Vernon and company ’ s stunning musicianship, the lantern-heavy stage set-up or just an impressive job by the sound guy, the show retained an intimacy typically reserved for an audience of 300, not 3,000 The band showcased Bon Iver’s new, polyphonic sound that premiered on its self-titled second record Featuring violins, woodwinds, brass

Bon Iver Rouses

The Reverent

Cooperstown’s Brewer y Ommegang looks like it was hand-selected to host a Bon Iver concert Wandering its grounds prior to Bon Iver’s arrival onstage Monday night, it was like a scavenger hunt for things listed on the Stuff White People Like blog: Microbrews! Flannel! Vegan options! I even saw a guy wipeout while playing hacky-sack! All snark aside (three words I really ought to be using in sequence more often), it was a lovely venue Surrounded by fields of corn and backdropped by the Brewery, it provided camping accommodations, plentiful food truck options and delicious (albeit pricy) beer, a combination that made the two-hour commute from Cornell well worth it Needless to say, I’d advise that you keep an eye on the Dan Smalls ’92 website for his next booking there; it’s a must-visit location for anyone in the area who enjoys a unique outdoor concert space

In a place as spacious as Brewery Ommegang, though, I began to worry that Bon Iver’s private, emotional and delicate

BY DAVEEN KOH Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

It surely is a jungle out there, in the real world But the blackboard jungle isn’t always much easier to navigate Along the gritty corridors of Malcolm X High School in the Bronx, N Y , students pass through metal detectors en route to class, under the gaze of an irate security guard (The procedure makes airport security at J F K look like a breeze ) Teachers bark at 16-year-olds to sit down and be quiet Reserving facilities is a battle of guts and wits, since Malcolm X High shares a building with three other schools “We are the worst class,” a group of 10th graders declares repeatedly, like some sort of mantra The students are jaded and expect every new teacher to abandon them, just like all the ones who came before Bars, invisible or otherwise, are everywhere

These parallels between school and prison are not lost on Ms Sun, an aspiring actress and teaching artist tasked with turning a class of rowdy “delinquents” into convincing “thespians ” Ms Sun is the protagonist of Nilaja Sun’s Obie Award-winning play, No Child, which will be staged by The Readers’ Theatre this weekend only It doesn’t take long for Ms Sun to realize that she has made a serious gaffe in selecting, for the students’ performance, Timberlake Wertenberger’s Our Countr y ’ s Good a play about 18th century convicts putting up a play As one student protests, “Isn’t it illegal to teach this white shit?” The unfortunate setting aside, the idea of a play within a play (within a play) heightens the already overwhelming sense of entrapment In agony, Ms Sun cries out, They have the

and masterfully tasteful drumming, the group lends sonic credence to Vernon’s careful, emotionally charged compositions

The slow-build of Grammy-nominated single “Holocene” proved that fullness in sound does not require obscene amounts of volume but dynamic range; “Minnesota, WI” not only showcased Vernon’s lower range, but the swelling horn section; and “Blood Bank” erupted into a rocking guitar solo that evoked Neil Young circa “Cowgirl in the Sand,” silencing the naysayers (which, prior to this night, included me) who thought Bon Iver couldn’t add a little grit to its repertoire

The full band numbers, while wonderfully affecting, could not match the emotional heft of Vernon’s solo moments On old tracks such as “ re: Stacks” and “Creature Fear,” the captive audience was treated to a man at his most vulnerable Vernon’s

voice is a veritable force of nature; his falsetto is second maybe only to Thom Yorke’s (and even that is merely out of deference to the elder statesman) As members of the crowd tried to emulate Vernon’s wounded croon, you realized that Bon Iver is, at its heart, the project of a singularly empathetic performer Even as he repeated the cyclical sing-along of show closer “The Wolves” (the vague, melancholic phrase “what might have been lost”), it grew more powerful and sweeping, invoking the participation of most everyone in the ever-reverent audience

As a music-writer and the product of a Catholic upbringing, I am often cautious to trust those who liken a musician’s concerts to a religious experience; this is because I harbor a proud sense of cynicism and have actually attended church, the home of many things referred to as “religious experiences,” hundreds of times But Justin Vernon does his concertgoers the greatest of services He offers no sloganeering, no showboating and no manufactured sense of pomp-and-circumstance; instead, he just provides a raw, heartfelt performance that feels truly soulful and devoid of insincerity This was a show that proved to me that, amid all the accolades, amid the Twitter scandals and amid the shirtless photographs, the world was right about Bon Iver

James Rainis is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun com

No Child’s Play

whole world telling them that they are going to jail How dare I?”

