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Between 2002 and 2012, jobs grew faster in Ithaca than in any other area in New York State, including New York City, according to a report released Friday by the state ’ s comptroller City Controller Steven P Thayer said he was not

surprised by the report ’ s positive findings “Tompkins County has always [had] one of the lowest of unemployment rates in the state I’m sure a lot has to do with the relationship that we have with Cornell University and Ithaca College,” Thayer said

“We can help families know that our schools are accesible.”

By DARA LEVY Sun Senior Writer

From Breaking Bad to Miley Cyrus, some of the biggest obsessions in pop culture today reflect the i d e a o f a d r u g - l a d e n

A m e r i c a T h e t re n d s could explain why many students overestimate the number of illegal substance abusers at Cornell Surveys administered by Ga n n e t t He a l t h Services show that not only is Cornell slightly at about or below national college-age dr ug abuse rates, but that drug use at Cornell has not increased at all in recent years

A Spring 2010 survey of a random sample of C o r n e l

students found that 32 percent of students had tried marijuana in their lifetime, and that about 15 percent of students had used marijuana in the past 30 days

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Students Express Gratitude in Olin Notebook

By SOFIA HU Sun Contributor

For many Cornellians, the leather-

b o u n d b o o k s i t t i n g n e a r Ol i n Library’s circulation desk might not even warrant a second glance But the “Gratitude Book,” a notebook filled with thank yous and notes of appreciation written by community members, has a story that stretches back years to students who wanted to better mental health on campus

“Gratitude is such a key element of the human experience, yet we forget to tell people how much their kindness and caring makes a difference in our lives,” a note placed by the book says “Make up for it in this space Document your thank you ”

Lauren Mangano ’11, one of the students who started the Gratitude Book, said the notebook is meant to be a place where community members can reflect on small acts of kindn e s s t h ro u g h o u t t h e i r t i m e a t Cornell

“Our goal was to create a record of positive interactions on and around campus that students could browse and add to themselves,” she said “We placed it in the library because we

thought it was a place that students might need some extra encouragement ” As a member of the University’s Student Library Advisory Council, Ma n g a n o w o rk e d w i t h l i b r a r

administrators to bring the Gratitude Book to Olin Library Although initially, the idea was for books to be placed in both Mann Library and

Olin Librar y, ultimately, students decided to stick with placing one book in Olin

“[ We] worked with the students to discuss location, format and security, and once we had all the details worked out, they placed it in its current location in Olin,” said Kornelia

College of Engineering Launches Green Campaign

By EMMA IANNI Sun Contributor

The College of Engineering is turning out the lights

Through its “ Think Big, Live Green” campaign, which it launched Sept 4, the engineering college is hoping to cut the amount of waste it produces and significantly reduce its environmental footprint Ultimately, all of Cornell’s colleges and units will participate in the campaign

The engineering college hopes to slowly change people’s behaviors and encourage community members to act i n m o re s u s t a i n a b l e w a y s , a c c o rd i n g t o D a w n McWilliams, director of marketing and communications for the college

“ The biggest idea of this campaign is about changing behaviors Instead of coming here and flipping both my lights in the morning, I only flip on one, ” McWilliams said “ There is a whole series of behaviors with which we know we’ll actually have some major impact on the electrical use throughout the college ”

To kick off the campaign, McWilliams said, the college sought to involve a large number of participants

“ We wanted something that was going to be broadbased [so] that there would be someone in ever y building a n d e v e r y d e p a r t m e n t i n t e re s t e d i n d o i n g t h i s , ” McWilliams said

Erin Moore energy outreach coordinator for the Energy and Sustainability division and a member of the campaign’s organizing team said that although the campaign is starting from within the engineering school,

“A lot of this takes a lot of time to generate, a lot of this doesn’t just happen overnight, especially the education piece.”

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the initiatives can be applied to all colleges and schools at Cornell

“ This is a sustainability engagement campaign based on the community culture and operations of people of different colleges and units,” she said

In September, the college is focusing on cutting paper waste; in October, the college will focus on conser ving energy in labs; in November, the college’s buildings will compete to reduce energy; and in December, the community will tr y to turn down thermostats

Moore also said that she hopes the campaign will edu-

Revving up

More Chinese Students Attend Cornell Summer P rogram

Participants more than doubled in last ve years

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More Chinese students are coming to Cornell to take summer classes, explore

It h a c a a n d e x p e r i e n c e d o r m i t o r y l i f e through the China-College Preparator y Program, according to the University

This summer, nearly 1,000 Chinese

s t u d e n t s p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e C h i n aCollege Preparator y Program The program, which was established in 2006 to give talented Chinese students an opportunity to study at Cornell, has seen the number of international participants more than double in the last five years

“ In t h e l a s t d e c a d e , t h e r e ’ s b e e n increasing demand in Chinese families and Chinese students looking for opportunities to further their field in Europe or in the United States,” said Jim Schechter, d i r e c t o r o f t h e C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y Summer College “[ They want] their children to have exposure to the American system so they can refine their analytical skills in a way to improve their English skills and at the same time become more confident of their ability to study in the United States ” The University prepares to welcome students to Ithaca through a variety of

means, according to Schechter

While Cornell cannot control ever y aspect of travel a student will experience to and from the U S , it does coordinate students’ commute to and from the program Residential staff are also prepared to w e l c o m e s t

n d ensure students’ safety during the program, Schechter added

Although the students are still in high school, they take the same academically rigorous courses that the University offers to undergraduates during the fall and spring semesters, Schechter said

Although most students are proficient in English, the program also offers courses that help bolster their language skills

cate the different units on their energy usage

“ We also want to see better waste management in colleges and units and energy reductions within the colleges and units With a new budget model in place, this is the perfect opportunity for the campaign to educate people about sustainability,” she said

Although the campaign has already started, Moore said that she thinks colleges still might take time to implement some of the initiatives proposed by the campaign

“A lot of this takes a lot of time to generate, a lot of this doesn’t just happen overnight, especially the education piece But that’s why it’s a campaign, it’s not something that you do for a little while and then forget about it,” Moore said “ We are really excited about [the campaign] and we ’ ve been working on it for a long time ”

The engineering college is also hoping to encourage students to be involved in educating others about sustainability through the Green Ambassadors Program, a leadership program, according to Moore

“ The Green Ambassadors learn how to communicate, to talk to each other and learn how to promote certain behaviors and discourage certain others to their peers, ” Moore said

Approximately 40 people have been trained as ambassadors, according to a University press release

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likely continue coming to Cornell

Prof Peter Fortunato ’72, English, who t e a c h e s o n

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Personal Essay,” said he is pleased with the individual outcomes for students who he has taught through the summer program