No Child, as its title suggests, deals with students who have been left behind by the U S public school system The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, signed by President George W Bush, lurks about like an insidious shadow In the chaos of getting 10th graders to settle down for class, oblique references to imminent bouts of standardized academic testing are frequently made Nilaja Sun makes the political personal, basing No Child on her early struggles in New York City public schools, transforming the lives of “emotionally and academically challenged students” (the euphemism draws chuckles from the students) The plot sounds predictably saccharine, but Sun rescues the play from becoming a run-of-the-mill, feel-good inspirational teacher drama She infuses the play with wit and grit, simply by telling the truth

At Saturday’s press preview, Ithaca College Prof Cynthia Henderson, theatre arts, proved to be a veritable tour-de-force Directed by Anne Marie Cummings, the performance reading was transfixing Henderson seamlessly switched between all the play’s 16 roles, sketching dialogues between Ms Sun and her diverse charges by altering her posture and tone of voice In swift succession, the audience encountered the serial mumbler Philip, the flamboyant diva Shandrika Jones and the earnest leader of the pack Jerome Henderson’s expedient character changes are reason enough to watch the show

The sage janitor, who narrates the tale (“I’m good at this,” he wryly observes), marvels at how God creates enough teachers each year to staff New York City’s public schools Often, it just takes an inspired glance at a

teaching service advertisement on an MTA train (the MTA is affectionately referenced throughout the play as a likely career destination for Malcolm X High students) to convince an affluent professional to make a career switch for “ a lifetime of glorious purpose and meaning ” Glorious is surely the right word

Music speaks when no words can, just as in past Readers’ performance readings (Hank Roberts’ contemplative cello accompaniment to last season ’ s Uncle Vanya comes to mind)

Elisa Sciscioli, lead singer-songwriter of the local band Solstice, steers the five-member choir through the play’s emotional storm “Soon we will be done / with the troubles of the world / going home to be with God,” the choir sings, mellow and measured The hymns soar, reminiscent of the negro spirituals and intense toil of another era

Retaining her sense of fun and realism to the play’s vivid end, Sun offers the viewer a glimpse into the future Ms Sun becomes a much-decorated actress and marries Denzel Washington “No one expects us to do anything but drop out and get pregnant, go to jail or work for the MTA ” That student’s words prove prescient, as the members of Ms Sun s maiden acting class take on these divergent paths

Everyone is hungry That, it seems, is what

binds everyone ’ s stories “Man is free,” a girl solemnly declares, after the play’s unsurprising success That is what you taught us, isn’t it, Ms Sun?” That is why, the girl explains, she wants a different life for her unborn child

We will go travelling, she muses, we will see the world beyond the Bronx

It is a bittersweet instance, because these grand plans are so likely to fall through Hope is a precious, precious thing

The Readers Theatre will perform No Child from Friday to Sunday, at The Space near Greenstar Following Friday’s performance, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick 09 will deliver a brief talk-back For ticket information, visit www thereaderstheatre com

Daveen Koh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning She can be reached at

u k e b o x H e r o e s

BY ARIELLE CRUZ Sun Staff Writer

Ever y weekend, if I can, I tr y to take off of my job for one night to do something fun Sometimes it is just going to a party; sometimes it’s to see a show or a comedian like Jon Stewart No matter what I choose, inevitably, at the end of the night I am left wondering if I chose the right day Was I right to take off on Friday to see The W h i s t l i n g Sh r i m p ? Or s h o u l d I h a ve passed it up and caught Das Racist on Saturday?

This past Friday I took off work with t h e e xc u s e t h a t I w a s re v i e w i n g T h e

Haunt’s double bill of Maps & Atlases and Jukebox the Ghost I had the Maps & Atlases album Beware and Be Grateful on my iPod and had listened to it from time to time when I wanted to hear something relaxing but not sleepy It seemed like a good excuse to make the trip down to The Haunt

I arrived during the opening act, a local band from Rochester called The Demos The band, founded by Jay Milton and Cal Saunders, had some pleasing melodies, and by the end the audience could sing along a little However, the crowd never really filled the venue until the middle of Maps & Atlases’ set

Although Maps & Atlases sounded as good as its album, the slow stride of its music made it hard for the crowd to get

Youinto The crowd started swaying during some of the band’s more popular songs, such as “ Winter and Remote” and “Dark Years,” but people were mostly just watching the artists with curiosity Lead singer Dave Davison has an interesting presence: His long hair, folksy beard, dark-rimmed glasses, Omar Rodriguez Lopez shirt and deep voice make him look and sound decades older than he is Bassist Shiraz

a fan somewhere) Their mannerisms, and Davison’s unique, grainy tone, made them a fun act to watch, but their pacing and lack of emotion left the crowd with low energy

Jukebox the Ghost was the perfect cure

While I was at the show for Maps & Atlases, it seemed clear that ever yone else

Jukebox The crowd finally burst alive as

Dada danced back and forth in his suspenders to ever y song and drummer Chris Hainey’s hair continued blowing backwards through the set as if he was in a photo shoot (I’m still convinced there was

the band took the stage and started its first song The high energy of Jukebox was exactly what ever yone needed The people on the suddenly-packed floor were singing and bobbing along to the melody-driven

The Art of Defamation

may feel sad, disappointed or even angr y, but certainly not surprised If this past summer proved to us how stupidly common rampage shootings have become, the past week reminded us yet again of the long-running, fatal clash between Western free speech and fundamental Islam’s problem with it As of press time, the surge of revolt sweeping the Middle East, Africa and even Australia has broadened to express a deeper distrust in America and its foreign policy But the media agrees that the catalyst for these attacks is the movie trailer by one “Sam Bacile” (whose real name is in dispute) referred to by various titles such as Muhammad Movie, The Real Life of Muhammad and Innocence of Muslims

This trailer is why we can ’ t have nice things When our armed ser vice men and women die for our freedoms, our resulting liberty should not be twisted to make vile and asinine garbage like this There was nothing wrong in America’s Cairo Embassy condemning the work of this to use an Internet term ‘troll ’ Now, we know of the a t t a c k

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protests against the “film” as a smokescreen Naturally, certain politicians are blaming others for the tragic incident

Bu t t h i s i s a n Arts column, and you aren ’ t here to read about politics

Let us look at this v i d e o ( “f i l m ” h a s an artistic connotation) Bacile has a deep-seated hatred o f Is l a m a n d a desire to defame it, which he fails to do through any semblance of satire or logical argument Of course, his attempt has achieved its goal, likely by casting the lead actor as the prophet Muhammad and depicting him as a womanizing, pedophilic and homosexual buffoon Let those three adjectives stir around in your head for a bit

The 14-minute production throws mud at the wall and does not wait to check if any of it sticks Egyptian Muslims burn the houses of Egyptian Christians They

kill a beautiful woman, so they are irrevocably evil Flashback Muhammad fights over a beef shank with a child Muhammad lusts over little girls Muhammad talks to a donkey Some reference about how the Qur’an is a collection of “false verses, ” mixing the Torah and New Testament All lines are delivered seriously without any apparent subtext or ulterior motive Besides amateur sound mixing, continuity errors and one-dimensional green screen so bad it makes The Room look like Avatar, the video’s gravest technical problem out-of-sync voiceover dubbing extends to its most dire moral offense: All references to “Muhammad” and “Islam” are not even spoken by the actors Many of these struggling actors now fear for their lives Oh, and did I mention the video was apparently directed by a ’70s softcore porn director? The whole thing is so bad that no one looks good in the end

What we are left with is the modern and ver y ironic phenomenon known as the “Streisand effect” decr ying something public (i e photo, website, film), only to widely publicize it through said protest If Hollywood s

l e a d a Christopher Nolan-directed anti-Islamic film, then we might have a big problem Instead, what these violent protests amount to is giving a vulgar bathroom door doodle the new judge seat on American Idol and all of its international variants