“My students have always loved this course, and the generally high quality of the writing they produce by the course ’ s end is a testament to the benefits they derive,” he said “I love to teach this course in particular because it empowers students from many different kinds of backgrounds to find their own voices as writers, thinkers and discussion partici-

pants ” All courses are taught predominantly by Cornell professors, Schechter said Program participants live in residential halls on North Campus and participate in social activities like Fourth of July celebrations, ice cream socials and trips to places like Niagara Falls

Despite the numerous activities that t h e p r o g r a m o f f e r s , f o r s o m e , t h e

$6,135 26 for the three-week program and $10,935 52 for the six-week program, can be prohibitively expensive There is a ver y limited amount of financial aid given to both international and domestic students, Schechter said, and the aid is used strategically to assist as many students as possible to offset the price of the program

However, in spite of the cost of the program and apparent safety risk in travel-

Mei Xin Luo can be reached at ml942@cornell edu

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37 percent of college students had tried marijuana, with 17 percent of those students having used it in the past 30 days

Those results were consistent with the results of surveys in 2005, which found that 17 percent of students reported using marijuana in the past 30 days, both at Cornell and nationally

Although the number of students using drugs is not on the rise, according to Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant J D ’88, referrals to the J A regarding drug use are dramatically increasing a trend she attributes to increased police enforcement

“It’s not that we think people are using more; we think that people are getting caught more, ” Grant said J A referrals for drug-related violations increased from eight percent of total referrals in 2001 to 17 percent in 2009, but alcohol violations stayed constant, comprising about 60 percent of all J A referrals

Grant said it is extremely rare that any J A referral for illegal substance abuse concerns a drug other than marijuana

According to Lewis, about four percent of students report using illegal drugs other than marijuana, with 0 9 percent of students having used cocaine in the past 30 days and 0 3 percent of students having used MDMA in a survey

Nationally, 1 1 percent of college students reported using cocaine in the past 30 days, and 1 2 percent reported using MDMA in the survey

“Cornell students tend to be pretty cautious around substance use, ” Lewis said “By and large students are really interested in peak performance academically and athletically, and they understand that using these substances on a pretty regular basis will have a negative effect on that which is most important to them ”

Danielle ’16 said that she has used marijuana, cocaine, molly and acid at Cornell Although she uses drugs frequently, she said that she has not found

that they have interfered with her or her peers ’ academics She said that everything she uses, except for acid, is “ pretty easy ” to obtain on campus

“Coke is very easy to get I do coke whenever it’s offered to me, but I save doing acid or Molly for special occasions or when I’m in a good, happy place,” Danielle said

Lewis said that there could be some underreporting of drug use in the survey due to selfreporting bias However if there was a self-reporting bias, she said, it would be relatively consistent from year to year, still showing that drug use has not increased

The Gannett survey also found that Cornell students dramatically overestimate how much their peers are using illegal substances, with more than 30 percent of students predicting that the average student uses some form of illegal drug at least once a week

Grant said that there is a false belief among students that their peers are using more drugs than they actually are

“I think the misconception happens with everything with alcohol, sex, better grades I think in general, as human beings, we are not very good with understanding what happens in other peoples’ lives,” Grant said

Eric ’16 who said he has used various illegal substances at Cornell said he believes that the results of Gannett’s survey underestimate the campus ’ number of users

“Drugs are definitely less talked about, which could make them more unsafe because they are always so shunned away, ” Eric said

Lewis said that the reason Gannett focuses less on substance abuse prevention and more on alcohol safety is because alcohol causes many more campus emergencies than drug use

“I think there is both an ease of access to alcohol and a sense of ‘nothing really bad can happen’ so that people become more careless and desensitized to alcohol,” Lewis said

Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun com and twitter com/dararaye

EMPLOYMENT

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Over the last decade, total employment in Ithaca rose 12 42 percent

In comparison, New York State showed a total increase in jobs of 3 99 percent, and the U S as a whole showed an increase of 2 52 percent Ithaca stood out as the only region in New York that saw private employment grow more quickly than the national average over the last two decades, according to N Y Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s report The city also showed an upward trajector y in private sector employment and government employment over the past 10 years, logging an 11 96 percent and 15 12 percent increase in jobs in those industries

Prof Victoria Prowse, industrial and labor relations, attributed part of Ithaca’s relatively high employment to a recent slew of construction projects that have taken place in the city

“ We can all see that there’s a lot of construction going on downtown, ” Prowse said “In the Commons, there’s a renovation project involving a lot of the sewage pipes, which is going to be great for the city in the long term It also means that in the short term, there are a lot of construction jobs There’s also a new hotel and a sequence of apartment buildings being built downtown, and that obviously creates a lot of employment ”

While the construction has created new jobs, Prowse said that such jobs may only exist over the short-term

Jobs created by “something like Cornell is probably ver y stable, but construction is one of the more volatile industries,” Prowse said “If something is being built, there are a lot of new jobs, and that can be something that explains why there is an upswing in employment in one particular area ”

Even after construction on several projects downtown ends, however, Prowse said she does not think employment in Ithaca will be negatively affected

“One thing about the construction that is happening in terms of it being apartments and a hotel is that it will bring more people into the area, ” Prowse said “You can imagine more businesses, shops, ser vice industr y jobs and more restaurants coming in and there actually being more activity here ”

As people are drawn to Ithaca, Prowse said she thinks it is possible the types of jobs that are available in the city will change

“People may move away from construction into other types of employment It’s an open question as to what happens in the longer term with the actual level of employment in this particular area, ” she said Gar y Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, said DiNapoli’s reports mirror findings from previous years

“ Traditionally, Ithaca has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state; it always has,” Ferguson said “Our economy generally leads most portions of the state in terms of its robustness ”

In Ithaca, the educational sector has been critical to bolstering the economy, Ferguson said

“ The educational sector certainly has a lot to do with [the low unemployment rate] That’s our driving industr y here,” Ferguson said “ The combination of the educational sector and all the spinoffs that come from that, [such as] the tech industries that are here and the associated ser vice and hospitality industries, have really done well ”

Ferguson also said he is optimistic about the employment outlook for the future

“ There’s certainly more development happening, and that can only mean that there will be additional growth that will go along with that,” Ferguson said “ We have no reason to believe that there’s significant problems confronting us in terms of job losses ”

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they are accepted to for free, according to the organization’s website

The University does not yet know how many students it will support through Say Yes in the fall, but it expects that the initial class of students admitted will be less than 10, according to Barbara Knuth, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost of the University

Knuth said that Cornell’s partnership with Say Yes will help the University “ get our message about affordability and access to education to a broader community ”

Advocating for education | Sen Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N Y ), who has supported Say Yes to Education for years, stands on Capitol Hill

“There are many high school guidance counselors who work in schools situated in relatively low-income communities who are not aware of Cornell and other private institutions’ need-blind admissions and need-based aid programs, ” she said “By being affiliated with Say Yes, we can help schools and families know that our schools are accessible to them ”

Ulysses Smith ’14, president of the Student Assembly, said that, although the program seems like “ a great initiative in theory,” he has reservations about how well it will do in practice

“What is being done to ensure that students from backgrounds are able to be successful once they’re here? I think we already have a bad habit of pouring so much into recruitment and not enough into achievement, ” Smith said

He added that he hopes the University will focus its efforts on “inclusion” and “achievement things people have been so fond of discussing in recent years ”

“I agree with Say Yes’ mission to help disadvantaged kids get here, but again, I don’t think we focus enough on what happens after people get here,” Smith said “I don’t like the idea of setting people up for failure It’s not fair ”

Although dozens of other universities have committed to support Say Yes by promising full tuition to low-income students affiliated with the organization, Cornell and four other colleges have offered to cover the full cost of attendance including room and board for all Say Yes scholars accepted to their institutions, according to the organization

Since its founding 26 years ago, Say Yes has helped more than 3,000 high school graduates attend college, according to the organization’s website

Sen Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N Y ), whose office played a “critical role” in Say Yes’ outreach efforts to Cornell, said in a statement Wednesday that Say Yes’ mission is pivotal to lifting low-income students out of poverty

“Higher education remains one of the clearest paths to the middle class in this country and it must be within reach for anyone willing to work their hardest and earn their degree,’’ Gillibrand said “Say Yes makes this possible ”

Gillibrand said she saw for herself how local stakeholders, working together “ at every level to support students every step of the way, ” can be powerful forces in helping young people pursue an education

“Say Yes works because it shows young people what’s possible and brings those possibilities within reach Say Yes tells our young people to think big to dream big and gives them the chance and the tools to earn it,” she said in the statement

The program has been praised by President Barack Obama, who recently toured upstate New York to speak about college affordability

“The great work that’s being done through the program that’s called Say Yes [is making] sure that no child in Buffalo has to miss out on a college education because they can ’ t pay for it,” Obama said at the State University of Buffalo on Aug 22

Nothing is more important in attaining economic mobility than a good education, Obama said to a packed room at the university

“A higher education is the single best investment you can make in your future and I’m proud of all the students who are making that investment That’s not just me saying it,” Obama said “Some form of higher education is the surest path into the middle class ”

While Say Yes to Education is based in New York City, it also has a presence in Syracuse, Buffalo, Cambridge, Mass , and Hartford, Conn

The organization is hoping to expand to more cities in the U S in the coming years

GRATITUDE

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Libraries “I am always ver y interested in how the librar y can ser ve as a safe neutral place for our community, both intellectually and emotionally, as well as in bringing in and implementing student ideas in our spaces, so to me, this is a really impor tant initiative ”

During its two years at Olin Librar y, the Gratitude Book has been filled with messages from students, professors and visitors Though many writers thanked a specific friend or professor, others thanked Olin Librar y and its staff, as well as the University itself

“ Thank you to Cornell You saw a potential in me that others did not Your vision has allowed me a second chance at a ne w life,” David, who did not provide his last name, wrote in the book He also thanked his friends and family for providing suppor t to him

An anonymous person thanked someone for “ never giving up in me, even when I have ”

“ Thank you for being my best friend, my sister, my umbrella web it rains, the arms that hold me when I'm scared,” the person wrote in the book

Some messages were written in different lan-

Vietnamese or by visitors who praised the librar y and its resources

“Olin Librar y is so beautiful, just like all of the other libraries at Cornell University What a wonder ful place to be a student,” someone wrote anonymously

Most of the book’s pages have been written on, although blank spaces remain where additional messages can be written

“In my opinion, it has far surpassed its goal, and I am basing this on its continuing popularity and on the over whelmingly positive feelings expressed in the letters,” Tancheva said

Many of the people who wrote in the book praised the initiative as well

“ Thank you for putting this book here! It has been a long time since I last stopped and thought for five solid minutes about the people I am grateful for,” an anonymous person wrote “ This whole world is about stepping up and stepping back, and gratitude is absolutely what keeps it all spinning I’m so glad this book is here because gratitude can carr y a person ”

The Gratitude Book which was placed in Olin Librar y during finals week in 2011 is not the only example of a mental health initiative that has been carried out in the libraries During finals week in 2012, Cornell staff placed real grass in the librar y to help students experience a “cognitive, relaxing effect,” The Sun previously repor ted

Hu can be reached at shh83@cornell edu

131ST EDITORIAL BOARD

REBECCA HARRIS ’14

Editor in Chief

MLegitimizing Heartbreak

y sophomore year of college, one of my best girlfriends Samantha was going through a rough breakup and was acting crazy She would go out every Friday night and come back either with some random guy, or hysterically crying, or both My other friends found her difficult to live with and got very nervous when it came time to sign the lease for the next year One of them, Katie, was so happy-go-lucky that Samantha’s behavior made her especially uncomfortable

When I visited Katie two years later, she confided in me that she had recently gone through a bad breakup and it had reduced her to a state that she never imagined she would be in. “I finally understand,” she said “Samantha wasn ’ t crazy; she was heartbroken ”

Heartbreak is an express ticket to the dark side of the human condition: You will be shocked by the degree of apathy you can achieve, by how many showers you can skip and by just how unkempt you will let yourself be in public You won ’ t understand it until it happens to you, and when it does you will feel like it has never happened to anybody else

I’ve been there, and it was the rock bottom I never thought I could hit I stopped singing in the shower, stopped looking forward to my favorite things and snapped at the people who I love the most And throughout it all, I refused to accept that I wasn ’ t okay I felt obligated to put on a happy face

I know I am not the only one who’s suffered in silence When I spoke with Katie right after her breakup, she assured me, all smiles, that she was doing well She went through the motions of being happy and going out with friends It was not until a few months later that she was able to be honest with me and with herself about the state she was in

It seems strange that an experience as universal as heartbreak can make us feel so crazy and isolated We all go through it, but no one wants to acknowledge when it’s happening Our reluctance to admit when we are suffering has forced me to realize that while heartbreak is universal, tolerance for it is not And as college kids in America, the odds are particularly stacked against us

Let me explain

We are raised in a country that holds self-reliance as an ideal, and we are taught from an early age that no one should ever make us doubt ourselves; that we shouldn ’ t care what other people think As a result, the idea that you give another person the power to send your life spiraling out of control feels inherently wrong almost immoral to us