The hateful propaganda made over the last 100 years that we still remember has some crazy as it may s o u n d a r t i s t i c v a l u e

D W Griffith’s racist ode to Confederate America, The Birth of a Nation, pioneered b a t t l e f i e l d c i n e m a t o g r a p h y and parallel editing Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will, documenting the 1934 Nuremberg Rally and glorifying Hitler and the Nazi party, implemented innovative aerial shots Watch them today, and you may find yourself bored to tears Film historians and theorists, however, admire the far-reaching technical influence of these films to this day Just six months ago we had Kony 2012 (six months ago!) While not a hateful film as much I disagree with it it is certainly an attractive example of

music with excitement

The music was energetic in part because of Jukebox’s upbeat songs, but I have to credit the crowd’s enthusiasm to keyboardist and lead singer Ben Thornewill, whose charisma and a genuine smile left, at least me, a little in love The trio’s songs “Somebody” and “At Last” were the biggest crowd pleasers, and by the closing note ever yone knew the words Jukebox left the crowd wanting more, and came out strong for the encore with its biggest hits

When I came home, I sat down to look up Jukebox the Ghost, absorbing its tunes through my Spotify account I recognized the songs and could still bob to the melodies, but it didn’t compare to listening in person The fever of the crowd and the sound reverberating on the walls had been a part of the music If you are a Jukebox the Ghost fan or a future fan who might happen to look it up, I highly recommend catching one of their shows the next time they go on tour

I came to the show wondering why Dan Smalls ’92 had chosen Jukebox to headline the show and left with no doubt in my mind I walked out of The Haunt with a picture with Dave Davison and a smile as radiant as Ben Thornewill’s on my lips

This weekend I was pretty sure that I picked the right night to take off

Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com

propaganda for the digital age

I hope it is not a sign of the times that this year ’ s grossest misuse of art is, by all but the loosest definitions, not art at all Perhaps there is a silver lining here for all the shouting matches political correctness has stirred, the days of Joseph Goebbels approaching a visionar y director like Fritz Lang to make anti-Semitic films are long gone (Lang, himself a Jew, said “ no, ” by the way) Instead, we just have to deal with this Muhammad Movie excrement Salman Rushdie, target of a still-standing fatwa by the Iranian Shah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1988, made it easy for the intellectuals to come to his defense, for his beautiful novel The Satanic Verses was the instigator Youth and adults with a functional sense of humor similarly rallied around South Park when it stumbled into these crosshairs in 2010 Right now, we must stand for the freedom of speech and prohibition of violence The pen is mightier than the sword, even when it’s millions of swords against one of those pens you find on the floor of a bathroom stall

Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com A Lover’s Quarrel With the World runs alternate Wednesdays this semester

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Falcon s Look to Give NF L Foes Run for Their Money

30 Oakland Raiders

29. Tennessee Titans

28 Kansas City Chiefs

All three of these teams have been very disappointing; although no one expected them to win the Super Bowl, they were expected to challenge for a playoff spot, but they are all 0-2 and none of their games have been particularly close There are many issues with all three teams, and the running game is one for all three Chris Johnson forgot how to move his feet in a forward direction carrying the ball 19 times for 21 total yards Thus far, Darren McFadden has not done much better with 54 yards in 26 carries, while Jamaal Charles had just three yards on six carries against the Bills

27 Minnesota Vikings

26. Indianapolis Colts

25. Cincinnati Bengals

24 Miami Dolphins

Unlike the last trio, these four teams have first- or second-year quarterbacks (Christian Ponder, Andrew Luck, Andy Dalton, Ryan Tannehill) and a lot of young talent They are all 1-1 and have bright futures, but making the playoffs this year may be difficult

23 Buffalo Bills

22. Washington Redskins

I was extremely optimistic about the Redskins going into Week 2; Robert Griffin III and the offense looked great and the defense was solid Now after Week 2, we know that RGIII will regress to the mean and linebacker Ryan Orakpo and defensive end Adam Carriker were lost for the season due to injuries