Then we enter college, where hook-ups often result in an unspoken competition between two people, each trying to prove they are the least invested in the other If

we are actually disappointed or hurt by someone, we refuse to pay heed to those feelings because we feel like we should have known better

We then find ourselves at the culmination of these cultural ideals, none of which give any legitimacy to our feelings of heartbreak

So when it happens (which it will), we feel unjustified in our sadness and try to rationalize our way out of feeling it: “I didn ’ t know him that well,” or for “that long,” and “I shouldn’t be so upset, really ” We pretend we ’ re okay because it feels foolish not to be okay We give ourselves deadlines to get over it and grow impatient if we are not over it after that certain amount of time

Even our closest friends – who have our best interest at heart – will feed into these arbitrar y deadlines “ We’re going out tonight and you ’ re going to forget all about it,” they’ll say, as if getting drunk and hooking up with some rando is the prescribed insta-cure (It isn’t)

The reality is far uglier than that There is no instant cure The road to feeling okay again is a slow, circuitous route full of those “Go back to start ” traps that you find on a kid’s board game There are things that may help on some days, like meeting someone new or noticing that the object of your affection got a bad haircut But even then, all it takes is one flattering photo of them to surface on your newsfeed and you ’ re back to square one.

Throughout it all, no one tells you the one thing you need to hear: You’re not crazy It’s okay to not be doing well It’s normal to feel like your whole world is upside-down It’s not crazy to be disappointed if you expected something from someone and nothing came of it

If there is one thing I have learned in my life, it is that when it comes to love we are all fragile When we refuse to recognize this, we cheat ourselves out of the healing process altogether I am not advocating that we become a culture of wallowing, self-pitying people, or that we make excuses for our actions What I’m suggesting is the opposite: That we recognize hear tbreak as par t of the human experience without being ashamed or embarrassed; without making excuses or apologizing for our feelings Let yourself feel it Be proud that you opened yourself up enough to have your heart broken Though one day it will be a faded memory, you will never be exactly the same as you were before You will come out of it more jaded, more empathetic to the human condition and ultimately, stronger

Liz Kussman is a senior in the College of Human Ecolog y She may be reached at ekussman@cor nellsun com Up to Date appears alter nate Thursdays this semester

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f r i e d chicken The greasy, juicy, crispy finger lickin’ food has to be one of my favorites All I need is fried chicken and a side of buttery,

fluffy biscuits and life is good So upon scanning Tango Chicken’s menu, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Tango Chicken’s selections revolved around fried chicken The menu included a small selection of desserts, beverages and a house salad, too but organic fried chicken comprised the bulk of the menu With a straightforward and basic selection of choices on the menu, the Dinner Supreme Box allowed me the option to mix and match six pieces of chicken, dr umsticks, wings, thighs or tenders I opted for wings, tenders and a chicken thigh The meal also came with three options for sides including a small romaine salad, three small fried spring rolls and three bitesized pieces of cheesecake for the price of $15 99

Initially the meal seemed a little pricey Fried chicken for one doesn’t usually exceed around ten bucks, but I decided the Dinner Supreme Box was big enough to share This turned out to work perfectly Split amongst two, the portions and the price evened out to a pretty good deal

While the ser vice was quick a n d f r i e n d l y, t h e m e a l i t s e l f, ser ved in a bento style box with paper plates and plastic silverware, proved to be a little odd The fast-food vibe and set-up was somewhat offsetting to the colorful, dine-in restaurant environment While the fried chicken didn’t disappoint it was hot and fresh, golden and crisp all the components of the meal didn ’ t work as harmoniously as they could have The Asian spring rolls filled with carrots and cabbage,

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raspberr y, one chocolate and one plain were creamy and delicious Ever ything by itself wasn ’ t bad, but offered

Albeit the somewhat confusing concept spring rolls and organic fried chicken have never gone hand in hand in my mind the restaurant offers what many stu-

dents are looking for, namely freshly fried chicken And in a student community

h i c k e n c r a vi n g m i g h t prompt me to order just the eight piece chicken meal that comes without the sides

Kay Xiao can be reached

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I’ve already been hooked on Chvrches for a while I have been addicted ever since the Glaswegian synthpop trio released their first track, “Lies,” in May 2012 Their synth loops were creative, their vocals shimmering and their choruses catchy After the group ’ s Recover EP and singles “The Mother We Share” and “Gun,” I was eagerly awaiting the day I’d get the privilege of listening to their debut LP, The Bones of What You Believe I’m not alone in my anticipation Chvrches, spelled with the Roman “V” so as not to confuse their Internet searches with religious edifices, had already made quite a splash before the release of their first full-length While Glasgow has been primarily an EDM and guitar rock city, Chvrches can be credited for a surge in interest in electro-indie in the area

For many, the star of the band has been lead singer Lauren Mayberry A petite girl who looks closer to 18 than her actual age of 25, Mayberry brings strong, talented vocals with an omnipresent hint of coyness While she doesn’t lack confidence, she never sounds fully at ease with her own talents Coupled with her troubled, dark lyrics, this slight waver lends a warm, human trait to even the most electronic tracks, a quality which has made many of her listeners develop a huge crush (myself included) Always clever yet timid onstage and in interviews, the masters degree-wielding vocalist is adamant about deflecting the spotlight She reiterates time and time again that she is not Chvrches and that her bandmates Iain Cook and

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Martin Doherty aren ’ t writing music specifically for her voice Rather, they see the group as a collective effort and Lauren’s voice as just another instrument at their disposal

The Bones of What You Believe proves this to be a healthy, effective strategy The album is packed to the brim with infectiously catchy synth patterns backing depressing and occasionally sinister lyrics, creating a unique juxtaposition that Chvrches strives for The album features all four of their singles released so far, each one more compelling than the last They made the correct choice to re-record their first one, “Lies,” with stellar results Whereas the vocals seemed a tad wonky and misplaced in the original version, the increase of bass in the synth and drum mixes makes the track a standout on the album

Standing out on this LP isn’t an easy feat since the record is so memorable front to back “By the Throat” succeeds with early europop-inspired synthesizer patterns and passionate male backup vocals Even though it begins fairly unmemorably, “Night Sky” ends up being very emotionally powerful with its shadowy instrumentation Moreover, “Tether” is spacious and atmospheric, and gives the album room to breathe with Mayberry’s particularly melodic vocal delivery Soon to be featured on FIFA ’14, “We Sink” has an overly complicated synth loop and a strange interlude but somehow emerges a catchy pop tune

As Chvrches continues to prevent Lauren from becoming the sole focal point of the group, Martin Doherty features as

lead vocals on two tracks While the distortion and bass of “Under the Tide” gorgeously compliment his voice, “You Caught the Light” is his real moment of true excellence His crooning combines with dreampop textures and Chvrches’s signature bright synths to hammer home both the group ’ s brilliance and their non-reliance on Mayberry’s delivery Between the tracks from Recover, the singles and the fact that they perform almost all these songs in their concert set, there really isn’t much new content here Despite this fact, none of it feels stale Given the quality of these repurposed tracks, I admit that I had unfairly high expectations for this album Not only did it live up to even the wildest of them, but The Bones of What You Believe gives the feeling that this is just the tip of the iceberg for Chvrches They’re brimming with clever, effective ideas, and they’re executing them flawlessly They’ve been criticized for being simple synthpop and for not breaking new ground That statement might have a grain of truth, but I’ll take exciting, genre-leading, successful releases over experimental ones any day Although the band takes cues from diverse influences, the main constant throughout their debut L P is brilliance With The Bones of What You Believe, Chrvrches is continuing to flesh out their sound, and their future is bright as can be

Mike Sosnick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun com

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Call the California-based blues/indie-rock quartet Cold War Kids a lot of things: Call them bandwagon jumpers, call them pretentious, lacking in personality, “borderline schizophrenic or a bunch of emoting hipsters starved and desperate for their yet-to-surface indie arena sing-along hit But don’t call them repetitive

They’ve done everything, I mean everything From the indie blues and power pop of Robbers & Cowards (2007) to the philosophical-political soap-boxing confusion of Loyalty to Loyalty (2008), the wish-upon-a-star Springsteen/Train/The Killers nonsense of Mine is Yours (2010), to finally, a halfway decent attempt at their own record with 2013’s Dear Miss Lonelyhearts It’s a concept album, based around Nathanael West’s 1933 novel about the crack-up of a popular advice columnist However random that may read initially, it’s the first theme that seems to have driven a sense of urgency and energy into the Cold War Kids process It surpassed the crisp, clean nothingness of Mine is Yours and the same note whining of Loyalty to Loyalty No one was arguing these guys weren ’ t talented, but for a while it felt like they had nothing but talent proficiency, but nothing to say with it, nothing that hadn ’ t already been done before, and better

The foursome, consisting of lead-singer Nathan Willet, bassist Matt Maust, drummer Matt Aveiro and new addition, former Modest Mouse guitarist, Dann Gallucci, is seeing their first unanimous critical success since their debut LP Robbers & Cowards six years, two LP’s and a shitton of eviscerating Pitchfork reviews ago The band’s new recipe includes the guitarist swap, as well as an increased focus on Willet’s vocal and piano-playing talent (essentially their only trump card) and a return to the rock-blues

Ifyou ’ ve been anywhere in the vicinity of an Internet music snob the past couple weeks, it is without a doubt that you ’ ve heard the exalted news: “Arcade Fire are releasing a new album! The cover art is super mysterious! The lead single criticizes social media and has two music videos! One of them involves iPhones!” Then the SNL spot, the NBC concert special and the Winn Butler-Regine Chassagne sex tape were all announced (one of these didn’t happen) and one gets a little weary over their incessant and looming presence I mean, “Reflektor” is great and all, but the absurd P R drive is a little exhausting

For some big-name artists, this perennial image management has become the norm Kanye West embodies this He constantly attaches his name to big-time projects, premieres videos on the side of random city buildings and began dating a Kardashian in what seems like the first intentional instance of celebrity-based brand synergy I imagine that Kanye has a personal brand manager who suggested the move, following extensive market research that determined which celebrity girlfriend would invoke the greatest amount of public ire

sound that made them seem so promising half a decade ago Whereas Paste magazine once explained Willett’s vocals as “walking that tiny line between Timberlake and Levine, they stand out in the band s recent works as obviously unique, soaring and way, way more interesting than anything off a Maroon 5 LP Willet takes center stage on Dear Miss Lonelyhearts and the new EP, Tuxedos Tuxedos features two aptly-handled Antony & the Johnsons covers, two new recordings of songs off of the recent Dear Miss Lonelyhearts (“Tuxedos,” “Bottled Affection”) and two allnew ballads: “Romances Languages #2” and “Pine St ” In the past, Cold War Kids’ Achilles heel has been their obvious ambition They’ve boasted openly about one-daysoon selling out arenas in Asia and “recording with someone like Elvis Costello ” It was all too easy to shoot them down for being pretentious hipster douchebags who would name their albums after obscure philosophers and ’30s romance novels not a soul has heard of The fact that their whiny and declaratively post-modern shenanigans song “Every Man I Fall For” wrapped up John Krasinski’s failed attempt at adapting hipster deity David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men seemed to sum them up in a pretty neat and solid nutshell “It’s the law of diminishing returns, ” Willett moans, and he’s right there are only so many esoteric philosophical, political and musical odds and ends you can cram into your “personal aesthetic” before it stops benefiting you and starts making you read as a convoluted mess who doesn’t actually believe anything

However, the recent work from the Kids on Dear Miss Lonelyhearts and now Tuxedo proves they might finally be finding their footing and earning their keep Far from a

macabre collage of musical eras gone South for a reason, these works are a stab towards an interesting, and welcome, departure from plagiarism and pseudo-emotion While the “Cathedral Version of “Bottled Affection makes some smart additions to the original, including a female harmony and some not-even-cheesy organ music, the title track “Tuxedos” is a poorly-chosen repeat the lyricism is not great (it’s “Suit and Tie,” but sad), and it’s not one of the Lonelyhearts stand-out tracks (E g “Miracle Mile,” “Loner Phase,” “Bitter Poem”) But the masterpiece on this EP is clearly the just-over-two-minutes, vaguely1950’s-prom/lullaby ballad “Pine St ” It’s the first time I’ve heard something smacking of genuine emotion behind Willett’s technically proficient vocals, and the simple but dense lyrics are a great stride towards the sparse Bob Dylan-intensity that the Kids have only mimicked thus far “Romance Languages #2” is worth listening to as well it’s catchy, and refreshing, with nicely orchestrated cliffhangs in the score that Willett capitalizes on stunningly The repeated line, “I’m exhausted by romance, ” maybe takes some kind of stab at the love-gone-wrong linchpin of the tortured romantic indie songwriter shtick Let’s hope anyway It’s really the first sign that Cold War Kids craves more than commercial success they’re not just going to write arena love songs, not just going to rip off Coldplay’s cheesy costuming and confetti-dump showmanship; they’ve tried and failed and realized that they don’t actually want to be part of that hypocritical “alt” band culture

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com

New Slaves to Hype

French group ’ s “Get Lucky”) all managed to grab headlines for weeks on end, keeping Daft Punk on the tip of our tongues and “Get Lucky” at the top of the charts