21. St. Louis Rams

20. New Orleans Saints

Oh, how the mighty have fallen After their tumultuous summer, it seemed as if the Saints would be okay; Drew Brees was back, they were saying all the right things, and it looked like their record of excellence would keep them elite but it didn’t Turns out they miss Sean Payton more than anyone could have guessed Not only do they miss his play-calling, but the interim head coach Joe Vitt seems incapable of making in-game adjustments and the team looks sloppy With Brees, they can definitely turn it around, but they should be panicking in the Bayou right now

19 New York Jets

“ We want Tebow! We want Tebow! We want Tebow!” said every Jets fan in Week 5 That’s right, I can predict the future

18. Carolina Panthers

17. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Falcons, Saints, Panthers and Bucs form the strongest division from top to bottom It will be interesting to see if the NFC South can send two teams to the playoffs

16 San Diego Chargers

With Antonio Gates injured, the Chargers now lack the big name players from past years, but are still a very effective team on both sides of the ball Rivers is still leading the offense, while the defense has held Darren McFadden and Chris Johnson to a combined 40 yards rushing in their first two games I know the Chargers routinely collapse as the season goes on, but this year just feels a little different

15 Seattle Seahawks

14 Dallas Cowboys

13. Denver Broncos

12 Detroit Lions

11 Chicago Bears

Not a clue what to make of these five teams They are all 1-1, had a good game and a bad game and have potential to make the playoffs

10 Arizona Cardinals

They are 2-0 after beating the Seahawks and the Patriots with no

resemblance of an offense Is Kevin Kolb pulling some Tebow-esque magic?! No, probably not, but it is mighty impressive, even though I don’t see how it can continue Their resume should put them in the Top3, but their roster says they should be in the bottom 15 Let’s just stick them here and move on

9 Pittsburgh Steelers

8. New York Giants

7. Philadelphia Eagles

We know exactly how the script will go with all three of these teams The Steelers will be injured for most of the season, but get healthy by the playoffs and make a push The Giants will win some huge games, lose some easy ones, have tabloids wondering when Tom Coughlin will be fired, then win the final two or three games before the playoffs and be the team no one wants to face Michael Vick will get injured for the Eagles, DeSean Jackson will cause unnecessary drama and the team will underperform due to turnovers, an inability to run the

ball inside and shaky timeout management by Andy Reid Like clockwork

6 Baltimore Ravens

5. New England Patriots

4. Green Bay Packers

All three of these teams took a lost to a less-than-stellar team, but are still elite No one should be worried about them and we’ll see them come playoff time

3 Houston Texans

It’s hard to trust a team that is not used to winning and is relying on an injury-prone quarterback, but all signs are pointing to a great year for the Texans Their explosive offensive is back and healthy, their defense has a ton of improving young talent and the Peyton Manning Colts are forever out of their division

2. Atlanta Falcons

The Falcons have always been

know as a team solid in everything, but great at nothing; this may change this year, as their offense makes the jump from good to great Matt Ryan seems more poised, Julio Jones is a year older and the rest of the offense Roddy White, Michael Turner, Tony Gonzalez are healthy and ready for another year On the defense, they added Asante Samuel to an already formidable defensive backfield, while defensive linemen Jonathan Babineaux, Ray Edwards and John Abraham supply the pass rush

1 San Francisco 49ers

The 49ers are a pretty unique team; they don’t rely on the strength of their star quarterback, but instead rely on beating the other team at all 21 other positions on the field They have so much talent and depth everywhere, it doesn t matter who their quarterback is, plus now that Alex Smith no longer fears being benched, it means even more trouble for the rest of the league

Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun com

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O’Neil Leads Red on Courts

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

Last weekend at the Cornell Invitational, senior co-captain Sarah O’Neil won the “A” Flight Singles final O’Neil lost the first set 3-6, but dug deep to hold on to the next two sets, 61, 6-3 O’Neil not only had to overcome a firstset deficit to win the match, but she also had to battle back against a teammate and good friend Her opponent, junior Ryann Young, confirmed that Sarah’s victory was a testament to the hard work she has dedicated to Cornell tennis for the past four years

“Every time Sarah and I play it’s really competitive because we have pretty much the same style of play,” Young said “At first she wasn ’ t playing that well, but then she found a way to come back She just fought really hard, was really competitive and found a way to win ”

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Ordway, affirmed Sarah’s determination off court has had a major impact on her success during matches