Even smaller artists are getting in on the high concept marketing ploys Retro-leaning British electro duo Disclosure released a 360 degree interactive video of their Central Park performance of “Latch,” while cloudtrap producer Ryan Hemsworth, among others, has partnered with Levi’s for their #MakeOurMark campaign It feels awkward and, perhaps, a little compromising, but you can ’ t blame them. We are a finicky, ADHD-afflicted public; for artists with money behind them, these sort of marketing gimmicks keep them within the public consciousness They build hype for upcoming releases without the release of lots of music and help turn albums, even those that

Daft Punk, too, have been everywhere this year: seemingly innocuous moves like selecting the obscure town of Wee Waa, Australia as the site of the Random Access Memories listening party and ditching a performance on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report (thusly instigating a rebellious and highly viral Colbert performance of the

are just being torrented en masse, into events worthy of anticipation

However, some contest that these sorts of shenanigans are unnecessary The relatively high-profile experimental electronic musician Four Tet, announcing the release of his upcoming Beautiful Rewind (which includes the absorbing and meditative single “Parallel Jalebi”), made it very clear to his

fans that he wasn ’ t going to be pulling any Kanye West-sized stunts for publicity On Twitter, Hebden was sure to specify that there would be “ no pre order, no youtube trailers, no itunes stream, no spotify, no amazon deal, no charts, no bitcoin deal, no last minute rick rubin” for his record In a crowded electronic music scene, it’s a bold move at anti-publicity It strives to downplay the anticipation of the album in favor of letting the music speak for itself once it’s released, whether out of derision of the Arcade Fire-style media onslaughts or out of a desire for simplicity

Treating art like a commodity has never been a problem in other fields Galleries trade and sell paintings like third graders pushing holographic Pokemon cards The fashion industry has turned the concept of the art-commodity into a something of a capitalistic religion, with holy periods (the seasonal fashion weeks) and scripture writers (Vogue, et al ) to boot If fans of those mediums can withstand the integrated marketing campaign onslaught, why are music fans especially those who so doggedly follow music blogs so uncomfortable with the idea? After all, these artists want to make a living

Sure, the idea of non-conformist, noncommercialized music might come from punk, but even Black Flag enacted aggressive marketing strategies, however guerrilla (the posters designed by Raymond Pettibon are punk advertising masterpieces) I think the discomfort felt by all Internet music fanatics has something to do with why people turned to the web for their music, rather than MTV and pop radio: control The ability to more carefully tailor our art consumption has led to more cosmopolitan

tastes and a sense that we ’ ve beaten the corporate feeding cycle We’re so rebellious, dude

But so were Bob Dylan, The Sex Pistols and Nirvana, and their images have been used for Victoria’s Secret promos and in Guitar Hero video games (much to the chagrin of much of Kurt Cobain’s camp) At a certain point, when artists reach a level of popularity where other people are providing them the resources to help them record and distribute their music, they are indebted and need to curtail that costs by ensuring that they are a competitive product Thus, the marketing onslaught begins

Once upon a time, albums didn’t need any sort of hype-inducing marketing campaign to become an event Records from Dylan’s classic Blonde on Blonde to the rapturous folly of Oasis’s Be Here Now inspired out-the-door lines at record stores across the planet With the communal sources of album-related entertainment radio, music television and, yes, in-person record sales on the wane, artists desperate to have their moment need to step it up and manufacture a moment Some, like the inimitable Kanye, need only to be themselves to do so But Arcade Fire far less quotably arrogant need to step out of the box to do so Let’s just be happy that it’s a somewhat ill-advised iPhone video rather than, like, a cartoon tie-in

Then again, if Arcade Fire played on Adventure Time, that would be amazing

James R ainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at jrainis@cor nellsun com Irresponsible Listening appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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NEW YORK (AP) Roger Goodell believes the NFL’s new player safety rules are working

Goodell participated in a series of meetings on player health and safety at the league’s headquarters Wednesday He said the feedback he has received from coaches, players, officials and administrators has been positive

“The overwhelming reaction is that players are adjusting to the new rules, the new techniques,” Goodell said “I do believe that this is a very positive shift in the culture You’re always going to have things that don’t necessarily fit into that culture in a period of time, but people are recognizing when these hits don’t fit into the context of the game ”

Asked about appeals officer Matt Birk overturning the onegame suspension for Tampa Bay safety Dashon Goldson for a helmet-to-helmet hit on New Orleans running back Darren Sproles, Goodell said he had not read the decision But he stressed that the $100,000 fine delivers a message to Goldson and others that such hits must be eliminated from football

The Buccaneers could wind up being punished financially for excessive fines accumulated by their players this season In fact, any team is subject to such penalties

Fine amounts under the league’s club remittance policy for player safety count toward a team maximum of $105,000 If a team ’ s players go over that, the club is fined $50,000 If the total of fines gets to $157,500, the club must hand over another $25,000 and match any subsequent fines or suspension amounts The most an individual’s fine can count toward the club total is $50,000, and Goldson already has two infractions worth $80,000 in fines

Tampa Bay is at $87,825 in 2013 just two games into the season

Goodell also said the league has compromised as much as it can with the players’ union on HGH testing The NFL and NFLPA agreed in principle to conducting such tests in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, but the union has balked about procedural matters in the testing, and about the appeals process, for which the union wants neutral arbitration Both sides have gotten much closer to finding a solution, but no testing is happening yet

“It’s not that there wasn ’ t a violation of the rule, and it’s not that there were not consequences for violating the rule,” he said “So that, in and of itself, is a shift, and a positive shift that the culture is changing But the culture doesn’t change overnight, and we will probably always have violations of rules ”

Marlins’ Juan Pierre

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Juan Pierre went by the Yankee Clipper Pierre passed Joe DiMaggio on the all-time hits list when he doubled in the seventh inning of the Miami Marlins’ 6-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night

For a team with the second-worst record in the majors, these are still moments worthy of celebration

Pierre, pinch-hitting for pitcher Brian Flynn, hit a double to right for his 2,215th career hit, breaking the tie with the Hall of Famer for 175th place on the all-time list, according to STATS

“I never set out to beat any of those guys, ” Pierre said “I know all about Joe DiMaggio and what he meant to the game Just to be mentioned with him is pretty cool ”

Pierre, who played with the Phillies last season, was standing on second base when former teammate Jimmy Rollins had some fun with him

“He pretended to throw the ball away, but he gave it to me, ” Pierre said Chase Utley hit a three-run homer and drove in four and Roy Halladay tossed six effective innings for the Phillies