“She’s definitely improved tremendously tennis-wise,” Ordway said “I know freshman year she played sixth and then last year she was playing one That’s an incredible improvement I think, definitely all due to her work ethic and how hard she practices every single day ”

O’Neil is also a strong doubles player, being named 52nd in doubles (with sophomore Lauren Frazier) in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s preseason rankings Her role on the team is definitely one of a leadership position and her teammates certainly admire the effort she puts into the game

“Obviously we all look up to her,” Young

said “We all respect her and she’s pretty much a role model for everyone ”

Ordway added that O’Neil is “ someone who you want out there in the third set deciding the match because you know she’s going to put 100 percent out there every match She puts 100 percent into everything she does She’s incredibly dedicated Over the past three years, she’s definitely become an incredible leader with the team ”

And, because of this, Ordway said “there’s no one I’d rather be captain with and no one I’d rather share this experience with ” Next weekend, the women head down to Ph

Invitational Young is sure that the combination of O’Neil’s leadership and the experience of having already played one official tournament will help the Red in its upcoming match

“Since we have one tournament under our belt, for the freshmen, they won ’ t have as many nerves, ” she said “We all just need to focus on playing each match with a purpose to get us ready for the dual match, the team style matches in the spring ”

We’re coming off a pretty good weekend, where we had some good results and I thought everyone played, overall, pretty well,” Ordway added “So going off of that, we kind of want to practice really hard this coming week, keep up the intensity, and look forward to playing a lot of really good schools at Cissie Leary [Sarah] and I are just looking for everyone to put 100 percent into every match and 100 percent into practice this week and I think we’ll do great ”

Olivia Wittels can be reached at owittels@cornellsun com

Binghamton Hosts Red in Midweek Bout

By TINA AHMADI Sun Staff Wr ter

Coming off a 5-0 win against Wofford on Sunday afternoon, the men ’ s soccer team is primed to compete today at 7 p m against l o c a l Ne w Yo r k r

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crushed Binghamton, 4-0, with goals scored by junior

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Re g a n a n d sophomore for ward Matt Kagie

Binghamton enters into the match against the Red today with a 3-4 record, e d g i n g b y U N CWilmington with a close 32 margin and losing against Appalachian State, 1-0, last weekend

The Red is balanced in terms of skill sets on both ends of the field A win

a g a i n s t Bi n g h a m t o n would break the Cornell program record of scoring in 21 consecutive games, set in 1970-71

On the verge of breaking the 40-year-old record, the Red started off the season the strongest it has

been in 16 years; the men have not lost a game yet Only seven teams in the U S have acquired parallel winning streaks this season In the Ivies, the Red is currently ranked first in o f f e n s e a n d s e c o n d i n defense, winning all nonconference matches in the last year Nationally, the Red was ranked 24th in the NSCAA Coaches’ Poll as of Tuesday, securing a position as the only Ivy l e a g u e t e a m c u r re n t l y ranked nationally

He a d c o a c h Ja r o Zawislan has impacted the outcomes positively both defensively and offensively Prior to Zawislan’s arrival, t h e Re d h e l d a s e a s o n record of 1-14, which has since risen to 8-2-6 Several of the players on the team

a re e a r n i n g i n d i v i d u a l recognition as well

Slogic is a contender for t h e He r m a n n Tr o p h y, making it on to the 2012 watch list for the award Ju n i o r s t r i k e r D a n i e l H a b e r re c e i v e d t h e Iv y Player of the Week award last week for the second consecutive week

Tina Ahmadi can be reached at tahmadi@cornellsun com

NFL Power Rankin gs

wo weeks into the NFL season a n d t h e re ’ s already been some huge

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Seahawks have surpassed expectations Let’s take a look at t h e s e c h a n g e s w i t h America’s favorite pastime NFL Power Rankings 32. Jacksonville Jaguars Bl

and Justin Blackmon through the draft to give him some help Bl a c

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f o re leaving the game with an injury It would be shocking if the Jaguars won more than three games

31 Cleveland Browns

The Browns aren ’ t last! Huge victory for Cleveland! See LIAO page 15

object After an atrocious rookie season (he owned a quar terback rating of 65 4, making him dead last in the