Halladay (4-4) allowed one run and four hits in his fifth start after returning from right shoulder surgery The two-time Cy Young Award winner didn’t top 88 mph and relied on guile to get outs

The top three hitters in Philadelphia’s lineup Cesar Hernandez, Rollins and Utley were eight for 12 with four RBIs and six runs

Jonathan Papelbon allowed an RBI single to Giancarlo Stanton before finishing for his 28th save in 35 chances

“I liked the way we battled back,” Marlins manager Mike Redmond said “We had the guys we wanted up there at the end We gave ourselves a chance ” Flynn (0-2) gave up six runs and 11 hits in six innings

The going-nowhere Phillies improved to 18-13 since interim manager Ryne Sandberg replaced Charlie Manuel on Aug 16 They have won seven straight over the last-place Marlins

Utley hit an RBI single in the first and Carlos Ruiz followed with a two-run single for a 3-0 lead

Utley connected off Flynn in the fifth, driving one off the facing of the second deck in right field for his second three-run shot in two games He has eight RBIs in the last two nights

Halladay improved to 114-0 when he’s given a four-run lead, the longest streak since Pedro Martinez retired at 114-0 in similar situations

“He can still pitch,” Redmond said “He may not be throwing 94, but he can pitch ”

Injured Jets’ Player s

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FLORHAM PARK, N J (AP) New York Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley fully participated in practice Wednesday after he missed the team ’ s game at New England last Thursday with a concussion

Kerley, injured in the season opener against Tampa Bay, was cleared by team doctors and was out of the red no-contact jersey at practice He was the team ’ s leading receiver last season and would provide a big boost to rookie quarterback Geno Smith and the Jets’ offense against Buffalo on Sunday

“So, that’s good news, ” coach Rex Ryan said “I think we ’ re healthy as a football team, so I’m excited about that ” Defensive end Quinton Coples was limited but had his most extensive action at practice since suffering a fracture in his right ankle on Aug 17 that required surgery

“It’s hard to imagine that this guy would play after, what, three weeks it’s been since he had surgery, but the fact that he was out there, that’d be great, ” Ryan said

“Will it be full time and all that? I wouldn’t think so But man, that’s impressive that this kid was out there today, even in

a limited capacity ” Coples worked in positional drills and is uncertain whether he’ll play Sunday, even in a limited role, but said his rehabilitation is going “ so far, so good ”

One promising sign, Coples said, is that there is no longer any pain in the ankle

“We’ll see how things are progressing,” Coples said, “and I think they’ll make that decision on game day ”

Running back Bilal Powell did not practice with an illness, while defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson fully participated after spraining his right ankle against the Patriots

Among those limited in practice were defensive linemen Kenrick Ellis (back) and Sheldon Richardson (shoulder), tight end Kellen Winslow (knee) and wide receiver Santonio Holmes (foot)

Holmes acknowledged that he isn’t close to 100 percent healed from the foot injury that sidelined him for most of last season, but felt good after getting extended playing time at New England He finished with three catches for 51 yards after having just a 13-yard reception in the season opener against Tampa Bay

FCS , ACC Teams S et for Weekend Play

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Conference schools get a victor y that counts toward bowl eligibility, and if things go as expected, a virtual live scrimmage that allows the coaching staff to get many backups some experience

“For us, it’s just about getting our team better,” said

Mi a m i c o a c h A l Go l d e n , whose team played Florida in their last game “ There is a big disparity from going to an SEC opponent to this week But what I’m tr ying to teach our team is that it really doesn’t matter what the other team does ”

For the little guys, it’s a n i c e p a yd a y : Be t h u n

$375,00 and VMI $325,000, and that can be critical funding for a school whose athletic department is strapped for funds

But VMI coach Sparky Woods said there’s more than money to be gained, there’s also the experience and exposure for the program

“You want to, as a team and an individual player, to do well against these guys, so we ’ re e xc i t e d a b o u t t h e opportunity,” he said of the Keydets, who haven’t had a winning season since 1981 and are coming off a 37-24 l o s s a t h o m e t o No

Certainly we appreciate the money, and we ’ re going to go over there and get after it and do our ver y best to put the best football team we can out there ”

The environment will be one the Keydets rarely experience

“Ever ybody likes to play on the big stage or play in front of large crowds, TV, so on and so forth, and we have t h a t o p p o r t u n i t y, ” Wo o d s said “So if you aspire to be the best college football player that you can be, then you get a chance to match your-

self against the best It’s a great life experience ”

Ever y now and then, the little guy does more than just show up

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l o s t 8 4 - 0 t o No 1 8 Oklahoma State and 55-0 to the No 6 Seminoles in a game that was shortened by s e ve re we a t h e r C o a c h

Earnest Wilson said he doesn ’ t discuss the financial necessity of playing the games with his team, but rather challenges them to rise up and make a good accounting

Those two losses last season also earned the Wildcats $860,000 toward a $5 1 million athletic budget “ What we talk about it, if you want to play on a certain level or if you want to be great like they are, then you ’ re going to have to play with these guys and you ’ re going to have to be able to make it happen on the field,” Wilson s a i d “ If yo u d o n ’ t , t h e n there’s no reason for the NFL to come look for you That’s what we ’ re tr ying to explain

to them ” The players appreciate the opportunity to compete on the highest stage

“Anytime you can play up, I think it’s a good thing,”

Wa g n e r c o a c h Wa l t

Hameline said after his team lost 54-0 at Syracuse “ If you want to better your program, you want to be able to play up You don’t want to play more than one, though I can tell you that right now ” El o n w o u l d p ro b a b l y agree The Phoenix received $250,000 to play at Georgia Tech, and when the score became 70-0, coach Jason Swepson asked for a running clock in the fourth quarter

“ The positive thing from this game is that we had a lot of young kids play college football for the first time,” Swe p s o n s a i d a f t e r w a rd “Great eye-opening experience for those young men ” And one, Hameline said, that his players are likely to talk about for years to come

“I know for a fact that our kids will look at that (game) and say, ‘ We went up to play Syracuse,’” he said “ They probably won ’ t tell anybody t h e s c o re , b u t t h e y’l l s a y, ‘ He y, we p l a ye d i n t h e Dome ’”

C.U. Attempts to Build on Strong Weekend Showing

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as good or better than Peyton ever had in Indianapolis, make Denver the favorites in the AFC already

Is there a clear hierarchy in the NFC West already?

Only a 5-0 game yes, five to zero at the half in Seattle, the Seahawks ran away from the 49ers, 29-3 A week after torching the Packers, the 49ers were simply stifled To see the same 49ers offense that looked so dynamic last week look so fr ustrated by the Seattle defense this week bordered on cognitive dissonance The Seahawks secondar y (nicknamed the Legion of Boom, of course) locked down the 49ers’ receivers and bothered Kaepernick into four turnovers Anquan Boldin torched Green Bay for 208 yards, and only managed seven against the best secondar y in football Frank Gore wasn ’ t even a factor and could only chip in 16 yards on the ground Not to mention Marshawn Lynch, who showed us the tr ue meaning of determination with his three touchdown r uns for the Hawks

The week 14 rematch of these two teams has huge implications on not just the division, but the rest of the NFC The rematch is essentially a must win for the 49ers if they want to win the NFC West If the road to the Super Bowl goes through Seattle, it’s going to going to be awfully tough on the rest of the NFC The 49ers are tough at home and tough on the road The Seahawks are near unbeatable at home, but they can look mor tal on the road The Seahawks securing the one seed is a nightmare for ever y playoff team in the NFC

Just how bad are the Jaguars?

As quickly as the Seahawks and Broncos are establishing themselves as elite, the Jaguars are proving they are the worst team in the NFL The Jaguars put up zero offensive points in Arrowhead and only managed nine against the Raiders Now they go into the toughest place play for any offense, the thunder dome of Qwest Field in Seattle to meet the Legion of Boom It’s going to be a long day for the Jaguars With a 20-point spread and an under/over of 40, Vegas expects the Jaguars to

score about 10 points This seems ver y high The Jags are at serious risk of getting shutout Which brings up an interesting point if the Jags secure the first pick of the draft, do they take the highest rated player in Ja d

b a c k ? I n Jacksonville, it’s already time to think about the draft Can the Patriots win the AFC East playing like this?

The undefeated Patriots have issues After squeaking by the Bills, they sputtered past the Jets, 13-10 The Patriots offense has issues, and their depleted receiving corps look, well depleted The assumption is that Brady will get his receiving corps in line, but there are no guarantees The Dolphins are the only team in the AFC East with a resume-building win, going into Lucas Oil and toppling the Colts, and are actually playing like a first place team We’ll learn a lot about the Dolphins next week when the Falcons visit Miami The AFC East division is open for an upset for the first time since 2007 At the risk of underestimating the Bills, it looks like a two-team race already in the AFC East

Is it time for a QB change in Minnesota?

Christian Ponder is killing the Vikings Following a 31-30 loss to the Bears, it wouldn’t seem like offense is the problem But quar terback play cer tainly is The Vikings got 14 points off of a special teams play and defense, only scoring 16 points with Ponder leading their offense The Vikings feature a talented offensive line, the best r unning back in football, a good tight end and dangerous receivers, yet Ponder is sandbagging them all down The Vikings are so close to contending it hur ts to watch Ponder make mistakes The play action passes that are suppose to set up big passes end up in check downs For a game manager, he throws too many interceptions If the Vikings are going to get out of the NFC Nor th and back into the playoffs, they need serious improvement from the quar terback position ZAKOUR Continued from page 16 John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun

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l o o k i n g t o c o n t i n u e o u r w i n n i n g s t re a k ” De s p i t e t h e t e a m ’ s m o m e n t u m , h e a d c o a c h Do n n a Ho r n i b ro o k i s e m p h a s i z i n g t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f e s t a b l i s h i n g c o n s i s t e n c y m o v i n g f o r w a rd “ We’re l o o k i n g f o r m o re c o n s i st e n c y a c ro s s o u r e n t i re g ro u p, f ro m s t a r t t o f i n i s h , i n a l l f a c e t s o f o u r g a m e , ” s h e s a i d “ We’re p ro u d o f o u r w i n s t h i s

The sprint football team will take the field this Saturday afternoon in Saratoga Springs, NY, to try to make up for its first game of the season, a loss to Post (1-0 CSFL) The Red (0-1) will face Franklin Pierce (0-1), who joined the CSFL just this year

Although the Ravens are newcomers to the league, the Red played them last year in an exhibition game, winning 26-21 Despite their obvious inexperience, the Red expects a serious challenge from the Ravens

“Last year, we played them in an unofficial game and we got a scare from them,” said senior captain and quarterback Brendan Miller “They were very, very athletic and incredibly disciplined for a first year team that hasn’t really had much practice together This year, we expect them to be even better We watched a little bit of film on them today and they have a lot of good athletes and a pretty complex defensive system which will be challenging to game-plan against we ’ re looking forward to going out there and competing with a good team ”

Going into the year, the Red did not expect to have fifth-year senior wide receiver Spenser Gruenenfelder, but he was recently given the clearance to play, since he redshirted his freshman year His veteran presence has been crucial for Cornell, especially after losing two of last year ’ s top wideouts, Abe

Mellinger ’13 and Joseph Martin

“[Having Gruenenfelder] definitely helps from my perspective, just knowing that there’s somebody there that has a ton of experience it’s been our fourth year playing together now, ” Miller said “It’s definitely nice to have some experience, but it’s not to take away from the talent we have at wide receiver Having someone experienced who can help the younger guys is definitely valuable ”

The backfield also has a new face in freshman runningback Kevin Nathanson, who had the most carries in the Red’s first game, but the team plans to rely on a runningbackby-committee, according to Miller

“[Sophomore] Ben Herrera and [senior] Nick Perez each have their certain strengths and the good thing about it is when one needs to come out if they’re tired or injured, then the next guy can come in and have fresh legs,” Miller said “Herrera is very, very consistent in the run game and Perez is one of our better receivers, so it’s nice to have someone come out of the backfield Kevin [Nathanson] has a little bit of both of their best attributes; although he’s only a freshman, he’s ver y talented and I’m ver y impressed with him I definitely think runningback is one of our strongest positions on the team and as the season goes on, we’ll see all three players on the field since they are three of our most talented players ” On the defensive side of the ball, the Red generally played well against Post but gave

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up a few big plays that turned the game around One of the reasons for the defensive lapses was fatigue, since the defense was on the field for a large part of the game, Miller said “It’s part of the game, ” he said “You’re going to let up big plays but at the same time, the offense has to be able to come up and lend them some support They were on the field for a really long time, as [the offense] didn’t have much time of possession I don’t think it’s necessarily anything they did wrong, it just has to be more of a complete team effort ” On the offensive side of the ball, the Red must capitalize on its opportunities, as there

were numerous times against Post when the Red was in the red zone but could not turn the opportunities into points

“We had a lot of opportunities in the red zone off of turnovers and good drives that we weren ’ t able to capitalize on, ” Miller said “I don’t know how many times we were in scoring distance, but if we converted one or two of those, then the game would have been different We’re definitely focusing on that and going through a lot more situational-type drills in practice this week; if we can correct that, then we’ll be fine ”